UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-PX
ANNUAL REPORT OF PROXY VOTING RECORD OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY
Investment Company Act file number: 811-02151
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
65 Madison Avenue, Morristown, New Jersey 07960
(Address of principal executive offices)
Gary I. Levine, Executive Vice President
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
65 Madison Avenue
Morristown, New Jersey 07960-7308
(Name and address of agent for service)
Registrant's telephone number, including area code: (973) 631-1177
Date of fiscal year end: October 31
Date of reporting period: July 1, 2013 - June 30, 2014
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Meeting Date Range: 01-Jul-2013 To 30-Jun-2014 | |
Selected Accounts | |
HALCON RESOURCES CORPORATION | | | | |
Security: | 40537Q209 | | Meeting Type: | Annual | |
Ticker: | HK | | Meeting Date: | 22-May-2014 | |
ISIN | US40537Q2093 | | Vote Deadline Date: | 21-May-2014 | |
Agenda | 933995663 | Management | | | Total Ballot Shares: | 136 | |
Last Vote Date: | 24-Apr-2014 | | | | | | | | |
Item | Proposal | Recommendation | Default Vote | For | Against | Abstain | Take No Action |
1 | DIRECTOR | For | None | | | | |
| 1 | JAMES W. CHRISTMAS | | | | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | THOMAS R. FULLER | | | | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DAVID B. MILLER | | | | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 4 | MICHAEL A. VLASIC | | | | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | TO APPROVE AN AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE
FOUR OF OUR AMENDED AND RESTATED
CERTIFICATE OF INCORPORATION TO
INCREASE OUR AUTHORIZED COMMON
STOCK BY 670,000,000 SHARES TO A TOTAL
OF 1,340,000,000 SHARES. | For | None | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | TO RATIFY THE APPOINTMENT OF DELOITTE
& TOUCHE LLP, AN INDEPENDENT
REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM, AS
OUR INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC
ACCOUNTANT FOR THE FISCAL YEAR
ENDING DECEMBER 31, 2014. | For | None | 68 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
METLIFE, INC. | | | | |
Security: | 59156R108 | | Meeting Type: | Annual | |
Ticker: | MET | | Meeting Date: | 22-Apr-2014 | |
ISIN | US59156R1086 | | Vote Deadline Date: | 21-Apr-2014 | |
Agenda | 933951471 | Management | | | Total Ballot Shares: | 36855 | |
Last Vote Date: | 31-Mar-2014 | | | | | | | | |
Item | Proposal | Recommendation | Default Vote | For | Against | Abstain | Take No Action |
1 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: CHERYL W. GRISE | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: CARLOS M.
GUTIERREZ | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: R. GLENN
HUBBARD | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
4 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: STEVEN A.
KANDARIAN | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
5 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: JOHN M. KEANE | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
6 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: ALFRED F. KELLY,
JR. | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
7 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: WILLIAM E.
KENNARD | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
8 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: JAMES M. KILTS | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
9 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: CATHERINE R.
KINNEY | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
10 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: DENISE M.
MORRISON | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
11 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: KENTON J.
SICCHITANO | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
12 | ELECTION OF DIRECTOR: LULU C. WANG | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
13 | RATIFICATION OF THE APPOINTMENT OF
DELOITTE & TOUCHE LLP AS INDEPENDENT
AUDITOR FOR 2014. | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
14 | ADVISORY VOTE TO APPROVE THE
COMPENSATION PAID TO THE COMPANY'S
NAMED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS. | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | APPROVAL OF THE METLIFE, INC. 2015
STOCK AND INCENTIVE COMPENSATION
PLAN. | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | APPROVAL OF THE METLIFE, INC. 2015 NON-
MANAGEMENT DIRECTOR STOCK
COMPENSATION PLAN. | For | None | 22680 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
SIGNATURES:
Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
(Registrant)
BY:
/s/Thomas H. Dinsmore
Thomas H. Dinsmore
Principal Executive Officer
DATE:
July 29, 2014
