MORRISTOWN, NJ — (Marketwire) — 07/19/12 — The Board of Trustees of Ellsworth Fund Ltd. (NYSE MKT: ECF) today declared the Fund-s one hundred and fourth quarterly dividend.
The 6.25 cents ($0.0625) per share dividend is payable from net investment income on August 30, 2012 to shareholders of record August 16, 2012.
Ellsworth 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 ECF.
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Gary I. Levine
Chief Financial Officer
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