Aristides Capital DFAN14A Additional proxy materials by non-management

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TORTOISE ENERGY INDEPENDENCE FUND, INC.

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ARISTIDES CAPITAL LLC

ARISTIDES FUND LP

ARISTIDES FUND QP, LP

CHRISTOPHER M. BROWN

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Aristides Capital LLC, together with the other participants named herein (collectively, “Aristides”), has filed a definitive proxy statement and accompanying GOLD proxy card with the Securities and Exchange Commission to be used to solicit votes to oppose the merger between Tortoise Energy Independence Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “Company”), and Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered as a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, at the special meeting of stockholders of the Company.

On April 8, 2021, the following materials were posted by Aristides to www.NDPvote.com: