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BRUCE FUND, INC.
 
 
Statement of General Policy
 
The basic principle which should govern all officers, directors
and employees of the Bruce Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is that the
functions of the Fund should be carried on with loyalty to the
interest of its shareholders. An investment company must be
operated exclusively for the benefit of its shareholders.
 
In adhering to the foregoing basic principle of loyalty, it is
recognized that directors, officers and employees must not profit,
directly or indirectly, due to their position or capacity in
relation to the Fund to the detriment or at the expense of
shareholders. No person shall take for his own advantage any
corporate opportunity for profit, which that person learns about
due to such person's position.
 
1.     Definition of Terms Used
 
(a)     The term "person" means any officer, director or employee
of the Fund or investment adviser to the Fund.
 
(b) The term "beneficial ownership" includes any security held
in the name of a spouse, minor child, relative or relative of a
spouse sharing the same household, and any security in which, by
reason of any contract, understanding, relationship, agreement or
other arrangement a person obtains present or future benefits
substantially equivalent to ownership.
 
(c)     The term "security" includes without limitation any and all
stocks, bonds, notes, bills, debentures and any interest commonly
known as a security including any interests which might be
selected for, or be included in, the Fund's portfolio and
including puts, calls and other options or rights in such
securities.
 
2.     Transactions With The Clients
 
No person shall sell to, or purchase from, the Fund any security
or other property (except merchandise in the ordinary course of
business), in which such person has a beneficial
interest, unless such purchase or sale involves solely publicly
issued securities of the Fund.
 
3.     Disclosure of Information
 
(a)     No person shall discuss with or otherwise inform others of
any actual or contemplated security transaction by the Fund or its
advisers except in the performance of employment duties or in an
official capacity and then only for the benefit of the Fund or an
adviser, as appropriate, and in no event for personal gain or for
the benefit of others.
 
(b)     No person shall release information to dealers or brokers or
otherwise (except to those concerned with the transaction) as to
any investment portfolio changes, proposed or in
process, except (i) upon the completion of such changes, or (ii)
when the disclosure results from the publication of a prospectus,
or (iii)     in conjunction with a regular report to shareholders or
to any governmental authority resulting in such information
becoming public knowledge, or (iv) in connection
with any report to which shareholders are entitled by reason of
provisions of the articles of incorporation, by-laws, rules and
regulations, or similar documents governing the operation of the
Fund's accounts.
 
4.     Preferential Treatment
 
No person shall seek or accept favors, preferential treatment,
special benefits or other consideration due to their association
with the Fund or an adviser, except those usual and normal
benefits directly provided by the Fund or an adviser.
 
5.     Conflicts of Interest
 
If any person is aware of a personal interest which is, or might
be, in conflict with those of the Fund, that person should
disclose the situation or transaction and the nature
of the conflict to the Board of Directors of the Fund for
appropriate consideration.
 
6.     Personal Security Transactions
 
It is in the best interest of the Fund that no person knowingly
takes advantage of a corporate opportunity for personal benefit or
takes action inconsistent with such person's obligations to the
Fund. To that end, therefore, no person shall purchase or sell
for such person's own account or for any relative or associate,
any security (except nonvolitional purchases and sales, such
as dividend reinvestment programs or "calls" or redemptions of
securities) which he or she knew or should have known the Fund or
adviser is in the process of purchasing or selling, or which is
under consideration for purchase or sale by the Fund. Under
unusual circumstances, such as a personal financial emergency,
application for an exception may be made to the Board of
Directors, which application may be granted or denied. This
Paragraph shall not apply to transactions involving U.S.
Government securities, bankers' acceptances, bank certificates of
deposit, commercial paper and shares of registered open-end
investment companies.
 
7.     Procedures
 
To ensure that the required records are maintained to implement
the policies set forth in this Code of Ethics,
 
(a)     Each person shall report to the Board of Directors the
ownership, purchase or sale of any security in which such person
has or acquires a beneficial interest of 1/2 of 1% or more
of the amount of such security outstanding.
 
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(b)     Any person who in connection with regular functions or
duties, makes, participates in or obtains information regarding
the purchase or sale of securities or whose functions relates to
the making of any recommendation with respect to purchase or sales
for the Fund, shall report to the Board of Directors all purchases
or sales of any security in which such person has, or by virtue of
such transaction acquires, any beneficial interest; provided that
a "disinterested" member of the Board of Directors need not report
security purchases and sales, except where such director knew, or
should have known at the time of the transaction that, during a
15-day period immediately preceding or after the date of a
transaction in a security by such person, such security is to be,
or was, purchased or sold by the Fund or such purchase or sale is
or was considered by the Fund or the adviser for inclusion in the
Fund's portfolio. This paragraph 7(b) shall not apply to (i) non-
volitional purchases and sales, such as dividend reinvestment
programs or "calls" or redemptions or(ii)     transactions
involving U.S. Government securities, bankers' acceptances, bank
certificates of deposit, commercial paper and shares of registered
open-end investment companies.
 
(c)     All such reports shall be in writing, shall be made within
ten days after the close of the calendar quarter in which such
purchase or sale was effected, and shall set forth the title of
the security, the date and nature of the transaction, the amount
of securities involved, the purchase or sale price, the
broker/dealer or bank through whom the transaction was effected
and the extent of such person's interest in the transaction.
 
(d)     Board of Directors will take whatever action it deems
necessary with respect to any officer or employee of an adviser or
the Fund who violates any provision of this Code of Ethics.
 
8.     Research Reports
 
The fact that a security has been the subject of a formal or in-
formal research report shall not, in and of itself, indicate that
the security is under consideration for purchase or sale. No
person shall be considered as knowing, nor be said to be in a
position of knowing, that a security was under consideration for
purchase or sale or that such security had been purchased or sold
solely on the basis of receipt of a research report thereon.
 
9.     Condition of Employment or Service
 
All persons shall conduct themselves at all times in the best
interests of the Fund. Compliance with the foregoing rules shall
be a condition of employment or continued affiliation with the
Fund and adviser and conduct not in accordance with constitute
grounds for actions including termination of employment or removal
from office.