GAMCO Board Increases Quarterly Dividend by 25% to $0.05 Per Share

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) announced today that its Board of Directors increased its quarterly dividend by 25% to $0.05 per share to all of its Class A and Class B shareholders in addition to declaring a special dividend of $0.25 per share payable on September 25, 2012 to its Class A and Class B shareholders of record on September 11, 2012.

GAMCO Investors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manages private advisory accounts (GAMCO Asset Management Inc.), mutual funds and closed-end funds (Gabelli Funds, LLC), and partnerships and offshore funds (Gabelli Securities, Inc.). As of June 30, 2012, GAMCO had $35.7 billion in assets under management.

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