UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported) May 157, ~~2025~~2026

The Gabelli Global Utility & Income Trust

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware	811-21529	32-0116828
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)	(IRS Employer Identification No.)
One Corporate Center, Rye, New York		10580-1422
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code (800) 422-3554

One Corporate Center, Rye, New York		10580
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

Registrants telephone number, including area code (800) 422-3554

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Title of each class Trading Symbol(s) Name of each exchange on which registered Common Shares of Beneficial Interest GLU NYSE American Series A Cumulative Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares GLU Pr A NYSE American Series B ~~Cumulative~~cumulative Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares GLU Pr B NYSE American

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).

☐ Emerging growth company

If an emerging growth company, indicate by check mark if the registrant has elected not to use the extended transition period for complying with new or revised financial accounting standards provided pursuant to Section 13(a) of the Exchange Act. ☐

Item 58.0301. ~~Amendments~~Other ~~to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year~~Events

OnAs ~~March~~previously ~~19,~~announced ~~2025,~~by ~~the~~GAMCO ~~Gabelli~~Investors, ~~Dividend~~Inc. ~~& Income Trust~~ (~~the~~ “~~Fund~~GAMCO”) ~~adopted~~on ~~Amendment~~March ~~No.~~23, 32026, toMario ~~the~~J. ~~Statement~~Gabelli of(“Mr. ~~Preferences~~Gabelli”), ofTrustee, ~~Series~~Chairman Band ~~Cumulative~~Chief ~~Puttable~~Investment ~~and~~Officer ~~Callable~~of ~~Preferred~~the ~~Shares~~Fund, ~~(the~~and ~~“Series~~Chairman, BCo-Chief ~~Statement~~Executive ofOfficer, ~~Preferences~~and ~~Amendment”)~~Chief ~~establishing~~Investment ~~and~~Officer ~~fixing~~– ~~the~~Value ~~rights~~Portfolios ~~and~~of ~~preferences~~GAMCO ofInvestors, ~~the~~Inc. ~~Fund’s~~and ~~Series~~Chief BInvestment ~~Cumulative~~Officer ~~Puttable~~– ~~and~~Value ~~Callable~~Portfolios ~~Preferred~~of ~~Shares~~Gabelli ~~(the~~Funds, ~~“Series~~LLC Band ~~Preferred~~GAMCO ~~Shares”).~~Asset ~~The~~Management, ~~Series~~Inc., was Badmitted ~~Statement~~to ofthe ~~Preferences~~hospital ~~Amendment~~for ~~adds~~observation ~~additional~~and ~~holder~~testing ~~put~~after ~~dates,~~a ~~giving~~medical ~~holders~~incident ofMarch ~~Series~~19, B2026, ~~Preferred~~following ~~Shares~~a ~~the~~busy ~~right~~day toof ~~sell~~events toaround ~~the~~New ~~Fund~~York ~~all~~City. orHis ~~any~~condition ~~part~~is ofimproving ~~their~~and ~~Series~~he Bis ~~Preferred~~on ~~Shares during~~ the ~~60-day~~road ~~period prior~~ to ~~each of December 26~~recovery, ~~2025,~~but ~~June~~the ~~26,~~timeline ~~2026, December~~for ~~26,~~his ~~2026~~return ~~and~~is ~~June~~not ~~26,~~yet ~~2027~~known.

AOn ~~copy~~March 22, 2026, GAMCO, the parent company of the Fund’s adviser, Gabelli Funds, LLC (the ~~Series~~“Adviser”), Bimplemented ~~Statement~~GAMCO’s succession plan that has been in place offor ~~Preferences~~several ~~Amendment~~years. isIn ~~filed~~accordance aswith ~~Exhibit~~that 3plan, Christopher J.1 toMarangi ~~this~~was ~~report~~named ~~and~~President ~~incorporated~~of ~~herein~~GAMCO byon ~~reference~~March 22, 2026.

While the timeline for Mr. Gabelli’s return remains undetermined, the day-to-day operations of GAMCO will continue to be led by co-CEO, Douglas R. Jamieson, and Christopher J. Marangi.

The Gabelli Value team Co-Chief Investment Officers Kevin V. Dreyer and Christopher J. Marangi lead the portfolio management team for the Fund during Mr. Gabelli’s absence.

The Fund incorporates the information included in this Item 8.01 by reference into its effective Registration Statement.

Item 9.01

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits

~~3.1~~104 ~~Amendment~~Cover ~~No.~~Page 3Interactive toData ~~the~~File ~~Statement~~(embedded ofwithin ~~Preferences~~the ofInline ~~Series~~XBRL ~~B Cumulative Puttable and Callable Preferred Shares~~document).

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

	THE GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST		~~THE GABELLI GLOBAL UTILITY & INCOME TRUST~~
Date: May 15, 2025			By:	/s/ John C. Ball
Date: May 7, 2026	By:	/s/ John C. Ball
	Name:	John C. Ball	~~Name:~~	~~John C. Ball~~
	Title:	President and Treasurer	~~Title:~~	~~President and Treasurer~~

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