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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-19-269404
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C-2
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		1
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20191017
FILED AS OF DATE:		20191017
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20191017
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20191017

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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			GABELLI CONVERTIBLE & INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845611
		IRS NUMBER:				133523423
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C-2
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-00877
		FILM NUMBER:		191155783

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ONE CORPORATE CENTER
		CITY:			RYE
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10580
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123098408

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES FUND INC /DE
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19970507

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	GABELLI SERIES FUNDS INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">WASHINGTON, DC 20549 </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTIFICATION OF REDEMPTION OF SECURITIES PURSUANT TO </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>RULE <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">23c-2</FONT> UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Investment Company Act File <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">No.&nbsp;811-05715</FONT> </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>THE GABELLI CONVERTIBLE AND INCOME SECURITIES FUND INC. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Name of Registrant) </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>One Corporate
Center </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Rye, New York 10580-1422 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">(Address of Principal Executive Offices) </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Registrant&#146;s Telephone Number, including Area Code: (914) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">921-5070</FONT> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The undersigned registered <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> investment company hereby notifies the Securities and Exchange
Commission that it intends to redeem securities of which it is the issuer, as set forth below in accordance with the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">23c-2</FONT> under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the &#147;Act&#148;),
and states that it is filing this notice with the Commission at least 30 days prior to the date set for the redemption. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Title of the class of securities of The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc. (the
&#147;Fund&#148;) to be redeemed: </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.00% Series B Cumulative Preferred Stock, par value $0.001 per share, liquidation preference of
$25.00 per share (the &#147;Series B Preferred Stock&#148;) (CUSIP #: 36240B307). </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>The date on which the securities are to be called or redeemed: </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Series B Preferred Stock will be redeemed on November&nbsp;18, 2019 (the &#147;Redemption Date&#148;). </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>The applicable provisions of the governing instrument pursuant to which the securities are to be called or
redeemed: </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Series B Preferred Stock is to be redeemed pursuant to Article II, Section&nbsp;3(b) and (c)&nbsp;of the Fund&#146;s
Articles Supplementary creating and fixing the rights of the Series B Preferred Stock, the form of which was filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March&nbsp;13, 2003 as Exhibit 99(a)(iii) to the Fund&#146;s Registration Statement on
Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-2.</FONT> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>The principal amount or number of shares and the basis upon which the securities to be redeemed are to be
selected: </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund intends to redeem 100% (965,548 shares) of its outstanding Series B Preferred Stock. Holders of the Series B
Preferred Stock will receive $25.2167 per share, which equals the liquidation preference of $25.00 per share, together with accumulated and unpaid dividends and distributions through the Redemption Date of November&nbsp;18, 2019. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:8%; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the requirement of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">23c-2</FONT> of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the Fund has duly
caused this Notice of Intention to Redeem Securities to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Rye, and the State of New York, on the 17<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day of
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