Company: GDV-PK
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form Type: 40-APP
Source: 0001829126-25-006051
Chunk: 18

Company: GABELLI DIVIDEND & INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-08-11
Form: 40-APP
Chunk 18
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. As required under Rule 0-2(c)(1) of the 1940 Act, the following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Dividend Trust and remain in full force and effect:

RESOLVED, that the proper officers of The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (the “Fund”) be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to prepare and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on behalf of the Fund, as such officers deem appropriate, an application for an order, and any amendment thereto, pursuant to Section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the “1940 Act”) granting an exemption from Section 17(a) thereof and pursuant to Section 17(d) of the 1940 Act and Rule 17d-1 thereunder approving certain transactions to the extent necessary to permit the Fund to contribute a portion of its assets to The Gabelli Preferred & Income Trust (the “Preferred Trust”) and subsequently distribute all the shares of Preferred Trust as a dividend to the Fund’s shareholders; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the proper officers of the Fund, with advice of counsel, be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and directed to take any and all such further action to execute any and all documents, agreements, and instruments and to take any and all steps deemed by them necessary or desirable to carry out the purpose and intent of the foregoing resolutions.

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The following resolutions were adopted by the Board of Preferred Trust and remain in full force and effect:

RESOLVED, that the proper officers of The Gabelli Preferred & Income Trust (the “Fund”) be, and each of them hereby is, authorized to sign and file with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on behalf of the Fund, as such officers may deem appropriate, an application for an order, and any amendment to that application, pursuant to Section 17(b) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “1940 Act”) granting an exemption from Section 17(a) thereof and pursuant to Section 17(d) of the 1940 Act and Rule 17d-1 thereunder approving certain transactions, to the extent necessary to permit The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust (the “Dividend Trust”) to contribute a portion of its assets to the Fund and subsequently distribute all the shares of beneficial interest of the Fund as a dividend to the Dividend Trust’s shareholders;