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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
RULE 23C-2 NOTICE OF INTENTION TO REDEEM SECURITIES
of
Claymore Dividend & Income Fund
2455 Corporate West Drive
Lisle, Illinois 60532
(630) 505-3700
under the
Investment Company Act of 1940
Investment Company Act File No. 811-21455
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Title of the class of securities of Claymore Dividend & Income Fund (the “Fund”) to be redeemed: |
Auction Market Preferred Shares, par value $.01 per share, liquidation preference $25,000 per share (the “Shares”), as identified by series and CUSIP in Annex A hereto
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The date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed: |
See Annex A for the dates on which Shares of each series are to be redeemed (the “Redemption Date”).
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The applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be called or redeemed: |
The Shares are to be redeemed pursuant to Section 4(a)(i) of the Statement of Preferences of Auction Market Preferred Shares of the Fund
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The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be selected: |
See Annex A for information concerning the number of Shares of each series and the aggregate principal amount of Shares of each series to be redeemed. In the event that less than all of the Shares of a series are redeemed, the Depository Trust Company (DTC), as the sole holder of record of each series of the Shares, determines
how the redemption will be allocated among each participant broker-dealer account that holds Shares of such series, which may include selecting Shares to be redeemed by lot or such other method as DTC deems fair and equitable, and each participant broker-dealer determines how to allocate each redemption among the holders of the Shares of such series held by it.
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirement of Rule 23c-2 of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned on this 24th day
of July, 2009.
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CLAYMORE DIVIDEND & INCOME FUND |
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/s/ Kevin M. Robinson |
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Name: Kevin M. Robinson |
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Title: Chief Legal Officer and |
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Secretary |
Annex A
Series |
CUSIP |
Redemption Date |
Total Shares
to be
Redeemed |
Aggregate Principal
Amount to be
Redeemed |
M7 |
18385J204 |
August 11 |
120 |
$3,000,000 |
T28 |
18385J303 |
August 12 |
520 |
$13,000,000 |
W7 |
18385J402 |
August 13 |
120 |
$3,000,000 |
TH28 |
18385J501 |
August 28 |
520 |
$13,000,000 |
F7 |
18385J600 |
August 17 |
120 |
$3,000,000 |