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| For Immediate Release: | Contact: | Jeffrey M. Farber |
Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer |
| (914) 921-5147 |
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GAMCO Expects to Report Third Quarter Earnings of
$0.40 to $0.43 per diluted share
Rye, New York, October 20, 2008 – GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE: GBL) announced today preliminary estimates for the quarter ended September 30, 2008 of $0.40 to $0.43 per diluted share versus $0.64 per diluted share in the comparable 2007 quarter.
Assets Under Management (AUM) were $25.6 billion as of September 30, 2008, 9.7% lower than June 30, 2008 AUM of $28.3 billion and 19.1% below September 30, 2007 AUM of $31.6 billion. We will be issuing further details on our financial results in early November.
GAMCO Investors, Inc., through its subsidiaries, manages private advisory accounts (GAMCO Asset Management Inc.), mutual funds and closed-end funds (Gabelli Funds, LLC), and partnerships and offshore funds (Gabelli Securities, Inc.).
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