Special Opportunities Fund : Declares Distributions Under Managed Distribution Plan
July 02, 2019 at 09:13 am EDT
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Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three dividends under the Fund’s managed distribution plan.
Under the Fund’s managed distribution plan, the Fund intends to make monthly distributions to common stockholders at an annual rate of 6% (or 0.5% per month) for the remainder of 2019, based on the net asset value (NAV) of the Fund’s common shares as of March 29, 2019. Beginning in January 2020, the Fund intends to make monthly distributions to common stockholders at an annual rate of 6%, based on the NAV of the Fund’s common shares as of the close of business on the last business day of the previous year.
The next three dividends declared under the managed distribution plan are as follows:
Month
Rate
Record Date
Payable Date
July
$0.076
July 18, 2019
July 31, 2019
August
$0.076
August 15, 2019
August 30, 2019
September
$0.076
September 19, 2019
September 30, 2019
Under the managed distribution plan, to the extent that sufficient investment income is not available on a monthly basis, the Fund will distribute long-term capital gains and/or return of capital. To the extent that the Fund’s net investment income and net realized capital gains exceed the aggregate amount distributed pursuant to the managed distribution plan, the Fund may make an additional year-end distribution. No conclusions should be drawn about the Fund’s investment performance from the amount of the distributions. The Board may amend the terms of the managed distribution plan or terminate the plan at any time without prior notice to stockholders which could have an adverse effect on the market price of the Fund’s common shares. The plan will be subject to periodic review by the Board, including a yearly review of the annual fixed rate to determine if an adjustment should be made.
The Fund will issue a notice to common stockholders that will provide an estimate of the composition of each distribution. For tax reporting purposes the actual composition of the total amount of distributions for each year will continue to be provided on a Form 1099-DIV issued after the end of the year.
The conversion price for each share of the Fund’s convertible preferred stock will decrease by the amount of each distribution to common stockholders. The current conversion price as well as other information about the Fund will be available on the Fund’s website at www.specialopportunitiesfundinc.com.
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Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is total return. The Fund invests primarily in securities, which have the opportunity for appreciation. The Fund may employ strategies designed to capture price movements generated by anticipated corporate events, such as investing in companies involved in special situations, including, but not limited to, mergers, acquisitions, asset sales, spin-offs, balance sheet restructuring, bankruptcy, liquidations, and tender offers. The Fund may, from time to time, engage in short sales of securities for investment or for hedging purposes. The Fund invests in closed-end funds, business development companies, preferred stocks, other common stocks, special purpose acquisition vehicles, corporate obligations, money market funds, warrants and rights, among others. Bulldog Investors, LLP is the investment adviser of the Fund.