Common Contracts

HIGHLAND INCOME FUND (a Massachusetts Business Trust) 5,400,000 Shares of 5.375% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Highland Income Fund\ma • July 31st, 2019 • New York

• Company
  Highland Income Fund\ma
• Filed
  July 31st, 2019
• Jurisdiction
  New York

UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund LTD • September 14th, 2017 • New York

• Company
  Ellsworth Growth & Income Fund LTD
• Filed
  September 14th, 2017
• Jurisdiction
  New York

BANCROFT FUND LTD. (a Delaware Statutory Trust) 1,200,000 Shares of 5.375% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Bancroft Fund LTD • August 8th, 2016 • New York

• Company
  Bancroft Fund LTD
• Filed
  August 8th, 2016
• Jurisdiction
  New York

The Bancroft Fund Ltd., a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and the Fund’s investment adviser, Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Adviser”), each confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom MLPF&S is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Fund and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares set forth in said Schedule A hereto of an aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of the Fund’s 5.375% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (the “Shares”). The Shares will be authorized by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Fund’s Amended and Restated Agreement and Declaration of Trus

THE GABELLI GLOBAL SMALL AND MID CAP VALUE TRUST (a Delaware Statutory Trust) 1,200,000 Shares of 5.450% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares UNDERWRITING AGREEMENT

Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust • May 9th, 2016 • New York

• Company
  Gabelli Global Small & Mid Cap Value Trust
• Filed
  May 9th, 2016
• Jurisdiction
  New York

The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Fund”), and the Fund’s investment adviser, Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Adviser”), each confirms its agreement with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”) and each of the other Underwriters named in Schedule A hereto (collectively, the “Underwriters,” which term shall also include any underwriter substituted as hereinafter provided in Section 10 hereof), for whom MLPF&S is acting as representative (in such capacity, the “Representative”), with respect to the issue and sale by the Fund and the purchase by the Underwriters, acting severally and not jointly, of the respective number of shares set forth in said Schedule A hereto of an aggregate of 1,200,000 shares of the Fund’s 5.450% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (the “Shares”). The Shares will be authorized by, and subject to the terms and conditions of, the Fund’s Agreement and Declaration of