MORRISTOWN, NJ — (Marketwired) — 12/02/13 — Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE MKT: BCV) today reported earnings, financial highlights and certain portfolio information for the twelve months ended October 31, 2013:
Data is unaudited and as of October 31, 2013. This selected information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the Company-s Semi Annual Report to Shareholders for the six months ended April 30, 2013.
Detailed portfolio information is available on our website ().
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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 LLC under the ticker symbol BCV.
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For further information please contact:
Gary I. Levine
Chief Financial Officer
Ph. (973) 631-1177
Fax (973) 631-9893