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Bancroft Fund Announces Dividend, Earnings and Financial Update
Davis-Dinsmore Management Company


Morristown, NJ, August 14, 2007 -- Bancroft Fund Ltd. (BCV) today reported financial highlights and certain portfolio information for the nine months ended July 31, 2007.

The Fund declared its one hundred forty-seventh quarterly dividend today:

$0.21 per share
from ordinary income
Payable date
September 27, 2007
Record date
September 13, 2007




 

 

Three Months Ended
July 31

Nine Months Ended
July 31

Earnings Report

2007

2006

2007

2006

Net Income

$1,309,000

$1,125,000

$3,647,000

$3,419,000

Per Share

$0.23

$0.20

$0.64

$0.61

Shares Outstanding

5,733,016

5,625,134

5,733,016

5,625,134

Total Net Assets

$133,301,000

$122,180,000

$133,301,000

$122,180,000

Net Asset Value Per Share

$23.25

$21.72

$23.25

$21.72

Fund Statistics as of July 31, 2007

 

Top Ten Holdings by underlying common
stock as of July 31, 2007

 

 

 

 

% of

Market price

$20.95

 

 

Net Assets

Net asset value (NAV)

$23.25

 

LSI Corp.

2.7

Premium/(Discount)

(9.89)%

 

U.S. Bancorp

2.6

Total Net Assets

$133,301,000

 

LSB Industries, Inc.

2.3

12-Month income distribution

$0.865

 

Prudential Financial, Inc.

2.3

Yield on market value

4.13%

 

The Walt Disney Company

2.2

Ratio of expenses

1.06%*

 

Bristow Group Inc.

2.1

Ratio of net income

3.71%*

 

Chesapeake Energy Corp.

2.1

Portfolio turnover

65.21%

 

Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc.

2.1

Shares outstanding

5,733,016

 

Nabors Industries Ltd.

2.1

* Annualized

 

 

New York Community Bancorp, Inc.

2.0

 

 

 

 

 

Major Industry Exposure

% of

 

Portfolio Ratings from Moody's

 

as of July 31, 2007

Net Assets

 

as of July 31, 2007

 

Energy

10.3

 

(From S&P when Moody's
is unavailable)

% of
Portfolio

Insurance

8.8

 

Aa

13

Pharmaceuticals

8.4

 

A

19

Banking/Savings and Loan

7.7

 

Baa

15

Semiconductors

6.9

 

Ba

9

Computer Hardware

5.1

 

B

17

Health Care

4.8

 

NR

27

Minerals and Mining

4.5

 

 

 

Multi-Industry

4.4

 

 

 

Telecommunications

3.9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Asset Allocation

% of

 

 

 

as of July 31, 2007

Net Assets

 

 

 

Convertible Bonds and Notes

62.3

 

 

 

Corporate Bonds and Notes

1.1

 

 

 

Convertible Preferred Stocks

10.8

 

 

 

Mandatory Conv. Securities

20.2

 

 

 

Short-term Securities

5.0

 

 

 

Other Assets

0.6

Data is unaudited and as of July 31, 2007. This selected information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in the Fund's Annual Report to Shareholders for the six months ended April 30, 2007.

Bancroft is a diversified closed-end management investment company. Bancroft's investment objective is to seek a high level of total return on its assets through a combination of current income and capital appreciation. It seeks to achieve this objective by investing primarily in convertible securities.



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