Overview
A. General Description of Gabelli Funds, LLC
Gabelli Funds, LLC (the “Gabelli Funds” or the “Adviser”) is a registered investment adviser
that provides discretionary investment advisory services primarily to open and closed-end
investment companies (the “Funds)”. The Adviser is a wholly owned subsidiary of GAMCO
Investors, Inc. (“GAMCO Investors”), a Delaware corporation whose stock is traded on OTC
Markets (OTCQX:GAMI). Mario J. Gabelli is deemed to be the controlling person of the
Adviser on the basis of his ownership of a majority of the stock of GGCP, Inc., a privately held
Wyoming corporation, which holds a controlling interest in GAMCO Investors.
The Adviser provides investment advisory services to the following portfolios of active SEC
registered open-end investment companies and closed-end investment companies:
Open-End Funds (including ETFs):
The Gabelli ABC Fund
The Gabelli Asset Fund
Gabelli Capital Asset Fund
Comstock Capital Value Fund
The Gabelli Dividend Growth Fund
The Gabelli Enterprise Mergers and Acquisitions Fund
The Gabelli Equity Income Fund
The Gabelli Focus Growth and Income Fund
The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund
The Gabelli Global Financial Services Fund
The Gabelli Global Growth Fund
The Gabelli International Small Cap Fund
The Gabelli Global Content & Connectivity Fund
The Gabelli Rising Income and Dividend Fund
The Gabelli Global Mini MitesTM Fund
The Gabelli Gold Fund
The Gabelli Growth Fund
The Gabelli International Growth Fund
The Gabelli SRI Fund
The Gabelli Utilities Fund
The Gabelli Value 25 Fund
The Gabelli U.S. Treasury Money Market Fund
Gabelli Media Mogul Fund
Gabelli Pet Parents’TM Fund
Gabelli Love Our Planet & People ETF
Gabelli Growth Innovators ETF
Gabelli Automation ETF
Gabelli Financial Services Opportunities ETF
Gabelli Global Commercial Aerospace & Defense ETF
Gabelli Funds is sub-adviser to the Teton Westwood Mighty MitesSM Fund and Teton
Convertible Securities Fund.
Closed-end Funds:
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.
The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc.
The Gabelli Multimedia Trust Inc.
The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc.
The Gabelli Utility Trust
The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust
The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust
GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources and Income Trust
GAMCO Natural Resources, Gold and Income Trust
The GDL Fund
The Gabelli
Healthcare and Wellness Rx Trust
The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust
The Adviser also provides investment management services to the GAMCO International
SICAV, which is a Luxembourg SICAV qualified under the UCITS directive; and the Gabelli
Merger Plus+ Trust, a closed-end fund organized under the laws of England and listed on the
Specialist Fund Segment of the London Stock Exchange.
In this brochure we may refer to SEC registered open-end and closed-end investment companies
and non-U.S. Funds collectively as “Funds” or “Clients”.
Investment management and administrative services fees charged to the Funds are based on
average net assets, are computed either weekly or daily, and are payable monthly (at the
beginning of the following month). Gabelli Funds may also earn performance based fees set
forth in the particular fund’s prospectus.
The advisory fees for the registered Funds are set forth in investment management contracts that
are approved initially by shareholders and at least annually by the Directors/Trustees of the
respective registered investment companies and are described in the prospectuses of such
registered investment companies. The Adviser may periodically waive all or a portion of such
fees or agree to reimburse expenses.
B. Description of Advisory Services
The Adviser manages various Funds under the “Value” investment orientation, primarily
representing our absolute return, research-driven Private Market Value (PMV) with a
CatalystTM. The Adviser also manages Funds that offer a “Growth” investment orientation, as
well as other investment strategies including global and international equities, convertible
securities, and sector specific investing.
C. Availability of Tailored Services for Clients
The primary clients of Gabelli Funds are the registered open and closed-end funds and are
therefore managed in accordance with each individual fund’s prospectus and other fund
governance documents.
D. Client Assets Under Management
At December 31, 2023, the adviser managed approximately $21 billion of client regulatory
assets on a discretionary basis in eighteen (18) open-end and thirteen (13) closed-end registered
management investment companies, a Luxemburg SICAV with three Sub-Funds, and one
registered U.K. closed-end fund.