The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust Declares Fourth Quarter Cash Distribution, Payable on December 20, 2019

The Gabelli Global Small and Mid Cap Value Trust (the Fund) is a diversified closed-end management investment company. The Fund’s investment objective is to seek long term growth of capital. Under normal market conditions, the Fund will invest at least 80% of its total assets in equity securities of companies with small or medium sized market capitalizations (small cap and mid-cap companies, respectively), and, under normal market conditions, will invest at least 40% of its total assets in the equity securities of companies located outside the United States and in at least three countries. The Fund may also invest up to 20% of its total assets in United States and non-United States nonconvertible debt. The Fund may also invest up to 5% of its total assets in below investment-grade debt securities, also known as high-yield fixed income securities. It may invest up to 25% of its total assets in securities of issuers in a single industry. Its investment advisor is Gabelli Funds, LLC.