MORRISTOWN, NJ — (Marketwired) — 05/14/13 — The Board of Trustees of Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE MKT: BCV) today declared the Fund-s one hundred seventieth quarterly dividend.
The 12 cents ($0.12) per share dividend is payable from net investment income on June 27, 2013 to shareholders of record June 13, 2013.
Bancroft Fund Ltd. operates as a closed-end, diversified management investment company and invests primarily in convertible securities, with the objectives of providing income and the potential for capital appreciation; which objectives the Fund considers to be relatively equal, over the long-term, due to the nature of the securities in which it invests. Its shares are traded on the NYSE MKT Exchange under the ticker symbol BCV.
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Gary I. Levine
Chief Financial Officer
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