0001536808-12-000001.txt : 20120103 0001536808-12-000001.hdr.sgml : 20120102 20120103115055 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001536808-12-000001 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20120101 FILED AS OF DATE: 20120103 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20120103 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Helfer Ray E. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001536808 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-04605 FILM NUMBER: 12500745 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 280 CONGRESS STREET CITY: BOSTON STATE: X1 ZIP: 02210 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: FIRST OPPORTUNITY FUND INC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000790202 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 133341573 STATE OF INCORPORATION: MD FISCAL YEAR END: 0331 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2344 SPRUCE STREET STREET 2: SUITE A CITY: BOULDER STATE: CO ZIP: 80302 BUSINESS PHONE: 3034445483 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 2344 SPRUCE STREET STREET 2: SUITE A CITY: BOULDER STATE: CO ZIP: 80302 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST FINANCIAL FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920703 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: FIRST SAVINGS & BANKING INSTITUTIONS FUND INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19860402 3 1 primary_doc.xml PRIMARY DOCUMENT X0204 3 2012-01-01 1 0000790202 FIRST OPPORTUNITY FUND INC FOFI 0001536808 Helfer Ray E. 280 CONGRESS STREET BOSTON X1 02210 UNITED STATES 0 1 0 0 Officer of Investment Adviser John E. Bruno - Attorney-in-Fact 2012-01-03 EX-24 2 poahelfer.txt POWER OF ATTORNEY POWER OF ATTORNEY The undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints John E. Bruno, Cynthia M. Clarke, Matthew N. Shea, and Valerie N. Tipping, and each of them singly as true and lawful attorneys with full power to them and each of them, to execute, on behalf of the undersigned, in the capacity listed below, any and all statements or reports under Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, with respect to the beneficial ownership of reportable securities issued by First Opportunity Fund, Inc., Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund, Nuveen Mortgage Opportunity Term Fund 2, Nuveen Diversified Dividend and Income Fund, John Hancock Hedged Equity & Income Fund including, without limitation, all initial statements of beneficial ownership on Form 3, all statements of changes of beneficial ownership on Form 4 and all annual statements of beneficial ownership on Form 5, and any and all other documents that may be required, from time to time, to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any exchange upon which such Funds are listed, to execute any and all amendments or supplements to any such statements or forms, and to file the same, with all exhibits thereto, and other documents in connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange Commission and any exchange upon which such Funds are listed, granting to said attorney, full power and authority to do so and perform each and every act and thing requisite and necessary to be done in and about the premises, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person, hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys or any of them may lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue hereof. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has set his or her hand on this 8th day of December 2011. /s/ Ray E. Helfer Name: Ray E. Helfer Title: Managing Director