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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001361106-08-000483
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		2
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090116
FILED AS OF DATE:		20081126
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20081126
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20081126

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ELLSWORTH FUND LTD
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000793040
		IRS NUMBER:				133345139
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			0930

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-04656
		FILM NUMBER:		081217041

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		65 MADISON AVENUE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			MORRISTOWN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07960
		BUSINESS PHONE:		(973) 631-1177

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		65 MADISON AVE
		STREET 2:		SUITE 550
		CITY:			MORRISTOWN
		STATE:			NJ
		ZIP:			07960

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	ELLSWORTH CONVERTIBLE GROWTH & INCOME FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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Shareholders of Ellsworth Fund Ltd.:</font></div>
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cordially invite you to attend our 2009 Annual Meeting of Shareholders to vote
on:</font></div>
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meeting.</font></div>
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holding the Annual Meeting on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern
Standard Time, at the offices of Ellsworth Fund Ltd. located at 65 Madison
Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07960.</font></div>
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vote on these proposals in person or by proxy.&#160;&#160;If you cannot attend
the meeting, we ask that you return your proxy promptly so that your vote is
counted.&#160;&#160;Only shareholders of record on November 19, 2008 will be
entitled to vote at the meeting or any adjournment or postponement of the
meeting.</font></div>
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26, 2008</font></div>
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16, 2009</font></div>
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sending you this Proxy Statement and the enclosed proxy card because the Board
of Trustees of Ellsworth Fund Ltd. (the Trust) is soliciting your proxy to vote
at the 2009 annual meeting of shareholders and at any adjournments or
postponements of the annual meeting (the Annual Meeting).&#160;&#160;This Proxy
Statement summarizes the information you need to know to cast an informed vote
at the Annual Meeting.</font></div>
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Proxy Statement, the attached Notice of Annual Meeting and the enclosed proxy
card will first be sent on or about November 26, 2008 to all shareholders
entitled to vote.&#160;&#160;Shareholders who owned the Trust&#8217;s shares of
beneficial interest on November 19, 2008 are entitled to vote.&#160;&#160;On
this record date, there were 13,153,252 shares outstanding.&#160;&#160;Each
share of the Trust that you own entitles you to one vote.&#160;&#160;(A
fractional share has a fractional vote.)</font></div>
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also sending along with this Proxy Statement the Trust&#8217;s 2008 Annual Report,
which includes our financial statements.&#160;&#160;If you have not received
such report or would like to receive an additional copy, please contact Gary I.
Levine at 65 Madison Avenue, Morristown, NJ 07960 or call </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">(973)
631-1177.&#160;&#160;The Trust will furnish such report free of
charge.&#160;&#160;The report is also available online at
www.ellsworthfund.com.</font></div>
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holding the Annual Meeting on Friday, January 16, 2009 at 11:00 a.m., Eastern
Standard Time, at 65 Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07960.</font></div>
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following table summarizes each proposal to be presented at the Annual Meeting
and the page number of this proxy statement where you may find a description of
the proposal:</font></div>
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of Trustees, including all of the independent trustees, recommend that you vote
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2.</font></div>
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to Vote</font></div>
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not need to attend the Annual Meeting to vote your shares.&#160;&#160;Instead,
you may simply complete, sign and return the enclosed proxy card or use any of
the available alternative proxy voting methods specified in the instructions
that accompany this Proxy Statement.</font></div>
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are the record owner of your shares, the available alternative proxy voting
methods are telephone and Internet voting.&#160;&#160;If your shares are held by
a broker, the alternative proxy voting methods may include telephone, Internet
and any alternative method of voting permitted by your broker.&#160;&#160;Please
see &#8220;Additional Information on Voting&#8221; on page 13 below for a further discussion
of how to vote your shares.</font></div>
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rules applicable to broker-dealers, if your broker holds your shares in its
name, we expect that the broker will be entitled to vote your shares on
Proposals&#160;1 and 2 even if it has not received instructions from
you.&#160;&#160;A &#8220;broker non-vote&#8221; occurs when a broker has not received voting
instructions from a shareholder and is barred from voting the shares without
shareholder instructions because the proposal is considered to be
non-routine.&#160;&#160;Because Proposals 1 and 2 are considered routine, the
Trust does not expect to receive any broker non-votes.</font></div>
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OF TRUSTEES</font></div>
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of Trustees (the Board) is divided into three classes for purposes of
election.&#160;&#160;One class is elected at each annual meeting of
shareholders.&#160;&#160;Trustees in each class serve for a three-year
term.&#160;&#160;Classifying the Board for election may be regarded as an
&#8220;anti-takeover provision&#8221; because it has the effect of maintaining the
continuity of the Board and requiring at least two years to change a majority of
the Board.</font></div>
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currently consists of seven persons.&#160;&#160;Five of the trustees are
&#8220;independent,&#8221; meaning they are not &#8220;interested persons&#8221; of the Trust within the
meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the Investment
Company Act).&#160;&#160;Two of the Trust&#8217;s trustees are &#8220;interested persons&#8221;
because of their business and financial relationships with the Trust and
Dinsmore Capital Management Co. (formerly Davis-Dinsmore Management Company)
(Dinsmore Capital), the Trust&#8217;s investment adviser.</font></div>
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2009 Annual Meeting, the terms of two trustees are expiring.&#160;&#160;The
Governance Committee of the Board nominated the trustees, whose terms are
expiring in 2009, as set forth below, to serve for terms that expire in
2012.&#160;&#160;Other trustees do not need to stand for election this year and
will continue in office for the rest of their respective terms.&#160;&#160;One
of the nominees, Kinchen C. Bizzell, who is a current trustee of the Trust, was
elected by the Board and has not been previously elected by
shareholders.</font></div>
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of the nominees is willing to serve as a trustee.&#160;&#160;However, if a
nominee becomes unavailable for election, proxies will vote for another nominee
proposed by the Board or, as an alternative, the Board may keep the position
vacant or reduce the number of trustees.</font></div>
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has approved the nomination of the following individuals to serve as trustees
until the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2012.&#160;&#160;The
business address of each nominee and/or trustee listed below is Ellsworth Fund
Ltd., 65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550, Morristown, NJ
07960.&#160;&#160;Because&#160;&#160;Dinsmore Capital serves as investment
adviser to the Trust and to another investment company, Bancroft Fund Ltd.
(Bancroft Fund), Bancroft Fund and the Trust make up a &#8220;fund complex&#8221; (Fund
Complex).&#160;&#160;If re-elected, each nominee would oversee the two
registered investment companies in the Fund Complex.</font></div>
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      Counselor with Burson-Marsteller (global public relations and
      communications firm) (since 2004). Previously Managing Director in
      Burson-Marsteller&#8217;s corporate and financial practice.&#160;&#160;He is a
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      Bar.</font></div>
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that the trustee nominee with the most affirmative votes for a particular seat
on the Board is elected for such seat.&#160;&#160;In an uncontested election for
trustees, the plurality requirement is not a factor.&#160;&#160;Abstentions will
not count as votes cast and will have no effect on the outcome of this
proposal.&#160;&#160;We expect that brokers will be entitled to vote on this
proposal.&#160;&#160;Any broker non-vote will have no effect on the outcome of
this proposal.</font></div>
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accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the Exchange Act).&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee is comprised entirely
of independent trustees (Mr. Bizzell, Dr.&#160;Bogan and Mr.&#160;Harding, with
Dr.&#160;Bogan serving as Chairperson).&#160;&#160;All such members are
independent as such term is defined by the American Stock Exchange&#8217;s Company
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and financial reporting policies and practices, as well as the quality and
objectivity of the Trust&#8217;s financial statements and the independent audit of the
financial statements.&#160;&#160;Among other duties, the Committee is
responsible for:&#160;&#160;(i) the appointment, compensation, retention and
oversight of any independent registered public accountants employed by the Trust
(including monitoring the independence qualifications and performance of such
accountants and resolution of disagreements between the Trust&#8217;s management and
the accountants regarding financial reporting) for the purpose of preparing or
issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services;
(ii) overseeing the accounting and financial reporting process of the Trust;
(iii) monitoring management&#8217;s preparation of financial statements of the Trust
to promote accuracy and integrity of such financial statements and asset
valuation; (iv) assisting the Board in its oversight of the Trust&#8217;s compliance
with legal and regulatory requirements that related to the Trust&#8217;s accounting
and financial reporting, internal control over financial reporting and
independent audits; (v) pre-approving all permissible audit and non-audit
services provided to the Trust by its independent accountants, to the extent
required by Section 10A of the Exchange Act; (vi) pre-approving, in accordance
with Item 2.01(c)(7)(ii) of Regulation S-X, certain non-audit services provided
by the Trust&#8217;s independent registered public accountants to the Trust&#8217;s
investment adviser and certain other affiliated entities if the Trust&#8217;s
independent registered public accountants are the same as, or affiliated with,
the investment adviser&#8217;s or affiliated entities&#8217; accountants; and (vii) to the
extent required by Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act, preparing an audit
committee report for inclusion in the Trust&#8217;s annual proxy
statement.</font></div>
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copy of the Charter of the Audit Committee is available at the Trust&#8217;s website
at www.ellsworthfund.com/ECFcorp.htm.</font></div>
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Committee reviewed and discussed the Trust&#8217;s audited financial statements with
its independent registered public accountants, Tait, Weller &amp; Baker LLP
(Tait Weller).&#160;&#160;These discussions included the accountant&#8217;s judgments
about the quality, not just acceptability, of the Trust&#8217;s accounting principles
as applied in its financial reporting.&#160;&#160;Tait Weller, the Audit
Committee, and management also discussed matters such as the clarity,
consistency and completeness of the accounting policies and disclosures, with a
particular focus on critical accounting policies.</font></div>
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Committee has received a letter from Tait Weller required by the Public Company
Accounting Oversight Board disclosing all relationships between Tait Weller and
its related entities and the Trust.&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee discussed
with Tait Weller its independence as the Trust&#8217;s independent registered public
accountants.&#160;&#160;In addition, the Audit Committee has considered whether
the provision by Tait Weller of non-audit services to the Trust and to the
Bancroft Fund is compatible with the continuing independence of Tait
Weller.&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee also reviewed and discussed the Trust&#8217;s
audited financial statements with management.</font></div>
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the review and discussions described above, the Audit Committee has recommended
to the Board that the audited financial statements be included in the Trust&#8217;s
annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended September 30, 2008 for
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).</font></div>
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Committee</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -1.8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Governance Committee is comprised entirely of independent trustees
(Mr.&#160;Ahalt, Dr.&#160;Bogan and Mr.&#160;Platt, with Mr.&#160;Platt serving
as Chairman).&#160;&#160;In addition, all such members are independent as such
term is defined by the American Stock Exchange&#8217;s Company Guide.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -1.8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
accordance with its charter, the Committee, among other duties, is responsible
for:&#160;&#160;(i) nominating persons for election or
appointment:&#160;&#160;(a)&#160;as additions to the Board, (b) to fill
vacancies which, from time to time, may occur on the Board, and (c) for election
by shareholders of the Trust at meetings called for the election of trustees;
(ii) nominating persons for appointment as members of each committee of the
Board, including, without limitation, the Audit Committee, the Governance
Committee, and the Pricing Committee; (iii) reviewing from time to time the
compensation, if any, payable to the trustees and making recommendations to the
Board regarding compensation; (iv) reviewing and evaluating from time to time
the functioning of the Board and the various committees of the Board; (v)
overseeing the selection of independent legal counsel to the independent
trustees; and (vi) monitoring the performance of independent legal counsel
employed by the Trust and the independent trustees.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: -1.8pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A current
copy of the Governance Committee&#8217;s Charter is available at the Trust&#8217;s website
at www.ellsworthfund.com/ECFcorp.htm.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Prior to
a meeting of the shareholders of the Trust called for the purpose of electing
trustees, the Governance Committee will nominate one or more persons for
election as trustees at such meeting.&#160;&#160;The Governance Committee is
also responsible for nominating trustees to fill vacancies resulting from an
increase in the size of the Board or as a result of the resignation, death or
removal of a trustee.&#160;&#160;The independent trustees are generally
authorized to elect nominees to fill such vacancies.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Evaluation
by the Governance Committee of a person as a potential nominee to serve as a
trustee, including a person nominated by a shareholder, should result in the
following findings by the Governance Committee:&#160;&#160;(i) upon advice of
independent legal counsel to the independent trustees, that the person will
qualify as an independent trustee (applicable only to the nomination of
independent trustees), and that the person is otherwise not disqualified under
the Investment Company Act or the rules of the American Stock Exchange from
serving as a trustee of the Trust; (ii)&#160;with respect to the nomination of
independent trustees only, that the person is free of any material relationship
with the Trust (other than as a shareholder of the Trust), that would interfere
with the exercise of independent judgment; (iii)&#160;that the person is willing
to serve, and willing and able to commit the time necessary for the performance
of the duties of a trustee; (iv)&#160;that the person can make a positive
contribution to the Board and the Trust, with consideration being given to the
person&#8217;s business experience, education and such other factors as the Governance
Committee may consider relevant; (v)&#160;that the person is of good character
and high integrity; (vi)&#160;that the person has desirable personality traits
including independence, leadership and the ability to work with the other
members of the Board; (vii)&#160;that the person is not an American Stock
Exchange employee or floor member; and (viii)&#160;that the composition of the
Board is varied as to educational background, business experience and
occupation.</font></div>
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with the Investment Company Act, the Governance Committee can consider
recommendations from management in its evaluation process.</font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
Governance Committee will consider nominees recommended by a shareholder to
serve as trustee, provided that:&#160;&#160;(i) such nominating person is a
shareholder of record at the time he or she submits the name of such nominee,
(ii) such person is a shareholder of record at the time of the meeting at which
shareholders are elected, (iii) such person is entitled to vote at the meeting
of shareholders at which trustees will be elected; and (iv) the Governance
Committee shall make the final determination of persons to be
nominated.&#160;&#160;The Governance Committee will evaluate nominees
recommended by a shareholder to serve as trustees in the same manner as they
evaluate nominees identified by the Governance Committee.</font></div>
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shareholder may, at the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders, nominate an
individual for election to the Board at such meeting if the
shareholder:&#160;&#160;(i)&#160;is a shareholder of record at the time of
giving notice to the Trust as described in (iv) below; (ii) is a shareholder of
record at the time of the 2010 Annual Meeting, (iii)&#160; is entitled to vote
at the 2010 Annual Meeting; and (iv)&#160;has complied with the notice
procedures in the Trust&#8217;s bylaws.&#160;&#160;Such notice procedures require that
a shareholder submit the nomination in writing to the Secretary of the Trust no
earlier than September&#160;18, 2009 but no later than October&#160;18,
2009.&#160;&#160;The notice must contain all information relating to the nominee
required for proxy solicitations by Regulation 14A under the Exchange Act
(including the individual&#8217;s written consent to being named in the proxy
statement as a nominee and to serving as a trustee if elected).&#160;&#160;The
notice must also contain the shareholder&#8217;s name and address as they appear on
the Trust&#8217;s books (and the name and address of any beneficial owner, on whose
behalf the nomination is made) and the number of shares of beneficial interest
owned beneficially and of record by such shareholder and beneficial
owner.</font></div>
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Committee</font></div>
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Pricing Committee is comprised of three members, two of whom are independent
trustees (Mr.&#160;Harding and Mr.&#160;Platt, with Mr.&#160;Platt serving as
Chairman) and one of whom is an interested person
(Mr.&#160;Dinsmore).&#160;&#160;In accordance with its charter, the Committee
assists the Trust&#8217;s investment adviser, Dinsmore Capital, in its valuation of
the Trust&#8217;s portfolio securities when pricing anomalies arise and the full Board
is not available to assist Dinsmore Capital in making a fair value
determination, and is responsible for the fair value pricing of any securities
held by the Trust as necessary.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">Board
and Committee Meeting Attendance</font></div>
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the 2008 fiscal year, the Board met 8 times, the Audit Committee met 4 times,
the Governance Committee met 4 times, and the Pricing Committee met 4
times.&#160;&#160;During the 2008 fiscal year, all trustees attended at least
75% of meetings of the Board and of each Committee on which such trustees
served.&#160;&#160;The Trust&#8217;s policy regarding trustee attendance at annual
meetings of shareholders is that trustees are encouraged but not required to
attend such annual meetings.&#160;&#160;Each of the Trust&#8217;s then current
trustees attended the Trust&#8217;s 2008 annual meeting of shareholders.</font></div>
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Communications with the Board of Trustees</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: justify" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The Trust
adopted Shareholder Communication Procedures (the Procedures) that set forth the
process by which shareholders of the Trust may send communications to the
Board.&#160;&#160;If a shareholder sends a recommendation of a nominee to the
Board or to an individual trustee, such communication would be covered by the
Procedures.&#160;&#160;Shareholder proposals submitted pursuant to Rule 14a-8
under the Exchange Act, and communications made in connection with such
proposals are not subject to the Procedures.&#160;&#160;The Trust&#8217;s bylaws also
contain provisions requiring a shareholder to provide advance notice of his or
her intention to nominate, at the Trust&#8217;s annual meeting of shareholders, an
individual for election as trustee.</font></div>
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to the Procedures, shareholders should send their communications to the Trust&#8217;s
Shareholder Relations Group.&#160;&#160;Communications may be sent by regular
mail or delivery service to the following address:&#160;&#160;65 Madison Avenue,
Suite 550, Morristown, NJ 07960.&#160;&#160;Email communications may be sent to:
info@ellsworthfund.com.&#160;&#160;All shareholder communications that are
directed to the Board or an individual trustee of the Trust in his or her
capacity as trustee and received by the Shareholder Relations Group shall be
promptly forwarded to the individual trustee of the Trust to whom they were
addressed or to the full Board, as applicable.&#160;&#160;Copies of all such
shareholder communications will also be distributed to the Chairs of the Trust&#8217;s
Audit Committee and Governance Committee, and to counsel for the Trust and for
the independent trustees.&#160;&#160;Counsel for the Trust and for the
independent trustees, upon receipt of its copy of a shareholder communication,
shall work with such Chairs and counsel for the independent trustees to
determine whether such shareholder communication should be distributed to any
trustees to whom it was not sent and whether and in what manner the trustees
should respond to such shareholder communication.&#160;&#160;Responses, if any,
to shareholder communications shall be coordinated by counsel for the Trust and
for the independent trustees, working with the Chairs.</font></div>
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and Ms.&#160;O&#8217;Keeffe are the only trustees of the Trust who are officers of the
Trust or Dinsmore Capital.&#160;&#160;Each trustee who is not an officer of the
Trust or Dinsmore Capital currently receives (1)&#160;an annual fee of $7,500,
(2) $1,000 plus expenses for each Board meeting attended, (3) $1,000 for each
shareholders&#8217; meeting attended, and (4)&#160;$500 for each Committee meeting
attended.&#160;&#160;The chairperson of each Committee receives an additional
$2,000 annual fee.</font></div>
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following table shows the compensation that was paid to the trustees solely by
the Trust as well as by the Fund Complex as a whole (which consists of two
registered investment companies, the Trust and Bancroft Fund) during the 2008
fiscal year.</font></div>
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trustee effective as of September 30, 2007.&#160;&#160;He retired from Bancroft
Fund effective </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">October&#160;&#160;31,
2007.</font></div>
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Ownership of Management</font></div>
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Trust&#8217;s trustees, nominees for trustee and officers owned the Trust&#8217;s shares as
shown on the following table as of October 31, 2008 (officers of the Trust are
identified in the &#8220;Additional Information &#8211; Executive Officers&#8221; section of this
proxy).&#160;&#160;The address of each such person is c/o the Trust, 65 Madison
Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07960.</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="bottom" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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for each trustee and officer less than 1% of the outstanding shares of the
Trust.&#160;&#160;As of October 31, 2008, trustees and officers of the Trust
beneficially owned in the aggregate 145,346 shares of the Trust, representing
approximately 1.1% of the outstanding shares.&#160;&#160;Except as otherwise
indicated, each trustee and officer possesses sole investment and voting power
with respect to shares beneficially owned.</font></div>
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5,982 shares which Mr. Dinsmore owned jointly with his wife, and (iii) 4,194
shares owned solely by his wife, as to which shares Mr.&#160;Dinsmore disclaims
beneficial ownership.</font></div>
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outstanding shares of the Trust.</font></div>
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information disclosed in a Form 13F dated November 13, 2008.</font></div>
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2</font></div>
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OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS</font></div>
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not required to do so, the Board seeks your ratification of the Audit
Committee&#8217;s appointment of Tait Weller as the Trust&#8217;s independent registered
public accountants for the 2009 fiscal year.&#160;&#160;The Board believes that
the shareholders should have the opportunity to vote on this
matter.&#160;&#160;If the appointment is not ratified, the Audit Committee will
meet to select new independent registered public accountants for the Trust&#8217;s
2009 fiscal year.&#160;&#160;We do not expect that a representative from Tait
Weller will be present at the Annual Meeting.&#160;&#160;However, should a Tait
Weller representative choose to attend, he or she will have an opportunity to
make a statement and to respond to appropriate questions.</font></div>
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in the table below are the aggregate fees billed to the Trust by Tait Weller for
services rendered to the Trust during the Trust&#8217;s last two fiscal years ended
September 30, 2007 and September 30, 2008.</font></div>
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Weller billed the Trust aggregate non-audit fees of $2,800 for the fiscal year
ended 2008, and $2,700 for the fiscal year ended 2007, for non-audit services
rendered to the Trust.</font></div>
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      Committee.&#160;&#160;No Audit-Related Fees were approved by the Trust&#8217;s
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      2008.&#160;&#160;All Tax Fees were pre-approved by the Trust&#8217;s Audit
      Committee.&#160;&#160;No Tax Fees were approved by the Trust&#8217;s Audit
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each of the last two fiscal years ended September 30, 2008 and September 30,
2007, Tait Weller did not provide any non-audit services to Dinsmore Capital or
its affiliates or otherwise bill Dinsmore Capital or its affiliates for any
non-audit services.</font></div>
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Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures</font></div>
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Committee pre-approves all audit and permissible non-audit services that are
proposed to be provided to the Trust by its independent registered public
accountants before they are provided to the Trust.&#160;&#160;Such pre-approval
also includes the proposed fees to be charged by the independent registered
public accountants for such services.&#160;&#160;The Audit Committee may
delegate the pre-approval of audit and permissible non-audit services and
related fees to one or more members of the Audit Committee who are
&#8220;independent,&#8221; as such term is defined in Rule 10A-3(b)(1)(iii) under the
Exchange Act.&#160;&#160;Any such member&#8217;s decision to pre-approve audit and/or
non-audit services and related fees shall be presented to the full Audit
Committee, solely for informational purposes, at its next scheduled
meeting.</font></div>
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Committee also pre-approves non-audit services to be provided by the Trust&#8217;s
independent registered public accountants to the Trust&#8217;s investment adviser if
the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the
Trust and if the Trust&#8217;s independent registered public accountants are the same
as, or affiliated with, the investment adviser&#8217;s registered public
accountants.</font></div>
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Vote</font></div>
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affirmative vote of the majority of votes cast is needed to approve the
ratification of the Audit Committee&#8217;s appointment of the independent registered
public accountants.&#160;&#160;Abstentions will not count as votes cast and will
have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.&#160;&#160;We expect that
brokers will be entitled to vote on this proposal, but any broker non-vote will
have no effect on the outcome of this proposal.</font></div>
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Board recommends that you vote FOR Proposal 2.</font></div>
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INFORMATION ON VOTING</font></div>
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by Proxy</font></div>
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you plan to attend the Annual Meeting or not, we urge you to complete, sign and
date the enclosed proxy card and to return it promptly in the envelope
provided.&#160;&#160;If you are the record owner of your shares on the books of
the Trust&#8217;s transfer agent, then you may also submit your proxy vote by
telephone or via the Internet, by following the instructions accompanying this
Proxy Statement.&#160;&#160;If your broker holds your shares in its name, you
may submit your proxy vote by any other means specified in the instructions that
accompany this Proxy Statement.&#160;&#160;Returning the proxy card or using any
of the available alternative proxy voting methods will not affect your right to
attend the Annual Meeting and vote.</font></div>
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properly fill in your proxy card and send it to us in time to vote or use any of
the available alternative proxy voting methods, your &#8220;proxy&#8221; (one of the
individuals named on your proxy card) will vote your shares as you have
directed.&#160;&#160;If you sign the proxy card or use any of the available
alternative proxy voting methods but do not make specific choices, your proxy
will vote your shares as recommended by the Board as follows and in accordance
with management&#8217;s recommendation on other matters:</font></div>
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proxy will also have authority to vote and act on your behalf at any adjournment
of the meeting.</font></div>
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before it is exercised.&#160;&#160;You can do this in one of four
ways:</font></div>
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date.</font></div>
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      telephone, via the Internet, or via such alternative method of voting, or
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date.</font></div>
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date.</font></div>
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attend the Annual Meeting, were the record owner of your shares on the record
date, and wish to vote in person, we will give you a ballot when you
arrive.&#160;&#160;<font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">However, if
your shares were held in the name of your broker, bank or other nominee on the
record date, you must bring a letter from the nominee indicating that you were
the beneficial owner of the shares on November&#160;19, 2008, the record date
for voting, and authorizing you to vote.&#160;&#160;The letter must also state
whether before the Annual Meeting you authorized a proxy to vote for you and if
so, how you instructed such proxy to vote.</font></font></div>
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of shareholders is necessary to hold a valid meeting.&#160;&#160;A quorum will
exist if shareholders entitled to vote a majority of all shares outstanding on
the record date are present in person or by proxy.&#160;&#160;Broker non-votes,
if any, and abstentions will count as present for establishing a
quorum.</font></div>
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quorum is not present at the Annual Meeting or a quorum is present but
sufficient votes to approve a proposal are not received, the persons named as
proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Annual Meeting to permit
further solicitation of proxies.&#160;&#160;Any such adjournment will require
the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Annual Meeting in
person or by proxy.&#160;&#160;The persons named as proxies will vote those
proxies they are entitled to vote &#8220;for&#8221; a proposal in favor of such an
adjournment and will vote those proxies required to be voted &#8220;against&#8221; such
proposal against such an adjournment.&#160;&#160;A shareholder vote may be taken
on a proposal in this Proxy Statement prior to any such adjournment if
sufficient votes have been received and it is otherwise
appropriate.</font></div>
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INFORMATION</font></div>
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Adviser</font></div>
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Capital Management Co., 65 Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07960, is the
Trust&#8217;s investment adviser.</font></div>
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Trust&#8217;s executive officers are elected by the Board, receive no compensation
from the Trust and hold office until the meeting of the Board following the next
annual meeting of shareholders and until his or her successor shall have been
duly elected and qualified, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or
removal.&#160;&#160;Information about these officers is presented
below.</font></div>
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      Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Trust, Bancroft Fund and
      Dinsmore Capital (since April 2004); Secretary of the Trust, Bancroft Fund
      and Dinsmore Capital (since November 2003); Treasurer of Dinsmore Capital
      (since 1997).</font></div>
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      April 2004); Treasurer of the Trust and Bancroft Fund (April 1993 &#8211; April
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="1%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;</font></td>
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      President of the Trust and Bancroft Fund (since April 2004); Chief
      Compliance Officer of the Trust and Bancroft Fund (since July 2004); and
      Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer of Dinsmore Capital (since
      2004).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">H. Tucker
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Gary
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both the Trust and Fund Complex by each trustee and each nominee for election as
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            <td valign="top" width="19%"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: times new roman">&#160;
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Exchange.</font></div>
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expects to solicit proxies principally by mail.&#160;&#160;The Trust will pay
the cost of soliciting proxies and may reimburse third parties for their
expenses in forwarding solicitation materials to the beneficial owners of the
Trust&#8217;s shares.&#160;&#160;Officers of the Trust may also solicit proxies by
telephone, facsimile, the Internet or personal interview, and will not receive
any additional compensation for such solicitation.</font></div>
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16(a) of the Exchange Act, Section&#160;30(h) of the Investment Company Act, and
the regulations of the SEC thereunder, require the Trust&#8217;s officers and trustees
and direct or indirect beneficial owners of more than 10% of the Trust&#8217;s shares,
as well as Dinsmore Capital, its directors and officers and certain of its other
affiliated persons (collectively, Reporting Persons), to file initial reports of
ownership and changes in ownership with the SEC.&#160;&#160;Reporting Persons
are required to furnish the Trust with copies of all Section 16(a) forms they
file.</font></div>
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solely on its review of the copies of such forms received by it and written
representations, the Trust believes that all filing requirements applicable to
the Reporting Persons have been complied with during the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2008, except that the initial Form 3 filing of Relative Value
Partners, LLC, due within 10 days of becoming a beneficial owner of more than
10% of the Trust, was filed late.</font></div>
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want us to consider including a shareholder proposal in the Trust&#8217;s proxy
statement for the 2010 annual meeting of shareholders, we must receive it from
you no later than July 29, 2009.&#160;&#160;To be eligible to submit a proposal,
you must demonstrate satisfaction of the requirements for making shareholder
proposals set forth in the proxy rules promulgated by the SEC.</font></div>
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shareholder may bring other business before the 2010 Annual Meeting of
shareholders if: (1) the shareholder is a shareholder of record at the time of
giving notice to the Trust; (2)&#160; the shareholder is entitled to vote at the
2010 Annual Meeting; (3) the shareholder has complied with the notice procedures
in the Trust&#8217;s bylaws, and (4) such other business is otherwise a proper matter
for action by shareholders.&#160;&#160;The notice procedures require that a
shareholder submit the proposal in writing to the Secretary of the Trust no
earlier than September&#160;18, 2009 but no later than October&#160;18,
2009.&#160;&#160;The notice must include a brief description of the business
desired to be brought before the 2010 Annual Meeting, the reasons for conducting
such business at the 2010 Annual Meeting, and any material interest the
shareholder and any beneficial owners on whose behalf the proposal is made may
have in such business.&#160;&#160;The notice must also include the shareholder&#8217;s
name and address as they appear on the Trust&#8217;s books (and the name and address
of any beneficial owner on whose behalf the proposal is made), as well as the
number of shares owned of record and beneficially by such shareholder and
beneficial owner.</font></div>
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shareholders who share the same address may receive only one copy of the Proxy
Statement and the Trust&#8217;s annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year
ended September 30, 2008 in accordance with a notice delivered from such
shareholders&#8217; bank, broker or other holder of record, unless the applicable
bank, broker or other holder of record received contrary
instructions.&#160;&#160;This practice, known as &#8220;householding,&#8221; is designed to
reduce printing and postage costs.&#160;&#160;Shareholders who own their shares
through a bank, broker or other holder of record who wish either to discontinue
or commence householding, or wish to receive a separate copy of the Proxy
Statement or the Trust&#8217;s annual report to shareholders for the fiscal year ended
September 30, 2008, may do so by contacting their bank, broker or other holder
of record at the telephone number or address provided in the above referenced
notice.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;Shareholders who are requesting to commence or
discontinue householding should provide their name, the name of their broker,
bank or other record holder and their account information.</font></div>
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