GUGGENHEIM STRATEGIC OPPORTUNITIES FUND Common Shares ($0.01 par value) FIRST AMENDMENT TO CONTROLLED EQUITY OFFERINGSM SALES AGREEMENTControlled Equity Offering Sales Agreement • November 1st, 2013 • Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund
THIS FIRST AMENDMENT (this “Amendment ”) to the Sales Agreement (defined below) is entered into on and as of November 1, 2013, by and among Guggenheim Strategic Opportunities Fund, a statutory trust organized under the laws of the State of Delaware (the “Fund”), Guggenheim Funds Investment Advisors, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”) and Cantor Fitzgerald & Co. (the “Agent”, and together with the Fund and Adviser, the “Parties”). Capitalized terms used and not defined in this Amendment have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Sales Agreement.
