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: September 30, 2005 ------------------ 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(s) of Investments is attached herewith. THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ -------- COMMON STOCKS -- 85.8% AGRICULTURE -- 0.0% 800 Cadiz Inc.+ .................... $ 15,200 ------------- AVIATION: PARTS AND SERVICES -- 0.1% 6,000 Sequa Corp., Cl. A+ ............ 354,000 ------------- CABLE AND SATELLITE -- 3.6% 100,000 Cablevision Systems Corp., Cl. A+ ....................... 3,067,000 5,000 Cogeco Cable Inc. .............. 131,699 20,000 Cogeco Inc. .................... 468,817 15,000 Comcast Corp., Cl. A+ .......... 440,700 100,000 DIRECTV Group Inc.+ ............ 1,498,000 65,000 EchoStar Communications Corp., Cl. A ................. 1,922,050 2,500 Insight Communications Co. Inc., Cl. A+ ............. 29,075 32,900 Liberty Global Inc., Cl. A+ .... 890,932 32,900 Liberty Global Inc., Cl. C+ .... 847,175 20,000 Rogers Communications Inc., Cl. B ........................ 789,000 ------------- 10,084,448 ------------- COMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT -- 0.5% 280,000 Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd.+ .... 1,418,252 2,000 Thomas & Betts Corp.+ .......... 68,820 ------------- 1,487,072 ------------- DIVERSIFIED INDUSTRIAL -- 1.2% 18,000 Catalytica Energy Systems Inc.+ ................ 25,200 5,000 Cooper Industries Ltd., Cl. A .. 345,700 70,000 General Electric Co. ........... 2,356,900 5,000 ITT Industries Inc. ............ 568,000 ------------- 3,295,800 ------------- ENERGY AND UTILITIES: ELECTRIC -- 21.1% 230,000 AES Corp.+ ..................... 3,778,900 369,400 Allegheny Energy Inc.+ ......... 11,347,968 24,000 ALLETE Inc. .................... 1,099,440 60,000 American Electric Power Co. Inc. ............... 2,382,000 20,000 Calpine Corp.+ ................. 51,800 30,000 Cleco Corp. .................... 707,400 160,000 DPL Inc. ....................... 4,448,000 24,000 DTE Energy Co. ................. 1,100,640 200,000 Duquesne Light Holdings Inc. ... 3,442,000 90,000 Edison International ........... 4,255,200 200,000 El Paso Electric Co.+ .......... 4,170,000 8,000 Electric Power Development Co. Ltd. ..................... 267,090 130,000 FPL Group Inc. ................. 6,188,000 105,000 Great Plains Energy Inc. ....... 3,140,550 41,000 Green Mountain Power Corp. ..... 1,350,130 22,500 Pepco Holdings Inc. ............ 523,575 105,000 TECO Energy Inc. ............... 1,892,100 MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ -------- 14,000 TXU Corp. ...................... $ 1,580,320 22,000 UIL Holdings Corp. ............. 1,150,820 165,000 Unisource Energy Corp. ......... 5,484,600 ------------- 58,360,533 ------------- ENERGY AND UTILITIES: INTEGRATED -- 35.9% 75,000 Alliant Energy Corp. ........... 2,184,750 20,000 Ameren Corp. ................... 1,069,800 480,000 Aquila Inc.+ ................... 1,900,800 1,500 Areva .......................... 784,388 5,000 Avista Corp. ................... 97,000 35,000 Black Hills Corp. .............. 1,517,950 68,000 Central Vermont Public Service Corp. ................ 1,190,000 55,000 CH Energy Group Inc. ........... 2,611,400 8,000 Chubu Electric Power Co. Inc. .. 195,208 8,000 Chugoku Electric Power Co. Inc. ..................... 164,905 75,000 Cinergy Corp. .................. 3,330,750 190,000 CMS Energy Corp.+ .............. 3,125,500 57,000 Consolidated Edison Inc. ....... 2,767,350 76,000 Constellation Energy Group ..... 4,681,600 3,000 Dominion Resources Inc. ........ 258,420 140,000 Duke Energy Corp. .............. 4,083,800 180,000 El Paso Corp. .................. 2,502,000 3,000 Electrabel SA .................. 1,503,515 12,000 Empire District Electric Co. ... 274,440 54,000 Endesa SA ...................... 1,445,322 200,000 Enel SpA ....................... 1,723,454 80,000 Energy East Corp. .............. 2,015,200 3,000 Entergy Corp. .................. 222,960 55,979 FirstEnergy Corp. .............. 2,917,626 131,850 Florida Public Utilities Co. ... 2,093,778 50,000 Hawaiian Electric Industries Inc. .............. 1,394,000 300,000 Hera SpA ....................... 843,699 8,000 Hokkaido Electric Power Co. Inc. ..................... 170,190 8,000 Hokuriku Electric Power Co. .... 165,257 8,000 Kansai Electric Power Co. Inc. . 176,533 30,000 Korea Electric Power Corp., ADR .......................... 531,300 8,000 Kyushu Electric Power Co. Inc. . 177,942 66,000 Maine & Maritimes Corp. ........ 1,300,200 66,000 MGE Energy Inc. ................ 2,409,660 300,000 Mirant Corp.+ .................. 427,500 45,000 NiSource Inc. .................. 1,091,250 170,000 Northeast Utilities ............ 3,391,500 215,000 NSTAR .......................... 6,217,800 101,000 OGE Energy Corp. ............... 2,838,100 12,000 Ormat Technologies Inc. ........ 265,560 25,000 Otter Tail Corp. ............... 773,500 50,000 PG&E Corp. ..................... 1,962,500 20,000 PNM Resources Inc. ............. 573,400 100,000 Progress Energy Inc. ........... 4,475,000 40,000 Progress Energy Inc., CVO+ ..... 3,600 25,000 Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. ................... 1,609,000 2 THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ -------- COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) ENERGY AND UTILITIES: INTEGRATED (CONTINUED) 35,000 Puget Energy Inc. .............. $ 821,800 55,000 SCANA Corp. .................... 2,323,200 8,000 Shikoku Electric Power Co. Inc. ..................... 173,362 30,000 Sierra Pacific Resources+ ...... 445,500 8,000 Tohoku Electric Power Co. Inc. . 177,942 8,000 Tokyo Electric Power Co. Inc. .. 202,255 26,900 Unitil Corp. ................... 755,890 47,000 Vectren Corp. .................. 1,332,450 252,500 Westar Energy Inc. ............. 6,092,825 80,000 Wisconsin Energy Corp. ......... 3,193,600 52,000 WPS Resources Corp. ............ 3,005,600 270,000 Xcel Energy Inc. ............... 5,294,700 ------------- 99,278,531 ------------- ENERGY AND UTILITIES: NATURAL GAS -- 11.3% 28,000 AGL Resources Inc. ............. 1,039,080 55,000 Atmos Energy Corp. ............. 1,553,750 35,000 Cascade Natural Gas Corp. ...... 761,950 10,000 Chesapeake Utilities Corp. ..... 351,500 29,700 Delta Natural Gas Co. Inc. ..... 791,802 40,000 Dynegy Inc., Cl. A+ ............ 188,400 18,000 EnergySouth Inc. ............... 496,620 100,000 KeySpan Corp. .................. 3,678,000 100,000 National Fuel Gas Co. .......... 3,420,000 90,000 Nicor Inc. ..................... 3,782,700 100,000 ONEOK Inc. ..................... 3,402,000 50,000 Peoples Energy Corp. ........... 1,969,000 36,000 Piedmont Natural Gas Co. Inc. .. 906,120 6,000 RGC Resources Inc. ............. 160,380 140,000 SEMCO Energy Inc.+ ............. 922,600 115,500 Southern Union Co.+ ............ 2,976,447 180,000 Southwest Gas Corp. ............ 4,930,200 ------------- 31,330,549 ------------- ENERGY AND UTILITIES: OIL -- 1.1% 2,000 Anadarko Petroleum Corp. ....... 191,500 2,645 Chevron Corp. .................. 171,211 20,000 Exxon Mobil Corp. .............. 1,270,800 4,000 Royal Dutch Shell plc, Cl. A, ADR ................... 262,560 20,000 Spinnaker Exploration Co.+ ..... 1,293,800 ------------- 3,189,871 ------------- ENERGY AND UTILITIES: WATER -- 2.8% 14,000 American States Water Co. ...... 468,440 16,000 Aqua America Inc. .............. 608,320 16,500 Artesian Resources Corp., Cl. A ........................ 496,320 20,500 BIW Ltd. ....................... 403,850 20,520 California Water Service Group . 845,424 7,500 Connecticut Water Service Inc. . 185,400 51,333 Middlesex Water Co. ............ 1,152,426 MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ -------- 24,088 Pennichuck Corp. ............... $ 514,038 60,000 SJW Corp. ...................... 2,896,800 7,716 Southwest Water Co. ............ 111,882 6,000 York Water Co. ................. 155,040 ------------- 7,837,940 ------------- ENTERTAINMENT -- 1.0% 60,000 Time Warner Inc. ............... 1,086,600 50,000 Vivendi Universal SA, ADR ...... 1,636,500 ------------- 2,723,100 ------------- EQUIPMENT AND SUPPLIES -- 0.2% 50,000 Capstone Turbine Corp.+ ........ 177,500 9,000 Mueller Industries Inc. ........ 249,930 ------------- 427,430 ------------- METALS AND MINING -- 0.3% 25,000 Compania de Minas Buenaventura SA, ADR ......... 776,250 ------------- REAL ESTATE -- 0.1% 3,250 Brascan Corp., Cl. A ........... 151,450 ------------- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- 5.0% 100,000 AT&T Corp. ..................... 1,980,000 60,000 BCE Inc. ....................... 1,646,400 35,000 BellSouth Corp. ................ 920,500 33,000 BT Group plc, ADR .............. 1,308,120 40,000 CenturyTel Inc. ................ 1,399,200 175,000 Cincinnati Bell Inc.+ .......... 771,750 10,200 Commonwealth Telephone Enterprises Inc. ............. 384,540 20,000 D&E Communications Inc. ........ 181,400 20,000 Deutsche Telekom AG, ADR ....... 364,800 2,000 France Telecom SA, ADR ......... 57,500 200 Hutchison Telecommunications International Ltd.+ .......... 290 150,000 MCI Inc. ....................... 3,805,500 500 Mobistar SA .................... 41,103 200 PT Indosat Tbk ................. 103 1,200 Tele2 AB, Cl. B ................ 12,226 3,000 Telecom Italia SpA, ADR ........ 97,800 40,000 Touch America Holdings Inc.+ ... 32 30,000 Verizon Communications Inc. .... 980,700 ------------- 13,951,964 ------------- TRANSPORTATION -- 0.4% 25,000 GATX Corp. ..................... 988,750 ------------- WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS -- 1.2% 600 America Movil SA de CV, Cl. L, ADR ................... 15,792 2,000 China Mobile (Hong Kong) Ltd., ADR .................... 49,280 2,000 China Unicom Ltd., ADR ......... 16,560 3 THE GABELLI UTILITY TRUST SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED) SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 (UNAUDITED) MARKET SHARES VALUE* ------ -------- COMMON STOCKS (CONTINUED) WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS (CONTINUED) 200 Cosmote Mobile Telecommunications SA ........ $ 3,976 4,000 Mobile TeleSystems, ADR ........ 162,720 190 MobileOne Ltd. ................. 222 380,000 O2 plc ......................... 1,057,305 2,000 QUALCOMM Inc. .................. 89,500 600 SK Telecom Co. Ltd., ADR ....... 13,104 200 SmarTone Telecommunications Holdings Ltd. ................ 207 1,000 Telefonica Moviles SA, ADR ..... 11,070 200 Tim Hellas Telecommunications SA, ADR ...................... 3,870 200 Total Access Communication plc+ 644 28,000 United States Cellular Corp.+ .. 1,495,760 6,000 Vimpel-Communications, ADR+ .... 266,640 200 Virgin Mobile Holdings plc ..... 1,041 200 Vodafone Group plc, ADR ........ 5,194 ------------- 3,192,885 ------------- TOTAL COMMON STOCKS ............ 237,445,773 ------------- CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS -- 1.5% ENERGY AND UTILITIES: INTEGRATED -- 0.9% 2,000 El Paso Corp., 4.990% Cv. Pfd. (b) 2,457,926 ------------- TELECOMMUNICATIONS -- 0.6% 31,033 Citizens Communications Co., 5.000% Cv. Pfd. 1,805,345 ------------- TOTAL CONVERTIBLE PREFERRED STOCKS 4,263,271 ------------- PRINCIPAL AMOUNT --------- SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS -- 12.7% REPURCHASE AGREEMENTS -- 8.0% $22,258,000 Barclays Capital Inc., 3.200%, dated 09/30/05, due 10/03/05, proceeds at maturity, $22,263,935 (a) .............. 22,258,000 ------------- U.S. GOVERNMENT OBLIGATIONS -- 4.7% 13,000,000 U.S. Treasury Bill, 3.498%++, 11/17/05 ........... 12,941,955 ------------- TOTAL SHORT-TERM OBLIGATIONS .................. 35,199,955 ------------- TOTAL INVESTMENTS -- 100.0% (Cost $221,849,872) ........................ $ 276,908,999 ============= -------------- For Federal tax purposes: Aggregate cost .................... $ 221,849,872 ============= Gross unrealized appreciation ..... $ 57,582,502 Gross unrealized depreciation ..... (2,523,375) ------------- Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) ................. $ 55,059,127 ============= -------------- (a) Collateralized by U.S. Treasury Bond, 8.125%, due 08/15/19, market value $22,703,160. (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, 2005, the Rule 144A securities are considered liquid and the market value amounted to $2,457,926 or 0.89% of total investments. + Non-income producing security. ++ Represents annualized yield at date of purchase. ADR American Depository Receipt CVO Contingent Value Obligation * Portfolio securities are valued at the last quoted sale price or closing values. If these are 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. 4 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 November 28, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28, 2005 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Print the name and title of each signing officer under his or her signature.