-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, N6lH6BYbZy+0FhINF9fN3ECX7YEnpLz8SI/u7u6//gxSzTa0UbEe/aySNY0cwD7h xQAoJhr4oxiswErdV1VFJA== 0000930413-10-003302.txt : 20100601 0000930413-10-003302.hdr.sgml : 20100531 20100601164424 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000930413-10-003302 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20100520 FILED AS OF DATE: 20100601 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20100601 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: des Pallieres Bertrand CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001493101 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 814-00098 FILM NUMBER: 10870121 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC. STREET 2: 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC. CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000878932 IRS NUMBER: 760345915 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 930 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 BUSINESS PHONE: 7135290900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: EIGHT GREENWAY PLAZA STREET 2: SUITE 930 CITY: HOUSTON STATE: TX ZIP: 77046 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: EQUUS II INC DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19970422 3 1 c61802_ex.xml X0203 3 2010-05-20 0 0000878932 EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC. EQS 0001493101 des Pallieres Bertrand C/O EQUUS TOTAL RETURN, INC. 8 GREENWAY PLAZA, SUITE 930 HOUSTON TX 77046 1 0 0 0 Common Stock 822031 I See Footnote 1 Represents 822,031 shares held directly by Mobiquity Investments Limited ("Mobiquity"). Mobiquity, a Washington investment holding company, is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Versatile Systems, Inc., a Canadian corporation ("Versatile"). The Reporting Person is a director and minority stockholder of Versatile. The Reporting Person disclaims beneficial ownership in the shares except to the extent, if any, of his pecuniary interest therein. Exhibit List Exhibit 24.1 - Power of Attorney /s/ Fraser Atkinson, Attorney-In Fact 2010-05-31 EX-24.1 2 c61802_ex24-1.htm c61802_ex24-1.htm -- Converted by SEC Publisher, created by BCL Technologies Inc., for SEC Filing

POWER OF ATTORNEY

     Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints Fraser Atkinson, signing singly, the undersigned’s true and lawful attorney-in-fact to:

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execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as an officer and/or director of Equus Total Return, Inc., (the “Company”), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the rules thereunder;
 
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do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned which may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
 
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take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing which, in the opinion of such attorney-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by such attorney-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as such attorney-in-fact may approve in such attorney-in-fact’s discretion.

     The undersigned hereby grants to such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any of the rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that such attorney-in-fact, or such attorney-in-fact’s substitute or substitutes, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorney-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, is not assuming, nor is the Company assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

     This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by the Company, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorney-in-fact.

     IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of May 30, 2010.

  /s/ Bertrand des Pallieres
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  Bertrand des Pallieres
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