Ellsworth Fund Ltd. Declares First Quarter Dividend and Results of Annual Shareholders Meeting

• Press Release
• Source: Ellsworth Fund Ltd.
• On 2:42 pm EST, Friday January 16, 2009

MORRISTOWN, NJ--(MARKET WIRE)--Jan 16, 2009 -- The Board of Trustees of Ellsworth Fund Ltd. (AMEX:ECF - News) declared its ninetieth quarterly dividend today.

The $0.075 per share dividend is payable from net investment income on February 26, 2009 to shareholders of record February 12, 2009.

The following actions were taken at the Annual Shareholders meeting held on Friday, January 16th: (1) two trustees were elected and (2) the selection of Tait, Weller & Baker LLP as independent auditors for the 2009 fiscal year was ratified.

Ellsworth Fund Ltd. operates as a closed-end, diversified management investment company and invests primarily in convertible securities, with the objectives of providing income and the potential for capital appreciation; which objectives the Fund considers to be relatively equal, over the long-term, due to the nature of the securities in which it invests. Its shares are traded on the American Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol ECF.

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     For further information please contact:
     Gary I. Levine
     Chief Financial Officer
     Ph. (973) 631-1177
     Fax (973) 631-9893
     http://www.ellsworthfund.com