Form NPORT-P - Monthly Portfolio Investments Report on Form N-PORT (Public)
30 November 2024 - 1:44AM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
The
GDL
Fund
Schedule
of
Investments
—
September
30,
2024
(Unaudited)
Shares
Market
Value
COMMON
STOCKS
—
63.6%
Aerospace
—
1.0%
40,000
Heroux-Devtek
Inc.†
...............
$
949,388
1,500
Hexcel
Corp.
.....................
92,745
20,000
Spirit
AeroSystems
Holdings
Inc.,
Cl. A†
.
650,200
1,692,333
Automotive
—
0.1%
20,000
Iveco
Group
NV
..................
200,768
Broadcasting
—
1.0%
14,238
Sirius
XM
Holdings
Inc.
.............
336,717
86,000
TEGNA
Inc.
.....................
1,357,080
1,693,797
Building
and
Construction
—
3.5%
35,700
Lennar
Corp.,
Cl. B
................
6,173,958
Business
Services
—
4.1%
8,000
McGrath
RentCorp
................
842,240
62,000
Perficient
Inc.†
...................
4,679,760
170,000
The
Aaron's
Co.
Inc.
...............
1,691,500
7,213,500
Cable
and
Satellite
—
0.4%
120,000
WideOpenWest
Inc.†
...............
630,000
Computer
Software
and
Services
—
11.5%
50,000
Desktop
Metal
Inc.,
Cl. A†
...........
233,500
174,000
HashiCorp
Inc.,
Cl. A†
..............
5,891,640
135,851
Instructure
Holdings
Inc.†
...........
3,199,291
20,000
Keywords
Studios
plc
..............
651,362
205,000
PowerSchool
Holdings
Inc.,
Cl. A†
.....
4,676,050
24,000
Smartsheet
Inc.,
Cl. A†
.............
1,328,640
63,000
Squarespace
Inc.,
Cl. A†
............
2,925,090
150,000
Thoughtworks
Holding
Inc.†
.........
663,000
35,700
WalkMe
Ltd.†
....................
499,800
20,068,373
Consumer
Products
—
2.0%
60,000
Capri
Holdings
Ltd.†
...............
2,546,400
57,000
Vector
Group
Ltd.
.................
850,440
3,396,840
Consumer
Services
—
0.6%
200,000
ARC
Document
Solutions
Inc.
........
676,000
175,000
SPAR
Group
Inc.†
.................
428,750
1,104,750
Diversified
Industrial
—
1.9%
27,000
Haynes
International
Inc.
............
1,607,580
180,000
Iteris
Inc.†
......................
1,285,200
6,000
Target
Hospitality
Corp.†
............
46,680
7,000
United
States
Steel
Corp.
............
247,310
Shares
Market
Value
30,000
Velan
Inc.†
......................
$
181,892
3,368,662
Electronics
—
2.4%
19,000
Bel
Fuse
Inc.,
Cl. A
................
1,889,170
210,000
Vizio
Holding
Corp.,
Cl. A†
...........
2,345,700
4,234,870
Energy
and
Utilities
—
6.9%
40,000
ALLETE
Inc.
.....................
2,567,600
60,000
Atlantica
Sustainable
Infrastructure
plc
..
1,318,800
24,000
Avangrid
Inc.
....................
858,960
9,000
Avista
Corp.
.....................
348,750
30,000
ChampionX
Corp.
.................
904,500
30,000
DMC
Global
Inc.†
.................
389,400
20,000
Encavis
AG†
.....................
387,376
6,000
EQT
Corp.
......................
219,840
2,835
Green
Plains
Inc.†
.................
38,386
30,000
Greenvolt-Energias
Renovaveis
SA†
....
277,175
460,000
Gulf
Coast
Ultra
Deep
Royalty
Trust†
....
6,095
3,000
Hess
Corp.
......................
407,400
45,000
Marathon
Oil
Corp.
................
1,198,350
75,000
Southwestern
Energy
Co.†
...........
533,250
800,000
Tellurian
Inc.†
....................
774,400
43,000
TXNM
Energy
Inc.
.................
1,882,110
12,112,392
Entertainment
—
2.0%
80,000
Endeavor
Group
Holdings
Inc.,
Cl. A
....
2,284,800
15,000
Fox
Corp.,
Cl. B
...................
582,000
70,000
IMAX
China
Holding
Inc.†
...........
73,927
9,000
Manchester
United
plc,
Cl. A†
.........
145,620
30,000
Paramount
Global,
Cl. B
.............
318,600
3,404,947
Environmental
Services
—
1.8%
51,000
Stericycle
Inc.†
...................
3,111,000
Equipment
and
Supplies
—
0.8%
30,000
Cepton
Inc.†
.....................
93,600
80,000
DS
Smith
plc
....................
493,923
140,000
Manitex
International
Inc.†
...........
788,200
1,375,723
Financial
Services
—
4.6%
6,565
Enstar
Group
Ltd.†
................
2,111,239
34,000
Envestnet
Inc.†
...................
2,129,080
12,000
ICC
Holdings
Inc.†
................
275,640
50,000
Nuvei
Corp.
.....................
1,667,500
23,200
Steel
Partners
Holdings
LP†
..........
950,040
25,000
The
First
Bancshares
Inc.
............
803,250
7,936,749
Food
and
Beverage
—
2.3%
60,000
Britvic
plc
......................
1,022,767
The
GDL
Fund
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
—
September
30,
2024
(Unaudited)
Shares
Market
Value
COMMON
STOCKS
(Continued)
Food
and
Beverage
(Continued)
38,000
Kellanova
.......................
$
3,066,980
4,089,747
Health
Care
—
7.4%
12,000
Amedisys
Inc.†
...................
1,158,120
230,000
Augmedix
Inc.†
..................
540,500
18,000
Axonics
Inc.†
....................
1,252,800
125,000
PetIQ
Inc.†
......................
3,846,250
120,000
R1
RCM
Inc.†
....................
1,700,400
330,000
Revance
Therapeutics
Inc.†
..........
1,712,700
600,000
Sharecare
Inc.†
..................
852,000
48,000
SurModics
Inc.†
..................
1,861,440
12,924,210
Hotels
and
Gaming
—
1.3%
50,000
Bally's
Corp.†
....................
862,500
50,000
Everi
Holdings
Inc.†
...............
657,000
50,000
GAN
Ltd.†
......................
88,500
65,000
PlayAGS
Inc.†
...................
740,350
2,348,350
Machinery
—
0.1%
25,000
CFT
SpA†(a)
.....................
128,012
Metals
and
Mining
—
0.6%
35,000
Gatos
Silver
Inc.†
.................
527,800
125,000
Osisko
Mining
Inc.†
...............
450,109
977,909
Paper
and
Forest
Products
—
1.1%
40,000
Smurfit
WestRock
plc
..............
1,976,800
Retail
—
2.8%
15,000
Albertsons
Companies
Inc.,
Cl. A
......
277,200
25,000
Bapcor
Ltd.
.....................
91,777
117,324
Chuy's
Holdings
Inc.†
..............
4,387,917
17,000
Sportsman's
Warehouse
Holdings
Inc.†
.
46,070
4,802,964
Telecommunications
—
3.2%
20,000
Consolidated
Communications
Holdings
Inc.†
........................
92,800
16,000
Frontier
Communications
Parent
Inc.†
...
568,480
280,000
HKBN
Ltd.
......................
111,656
100,000
Juniper
Networks
Inc.
..............
3,898,000
35,000
Orange
Belgium
SA†
...............
577,391
50,000
Spirent
Communications
plc†
.........
114,042
6,000
Telephone
and
Data
Systems
Inc.
......
139,500
5,501,869
Transportation
—
0.1%
40,000
Abertis
Infraestructuras
SA†(a)
.......
157,177
Shares
Market
Value
Wireless
Communications
—
0.1%
713,121
NII
Holdings
Inc.,
Escrow†
...........
$
249,592
TOTAL
COMMON
STOCKS
.........
110,875,292
CLOSED-END
FUNDS
—
0.3%
425,000
Altaba
Inc.,
Escrow†
...............
605,625
RIGHTS
—
0.3%
Computer
Software
and
Services
—
0.0%
1,000
Flexion
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
.......
200
Health
Care
—
0.1%
21,000
ABIOMED
Inc.,
CVR†
...............
36,750
104,000
Adamas
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
CVR†
....
5,200
104,000
Adamas
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
CVR†
....
5,200
40,000
Akouos
Inc.,
CVR†
................
20,000
6,000
Albireo
Pharma
Inc.,
CVR†
...........
13,500
25,000
Alimera
Sciences
Inc.,
CVR†
.........
250
79,391
Ambit
Biosciences
Corp.,
CVR†(a)
.....
0
64,000
Chinook
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
......
32,000
4,000
CinCor
Pharma
Inc.,
CVR†
...........
12,000
25,000
Decibel
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
.......
7,500
28,000
Epizyme
Inc.,
CVR†
................
560
60,000
Fusion
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
CVR†
.....
30,000
500,000
Gracell
Biotechnologies
Inc.,
CVR†
.....
20,000
30,000
Icosavax
Inc.,
CVR†
...............
9,000
300,000
Innocoll,
CVR†(a)
.................
0
125,000
Ipsen
SA/Clementia,
CVR†(a)
.........
0
10,000
Mirati
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
........
5,000
23,000
Ocera
Therapeutics,
CVR†
...........
1,438
3,000
Opiant
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
CVR†
.....
1,500
100,000
Paratek
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
CVR†
....
2,000
3,000
Prevail
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
.......
600
2,000
Radius
Health
Inc.,
CVR†
............
200
1,000
Sigilon
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†
.......
7,550
11,000
Tobira
Therapeutics
Inc.,
CVR†(a)
......
0
210,248
Metals
and
Mining
—
0.1%
10,000
Kinross
Gold
Corp.,
CVR†(a)
.........
0
419,000
Pan
American
Silver
Corp.,
CVR†
......
178,075
178,075
Paper
and
Forest
Products
—
0.1%
24,000
Resolute
Forest
Products
Inc.,
CVR†
....
48,000
TOTAL
RIGHTS
................
436,523
The
GDL
Fund
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
—
September
30,
2024
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
U.S.
GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
—
35.8%
$
62,963,000
U.S.
Treasury
Bills,
4.593%
to
5.310%††,
10/03/24
to
04/03/25(b)
...................
$
62,453,067
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS
BEFORE
SECURITIES
SOLD
SHORT
—
100.0%
(Cost
$167,367,365)
.............
$
174,370,507
Shares
Market
Value
SECURITIES
SOLD
SHORT
—
(5.6)%
Building
and
Construction
—
(2.6)%
24,000
Lennar
Corp.,
Cl. A
.........................
$
4,499,520
Energy
and
Utilities
—
(0.9)%
2,500
Chevron
Corp.
.............................
368,175
11,475
ConocoPhillips
.............................
1,208,088
1,576,263
Financial
Services
—
(0.5)%
25,000
Renasant
Corp.
............................
812,500
Metals
and
Mining
—
(0.3)%
89,250
First
Majestic
Silver
Corp.
..................
535,500
Paper
and
Forest
Products
—
(1.3)%
5,000
International
Paper
Co.
....................
244,250
Shares
Market
Value
40,000
Smurfit
WestRock
plc
......................
$
1,999,008
2,243,258
TOTAL
SECURITIES
SOLD
SHORT
(Proceeds
received
$6,406,697)(c)
......
$
9,667,041
(a)
Security
is
valued
using
significant
unobservable
inputs
and
is
classified
as
Level
3
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
(b)
At
September
30,
2024,
$6,000,000
of
the
principal
amount
was
reserved
and/or
pledged
with
the
custodian
for
securities
sold
short
and
forward
foreign
exchange
contracts.
(c)
At
September
30,
2024,
these
proceeds
are
being
held
at
Pershing
LLC.
†
Non-income
producing
security.
††
Represents
annualized
yields
at
dates
of
purchase.
CVR
Contingent
Value
Right
Geographic
Diversification
%
of
Total
Investments
Market
Value
Long
Positions
North
America
......................
92.6
%
$
161,464,496
Europe
..............................
6.0
10,497,412
Latin
America
.......................
1.2
2,131,238
Asia/Pacific
.........................
0.2
277,361
Total
Investments
—
Long
Positions
100.0%
$
174,370,507
Short
Positions
North
America
......................
(4.4)
%
$
(7,668,033)
Europe
..............................
(1.1)
(1,999,008)
Total
Investments
—
Short
Positions
(5.5)%
$
(9,667,041)
As
of
September
30,
2024,
forward
foreign
exchange
contracts
outstanding
were
as
follows:
Currency
Purchased
Currency
Sold
Counterparty
Settlement
Date
Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
USD
1,109,346
CAD
1,500,000
State
Street
Bank
and
Trust
Co.
10/31/24
$
(574)
USD
1,226,288
EUR
1,100,000
State
Street
Bank
and
Trust
Co.
10/31/24
139
USD
1,332,732
GBP
1,000,000
State
Street
Bank
and
Trust
Co.
10/31/24
(4,197)
TOTAL
FORWARD
FOREIGN
EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS
$
(4,632)
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