Exhibit 99.1
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(k)(1)(iii) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the persons named below agree to the joint filing on behalf of each of them of a Statement on Schedule 13D, dated July 2, 2010 (including amendments thereto), with respect to the securities of RiverSource LaSalle International Real Estate Fund, Inc. This Joint Filing Agreement shall be filed as an Exhibit to such Statement.
| Dated: July 2, 2010 | WESTERN INVESTMENT LLC | ||
| By: | /s/ Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Name: | Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| WESTERN INVESTMENT HEDGED PARTNERS L.P. | |||
| By: | Western Investment LLC | ||
| General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Name: | Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| WESTERN INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN PARTNERS L.P. | |||
| By: | Western Investment LLC | ||
| General Partner | |||
| By: | /s/ Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Name: | Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| WESTERN INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN FUND LTD. | |||
| By: | Western Investment LLC | ||
| Investment Manager | |||
| By: | /s/ Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Name: | Arthur D. Lipson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| /s/ Arthur D. Lipson | |
| ARTHUR D. LIPSON |
| BENCHMARK PLUS INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS, L.L.C. | |||
| By: | Benchmark Plus Management, L.L.C. | ||
| Managing Member | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Ferguson | ||
| Name: | Robert Ferguson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Scott Franzblau | ||
| Name: | Scott Franzblau | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| BENCHMARK PLUS MANAGEMENT, L.L.C. | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert Ferguson | ||
| Name: | Robert Ferguson | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| By: | /s/ Scott Franzblau | ||
| Name: | Scott Franzblau | ||
| Title: | Managing Member | ||
| /s/ Robert Ferguson | |
| ROBERT FERGUSON |
| s/ Scott Franzblau | |
| SCOTT FRANZBLAU |