<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001391609-17-000032.txt : 20170130
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001391609-17-000032
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17F2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170130
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170127
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170130

SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000878932
		IRS NUMBER:				760345915
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17F2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	814-00098
		FILM NUMBER:		17554839

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 930
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135290900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 930
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EQUUS II INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970422

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000878932
		IRS NUMBER:				760345915
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		40-17F2

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 930
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046
		BUSINESS PHONE:		7135290900

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA
		STREET 2:		SUITE 930
		CITY:			HOUSTON
		STATE:			TX
		ZIP:			77046

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	EQUUS II INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970422
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<P STYLE="font: 13.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>U.S. Securities and
Exchange Commission </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549
</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 18pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>FORM N-17f-2 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>CERTIFICATE OF ACCOUNTING
OF SECURITIES AND SIMILAR INVESTMENTS IN </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>THE CUSTODY OF MANAGEMENT
INVESTMENT COMPANIES </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Pursuant to Rule 17f-2
[17 CRF 270.17f-2] </B></P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">1. Investment Company Act File Number:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>814-00098</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 4.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">Date&nbsp;examination&nbsp;completed:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">December 20, 2016</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 4.5pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">2. State Identification Number:</P>
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    <TD COLSPAN="12" STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-right: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Other (specify):</FONT></TD></TR>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">3. Exact name of investment company as specified
        in registration statement:</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 9pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">&nbsp;</P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Equus Total Return,
        Inc.</B></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">4. Address of principal executive office:
        (number, street, city, state, zip code)</P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>700 Louisiana Street,
        48<SUP>th</SUP> Floor, Houston, Texas 77002</B></P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>INSTRUCTIONS </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">This Form must be completed by the investment
companies that have custody of securities or similar investments.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Investment Company </B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt">1.</TD><TD>All items must be completed by the investment company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt">2.</TD><TD>Give this Form to the independent public accountant who, in compliance with Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law,
examines securities and similar investments in the custody of the investment company.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Accountant </B></P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 24.45pt">3.</TD><TD>Submit this Form to the Securities and Exchange Commission and appropriate state securities administrators when filing the
certificate of accounting required by Rule 17f-2 under the Act and applicable state law. File the original and one copy with the
Securities and Exchange Commission&rsquo;s principal office in Washington, D.C., one copy with the regional office for the region
in which the investment company&rsquo;s principal business operations are conducted, and one copy with the appropriate state administrator(s),
if applicable.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">THIS FORM MUST BE GIVEN
TO YOUR INDEPENDENT PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT</P>


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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-bottom: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Management
Statement Regarding Compliance with </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Certain Provisions of the Investment Company
Act of 1940 </B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>&nbsp;</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><FONT>January 27, 2017</FONT></P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">BDO USA, LLP</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">2929 Allen Parkway, 20<SUP>th</SUP> Floor</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Houston, Texas 77019</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">We, as members of management of Equus Total
Return, Inc. (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;), are responsible for complying with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2,
&ldquo;Custody of Investments by Registered Management Investment Companies&rdquo;, of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the
&ldquo;Act&rdquo;). We are also responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal controls over compliance with those
requirements. We have performed an evaluation of the Fund&rsquo;s compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of
Rule 17f-2 as of December 20, 2016 and from October 26, 2016 (the date of our last examination) through December 20, 2016.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Based on this evaluation, we assert that the
Fund was in compliance with the requirements of subsections (b) and (c) of Rule 17f-2 of the Act as of December 20, 2016, and from
October 26, 2016 (the date of our last examination) through December 20, 2016, with respect to securities reflected in the investment
account of the Fund.</P>

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    <TD COLSPAN="2"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Equus Total Return, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">By:&#9;</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">/s/ L&rsquo;Sheryl D. Hudson</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">L&rsquo;Sheryl D. Hudson</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="vertical-align: bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Chief Financial Officer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; text-align: center; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0"><B>Report of Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">To the Board of Directors of</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">Equus Total Return, Inc.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">We have examined management&rsquo;s assertion,
included in the accompanying Management Statement Regarding Compliance With Certain Provisions of the Investment Company Act of
1940, that Equus Total Return, Inc. (the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;) complied with the requirements of subsections (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of
Rule 17f-2 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &ldquo;Act&rdquo;) as of December 20, 2016. Management is responsible
for the Fund&rsquo;s compliance with those requirements. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on management&rsquo;s assertion
about the Fund&rsquo;s compliance based on our examination.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">Our examination was conducted in accordance
with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) and, accordingly, included examining, on a
test basis, evidence about the Fund&rsquo;s compliance with those requirements and performing such other procedures as we considered
necessary in the circumstances. Included among our procedures were the following tests performed as of December 20, 2016 and with
respect to agreement of security purchases and sales, for the period from October 26, 2016 (the date of our last examination) through
December 20, 2016:</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Count and inspection of all securities located in the vault of the Amegy Bank (the &ldquo;Custodian&rdquo;)
in Houston, Texas with prior notice to management;</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Confirmation of all securities hypothecated, pledged, placed in escrow, or out for transfer with
brokers, pledgees, or transfer agents; and</TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 22.5pt">&bull;</TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify">Reconciliation of all such securities to the books and records of the Fund and the Custodian.</TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">We believe that our examination provides
a reasonable basis for our opinion. Our examination does not provide a legal determination on the Fund&rsquo;s compliance with
specified requirements.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 9pt 0 0; text-align: justify">In our opinion, management&rsquo;s assertion
that the Fund complied with the requirements of subsections (b)&nbsp;and (c)&nbsp;of Rule 17f-2 of the Act as of December 20, 2016
with respect to securities reflected in the investment account of the Fund is fairly stated, in all material respects.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-right: 0; margin-left: 0">This report is intended solely for the information
and use of management and the Board of Directors of the Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to
be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.</P>

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    <TD STYLE="padding-left: 12pt; text-indent: -12pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 10pt">Houston, Texas</FONT></TD></TR>
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        27, 2017</FONT></P>
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