The Board has approved a new open market share repurchase program to authorize the Fund to purchase up to 10% of the Fund’s common shares each fiscal year (provided, that the Board has reauthorized the repurchase program in each subsequent fiscal year) in open market transactions, at the discretion of the Fund’s investment adviser. The share repurchase program is intended to increase the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) to the benefit of all shareholders and help create further value for shareholders by reducing the Fund’s discount to NAV. Subject to the 10% limitation in a fiscal year, the timing and amount of repurchases will be at the discretion of the Fund’s investment adviser.