The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust (Amex:GGN) is
pleased to announce the placement of $100 million of 6.625% Series A
Cumulative Preferred Shares. 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 will be issued at $25 per share. Distributions will be
paid quarterly beginning on December 26, 2007. The Fund expects that the
6.625% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares will trade on the American
Stock Exchange under the symbol "GGN Pr A”
within 30 days.
Citi, Merrill Lynch & Co., and Gabelli & Company, Inc. served as
underwriters for the offering, which is expected to close on October 16,
2007.
The Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust is a
non-diversified, closed-end management investment company with $539
million in total assets whose 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.