The Board of Trustees, at a meeting held on May 12, 2004, voted to authorize the repurchase of its common shares in the open market, from time to time, when the shares are trading at a discount of 7.5% or more from net asset value. The Fund has repurchased a total of 960,200 shares since the inception of the share repurchase program at an average investment of $17.89 per share and an average discount to net asset value of 12.28%.

The Gabelli Dividend & Income Trust is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company with $2.5 billion in total assets whose primary investment objective is to provide a high level of total return with an emphasis on dividends and income. The Fund is managed by Gabelli Funds, LLC, a subsidiary of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (NYSE:GBL), which is a publicly traded NYSE listed company.