---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001712543-24-000065"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "EQS"
cik: "0000878932"
company_name: "EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC."
filed_at: "2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-30T04:09:43.957715+00:00"
event_type: "regulatory"
sentiment: "negative"
materiality_score: 0.7
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Equus Total Return loses Chairman Robert L. Knauss; NYSE issues delisting warning for board independence

## Summary
- Chairman Robert L. Knauss passed away on November 1, 2024.
- NYSE notified Equus it no longer meets majority independent director and audit committee requirements under Sections 303A.01 and 303A.07(a).
- Company has begun recruiting a new independent director to restore compliance.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001712543-24-000065
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: EQS
- cik: 0000878932
- company_name: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
- filed_at: 2024-11-07T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: regulatory
- sentiment: negative
- materiality_score: 0.7
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.7
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 3.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000171254324000065/0001712543-24-000065-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/000171254324000065/f8k_equus1112024.htm

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