8-K 1 specopp_8k.htm CURRENT REPORT

 
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

    FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
 
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 11, 2023
 
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
 
Maryland
 
811-07528
 
13-3702911
(State or Other Jurisdiction
 
(Commission
 
(IRS Employer
of Incorporation)
 
File Number)
 
Identification No.)
 
615 East Michigan Street
Milwaukee, WI 53202
(Address of Principal Executive Offices) (Zip Code)
 
1-877-607-0414
(Registrant’s Telephone Number, Including Area Code)
 
Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
 
 
Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
 
Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
 
Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e 4(c))
 
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class
 
Trading
Symbol(s)
 
Name of each exchange on
which registered
 
Common Stock
 
 
SPE
 
 
New York Stock Exchange
 
2.75% Convertible Preferred Stock
 
 
SPE.PC
 
 
New York Stock Exchange

  
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

Emerging growth company ☐
 
If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with any new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐
 

 
Item 8.01.
Other Events.
 
On May 11, 2023, the Registrant, along with Bulldog Investors LLP and High Income Securities Fund, issued the press release attached hereto as Exhibit 99.1 announcing that they have filed an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts to, among other things, enforce the voting results in favor of the Registrant’s nominees for election to the Board of Trustees of First Trust Dynamic Europe Equity Income Fund at its annual meeting on April 3, 2023.

 
 
Item 9.01.
Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
 
(d)
Exhibits.

Exhibit No.
 
Exhibit
99.1
 
Press release dated May 11, 2023.
     

SIGNATURE
 
 
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized. 
 
 
 
Dated: June 7, 2023
SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
 
 
 
By: 
/s/ Andrew Dakos
 
 
Name: Andrew Dakos
Title: President