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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-21-007918
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20210415
FILED AS OF DATE:		20210310
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20210310

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000850027
		IRS NUMBER:				311274796
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05807
		FILM NUMBER:		21728177

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 EAST MASON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 802
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202
		BUSINESS PHONE:		414-765-1107

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 EAST MASON STREET
		STREET 2:		SUITE 802
		CITY:			MILWAUKEE
		STATE:			WI
		ZIP:			53202

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	NAIC GROWTH FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	BETTER INVESTING FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19890716
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION STATEMENT</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">NOTICE OF 2021 ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>
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      <div>To the Shareholders of Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.:</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Notice is hereby given that the 2021 Annual Meeting of Shareholders (&#8220;Meeting&#8221;) of the Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc. (&#8220;Fund&#8221;) will be held at the
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221;) has fixed the close of business on February 19, 2021, as the record date (&#8220;Record Date&#8221;) for the determination of
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting.&#160; If you do not expect to attend the Meeting in person, please complete, date and sign the enclosed
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Please complete, sign and date the enclosed proxy and mail it as promptly as possible.&#160; If you attend the meeting and vote in
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      <div style="text-align: center;">Annual Meeting of Shareholders</div>
      <div style="text-align: center;">April 15, 2021</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INTRODUCTION</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies on behalf of the Board of Directors (&#8220;Board&#8221;) of Eagle Capital
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted at the Meeting in accordance with the instructions marked thereon or
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        independent registered public accountants (Proposal 2).&#160;&#160; Any shareholder giving a proxy has the power to revoke it at any time before it is exercised by filing a later dated proxy with us, by attending the meeting and voting in person, or by
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund&#8217;s Board has fixed the close of business on February 19, 2021, as the Record Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice
        of and to vote at the Meeting, and at any adjournment thereof.&#160; Shareholders on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share held, with no shares having cumulative voting rights.&#160; As of the Record Date, the Fund had outstanding
        4,074,321 shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;).&#160; One-third of the outstanding shares of Common Stock, present or represented by proxy, constitutes a quorum.&#160; For purposes of a quorum, abstentions and broker non-votes
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Brokers, banks and other nominees are not permitted to vote on the election of directors without specific instructions from the beneficial owner.&#160;
        Therefore, if your shares are held through a broker, bank or other nominee, they will not be voted in the election of directors unless you affirmatively vote your shares in one of the ways described below.&#160; If you are a beneficial owner, your
        broker, bank or other nominee is permitted to vote your shares on the ratification of Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC as the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accountants even if the broker, bank or other nominee does not receive specific voting
        instructions from you.&#160;Under the NYSE&#8217;s Proxy Rules, NYSE member organizations may vote discretionarily on all matters to be acted upon at this Meeting.&#160; This is based upon the
        assumption that no contest will arise as to any of the matters being considered and beneficial owners are advised as to this discretionary action.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund will pay all the expenses of preparing, assembling, printing and mailing the material used in the solicitation of proxies by the Board.&#160; In
        addition to the solicitation of proxies by use of the mails, our officers may solicit proxies on behalf of the Board, by telephone, telegram or personal interview, and the Fund will bear these expenses.&#160; The Fund may arrange with brokerage houses
        and other custodians, nominees and fiduciaries to forward soliciting materials to the beneficial owners of Fund shares, and the Fund will pay or reimburse these expenses.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Board knows of no business, other than as identified in Proposals 1 and 2 of the Notice of Meeting, which will be presented for consideration at
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      <div style="text-align: center; text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be Held on Thursday,
        April 15, 2021, at 9:00 A.M. local time at Milwaukee Bar Association, 747 North Broadway Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202.&#160; Our Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement, form of proxy card and Annual Report are available at <u>http://www.eaglecapitalgrowthfund.com/proxy</u></div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917071"></a>SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">To the knowledge of the Fund, as of the Record Date, set forth below are the number of shares of the Common Stock, beneficially owned by each
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">(a)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The address of each is the address of the
            principal executive office of the Fund, 225 East Mason Street, Suite 802, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3657.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify;">(b)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;The nature of beneficial ownership of shares
            shown in this column is sole voting and investment power unless otherwise indicated.&#160; The shares shown by Mr. Bilkie include 1,764 shares owned by his wife.&#160; The shares shown for Luke E. Sims include 11,389 shares beneficially owned by his wife
            (of which he disclaims beneficial ownership).&#160; The shares shown for David C. Sims include 15,864 shares beneficially owned by his wife (of which he disclaims beneficial ownership).&#160; Luke E. Sims and David C. Sims are the principals of Sims
            Capital Management LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor; both disclaim any beneficial ownership of the 377,343 Fund shares held as of the Record Date in client accounts in a fiduciary capacity.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 54pt; font-weight: bold;">SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF FIVE PERCENT OR GREATER BENEFICIAL OWNERS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">To the knowledge of the Fund, as of the Record Date, the only person owning more than five percent (5%) of the class of Common Stock was Luke E.
        Sims, a director and the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund.&#160; Mr. Luke E. Sims&#8217; beneficial ownership is described in the table immediately prior.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PROPOSAL NO. 1 &#8211; ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Two (2) Class II directors will be elected at the Meeting for 3-year terms, and until their successors are elected and qualified.&#160; The Board is
        divided into three classes (Class I, Class II, and Class III).&#160;&#160; The Class II directors, Mr. Carl A. Holth and Mr. David C. Sims, are up for reelection at the Meeting.&#160; Ms. Peggy L. Schmeltz, a Class II director, is retiring and is not up for
        reelection.&#160; The Fund intends to fill this vacancy created by Director Schmeltz&#8217;s retirement but the current coronavirus pandemic has hampered those efforts.&#160; Typically the Board wanted to interview a prospective director in person before inviting
        him or her to join the Board.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Unless authorization to do so is withheld, proxies will be voted for the election of the nominees named below.&#160; Each nominee has consented to being
        named in this Proxy Statement and to continue to serve as a director if elected.&#160; Directors will be elected by a plurality of votes cast at the Meeting.&#160; Thus, assuming the presence of a quorum, those nominees for election as director receiving the
        highest number of votes will be elected, regardless of the number of votes which for any reason, including abstentions, broker non-votes or withholding of authority to vote, are not cast for the election of such nominee.&#160; If any nominee becomes
        unavailable for election, an event not now anticipated by the Board, the proxies may be voted for such other nominee as may be designated by the Board.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Listed below are all nominees and their backgrounds. An &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Fund (&#8220;Interested Person&#8221;) is a person who is an Interested
        Person of the Fund within the meaning of Section 2(a) (19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940.</div>
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      <div>INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO CONTINUING DIRECTORS</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Set forth below is information with respect to those Fund directors who are continuing in office:</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Continuing Directors <a name="z_Hlk62500875"></a>Who Are Interested Persons</div>
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              <div>Term of office expires 2022 (Class III). Served as a director since 2002.</div>
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              <div>President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund; Chairman of Sims Capital Management LLC (the Advisor to the Fund); and Retired Partner of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">*The address each is of the principal executive office of the Fund.&#160; &#160;&#160; Luke E. Sims is an Interested Person because he is a Director, President, and
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              <div>Robert M. Bilkie, Jr., age 60</div>
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              <div>&#160;Chairman; Director</div>
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              <div>Term of office expires 2023 (Class I); nominee for director. Served as a director since 2006.</div>
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              <div>President and Chief Executive Officer of Sigma Investment Counselors, Inc. (a registered investment advisor) since 1987; member of the BetterInvesting Securities Review
                Committee and of the BetterInvesting Editorial Advisory Committee (non-remunerative).</div>
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              <div>One</div>
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              <div>Phillip J. Hanrahan, age 81</div>
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              <div>Director</div>
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              <div>Term of office expires 2023 (Class I); nominee for director.&#160; Served as a director since 2008.</div>
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              <div>Retired partner of Foley &amp; Lardner LLP (law firm) since February 2007 and, prior to that, active partner of that firm since 1973.</div>
              <div>&#160;</div>
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            <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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              <div>One</div>
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              <div>None</div>
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              <div>Donald G. Tyler, age 68</div>
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              <div>&#160;&#160;Director</div>
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              <div>Term of office expires 2022 (Class III). Served as a director since 2010.</div>
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              <div>Retired.&#160; Director of Administrative Services, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin 2012 to 2014; Retired Interim President &amp; Executive Director, Milwaukee Symphony
                Orchestra, 2010; Vice President of Investment Products and Services, Northwestern Mutual, 2003-2010.</div>
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              <div>One</div>
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              <div>None</div>
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              <div>Neal F. Zalenko, age 75</div>
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              <div>&#160;&#160;Director</div>
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              <div>Term of office expires 2022 (Class III).&#160;&#160; Served as director since 2008.</div>
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              <div>Retired; Founder and Managing Partner of Zalenko &amp; Associates, P.C. (accounting firm), that merged with Baker Tilly in 2005.</div>
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              <div>One</div>
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              <div>None</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">* The address of each is the address of the principal executive office of the Fund, 225 East Mason Street, Suite 802, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3657.</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Nominees For Director Who Are Interested Persons</div>
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              <div>President of Sims Capital Management LLC (investment advisor to the Fund); Manager of Peregrine Investment Fund LLC (private investment fund); and roles with the Fund as
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">*The address each is of the principal executive office of the Fund.&#160; &#160;&#160; Luke E. Sims is an Interested Person because he is a Director, President, and
        Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, and a significant owner of the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock, and he is affiliated with the Fund&#8217;s investment advisor, Sims Capital Management LLC.&#160; David C. Sims is the son of Luke E. Sims.</div>
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 13%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 29%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 13%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">in Fund Complex</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Overseen by Director</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">or Nominee for</div>
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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            </td>
          </tr>

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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">* The address of each is the address of the principal executive office of the Fund, 225 East Mason Street, Suite 802, Milwaukee, Wisconsin&#160; 53202-3657.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><u>Nominee and Director Qualifications</u></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 27pt;">The Fund believes that Warren Buffett and Charles Munger of Berkshire Hathaway, Inc. have succinctly identified the key qualifications for corporate
        directors and nominees for director:</div>
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            <td style="width: 27pt; vertical-align: top; align: right;">1.</td>
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              <div>High integrity;</div>
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              <div>Business savvy;</div>
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              <div>A shareholder orientation; and</div>
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              <div>A genuine interest in the company.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">We believe that all of our nominees and continuing directors satisfy these requirements.&#160; In addition, the Board concluded that the experience,
        qualifications, attributes, and skills of the nominees, set forth below, qualify the nominees to serve as directors of the Fund in light of the Fund&#8217;s business and structure.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund does not have a diversity policy for its Board members, based upon gender, race or similar physical characteristics because those
        characteristics are not necessarily relevant to the traits that the Fund looks for in its directors.&#160; The Fund considers a person&#8217;s experience, qualifications, skills, and attributes generally, including, but not limited to, a person&#8217;s
        professional, academic, and business background.</div>
      <div><br>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">As noted elsewhere in this Proxy Statement, the non-executive position of Chairman and the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) are held by
        different individuals.&#160; The Chairman of the Board is not an Interested Person.&#160; The Fund believes that the separation of the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer roles provides constructive checks and balances for shareholders of the Fund.</div>
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      <div style="font-style: italic;">Nominees:</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Class II (term expiring in 2024)</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Holth worked in the banking/financial field and retired after a long and varied career.&#160; In addition to his service as a director of the Fund, Mr.
        Holth has also served as a director of other for-profit companies.&#160;&#160; Mr. Holth is also an experienced investor.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. David Sims, CFA, is the Fund&#8217;s co-manager, and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chief Compliance Officer (CCO), Treasurer and Secretary of the Fund.&#160;
        He has been extensively involved with the Fund, its portfolio and its operations since 2007.&#160; Mr. Sims is the President of Sims Capital Management LLC, an SEC-registered investment advisor that is the Advisor to the Fund.&#160;&#160; Mr. Sims is an
        experienced investor.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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      <div style="font-style: italic;">Continuing Directors:</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div><font style="font-weight: bold;">Class I</font>&#160;<font style="font-weight: bold;">(term expiring in 2023)</font></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Bilkie is an investment advisor.&#160; His full-time business is focused on investing.&#160; In addition to Mr. Bilkie&#8217;s analytical and other investing
        skills, he enjoys a long history with the Fund, having served as a director from the time the Fund commenced operations in 1990 through the mid-90s.&#160;&#160; Mr. Bilkie rejoined the Board in 2006.&#160;&#160; Mr. Bilkie has longstanding ties to the BetterInvesting,
        formerly known as the National Association of Investors Corporation, whose mission is investor education and the formation and growth of investment clubs.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Hanrahan is a Harvard Law School graduate who spent over 40 years as a corporate lawyer, including a specialization in representing investment
        advisors and investment companies.&#160;&#160; Mr. Hanrahan has extensive experience with publicly-traded companies as well, and served for many years as a director of a major NYSE-traded company.&#160;&#160; Mr. Hanrahan is also an experienced investor.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Class III (term expiring in 2022)</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Luke E. Sims is an experienced investor (40 plus years) and an experienced corporate lawyer (34 years), including extensive work with
        publicly-traded companies, securities law matters, mergers and acquisitions and corporate law generally.&#160;&#160; Mr. Sims also spent 25 years as a director of LaCrosse Footwear, Inc., a publicly-traded company.&#160; Mr. Sims has also been a director of
        several privately-held companies.&#160; Mr. Sims is the Chairman of Sims Capital Management LLC, the Advisor to the Fund.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Tyler has over 27 years&#8217; experience in the mutual fund industry in a variety of roles, particularly in the marketing and distribution of mutual
        funds.&#160; Mr. Tyler retired from his position as Director of Administrative Services of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin at the end of 2014; in such role Mr. Tyler oversaw a budget in excess of $1.3 billion.&#160; Mr. Tyler retired in 2010 from his position as
        Vice President of Investment Products and Services at Northwestern Mutual (Milwaukee, Wisconsin).&#160;&#160; Mr. Tyler&#8217;s extensive experience and knowledge of the mutual fund industry is valuable to the Fund.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">Mr. Zalenko is a certified public accountant.&#160; He spent many years practicing public accounting, growing his own firm until 2005 when it merged with
        Virchow Krause &amp; Company (now known as Baker Tilly).&#160; Although Mr. Zalenko is no longer associated with that surviving accounting firm, he continues to remain active as a business advisor and consultant.&#160; Mr. Zalenko has many decades of
        experience providing professional, practical and critical advice to clients.&#160; Mr. Zalenko&#8217;s background as a certified public accountant is one of the reasons he was selected to serve as Chairman of the Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917074"></a>Dollar Range of Common Stock Owned by Nominees and Continuing Directors</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The following tables set forth the dollar range of the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock which is the Fund&#8217;s only equity security, beneficially owned by each
        director and nominee, valued at a price per share of $7.95, the closing price on the NYSE American exchange on the Record Date.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Continuing Directors Who Are Interested Persons</u></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the</div>
              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Fund</div>
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            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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              <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Family of Investment Companies</div>
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            <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div>Over $100,000</div>
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            <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
              <div>Over $100,000</div>
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              <div>Luke E. Sims (Continuing Director)</div>
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            <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div>Over $100,000</div>
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            <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><u>Continuing Directors and Nominees Who Are Not Interested Persons</u></div>
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              <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the</div>
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Fund</div>
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              <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td nowrap="nowrap" style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity</div>
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Securities in All Funds Overseen or to</div>
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">be Overseen by Director or Nominee in</div>
                <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">Family of Investment Companies</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>Robert M. Bilkie, Jr. (Continuing Director)</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>$10,001-$50,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>$10,001-$50,000</div>
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            <tr>
              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>Phillip J. Hanrahan&#160; (Continuing Director)</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$1-$10,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$1-$10,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); padding-bottom: 2px;">
                <div>Carl A. Holth (Nominee)</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$50,000-$100,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>$50,000-$100,000</div>
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            <tr>
              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>Donald G. Tyler (Continuing Director)</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$50,000-$100,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$50,000-$100,000</div>
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            <tr>
              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 30%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>Neal F. Zalenko (Continuing Director)</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 33%; vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div>$10,001-$50,000</div>
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              <td style="width: 1%; vertical-align: top; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td style="width: 34.37%; vertical-align: top; border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255);">
                <div>$10,001-$50,000</div>
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;">Compensation</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">No Fund officer receives compensation from the Fund for service as an officer.&#160;&#160; David C. Sims, the Fund's Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance
        Officer, Treasurer and Secretary, is compensated for his services to the Fund by Sims Capital Management LLC (the "Advisor"), the Fund's investment advisor.&#160; Luke E. Sims, the Fund&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer, receives no compensation
        from the Fund for his service as an officer.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The following tables identify the aggregate compensation paid to all directors and nominees in 2020.&#160; Director fees are only payable to directors
        who are not officers of the Fund or affiliated with the Advisor.&#160; For 2020, Fund directors who are entitled to receive directors&#8217; fees received an annual retainer of $11,000, paid quarterly, together with $1,000, paid quarterly, for service on the
        Audit Committee.&#160; The Audit Committee Chairman received an additional $500 annual retainer, paid quarterly.&#160; The fees will be unchanged for 2021.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Continuing Directors and Nominees Who Are Interested Persons</u></div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Name of Person,</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Position</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Aggregate</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Compensation from</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Fund</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Pension or Retirement</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Benefits Accrued as</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Part of Fund Expenses</div>
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              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Estimated Annual</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Benefits Upon</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Retirement</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="2">
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Total Compensation</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">From Fund and Fund</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Complex Paid to</div>
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Directors</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
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              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">David C. Sims, Director and Nominee</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">0</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.82%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.27%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">0</div>
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          <tr>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.39%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Luke E. Sims, Director</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">0</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
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            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.82%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
              <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
            </td>
            <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.27%; border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
              <div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: &#38;quot;">0</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;"><u>Continuing Directors and Nominees Who Are Not Interested Persons</u></div>
      <div><br>
      </div>
      <div>
        <table cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" border="0" style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 10pt; text-align: left; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); width: 100%;" id="zfe5389fbb75448cf85f11b2a47c6b2f4">

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              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="margin-left: 5.3pt; font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Name of Person,</div>
                <div style="margin-left: 5.3pt; font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Position</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="2">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Aggregate</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Compensation from</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Fund</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Pension or Retirement</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Benefits Accrued as</div>
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              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Estimated Annual</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Benefits Upon</div>
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              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: top; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="2">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Total Compensation</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">From Fund and Fund</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Complex Paid to</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot; font-weight: bold;">Directors</div>
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            <tr>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Robert M. Bilkie, Jr.</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Director</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11.47%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">11,000</div>
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              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.5%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">11,000</div>
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            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Phillip J. Hanrahan,</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Director</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11.47%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.5%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Carl A. Holth, Director</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">and Nominee</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11.47%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.5%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Donald G. Tyler,</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Director</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11.47%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.5%; border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,000</div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 1%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Neal F. Zalenko,</div>
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">Director</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 11.47%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,500</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 23.28%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
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              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: top; width: 22.71%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);">
                <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-family: &#38;quot;">None</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 0.92%; padding-bottom: 2px; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-left: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">&#160;</td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; width: 2%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">$</div>
              </td>
              <td valign="bottom" style="vertical-align: bottom; text-align: right; width: 12.5%; background-color: rgb(204, 238, 255); border-top: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-bottom: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 2px solid rgb(0, 0, 0);" colspan="1">
                <div style="font-family: &#38;quot;">12,500</div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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      <div><br>
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      <div id="DSPFPageBreakArea" style="clear: both; margin-top: 10pt; margin-bottom: 10pt;">
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      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917076"></a>Board Meetings and Committees; Annual Meeting Attendance</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;"><a name="OLE_LINK2"></a>The Board held three (3) meetings during 2020.&#160; Each director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board and committees
        of the Board on which he or she served during 2020.&#160; The Fund has only one committee, the Audit Committee.&#160; The Fund has no nominating or compensation committees.&#160; The Board does not currently have a policy with regard to the attendance of
        directors at its annual meeting of shareholders.&#160; All of the directors attended the Fund&#8217;s 2020 annual meeting of shareholders by telephone.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917077"></a>Shareholder Communications</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Shareholders may send communications to the Board (to the attention of the Fund&#8217;s Secretary) at the Fund&#8217;s principal executive office.&#160; All
        shareholder communications shall be compiled by the Secretary and forwarded directly to the Board or the director as indicated in the letter.&#160; The Board reserves the right to revise this procedure in the event that it is abused or becomes
        unworkable.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917078"></a>Nominating Committee</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Board does not have a standing nominating committee or committee performing similar functions as the Board has determined, given its relatively
        small size, to perform this function as a whole.&#160; The Board does not currently have a charter or other written policy with regard to the nomination process, or a formal policy with respect to the consideration of director candidates.&#160; The
        nominations of the directors standing for reelection at the Meeting were approved by the Board. Messrs. Bilkie, Hanrahan, Holth, Tyler and Zalenko and Ms. Schmeltz are independent directors under the rules of the NYSE American LLC.&#160;&#160; Mr. Luke E.
        Sims, who is the Fund&#8217;s President and Chief Executive Officer, is an Interested Person and is not an independent director under the rules of the NYSE American LLC.&#160; Mr. David C. Sims, who is an officer of the Fund and a director of the Fund, is an
        Interested Person and is not an independent director under the rules of the NYSE American LLC.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Qualifications for consideration as a Board nominee may vary according to the particular areas of expertise being sought as a complement to the
        existing Board composition.&#160; In making its nominations, the Board considers relevant factors, including an individual&#8217;s business experience, breadth of knowledge about issues and matters affecting the Fund, time availability for meetings and
        consultation regarding Fund matters, and other particular skills and experience.&#160; The Board desires candidates who possess the background, skills and expertise to make a significant contribution to the Board, the Fund and its shareholders.&#160; In the
        event of a need for a new or additional director, the Board will evaluate potential nominees by reviewing their qualifications, results of personal interviews and such other information as the Board may deem relevant.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund does not employ an executive search, firm, or pay a fee to any other third party, to assist in identifying or evaluating potential
        qualified candidates for director.&#160; Since the Fund&#8217;s 2013 annual meeting directors have been nominated and elected to staggered terms.&#160; Ms. Schmeltz and Mr. Holth have served as directors since 1989.&#160;&#160; Mr. Luke E. Sims has served as a director
        since 2002.&#160; Mr. Bilkie has served as a director since 2006, and previously served as a Fund director from 1990 through 1996.&#160; Messrs. Hanrahan and Zalenko have each served as directors since 2008.&#160; Mr. Tyler has served as director since 2010.&#160; Mr.
        David C. Sims has served as a director since 2015.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Board has not established special procedures for shareholders to submit director recommendations.&#160; If the Secretary were to receive a
        recommendation of a candidate from a Fund shareholder, he would submit it to the Board, and the Board would consider such recommendations in the same manner as all other candidates.</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917079"></a>Audit Committee; Risk Management</div>
      <div>&#160;</div>
      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund has an Audit Committee, established in accordance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, comprised of Messrs. Zalenko (Chairman),
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Audit Committee is responsible for the appointment, compensation, retention and oversight of the work of the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants.&#160;&#160;
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Audit Committee met twice during 2020. The current members of the Audit Committee, Messrs. Zalenko, Hanrahan, Holth and Tyler meet the
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Investment funds generally face a number of risks, including investment risk, compliance risk, and valuation risk.&#160; The Fund, as a diversified
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        consist solely of marketable securities, and primarily large capitalization companies.&#160;&#160; The Board as a whole receives reports about the Fund&#8217;s transactions and discusses such transactions with management and its investment advisor.&#160; At such
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Fund&#8217;s investment advisor is Sims Capital Management LLC.&#160; Luke E. Sims, a director, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Fund, and
        David C. Sims, a director, Chief Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Treasurer and Secretary of the Fund, are the managers of the Advisor.&#160; See the earlier discussion in this Proxy Statement for further information about Luke E. Sims and
        David C. Sims, respectively.&#160; At the Fund&#8217;s 2007 annual meeting of shareholders, the shareholders approved the investment advisory agreement (&#8220;Advisory Agreement&#8221;) between the Fund and the Advisor.&#160; The Advisory Agreement has been mutually extended
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Advisor&#8217;s address is the same as that of the principal executive office of the Fund.&#160; The Fund is the Advisor&#8217;s only institutional advisory
        client.&#160; No other person provided any significant administrative or business affairs management services to the Fund during 2020.&#160; No continuing director or nominee for election as director, who is not an Interested Person, nor any of their
        immediate family members, is the record or beneficial owner of any securities in the Advisor or any of its affiliates.</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">The Board of Directors recommends that shareholders vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the election of the two (2) nominees, Mr. Carl A. Holth and Mr. David
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">PROPOSAL NO. 2 &#8211; SELECTION OF INDEPENDENT ACCOUNTANTS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC, independent registered public accountants, has been selected by the Audit Committee to examine the Fund&#8217;s financial
        statements for the year ending December 31, 2021.&#160; Unless a contrary specification is made, the accompanying proxy will be voted in favor of ratifying the selection of such accountants.&#160; A majority vote of the shares cast is required to approve the
        ratification of the selection of accountants.&#160; Under Maryland law, abstentions do not constitute a vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; or &#8220;AGAINST&#8221; a matter and will be disregarded in determining the votes cast.&#160; Broker non-votes with respect to shares entitled to vote
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        it in writing and direct it to the Fund&#8217;s Secretary at: <u>dave@simscapital.com<font style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">.</font></u> We will see
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><u>Audit Fees.</u>&#160; The Fund paid Plante &amp;
          Moran, PLLC $20,000 for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020, and $17,500 for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019, for audit fees.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><u>Audit-Related Fees.</u>&#160; The Fund did not
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><u>Tax Fees.</u>&#160; The Fund paid Plante &amp;
          Moran, PLLC $4,500 for the calendar year ended December 31, 2020, and $4,500 for the calendar year ended December 31, 2019, for tax fees in connection with the preparation of the Fund&#8217;s tax returns and assistance with Internal Revenue Service
          notice and tax matters.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;"><u>All Other Fees.</u>&#160; The Fund did not pay
          Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC any other amounts in either of the last two calendar years.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">&#8220;Audit fees&#8221; are fees paid by the Fund to Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC for professional services for the audit of our financial statements, or for
        services that are usually provided by an auditor in connection with statutory and regulatory filings and engagements. &#8220;Audit-related fees&#8221; are fees for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or
        review of financial statements. &#8220;Tax fees&#8221; are fees for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning. All other Fund fees are fees billed for any services not included in the first three categories.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">None of the services covered under the captions &#8220;Audit-Related Fees,&#8221; &#8220;Tax Fees,&#8221; and &#8220;All Other Fees&#8221; with respect to Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC were
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        two calendar years to provide non-audit services to the Fund or to the Advisor or any of its affiliates that provide ongoing services to the Fund (&#8220;Other Non-Audit Services&#8221;).&#160; Under the Audit Committee charter, the Audit Committee must approve in
        advance all non-audit services of the Fund and all Other Non-Audit Services.&#160; The Audit Committee has not adopted &#8220;pre-approval policies and procedures&#8221; as such term is used in 17 CFR 210.2-01(c)(7)(i)(B) and (ii).</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt; font-weight: bold;">The Board recommends that shareholders vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; the ratification of Plante &amp; Moran, PLLC as the independent registered
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917087"></a>SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Directors and officers of the Fund and certain of its affiliates and beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Common Stock are required to file
        initial reports of ownership and reports of changes in ownership of the Common Stock pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.&#160; The Fund has reviewed such reports received by it and written representations of
        such persons who are known by the Fund and, based solely upon such review, the Fund believes that, during the year ended December 31, 2020, one filing was filed late.&#160; As of the Record Date, to the best of the Fund&#8217;s knowledge, all such filings are
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="z_Toc159917088"></a>PROPOSALS OF SHAREHOLDERS</div>
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">Shareholder proposals for the 2022 annual meeting of shareholders must comply with applicable rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
        (including Rule 14a-8) and be received by the Fund at 225 East Mason Street, Suite 802, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202-3657 before the close of business on November 18, 2021, for consideration for inclusion in the Fund&#8217;s proxy statement.&#160; Shareholder
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      <div style="text-align: justify; text-indent: 36pt;">The Board is not aware of any other business that will be presented for action at the Meeting.&#160; If any other business properly comes before the
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;"><a name="OLE_LINK1"></a>REPORT OF AUDIT COMMITTEE</div>
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      <div>February 15, 2021</div>
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      <div>To the Board of Directors of the Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc.:</div>
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      <div>We have reviewed and discussed with management the Fund&#8217;s audited financial statements as of and for the year ended December 31, 2020.</div>
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      <div>We have discussed with the independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61, as amended (AICPA, <font style="font-style: italic;">Professional Standards,</font> Vol. 1 AU Section 380) as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board in Rule 3200T.</div>
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      <div>We have received and reviewed the written disclosures and the letter from the independent registered public accountants required by applicable requirements of the Public
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      <div>Based on the review and discussions referred to above, we recommend to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements referred to above be included in the
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      <div style="text-align: center;">EAGLE CAPITAL GROWTH FUND, INC.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">THIS PROXY IS SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">AS AN ALTERNATIVE TO COMPLETING THIS FORM, YOU MAY ENTER YOUR VOTE</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INSTRUCTION VIA THE INTERNET AT WWW.VOTEPROXY.COM AND FOLLOW THE SIMPLE</div>
      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">INSTRUCTIONS. USE THE COMPANY NUMBER AND ACCOUNT NUMBER SHOWN ON YOUR</div>
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      <div style="text-indent: 36pt;">The undersigned hereby appoints ROBERT M. BILKIE, JR. and LUKE E. SIMS, jointly and severally, Proxies, with full power of substitution, to
        represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Eagle Capital Growth Fund, Inc., to be held at the Milwaukee Bar Association, Board Conference Room, 747 North Broadway Street, Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202, on Thursday, April
        15, 2021, at 9:00 A.M. local time, and at any adjournments thereof, and to vote all shares of common stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote, and act with all the powers the undersigned would possess if personally present at the meeting.</div>
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      <div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS OF</div>
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