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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): June 10, 2011

EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (713) 529-0900

N/A

(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 5.07 Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on June 10, 2011 (“Annual Meeting”), the stockholders of Equus Total Return, Inc. (“Equus” or the “Fund”) voted on the following four proposals, which are described in detail in the Fund’s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 2, 2011: (i) to elect nine director nominees, each for a term of one year (“Proposal 1”), (ii) to ratify the appointment of UHY LLP as the Fund’s independent auditor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2011 (“Proposal 2”), (iii) to approve on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Fund’s named executive officers in 2010 (“Proposal 3”), and (iv) to approve, on a non-binding advisory basis, the frequency of shareholder advisory votes concerning the Fund’s executive compensation (“Proposal 4”).

A voting report was produced by a representative of The Altman Group, Inc., serving as Inspector of Elections for the Annual Meeting, certifying the following results:

Proposal 1 (election of directors):

There were no votes against or abstained with respect to any director nominee.

Proposal 2 (ratification of auditors):

Proposal 3 (non-binding approval of executive compensation in 2010):

Proposal 4 (non-binding approval of frequency of shareholder advisory votes concerning executive compensation):

Brokers did not have discretionary voting authority on Proposal 2.

After taking into consideration the foregoing voting results and prior recommendation of the Equus Board of Directors in favor of an annual advisory stockholder vote on the compensation of the Fund’s named executive officers, Equus intends to hold future advisory votes on the compensation of the Fund’s named executive officers every year.

Item 8.01 Other Events.

On June 15, 2011, the Fund issued a press release announcing the results of the Annual Meeting described in Item 5.07 above. The text of the press release is included as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d) Exhibits.

99.1 Press release issued on June 15, 2011 by Equus Total Return, Inc.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.