Company: GLU-PB
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001133228-25-002915
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Company: GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST
Filing Date: 2025-03-20
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 1
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 10580-1422

(914) 921-5070

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS

To Be Held on May 12, 2025</div>

To the Shareholders of

THE GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST

Notice
is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, a Delaware statutory trust
(the “Fund”), will be held on Monday, May 12, 2025, at 10:15 a.m., ET, at Indian Harbor Yacht Club, 710 Steamboat
Road, Greenwich, Connecticut, 06830 and virtually by Internet webcast (the “Meeting”), and at any adjournments
or postponements thereof for the following purposes:

| 1. | To                                                                                                                                   
 elect three (3) Trustees of the Fund to be elected by the holders of the Fund’s common shares and holders of its Series A Cumulative 
 Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares and Series B Cumulative Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares, voting together as a single   
 class; and                                                                                                                           |
| 2. | To                                                                                                                                   
 consider and vote upon such other matters, including adjournments, as may properly come before said Meeting or any adjournments or   
 postponements thereof.                                                                                                               |

These items are discussed
in greater detail in the attached Proxy Statement.

We
are conducting a “hybrid” meeting - you may attend in person or virtually. Whether or not you plan to attend the Meeting
in person, shareholders must register in advance by submitting the required information to the Fund at: http://Gabelli.com/CEFAnnualMeeting.
Following registration, a shareholder will be provided with instructions regarding how to access the virtual Meeting, including the link
for the Meeting.

Requests
for registration must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., ET, on May 11, 2025. Shareholders will receive an email confirming their registration
and providing instructions for participating in the Meeting. Any questions should be directed to CEFProxy@gabelli.com.

The close of
business on March 13, 2025, has been fixed as the record date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of and to
vote at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof.

YOUR
VOTE IS IMPORTANT REGARDLESS OF THE SIZE OF YOUR HOLDINGS IN THE FUND. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO VOTE YOUR