SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
SCHEDULE 13D
Under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
The Gabelli Global Deal Fund
(Name of Issuer)
Common Shares
(Title of Class of Securities)
36245G103
(CUSIP Number)
James E. McKee
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580-1435
(914) 921-5294
(Name, Address and Telephone Number of Person Authorized to Receive Notices and
Communications)
January 26, 2007
(Date of Event which Requires Filing of this Statement)
If the filing person has previously filed a statement on Schedule 13G to report
the acquisition that is the subject of this Schedule 13D, and is filing this
schedule because of Section 240.13d-1(e),
240.13d-1(f) or 240.13d-1(g), check the following box.
CUSIP No. 36245G103
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-4007862
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
WC
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
1,255,236 (Item 5)
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
1,255,236 (Item 5)
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
1,255,236 (Item 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
6.69%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 36245G103
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
GGCP, Inc.
I.D. NO. 13-3056041
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
SOURCE OF FUNDS (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
New York
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
None (Item 5)
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE (Item 5)
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE (ITEM 5)
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
HC, CO
CUSIP No. 36245G103
1
NAMES OF REPORTING PERSONS
I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NOS. OF ABOVE PERSONS (ENTITIES ONLY)
Mario J. Gabelli
2
CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
(a)
(b)
3
SEC USE ONLY
4
Source of funds (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
None
5
CHECK BOX IF DISCLOSURE OF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS IS REQUIRED
PURSUANT TO ITEMS 2 (d) OR 2 (e)
6
CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
USA
NUMBER OF
SHARES
BENEFICIALLY
OWNED
BY EACH
REPORTING
PERSON
WITH
7
SOLE VOTING POWER
None
8
SHARED VOTING POWER
NONE
9
SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
10
SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
NONE
11
AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
NONE
12
CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (11) EXCLUDES CERTAIN SHARES
(SEE INSTRUCTIONS) X
13
PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW (11)
0.00%
14
TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON (SEE INSTRUCTIONS)
IN
Item 1. Security and Issuer
The class of equity securities to which this statement on Schedule
13D relates is the Common Shares of The Gabelli Global Deal Fund (the
"Issuer"), a Delaware trust with principal offices located at One Corporate
Center, Rye, New York 10580.
Item 2. Identity and Background
This statement is being filed by Mario J. Gabelli ("Mario
Gabelli") and various entities which he
directly or indirectly controls or for which he acts as chief investment
officer. These entities, except for Lynch Interactive Corporation
("Interactive"), engage in various aspects of the securities business,
primarily as investment adviser to various institutional and individual
clients, including registered investment companies and pension plans, and as
general partner of various private investment partnerships. Certain of these
entities may also make investments for their own accounts.
The foregoing persons in the aggregate often own beneficially more
than 5% of a class of a particular issuer. Although several of the foregoing
persons are treated as institutional investors for purposes of reporting their
beneficial ownership on the short-form Schedule 13G, the holdings of those who
do not qualify as institutional investors may exceed the 1% threshold presented
for filing on Schedule 13G or implementation of their investment philosophy may
from time to time require action which could be viewed as not completely
passive. In order to avoid any question as to whether their beneficial
ownership is being reported on the proper form and in order to provide greater
investment flexibility and administrative uniformity, these persons have
decided to file their beneficial ownership reports on the more detailed
Schedule 13D form rather than on the short-form Schedule 13G and thereby to
provide more expansive disclosure than may be necessary.
(a), (b) and (c) - This statement is being filed by one or more of
the following persons: GGCP, Inc. formerly known as Gabelli Group Capital
Partners, Inc. ("GGCP"), GAMCO Investors, Inc. formerly known as Gabelli Asset
Management Inc. ("GBL"), Gabelli Funds, LLC ("Gabelli Funds"), GAMCO Asset
Management Inc. formerly known as GAMCO Investors, Inc. ("GAMCO"), Gabelli
Advisers, Inc. ("Gabelli Advisers"), Gabelli Securities, Inc. ("GSI"), Gabelli
& Company, Inc. ("Gabelli & Company"), MJG Associates, Inc. ("MJG Associates"),
Gabelli Foundation, Inc. ("Foundation"), Mario Gabelli, and Interactive. Those
of the foregoing persons signing this Schedule 13D are hereafter referred to as
the "Reporting Persons".
GGCP makes investments for its own account and is the parent
company of GBL. GBL, a public company listed on the New York Stock Exchange,
is the parent company for a variety of companies engaged in the securities
business, including those named below.
GAMCO, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended ("Advisers
Act"). GAMCO is an investment manager providing discretionary managed account
services for employee benefit plans, private investors, endowments, foundations
and others.
GSI, a majority-owned subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
registered under the Advisers Act and serves as a general partner or investment
manager to limited partnerships and offshore investment companies. As a part
of its business, GSI may purchase or sell securities for its own account. It
is the immediate parent of Gabelli & Company. GSI is the Investment Manager of
Gabelli Associates Fund, Gabelli Associates Fund II, Gabelli Associates
Limited, ALCE Partners, L.P., and Gabelli Multimedia Partners, L.P. GSI and
Marc Gabelli own 45% and 55%, respectively, of Gabelli Securities International
Limited ("GSIL"). GSIL provides investment advisory services to offshore funds
and accounts. GSIL is an investment advisor of Gabelli International Gold
Fund Limited, Gabelli European Partners, Ltd., and Gabelli Global Partners,
Ltd.
Gabelli & Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI, is a broker-
dealer registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended ("1934
Act"), which as a part of its business regularly purchases and sells securities
for its own account.
Gabelli Funds, a wholly owned subsidiary of GBL, is a limited
liability company. Gabelli Funds is an investment adviser registered under the
Advisers Act which presently provides discretionary managed account services
for The Gabelli Equity Trust Inc., The Gabelli Asset Fund, The Gabelli Growth
Fund, The Gabelli Convertible and Income Securities Fund Inc., The Gabelli
Value Fund Inc., The Gabelli Small Cap Growth Fund, The Gabelli Equity Income
Fund, The Gabelli ABC Fund, The GAMCO Global Telecommunications Fund, GAMCO
Gold Fund, Inc., The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc., The GAMCO Global
Convertible Securities Fund, Gabelli Capital Asset Fund, GAMCO International
Growth Fund, Inc., The GAMCO i Global Growth Fund, The Gabelli Utility Trust,
The GAMCO Global Opportunity Fund, The Gabelli Utilities Fund, The Gabelli Blue
Chip Value Fund, The GAMCO Mathers Fund, The Gabelli Woodland Small Cap Value
Fund, The Comstock Capital Value Fund, The Comstock Strategy Fund, The Gabelli
Dividend and Income Trust, The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust, The
Gabelli Global Gold, Natural Resources, & Income Trust (collectively, the
"Funds"), which are registered investment companies.
Gabelli Advisers, a subsidiary of GBL, is an investment adviser
which provides discretionary advisory services to The Gabelli Westwood Mighty
Mitessm Fund.
MJG Associates provides advisory services to private investment
partnerships and offshore funds. Mario Gabelli is the sole shareholder,
director and employee of MJG Associates. MJG Associates is the Investment
Manager of Gabelli International Limited, Gabelli International II Limited,
Gabelli Performance Partnership, and Gabelli Fund, LDC.
The Foundation is a private foundation. Mario Gabelli is the
President, a Trustee and the
Investment Manager of the Foundation.
Interactive is a holding company with operating subsidiaries
engaged primarily in the rural telephone industry. Interactive actively
pursues new business ventures and acquisitions. Interactive makes investments
in marketable securities to preserve capital and maintain liquidity for
financing their business activities and acquisitions and are not engaged in the
business of investing, reinvesting, or trading in securities. Mario J. Gabelli
is a director, and substantial shareholder of Interactive.
Mario Gabelli is the majority stockholder and Chief Executive
Officer of GGCP and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of GBL. GGCP is the
majority shareholder of GBL. GBL, in turn, is the sole stockholder of GAMCO.
GBL is also the majority stockholder of GSI and the largest shareholder of
Gabelli Advisers. Gabelli & Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of GSI.
The Reporting Persons do not admit that they constitute a group.
GGCP, GBL, GAMCO, and Gabelli & Company are New York corporations
and GSI and Gabelli Advisers are Delaware corporations, each having its
principal business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580.
Gabelli Funds is a New York limited liability company having its principal
business office at One Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580. MJG Associates
is a Connecticut corporation having its principal business office at 140
Greenwich Avenue, Greenwich, CT 06830. The Foundation is a Nevada corporation
having its principal offices at 165 West Liberty Street, Reno, Nevada 89501.
Interactive is a Delaware corporation having its principal place of business at
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue, Rye, New York 10580.
For information required by instruction C to Schedule 13D with
respect to the executive officers and directors of the foregoing entities and
other related persons (collectively, "Covered Persons"), reference is made to
Schedule I annexed hereto and incorporated herein by reference.
(f) - Reference is made to Schedule I hereto.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Consideration
GBL used approximately $25,100,008 of working capital to purchase
the Securities reported as beneficially owned by it in Item 5.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction
GBL purchased and holds the Securities reported by it for
investment for its own account.
GBL, a public company listed on the NYSE, is the
parent company for several companies engaged in the securities or investment
management business, including Gabelli Funds. Gabelli Funds is the investment
adviser of the Issuer and as such provides a continuous investment program for
the Issuer's portfolio, provides investment research and places orders for the
purchase or sale of securities, and provides facilities and personnel,
including officers, for the Issuer. As a result of these relationships, the
Reporting Persons are likely to participate in discussions with the Issuer and
make recommendations to its board concerning the makeup of its board and
management, its distribution policy, the issuance of additional securities
including preferred stock, and other matters relating to the operations,
management and capital structure of the Issuer.
Item 5. Interest In Securities Of The Issuer
(a) The aggregate number of Securities to which this Schedule 13D
relates is 1,255,236 shares, representing 6.69% of the 18,750,000 shares
outstanding as reported in the Issuer's Final Prospectus, filed with the
Securities and Exchange Commission on January 30, 2007. The Reporting Persons
beneficially own those Securities as follows:
Name
Shares of
Common Stock
% of Class of
Common
GBL
1,255,236
6.69%
Mario Gabelli is deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons. GSI is deemed
to have beneficial ownership of the Securities owned beneficially by Gabelli &
Company. GBL and GGCP are deemed to have beneficial ownership of the
Securities owned beneficially by each of the foregoing persons other than Mario
Gabelli and the Foundation.
(b) Each of the Reporting Persons and Covered Persons has the sole
power to vote or direct the vote and sole power to dispose or to direct the
disposition of the Securities reported for it, either for its own benefit or
for the benefit of its investment clients or its partners, as the case may be,
except the voting power of Mario Gabelli, GBL, and GGCP is indirect with
respect to Securities beneficially owned directly by other Reporting Persons.
(c) Information with respect to all transactions in the Securities
which were effected during the past sixty days or since the most recent filing
on Schedule 13D, whichever is less, by each of the Reporting Persons and
Covered Persons is set forth on Schedule II annexed hereto and incorporated
herein by reference.
(d) Not applicable.
Item 7. Material to be Filed as an Exhibit
The following Exhibit A is attached hereto. The following Exhibit
B is incorporated by reference to Exhibit C in the Amendment No. 8 to Schedule
13D of the Reporting Persons with respect to Edgewater Technologies, Inc.
Exhibit A:
Joint Filing Agreement
Exhibit B:
Powers of Attorney to Douglas R. Jamieson and James E. McKee
from Robert E. Dolan
Powers of Attorney to Douglas R. Jamieson and James E. McKee
from Mario J. Gabelli.
Signature
After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and belief, I
certify that the information set forth in this statement is true, complete and
correct.
Dated: January 31, 2007
MARIO J. GABELLI
GGCP, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary
SCHEDULE I
Information with Respect to Executive
Officers and Directors of the Undersigned
Schedule I to Schedule 13D is amended, in pertinent part, as follows:
The following sets forth as to each of the executive officers and
directors of the undersigned: his name; his business address; his
present principal occupation or employment and the name, principal
business and address of any corporation or other organization in
which such employment is conducted. Unless otherwise specified,
the principal employer of each such individual is GAMCO Asset
Management, Inc., Gabelli Funds, LLC, Gabelli & Company, Inc., or
GAMCO Investors, Inc., the business address of each of which is One
Corporate Center, Rye, New York 10580, and each such individual
identified below is a citizen of the United States. To the
knowledge of the undersigned, during the last five years, no such
person has been convicted in a criminal proceeding (excluding
traffic violations or similar misdemeanors), and no such person was
a party to a civil proceeding of a judicial or administrative body
of competent jurisdiction as a result of which he was or is subject
to a judgment, decree or final order enjoining future violations
of, or prohibiting or mandating activities subject to, federal or
state securities law or finding any violation with respect to such
laws except as reported in Item 2(d) of this Schedule 13D.
GGCP, Inc.
Directors:
Vincent J. Amabile
Mario J. Gabelli
Business Consultant
Chief Executive Officer of GGCP, Inc., and GAMCO
Investors, Inc.; Director/Trustee of all
registered investment companies advised by Gabelli
Funds, LLC; Chief Executive Officer of Lynch
Interactive Corporation.
Marc J. Gabelli
Chairman of LGL Group, Inc.
Matthew R. Gabelli
Vice President - Trading
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
One Corporate Center
Rye, New York 10580
Charles C. Baum
Douglas R. Jamieson
Secretary & Treasurer
United Holdings Co., Inc.
2545 Wilkens Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21223
See below
Joseph R. Rindler,
Jr.
Business Consultant/former Chairman of GAMCO Asset
Management Inc.
Fredric V.
Salerno
Chairman; Former Vice Chairman and Chief Financial
Officer
Verizon Communications
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Executive Officer and Chief Investment
Officer
Michael G. Chieco
Chief Financial Officer
GAMCO Investors, Inc.
Directors:
Edwin L.
Artzt
Richard L.
Bready
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Procter & Gamble Company
900 Adams Crossing
Cincinnati, OH 45202
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Nortek, Inc.
50 Kennedy Plaza
Providence, RI 02903
Mario J. Gabelli
John D.
Gabelli
See above
Senior Vice President
John C.
Ferrara
See below
Eugene R.
McGrath
Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Consolidated Edison, Inc.
Karl Otto Pohl (1)
Robert S.
Prather
Vincent S.
Tese
Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie.
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 20
D-6000 FRANKFURT AM MAIN
Germany
President & Chief Operating Officer
Gray Television, Inc.
4370 Peachtree Road, NE
Atlanta, GA 30319
Lawyer, Investment Adviser and Cable Television
Executive
c/o Bear Stearns & Company, Inc.
245 Park Avenue, 19th Floor
New York, NY 10167
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Douglas R. Jamieson
Henry G. Van der Eb
John C. Ferrara
President and Chief Operating Officer
Senior Vice President
Interim Chief Financial Officer
James E. McKee
Vice President, General Counsel and Secretary
GAMCO Asset Management Inc.
Directors:
Douglas R. Jamieson
Regina M. Pitaro
F. William Scholz, II
William S. Selby
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Investment Officer - Value Portfolios
Douglas R. Jamieson
President and Chief Operating Officer
Gabelli Funds, LLC
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chief Investment Officer - Value Portfolios
Bruce N. Alpert
Executive Vice President and Chief Operating
Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Advisers, Inc.
Directors:
Bruce N. Alpert
Douglas R.
Jamieson
See above
See above
Officers:
Bruce N. Alpert
Chief Operating Officer
James E. McKee
Secretary
Gabelli Securities, Inc.
Directors:
Robert W. Blake
President of W. R. Blake & Sons, Inc.
196-20 Northern Boulevard
Flushing, NY 11358
Douglas G. DeVivo
General Partner of ALCE Partners, L.P.
One First Street, Suite 16
Los Altos, CA 94022
Douglas R.
Jamieson
F. William
Scholz, II
President and Chief Operating Officer
See above
Officers:
Douglas R. Jamieson
James E. McKee
Kieran Caterina
See above
Assistant Secretary
Chief Financial Officer
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Directors:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Irene Smolicz
Senior Trader
Gabelli & Company, Inc.
Officers:
James G. Webster, III
Chairman & Interim President
Bruce N. Alpert
Vice President - Mutual Funds
James E. McKee
Secretary
Lynch Interactive Corporation,
401 Theodore Fremd Avenue Rye, NY 10580
Directors:
Mario J. Gabelli
See above - GGCP, Inc.
Glenn Angelillo
P.O. Box 128
New Canaan, CT 06840
Alfred W. Fiore
The Ross Companies
1270 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10020-1703
Salvatore Muoio
Principal
S. Muoio & Co., LLC
Suite 406
509 Madison Ave.
New York, NY 10022
Gary L. Sugarman
Chief Executive Officer
Richfield Associates
400 Andrews Street
Rochester, NY 14604
Officers:
Mario J. Gabelli
Chairman
Robert E. Dolan
Interim President and Chief Executive Officer,
Chief Financial Officer
(1) Citizen of Germany
SCHEDULE II
INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
TRANSACTIONS EFFECTED DURING THE PAST SIXTY DAYS OR
SINCE THE MOST RECENT FILING ON SCHEDULE 13D
SHARES PURCHASED AVERAGE
DATE SOLD(-) PRICE
COMMON STOCK-GABELLI GLOBAL DEAL FUND
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
12/22/06 5,236 19.1000 (1)
01/26/07 1,250,000 20.0000 (2)
(1) PURCHASED FROM THE ISSUER IN A PRIVATE PLACEMENT.
(2) PERCHASED IN THE ISSUER'S INITIAL PUBLIC OFFERING.
Exhibit A
JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
In accordance with Rule 13d-1(f) under the securities Exchange Act
of 1934, as amended, the undersigned hereby agree to the joint filing with all
other Reporting Entities (as such term is defined in the Schedule 13D referred
to below) on behalf of each of them of a statement on Schedule 13D(including
amendments thereto) with respect to the Common Shares of The Gabelli Global
Deal Fund, and that this Agreement be included as an Exhibit to such joint
filing.
This Agreement may be executed in any number of counterparts all of which taken
together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned hereby execute this agreement this January
31, 2007.
MARIO J. GABELLI
MARC J. GABELLI
GGCP, INC.
GABELLI PERFORMANCE PARTNERSHIP L.P.
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
GABELLI INTERNATIONAL II LIMITED
GABELLI FUND, LDC
MJG ASSOCIATES, INC.
GABELLI FOUNDATION, INC.
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GAMCO INVESTORS, INC.
GABELLI FUNDS, LLC
GABELLI SECURITIES, INC.
GLI, INC.
GABELLI & COMPANY, INC.
By: /s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary
ALCE PARTNERS, L.P.
GABELLI MULTIMEDIA PARTNERS, L.P.
GABELLI EUROPEAN PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD.
GABELLI GLOBAL PARTNERS MASTER FUND, LTD.
GABELLI ASSOCIATES LIMITED
GABELLI ASSOCIATES FUND
By:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Secretary of Gabelli Securities Inc.
BRIGHTON COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION
LYNCH INTERACTIVE CORPORATION
WESTERN NEW MEXICO
INTER-COMMUNITY TELEPHONE COMPANY
BY:/s/ James E. McKee
James E. McKee
Attorney-in-Fact
GAMCO ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
By:/s/ Douglas R. Jamieson
Douglas R. Jamieson
President