GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST: management transactions · United States · SEC (Form 4)

About GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST

The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust (ticker: GLU-PA) is a U.S.-listed closed-end investment company traded on the NYSE/NASDAQ universe and organized in the United States. For equity investors, it should be understood not as an operating utility company, but as an income-oriented investment vehicle that provides exposure to the utility and infrastructure ecosystem through a listed fund structure. Its mandate is centered on global utility-related securities and periodic income generation, which makes it relevant for investors seeking defensive cash-flow themes. The fund was organized as a Delaware statutory trust on March 8, 2004, and its inception date is May 28, 2004. It is managed within the Gabelli platform, whose investment style is widely associated with fundamental, value-driven security selection. The fund’s principal reference address is One Corporate Center, Rye, New York, placing it squarely in the U.S. asset-management hub. That location and sponsor are important because they reflect the fund’s origin in the long-standing Gabelli closed-end fund franchise. Strategically, GLU-PA seeks to invest, under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its assets in equity securities and other income-producing securities tied to domestic and foreign companies involved in utilities and related industries. The investment universe includes companies providing electricity, gas, water, telecommunications, and certain infrastructure services such as airports, toll roads, and municipal services. In practice, this means the portfolio is built around essential-service businesses that tend to benefit from regulated demand, stable user bases, and recurring cash generation. From a market-positioning perspective, the fund sits in a specialized niche: global utility and income closed-end funds. Its main competitive strengths are sector expertise, active management, and access to a broad set of U.S. and non-U.S. utility and infrastructure securities. Compared with passive products, the fund aims to add value through security selection and tactical positioning; however, it also carries the usual risks of the sector, including interest-rate sensitivity, regulatory pressure, currency exposure, and valuation swings in income assets. Recent filings and fund reports indicate that portfolio management has remained active, with securities transactions, affiliate-trading disclosures, and ongoing reporting through SEC filings. The 2025 annual report and subsequent SEC reporting point to strong net-asset-value performance versus the U.S. utilities benchmark, which suggests that the fund benefited from its active allocation choices in the period. For French, Belgian, and Swiss investors, GLU-PA is therefore best viewed as a U.S.-listed income and utilities fund with a defensive profile, monthly distributions, and global reach, rather than as a standalone operating company.