Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. announces a share repurchase program. Under the program, the company will repurchase its own shares. The share repurchase program authorizes management to make open market purchases, from time to time.

Such purchases may be made opportunistically at certain discounts to net asset value per share when management reasonably believes that such repurchases may enhance shareholder value. There is no assurance that the Fund will purchase any shares or that the share repurchase program will have an impact on the liquidity or value of the Fund or the Fund's shares.