Bancroft
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
—
June
30,
2026
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
—
82.2%
Aerospace
and
Defense
—
3.4%
$
1,700,000
AST
SpaceMobile
Inc.,
2.000%,
01/15/36(a)
.............
$
1,980,415
1,500,000
BlackSky
Technology
Inc.,
8.250%,
08/01/33(a)
.............
1,932,750
2,000,000
Voyager
Technologies
Inc.,
0.750%,
11/15/30(a)
.............
2,624,400
6,537,565
Business
Services
—
4.1%
2,000,000
IREN
Ltd.,
1.000%,
12/01/33(a)
.............
1,741,000
175,000
Keel
Infrastructure
Corp.,
1.250%,
01/15/32(a)
.............
194,113
1,600,000
Live
Nation
Entertainment
Inc.,
2.875%,
01/15/30
...............
1,913,600
2,000,000
Mirion
Technologies
Inc.,
0.250%,
06/01/30(a)
.............
2,136,500
1,200,000
Terawulf
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
05/01/32(a)
.........
1,780,448
7,765,661
Computer
Software
and
Services
—
11.8%
Akamai
Technologies
Inc.
700,000
Zero
Coupon,
05/15/32(a)
.........
645,316
2,000,000
0.250%,
05/15/33
...............
2,921,500
750,000
CoreWeave
Inc.,
1.750%,
10/01/32(a)
.............
827,850
3,000,000
CyberArk
Software
Ltd.,
Zero
Coupon,
06/15/30
...........
4,991,093
Nebius
Group
NV
350,000
1.250%,
03/15/31(a)
.............
609,652
2,250,000
2.750%,
09/15/32(a)
.............
4,813,702
1,050,000
2.625%,
03/15/33(a)
.............
1,859,628
1,975,000
Pagaya
Technologies
Ltd.,
6.125%,
10/01/29
...............
3,151,233
1,400,000
Snowflake
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
10/01/29
...........
2,478,840
350,000
Tyler
Technologies
Inc.,
0.500%,
07/15/31(a)
.............
347,113
22,645,927
Consumer
Services
—
1.3%
2,140,000
Uber
Technologies
Inc.,
Ser.
2028,
0.875%,
12/01/28
...............
2,563,720
Diversified
Industrial
—
2.7%
2,500,000
BWX
Technologies
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
11/01/30(a)
.........
2,566,250
PureCycle
Technologies
Inc.
1,500,000
7.250%,
08/15/30
...............
1,617,585
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
$
1,000,000
4.750%,
07/01/32
...............
$
1,018,170
5,202,005
Energy
and
Utilities
—
20.1%
1,125,000
Atlas
Energy
Solutions
Inc.,
0.500%,
04/15/31(a)
.............
1,514,531
1,250,000
Bloom
Energy
Corp.,
Zero
Coupon,
11/15/30(a)
.........
2,290,313
CMS
Energy
Corp.
2,000,000
3.375%,
05/01/28
...............
2,233,500
1,000,000
3.125%,
05/01/31(a)
.............
1,019,000
3,000,000
Crescent
Energy
Co.,
2.750%,
03/15/31(a)
.............
2,958,000
2,550,000
Energy
Fuels
Inc.,
0.750%,
11/01/31(a)
.............
2,658,375
4,000,000
FirstEnergy
Corp.,
3.875%,
01/15/31
...............
4,445,800
3,350,000
Fluor
Corp.,
1.125%,
08/15/29
...............
4,444,612
2,000,000
Golar
LNG
Ltd.,
2.750%,
12/15/30
...............
2,281,800
1,600,000
Liberty
Energy
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
03/01/31(a)
.........
1,651,600
1,225,000
Ormat
Technologies
Inc.,
Ser.
A,
1.500%,
03/15/31(a)
.............
1,333,780
1,000,000
Peabody
Energy
Corp.,
0.500%,
06/01/31(a)
.............
924,500
PPL
Capital
Funding
Inc.
3,000,000
2.875%,
03/15/28
...............
3,408,750
1,000,000
3.000%,
12/01/30(a)
.............
1,018,050
2,000,000
Solaris
Energy
Infrastructure
Inc.,
0.250%,
10/01/31
...............
3,257,500
2,450,000
WEC
Energy
Group
Inc.,
4.375%,
06/01/29
...............
3,038,613
38,478,724
Financial
Services
—
8.4%
3,495,000
Bitfarms
Ltd.,
1.375%,
01/15/31(a)
.............
4,101,383
3,000,000
Cleanspark
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
02/15/32(a)
.........
3,045,150
2,000,000
Galaxy
Digital
Holdings
LP,
2.500%,
12/01/29(a)
.............
2,877,934
1,050,000
Kite
Realty
Group
LP,
3.250%,
04/15/32(a)
.............
1,048,211
1,150,000
Riot
Platforms
Inc.,
0.750%,
01/15/30
...............
2,312,328
2,350,000
WisdomTree
Inc.,
4.500%,
10/01/31(a)
.............
2,674,535
16,059,541
Bancroft
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
—
June
30,
2026
(Unaudited)
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
(Continued)
Health
Care
—
15.6%
$
2,000,000
ANI
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
2.250%,
09/01/29
...............
$
2,594,150
2,250,000
Bridgebio
Pharma
Inc.,
1.750%,
03/01/31
...............
3,790,125
350,000
Celcuity
Inc.,
0.250%,
08/01/32
...............
399,490
2,000,000
Cytokinetics
Inc.,
1.750%,
10/01/31(a)
.............
3,000,000
4,000,000
Halozyme
Therapeutics
Inc.,
0.875%,
11/15/32(a)
.............
4,405,191
940,000
Invacare
Corp.,
Escrow,
Zero
Coupon,
05/08/28(b)
.........
0
3,977,000
Ionis
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
12/01/30(a)
.........
4,245,447
2,600,000
Ligand
Pharmaceuticals
Inc.,
0.750%,
10/01/30(a)
.............
4,452,500
500,000
Nuvation
Bio
Inc.,
0.750%,
07/01/32
...............
521,562
2,000,000
OSI
Systems
Inc.,
2.250%,
08/01/29
...............
2,674,018
4,000,000
Sarepta
Therapeutics
Inc.,
4.875%,
09/01/30(a)
.............
3,353,583
350,000
Viridian
Therapeutics
Inc.,
1.750%,
05/15/32
...............
376,373
29,812,439
Metals
and
Mining
—
2.0%
750,000
Endeavour
Silver
Corp.,
0.250%,
01/15/31(a)
.............
776,625
150,000
First
Majestic
Silver
Corp.,
0.125%,
01/15/31(a)
.............
167,700
1,100,000
MP
Materials
Corp.,
3.000%,
03/01/30(a)
.............
2,972,639
3,916,964
Real
Estate
Investment
Trusts
—
1.7%
3,000,000
Digital
Realty
Trust
LP,
1.875%,
11/15/29(a)
.............
3,222,000
Retail
—
1.5%
2,450,000
Alibaba
Group
Holding
Ltd.,
0.500%,
06/01/31
...............
2,893,450
Semiconductors
—
5.4%
700,000
Cohu
Inc.,
1.500%,
01/15/31(a)
.............
1,983,812
2,000,000
indie
Semiconductor
Inc.,
3.500%,
12/15/29(a)
.............
2,304,000
1,000,000
Nova
Ltd.,
Zero
Coupon,
09/15/30(a)
.........
1,849,457
Principal
Amount
Market
Value
$
1,500,000
ON
Semiconductor
Corp.,
0.500%,
03/01/29
...............
$
1,811,250
1,000,000
Onto
Innovation
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
06/01/31(a)
.........
1,320,900
550,000
Ultra
Clean
Holdings
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
03/15/31(a)
.........
1,033,914
10,303,333
Telecommunications
—
4.2%
1,250,000
ADTRAN
Holdings
Inc.,
3.750%,
09/15/30(a)
.............
1,906,875
800,000
Applied
Digital
Corp.,
2.750%,
06/01/30
...............
3,193,164
600,000
Bandwidth
Inc.,
Zero
Coupon,
07/01/32(a)
.........
689,700
500,000
Lumentum
Holdings
Inc.,
0.375%,
03/15/32(a)
.............
2,308,750
8,098,489
TOTAL
CONVERTIBLE
CORPORATE
BONDS
....................
157,499,818
CORPORATE
BONDS
—
0.5%
Health
Care
—
0.5%
1,000,000
iTracHEALTH
Corp.,
8.000%,
06/30/27(b)
.............
1,000,000
Shares
MANDATORY
CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES(c)
—
14.2%
Aerospace
and
Defense
—
2.1%
25,050
The
Boeing
Co.,
6.000%,
10/15/27
...............
1,685,865
40,000
VSE
Corp.,
5.750%,
02/01/29
...............
2,306,800
3,992,665
Business
Services
—
0.9%
39,000
Oracle
Corp.,
Ser.
D,
6.500%,
01/15/29
...............
1,753,050
Computer
Software
and
Services
—
5.1%
1,000
Alphabet
Inc.,
Ser.
A,
6.250%,
05/15/29
...............
50,890
61,000
Alphabet
Inc.,
Ser.
B,
6.250%,
05/15/29
...............
3,068,300
57,000
Hewlett
Packard
Enterprise
Co.,
7.625%,
09/01/27
...............
6,592,620
9,711,810
Energy
and
Utilities
—
2.3%
NextEra
Energy
Inc.
44,000
7.234%,
11/01/27
...............
2,186,800
20,000
7.375%,
02/15/29
...............
958,800
4,000
PPL
Corp.,
7.000%,
02/15/29
...............
196,280
Bancroft
Fund
Ltd.
Schedule
of
Investments
(Continued)
—
June
30,
2026
(Unaudited)
Shares
Market
Value
MANDATORY
CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES(c)
(Continued)
Energy
and
Utilities
(Continued)
21,500
The
Southern
Co.,
Ser.
A,
7.125%,
12/15/28
...............
$
1,069,410
4,411,290
Health
Care
—
1.7%
14,600
BrightSpring
Health
Services
Inc.,
6.750%,
02/01/27
...............
3,342,670
Semiconductors
—
2.1%
51,500
Microchip
Technology
Inc.,
7.500%,
03/15/28
...............
3,950,565
TOTAL
MANDATORY
CONVERTIBLE
SECURITIES
................
27,162,050
Principal
Amount
U.S.
GOVERNMENT
OBLIGATIONS
—
3.1%
$
5,935,000
U.S.
Treasury
Bills,
3.646%
to
3.698%†,
08/27/26
to
09/24/26
......................
5,886,554
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS
—
100.0%
....
(Cost
$150,670,421)
.............
$
191,548,422
(a)
Securities
exempt
from
registration
under
Rule
144A
of
the
Securities
Act
of
1933,
as
amended.
These
securities
may
be
resold
in
transactions
exempt
from
registration,
normally
to
qualified
institutional
buyers.
(b)
Security
is
valued
using
significant
unobservable
inputs
and
is
classified
as
Level
3
in
the
fair
value
hierarchy.
(c)
Mandatory
convertible
securities
are
required
to
be
converted
on
the
dates
listed;
they
generally
may
be
converted
prior
to
these
dates
at
the
option
of
the
holder.
†
Represents
annualized
yields
at
dates
of
purchase.