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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000891804-18-000410
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	POS EX
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		7
FILED AS OF DATE:		20180827
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20180827
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20180827

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ADVENT CLAYMORE CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES & INCOME FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001219120
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		POS EX
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-224258
		FILM NUMBER:		181039146

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 W. MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
		BUSINESS PHONE:		312-827-0100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		227 W. MONROE STREET
		CITY:			CHICAGO
		STATE:			IL
		ZIP:			60606
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on&#160;August 27, 2018</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: right">Securities Act File No. 333-224258<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><br>
</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pre-Effective Amendment No.&#160;&#160;&#160; &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#9744;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><br>
</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Post-Effective Amendment No. 1&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; &#9746;<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund<br>
<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt">(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">888 Seventh Avenue, 31<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;FONT-SIZE: smaller; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">st</sup> Floor, New York, New York 10019<br>
 (Address of Principal Executive Offices: Number, Street, City, State, Zip Code)</div>

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 (Area Code and Telephone Number)</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Edward C. Delk, Secretary<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><br>
</font>888 Seventh Avenue, 31<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;FONT-SIZE: smaller; VERTICAL-ALIGN: text-top; LINE-HEIGHT: 1">st</sup> Floor,<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><br>
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(Name and Address of Agent for Service)<br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-STYLE: italic; TEXT-ALIGN: center">With copies to:</div>

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<div style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">Kevin T. Hardy, Esq.<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><br>
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</font><strong>It is proposed that this filing will become effective immediately pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended</strong><br>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">EXPLANATORY NOTE</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center">PART C: OTHER INFORMATION</div>
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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">ITEM 15. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-STYLE: italic">Indemnification</font></div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">Reference is made to Article V, Sections 1 through 5, of the Registrant&#8217;s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, as amended, a copy of which was filed as an exhibit to pre-effective amendment no. 1 to the Registrant&#8217;s Registration Statement on Form N-2 filed on April 3, 2003, and which is incorporated herein by reference.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt">Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'"><u>Act</u></font>&#8221;), may be permitted to trustees, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant by the Registrant pursuant to the Fund&#8217;s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, its By-Laws or otherwise, the Registrant is aware that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission, such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and, therefore, is unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by trustees, officers or controlling persons of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such trustees, officers or controlling persons in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: left">ITEM 16. <font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; FONT-STYLE: italic">Exhibits</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 14.4pt; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 18pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">(1) </font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">The undersigned Registrant agrees that prior to any public reoffering of the securities registered through use of a prospectus which is part of this Registration Statement by any person or party who is deemed to be an underwriter within the meaning of Rule 145(c) of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the reoffering prospectus will contain information called for by the applicable Exchange registration form for reoffering by persons who may be deemed underwriters, in addition to the information called for by other items of the applicable form.</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">We have acted as special counsel to Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund, a registered diversified closed-end investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Acquiring Fund</u></font>&#8221;) and Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth &amp; Income Fund, a registered diversified closed-end investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Target Fund</u></font>&#8221;) in connection with the Agreement and Plan of Merger, dated as of May 21, 2018 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Agreement</u></font>&#8221;) between the Acquiring Fund and the Target Fund which, among other things, provides for the merger of the Target Fund with and into the Acquiring Fund, with the Acquiring Fund being the surviving entity and holders of common shares of the Target Fund (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Target Fund Shares</u></font>&#8221;) receiving, in cancellation of their Target Fund Shares, solely common shares of the Acquiring Fund (collectively, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Reorganization</u></font>&#8221;).&#160; You have requested our opinion regarding whether the Reorganization will be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as a reorganization qualifying under Section 368(a) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Code</u></font>&#8221;).&#160; Unless otherwise indicated, any capitalized term used but not defined herein shall have the meaning ascribed to such term in the Agreement.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">In preparing the opinion set forth below, we have examined and reviewed originals or copies, certified or otherwise identified to our satisfaction, of the Agreement, the Registration Statement (including the Proxy Statement/Prospectus and the related Statement of Additional Information) prepared with respect to the Reorganization, the representation letters of officers of the Target Fund and the Acquiring Fund (each a &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Representation Party</u></font>&#8221; and together, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Representation Parties</u></font>&#8221;) delivered to us for purposes of this opinion (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><u>Representation Letters</u></font>&#8221;), and such other documents, certificates and records as we have deemed necessary or </div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">In rendering our opinion, we have relied upon statements and representations of officers and other representatives of the Representation Parties, and we have assumed that such statements and representations, including those set forth in the Representation Letters, are and will continue to be true and correct without regard to any qualification as to knowledge, belief, intent, or otherwise. We have also assumed that (i) the Reorganization will be consummated in the manner described in the Agreement and the Registration Statement and that none of the terms or conditions contained therein will be waived or modified and (ii) the Agreement, the Registration Statement and the Representation Letters accurately reflect the facts relating to each of the Representation Parties and the Reorganization. Our opinion assumes and is expressly conditioned on, among other things, the initial and continuing accuracy of the facts, information, covenants, representations and warranties set forth in the documents referred to above, including those set forth in the Representation Letters.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">Our opinion is based on the Code, Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder, judicial decisions, published positions of the Internal Revenue Service, and such other authorities as we have considered relevant, all as in effect on the date of this opinion and all of which are subject to change or different interpretations (possibly with retroactive effect).&#160; A change in the authorities upon which our opinion is based could affect the conclusions expressed herein. An opinion of counsel is not binding on the Internal Revenue Service or any court.&#160; There can be no assurance that our opinion will be accepted by the Internal Revenue Service or, if challenged, by a court.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">Based upon and subject to the foregoing, we are of the opinion that, for U.S. federal income tax purposes, the Reorganization will constitute a &#8220;reorganization&#8221; within the meaning of Section 368(a) of the Code.</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: left; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt">Except as set forth above, we express no other opinion.&#160; This opinion has been prepared for you solely in connection with the Reorganization and may not be relied upon by any other person without our prior written consent.&#160; We consent to the filing of this opinion as an exhibit to the Registration Statement. In giving this consent, we do not thereby admit that we are in the category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7 of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission.&#160; This opinion is expressed as of the date hereof, and we are under no obligation to supplement or revise our opinion to reflect any legal developments or factual matters arising subsequent to the date hereof or the impact of any information, document, certificate, record, statement, representation, covenant, or assumption relied upon herein that becomes incorrect or untrue.</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO CREDIT AGREEMENT (this &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amendment</font>&#8221;) is made as of August 22, 2018 among Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund, as borrower (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Borrower</font>&#8221; or &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AVK</font>&#8221;), Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale, New York Branch, as lender (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Lender</font>&#8221;), and Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale, as agent (in such capacity, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Agent</font>&#8221;).</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the Borrower, the Lender and the Agent entered into a financing transaction on December 15, 2017 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AVK Transaction</font>&#8221;), including entry into a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, among the Borrower, the Lender and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Existing AVK Credit Agreement</font>&#8221; and, as amended by this Amendment, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AVK Credit Agreement</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II (&#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC</font>&#8221;), the Lender and the Agent entered into a financing transaction on December 15, 2017 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC Transaction</font>&#8221;), including entry into a Credit Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, among AGC, the Lender and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC</font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Credit Agreement</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth &amp; Income Fund<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#160;</font>(&#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM</font>&#8221;), the Lender and the Agent entered into a financing transaction on February 9, 2018 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM Transaction</font>&#8221;, and together with the AVK Transaction and the AGC Transaction, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds Transactions</font>&#8221;), including entry into a Credit Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2018, among LCM, the Lender and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM</font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Credit Agreement</font>&#8221;, and together with the AVK Credit Agreement and the AGC Credit Agreement, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds Credit Agreements</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the board of trustees of each of AVK, AGC and LCM (together, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds</font>&#8221;) each approved the merger of AGC and LCM into AVK (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Merger</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the Merger was approved at a joint meeting of shareholders of the Advent Funds held on July 20, 2018;</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, all the respective property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of AGC and LCM shall vest in AVK, and all respective debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of AGC under the AGC Credit Agreement and related transaction documents and all respective debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of LCM under the LCM Credit Agreement and related transaction documents shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of AVK, in each case including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, the AGC Transaction and the LCM Transaction;</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, for the convenience of the parties, the parties wish to consolidate the documentation of the Advent Funds Transactions into the existing documentation of the AVK Transaction to reflect the Merger;</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO SECURITY AGREEMENT (this &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amendment</font>&#8221;) is made as of August 22, 2018 among Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund, as pledgor (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pledgor</font>&#8221;), and Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale, as agent under the Credit Agreement (in such capacity, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Agent</font>&#8221;).</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the Pledgor, the Agent and Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale, New York Branch (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Lender</font>&#8221;) entered into a financing transaction on December 15, 2017 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AVK Transaction</font>&#8221;), which included, among other things, a Security Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, entered into by the Pledgor and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Existing AVK Security Agreement</font>&#8221; and, as amended by this Amendment, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AVK Security Agreement</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund II (&#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC</font>&#8221;), the Agent and the Lender entered into a financing transaction on December 15, 2017 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC Transaction</font>&#8221;), which included, among other things, a Security Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, entered into by AGC and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">AGC Security Agreement</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, Advent/Claymore Enhanced Growth &amp; Income Fund (&#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM</font>&#8221;), the Agent and the Lender entered into a financing transaction on February 9, 2018 (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM Transaction</font>&#8221;, and together with the AVK Transaction and the AGC Transaction, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds Transactions</font>&#8221;), which included, among other things, a Security Agreement, dated as of February 9, 2018 entered into by LCM and the Agent (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">LCM</font>&#160;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Security Agreement</font>&#8221;, and together with the AVK Security Agreement and the AGC Security Agreement, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds Security Agreements</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the board of trustees of each of AVK, AGC and LCM (together, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Advent Funds</font>&#8221;) each approved the merger of AGC and LCM into AVK (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Merger</font>&#8221;);</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, the Merger was approved at a joint meeting of shareholders of the Advent Funds held on July 20, 2018;</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">WHEREAS, upon the effectiveness of the Merger, all the respective property, rights, privileges, powers and franchises of AGC and LCM shall vest in AVK, and all respective debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of AGC under the AGC Transaction and all respective debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of LCM under the LCM Transaction shall become the debts, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, disabilities and duties of AVK, in each case including, for the avoidance of doubt and without limitation, the AGC Security Agreement and the LCM Security Agreement;</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-INDENT: 14.4pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">2.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">ARTICLE I</font>.&#160; The Pledgor desires (i) to confirm its prior grant of a security interest, pursuant to the Existing AVK Security Agreement, in the Collateral Accounts (as defined in the Existing AVK Security Agreement) and (ii) to create a security interest in favor of the Agent in all Collateral Accounts as defined in this Amendment.&#160; Therefore, in order to secure the full and punctual payment of the Secured Obligations, the Pledgor hereby grants to the Agent for the benefit of the Secured Parties a continuing security interest in all right, title and interest of the Pledgor in and to, whether now owned or existing or hereafter acquired or arising and wherever located,&#8220;(A) each of (i) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK&#8221; bearing Account No. 259930, (ii) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK HI YLD&#8221; bearing Account No. 259102, (iii) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK DOM BLNCD&#8221; bearing Account No. 558448, and (iv) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK GLB BLNCD&#8221; bearing Account No. 364349, in each case maintained with The Bank of New York Mellon, (B) all Financial Assets held therein or credited thereto, (C) all Security Entitlements in respect thereof, and (D) all other assets, including all interests of the Pledgor in any entity, indicated on The Bank of New York Mellon's books and records as being credited to or recorded in the foregoing accounts. In addition, from and after the date hereof, paragraph (A) of Section 2(a) of the Existing AVK Security Agreement is hereby amended and restated in its entirety as follows:</font></div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: 14.4pt">AMENDMENT NO. 1</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN-LEFT: 14.4pt">TO COLLATERAL ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">This AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO COLLATERAL ACCOUNT CONTROL AGREEMENT (this &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Amendment</font>&#8221;) is made as of August 22, 2018 among Advent Claymore Convertible Securities and Income Fund, as pledgor (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Pledgor</font>&#8221;), Soci&#233;t&#233; G&#233;n&#233;rale, as collateral agent under the Security Agreement (in such capacity, the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Secured Party</font>&#8221;), and The Bank of New York Mellon, as securities intermediary (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Securities Intermediary</font>&#8221;).</div>

<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; TEXT-INDENT: 13.5pt">The Pledgor has requested that the Secured Party and the Securities Intermediary amend certain provisions of the Collateral Account Control Agreement, dated as of December 15, 2017, among the Pledgor, the Secured Party and the Securities Intermediary (the &#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Control Agreement</font>&#8221;), and the Secured Party and the Securities Intermediary are willing to do so on the terms and conditions set forth herein.&#160; In consideration of the mutual covenants and agreements herein contained, the parties hereto covenant and agree as follows:</div>

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<div style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 6pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN-LEFT: 14.4pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 18pt"><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#8220;1.</font><font id="TRGRRTFtoHTMLTab" style="FONT-SIZE: 1px; DISPLAY: inline-block; WIDTH: 21.6pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0px">&#160;</font><font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial">&#8220;<font style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Arial; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Account</font>&#8221; shall mean each of (i) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK&#8221; bearing Account No. 259930, (ii) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK HI YLD&#8221;&#160; bearing Account No. 259102, (iii) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK DOM BLNCD&#8221;&#160; bearing Account No. 558448, and (iv) the account captioned &#8220;SOCIETE GEN PLDGEE OF AVK GLB BLNCD&#8221; bearing Account No. 364349, in each case established and maintained by Securities Intermediary pursuant to the Custodian Agreement and this Agreement, as the same may be redesignated, renumbered or otherwise modified, and any demand deposit account established and maintained in connection therewith, and &#8220;Accounts&#8221; shall mean all such Accounts collectively.&#8221;</font></div>

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