Special Opportunities Fund seeks SEC ruling on new proxy voting procedure
Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) asked the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 13, 2011 for a declaratory order confirming that its new proxy voting procedure will not violate Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund's SEC staff had indicated it disagreed with the board's reading of the "seek instructions" option, so the board sought a ruling before implementing the procedure, which shareholders approved on December 7, 2011.
- Shareholders approved the "seek instructions" proposal at the December 8, 2011 annual meeting: 3,116,846 for, 45,200 against, 37,028 abstain
- Shareholders casting 98.57% of votes cast for or against supported the proposal
- The board intends to implement the procedure on March 1, 2012 and requests an SEC order before that date