Edgar Filing: FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE TOTAL RETURN FUND INC

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FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PREFERRED INCOME FUND INCORPORATED (NYSE: PFD)
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PREFERRED INCOME OPPORTUNITY FUND INCORPORATED (NYSE: PFO)
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE PREFERRED SECURITIES INCOME FUND INCORPORATED (NYSE: FFC)
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE TOTAL RETURN FUND INCORPORATED (NYSE: FLC)
FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE DYNAMIC PREFERRED AND INCOME FUND INCORPORATED (NYSE: DFP)

301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720
Pasadena, California 91101

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
To Be Held on April 20, 2016

To the Shareholders:

Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meetings of Shareholders of Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Incorporated, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated, Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated, Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Incorporated and Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Incorporated (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”), each a Maryland corporation, will be held at the offices of Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated, 301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720, Pasadena, California 91101 at 8:00 a.m. PT, on April 20, 2016, for the following purposes:

Each Fund:

	1.	To elect Directors of each Fund (Proposal 1).

	2.	To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meetings or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Your vote is important!

The Board of Directors of each Fund has fixed the close of business on January 22, 2016 as the record date for the determination of shareholders of each Fund entitled to notice of and to vote at the Annual Meetings and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

	By Order of the Boards of Directors,


March 10, 2016	Chad C. Conwell
	Secretary

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meetings to Be
Held on April 20, 2016

The notice of Annual Meetings, joint proxy statement, proxy cards and each Fund’s annual report, including audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, are available to you on the Funds’ website - www.preferredincome.com or upon request, without charge, by writing to BNY Mellon c/o Computershare, P.O. Box 30170, College Station, Texas 77842-3170, or by calling 1-866-351-7446. You are encouraged to review all of the information contained in the proxy materials before voting.

To obtain directions to attend the Annual Meetings and vote in person, please call 1-626-795-7300.

SEPARATE PROXY CARDS ARE ENCLOSED FOR EACH FUND IN WHICH YOU OWN SHARES.
YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF YOUR HOLDINGS IN THE FUND. WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, WE ASK THAT YOU PLEASE VOTE PROMPTLY. INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE PROPER VOTING AND/OR EXECUTION OF PROXIES ARE SET FORTH ON THE INSIDE COVER. SHAREHOLDERS MAY SUBMIT VOTING INSTRUCTIONS BY SIGNING AND DATING THE PROXY CARD OR VOTING INSTRUCTION FORM AND RETURNING IT IN THE ACCOMPANYING POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.

INSTRUCTIONS FOR SIGNING PROXY CARDS

The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to you and may minimize the time and expense to the Fund(s) involved in validating your vote if you fail to sign your proxy card(s) properly.

	1.	Individual Accounts: Sign your name exactly as it appears in the registration on the proxy card(s).

	2.	Joint Accounts: Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing should conform exactly to a name shown in the registration.

	3.	All Other Accounts: The capacity of the individual signing the proxy card should be indicated unless it is reflected in the form registration. For example:

Registration		Valid Signature

Corporate Accounts

(1)	ABC Corp.	ABC Corp.
(2)	ABC Corp.	John Doe, Treasurer
(3)	ABC Corp. c/o John Doe, Treasurer	John Doe
(4)	ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan	John Doe, Trustee

Trust Accounts

(1)	ABC Trust	Jane B. Doe, Trustee
(2)	Jane B. Doe, Trustee	Jane B. Doe
	u/t/d 12/28/78

Custodian or Estate Accounts

(1)	John B. Smith, Cust.,	John B. Smith
	f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA
(2)	John B. Smith, Executor,	John B. Smith, Executor
	Estate of Jane Smith

301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720
Pasadena, California 91101

ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
April 20, 2016
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

This document is a joint proxy statement (“Joint Proxy Statement”) for Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Fund Incorporated (“Preferred Income Fund” or “PFD”), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Income Opportunity Fund Incorporated (“Preferred Income Opportunity Fund” or “PFO”), Flaherty & Crumrine Preferred Securities Income Fund Incorporated (“Preferred Securities Income Fund” or “FFC”), Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Incorporated (“Total Return Fund” or “FLC”) and Flaherty & Crumrine Dynamic Preferred and Income Fund Incorporated (“Dynamic Preferred Income Fund” or “DFP”) (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”). This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by each Fund’s Board of Directors (each, a “Board” and collectively, the “Boards”) to be voted at the Annual Meetings of Shareholders for each Fund to be held at 8:00 a.m. on April 20, 2016, at the offices of Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated, 301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720, Pasadena, California 91101 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (each, an “Annual Meeting” and collectively, the “Annual Meetings”).

This Joint Proxy Statement and the accompanying Notice of Annual Meetings and proxy card for each Fund in which you own shares were mailed on or about March 10, 2016 to shareholders of record as of the close of business on January 22, 2016. Proxy solicitations will be made, beginning on or about March 10, 2016, primarily by mail, but proxy solicitations may also be made by telephone, facsimile, e-mail, or personal interviews conducted by officers of each Fund, Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated (“Flaherty & Crumrine”), the investment adviser of each Fund, and BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (US) Inc. (“BNY Mellon”), the transfer agent and administrator of each Fund. With respect to FFC, FLC and DFP, proxy solicitations may also be made by Destra Capital Investments LLC, the servicing agent for FFC, FLC and DFP. No proxy solicitation firm will be used in connection with the Joint Proxy Statement. The Funds will evenly split the expenses incurred in connection with the preparation of this Joint Proxy Statement. Each Fund will pay for its respective expenses incurred in connection with printing and mailing of the Joint Proxy Statement and its enclosures to shareholders. Each Fund also will reimburse brokerage firms and others for their expenses in forwarding solicitation material to the beneficial owners of its shares.

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF EACH FUND, INCLUDING AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED NOVEMBER 30, 2015, IS AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST, WITHOUT CHARGE, BY WRITING TO BNY MELLON C/O COMPUTERSHARE, P.O. BOX 30170, COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS 77842-3170, OR BY CALLING 1-866-351-7446. EACH FUND’S ANNUAL REPORT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ON THE FUNDS’ WEBSITE - WWW.PREFERREDINCOME.COM - THE SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION’S (“SEC”) WEBSITE (WWW.SEC.GOV) OR, FOR FFC, FLC AND DFP ONLY, BY CALLING DESTRA CAPITAL INVESTMENTS LLC AT 1-877-855-3434.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meetings to Be
Held on April 20, 2016

The notice of Annual Meetings, Joint Proxy Statement, proxy cards and each Fund’s annual report, including audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, are available to you on the Funds’ website - www.preferredincome.com. You are encouraged to review all of the information contained in the proxy materials before voting. To obtain directions to attend the Annual Meetings, and vote in person, please call 1-626-795-7300.

If the enclosed proxy card(s) are properly executed and returned in time to be voted at the relevant Annual Meetings, the Shares (as defined below) represented thereby will be voted in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked thereon, a proxy will be voted “FOR” Proposal 1 at the relevant Annual Meeting. Any shareholder who has given a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its exercise either by attending the relevant Annual Meeting and voting his or her Shares in person or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later-dated proxy to the appropriate Fund delivered at the above address prior to the date of the Annual Meetings.

Under the bylaws of each Fund, the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business (a “Quorum”) at that Fund’s Annual Meeting. In the event that a Quorum is not present at the relevant Annual Meeting, or in the event that a Quorum is present but sufficient votes to approve any of the proposals are not received, the Chairman of the Annual Meeting may adjourn the meeting without assigning a specific date or from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the Annual Meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a Quorum shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the meeting as originally notified. A shareholder vote may be taken on a proposal in the Joint Proxy Statement relating to the applicable Annual Meeting prior to any such adjournment if sufficient votes have been received for approval of that proposal. Once a Quorum has been established at the relevant Annual Meeting, shareholders may continue to transact business, notwithstanding the withdrawal of shareholders and the loss of a Quorum.

Each Fund has one class of capital stock outstanding: common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the “Common Stock” or the “Shares”). Each Share is entitled to one vote at the relevant Annual Meeting with respect to matters to be voted on, with pro rata voting rights for any fractional Shares. On the record date, January 22, 2016, the following number of Shares of each Fund were issued and outstanding:

				Shares
	Name of Fund			Outstanding
	Preferred Income Fund (PFD)			11,057,483

	Preferred Income Opportunity Fund (PFO)			12,376,412

	Preferred Securities Income Fund (FFC)			43,724,575

	Total Return Fund (FLC)			9,903,086

	Dynamic Preferred Income Fund (DFP)			19,156,782

To the knowledge of each Fund and its Board, the following shareholder(s), or “group” as that term is defined in Section 13(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “1934 Act”), is the beneficial owner or owner of record of more than 5% of the relevant Fund’s outstanding Shares as of January 22, 2016^*:

Name and Address of		Amount and Nature
Beneficial/Record Owner	Title of Class	of Ownership	Percent of Class
Cede & Co.^**	Common Stock	PFD – (record)	96.74%
Depository Trust Company		PFO – (record)	96.42%
55 Water Street, 25^thFloor		FFC – (record)	99.82%
New York, New York 10041		FLC – (record)	99.87%
		DFP – (record)	99.98%

Name and Address of		Amount and Nature
Beneficial/Record Owner	Title of Class	of Ownership	Percent of Class

First Trust Portfolios L.P.,	Common Stock	FLC – (beneficial) ¹	6.71%
First Trust Advisors L.P.		DFP – (beneficial) ²	6.50%
The Charger Corporation
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187

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*	As of January 22, 2016, the Directors and officers, as a group, owned less than 1% of the Shares of each Fund.
**	A nominee partnership of The Depository Trust Company.
1	Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by First Trust Portfolios L.P. (“FTP”), First Trust Advisors L.P (“FTA”) and The Charger Corporation (“Charger”) with the SEC reporting share ownership as of December 31, 2015. Based on that filing, FTP, FTA and Charger do not have sole or shared voting power, but do have the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 664,481 Shares.
2	Information obtained from a Schedule 13G/A filed by FTP, FTA and Charger with the SEC reporting share ownership as of December 31, 2015. Based on that filing, FTP does not have sole or shared voting power. FTA and Charger have shared power to direct the vote of 47,740 Shares, FTP has shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 1,198,186 Shares, and FTA and Charger have the shared power to dispose or direct the disposition of 1,245,926 Shares.

This Joint Proxy Statement is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement for each Fund. At each Fund’s Annual Meeting, shareholders of the Fund will vote as a single class. Shareholders of each Fund will vote separately for each of PFD, PFO, FFC, FLC and DFP on the proposal on which shareholders of that Fund are entitled to vote at the relevant Annual Meeting. A separate proxy card is enclosed for each Fund in which a shareholder owns Shares. Thus, if the proposal at the relevant Annual Meeting is approved by shareholders of one or more Funds and not approved by shareholders of one or more other Funds, the proposal will be implemented for the Fund or Funds that approved the proposal and will not be implemented for any Fund that did not approve the proposal. It is therefore essential that shareholders complete, date and sign each enclosed proxy card. Shareholders of each Fund are entitled to vote on the proposal pertaining to that Fund.

PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF DIRECTORS

At the Annual Meetings, shareholders are being asked to consider the election of Directors of each Fund. The Board of each Fund is divided into three classes, each class having a term of three years. Each year the term of office of one class expires and the successor or successors elected to such class serve for a term of three years and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

Nominees for the Boards of Directors

Each Nominee named below is currently a Director of each Fund and has consented to continue to serve as a Director for the Fund(s) for which he is nominated if elected at the relevant Annual Meeting. If a designated Nominee declines or otherwise becomes unavailable for election, however, the proxy confers discretionary power on the persons named therein to vote in favor of a substitute nominee or nominees. Each Nominee has been nominated for a term of three years to expire at each Fund’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualify. Shareholders of each Fund’s Common Stock are entitled to elect the Nominees for election to the Board of the relevant Fund.

Fund	Nominees For Election
PFD	R. Eric Chadwick
	Morgan Gust
PFO	R. Eric Chadwick
	Robert F. Wulf
FFC	R. Eric Chadwick
	Robert F. Wulf
FLC	R. Eric Chadwick
	Robert F. Wulf
DFP	R. Eric Chadwick
	Morgan Gust

Information About Each Director's or Nominee for Election as Director's Experience, Qualifications, Attributes or Skills

Directors or Nominees for Election as Directors of the Funds, together with information as to their positions with the Funds, principal occupations and other board memberships for the past five years, are shown below.

				Number of	Other Public
	Current			Funds in Fund	Company Board
	Position(s)		Principal Occupation	Complex	Memberships
	Held with	Term of Office and	During Past Five	Overseen by	During Past Five
Name, Address and Age	Funds	Length of Time Served*	Years	Director**	Years
Non-Interested
Directors/Nominees:

David Gale	Director	Class I Director	President of Delta	5	Emmis
301 E. Colorado Boulevard		PFD — since 1997	Dividend Group, Inc.		Communications
Suite 720		PFO — since 1997	(investments)		through 2012
Pasadena, CA 91101		FFC — since inception
Age: 66		FLC — since inception

		Class II Director
		DFP — since inception

				Number of	Other Public
	Current			Funds in Fund	Company Board
	Position(s)		Principal Occupation	Complex	Memberships
	Held with	Term of Office and	During Past Five	Overseen by	During Past Five
Name, Address and Age	Funds	Length of Time Served*	Years	Director**	Years
Morgan Gust	Director and	Class II Director	Owner and operator	5	CoBiz Financial,
301 E. Colorado Boulevard	Nominating	FFC — since inception	of various entities		Inc. (financial
Suite 720	and	FLC — since inception	engaged in		services) through
Pasadena, CA 91101	Governance		agriculture and real		September 2015.
Age: 68	Committee	Class III Director	estate
	Chairman	PFD — since inception
		PFO — since inception
		DFP — since inception

Karen H. Hogan⁽¹⁾	Director	Class I Director	Board Chair and	5	None
301 E. Colorado Boulevard	and Audit	PFD — since 2005	Member, IKAR, a
Suite 720	Committee		non-profit
Pasadena, CA 91101	Chairperson	Class II Director	organization; Active
Age: 54		FFC — since 2005	Committee Member
		FLC — since 2005	and Volunteer to
		DFP — since inception	several non-profit
			organizations
		Class III Director
		PFO — since 2005

Robert F. Wulf⁽¹⁾	Director	Class I Director	Financial Consultant;	5	None
301 E. Colorado Boulevard		DFP — since inception	Former Trustee,
Suite 720			University of Oregon
Pasadena, CA 91101		Class II Director	Foundation; Trustee,
Age: 79		PFD — since inception	San Francisco
		PFO — since inception	Theological
			Seminary
		Class III Director
		FFC — since inception
		FLC — since inception

Interested
Director/Nominee:

R. Eric Chadwick ⁽²⁾	Director,	Class II Director	Portfolio Manager of	5	None
301 E. Colorado Boulevard	Chairman of	PFO — since 2016	Flaherty &
Suite 720	the Board,		Crumrine; President
Pasadena, CA 91101	Chief	Class III Director	of Flaherty &
Age: 40	Executive	PFD — since 2016	Crumrine since 2014;
	Officer and	FLC — since 2016	Vice President
	President	FFC – since 2016	of Flaherty &
		DFP – since 2016	Crumrine until
			September 2014

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*		The Class I Directors of PFD, FFC, FLC and DFP and the Class III Directors of PFO will serve until each Fund’s 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. The Class I Directors of PFO and the Class II Directors of PFD, FFC, FLC and DFP will serve until each Fund’s 2018 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify. The Class II Nominees of PFO and the Class III Nominees of PFD, FFC, FLC and DFP, if elected, will serve until each Fund’s 2019 Annual Meeting of Shareholders and until their successors are duly elected and qualify.

**		The Flaherty & Crumrine fund complex consists solely of the Funds.

⁽¹⁾		Ms. Hogan became Chairperson of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective as of February 1, 2016. Prior to February 1, 2016, Mr. Wulf served as each Fund’s Audit Committee Chairman.

⁽²⁾		“Interested person” (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) of the Funds. Mr. Chadwick is considered an "interested person" because of his affiliation with Flaherty & Crumrine.

Mr. Chadwick was appointed as a Director of the Funds in January 2016. Each other Director has been a Director of the Funds for at least ten years (or since the Fund's inception, in the case of DFP). Additional information about each Director follows (supplementing the information provided in the table above) that describes some of the specific experiences, qualifications, attributes or skills that each Director possesses which the Boards believe have prepared them to be effective Directors. The Boards believe that Directors need to have the ability to critically review, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them, and to interact effectively with Fund management, service providers and counsel, in order to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties; the Boards believe that their members satisfy this standard. Experience relevant to having this ability may be achieved through a Director's educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., accounting or law); public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Boards of the Funds) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and/or other life experiences. The charters for the Boards' Nominating and Governance Committees contain certain other factors considered by the Committees in identifying and evaluating potential Director nominees. To assist them in evaluating matters under federal and state law, the Independent Directors (defined below) are counseled by their own independent legal counsel, who participates in Board meetings and interacts with Flaherty & Crumrine, and also may benefit from information provided by the Funds' and Flaherty & Crumrine's counsel. Both counsel to the Independent Directors and counsel to the Funds and Flaherty & Crumrine have significant experience advising funds and fund directors. The Boards and their committees have the ability to engage other experts as appropriate. The Boards evaluate their performance on an annual basis.

●	R. Eric Chadwick – Mr. Chadwick was appointed as a Director and Chairman of the Board of each Fund in January 2016. Mr. Chadwick has been the President of each Fund since April 2015 and, previously, the Chief Financial Officer since 2004 (or in the case of DFP, from its inception). Mr. Chadwick is also the President of Flaherty & Crumrine and has served as a portfolio manager of PFD and PFO since 1999 and as portfolio manager of each of FFC, FLC and DFP since each Fund’s inception.

●	David Gale – In addition to his tenure as a Director of the Funds, Mr. Gale has been President and Chief Executive Officer of Delta Dividend Group, Inc., a San Francisco-based investment management firm, since 1992. Prior to joining Delta Dividend Group, Inc., Mr. Gale was a Principal with Morgan Stanley from 1983 to 1990, and a Managing Director of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. from 1990 to 1992. Mr. Gale previously served as a director of Emmis Communications.

●	Morgan Gust – In addition to his tenure as a Director of the Funds, Mr. Gust is the owner and operator of various entities engaged in agriculture and real estate. From 1990 to 2007, Mr. Gust served in various capacities, including President, Executive Vice President, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary of Giant Industries, Inc., a petroleum refining and marketing company listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the “NYSE”). Mr. Gust previously served as lead director of CoBiz Financial, Inc., a publicly traded bank holding company. He is also a member of the Arizona State Bar.

●	Karen H. Hogan – In addition to her tenure as a Director of the Funds, Ms. Hogan serves as the Board Chair of IKAR, a non-profit organization, and as a committee member and active volunteer of several charitable and non-profit organizations. From 1985 to 1997, Ms. Hogan served as Senior Vice President of Preferred Stock Origination, and previously Vice President of New Product Development, at Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. Ms. Hogan also served as a director and audit committee member of New World Coffee, Inc.

●	Robert F. Wulf – In addition to his tenure as a Director of the Funds, Mr. Wulf has worked as a financial consultant for over 30 years. Mr. Wulf also served as a board member of two non-profit organizations.

Board Composition and Leadership Structure

The 1940 Act requires that at least 40% of the Funds' Directors not be "interested persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Funds, and therefore not affiliated with Flaherty & Crumrine ("Independent Directors"). To rely on certain exemptive rules under the 1940 Act, a majority of the Funds' Directors must be Independent Directors and, for certain important matters, such as the approval of investment advisory agreements or transactions with affiliates, the 1940 Act or the rules thereunder require the approval of a majority of the Independent Directors. Currently, four of the Funds' five Directors are Independent Directors. The Chairman of the Boards is an interested person of the Funds. The four Independent Directors interact directly with the Chairman and other senior management of Flaherty & Crumrine at scheduled meetings and between meetings as appropriate. Independent Directors have been designated to chair the Audit Committees and the Nominating and Governance Committees, and the Independent Directors rotate the responsibility for chairing meetings of Independent Directors. In addition, from time to time, one or more Independent Directors may be designated, formally or informally, to take the lead in addressing with Fund management or their independent legal counsel matters or issues of concern to the Boards. As a result, the Boards have determined that their leadership structures and composition, in which no individual Independent Director has been designated to lead all the Independent Directors, are appropriate in light of the Boards' size and the cooperative and dynamic working relationship among the Independent Directors and the Independent Directors’ open lines of communication with Fund management. The Boards have determined that their leadership structures and composition, in which the Chairman of the Boards is an "interested person" of the Funds and 80% of the Directors are Independent Directors, are appropriate in light of the services that Flaherty & Crumrine provides to the Funds.

Boards' Oversight Role in Management

The Boards' role in management of the Funds is oversight. As is the case with virtually all investment companies (as distinguished from operating companies), service providers to the Funds, primarily Flaherty & Crumrine, have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Funds, which includes responsibility for risk management (including management of investment performance and investment risk, valuation risk, issuer and counterparty credit risk, compliance risk and operational risk). As part of their oversight, the Boards, acting at their scheduled meetings, or the Chairman, acting between Board meetings, regularly interacts with and receives reports from senior personnel of service providers, including the Funds' and Flaherty & Crumrine's Chief Compliance Officer and portfolio management personnel. The Boards' Audit Committees (which consist of all the Independent Directors) meet during their scheduled meetings, and between meetings the Audit Committee chairs maintain contact, with the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and the Funds' Chief Financial Officer. The Boards also receive periodic presentations from senior personnel of Flaherty & Crumrine regarding risk management generally, as well as periodic presentations regarding specific operational, compliance or investment areas, such as business continuity, personal trading, valuation and credit. The Boards have adopted policies and procedures designed to address certain risks to the Funds. In addition, Flaherty & Crumrine and other service providers to the Funds have adopted a variety of policies, procedures and controls designed to address particular risks to the Funds. Different processes, procedures and controls are employed with respect to different types of risks. However, it is not possible to eliminate all of the risks applicable to the Funds. The Boards also receive reports from counsel to the Funds and Flaherty & Crumrine and the Independent Directors' own independent legal counsel regarding regulatory, compliance and governance matters. The Boards' oversight role does not make the Boards guarantors of the Funds' investments or activities.

Beneficial Ownership of Shares in Funds and Fund Complex for each Director and Nominee for Election as Director

Set forth in the table below is the dollar range of equity securities in each Fund and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in the Flaherty & Crumrine Fund Family beneficially owned by each Director and Nominee for Election as Director.

						Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity
						Securities in All Registered Investment
	Dollar Range of Equity					Companies Overseen by Director in Family
	Securities Held in a Fund*⁽¹⁾					of Investment Companies*⁽²⁾
Name of Director or Nominee	PFD	PFO	FFC	FLC	DFP	Total
NON-INTERESTED
DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:

David Gale	D	D	E	D	C	E

Morgan Gust	D	D	D	D	C	E

Karen H. Hogan	C	C	C	C	C	D

Robert F. Wulf	C	C	E	E	E	E

INTERESTED DIRECTOR/NOMINEE:

R. Eric Chadwick	E	E	E	E	E	E

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*	Key to Dollar Ranges
	A.	None
	B.	$1 - $10,000
	C.	$10,001 -$50,000
	D.	$50,001 - $100,000
	E.	over $100,000
	All Shares were valued as of December 31, 2015.

(1)	This information has been furnished by each Director/Nominee as of December 31, 2015. “Beneficial ownership” is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) under the 1934 Act.

(2)	The Directors, Nominees and executive officers of each Fund, as a group, own less than 1% of each Fund.

Officers of the Funds

The following table provides information concerning each of the officers of the Funds.

	Current Position(s)	Term of Office and Length of	Principal Occupation During
Name, Address and Age	Held with Funds	Time Served^*	Past Five Years
Chad C. Conwell	Chief Compliance	PFD – since 2005	Executive Vice President of Flaherty &
301 E. Colorado Boulevard	Officer, Vice	PFO – since 2005	Crumrine since September 2014; Chief
Suite 720	President and	FFC – since 2005	Compliance Officer and Chief Legal
Pasadena, CA 91101	Secretary	FLC – since 2005	Officer of Flaherty & Crumrine; Vice
Age: 43		DFP – since inception	President of Flaherty & Crumrine until
			September 2014

Bradford S. Stone	Chief Financial	PFD – since 2003	Portfolio Manager of Flaherty & Crumrine;
47 Maple Street	Officer, Vice	PFO – since 2003	Executive Vice President of Flaherty
Suite 403	President and	FFC – since 2003	& Crumrine since September 2014;
Summit, NJ 07901	Treasurer	FLC – since inception	Vice President of Flaherty & Crumrine
Age: 56		DFP – since inception	until September 2014

Roger Ko	Assistant Treasurer	PFD – since 2014	Trader of Flaherty & Crumrine since
301 E. Colorado Boulevard		PFO – since 2014	September 2013; Director at Deutsche Bank
Suite 720		FFC – since 2014	Securities from 2009 to July 2013
Pasadena, CA 91101		FLC – since 2014
Age: 41		DFP – since 2014

Laurie C. Lodolo	Assistant	PFD – since 2004	Assistant Compliance Officer and Secretary
301 E. Colorado Boulevard	Compliance	PFO – since 2004	of Flaherty & Crumrine
Suite 720	Officer, Assistant	FFC – since 2004
Pasadena, CA 91101	Treasurer and	FLC – since 2004
Age: 52	Assistant Secretary	DFP – since inception

Linda M. Puchalski	Assistant Treasurer	PFD – since 2010	Administrator of Flaherty & Crumrine
301 E. Colorado Boulevard		PFO – since 2010
Suite 720		FFC – since 2010
Pasadena, CA 91101		FLC – since 2010
Age: 59		DFP – since inception

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*	Each officer serves until his or her successor is elected and qualified or until his or her earlier resignation or removal.

Audit Committee

The role of each Fund’s Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of: (i) the integrity of the Fund’s financial statements and the independent audit thereof; (ii) the Fund’s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, and its internal control over financial reporting; (iii) the Fund’s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and (iv) the independent auditor’s qualifications, independence and performance. Each Fund’s Audit Committee is also required to prepare an audit committee report pursuant to applicable laws and regulations for inclusion in the Fund’s annual proxy statement. Each Audit Committee operates pursuant to a charter (the “Audit Committee Charter” or “Charter”) that was most recently reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors of each Fund on January 21, 2016, and which is available at www.preferredincome.com. As set forth in the Charter, Fund management is responsible for the (i) preparation, presentation and integrity of each Fund’s financial statements, (ii) maintenance of appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and (iii) maintenance of internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. The Funds’ independent registered public accounting firm, KPMG LLP (the “independent accountants” or “KPMG”), is responsible for planning and carrying out proper audits and reviews of each Fund’s financial statements and expressing an opinion as to their conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Audit Committee Report

In performing its oversight function, at a meeting held on January 21, 2016, each Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with Fund management and the independent accountants, the audited financial statements of the Fund as of and for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, and discussed the audit of such financial statements with the independent accountants.

In addition, each Audit Committee discussed with the independent accountants the accounting principles applied by the Fund and such other matters brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by the independent accountants required by Auditing Standard No. 16, as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board. Each Audit Committee also received from the independent accountants the written disclosures and statements required by the SEC’s independence rules, delineating relationships between the independent accountants and the Funds and discussed the impact that any such relationships might have on the objectivity and independence of the independent accountants.

As set forth above, and as more fully set forth in each Fund’s Audit Committee Charter, the Audit Committee has significant duties and powers in its oversight role with respect to the Fund’s financial reporting procedures, internal control systems, and the independent audit process.

The members of each Audit Committee are not, and do not represent themselves to be, professionally engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not employed by the Fund for accounting, financial management or internal control. Moreover, the Audit Committee relies on and makes no independent verification of the facts presented to it or representations made by Fund management or the independent accountants. Accordingly, the Audit Committee’s oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that Fund management has maintained appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies, or internal controls and procedures, designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee’s considerations and discussions referred to above do not provide assurance that the audit of each Fund’s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards or that the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

Based on its consideration of the audited financial statements and the discussions referred to above with Fund management and the independent accountants, and subject to the limitations on the responsibilities and role of the Audit Committee set forth in the Charter and those discussed above, the Audit Committee of each Fund recommended to that Fund's Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Fund’s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

This report was submitted by the Audit Committee of each Fund’s Board of Directors

David Gale
Morgan Gust
Karen H. Hogan
Robert F. Wulf (Chairman)

January 21, 2016

Each Audit Committee was established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the 1934 Act. Each Audit Committee met four times in connection with its Board of Directors’ regularly scheduled meetings during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015. Each Audit Committee is composed entirely of each Fund’s Independent Directors who are also “independent” (as such term is defined by the NYSE under the listing standards applicable to closed-end funds, as may be modified or supplemented (the “NYSE Listing Standards”)), namely Ms. Hogan and Messrs. Gale, Gust and Wulf.

Nominating and Governance Committee

Each Board of Directors has a Nominating and Governance Committee composed entirely of each Fund’s Independent Directors who are also “independent” (as such term is defined by the NYSE Listing Standards), namely Ms. Hogan and Messrs. Gale, Gust and Wulf. The Nominating and Governance Committee of each Fund met twice during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015.

The Nominating and Governance Committee is responsible for identifying individuals believed to be qualified to become Board members; for recommending to the Board such nominees to stand for election as Directors at each Fund’s annual meeting of shareholders and to fill any vacancies on the Board; and for overseeing the Boards’ governance practices. Each Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee has a charter which is available on its website, www.preferredincome.com.

Each Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee believes that it is in the best interest of each Fund and its shareholders to obtain highly qualified candidates to serve as members of the Board. The Nominating and Governance Committees have not established a formal process for identifying candidates where a vacancy exists on the Board. In nominating candidates, each Nominating and Governance Committee shall take into consideration such factors as it deems appropriate, including educational background; business, professional training or practice (e.g., accounting or law); public service or academic positions; experience from service as a board member (including the Boards of the Funds) or as an executive of investment funds, public companies or significant private or not-for-profit entities or other organizations; and other life experiences. Each Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee may consider whether a potential nominee’s professional experience, education, skills and other individual qualities and attributes, including gender, race or national origin, would provide beneficial diversity of skills, experience or perspective to the Board’s membership and collective attributes. Each Fund’s Nominating and Governance Committee will consider Director candidates recommended by shareholders and submitted in accordance with applicable law and procedures as described in this Joint Proxy Statement. (See “Submission of Shareholder Proposals – 2017 Annual Meetings” below.)

Other Board-Related Matters

Shareholders who wish to send communications to the Board should send them to the address of their Fund(s) and to the attention of the Board. All such communications will be directed to the Board’s attention.

The Funds do not have a formal policy regarding Board member attendance at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. However, all of the Directors of each Fund attended the April 21, 2015 Annual Meetings of Shareholders.

Board Compensation

Each Director of each Fund who is not a director, officer or employee of Flaherty & Crumrine or any of its affiliates receives from each Fund a fee of $9,000 per annum plus $750 for each in-person Board or Audit Committee meeting attended, $500 for each in-person Nominating and Governance Committee meeting attended, and $250 for each telephone meeting attended. In addition, the Audit Committee Chairperson receives from each Fund an annual fee of $3,000. Each Director of each Fund is reimbursed for travel and out-of-pocket expenses associated with attending Board and committee meetings. During the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015, the Board of Directors for each of PFD, PFO, FFC, FLC and DFP held six meetings (two of which were telephone meetings). Each Director of each Fund attended 100% of the meetings of Directors and of any Committee of which he or she is a member. The aggregate remuneration paid to the Directors of each Fund for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 is set forth below:

		Board Meeting and
		Committee Meeting	Travel and Out-of-Pocket
	Annual Director Fees	Fees	Expenses*
PFD	$36,000	$33,000	$2,062
PFO	$36,000	$33,000	$2,062
FFC	$36,000	$33,000	$2,062
FLC	$36,000	$33,000	$2,062
DFP	$36,000	$33,000	$2,062

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*	Includes reimbursement for travel and out-of-pocket expenses for both “interested” and Independent Directors.

The following table sets forth additional information regarding the compensation of each Fund’s Directors for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015. No executive officer or person affiliated with a Fund received compensation from a Fund during the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 in excess of $60,000. Directors and executive officers of the Funds do not receive pension or retirement benefits from the Funds.

COMPENSATION TABLE

Name of	Aggregate	Total Compensation from
Person and	Compensation	the Funds and Fund
Position	from each Fund	Complex Paid to Directors*
Eric Chadwick	$0	$0 (5)
Director, Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer
and President

David Gale	$ 16,500 – PFD	$82,500 (5)
Director	$ 16,500 – PFO
	$ 16,500 – FFC
	$ 16,500 – FLC
	$ 16,500 – DFP

Morgan Gust	$ 16,500 – PFD	$82,500 (5)
Director, Nominating and Governance Committee Chairman	$ 16,500 – PFO
	$ 16,500 – FFC
	$ 16,500 – FLC
	$ 16,500 – DFP

Name of	Aggregate	Total Compensation from
Person and	Compensation	the Funds and Fund
Position	from each Fund	Complex Paid to Directors*
Karen H. Hogan **	$ 16,500 – PFD	$82,500 (5)
Director	$ 16,500 – PFO
	$ 16,500 – FFC
	$ 16,500 – FLC
	$ 16,500 – DFP

Robert F. Wulf **	$ 19,500 – PFD	$97,500 (5)
Director, Audit Committee Chairman	$ 19,500 – PFO
	$ 19,500 – FFC
	$ 19,500 – FLC
	$ 19,500 – DFP

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*	Represents the total compensation paid for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015 to such persons by the Funds, which are considered part of the same “fund complex” because they have a common adviser. The parenthetical number represents the total number of investment company directorships held by the Director or Nominee in the fund complex as of November 30, 2015.

**	Ms. Hogan became the Chairperson of each Fund’s Audit Committee effective as of February 1, 2016. Prior to February 1, 2016, Mr. Wulf served as each Fund’s Audit Committee Chairman.

Required Vote

The election of Messrs. Gust and Chadwick as Directors of PFD and DFP, and the election of Messrs. Wulf and Chadwick as Directors of PFO, FFC and FLC, will require the affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast by holders of the Shares of each such Fund at the Annual Meeting in person or by proxy.

Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

KPMG, LLP Two Financial Center, 60 South Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111, has been selected to serve as each Fund’s independent accountants for each Fund’s fiscal year ending November 30, 2016. KPMG acted as the independent accountants for each Fund for the fiscal year ended November 30, 2015. The Funds know of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of KPMG in the Funds. A representative of KPMG will not be present at the Annual Meetings, but will be available by telephone to respond to appropriate questions and will have an opportunity to make a statement, if asked.

Set forth in the table below are audit fees and non-audit related fees billed to each Fund by KPMG for professional services for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2014 and November 30, 2015, respectively.

	Fiscal Year
	Ended		Audit-Related
Fund	November 30	Audit Fees	Fees	Tax Fees*	All Other Fees
PFD	2014	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
	2015	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
PFO	2014	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
	2015	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
FFC	2014	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
	2015	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
FLC	2014	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
	2015	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
DFP	2014	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0
	2015	$ 47,500	$ 0	$ 8,910	$ 0

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*	“Tax Fees” are those fees billed to each Fund by KPMG in connection with tax consulting services, including primarily the review of each Fund’s income tax returns.

Each Fund’s Audit Committee Charter requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent accountants to the Fund, and all non-audit services to be provided by the independent accountants to the Fund’s investment adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Funds’ investment adviser (“affiliates”) that provide on-going services to each Fund, if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of each Fund, or to establish detailed pre-approval policies and procedures for such services in accordance with applicable laws. All of the audit and non-audit services described above for which KPMG billed each Fund fees for the fiscal years ended November 30, 2014 and November 30, 2015, respectively, were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.

For each Fund’s fiscal years ended November 30, 2014 and November 30, 2015, respectively, KPMG did not provide any non-audit services (or bill any fees for such services) to the Funds’ investment adviser or any affiliates.

OTHER MATTERS TO COME BEFORE THE ANNUAL MEETINGS

Each Fund does not intend to present any other business at the relevant Annual Meeting, nor is any Fund aware that any shareholder intends to do so. If, however, any other matters are properly brought before the Annual Meeting, the persons named in the accompanying form of proxy will vote thereon in accordance with their judgment.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Investment Adviser, Administrator and Servicing Agent

Flaherty & Crumrine serves as the investment adviser to each Fund, and its business address is 301 E. Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720, Pasadena, California 91101. BNY Mellon acts as the administrator to each Fund and is located at 4400 Computer Drive, Westborough, Massachusetts 01581. Destra Capital Investments LLC acts as the servicing agent to FFC, FLC and DFP and is located at One North Wacker Drive, 48^th Floor, Chicago, Illinois 60606.

Compliance with the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act and Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act require each Fund’s Directors and executive officers, certain persons affiliated with Flaherty & Crumrine and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of a registered class of a Fund’s securities to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership with the SEC and the NYSE and to furnish each Fund with copies of such forms they file. Based solely upon its review of the copies of such forms received by it and written representations from certain of such persons, each Fund believes that during 2015 all such filing requirements applicable to such persons were met in a timely manner, except that Robert T. Flaherty, an affiliated person of each Fund’s investment adviser, failed to file a Form 3 with respect to each of FFC, FLC and DFP in a timely manner.

Submission of Shareholder Proposals - 2017 Annual Meetings

All proposals by shareholders of each Fund that are intended to be presented at each Fund’s next Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held in 2017 must be received by the relevant Fund for consideration for inclusion in the relevant Fund’s proxy statement relating to the meeting no later than November 11, 2016, and must satisfy the requirements of federal securities laws.

Each Fund’s bylaws require shareholders wishing to nominate Directors or make proposals to be voted on at the Fund’s annual meeting to provide timely advance notice of the proposal in writing. To be considered timely, any such advance notice must be in writing delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Fund at the address set forth on the first page of this Joint Proxy Statement not earlier than the 150^th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120^th day prior to the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding year’s annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year’s annual meeting, notice by the shareholder to be timely must be so delivered not earlier than the 150^th day prior to the date of such annual meeting and not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the later of the 120^th day prior to the date of such annual meeting, as originally convened, or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such meeting is first made.

Any such notice by a shareholder shall set forth the information required by the Fund’s bylaws with respect to each matter the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting.

“Householding”

Please note that only one annual or semi-annual report or Joint Proxy Statement may be delivered to two or more shareholders of a Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To request a separate copy of an annual report or semi-annual report or this Joint Proxy Statement, or for instructions regarding how to request a separate copy of these documents or regarding how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, shareholders should contact BNY Mellon C/O Computershare, P.O. Box 30170, College Station, Texas 77842-3170 or by phone at 1-866-351-7446.

Voting Results

Each Fund will advise its shareholders of the voting results of the matters voted upon at its Annual Meeting in its next Semi-Annual Report to Shareholders.

Broker Non-Votes and Abstentions

A proxy which is properly executed and returned accompanied by instructions to withhold authority to vote represents a broker “non-vote” (i.e., Shares held by brokers or nominees as to which (i) instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or the persons entitled to vote and (ii) the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter). Proxies that withhold authority or broker non-votes (collectively, “abstentions”) will be counted as Shares that are present and entitled to vote at the meeting for purposes of determining the presence of a Quorum.

With respect to Proposal 1 for the Annual Meetings, abstentions do not constitute a vote “for” the Nominees for Director.

NOTICE TO BANKS, BROKER/DEALERS AND VOTING TRUSTEES AND THEIR NOMINEES

Please advise the Funds whether other persons are the beneficial owners of Shares for which proxies are being solicited from you, and, if so, the number of copies of the Joint Proxy Statement and other soliciting material you wish to receive in order to supply copies to the beneficial owners of Shares.

IT IS IMPORTANT THAT PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY. SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO ATTEND THE RELEVANT MEETINGS ARE THEREFORE URGED TO COMPLETE, SIGN, DATE AND RETURN ALL PROXY CARDS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE IN THE ENCLOSED POSTAGE-PAID ENVELOPE.

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

EASY VOTING OPTIONS:

		VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope

		VOTE IN PERSON Attend Shareholder Meeting 301 East Colorado Blvd., Suite 720 Pasadena, California on April 20, 2016

Please fold along the perforation, detach and return the bottom portion in the enclosed envelope.

PROXY

FLAHERTY & CRUMRINE TOTAL RETURN FUND INCORPORATED
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS
TO BE HELD ON APRIL 20, 2016

PROXY

THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS. The undersigned holder of shares of Common Stock of Flaherty & Crumrine Total Return Fund Incorporated, a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), hereby appoints Bradford S. Stone and Chad C. Conwell, proxies for the undersigned, each with full powers of substitution and revocation, to represent the undersigned and to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of Common Stock which the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Flaherty & Crumrine Incorporated, 301 East Colorado Boulevard, Suite 720, Pasadena, California 91101 at 8:00 a.m. PT, on April 20, 2016, and any adjournments or postponements thereof (the “Meeting”).

The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of the Notice of Annual Meeting and Joint Proxy Statement and hereby instructs said proxies to vote said shares as indicated hereon. In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting. A majority of the proxies present and acting at the Meeting in person or by substitute (or, if only one shall be so present, then that one) shall have and may exercise all of the power and authority of said proxies hereunder. The undersigned hereby revokes any proxy previously given.

Note: Please sign this proxy exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on the books of the Fund. For joint owners, either party may sign. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign, and where more than one name appears, a majority must sign. If a corporation, the signature should be that of an authorized officer who should state his or her title.

Signature and Title, if applicable

Signature (if held jointly)

Date

PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the
Annual Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on April 20, 2016.
The Joint Proxy Statement and Proxy Card for this meeting are available at:
www.preferredincome.com

Please fold along the perforation, detach and return the bottom portion in the enclosed envelope.

Using a black ink pen, mark your votes with an X as shown in this example. Please do not write outside the designated areas. Example: ☒

THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEES LISTED.

1.	Election of Directors:			FOR ALL	WITHHOLD ALL	FOR ALL EXCEPT
		01 R. Eric Chadwick	02 Robert F. Wulf	☐	☐	☐

	INSTRUCTIONS: To withhold authority to vote for any individual nominee(s), mark the box “FOR ALL EXCEPT” and write the nominee’s number on the line provided below.


2.	To transact such other business as may properly come before the Annual Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.

Change of Address – Please print new address below.

PLEASE SIGN AND DATE ON THE REVERSE SIDE