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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	SEC USE ONLY 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		78,000		$5461,~~064~~570 as of 12/23/2019	53,989,537	12/23/2019	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	~~272~~265,000	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

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	12/2/2019	7,000	$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.

December 23, 2019 /s/ ~~Douglas~~Silvio R.Berni ~~Jamieson~~

DATE OF NOTICE (SIGNATURE)

~~Douglas~~ Silvio ~~R. Jamieson~~Berni,

~~Attorney-In-Fact~~ VP, Assistant Secretary and Controller for GGCP, Inc.

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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)

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