As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 21, 2021

 

Securities Act File No. 333-257554

Investment Company Act File No. 811-22472

 

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM N-2

(check appropriate box or boxes)

 

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
Pre-Effective Amendment No.
Post-Effective Amendment No. 1
and/or  
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
Amendment No. 27
   

RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(303) 623-2577

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

 

Sareena Khwaja-Dixon

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000

Denver, Colorado 80203

(Names and addresses of agents for service)

 

Copies to:

Allison M. Fumai

Dechert LLP

1095 Avenue of the Americas

New York, NY 10036

 

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering: As soon as practicable after the effective date of the Registration Statement.

 

If any securities being registered on this form will be offered on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the following box.  

 

 

 

 

  

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-257554 and 811-22472) of the RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. (as amended, the “Registration Statement”) is being filed pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”), solely for the purpose of filing Exhibits k.10, k.11, and n. to the Registration Statement. No changes have been made to Part A, B or Part C of the Registration Statement, other than Item 25 (2) of Part C as set forth below. Accordingly, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 consists only of the facing page, this explanatory note and Item 25 (2) of the Registration Statement setting forth the exhibits to the Registration Statement. Pursuant to Rule 462(d) under the Securities Act, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 1 shall become effective immediately upon filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The contents of the Registration Statement are hereby incorporated by reference.

 

 

 

 

 

PART C — OTHER INFORMATION

 

Item 25: Financial Statements and Exhibits

 

  1. Financial Statements:

 

Part A – Financial Highlights for the period from December 24, 2015 to October 31, 2016, fiscal year ended October 31, 2017, period ended July 31, 2018, fiscal years ended July 31, 2019, July 31, 2020, and six months ended January 31, 2021.

 

Part B – Incorporated by reference in the Statement of Additional Information included herewith are the Registrant’s audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended July 31, 2020, notes to such financial statements and the report of independent registered public accounting firm thereon, as contained in the Fund’s Form N-CSR filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 28, 2020. The unaudited Semi-Annual Report for the fiscal period ending January 31, 2021, is incorporated by reference.

 

2. Exhibits:
   
  a.1 Articles of Amendment and Restatement. (1)
  a.2 Certificate of Correction. (15) 
  b. Bylaws, as amended July 16, 2018. (5)
  c. Not applicable.
  d.1 Form of Subscription Certificate for Rights Offering. +
  d.2 Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery for Rights Offering. +
  e. Form of Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. (1)
  f. Not applicable.
  g.1 Form of Investment Advisory Agreement. (5)
  g.2 Form of Subadvisory Agreement. (5)
  h.1. Form of Sales Agreement. (6)
  i. Not applicable.
  j.1 Form of Custodian Agreement. (1)
  j.2 Special Custody Agreement. (2)
  k.1 Administrative, Bookkeeping and Pricing Services Agreement. (1)
  k.2 Transfer Agency, Registrar and Dividend Disbursing Agency Agreement. (1)
  k.3 Security Agreement (3)
  k.4 Form of Subscription Agent Agreement. +
  k.5 Form of Information Agent Agreement. +
  k.6 Amendment to Administrative Bookkeeping and Pricing Services Agreement. (5)
  k.7 Distribution Agreement. (12)
  k.8 Form of Credit Agreement.(12)
  k.9 Sub-Placement Agent Agreement.(13)
  l.1 Opinion of Morrison & Foerster LLP. (5)
  l.2 Consent of Dechert LLP. (15)
  l.3 Consent of McDermott Will & Emery LLP. (15)
  m. Not applicable.
  n. Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.**
  o. Not applicable.
  p. Initial Subscription Agreement. (1)
  q. Not applicable.
  r.1 Code of Ethics of the Fund. (2)
  r.2 Code of Ethics of the Investment Manager. (5)
  r.3 Code of Ethics of the Subadviser. (5)
  s. Powers of Attorney. (14)

 

 

 

 

 

(1) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2/A, File no. 333-169317 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 25, 2015.
(2) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-220156 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 24, 2017.
(3) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2/A, File no. 333-220156 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 3, 2017.
(4) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on May 23, 2018.
(5) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on July 24, 2018.
(6) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 31, 2018.
(7) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 5, 2018.
(8) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 12, 2019.
(9) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 26, 2019.
(10) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 27, 2019.
(11) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 23, 2020.
(12) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on November 20, 2020.
(13) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-225152 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 18, 2020.
(14) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-257554 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 30, 2021.
(15) Incorporated by reference from the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File no. 333-257554 and 811-22472, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 15, 2021.

 

  + To be filed by amendment.

 

  ** To be filed herewith.

 

Item 26. Marketing Arrangements

 

None.

 

 

 

Item 27. Other Expenses and Distribution

 

The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be incurred in connection with the offering described in this Registration Statement:

 

Registration and Filing Fees   $ 66,115  
NYSE Listing Fee   $ 131,593  
FINRA Fees   $ 91,400  
Subscription Agent Fees   $ 75,000  
Information Agent Fees   $ 150,000  
Accounting Fees and Expenses   $ 15,000  
Legal Fees and Expenses   $ 265,000  
Printing and Mailing Expenses   $ 202,000  
Miscellaneous   $ 3,174  
Total   $ 999,282  

 

Item 28. Persons Controlled by or under Common Control

 

None.

 

Item 29. Number of Holders of Securities

 

As of July 31, 2021, the number of record holders of each class of securities of the Registrant was:

 

Title of Class   Number of
Record
Holders
Common Stock, par value, $0.0001 per share     2  

 

Item 30. Indemnification

 

The Charter of the Registrant provides that, to the fullest extent that limitations on the liability of directors and officers are permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law, no director or officer of the Registrant shall have any liability to the Registrant or its stockholders for money damages. This limitation on liability applies to events occurring at the time a person serves as a director or officer of the Registrant whether or not such person at the time of any proceeding in which liability is asserted. Article 2, Section 405.2 of the Maryland General Corporation Law provides that the Charter of a Maryland corporation may limit the extent to which directors or officers may be personally liable to the corporation or its shareholders for money damages in certain instances.

 

The Registrant’s Charter also provides that no amendment to the charter of the Registrant shall affect any right of any person based on any act or failure to act which occurred prior to the amendment. Insofar as Indemnification for liabilities under the Securities Act may be permitted to the directors and officers, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is therefore unenforceable. If a claim for indemnification against such liabilities under the Securities Act (other than for expenses incurred in a successful defense) is asserted against the Fund by the directors or officers in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question of whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in such Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

Item 31. Business and Other Connections of Investment Adviser

 

ALPS Advisors, Inc.

 

The description of the Investment Adviser under the caption “Management of the Fund” in the Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information, respectively, constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein. The address of the Investment Adviser is 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado 80203.

 

 

 

Set forth below is information as to any other business, profession, vocation and employment of a substantial nature in which each officer of the Investment Adviser is, or at any during the last two fiscal years has been, engaged for their own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee partner or trustee:

 

Name* Positions with ALPS Advisors, Inc. Other Business Connections Type of Business
Laton Spahr President None. None
Richard C. Noyes Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Assistant Secretary, AHI, ADI, APSD, AFS and APSD, and Assistant Secretary, Red Rocks Capital LLC. Fund Servicing
Joseph J. Frank Secretary Secretary, AHI, ADI, APSD, AFS and Red Rocks Capital LLC. Fund Servicing

 

* The principal business address for each of the ALPS Advisors, Inc. representatives is: 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, Colorado, 80203.

 

RiverNorth Capital Management, LLC

 

The description of the Subadviser under the caption “Management of the Fund” in the Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information, respectively, constituting Parts A and B, respectively, of this Registration Statement are incorporated by reference herein.

 

The principal occupation of the directors and officers of the Subadviser are their services as directors and officers of the Subadviser. The address of the Subadviser is 325 North LaSalle Street, Suite 645, Chicago, Illinois 60654.

 

No officer of the Subadviser is, or at any during the last two fiscal years has been, engaged for their own account or in the capacity of director, officer, employee partner or trustee in any other business, profession, vocation or employment.

 

Item 32. Location of Accounts and Records

 

All applicable accounts, books and documents required to be maintained by the Fund by Section 31(a) of the 1940 Act and the Rules promulgated thereunder are in the possession and custody of the Fund, c/o ALPS Fund Services, Inc., 1290 Broadway, Suite 1000, Denver, CO 80203.

 

Item 33. Management Services

 

Not applicable.

 

Item 34. Undertakings

 

  1. Not applicable.

 

  2. Not applicable.

 

  3. The Registrant undertakes:

  

  a. to file, during any period in which offers or sales are being made, a post-effective amendment to this Registration Statement:

 

  (1) to include any prospectus required by Section 10(a)(3) of the Securities Act;

 

  (2) to reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent post-effective amendment thereof) which, individually or in the aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set forth in the Registration Statement; and

 

 

 

 

 

  (3)

to include any material information with respect to the plan of distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration Statement or any material change to such information in the Registration Statement.

 

Provided, however, that paragraphs (a)(1), (a)(2), and (a)(3) of this section do not apply to the extent the information required to be included in a post-effective amendment by those paragraphs is contained in reports filed with or furnished to the Commission by the Registrant pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Exchange Act that are incorporated by reference into the registration statement, or is contained in a form of prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) that is part of the registration statement.

 

 

  b. that, for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of those securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof;

 

  c. to remove from registration by means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities being registered which remain unsold at the termination of the offering;

 

  d. that, for the purpose of determining liability under the Securities Act to any purchaser:

 

  (1) if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430B:

 

    (A) Each prospectus filed by the Registrant pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) shall be deemed to be part of the registration statement as of the date the filed prospectus was deemed part of and included in the registration statement; and

 

    (B) Each prospectus required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424(b)(2), (b)(5), or (b)(7) as part of a registration statement in reliance on Rule 430B relating to an offering made pursuant to Rule 415(a)(1)(i), (x), or (xi) for the purpose of providing the information required by Section 10(a) of the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the earlier of the date such form of prospectus is first used after effectiveness or the date of the first contract of sale of securities in the offering described in the prospectus. As provided in Rule 430B, for liability purposes of the issuer and any person that is at that date an underwriter, such date shall be deemed to be a new effective date of the registration statement relating to the securities in the registration statement to which that prospectus relates, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such effective date, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such effective date; or

 

  (2) if the Registrant is subject to Rule 430C: each prospectus filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act as part of a registration statement relating to an offering, other than registration statements relying on Rule 430B or other than  prospectuses filed in reliance on Rule 430A under the Securities Act, shall be deemed to be part of and included in the registration statement as of the date it is first used after effectiveness. Provided, however, that no statement made in a registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement or made in a document incorporated or deemed incorporated by reference into the registration statement or prospectus that is part of the registration statement will, as to a purchaser with a time of contract of sale prior to such first use, supersede or modify any statement that was made in the registration statement or prospectus that was part of the registration statement or made in any such document immediately prior to such date of first use; and

 

 

 

 

 

 

  e.

that for the purpose of determining liability of the Registrant under the Securities Act to any purchaser in the initial distribution of securities:

 

The undersigned Registrant undertakes that in a primary offering of securities of the undersigned Registrant pursuant to this registration statement, regardless of the underwriting method used to sell the securities to the purchaser, if the securities are offered or sold to such purchaser by means of any of the following communications, the undersigned Registrant will be a seller to the purchaser and will be considered to offer or sell such securities to the purchaser:

 

  (1) any preliminary prospectus or prospectus of the undersigned Registrant relating to the offering required to be filed pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act;

 

  (2) free writing prospectus relating to the offering prepared by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant or used or referred to by the undersigned Registrant;

 

  (3) the portion of any other free writing prospectus or advertisement pursuant to Rule 482 under the Securities Act relating to the offering containing material information about the undersigned Registrant or its securities provided by or on behalf of the undersigned Registrant; and

 

  (4) any other communication that is an offer in the offering made by the undersigned Registrant to the purchaser.

 

  4. The Registrant undertakes that:

 

  a. for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, the information omitted from the form of prospectus filed as part of this Registration Statement in reliance upon Rule 430A and contained in the form of prospectus filed by the Registrant under Rule 424(b)(1) under the Securities Act shall be deemed to be part of the Registration Statement as of the time it was declared effective; and

 

  b. for the purpose of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each post-effective amendment that contains a form of prospectus shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  5. The undersigned Registrant hereby undertakes that, for purposes of determining any liability under the Securities Act, each filing of the Registrant’s annual report pursuant to Section 13(a) or Section 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that is incorporated by reference into the registration statement shall be deemed to be a new registration statement relating to the securities offered therein, and the offering of such securities at that time shall be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.

 

  6. Insofar as indemnification for liabilities arising under the Securities Act may be permitted to directors, officers and controlling persons of the Registrant pursuant to the foregoing provisions, or otherwise, the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless in the opinion of its counsel the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in the Act and will be governed by the final adjudication of such issue.

 

  7. The Registrant undertakes to send by first class mail or other means designed to ensure equally prompt delivery, within two business days of receipt of a written or oral request, any prospectus or Statement of Additional Information.

 

 

 

 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant, has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the city of Denver and the state of Colorado, on the 21st day of September, 2021.

 

RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.  
   
By /s/ Kathryn A. Burns  
  Kathryn A. Burns, President  

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this amendment to the Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the date indicated.

 

/s/ Kathryn A. Burns   President
(Principal Executive Officer)
  September 21, 2021
Kathryn A. Burns        
         
/s/ Robert McClure  

Treasurer and Chief Accounting Officer 

(Principal Financial Officer) 

  September 21, 2021
Robert McClure        
         
*   Director   September 21, 2021
John K. Carter        
         
*   Director   September 21, 2021
Patrick W. Galley        
         
*   Director   September 21, 2021
J. Wayne Hutchens        
         
*   Director, Chairman   September 21, 2021
John S. Oakes        
         
*   Director   September 21, 2021
Jerry Raio        
         
*   Director   September 21, 2021
David M. Swanson        

 

* By:  /s/ Sareena Khwaja-Dixon  
  Name: Sareena Khwaja-Dixon  
  Title: Secretary and Attorney in Fact  
  Date: September 21, 2021  

 

 

 

 

 

INDEX TO EXHIBITS

 

Exhibit No.   Description
k.10   Form of Amendment to Distribution Agreement.
k.11   Form of Amendment to Sub-Placement Agent Agreement.
n.   Consent of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm.

 

 

 

 

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. POS EX

Exhibit 99.k.10

 

RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.

  

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT

 

September 21, 2021

 

ALPS Distributors, Inc.

1290 Broadway, Suite 1000

Denver, Colorado 80203

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Distribution Agreement dated November 11, 2020 (the “Distribution Agreement”), by and between RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc.. a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc., as principal underwriter and placement agent (the “Distributor”), regarding the offer and sale of up to 3,196,130 shares of common stock, par value $ 0.0001, of the Fund, from time to time, through sub-placement agents, in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

A. Amendments to Distribution Agreement. The Distribution Agreement is amended as follows, effective as of the date hereof:

 

1. The first sentence of Section 1(a) of the Distribution Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“(a) Subject to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Fund hereby appoints the Distributor as its principal underwriter and placement agent for up to 8,196,130 Common Shares of the Fund to be offered pursuant to the registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-257554 and 811-22472), filed by the Fund under the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act (the “Registration Statement”), through ATM offerings from time to time (the "Shares") and the Fund agrees that it will issue such Shares as the Distributor may sell.”

 

2. The fourth sentence of Section 2(a) of the Distribution Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Except where the context otherwise requires, "Prospectus Supplement," as used herein, means the final prospectus supplement, including the related statement of additional information, relating to the Shares, filed by the Fund with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in the form furnished by the Fund to the Distributor in connection with the offering of the Shares.”

 

B. Prospectus Supplement. The Fund shall file an amended or revised Prospectus Supplement reflecting this Amendment within two (2) business days of the date hereof.

 

C. No Other Amendments. Except as set forth in Part A above, all the terms and provisions of the Distribution Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

D. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.

 

E. Governing Law. This Amendment shall be governed by the terms of Section 11 of the Distribution Agreement..

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between us, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  RIVERNORTH OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC.
     
  By:     /s/ Kathryn Burns
   

Name: Kathryn Burns

Title: President

     
  ACCEPTED as of the date first above written:
     
  ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Stephen Kyllo
   

Name: Stephen Kyllo

Title: SVP & Director

 

 

 

 

 

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. POS EX

 

Exhibit 99.k.11

 

ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.

  

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO
SUB-PLACEMENT AGENT AGREEMENT

 

September 21, 2021

 

UBS Securities LLC

1285 Avenue of the Americas

New York, New York 10019

 

Ladies and Gentlemen:

 

Reference is made to the Sub-Placement Agent Agreement, dated December 4, 2020, as amended (the “Sub-Placement Agent Agreement”), by and between UBS Securities LLC, as sub-placement agent (the “Agent”), and ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”), regarding the offer and sell up to 3,196,130 shares of beneficial interest, no par value, of the RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”), a Maryland corporation, from time to time, through the Agent, in transactions that are deemed to be “at the market” as defined in Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

A. Amendments to Sub-Placement Agent Agreement. The Sub-Placement Agent Agreement is amended as follows, effective as of the date hereof:

 

1. The first paragraph of the Sub-Placement Agent Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“From time to time ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the "Distributor," "we" or "us") will act as manager of registered at-the-market offerings by RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), of up to 8,196,130 shares (the "Shares") of common stock, $0.0001 par value per share, of the Fund (the "Common Shares"). In the case of such offerings, the Fund has agreed with the Distributor to issue and sell through the Distributor, as sales agent, the Shares (the "Distribution Agreement").”

 

2. Section 2(a) of the Sub-Placement Agent Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced in its entirety with the following:

 

“Based upon the representations made by the Fund to the Distributor in the Distribution Agreement, a registration statement on Form N-2 (File No. 333-257554 and 811-22472) (the "Registration Statement") (i) has been prepared by the Fund in conformity with the requirements of the Securities Act and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and the rules and regulations thereunder (collectively, the "1940 Act") in all material respects; (ii) has been filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission") under the Securities Act and the 1940 Act; and (ii) heretofore became, and is, effective; the Registration Statement sets forth the terms of the offering, sale and plan of distribution of the Shares and contains additional information concerning the Fund and its business; no stop order of the Commission preventing or suspending the use of the Basic Prospectus (as defined herein), the Prospectus Supplement (as defined herein) or the Prospectus (as defined herein), or the effectiveness of the Registration Statement, has been issued, and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or, to the Fund's knowledge, have been threatened by the Commission. Except where the context otherwise requires, "Registration Statement," as used herein, means, collectively, the various parts of the registration statement, as amended at the time of effectiveness for purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act (the "Effective Time"), as such section applies to the Distributor, including (1) all documents filed as a part thereof or incorporated or deemed to be incorporated by reference therein, and (2) any information contained or incorporated by reference in a prospectus filed with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, to the extent such information is deemed to be part of the registration statement at the Effective Time. "Basic Prospectus," as used herein, means the final prospectus filed as part of the Registration Statement, including the related statement of additional information, together with any amendments or supplements thereto as of the date of the Agreement. Except where the context otherwise requires, "Prospectus Supplement," as used herein, means the final prospectus supplement, including the related statement of additional information, relating to the Shares, filed by the Fund with the Commission pursuant to Rule 424 under the Securities Act, in the form furnished by the Fund to the Distributor in connection with the offering of the Shares. Except where the context otherwise requires, "Prospectus," as used herein, means the Prospectus Supplement together with the Basic Prospectus attached to or used with the Prospectus Supplement. Any reference herein to the Registration Statement, the Basic Prospectus, the Prospectus Supplement or the Prospectus shall be deemed to refer to and include the documents, if any, incorporated by reference, or deemed to be incorporated by reference, therein.

 

 

B. No Other Amendments. Except as set forth in Part A above, all the terms and provisions of the Sub-Placement Agent Agreement shall continue in full force and effect.

 

C. Counterparts. This Amendment may be signed by the parties in one or more counterparts which together shall constitute one and the same agreement among the parties.

 

D. Governing Law. This Amendment and any claim, counterclaim or dispute of any kind or nature whatsoever arising out of or in any way relating to this Amendment, directly or indirectly, shall be governed by Section 12 of the Sub-Placement Agent Agreement.

 

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If the foregoing correctly sets forth the understanding between us, please so indicate in the space provided below for that purpose.

 

  Very truly yours,
     
  ALPS DISTRIBUTORS, INC.
     
  By: /s/ Stephen Kyllo
   

Name: Stephen Kyllo

Title: SVP & Director

     
  ACCEPTED as of the date first above written:
     
  UBS SECURITIES LLC.
     
  By: /s/ Saawan Pathange
   

Name: Saawan Pathange

Title: Managing Director

     
  By: /s/ Henry Du Pont
   

Name: Henry Du Pont

Title: Associate Director

 

 

 

 

RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc. POS EX

Exhibit 99.n

 

 

 

 

CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this Registration Statement on Form N-2 of our report dated September 24, 2020, relating to the financial statements and financial highlights of RiverNorth Opportunities Fund, Inc., for the year ended July 31, 2020.

 

 

Cohen & Company, Ltd.

Milwaukee, Wisconsin

September 17, 2021