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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001140361-20-007013
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		10
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20200511
FILED AS OF DATE:		20200326
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20200326
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20200326

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000794685
		IRS NUMBER:				222736509
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04700
		FILM NUMBER:		20746436

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORP CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		9149215070
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              <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-align: center;">Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934</div>
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          INC.</b></p>
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        Rye, New York 10580-1422<br>
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          OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS<br>
        </b><b>To Be Held on May 11, 2020</b></p>
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        THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.</p>
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        is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;), will be held on Monday, May 11, 2020, at 9:40 a.m., local time, at Westchester Country Club, 99 Biltmore Avenue, Rye, New
        York, 10580 (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;), and at any adjournments or postponements thereof for the following purposes:</p>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">To elect three (3) Directors of the Fund, two (2) Directors to be elected by the holders of the Fund&#8217;s common stock and holders of its Series C Auction Rate Cumulative
              Preferred Stock, Series E Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock, Series G Cumulative Preferred Stock, 5.00% Series H Cumulative Preferred Stock, 5.45% Series J Cumulative Preferred Stock, and 5.00% Series K Cumulative Preferred Stock
              (together, &#8220;Preferred Stock&#8221;), voting together as a single class, and one (1) Director to be elected by the holders of the Fund&#8217;s Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class; and</td>
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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">2.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">To consider and vote upon such other matters, including adjournments, as may properly come before said Meeting or any adjournments thereof.</td>
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        greater detail in the attached Proxy Statement.</p>
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        of our precautions regarding the coronavirus or COVID-19, we are planning for the possibility that the Meeting may be held at the Fund&#8217;s offices or virtually solely by means of remote communication or via a live webcast. If we take this step, we
        will announce the decision to do so in advance, and we will provide details on how to participate in a press release and on our website at www.gabelli.com. Any questions should be directed to CEFProxy@gabelli.com.</p>
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        close of business on March 17, 2020, has been fixed as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.</p>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">(1)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">John B. Smith, Cust.</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">John B. Smith, Executor</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="41%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Estate of Jane Smith</div>
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            <td width="48%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">John B. Smith, Executor</div>
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          TELEPHONE/INTERNET VOTING</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Instructions




        for authorizing your proxy to vote your shares by telephone or Internet are included with the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and the proxy card.</p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST
          INC.</b></p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 15.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>ANNUAL




          MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS<br>
        </b><b>May 11, 2020</b></p>
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        <div style="height: 2.67px; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; width: 19%; margin: auto; margin-bottom: 12px; margin-top: 12px; " class="hr-centered"> </div>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>PROXY STATEMENT</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">This
        Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the &#8220;Board,&#8221; the members of which are referred to as &#8220;Directors&#8221;) of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;), for use
        at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held on Monday, May 11, 2020, at 9:40 a.m., local time, at Westchester Country Club, 99 Biltmore Avenue, Rye, New York, 10580 (the &#8220;Meeting&#8221;), and at any adjournments or postponements thereof.
        A Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will first be mailed to stockholders on or about April 1, 2020.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">As
        part of our precautions regarding the coronavirus or COVID-19, we are planning for the possibility that the Meeting may be held at the Fund&#8217;s offices or virtually solely by means of remote communication or via a live webcast. If we take this step,
        we will announce the decision to do so in advance, and we will provide details on how to participate in a press release and on our website at www.gabelli.com. Any questions should be directed to CEFProxy@gabelli.com.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">If
        you desire to attend the Meeting in person, please note that the Westchester Country Club enforces a strict dress code. The Westchester Country Club may deny entry to their facilities to any person who does not conform to their dress code. If the
        Westchester Country Club denies you entry to their facilities, you will be unable to attend the Meeting in person and, if you have not submitted a proxy in accordance with the instructions contained herein, you will not be able to be present at or
        vote at the Meeting. The Westchester Country Club's dress code is as follows: All men's shirts must have collars. Short shorts, cut-offs or tee shirts are not permitted. Please no tank tops, cargo pants, hats worn by men, bare feet, rubber beach
        flip flops, bathing or gym attire. Blue denim clothing, and denim jeans, designer or otherwise, are not permitted. </p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Additionally,




        the Westchester Country Club has an electronic device policy that there be &#8220;no noise&#8221; with the use of an electronic device, including a cell phone, except in designated areas. If you are admitted to the Westchester Country Club's facilities and
        violate this policy, the Westchester Country Club may remove you from their premises and you would not be able to attend the Meeting in person. </p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">In
        addition to the solicitation of proxies by mail, officers of the Fund and officers and regular employees of Computershare Trust Company, N.A. (&#8220;Computershare&#8221;), the Fund&#8217;s transfer agent, and affiliates of Computershare or other representatives of
        the Fund may also solicit proxies by telephone, Internet, or in person. In addition, the Fund has retained Morrow Sodali LLC to assist in the solicitation of proxies for an estimated fee of $1,000 plus reimbursement of expenses. The Fund will pay
        the costs of the proxy solicitation and the expenses incurred in connection with preparing, printing, and mailing the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials and/or Proxy Statement and its enclosures. If requested, the Fund will also
        reimburse brokerage firms and others for their expenses in forwarding solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of its shares.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><b>The




          Fund&#8217;s most recent annual report, including audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended </b><b>December 31, 2019, is available upon request, without charge, by writing to the Secretary of the Fund, One </b><b>Corporate Center, Rye,
          New York 10580-1422, calling the Fund at 800-422-3554, or via the Internet at </b><b>www.gabelli.com.</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">If
        the proxy is properly executed and returned in time to be voted at the Meeting, the shares represented thereby will be voted &#8220;FOR&#8221; the election of the nominees as Directors as described in this Proxy Statement, unless instructions to the contrary
        are marked thereon, and at the discretion of the proxy holders as to the transaction of any other business that may properly come before the Meeting. Any stockholder who has submitted a proxy has the right to revoke it at any time prior to its
        exercise either by attending the Meeting and voting his or her shares in person, or by submitting a letter of revocation or a later dated proxy to the Fund at the above address prior to the date of the Meeting.</p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">A
        &#8220;quorum&#8221; is required in order to transact business at the Meeting. A quorum of stockholders is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote at the Meeting. In
        the event a quorum is not present at the Meeting, or in the event that a quorum is present at the Meeting but sufficient votes to approve any of the proposed items are not received, the Meeting may be adjourned by an individual appointed by the
        Board to be the chairperson of the Meeting (or in their absence, a person designated pursuant to the By-Laws to act as chairperson of the Meeting). Alternatively, the chairperson of the Meeting may, in their discretion, submit the question of
        adjournment to a vote of stockholders. Any such adjournment on which the stockholders vote will require the affirmative vote of a majority of those shares present at the Meeting in person or by proxy (or a majority of votes cast if a quorum is
        present). If a quorum is present, the persons named as proxies will vote those proxies which they are entitled to vote &#8220;FOR&#8221; any proposal in favor of such adjournment and will vote those proxies required to be voted &#8220;AGAINST&#8221; any proposal against
        any such adjournment. If a quorum is present, a stockholder vote may be taken on one or more of the proposals in this Proxy Statement prior to such adjournment if sufficient votes have been received for approval and it is otherwise appropriate. The
        chairperson of the Meeting may adjourn any meeting of stockholders from time to time to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date without notice other than announcement at the Meeting. At such adjourned meeting at which a quorum
        shall be present, any business may be transacted which might have been transacted at the Meeting as originally notified. The Fund may set a subsequent record date and give notice of it to stockholders, in which case the meeting may be held not more
        than 120 days beyond the subsequent record date. The Fund may postpone or cancel a meeting of stockholders, and if it does the Fund will make a public announcement of such postponement or cancellation prior to the meeting. The postponed meeting may
        not be held more than 120 days after the initial record date.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        close of business on March 17, 2020, has been fixed as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and all adjournments thereof.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The Fund
        has two classes of capital stock outstanding: common stock, par value $0.001 per share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;), and preferred stock consisting of (i) Series C Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series C Preferred&#8221;), (ii) Series E Auction Rate
        Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series E Preferred&#8221;), (iii) Series G Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series G Preferred&#8221;), (iv) 5.00% Series H Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series H Preferred&#8221;), (v) 5.45% Series J Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series J
        Preferred&#8221;), and (vi) 5.00% Series K Cumulative Preferred Stock (&#8220;Series K Preferred&#8221;), each having a par value of $0.001 per share (together, &#8220;Preferred Stock&#8221;). The holders of the Common Stock and Preferred Stock are each entitled to one vote for
        each full share held. On the record date, there were 253,338,023 shares of Common Stock, 2,880 shares of Series C Preferred, 1,120 shares of Series E Preferred, 2,779,796 shares of Series G Preferred, 4,172,873 shares of Series H Preferred,
        3,200,000 shares of Series J Preferred, and 4,000,000 shares of Series K Preferred outstanding.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">As of
        the record date, there were no persons known to the Fund to be beneficial owners of more than 5% of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding Common Stock or Preferred Stock.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>SUMMARY OF VOTING RIGHTS ON
          PROXY PROPOSALS</b></p>
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              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Proposal</b></div>
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            <td width="37%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Common Stockholders</b></div>
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            <td width="37%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Preferred Stockholders</b></div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Election of Directors</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class, vote to elect two Directors: </div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class, vote to elect two Directors: </div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. and </div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. and</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Preferred Stockholders, voting as a separate class, vote to elect one Director: </div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="37%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Kuni Nakamura</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">Other Business</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class</div>
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          (3) DIRECTORS OF THE FUND</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Nominees for the Board of
          Directors</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Board consists of seven Directors, six of whom are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Fund (as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;)). The Fund divides the Board into three classes, each class having a term of
        three years. Each year, the term of office of one class will expire.Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr., Kuni Nakamura, and Salvatore J. Zizza have each been nominated by the Board for election to serve for a three year term to expire at the Fund&#8217;s 2023
        Annual Meeting of Stockholders or until their successors are duly elected and qualified. Each of the Directors of the Fund has served in that capacity since the July 14, 1986 organizational meeting of the Fund with the exception of Mr. Conn, who
        became a Director of the Fund on May 15, 1989, Mr. Fahrenkopf, who became a Director of the Fund on May 11, 1998, Mr. Heitmann, who became a Director of the Fund on August 15, 2012, Mr. Ferrantino, who became a Director of the Fund on February 22,
        2017, and Mr. Nakamura, who became a Director of the Fund on May 16, 2018. All of the Directors of the Fund are also directors or trustees of other investment companies for which Gabelli Funds, LLC (the &#8220;Adviser&#8221;) or its affiliates serve as
        investment adviser. The classes of Directors are indicated below:</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b><u>Nominees to Serve Until
            2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders</u></b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara">Frank J.
        Fahrenkopf, Jr.<br>
        Kuni Nakamura<br>
        Salvatore J. Zizza</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b><u>Directors Serving Until
            2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders</u></b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara">Mario J.
        Gabelli<br>
        William F. Heitmann</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b><u>Directors Serving Until
            2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders</u></b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara">James P. Conn<br>
        Michael J. Ferrantino</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Under
        the Fund&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation, Articles Supplementary, and the 1940 Act, holders of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding Preferred Stock, voting as a separate class, are entitled to elect two Directors, and holders of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding Common Stock
        and Preferred Stock, voting together as a single class, are entitled to elect the remaining Directors. The holders of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding Preferred Stock would be entitled to elect the minimum number of additional Directors that would represent
        a majority of the Directors in the event that dividends on the Fund&#8217;s Preferred Stock become in arrears for two full years and until all arrearages are eliminated. No dividend arrearages exist as of the date of this Proxy Statement. Messrs. Conn
        and Nakamura are currently the Directors elected solely by the holders of the Fund&#8217;s Preferred Stock. Mr. Conn&#8217;s term as a Director is scheduled to expire at the Fund&#8217;s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. Therefore, he is not standing for election
        at this Meeting. A quorum of the Preferred Stockholders must be present in person or by proxy at the Meeting in order for the proposal to elect Mr. Nakamura to be considered.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Unless
        instructions are provided to the contrary, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote the proxy &#8220;FOR&#8221; the election of the nominees named above. Each nominee has indicated that he has consented to serve as a Director if elected at
        the Meeting. If, however, a designated nominee declines or otherwise becomes unavailable for election, the proxy confers discretionary power on the persons named therein to vote in favor of a substitute nominee or nominees. Each nominee is
        qualified to serve as a Director under the Fund&#8217;s governing documents.</p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="unknown"></p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="unknown">3</p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Information about Directors
          and Officers</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Set
        forth in the table below are the existing Directors, including those Directors who are not considered to be &#8220;interested persons,&#8221; as defined in the 1940 Act (the &#8220;Independent Directors&#8221;), three of whom are nominated for re-election to the Board of
        the Fund, and officers of the Fund, including information relating to their respective positions held with the Fund, a brief statement of their principal occupations, and, in the case of the Directors, their other directorships during the past five
        years (excluding other funds managed by the Adviser), if any.</p>
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6.67px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Name, Position(s),<br>
                </b><b>Address</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></b><br>
                <b>and Age</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Term of<br>
                </b><b>Office and<br>
                </b><b>Length of<br>
                </b><b>Time<br>
                </b><b>Served</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="24%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Principal Occupation(s)<br>
                </b><b>During Past Five Years</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="24%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Other Directorships<br>
                </b><b>Held by Director</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Number of<br>
                </b><b>Portfolios in<br>
                </b><b>Fund Complex</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(3)</sup></b><br>
                <b> </b><b>Overseen<br>
                </b><b>by Director</b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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            <td style="background-color: #FFFFFF; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; margin: 5.33px 0px 0px 0px; vertical-align: top; white-space: nowrap; width: 5%; padding: 0px 6px 0px 0px; color: #000000; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px;">
              <div class="group-p"><b>INTERESTED DIRECTOR</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(4)</sup></b><b>:</b></div>
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            <td valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 5.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255); text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px; width: 95%; padding-bottom: 2px;">
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            <td width="21%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 5.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Mario J. Gabelli<br>
                </b>Chairman and<br>
                Chief Investment Officer<br>
                Age: 77</div>
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            <td width="14%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 5.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 1986**</div>
            </td>
            <td width="24%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 5.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Investment Officer-Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors, Inc. and Chief Investment Officer -Value Portfolios of Gabelli Funds,
                LLC and GAMCO Asset Management Inc.; Director/Trustee or Chief Investment Officer of other registered investment companies within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex; Chief Executive Officer of GGCP, Inc.; Executive Chairman of Associated
                Capital Group, Inc.</div>
            </td>
            <td width="24%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 5.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Director of Morgan Group Holdings, Inc. (holding company); Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer of LICT Corp. (multimedia and communication services company);
                Director of CIBL, Inc. (broadcasting and wireless communications); Director of ICTC Group Inc. (communications) (2013-2018)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div class="group-p"><b>INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(5)</sup></b><b>:</b></div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>James P. Conn</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(6)</sup></b><br>
                Director<br>
                Age: 82</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 1989***</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Former Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Financial Security Assurance Holdings, Ltd. (1992-1998)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#8212;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">24</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(7)</sup></b><br>
                Director<br>
                Age: 80</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 1998*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Co-Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates; Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association (1995-2013); Former Chairman of the
                Republican National Committee (1983-1989)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Director of First Republic Bank (banking); Director of Eldorado Resorts, Inc. (casino entertainment company)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">12</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Michael J. Ferrantino<br>
                </b>Director<br>
                Age: 48</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 2017***</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Chief Executive Officer of InterEx Inc.</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Director of The LGL Group, Inc. (diversified manufacturing)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">2</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>William F. Heitmann</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(7)</sup></b><br>
                Director<br>
                Age: 71</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 2012**</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Perlmutter Investment Company (real estate); Senior Vice President of Finance, Verizon Communications, and President, Verizon
                Investment Management (1971-2011)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Director and Audit Committee Chair of Syncreon (contract logistics provider) (2011-2019)</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">4</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Kuni Nakamura</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(6)</sup></b><br>
                Director<br>
                Age: 51</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
                Since 2018*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">President of Advanced Polymer,Inc. (chemical manufacturing company); President of KEN Enterprises, Inc. (real estate); Trustee of Long Island University Board of Trustees</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#8212;</div>
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            <td width="17%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">33</div>
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            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Name, Position(s),<br>
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            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Term of<br>
              </b><b>Office and<br>
              </b><b>Length of<br>
              </b><b>Time<br>
              </b><b>Served</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></b></div>
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              </b><b>During Past Five Years</b></div>
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            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Other Directorships<br>
              </b><b>Held by Director</b></div>
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            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Number of<br>
              </b><b>Portfolios in<br>
              </b><b>Fund Complex</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(3)</sup></b><br>
              <b> </b><b>Overseen<br>
              </b><b>by Director</b></div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p"><b>Salvatore J. Zizza</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(7)(8)</sup></b><br>
              Director<br>
              Age: 74</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
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            <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">President of Zizza &amp; Associates Corp. (private holding company); President of Bergen Cove Realty Inc.; Chairman of Harbor Diversified, Inc. (pharmaceuticals) (2009-2018);
              Chairman of BAM (semiconductor and aerospace manufacturing) (2000-2018); Chairman of Metropolitan Paper Recycling Inc. (recycling) (2005-2014)</div>
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          <td width="24%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 6px; " class="group-p">Director and Chairman of Trans-Lux Corporation (business services); Director and Chairman of Harbor Diversified Inc. (pharmaceuticals) (2009-2018)</div>
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          <td width="17%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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              </b><b>Address</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></b><br>
              <b>and Age</b></div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Term of<br>
              </b><b>Office and<br>
              </b><b>Length of<br>
              </b><b>Time<br>
              </b><b>Served</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(9)</sup></b></div>
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          <td width="67%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Principal Occupation(s)<br>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Bruce N. Alpert<br>
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              Age: 68</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
              Since 2003</div>
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Gabelli Funds, LLC since 1988; Officer of registered investment companies within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex; Senior
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>John C. Ball<br>
              </b>Treasurer and Principal<br>
              Financial and Accounting Officer<br>
              Age: 44</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
              Since 2017</div>
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Treasurer of registered investment companies within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex since 2017; Vice President and Assistant Treasurer of AMG Funds, 2014-2017</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Andrea R. Mango<br>
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              Age: 47</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
              Since 2013</div>
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2016; Counsel of Gabelli Funds, LLC since 2013; Secretary of registered investment companies within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Richard J. Walz<br>
              </b>Chief Compliance Officer<br>
              Age: 60</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
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              Since 2013</div>
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Chief Compliance Officer of registered investment companies within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex since 2013</div>
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          <td width="21%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
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          <td width="67%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Carter W. Austin<br>
              </b> Vice President<br>
              Age: 51</div>
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          <td width="13%" valign="top" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; margin-right: 0px;">
            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">&#160;&#160;&#160;<br>
              Since 2000</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>Molly A.F. Marion<br>
              </b>Vice President and<br>
              Ombudsman<br>
              Age: 66</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Vice President and/or Ombudsman of closed-end funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex; Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc. since 2012</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p"><b>David I. Schachter<br>
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              Age: 66</div>
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            <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">Vice President and/or Ombudsman of closed-end funds within the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex; Senior Vice President (since 2015) and Vice President (1999-2015) of G.research, LLC</div>
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          <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Address: One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1422.</td>
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          <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">The Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors is divided into three classes, each class having a term of three years. Each year the term of office of one class expires and the successor or
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          <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">The &#8220;Fund Complex&#8221; or the &#8220;Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex&#8221; includes all the U.S. registered investment companies that are considered part of the same fund complex as the Fund because
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          <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">&#8220;Interested person&#8221; of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act. Mr. Gabelli is considered to be an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of the Fund because of his affiliation with the Fund&#8217;s Adviser.</td>
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          <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Directors who are not considered to be &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act are considered to be &#8220;Independent&#8221; Directors. None of the Independent Directors
            (with the possible exceptions as described in this proxy statement) nor their family members had any interest in the Adviser or any person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser as of
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Director/Nominee elected solely by holders of the Fund&#8217;s Preferred Stock.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Mr. Fahrenkopf&#8217;s daughter, Leslie F. Foley, serves as a director of other funds in the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex. Mr. Zizza is an independent director of Gabelli International
              Ltd., which may be deemed to be controlled by Mario J. Gabelli and/or affiliates and in that event would be deemed to be under common control with the Fund&#8217;s Adviser. Mr. Heitmann&#8217;s son was a summer intern at GAMCO Investors, Inc., the parent
              company of the Adviser, from June 29, 2015 through July 24, 2015.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">On September 9, 2015, Mr. Zizza entered into a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#8220;SEC&#8221;) to resolve an inquiry relating to an alleged violation
              regarding the making of false statements or omissions to the accountants of a company concerning a related party transaction. The company in question is not an affiliate of, nor has any connection to, the Fund. Under the terms of the
              settlement, Mr. Zizza, without admitting or denying the SEC&#8217;s findings and allegation, paid $150,000 and agreed to cease and desist committing or causing any future violations of Rule 13b2-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended
              (the &#8220;1934 Act&#8221;). The Board has discussed this matter and has determined that it does not disqualify Mr. Zizza from serving as an Independent Director.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Includes time served in prior officer positions with the Fund. Each officer will hold office for an indefinite term until the date he or she resigns or retires or until his or
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Nominee to serve, if elected, until the Fund&#8217;s 2023 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Term continues until the Fund&#8217;s 2022 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Term continues until the Fund&#8217;s 2021 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.</td>
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        Board believes that each Director&#8217;s experience, qualifications, attributes, or skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of other Directors lead to the conclusion that each Director should serve in such capacity. Among the
        attributes or skills common to all Directors are their ability to review critically and to evaluate, question, and discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the other Directors, the Adviser, the sub-administrator, other
        service providers, counsel, and the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective and independent business judgment in the performance of their duties as Directors. Each Director&#8217;s ability to perform his duties
        effectively has been attained in large part through the Director&#8217;s business, consulting, or public service positions and through experience from service as a member of the Board and one or more of the other funds in the Fund Complex, public
        companies, non-profit entities, or other organizations as set forth above and below. Each Director&#8217;s ability to perform his duties effectively also has been enhanced by education, professional training, and other experience.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b><u>Interested Director</u></b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>Mario
          J. Gabelli, CFA. </i>Mr. Gabelli is Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Investment Officer of the Fund. He serves in the same capacities for other funds in the Fund Complex. Mr. Gabelli is Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief
        Investment Officer &#8211; Value Portfolios of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (&#8220;GBL&#8221;), a New York Stock Exchange (&#8220;NYSE&#8221;)-listed asset manager and financial services company. He is the Chief Investment Officer of Value Portfolios of Gabelli Funds, LLC and GAMCO
        Asset Management, Inc., each of which are asset management subsidiaries of GBL. In addition, Mr. Gabelli is Chief Executive Officer, Chief Investment Officer, a director and the controlling shareholder of GGCP, Inc. (&#8220;GGCP&#8221;), a private company that
        holds a majority interest in GBL, and the Chairman of MJG Associates, Inc., which acts as an investment manager of various investment funds and other accounts. He is Executive Chairman of Associated Capital Group, Inc., a public company that
        provides alternative management and institutional research services and is a majority-owned subsidiary of GGCP. Mr. Gabelli serves as Overseer of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business and as a trustee of Boston College and Roger
        Williams University. He serves as a director of the Winston Churchill Foundation, The E.L. Wiegand Foundation, The American-Italian Cancer Foundation, and The Foundation for Italian Art and Culture. He is Chairman of the Gabelli Foundation, Inc., a
        Nevada private charitable trust. Mr. Gabelli serves as Co-President of Field Point Park Association, Inc. Mr. Gabelli received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree from Fordham University, M.B.A. from Columbia Business School, and honorary Doctorates from Fordham
        University and Roger Williams University.</p>
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            Directors/Nominees</u></b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>James
          P. Conn. </i>Mr. Conn is the Lead Independent Director of the Fund and a member of the Fund&#8217;s <i>ad hoc </i>Proxy Voting Committee. He serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose
        boards he sits. He was a senior business executive of Transamerica Corp., an insurance holding company, for much of his career including service as Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Conn has been a director of several public companies in banking and
        other industries, and was lead director and/or chair of various committees. He received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Business Administration from Santa Clara University.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>Frank
          J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. </i>Mr. Fahrenkopf is the Co-Chairman of the Commission on Presidential Debates, which is responsible for the widely-viewed Presidential debates during the quadrennial election cycle. He also served as Chairman of the
        Republican National Committee for six years during Ronald Reagan&#8217;s presidency. Additionally, he </p>
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        a board member of the International Republican Institute, which he founded in 1984. Mr. Fahrenkopf is a member of the Fund&#8217;s <i>ad hoc </i>Pricing Committee, and serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the
        Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. Mr. Fahrenkopf is the former President and Chief Executive Officer of the American Gaming Association (&#8220;AGA&#8221;), the trade group for the hotel-casino industry. He served for many years as Chairman of the Pacific
        Democrat Union and Vice Chairman of the International Democrat Union, a worldwide association of political parties from the United States, Great Britain, France, Germany, Canada, Japan, Australia, and twenty other nations. Prior to becoming the
        AGA&#8217;s first chief executive in 1995, Mr. Fahrenkopf was a partner in the law firm of Hogan &amp; Hartson, where he chaired the International Trade Practice Group and specialized in regulatory, legislative, and corporate matters for multinational,
        foreign, and domestic clients. Mr. Fahrenkopf is the former Chairman of the Finance Committee of the Culinary Institute of America and remains a member of the board. For over 30 years, Mr. Fahrenkopf has served on the Board of First Republic Bank
        and as Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Nominating Committee and as a member of the Compensation Committee. He also serves as a member of the Board of Eldorado Resorts, Inc., which owns and operates 19 casinos in 10 states. Mr. Fahrenkopf
        received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree from the University of Nevada, Reno and his Juris Doctor from Boalt Hall School of Law, U.C. Berkeley.</p>
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          J. Ferrantino</i>. Mr. Ferrantino is the Chief Executive Officer of InterEx Inc., a full-service exhibit company that specializes in the design, fabrication, management and service of custom exhibit spaces for the trade show retail and museum
        markets. He is a member of the Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee. Mr. Ferrantino serves on the board of another fund in the Gabelli/GAMCO Fund Complex. Mr. Ferrantino serves as a director of The LGL Group, Inc., a diversified manufacturing company. He
        previously served as the Chief Executive Officer and a director of Valpey Fisher Corp., which was sold to CTS Corp. in 2012. He received a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Materials Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and an M.B.A. from Loyola
        College, Baltimore.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>William




          F. Heitmann. </i>Mr. Heitmann is a former Managing Director and Senior Advisor of Perlmutter Investment Company, a privately owned real estate investment company. He is Chairman of the Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee and has been designated as the Fund&#8217;s
        Audit Committee Financial Expert. Mr. Heitmann serves in comparable roles for another fund in the Fund Complex. For over thirty-five years, Mr. Heitmann served in various capacities at Verizon Communications and its predecessor companies including
        as Senior Vice President and Treasurer of Verizon Communications, Vice President of Asset Management and Treasurer of Bell Atlantic Corporation, and Vice President of Merger Implementation during the Bell Atlantic-NYNEX merger. Additionally, he
        served as Chairman of the Board for Verizon Capital Corporation, the company&#8217;s financial subsidiary. As Senior Vice President of Finance at Verizon, Mr. Heitmann was responsible for leading the Verizon Investment Management Corporation, for which
        he held the positions of President and Chief Investment Officer. Mr. Heitmann was a director of Syncreon, a contract logistics provider, and was Chairman of its Audit Committee. He was a director of DRS Technologies and Chairman of its audit
        committee, a director of the Pension Real Estate Association, and member of the Committee for the Investment of Employee Benefit Assets and the Financial Executives Institute, The Pension Manager&#8217;s Advisory Committee of the NYSE, and The Investment
        Committee of the Society for Neurology. Mr. Heitmann received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Mechanical Engineering from New Jersey Institute of Technology and his M.B.A. from Rutgers University.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>Kuni




          Nakamura</i>. Mr. Nakamura is the president of Advanced Polymer, Inc., a chemical manufacturing company, and president of KEN Enterprises, Inc., a real estate company. He is the Chairman of the Fund&#8217;s Nominating Committee. Mr. Nakamura also
        serves on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. Mr. Nakamura was previously a board member of The LGL Group, Inc., a diversified manufacturing company. He serves on the Board
        of Trustees of Long Island University in Brookville, NY. He is involved in various capacities with The University of Pennsylvania and The Guiding Eyes for the Blind. Mr. Nakamura is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania &#8211; The Wharton School
        with a Bachelor&#8217;s degree in Economics and Multinational Management.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><i>Salvatore




          J. Zizza. </i>Mr. Zizza is the President of Zizza &amp; Associates Corp., a private holding company that invests in various industries. He also serves or has served as Chairman to other companies involved in manufacturing, recycling, real
        estate, technology, and pharmaceuticals. He is a member of the Fund&#8217;s Audit, Nominating, <i>ad hoc </i>Proxy Voting, and <i>ad hoc </i>Pricing Committees, and a member of both multi-fund <i>ad hoc </i>Compensation Committees. Mr. Zizza serves
        on comparable or other board committees with respect to other funds in the Fund Complex on whose boards he sits. In addition to serving on the boards of other funds in the Fund Complex, Mr. Zizza is currently and </p>
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        previously been a director of other public companies. He was also the President, Chief Executive Officer, and Chief Financial Officer of a large NYSE-listed construction company. Mr. Zizza received his Bachelor&#8217;s degree and M.B.A. in Finance from
        St. John&#8217;s University, which awarded him an Honorary Doctorate in Commercial Sciences.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Directors &#8211; Leadership
          Structure and Oversight Responsibilities</b></p>
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        responsibility for general oversight of the Fund rests with the Board. The Board has appointed Mr. Conn as the Lead Independent Director. The Lead Independent Director presides over executive sessions of the Directors and also serves between
        meetings of the Board as a liaison with service providers, officers, counsel, and other Directors on a wide variety of matters including scheduling agenda items for Board meetings. Designation as such does not impose on the Lead Independent
        Director any obligations or standards greater than or different from other Directors. The Board has established a Nominating Committee and an Audit Committee to assist the Board in the oversight of the management and affairs of the Fund. The Board
        also has an <i>ad hoc </i>Proxy Voting Committee that exercises voting and investment responsibilities on behalf of the Fund in selected situations. From time to time the Board establishes additional committees or informal working groups, such as
        an <i>ad hoc </i>Pricing Committee related to securities offerings by the Fund to address specific matters, or assigns one of its members to work with trustees or directors of other funds in the Fund Complex on special committees or working
        groups that address complex-wide matters, such as the multi-fund <i>ad hoc </i>Compensation Committee relating to the compensation of the Chief Compliance Officer for all the funds in the Fund Complex, and a separate multi-fund <i>ad hoc </i>Compensation




        Committee relating to the compensation of certain other officers of the closed-end funds in the Fund Complex.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">All
        of the Fund&#8217;s Directors, other than Mr. Mario J. Gabelli, are Independent Directors and the Board believes it is able to provide effective oversight of the Fund&#8217;s service providers. In addition to providing feedback and direction during Board
        meetings, the Independent Directors meet regularly in executive session and chair all committees of the Board.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Fund&#8217;s operations entail a variety of risks, including investment, administration, valuation, and a range of compliance matters. Although the Adviser, the sub-administrator and the officers of the Fund are responsible for managing these risks on a
        day to day basis within the framework of their established risk management functions, the Board also addresses risk management of the Fund through its meetings and those of the committees and working groups. As part of its general oversight, the
        Board reviews with the Adviser at Board meetings the levels and types of risks being undertaken by the Fund, and the Audit Committee discusses the Fund&#8217;s risk management and controls with the independent registered public accounting firm engaged by
        the Fund. The Board reviews valuation policies and procedures and the valuations of specific illiquid securities. The Board also receives periodic reports from the Fund&#8217;s Chief Compliance Officer regarding compliance matters relating to the Fund
        and its major service providers, including results of the implementation and testing of the Fund&#8217;s and such providers&#8217; compliance programs. The Board&#8217;s oversight function is facilitated by management reporting processes designed to provide
        visibility to the Board regarding the identification, assessment, and management of critical risks, and the controls and policies and procedures used to mitigate those risks. The Board reviews its role in supervising the Fund&#8217;s risk management from
        time to time and may make changes at its discretion at any time.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Board has determined that its leadership structure is appropriate for the Fund because it enables the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over matters under its purview, allocates responsibility among committees in a manner that
        fosters effective oversight, and allows the Board to devote appropriate resources to specific issues in a flexible manner as they arise. The Board periodically reviews its leadership structure as well as its overall structure, composition, and
        functioning, and may make changes at its discretion at any time.</p>
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          Ownership of Shares Held in the Fund and the Family of Investment Companies for each </b><b>Director and Nominee for Election as Director</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Set
        forth in the table below is the dollar range of equity securities in the Fund beneficially owned by each Director and nominee for election as Director and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in the Fund Complex beneficially owned by
        each Director and nominee for election as Director.</p>
      <table width="100%" align="center" style="margin-top: 4px; margin-left: 0px; border-collapse: collapse; ">

          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6.67px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p"><b>Name of Director/Nominee</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p"><b>Dollar Range of Equity<br>
                </b><b>Securities Held<br>
                </b><b>in the Fund*</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity<br>
                </b><b>Securities Held in the<br>
                </b><b>Family of Investment Companies*</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)(2)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b><u>INTERESTED DIRECTOR:</u></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">Mario J. Gabelli</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b><u>INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:</u></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">James P. Conn</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">B</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">A</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">Michael J. Ferrantino</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">A</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">A</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">William F. Heitmann</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">Kuni Nakamura</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">C</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
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            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
            </td>
            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 12.30px; " class="group-p">D</div>
            </td>
            <td width="36%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 12.30px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">E</div>
            </td>
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        <div style="height: 1.33px; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; width: 15%; margin-left: 0px; margin-bottom: 1.33px; margin-top: 12px; " class="hr-partial"> </div>
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            <td width="0px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top;" class="group-filler"> </td>
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">*</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Key to Dollar Ranges</td>
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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">A.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">None</td>
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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top;" class="group-filler"> </td>
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">B.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">$1 &#8211; $10,000</td>
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          <tr style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; vertical-align: top;">
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top;" class="group-filler"> </td>
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">C.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">$10,001 &#8211; $50,000</td>
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          <tr style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; vertical-align: top;">
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top;" class="group-filler"> </td>
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">D.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">$50,001 &#8211; $100,000</td>
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          <tr style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; vertical-align: top;">
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top;" class="group-filler"> </td>
            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">E.</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Over $100,000</td>
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      <div style="clear: both"></div>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; padding-left: 26.67px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="ftnote">All shares were valued as of
        December 31, 2019.</p>
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            <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 28px;" class="group-list">(1)</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">This information has been furnished by each Director and nominee for election as Director as of December 31, 2019. &#8220;Beneficial Ownership&#8221; is determined in accordance with Rule
              16a-1(a)(2) of the 1934 Act.</td>
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            <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 28px;" class="group-list">(2)</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">The term &#8220;Family of Investment Companies&#8221; includes two or more registered funds that share the same investment adviser or principal underwriter and hold themselves out to
              investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services. Currently, the registered funds that comprise the &#8220;Fund Complex&#8221; are identical to those that comprise the &#8220;Family of Investment Companies.&#8221;</td>
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      <div style="clear: both"></div>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Set
        forth in the table below is the amount of shares beneficially owned by each Director, nominee for election as Director, and executive officer of the Fund.</p>
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          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6.67px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p"><b>Name of Director/Nominee/Officer</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p"><b>Amount and Nature of<br>
                </b><b>Beneficial Ownership</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Percent of Shares<br>
                </b><b>Outstanding</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b><u>INTERESTED DIRECTOR:</u></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Mario J. Gabelli</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">2,259,355<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(3)</sup></div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">29,000 Series G Preferred Shares<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(3)</sup></div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b><u>INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:</u></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">James P. Conn</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">1,000</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">0</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Michael J. Ferrantino</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">0</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">William F. Heitmann</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">60,701</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Kuni Nakamura</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">4,717</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">12,920</div>
            </td>
            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p"><b><u>EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:</u></b></div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">1,894 Common Shares</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">5,000 Series G Preferred Shares<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(4)</sup></div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">9,888 Series H Preferred Shares<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(5)</sup></div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">8,000 Series J Preferred Shares<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(6)</sup></div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">4,400 Series K Preferred Shares<sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(7)</sup></div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">John C. Ball</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">0</div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Andrea R. Mango</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">0</div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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            <td width="38%" valign="top" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">Richard J. Walz</div>
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            <td width="40%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 13.65px; " class="group-p">0</div>
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            <td width="22%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style="padding-left: 13.65px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">This information has been furnished by each Director, including each nominee for election as Director, and executive officer as of December 31, 2019. &#8220;Beneficial Ownership&#8221; is
              determined in accordance with Rule 13d-3 of the 1934 Act. Reflects ownership of Common Stock unless otherwise noted.</td>
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            <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 28px;" class="group-list">(2)</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">An asterisk indicates that the ownership amount constitutes less than 1% of the total shares outstanding. The ownership of the Directors, including nominees for election as
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Comprised of 1,419,975 shares of Common Stock owned directly by Mr. Gabelli, 69,675 shares of Common Stock owned by a family partnership for which Mr. Gabelli serves as general
              partner, and 769,705 shares of Common Stock and 29,000 shares of Series G Preferred Stock owned by GAMCO Investors, Inc. or its affiliates.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Includes 5,000 shares owned by Mr. Alpert&#8217;s spouse for which he disclaims beneficial ownership.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Includes 4,000 shares of Series H Preferred Stock jointly owned by Mr. Alpert and his spouse and 5,888 shares owned by Mr. Alpert&#8217;s spouse for which he disclaims beneficial
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">Includes 4,000 held jointly by Mr. Alpert and his spouse and 4,000 held directly by Mr. Alpert&#8217;s spouse.</td>
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            <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 28px;" class="group-list">(7)</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Includes 4,000 shares of Series K Preferred Stock are owned by Mr. Alpert&#8217;s spouse for which he disclaims beneficial ownership and 400 shares jointly owned by Mr. Alpert and
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        forth in the table below is the amount of interests beneficially owned by each Independent Director, nominee for election as an Independent Director or his or her family member, as applicable, in a person, other than a registered investment
        company, that may be deemed to be controlled by the Fund&#8217;s Adviser and/or affiliates (including Mario J. Gabelli) and in that event would be deemed to be under common control with the Fund&#8217;s Adviser.</p>
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            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p"><b>Name of Independent<br>
                </b><b>Director/Nominee</b></div>
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            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p"><b>Name of Owner and<br>
                </b><b>Relationships to<br>
                </b><b>Director/Nominee</b></div>
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            <td width="27%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
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            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
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                </b><b>Interests</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(1)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Percent of<br>
                </b><b>Class</b><b><sup style="vertical-align: text-top; line-height: 1; font-size: smaller;">(2)</sup></b></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr style="background-color: #cceeff;">
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.</div>
            </td>
            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Same</div>
            </td>
            <td width="27%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Gabelli Associates Limited II E</div>
            </td>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Membership Interests</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="6%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">1,324,127</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">1.14% </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Michael Ferrantino </div>
            </td>
            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Same </div>
            </td>
            <td width="27%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">The LGL Group, Inc. </div>
            </td>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Common Stock </div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="6%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">15,000</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">* </div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr style="background-color: #cceeff;">
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
            </td>
            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Same</div>
            </td>
            <td width="27%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Gabelli Associates Fund</div>
            </td>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Membership Interests</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="6%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">2,551,179</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">1.25%</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Salvatore J. Zizza</div>
            </td>
            <td width="17%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Same</div>
            </td>
            <td width="27%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Gabelli Performance Partnership L.P.</div>
            </td>
            <td width="19%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 2.26px; " class="group-p">Limited Partner Interests</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="6%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p"> 328,296</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="5">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="9%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 2.26px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">*</div>
            </td>
          </tr>

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            <td style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times New Roman,Times,serif; vertical-align: top; text-align: left; width: 28px;" class="group-list">(1)</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">This information has been furnished as of December 31, 2019.</td>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">An asterisk indicates that the ownership amount constitutes less than 1% of the total interests outstanding.</td>
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        pays each Independent Director an annual retainer of $15,000 plus $2,000 for each Board meeting attended. Each Independent Director is reimbursed by the Fund for any out of pocket expenses incurred in attending meetings. All Board committee members
        receive $1,000 per meeting attended, the Audit Committee Chairman receives an annual fee of $3,000, the Proxy Voting Committee Chairman receives an annual fee of $1,500, and the Nominating Committee Chairman and the Lead Independent Director each
        receive an annual fee of $2,000. A Director may receive a single meeting fee, allocated among the participating funds, for participation in certain meetings on behalf of multiple funds. The aggregate remuneration (excluding out of pocket expenses)
        paid by the Fund to such Directors during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, amounted to $153,000. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, the Directors of the Fund met four times, all of which were regular quarterly Board meetings.
        Each Director then serving in such capacity attended at least 75% of the Board meetings and of any committee of which he is a member.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>The Audit Committee and Audit
          Committee Report</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The role
        of the Fund&#8217;s Audit Committee is to assist the Board of Directors in its oversight of (i) the quality and integrity of the Fund&#8217;s financial statement reporting process and the independent audit and reviews thereof; (ii) the Fund&#8217;s accounting and
        financial reporting policies and practices, its internal controls, and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain of its service providers; (iii) the Fund&#8217;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements; and (iv) the independent
        registered public accounting firm&#8217;s qualifications, independence, and performance. The Audit Committee also is required to prepare an audit committee report pursuant to the rules of the SEC for inclusion in the Fund&#8217;s annual proxy statement. The
        Audit Committee operates pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter (the &#8220;Audit Charter&#8221;) that was most recently reviewed and approved by the Board of Directors on February 10, 2020. The Audit Charter is available in the Closed-End Funds &#8211; Corporate
        Governance Section on the Fund&#8217;s website at www.gabelli.com.</p>
      <p style="line-height: 16px; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 26.67px;" class="para">Pursuant to the Audit Charter, the Audit Committee is responsible for conferring
        with the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing annual financial statements, approving the selection of the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm, and overseeing the Fund&#8217;s internal controls. The Audit
        Charter also contains provisions relating to the pre-approval by the Audit Committee of audit and non-audit services to be provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#8220;PricewaterhouseCoopers&#8221;) to the Fund and to the Adviser and certain of its
        affiliates. The Audit Committee advises the full Board with respect to accounting, auditing, and financial </p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">matters
        affecting the Fund. As set forth in the Audit Charter, management is responsible for maintaining appropriate systems for accounting and internal control, and the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm is responsible for planning and
        carrying out proper audits and reviews. The independent registered public accounting firm is ultimately accountable to the Board of Directors and to the Audit Committee, as representatives of stockholders. The independent registered public
        accounting firm for the Fund reports directly to the Audit Committee.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">In
        performing its oversight function, at a meeting held on February 24, 2020, the Audit Committee reviewed and discussed with management of the Fund and PricewaterhouseCoopers, the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal
        year ended December 31, 2019, the audited financial statements of the Fund as of and for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, and the conduct of the audit of such financial statements.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">In
        addition, the Audit Committee discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers the accounting principles applied by the Fund and such other matters brought to the attention of the Audit Committee by PricewaterhouseCoopers as required by Auditing Standard No.
        16, as amended (AICPAAU-C Section 260), as adopted by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (&#8220;PCAOB&#8221;). The Audit Committee also received from PricewaterhouseCoopers the written disclosures and statements required by the
        SEC&#8217;s independence rules, delineating relationships between PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Fund, and discussed the impact that any such relationships might have on the objectivity and independence of PricewaterhouseCoopers as the independent
        registered public accounting firm.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">As
        set forth above, and as more fully set forth in the Audit Charter, the Audit Committee has significant duties and powers in its oversight role with respect to the Fund&#8217;s financial reporting procedures, internal control systems, and the independent
        audit process.</p>
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        members of the Audit Committee are not, and do not represent themselves to be, professionally engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not employed by the Fund for accounting, financial management, or internal control purposes.
        Moreover, the Audit Committee relies on and makes no independent verification of the facts presented to it or representations made by management or the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, the Audit Committee&#8217;s
        oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting and/or financial reporting principles and policies, or internal controls and procedures, designed to assure compliance with
        accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee&#8217;s considerations and discussions referred to above do not provide assurance that the audit of the Fund&#8217;s financial statements has been carried out in
        accordance with the standards of the PCAOB or that the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles (United States).</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Based
        on its consideration of the audited financial statements and the discussions referred to above with management and PricewaterhouseCoopers, and subject to the limitations on the responsibilities and role of the Audit Committee set forth in the Audit
        Charter and those discussed above, the Audit Committee recommended to the Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors that the Fund&#8217;s audited financial statements be included in the Fund&#8217;s Annual Report for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Submitted by the Audit
          Committee of the Fund&#8217;s Board of Directors</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara">William F.
        Heitmann, Chairman<br>
        Michael J. Ferrantino<br>
        Salvatore J. Zizza</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara">February 24, 2020</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Audit Committee met two times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Audit Committee is composed of three of the Fund&#8217;s Independent Directors, namely Messrs. Heitmann (Chairman), Ferrantino, and Zizza. Each member of the Audit
        Committee has been determined by the Board of Directors to be financially literate. Mr. Heitmann has been designated as the Fund&#8217;s audit committee financial expert, as defined in Items 407(d)(5)(ii) and (iii) of Regulation S-K.</p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="unknown"></p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="unknown">11</p>
    </div>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Nominating Committee</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Board of Directors has a Nominating Committee composed of two Independent Directors, Messrs. Nakamura (Chairman) and Zizza. Each Nominating Committee Member is an Independent Director as determined under guidelines of the NYSE. The Nominating
        Committee met once during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Nominating Committee is responsible for identifying and recommending qualified candidates to the Board in the event that a position is vacated or created. The Nominating
        Committee will consider recommendations by stockholders if a vacancy were to exist. In considering candidates submitted by stockholders, the Nominating Committee will take into consideration the needs of the Board, the qualifications of the
        candidate, and the interests of stockholders. The Nominating Committee may also take into consideration the number of shares held by the recommending stockholder and the length of time that such shares have been held. To recommend a candidate for
        consideration by the Nominating Committee, a stockholder must submit the recommendation in writing and must include the following information:</p>
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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">&#8226;</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">The name of the stockholder and evidence of the stockholder&#8217;s ownership of shares of the Fund, including the number of shares owned and the length of time of ownership;</td>
          </tr>

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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">&#8226;</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">The name of the candidate, the candidate&#8217;s resume or a listing of his or her qualifications to be a Director of the Fund, and the person&#8217;s consent to be named as a Director if
              selected by the Nominating Committee and nominated by the Board of Directors; and</td>
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            <td width="26.67px" style="color: #000000; vertical-align: top; text-align: left;" class="group-list">&#8226;</td>
            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: left;" class="group-item">If requested by the Nominating Committee, a completed and signed director&#8217;s questionnaire.</td>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        stockholder recommendation and information described above must be sent to the Fund&#8217;s Secretary, c/o Gabelli Funds, LLC, One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1422, and must be received by the Secretary no less than 120 days prior to the first
        anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding year&#8217;s annual meeting or, if the meeting has moved by more than thirty days, no later than ten days following the date on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting
        is first made.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Nominating Committee believes that the minimum qualifications for serving as a Director of the Fund are that the individual demonstrate, by significant accomplishment in his or her field, an ability to make a meaningful contribution to the Board of
        Directors&#8217; oversight of the business and affairs of the Fund and have an impeccable record and reputation for honest and ethical conduct in both his or her professional and personal activities. In addition, the Nominating Committee examines a
        candidate&#8217;s specific experiences and skills, time availability in light of other commitments, potential conflicts of interest, and independence from management and the Fund.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Nominating Committee also considers the overall composition of the Board, bearing in mind the benefits that may be derived from having members who have a variety of experiences, qualifications, attributes, or skills useful in overseeing a publicly
        traded, highly regulated entity such as the Fund. The Fund&#8217;s governing documents state that a nominee for Director shall be at least twenty-one years of age and not older than such maximum age, if any, as the Directors may determine and shall not
        be under legal disability. The Directors have not determined a maximum age. The Nominating Committee does not have a formal policy regarding the consideration of diversity in identifying director candidates. For a discussion of experiences,
        qualifications, attributes, or skills supporting the appropriateness of each Director&#8217;s service on the Fund&#8217;s Board, see the biographical information of the Directors above in the section entitled &#8220;Information about Directors and Officers.&#8221;</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Fund&#8217;s Nominating Committee adopted a charter on May 12, 2004, and amended the charter on November 17, 2004. The charter is available in the Closed-End Funds &#8211; Corporate Governance Section on the Fund&#8217;s website at www.gabelli.com.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>Other Board Related Matters</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Board of Directors has established the following procedures in order to facilitate communications among the Board and the stockholders of the Fund and other interested parties.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara"><u>Receipt of Communications</u></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Stockholders




        and other interested parties may contact the Board or any member of the Board by mail or electronically. To communicate with the Board or any member of the Board, correspondence should be addressed to the Board or the Board member(s) with whom you
        wish to communicate either by name or title. All such </p>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="unknown">12</p>
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        should be sent to The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., c/o Gabelli Funds, LLC, One Corporate Center, Rye, NY 10580-1422. To communicate with the Board electronically, stockholders may go to the corporate website at www.gabelli.com under the heading
        &#8220;Contact Us/Email Addresses/Board of Directors (Gabelli Closed-End Funds).&#8221;</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="fpara"><u>Forwarding the Communications</u></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">All
        communications received will be opened by the office of the General Counsel of the Adviser for the sole purpose of determining whether the contents represent a message to one or more Directors. The office of the General Counsel will forward
        promptly to the addressee(s) any contents that relate to the Fund and that are not in the nature of advertising, promotions of a product or service, or patently offensive or otherwise objectionable material. In the case of communications to the
        Board of Directors or any committee or group of members of the Board, the General Counsel&#8217;s office will make sufficient copies of the contents to send to each Director who is a member of the group or committee to which the envelope or e-mail is
        addressed.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Fund does not expect Directors or nominees for election as Director to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders. No Director or nominee for election as Director attended the Fund&#8217;s annual meeting of stockholders held on May 13, 2019.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        following table sets forth certain information regarding the compensation of the Directors by the Fund and officers, if any, who were compensated by the Fund rather than the Adviser for the year ended December 31, 2019.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 15.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>COMPENSATION




          TABLE<br>
        </b><b>FOR THE FISCAL YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2019</b></p>
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          <tr>
            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: left; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>Name of Person and Position</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="16%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 2.83px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>Aggregate<br>
                </b><b>Compensation from<br>
                </b><b>the Fund</b></div>
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            <td width="25%" valign="bottom" align="center" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 10.67px; text-align: center; margin-top: -2.67px; margin-bottom: 0px; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 6.67px; padding-right: 6.67px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="3">
              <div style="border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000; padding-left: 2.83px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p"><b>Aggregate Compensation from<br>
                </b><b>the Fund and Fund Complex<br>
                </b><b>Paid to Directors*</b></div>
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            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b><u>INTERESTED DIRECTOR:</u></b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>Mario J. Gabelli</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">0</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">0&#160;&#160;(0</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">)</div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr style="background-color: #cceeff;">
            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
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              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>William F. Heitmann</b></div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">28,000</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">52,000&#160;&#160;(4</div>
            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p">Director</div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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          <tr style="background-color: #cceeff;">
            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>Kuni Nakamura</b></div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
            </td>
            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">26,000</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">)</div>
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            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p">Director</div>
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">&#160;</div>
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            <td width="59%" valign="bottom" align="left" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" colspan="1">
              <div style="padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 2.83px; " class="group-p"><b>Salvatore J. Zizza</b></div>
            </td>
            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
              <div style=" whitespace: nowrap; " class="group-p">$</div>
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
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            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="21%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            </td>
            <td width="1%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: left; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="3">
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            <td width="2%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 5.33px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;">
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            <td width="14%" valign="bottom" align="right" style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; text-align: right; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; background-color: #ffffff; padding-bottom: pt; text-indent: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; margin-right: 0px;" col="2">
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">Represents the total compensation paid to such persons during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019, by investment companies (including the Fund) or portfolios that are part
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        election of each of the listed nominees for Director of the Fund requires the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the applicable class or classes of shares of the Fund present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting, provided
        a quorum is present.</p>
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        300 Madison Avenue, New York, NY 10017, has been selected to serve as the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2020. PricewaterhouseCoopers acted as the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public
        accounting firm for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2019. The Fund knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Fund. A representative of PricewaterhouseCoopers will not be present at the
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 4px; " class="group-p">$4,920</div>
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              <div style="padding-left: 4px; padding-right: 0px; " class="group-p">$25,000</div>
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            <td style="color: #000000; text-align: justify;" class="group-item">&#8220;Tax Fees&#8221; are those fees billed by PricewaterhouseCoopers in connection with tax compliance services, including primarily the review of the Fund&#8217;s income tax returns.</td>
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      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Fund&#8217;s Audit Charter requires that the Audit Committee pre-approve all audit and non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund, and all non-audit services to be provided by the independent
        registered public accounting firm to the Fund&#8217;s Adviser and service providers controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Fund&#8217;s Adviser (&#8220;affiliates&#8221;) that provide ongoing services to the Fund (a &#8220;Covered Services Provider&#8221;), if
        the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Audit Committee may delegate its responsibility to pre-approve any such audit and permissible non-audit services to the Chairman of the Audit Committee, and
        the Chairman must report his decision(s) to the Audit Committee, at its next regularly scheduled meeting after the Chairman&#8217;s pre-approval of such services. The Audit Committee may also establish detailed pre-approval policies and procedures for
        pre-approval of such services in accordance with applicable laws, including the delegation of some or all of the Audit Committee&#8217;s pre-approval responsibilities to other persons (other than the Adviser or the Fund&#8217;s officers). Pre-approval by the
        Audit Committee of any permissible non-audit services is not required so long as: (i) the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, the Adviser, and any Covered Services Provider constitutes not more than 5%
        of the total amount of revenues paid by the Fund to its independent registered public accounting firm during the year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided; (ii) the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund
        at the time of the engagement to be non-audit services; and (iii) such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved by the Audit Committee or the Chairman prior to the completion of the audit. All of the audit,
        audit related, and tax services described above for which PricewaterhouseCoopers billed the Fund fees for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and December 31, 2019 were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. All other fees for the fiscal year
        ended December 31, 2019 reflected in the table above represent services provided in review of the registration statement. </p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">For
        the fiscal years ended December 31, 2018 and 2019, PricewaterhouseCoopers has represented to the Fund that it did not provide any non-audit services (or bill any fees for such services) to the Adviser or any Covered Services Provider.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Audit Committee was not required to consider whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Adviser or Covered Service Providers that were not pre-approved was compatible with maintaining PricewaterhouseCoopers&#8217; independence.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>The Investment Adviser and
          Administrator</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Gabelli
        Funds, LLC is the Fund&#8217;s Adviser and Administrator and its business address is One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580-1422.</p>
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          Abstentions</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">For
        purposes of determining the presence of a quorum for transacting business at the Meeting, abstentions (or &#8220;withheld votes&#8221; with respect to the election of Directors) and broker &#8220;non-votes&#8221; (that is, proxies from brokers or nominees indicating that
        such persons have not received instructions from the beneficial owner or other persons entitled to vote shares on a particular matter with respect to which the brokers or nominees do not have discretionary power) will be treated as shares that are
        present but that have not been voted. Accordingly, stockholders are urged to forward their voting instructions promptly.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Because




        the Fund requires a majority of votes to elect each nominee for Director, abstentions and broker non-votes, if any, will not be counted as votes cast, but will have no effect on the result of the vote. Abstentions and any broker non-votes, however,
        will be considered to be present at the Meeting for purposes of determining the existence of a quorum.</p>
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        holding shares of the Fund in &#8220;street name&#8221; for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares on Proposal 1 before the Meeting. Under the rules of the NYSE, such
        brokers may, for certain &#8220;routine&#8221; matters, grant discretionary authority to the proxies designated by the Board to vote if no instructions have been received from their customers and clients prior to the date specified in the brokers&#8217; request for
        voting instructions. Proposal 1 is a &#8220;routine&#8221; matter and accordingly beneficial owners who do not provide proxy instructions or who do not return a proxy card may have their shares voted by broker-dealer firms in favor of Proposal 1. A properly
        executed proxy card or other authorization by a beneficial owner of shares that does not specify how the beneficial owner&#8217;s shares should be voted on Proposal 1 may be deemed an instruction to vote such shares in favor of the proposal.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Stockholders




        of the Fund will be informed of the voting results of the Meeting in the Fund&#8217;s Semiannual Report for the six months ended June 30, 2020.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h2"><b>&#8220;Householding&#8221;</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">Please




        note that only one document (i.e., an annual or semiannual report, or set of proxy soliciting materials) may be delivered to two or more stockholders of the Fund who share an address, unless the Fund has received instructions to the contrary. To
        request a separate copy of a document, or for instructions regarding how to request a separate copy of these documents or regarding how to request a single copy if multiple copies of these documents are received, stockholders should contact the
        Fund at the address and phone number set forth above.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>OTHER MATTERS TO COME
          BEFORE THE MEETING</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Directors of the Fund do not intend to present any other business at the Meeting, nor are they aware that any stockholder intends to do so. If, however, any other matters, including adjournments, are properly brought before the Meeting, the persons
        named in the accompanying proxy will vote thereon in accordance with their judgment.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: center; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 13.33px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="h1"><b>STOCKHOLDER NOMINATIONS AND
          PROPOSALS</b></p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">All
        proposals by stockholders of the Fund which are intended to be presented at the Fund&#8217;s next Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held in 2021 (the &#8220;2021 Annual Meeting&#8221;) must be received by the Fund for consideration for inclusion in the Fund&#8217;s
        2021 proxy statement and proxy relating to that meeting no later than December 2, 2020. Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act (&#8220;Rule 14a-8&#8221;) specifies a number of procedural and eligibility requirements to be satisfied by a stockholder submitting a
        proposal for inclusion in the Fund&#8217;s proxy materials pursuant to this Rule. Any stockholder contemplating submissions of such a proposal is referred to Rule 14a-8.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; line-height: 16.67px; padding-left: 0px; text-indent: 26.67px; text-align: justify; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para">The
        Fund&#8217;s By-Laws require stockholders that wish to nominate Directors or make proposals to be voted on at an Annual Meeting of the Fund&#8217;s Stockholders (and which are not proposed to be included in the Fund&#8217;s proxy materials pursuant to Rule 14a-8
        under the 1934 Act) to provide timely notice of the nomination or proposal in writing. To be considered timely for the 2021 Annual Meeting, any such notice must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Fund
        at the address set forth on the first page of this proxy statement no earlier than 9:00 a.m. Eastern time on November 2, 2020 and no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on December 2, 2020; provided, however, that if the 2021 Annual Meeting is to be
        held on a date that is earlier than April 11, 2021 or later than June 10, 2021, such notice must be delivered to the Fund no later than 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the </p>
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        following the date on which public announcement of the date of the 2021 Annual Meeting was first made. Any such notice by a stockholder shall set forth the information required by the Fund&#8217;s By-Laws with respect to each nomination or matter the
        stockholder proposes to bring before the 2021 Annual Meeting.</p>
      <p style="color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 13.33px; padding-left: 26.67px; text-indent: 0px; text-align: left; margin-right: 0px; margin-top: 8px; margin-bottom: 0px; " class="para"><b>IT IS IMPORTANT THAT
          PROXIES BE RETURNED PROMPTLY.</b></p>
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          MAY PROVIDE THEIR VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR THE INTERNET BY </b><b>FOLLOWING THE INSTRUCTIONS ACCOMPANYING THE PROXY CARD, VOTING INSTRUCTION </b><b>FORM OR SET FORTH IN THE NOTICE OF INTERNET AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS.</b></p>
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            <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> GABELLI FUNDS
              <div style="margin-right: 0.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> ONE CORPORATE CENTER</div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-weight: bold;">To vote by Internet</div>
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            <div style="margin-right: 0.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"> RYE, NY 10580-1334</div>
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            <div style="margin-right: 0.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">1)</div>
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            <div style="margin-right: 55.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">
              <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below at hand.</div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Go to website <font style="font-weight: bold;">www.proxyvote.com</font></div>
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              <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Follow the instructions provided on the website.</div>
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          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 5%; vertical-align: middle;">&#160;</td>
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          <td rowspan="1" style="width: 42%; vertical-align: top;">&#160;</td>
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            <div style="margin-right: 0.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">1)</div>
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          <td style="width: 42%; vertical-align: top;">
            <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Read the Proxy Statement and have the proxy card below at hand.</div>
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            <div style="margin-right: 0.25pt; color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">
              <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">Call <font style="font-weight: bold;">1-800-690-6903</font></div>
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            <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32);">
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            <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-weight: bold;">THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.</div>
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          <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); text-align: justify;">The undersigned hereby appoints Mario J. Gabelli, Andrea R. Mango and John C. Ball, and each of them, attorneys and proxies of the undersigned, with full powers of substitution and
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                  <div style="color: rgb(35, 31, 32); font-weight: bold;">THE GABELLI EQUITY TRUST INC.</div>
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