The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. Series G Cumulative Preferred Stock Issuable Upon Exercise of Rights to Subscribe for such Shares DEALER MANAGER AGREEMENTDealer Manager Agreement • June 21st, 2012 • Gabelli Equity Trust Inc • New York
Each of The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “Fund”), and Gabelli Funds, LLC, a New York limited liability company (the “Investment Advisor”), hereby confirms the agreement with and appointment of Gabelli & Company Inc. to act as dealer manager (the “Dealer Manager”) in connection with the issuance by the Fund to its preferred shareholders of record (the “Record Date Preferred Stockholders”) at the close of business on the record date set forth in the Prospectus (as defined herein) (the “Record Date”) transferable rights entitling such Record Date Preferred Stockholders to subscribe for up to 5,850,402 shares of Series G Preferred Stock (the “Preferred Shares”) of the Fund (the “Offer”). Pursuant to the terms of the Offer, the Fund is issuing each Record Date Preferred Stockholder one transferable right (each a “Right” and, collectively, the “Rights”) for each share of existing Series F Cumulative Preferred Stock (the “Existing Preferred Stock”) held by such Recor
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT AGREEMENTSubscription Agent Agreement • June 21st, 2012 • Gabelli Equity Trust Inc • New York
This Subscription Agent Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made as of June _, 2012 by and between The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., a closed-end investment company organized and existing under the laws of the State of Maryland, (the “Fund”), Computershare Inc., a Delaware corporation and its fully owned subsidiary Computershare Trust Company, N.A., a national banking company (collectively, the “Agent” or individually “Computershare” and the “Trust Company”, respectively). All terms not defined herein shall have the meaning given in the prospectus (the “Prospectus”) included in the Registration Statement on Form N-2, File No. 333-173819 filed by the Fund with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on May 31, 2012, as supplemented or amended by any amendment filed with respect thereto (the “Registration Statement”).
LETTERHEAD OF MORROW & CO., LLC]Information Agent Agreement • June 21st, 2012 • Gabelli Equity Trust Inc
This letter will serve as the agreement under which you will retain Morrow & Co., LLC (“Morrow” or “us”) to act as Information Agent in connection with the Rights Offering by The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. to its holders of the Fund’s existing 6.20% Series F Cumulative Preferred Stock (“the Offer”).
