To assist with the liquidity of a challenged economic system and the
freezing of the credit markets, the Board of Directors of The Gabelli
Equity Trust Inc. (NYSE:GAB) (the "Fund”)
authorized today a partial optional redemption of each of the Fund’s
Series C Auction Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock and Series E Auction
Rate Cumulative Preferred Stock at a redemption price equal to the
liquidation preference of $25,000 per share plus the amount of
accumulated but unpaid dividends thereon to the redemption date.
The timing and further details of these redemptions will be announced at
a later date.
The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end
management investment company with $1.1 billion in total assets whose
primary investment objective is long-term growth of capital. The Fund is
managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC, a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc.
(NYSE:GBL), which is a publicly traded NYSE listed company.