On August 29, 2017, Madison Asset Management, LLC and the Boards of Trustees of the Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund and Madison Strategic Sector Premium Fund announced that the independent inspector of elections for the joint annual meeting of shareholders held on August 22, 2017, has certified the voting results of the annual meetings. (i) Trustees: the one incumbent trustee standing for election was re-elected, (ii) the shareholder proposal requesting the investment advisory agreement be terminated did not receive the requisite votes for approval and was defeated.