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    UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 144

NOTICE OF PROPOSED SALE OF SECURITIES
PURSUANT TO RULE 144 UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933

ATTENTION: Transmit for filing 3 copies of this form concurrently with either placing an order with a broker to execute sale or executing a sale
directly with a market maker.
1(a)  NAME OF ISSUER (Please type or print)
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
(c) S.E.C. FILE NO.
   
 
The Gabelli Utility Trust
 
13-4046522
 
811-09243
   

1(d)  ADDRESS OF ISSUER 
STREET CITY STATE ZIP CODE
(e) TELEPHONE NO.
 
One Corporate Center                                                 Rye                                                   NY                                      10580
AREA CODE
914
NUMBER
921-8821
 

2(a)  NAME OF PERSON FOR WHOSE ACCOUNT THE
         SECURITIES ARE TO BE SOLD
(b) IRS IDENT. NO.
 
(c)  RELATIONSHIP
       TO ISSUER
(d)  ADDRESS 
 STREET              CITY         STATE              ZIP CODE
 
GGCP, Inc.
 
13-3056041
 
See Note
 
 
191 Mason Street                   Greenwich         CT              06830
INSTRUCTION:  The person filing this notice should contact the issuer to obtain the I.R.S. Identification Number and the S.E.C. File Number.
3(a)
Title of the
Class of Securities
To Be Sold
(b)
Name and Address of Each Broker Through Whom the Securities are to be Offered or Each Market Maker who is Acquiring the Securities
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Broker-Dealer
File Number
(c)
Number of Shares
or Other Units To Be Sold
[See instr. 3(c)]
(d)
Aggregate
Market Value
([See instr. 3(d)]
(e)
Number of Shares or Other
Units Outstanding
[See instr. 3(e)]
(f)
Approximate Date of Sale
[See instr. 3(f)]
(MO          DAY          YR)
(g)
Name of Each Securities Exchange
[See instr. 3(g)]
 
 
Common Stock
 
G.research, LLC
One Corporate Center
Rye, NY 10580
 
 
5,000
 
$39,369
as of 1/21/2020
 
     53,989,537
 
1/21/2020
 
NYSE
 
                 
 
INSTRUCTIONS:
1.  (a)  Name of Issuer
     (b)  Issuer’s I.R.S. Identification Number
     (c)  Issuer’s S.E.C. file number, if any
     (d)  Issuer’s address, including zip code
     (e)  Issuer’s telephone number, including area code
 
2.  (a)  Name of person for whose account the securities are to be sold
     (b)  Such person’s  relationship to the issuer (e.g., officer, director, 10% stockholder, or member of immediate family of any of the foregoing)
     (c)  Such person’s address, including zip code
3.  (a)  Title of the class of securities to be sold
     (b)  Name and address of each broker through whom the securities are intended to be sold
     (c)  Number of shares or other units to be sold (if debt securities, give the aggregate face amount)
     (d)  Aggregate market value of the securities to be sold as of a specified date within 10 days prior to the filing of this notice
     (e)  Number of shares or other units of the class outstanding, or if debt securities the face amount thereof outstanding, as shown by the most recent
           report or statement published by the issuer
     (f)  Approximate date on which the securities are to be sold
     (g)  Name of each securities exchange, if any, on which the securities are intended to be sold
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TABLE I -- SECURITIES TO BE SOLD
Furnish the following information with respect to the acquisition of the securities to be sold
and with respect to the payment of all or any part of the purchase price or other consideration therefor:

Title of
the Class
Date You
Acquired
 
Nature of Acquisition Transaction
Name of Person from Whom Acquired
(if gift, also give date donor acquired)
Amount of
Securities Acquired
Date of
Payment
 
Nature of Payment
 
Common Stock
 
 
 
Various
 
 
 
Open Market Purchase
 
 
Issuer
 
 
 
245,000
 
 
Various
 
 
             Cash
 

INSTRUCTIONS:
If the securities were purchased and full payment therefore was not made in cash at the time of purchase, explain in the table or in a note thereto the nature of the consideration given.  If the consideration consisted of any note or other obligation, or if payment was made in installments, describe the arrangement and state when the note or other obligation was discharged in full or the last installment paid.
   
TABLE II -- SECURITIES SOLD DURING THE PAST 3 MONTHS
Furnish the following information as to all securities of the issuer sold during the past 3 months by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.

Name and Address of Seller
Title of Securities Sold
Date of Sale
Amount of Securities Sold
Gross Proceeds
GGCP, Inc.
191 Mason Street
Greenwich, CT 06830
Common Stock
12/20/2019
12/18/2019
12/16/2019
12/3/2019
12/2/2019
4,000
4,000
4,000
8,000
7,000
$30,637
$29,222
$29,320
$61,570
$54,064

REMARKS:
Note – GGCP, Inc. is the controlling shareholder and the majority owner of GAMCO Investors Inc.’s Class B Common Stock (the parent company of the Investment Advisor for the Issuer).

INSTRUCTIONS:
See the definition of “person” in paragraph (a) of Rule 144.  Information is to be given not only as to the person for whose account the securities are to be sold but also as to all other persons included in that definition.  In addition, information shall be given as to sales by all persons whose sales are required by paragraph (e) of Rule 144 to be aggregated with sales for the account of the person filing this notice.
ATTENTION:
The person for whose account the securities to which this notice relates are to be sold hereby represents by signing this notice that he does not know any material adverse information in regard to the current and prospective operations of the Issuer of the securities to be sold which has not been publicly disclosed.  If such person has adopted a written trading plan or given trading instructions to satisfy Rule 10b5-1 under the Exchange Act, by signing the form and indicating the date that the plan was adopted or the instruction given, that person makes such representation as of the plan adoption or instruction date.


                             January 21, 2020                                                                                      /s/ Silvio Berni
DATE OF NOTICE                 (SIGNATURE)
                         Silvio Berni
              VP, Assistant Secretary and Controller for GGCP, Inc.
 _______________________________________________________
 _______________________________________________________
DATE OF PLAN ADOPTION OR GIVING OF INSTRUCTION
IF RELYING ON RULE 10B5-1
The notice shall be signed by the person for whose account the securities are to be sold.  At least one copy of the notice shall be manually signed. Any copies not manually signed shall bear typed or printed signatures.
ATTENTION:  Intentional misstatements or omission of facts constitute Federal Criminal Violations (See 18 U.S.C. 1001)