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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market
Value

 
  

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS — 70.9%

 

  

Aerospace — 1.7%

  
  $  1,000,000     

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.,

  
  

2.250%, 12/15/23

   $     2,032,998  
  1,638,000     

Kaman Corp.,

  
  

3.250%, 05/01/24

     1,902,942  
     

 

 

 
        3,935,940  
     

 

 

 
  

Airlines — 0.6%

  
  930,000     

Southwest Airlines Co.,

  
  

1.250%, 05/01/25

     1,355,475  
     

 

 

 
  

Business Services — 1.6%

  
  1,000,000     

MicroStrategy Inc.,

  
  

0.750%, 12/15/25(a)

     1,294,977  
  2,000,000     

Perficient Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 08/01/25(a)

     2,293,007  
     

 

 

 
        3,587,984  
     

 

 

 
  

Cable and Satellite — 1.8%

  
  

DISH Network Corp.,

  
  2,040,000     

Zero Coupon, 12/15/25(a)

     2,059,848  
  2,000,000     

3.375%, 08/15/26

     1,911,463  
     

 

 

 
        3,971,311  
     

 

 

 
  

Communications Equipment — 2.9%

  
  750,000     

Harmonic Inc.,

  
  

2.000%, 09/01/24

     817,496  
  1,870,000     

InterDigital Inc.,

  
  

2.000%, 06/01/24

     1,976,779  
  1,250,000     

Lumentum Holdings Inc.,

  
  

0.500%, 12/15/26

     1,530,500  
  1,500,000     

Vocera Communications Inc.,

  
  

1.500%, 05/15/23

     2,117,931  
     

 

 

 
        6,442,706  
     

 

 

 
  

Computer Software and Services — 22.9%

  
  1,500,000     

Bandwidth Inc.,

  
  

0.250%, 03/01/26(a)

     2,666,760  
  340,000     

Bill.com Holdings Inc.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 12/01/25(a)

     390,124  
  1,000,000     

Blackline Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 08/01/24

     1,882,666  
  1,375,000     

Cardlytics Inc.,

  
  

1.000%, 09/15/25(a)

     2,518,622  
  695,000     

Cloudflare Inc.,

  
  

0.750%, 05/15/25(a)

     1,486,479  
  

Coupa Software Inc.,

  
  870,000     

0.125%, 06/15/25

     1,902,023  
  1,375,000     

0.375%, 06/15/26(a)

     1,855,929  
  2,500,000     

CSG Systems International Inc.,

  
  

4.250%, 03/15/36

     2,643,750  
  1,035,000     

Datadog Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 06/15/25(a)

     1,360,483  

Principal
Amount

         

Market
Value

 
  $   2,030,000     

Everbridge Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 12/15/24

   $ 3,023,920  
  170,000     

Fiverr International Ltd.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 11/01/25(a)

     206,023  
  680,000     

GoPro Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 11/15/25(a)

     774,495  
  2,000,000     

i3 Verticals LLC,

  
  

1.000%, 02/15/25(a)

         2,076,962  
  1,085,000     

Limelight Networks Inc.,

  
  

3.500%, 08/01/25(a)

     986,048  
  1,250,000     

LivePerson Inc.,

  
  

0.750%, 03/01/24

     2,211,887  
  1,500,000     

Match Group Financeco 3 Inc.,

  
  

2.000%, 01/15/30(a)

     2,908,749  
  515,000     

Medallia Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 09/15/25(a)

     573,948  
  1,000,000     

MercadoLibre Inc.,

  
  

2.000%, 08/15/28

     3,793,509  
  2,000,000     

PAR Technology Corp.,

  
  

2.875%, 04/15/26(a)

     3,289,629  
  1,330,000     

PROS Holdings Inc.,

  
  

2.250%, 09/15/27(a)

     1,882,535  
  1,735,000     

Q2 Holdings Inc.,

  
  

0.750%, 06/01/26

     2,666,075  
  1,500,000     

RealPage Inc.,

  
  

1.500%, 05/15/25

     1,936,579  
  170,000     

Shift4 Payments Inc.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 12/15/25(a)

     208,298  
  

Splunk Inc.,

  
  1,500,000     

1.125%, 09/15/25

     2,034,708  
  685,000     

1.125%, 06/15/27(a)

     715,382  
  1,000,000     

Square Inc.,

  
  

0.250%, 11/01/27(a)

     1,113,144  
  1,045,000     

Varonis Systems Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 08/15/25(a)

     1,940,199  
  2,000,000     

Workiva Inc.,

  
  

1.125%, 08/15/26

     2,693,527  
     

 

 

 
        51,742,453  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Products — 2.6%

  
  1,050,000     

Farfetch Ltd.,

  
  

3.750%, 05/01/27(a)

     4,273,511  
  1,045,000     

National Vision Holdings Inc.,

  
  

2.500%, 05/15/25(a)

     1,687,675  
     

 

 

 
        5,961,186  
     

 

 

 
  

Consumer Services — 5.5%

  
  1,050,000     

Callaway Golf Co.,

  
  

2.750%, 05/01/26(a)

     1,674,989  
  680,000     

Chegg Inc.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 09/01/26(a)

     763,788  
  1,470,000     

NCL Corp. Ltd.,

  
  

5.375%, 08/01/25(a)

     2,494,838  
 

 

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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market
Value

 
  

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

 

  

Consumer Services (Continued)

  
  

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.,

  
  $     430,000     

4.250%, 06/15/23(a)

   $ 573,725  
  685,000     

2.875%, 11/15/23(a)

     822,000  
  685,000     

Shopify Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 11/01/25

     810,013  
  500,000     

Square Inc.,

  
  

0.500%, 05/15/23

     1,401,831  
  855,000     

Stride Inc.,

  
  

1.125%, 09/01/27(a)

     698,060  
  1,105,000     

TechTarget Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 12/15/25(a)

         1,204,282  
  2,060,000     

Wayfair Inc.,

  
  

0.625%, 10/01/25(a)

     1,954,183  
     

 

 

 
        12,397,709  
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Industrial — 0.9%

  
  750,000     

Chart Industries Inc.,

  
  

1.000%, 11/15/24(a)

     1,574,862  
  175,000     

Sea Ltd.,

  
  

2.375%, 12/01/25(a)

     404,314  
     

 

 

 
        1,979,176  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy and Utilities — 1.6%

  
  1,155,000     

Bloom Energy Corp.,

  
  

2.500%, 08/15/25(a)

     2,216,785  
  1,700,000     

Cheniere Energy Inc.,

  
  

4.250%, 03/15/45

     1,345,160  
     

 

 

 
        3,561,945  
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Services — 4.6%

  
  875,000     

Chimera Investment Corp.,

  
  

7.000%, 04/01/23.

     1,343,672  
  1,025,000     

Colony Capital Operating Co. LLC,

  
  

5.750%, 07/15/25(a)(b)

     2,304,885  
  1,000,000     

Encore Capital Group Inc.,

  
  

3.250%, 03/15/22

     1,088,639  
  750,000     

GOL Equity Finance SA,

  
  

3.750%, 07/15/24(a)

     654,447  
  1,000,000     

IIP Operating Partnership LP,

  
  

3.750%, 02/21/24(a)

     2,804,921  
  

LendingTree Inc.,

  
  641,000     

0.625%, 06/01/22

     908,750  
  1,210,000     

0.500%, 07/15/25(a)

     1,179,906  
     

 

 

 
        10,285,220  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care — 12.5%

  
  1,545,000     

1Life Healthcare Inc.,

  
  

3.000%, 06/15/25(a)

     1,945,038  
  735,000     

Coherus Biosciences Inc.,

  
  

1.500%, 04/15/26(a)

     853,856  
  1,000,000     

Collegium Pharmaceutical Inc.,

  
  

2.625%, 02/15/26

     994,249  

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market Value

 
  $  1,000,000     

CONMED Corp.,

  
  

2.625%, 02/01/24

   $     1,402,869  
  

DexCom Inc.,

  
  575,000     

0.750%, 12/01/23

     1,308,768  
  520,000     

0.250%, 11/15/25(a)

     525,512  
  1,360,000     

Esperion Therapeutics Inc.,

  
  

4.000%, 11/15/25(a)

     1,342,031  
  1,960,000     

Exact Sciences Corp.,

  
  

0.375%, 03/15/27

     2,722,136  
  1,500,000     

Insulet Corp.,

  
  

0.375%, 09/01/26

     1,984,874  
  500,000     

Invacare Corp.,

  
  

4.500%, 06/01/22

     479,450  
  1,045,000     

Livongo Health Inc.,

  
  

0.875%, 06/01/25(a)

     1,902,688  
  1,171,000     

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.,

  
  

2.250%, 05/15/24

     1,627,424  
  340,000     

Novocure Ltd.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 11/01/25(a)

     437,014  
  1,500,000     

Pacira BioSciences Inc.,

  
  

2.375%, 04/01/22

     1,724,063  
  1,390,000     

PetIQ Inc.,

  
  

4.000%, 06/01/26(a)

     2,116,989  
  1,254,000     

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

  
  

0.625%, 04/01/23

     1,195,489  
  1,500,000     

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc.,

  
  

1.750%, 02/15/26(a)

     1,432,800  
  1,870,000     

Teladoc Health Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 06/01/27(a)

     2,249,058  
  1,500,000     

Theravance Biopharma Inc.,

  
  

3.250%, 11/01/23

     1,420,216  
  500,000     

Travere Therapeutics Inc.,

  
  

2.500%, 09/15/25

     509,400  
     

 

 

 
        28,173,924  
     

 

 

 
  

Real Estate — 0.2%

  
  340,000     

Pebblebrook Hotel Trust,

  
  

1.750%, 12/15/26

     363,214  
  170,000     

Redfin Corp.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 10/15/25(a)

     204,025  
     

 

 

 
        567,239  
     

 

 

 
  

Security Software — 5.5%

  
  1,395,000     

2U Inc.,

  
  

2.250%, 05/01/25(a)

     2,257,553  
  1,500,000     

CyberArk Software Ltd.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 11/15/24

     1,827,201  
  515,000     

Nice Ltd.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 09/15/25(a)

     588,190  
  532,000     

Nice Systems Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 01/15/24

     1,812,205  
  1,000,000     

Okta Inc.,

  
  

0.375%, 06/15/26(a)

     1,286,775  
 

 

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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market
Value

 
  

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

 

  

Security Software (Continued)

  
  $  2,040,000     

Proofpoint Inc.,

  
  

0.250%, 08/15/24

   $ 2,294,268  
  1,515,000     

Zscaler Inc.,

  
  

0.125%, 07/01/25(a)

     2,259,649  
     

 

 

 
        12,325,841  
     

 

 

 
  

Telecommunications — 4.7%

  
  1,560,000     

8x8 Inc.,

  
  

0.500%, 02/01/24

     2,271,787  
  1,500,000     

Infinera Corp.,

  
  

2.500%, 03/01/27(a)

     2,314,268  
  1,345,000     

PagerDuty Inc.,

  
  

1.250%, 07/01/25(a)

     1,720,604  
  900,000     

Twilio Inc.,

  
  

0.250%, 06/01/23

     4,300,126  
     

 

 

 
        10,606,785  
     

 

 

 
  

Transportation — 1.3%

  
  1,700,000     

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.,

  
  

1.875%, 06/01/24

     1,937,222  
  680,000     

Seaspan Corp.,

  
  

3.750%, 12/15/25(a)

     733,024  
  340,000     

Uber Technologies Inc.,

  
  

Zero Coupon, 12/15/25(a)

     349,533  
     

 

 

 
        3,019,779  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS

     159,914,673  
     

 

 

 

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CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS — 1.8%

  
  

Business Services — 0.2%

  
  809,253     

Amerivon Holdings LLC, 4.000% (c)

     436,035  
  272,728     

Amerivon Holdings LLC,

  
  

common equity units (c)

     16,364  
     

 

 

 
        452,399  
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Services — 0.7%

  
  1,000     

Bank of America Corp., 7.250%, Ser. L

     1,518,580  
     

 

 

 
  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 0.9%

  
  15,000     

QTS Realty Trust Inc., 6.500%, Ser. B

     2,128,500  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

     4,099,479  
     

 

 

 
  

MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES (d) — 11.8%

 

  

Automotive: Parts and Accessories — 1.3%

  
  19,100     

Aptiv plc, Ser. A

  
  

5.500%, 06/15/23

     2,947,130  
     

 

 

 
  

Diversified Industrial — 1.4%

  
  15,000     

Colfax Corp.,

  
  

5.750%, 01/15/22

     2,423,100  

 

Shares

         

Market Value

 
  7,250     

Stanley Black & Decker Inc.,

  
  

5.250%, 11/15/22

   $ 810,840  
     

 

 

 
            3,233,940  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy and Utilities — 3.5%

  
  11,102     

American Electric Power Co. Inc.,

  
  

6.125%, 03/15/22

     556,210  
  29,000     

DTE Energy Co.,

  
  

6.250%, 11/01/22

     1,396,060  
  3,645     

Essential Utilities Inc.,

  
  

6.000%, 04/30/22

     226,063  
  

NextEra Energy Inc.,

  
  49,025     

4.872%, 09/01/22

     2,902,280  
  27,900     

5.279%, 03/01/23

     1,418,436  
  27,465     

6.219%, 09/01/23

     1,410,877  
     

 

 

 
        7,909,926  
     

 

 

 
  

Equipment and Supplies — 0.7%

  
  1,000     

Danaher Corp., Ser. A

  
  

4.750%, 04/15/22

     1,517,640  
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Services — 2.0%

  
  1,730     

2020 Cash Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

  
  

5.250%, 06/01/23

     2,078,024  
  690     

2020 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

  
  

6.500%, 05/16/23

     1,390,376  
  24,000     

New York Community Capital Trust V,

  
  

6.000%, 11/01/51

     1,100,400  
     

 

 

 
        4,568,800  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care — 1.7%

  
  25,445     

Avantor Inc., Ser. A

  
  

6.250%, 05/15/22

     2,262,315  
  30,900     

Elanco Animal Health Inc.,

  
  

5.000%, 02/01/23

     1,509,156  
     

 

 

 
        3,771,471  
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors — 1.2%

  
  1,945     

Broadcom Inc., Ser. A

  
  

8.000%, 09/30/22

     2,766,704  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

     26,715,611  
     

 

 

 
  

COMMON STOCKS — 14.4%

  
  

Business Services — 1.4%

  
  13,000     

PayPal Holdings Inc.†

     3,044,600  
     

 

 

 
  

Computer Software and Services — 1.4%

  
  14,300     

Microsoft Corp.

     3,180,606  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — December 31, 2020 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares

         

Market
Value

 
  

COMMON STOCKS (Continued)

 

      

Consumer Products — 0.6%

      
 

24,000

    

Unilever plc, ADR

   $ 1,448,640  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy and Utilities — 0.0%

  
 

132

    

Goodrich Petroleum Corp.†

     1,332  
     

 

 

 
  

Entertainment — 1.0%

  
 

12,500

    

The Walt Disney Co.†

     2,264,750  
     

 

 

 
  

Food and Beverage — 0.5%

  
 

30,000

    

Conagra Brands Inc.

     1,087,800  
     

 

 

 
  

Health Care — 2.5%

  
 

12,960

    

Eli Lilly and Co.

     2,188,166  
 

22,651

    

Merck & Co. Inc.

     1,852,852  
 

40,000

    

Pfizer Inc.

     1,472,400  
     

 

 

 
        5,513,418  
     

 

 

 
  

Real Estate Investment Trusts — 4.6%

  
 

10,000

    

American Tower Corp.

     2,244,600  
 

16,100

    

Crown Castle International Corp.

     2,562,959  
 

5,000

    

Equinix Inc.

     3,570,900  
 

7,000

    

SBA Communications Corp.

     1,974,910  
     

 

 

 
        10,353,369  
     

 

 

 
  

Semiconductors — 0.4%

  
 

20,000

    

Intel Corp.

     996,400  
     

 

 

 
  

Telecommunications — 2.0%

  
 

30,000

    

AT&T Inc.

     862,800  
 

16,119

    

T-Mobile US Inc.†

     2,173,647  
 

25,000

    

Verizon Communications Inc.

     1,468,750  
     

 

 

 
        4,505,197  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL COMMON STOCKS

     32,396,112  
     

 

 

 

Shares

         

Market Value

 
      

WARRANTS — 0.0%

      
      

Energy and Utilities — 0.0%

      
  1,131     

Goodrich Petroleum Corp., expire 10/12/26†(c)

   $ 0  
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

             
  

U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 1.1%

  
  $  2,380,000     

U.S. Cash Management Bill,

  
  

    0.055%††, 02/16/21

     2,379,829  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%

  
  

    (Cost $153,051,992)

   $ 225,505,704  
     

 

 

 

 

(a)

Security exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. These securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers.

(b)

At December 31, 2020, the Fund held investments in restricted and illiquid security amounting to $2,304,885 or 1.02% of the Fund’s total investments, which were valued under methods approved by the Board of Trustees as follows:

 

Acquisition

Principal

Amount

  

Issuer

   Acquisition
Dates
     Acquisition
Cost
     12/31/20
Carrying Value

Per
Bond
 

$1,025,000

  

Colony Capital

    Operating Co. LLC,

    5.750%, 07/15/25

    
07/17/20 -
11/11/20
 
 
   $ 1,291,390      $ 2,248.6683  

 

(c)

Security is valued using significant unobservable inputs and is classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy.

(d)

Mandatory convertible securities are required to be converted on the dates listed; they generally may be converted prior to these dates at the option of the holder.

Non-income producing security.

††

Represents annualized yield at date of purchase.

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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