GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

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GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL) Files An 8-K Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders
Item 5.07

Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders.

The annual meeting of shareholders of GAMCO Investors, Inc. (“GAMCO”) was held on May 8, 2018.At the annual meeting: (1) seven persons were elected to serve as directors of GAMCO; (2) the appointment of Deloitte & Touche LLP as GAMCO’s independent registered public accounting firm for the year ending December 31, 2018 was ratified; and(3) the potential issuance of more than 1% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock to a related party of GAMCO was approved.

Set forth below, with respect to each of the matters submitted to shareholders, are the number of votes cast for or against or withheld, and the number of abstentions and broker non-votes, where applicable.

VOTES FOR

VOTES WITHHELD

BROKER NON-VOTES

(1) Election of Directors

NOMINEE

Edwin L. Artzt

195,170,901

55,652

–

Raymond C. Avansino, Jr.

193,437,369

1,789,184

–
Leslie B. Daniels 195,186,277 40,276

–

Mario J. Gabelli

193,893,614

1,332,939

–

Eugene R. McGrath

195,173,060

53,493

–

Robert S. Prather, Jr.

193,910,690

1,315,863

–

Elisa M. Wilson

193,832,085

1,394,468

–

VOTES FOR

VOTES AGAINST

ABSTAINED

BROKER NON-VOTES

(2) Ratification of independent registered public accounting firm

195,212,271

11,962

2,320

–

VOTES FOR

VOTES AGAINST

ABSTAINED

BROKER NON-VOTES

(3) Approval of potential issuance of more than 1% of the Company's issued and outstanding common stock to a related party of GAMCO

193,158,549

2,059,591

8,413

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About GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. (NYSE:GBL)

GAMCO Investors, Inc. (GBL) is a holding company. Through its subsidiaries, the Company provides investment advisory services to open and closed-end funds, institutional and private wealth management (PWM) investors in the United States. The Company operates in the segment of investment advisory and asset management business. The Company manages assets and invests in the United States and international securities through various investment styles. GAMCO Asset Management Inc. (Institutional and Private Wealth Management) and Gabelli Funds, LLC (Funds) are registered investment advisers. G.distributors, LLC (G.distributors) acts as an underwriter and distributor of its open-end funds. Its assets under management (AUM) are organized into three groups: Institutional and Private Wealth Management; Open and Closed-End Funds, and SICAV. The Company provides advisory services to a fund under the GAMCO brand, the GAMCO International SICAV (the SICAV).