---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001322410-21-000103"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQS"
cik: "0000878932"
company_name: "EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC."
filed_at: "2021-08-20T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-29T08:48:30.285112+00:00"
event_type: "other_material"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.65
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equus shareholders authorize Board to withdraw BDC election for transformation into operating company

## Summary
- Shareholders holding 55.64% of outstanding common stock (7,511,448 shares) authorized BDC election withdrawal.
- Withdrawal must occur by January 31, 2022, contingent on a definitive agreement to acquire an operating company.
- The move is part of a strategic transformation from a closed-end fund to an operating company structure.
- Potential advantages cited: more growth opportunities, earnings-based valuation, lower compliance costs, and flexible equity issuance.
- Covid-19 Delta variant disruptions may adversely affect pursuit of a transformative transaction.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001322410-21-000103
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQS
- cik: 0000878932
- company_name: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
- filed_at: 2021-08-20T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: other_material
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.65
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.65
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.07, 8.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000132241021000103/0001322410-21-000103-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000132241021000103/f8k_equus08202021.htm

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