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Ellsworth
Growth
and
Income
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
December
31,
2021
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
 —
68.8%
Airlines
 —
1.3%
$
1,505,000‌
JetBlue
Airways
Corp.,
0.500%,
04/01/26(a)
.............
$
1,410,513‌
1,000,000‌
Southwest
Airlines
Co.,
1.250%,
05/01/25
...............
1,336,750‌
2,747,263‌
Automotive
 —
1.9%
3,000,000‌
Ford
Motor
Co.,
Zero
Coupon,
03/15/26(a)
.........
4,141,875‌
Business
Services
 —
4.6%
1,045,000‌
Avalara
Inc.,
0.250%,
08/01/26(a)
.............
969,760‌
2,000,000‌
BigBear.ai
Holdings
Inc.,
6.000%,
12/15/26(a)
.............
1,910,000‌
1,500,000‌
BigCommerce
Holdings
Inc.,
0.250%,
10/01/26(a)
.............
1,339,650‌
Perficient
Inc.
850,000‌
1.250%,
08/01/25
...............
2,160,105‌
1,250,000‌
0.125%,
11/15/26(a)
.............
1,189,136‌
1,367,000‌
TechTarget
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
12/15/26(a)
.........
1,365,360‌
1,085,000‌
Upwork
Inc.,
0.250%,
08/15/26(a)
.............
999,282‌
9,933,293‌
Cable
and
Satellite
 —
1.8%
DISH
Network
Corp.
1,750,000‌
Zero
Coupon,
12/15/25
...........
1,767,500‌
1,000,000‌
3.375%,
08/15/26
...............
949,053‌
1,415,000‌
fuboTV
Inc.,
3.250%,
02/15/26(a)
.............
1,152,341‌
3,868,894‌
Communications
Equipment
 —
5.4%
1,870,000‌
InterDigital
Inc.,
2.000%,
06/01/24
...............
2,061,675‌
1,700,000‌
Kaleyra
Inc.,
6.125%,
06/01/26(a)
.............
1,748,960‌
2,000,000‌
Lumentum
Holdings
Inc.,
0.500%,
12/15/26
...............
2,497,500‌
2,500,000‌
Radius
Global
Infrastructure
Inc.,
2.500%,
09/15/26(a)
.............
2,504,466‌
2,300,000‌
Vocera
Communications
Inc.,
0.500%,
09/15/26(a)
.............
2,926,999‌
11,739,600‌
Computer
Software
and
Services
 —
21.3%
2,500,000‌
Bandwidth
Inc.,
0.250%,
03/01/26
...............
2,657,500‌
Blackline
Inc.
700,000‌
0.125%,
08/01/24
...............
1,057,875‌
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
$
1,340,000‌
Zero
Coupon,
03/15/26(a)
.........
$
1,251,560‌
2,375,000‌
Cardlytics
Inc.,
1.000%,
09/15/25
...............
2,646,641‌
Coupa
Software
Inc.
870,000‌
0.125%,
06/15/25
...............
1,067,403‌
1,375,000‌
0.375%,
06/15/26
...............
1,306,250‌
3,000,000‌
CSG
Systems
International
Inc.,
4.250%,
03/15/36
...............
3,185,625‌
1,000,000‌
Dropbox
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
03/01/28(a)
.........
986,875‌
2,030,000‌
Everbridge
Inc.,
0.125%,
12/15/24
...............
1,980,519‌
3,000,000‌
i3
Verticals
LLC,
1.000%,
02/15/25
...............
2,793,900‌
1,915,000‌
Limelight
Networks
Inc.,
3.500%,
08/01/25
...............
1,837,321‌
1,250,000‌
LivePerson
Inc.,
0.750%,
03/01/24
...............
1,455,500‌
1,500,000‌
Match
Group
Financeco
3
Inc.,
2.000%,
01/15/30(a)
.............
2,646,600‌
1,000,000‌
MercadoLibre
Inc.,
2.000%,
08/15/28
...............
3,106,300‌
1,750,000‌
PAR
Technology
Corp.,
2.875%,
04/15/26
...............
2,572,557‌
2,000,000‌
Progress
Software
Corp.,
1.000%,
04/15/26(a)
.............
2,084,068‌
1,330,000‌
PROS
Holdings
Inc.,
2.250%,
09/15/27
...............
1,478,029‌
1,735,000‌
Q2
Holdings
Inc.,
0.750%,
06/01/26
...............
1,953,563‌
Shift4
Payments
Inc.
1,500,000‌
Zero
Coupon,
12/15/25(a)
.........
1,589,100‌
435,000‌
0.500%,
08/01/27(a)
.............
384,148‌
2,000,000‌
Splunk
Inc.,
1.125%,
09/15/25
...............
2,207,600‌
1,045,000‌
Varonis
Systems
Inc.,
1.250%,
08/15/25
...............
1,798,027‌
1,170,000‌
Veritone
Inc.,
1.750%,
11/15/26(a)
.............
1,122,105‌
1,650,000‌
Workiva
Inc.,
1.125%,
08/15/26
...............
2,920,249‌
46,089,315‌
Consumer
Products
 —
3.3%
1,050,000‌
Callaway
Golf
Co.,
2.750%,
05/01/26
...............
1,814,531‌
2,015,000‌
Cracker
Barrel
Old
Country
Store
Inc.,
0.625%,
06/15/26(a)
.............
1,940,697‌
750,000‌
Farfetch
Ltd.,
3.750%,
05/01/27
...............
1,703,475‌
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Ellsworth
Growth
and
Income
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
December
31,
2021
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
(Continued)
Consumer
Products
(Continued)
$
1,045,000‌
National
Vision
Holdings
Inc.,
2.500%,
05/15/25
...............
$
1,752,334‌
7,211,037‌
Consumer
Services
 —
3.2%
NCL
Corp.
Ltd.
1,470,000‌
5.375%,
08/01/25
...............
2,094,750‌
682,000‌
1.125%,
02/15/27(a)
.............
641,967‌
Royal
Caribbean
Cruises
Ltd.
430,000‌
4.250%,
06/15/23
...............
549,325‌
685,000‌
2.875%,
11/15/23
...............
810,355‌
685,000‌
Shopify
Inc.,
0.125%,
11/01/25
...............
857,962‌
2,105,000‌
Stride
Inc.,
1.125%,
09/01/27
...............
2,058,421‌
7,012,780‌
Diversified
Industrial
 —
1.6%
750,000‌
Chart
Industries
Inc.,
1.000%,
11/15/24(a)
.............
2,062,050‌
340,000‌
John
Bean
Technologies
Corp.,
0.250%,
05/15/26(a)
.............
375,360‌
1,027,000‌
Patrick
Industries
Inc.,
1.750%,
12/01/28(a)
.............
1,070,395‌
3,507,805‌
Energy
and
Utilities
 —
1.3%
1,026,000‌
Array
Technologies
Inc.,
1.000%,
12/01/28(a)
.............
975,213‌
1,155,000‌
Bloom
Energy
Corp.,
2.500%,
08/15/25
...............
1,797,620‌
2,772,833‌
Financial
Services
 —
4.6%
Block
Inc.
500,000‌
0.500%,
05/15/23
...............
1,049,225‌
1,000,000‌
0.250%,
11/01/27
...............
1,065,625‌
1,025,000‌
Digitalbridge
Operating
Co.
LLC,
5.750%,
07/15/25(a)(b)
...........
3,833,602‌
1,000,000‌
IIP
Operating
Partnership
LP,
3.750%,
02/21/24(a)
.............
4,023,800‌
9,972,252‌
Health
Care
 —
7.1%
735,000‌
Coherus
Biosciences
Inc.,
1.500%,
04/15/26
...............
812,634‌
1,000,000‌
CONMED
Corp.,
2.625%,
02/01/24
...............
1,667,500‌
1,000,000‌
Cutera
Inc.,
2.250%,
03/15/26(a)
.............
1,441,900‌
2,100,000‌
Dexcom
Inc.,
0.250%,
11/15/25
...............
2,502,938‌
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
Exact
Sciences
Corp.
$
1,960,000‌
0.375%,
03/15/27
...............
$
2,004,100‌
500,000‌
0.375%,
03/01/28
...............
485,300‌
1,500,000‌
Insulet
Corp.,
0.375%,
09/01/26
...............
1,991,818‌
Invacare
Corp.
500,000‌
4.500%,
06/01/22
...............
456,563‌
1,015,000‌
4.250%,
03/15/26(a)
.............
704,207‌
2,390,000‌
PetIQ
Inc.,
4.000%,
06/01/26
...............
2,801,753‌
500,000‌
Travere
Therapeutics
Inc.,
2.500%,
09/15/25
...............
552,200‌
15,420,913‌
Materials
 —
0.2%
345,000‌
Danimer
Scientific
Inc.,
3.250%,
12/15/26(a)
.............
365,044‌
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
 —
0.9%
375,000‌
Braemar
Hotels
&
Resorts
Inc.,
4.500%,
06/01/26(a)
.............
420,500‌
340,000‌
Pebblebrook
Hotel
Trust,
1.750%,
12/15/26
...............
376,091‌
1,180,000‌
Summit
Hotel
Properties
Inc.,
1.500%,
02/15/26
...............
1,236,640‌
2,033,231‌
Security
Software
 —
5.4%
1,395,000‌
2U
Inc.,
2.250%,
05/01/25
...............
1,481,927‌
1,500,000‌
CyberArk
Software
Ltd.,
Zero
Coupon,
11/15/24
...........
1,897,500‌
515,000‌
Nice
Ltd.,
Zero
Coupon,
09/15/25
...........
627,978‌
532,000‌
Nice
Systems
Inc.,
1.250%,
01/15/24
...............
1,939,473‌
2,190,000‌
Verint
Systems
Inc.,
0.250%,
04/15/26(a)
.............
2,341,986‌
1,515,000‌
Zscaler
Inc.,
0.125%,
07/01/25
...............
3,318,624‌
11,607,488‌
Semiconductors
 —
0.2%
426,000‌
Camtek
Ltd.,
Zero
Coupon,
12/01/26(a)
.........
452,625‌
Specialty
Chemicals
 —
0.5%
1,354,000‌
Amyris
Inc.,
1.500%,
11/15/26(a)
.............
1,140,745‌
Telecommunications
 —
2.5%
2,060,000‌
8x8
Inc.,
0.500%,
02/01/24
...............
2,058,805‌
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Ellsworth
Growth
and
Income
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
December
31,
2021
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
(Continued)
Telecommunications
(Continued)
$
1,250,000‌
Infinera
Corp.,
2.500%,
03/01/27
...............
$
1,837,500‌
1,345,000‌
PagerDuty
Inc.,
1.250%,
07/01/25
...............
1,550,670‌
5,446,975‌
Transportation
 —
1.7%
1,700,000‌
Atlas
Air
Worldwide
Holdings
Inc.,
1.875%,
06/01/24
...............
2,771,000‌
1,016,000‌
CryoPort
Inc.,
0.750%,
12/01/26(a)
.............
938,766‌
3,709,766‌
TOTAL
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
....................
149,173,734‌
Shares
CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED
STOCKS
 —
0.7%
Agriculture
 —
0.5%
9,000‌
Bunge
Ltd.,
4.875%,
12/31/99
...............
1,140,659‌
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
TOTAL
CONVERTIBLE
PREFERRED
STOCKS
...................
1,593,058‌
MANDATORY
CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES(d)
 —
11.8%
Automotive:
Parts
and
Accessories
 —
1.4%
17,100‌
Aptiv
plc,
Ser.
A,
5.500%,
06/15/23
...............
3,147,939‌
Diversified
Industrial
 —
1.3%
15,000‌
Colfax
Corp.,
5.750%,
01/15/22
...............
2,776,950‌
Energy
and
Utilities
 —
2.6%
NextEra
Energy
Inc.
24,025‌
4.872%,
09/01/22
...............
1,635,862‌
27,900‌
5.279%,
03/01/23
...............
1,605,366‌
27,465‌
6.219%,
09/01/23
...............
1,590,498‌
16,290‌
Spire
Inc.,
Ser.
A,
7.500%,
03/01/24
...............
804,726‌
5,636,452‌
Equipment
and
Supplies
 —
0.8%
1,000‌
Danaher
Corp.,
Ser.
B,
5.000%,
04/15/23
...............
1,738,170‌
Shares
Market
Value
Financial
Services
 —
1.4%
1,730‌
2020
Cash
Mandatory
Exchangeable
Trust,
5.250%,
06/01/23
...............
$
1,808,213‌
24,000‌
New
York
Community
Capital
Trust
V,
6.000%,
11/01/51
...............
1,269,600‌
3,077,813‌
Health
Care
 —
2.4%
25,445‌
Avantor
Inc.,
Ser.
A,
6.250%,
05/15/22
...............
3,287,749‌
40,900‌
Elanco
Animal
Health
Inc.,
5.000%,
02/01/23
...............
1,826,594‌
5,114,343‌
Semiconductors
 —
1.9%
1,945‌
Broadcom
Inc.,
Ser.
A,
8.000%,
09/30/22
...............
4,036,634‌
TOTAL
MANDATORY
CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES
................
25,528,301‌
COMMON
STOCKS
 —
17.9%
Business
Services
 —
1.1%
13,000‌
PayPal
Holdings
Inc.†
..............
2,451,540‌
Communications
Equipment
 —
0.2%
40,000‌
Kaleyra
Inc.†
....................
401,600‌
Computer
Software
and
Services
 —
2.2%
14,300‌
Microsoft
Corp.
..................
4,809,376‌
Consumer
Products
 —
0.6%
24,000‌
Unilever
plc,
ADR
.................
1,290,960‌
Entertainment
 —
0.9%
12,500‌
The
Walt
Disney
Co.†
..............
1,936,125‌
Food
and
Beverage
 —
0.5%
30,000‌
Conagra
Brands
Inc.
...............
1,024,500‌
Health
Care
 —
3.6%
12,960‌
Eli
Lilly
&
Co.
....................
3,579,811‌
22,651‌
Merck
&
Co.
Inc.
..................
1,735,973‌
40,000‌
Pfizer
Inc.
......................
2,362,000‌
7,677,784‌
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
 —
6.1%
10,000‌
American
Tower
Corp.
..............
2,925,000‌
16,100‌
Crown
Castle
International
Corp.(e)
.....
3,360,714‌
5,000‌
Equinix
Inc.
.....................
4,229,200‌
7,000‌
SBA
Communications
Corp.
..........
2,723,140‌
13,238,054‌
Telecommunications
 —
2.7%
60,000‌
AT&T
Inc.
.......................
1,476,000‌
16,119‌
T-Mobile
US
Inc.†
.................
1,869,481‌
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Ellsworth
Growth
and
Income
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
December
31,
2021
(Unaudited)
(a)
Securities
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,
2021,
the
Fund
held
an
investment
in
a
restricted
and
illiquid
security
amounting
to
$3,833,602
or
1.77%
of
total
investments,
which
was
valued
under
methods
approved
by
the
Board
of
Trustees
as
follows:
(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.
(e)
Securities,
or
a
portion
thereof,
with
a
value
of
$2,504,880
were
deposited
with
Pershing
LLC.
Non-income
producing
security.
††
Represents
annualized
yields
at
dates
of
purchase.
Shares
Market
Value
COMMON
STOCKS
(Continued)
Telecommunications
(Continued)
50,000‌
Verizon
Communications
Inc.
.........
$
2,598,000‌
5,943,481‌
TOTAL
COMMON
STOCKS
.........
38,773,420‌
Principal
Amount
U.S.
GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
 —
0.8%
$
1,645,000‌
U.S.
Treasury
Bills,
0.037%
to
0.105%††,
03/17/22
to
06/09/22
......................
1,644,619‌
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS
100.0%
....
(Cost
$157,682,016)
.............
$
216,713,132‌
Acquisition
Principal
Amount
Issuer
Acquisition
Dates
Acquisition
Cost
12/31/21
Carrying
Value
Per
Bond
$1,025,000
Digitalbridge
Operating
Co.
LLC,
5.750%,
07/15/25
07/17/20
-
11/11/20
$1,216,136
$3,740.1000
ADR
American
Depositary
Receipt