The GDL Fund Resets Dividend Rate For Its Series B Cumulative Puttable And Callable Preferred Shares

Correction due to revisions in the second and seventh paragraphs.

The corrected release reads:

THE GDL FUND RESETS DIVIDEND RATE FOR ITS SERIES B CUMULATIVE PUTTABLE AND CALLABLE PREFERRED SHARES

The Board of Trustees of The GDL Fund (NYSE:GDL) (the “Fund”) has determined to reset the annual dividend rate to 3.00% for the Series B Preferred Shares, effective for the eight dividend periods after March 26, 2013.

The annual dividend rate of 3.00% remains consistent with the current annual dividend rate and was determined based on current market conditions for debt securities issued by a U.S. corporation and rated A by at least one rating agency, subject to a minimum annual rate of 3.00% according to the terms of the original offering. The rate will be reset again and publicly announced at least 60 days prior to March 26, 2015 for all remaining dividend periods prior to the mandatory redemption date of March 26, 2018. During the 30 day periods prior to March 26, 2013 and March 26, 2015 shareholders may put any or all of their Series B Preferred Shares to the Fund at the liquidation preference plus any accumulated and unpaid dividends.

Each reset dividend rate will be determined by the Board of Trustees of the Fund or a committee thereof in its sole discretion at a rate not less than 3.00% per year ($0.375 per share per dividend period) and not greater than the annualized yield observed at or about the time of the reset process by the Fund for any issuance of a bond of a U.S. corporation rated A by at least one rating agency.

The dividend payment on March 26, 2013 remains $0.375 per share.

Accordingly, the Series B Preferred Shares, which trade on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol “GDL Pr B”, will have an annual dividend rate of $1.50 per share (which equates to $0.375 per share on a quarterly basis) for the eight dividend periods ending on or prior to March 26, 2015. The Series B Preferred Shares were issued on April 15, 2011 at $50.00 per share and pay distributions quarterly. The first dividend payment at the reset annual rate will be payable on June 26, 2013.

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