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  LIVE
  0000897802
  SPECIAL OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
  811-07528
  C/O US BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
  615 EAST MICHIGAN AVENUE
  MILWAUKEE
  WI
  53202
  414-765-4319
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  10% Stockholder
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  Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC
  245 summer street
  Boston
  MA
  02110
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  2250710
  06/11/2024
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  Northbrook
  IL
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  Northbrook
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  Special Opportunities Fund
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  Relative Value Partners
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  Northbrook
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  shares are being sold on behalf of underlying shareholder
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  /s/ Audrey Skillern as a duly authorized representative of Fidelity Brokerage Services LLC, as attorney-in-fact for Gregory K Neer