BANCROFT FUND LTD. (a Delaware Statutory Trust) 1,200,000 Shares of 5.375% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares UNDERWRITING AGREEMENTBancroft Fund LTD • August 8th, 2016 • 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
ADDENDUM TO TRANSFER AGENCY AND REGISTRAR SERVICES AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Registrar Services Agreement • August 8th, 2016 • Bancroft Fund LTD
This Addendum (this “Addendum”), is made as of August 9, 2016, by and between Bancroft Fund Ltd., a Delaware statutory trust (the “Company”) and American Stock Transfer & Trust Company, LLC, a New York limited liability trust company (“AST”).
