0000950137-08-002620.txt : 20120816 0000950137-08-002620.hdr.sgml : 20120816 20080222172136 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950137-08-002620 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: CORRESP PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 FILED AS OF DATE: 20080222 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: CALAMOS STRATEGIC TOTAL RETURN FUND CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001275214 IRS NUMBER: 043785941 FISCAL YEAR END: 1031 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: CORRESP BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2020 CALAMOS COURT STREET 2: C/O CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60653 BUSINESS PHONE: 6302451046 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2020 CALAMOS COURT STREET 2: C/O CALAMOS ADVISORS LLC CITY: NAPERVILLE STATE: IL ZIP: 60653 CORRESP 1 filename1.htm corresp
 

February 22, 2008
VIA E-MAIL AND EDGAR
Securities and Exchange Commission
Division of Investment Management
100 F Street, N.E.
Washington, D.C. 20549
Attention: Mr. Larry L. Greene
     Re:   Calamos Strategic Total Return Fund
File Nos. 333-146943 and 811-21484
Calamos Convertible Opportunities and Income Fund
File Nos. 333-146945 and 811-21080
Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund
File Nos. 333-146947 and 811-21319
Calamos Global Total Return Fund
File Nos. 333-146944 and 811-21547
Ladies and Gentlemen:
     Pursuant to Rule 461 under the Securities Act of 1933, the above referenced funds (the “Registrants”) hereby request that the effective date of the Registration Statements referred to above be accelerated so that they will be declared effective on February 26, 2008, or as soon as possible thereafter, after notification by telephone to the staff that the Registration Statements are correct and complete with the exception of information omitted in reliance upon Rule 430A, which will be provided in a final prospectus or prospectus supplement at the time of offering. Future managing or principal underwriters of a particular offering pursuant to the Registration Statements, if any, will be identified in prospectus supplements to the Registration Statements at the time of offering.
     With respect to the Registrants’ request for acceleration of the effective date of the Registration Statements, please be advised that the Registrants acknowledge that:
     (1) the Registrants are responsible for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings;
     (2) should the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, declare the filings effective, it does not foreclose the Commission from taking any action with respect to the filings;

 

 

     (3) the action of the Commission or the staff, acting pursuant to delegated authority, in declaring the filings effective, does not relieve the Registrants from their full responsibility for the adequacy and accuracy of the disclosure in the filings; and
     (4) the Registrants may not assert this action as a defense in any proceeding initiated by the Commission or any person under the federal securities laws of the United States.
         
  Very truly yours,
 		  
  /s/ Nimish S. Bhatt    
  Nimish S. Bhatt   
  Vice President and Chief Financial Officer

On Behalf of the Registrants Listed Above