UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM N-Q QUARTERLY SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO HOLDINGS OF REGISTERED MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY Investment Company Act file number 811-08476 -------------- The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc. --------------------------------------- (Exact name of registrant as specified in charter) One Corporate Center Rye, New York 10580-1422 --------------------------------------- (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code) Bruce N. Alpert Gabelli Funds, LLC One Corporate Center Rye, New York 10580-1422 --------------------------------------- (Name and address of agent for service) Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-800-422-3554 ------------------ Date of fiscal year end: December 31, 2004 ------------------ Date of reporting period: September 30, 2004 ------------------ Form N-Q is to be used by management investment companies, other than small business investment companies registered on Form N-5 (ss.ss. 239.24 and 274.5 of this chapter), to file reports with the Commission, not later than 60 days after the close of the first and third fiscal quarters, pursuant to rule 30b1-5 under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (17 CFR 270.30b1-5). The Commission may use the information provided on Form N-Q in its regulatory, disclosure review, inspection, and policymaking roles. A registrant is required to disclose the information specified by Form N-Q, and the Commission will make this information public. A registrant is not required to respond to the collection of information contained in Form N-Q unless the Form displays a currently valid Office of Management and Budget ("OMB") control number. Please direct comments concerning the accuracy of the information collection burden estimate and any suggestions for reducing the burden to the Secretary, Securities and Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street, NW, Washington, DC 20549-0609. The OMB has reviewed this collection of information under the clearance requirements of 44 U.S.C. ss. 3507. ITEM 1. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS. The Schedule of Investments is attached herewith. THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS -- 88.9% COPYRIGHT/CREATIVITY COMPANIES -- 37.3% BUSINESS SERVICES: ADVERTISING -- 0.5% 8,000 Donnelley (R.H.) Corp.+ ....... $ 394,880 20,000 Harte-Hanks Inc. .............. 500,200 4,200 Havas SA ...................... 22,065 2,000 Publicis Groupe ............... 57,157 ------------ 974,302 ------------ COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT -- 0.0% 40,000 Agere Systems Inc., Cl. B+ .... 40,800 ------------ COMPUTER SOFTWARE AND SERVICES -- 2.1% 3,375 Activision Inc.+ .............. 46,811 15,000 America Online Latin America Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 6,600 3,000 Atlus Co. Ltd. ................ 20,388 9,473 CNET Networks Inc.+ ........... 86,678 3,230 EarthLink Inc.+ ............... 33,269 1,000 Electronic Arts Inc.+ ......... 45,990 1,000 EMC Corp.+ .................... 11,540 100 Google Inc., Cl. A+ ........... 12,960 10,000 Jupitermedia Corp.+ ........... 178,000 1,000 Maxtor Corp.+ ................. 5,200 65,000 Microsoft Corp. ............... 1,797,250 2,000 Mobius Management Systems Inc.+ ............... 18,100 1,000 Pixar Inc.+ ................... 78,900 54,000 Yahoo! Inc.+ .................. 1,831,140 ------------ 4,172,826 ------------ CONSUMER PRODUCTS -- 0.3% 6,000 Department 56 Inc.+ ........... 97,800 200 eBay Inc.+ .................... 18,388 20,000 Mattel Inc. ................... 362,600 ------------ 478,788 ------------ ELECTRONICS -- 1.5% 5,000 Intel Corp. ................... 100,300 3,570 Royal Philips Electronics NV, ADR ..................... 81,789 10,000 Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., GDR (b) ............... 1,988,710 22,000 Sony Corp., ADR ............... 756,580 6,000 Zoran Corp.+ .................. 94,320 ------------ 3,021,699 ------------ ENTERTAINMENT -- 11.8% 60,000 Canal Plus, ADR ............... 82,566 1,000 Corporacion Interamericana de Entretenimiento SA de CV, Cl. B+ .................. 2,061 25,000 Crown Media Holdings Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 208,750 31,622 EMI Group plc ................. 126,317 30,000 EMI Group plc, ADR ............ 239,676 50,000 Fox Entertainment Group Inc., Cl. A+ ................ 1,387,000 MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ 220,000 Gemstar-TV Guide International Inc.+ ......... $ 1,243,000 70,000 GMM Grammy Public Co. Ltd. .... 26,361 481 Henley LP+ .................... 1,443 722,715 Liberty Media Corp., Cl. A+ ... 6,302,075 100,000 Shaw Brothers (Hong Kong) Ltd. 97,460 95,000 Six Flags Inc.+ ............... 516,800 70,000 SMG plc ....................... 139,336 85,000 The Walt Disney Co. ........... 1,916,750 200,000 Time Warner Inc.+ ............. 3,228,000 140,000 Viacom Inc., Cl. A ............ 4,760,000 120,000 Vivendi Universal SA, ADR+ .... 3,087,600 6,000 World Wrestling Entertainment Inc. .......... 73,320 ------------ 23,438,515 ------------ FINANCIAL SERVICES -- 0.2% 8,000 H&R Block Inc. ................ 395,360 ------------ HOTELS AND GAMING -- 7.1% 8,000 Aztar Corp.+ .................. 212,000 11,000 Boca Resorts Inc., Cl. A+ ..... 204,270 30,000 Caesars Entertainment Inc.+ ... 501,000 8,000 Churchill Downs Inc. .......... 313,200 178,000 Gaylord Entertainment Co.+ .... 5,518,000 5,000 Greek Organization of Football Prognostics SA .............. 96,752 32,000 GTECH Holdings Corp. .......... 810,240 740,000 Hilton Group plc .............. 3,705,891 55,000 Magna Entertainment Corp., Cl. A+ ...................... 299,750 41,000 MGM Mirage+ ................... 2,035,650 6,000 Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. .............. 278,520 ------------ 13,975,273 ------------ PUBLISHING -- 13.8% 20,000 Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA . 189,281 100,000 Belo Corp., Cl. A ............. 2,254,000 1,000 Dow Jones & Co. Inc. .......... 40,610 20,000 EMAP plc ...................... 272,520 12,000 Gannett Co. Inc. .............. 1,005,120 2,833 Golden Books Family Entertainment Inc.+ ......... 8 2,000 Hollinger International Inc., Cl. A ....................... 34,580 144,400 Independent News & Media plc .. 365,865 12,000 Journal Register Co.+ ......... 226,800 15,000 Knight-Ridder Inc. ............ 981,750 50,000 Lee Enterprises Inc. .......... 2,317,000 19,000 McClatchy Co., Cl. A .......... 1,345,770 20,000 McGraw-Hill Companies Inc. .... 1,593,800 23,000 Media General Inc., Cl. A ..... 1,286,850 27,000 Meredith Corp. ................ 1,387,260 100,000 Nation Multimedia Group ....... 32,589 100,000 New Straits Times Press Berhad+ 106,842 2 THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) COPYRIGHT/CREATIVITY COMPANIES (CONTINUED) PUBLISHING (CONTINUED) 20,000 News Corp. Ltd., ADR .......... $ 657,400 150,000 Oriental Press Group Ltd. ..... 57,707 160,000 Penton Media Inc.+ ............ 26,400 10,000 Playboy Enterprises Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 97,000 974,000 Post Publishing Co. Ltd. ...... 130,494 200,000 PRIMEDIA Inc.+ ................ 470,000 47,000 Pulitzer Inc. ................. 2,321,800 90,000 Reader's Digest Association Inc. ............ 1,313,100 1,000 Scholastic Corp.+ ............. 30,890 251,520 SCMP Group Ltd. ............... 108,051 64,000 Scripps (E.W.) Co., Cl. A ..... 3,057,920 252,671 Singapore Press Holdings Ltd. . 711,369 300 SPIR Communication ............ 49,370 15,000 Telegraaf Holdingsmij - CVA ... 339,067 45,000 Thomas Nelson Inc. ............ 879,750 84,000 Tribune Co. ................... 3,456,600 15,000 United Business Media plc, ADR 127,200 800 Wiley (John) & Sons Inc., Cl. B ....................... 25,680 4,000 Wolters Kluwer NV ............. 67,317 ------------ 27,367,760 ------------ TOTAL COPYRIGHT/ CREATIVITY COMPANIES ........ 73,865,323 ------------ DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES -- 51.6% BROADCASTING -- 10.3% 1,560 Asahi Broadcasting Corp. ...... 96,531 18,000 CanWest Global Communications Corp.+ ...................... 140,580 18,000 CanWest Global Communications Corp., Sub-Voting+ .......... 139,386 6,400 Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting Co., Ltd. ................... 80,134 5,000 Clear Channel Communications Inc. ......... 155,850 8,333 Corus Entertainment Inc., Cl. B ....................... 154,735 9,000 Cox Radio Inc., Cl. A+ ........ 134,280 1,000 Emmis Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ...................... 18,060 30,020 Fisher Communications Inc.+ ... 1,440,960 228 Fuji Television Network Inc. .. 463,385 75,000 Granite Broadcasting Corp.+ ... 17,250 100,000 Gray Television Inc. .......... 1,190,000 10,000 Gray Television Inc., Cl. A ... 111,400 10,000 Grupo Radio Centro, SA de CV, ADR+ .............. 63,600 30,000 Hearst-Argyle Television Inc. . 733,500 4,550 Lagardere SCA ................. 282,217 151,000 Liberty Corp. ................. 6,000,740 33,000 Lin TV Corp., Cl. A+ .......... 642,840 5,140 Media Prima Berhad (c) ........ 0 4,000 Metropole Television SA ....... 107,011 1,200 Nippon Broadcasting System Inc. ................. 55,528 MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ 7,000 Nippon Television Network Corp. ............... $ 1,058,114 4,650 NRJ Group ..................... 92,405 1,000 NTN Communications Inc.+ ...... 2,600 120,000 Paxson Communications Corp.+ .. 162,000 500 Radio One Inc., Cl. A+ ........ 7,145 1,000 Radio One Inc., Cl. D+ ........ 14,230 1,500 RTL Group (Brussels) .......... 88,493 3,500 RTL Group (New York) .......... 209,048 1,906 SAGA Communications Inc., Cl. A+ ................ 32,307 70,000 Salem Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ............... 1,772,400 2,000 SBS Broadcasting SA+ .......... 67,320 80,000 Sinclair Broadcast Group Inc., Cl. A ................. 584,000 25,000 Societe Television Francaise 1 709,185 5,000 Spanish Broadcasting System Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 49,200 50,000 Television Broadcasts Ltd. .... 223,774 110,000 Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. 1,715,647 258 TV Asahi Corp. ................ 503,289 15,000 TV Azteca, SA de CV, ADR ...... 151,800 26,000 Ulster Television plc ......... 201,368 61,400 Young Broadcasting Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 667,418 ------------ 20,339,730 ------------ BUSINESS SERVICES -- 0.6% 15,000 Carlisle Holdings Ltd. ........ 95,400 40,000 Cendant Corp. ................. 864,000 500 CheckFree Corp.+ .............. 13,835 1,000 Convergys Corp.+ .............. 13,430 500 Dun and Bradstreet Corp.+ ..... 29,350 8,000 Interactive Data Corp.+ ....... 150,560 1,000 Moody's Corp. ................. 73,250 2,500 Traffix Inc. .................. 14,775 ------------ 1,254,600 ------------ CABLE -- 5.0% 16,578 Austar United Communications Ltd.+ ........ 10,327 200,000 Cablevision Systems Corp., Cl. A+ ............... 4,056,000 50,000 Charter Communications Inc., Cl. A+ ................ 133,000 37,350 Comcast Corp., Cl. A+ ......... 1,054,764 7,000 Comcast Corp., Cl. A, Special+ 195,440 10,000 Cox Communications Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 331,300 73,362 Liberty Media International Inc., Cl. A+ ................ 2,447,503 15,000 Mediacom Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ...................... 97,950 39,000 Shaw Communications Inc., Cl. B 650,539 11,000 Shaw Communications Inc., Cl. B, Non-Voting .................. 183,480 28 Telewest Global Inc.+ ......... 328 89,730 UnitedGlobalCom Inc., Cl. A+ .. 670,283 ------------ 9,830,914 ------------ 3 THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (CONTINUED) CONSUMER SERVICES -- 1.3% 4,000 Bowlin Travel Centers Inc.+ ... $ 7,300 112,400 IAC/InterActiveCorp+ .......... 2,475,048 2,000 Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 31,400 4,000 TiVo Inc.+ .................... 26,480 ------------ 2,540,228 ------------ DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL -- 1.7% 50,000 Bouygues SA ................... 1,875,427 40,000 General Electric Co. .......... 1,343,200 7,700 Hutchison Whampoa Ltd. ........ 60,233 7,908 Malaysian Resources Corp. Berhad+ ............... 1,561 ------------ 3,280,421 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES -- 0.4% 44,000 El Paso Electric Co.+ ......... 707,080 ------------ ENTERTAINMENT -- 4.6% 6,000 AMC Entertainment Inc.+ ....... 114,840 5,000 Blockbuster Inc., Cl. A ....... 37,950 3,150 British Sky Broadcasting Group plc, ADR ......................... 110,124 100,000 GC Companies Inc.+ ............ 86,000 150,000 Grupo Televisa SA, ADR ........ 7,909,500 68,747 ITV plc ....................... 134,043 4,587 ITV plc, Cv.+ ................. 3,403 32,730 Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.+ ..... 378,686 17,000 Regal Entertainment Group, Cl. A ................ 324,700 ------------ 9,099,246 ------------ EQUIPMENT -- 2.0% 11,450 American Tower Corp., Cl. A+ .. 175,757 1,000 Amphenol Corp., Cl. A+ ........ 34,260 35,000 Andrew Corp.+ ................. 428,400 416 Avaya Inc.+ ................... 5,799 2,000 CommScope Inc.+ ............... 43,200 90,000 Corning Inc.+ ................. 997,200 3,000 Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.+ ... 11,759 3,000 L-3 Communications Holdings Inc. ............... 201,000 80,000 Lucent Technologies Inc.+ ..... 253,600 60,000 Motorola Inc. ................. 1,082,400 30,000 Nortel Networks Corp.+ ........ 102,000 12,000 Qualcomm Inc. ................. 468,480 6,000 Scientific-Atlanta Inc. ....... 155,520 20,000 Sycamore Networks Inc.+ ....... 75,600 200 Trestle Holdings Inc.+ ........ 395 ------------ 4,035,370 ------------ MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ FOOD AND BEVERAGE -- 0.1% 30,000 Allied Domecq plc ............. $ 254,605 5,282 Compass Group plc ............. 21,076 ------------ 275,681 ------------ SATELLITE -- 1.7% 300 Asia Satellite Telecommunications Holdings Ltd., ADR .......... 5,820 80,000 DIRECTV Group Inc.+ ........... 1,407,200 28,000 EchoStar Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ............... 871,360 10,000 Lockheed Martin Corp. ......... 557,800 3,000 Loral Space & Communications Ltd.+ ........ 150 50,000 Pegasus Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ............... 375,000 6,000 PT Indosat Tbk, ADR ........... 144,000 30 SKY Perfect Communications Inc. ......... 35,113 ------------ 3,396,443 ------------ TELECOMMUNICATIONS: LONG DISTANCE -- 1.3% 30,000 AT&T Corp. .................... 429,600 1,000 Embratel Participacoes SA, ADR 11,380 35,000 Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co., ADR+ ................... 876,400 65,000 Sprint Corp. .................. 1,308,450 1,000 Startec Global Communications Corp.+ ....... 2 1,666 Talk America Holdings Inc.+ ... 8,713 ------------ 2,634,545 ------------ TELECOMMUNICATIONS: NATIONAL -- 5.0% 10,000 BT Group plc, ADR ............. 329,500 5,000 China Telecom Corp. Ltd.,ADR .. 161,500 5,000 China Unicom Ltd., ADR ........ 39,000 40,000 Compania de Telecomunicaciones de Chile SA, ADR ............... 443,600 162,000 Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR+ ..... 3,022,920 50,000 Elisa Corp.+ .................. 661,367 3,000 France Telecom SA, ADR ........ 75,000 3,305 Hellenic Telecommunications Organization SA ............. 44,414 500 Magyar Tavkozlesi Rt, ADR ..... 10,220 20 Nippon Telegraph & Telephone Corp. ............. 79,663 4,320 PT Telekomunikasi Indonesia, ADR .............. 76,421 6,000 Rostelecom, ADR ............... 81,180 45,000 Swisscom AG, ADR .............. 1,562,400 2,000 Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd., ADR ................... 63,620 58,000 Telefonica SA, ADR ............ 2,609,420 19,000 Telefonos de Mexico SA de CV, Cl. L, ADR .................. 613,130 18,172 TeliaSonera AB ................ 88,361 2,400 Telstra Corp. Ltd., ADR ....... 40,632 ------------ 10,002,348 ------------ 4 THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES (CONTINUED) TELECOMMUNICATIONS: REGIONAL -- 7.4% 4,266 Aliant Inc. ................... $ 86,395 6,000 Allegiance Telecom Inc.+ ...... 28 7,000 ALLTEL Corp. .................. 384,370 9,557 ATX Communications Inc.+ ...... 669 40,000 BCE Inc. ...................... 866,000 4,000 Brasil Telecom Participacoes SA, ADR ..................... 129,600 47,000 CenturyTel Inc. ............... 1,609,280 2,000 Choice One Communications Inc.+ ....................... 30 120,000 Cincinnati Bell Inc.+ ......... 418,800 143,000 Citizens Communications Co. ... 1,914,770 50,000 Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc.+ ........... 2,177,500 3,000 Metromedia International Group Inc.+ ................. 1,470 350,646 Qwest Communications International Inc.+ ......... 1,167,651 120,345 Rogers Communications Inc., Cl. B, New York .................... 2,432,172 9,655 Rogers Communications Inc., Cl. B, Toronto ..................... 195,229 6,000 SBC Communications Inc. ....... 155,700 18,432 Tele Norte Leste Participacoes SA, ADR ....... 243,855 10,000 Telecom Argentina SA, Cl. B, ADR+ ................. 109,200 45,000 TELUS Corp. ................... 931,611 15,000 TELUS Corp., Non-Voting ....... 290,388 4,000 Time Warner Telecom Inc., Cl. A+ ...................... 19,200 40,000 Verizon Communications Inc. ... 1,575,200 ------------ 14,709,118 ------------ WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS -- 10.2% 34,000 America Movil SA de CV, Cl. L, ADR .................. 1,327,020 250,000 AT&T Wireless Services Inc.+ .. 3,695,000 240,000 Jasmine International Public Co. Ltd.+ (c) ............... 3,650 29,600 mm02 plc, ADR+ ................ 525,400 500 NTT DoCoMo Inc. ............... 848,342 31,500 Price Communications Corp.+ ... 480,375 80,000 Rogers Wireless Communications Inc., Cl. B+ ...................... 2,512,800 10,800 Rural Cellular Corp., Cl. A+ .. 74,412 37,000 SK Telecom Co. Ltd., ADR ...... 719,650 3,178 Tele Celular Sul Participacoes SA, ADR ..................... 45,351 5,500 Tele Centro Oeste Celular Participacoes SA, ADR ..................... 56,100 330 Tele Leste Celular Participacoes SA, ADR+ ........................ 5,049 330 Tele Norte Celular Participacoes SA, ADR ......................... 3,148 350,000 Telecom Italia Mobile SpA ..... 1,886,605 825 Telemig Celular Participacoes SA, ADR ..................... 23,496 MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ ------ 68,000 Telephone & Data Systems Inc. . $ 5,723,560 6,600 Telesp Celular Participacoes SA, ADR+ .................... 40,788 15,000 Total Access Communications plc+ ........................ 50,400 17,500 United States Cellular Corp.+ . 755,125 6,000 Vimpel-Communications, ADR+ ... 652,800 12,650 Vodafone Group plc, ADR ....... 304,992 16,000 Western Wireless Corp., Cl. A+ 411,360 ------------ 20,145,423 ------------ TOTAL DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES ................... 102,251,147 ------------ TOTAL COMMON STOCKS ........... 176,116,470 ------------ PREFERRED STOCKS -- 2.9% BROADCASTING -- 0.7% 1,063 Granite Broadcasting Corp., 12.750% Pfd.+ ............... 435,830 100 Gray Television Inc., 8.000% Cv. Pfd., Ser. C (c) . 1,020,000 ------------ 1,455,830 ------------ BUSINESS SERVICES -- 0.4% 10,809 Interep National Radio Sales Inc., 4.000% Cv. Pfd., Ser. A (c) . 873,372 ------------ PUBLISHING -- 1.8% 112,207 News Corp. Ltd., Pfd., ADR .... 3,515,445 ------------ TOTAL PREFERRED STOCKS ........ 5,844,647 ------------ RIGHTS -- 0.0% BROADCASTING -- 0.0% ADVERTISING -- 0.0% 4,200 Havas SA expires 10/08/04, Zero Coupon, + .............. 1,773 ------------ BROADCASTING -- 0.0% 5,140 Media Prima Berhad expires 07/18/08, Zero Coupon, + .............. 1,096 ------------ TOTAL RIGHTS .................. 2,869 ------------ WARRANTS -- 0.0% BROADCASTING -- 0.0% 5,140 Media Prima Berhad+ ........... 927 ------------ BUSINESS SERVICES -- 0.0% 62,500 Interep National Radio Sales Inc.+ ................. 0 ------------ PUBLISHING -- 0.0% 25,000 Nation Multimedia Group+ ...... 1,533 ------------ TOTAL WARRANTS ................ 2,460 ------------ 5 THE GABELLI GLOBAL MULTIMEDIA TRUST INC. SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2004 (UNAUDITED) PRINCIPAL MARKET AMOUNT VALUE* --------- ------ CORPORATE BONDS -- 0.4% BUSINESS SERVICES -- 0.4% $ 50,000 BBN Corp., Sub. Deb. Cv., 6.000%, 04/01/12+ (c)(a) .... $ 0 Trans-Lux Corp., Sub. Deb. Cv., 300,000 8.250%, 03/01/2012 .......... 290,625 500,000 7.500%, 12/01/2006 .......... 501,250 ------------ TOTAL CORPORATE BONDS ......... 791,875 ------------ U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS -- 7.8% 15,391,000 U.S. Treasury Bills, 1.116% to 1.705%++, 10/07/04 to 12/30/04 ........ 15,370,450 ------------ TOTAL INVESTMENTS -- 100.0% (Cost $162,215,934) ..................... 198,128,771 OTHER ASSETS IN EXCESS OF LIABILITIES ..... 91,372 ------------ PREFERRED STOCK (994,100 preferred shares outstanding) .. (49,827,500) ------------ NET ASSETS -- COMMON STOCK (14,175,253 common shares outstanding) .. $148,392,643 ============ NET ASSET VALUE PER COMMON SHARE ($148,392,643 / 14,175,253 shares outstanding) ..................... $10.47 ====== For Federal tax purposes: Aggregate cost ................... $165,544,389 ============ Gross unrealized appreciation .... $ 44,070,661 Gross unrealized depreciation .... (11,486,279) ============ Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ................. $ 32,584,382 ============ -------------- (a) Security in default. (b) Security 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. At September 30, 2004, the Rule 144A securities are considered liquid and the market value amounted to $1,988,710 or 1.00% of total investments. (c) Security fair valued under procedures established by the Board of Directors. The procedures may include reviewing available financial information about the company and reviewing valuation of comparable securities and other factors on a regular basis. At September 30, 2004, the market value of fair valued securities amounted to $1,897,022 or 0.96% of total investments. + Non-income producing security. ++ Represents annualized yield at date of purchase. ADR - American Depository Receipt. GDR - Global Depository Receipt. * Portfolio securities are valued at the last quoted sale price or closing values. If this is unavailable, then the average of the closing bid and asked prices is used. If there is no asked price, the security is valued at the closing bid price on that day. Debt instruments are valued at the average of the closing bid and asked prices. If the security matures in 60 days or less and is not credit-impaired, it is valued at amortized cost. All securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available or any security that the Board determines does not reflect its fair market value are valued in good faith under procedures established by the Board. % OF MARKET MARKET VALUE VALUE ------ ------ GEOGRAPHIC DIVERSIFICATION North America .................. 74.5% $147,577,823 Europe ......................... 12.6 25,061,847 Asia/Pacific ................... 5.0 9,912,971 Latin America .................. 5.0 9,851,658 Japan .......................... 2.9 5,724,472 ----- ------------ 100.0% $198,128,771 ===== ============ 6 ITEM 2. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES. (a) The registrant's principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons performing similar functions, have concluded that the registrant's disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") (17 CFR 270.30a-3(c))) are effective, as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of the report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of these controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(b)) and Rules 13a-15(b) or 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (17 CFR 240.13a-15(b) or 240.15d-15(b)). (b) There were no changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act (17 CFR 270.30a-3(d)) that occurred during the registrant's last fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the registrant's internal control over financial reporting. ITEM 3. EXHIBITS. Certifications pursuant to Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act and Section 302 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 are attached hereto. SIGNATURES Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized. (Registrant) The Gabelli Global Multimedia Trust Inc. ------------------------------------------ By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Bruce N. Alpert ------------------------------------------------------- Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer Date November 26, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated. By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Bruce N. Alpert ------------------------------------------------------- Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer & Principal Financial Officer Date November 26, 2004 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.