GGN - 424(B)(3)
Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)
Registration Statement
No. 333-255130
Explanatory Note:
The sole purpose of this filing is to add inline XBRL tagging to Supplement No. 1 to the Registrants Prospectus Supplement dated June 17, 2021 (“Prospectus Supplement”), originally filed August 19, 2022 with the Securities and Exchange Commission pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3) under the Securities Act of 1933 (“Supplement No. 1”). This filing does not make any changes to Supplement No. 1 or the Prospectus Supplement. This filing does not modify or update in any way disclosures made in the original filing of Supplement No. 1.
GAMCO GLOBAL GOLD, NATURAL RESOURCES
&
INCOME TRUST
SUPPLEMENT NO. 1 TO PROSPECTUS SUPPLEMENT DATED JUNE 17, 2021
THE DATE OF THIS SUPPLEMENT IS AUGUST 19, 2022
The purpose of this supplement is to amend disclosure appearing in GAMCO Global Gold, Natural Resources & Income Trust’s (the “
Fund
”) prospectus supplement dated June 17, 2021 (the “
Prospectus Supplement
”). This supplement supersedes the Prospectus Supplement and any previous supplements thereto to the extent it contains information that is different from or in addition to the information in the Prospectus Supplement or such previous supplement. Unless otherwise indicated, all other information included in the Prospectus Supplement, or any previous supplements thereto, that is not inconsistent with the information set forth in this supplement remains unchanged. Capitalized terms not otherwise defined in this supplement have the same meaning as in the Prospectus Supplement or the prospectus dated June 16, 2021, as applicable.
Delaware Statutory Trust Act – Control Share Acquisitions
The Fund is organized as a Delaware statutory trust and thus is subject to the control share acquisition statute contained in Subchapter III of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “
DSTA Control Share Statute
”). The DSTA Control Share Statute applies to any
closed-end
investment company organized as a Delaware statutory trust and listed on a national securities exchange, such as the Fund. The DSTA Control Share Statute became automatically applicable to the Fund on August 1, 2022.
The DSTA Control Share Statute defines “control beneficial interests” (referred to as “
control shares
” herein) by reference to a series of voting power thresholds and provides that a holder of control shares acquired in a control share acquisition has no voting rights under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“
DSTA
”) or the Fund’s Governing Documents with respect to the control shares acquired in the control share acquisition, except to the extent approved by the Fund’s shareholders by the affirmative vote of two–thirds of all the votes entitled to be cast on the matter, excluding all interested shares (generally, shares held by the acquiring person and their associates and shares held by Fund insiders).
The DSTA Control Share Statute provides for a series of voting power thresholds above which shares are considered control shares. Whether one of these thresholds of voting power is met is determined by aggregating the holdings of the acquiring person as well as those of his, her or its “associates.” These thresholds are:
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10% or more, but less than 15% of all voting power; |
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15% or more, but less than 20% of all voting power; |
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20% or more, but less than 25% of all voting power; |
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25% or more, but less than 30% of all voting power; |
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30% or more, but less than a majority of all voting power; or |
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a majority or more of all voting power. |
Under the DSTA Control Share Statute, once a threshold is reached, an acquirer has no voting rights with respect to shares in excess of that threshold (i.e., the “control shares”) until approved by a vote of shareholders, as described above, or otherwise exempted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees. The DSTA Control Share Statute contains a statutory process for an acquiring person to request a shareholder meeting for the purpose of considering the voting rights to be accorded control shares. An acquiring person must repeat this process at each threshold level.
Under the DSTA Control Share Statute, an acquiring person’s “associates” are broadly defined to include, among others, relatives of the acquiring person, anyone in a control relationship with the acquiring person, any investment fund or other collective investment vehicle that has the same investment adviser as the acquiring person, any investment adviser of an acquiring person that is an investment fund or other collective investment vehicle and any other person acting or intending to act jointly or in concert with the acquiring person.
Voting power under the DSTA Control Share Statute is the power (whether such power is direct or indirect or through any contract, arrangement, understanding, relationship or otherwise) to directly or indirectly exercise or direct the exercise of the voting power of shares of the Fund in the election of the Fund’s Trustees (either generally or with respect to any subset, series or class of trustees, including any Trustees elected solely by a particular series or class of shares, such as the preferred shares). Thus, Fund preferred shares, including the Series B Preferred Shares, acquired in excess of the above thresholds would be considered control shares with respect to the preferred share class vote for two Trustees.
Any control shares of the Fund acquired before August 1, 2022 are not subject to the DSTA Control Share Statute; however, any further acquisitions on or after August 1, 2022 are considered control shares subject to the DSTA Control Share Statute.
The DSTA Control Share Statute requires shareholders to disclose to the Fund any control share acquisition within 10 days of such acquisition, and also permits the Fund to require a shareholder or an associate of such person to disclose the number of shares owned or with respect to which such person or an associate thereof can directly or indirectly exercise voting power. Further, the DSTA Control Share Statute requires a shareholder or an associate of such person to provide to the Fund within 10 days of receiving a request therefor from the Fund any information that the Fund’s Trustees reasonably believe is necessary or desirable to determine whether a control share acquisition has occurred.
The DSTA Control Share Statute permits the Fund’s Board of Trustees, through a provision in the Fund’s Governing Documents or by Board action alone, to eliminate the application of the DSTA Control Share Statute to the acquisition of control shares in the Fund specifically, generally, or generally by types, as to specifically identified or unidentified existing or future beneficial owners or their affiliates or associates or as to any series or classes of shares. The DSTA Control Share Statute does not provide that the Fund can generally “opt out” of the application of the DSTA Control Share Statute; rather, specific acquisitions or classes of acquisitions may be exempted by the Fund’s Board of Trustees, either in advance or retroactively, but other aspects of the DSTA Control Share Statute, which are summarized above, would continue to apply. The DSTA Control Share Statute further provides that the Board of Trustees is under no obligation to grant any such exemptions.
The foregoing is only a summary of the material terms of the DSTA Control Share Statute. Shareholders should consult their own counsel with respect to the application of the DSTA Control Share Statute to any particular circumstance.
SHAREHOLDERS SHOULD RETAIN THIS SUPPLEMENT FOR FUTURE REFERENCE