Reminder: Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund's Series A Preferred Shares Goes Ex-Dividend Soon

On 9/21/26, Ellsworth Growth and Income Fund Ltd.'s 5.25% Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares (Symbol: ECF.PRA) will trade ex-dividend, for its quarterly dividend of $0.3281, payable on 9/28/26. As a percentage of ECF.PRA's recent share price of $19.41, this dividend works out to approximately 1.69%, so look for shares of ECF.PRA to trade 1.69% lower — all else being equal — when ECF.PRA shares open for trading on 9/21/26. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 6.76%, which compares to an average yield of 6.67% in the "ETFs & CEFs" preferred stock category, according to Preferred Stock Channel . The chart below shows the one year performance of ECF.PRA shares, versus ECF: Below is a dividend history chart for ECF.