Amendment to Quarterly Report (Form 10-Q/A)

Equus Total Return, Inc. ("Equus" or the "Company") is filing this Amendment No. 1 on Form 10-Q/A ("Amended 10-Q") which supersedes and replaces in its entirety the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 19, 2024 ("Original Filing").

The sole purpose of this Amended 10-Q is to provide the required Inline XBRL tagging, which was inadvertently omitted from the Original Filing. No other changes to the Original Filing have been made.

This Amended 10-Q does not reflect events occurring after the Original Filing except as noted above. This Amended 10-Q continues to speak as of the date of the Original Filing and the Company has not otherwise updated disclosures contained therein or herein to reflect events that occurred at a later date.

EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC.

(A Delaware Corporation)

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