As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 17, 2006
811-2151
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM N-8A/A
AMENDMENT TO NOTIFICATION OF REGISTRATION FILED PURSUANT TO
SECTION 8(a) OF THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940
The undersigned investment company hereby amends its notification of
registration filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to the
provisions of Section 8(a) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, and in
connection with such amendment to notification of registration submits to the
following information:
Name: Bancroft Fund Ltd. (as successor to: Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc.)
Address of Principal Business Office:
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
Morristown, NJ 07960
Telephone Number: (973) 631-1177
Name and Address of Agent for Service of Process:
Thomas H. Dinsmore
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
Morristown, NJ 07960
Check Appropriate Box:
Registrant is filing a Registration Statement pursuant to Section 8(b) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940 concurrently with the filing of form N8-A:
YES [ ] NO [ X ]
Effective 4:05 p.m. on March 17, 2006 (the "Effective Time"), Bancroft
Convertible Fund, Inc., a Delaware corporation (the "Predecessor Registrant")
will be merged with and into Bancroft Fund Ltd., a Delaware statutory trust
(the "Registrant"). The Registrant hereby expressly adopts the Notification of
Registration on Form N-8A of the Predecessor Registrant, as amended hereby, as
its own, effective as of the Effective Time, for all purposes of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended.
Item 1. Exact name of registrant.
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
Item 2. Name of state under the laws of which registrant was organized
or created and the date of such organization or creation.
The Registrant was organized on October 18, 2005 in the State
of Delaware.
Item 3. Form of organization of registrant (for example, corporation,
partnership, trust, joint stock company, association, fund).
The Registrant is organized as a Delaware statutory trust.
Item 4. Classification of registrant (face-amount certificate company,
unit investment trust, or management company).
The Registrant is classified as a management company.
Item 5. If registrant is a management company:
(a) state whether registrant is a "closed-end" company or an
"open-end" company;
The Registrant is a closed-end management investment company.
(b) state whether registrant is registering as a "diversified"
company or a "non-diversified" company (read Instruction 4(i)
carefully before replying).
The Registrant is a diversified closed-end management
investment company.
Item 6. Name and address of each investment adviser of registrant.
Davis-Dinsmore Management Company,
65 Madison Ave., Suite 550
Morristown, NJ 07960.
Item 7. If registrant is an investment company having a board of
directors, state the name and address of each officer and
director of registrant.
The Registrant's trustees are:
Gordon F. Ahalt, Elizabeth C. Bogan, Thomas H. Dinsmore,
Donald M. Halsted, Duncan O. McKee, Robert J. McMullan,
Jane D. O'Keeffe and Nicolas W. Platt.
The Registrant's officers are:
Thomas H. Dinsmore Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Jane D. O'Keeffe President
Gary I. Levine Executive Vice President, Chief
Financial Officer & Secretary
H. Tucker Lake Vice President
Joshua P. Lake Treasurer & Assistant Secretary
Germaine Ortiz Vice President
Mercedes A. Pierre Vice President & Chief Compliance
Officer
The business address of each trustee and officer is:
Bancroft Fund Ltd.
65 Madison Avenue, Suite 550
Morristown, NJ 07960.
Item 8. If registrant is an unincorporated investment company not
having a board of directors:
(a) state the name and address of each sponsor of registrant;
NOT APPLICABLE.
(b) state the name and address of each officer and director of each
sponsor of registrant;
NOT APPLICABLE.
(c) state the name and address of each trustee and each custodian
of registrant.
NOT APPLICABLE.
Item 9.
(a) State whether registrant is currently issuing and offering
its securities directly to the public (yes or no).
No.
(b) If registrant is currently issuing and offering its securities
to the public through an underwriter, state the name and
address of such underwriter.
NOT APPLICABLE.
(c) If the answer to Item 9(a) is "no" and the answer to Item 9(b)
is "not applicable," state whether registrant presently
proposes to make a public offering of its securities
(yes or no).
No.
(d) State whether registrant has any securities currently issued
and outstanding (yes or no).
Yes.
(e) If the answer to Item 9(d) is "yes," state as of a date not to
exceed ten days prior to the filing of this notification of
registration the number of beneficial owners of registrant's
outstanding securities (other than short-term paper) and the
name of any company owning 10 percent or more of registrant's
outstanding voting securities.
As of March 16, 2006, the Registrant had 1 beneficial owner
of its outstanding voting securities. The name of the company
owning 10% or more of the Registrant's outstanding voting
securities is Bancroft Convertible Fund, Inc.
Item 10. State the current value of registrant's total assets.
As of March 16, 2006, the Registrant had $10.00 in total
assets.
Item 11. State whether registrant has applied or intends to apply for a
license to operate as a small business investment company under
the Small Business Investment Act of 1958 (yes or no).
No.
Item 12. Attach as an exhibit a copy of the registrant's last regular
periodic report to its securityholders, if any.
The Registrant has not issued any periodic reports to
shareholders. The Predecessor Registrant's last regular
periodic report is attached as Exhibit A.
SIGNATURES
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Pursuant to the requirements of the Investment Company Act of 1940, the
registrant has caused this amendment to notification of registration to be duly
signed on its behalf in the City of Morristown and State of New Jersey on the
17th day of March, 2006.
BANCROFT FUND LTD.
/s/ Jane D. O'Keeffe /s/ Gary I. Levine
----------------------------- Attest: --------------------------
By: Jane D. O'Keeffe By: Gary I. Levine
President