0000909450-11-000029.txt : 20110505 0000909450-11-000029.hdr.sgml : 20110505 20110504174231 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000909450-11-000029 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 13F-HR PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 1 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20110331 FILED AS OF DATE: 20110505 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20110504 EFFECTIVENESS DATE: 20110505 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000909450 IRS NUMBER: 770210467 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 13F-HR SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 028-04761 FILM NUMBER: 11811649 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 OSGOOD PLACE PENTHOUSE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94133 BUSINESS PHONE: 4159811039 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 50 OSGOOD PLACE CITY: SAN FRANCISCO STATE: CA ZIP: 94133 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: GRUBER & MCBAINE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT/GRUBER JON D ET AL DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19951108 13F-HR 1 q11113f.txt UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 FORM 13F FORM 13F COVER PAGE Report for the Calendar Year or Quarter Ended: March 31, 2011 Check here if Amendment: __; Amendment Number: __ This Amendment (Check only one.) __ is a restatement. __ adds new holdings entries. Institutional Investment Manager Filing this Report: Name: Gruber & McBaine Capital Management, LLC Address: 50 Osgood Place, Penthouse__ San Francisco, CA 94133_____ Form 13F File Number: 28-3296________ The institutional investment manager filing this report and the person by whom it is signed hereby represent that all information contained herein is true, correct and complete, and that it is understood that all required items, statements, schedules, lists and tables, are considered integral parts of this Form. Person Signing this Report on Behalf of Reporting Manager: Name: Elizabeth Giorgis____________ Title: Administrator_______________ Phone: 415 782 2610_________________ Signature, Place and Date of Signing: _________________________ San Francisco, CA_ May 4, 2011 [Signature] [City, State] [Date] Report Type (Check only one.): _X_ 13F HOLDINGS REPORT. (Check here if all holdings of this reporting manager are reported in this report.) ___ 13F NOTICE. (Check here if no holdings reported are in this report, and all holdings are reported by other reporting manager(s).) ___ 13F COMBINATION REPORT. (Check here if a portion of the holdings for this reporting manager are reported in this report and a portion are reported by other reporting manager(s).) List of Other Managers Reporting for this Manager: [If there are no entries in this list, omit this section.] Form 13F File Number Name 29-________________ ________________________________________ [Repeat as necessary.] Form 13F SUMMARY PAGE Report Summary: Number of Other Included Managers: _____0_____ Form 13F Information Table Entry Total: ____166____ Form 13F Information Table Value Total: __637,416__ __ _ _ List of Other Included Managers: Provide a numbered list of the name(s) and Form 13F file number(s) of all institutional investment managers with respect to which this report is filed, other than the manager filing this report. [If there are no entries in this list, state "NONE" and omit the column headings and list entries.] No. Form 13F File Number Name NONE 28-___________ ___________________________ [Repeat as necessary.] NAME OF ISSUER TITLE OF CUSIP VALUE SHARES INV. 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