Sub-Item 77Q1: Exhibits (g)(1) Merger Agreement BANCROFT CONVERTIBLE FUND, INC. AGREEMENT OF MERGER (the "Agreement"), dated as of November 18, 2005, by and between Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Bancroft...Merger Agreement • June 30th, 2006 • Bancroft Fund LTD
AGREEMENT OF MERGER (the "Agreement"), dated as of November 18, 2005, by and between Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Company"), and Bancroft Fund, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"). BACKGROUND The Company is organized as a management investment company and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Company's shares of common stock currently trade on the American Stock Exchange ("AMEX"). The Company desires to change its form of organization by merging with and into the Trust (the "Merger"). In anticipation of the Merger, the Board of Trustees of the Trust has established the Trust and has designated one class of shares of beneficial interest in the Trust (the "Trust Shares"). The Merger is subject to, and shall be effected in accordance with, the terms of this Agreement. This Agreement is intended to be and is adopted by the Company, and by the Trust, as a Plan of Reorganizatio
AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST OF BANCROFT FUND LTD. WHEREAS, THIS AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST of Bancroft Fund Ltd., dated October 17, 2005, is hereby amended and restated effective as of January 16, 2006, among Gordon...Trust Agreement • June 30th, 2006 • Bancroft Fund LTD
Sub-item 77Q1: Exhibits (e) Amended Advisory Agreement INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 16th day of March, 2006 by and between BANCROFT FUND LTD, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and DAVIS- DINSMORE MANAGEMENT...Investment Advisory Agreement • June 30th, 2006 • Bancroft Fund LTD
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT THIS AGREEMENT is entered into this 16th day of March, 2006 by and between BANCROFT FUND LTD, a Delaware statutory trust (the "Trust"), and DAVIS-DINSMORE MANAGEMENT COMPANY, a Delaware corporation (the "Adviser"). Background The Trust is registered as a diversified, closed end management investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, (the "1940 Act"). The Adviser is registered as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers Act"). The Trust desires to engage the Adviser to provide investment advisory services to the Trust, and the Adviser desires to provide such services to the Trust, all on the terms and conditions set forth below. NOW THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration, the receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows: Agreement SECTION 1. Appointment of Investment Adviser. The Trust hereby appoints t
