# EDGAR Filing Document

**Accession Number:** 0000878932
**File Stem:** 0001712543-26-000041
**Filing Date:** 2026-5
**Character Count:** 7921
**Document Hash:** bfce2a80ed6ec925e6d11fdd61a3ea66
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## Filing Content

## Filing Summary
**0001712543-26-000041.hdr.sgml**: 20260522

**ACCESSION NUMBER**: 0001712543-26-000041

**CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE**: 8-K

**PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT**: 3

**CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT**: 20260521

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Other Events

**ITEM INFORMATION**: Financial Statements and Exhibits

**FILED AS OF DATE**: 20260522

**DATE AS OF CHANGE**: 20260521

**FILER**: 

**COMPANY DATA:**
- **COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:** EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
- **CENTRAL INDEX KEY:** 0000878932

**ORGANIZATION NAME:**
- **EIN:** 760345915
- **STATE OF INCORPORATION:** DE
- **FISCAL YEAR END:** 1231

**FILING VALUES:**
- **FORM TYPE:** 8-K
- **SEC ACT:** 1934 Act
- **SEC FILE NUMBER:** 814-00098
- **FILM NUMBER:** 261010055

**BUSINESS ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 LOUISIANA STREET
- **STREET 2:** 48TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77002
- **BUSINESS PHONE:** 7135290900

**MAIL ADDRESS:**
- **STREET 1:** 700 LOUISIANA STREET
- **STREET 2:** 48TH FLOOR
- **CITY:** HOUSTON
- **STATE:** TX
- **ZIP:** 77002

**FORMER COMPANY:**
- **FORMER CONFORMED NAME:** EQUUS II INC
- **DATE OF NAME CHANGE:** 19970422

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**UNITED STATES**

**SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION**

**WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549**

**FORM 8-K**

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 21, 2026

**EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.**

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

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| &nbsp;&nbsp;**Delaware** | &nbsp;&nbsp; **814-00098** | &nbsp;&nbsp;**76-0345915** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(State or Other Jurisdiction | &nbsp;&nbsp;(Commission File | &nbsp;&nbsp;(IRS Employer |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Of Incorporation) | &nbsp;&nbsp;Number) | &nbsp;&nbsp;Identification No.) |

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| &nbsp;&nbsp; <br> **700 Louisiana Street, 41<sup>st</sup> Floor Houston, Texas** | &nbsp;&nbsp; <br>**77002** |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;(Address of Principal Executive Offices) | &nbsp;&nbsp;(Zip Code) |

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**Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (713) 529-0900**

**N/A**

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR §230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR §240.12b-2). ☐

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

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| **Item 8.01** | **Other Events.** |

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On May 21, 2026, Equus Total Return, Inc. issued a press release announcing its net asset value for the quarter ended March 31, 2026. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

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| **Item 9.01** | **Financial Statements and Exhibits.** |

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**(d) Exhibits.**

[99.1 Press release issued on May 21, 2026.](ex991_pressrelease52126.htm)

<u>SIGNATURES</u>

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

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|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Equus Total Return, Inc. |
| &nbsp;&nbsp;Date: May 21, 2026 | &nbsp;&nbsp;By: <u>/s/ Kenneth I. Denos</u> |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Name: Kenneth I. Denos |
|  | &nbsp;&nbsp;Title: Secretary |

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## Exhibit 99.1

[Exhibit 99.1](f8k_equus05212026.htm)

![Logo, company name Description automatically generated](image_001.jpg)

Contact:

Equus Total Return, Inc.<br> 1-888-323-4533

**EQUUS ANNOUNCES FIRST QUARTER NET ASSET VALUE**

**HOUSTON, TX – May 21, 2026 – Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS)** ("Equus" or the "Company") reports net assets as of March 31, 2026, of $20.9 million. Net asset value per share increased to $1.50 as of March 31, 2026, from $1.19 as of December 31, 2025. Comparative data is summarized below (in thousands, except per share amounts):

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| As of the Quarter Ended | <u>3/31/2026</u> | <u>12/31/2025</u> | <u>9/30/2025</u> | <u>6/30/2025</u> | &nbsp;&nbsp; <u>3/31/2025</u><br>|
| Net assets | $20930 | $16570 | $26504 | $34111 | $34197 |
| Shares outstanding | 13967 | 13967 | 13967 | 13586 | 13586 |
| Net assets per share | $1.50 | $1.19 | $1.90 | $2.51 | $2.52 |

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**Net Asset Value Changes**. The following were the principal contributors to changes in the net asset value of the Company in the first quarter of 2026:

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;·  ***Increase in Fair Value of Morgan E&P, Inc.*** Morgan E&P, Inc. ("Morgan") holds development rights to approximately 6,500 net acres in the Bakken/Three Forks formation
in the Williston Basin of North Dakota. Principally due to significantly higher short and long-term prices for crude oil, the value of
the Company's holding in Morgan increased by $5.0 million at March 31, 2026, compared to December 31, 2025.

&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;·  ***Decrease in Fair Value of Holdings in CitroTech, Inc.*** The Company holds shares of common stock and a common stock purchase warrant in CitroTech, Inc., a developer of fire suppression products
(NYSE: CITR). During the first quarter of 2026, the trading price of CITR shares increased from $8.08 to $8.63 per share. Also during
the first quarter of 2026, the Company sold 92,581 of its holding of CITR shares. At March 31, 2026, the Company collectively valued its
remaining CITR shares and the CITR warrant at an aggregate of $6.3 million as compared to $6.8 million at December 31, 2025, a decrease
of $0.5 million.

**About Equus<br>** 

<br> The Company is a business development company that trades as a closed-end fund on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "EQS". Additional information on the Company may be obtained from the Company's website at *www.equuscap.com*.

This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding future circumstances. These forward-looking statements are based upon the Company's current expectations and assumptions and are subject to various risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated in such forward-looking statements including, in particular, the performance of the Company, including our ability to achieve our expected financial and business objectives, and the other risks and uncertainties described in the Company's filings with the SEC. Actual results, events, and performance may differ. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as to the date hereof. Except as required by law, the Company undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to these forward-looking statements that may be made to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events. The inclusion of any statement in this release does not constitute an admission by the Company or any other person that the events or circumstances described in such statements are material.