Company: EQS
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001712543-25-000028
Chunk: 31

Company: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
Filing Date: 2025-05-12
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 31
---
 January 2000; Interim CEO of Tingo Group, Inc. from September 2023 to September 2024; General Counsel, director, and head of M&A for Tersus Energy plc (LSE: TER) in 2005-06; General Counsel, director, and head of M&A for Healthcare Enterprise Group (LSE: HEG) from 2003-2005; Principal of Outsize Capital Ltd. (investment and advisory) since July 2019.                  | None.             |

| (1) | Interested directors are “interested persons” (as defined in the 1940 Act) due to their positions as officers of the Company. |

| ++ | Other directorships are limited to: (i) publicly traded companies in the United States; (ii) companies that are otherwise subject to SEC reporting requirements and (iii) investment companies registered under the 1940 Act. |

| 28 |

Qualifications of Director Nominees

When considering whether our director nominees have
the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills, taken as a whole, to enable our Board to satisfy its oversight responsibilities
effectively in light of our operational and organizational structure, the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and the Board
focused primarily on the information discussed in each of the director nominees’ individual biographies set forth above and on the
following particular attributes:

| · | Mr. Atkinson: The Nominating and Corporate Governance                                                                                      
 Committee and the Board considered Mr. Atkinson’s prior service to the Company as the Chairman of its Audit Committee and as an            
 independent director, as well as his extensive experience in accounting and finance, in addition to Mr. Atkinson’s experience as           
 a director of public companies in the U.S. and internationally, and determined that his strong leadership skills are critical to the Board 
 and the oversight of our financial reporting process.                                                                                      |

| · | Mr. Hankinson: The Nominating and Corporate Governance                                                                            
 Committee and the Board considered Mr. Hankinson’s prior service to the Company as the Chairman of its Compensation Committee and 
 as an independent director, as well Mr. Hankinson’s substantial international business background and experience in the oil and   
 gas sector, and determined that his background and independence are critical to the Board.                                        |

| · | Mr. May: The Nominating and Corporate Governance                                                                                       
 Committee and the Board considered Mr. May’s extensive finance, accounting, and investment experience with companies around the        
 world, as