Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund : 19A-1 Notice - 12/23
March 21, 2024
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Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund
Dear Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund Shareholder:
This notice provides shareholders of the Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund (NYSE: MCN; CUSIP: 557437100) (the "Fund") with important information concerning the distribution declared in March 2024. You are receiving this notice as a requirement of the Fund's managed distribution plan (the "Plan"). The Board of Trustees approved the implementation of the Plan to make quarterly cash distributions to common shareholders, stated in terms of a fixed amount per common share. This information is sent to you for informational purposes only and is an estimate of the sources of the March distribution. It is not determinative of the tax character of the Fund's distributions for the 2024 calendar year.
Distribution Period: March 2024
Distribution Amount per Common Share: $0.18
This distribution and the cumulative year-to-date distributions are considered mostly short term capital gains on a book basis. Note that both short term and long term capital gains are not considered income for book purposes. The following table sets forth an estimate of the sources of the Fund's March distribution and its cumulative distributions paid this fiscal year to date based on generally accepted accounting principles. These amounts may differ from the amounts ultimately shown on your 1099 at the end of the year due to tax reclassifications. Amounts are expressed on a per common share basis and as a percentage of the distribution amount.
Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund
Cumulative
Current
% of Current
Distributions for
Distribution
Distribution
the Fiscal Year-to-
Source
Per Share ($)
Per Share (%)
Date Per Share ($) 1
Net Investment Income
$
0.0330
18.35%
$
0.0330
Net Realized Short-Term Capital Gains
$
0.1011
56.17%
$
0.1011
Net Realized Long-Term Capital Gains
$
-
-
$
-
Return of Capital
$
0.0459
25.48%
$
0.0459
Total (per common share)
$
0.1800
100%
$
0.1800
of the
Cumulative
Distributions for the Fiscal Year-to-
Date Per Share (%) 1
18.35%
56.17%
-
25.48%
100%
1 The fund's fiscal year is January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2024
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE: You should not draw any conclusions about the Fund's investment performance from the amount of this distribution or from the terms of the Fund's Plan. The Fund estimates that it may distribute more than its income and net realized capital gains for the current fiscal year; therefore, a portion of your distribution may be a return of capital. A return of capital may occur for example, when some or all of the money that you invested in the Fund is paid back to you. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Fund's investment performance and should not be confused with 'yield' or 'income.' The amounts and sources of distributions reported in this Notice are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and/or tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Fund's investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to changes based on tax regulations. The Fund will send you a Form 1099-DIV for the calendar year in February of 2024that will tell you how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
NOTE: This correspondence is for informational purposes only and should not be relied upon to project the tax character of actual Fund distributions for the 2024 calendar year.
NO ACTION IS REQUIRED ON YOUR PART.
Madison Covered Call and Equity Strategy Fund
March 2024
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Madison Covered Call & Equity Strategy Fund (the Fund) is a diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Fund's primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current income and current gains, with a secondary objective of long-term capital appreciation. The Fund pursue its investment objectives by investing primarily in large and mid-capitalization common stocks. Under normal market conditions, the Fund seeks to generate current earnings from option premiums by writing (selling) covered call options on a substantial portion of its portfolio securities. The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in common stocks, with at least 65% of its total assets in common stocks of large capitalization issuers. The Fund may invest the remainder of its total assets in companies that meet the Fund's growth and value criteria but whose market capitalization is considered as middle-sized or mid-cap. The Fund's investment advisor is Madison Asset Management, LLC.