MORRISTOWN, NJ — (Marketwire) — 08/26/11 — Bancroft Fund Ltd. (NYSE Amex: BCV) today reported earnings, financial highlights and certain portfolio information for the nine months ended July 31, 2011:
Data is unaudited and as of July 31, 2011. 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, 2011.
Detailed portfolio information is available on our website (). Contact us by email at or call us at (973) 631-1177.
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 Amex 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