Special Opportunities Fund to Seek Proxy Voting Instructions for Certain Closed-end Funds

Special Opportunities Fund, Inc. (NYSE: SPE) (the “Fund”) announced today that it will seek instructions from stockholders with regard to the voting of proxies for certain closed-end funds whose shares the Fund owns. The specific closed-end funds for which the Fund seeks instructions from stockholders will be available on the Fund’s website at www.specialopportunitiesfundinc.com.