 The Board of Trustees of The Gabelli Dividend Income Trust GDV the Fund is pleased to announce the successful completion of its first transferable rights offering the Offering in which the Fund will issue 8,243,243 common shares, for gross proceeds totaling 164,864,860. The Offering was over-subscribed. Pursuant to the Offering, the Fund issued one transferable right a Right for each common share of the Fund to shareholders of record record date shareholders as of October 7, 2019. 