Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Annual Stockholders Meeting

NEW YORK, Nov. 20, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: SPE), announced today that its Annual Meeting of Stockholders will be held on December 11, 2025 at 2 p.m., Eastern time, at the offices of Blank Rome LLP, 1271 Avenue of the Americas, 16th Floor, New York, NY.

GlobeNewsWire • Nov 20, 2025

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. Dividend Declaration

NEW YORK, Oct. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund's Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend of $0.171875 per share on the Fund's 2.75% Convertible Preferred Stock, Series C. The dividend is payable on December 31, 2025 to holders of record as of December 19, 2025.

GlobeNewsWire • Oct 30, 2025

Distribution Hike Incoming: SPE

Special Opportunities Fund (SPE) has thrived since Bulldog Investors shifted its focus from municipal bonds to activist investing in discounted closed-end funds. SPE's activist strategy targets undervalued closed-end funds and BDCs, capitalizing on market dislocations and compelling management actions to unlock value. The fund offers an attractive 8.56% yield with a managed distribution policy, and rising NAV signals a likely distribution hike for 2026.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 16, 2025

My Income Portfolio - NAV Never Lies

For those who adopt a dividend strategy, having a “thermometer” with which to measure the real performance of our stocks is an immense advantage. This thermometer is NAV, a simple line on a graph that anyone can observe and understand without the need for calculations or interpretations. If it grows over the years, it means that the security earned its distributions: if it goes down, it means that it paid them at the expense of NAV.

Seeking Alpha • Oct 15, 2025

Special Opportunities Fund Declares Distributions For Fourth Quarter of 2025

NEW YORK, Oct. 02, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) has announced that the Fund's Board of Directors (the “Board”) has declared the next three monthly distributions under the Fund's managed distribution plan.

GlobeNewsWire • Oct 2, 2025

SPE: A Review Of The Special Opportunities Fund Semi-Annual Report

Special Opportunities Fund outperformed the S&P 500 in the first half of 2025, aided by activist campaigns and narrowing discounts. SPE's portfolio remains diversified, with notable holdings in BDCs, closed-end funds, and operating companies like Texas Pacific Land and Tejon Ranch. Activist efforts, including successful campaigns with DMF and board representation at TRC, have unlocked value and driven positive portfolio changes.

Seeking Alpha • Sep 20, 2025

10 Best CEFs This Month: Average Yield Of Nearly 9% (August 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight the ten best CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select 10 CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 23, 2025

My 10% Income Portfolio-Protecting The NAV

Caring about dividends can increase our returns, but caring about NAV can save our portfolio. Return and NAV protection must go hand in hand, because there can be no sustainable return without protecting the value of the underlying assets. As far as I am concerned, the way to protect my portfolio is to favor only securities with a positive NAV over time.

Seeking Alpha • Aug 18, 2025

5 Best CEFs This Month For Yields Up To 13% (July 2025)

For income investors, closed-end funds remain an attractive investment class that covers various asset classes and promises high distributions and reasonable total returns. Closed-end funds, or CEFs, are generally characterized by higher volatility and deeper drawdowns than the broader market. For these reasons, they are not suited for everyone. In this monthly series, we highlight five CEFs with solid track records that pay high distributions and offer "excess" discounts. We try to separate the wheat from the chaff using our filtering process to select just five CEFs every month from around 500 closed-end funds.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 27, 2025

SPE Acts As An All-In-One Portfolio Strategy But May Not Be Optimal

SPE offers diversified exposure across CEFs, SPACs, equities, and BDCs, with an 8.5% yield and monthly distributions for income-focused investors. The fund's top holdings, GAM and STEW, are concentrated, value-focused equity funds. SPE holds substantial exposure to SPAC, adding significant risk and uncertainty to the portfolio.

Seeking Alpha • Jul 26, 2025