Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. filings document governance and shareholder voting for a closed-end, diversified management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The fund’s proxy materials cover annual meeting matters, board oversight, voting procedures, solicitation mechanics, and related fund governance disclosures.
Regulatory materials for CRF also include investment-company reporting such as Form N-CSR annual reports with audited financial statements. The filing record is centered on the fund vehicle’s public-company status, common-stock structure, capital actions, distribution framework, NAV considerations, and closed-end fund risk disclosures.
CORNERSTONE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC ownership disclosure: Sit Investment Associates, Inc. and its subsidiary Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC report shared beneficial ownership of 5,751,900 shares, representing 3.5% of Common Stock. Shares outstanding were 164,889,238 as of December 31, 2025.
The filing is an amendment (Schedule 13G/A) clarifying that the reported shares are held in client accounts for which the advisers possess shared voting and dispositive power; both advisers disclaim beneficial ownership under Rule 13d-4.
CRF submitted a Form N-CEN annual report template containing largely blank fields and checklist items for a registered investment company. The filing excerpt discloses $23,487.73 in aggregate brokerage commissions and $11,165,805.74 in principal transactions value for the reporting period.
The excerpt does not provide fund name, CIK, report period, shares outstanding, net asset value, or detailed schedules; most items remain as blank form fields requiring completion.
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. reported net assets of $1,049.4 million and a net asset value per share of $6.52 as of December 31, 2025. The fund's shares closed at $8.01, and total investment return at market value was 14.3% for the year, after reinvesting monthly distributions totaling $1.40 per share.
The fund generated $3.3 million of net investment income and realized net gains and unrealized appreciation totaling $159.08 million, producing a net increase in net assets from operations of $162.40 million. The Board reset the monthly distribution for 2026 to $0.1176 per share, applying a 21.0% distribution percentage to the Fund’s NAV as of the end of October 2025.
Sector weightings were led by Information Technology at 30.6% and Financials at 13.1%. Top holdings included Apple 7.0%, NVIDIA 6.3%, Alphabet 6.2% and Microsoft 4.5%. Total investments at value were $1,049.91 million, with net assets of $1,049.406 million.
Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. has called its annual stockholder meeting for April 14, 2026 in Asheville, North Carolina, primarily to elect eight directors to serve until the 2027 annual meeting. Stockholders of record at the close of business on February 13, 2026, when 162,199,765 common shares were outstanding, are entitled to vote, with one vote per share.
The slate includes six non‑interested and two interested directors, with two current directors stepping down under the board’s retirement and succession plans. The proxy details board and committee structure, director qualifications, equity ownership ranges, and 2025 compensation, as well as the Audit Committee’s selection of Cohen & Company, Ltd. as independent auditor and disclosure of $32,150 in 2025 audit and related fees.
Form 4 filing: Director Matthew Morris reported a transaction in Cornerstone Total Return Fund Inc. (CRF) dated 09/10/2025. The filing lists a transaction code S and shows Price $7.9222 with an entry that includes 1.1972 (listed under "V Amount (A) or (D)") and a post-transaction beneficial ownership of 11,466.712 shares. The form is signed by Matthew Morris on 09/11/2025. No derivative transactions or additional narrative explanations are provided.
Matthew Morris, a director of Cornerstone Total Return Fund, Inc. (CRF), reported two open-market sales of the issuer's common stock. On 09/03/2025 he sold 18,272 shares at $7.87 per share, leaving him with 46,467.9092 shares beneficially owned immediately after that transaction. On 09/04/2025 he sold an additional 35,000 shares at $7.90, leaving 11,467.9092 shares beneficially owned after the second sale. The Form 4 notes the total share counts include shares acquired through the fund's dividend reinvestment plan since the prior Form 4 filing. The form is signed 09/05/2025.