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EXHIBIT D(9)
CERTIFICATION AND REQUEST FOR ADDITIONAL RIGHTS
THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC.
To the Subscription Agent:
The undersigned hereby certifies that it is a broker-dealer registered
with the Securities and Exchange Commission, commercial bank or trust company,
securities depository or participant therein, or nominee therefor, holding of
record shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
"Common Stock"), of The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc. (the "Fund") on
behalf of beneficial owners as of the close of business on ______,
2000, the Record Date for the offering by the Fund of 3,599,438 shares of Common
Stock pursuant to transferable subscription rights (the "Rights") distributed to
record holders of shares of Common Stock, all as described in a Prospectus dated
________, 2000 (the "Prospectus"), a copy of which the undersigned has received.
One Right was distributed for each full share of Common Stock held of record as
of the close of business on the Record Date; the number of rights issued to each
record holder was rounded up to the nearest number evenly divisible by three;
and each beneficial owner of Common Stock on the Record Date is entitled to have
the number of Rights issued in respect of the shares of Common Stock
beneficially owned by it rounded up to the nearest number evenly divisible by
three.
The undersigned further certifies that (A) beneficial owners on
whose behalf it held, as of the close of business on the Record Date, shares
of Common Stock registered in the name of the undersigned are each entitled to
ONE additional Right in accordance with the foregoing, and (B) beneficial
owners on whose behalf it held, as of the close of business on the Record
Date, shares of Common Stock registered in the name of the undersigned are
each entitled to TWO additional Rights in accordance with the foregoing.
Accordingly, the undersigned requests that, upon surrender of its Subscriptions
Certificate evidencing Rights, a subscription Certificate evidencing
Rights (including additional Rights for rounding as detailed
above*) be issued. The undersigned further certifies that each such beneficial
owner is a bona fide beneficial owner of shares of Common Stock, that such
beneficial ownership is reflected on the undersigned's records and that all
shares of Common Stock which, to the undersigned's knowledge, are beneficially
owned by any such beneficial owner through the undersigned have been aggregated
in calculating the foregoing. The undersigned agrees to provide the Fund or its
designee with such additional information as the Fund deems necessary to verify
the foregoing.
Date: , 2000
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Name of Record Holder
By:
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Name:
Title:
Address:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
DTC Participant Number
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* The number of additional Rights should be equal to (A) + 2x(B).
