Equus Announces Preliminary Voting Results
from Annual Shareholder Meeting
Preliminary Results Show All of Fund’s Nominees Elected and Auditors Approved
May 18, 2010 04:16 PM Eastern Daylight Time
HOUSTON--(EON: Enhanced Online News)--Equus Total Return, Inc. (NYSE: EQS) (“Equus” or the “Fund”)
announced that is has received preliminary results from the independent inspector of elections for the Fund’s Annual
Meeting of Stockholders which took place on Wednesday, May 12, 2010. The inspector’s preliminary results
showed that each of the Fund’s nine nominees for director (Fraser Atkinson, Alessandro Benedetti, Richard
Bergner, Kenneth Denos, Gregory Flanagan, Henry Hankinson, John Hardy, Robert Knauss, and Bertrand des
Pallieres) were elected to a one-year term expiring at the next annual shareholder meeting, and that UHY LLP, the
Fund’s independent auditors, had also been approved for another one-year term. The Fund will promptly announce
the final results of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders after they are certified by the independent inspector of
elections.
“We appreciate the level of participation shown by our shareholders in becoming informed about the issues at stake
in the Annual Meeting and casting their votes in a timely fashion,” said Richard Bergner, Chairman of Equus. “We
expect to make further announcements when these results are certified by the independent inspector of elections.”
About Equus
The Fund 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 Fund may be obtained from the Fund’s website at
www.equuscap.com.
Cautionary Note Regarding Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements regarding future circumstances. These forward-
looking statements are based upon the Fund’s current expectations and assumptions and are subject to various risks
and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from