Bancroft Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments — July 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market

Value

 
  

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS — 75.8%

 

   Aerospace — 2.1%   
  $ 2,000,000     

Aerojet Rocketdyne Holdings Inc.,

2.250%, 12/15/23

   $     3,447,317  
     

 

 

 
   Automotive — 1.3%   
  1,000,000     

NIO Inc.,

4.500%, 02/01/24(a)

     578,061  
  1,510,000     

Tesla Inc.,

2.000%, 05/15/24

     1,543,448  
     

 

 

 
        2,121,509  
     

 

 

 
   Business Services — 3.2%   
  1,500,000     

Perficient Inc.,

2.375%, 09/15/23(a)

     1,661,819  
  1,040,000     

RingCentral Inc.,

Zero Coupon, 03/15/23

     1,852,120  
  1,500,000     

Square Inc.,

0.500%, 05/15/23

     1,913,899  
     

 

 

 
        5,427,838  
     

 

 

 
   Communications Equipment — 4.5%   
  1,500,000     

Harmonic Inc.,

4.000%, 12/01/20

     2,123,360  
  2,335,000     

InterDigital Inc.,

2.000%, 06/01/24(a)

     2,391,741  
  2,459,000     

Lumentum Holdings Inc.,

0.250%, 03/15/24

     2,956,752  
     

 

 

 
        7,471,853  
     

 

 

 
  

Computer Software and Services — 17.5%

 

  1,725,000     

Boingo Wireless Inc.,

1.000%, 10/01/23(a)

     1,484,818  
  1,835,000     

Coupa Software Inc.,

0.125%, 06/15/25(a)

     2,064,094  
  2,500,000     

CSG Systems International Inc.,

4.250%, 03/15/36

     2,837,653  
  1,000,000     

GDS Holdings Ltd.,

2.000%, 06/01/25

     1,054,039  
  2,500,000     

IAC Financeco 3 Inc.,

2.000%, 01/15/30(a)

     2,710,096  
  1,190,000     

LivePerson Inc.,

0.750%, 03/01/24(a)

     1,335,858  
  1,500,000     

MercadoLibre Inc.,

2.000%, 08/15/28(a)

     2,389,821  
  1,776,000     

New Relic Inc.,

0.500%, 05/01/23

     1,959,523  
  1,548,000     

Nice Systems Inc.,

1.250%, 01/15/24

     2,921,569  
  500,000     

Okta Inc.,

0.250%, 02/15/23

     1,370,140  
  340,000     

Pluralsight Inc.,

0.375%, 03/01/24(a)

     370,424  

Principal
Amount

         

Market

Value

 
  $ 1,500,000     

PROS Holdings Inc.,

2.000%, 06/01/47

   $ 2,307,106  
  400,000     

Q2 Holdings Inc.,

0.750%, 02/15/23

     594,158  
  675,000     

0.750%, 06/01/26(a)

     748,608  
  1,500,000     

Splunk Inc.,

1.125%, 09/15/25(a)

     1,739,687  
  1,500,000     

The Priceline Group Inc.,

0.350%, 06/15/20

     2,169,963  
  1,000,000     

Vocera Communications Inc.,

1.500%, 05/15/23

     1,065,657  
     

 

 

 
        29,123,214  
     

 

 

 
   Consumer Services — 3.3%   
  1,000,000     

Chegg Inc.,

0.125%, 03/15/25(a)

     1,114,533  
  2,000,000     

Extra Space Storage LP,

3.125%, 10/01/35(a)

     2,491,316  
  2,000,000     

Quotient Technology Inc.,

1.750%, 12/01/22

     1,953,476  
     

 

 

 
        5,559,325  
     

 

 

 
   Diversified Industrial — 4.1%   
  750,000     

Chart Industries Inc.,

1.000%, 11/15/24(a)

     1,058,822  
  1,749,000     

Kaman Corp.,

3.250%, 05/01/24

     2,037,316  
  1,000,000     

KBR Inc.,

2.500%, 11/01/23(a)

     1,213,662  
  1,457,000     

Team Inc.,

5.000%, 08/01/23

     1,556,337  
  1,000,000     

TimkenSteel Corp.,

6.000%, 06/01/21

     981,415  
     

 

 

 
        6,847,552  
     

 

 

 
   Electronics — 0.3%   
  515,000     

Applied Optoelectronics Inc.,

5.000%, 03/15/24(a)

     456,386  
     

 

 

 
   Energy and Utilities — 3.2%   
  2,000,000     

Cheniere Energy Inc.,

4.250%, 03/15/45

     1,585,000  
  917,000     

Newpark Resources Inc.,

4.000%, 12/01/21

     1,021,896  
  3,000,000     

SunPower Corp.,

4.000%, 01/15/23

     2,692,651  
     

 

 

 
        5,299,547  
     

 

 

 
   Entertainment — 2.4%   
  2,000,000     

DISH Network Corp.,

3.375%, 08/15/26

     1,837,676  
  1,250,000     

Gannett Co. Inc.,

4.750%, 04/15/24

     1,324,766  
 

 

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Bancroft Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — July 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

Principal
Amount

         

Market

Value

 
  

CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS (Continued)

 

   Entertainment (Continued)   
  $ 1,625,000     

Global Eagle Entertainment Inc.,

2.750%, 02/15/35

   $ 789,730  
     

 

 

 
        3,952,172  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Services — 4.4%   
  1,250,000     

Encore Capital Group Inc.,

3.250%, 03/15/22

     1,307,535  
  1,500,000     

GSV Capital Corp.,

4.750%, 03/28/23

     1,442,557  
  1,000,000     

Heritage Insurance Holdings Inc.,

5.875%, 08/01/37

     1,125,294  
  1,000,000     

IIP Operating Partnership LP,

3.750%, 02/21/24(a)

     1,615,643  
  1,116,000     

LendingTree Inc.,

0.625%, 06/01/22

     1,843,493  
     

 

 

 
        7,334,522  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care — 13.9%   
  1,550,000     

BioMarin Pharmaceutical Inc.,

0.599%, 08/01/24

     1,579,656  
  1,000,000     

CONMED Corp.,

2.625%, 02/01/24(a)

     1,173,606  
  535,000     

DexCom Inc.,

0.750%, 12/01/23(a)

     643,672  
  1,500,000     

Evolent Health Inc.,

1.500%, 10/15/25(a)

     957,446  
  1,330,000     

Exact Sciences Corp.,

0.375%, 03/15/27

     1,644,289  
  750,000     

Inovio Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

6.500%, 03/01/24(a)

     607,004  
  1,566,000     

Insulet Corp.,

1.375%, 11/15/24

         2,276,706  
  1,250,000     

Intercept Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

2.000%, 05/15/26

     1,102,527  
  500,000     

Invacare Corp.,

4.500%, 06/01/22

     375,069  
  1,384,000     

Neurocrine Biosciences Inc.,

2.250%, 05/15/24

     1,995,152  
  1,000,000     

NuVasive Inc.,

2.250%, 03/15/21

     1,205,206  
  1,500,000     

Pacira BioSciences Inc.,

2.375%, 04/01/22

     1,546,291  
  2,000,000     

Paratek Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

4.750%, 05/01/24

     1,387,658  
  350,000     

Repligen Corp.,

0.375%, 07/15/24

     377,921  
  400,000     

Retrophin Inc.,

2.500%, 09/15/25

     362,551  
  1,500,000     

Supernus Pharmaceuticals Inc.,

0.625%, 04/01/23

     1,474,022  

Principal
Amount

         

Market

Value

 
  $ 1,370,000     

Tabula Rasa HealthCare Inc.,

1.750%, 02/15/26(a)

   $ 1,534,236  
  1,200,000     

Teladoc Health Inc.,

3.000%, 12/15/22

     2,073,945  
  1,000,000     

Theravance Biopharma Inc.,

3.250%, 11/01/23

     942,250  
     

 

 

 
        23,259,207  
     

 

 

 
   Metals and Mining — 0.3%   
  500,000     

Arconic Inc.,

1.625%, 10/15/19

     502,773  
     

 

 

 
   Retail — 0.2%   
  400,000     

Guess? Inc.,

2.000%, 04/15/24(a)

     385,882  
     

 

 

 
   Semiconductors — 9.3%   
  650,000     

Advanced Micro Devices Inc.,

2.125%, 09/01/26

     2,527,250  
  1,500,000     

Cypress Semiconductor Corp.,

4.500%, 01/15/22

     2,582,326  
  1,500,000     

Inphi Corp.,

1.125%, 12/01/20

     2,326,243  
  2,000,000     

Knowles Corp.,

3.250%, 11/01/21

     2,559,700  
  2,386,000     

Rambus Inc.,

1.375%, 02/01/23

     2,360,482  
  1,750,000     

Teradyne Inc.,

1.250%, 12/15/23

     3,210,688  
     

 

 

 
        15,566,689  
     

 

 

 
   Telecommunications — 3.9%   
  520,000     

8x8 Inc.,

0.500%, 02/01/24(a)

     602,412  
  2,500,000     

Infinera Corp.,

2.125%, 09/01/24

     1,896,201  
  1,000,000     

Liberty Latin America Ltd.,

2.000%, 07/15/24(a)

     986,411  
  1,500,000     

Twilio Inc.,

0.250%, 06/01/23

     3,067,773  
     

 

 

 
        6,552,797  
     

 

 

 
   Transportation — 1.9%   
  2,000,000     

Atlas Air Worldwide Holdings Inc.,

2.250%, 06/01/22

     1,996,112  
  865,000     

GOL Equity Finance SA,

3.750%, 07/15/24(a)

     1,121,162  
     

 

 

 
        3,117,274  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE CORPORATE BONDS

     126,425,857  
     

 

 

 
 

 

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Schedule of Investments (Continued) — July 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

Shares

         

Market

Value

 
   CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS (b) — 5.6%

 

   Agriculture — 0.8%   
  12,500      Bunge Ltd., 4.875%    $ 1,293,750  
     

 

 

 
  

Business Services — 0.3%

  
  711,039      Amerivon Holdings LLC, 4.000%(c)      436,009  
  272,728     

Amerivon Holdings LLC, common equity units(c)

     16,364  
     

 

 

 
        452,373  
     

 

 

 
  

Financial Services — 4.5%

  
  2,000      Bank of America Corp., 7.250%, Ser. L      2,834,880  
  40,000     

Landmark Infrastructure Partners LP,

7.216%, Ser. C

     1,001,200  
  15,000      QTS Realty Trust Inc., 6.500%, Ser. B      1,696,650  
  1,500      Wells Fargo & Co., 7.500%, Ser. L      2,085,840  
     

 

 

 
        7,618,570  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS

     9,364,693  
     

 

 

 
   MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES (d) — 15.8%

 

  

Diversified Industrial — 3.2%

  
  15,000     

Colfax Corp.,

5.750%, 01/15/22

     1,871,550  
  30,311     

International Flavors & Fragrances Inc.,

6.000%, 09/15/21

     1,629,822  
  30,100     

Rexnord Corp., Ser. A

5.750%, 11/15/19

     1,778,007  
     

 

 

 
        5,279,379  
     

 

 

 
  

Energy and Utilities — 6.1%

  
  25,180     

American Electric Power Co. Inc.,

6.125%, 03/15/22

     1,371,806  
  3,325     

Aqua America Inc.,

6.000%, 04/30/22

     190,123  
  37,200     

CenterPoint Energy Inc., Ser. B

7.000%, 09/01/21

     1,901,292  
  20,000     

Dominion Energy Inc.,

Ser. A, 6.750%, 08/15/19

     1,004,000  
  14,800     

Ser. A, 7.250%, 06/01/22

     1,487,252  
  18,600     

DTE Energy Co.,

6.500%, 10/01/19

     1,037,880  
  10,000     

NextEra Energy Inc.,

6.123%, 09/01/19

     660,700  
  5,369     

Sempra Energy,

Ser. A, 6.000%, 01/15/21

     596,818  
  5,000     

Ser. B, 6.750%, 07/15/21

     557,250  

Shares

         

Market

Value

 
  25,530     

South Jersey Industries Inc.,

7.250%, 04/15/21

   $ 1,368,153  
     

 

 

 
        10,175,274  
     

 

 

 
   Equipment and Supplies — 0.7%   
  1,000     

Danaher Corp., Ser. A

4.750%, 04/15/22

     1,134,900  
     

 

 

 
   Financial Services — 2.7%   
  10,000     

2017 Mandatory Exchangeable Trust,

5.188%, 12/01/20

     1,729,445  
  14,800     

Assurant Inc., Ser. D

6.500%, 03/15/21

     1,728,936  
  24,000     

New York Community Capital Trust V,

6.000%, 11/01/51

     1,151,520  
     

 

 

 
        4,609,901  
     

 

 

 
   Health Care — 1.6%   
  14,965     

Avantor Inc., Ser. A

6.250%, 05/15/22

     917,055  
  27,747     

Becton Dickinson and Co., Ser. A

6.125%, 05/01/20

     1,710,603  
     

 

 

 
        2,627,658  
     

 

 

 
   Real Estate Investment Trusts — 1.5%

 

  2,060     

Crown Castle International Corp., Ser. A 6.875%, 08/01/20

     2,483,866  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL MANDATORY CONVERTIBLE SECURITIES

     26,310,978  
     

 

 

 
   COMMON STOCKS — 1.7%

 

   Computer Software and Services — 1.7%

 

  16,645      Alibaba Group Holding Ltd., ADR†      2,881,416  
     

 

 

 
   Energy and Utilities — 0.0%   
  133      Goodrich Petroleum Corp.†      1,531  
     

 

 

 
   TOTAL COMMON STOCKS      2,882,947  
     

 

 

 
   WARRANTS — 0.0%   
   Energy and Utilities — 0.0%   
  1,135     

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

     0  
     

 

 

 

Principal
Amount

             
   U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS — 1.1%

 

  $ 1,865,000      U.S. Treasury Bills,   
  

1.964% to 2.136%††,

  
  

10/03/19 to 10/24/19

     1,857,880  
     

 

 

 
  

TOTAL INVESTMENTS — 100.0%
(Cost $141,745,294)

   $ 166,842,355  
     

 

 

 

 

       
 

 

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Bancroft Fund Ltd.

Schedule of Investments (Continued) — July 31, 2019 (Unaudited)

 

 

(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. At July 31, 2019, the market value of Rule 144A securities amounted to $33,437,220 or 20.04% of total investments.

(b)

Security is perpetual and has no stated maturity date.

(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 yields at dates of purchase.

ADR

American Depositary Receipt

 

 

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