Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc SC TO-I/A, filed Oct 16, 2025
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc (HERZ)
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on October 16, 2025
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE TO
Tender Offer Statement Under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(1)
of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Amendment No. 1
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (Issuer)
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc.
(Name of Filing Person (Issuer)
Common Stock, par value $0.001
(Title of Class of Securities)
42804T106
(CUSIP Number of Securities)
Thomas K. Morgan
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc.
119 Washington Avenue, Suite 504
Miami Beach, Florida 33139
Telephone: (305) 777-1660
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to
Receive Notices and Communications on Behalf of the Person(s) Filing Statement)
With a Copy to:
John P. Falco, Esq.
Troutman Pepper Hamilton Sanders LLP
3000 Two Logan Square | 18th & Arch Streets
Philadelphia, PA 19103
Telephone: (215) 981-4659
| ☐ | Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications made before the commencement of a tender offer. |
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the statement relates:
| ☐ | Third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1. | |
| ☒ | Issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4. | |
| ☐ | Going-private transaction subject to Rule 13e-3. | |
| ☐ | Amendment to Schedule 13D under Rule 13d-2. | |
| ☐ | Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the results of the tender offer. |
This Amendment No. 1 (“Amendment No. 1”) amends and supplements the Tender Offer Statement on Schedule TO originally filed by Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 17, 2025 (“Schedule TO”). The Schedule TO relates to the offer by the Fund to purchase for cash up to 5% or 845,433 shares of its outstanding common stock, with par value of $0.001 (the “Shares”), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Fund’s Offer to Purchase dated September 17, 2025 (the “Offer to Purchase”) and the related Letter of Transmittal (the “Letter of Transmittal,” which, together with the Offer to Purchase, set forth the terms that constitute the “Offer”), both of which are attached to Schedule TO as Exhibits (a)(1)(i) and (a)(1)(ii), respectively.
This Amendment No. 1 is being filed to update Item 12 of Schedule TO to include a press release announcing the preliminary results of the Offer, which expired on October 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time. A copy of the press release is attached hereto as Exhibit (a)(5)(iii). Only those items amended are reported in this Amendment No. 1. The information set forth in Schedule TO is incorporated herein by reference, except that such information is hereby amended and supplemented to the extent amended and supplemented by the exhibit filed herewith.
You should read this Amendment No. 1 together with Schedule TO, and all exhibits attached thereto, including the Offer to Purchase and the Letter of Transmittal, as each may have been amended or supplemented from time to time.
ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.
Item 12 of Schedule TO is hereby amended and supplemented to add the following exhibit:
(a)(5)((iii)) Press Release dated October 16, 2025*
SIGNATURE
After due inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and correct.
| Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. | ||
| By: |
/s/ Erik M. Herzfeld |
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| Name: | Erik M. Herzfeld | |
| Title: | President |
Dated as of: October 16, 2025
EXHIBIT INDEX
| Exhibit | Description |
| (a)(5)(iii) | Press Release dated October 16, 2025 |
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. SC TO-IA
Exhibit (a)(5)(iii)
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc.
Announces Preliminary Tender Offer Results
MIAMI BEACH, Fla, October 16, 2025 — Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc., an SEC-registered investment adviser, and Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: HERZ) (the “Fund”) today announced the preliminary results of the Fund’s cash tender offer to purchase up to 5% of its outstanding common shares at 97.5% of the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) as of the close of ordinary trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market (the “NASDAQ”) on October 15, 2025, the expiration date (the “Tender Offer”).
The table below shows the preliminary results for the Fund:
| Tender Offer Amount | Shares Properly Tendered | Purchase Price of Properly Tendered Shares* |
| Up to 5% or 845,433 shares | 11,603,885 | $2.5935 |
* Equal to 97.5% of the Fund’s NAV per share as of the close of ordinary trading on the NASDAQ on October 15, 2025 (the date the Tender Offer expired).
Under the terms and conditions of the Fund’s Tender Offer, if the number of common shares properly tendered exceeds the number of common shares offered to purchase, the Fund will purchase common shares properly tendered on a pro-rata basis (disregarding fractional shares). Based on the preliminary results shown above, the Fund expects to purchase a pro-rata allocation of the common shares properly tendered.
The above-indicated results are based on preliminary information provided by Equiniti Trust Company, LLC, the depositary for the Tender Offer, are subject to adjustment and should not be regarded as final. The Fund currently expects to announce the final results of its Tender Offer on or about October 20, 2025.
EQ Fund Solutions, LLC is the information agent for the Offer. Shareholders with questions may call EQ Fund Solutions, LLC at (877) 536-1555.
About Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.
Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc., founded in 1984, is an SEC registered investment advisor, specializing in investment analysis and account management in closed-end funds.
More information about the advisor can be found at www.herzfeld.com.
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. An investment in the Fund is subject to certain risks, including market risk. In general, shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount from their net asset value and at the time of sale may be trading on the exchange at a price which is more or less than the original purchase price or the net asset value. There can be no assurance that any Share repurchases will reduce or eliminate the discount of the Fund’s market price to the Fund’s net asset value per share. An investor should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. Please read the Fund’s disclosure documents before investing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release, and other statements that Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. (“TJHA”) or the Fund may make, may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to the Fund’s or TJHA’s future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or similar expressions. TJHA and the Fund caution that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and TJHA and the Fund assume no duty to and do not undertake to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance. With respect to the Fund, the following factors, among others, could cause actual events to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) shares of the Fund may trade at a discount from Net Asset Value; (2) the Fund is expose to risks associated with equity and equity-linked securities to the extent that adverse equity market conditions could negatively impact the ability of the borrowers to make payment of interest and/or principal with respect to loans underlying the CLOS in which the Fund invests; (3) as a “non-diversified” investment company, the Fund’s investments involve greater risks than would be the case for a similar diversified investment company (5) the Adviser’s judgment about the attractiveness, relative value or potential appreciation of a particular security or investment strategy may prove incorrect; (7) market disruption risks, including certain events that have had a disruptive effect on the securities markets, generally, such as pandemics, terrorist attacks, war and other geopolitical events, hurricanes, droughts, floods and other natural disasters; (8) risk of investment in CLOs and related securities generally (9) dependence on managers of the CLOs in which the Fund invests (10) risks associated with investing in CLOs generally. Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of the Fund with the SEC are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on TJHA’s website at www.herzfeld.com/herz and may discuss these or other factors that affect the Fund. The information contained on TJHA’s website is not a part of this press release.
Contact:
Tom Morgan
Chief Compliance Officer
Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.
1-305-777-1660