The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust (Amex:GGN) is
pleased to announce the completion of an offering of 6.625% Series A
Cumulative Preferred Shares valued at $100 million. The proceeds raised
will be used for investment purposes.
The 6.625% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares are rated "Aaa”
by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. The 6.625%
Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares are perpetual, non-callable for
five years, and were issued at $25 per share. Distributions will be paid
quarterly beginning on December 26, 2007. The 6.625% Series A Cumulative
Preferred Shares will begin trading on the American Stock Exchange under
the symbol "GGN Pr A”
on October 18, 2007.
Citi, Merrill Lynch & Co., and Gabelli & Company, Inc. served as
underwriters for the offering, which closed on October 16, 2007.
The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust is a
non-diversified, closed-end management investment company with $638
million in total assets, after giving effect to the issuance of the
6.625% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares. The Fund’s
primary investment objective is to provide a high level of current
income. The Fund invests primarily in equity securities of
Gold and
natural resources companies and intends to earn income primarily through
a strategy of writing (selling) covered call options on equity
securities in its portfolio. The Fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC,
a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE:GBL), which is a publicly
traded NYSE listed company.