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 811-09243 ------------ The Gabelli Utility Trust ------------------------------------------------- (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 ----------- Date of reporting period: March 31, 2007 ---------------- 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, 100 F Street, NE, Washington, DC 20549. 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(s) of Investments is attached herewith. THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST First Quarter Report March 31, 2007 TO OUR SHAREHOLDERS, During the first quarter of 2007, The Gabelli Utility Trust's (the "Fund") total return was 5.23% on a net asset value ("NAV") basis while the Standard & Poor's ("S&P") 500 Utility Index rose 9.29% and the Lipper Utility Fund Average rose 7.74%. The Fund's market price on March 31, 2007 was $10.00, which equates to an 18.62% premium to its NAV of $8.43. The Fund's market price, adjusted for distributions, rose 2.54% during the first quarter of 2007. Enclosed is the investment portfolio as of March 31, 2007. COMPARATIVE RESULTS -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS THROUGH MARCH 31, 2007 (A) Since Inception Quarter 1 Year 3 Year 5 Year (07/09/99) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GABELLI UTILITY TRUST NAV TOTAL RETURN (B)............................... 5.23% 29.76% 17.93% 12.78% 11.69% INVESTMENT TOTAL RETURN (C) ....................... 2.54 19.52 9.19 8.34 12.49 S&P 500 Utilities Index.............................. 9.29 33.77 22.23 10.42 6.78 Lipper Utility Fund Average.......................... 7.74 31.44 22.48 13.29 7.36 (a) RETURNS REPRESENT PAST PERFORMANCE AND DO NOT GUARANTEE FUTURE RESULTS. INVESTMENT RETURNS AND THE PRINCIPAL VALUE OF AN INVESTMENT WILL FLUCTUATE. WHEN SHARES ARE SOLD, THEY MAY BE WORTH MORE OR LESS THAN THEIR ORIGINAL COST. CURRENT PERFORMANCE MAY BE LOWER OR HIGHER THAN THE PERFORMANCE DATA PRESENTED. VISIT WWW.GABELLI.COM FOR PERFORMANCE INFORMATION AS OF THE MOST RECENT MONTH END. PERFORMANCE RETURNS FOR LESS THAN ONE YEAR ARE NOT ANNUALIZED. INVESTORS SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER THE INVESTMENT OBJECTIVES, RISKS, CHARGES, AND EXPENSES OF THE FUND BEFORE INVESTING. THE S&P 500 UTILITIES INDEX IS AN UNMANAGED INDICATOR OF ELECTRIC AND GAS UTILITY STOCK PERFORMANCE. THE LIPPER AVERAGE REFLECTS THE AVERAGE PERFORMANCE OF OPEN-END MUTUAL FUNDS CLASSIFIED IN THIS PARTICULAR CATEGORY. DIVIDENDS ARE CONSIDERED REINVESTED. YOU CANNOT INVEST DIRECTLY IN AN INDEX. (b) TOTAL RETURNS AND AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS REFLECT CHANGES IN NAV PER SHARE, REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS AT NAV ON THE EX-DIVIDEND DATE, ADJUSTMENTS FOR RIGHTS OFFERINGS AND ARE NET OF EXPENSES. SINCE INCEPTION RETURN IS BASED ON AN INITIAL NAV OF $7.50. (c) TOTAL RETURNS AND AVERAGE ANNUAL RETURNS REFLECT CHANGES IN CLOSING MARKET VALUES ON THE NEW YORK STOCK EXCHANGE, REINVESTMENT OF DISTRIBUTIONS, AND ADJUSTMENTS FOR RIGHTS OFFERINGS. SINCE INCEPTION RETURN IS BASED ON AN INITIAL OFFERING PRICE OF $7.50. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We have separated the portfolio manager's commentary from the financial statements and investment portfolio due to corporate governance regulations stipulated by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. We have done this to ensure that the content of the portfolio manager's commentary is unrestricted. The financial statements and investment portfolio are mailed separately from the commentary. Both the commentary and the financial statements, including the portfolio of investments, will be available on our website at www.gabelli.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS MARCH 31, 2007 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS -- 92.5% AEROSPACE -- 0.2% 65,000 Rolls-Royce Group plc+........ $ 632,195 3,848,000 Rolls-Royce Group plc, Cl. B.. 7,761 ------------ 639,956 ------------ AGRICULTURE -- 0.0% 800 Cadiz Inc.+................... 20,352 ------------ AUTOMOTIVE -- 0.5% 50,000 ADESA Inc..................... 1,381,500 ------------ CABLE AND SATELLITE -- 2.2% 3,500 Cablevision Systems Corp., Cl. A+ 106,505 5,000 Cogeco Cable Inc.............. 179,082 20,000 Cogeco Inc.................... 653,963 7,500 Comcast Corp., Cl. A+......... 194,625 50,000 EchoStar Communications Corp., Cl. A+ ..................... 2,171,500 35,000 Liberty Global Inc., Cl. A+... 1,152,550 20,000 Liberty Global Inc., Cl. C+... 612,800 12,000 Rogers Communications Inc., Cl. B 393,120 60,000 The DIRECTV Group Inc.+....... 1,384,200 ------------ 6,848,345 ------------ UNITS ----- CLOSED-END FUNDS -- 0.0% 4,350 Bell Aliant Regional Communications Income Fund+ (a)(c)......... 111,273 ------------ SHARES ------ COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT -- 0.6% 280,000 The Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd. 1,710,794 ------------ CONSUMER PRODUCTS -- 0.3% 20,000 The Scotts Miracle-Gro Co., Cl. A 880,600 ------------ DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL -- 0.8% 18,000 Catalytica Energy Systems Inc.+ 25,920 12,000 Cooper Industries Ltd., Cl. A. 539,880 50,000 General Electric Co........... 1,768,000 ------------ 2,333,800 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: ALTERNATIVE ENERGY -- 0.2% 12,000 Ormat Technologies Inc........ 503,520 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: ELECTRIC INTEGRATED -- 46.0% 315,000 Allegheny Energy Inc.+........ 15,479,100 23,000 ALLETE Inc.................... 1,072,260 75,000 Alliant Energy Corp........... 3,361,500 10,000 Ameren Corp................... 503,000 80,000 American Electric Power Co. Inc. 3,900,000 700,000 Aquila Inc.+.................. 2,926,000 6,000 Avista Corp................... 145,380 MARKET SHARES VALUE ------ ------ 35,000 Black Hills Corp.............. $ 1,286,950 30,000 Cleco Corp.................... 774,900 185,000 CMS Energy Corp............... 3,293,000 76,000 Constellation Energy Group Inc. 6,608,200 5,000 Dominion Resources Inc........ 443,850 160,000 DPL Inc....................... 4,974,400 24,000 DTE Energy Co................. 1,149,600 200,000 Duke Energy Corp.............. 4,058,000 90,000 Edison International.......... 4,421,700 189,300 El Paso Electric Co.+......... 4,988,055 3,000 Entergy Corp.................. 314,760 53,000 FirstEnergy Corp.............. 3,510,720 131,500 Florida Public Utilities Co... 1,630,600 110,000 FPL Group Inc................. 6,728,700 105,000 Great Plains Energy Inc....... 3,407,250 62,000 Green Mountain Power Corp..... 2,161,940 50,000 Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. 1,299,500 94,900 Integrys Energy Group Inc..... 5,267,899 62,000 Maine & Maritimes Corp.+...... 1,178,000 66,000 MGE Energy Inc................ 2,340,360 45,000 NiSource Inc.................. 1,099,800 40,000 NorthWestern Corp............. 1,417,200 100,000 OGE Energy Corp............... 3,880,000 24,000 Otter Tail Corp............... 821,760 48,000 PG&E Corp..................... 2,316,960 20,000 PNM Resources Inc............. 646,000 100,000 Progress Energy Inc........... 5,044,000 40,000 Progress Energy Inc., CVO+.... 12,800 20,000 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. ................. 1,660,800 35,000 Puget Energy Inc.............. 898,800 60,000 SCANA Corp.................... 2,590,200 30,000 Sierra Pacific Resources+..... 521,400 105,000 TECO Energy Inc............... 1,807,050 20,000 The Empire District Electric Co. 496,000 100,000 TXU Corp...................... 6,410,000 145,000 Unisource Energy Corp......... 5,444,750 30,700 Unitil Corp................... 834,119 47,000 Vectren Corp.................. 1,344,200 252,500 Westar Energy Inc............. 6,948,800 80,000 Wisconsin Energy Corp......... 3,881,600 200,000 Xcel Energy Inc............... 4,938,000 ------------ 140,239,863 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: ELECTRICTRANSMISSION AND DISTRIBUTION -- 8.2% 50,000 CH Energy Group Inc........... 2,434,500 57,000 Consolidated Edison Inc....... 2,910,420 190,000 Duquesne Light Holdings Inc... 3,760,100 80,000 Energy East Corp.............. 1,948,800 135,000 Northeast Utilities........... 4,423,950 215,000 NSTAR......................... 7,550,800 22,500 Pepco Holdings Inc............ 652,950 36,666 UIL Holdings Corp............. 1,272,310 ------------ 24,953,830 ------------ See accompanying notes to schedule of investments. 2 THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) MARCH 31, 2007 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) ENERGY AND UTILITIES: GLOBAL UTILITIES -- 3.1% 1,500 Areva SA...................... $ 1,459,844 8,000 Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc.. 274,949 9,600 Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. ................... 483,096 20,000 Endesa SA..................... 1,081,500 200,000 Enel SpA...................... 2,140,023 300,000 Hera SpA...................... 1,262,373 8,000 Hokkaido Electric Power Co. Inc. 212,491 8,000 Hokuriku Electric Power Co.... 176,850 30,000 Korea Electric Power Corp., ADR 600,000 8,000 Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. 227,427 2,000 Niko Resources Ltd............ 145,414 8,000 Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc. 191,107 8,000 The Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc. ............. 178,887 8,000 The Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. ............. 230,143 8,000 The Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. ............. 273,591 15,000 Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. 380,601 ------------ 9,318,296 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: MERCHANT ENERGY -- 1.9% 20,000 Calpine Corp.+................ 41,000 35,810 Dynegy Inc., Cl. A+ .......... 331,601 8,130 Mirant Corp.+ ................ 328,940 300,000 Mirant Corp. Escrow (c)+...... 0 230,000 The AES Corp.+ ............... 4,949,600 ------------ 5,651,141 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: NATURAL GAS INTEGRATED -- 8.8% 170,000 El Paso Corp.................. 2,459,900 34,200 EnergySouth Inc............... 1,434,006 100,000 Kinder Morgan Inc............. 10,645,000 105,000 National Fuel Gas Co.......... 4,542,300 100,000 ONEOK Inc..................... 4,500,000 110,000 Southern Union Co............. 3,342,900 ------------ 26,924,106 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: NATURAL GAS UTILITIES -- 8.5% 28,000 AGL Resources Inc. ........... 1,196,160 50,000 Atmos Energy Corp............. 1,564,000 60,000 Cascade Natural Gas Corp...... 1,581,000 10,000 Chesapeake Utilities Corp..... 309,400 3,000 Corning Natural Gas Corp.+.... 45,750 29,700 Delta Natural Gas Co. Inc..... 742,500 127,000 KeySpan Corp. ................ 5,226,050 90,000 Nicor Inc. ................... 4,357,800 35,000 Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. 923,300 6,000 RGC Resources Inc. ........... 170,100 300,000 SEMCO Energy Inc.+............ 2,286,000 130,000 Southwest Gas Corp............ 5,053,100 100,000 Spectra Energy Corp. ......... 2,627,000 ------------ 26,082,160 ------------ MARKET SHARES VALUE ------ ------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: OIL -- 0.6% 4,000 Anadarko Petroleum Corp....... $ 171,920 20,000 Exxon Mobil Corp.............. 1,509,000 4,000 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Cl. A, ADR ................. 265,200 ------------ 1,946,120 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: SERVICES -- 0.4% 70,000 ABB Ltd., ADR................. 1,202,600 ------------ ENERGY AND UTILITIES: WATER -- 2.8% 14,000 American States Water Co. .... 516,180 21,333 Aqua America Inc. ............ 478,926 24,750 Artesian Resources Corp., Cl. A 509,850 20,500 BIW Ltd....................... 361,825 20,520 California Water Service Group 786,326 7,500 Connecticut Water Service Inc. 180,375 51,333 Middlesex Water Co. .......... 944,014 24,088 Pennichuck Corp. ............. 554,506 80,000 SJW Corp. .................... 3,238,400 8,101 Southwest Water Co. .......... 116,817 12,000 Suez SA....................... 632,870 12,000 Suez SA, Strips+.............. 160 9,000 York Water Co................. 152,100 ------------ 8,472,349 ------------ ENTERTAINMENT -- 0.8% 60,000 Time Warner Inc. ............. 1,183,200 30,000 Vivendi ...................... 1,219,092 ------------ 2,402,292 ------------ EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES -- 0.0% 50,000 Capstone Turbine Corp.+....... 53,000 3,000 Mueller Industries Inc. ...... 90,300 ----------- 143,300 ------------ FOOD AND BEVERAGE -- 0.0% 2,000 Dean Foods Co.+............... 93,480 ------------ METALS AND MINING -- 0.2% 20,000 Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA, ADR........ 599,000 3,000 Peabody Energy Corp........... 120,720 ------------ 719,720 ------------ PUBLISHING -- 0.0% 3,000 Idearc Inc.................... 105,300 ------------ REAL ESTATE -- 0.1% 4,050 Brookfield Asset Management Inc., Cl. A ..................... 211,653 ------------ SPECIALTY CHEMICALS -- 1.1% 100,000 MacDermid Inc................. 3,487,000 ------------ TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- 3.8% 46,500 AT&T Inc...................... 1,833,495 54,900 BCE Inc....................... 1,552,572 30,000 BT Group plc, ADR............. 1,800,300 See accompanying notes to schedule of investments. 3 THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) MARCH 31, 2007 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE ------ ------ COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) TELECOMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED) 197,000 Cincinnati Bell Inc.+......... $ 925,900 7,833 Citizens Communications Co.... 117,103 20,000 D&E Communications Inc........ 266,400 22,000 Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR...... 363,660 2,000 France Telecom SA, ADR........ 52,800 200 Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd.+......... 405 500 Mobistar SA .................. 42,280 200 PT Indosat Tbk................ 137 1,200 Tele2 AB, Cl. B............... 19,677 6,000 Telecom Italia SpA, ADR....... 171,960 40,000 Touch America Holdings Inc.+.. 5 115,000 Verizon Communications Inc. .. 4,360,800 ------------ 11,507,494 ------------ TRANSPORTATION -- 0.4% 25,000 GATX Corp..................... 1,195,000 3,200 General Maritime Corp......... 92,416 ------------ 1,287,416 ------------ WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS -- 1.0% 600 America Movil SAB de CV, Cl. L, ADR ................. 28,674 2,000 China Mobile Ltd., ADR........ 89,700 2,000 China Unicom Ltd., ADR........ 28,300 200 Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications SA ...... 5,990 4,000 Mobile TeleSystems OJSC, ADR.. 223,840 190 MobileOne Ltd................. 274 3,000 QUALCOMM Inc.................. 127,980 600 SK Telecom Co. Ltd., ADR...... 14,052 200 SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. .............. 231 28,000 United States Cellular Corp.+. 2,056,600 6,000 Vimpel-Communications, ADR+... 569,040 ------------ 3,144,681 ------------ TOTAL COMMON STOCKS........... 282,322,941 ------------ CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS -- 1.5% ENERGY AND UTILITIES: NATURAL GAS INTEGRATED -- 0.8% 2,000 El Paso Corp., 4.990% Cv. Pfd. (a).......... 2,565,110 ------------ TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- 0.7% 31,033 Citizens Utilities Trust, 5.000% Cv. Pfd.............. 2,019,007 ------------ TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS............ 4,584,117 ------------ PRINCIPAL MARKET AMOUNT VALUE --------- ------ CORPORATE BONDS -- 0.0% TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- 0.0% $ 100,000 Williams Communications Group Inc., Escrow, 10.875%, 10/01/09+ (c)(d).. $ 0 ------------ SHARES ------ WARRANTS -- 0.2% ENERGY AND UTILITIES: MERCHANT ENERGY -- 0.2% 26,107 Mirant Corp., Ser. A, expire 01/03/11+............ 553,468 ------------ PRINCIPAL AMOUNT --------- REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS -- 5.8% $17,571,000 Barclays Capital Inc., 5.080%, dated 03/30/07, due 04/02/07, proceeds at maturity, $17,578,438 (b)............. 17,571,000 ------------ TOTAL INVESTMENTS -- 100.0% (Cost $234,958,900)..................... $305,031,526 ============ -------------- Aggregate book cost.............. $234,958,900 ============ Gross unrealized appreciation.... $ 71,795,143 Gross unrealized depreciation.... (1,722,517) ------------ Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ................ $ 70,072,626 ============ -------------- (a) Securities exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The securities may be resold in transactions exempt from registration, normally to qualified institutional buyers. At March 31, 2007, the Rule 144A securities are considered liquid and the market value amounted to $2,676,383 or 0.88% of total investments. (b) Collateralized by $15,265,000 U.S. Treasury Bond, 6.125%, due 08/15/29, market value $17,922,420. (c) Securities fair valued under procedures established by the Board of Trustees. 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 March 31, 2007, the market value of fair valued securities amounted to $111,273 or 0.04% of total investments. (d) Security is in default. + Non-income producing security. ADR American Depository Receipt CVO Contingent Value Obligation See accompanying notes to schedule of investments. 4 THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST NOTES TO SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (UNAUDITED) 1. SECURITY VALUATION. Portfolio securities listed or traded on a nationally recognized securities exchange or traded in the U.S. over-the-counter market for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the last quoted sale price or a market's official closing price as of the close of business on the day the securities are being valued. If there were no sales that day, the security is valued at the average of the closing bid and asked prices or, if there were no asked prices quoted on that day, then the security is valued at the closing bid price on that day. If no bid or asked prices are quoted on such day, the security is valued at the most recently available price or, if the Board of Trustees (the "Board") so determines, by such other method as the Board shall determine in good faith to reflect its fair market value. Portfolio securities traded on more than one national securities exchange or market are valued according to the broadest and most representative market, as determined by Gabelli Funds, LLC. Portfolio securities primarily traded on a foreign market are generally valued at the preceding closing values of such securities on the relevant market, but may be fair valued pursuant to procedures established by the Board if market conditions change significantly after the close of the foreign market but prior to the close of business on the day the securities are being valued. Debt instruments with remaining maturities of 60 days or less that are not credit impaired are valued at amortized cost, unless the Board determines such amount does not reflect the securities' fair value, in which case these securities will be fair valued as determined by the Board. Debt instruments having a maturity greater than 60 days for which market quotations are readily available are valued at the average of the latest bid and asked prices. If there were no asked prices quoted on such day, the security is valued using the closing bid price. Securities and assets for which market quotations are not readily available are fair valued as determined by the Board. 2. SWAP AGREEMENTS. The Fund may enter into interest rate swap or cap transactions. The use of swaps and caps is a highly specialized activity that involves investment techniques and risks different from those associated with ordinary portfolio transactions. Swap agreements may involve, to varying degrees, elements of market and counterparty risk, and exposure to loss in excess of the related amounts as follows. In an interest rate swap, the Fund would agree to pay to the other party to the interest rate swap (which is known as the "counterparty") periodically a fixed rate payment in exchange for the counterparty agreeing to pay to the Fund periodically a variable rate payment that is intended to approximate the Fund's variable rate payment obligation on the Series B Preferred Stock. In an interest rate cap, the Fund would pay a premium to the counterparty and, to the extent that a specified variable rate index exceeds a predetermined fixed rate, would receive from the counterparty payments of the difference based on the notional amount of such cap. Interest rate swap and cap transactions introduce additional risk because the Fund would remain obligated to pay preferred stock dividends when due in accordance with the Articles Supplementary even if the counterparty defaulted. If there is a default by the counterparty to a swap contract, the Fund will be limited to contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. There is no assurance that the swap contract counterparties will be able to meet their obligations pursuant to the swap contracts or that, in the event of default, the Fund will succeed in pursuing contractual remedies. The Fund thus assumes the risk that it may be delayed in or prevented from obtaining payments owed to it pursuant to the swap contracts. The creditworthiness of the swap contract counterparties is closely monitored in order to minimize this risk. Depending on the general state of short-term interest rates and the returns on the Fund's portfolio securities at that point in time, such a default could negatively affect the Fund's ability to make dividend payments for the Series B Preferred Stock. In addition, at the time an interest rate swap or cap transaction reaches its scheduled termination date, there is a risk that the Fund will not be able to obtain a replacement transaction or that the terms of the replacement will not be as favorable as on the expiring transaction. If this occurs, it could have a negative impact on the Fund's ability to make dividend payments. The Fund has entered into an interest rate swap agreement with Citibank N.A. Under the agreement, the Fund receives a floating rate of interest and pays a respective fixed rate of interest on the nominal value of the swap. Details of the swap at March 31, 2007 are as follows: NET NOTIONAL FLOATING RATE* TERMINATION UNREALIZED AMOUNT FIXED RATE (RATE RESET MONTHLY) DATE APPRECIATION ------ ---------- -------------------- ---- ------------ $25,000,000 4.00% 5.32% June 2, 2010 $666,428 --------------------- * Based on Libor (London Interbank Offered Rate). 5 AUTOMATIC DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND VOLUNTARY CASH PURCHASE PLANS ENROLLMENT IN THE PLAN It is the policy of The Gabelli Utility Trust (the "Fund") to automatically reinvest dividends payable to common shareholders. As a "registered" shareholder you automatically become a participant in the Fund's Automatic Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the "Plan"). The Plan authorizes the Fund to issue common shares to participants upon an income dividend or a capital gains distribution regardless of whether the shares are trading at a discount or a premium to net asset value. All distributions to shareholders whose shares are registered in their own names will be automatically reinvested pursuant to the Plan in additional shares of the Fund. Plan participants may send their share certificates to Computershare Trust Company, N.A. ("Computershare") to be held in their dividend reinvestment account. Registered shareholders wishing to receive their distributions in cash must submit this request in writing to: The Gabelli Utility Trust c/o Computershare P.O. Box 43010 Providence, RI 02940-3010 Shareholders requesting this cash election must include the shareholder's name and address as they appear on the share certificate. Shareholders with additional questions regarding the Plan or requesting a copy of the terms of the Plan may contact Computershare at (800) 336-6983. If your shares are held in the name of a broker, bank, or nominee, you should contact such institution. If such institution is not participating in the Plan, your account will be credited with a cash dividend. In order to participate in the Plan through such institution, it may be necessary for you to have your shares taken out of "street name" and re-registered in your own name. Once registered in your own name your distributions will be automatically reinvested. Certain brokers participate in the Plan. Shareholders holding shares in "street name" at participating institutions will have dividends automatically reinvested. Shareholders wishing a cash dividend at such institution must contact their broker to make this change. The number of common shares distributed to participants in the Plan in lieu of cash dividends is determined in the following manner. Under the Plan, whenever the market price of the Fund's common shares is equal to or exceeds net asset value at the time shares are valued for purposes of determining the number of shares equivalent to the cash dividends or capital gains distribution, participants are issued common shares valued at the greater of (i) the net asset value as most recently determined or (ii) 95% of the then current market price of the Fund's common shares. The valuation date is the dividend or distribution payment date or, if that date is not a New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE") trading day, the next trading day. If the net asset value of the common shares at the time of valuation exceeds the market price of the common shares, participants will receive common shares from the Fund valued at market price. If the Fund should declare a dividend or capital gains distribution payable only in cash, Computershare will buy common shares in the open market, or on the NYSE or elsewhere, for the participants' accounts, except that Computershare will endeavor to terminate purchases in the open market and cause the Fund to issue shares at net asset value if, following the commencement of such purchases, the market value of the common shares exceeds the then current net asset value. The automatic reinvestment of dividends and capital gains distributions will not relieve participants of any income tax which may be payable on such distributions. A participant in the Plan will be treated for Federal income tax purposes as having received, on a dividend payment date, a dividend or distribution in an amount equal to the cash the participant could have received instead of shares. VOLUNTARY CASH PURCHASE PLAN The Voluntary Cash Purchase Plan is yet another vehicle for our shareholders to increase their investment in the Fund. In order to participate in the Voluntary Cash Purchase Plan, shareholders must have their shares registered in their own name. Participants in the Voluntary Cash Purchase Plan have the option of making additional cash payments to Computershare for investments in the Fund's common shares at the then current market price. Shareholders may send an amount from $250 to $10,000. Computershare will use these funds to purchase shares in the open market on or about the 1st and 15th of each month. Computershare will charge each shareholder who participates $0.75, plus a pro rata share of the brokerage commissions. Brokerage charges for such purchases are expected to be less than the usual brokerage charge for such transactions. It is suggested that any voluntary cash payments be sent to Computershare, P.O. Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010 such that Computershare receives such payments approximately 10 days before the 1st and 15th of the month. Funds not received at least five days before the investment date shall be held for investment until the next purchase date. A payment may be withdrawn without charge if notice is received by Computershare at least 48 hours before such payment is to be invested. SHAREHOLDERS WISHING TO LIQUIDATE SHARES HELD AT COMPUTERSHARE must do so in writing or by telephone. Please submit your request to the above mentioned address or telephone number. Include in your request your name, address, and account number. The cost to liquidate shares is $2.50 per transaction as well as the brokerage commission incurred. Brokerage charges are expected to be less than the usual brokerage charge for such transactions. For more information regarding the Dividend Reinvestment Plan and Voluntary Cash Purchase Plan, brochures are available by calling (914) 921-5070 or by writing directly to the Fund. The Fund reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to any voluntary cash payments made and any dividend or distribution paid subsequent to written notice of the change sent to the members of the Plan at least 90 days before the record date for such dividend or distribution. The Plan also may be amended or terminated by Computershare on at least 90 days' written notice to participants in the Plan. 6 TRUSTEES AND OFFICERS THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST ONE CORPORATE CENTER, RYE, NY 10580-1422 TRUSTEES OFFICERS Mario J. Gabelli, CFA Bruce N. Alpert CHAIRMAN & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, PRESIDENT GAMCO INVESTORS, INC. Peter D. Goldstein Dr. Thomas E. Bratter CHIEF COMPLIANCE OFFICER PRESIDENT & FOUNDER, JOHN DEWEY ACADEMY James E. McKee Anthony J. Colavita SECRETARY ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, ANTHONY J. COLAVITA, P.C. Agnes Mullady TREASURER James P. Conn FORMER MANAGING DIRECTOR & David I. Schachter CHIEF INVESTMENT OFFICER, VICE PRESIDENT & OMBUDSMAN FINANCIAL SECURITY ASSURANCE HOLDINGS LTD. INVESTMENT ADVISER Vincent D. Enright Gabelli Funds, LLC FORMER SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT & One Corporate Center CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, Rye, New York 10580-1422 KEYSPAN CORP. CUSTODIAN Frank J. Fahrenkopf, Jr. Mellon Trust of New England, N.A. PRESIDENT & CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER, AMERICAN GAMING ASSOCIATION COUNSEL Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP John D. Gabelli SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, TRANSFER AGENT AND REGISTRAR GABELLI & COMPANY, INC. Computershare Trust Company, N.A. Robert J. Morrissey STOCK EXCHANGE LISTING ATTORNEY-AT-LAW, 5.625% MORRISSEY, HAWKINS & LYNCH Common Preferred ------ --------- Anthony R. Pustorino NYSE-Symbol: GUT GUT PrA CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANT, Shares Outstanding: 29,759,033 1,184,200 PROFESSOR EMERITUS, PACE UNIVERSITY The Net Asset Value per share Salvatore J. Zizza appears in the Publicly Traded Funds CHAIRMAN, ZIZZA & CO., LTD. column, under the heading "Specialized Equity Funds," in Monday's The Wall Street Journal. It is also listed in Barron's Mutual Funds/Closed End Funds section under the heading "Specialized Equity Funds." The Net Asset Value per share may be obtained each day by calling (914) 921-5070. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For general information about the Gabelli Funds, call 800-GABELLI (800-422-3554), fax us at 914-921-5118, visit Gabelli Funds' Internet homepage at: WWW.GABELLI.COM, or e-mail us at: closedend@gabelli.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Notice is hereby given in accordance with Section 23(c) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, that the Fund may, from time to time, purchase its common shares in the open market when the Fund's shares are trading at a discount of 10% or more from the net asset value of the shares. The Fund may also, from time to time, purchase shares of its Series A Cumulative Preferred Shares in the open market when the shares are trading at a discount to the Liquidation Value of $25.00. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST ONE CORPORATE CENTER RYE, NY 10580-1422 (914) 921-5070 WWW.GABELLI.COM FIRST QUARTER REPORT MARCH 31, 2007 GUT Q1/2007 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 have materially affected, or are 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 Utility Trust -------------------------------------------------------------------- By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Bruce N. Alpert ------------------------------------------------------- Bruce N. Alpert, Principal Executive Officer Date May 22, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 Date May 22, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- By (Signature and Title)* /s/ Agnes Mullady ------------------------------------------------------- Agnes Mullady, Principal Financial Officer & Treasurer Date May 22, 2007 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.