{"url_path":"/sec/eqs/8-k/2026-07-02/item-5-07","section_key":"item-5-07","section_title":"Item 5.07 ****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**","topic":"sec","document":{"doc_type":"8-K","doc_date":"2026-07-02","source_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/0001712543-26-000044-index.html","accession_number":"0001712543-26-000044","cik":"0000878932","ticker":"EQS","issuer_name":"EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.","edgar_url":"https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/878932/0001712543-26-000044-index.html","primary_entity_key":"0000878932","primary_entity_name":"EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC."},"word_count":266,"has_tables":true,"body_markdown":"**Item 5.07****Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.**\n\n** **\n\nAt the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June\n30, 2026 (“Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of Equus Total Return, Inc. (the “Company”) voted on two proposals\nwhich are described in detail in the Company’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 30, 2026:\n(i) to elect five director nominees, each for a term of one year (“Proposal 1”), and (ii) to approve on a non-binding advisory\nbasis, the compensation paid to the Company’s named executive officers in 2025 (“Proposal 2”).\n\nThe number of shares present at the Annual Meeting\nin person or by proxy was 8,838,729, or 63.28% of shares outstanding.\n\nA voting report was produced by a representative of\nGeorgeson LLC serving as Inspector of Elections for the Annual Meeting, certifying the following results:\n\n**Proposal 1 (election of directors):**\n\n**Board of Directors Nominees**\n**For**\n**Withheld**\n\nFraser Atkinson\n7,861,056\n977,673\n\nKenneth I. Denos\n4,405,506\n4,433,223\n\nHenry W. Hankinson\n7,858,031\n980,698\n\nJohn A. Hardy\n7,604,223\n1,234,506\n\nJohn J. May\n7,858,031\n980,698\n\nThere were no votes against or abstained with respect\nto any director nominee.\n\n** **\n\n**Proposal 2 (non-binding approval of executive compensation in 2025):**\n\n**For**\n**Against**\n**Abstained**\n\n7,577,686\n1,219,066\n41,977\n\nBrokers did not have discretionary voting authority\non Proposals 1 or 2.\n\n2\n\nSIGNATURES\n\nPursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange\nAct of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.\n\nEquus Total Return, Inc.\n\nDate: July 2,\n2026\nBy: /s/ Kenneth I. Denos\n\nName: Kenneth I. Denos\n\nTitle: Secretary\n\n3"}