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NYSE Closings. The holidays (as observed) on which the NYSE is closed, and therefore days upon which shareholders cannot redeem shares, currently are: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents' Day, Good Friday, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, and Christmas Day and on the preceding Friday or subsequent Monday when a holiday falls on a Saturday or Sunday, respectively. SHAREHOLDER SERVICES Corporate Pension/Profit-Sharing and Personal Retirement Plans. The Funds make available to corporations a 401(k) Salary Reduction Plan. In addition, the Funds make available Individual Retirement Accounts (“IRAs,”) including IRAs set up under a Simplified Employee Pension Plan ("SEP-IRAs") and IRA "Rollover Accounts." The Funds also make available Education Savings Plans. Education Savings Plans permit eligible individuals to contribute up to $2,000 per year per beneficiary under 18 years old. Distributions from an Education Savings Plan are generally excluded from income when used for qualified higher education expenses. The Funds also make available the Roth IRA. Unlike a traditional IRA, contributions to a Roth IRA are not deductible. However, distributions are generally excluded from income provided they occur at least five years after the creation of the IRA and are either after the individual reaches age 59-1/2, because of death or disability, or for first time home buyers' expenses. Plan support services are also available. For details contact the Distributor by calling toll free 800-GABELLI (800-422-3554). The Funds have the right to terminate any of these plans at any time giving proper notice to existing accounts. Investors who wish to purchase Fund shares in conjunction with an IRA, including a SEP-IRA, Roth IRA, or education IRA may request from the Distributor forms for adoption of such plans. The Funds can also be used as vehicles for existing pension and profit-sharing plans. A fee may be charged by the entity acting as custodian for 401(k) Plans or IRAs, payment of which could require the liquidation of shares. SHARES MAY BE PURCHASED IN CONNECTION WITH THESE PLANS ONLY BY DIRECT REMITTANCE TO THE ENTITY WHICH ACTS AS CUSTODIAN. PURCHASES FOR THESE PLANS MAY NOT BE MADE IN ADVANCE OF RECEIPT OF FUNDS. The minimum initial investment for corporate plans, Salary Reduction Plans, 403(b)(7) Plans, and SEP-IRAs, with more than one participant, is $1,000, with no minimum on subsequent purchases. The minimum initial investment for Distributor-sponsored IRAs, SEP-IRAs and Roth or Education Savings Plans with only one participant is normally $250, with no minimum on subsequent purchases. The investor should read the Prototype Retirement Plan and the relevant form of custodial agreement for further details as to eligibility, service fees, and tax implications, and should consult a tax advisor. TAXES The following is a summary of certain U.S. federal income tax considerations generally affecting the Funds and their shareholders that may not be described in the Prospectus. This is not intended to be a detailed explanation of the tax treatment of the Fund or its shareholders, and the discussions here and in the Prospectuses are not intended as substitutes for thorough tax planning. Qualification as a Regulated Investment Company Each Fund has elected to qualify and intends to continue to qualify as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the Code, as long as it is in the best interest of its shareholders. To qualify as a regulated investment company, a Fund must distribute to its shareholders at least 90% of its investment company taxable income (which includes, among other items, dividends, taxable interest and the excess of net short term capital gains over net long term capital losses), and meet certain other requirements (including diversification of assets and source of income) discussed below. By meeting these requirements, a Fund generally will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on investment company taxable income and net capital gains (the excess of net long term capital gains over net short term capital losses, reported by a Fund as capital gain dividends) distributed to shareholders. Each Fund must satisfy an asset diversification test in order to qualify as a regulated investment company. Under this 66
test, at the close of each quarter of a Fund’s taxable year, at least 50% of the value of that Fund’s assets must consist of cash and cash items, U.S. Government securities, securities of other regulated investment companies, and securities of other issuers (as to which the Fund has not invested more than 5% of the value of the Fund’s total assets in securities of such issuer and as to which the Fund does not hold more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer), and no more than 25% of the value of its total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S. Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies), in two or more issuers which that Fund controls (by owning 20% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such issuer) and which are engaged in the same or similar trades or businesses, or in the securities of qualified publicly traded partnerships. Generally, an option (call or put) with respect to a security is treated as issued by the issuer of the security, not the issuer of the option. In addition to satisfying the requirements described above, a regulated investment company must derive at least 90% of its gross income from dividends, interest, certain payments with respect to securities loans, gains from the sale or other disposition of stock or securities or foreign currencies, other income (including but not limited to gains from options, futures, or forward contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock, securities, or currencies and net income from qualified publicly traded partnerships. If, for any taxable year, a Fund does not qualify as a regulated investment company, all of its taxable income would be subject to tax at regular corporate rates without any deduction for distributions to shareholders, and any distributions would be taxable to the shareholders as ordinary dividends to the extent of the Fund’s current or accumulated earnings and profits. Excise Tax on Regulated Investment Companies Amounts, other than tax exempt interest, not distributed on a timely basis may be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax. To prevent imposition of the excise tax, the Funds must distribute during the calendar year an amount equal to the sum of (1) at least 98% of their ordinary income (excluding any capital gains or losses) for the calendar year, (2) at least 98.2% of the excess of their capital gains over capital losses (adjusted for certain losses) for the one-year period ending October 31 of such year (or, at the election of a regulated investment company having a taxable year ending November 30 or December 31, for its taxable year), and (3) any deficiencies from distributions in such prior years. Fund Distributions Each Fund’s policy is to declare dividends annually, except for the Balanced and Income Funds, which declare dividends quarterly, and the Intermediate Bond Fund, which declares dividends daily and pays them monthly. Each Fund distributes all or substantially all (and in no event less than 90%) of its investment company taxable income each year. Distributions of investment company taxable income, including net short term capital gains, generally are taxable to shareholders as ordinary income. Distributions of net long term capital gains, if any, reported by the Funds as capital gain dividends are taxable to shareholders as long term capital gains, regardless of the length of time the shareholder has held its shares of a Fund. In determining the amount of net capital gains to be distributed, any capital loss carryover from prior years will be applied against capital gains to reduce the amount of distributions paid. Shareholders will be notified annually as to the U.S. federal tax status of distributions. If any net capital gains are retained by the Funds for reinvestment, requiring federal income taxes thereon to be paid by it, the Funds can elect to treat such capital gains as having been distributed to shareholders. In that event, shareholders will report such capital gains as net capital gains, will be able to claim their share of federal income taxes paid by a Fund on such gains as a credit against their own federal income tax liability, and will be entitled to increase the adjusted tax basis of their Fund shares by an amount equal to the difference between the amount of undistributed capital gains included in their gross income and the tax deemed paid. Distributions by a Fund that do not constitute ordinary income dividends or capital gain dividends will be treated as a return of capital to the extent of (and in reduction of) the shareholder’s tax basis in its shares; any excess will be treated as gain from the sale of its shares, as discussed below. Dividends of investment company taxable income paid by the Fund will qualify for the 70% dividends-received deduction generally available to corporate shareholders (other than certain corporations, such as S corporations, which are not eligible for the deduction because of their special characteristics and other than for purposes of special taxes such as the accumulated earnings tax and the personal holding company tax) to the extent of the amount of qualifying 67
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