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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001999371-24-008316
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	CORRESP
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240705

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GDL FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001378701
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		CORRESP

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		914-921-5100

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	Gabelli Global Deal Fund
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	20061019
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">[Letterhead of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher &amp;
Flom LLP]</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center">July 5, 2024</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0"><B><U>VIA EDGAR</U></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Division of Investment Management</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">100 F Street N.E.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Washington, DC 20549</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.4in; text-align: left">Attn:</TD><TD>David L. Orlic</TD>
</TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="text-align: left">&nbsp;</TD><TD>Christina DiAngelo Fettig</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="width: 25%"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 5%">RE:</TD><TD STYLE="width: 45%">The GDL Fund</TD>
                                                               <TD STYLE="width: 25%">&nbsp;</TD></TR><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid">(File Nos.: 333-279464; 811-21969)</TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">Dear Mr. Orlic and Ms. Fetting:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Thank you for your oral comments
regarding your review of the registration statement on Form N-2 filed on May 16, 2024 (the &ldquo;<U>Registration Statement</U>&rdquo;)
by The GDL Fund (the &ldquo;<U>Fund</U>&rdquo;) with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the &ldquo;<U>SEC</U>&rdquo;). The Fund
has considered your comments and authorized us to respond on its behalf as set forth below. Changes to the Registration Statement will
be reflected in Pre-Effective Amendment No. 1 to the Registration Statement (the &ldquo;<U>Amendment</U>&rdquo;), which the Fund intends
to file on or about the date hereof, and will be marked to show all changes made since the initial filing of the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">Your oral comments are summarized
in bold to the best of our understanding, followed by the Fund&rsquo;s responses. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein have
the meanings ascribed to them in the Registration Statement.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0.5in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: center; text-indent: 0in"><B>*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;*</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in"><B><I>Disclosure Comments</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>1.</B></TD><TD><B>Under the heading &ldquo;Anti-Takeover Provisions of the Fund&rsquo;s Governing Documents&rdquo; in the Prospectus, in the fourth
to last paragraph, consider whether the following statements make sense in the context in which they appear: &ldquo;The Fund should not
be viewed as a vehicle for trading purposes. It is designed primarily for risk-tolerant long-term investors.&rdquo;</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has revised the referenced disclosure
to state &ldquo;In considering whether the granting of such an exemption would be in the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders,
the Board of Trustees expects to consider, among such other factors as they deem relevant, that the Fund should not be viewed as a vehicle
for trading purposes and is designed primarily for risk-tolerant long-term investors.&rdquo;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>2.</B></TD><TD><B>Under the heading &ldquo;Additional Information&rdquo; in the Statement of Additional Information, delete references to the SEC&rsquo;s
Public Reference Room. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has revised disclosure as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>3.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Please provide a draft of the validity opinion at least five days before the requested effectiveness
date of the registration statement. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund will provide
a draft of the validity opinion as requested.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>4.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Please confirm that there are no material changes to the forms of prospectus supplements filed with
the Registration Statement relative to the forms of prospectus supplements filed wit the Fund&rsquo;s prior shelf registration statement.
</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund confirms
that there are no material changes to the forms of prospectus supplements.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in"><B><I>Accounting Comments</I></B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>5.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Please detail the reason for the filing in your response letter and include such information in the
cover letter to future filings.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund is filing
a new shelf registration statement because its prior shelf registration statement was expiring. The Fund will include the reason for filing
in cover letters to future registration statement filings.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>6.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Include headings for &ldquo;Financial highlights&rdquo; and &ldquo;Senior Securities&rdquo; and then
incorporate by reference with a hyperlink. Include any narrative disclosure required by Form N-2 for those items.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has included
the requested items.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>7.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Under the heading &ldquo;Summary of Fund Expenses,&rdquo; include hyperlinks to information incorporated
by reference.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has included
the requested hyperlinks.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>8.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>The following comments are provided with respect to the fee table included the Annual Report for the
year ended December 31, 2023.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>a.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Please confirm whether the fee table in December 31, 2023 Annual Report remains current and that the
estimates therein remain valid.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund confirms that
the fee table in the December 31, 2023 Annual Report remains current and the estimates therein remain valid.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>b.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>During the most recent fiscal year, management fee and performance fee equaled 150 basis points. Please
explain whether the actual management fee and performance fee is reflected in the fee table.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">Pursuant to the terms
of the Investment Advisory Agreement, the Fund pays the Investment Adviser an annual base fee equal to 0.50% of the Fund&rsquo;s average
weekly managed assets. in addition to the base fee described above, the Investment Adviser will be entitled to receive an incremental
performance fee structured as a fulcrum fee. For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the base fee was 0.50% of managed assets, and
the fulcrum fee was 0.4961% of managed assets.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has included
a revised &ldquo;Summary of Fund Expenses&rdquo; table in the Registration Statement to set forth the base fee and fulcrum fee as percentages
of net assets attributable to common shares.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>c.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>It appears that the &ldquo;Summary Fund Expenses&rdquo; table has three line items for the management
fee - management fee, base fee and performance fee &ndash; and those three line items total to 2%. Explain why the management fee has
three line items instead of two and whether the aggregate of these line items accurately reflects the actual management fee. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The line items included
in fee table are not intended to be additive. The line items &ldquo;Base Fee&rdquo; and &ldquo;Performance Fee&rdquo; are intended to
be the components of the line item &ldquo;Management Fee.&rdquo; As noted above, the Fund has included a revised fee table in the Registration
Statement and has revised the formatting of these line items to make that more clear.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<TABLE CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%" STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt"><TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>d.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Expense example appears to be calculated based on expenses of 4.15%, but the &ldquo;Summary of Fund
Expenses&rdquo; table is showing Total Annual Expenses of 5.15%.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">As noted above, the
Fund has included a revised &ldquo;Summary of Fund Expenses&rdquo; table in the Prospectus, and has included a corresponding revised Expense
example.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>e.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Page 32 includes an italicized statement that &ldquo;The example includes Dividends on Preferred Shares.
If Dividends on Preferred Shares were not included in the example calculation, the expenses for the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods in
the table above would be as follows (based on the same assumptions as above): $18, $57, $98, and $212.&rdquo; However, in the fee table,
dividends on preferred shares are shown zero and according to footnote (e), dividends are included as a component of interest expense.
Please explain this discrepancy and revise the italicized language as necessary. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has revised
the italicized statement in the Prospectus to state:</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The example
includes Dividends on Preferred Shares<U>, which for financial reporting purposes only are included as a component of
&ldquo;Interest Expense.&rdquo;</U> If Dividends on Preferred Shares were not included <U>in &ldquo;Interest Expense&rdquo; and
were not included</U> in the example calculation, the expenses for the 1-, 3-, 5- and 10-year periods in the table above would be as
follows (based on the same assumptions as above): $24, $74, $126, and $269.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 1in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">&nbsp;</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>9.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>The N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 did not include an auditors&rsquo; consent. Amend
the N-CSR to include an auditors consent.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

<P STYLE="margin-top: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0pt; font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif">&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The auditors&rsquo;
consent was inadvertently omitted from the Fund&rsquo;s N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">With respect to the
Registration Statement, the Fund is filing an auditor&rsquo;s consent as an exhibit to the Amendment.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">With respect to the
Fund&rsquo;s prior registration statement, the Fund notes that the Fund has not conducted any offering of shares since the filing of the
Fund&rsquo;s N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 and accordingly has not used a prospectus that incorporates the financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. Although the three year anniversary of the effectiveness of the Fund&rsquo;s prior
registration statement was May 19, 2024, the Fund may continue to offer shares under the prior registration statement in reliance on Rule
415(a)(5). The Fund has no present intention to offer shares pursuant to the prior registration statement. However, if the Fund were to
offer shares pursuant to the prior registration statement, in advance of commencing any such offering the Fund will file a post-effective
amendment to the prior registration statement for the purpose of filing an auditors&rsquo; consent with respect to the incorporation by
reference of the financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023 into the prior registration statement.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>10.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Include heading for &ldquo;Price Range of Common Shares&rdquo; and then incorporate by reference with
a hyperlink. In addition, Item 8.5 of Form N-2 has certain dating requirements, therefore add the information for the periods that are
not incorporated by reference.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has added
the requested disclosure.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>11.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Under the heading &ldquo;Incorporation by Reference&rdquo; please include a hyperlink to annual report
when that information is filled in.</B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has added
the requested disclosure.</P>

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<TD STYLE="width: 0"></TD><TD STYLE="width: 0.5in"><B>12.</B></TD><TD STYLE="text-align: justify"><B>Under the heading &ldquo;Incorporation by Reference,&rdquo; consider whether the incorporation by reference
of the N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018 is necessary. </B></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0 0pt 0.5in; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0in">The Fund has deleted
the reference to incorporation by reference of the N-CSR for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2018.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Times New Roman, Times, Serif; margin: 0pt 0; text-indent: 0.5in">Should you have any additional comments or concerns,
please do not hesitate to contact me at (312) 407-0641.</P>

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<TD></TD><TD COLSPAN="2">Best regards,</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
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<TD STYLE="padding-bottom: 1pt; width: 50%">&nbsp;</TD><TD STYLE="border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; width: 20%">/s/ Kevin T. Hardy</TD>
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<TD>&nbsp;</TD><TD COLSPAN="2">Kevin T. Hardy</TD></TR>
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