Company: SWZ
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0000894189-25-000453
Chunk: 36

Company: Total Return Securities Fund
Filing Date: 2025-01-27
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 36
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 Chair of the Audit Committee (2017);Lead Independent Director (2018)            |                               $10,001-$50,000 |
| Andrew Dakos         | Director (2017) and Chairman (2018); President and Chief Executive Officer (2019)                           |                               $10,001-$50,000 |
| Thomas Antonucci     | Chief Financial Officer (2019)                                                                              |                                            $0 |
| Stephanie Darling    | Chief Compliance Officer (2019)                                                                             |                                            $0 |
| Rajeev Das           | Secretary (2019)                                                                                            |                                    $1-$10,000 |

As of the record date, no stockholder, to the knowledge of the Fund, based on Schedule 13G filings with the SEC, beneficially owned more than five percent of the Fund's outstanding shares of common stock, except as listed below:

| Name of Person                             |   Number of Shares 
 Beneficially Owned | Percent of Shares  
 Beneficially Owned |
| Allspring Global Investment Holdings, LLC1 |          2,090,825 | 16.09%             |
| Lazard Asset Management LLC2               |            744,544 | 5.73 %             |

-23- OTHER MATTERS No business other than as set forth herein is expected to come before the Meeting. Should any other matter requiring a vote of stockholders properly arise, however, including any question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the interest of the Fund. Stockholders who wish to communicate with the Directors should send communications to The Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc., 615 East Michigan Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, to the attention of the Secretary. The Secretary is responsible for determining, in consultation with other officers of the Fund and Fund counsel, which stockholder communications will be directed to the Director or Directors indicated in the communication. STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS In accordance with the Fund’s By-laws, no matters other than such matters as shall have been brought pursuant to the Fund’s Notice of Special Meeting may be properly brought before a Special Meeting of Stockholders. For additional requirements, stockholders may refer to the By-Laws, a current copy of which may be obtained without charge upon request from the Fund’s Secretary. EXPENSES OF PROXY SOLICITATION The Fund will bear the cost of soliciting Proxies on behalf of the Board. The Fund has engaged InvestorCom LLC (“