| FORM 3 | UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 INITIAL STATEMENT OF BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP OF SECURITIES Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940 |
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
| 2. Date of Event Requiring Statement (Month/Day/Year) 03/20/2015 | 3. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol BOULDER GROWTH & INCOME FUND [ BIF ] | |||||||||||||
| 4. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable)
| 5. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year) | ||||||||||||||
6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line)
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| Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned | |||
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| 1. Title of Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned (Instr. 4) | 3. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 4. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) |
| Common Stock | 4,985,793(1) | D(2)(3) | |
| Table II - Derivative Securities Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities) | |||||||
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| 1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 2. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year) | 3. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 4) | 4. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security | 5. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 5) | 6. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 5) | ||
| Date Exercisable | Expiration Date | Title | Amount or Number of Shares | ||||
1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*
(Street)
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| Explanation of Responses: |
| 1. Received in exchange for 72,176 shares of Boulder Total Return Fund, Inc. (BTF) common stock, 1,159,729 shares of The Denali Fund Inc. (DNY) common stock and 1,737,573 shares of First Opportunity Fund, Inc. (FOFI) common stock pursuant to an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization between the Issuer the foregoing funds (the Merger). On March 20, 2015, the effective date of the Merger, shares of Issuer were exchanged for Shares of: a. BTF at a conversion rate of 3.121182 Shares of Issuers common stock (net asset value $10.73 per share) for each share of BTFs common stock (net asset value $33.50 per share). b. DNY at a conversion rate of 2.439214 Shares of Issuers common stock (net asset value $10.73 per share) for each share of DNYs common stock (net asset value $26.18 per share). c. FOFI at a conversion rate of 1.111719 Shares of Issuers common stock (net asset value $10.73 per share) for each share of FOFIs common stock (net asset value $11.93 per share). |
| 2. The trustee of the Susan L. Ciciora Trust (the Trust) is Alaska Trust Company, which may be deemed to control the Trust. As a result of his advisory role with the Trust, Stewart R. Horejsi may be deemed to have indirect beneficial ownership of the Shares directly beneficially owned by the Trust. However, Mr. Horejsi disclaims such beneficial ownership of the Shares directly beneficially held by the Trust. |
| 3. Trusts, persons and entities affiliated with the reporting person(s), including Evergreen Atlantic, LLC, Lola Brown Trust No. 1B, Ernest Horejsi Trust No. 1B, Mildred B. Horejsi Trust, Stewart West Indies Trust, Stewart R. Horejsi Trust No. 2 and the Susan L. Ciciora Trust, will own an aggregate of 45,444,848 Shares of the Issuer after the reorganization of the Issuer on March 20, 2015. |
| Douglas J. Blattmachr, President, Alaska Trust Company, trustee of the Susan L. Ciciora Trust | 03/24/2015 | |
| Stewart R. Horejsi | 03/24/2015 | |
| ** Signature of Reporting Person | Date | |
| Reminder: Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially owned directly or indirectly. | ||
| * If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see Instruction 5 (b)(v). | ||
| ** Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a). | ||
| Note: File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed. If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure. | ||
| Persons who respond to the collection of information contained in this form are not required to respond unless the form displays a currently valid OMB Number. | ||
