dninqfeb2011.htm
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:  811-8747
 
DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND, INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)
 
11 Hanover Square, 12th Floor
New York, NY
10005
(Address of principal executive offices)
(Zip Code)


John F. Ramírez, Esq.
Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.
11 Hanover Square
New York, NY 10005
(Name and address of agent for service)

Registrant's telephone number, including area code: 1-212-785-0400

 
Date of Fiscal Year End:   11/30
 
Date of Reporting Period:  02/28/11
 
Item 1. Schedule of Investments
 
DIVIDEND AND INCOME FUND, INC.
SCHEDULE OF PORTFOLIO INVESTMENTS
February 28, 2011
(Unaudited)
 
Shares
     
Cost
   
Value
 
   
COMMON STOCKS (69.45%)
           
   
Aircraft Engines & Engine Parts (1.06%)
           
  10,000  
United Technologies Corp.
  727,426     835,400  
                       
     
Beverages (2.02%)
               
  15,000  
Coca-Cola Company
    835,674       958,800  
  10,000  
PepsiCo, Inc.
    529,400       634,200  
            1,365,074       1,593,000  
                       
     
Cigarettes (1.76%)
               
  30,000  
Altria Group, Inc.
    634,550       761,100  
  10,000  
Philip Morris International, Inc.
    485,376       627,800  
            1,119,926       1,388,900  
                       
     
Computer & Office Equipment (1.79%)
               
  25,000  
Hewlett-Packard Company
    1,088,505       1,090,750  
  2,000  
International Business Machines Corp.
    258,964       323,760  
            1,347,469       1,414,510  
                       
     
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (1.05%)
               
  8,160  
Occidental Petroleum Corp.
    527,752       832,075  
                       
     
Deep Sea Foreign Transportation of Freight (1.01%)
               
  50,000  
Seaspan Corp.
    347,030       801,000  
                       
     
Dolls & Stuffed Toys (0.79%)
               
  25,000  
Mattel, Inc.
    610,742       626,500  
                       
     
Electric Services (3.13%)
               
  65,000  
Southern Company
    2,326,432       2,477,150  
                       
     
Electronic & Other Electrical Equipment (3.36%)
               
  20,000  
Emerson Electric Company
    747,590       1,193,200  
  70,000  
General Electric Company
    1,166,254       1,464,400  
            1,913,844       2,657,600  
                       
     
Fire, Marine & Casualty Insurance (1.60%)
               
  20,000  
Ace Ltd.
    829,324       1,265,000  
                       
     
Food & Kindred Products (0.40%)
               
  10,000  
Kraft Foods, Inc. Class A
    258,704       318,400  
                       
     
Investment Advice (0.68%)
               
  20,000  
Invesco Ltd.
    437,950       536,800  
                       
     
Life Insurance (3.60%)
               
  30,000  
Lincoln National Corp.
    670,430       951,600  
  40,000  
MetLife, Inc.
    699,693       1,894,400  
            1,370,123       2,846,000  
                       
     
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (3.97%)
               
  110,000  
Apollo Investment Corp.
    1,274,509       1,360,700  
  40,000  
Horizon Technology Finance Corp.
    621,453       640,400  
  35,465  
Solar Capital Ltd.
    665,861       868,890  
  46,169  
Star Asia Financial Ltd. (a)(b)(c)
    686,145       249,313  
  15,000  
Star Asia SPV, LLC (b)(c)
    84,805       17,850  
            3,332,773       3,137,153  
                       
     
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories (1.83%)
               
  25,000  
Honeywell International, Inc.
    889,529       1,447,750  
                       
     
National Commercial Banks (2.17%)
               
  36,800  
JPMorgan Chase & Company
    774,303       1,718,192  
                       
     
Natural Gas Transmission (3.81%)
               
  39,000  
Energy Transfer Partners LP
    2,014,654       2,138,370  
  20,000  
Enterprise Products Partners LP
    374,214       872,000  
            2,388,868       3,010,370  
                       
     
Paints, Varnishes, Lacquers, Enamels & Allied Products (1.12%)
         
  10,000  
PPG Industries, Inc.
    657,378       883,800  
                       
     
Perfumes, Cosmetics & Other Toilet Preparations (1.76%)
         
  50,000  
Avon Products, Inc.
    1,596,424       1,390,500  
                       
     
Petroleum Refining (2.16%)
               
  20,000  
Exxon Mobil Corp.
    1,337,943       1,710,600  
                       
     
Pharmaceutical Preparations (6.39%)
               
  30,000  
Abbott Laboratories
    1,522,047       1,443,000  
  55,000  
Bristol-Myers Squibb Company
    1,241,872       1,419,550  
  20,000  
Merck & Company, Inc.
    680,994       651,400  
  80,000  
Pfizer, Inc.
    1,211,079       1,539,200  
            4,655,992       5,053,150  
                       
     
Plastic Materials, Resins & Nonvulcanelastomers (2.33%)
         
  20,000  
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company
    751,716       1,097,400  
  20,000  
Dow Chemical Co.
    580,754       743,200  
            1,332,470       1,840,600  
                       
     
Radio & TV Communications Equipment (0.75%)
               
  10,000  
QUALCOMM, Inc.
    383,189       595,800  
                       
     
Radio Telephone Communications (0.73%)
               
  20,000  
Vodafone Group PLC ADR
    453,234       572,400  
                       
     
Real Estate Investment Trusts (2.82%)
               
  53,400  
Annaly Capital Management, Inc.
    922,335       957,462  
  150,000  
MFA Financial, Inc.
    1,201,341       1,270,500  
            2,123,676       2,227,962  
                       
     
Refuse Systems (0.70%)
               
  15,000  
Waste Management, Inc.
    532,822       555,900  
                       
     
Retail-Variety Stores (1.06%)
               
  16,000  
Target Corp.
    660,150       840,800  
                       
     
Retail-Women's Clothing Stores (2.19%)
               
  54,000  
Limited Brands, Inc.
    475,950       1,729,080  
                       
     
Savings Institution, Federally Chartered (1.00%)
               
  60,000  
People's United Financial, Inc.
    826,108       790,800  
                       
     
Security & Commodity Brokers, Dealers, Exchanges & Services (0.70%)
 
  15,000  
NYSE Euronext
    372,671       555,000  
                       
                       
     
Semiconductors & Related Devices (2.72%)
               
  40,000  
Intel Corp.
    796,500       858,800  
  35,000  
Microchip Technology, Inc.
    998,143       1,291,850  
            1,794,643       2,150,650  
                       
     
Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (0.43%)
 
  10,000  
Paychex, Inc.
    309,491       336,300  
                       
     
Services-Prepackaged Software (1.01%)
               
  30,000  
Microsoft Corp.
    900,672       797,400  
                       
     
Surgical & Medical Instruments & Apparatus (2.33%)
         
  20,000  
3M Company
    1,133,436       1,844,600  
                       
                       
                       
     
Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (4.75%)
         
  45,000  
AT&T, Inc.
    1,672,513       1,277,100  
  140,000  
Frontier Communications Corp.
    1,920,849       1,188,600  
  35,000  
Verizon Communications, Inc.
    1,206,032       1,292,200  
            4,799,394       3,757,900  
                       
     
Water Transportation (0.47%)
               
  15,000  
Nordic American Tanker Shipping Ltd.
    448,114       367,350  
                       
                       
     
Total common stocks
    45,361,026       54,906,392  
                       
     
Exchange Traded Fund (2.18%)
               
  65,000  
SPDR KBW Bank
    871,731       1,722,500  
                       
     
Preferred Stock ( 0.03%)
               
     
Financial (0.03%)
               
  80,000  
Solar Cayman Ltd. (a)(b)(c)
    604,763       26,400  
                       
Principal
                   
Amount
                   
     
Corporate Bonds and Notes (45.14%)
               
     
Accident & Health Insurance (0.68%)
               
  500,000  
CNO Financial Group, Inc. 9%, 1/15/18
    507,355       535,000  
                       
     
Basic Industry (1.35%)
               
  1,000,000  
WireCo WorldGroup, 9.50%, 5/15/17 (b)
    976,994       1,067,500  
                       
     
Cable & Other Pay Television Services (1.64%)
               
  500,000  
CCO Holdings LLC, 7%, 1/15/19
    499,568       511,250  
  750,000  
Mediacom Broadband LLC, 8.50%, 10/15/15
    758,491       783,750  
            1,258,059       1,295,000  
                       
     
Cable Television (1.34%)
               
  1,000,000  
Cequel Communications Holdings I LLC and Cequel Capital Corp., 8.625%, 11/15/17 (b)
    1,012,261       1,062,500  
                       
     
Cogeneration Services & Small Power Producers (0.60%)
         
  450,000  
Covanta Holding Corp., 7.25%, 12/1/20
    458,094       474,868  
                       
     
Communications Services, NEC (1.33%)
               
  1,000,000  
Hughes Network Systems LLC, 9.50%, 4/15/14
    1,012,289       1,048,750  
                       
     
Concrete Products, Except Block & Brick (1.12%)
               
  750,000  
Headwaters, Inc., 11.375%, 11/1/14
    767,964       885,000  
                       
     
Converted Paper & Paperboard Prods (No Containers/Boxes) (1.32%)
 
  1,000,000  
Appleton Papers, Inc., 10.50%, 6/15/15 (b)
    996,126       1,040,000  
                       
     
Crude Petroleum & Natural Gas (0.34%)
               
  250,000  
Plains Exploration & Productions Company, 7.625%, 6/1/18
    250,706       268,438  
                       
     
Drawing & Insulating of Nonferrous Wire (0.64%)
               
  500,000  
Belden, Inc., 7%, 3/15/17
    481,731       510,000  
                       
     
Drilling Oil & Gas Wells (0.71%)
               
  500,000  
Offshore Group Investments Ltd., 11.50%, 8/1/15 (b)
    501,059       562,500  
                       
     
Electric Services (1.61%)
               
  650,000  
Edison Mission Energy, 7.00%, 5/15/17
    650,905       531,375  
  745,589  
Elwood Energy LLC, 8.159%, 7/5/26
    789,817       744,657  
            1,440,722       1,276,032  
                       
     
Fats & Oils (0.69%)
               
  500,000  
Darling International Inc., 8.50%, 12/15/18
    520,721       541,875  
                       
     
Gaming (0.51%)
               
  360,000  
Yonkers Racing Corp., 11.375%, 7/15/16 (b)
    358,646       405,900  
                       
     
Hospital & Medical Service Plans (0.32%)
               
  250,000  
Health Net, Inc., 6.375%, 6/1/17
    234,388       256,250  
                       
     
 Hotels & Motels (0.83%)
               
  700,000  
MTR Gaming Group, Inc., 9%, 6/1/12
    702,046       652,750  
                       
     
Ice Cream & Frozen Desserts (0.66%)
               
  500,000  
Dean Foods Company, 9.75%, 12/15/18
    505,378       521,250  
                       
     
Machinery (0.82%)
               
  600,000  
Cleaver-Brooks, Inc., 12.25%, 5/1/16 (b)
    603,579       648,000  
                       
     
Machine Tools, Metal Cutting Types (0.57%)
               
  425,000  
Thermadyne Holdings Corp., 9%, 12/15/17 (b)
    427,813       451,031  
                       
     
Metals & Mining (0.42%)
               
  300,000  
Atkore International Inc., 9.875%, 1/1/18
    306,319       328,125  
                       
     
Metal Forgings & Stampings (0.24%)
               
  170,000  
Trimas Corp., 9.75%, 12/15/17 (b)
    166,874       189,550  
                       
     
Miscellaneous Business Credit Institution (0.69%)
               
  500,000  
PHH Corp., 9.25%, 3/1/16 (b)
    507,059       545,000  
                       
     
Miscellaneous Electrical Machinery, Equipment & Supplies (0.42%)
 
  55,000  
Exide Technologies, 8.625%, 2/1/18
    55,000       58,919  
  240,000  
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc., 9.50%, 6/15/18 (b)
    245,106       270,000  
            300,106       328,919  
                       
     
Mortgage Banks (0.70%)
               
  500,000  
Provident Funding Associates, 10.25%, 4/15/17 (b)
    500,000       555,000  
                       
     
Motor Vehicle Parts & Accessories (0.68%)
               
  480,000  
Tower Automotive Holdings USA LLC, 10.625%, 9/1/17 (b)
    486,635       540,000  
                       
     
Natural Gas Transmission (2.41%)
               
  435,000  
Copano Energy LLC, 8.125%, 3/1/16
    442,394       455,119  
  500,000  
Energy Transfer Equity LP, 7.50%, 10/15/20
    514,728       544,375  
  500,000  
Niska Gas Storage US LLC, 8.875%, 3/15/18 (b)
    511,285       547,500  
  350,000  
Southern Star Central Corp., 6.75%, 3/1/16
    322,920       358,750  
            1,791,327       1,905,744  
                       
     
Oil & Gas Equipment & Services (1.05%)
               
  780,000  
Complete Production Services, Inc., 8%, 12/15/16
    791,692       828,750  
                       
     
Oil & Gas Field Exploration Services (0.67%)
               
  500,000  
CGG-Veritas, 7.75%, 5/15/17
    511,927       531,250  
                       
     
Paper Mills (1.07%)
               
  750,000  
ABI Escrow Corp., 10.25%, 10/15/18 (b)
    756,899       843,750  
                       
     
Papers & Allied Products (0.66%)
               
  500,000  
Cascades, Inc., 7.75%, 12/15/17
    490,622       525,625  
                       
     
Paper & Forest Products (0.37%)
               
  250,000  
PE Paper Escrow, 12%, 8/1/14 (b)
    240,746       289,161  
                       
     
 Personal Credit Institutions (1.01%)
               
  740,000  
Credit Acceptance Corp., 9.125%, 2/1/17 (b)
    760,059       801,050  
                       
     
Petroleum Refining (0.66%)
               
  272,000  
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 9%, 4/1/15 (b)
    275,997       297,840  
  200,000  
Coffeyville Resources LLC, 10.875%, 4/1/17 (b)
    199,242       227,500  
            475,239       525,340  
                       
     
Pharmaceutical Preparations (1.32%)
               
  1,000,000  
Patheon, Inc., 8.625%, 4/15/17 (b)
    1,025,212       1,045,000  
                       
     
Radio Broadcasting Stations (0.20%)
               
  150,000  
Citadel Broadcasting Corp., 7.75%, 12/15/18
    152,923       161,625  
                       
     
Radio & TV Broadcasting & Communications Equipment (0.66%)
 
  500,000  
CommScope, Inc., 8.25%, 1/15/19
    511,448       521,250  
                       
     
 Retail-Convenience Stores (0.69%)
               
  500,000  
Susser Holdings LLC, 8.50%, 5/15/16
    508,004       545,625  
                       
     
 Retail-Miscellaneous Retail (0.31%)
               
  250,000  
Ferrellgas Partners, L.P., 6.50%, 5/1/21
    245,038       245,000  
                       
     
Rolling Drawing & Extruding of Nonferrous Metals (0.70%)
         
  500,000  
Novelis, Inc., 8.375%, 12/15/17
    506,276       553,750  
                       
     
Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (0.97%)
         
  750,000  
Penson Worldwide, Inc., 12.50%, 5/15/17 (b)
    759,031       770,625  
                       
     
Semiconductors & Related Devices (0.33%)
               
  250,000  
Advanced Micro Devices, 7.75%, 8/1/20
    258,686       262,500  
                       
     
Services-Business Services, NEC (0.68%)
               
  500,000  
DynCorp International, Inc. 10.375%, 7/1/07 (b)
    502,054       540,000  
                       
     
Services-Computer Integrated Systems Design (0.56%)
         
  400,000  
Scientific Games International, Inc., 9.25%, 6/15/19
    431,681       441,000  
                       
     
 Services-Equipment Rental & Leasing, NEC (0.71%)
               
  500,000  
Aircastle Ltd., 9.75%, 8/1/18
    503,274       560,000  
                       
     
Services-Miscellaneous Amusement & Recreation (1.04%)
         
  750,000  
Cedar Fair LP, 9.125%, 8/1/18 (b)
    754,015       821,250  
                       
     
Services-Miscellaneous Equipment Rental & Leasing (0.89%)
         
  675,000  
H&E Equipment Services, Inc., 8.375%, 7/15/16
    681,253       703,687  
                       
     
Services-Miscellaneous Repair Services (0.67%)
               
  500,000  
Aquilex Holdings LLC, 11.125%, 12/15/16
    495,869       528,750  
                       
     
Services-Motion Picture Theaters (0.13%)
               
  95,000  
Regal Entertainment Group, 9.125%, 8/15/18
    96,243       102,125  
                       
     
Steel Works, Blast Furnaces & Rolling & Finishing Mills (1.09%)
         
  840,000  
Gibraltar Industries, Inc., 8%, 12/1/15
    840,891       864,150  
                       
     
Telephone Communications (No Radiotelephone) (1.91%)
         
  500,000  
Equinix, Inc., 8.125%, 3/1/18
    510,109       545,000  
  1,000,000  
Cincinnati Bell, Inc., 8.75%, 3/15/18
    1,009,316       963,750  
            1,519,425       1,508,750  
                       
     
Textiles, Apparel & Luxury Goods (0.07%)
               
  50,000  
Empire Today LLC, 11.375%, 2/1/17
    49,464       52,500  
                       
     
Transportation (0.54%)
               
  400,000  
Marquette Transportation Company, 10.875%, 1/15/17 (b)
    401,705       426,000  
                       
     
Utilities (0.57%)
               
  400,000  
North American Energy Alliance LLC, 10.875%, 6/1/16 (b)
    409,834       454,000  
                       
     
Water Transportation (2.17%)
               
  900,000  
Hornbeck Offshore Services, Inc., 8%, 9/1/17
    907,481       928,125  
  750,000  
American Petroleum Tankers LLC, 10.25%, 5/1/15 (b)
    736,213       788,437  
            1,643,694       1,716,562  
                       
     
Wholesale-Electronic Parts & Equipment, NEC (0.41%)
         
  300,000  
Brightstar Corp., 9.50%, 12/1/16 (b)
    300,000       322,500  
                       
     
Wholesale-Petroleum & Petroleum Products (No Bulk Stations) (0.39%)
 
  275,000  
Crosstex Energy LP, 8.875%, 2/15/18
    275,639       304,562  
                       
                       
     
Total corporate bonds and notes
    33,973,094       35,691,119  
                       
Shares
 
MONEY MARKET FUND (7.56%)
               
  5,976,798  
Wells Fargo Advantage Cash Investment Money Market Fund, 7 day annualized yield 0.01%
    5,976,798       5,976,798  
                       
     
Total investments (124.36%)
  $ 86,787,412       98,323,209  
                       
     
Liabilities in excess of other assets (-24.36%) (d)
            (19,256,942 )
                       
     
Net assets (100.00%)
          $ 79,066,267  

(a)   Non-income producing.
     
(b)
 
These securities are 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.
     
(c)
 
Illiquid and/or restricted security that has been fair valued.
     
(d)
 
The Fund had $20 million in borrowings outstanding pursuant to a $25 million line of credit with a bank. Borrowings under the line of credit are secured by a perfected security interest on all of the Fund's assets.
     
ADR   American Depositary Receipt
LLC   Limited Liability Company
LP   Limited Partnership
PLC   Public Limited Company
SPDR   Standard & Poor’s Depositary Receipt
SPV   Special Purpose Vehicle
     
 
 

 
 
 

 
 
Notes to Schedule of Portfolio Investments (Unaudited)

Security Valuation
 
Portfolio securities are valued by various methods depending on the primary market or exchange on which they trade.  Most equity securities for which the primary markets is the United States are valued at the official closing price, last sale price or, if no sale has occurred, at the closing bid price.  Most equity securities for which the primary market is outside the United States are valued using the official closing price or the last sale price in the principal market in which they are traded.  If the last sale price (on the local exchange) is unavailable, the last evaluated quote or closing bid price normally is used.  Certain of the securities in which the Fund invests are priced through pricing services that may utilize a matrix pricing system which takes into consideration factors such as yields, prices, maturities, call features, and ratings on comparable securities.  Corporate bonds and notes may be valued according to prices quoted by a bond dealer that offers pricing services.  Open end investment companies are valued at their net asset value.  Securities for which quotations are not readily available or reliable and other assets may be valued as determined in good faith by the Investment Manager under the direction of or pursuant to procedures established by the Fund’s Board of Directors.  Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, these values may differ from the value that would have been used had a readily available market for the securities existed.  These differences in valuation could be material.  A security’s valuation may differ depending on the method used for determining value.  The use of fair value pricing by the Fund may cause the net asset value of its shares to differ from the net asset value that would be calculated using market prices.

Fair Value Measurements
 
The Fund uses a three level hierarchy for fair value measurements based on the transparency of inputs to the valuation of an asset or liability. Inputs may be observable or unobservable and refer broadly to the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Observable inputs reflect the assumptions market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability based on market data obtained from sources independent of the Fund. Unobservable inputs reflect a Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability developed based on the best information available under the circumstances. The Fund’s investment in its entirety is assigned a level based upon the inputs which are significant to the overall valuation. The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

The hierarchy of inputs is summarized below.

·  
  Level 1 - unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities including securities actively traded on a securities exchange.
·  
  Level 2 - observable inputs other than quoted prices included in Level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability which may include quoted prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default  rates, and similar data.
·  
  Level 3 - unobservable inputs for the asset or liability including the Fund’s own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of February 28, 2011 in valuing the Fund’s assets carried at fair value. Refer to the Schedule of Portfolio Investments for detailed information on specific investments.
 
   
Level 1
   
Level 2
   
Level 3
   
Total
 
                         
 Assets
                       
 Common stocks
  $ 54,639,229     $ -     $ 267,163     $ 54,906,392  
 Exchange traded fund
    1,722,500       -       -       1,722,500  
 Preferred stock
    -       -       26,400       26,400  
 Corporate bonds and notes
    -       35,691,119       -       35,691,119  
 Money market fund
    5,976,798       -       -       5,976,798  
                                 
 Total investments
  $ 62,338,527     $ 35,691,119     $ 293,563     $ 98,323,209  

There were no transfers between Level 1 and Level 2 during the three months ended February 28, 2011.

The following is a reconciliation of Level 3 investments for which significant unobservable inputs were used to determine fair value:
 
               
Corporate
       
   
Common
   
Preferred
   
Bonds and
       
   
Stocks
   
Stocks
   
Notes
   
Total
 
Balance, November 30, 2010
  $ 200,256     $ 26,400     $ 950,000     $ 1,176,656  
                              -  
Proceeds from sales
    -       -       (960,000 )     (960,000 )
Realized loss
    -       -       (40,000 )     (40,000 )
Change in unrealized depreciation
    66,907       -       50,000       116,907  
Transfers in or out Level 3
    -       -       -       -  
                                 
Balance, February 28, 2011
  $ 267,163     $ 26,400     $ -     $ 293,563  

Illiquid and Restricted Securities
 
The Fund owns securities which have a limited trading market and/or certain restrictions on trading and, therefore, may be illiquid and/or restricted. Such securities have been valued at fair value in accordance with the procedures described above. Due to the inherent uncertainty of valuation, these values may differ from the values that would have been used had a readily available market for the securities existed. These differences in valuation could be material. Illiquid and/or restricted securities owned at February 28, 2011, were as follows:

 
Acquisition
           
 
Date
 
Cost
   
Value
 
Solar Cayman Ltd.
3/7/07
  $ 604,763     $ 26,400  
Star Asia Financial Ltd.
2/22/07
    686,145       249,313  
Star Asia SPV, LLC
2/22/07
    84,805       17,850  
      $ 1,375,713     $ 293,563  
Percent of net assets
      1.74 %     0.37 %
 
Cost for Federal Income Tax Purposes
 
At February 28, 2011, for federal income tax purposes the aggregate cost of securities was $86,787,412 and net unrealized depreciation was $11,535,797, comprised of gross unrealized appreciation of $14,539,108 and gross unrealized depreciation of $3,003,311.

Item 2. Controls and Procedures
 
(a) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer 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")) are effective as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report that includes the disclosure required by this paragraph, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures required by Rule 30a-3(b) under the 1940 Act and 15d-15(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
 
(b) The registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer are not aware of any changes in the registrant's internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) 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
 
(a) Certifications of the registrant's principal executive officer and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.
 
Signatures
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 1940 Act, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.
 
Dividend and Income Fund, Inc.
 
By: /s/Thomas B. Winmill
Thomas B. Winmill, President
 
Date: April 29, 2011
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 1940 Act, 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: /s/Thomas B. Winmill
Thomas B. Winmill, President
 
Date: April 29, 2011

By: /s/Thomas O'Malley
Thomas O'Malley, Chief Financial Officer
 
Date: April 29, 2011
 
Exhibit Index
 
(a) Certifications of the registrant's principal executive and principal financial officer as required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act. (EX-99.CERT)