UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-CSR

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT

INVESTMENT COMPANIES

Investment Company Act file number 811-21787

Name of Fund: Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc. (BEO)

Fund Address: 4 World Financial Center, 6 th Floor, New York, New York 10080

Name and address of agent for service: Justin C. Ferri, Chief Executive Officer, Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc., 4 World Financial Center, 6 th Floor, New York, New York 10080.

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (877) 449-4742

Date of fiscal year end: 12/31/2009

Date of reporting period: 12/31/2009


Item 1 – Report to Stockholders


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Enhanced S&P 500® Covered Call Fund Inc.

Annual Report

December 31, 2009

Investment Advisors


Fund Profile as of December 31, 2009

 

Fund Information       

 

Symbol on New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”)

   BEO

Initial Offering Date

   September 30, 2005

Yield on Closing Market Price as of December 31, 2009 ($10.23)*

  

Current Semi-Annual Distribution per share of Common Stock**

  

Current Annualized Distribution per share of Common Stock**

  
  *   Yield on closing market price is calculated by dividing the current annualized distribution per share by the closing market price as of December 31, 2009. Past performance does not guarantee future results.

 

  **   See Notes to Financial Statements, Note 1(f). As the Fund is liquidating in 2010, only the final liquidating distribution is anticipated.

The table below summarizes the changes in the Fund’s market price and net asset value for the twelve-month period:

 

       12/31/09  (a)    12/31/08    Change  (b)     High    Low

Market Price (c)

   $ 10.23    $ 7.21    41.89   $ 13.50    $ 5.11

Net Asset Value

   $ 8.36    $ 7.95    5.16   $ 9.35    $ 5.97
  (a)  

For the twelve-month period, the Common Stock of the Fund had a total investment return of 32.77% based on net asset value per share and 79.14% based on market price per share, assuming reinvestment of distributions. For the same period, the Fund’s unmanaged reference index, the CBOE S&P 500 ® BuyWrite IndexSM, had a total investment return of 25.91%. The reference index has no expenses associated with performance.

 

  (b)   Does not include reinvestment of dividends.

 

  (c)   Primary Exchange Price, NYSE.

 

Portfolio Information       
Ten Largest Equity Holdings    Percent of
Net Assets
 

Exxon Mobil Corp.

   3.0

Microsoft Corp.

   2.2   

Apple, Inc.

   1.8   

Johnson & Johnson

   1.7   

The Procter & Gamble Co.

   1.6   

International Business Machines Corp.

   1.6   

AT& T Inc.

   1.5   

JPMorgan Chase & Co.

   1.5   

General Electric Co.

   1.5   

Chevron Corp.

   1.4   
Five Largest Industries    Percent of
Net Assets
 

Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels

   8.9

Pharmaceuticals

   5.9   

Computers & Peripherals

   5.5   

Software

   4.0   

Diversified Financial Services

   4.0   

 

Sector Representation    Percent of
Long-Term Investments
 

Information Technology

   19.8

Financials

   14.4   

Health Care

   12.6   

Energy

   11.5   

Consumer Staples

   11.4   

Industrials

   10.2   

Consumer Discretionary

   9.6   

Utilities

   3.7   

Materials

   3.6   

Telecommunication Services

   3.2   

For Fund portfolio compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry and sector classifications refer to any one or more of the industry and sector sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry and sector sub-classifications for reporting ease.


S&P 500 and Standard & Poor’s 500 are registered trademarks of the McGraw-Hill Companies.

 

                
2    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


A Summary From Your Fund’s Portfolio Manager (unaudited)

We are pleased to provide you with this stockholder report for Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.

The Fund is advised by IQ Investment Advisors LLC and sub-advised by Oppenheimer Capital LLC.

 

The investment objective of Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) is to seek leveraged returns on the CBOE S&P 500 ® BuyWrite Index SM (the “BXM Index”), less fees and expenses. The Fund will employ leverage to increase the volatility of the Fund’s investment portfolio to approximate the volatility of the Standard and Poor’s 500 ® Composite Stock Price Index (“S&P 500 Index”). The BXM Index is a passive, total return index that is based on purchasing the common stocks of all of the companies included in the S&P 500 Index, weighted in the same proportions as the S&P 500 Index (the “S&P 500 Index Stocks”), and writing (selling) one-month call options on the S&P 500 Index. There can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.

For the annual period ended December 31, 2009, the Fund had a total investment return as set forth in the table below, based on the change per share in net asset value of $7.95 to $8.36. For the same period, the Fund’s unmanaged reference index, the BXM Index, had a total return as shown below. All of the Fund and index information presented includes the reinvestment of any dividends or distributions. Distribution information may be found in the Notes to Financial Statements, Note 5.

 

Period    Fund*     BXM Index**     Difference  
Fiscal year ended December 31, 2009      32.77   25.91   6.86
Since inception (from 9/30/05) through December 31, 2009    (11.09 %)    6.27   (17.36 %) 

 

*   Fund performance information is net of expenses.

 

**   The reference index has no expenses associated with performance.

 

For more detail with regard to the Fund’s total investment return based on a change in the per share market value of the Fund’s Common Stock (as measured by the trading price of the Fund’s shares on the New York Stock Exchange), please refer to the Financial Highlights section of this report.

As a closed-end fund, the Fund’s shares may trade in the secondary market at a premium or discount to the Fund’s net asset value. As a result, total investment returns based on changes in the market value of the Fund’s Common Stock can vary significantly from total investment returns based on changes in the Fund’s net asset value.

Stephen Bond-Nelson

Portfolio Manager

February 17, 2010


CBOE, Volatility Index and VIX are registered trademarks and BXM is a service mark of the Chicago Board Options Exchange.

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    3


Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2009

(Percentages shown are based on Net Assets)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Aerospace & Defense — 2.5%     
 

Boeing Co. (c)

   5,035   $ 272,545
 

General Dynamics Corp. (c)

   2,673     182,218
 

Goodrich Corp. (c)

   862     55,384
 

Honeywell International, Inc. (c)

   5,288     207,290
 

ITT Corp. (c)

   1,266     62,971
 

L-3 Communications Holdings, Inc. (c)

   805     69,995
 

Lockheed Martin Corp. (c)

   2,216     166,976
 

Northrop Grumman Corp. (c)

   2,174     121,418
 

Precision Castparts Corp.

   975     107,591
 

Raytheon Co. (c)

   2,656     136,837
 

Rockwell Collins, Inc. (c)

   1,090     60,342
 

United Technologies Corp. (c)

   6,497     450,957
          
               1,894,524
Air Freight & Logistics — 0.9%     
 

C.H. Robinson Worldwide, Inc.

   1,162     68,244
 

Expeditors International Washington, Inc.

   1,469     51,018
 

FedEx Corp. (c)

   2,166     180,753
 

United Parcel Service, Inc. Class B (c)

   6,880     394,706
          
               694,721
Airlines — 0.1%     
   

Southwest Airlines Co. (c)

   5,141     58,762
Auto Components — 0.2%     
 

The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co. (a)(c)

   1,678     23,660
 

Johnson Controls, Inc. (c)

   4,650     126,666
          
               150,326
Automobiles — 0.4%     
 

Ford Motor Co. (a)(c)

   22,917     229,170
 

Harley-Davidson, Inc. (c)

   1,625     40,950
          
               270,120
Beverages — 2.4%     
 

Brown-Forman Corp. Class B (c)

   761     40,767
 

The Coca-Cola Co. (c)

   16,057     915,249
 

Coca-Cola Enterprises, Inc. (c)

   2,202     46,682
 

Constellation Brands, Inc.
Class A (a)(c)

   1,382     22,015
 

Dr. Pepper Snapple Group, Inc. (a)

   1,761     49,836
 

Molson Coors Brewing Co. Class B (c)

   1,090     49,224
 

Pepsi Bottling Group, Inc. (c)

   998     37,425
 

PepsiCo, Inc. (c)

   10,813     657,430
          
               1,818,628
Biotechnology — 1.4%     
 

Amgen, Inc. (a)(c)

   7,014     396,782
 

Biogen Idec, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,004     107,214
 

Celgene Corp. (a)(c)

   3,185     177,341
 

Cephalon, Inc. (a)

   518     32,328
 

Genzyme Corp. (a)(c)

   1,839     90,129
 

Gilead Sciences, Inc. (a)(c)

   6,236     269,894
          
               1,073,688
Building Products — 0.0%**     
   

Masco Corp. (c)

   2,488     34,359
Capital Markets — 2.6%     
 

Ameriprise Financial, Inc. (c)

   1,767     68,595
 

The Bank of New York Mellon Corp. (c)

   8,345     233,410
 

The Charles Schwab Corp. (c)

   6,603     124,268
 

E*Trade Financial Corp. (a)(c)

   10,729     18,776
 

Federated Investors, Inc. Class B (c)

   610     16,775
 

Franklin Resources, Inc. (c)

   1,033     108,827

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Capital Markets (concluded)     
 

The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (c)

   3,562   $ 601,408
 

Invesco Ltd.

   2,971     69,789
 

Janus Capital Group, Inc. (c)

   1,261     16,960
 

Legg Mason, Inc.

   1,126     33,960
 

Morgan Stanley (c)

   9,420     278,832
 

Northern Trust Corp. (c)

   1,674     87,718
 

State Street Corp. (c)

   3,428     149,255
 

T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (c)

   1,784     94,998
          
               1,903,571
Chemicals — 1.8%     
 

Air Products & Chemicals, Inc. (c)

   1,469     119,077
 

Airgas, Inc.

   573     27,275
 

CF Industries Holdings, Inc.

   339     30,774
 

The Dow Chemical Co. (c)

   7,925     218,968
 

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co. (c)

   6,262     210,842
 

Eastman Chemical Co. (c)

   506     30,481
 

Ecolab, Inc. (c)

   1,646     73,379
 

FMC Corp.

   501     27,936
 

International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc. (c)

   548     22,545
 

Monsanto Co. (c)

   3,777     308,770
 

PPG Industries, Inc. (c)

   1,157     67,731
 

Praxair, Inc. (c)

   2,126     170,739
 

Sigma-Aldrich Corp. (c)

   843     42,597
          
               1,351,114
Commercial Banks — 2.5%     
 

BB&T Corp. (c)

   4,765     120,888
 

Comerica, Inc. (c)

   1,047     30,960
 

Fifth Third Bancorp (c)

   5,511     53,732
 

First Horizon National Corp. (a)(c)

   1,539     20,621
 

Huntington Bancshares, Inc. (c)

   4,955     18,086
 

KeyCorp (c)

   6,088     33,788
 

M&T Bank Corp. (c)

   575     38,462
 

Marshall & Ilsley Corp.

   3,636     19,816
 

The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (c)

   3,197     168,770
 

Regions Financial Corp. (c)

   8,232     43,547
 

SunTrust Banks, Inc. (c)

   3,459     70,183
 

U.S. Bancorp (c)

   13,252     298,303
 

Wells Fargo & Co. (c)

   35,417     955,905
 

Zions Bancorporation (c)

   958     12,291
          
               1,885,352
Commercial Services & Supplies — 0.5%     
 

Avery Dennison Corp. (c)

   781     28,499
 

Cintas Corp. (c)

   911     23,732
 

Iron Mountain, Inc. (a)

   1,254     28,541
 

Pitney Bowes, Inc. (c)

   1,435     32,661
 

R.R. Donnelley & Sons Co. (c)

   1,423     31,690
 

Republic Services, Inc. Class A

   2,239     63,386
 

Stericycle, Inc. (a)

   584     32,219
 

Waste Management, Inc. (c)

   3,393     114,717
          
               355,445
Communications Equipment — 2.4%     
 

Ciena Corp. (a)

   1     11
 

Cisco Systems, Inc. (a)(c)

   39,863     954,320
 

Harris Corp.

   917     43,603
 

JDS Uniphase Corp. (a)(c)

   1,543     12,730
 

Juniper Networks, Inc. (a)

   3,641     97,105
 

Motorola, Inc. (c)

   16,014     124,269

 

                
4    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Communications Equipment (concluded)     
 

QUALCOMM, Inc. (c)

   11,574   $ 535,413
 

Tellabs, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,676     15,200
          
               1,782,651
Computers & Peripherals — 5.5%     
 

Apple, Inc. (a)(c)

   6,241     1,315,977
 

Dell, Inc. (a)(c)

   11,932     171,344
 

EMC Corp. (a)(c)

   14,136     246,956
 

Hewlett-Packard Co. (c)

   16,430     846,309
 

International Business Machines Corp. (c)

   9,103     1,191,583
 

Lexmark International, Inc.
Class A (a)(c)

   541     14,055
 

NetApp, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,352     80,885
 

QLogic Corp. (a)(c)

   794     14,983
 

SanDisk Corp. (a)

   1,581     45,833
 

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (a)

   5,220     48,911
 

Teradata Corp. (a)

   1,186     37,276
 

Western Digital Corp. (a)

   1,562     68,962
          
               4,083,074
Construction & Engineering — 0.2%     
 

Fluor Corp. (c)

   1,240     55,850
 

Jacobs Engineering Group, Inc. (a)

   865     32,533
 

Quanta Services, Inc. (a)

   1,454     30,301
          
               118,684
Construction Materials — 0.1%     
   

Vulcan Materials Co. (c)

   869     45,770
Consumer Finance — 0.7%     
 

American Express Co. (c)

   8,240     333,885
 

Capital One Financial Corp. (c)

   3,118     119,544
 

Discover Financial Services, Inc.

   3,761     55,324
 

SLM Corp. (a)(c)

   3,289     37,067
          
               545,820
Containers & Packaging — 0.2%     
 

Ball Corp. (c)

   652     33,708
 

Bemis Co. (c)

   750     22,238
 

Owens-Illinois, Inc. (a)

   1,168     38,392
 

Pactiv Corp. (a)(c)

   917     22,136
 

Sealed Air Corp. (c)

   1,102     24,090
          
               140,564
Distributors — 0.1%     
   

Genuine Parts Co. (c)

   1,106     41,984
Diversified Consumer Services — 0.2%     
 

Apollo Group, Inc. Class A (a)(c)

   892     54,037
 

DeVry, Inc.

   428     24,280
 

H&R Block, Inc. (c)

   2,324     52,569
          
               130,886
Diversified Financial Services — 4.0%     
 

Bank of America Corp. (b)(c)

   68,857     1,036,986
 

CME Group, Inc. (c)

   461     154,873
 

Citigroup, Inc. (c)

   135,125     447,264
 

IntercontinentalExchange, Inc. (a)

   511     57,385
 

JPMorgan Chase & Co. (c)

   27,307     1,137,883
 

Leucadia National Corp. (a)

   1,314     31,260
 

Moody’s Corp. (c)

   1,360     36,448
 

The NASDAQ Stock Market,
Inc. (a)

   1,024     20,296
 

NYSE Euronext

   1,802     45,591
          
               2,967,986

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Diversified Telecommunication Services — 2.6%     
 

AT&T Inc. (c)

   40,891   $ 1,146,175
 

CenturyTel, Inc. (c)

   2,062     74,665
 

Frontier Communications Corp. (c)

   2,164     16,901
 

Qwest Communications International Inc. (c)

   10,290     43,321
 

Verizon Communications, Inc. (c)

   19,684     652,131
 

Windstream Corp.

   3,026     33,256
          
               1,966,449
Electric Utilities — 1.9%     
 

Allegheny Energy, Inc. (c)

   1,175     27,589
 

American Electric Power Co., Inc. (c)

   3,310     115,155
 

Duke Energy Corp. (c)

   9,040     155,578
 

Edison International (c)

   2,258     78,533
 

Entergy Corp. (c)

   1,309     107,129
 

Exelon Corp. (c)

   4,569     223,287
 

FPL Group, Inc. (c)

   2,864     151,276
 

FirstEnergy Corp. (c)

   2,112     98,102
 

Northeast Utilities Inc.

   1,216     31,361
 

PPL Corp. (c)

   2,613     84,426
 

Pepco Holdings, Inc.

   1,540     25,949
 

Pinnacle West Capital Corp. (c)

   702     25,679
 

Progress Energy, Inc. (c)

   1,938     79,477
 

The Southern Co. (c)

   5,545     184,759
          
               1,388,300
Electrical Equipment — 0.5%     
 

Emerson Electric Co. (c)

   5,212     222,031
 

First Solar, Inc. (a)

   337     45,630
 

Rockwell Automation, Inc. (c)

   986     46,322
 

Roper Industries, Inc.

   631     33,045
          
               347,028
Electronic Equipment, Instruments & Components — 0.6%
 

Agilent Technologies, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,391     74,288
 

Amphenol Corp. Class A

   1,188     54,862
 

Corning, Inc. (c)

   10,783     208,220
 

Flir Systems, Inc. (a)

   1,055     34,520
 

Jabil Circuit, Inc. (c)

   1,321     22,946
 

Molex, Inc. (c)

   939     20,235
          
               415,071
Energy Equipment & Services — 1.7%     
 

BJ Services Co. (c)

   2,034     37,832
 

Baker Hughes, Inc. (c)

   2,147     86,910
 

Cameron International Corp. (a)

   1,694     70,809
 

Diamond Offshore Drilling, Inc.

   482     47,438
 

FMC Technologies, Inc. (a)

   847     48,990
 

Halliburton Co. (c)

   6,250     188,063
 

Nabors Industries Ltd. (a)(c)

   1,963     42,970
 

National Oilwell Varco, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,899     127,817
 

Rowan Cos., Inc. (c)

   788     17,840
 

Schlumberger Ltd. (c)

   8,321     541,614
 

Smith International, Inc.

   1,714     46,569
          
               1,256,852
Food & Staples Retailing — 2.5%     
 

CVS Caremark Corp. (c)

   9,774     314,821
 

Costco Wholesale Corp. (c)

   3,021     178,753
 

The Kroger Co. (c)

   4,510     92,590
 

Safeway, Inc. (c)

   2,816     59,953
 

SUPERVALU, Inc. (c)

   1,469     18,671
 

SYSCO Corp. (c)

   4,101     114,582

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    5


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Food & Staples Retailing (concluded)     
 

Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. (c)

   14,785   $ 790,258
 

Walgreen Co. (c)

   6,852     251,605
 

Whole Foods Market, Inc. (a)

   975     26,764
          
               1,847,997
Food Products — 1.5%     
 

Archer-Daniels-Midland Co. (c)

   4,451     139,361
 

Campbell Soup Co. (c)

   1,316     44,481
 

ConAgra Foods, Inc. (c)

   3,069     70,740
 

Dean Foods Co. (a)

   1,251     22,568
 

General Mills, Inc. (c)

   2,263     160,243
 

H.J. Heinz Co. (c)

   2,187     93,516
 

The Hershey Co. (c)

   1,152     41,230
 

Hormel Foods Corp.

   484     18,610
 

The J.M. Smucker Co.

   825     50,944
 

Kellogg Co. (c)

   1,762     93,738
 

Kraft Foods, Inc. (c)

   10,236     278,214
 

McCormick & Co., Inc. (c)

   911     32,914
 

Sara Lee Corp. (c)

   4,832     58,854
 

Tyson Foods, Inc. Class A (c)

   2,114     25,939
          
               1,131,352
Gas Utilities — 0.1%     
 

EQT Corp

   907     39,835
 

Nicor, Inc. (c)

   315     13,262
 

Questar Corp.

   1,208     50,217
          
               103,314
Health Care Equipment & Supplies — 1.8%     
 

Baxter International, Inc. (c)

   4,178     245,165
 

Becton Dickinson & Co. (c)

   1,643     129,567
 

Boston Scientific Corp. (a)(c)

   10,467     94,203
 

C.R. Bard, Inc. (c)

   669     52,115
 

CareFusion Corp. (a)

   1,227     30,687
 

Dentsply International, Inc.

   1,054     37,069
 

Hospira, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,127     57,477
 

Intuitive Surgical, Inc. (a)

   265     80,380
 

Medtronic, Inc. (c)

   7,670     337,327
 

St. Jude Medical, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,316     85,182
 

Stryker Corp. (c)

   1,957     98,574
 

Varian Medical Systems, Inc. (a)

   862     40,385
 

Zimmer Holdings, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,476     87,246
          
               1,375,377
Health Care Providers & Services — 2.0%     
 

Aetna, Inc. (c)

   3,004     95,227
 

AmerisourceBergen Corp. (c)

   1,996     52,036
 

Cardinal Health, Inc. (c)

   2,515     81,084
 

Cigna Corp. (c)

   1,895     66,837
 

Coventry Health Care, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,025     24,897
 

DaVita, Inc. (a)

   708     41,588
 

Express Scripts, Inc. (a)

   1,904     164,601
 

Humana, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,177     51,659
 

Laboratory Corp. of America Holdings (a)(c)

   736     55,082
 

McKesson Corp. (c)

   1,860     116,250
 

Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (a)(c)

   3,304     211,159
 

Patterson Cos., Inc. (a)

   649     18,159
 

Quest Diagnostics, Inc. (c)

   1,076     64,969
 

Tenet Healthcare Corp. (a)(c)

   3,001     16,175
 

UnitedHealth Group, Inc. (c)

   8,052     245,425
 

WellPoint, Inc. (a)(c)

   3,176     185,129
          
               1,490,277

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Health Care Technology — 0.0%     
   

IMS Health, Inc. (c)

   1,264   $ 26,620
Hotels, Restaurants & Leisure — 1.4%     
 

Carnival Corp. (a)(c)

   3,028     95,957
 

Darden Restaurants, Inc. (c)

   967     33,913
 

International Game Technology (c)

   2,058     38,629
 

Marriott International, Inc.
Class A (c)

   1,757     47,878
 

McDonald’s Corp. (c)

   7,478     466,926
 

Starbucks Corp. (a)(c)

   5,148     118,713
 

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. (c)

   1,296     47,395
 

Wyndham Worldwide Corp.

   1,238     24,970
 

Wynn Resorts Ltd.

   482     28,067
 

Yum! Brands, Inc. (c)

   3,241     113,338
          
               1,015,786
Household Durables — 0.3%     
 

Black & Decker Corp. (c)

   419     27,164
 

D.R. Horton, Inc. (c)

   1,915     20,816
 

Fortune Brands, Inc. (c)

   1,042     45,014
 

Harman International Industries, Inc.

   481     16,970
 

Leggett & Platt, Inc. (c)

   1,054     21,502
 

Lennar Corp. Class A (c)

   1,118     14,277
 

Newell Rubbermaid, Inc. (c)

   1,924     28,879
 

Pulte Homes, Inc. (c)

   2,188     21,880
 

Whirlpool Corp. (c)

   515     41,540
          
               238,042
Household Products — 2.3%     
 

Clorox Co. (c)

   969     59,109
 

Colgate-Palmolive Co. (c)

   3,445     283,007
 

Kimberly-Clark Corp. (c)

   2,878     183,357
 

The Procter & Gamble Co. (c)

   20,246     1,227,515
          
               1,752,988
IT Services — 1.5%     
 

Affiliated Computer Services, Inc. Class A (a)(c)

   677     40,410
 

Automatic Data Processing, Inc. (c)

   3,497     149,741
 

Cognizant Technology Solutions Corp. (a)

   2,042     92,503
 

Computer Sciences Corp. (a)(c)

   1,056     60,752
 

Fidelity National Information Services, Inc.

   2,271     53,232
 

Fiserv, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,066     51,680
 

MasterCard, Inc. Class A

   665     170,227
 

Paychex, Inc. (c)

   2,229     68,297
 

SAIC, Inc. (a)

   2,122     40,191
 

Total System Services, Inc.

   1,366     23,591
 

Visa, Inc. Class A

   3,104     271,476
 

The Western Union Co.

   4,796     90,405
          
               1,112,505
Independent Power Producers & Energy Traders — 0.1%  
 

The AES Corp. (a)(c)

   4,626     61,572
 

Constellation Energy Group, Inc. (c)

   1,392     48,957
          
               110,529
Industrial Conglomerates — 2.1%     
 

3M Co. (c)

   4,906     405,579
 

General Electric Co. (c)

   73,782     1,116,322
 

Textron, Inc. (c)

   1,879     35,344
          
               1,557,245
Insurance — 2.2%     
 

AON Corp. (c)

   1,898     72,769
 

Aflac, Inc. (c)

   3,242     149,942

 

                
6    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Insurance (concluded)     
 

The Allstate Corp. (c)

   3,718   $ 111,689
 

American International Group, Inc. (a)

   933     27,971
 

Assurant, Inc.

   809     23,849
 

Chubb Corp. (c)

   2,367     116,409
 

Cincinnati Financial Corp. (c)

   1,127     29,572
 

Genworth Financial, Inc. Class A (a)

   3,385     38,420
 

Hartford Financial Services Group, Inc. (c)

   2,654     61,732
 

Lincoln National Corp. (c)

   2,093     52,074
 

Loews Corp. (c)

   2,501     90,911
 

Marsh & McLennan Cos., Inc. (c)

   3,655     80,702
 

MetLife, Inc. (c)

   5,674     200,576
 

Principal Financial Group, Inc. (c)

   2,210     53,128
 

The Progressive Corp. (c)

   4,672     84,049
 

Prudential Financial, Inc. (c)

   3,215     159,978
 

Torchmark Corp. (c)

   574     25,227
 

The Travelers Cos., Inc. (c)

   3,786     188,770
 

UnumProvident Corp. (c)

   2,299     44,876
 

XL Capital Ltd. Class A (c)

   2,371     43,460
          
               1,656,104
Internet & Catalog Retail — 0.6%     
 

Amazon.com, Inc. (a)

   2,310     310,741
 

Expedia, Inc. (a)

   1,461     37,562
 

Priceline.com, Inc. (a)

   305     66,643
          
               414,946
Internet Software & Services — 1.9%     
 

Akamai Technologies, Inc. (a)

   1,187     30,067
 

eBay, Inc. (a)(c)

   7,795     183,494
 

Google, Inc. Class A (a)(c)

   1,671     1,035,987
 

VeriSign, Inc. (a)

   1,333     32,312
 

Yahoo! Inc. (a)(c)

   8,252     138,469
          
               1,420,329
Leisure Equipment & Products — 0.1%     
 

Eastman Kodak Co. (c)

   1,858     7,841
 

Hasbro, Inc. (c)

   863     27,668
 

Mattel, Inc. (c)

   2,505     50,050
          
               85,559
Life Sciences Tools & Services — 0.4%     
 

Life Technologies Corp (a)

   1,233     64,400
 

Millipore Corp. (a)(c)

   385     27,855
 

PerkinElmer, Inc. (c)

   809     16,657
 

Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,829     134,915
 

Waters Corp. (a)(c)

   656     40,646
          
               284,473
Machinery — 1.5%     
 

Caterpillar, Inc. (c)

   4,315     245,912
 

Cummins, Inc. (c)

   1,398     64,112
 

Danaher Corp. (c)

   1,803     135,586
 

Deere & Co. (c)

   2,931     158,538
 

Dover Corp. (c)

   1,290     53,677
 

Eaton Corp. (c)

   1,149     73,099
 

Flowserve Corp.

   387     36,583
 

Illinois Tool Works, Inc. (c)

   2,673     128,277
 

PACCAR, Inc. (c)

   2,519     91,364
 

Pall Corp. (c)

   810     29,322
 

Parker Hannifin Corp. (c)

   1,114     60,022

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Machinery (concluded)     
 

Snap-On, Inc. (c)

   404   $ 17,073
 

The Stanley Works (c)

   557     28,691
          
               1,122,256
Media — 2.7%     
 

CBS Corp. Class B

   4,692     65,923
 

Comcast Corp. Class A (c)

   19,782     333,525
 

DIRECTV Class A (a)

   6,631     221,144
 

EW Scripps Co. (a)

   1     7
 

Gannett Co., Inc. (c)

   1,641     24,369
 

Interpublic Group of Cos.,
Inc. (a)(c)

   3,369     24,863
 

The McGraw-Hill Cos., Inc. (c)

   2,182     73,119
 

Meredith Corp. (c)

   254     7,836
 

The New York Times Co. Class A (c)

   801     9,900
 

News Corp. Class A (c)

   15,614     213,756
 

Omnicom Group Inc. (c)

   2,157     84,447
 

Scripps Networks Interactive

   624     25,896
 

Time Warner Cable, Inc.

   2,442     101,074
 

Time Warner, Inc.

   8,091     235,772
 

Viacom, Inc. Class B (a)

   4,206     125,044
 

Walt Disney Co. (c)

   12,924     416,799
 

The Washington Post Co. Class B

   41     18,024
          
               1,981,498
Metals & Mining — 1.0%     
 

AK Steel Holding Corp.

   758     16,183
 

Alcoa, Inc. (c)

   6,752     108,842
 

Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (c)

   680     30,444
 

Cliffs Natural Resources, Inc.

   908     41,850
 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold, Inc. Class B (c)

   2,979     239,184
 

Newmont Mining Corp. (c)

   3,397     160,712
 

Nucor Corp. (c)

   2,182     101,790
 

Titanium Metals Corp.

   586     7,337
 

United States Steel Corp. (c)

   993     54,734
          
               761,076
Multi-Utilities — 1.3%     
 

Ameren Corp. (c)

   1,642     45,894
 

CMS Energy Corp. (c)

   1,591     24,915
 

CenterPoint Energy, Inc. (c)

   2,702     39,206
 

Consolidated Edison, Inc. (c)

   1,944     88,316
 

DTE Energy Co. (c)

   1,143     49,823
 

Dominion Resources, Inc. (c)

   4,139     161,090
 

Integrys Energy Group, Inc.

   534     22,423
 

NiSource, Inc. (c)

   1,911     29,391
 

PG&E Corp. (c)

   2,571     114,795
 

Public Service Enterprise Group, Inc. (c)

   3,506     116,575
 

SCANA Corp.

   771     29,051
 

Sempra Energy (c)

   1,708     95,614
 

TECO Energy, Inc. (c)

   1,481     24,022
 

Wisconsin Energy Corp.

   810     40,362
 

Xcel Energy, Inc. (c)

   3,164     67,140
          
               948,617
Multiline Retail — 0.8%     
 

Big Lots, Inc. (a)(c)

   573     16,605
 

Family Dollar Stores, Inc. (c)

   962     26,772
 

J.C. Penney Co., Inc. (c)

   1,634     43,481
 

Kohl’s Corp. (a)(c)

   2,125     114,601
 

Macy’s, Inc. (c)

   2,917     48,889

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    7


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Multiline Retail (concluded)     
 

Nordstrom, Inc. (c)

   1,145   $ 43,029
 

Sears Holdings Corp. (a)(c)

   336     28,039
 

Target Corp. (c)

   5,213     252,153
          
               573,569
Office Electronics — 0.1%     
   

Xerox Corp. (c)

   6,023     50,955
Oil, Gas & Consumable Fuels — 8.9%     
 

Anadarko Petroleum Corp. (c)

   3,406     212,602
 

Apache Corp. (c)

   2,330     240,386
 

Cabot Oil & Gas Corp. Class A

   718     31,298
 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

   4,486     116,098
 

Chevron Corp. (c)

   13,902     1,070,315
 

ConocoPhillips (c)

   10,281     525,051
 

Consol Energy, Inc.

   1,253     62,399
 

Denbury Resources, Inc. (a)

   1,731     25,619
 

Devon Energy Corp. (c)

   3,077     226,160
 

EOG Resources, Inc. (c)

   1,749     170,178
 

El Paso Corp. (c)

   4,859     47,764
 

Exxon Mobil Corp. (c)

   32,896     2,243,178
 

Hess Corp. (c)

   2,017     122,029
 

Marathon Oil Corp. (c)

   4,905     153,134
 

Massey Energy Co.

   593     24,912
 

Murphy Oil Corp. (c)

   1,323     71,707
 

Noble Energy, Inc.

   1,202     85,606
 

Occidental Petroleum Corp. (c)

   5,624     457,512
 

Peabody Energy Corp.

   1,856     83,910
 

Pioneer Natural Resources Co.

   799     38,488
 

Range Resources Corp.

   1,093     54,486
 

Southwestern Energy Co. (a)

   2,393     115,343
 

Spectra Energy Corp.

   4,482     91,926
 

Sunoco, Inc. (c)

   810     21,141
 

Tesoro Corp.

   975     13,211
 

Valero Energy Corp. (c)

   3,911     65,509
 

Williams Cos., Inc. (c)

   4,041     85,184
 

XTO Energy, Inc. (c)

   4,021     187,097
          
               6,642,243
Paper & Forest Products — 0.2%     
 

International Paper Co. (c)

   3,001     80,367
 

MeadWestvaco Corp. (c)

   1,186     33,955
 

Weyerhaeuser Co. (c)

   1,465     63,200
          
               177,522
Personal Products — 0.3%     
 

Avon Products, Inc. (c)

   2,959     93,208
 

The Estée Lauder Cos., Inc. Class A

   818     39,558
 

Mead Johnson Nutrition Co.

   1,417     61,923
          
               194,689
Pharmaceuticals — 5.9%     
 

Abbott Laboratories (c)

   10,718     578,665
 

Allergan, Inc.

   2,131     134,274
 

Bristol-Myers Squibb Co. (c)

   11,861     299,490
 

Eli Lilly & Co. (c)

   7,007     250,220
 

Forest Laboratories, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,091     67,142
 

Johnson & Johnson (c)

   19,119     1,231,455
 

King Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,720     21,104
 

Merck & Co, Inc. (c)

   21,166     773,406
 

Mylan, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,118     39,035

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Pharmaceuticals (concluded)     
 

Pfizer, Inc. (c)

   55,918   $ 1,017,148
 

Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (a)(c)

   735     29,113
          
               4,441,052
Professional Services — 0.1%     
 

Dun & Bradstreet Corp.

   360     30,373
 

Equifax, Inc. (c)

   876     27,060
 

Monster Worldwide, Inc. (a)(c)

   871     15,155
 

Robert Half International, Inc. (c)

   1,046     27,960
          
               100,548
Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) — 1.1%     
 

Apartment Investment & Management Co. Class A (c)

   811     12,911
 

AvalonBay Communities, Inc.

   560     45,982
 

Boston Properties, Inc.

   961     64,454
 

Equity Residential (c)

   1,915     64,689
 

HCP, Inc.

   2,031     62,027
 

Health Care REIT, Inc.

   852     37,761
 

Host Marriott Corp.

   4,374     51,045
 

Kimco Realty Corp.

   2,784     37,668
 

Plum Creek Timber Co., Inc. (c)

   1,128     42,593
 

ProLogis (c)

   3,279     44,890
 

Public Storage (c)

   940     76,563
 

Simon Property Group, Inc. (c)

   1,976     157,685
 

Ventas, Inc.

   1,085     47,458
 

Vornado Realty Trust (c)

   1,087     76,025
          
               821,751
Real Estate Management & Development — 0.0%**
   

CB Richard Ellis Group, Inc. (a)

   1,869     25,362
Road & Rail — 0.9%     
 

Burlington Northern Santa Fe Corp. (c)

   1,816     179,094
 

CSX Corp. (c)

   2,720     131,893
 

Norfolk Southern Corp. (c)

   2,549     133,619
 

Ryder System, Inc. (c)

   388     15,974
 

Union Pacific Corp. (c)

   3,496     223,394
          
               683,974
Semiconductors & Semiconductor Equipment — 2.4%     
 

Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (a)(c)

   3,902     37,771
 

Altera Corp. (c)

   2,047     46,324
 

Analog Devices, Inc. (c)

   2,022     63,855
 

Applied Materials, Inc. (c)

   9,242     128,833
 

Broadcom Corp. Class A (a)(c)

   2,985     93,878
 

Intel Corp. (c)

   38,265     780,606
 

KLA-Tencor Corp. (c)

   1,184     42,813
 

LSI Corp. (a)(c)

   4,526     27,201
 

Linear Technology Corp. (c)

   1,546     47,215
 

MEMC Electronic Materials, Inc. (a)

   1,549     21,097
 

Microchip Technology, Inc.

   1,272     36,964
 

Micron Technology, Inc. (a)(c)

   5,889     62,188
 

National Semiconductor Corp. (c)

   1,636     25,129
 

Novellus Systems, Inc. (a)(c)

   672     15,684
 

Nvidia Corp. (a)(c)

   3,845     71,825
 

Teradyne, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,212     13,005
 

Texas Instruments, Inc. (c)

   8,682     226,253
 

Xilinx, Inc. (c)

   1,919     48,090
          
               1,788,731

 

                
8    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Schedule of Investments (continued)

 

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Software — 4.0%     
 

Adobe Systems, Inc. (a)(c)

   3,629   $ 133,475
 

Autodesk, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,592     40,453
 

BMC Software, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,271     50,967
 

CA, Inc. (c)

   2,748     61,720
 

Citrix Systems, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,268     52,761
 

Compuware Corp. (a)(c)

   1,597     11,546
 

Electronic Arts, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,255     40,026
 

Intuit, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,195     67,408
 

McAfee, Inc. (a)

   1,093     44,343
 

Microsoft Corp. (c)

   53,529     1,632,099
 

Novell, Inc. (a)(c)

   2,403     9,972
 

Oracle Corp. (c)

   27,096     664,936
 

Red Hat, Inc. (a)

   1,301     40,201
 

Salesforce.com, Inc. (a)

   763     56,287
 

Symantec Corp. (a)(c)

   5,617     100,488
          
               3,006,682
Specialty Retail — 1.8%     
 

Abercrombie & Fitch Co. Class A

   610     21,259
 

AutoNation, Inc. (a)(c)

   641     12,275
 

AutoZone, Inc. (a)(c)

   207     32,720
 

Bed Bath & Beyond, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,820     70,307
 

Best Buy Co., Inc. (c)

   2,367     93,402
 

GameStop Corp. Class A (a)

   1,141     25,034
 

The Gap, Inc. (c)

   3,299     69,114
 

Home Depot, Inc. (c)

   11,783     340,882
 

Limited Brands, Inc. (c)

   1,854     35,671
 

Lowe’s Cos., Inc. (c)

   10,200     238,578
 

O’Reilly Automotive, Inc. (a)

   951     36,252
 

Office Depot, Inc. (a)(c)

   1,904     12,281
 

RadioShack Corp. (c)

   868     16,926
 

Ross Stores, Inc.

   867     37,030
 

The Sherwin-Williams Co. (c)

   660     40,689
 

Staples, Inc. (c)

   5,016     123,343
 

TJX Cos., Inc. (c)

   2,908     106,287
 

Tiffany & Co. (c)

   862     37,066
          
               1,349,116
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods — 0.5%  
 

Coach, Inc. (c)

   2,210     80,731
 

Nike, Inc. Class B (c)

   2,700     178,389
 

Polo Ralph Lauren Corp.

   398     32,230
 

VF Corp. (c)

   615     45,043
          
               336,393
Thrifts & Mortgage Finance — 0.1%  
 

Hudson City Bancorp, Inc.

   3,276     44,979
 

People’s United Financial, Inc.

   2,413     40,297
          
               85,276
Tobacco — 1.4%  
 

Altria Group, Inc. (c)

   14,359     281,867
 

Lorillard, Inc.

   1,113     89,296
 

Philip Morris International, Inc. (c)

   13,199     636,060
 

Reynolds American, Inc. (c)

   1,171     62,028
          
               1,069,251
Trading Companies & Distributors — 0.1%  
 

Fastenal Co.

   915     38,101
 

W.W. Grainger, Inc. (c)

   437     42,315
          
               80,416

See Notes to Financial Statements.

Industry   Common Stocks    Shares
Held
  Value
Wireless Telecommunication Services — 0.3%  
 

American Tower Corp. Class A (a)

   2,782   $ 120,210
 

MetroPCS Communications, Inc. (a)

   1,807     13,787
 

Sprint Nextel Corp. (a)(c)

   20,574     75,301
          
               209,298
    Total Common Stocks
(Cost — $71,481,703) — 92.2%
         68,795,447

 

Short-Term Securities   Maturity
Date
   Discount
Rate
    Face
Amount
      
Government Bills — 0.7%   
U.S. Treasury Bills   2/04/10    0.01   $ 500,000    499,985

 

      Maturity
Date
   Yield     Face
Amount
      
Time Deposits — 5.6%   
State Street Bank & Trust Co.   1/04/10    0.01   $ 4,207,762    4,207,762

Total Short-Term Securities
(Cost — $4,707,740) — 6.3%

   4,707,747

Total Investments Before Options Written
(Cost — $76,189,443*) — 98.5%

   73,503,194

 

      Options Written    Number of
Contracts
       
Call Options Written  
   

S&P 500 Index, expiring January 2010 at USD 1,100

   652     (1,718,020
    Total Options Written
(Premiums Received — $1,285,777) — (2.3%)
    (1,718,020
  Total Investments, Net of Options Written
(Net Cost — $74,903,666) — 96.2%
    71,785,174   
 

Other Assets Less Liabilities — 3.8%

    2,833,958   
         
 

Net Assets — 100.0%

  $ 74,619,132   
         

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    9


Schedule of Investments (concluded)

 

*   The cost and unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of investments as of December 31, 2009, as computed for federal income tax purposes were as follows:

 

Aggregate cost

   $ 72,336,570   
        

Gross unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,427,717   

Gross unrealized depreciation

     (261,093
        

Net unrealized appreciation

   $ 1,166,624   
        

 

**   Rounds to less than 0.1% of net assets.

 

(a)   Non-income producing security.

 

(b)   Investments in companies considered to be an affiliate of the Fund, for purposes of Section 2(a)(3) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, were as follows:

 

Affiliate    Purchase
Cost
   Sales
Cost
   Realized
Loss
    Income
Bank of America Corp.    $ 367,033    $ 568,941    $ (392,319   $ 2,470
(c)   All or a portion of security held as collateral in connection with open option contracts and financial futures contracts.

Financial futures contracts purchased as of December 31, 2009 were as follows:

 

Number of
Contracts
   Issue    Expiration
Date
   Face
Value
   Unrealized
Appreciation
71    E-MINI S&P 500    March 2010    $ 3,891,372    $ 51,613

For Fund portfolio compliance purposes, the Fund’s industry classifications refer to any one or more of the industry sub-classifications used by one or more widely recognized market indexes or ratings group indexes, and/or as defined by Fund management. This definition may not apply for purposes of this report, which may combine industry sub-classifications for reporting ease.


Total return swaps outstanding as of December 31, 2009 were as follows:

 

Counterparty    Receive Total Return    Pay    Expiration    Notional
Amount
   Unrealized
Appreciation
Deutsche Bank AG    CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index
(BXM SM ) — Total Return
   10-month LIBOR rate with a negotiated spread    August 2010    $ 22,000,000    $ 1,754,737
HSBC Securities (USA) Inc.    CBOE S&P 500 BuyWrite Index
(BXM SM ) — Total Return
   10-month LIBOR rate with a negotiated spread    August 2010    $ 10,300,019      819,120

Total

               $ 2,573,857
                  

Fair Value Measurements — Various inputs are used in determining the fair value of investments, which are as follows:

 

 

Level 1 — price quotations in active markets/exchanges for identical securities

 

 

Level 2 — other observable inputs (including, but not limited to: quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the assets or liabilities (such as interest rates, yield curves, volatilities, prepayment speeds, loss severities, credit risks, and default rates) or other market-corroborated inputs)

 

 

Level 3 — unobservable inputs based on the best information available in the circumstance, to the extent observable inputs are not available (including the Fund’s own assumption used in determining the fair value of investments)

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities. For information about the Fund’s policy regarding valuation of investments and other significant accounting policies, please refer to Note 1(a) of the Notes to Financial Statements.

The following table summarizes the inputs used as of December 31, 2009 in determining the fair valuation of the Fund’s investments:

 

Valuation
Inputs

   Investments
in Securities
    Other Financial
Instruments 1
 
   Assets     Assets    Liabilities  

Level 1

   $ 68,795,447 2     $ 51,613    $ (1,718,020

Level 2

     4,707,747        2,573,857        

Level 3

                   
   

Total

   $ 73,503,194      $ 2,625,470    $ (1,718,020
        

 

1   Other financial instruments are swaps, futures and options.

 

2   See above Schedule of Investments for values in each industry.

See Notes to Financial Statements.


 

                
10    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Capital

As of December 31, 2009

 

Assets                

Investments in unaffiliated securities, at value (identified cost — $74,016,271)

    $ 72,466,208   

Investments in affiliated securities, at value (identified cost — $2,173,172)

      1,036,986   

Cash collateral on financial futures contracts

      315,000   

Unrealized appreciation on swaps

      2,573,857   
Receivables:    

Dividends

  $ 94,913     

Securities sold

    3,964        98,877   
         

Prepaid expenses and other assets

      8,966   
         

Total assets

      76,499,894   
         
   
Liabilities                

Options written, at value (premiums received — $1,285,777)

      1,718,020   
Payables:    

Variation margin

    40,542     

Investment advisory fees

    34,142        74,684   
         

Accrued expenses

      88,058   
         

Total liabilities

      1,880,762   
         
   
Net Assets                

Net assets

    $ 74,619,132   
         
   
Capital                

Common Stock, par value $.001 per share, 100,000,000 shares authorized

    $ 8,929   

Paid-in capital in excess of par

          124,856,762   

Accumulated realized capital losses — net

  $     (49,753,537  

Unrealized depreciation — net

    (493,022  
         

Total accumulated losses — net

      (50,246,559
         

Total Capital — Equivalent to $8.36 per share based on 8,928,554 shares
of Common Stock outstanding (market price — $10.23)

    $ 74,619,132   
         

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    11


Statement of Operations

For the Year Ended December 31, 2009

 

Investment Income              

Dividends (including $2,470 from affiliates)

    $ 1,537,323

Interest

      654
       

Total income

      1,537,977
       
   
Expenses              

Investment advisory fees

  $ 638,263     

Professional fees

    82,368     

Directors’ fees and expenses

    61,449     

Accounting services

    36,131     

Printing and stockholder reports

    31,715     

Transfer agent fees

    31,427     

Custodian fees

    26,161     

Repurchase offer

    26,005     

Listing fees

    23,750     

Insurance

    10,432     

Other

    10,547     
         

Total expenses before reimbursement

    978,248     

Reimbursement of expenses

    (26,932  
         

Total expenses after reimbursement

      951,316
       

Investment income — net

      586,661
       
   
Realized & Unrealized Gain (Loss) — Net              
Realized gain (loss) on:    

Investments — net (including $392,319 loss from affiliates)

    (4,086,826  

Financial futures contracts and swaps — net

    7,949,372     

Options written — net

    (474,774     3,387,772
         
Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on:    

Investments — net

        17,806,959     

Financial futures contracts and swaps — net

    2,183,849     

Options written — net

    (1,353,617     18,637,191
             

Total realized and unrealized gain — net

      22,024,963
       

Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations

    $     22,611,624
       

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
12    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Statements of Changes in Net Assets

 

    For the Year Ended
December 31,
 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Assets:   2009     2008  
Operations                

Investment income — net

  $ 586,661      $ 2,075,532   

Realized gain (loss) — net

    3,387,772        (30,122,517

Change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation — net

    18,637,191        (41,858,654
               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from operations

    22,611,624        (69,905,639
               
   
Dividends & Distributions to Stockholders                

Investment income — net

    (15,479,415     (2,107,215

Tax return of capital

    (3,770,015     (17,394,171
               

Net decrease in net assets resulting from dividends and distributions to stockholders

    (19,249,430     (19,501,386
               
   
Common Stock Transactions                

Net redemption of Common Stock resulting from a repurchase offer (including $2,601 and $90,670 of repurchase offer fees, respectively)

    (130,067     (4,442,851

Value of shares issued to stockholders in reinvestment of dividends and distributions

    2,298,515        1,233,322   
               

Net increase (decrease) in net assets resulting from Common Stock transactions

    2,168,448        (3,209,529
               
   
Net Assets                

Total increase (decrease) in net assets

    5,530,642        (92,616,554

Beginning of year

    69,088,490            161,705,044   
               

End of year

  $     74,619,132      $ 69,088,490   
               

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    13


Financial Highlights

 

The following per share data and ratios have been derived
from information provided in the financial statements.
  For the Year Ended December 31,    

For the Period
September 30,
2005 (a) to

December 31,
2005

 
  2009     2008     2007     2006    
                               
Per Share Operating Performance:                                        

Net asset value, beginning of period

  $ 7.95      $ 17.86      $ 18.99      $ 18.37      $ 19.10   
                                       

Investment income — net (b)

    .07        .23        .29        .25        .06   

Realized and unrealized gain (loss) — net

    2.54 (c)       (7.94 ) (c)       .78 (c)       2.57 (c)       (.20
                                       

Total from investment operations

    2.61        (7.71     1.07        2.82        (.14
                                       
Less dividends and distributions from:          

Investment income — net

    (1.77     (.24     (.50     (.05     (.06

Realized gain — net

                  (.98     (2.15     (.06

Tax return of capital

    (.43     (1.96     (.72            (.43
                                       

Total dividends and distributions

    (2.20     (2.20     (2.20     (2.20     (.55
                                       

Offering costs resulting from the issuance of Common Stock

                                (.04
                                       

Net asset value, end of period

  $ 8.36      $ 7.95      $ 17.86      $ 18.99      $ 18.37   
                                       

Market price per share, end of period

  $ 10.23      $ 7.21      $ 17.15      $ 20.31      $ 16.83   
                                       
         
Total Investment Return (d) :                                        

Based on net asset value per share

    32.77%        (45.36%     6.34%        16.11%        (.73% ) (e)  
                                       

Based on market price per share

    79.14%        (48.40%     (4.53%     35.55%        (13.14% ) (e)  
                                       
         
Ratios to Average Net Assets:                                        

Expenses, net of reimbursement

    1.34%        1.06%        .98%        1.06%        1.36% (f)  
                                       

Expenses

    1.38%        1.06%        1.00%        1.06%        1.36% (f)  
                                       

Investment income — net

    .83%        1.59%        1.54%        1.32%        1.32% (f)  
                                       
         
Supplemental Data:                                        

Net assets, end of period (in thousands)

  $ 74,619      $ 69,088      $ 161,705      $ 172,382      $ 170,042   
                                       

Portfolio turnover

    6%        8%        24%        26%        7%   
                                       

 

  (a)  

Commencement of operations.

  (b)  

Based on average shares outstanding.

  (c)  

Includes repurchase offer fees, which are less than $.01 per share.

  (d)  

Total investment returns based on market price, which can be significantly greater or lesser than the net asset value, may result in substantially different returns. Total investment returns exclude the effects of sales charges.

  (e)  

Aggregate total investment return.

  (f)  

Annualized.

See Notes to Financial Statements.

 

                
14    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Notes to Financial Statements

 

1. Significant Accounting Policies:

Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) is registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”), as a diversified, closed-end management investment company with a fixed term of approximately five years. The current expected termination of the Fund is on or about October 21, 2010. The Fund’s financial statements are prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles (“GAAP”) which may require the use of management accruals and estimates. Actual results may differ from these estimates. The Fund determines and makes available for publication the net asset value of its Common Stock on a daily basis. The Fund’s Common Stock shares are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) under the symbol BEO.

Investing in the Fund involves certain risks and the Fund may not be able to achieve its intended results for a variety of reasons, including, among others, the possibility that the Fund may not be able to structure derivative investments as defined below as anticipated. Because the value of your investment in the Fund will fluctuate, there is a risk that you will lose money.

In July 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”) became the single official source of authoritative accounting principles recognized by the FASB to be applied by nongovernmental entities in the preparation of financial statements in conformity with GAAP. Rules and interpretive releases of the Securities & Exchange Commission (“SEC”) under authority of federal securities laws are also sources of authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. These changes and the Codification itself do not change GAAP. Other than the manner in which new accounting guidance is referenced, the adoption of these changes had no impact on the Fund´s financial statements.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies followed by the Fund.

(a) Valuation of investments — Equity securities that are held by the Fund that are traded on stock exchanges or the NASDAQ Global Market are valued at the last sale price or official close price on the exchange, as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued or, lacking any sales, at the last available bid price for long positions, and at the last available asked price for short positions. In cases where equity securities are traded on more than one exchange, the securities are valued on the exchange designated as the primary market by or under the authority of the

Board of Directors of the Fund. Long positions traded in the over-the-counter (“OTC”) market, NASDAQ Capital Market or Bulletin Board are valued at the last available bid price or yield equivalent obtained from one or more dealers or pricing services approved by the Board of Directors of the Fund. Short positions traded in the OTC market are valued at the last available asked price. Portfolio securities that are traded both in the OTC market and on an exchange are valued according to the broadest and most representative market.

Exchange-traded options are valued at the mean between the last bid and ask prices at the close of the options market in which the options trade. Options traded in the OTC market are valued at the last asked price (options written) or the last bid price (options purchased). The value of swaps, including interest rate swaps, caps and floors, will be determined by reference to the value of the components when such components consist of securities for which market quotations are available. In the absence of obtainable quotations, swaps will be valued by obtaining dealer quotations. Financial futures contracts and options thereon, which are traded on exchanges, are valued at their last sale price as of the close of such exchanges. Obligations with remaining maturities of 60 days or less are valued at amortized cost unless the investment adviser believes that this method no longer produces valuations.

The Fund employs pricing services to provide certain securities prices for the Fund. Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are valued at fair value as determined in good faith by or under the direction of the Board of Directors of the Fund, including valuations furnished by the pricing services retained by the Fund, which may use a matrix system for valuations. The procedures of a pricing service and its valuations are reviewed by the officers of the Fund under the general supervision of the Fund’s Board of Directors. Such valuations and procedures will be reviewed periodically by the Board of Directors of the Fund.

Generally, trading in U.S. government securities, money market instruments and certain fixed income securities, is substantially completed each day at various times prior to the close of business on the NYSE. The values of such securities used in computing the net asset value of the Fund’s shares are determined as of such times. Overnight Time Deposits are valued at the amount deposited each day. Occasionally, events affecting the values of such securities and such exchange rates may occur between the times at which they are determined and the close of business on the NYSE that may not be reflected in the computation of the Fund’s net


 

                
   ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009    15


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

asset value. If events (for example, a company announcement, market volatility or a natural disaster) occur during such periods that are expected to materially affect the value of such securities, those securities may be valued at their fair value as determined in good faith by the Fund’s Board of Directors or by the investment adviser using a pricing service and/or procedures approved by the Fund’s Board of Directors.

(b) Real Estate Investment Trusts (“REITs”) — A portion of distributions received from REITs may constitute a return of capital. During the year an amount, based upon prior experience and guidance from the REITs is reclassified from dividend income and recorded as an adjustment to basis of the REIT holdings. The adjustment is a reduction in basis and is reflected in either unrealized appreciation (depreciation) or realized gain or (loss).

(c) Derivative financial instruments — The Fund may engage in various portfolio investment strategies both to enhance its returns or as a proxy for a direct investment in securities underlying the Fund’s index. Losses may arise due to changes in the value of the contract due to an unfavorable change in the price of the underlying security or index, or if the counterparty does not perform under the contract. The counterparty, for certain instruments, may pledge cash or securities as collateral.

The Fund utilizes derivatives to enhance return and management has determined the use of derivative instruments is not designed to hedge security positions. The Fund’s use of derivatives involves risks different from, and possibly greater than, the risks associated with investing directly in the investments underlying these derivatives.

Derivatives may be volatile and involve significant risk, such as, among other things, credit risk, currency risk, leverage risk and liquidity risk. They also involve the risk of mispricing or improper valuation and correlation risk (i.e., the risk that changes in the value of the derivative may not correlate perfectly, or to any degree, with the underlying asset, interest rate or index). Using derivatives can disproportionately increase losses and reduce opportunities for gains when security prices, indices, currency rates or interest rates are changing in unexpected ways. The Fund may suffer disproportionately heavy losses relative to the amount of its investments in derivative contracts.

Derivative instruments utilized by the Fund are defined below and delineated in the Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Capital and the Statement of Operations of the Fund. As the

Fund utilized more than one type of derivative in the period covered by this report, the following table summarizes the use of derivative investments in the current period:

 

 

Statement of Assets, Liabilities and Capital as of
December 31, 2009
Derivatives not
accounted for as
hedging
instruments
  Assets   Amount   Liabilities   Amount

Equity Options

 

      Options written, at value   $ 1,718,020

Futures Contracts

      
Cash collateral on financial futures contracts
  $ 315,000   Variation margin payable   $ 40,542

Total Return Swaps

      
Unrealized appreciation on swaps
  $ 2,573,857  

   

 

Statement of Operations for the period December 31, 2009  
Derivatives not accounted for as
hedging instruments
   Realized
gain (loss)
    Change in
unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation)
 

Written Equity Options

   $ (474,774   $ (1,353,617

Futures Contracts

   $ 2,473,539      $ 1,106   

Total Return Swaps

   $ 5,475,833      $ 2,182,743   

 

 

Options — The Fund writes covered call options. When the Fund writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Fund is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of the option written. The Fund provides the purchaser with the right to potentially receive a cash payment from the Fund equal to any appreciation in the cash value of the index over the strike price on the expiration date of the written option. When an option expires (or the Fund enters into a closing transaction), the Fund realizes a gain or loss on the option to the extent of the premiums received (or gain or loss to the extent the cost of the closing transaction exceeds the premium received). Written options are non-income producing investments.

Writing (selling) covered call options subjects the Fund to certain additional risks. The Fund, by writing covered call options, will forgo the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of the equity investments above the exercise prices of the options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the equity investments.


 

                
16    ENHANCED S&P 500 ® COVERED CALL FUND INC.    DECEMBER 31, 2009   


Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the equity securities over time. The premium received from writing options and amounts available for distribution from the Fund’s options may decrease in declining interest rate environments. The value of the equity investments also may be influenced by changes in interest rates. Higher yielding equity investments and those issuers whose businesses are substantially affected by changes in interest rates may be particularly sensitive to interest rate risk. A summary of option transactions is found in Note 3, Investments.

 

 

Financial futures contracts — The Fund may purchase or sell financial futures contracts and options on such financial futures contracts. Financial futures contracts are contracts for delayed delivery of securities at a specific future date and at a specific price or yield. Upon entering into a contract, the Fund deposits, and maintains as collateral, such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is effected. Pursuant to the contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized appreciation/depreciation. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. With futures, there is minimal counterparty credit risk to the Fund since futures are exchange traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange traded futures, guarantees the futures against default.

 

 

Swaps — The Fund will enter into swap agreements, which are OTC contracts in which the Fund and a counterparty agree to make periodic net payments on a specified notional amount. Swap contracts are subject to risk related to the creditworthiness of the counterparty to the swap contract. In order to mitigate this risk, it is expected that the Fund will enter into swap contracts with at least two counterparties and only with counterparties that are rated A3 or better by Moody’s or A– or better by S&P (or counterparties whose obligations are guaranteed by other persons meeting such ratings), or those counterparties determined by the Fund to be of comparable credit quality. These credit standards do not ensure that a counterparty will not default on its obligations, if any, to the Fund. If there is a default by a counterparty to the swap contract, the Fund’s potential loss generally is the net amount of

   

payments the Fund is contractually entitled to receive for one payment period, if any. The Fund will have contractual remedies pursuant to the swap contract, but there is no guarantee that the Fund would be successful in pursuing them. The Fund thus assumes the risk that it will be delayed or prevented from obtaining payments that it is owed by a defaulting counterparty.

The swaps market is largely unregulated. It is possible that developments in the swap market, including potential government regulation, could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to terminate existing swap contracts or to realize amounts to be received under such contracts. The net payments can be made for a set period of time or may be triggered by a pre-determined credit event.

The net periodic payments may be based on a fixed or variable interest rate; the change in market value of a specified security, basket of securities, or index; or the return generated by a security. Additionally, as interest rates increase, the ongoing cost of gaining the additional exposure is expected to increase. These periodic payments received or made by the Fund are recorded in the accompanying Statement of Operations as realized gains or losses, respectively. Gains or losses are also realized upon termination of the swap agreements. Swaps are marked-to-market daily and changes in value are recorded as unrealized appreciation (depreciation).

(d) Income taxation — It is the Fund’s policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its stockholders. Therefore, no federal income tax provision is required. Management has evaluated the tax status of the Fund, and has determined that taxes do not have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements. The Fund files U.S. and various state tax returns. To the best of the Fund’s knowledge, no income tax returns are currently under examination. Tax years of the Fund open at this time are calendar years ended December 31, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2009.

(e) Security transactions and investment income — Security transactions are recorded on the dates the transactions are entered into (the trade dates). Realized gains and losses on security transactions are determined on the identified cost basis. Dividend income is recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Interest is recognized on the accrual basis. The Fund amortizes all premiums and discounts on debt securities.


 

                
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Notes to Financial Statements (continued)

 

(f) Dividends and distributions — Dividends and distributions paid by the Fund are recorded on the ex-dividend dates. Portions of the distributions paid by the Fund during the year ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 were characterized as a tax return of capital.

As the Fund is liquidating in 2010, no distributions other than the final liquidating distribution is expected in 2010.

(g) Reclassifications — Accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America require that certain components of net assets be adjusted to reflect permanent differences between financial and tax reporting. These reclassifications have no effect on net assets or net asset values per share. The following permanent difference as of December 31, 2009 attributable to non-deductible expenses and distributions paid in excess of taxable income were reclassified to the following accounts:

 

Accumulated distributions in excess of net investment income

   $ 14,892,754   

Paid-in capital in excess of par

   $ (14,892,754

2. Investment Advisory and Management Agreement and Transactions with Affiliates:

The Fund has entered into an Investment Advisory and Management Agreement with IQ Investment Advisors LLC (“IQ Advisors”), an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“ML & Co.”), which is a wholly owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation (“Bank of America”). IQ Advisors is responsible for the investment advisory, management and administrative services to the Fund. In addition, IQ Advisors provides the necessary personnel, facilities, equipment and certain other services necessary to the operations of the Fund. For such services, the Fund pays a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to .90% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes, but excluding any net assets attributable to leveraging transactions.

IQ Advisors has entered into a Subadvisory Agreement with Oppenheimer Capital, LLC (the “Subadviser”). Pursuant to the agreement, the Subadviser provides certain investment advisory services to IQ Advisors with respect to the Fund. For such services, IQ Advisors pays the Subadviser a monthly fee at an annual rate equal to .40% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes, but excluding any net assets attributable to leveraging transactions. There is no increase in the aggregate fees paid by the Fund for these services.

 

IQ Advisors has entered into an Administration Agreement with Princeton Administrators, LLC (the “Administrator”). The Administration Agreement provides that IQ Advisors pays the Administrator a fee from its investment advisory fee at an annual rate equal to .12% of the average daily value of the Fund’s net assets plus borrowings for investment purposes, but excluding any net assets attributable to leveraging transactions for the performance of administrative and other services necessary for the operation of the Fund. There is no increase in the aggregate fees paid by the Fund for these services. The Administrator is an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”). ML & Co. has a substantial financial interest in BlackRock.

Certain officers of the Fund are officers and/or directors of IQ Advisors, Bank of America and/or ML & Co. or their affiliates.

3. Investments:

Purchases and sales of investments, excluding short-term securities, for the year ended December 31, 2009, were $3,827,153 and $16,100,783, respectively.

Transactions in call options written for the year ended December 31, 2009, were as follows:

 

       Number of
Contracts
    Premiums
Received
 

Outstanding call options written, beginning of year

   777      $ 2,525,879   

Options written

   9,078        23,847,684   

Options closed

   (7,609     (19,477,246

Options expired

   (1,594     (5,610,540
              

Outstanding call options written, end of year

   652      $ 1,285,777   
              

4. Common Stock Transactions:

The Fund is authorized to issue 100,000,000 shares of capital stock, par value $.001 per share, all of which were initially classified as Common Stock. The Board of Directors is authorized, however, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of Common Stock without approval of the holders of Common Stock.

Subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, the Fund will make offers to repurchase its shares at annual (approximately 12-month) intervals. The shares tendered in the repurchase offer will be subject to a repurchase fee retained by the Fund to compensate the Fund for expenses directly related to the repurchase offer.


 

                
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Notes to Financial Statements (concluded)

 

Shares issued and outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2009, increased by 258,699 from dividend and distribution reinvestments and decreased by 15,302 as a result of a repurchase offer. Shares issued and outstanding for the year ended December 31, 2008, increased by 88,147 from dividend and distribution reinvestments and decreased by 456,548 as a result of a repurchase offer.

With regard to repurchase fees, IQ will reimburse the Fund for the cost of expenses paid in excess of 2% of the value of the shares that are repurchased.

5. Distributions to Shareholders:

The tax character of distributions paid during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2008 was as follows:

 

       12/31/2009    12/31/2008

Distributions paid from:

     

Ordinary income

   $ 15,479,415    $ 2,107,215

Tax return of capital

     3,770,015      17,394,171
             

Total distributions

   $ 19,249,430    $ 19,501,386
             

 

As of December 31, 2009, the components of accumulated losses on a tax basis were as follows:

 

Capital loss carryforward

   $ (53,555,160 )* 

Unrealized gains— net

     3,308,601 ** 
        

Total

   $ (50,246,559
        

 

*   As of December 31, 2009, the Fund had a net capital loss carryforward of $53,555,160, all of which expires in 2016. This amount will be available to offset like amounts of any future taxable gains. Please note that the current expected termination of the Fund is on or about October 21, 2010.

 

**   The difference between book-basis and tax-basis net unrealized gains is attributable primarily to the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gain (losses) on certain securities that are part of a straddle and the realization for tax purposes of unrealized gains (losses) on certain future and options contracts.

6. Subsequent Event:

Management has evaluated all subsequent transactions and events after the balance sheet date through February 26, 2010, the date on which these financial statements were issued, and except as already included in the notes to these financial statements, has determined that no additional items require disclosure.


 

                
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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

 

To the Board of Directors and Stockholders of Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.:

In our opinion, the accompanying statement of assets, liabilities and capital, including the schedule of investments, and the related statements of operations and of changes in net assets and the financial highlights present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc. (the “Fund”) at December 31, 2009, and the results of its operations, the changes in its net assets and the financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2009, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These financial statements and financial highlights (hereafter referred to as “financial statements”) are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of these financial statements in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes examining, on a test basis,

evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit, which included confirmation of securities at December 31, 2009 by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, provides a reasonable basis for our opinion. The statement of changes in net assets for the year ended December 31, 2008 and the financial highlights for the three years ended December 31, 2008 and the period ended December 31, 2005 were audited by other independent auditors whose report, dated February 27, 2009, expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.

As noted in Footnote 1, the Fund will liquidate on or about October 21, 2010.

PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP

New York, New York

February 26, 2010


 

                
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Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan

 

How the Plan Works — The Fund offers a Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”) under which distributions paid by the Fund are automatically reinvested in additional shares of Common Stock of the Fund. The Plan is administered on behalf of the shareholders by BNY Mellon Shareowner Services (the “Plan Agent”). Under the Plan, whenever the Fund declares a distribution, participants in the Plan will receive the equivalent in shares of Common Stock of the Fund. The Plan Agent will acquire the shares for the participant’s account either (i) through receipt of additional unissued but authorized shares of the Fund (“newly issued shares”) or (ii) by purchase of outstanding shares of Common Stock on the open market on the New York Stock Exchange or elsewhere. If, on the distribution payment date, the Fund’s net asset value per share is equal to or less than the market price per share plus estimated brokerage commissions (a condition often referred to as a “market premium”), the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount in newly issued shares. If the Fund’s net asset value per share is greater than the market price per share (a condition often referred to as a “market discount”), the Plan Agent will invest the distribution amount by purchasing on the open market additional shares. If the Plan Agent is unable to invest the full distribution amount in open market purchases, or if the market discount shifts to a market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agent will invest any uninvested portion in newly issued shares. The shares acquired are credited to each shareholder’s account. The amount credited is determined by dividing the dollar amount of the distribution by either (i) when the shares are newly issued, the net asset value per share on the date the shares are issued or (ii) when shares are purchased in the open market, the average purchase price per share.

Participation in the Plan — Participation in the Plan is automatic, that is, a shareholder is automatically enrolled in the Plan when he or she purchases shares of Common Stock of the Fund unless the shareholder specifically elects not to participate in the Plan. Shareholders who elect not to participate will receive all distributions in cash. Shareholders who do not wish to participate in the Plan must advise the Plan Agent in writing (at the address set forth below) that they elect not to participate in the Plan. Participation in the Plan is completely voluntary and may be terminated or resumed at any time without penalty by writing to the Plan Agent.

Benefits of the Plan — The Plan provides an easy, convenient way for shareholders to make additional, regular investments in the Fund. The Plan promotes a long-term strategy of investing at a lower cost. All shares acquired pursuant to the Plan

receive voting rights. In addition, if the market price plus commissions of the Fund’s shares is above the net asset value, participants in the Plan will receive shares of the Fund for less than they could otherwise purchase them and with a cash value greater than the value of any cash distribution they would have received. However, there may not be enough shares available in the market to make distributions in shares at prices below the net asset value. Also, since the Fund does not redeem shares, the price on resale may be more or less than the net asset value.

Plan Fees — There are no enrollment fees or brokerage fees for participating in the Plan. The Plan Agent’s service fees for handling the reinvestment of distributions are paid for by the Fund. However, brokerage commissions may be incurred when the Fund purchases shares on the open market and shareholders will pay a pro rata share of any such commissions.

Tax Implications — The automatic reinvestment of distributions will not relieve participants of any federal, state or local income tax that may be payable (or required to be withheld) on such distributions. Therefore, income and capital gains may still be realized even though shareholders do not receive cash. If, when the Fund’s shares are trading at a market premium, the Fund issues shares pursuant to the Plan that have a greater fair market value than the amount of cash reinvested, it is possible that all or a portion of the discount from the market value (which may not exceed 5% of the fair market value of the Fund’s shares) could be viewed as a taxable distribution. If the discount is viewed as a taxable distribution, it is also possible that the taxable character of this discount would be allocable to all the shareholders, including shareholders who do not participate in the Plan. Thus, shareholders who do not participate in the Plan might be required to report as ordinary income a portion of their distributions equal to their allocable share of the discount.

Contact Information — All correspondence concerning the Plan, including any questions about the Plan, should be directed to the Plan Agent at BNY Mellon Shareowner Services, P.O. Box 358035, Pittsburgh, PA 15252-8035, Telephone: 877-296-3711.


 

                
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Directors and Officers

 

 

Name  

Address &

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held With
Fund****
  Length of
Time
Served**
  Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years   Number of
IQ Advisors-
Affiliate
Advised Funds
and Portfolios
Overseen By
Director
  Other Public
Directorships
Held By Director
Non-Interested Directors*                              
Paul Glasserman  

4 World Financial

Center, 6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1962

  Director & Chairman of the Board   2005 to
present
  Professor, Columbia University Business School since 1991; Senior Vice Dean (July 2004 – June 2008); Consultant and Visiting Scholar, Federal Reserve Bank of New York since June 2008.   8   None
Steven W. Kohlhagen  

4 World Financial

Center, 6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1947

  Director & Chairman of the Audit Committee   2005 to
present
  Retired financial industry executive since August 2002.   8   Ametek, Inc.
William J. Rainer  

4 World Financial

Center, 6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1946

  Director   2005 to
present
  Retired securities and futures industry executive; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, OneChicago, LLC, a designated contract market (2001 – November 2004); Former Chairman, Commodity Futures Trading Commission.   8   None
Laura S. Unger  

4 World Financial

Center, 6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1961

  Director & Chairperson of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee   2007 to
present
  JPMorgan Independent Consultant for the Global Analyst Conflict Settlement (2003 – 2009); Commentator, Nightly Business Report since 2005; Senior Advisor, Marwood Group (2005 – 2007); Consultant, Nomura (2008); Regulatory Expert for CNBC (2002 – 2003).   8   CA, Inc. (software), Ambac Financial Group, Inc. and CIT Group Inc. (Financial Services)***

 

  *   Each of the Non-Interested Directors is a member of the Audit Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

 

  **   Each Director will serve for a term of one year and until his successor is elected and qualifies, or his earlier death, resignation or removal as provided in the Fund’s Bylaws, charter or by statute.

 

  ***   Ms. Unger became a Director of CIT Group Inc. effective as of January 12, 2010.

 

  ****   Chairperson titles are effective January 1, 2009. Prior to this date, the chairpersons were as follows: Mr. William J. Rainier, Chairman of the Board, Mr. Steven W. Kohlhagen, Chairman of the Nominating & Corporate Governance Committee; and Mr. Paul Glasserman, Chairman of the Audit Committee.

 

Name  

Address &

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
   Length of
Time
Served
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Fund Officers†                    
Justin C. Ferri  

4 World Financial Center,

6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1975

  President    2009 to present    Justin C. Ferri has been President of IQ Investment Advisors LLC (“IQ”) since 2009 and serves as President of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. Prior to this role, Mr. Ferri was a Vice President of IQ from 2005 to 2009. In addition, Mr. Ferri has been the President of Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments (“MLAI”) since August 2009 and a Manager of MLAI since June 2008. Mr. Ferri has been registered with the National Futures Association as a principal of MLAI since July 2008. He also serves as Managing Director within the Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated Global Investment Solutions Group (“MLPF&S” & “GIS” respectively), responsible for heading Alternative Investments. Prior to his role in GIS, Mr. Ferri was a Director in the MLPF&S Global Private Client Market Investments & Origination (“MI&O”) Group, from 2005 to 2007, and before that, he served as a Vice President and Head of the MLPF&S Global Private Client Rampart Equity Derivatives team, from 2004 to 2005. He holds a B.A. degree from Loyola College in Maryland.
James E. Hillman  

4 World Financial Center,

6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1957

  Vice President and Treasurer    2007 to present    James E. Hillman has been the Treasurer of IQ since March 2007, where he is also a Vice President. He also serves as the Vice President and Treasurer of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. He also serves as a Director within MLPF&S & GIS. In addition, Mr. Hillman has served as the Treasurer of Managed Account Advisors LLC since 2006 and as a Vice President of MLAI since 2008. Prior to his role in GIS, Mr. Hillman was a Director in the MLPF&S MI&O Group from September 2006 to 2007. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Hillman served as a Director of Citigroup Alternative Investments Tax Advantaged Short Term Fund, as well as the Korea Equity Fund Inc., in 2006. Prior to that, he was an Independent Consultant from January to September 2006 and prior to that, he was a Managing Director at The Bank of New York, Inc., from 1999 to 2006. He holds a B.S. degree from Fordham University in New York.

 

                
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Directors and Officers (concluded)

 

Name  

Address &

Year of Birth

  Position(s)
Held with
Fund
   Length of
Time
Served
   Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
Fund Officers†                    
Colleen R. Rusch  

4 World Financial Center,

6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1967

  Vice President and Secretary    2005 to present    Colleen R. Rusch has been the Chief Administrative Officer and Vice President of IQ since 2007, and serves as Vice President and Secretary of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. In addition, Mrs. Rusch is a Vice President of MLAI. She also serves as a Director within the Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner & Smith Incorporated Global Investment Solutions Group, responsible for overseeing the Alternative Investments product and trading platform. Prior to her role in GIS, Mrs. Rusch was a Director in the MLPF&S MI&O Group from 2005 to 2007. Prior to this, Mrs. Rusch was a Director of Merrill Lynch Investment Managers, L.P. from January 2005 to July 2005 and a Vice President from 1998 to 2004. Mrs. Rusch holds a B.S. degree in Business Administration from Saint Peter’s College in New Jersey.
Michelle H. Rhee  

4 World Financial Center,

6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1966

  Chief Legal Officer    2009 to present    Michelle H. Rhee has been the Chief Legal Officer of IQ since June 2009. She also serves as the Chief Legal Officer of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. She has also served as an Associate General Counsel for the Bank of America Corporation since 2004. She holds a B.A. from Smith College and a J.D. from Boston University in Massachusetts.
Robert M. Zakem  

2 World Financial Center,

37th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1958

  Chief Compliance Officer and Anti-Money Laundering Officer    2009 to present    Robert M. Zakem has been the Chief Compliance Officer (“CCO”) of IQ since June 2009 and CCO of MLAI since April 2009. He also serves as the CCO of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. He is also a Managing Director within Compliance since March 2009. Prior to his role in Compliance, he was the Head of Products and Platform Supervision and Global Wealth Management - Business Risk Management from 2006 to 2009. Prior to joining Merrill Lynch, Mr. Zakem was an Executive Director at UBS Financial Services, Inc., where he was the Head of Funds Services-US Investment Solutions (2006), an Executive Director, Provider Management - Fund and Annuity Solutions from 2005 to 2006, and Senior Vice President and Chief Administrative Officer, Investment Product Solutions, from 2004 to 2005. He holds a B.S. from the University of Detroit in Michigan, and a J.D. from the University of Wisconsin Law School in Wisconsin.
Jeff E. McGoey  

4 World Financial Center,

6th Floor,

New York, NY 10080

1976

  Vice President    2009 to present    Jeff E. McGoey serves as a Vice President of each of IQ’s publicly traded closed-end mutual fund companies. He also serves as Vice President within MLPF&S & GIS since 2008. Prior to his role in GIS, Mr. McGoey served as a Vice President in Merrill Lynch & Co.’s Corporate Audit Group responsible for coverage of the MLPF&S MI&O Group from 2004 to 2008. He holds a B.A. degree from Rutgers College in New Jersey.
   

† Officers of the Fund serve at the pleasure of the Board of Directors.

  Custodian       Transfer Agent
 

State Street Bank and Trust Company

P.O. Box 351

Boston, MA 02101

     

BNY Mellon Shareowner Services

480 Washington Boulevard

Jersey City, NJ 07310

 

                
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Privacy Policy

IQ Investment Advisors is a subsidiary of Bank of America and implements the Privacy Policy of Bank of America for the IQ Funds. A copy of the policy is available at www.iqiafunds.com or upon request by calling 1-877-449-4742.

 

Bank of America Privacy Policy for U.S. Consumers 2010

Our privacy commitment to you.

 

 

Protect Customer Information

 

 

Inform on use of Customer Information

 

 

Offer choices on the use of Customer Information and honor your choices

 

 

Collect, use and process Customer Information respectfully and lawfully

This document includes the following information about how Bank of America manages Customer Information and what actions you can take:

1. Making the security of information a priority

2. Collecting information about you

3. Managing information about you

4. Honoring your choices

5. Actions you can take

6. Steps to protect information about you

7. Other privacy commitments

8. Bank of America companies

This policy covers Customer Information, which means personally identifiable information about a consumer or a consumer’s current or former customer relationship with Bank of America. The Bank of America Privacy Policy for U.S. Consumers 2010 is provided to you as required by law and applies to our companies identified in Section 8, Bank of America companies . This policy applies to consumer customer relationships established in the United States and is effective January 1, 2010.

1.     Making the security of information a priority

Keeping financial information secure is one of our most important responsibilities. We maintain physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to protect Customer Information. Appropriate employees are authorized to access Customer Information for business purposes only. Our employees are bound by a code of ethics that requires confidential treatment of Customer Information and are subject to disciplinary action if they fail to follow this code.

2.     Collecting information about you

We collect and use various types of information about you and your accounts to service your accounts, save you time and money, better respond to your needs, assist us in keeping information up to date, and manage our business and risks. Customer Information is categorized in the following six ways:

A. Identification Information — information that identifies you, such as name, address, e-mail address, telephone number and Social Security number.

 

B. Application Information — information you provide to us on applications and through other means that will help us determine if you are eligible for products you request. Examples include assets, income and debt.

 

C. Transaction and Experience Information — information about transactions and account experience, as well as information about our communications with you. Examples include account balances, payment history, account usage and your inquiries and our responses.

 

D. Consumer Report Information — information from a consumer report and from insurance support organizations not affiliated with us. Examples include credit score, credit history, and loss and health information.

 

E. Information from Outside Sources — information from outside sources other than consumer report information, regarding employment, credit and other relationships that will help us determine if you are eligible for products you request. Examples include employment history, loan balances, credit card balances, property insurance coverage and other verifications.

 

F. Other General Information — information from outside sources, such as data from public records, that is not assembled or used for the purpose of determining eligibility for a product or service.

As required by the USA PATRIOT Act, we also collect information and take actions necessary to verify your identification.

3.     Managing information about you

Managing information within Bank of America

Bank of America is made up of a number of companies, including our bank, brokerage, mortgage, credit card companies, insurance companies and agencies, and nonfinancial companies, such as our operations and servicing subsidiaries.

Bank of America may share any of the categories of Customer Information among our companies, as permitted by law. For example, sharing information allows us to use information about your ATM, credit card and check card transactions to identify any unusual activity, and then contact you to determine if your card has been lost or stolen.

We occasionally receive medical or health information from a customer if, for example, a customer applies for insurance from us. We do not share medical or health information, including information received from third parties, among our companies, except to maintain or collect on accounts,


 

                
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Privacy Policy (continued)

 

process transactions, service customer requests or perform insurance functions to the extent permitted by law.

Managing information with companies that work for us

We may share any of the categories of Customer Information with companies that work for us, including companies located outside the United States. All nonaffiliated companies that act on our behalf and receive Customer Information from us are contractually obligated to keep the information we provide to them confidential, and to use the Customer Information we share only to provide the services we ask them to perform. These companies may include financial service providers, such as payment processing companies, and nonfinancial companies, such as check printing and data processing companies.

In addition, we may share any of the categories of Customer Information with companies that work for us in order to provide marketing support and other services, such as a service provider that distributes marketing materials. These companies may help us to market our own products and services or other products and services that we believe may be of interest to you. Please note that some of our own companies may provide marketing support and other services for us as well.

Sharing information with third parties (for customers with credit cards and Sponsored Accounts)

We may share Identification Information, Transaction and Experience Information, as well as Other General Information we collect about each of your (1) Bank of America credit card account(s) and (2) Sponsored Accounts at Bank of America, with selected third parties.

 

1. Credit card account information, whether co-branded or not, may be shared with third parties.

 

2. Sponsored Account information may be shared with third parties. Sponsored Accounts are non-credit card accounts or services provided by Bank of America that are also endorsed, co-branded or sponsored by other organizations. Examples of these organizations include colleges, sporting teams, retailers and other affinity organizations, such as charities. Sponsored Accounts may include deposit accounts or other banking services provided by Bank of America, such as a savings account co-branded with a baseball team. You will know whether an account is a Sponsored Account by the appearance of the name or logo of the sponsoring organization on account materials, such as statements and marketing materials.

 

     If you are unsure whether any of your accounts are Sponsored Accounts, please contact 1.888.341.5000.

We may share information about credit cards and Sponsored Accounts with selected third parties, including:

 

 

Financial services companies (such as insurance agencies or companies and mortgage brokers and organizations with whom we have agreements to jointly market financial products);

 

Nonfinancial companies (such as retailers, travel companies and membership organizations); and

 

 

Other companies (such as nonprofit organizations).

The sharing of information, as described in this section, is limited to credit card and Sponsored Account information. Please see Section 4, Honoring your choices , to learn more about your opt-out choices.

Disclosing information in other situations

We also may disclose any of the categories of Customer Information to the following third parties, including third parties located outside the United States:

 

 

To government agencies, self-regulatory organizations and regulatory law enforcement authorities as necessary or required; and

 

 

As part of the sale, merger or similar change of a Bank of America business; and

 

 

To other nonaffiliated third parties as requested by you or your authorized representative, or when required or permitted by law.

For example, we may disclose information in the context of an investigation of terrorism, money laundering, fraud prevention or investigation, risk management and security, determining your eligibility for an insurance benefit or payment, and recording mortgages in public records.

Where you have a contractual relationship with a third party in connection with a product or service (such as through an outside investment manager or insurance provider), we may share information in accordance with such arrangement and the handling of information by that party will be subject to your agreement(s) with it. If you have a relationship with us through your employer, such as through your stock option or retirement plan, then we will share plan information with your employer and handle such information in accordance with plan agreements.

In addition, Merrill Lynch, a Bank of America affiliated broker-dealer, has entered into a Protocol with certain other brokerage firms under which your Financial Advisor may use your contact information (for example, your name and address) in the event your Financial Advisor joins one of these firms.

4.     Honoring your choices

You have choices when it comes to how Bank of America shares and uses information.

Please note, if you choose to limit sharing or restrict marketing, you may not learn about beneficial offers.

Sharing among Bank of America companies

You may request that Application Information, Consumer Report Information and Information from Outside Sources not be shared among Bank of America companies.


 

                
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Privacy Policy (continued)

 

For sharing among Bank of America companies, each customer may tell us his or her choice individually, or you may tell us the choice for any other customers who are joint account holders with you.

Direct marketing

You may choose not to receive direct marketing offers — sent by postal mail, telephone and/or e-mail — from Bank of America. Direct marketing offers from us may include information about products and services we believe may be of interest to you. Your choices apply to all marketing offers from us and from companies working for us. To minimize the amount of telephone solicitation our customers receive, Bank of America does not offer nonfinancial products and services through telephone solicitations.

If you elect not to receive direct marketing offers by postal mail, telephone and/or e-mail, please note that we may continue to contact you as necessary to service your account and for other nonmarketing purposes. You may also be contacted by your assigned account representative (for example, Financial Advisor or relationship manager), if applicable. Bank of America may also continue to provide marketing information in your regular account mailings and statements, including online and ATM communications.

Each customer may opt out of each direct marketing option individually. Since marketing programs may already be in progress, it may take up to 12 weeks for your postal mail opt-out to be fully effective. When you opt out of direct marketing by postal mail or telephone, your opt-out will last for five (5) years. After that, you may choose to renew your opt-out for another five-year period.

Sharing information with third parties

If you have a Bank of America credit card or Sponsored Account, you may request that we not share information about these accounts with third parties. If you request that we not share information with third parties, we may still share information:

 

 

Where permitted or required by law as discussed in Section 3 under Disclosing information in other situations ;

 

 

With our service providers as discussed in Section 3 under Managing information with companies that work for us ; and

 

 

With other financial companies with whom we have joint marketing agreements.

If you have multiple credit cards or Sponsored Accounts, you will need to express your choice for each account separately. When any customer on a joint account requests that we not share with third parties, that choice is applied to the entire account.

5.     Actions you can take

You can tell us your choice by:

 

 

Notifying us at bankofamerica.com/privacy and entering your information on our secure Web site

 

Calling us toll free at 1.888.341.5000

 

 

Talking to a customer representative at a banking center or to your assigned account representative

You can make sure information is accurate by:

 

 

Accessing your account information (for example, on a statement or in response to specific requests)

 

 

Telling us if it is incorrect by calling or writing to us at the telephone number or appropriate address for such changes on your statement or other account materials

6.     Steps to protect information about you

Bank of America recommends that you take the following precautions to guard against the disclosure and unauthorized use of your account and personal information:

 

 

Review your monthly account statements and report any suspicious activity to us immediately.

 

 

Do not respond to e-mails requesting account numbers, passwords or PINs. Call the institution to verify the legitimacy of the e-mail.

 

 

Memorize PINs and refrain from writing PINs, Social Security numbers, debit or credit card numbers where they could be found.

 

 

Shred documents containing any sensitive information before discarding, such as bank statements.

 

 

Confirm that an Internet site is secure by checking that the URL (Web address) begins with “https”.

 

 

Review your credit report at least once every year to make sure all information is up to date. For a free copy of your credit bureau report, contact annualcreditreport.com or call 1.877.322.8228.

 

 

If you think you have been a victim of identity theft or fraud, you may contact the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to report any incidents and to receive additional guidance on steps you can take to protect yourself. Contact the FTC at ftc.gov/idtheft or 1.877.438.4338.

 

 

For additional information on protecting your information, please visit bankofamerica.com/privacy.

Keeping up to date with our Privacy Policy

We may make changes to this policy at any time and will inform you of changes, as required by law. To receive the most up-to-date Privacy Policy, you can visit our Web site at: bankofamerica.com/privacy.

7.     Other privacy commitments

This notice constitutes the Bank of America Do Not Call Policy under the Telephone Consumer Protection Act for all consumers and is pursuant to state law. When you talk with Bank of America by telephone your conversation may be monitored or recorded by us.

For information on our online privacy practices, including the use of “cookies,” please see the online policy located on our Web sites.


 

                
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Privacy Policy (continued)

 

You may have other privacy protections under state laws, such as Vermont and California. To the extent these state laws apply, we will comply with them with regard to our information practices.

For Nevada residents only. We are providing you this notice pursuant to state law. You may be placed on our internal Do Not Call List by following the directions in Section 5, Actions you can take . Nevada law requires that we also provide you with the following contact information: Bureau of Consumer Protection, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, 555 E. Washington St., Suite 3900, Las Vegas, NV 89101; Phone number- 702.486.3132; e-mail: BCPINFO@ag.state.nv.us. Bank of America, PO Box 25118, FL1-300-02-07, Tampa, Florida 33633-0900; Phone number- 1.888.341.5000; e-mail: Click on “Contact Us” at bankofamerica.com/privacy.

For Vermont and California residents only. The information sharing practices described above are in accordance with federal law. Vermont and California law place additional limits on sharing information about Vermont and California residents so long as they remain residents of those states.

Vermont: In accordance with Vermont law, Bank of America will not share information we collect about Vermont residents with companies outside of Bank of America, except as permitted by law, such as with the consent of the customer, to service the customer’s accounts or to other financial institutions with which we have joint marketing agreements. Bank of America will not share Application Information, Consumer Report Information and Information from Outside Sources about Vermont residents among the Bank of America companies, except with the authorization or consent of the Vermont resident.

California: In accordance with California law, Bank of America will not share information we collect about California residents with companies outside of Bank of America, except as permitted by law, such as with the consent of the customer to service the customer’s accounts, or to fulfill on rewards or benefits. We will limit sharing among our companies to the extent required by applicable California law.

For Insurance Customers in AZ, CA, CT, GA, IL, ME, MA, MN, MT, NV, NJ, NC, OH, OR and VA only. We may give Insurance Information, which means Customer Information related to insurance transactions, to insurance support companies and other like businesses. Such companies may keep the Insurance Information or give it to others. We may also give Insurance Information to state insurance officials, to law enforcement agencies, to group policyholders about claims experience or to auditors as permitted or required by law. We may disclose health information to decide if you are eligible for coverage, to process claims, to prevent fraud, as authorized by you or as permitted by law.

You may ask for access to the Insurance Information we have about you by writing to Insurance Services, P.O. Box 19702, Irvine, CA 92623-9702, Attn: Data Request. You must describe the type of Insurance Information

you want to access and give your full name, address, the insurance company and policy number (if applicable). We will tell you what Insurance Information we have about you. If you want to see the Insurance Information, you may review and copy the Insurance Information in person at our offices or request a copy be mailed to you. You may not see Insurance Information that we deem privileged, such as Insurance Information about claims or litigation. We may charge a fee for mailing the Insurance Information to you.

To correct Insurance Information that we have about you, mail your request as described above. Say why you dispute the Insurance Information. We will tell you of our action with respect to this dispute. You may file a statement with us if you disagree with our decision.

For MA Insurance Customers only. You may ask in writing the specific reasons for an adverse underwriting decision. An adverse underwriting decision is where we decline your application for insurance; offer to insure you at a higher than standard rate; or terminate your coverage.

8.     Bank of America companies

This Privacy Policy applies to all Bank of America entities that utilize the names:

 

 

Bank of America

 

 

Banc of America

 

 

U.S. Trust

 

 

Merrill Lynch

 

 

Balboa

These entities include Banks and Trust Companies; Credit Card Companies; Brokerage and Investment Companies; Insurance and Annuity Companies; and Real Estate Companies.

In addition, this policy applies to the following Bank of America companies:

Credit Card

Fleet Credit Card Services, L.P.

Brokerage and Investments

 

 

BACAP Alternative Advisors, Inc.

 

 

Columbia Management Advisors, LLC

 

 

Columbia Management Distributors, Inc.

 

 

Columbia Wanger Asset Management, L.P.

 

 

UST Securities Corp.

 

 

White Ridge Investment Advisors LLC

 

 

Equity Margins Limited

 

 

FAM Distributors, Inc.

 

 

Financial Data Services Inc.


 

                
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Privacy Policy (concluded)

 

 

IQ Investment Advisors Family of Funds

 

 

IQ Investment Advisors LLC

 

 

Managed Account Advisors LLC

 

 

The Princeton Retirement Group, Inc.

 

 

Roszel Advisors, LLC.

Insurance and Annuities

 

 

General Fidelity Insurance Company

 

 

General Fidelity Life Insurance Company

 

 

Meritplan Insurance Company

 

 

Newport Insurance Company

 

Real Estate

 

 

BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP

 

 

Countrywide Home Loans, Inc.

 

 

CWB Mortgage Ventures, LLC

 

 

HomeFocus Services, LLC

 

 

HomeFocus Tax Services, LLC

 

 

KB Home Mortgage, LLC

 

 

NationsCredit Financial Services Corporation

Please note, you may receive company specific privacy policies from another affiliate within the Bank of America family of companies.

These entities listed include any successor Bank of America entities. For a detailed list of current Bank of America companies that have consumer customer relationships and to which this policy applies, please visit our Web site at bankofamerica.com/privacy.

© 2009 Bank of America Corporation.


 

                
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Fundamental Periodic Repurchase Policy

 

The Board of Directors approved a fundamental policy whereby the Fund would adopt an “interval fund” structure pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”). As an interval fund, the Fund will make annual repurchase offers at net asset value (less repurchase fee not to exceed 2%) to all Fund shareholders. The percentage of outstanding shares that the Fund can repurchase in each offer will be established by the Fund’s Board of Directors shortly before the commencement of each offer, and will be between 5% and 25% of the Fund’s then outstanding shares.

The Fund has adopted the following fundamental policy regarding the periodic repurchases:

a) The Fund will make offers to repurchase its shares at annual (approximately once every 13 months) intervals pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act (“Offers”). The Board of Directors may place such conditions and limitations on an Offer as may be permitted under Rule 23c-3.

b) The repurchase request deadline, by which the Fund must receive repurchase requests submitted by shareholders in response to the most recent offer, will be determined by reference to the maturity date of the swap contracts that comprise the Fund’s leveraging transactions (as described in the Fund’s prospectus) for each annual period, and will be the

fourteenth day prior to such maturity date; provided that in the event that such day is not a business day, the repurchase request deadline will be the business day subsequent to the fourteenth day prior to the maturity date of the swap contracts (the “Repurchase Request Deadline”).

c) The maximum number of days between a Repurchase Request Deadline and the next repurchase pricing date will be fourteen days; provided that if the fourteenth day after a Repurchase Request Deadline is not a business day, the repurchase pricing date shall be the next business day (the “Repurchase Pricing Date”).

d) Offers may be suspended or postponed under certain circumstances, as provided for in Rule 23c-3.

Under the terms of the Offer for the most recent annual period, the Fund offered to purchase up to 441,481 shares from shareholders at an amount per share equal to the Fund’s net asset value per share calculated as of the close of business on the New York Stock Exchange on October 28, 2009, ten business days after Wednesday, October 14, 2009, the Repurchase Request Deadline. As of October 28, 2009, 15,302 shares, or 0.17% of the Fund’s outstanding shares, were repurchased by the Fund at $8.50 per share (subject to a repurchase fee of up to 2% of the net asset value per share), the Fund’s net asset value per share was determined as of 4:00 p.m. EST, Wednesday, October 28, 2009.


 

                
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Availability of Quarterly Schedule of Investments

 

The Fund files its complete schedule of portfolio holdings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) for the first and third quarters of each fiscal year on Form N-Q. The Fund’s Forms N-Q are available on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Fund’s Forms N-Q may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC’s Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by calling 1-800-SEC-0330.

 

 

Electronic Delivery

The Fund offers electronic delivery of communications to its stockholders. In order to receive this service, you must register your account and provide us with e-mail information. To sign up for this service, simply access this website at http://www.icsdelivery.com/live and follow the instructions.

When you visit this site, you will obtain a personal identification number (PIN). You will need this PIN should you wish to update your e-mail address, choose to discontinue this service and/or make any other changes to the service. This service is not available for certain retirement accounts at this time.

 

 

Fund Certification

In May 2009, the Fund filed its Chief Executive Officer Certification for the prior year with the New York Stock Exchange pursuant to Section 303A.12(a) of the New York Stock Exchange Corporate Governance Listing Standards.

The Fund’s Chief Executive Officer and Chief Financial Officer Certifications pursuant to Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 were filed with the Fund’s Form N-CSR and are available on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

 

Contact Information

For more information regarding the Fund, please visit www.IQIAFunds.com or contact us at 1-877-449-4742.

 

                
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LOGO

 

www.IQIAFunds.com

Enhanced S&P 500® Covered Call Fund Inc. seeks to provide leveraged returns on the CBOE S&P 500® BuyWrite IndexSM less fees and expenses.

This report, including the financial information herein, is transmitted to stockholders of Enhanced S&P 500® Covered Call Fund Inc. for their information. It is not a prospectus. Past performance results shown in this report should not be considered a representation of future performance. Statements and other information herein are as dated and are subject to change.

A description of the policies and procedures that the Fund uses to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities is available without charge at www.IQIAFunds.com/proxyvoting.asp or upon request by calling toll-free 1-877-449-4742 or through the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov. Information about how the Fund voted proxies relating to securities held in the Fund’s portfolio during the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available (1) at www.IQIAFunds.com/proxyvoting.asp; and (2) on the Securities and Exchange Commission’s website at http://www.sec.gov.

Enhanced S&P 500® Covered Call Fund Inc.

4 World Financial Center, 6th Fl.

New York, NY 10080

#IQBEO — 12/09


Item 2 –   Code of Ethics – The registrant (or the “Fund”) has adopted a code of ethics, as of the end of the period covered by this report, that applies to the registrant’s principal executive officer, principal financial officer and principal accounting officer, or persons performing similar functions. During the period covered by this report, there have been no amendments to or waivers granted under the code of ethics. A copy of the code of ethics is available without charge upon request by calling toll-free 1-877-449-4742.
Item 3 –   Audit Committee Financial Expert – The registrant’s board of directors has determined that (i) the registrant has the following audit committee financial expert serving on its audit committee and (ii) the audit committee financial expert is independent: (1) Steven W. Kohlhagen.
  Under applicable securities laws, a person determined to be an audit committee financial expert will not be deemed an “expert” for any purpose, including without limitation for the purposes of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as a result of being designated or identified as an audit committee financial expert. The designation or identification as an audit committee financial expert does not impose on such person any duties, obligations, or liabilities greater than the duties, obligations, and liabilities imposed on such person as a member of the audit committee and board of directors in the absence of such designation or identification.

Item 4 – Principal Accountant Fees and Services

 

       (a) Audit Fees    (b) Audit-Related Fees 1    (c) Tax Fees 2    (d) All Other Fees
Entity Name    Current
Fiscal Year
End
   Previous
Fiscal Year
End
   Current
Fiscal Year
End
   Previous
Fiscal Year
End
   Current
Fiscal Year
End
   Previous
Fiscal Year
End
   Current
Fiscal Year
End
   Previous
Fiscal Year
End
                 
                                         
Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.    $28,000    $28,000    $0    $0    $8,500    $8,500    $0    $0

1 The nature of the services include assurance and related services reasonably related to the performance of the audit of financial statements not included in Audit Fees.

2 The nature of the services include tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

(e)(1) Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures:

The registrant’s audit committee (the “Committee”) has adopted policies and procedures with regard to the pre-approval of services. Audit, audit-related and tax compliance services provided to the registrant on an annual basis require specific pre-approval by the Committee. The Committee also must approve other non-audit services provided to the registrant and those non-audit services provided to the registrant’s affiliated service providers that relate directly to the operations and the financial reporting of the registrant. Certain of these non-audit services that the Committee believes are a) consistent with the SEC’s auditor independence rules and b) routine and recurring services that will not impair the independence of the independent accountants may be approved by the Committee without consideration on a specific case-by-case basis (“general pre-approval”). However, such services will only be deemed pre-approved provided that any individual project does not exceed $5,000 attributable to the registrant or $50,000 for all of the registrants the Committee oversees. Any proposed services exceeding the pre-approved cost levels will require specific pre-approval by the Committee, as will any other services not subject to general pre-approval (e.g., unanticipated but permissible services). The Committee is informed of each service approved subject to general pre-approval at the next regularly scheduled in-person board meeting.

 


(e)(2) None of the services described in each of Items 4(b) through (d) were approved by the audit committee pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(i)(C) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X.

(f) Not Applicable

(g)  Affiliates’ Aggregate Non-Audit Fees:

 

Entity Name   

Current Fiscal Year

End

  

Previous Fiscal Year

End

   
             
Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.    $8,500    $8,500  

(h) The registrant’s audit committee has considered and determined that the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the registrant’s investment adviser (not including any non-affiliated sub-adviser whose role is primarily portfolio management and is subcontracted with or overseen by the registrant’s investment adviser), and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the investment adviser that provides ongoing services to the registrant that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant’s independence.

Regulation S-X Rule 2-01(c)(7)(ii) – 0%, 0%

 

Item 5 –   Audit Committee of Listed Registrants – The following individuals are members of the registrant’s separately-designated standing audit committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15 U.S.C. 78c(a)(58)(A)):
 

Paul Glasserman

Steven W. Kohlhagen

William J. Rainer

Laura S. Unger

Item 6 –   Investments
  (a) The registrant’s Schedule of Investments is included as part of the Report to Stockholders filed under Item 1 of this form.
  (b) Not Applicable due to no such divestments during the semi-annual period covered since the previous Form N-CSR filing.
Item 7 –   Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies – The Registrant has delegated the voting of proxies relating to its voting securities to its investment sub-adviser, Oppenheimer Capital, LLC (the “Sub-adviser” or “Oppenheimer Capital”). The Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures of the Sub-adviser (the “Proxy Voting Policies”) are attached as Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL hereto.


Exhibit 99.PROXYPOL

Oppenheimer Capital LLC

Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures

General Policy

Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 requires an investment adviser that exercises voting authority over client proxies to adopt and implement policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to ensure that the investment adviser votes client and fund securities in the best interests of clients and fund investors and addresses how conflicts of interest are handled. Oppenheimer Capital LLC (the “Company”) typically votes proxies as part of its discretionary authority to manage accounts, unless the client has explicitly reserved the authority for itself. When voting proxies, the Company’s primary objective is to make voting decisions solely in the best interests of its clients by voting proxies in a manner intended to enhance the economic value of the underlying portfolio securities held in its clients’ accounts.

This policy sets forth the general standards for proxy voting whereby the Company has authority to vote its clients’ proxies with respect to portfolio securities held in the accounts of its clients for whom it provides discretionary investment management services. Under the rule, an investment adviser can have implicit or explicit proxy voting authority, and an adviser must vote proxies even if the advisory contract is silent on this question where its authority is implied by the overall delegation of discretionary authority. In some situations, the client may prefer to retain proxy voting authority or direct proxy voting authority to a third party. The Company is only relieved of the duty to vote proxies in such cases when the client investment advisory agreement or another operative document clearly reserves or assigns proxy voting authority to the client or to a third party.

 

I. Proxy Voting Guidelines

A. Proxy Guidelines . The Company has adopted written Proxy Voting Guidelines (the “Proxy Guidelines”) that are reasonably designed to ensure that the firm is voting in the best interest of its clients and fund investors (See Appendix No. 1). The Proxy Guidelines reflect the Company’s general voting positions on specific corporate governance issues and corporate actions. The Proxy Guidelines address routine as well as significant matters commonly encountered. However, because the Proxy Guidelines cannot anticipate all situations and the surrounding facts of each proxy issue (including, without limitation, foreign laws and practices that may apply to a proxy), some proxy issues may require a case-by-case analysis (whether or not required by the Proxy Guidelines) prior to voting and may result in a vote being cast that will deviate from the Proxy Guidelines. In such cases, the proxy voting procedures established by the Proxy Committee for such situations (and described below) will be followed.

B. Client Instructions to Vote in a Particular Manner . Upon receipt of a client’s written request, the Company may also vote proxies for that client’s account in a particular manner that may differ from the Proxy Guidelines. The Company shall not vote shares held in one client’s account in a manner designed to benefit or accommodate any other client.

 

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C. Cost-Benefit Analysis Involving Voting Proxies . The Company may review additional criteria associated with voting proxies and evaluate the expected benefit to its clients when making an overall determination on how or whether to vote a proxy. Given the outcome of the cost-benefit analysis, the Company may refrain from voting a proxy on behalf of its clients’ accounts.

In addition, the Company may refrain from voting a proxy on behalf of its clients’ accounts due to de-minimis holdings, immaterial impact on the portfolio, items relating to foreign issues (such as those described below), non-discretionary holdings not covered by the Company, timing issues related to the opening/closing of accounts, securities out on loan, contractual arrangements with clients and/or their authorized delegate, and the timing of receipt of proxies. For example, the Company may refrain from voting a proxy of a foreign issue due to logistical considerations that may impair the Company’s ability to vote the proxy. These issues may include, but are not limited to: (i) proxy statements and ballots being written in a foreign language, (ii) untimely notice of a shareholder meeting, (iii) requirements to vote proxies in person, (iv) restrictions on foreigner’s ability to exercise votes, (v) restrictions on the sale of securities for a period of time in proximity to the shareholder meeting, or (vi) requirements to provide local agents with power of attorney to facilitate the voting instructions. Such proxies are voted on a best-efforts basis.

D. Share Blocking . The Company will generally refrain from voting proxies on foreign securities that are subject to share blocking restrictions.

E. Securities on Loan . Registered investment companies (“client”) that are advised or sub-advised by the Company as well as certain other advisory clients 1 may participate in securities lending programs. Under most securities lending arrangements, securities on loan may not be voted by the lender unless the loan is recalled prior to the record date for the vote. The Company believes that each client has the right to determine whether participating in a securities lending program enhances returns, to contract with the securities lending agent of its choice and to structure a securities lending program through its lending agent that balances any tension between loaning and voting securities in a manner that satisfies such client. The Company will request that clients notify the Company in writing if the client has decided to participate in a securities lending program. If a client has decided to participate in a securities lending program, the Company will defer to the client’s determination and not attempt to seek recalls solely for the purpose of voting routine proxies as this could impact the returns received from securities lending and make the client a less desirable lender in a marketplace. If the client who participates in a securities lending program requests, the Company will use reasonable efforts to notify the client of proxy measures that the Company deems material.

 

1

Effective May 22, 2008, the Proxy Committee approved Section E to the Proxy Policy and Procedures specific only to registered investment companies. The Proxy Committee agreed that the application of this section as it relates to institutional and other client types requires further review, analysis and discussions with clients to identify what procedures and methodology would be appropriate for other client bases. In that regard, the Company has begun to assess the process and will provide status updates to the Proxy Committee of its review.

 

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A Material Event for purposes of determining whether a recall of a security is warranted, means a proxy that relates to a merger, acquisition, spin-off or other similar corporate action that may impact the market value of the security. The Proxy Committee will review the standard for determination of a Material Event from time to time and will adjust the standard as it deems necessary. The Company may utilize third-party service providers, in its sole discretion, to assist it in identifying and evaluating whether an event constitutes a Material Event.

The ability to timely identify material events and advise recall of shares for proxy voting purposes is not within the control of the Company and requires the cooperation of the client and its other service providers. Under certain circumstances, the recall of shares in time to be voted may not be possible due to applicable proxy voting record dates, the timing of receipt of information and administrative considerations. Accordingly, clients are advised that efforts to recall loaned securities are not always effective and there can be no guarantee that any such securities can be retrieved in a timely manner for purposes of voting the securities.

F. Case-by-Case Proxy Determinations . With respect to a proxy ballot that requires a case-by-case voting determination where the Company has not instructed the Proxy Provider (as defined below) how to vote the proxy prior to the proxy voting deadline, the Company has directed the Proxy Provider to vote in accordance with the Proxy Provider’s Policy.

 

II. Outsourcing the Proxy Voting Process

The Company has retained an independent third party service provider (the “Proxy Provider”) to assist in the proxy voting process by implementing the votes in accordance with the Proxy Guidelines as well as assisting in research and the administrative process. The services provided to the Company offer a variety of fiduciary-level, proxy-related services to assist in its handling of proxy voting responsibilities and corporate governance-related efforts.

 

III. Proxy Committee

The Company has also established a Proxy Committee that is responsible for overseeing the proxy voting process and ensuring that the voting process is implemented in accordance with these Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures. The Proxy Committee meets at a minimum on an annual basis and when necessary to address potential conflicts of interest. The Company may have conflicts of interest that could potentially affect how it votes its clients’ proxies. For example, the Company may manage a pension plan whose management is sponsoring a proxy proposal relating to a security held in another client’s account. In order to ensure that all material conflicts of interest are addressed

 

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appropriately while carrying out the Company’s obligation to vote proxies, the Proxy Committee is responsible for developing a process to identify proxy voting issues that may raise conflicts of interest between the Company and its clients and to resolve such issues.

The Proxy Committee will also perform the following duties:

 

  1. Establish the Company’s proxy voting guidelines, with such advice, participation and research as the Proxy Committee deems appropriate from the investment professionals, proxy voting services or other knowledgeable interested parties;

 

  2. Approve and monitor the outsourcing of voting obligations to the Proxy Provider;

 

  3. Develop a process for resolution of voting issues that require a case-by-case analysis (either because the Proxy Guidelines require a case-by-case analysis or the Proxy Guidelines do not specify a vote for a particular proxy issue) or involve a potential conflict of interest (in consultation with the relevant portfolio manager and/or analyst when appropriate), monitor such process and ensure that the resolutions of such issues are properly documented;

 

  4. Monitor proxy voting (or the failure to vote) based on the Company’s instructions or recommendations to (i) abstain from a vote, (ii) vote contrary to its Proxy Guidelines or (iii) take voting action based on the Company’s interpretation of a Proxy Guideline, and ensure that the reasons for such actions are properly documented;

 

  5. Oversee the maintenance of records regarding proxy voting decisions in accordance with the standards set forth by this policy and applicable law; and

 

  6. Review, at least annually, all applicable processes and procedures, voting practices, the adequacy of records and the use of third party services and update or revise as necessary.

 

IV. Proxy Voting – Conflicts of Interest

The Proxy Committee has determined that if a particular proxy vote is specified by the Proxy Guidelines and the Company, in fact, votes in accordance with the Proxy Guidelines, a potential conflict of interest does not arise. In all other cases, proxy proposals will be reviewed for potential conflicts of interest and will be monitored to ensure the sufficiency of documentation supporting the reasons for such proxy vote. If a potential conflict of interest is identified, the Proxy Committee will review the voting decision to ensure that the voting decision has not been affected by the potential conflict.

 

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V. Investment Management Personnel Responsibilities

The Company has assigned responsibility to its Chief Investment Officer for the review of the Proxy Guidelines on an annual basis to ensure that the guidelines are consistent with the Company’s position on various corporate governance issues and corporate actions and to make any amendments as necessary. All amendments to the Proxy Guidelines will be communicated promptly to the Proxy Provider by the Company.

In addition, the following types of “case-by-case” proxy proposals are required to be reviewed by a Chief Investment Officer or the appropriate portfolio manager and/or analyst (subject to the conflicts of interests procedures established by the Proxy Committee):

 

  1. Proxy proposals which are not currently covered by the Proxy Guidelines and are referred back to the Company as case-by-case;

 

  2. Bundled proxy proposals which require a single vote and are referred back to the Company as case-by-case; and

 

  3. Proxy proposals where the Proxy Provider does not have sufficient information to evaluate the proposal and are referred back to the Company as case-by-case.

 

VI. Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures

The Company shall provide clients with a copy of the Proxy Voting Policy and Procedures upon request. In addition, a summary of this policy is disclosed in Part II of the Company’s Form ADV which is provided to clients at or prior to entering into an investment advisory agreement with a client and is also offered to existing clients on an annual basis.

 

VII. Providing Clients Access to Voting Records

Generally, clients of the Company have the right, and shall be afforded the opportunity, to have access to records of voting actions taken with respect to securities held in their respective accounts. Proxy voting reports for clients who request such voting records are typically prepared by the Proxy Provider on a quarterly basis and sent to the client by the Company’s applicable client service representative. Shareholders and unit-holders of commingled funds advised or sub-advised by the Company shall have access to voting records pursuant to the governing documents of the commingled fund.

Proxy voting actions are confidential and may not be disclosed to third parties except as may be required by law, requested by regulators or explicitly authorized by the applicable client.

 

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VIII. Maintenance of Proxy Voting Records

Rule 204-2 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 requires investment advisers that vote client proxies to maintain specified records with respect to those clients. The Company must maintain the following records relating to proxy voting:

 

  1. Copies of the Company’s Proxy Voting Policies, Procedures and Guidelines;

 

  2. Copies or records of each proxy statement received with respect to clients’ securities for whom the Company exercises voting authority;

 

  3. A record of each vote cast on behalf of a client as well as certain records pertaining to the Company’s decision on the vote;

 

  4. A copy of any document created by the Company that was material to making a decision how to vote proxies on behalf of a client or that memorializes the basis for that decision; and

 

  5. A copy of each written client request for information on how the Company voted proxies on behalf of the client, and a copy of any written response by the Company to any client request for information (either written or oral) on how the Company voted proxies on behalf of the requesting client.

Records are to be kept for a period of at least six years following the date that the vote was cast. The Company may maintain the records electronically. The Company may also rely on the Proxy Provider to maintain proxy statements and records of proxy votes on the Company’s behalf. As such, the Proxy Provider must provide a copy of the records promptly upon request.

 

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Item 8 – Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

(a)(1) Mr. Stephen Bond-Nelson is primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the registrant’s portfolio. As of December 31, 2005, Mr. Stephen Bond-Nelson was a co-portfolio manager for the Fund. From 1999 to 2004, Stephen was a Senior Research Analyst at PEA Capital LLC. Prior to joining the firm, he was a Senior Research Analyst at Prudential Mutual Funds. He has over seventeen years of investment management experience.

The information provided in the paragraph above pursuant to this Item 8(a)(1) is as of March 8, 2010.

(a)(2) As of December 31, 2009:

 

(i) Name of Portfolio Manager

  

(ii) Number of Other Accounts Managed
and Assets by Account Type

 

   Other
Accounts
   (iii) Number of Other Accounts and
Assets for Which Advisory Fee is
Performance-Based
   Other
Accounts
   Other
Registered
Investment
Companies
   Other Pooled
Investment
Vehicles
      Other
Registered
Investment
Companies
   Other Pooled
Investment
Vehicles
  

Stephen Bond-Nelson

     2      5      2      0      5      0
   $ 1,440,802,706.25    $ 742,926,595.97    $ 9,504,436.99    $ 0    $ 742,926,595.97    $ 0

(iv) Potential Material Conflicts of Interest

The potential for conflicts of interests exists when portfolio managers are responsible for managing other accounts that have similar investment objectives and strategies as the Fund. Potential conflicts include, for example conflicts between investment strategies and conflicts in the allocation of investment opportunities. Typically, client portfolios having similar strategies are managed by portfolio managers in the same group using similar objectives, approach and philosophy. Therefore, portfolio holdings, relative position size and industry and sector exposures tend to be similar across portfolios with similar strategies, which minimizes the potential for conflicts of interest.

Oppenheimer Capital may receive more compensation with respect to certain accounts managed in a similar style than that received with respect to the Fund or may receive compensation based in part on the performance of certain similarly managed accounts. This may create a potential conflict of interest for Oppenheimer Capital or its portfolio managers by providing an incentive to favor these types of accounts when for example, placing securities transactions. Similarly, it could be viewed as having a conflict of interest to the extent that Oppenheimer Capital or an affiliate has a proprietary investment in an account managed in a similar strategy, or the portfolio manager has personal investments in similarly managed strategies. Potential conflicts of interest may arise with both the aggregation and allocation of investment opportunities because of market factors or investment restrictions imposed upon Oppenheimer Capital by law, regulation, contract or internal policies. The allocation of aggregated trades, in particular those that were partially completed due to limited availability, could also raise a conflict of interest, as Oppenheimer Capital could have an incentive to allocate securities that are expected to increase in value to favored accounts, for example, initial public offerings of limited availability. Another potential conflict of interest may arise when transactions for one account occurs after transactions in a different account in the same or different


strategy thereby increasing the value of the securities when a purchase follows a purchase of size in another account or similarly decreasing the value if it is a sale. Oppenheimer Capital also manages accounts that may engage in short sales of securities of the type in which the Fund invests. Oppenheimer Capital could be seen as harming the performance of the Fund for the benefit of the accounts engaging in the short sales if the short sales cause the market value of the securities to fall.

Oppenheimer Capital or its affiliates may from time to time maintain certain overall investment limitations on the securities positions or positions in other financial instruments due to liquidity or other concerns or regulatory restrictions. Such policies may preclude a Fund from purchasing a particular security or financial instrument, even if such security or financial instrument would otherwise meet the Fund’s objectives.

Oppenheimer Capital and its affiliates’ objective are to meet their fiduciary obligation with respect to all clients. Oppenheimer Capital and its affiliates have policies and procedures that are reasonably designed to seek to manage conflicts. Oppenheimer Capital and its affiliates monitor a variety of areas, including compliance with fund guidelines, trade allocations, and compliance with the respective Code of Ethics. Allocation policies and procedures are designed to achieve a fair and equitable allocation of investment opportunities among its client over time.

Orders for the same equity security traded through a single trading desk or system are typically aggregated on a continual basis throughout each trading day consistent with Oppenheimer Capital’s best execution obligation for its clients. If aggregated trades are fully executed, accounts participating in the trade will be allocated their pro rata share on an average price basis. Partially completed orders generally will be allocated on a pro-rata average price basis, subject to certain limited exceptions.

(a)(3) As of December 31, 2009:

Compensation. Mr. Bond-Nelson’s compensation consists of the following elements:

Base salary. The portfolio manager is paid a fixed base salary that is set at a level determined by Oppenheimer Capital. In setting the base salary, the firm’s intentions are to be competitive in light of the portfolio manager’s experience and responsibilities. Firm management evaluates competitive market compensation by reviewing compensation survey results conducted by an independent third party of investment industry compensation.

Annual bonus and Long Term Incentive Plan. The portfolio manager is eligible for an annual bonus in addition to a base salary. The bonus typically forms the majority of the individual’s cash compensation and is based in part on pre-tax performance against the Fund’s relevant benchmark or peer group ranking of the portfolio over a one or three year period, with some consideration for longer time periods. In addition to any bonus, the Firm utilizes two long-term incentive plans. The first plan is an Allianz Global Investors Plan for key employees. The plan provides awards that are based on the Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of Oppenheimer Capital over a period between either one year or over a three year period as well as the collective earnings growth of all the asset management companies of Allianz Global Investors. The second plan is a deferred retention award for key investment professionals. The deferred retention award typically vests over a three year period and is invested in the fund(s) that the individual manages.


Participation in group retirement plans. Portfolio managers are eligible to participate in a non-qualified deferred compensation plan, which affords participating employees the tax benefits of deferring the receipt of a portion of their cash compensation until such time as designated under the plan.

(a)(4) Beneficial Ownership of Securities.  As of December 31, 2009, Mr. Bond-Nelson did not beneficially own any stock issued by the Fund.

Item 9 – Purchases of Equity Securities by Closed-End Management Investment Company and Affiliated Purchasers –

 

Period

   (a) Total
Number of
Shares
Purchased
   (b) Average
Price Paid per
Share
  (c) Total Number of
Shares Purchased as Part
of Publicly Announced
Plans or Programs
  (d) Maximum Number (or
Approx. Dollar Value) of
Shares that May Yet Be
Purchased Under the Plans
or Programs

July 1-31, 2009

         

August 1-31, 2009

         

September 1-30, 2009

         

October 1-31, 2009

   15,302    $8.50 1   15,302 2   0

November 1-30, 2009

         

December 1-31, 2009

         

Total:

   15,302    $8.50 1   15,302 2   0

1 Subject to a repurchase fee of up to 2% of the net asset value per share.

2 On September 2, 2009, the repurchase offer was announced to repurchase up to 5% of outstanding shares. The expiration date of the offer was October 14, 2009. The registrant may conduct annual repurchases for between 5% and 25% of its outstanding shares pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

Item 10 –   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders – The registrant’s Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee will consider nominees to the board of directors recommended by shareholders when a vacancy becomes available. Shareholders who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations that include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee to the registrant’s Secretary. There have been no material changes to these procedures.
Item 11 –   Controls and Procedures
11(a)  –   The registrant’s principal executive and principal financial officers or persons performing similar functions have concluded that the registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”)) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing of this report based on the evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and Rule 13a-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.
11(b)  –   There were no changes in the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the second fiscal quarter of the period covered by this report that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.


Item 12 – Exhibits attached hereto

12(a)(1) – Code of Ethics – See Item 2

12(a)(2) – Certifications – Attached hereto

12(a)(3) – Not Applicable

12(b) – Certifications – Attached hereto


Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.    
By:  

/s/ Justin C. Ferri

     
 

Justin C. Ferri

     
  Chief Executive Officer of
Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.
   
Date: February 24, 2010      

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

By:  

/s/ Justin C. Ferri

     
  Justin C. Ferri      
  Chief Executive Officer (principal executive officer) of
Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.
   
Date: February 24, 2010    
By:  

/s/ James E. Hillman

     
  James E. Hillman      
  Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer) of
Enhanced S&P 500 ® Covered Call Fund Inc.
   
Date: February 24, 2010      
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