Gabelli Equity Trust Inc DEF 14A, filed Mar 19, 2026

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Gabelli Equity Trust Inc (GAB)

DEF 14A 2026-03-19 For: 2026-05-11

Added on June 12, 2026

Common Stockholders

Preferred Stockholders

Election of Directors

Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class, vote to elect three Directors:

Laura Linehan

Anthonie C. van Ekris, and

Salvatore J. Zizza

Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class, vote to elect three Directors:

Laura Linehan

Anthonie C. van Ekris, and

Salvatore J. Zizza

Preferred Stockholders, voting as a separate class, vote to elect one Director:

Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.

Other Business

Common and Preferred Stockholders, voting together as a single class

Gabelli Equity Trust Inc filed this DEF 14A on March 19, 2026.

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			By Order of the Board of Directors,

April 1, 2026			PETER GOLDSTEIN Secretary


Registration		Valid Signature
Corporate Accounts
(1)	ABC Corp.	ABC Corp., John Doe, Treasurer
(2)	ABC Corp.	John Doe, Treasurer
(3)	ABC Corp.
	c/o John Doe, Treasurer	John Doe
(4)	ABC Corp., Profit Sharing Plan	John Doe, Trustee
Trust Accounts
(1)	ABC Trust	Jane B. Doe, Trustee
(2)	Jane B. Doe, Trustee
	u/t/d 12/28/78	Jane B. Doe
Custodian or Estate Accounts
(1)	John B. Smith, Cust.
	f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA	John B. Smith
(2)	John B. Smith, Executor
	Estate of Jane Smith	John B. Smith, Executor


Name and Address of Beneficial Owner	Title of Class	Amount of Shares and Nature of Ownership	Percent of Class
Kenneth Edlow New York, NY 10028	Preferred	1,600,000	11.3%
Knights of Columbus Asset Advisors P.O. Box 1670 New Haven, CT 06507-0901	Preferred	800,000	5.7%
GAMCO Investors, Inc. and affiliates One Corporate Center Rye, NY 10580-1422	Preferred	786,500*	5.6%


Name, Position(s) Address⁽¹⁾ and Year of Birth	Term of Office and Length of Time Served⁽⁸⁾	Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years
John C. Ball President, Treasurer, and Principal Financial and Accounting Officer 1976	Since 2017	Senior Vice President of GAMCO Investors, Inc.; President and Chief Operating Officer of Gabelli Funds, LLC; Chief Executive Officer of G. Distributors, LLC; Officer of registered investment companies within the Gabelli Fund Complex
Peter Goldstein Secretary and Vice President 1953	Since 2020	Chief Legal Officer, GAMCO Investors, Inc. and Chief Legal Officer, Associated Capital Group, Inc. since 2021; General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer, Buckingham Capital Management, Inc. (2012-2020); Chief Legal Officer and Chief Compliance Officer, The Buckingham Research Group, Inc. (2012-2020)
Richard J. Walz Chief Compliance Officer 1959	Since 2013	Chief Compliance Officer of registered investment companies within the Gabelli Fund Complex since 2013
Carter W. Austin Vice President 1966	Since 2000	Vice President and/or Ombudsman of closed-end funds within the Gabelli Fund Complex; Senior Vice President (since 2015) of Gabelli Funds, LLC


Name of Director/Nominee	Dollar Range of Equity Securities Held in the Fund*⁽¹⁾	Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities Held in the Family of Investment Companies*⁽¹⁾⁽²⁾
INTERESTED DIRECTORS/NOMINEE:
Mario J. Gabelli	E	E
Laura Linehan	A	E
Agnes Mullady	B	E
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:
Elizabeth C. Bogan	A	E
James P. Conn	D	E
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.	A	E
Michael J. Ferrantino	A	E
Leslie F. Foley	A	B
William F. Heitmann	E	E
Eileen Cheigh Nakamura	E	E
Anthonie C. van Ekris	A	E
Salvatore J. Zizza	E	E


Name of Director/Nominee/Officer	Amount and Nature of Beneficial Ownership⁽¹⁾	Percent of Class of Shares Outstanding⁽²⁾
INTERESTED DIRECTORS/NOMINEE:
Mario J. Gabelli	2,403,648 Common Stock⁽³⁾	*
	29,000 Series G Preferred⁽⁴⁾	*
	90,000 Series M Preferred⁽⁵⁾	*
	667,500 Series Q Preferred⁽⁶⁾	4.8%
Laura Linehan	0	*
Agnes Mullady	150 Common Stock	*

INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:
Elizabeth C. Bogan	0	*
James P. Conn	15,476 Common Stock	*
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.	0	*
Michael J. Ferrantino	0	*
Leslie F. Foley	0	*
William F. Heitmann	175,180 Common Stock	*
Eileen Cheigh Nakamura	9,633 Common Stock	*
Anthonie C. van Ekris	0	*
Salvatore J. Zizza	20,796 Common Stock⁽⁷⁾	*
	388 Series H Preferred
	1,000 Series K Preferred⁽⁸⁾	*
EXECUTIVE OFFICERS:
John C. Ball	47 Common Stock	*
Peter Goldstein	0	*
Richard J. Walz	0	*


Name of Person and Position	Aggregate Compensation from the Fund	Aggregate Compensation from the Fund and Fund Complex Paid to Directors*
INTERESTED DIRECTORS/NOMINEE:
Mario J. Gabelli	$0	$0 (31)
Chairman and Chief Investment Officer
Laura Linehan	$23,000	$23,000 (1)
Director
Agnes Mullady	$23,000	$133,000 (14)
Director
INDEPENDENT DIRECTORS/NOMINEES:
Elizabeth C. Bogan	$23,000	$152,500 (12)
Director
James P. Conn	$28,000	$291,000 (23)
Director
Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr.	$25,000	$160,000 (11)
Director
Michael J. Ferrantino	$23,000	$38,500 (7)
Director
Leslie F. Foley	$23,000	$92,500 (16)
Director
William F. Heitmann	$29,000	$49,767 (4)
Director
Eileen Cheigh Nakamura	$21,167	$60,933 (4)
Director
Anthonie C. van Ekris**	$0	$208,325 (23)
Director
Salvatore J. Zizza	$26,000	$328,750 (35)
Director
OFFICER:
Molly A.F. Marion	$77,391
Vice President and Ombudsman