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  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">CURRENT REPORT</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 14pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities
  Exchange Act of 1934</P>
  
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  June 14, 2013</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 20pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.</B></P>
  
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  Charter)</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><B>814-00098</B></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 33%; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 11pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>76-0345915</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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          <P STYLE="font: 12pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Eight Greenway Plaza, Suite 930, Houston,
          Texas</B></P></TD>
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  area code: (713) 529-0900</B></P>
  
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  if Changed Since Last Report)</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 5.07&#9;Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.</B></P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on
  June 14, 2013 (&ldquo;Annual Meeting&rdquo;), the stockholders of Equus Total Return, Inc. (&ldquo;Equus&rdquo; or the &ldquo;Fund&rdquo;)
  voted on three proposals, which are described in detail in the Fund&rsquo;s Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on April 30, 2013: (i) to elect nine director nominees, each for a term of one year (&ldquo;Proposal 1&rdquo;), (ii)
  to ratify the appointment of UHY, LLP as the Fund&rsquo;s independent auditor for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2013 (&ldquo;Proposal
  2&rdquo;), and (iii) to approve on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Fund&rsquo;s named executive officers
  in 2012 (&ldquo;Proposal 3&rdquo;).</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">A voting report was produced by a representative
  of Georgeson, Inc., serving as Inspector of Elections for the Annual Meeting, certifying the following results:</P>
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>Proposal 1 (election of directors)</U>:</B></P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 37%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Board of Directors Nominees</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 19%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 20%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Withheld</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 24%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Fraser Atkinson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,633,461</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,796,350</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Alessandro Benedetti</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,631,946</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,797,865</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Richard F. Bergner</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,624,533</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,805,278</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Kenneth I. Denos</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,630,397</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,799,414</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Gregory J. Flanagan</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,626,109</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,803,702</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Henry W. Hankinson</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,612,530</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,817,281</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">John A. Hardy</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,632,992</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,796,819</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: White">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Robert L. Knauss</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,630,961</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,798,850</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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      <TD STYLE="padding-right: -45pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt">Bertrand des Pallieres</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,535,496</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,894,315</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">There were no votes against or abstained with
  respect to any director nominee.</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"><B><U>Proposal 2 (ratification of auditors)</U>:</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Abstained</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 21%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">6,299,992</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">2,278,567</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">778,894</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt; color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <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-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B><U>Proposal 3 (non-binding approval of executive compensation
  in 2012)</U>:</B></P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
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      <TD STYLE="width: 33%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>For</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 0.9pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Against</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 23%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Abstained</B></FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="width: 21%; border-bottom: black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-size: 11pt"><B>Broker Non-Votes</B></FONT></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: bottom; background-color: rgb(204,238,255)">
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center">3,491,911</TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">3,823,134</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">116,106</FONT></TD>
      <TD STYLE="padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; font-size: 12pt; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="color: black">0</FONT></TD></TR>
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Brokers did not have discretionary voting authority
  on Proposal 2.</P>
  
  
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  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>
  
  <P STYLE="font: 11pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0"><B>Item 8.01&#9;Other Events.</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; text-indent: 0.5in">On June 20, 2013, 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
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      <TD STYLE="vertical-align: top; width: 50%">Date: June 20, 2013</TD>
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text: ___________________________________________
  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 14, 2013
  EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.
  (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its
  Charter)
  Delaware
  814-00098
  76-0345915
  (State or Other Jurisdiction
  (Commission File
  (IRS Employer
  Of Incorporation)
  Number)
  Identification No.)
  Eight Greenway Plaza, Suite 930, Houston,
          Texas
  77046
  (Address of Principal Executive Offices)
  (Zip Code)
  Registrant's telephone number, including
  area code: (713) 529-0900
  N/A
  (Former Name or Former Address,
  if Changed Since Last Report)
  Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-k filing is intended
  to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:
  [ ] Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities
  Act (17 CFR 230.425)
  [ ] Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange
  Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)
  [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))
  [ ] Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under
  the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
  Item 5.07	Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.
  At the Annual Meeting of Stockholders held on
  June 14, 2013 ("Annual Meeting"), the stockholders of Equus Total Return, Inc. ("Equus" or the "Fund")
  voted on three proposals, which are described in detail in the Fund's Proxy Statement filed with the Securities and Exchange
  Commission on April 30, 2013: (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, 2013 ("Proposal
  2"), and (iii) to approve on a non-binding advisory basis, the compensation paid to the Fund's named executive officers
  in 2012 ("Proposal 3").
  A voting report was produced by a representative
  of Georgeson, Inc., serving as Inspector of Elections for the Annual Meeting, certifying the following results:
  Proposal 1 (election of directors)
  :
  Board of Directors Nominees
  For
  Withheld
  Broker Non-Votes
  Fraser Atkinson
  3,633,461
  3,796,350
  0
  Alessandro Benedetti
  3,631,946
  3,797,865
  0
  Richard F. Bergner
  3,624,533
  3,805,278
  0
  Kenneth I. Denos
  3,630,397
  3,799,414
  0
  Gregory J. Flanagan
  3,626,109
  3,803,702
  0
  Henry W. Hankinson
  3,612,530
  3,817,281
  0
  John A. Hardy
  3,632,992
  3,796,819
  0
  Robert L. Knauss
  3,630,961
  3,798,850
  0
  Bertrand des Pallieres
  3,535,496
  3,894,315
  0
  There were no votes against or abstained with
  respect to any director nominee.
  Proposal 2 (ratification of auditors)
  :
  For
  Against
  Abstained
  Broker Non-Votes
  6,299,992
  2,278,567
  778,894
  0
  Proposal 3 (non-binding approval of executive compensation
  in 2012)
  :
  For
  Against
  Abstained
  Broker Non-Votes
  3,491,911
  3,823,134
  116,106
  0
  Brokers did not have discretionary voting authority
  on Proposal 2.
  Item 8.01	Other Events.
  On June 20, 2013, 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 20, 2013 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.
  Equus Total Return, Inc.
  Date: June 20, 2013
  By:
  /s/ Kenneth I. Denos
  Kenneth I. Denos
  Secretary