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<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001125282-06-005297.txt : 20060825
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001125282-06-005297
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-23C3A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		10
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20060825
FILED AS OF DATE:		20060825
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20060825
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20060825

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100
		IRS NUMBER:				133749070
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		N-23C3A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	817-00883
		FILM NUMBER:		061054641

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		866-800-8933

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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<body bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>UNITED STATES<br>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>Washington, D.C. 20549</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><b><font face="serif" size="4">FORM&nbsp;N-23c-3</font></b></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>Notification of Repurchase Offer</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="2" face="serif">Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;23c-3 [17 CFR 270.23c-3]</font></p>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">1.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Investment Company Act File Number: 811-08266<br>
Date of Notification: August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">2.</font></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> Exact name of investment company as specified in registration statement:</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">THE
    INDIA FUND, INC.</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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  <td><font size="2" face="serif">3.</font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">Address
    of principal executive office: (number, street, city, state, zip code)</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif">345
    Park Avenue</font><br>
    <font size="2" face="serif">New York, NY 10154</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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  <td><font size="2" face="serif">4.</font></td>
  <td align="left"><font size="2" face="serif" align="left">Check
    one of the following:</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">A.</font></td>
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<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> The notification pertains to a periodic repurchase offer under paragraph&nbsp;(b) of Rule&nbsp;23c-3.</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">B.</font></td>
<td width="3%"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> The notification pertains to a discretionary repurchase offer under paragraph&nbsp;(c) of Rule&nbsp;23c-3.</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">C.</font></td>
<td width="3%"><img src="emptybox.gif" width="12" height="12"></td>
<td align="left">
<font size="2" face="serif"> The notification pertains to a periodic repurchase offer under paragraph&nbsp;(b) of Rule&nbsp;23c-3 and a discretionary repurchase offer under paragraph&nbsp;(c) of Rule&nbsp;23c-3.</font></td>
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  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td>&nbsp;</td>
  <td align="left">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="3%"><font size="2" face="serif">By:</font></td>
    <td width="30%"><font size="2" face="serif"><u>/s/ Prakash Melwani&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">Prakash Melwani</font></td>
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  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif"><u>Director and President of the Fund</u></font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font size="2" face="serif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Title)</font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (I)</b></font></p>
<div align="center">
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>OFFER TO REPURCHASE</b></font></p>
<hr align="center" width="200" size="1" noshade>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>OFFER BY</b><br>
      <b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b><br>
      <b>TO REPURCHASE UP TO 5%</b><br>
      <b>OF ITS ISSUED AND OUTSTANDING</b><br>
      <b>SHARES OF COMMON STOCK</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THIS REPURCHASE OFFER WILL EXPIRE ON SEPTEMBER</b>&nbsp;<b>15, 2006</b><br>
<b>AT 5:00 P.M., NEW YORK CITY TIME (THE &#147;REPURCHASE REQUEST DEADLINE&#148;)</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">THIS OFFER TO REPURCHASE AND THE ACCOMPANYING LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (WHICH TOGETHER CONSTITUTE THE &#147;REPURCHASE OFFER&#148;) ARE NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED, BUT
ARE SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED HEREIN AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">NO PERSON HAS BEEN AUTHORIZED TO GIVE ANY INFORMATION OR TO MAKE ANY REPRESENTATIONS IN CONNECTION WITH THE REPURCHASE OFFER OTHER THAN THOSE CONTAINED HEREIN AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL,
AND IF GIVEN OR MADE, SUCH INFORMATION OR REPRESENTATIONS MAY NOT BE RELIED UPON AS HAVING BEEN AUTHORIZED BY THE INDIA FUND, INC.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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<p><a href="#contents"><font size="2">Back to Contents</font></a></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>TABLE OF CONTENTS</b></font></p>
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  <tr valign="bottom">
    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="1">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><font face="serif" size="1"><b>Page</b></font></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;1.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">Number of Shares</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">3</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;2.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">Price; Repurchase Fee</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">3</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;3.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">Purpose of the Repurchase Offer</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p3"><font face="serif" size="2">3</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;4.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">Effect of the Offer; Source and Amount of Funds</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">4</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;5.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">Procedure for Tendering Shares</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p4"><font face="serif" size="2">4</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;6.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">Stockholders&#146; Right to
    Withdraw Tendered Shares</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">6</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;7.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">Acceptance for Payment and Payment</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p6"><font face="serif" size="2">6</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;8.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">Suspensions and Postponements of Repurchase Offer</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">7</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;9.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">NAV and Market Price</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p7"><font face="serif" size="2">7</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">10.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">Information with Respect to
    the Fund and the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">8</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">11.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">Certain Fees and Expenses</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">8</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">12.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">Miscellaneous</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">8</font></a></td>
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    <td width="3%"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">13.</font></a></div></td>
    <td><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">Federal Income Tax Consequences</font></a></td>
    <td width="5%" align="right"><a href="#p8"><font face="serif" size="2">8</font></a></td>
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    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>To the Stockholders of THE INDIA FUND, INC.:</b></font></div></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>1. Number of Shares.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), a Maryland corporation registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, hereby offers to repurchase up to 5% of
the issued and outstanding shares of common stock in the Fund (the &#147;Shares&#148;) as of September&nbsp;15, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase Offer Amount&#148;), which are tendered and not withdrawn prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City Time, September&nbsp;15, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase Request Deadline&#148;). The
Fund has established a record date of August&nbsp;18, 2006, for identifying stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This Repurchase Offer is being made to all stockholders of the Fund (&#147;Stockholders&#148;) and is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Shares being tendered. NEITHER THE FUND, ITS BOARD OF DIRECTORS (THE &#147;BOARD&#148;) NOR THE INVESTMENT
MANAGER IS MAKING ANY RECOMMENDATION TO ANY STOCKHOLDER WHETHER TO TENDER OR REFRAIN FROM TENDERING SHARES IN THE REPURCHASE OFFER. The Fund and the Board urge each Stockholder to read and evaluate the Repurchase Offer
and related materials carefully and make his or her own decision.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the number of Shares properly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline is less than or equal to the Repurchase Offer Amount, the Fund will, upon the terms and conditions of the Repurchase Offer, purchase all Shares so tendered. If more Shares
than the Repurchase Offer Amount are duly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will either (1) repurchase all of the additional Shares tendered, if the amount of such additional Shares does not exceed 2% of the Shares issued and outstanding
on the Repurchase Request Deadline, or (2) purchase the Repurchase Offer Amount of Shares on a pro rata basis, provided, however, that the Fund may accept all Shares tendered by Stockholders who own, beneficially or of record, an aggregate of not more than 99 Shares and who
tender all of their Shares, before prorating Shares tendered by others.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">As of August&nbsp;18, 2006, 44,902,187.0328 Shares were issued and outstanding. The Fund does not anticipate that the number of Shares as of the Repurchase Request Deadline will be materially different.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>2. Price; Repurchase Fee.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The repurchase price of the Shares will be their net asset value (&#147;NAV&#148;) at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;) on September&nbsp;22, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase Pricing Date&#148;). The Shares tendered pursuant to the
Repurchase Offer will be subject to a repurchase fee (the &#147;Repurchase Fee&#148;) equal to 2% of NAV per Share, which will be deducted from the repurchase price. The Fund normally calculates the NAV of its Shares each Friday at the close of regular trading on the NYSE. On August&nbsp;18,
2006, the NAV was $37.10 per Share.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">During the Repurchase Offer, the NAV of the Shares will be calculated as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each Friday and each of the five business days (September&nbsp;11, 2006 to September&nbsp;15, 2006) preceding the Repurchase Request Deadline (September&nbsp;15,
2006). <b>The Fund&#146;s Shares have recently been trading at a premium to the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. It may not be in a Stockholder&#146;s interest to tender Shares in connection with the Repurchase Offer if the Shares continue to trade at a premium. The market price of the
Shares can and does fluctuate. Accordingly, on the Repurchase Pricing Date, the market price of the Shares may be above or below the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. </b>Stockholders can obtain the daily NAV and daily NYSE closing price of the Shares from September&nbsp;11, 2006 to
September&nbsp;15, 2006 by calling Georgeson Inc. toll free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Shares are listed on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;IFN.&#148; On August&nbsp;18, 2006, closing price on the NYSE was $40.66 per Share.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>3. Purpose of the Repurchase Offer.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As with many closed-end investment companies, the trading price of the Shares on the NYSE has from time to time been at a discount to, <i>i.e., </i>lower than, the NAV of the Shares. At a Special Meeting of the Stockholders on April&nbsp;30, 2003
(the &#147;Stockholder Meeting&#148;), Stockholders approved a proposal converting the Fund to an &#147;interval&#148; structure, pursuant to which the Fund would make semi-annual offers to repurchase at least 5%, but not more than 25%, of its outstanding Shares. The Repurchase Offer will permit
tendering Stockholders to liquidate at least a portion of their Shares at approximately NAV (less the Repurchase Fee), while preserving the Fund as an investment vehicle for long-term capital appreciation for the remaining non-tendering Stockholders.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>4. Effect of the Offer; Source and Amount of Funds.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The actual cost to the Fund of the Repurchase Offer cannot be determined at this time because the number of Shares to be purchased will depend on the number tendered, and the price will be based on the NAV per Share
on the Repurchase Pricing Date. If the NAV per Share on the Repurchase Pricing Date is the same as the NAV per Share on August&nbsp;18, 2006 ($37.10 per Share), and if 5% of the outstanding Shares are purchased pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, the cost to the Fund (excluding
expenses and the Repurchase Fee) would be approximately $83,293,557.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The monies to be used by the Fund to purchase Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be obtained from cash and liquid securities in the Fund&#146;s investment portfolio.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Repurchase Offer may have certain adverse consequences for tendering and non-tendering Stockholders:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Fluctuation in NAV between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the Repurchase Pricing Date:</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stockholders must decide whether to tender their Shares prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, but the NAV at which the Fund will repurchase Shares will not be calculated
until the Repurchase Pricing Date. The NAV of the Shares may fluctuate between the Repurchase Request Deadline and the Repurchase Pricing Date, and there can be no assurance that the NAV of the Shares on the Repurchase Pricing Date will be as high as the NAV of the Shares on
the Repurchase Request Deadline. <b>Moreover, the Fund&#146;s Shares have recently been trading at a premium to the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. It may not be in a Stockholder&#146;s interest to tender Shares in connection with the Repurchase Offer if the Shares continue to trade at a
premium. Accordingly, on the Repurchase Pricing Date, the market price of the Shares may be above or below the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. </b>Pursuant to Rule 23c-3 under the 1940 Act, the Fund may use a Repurchase Pricing Date earlier than September&nbsp;22, 2006 if, on or
immediately following the Repurchase Request Deadline, it appears that the use of an earlier Repurchase Pricing Date is not likely to result in significant dilution of the NAV of either Shares that are tendered in the Repurchase Offer or Shares that are not so tendered.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Possible Proration:</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If greater than 5% of the Fund&#146;s Shares are tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, the Fund would be required to repurchase Shares tendered on a pro rata basis, subject to certain exceptions described in Section&nbsp;1, &#147;Number of Shares.&#148; Accordingly,
Stockholders cannot be assured that all of their tendered Shares will be repurchased.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Recognition of Capital Gains:</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As noted, the Fund may be required to sell portfolio securities pursuant to the Repurchase Offer, in which event it might recognize capital gains. The Fund expects that it would distribute any such gains to Stockholders (reduced by net capital losses
realized during the fiscal year, if any) following the end of its fiscal year on December 31. This recognition and distribution of gains, if any, would have two negative consequences: first, Stockholders at the time of declaration of the distributions would be required to pay taxes on a
greater amount of capital gain distributions than otherwise would be the case; and second, to raise cash to make the distributions, the Fund might need to sell additional portfolio securities, thereby possibly realizing and recognizing additional capital gains. It is impossible to predict the
amount of capital gains or losses that would be realized and recognized. In addition, some of the distributed gains may be realized on securities held for one year or less, which would generate income taxable to the Stockholders at ordinary income rates.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Tax Consequences of Repurchases to Stockholders:</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund&#146;s purchase of tendered Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will have tax consequences for tendering Stockholders and may have tax consequences for non-tendering Stockholders. See Section&nbsp;13, &#147;Federal
Income Tax Consequences,&#148; below.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Higher Expense Ratio and Less Investment Flexibility:</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The reduced net assets of the Fund as a result of the Fund&#146;s annual Repurchase Offers will, over time, result in a higher expense ratio for the Fund, and possibly in less investment flexibility for the Fund, depending on the
number of Shares repurchased.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>5. Procedure for Tendering Shares.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stockholders may tender some or all of their Shares by delivering or mailing a Letter of Transmittal or facsimile thereof (together with certificates and other required documents) to the Depositary at the appropriate address set forth at the
end of this Repurchase Offer or by following the procedures for book-entry delivery set forth below (and causing a confirmation of receipt of such delivery to be received by the Depositary). In lieu of the foregoing, tendering Stockholders can comply with the guaranteed delivery
procedures set forth below.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">To tender Shares properly, the certificates for Shares, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, must be received prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline by
the Depositary at the appropriate address set forth at the end of this Repurchase Offer, except as otherwise provided below in this Section. Letters of Transmittal and certificates representing tendered Shares should NOT be sent or delivered directly to the Fund. Stockholders having
Shares registered in the name of a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee should contact such firm if they desire to tender their Shares.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Signatures on all Letters of Transmittal must be guaranteed by a member firm of a registered national securities exchange, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office, branch or agency in the United
States (each being hereinafter referred to as an &#147;Eligible Institution&#148;), except in cases where Shares are tendered (i) by a registered holder of Shares who has not completed either the box entitled &#147;Special Payment Instructions&#148; or the box entitled &#147;Special Delivery Instructions&#148; on the
Letter of Transmittal or (ii) for the account of an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 1 of the Letter of Transmittal. If the certificates are registered in the name of a person other than the signer of the Letter of Transmittal, or if payment is to be made to a person other than the registered
owner of the certificates surrendered, then the certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name or names of the registered owner or owners appear on the certificates, with the signature(s) on the certificates or stock
powers guaranteed as aforesaid. See Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Fund&#146;s transfer agent holds Shares in uncertificated form for certain Stockholders pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan. Stockholders may tender all such uncertificated Shares by completing the appropriate section in the Letter of Transmittal or Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery. There may be tax consequences to a tendering Stockholder who tenders less than all Shares he or she owns. See Section&nbsp;13, &#147;Federal Income Tax Consequences,&#148; below.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Depositary will establish accounts with respect to the Shares at the Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148;) for purposes of the Repurchase Offer within two business days after the date of this Offer to Repurchase. Any financial institution that is a participant in DTC&#146;s system
may make delivery of tendered Shares by causing DTC to transfer such Shares into the Depositary&#146;s account in accordance with DTC&#146;s procedure for such transfer. However, although delivery of Shares may be effected through transfer into the Depositary&#146;s account at DTC, the Letter of
Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), with any required signature guarantee and any other required documents, must, in any case, be transmitted to and received by the Depositary at the appropriate address set forth at the end of this Repurchase Offer before the Repurchase Request
Deadline, or the tendering Stockholder must comply with the guaranteed delivery procedure described below. Delivery of documents to DTC in accordance with DTC&#146;s procedures does not constitute delivery to the Depositary.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If certificates for Shares are not immediately available or time will not permit the Letter of Transmittal and other required documents to reach the Depositary prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, Shares may nevertheless be tendered provided that all of the following
conditions are satisfied:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(a) such tenders are made by or through an Eligible Institution; and</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(b) the Depositary receives, prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery substantially in the form provided by the Fund (delivered either by hand, mail, telegram, telex or facsimile transmission); and</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(c) the certificates for all tendered Shares, or book-entry confirmation, as the case may be, together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within three NYSE
trading days after receipt by the Depositary of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THE CERTIFICATES REPRESENTING SHARES, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS IS AT THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE STOCKHOLDER. IF THE STOCKHOLDER WISHES TO DELIVER BY
MAIL, WE RECOMMEND THE USE OF INSURED REGISTERED MAIL, RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED. THE STOCKHOLDER HAS</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CAUSE THE CERTIFICATES, LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE TIMELY DELIVERED.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">TO PREVENT BACKUP WITHHOLDING ON PAYMENTS MADE FOR THE PURCHASE OF SHARES PURSUANT TO THE REPURCHASE OFFER, EACH INDIVIDUAL STOCKHOLDER (AND CERTAIN OTHER NONCORPORATE STOCKHOLDERS) MUST
PROVIDE THE DEPOSITARY WITH HIS CORRECT TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION NUMBER BY COMPLETING THE SUBSTITUTE FORM&nbsp;W-9 INCLUDED WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL (EVEN IF SUCH STOCKHOLDER HAS PREVIOUSLY
COMPLETED SUCH A FORM). CERTAIN STOCKHOLDERS WHO ARE NOT CITIZENS OR RESIDENTS OF THE UNITED STATES MAY SATISFY THIS REQUIREMENT BY PROVIDING A CERTIFICATE OF FOREIGN STATUS (FORM&nbsp;W-8) TO THE
DEPOSITARY IN LIEU OF THE SUBSTITUTE FORM&nbsp;W-9. SEE SECTION&nbsp;13, &#147;FEDERAL INCOME TAX CONSEQUENCES,&#148; BELOW.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance of any Shares tendered will be determined by the Fund, which determination shall be final and binding. The Fund reserves the absolute right (i) to reject any and all tenders not in proper
form or the payment for which would, in the opinion of the Fund&#146;s counsel, be unlawful and (ii) to waive any of the conditions of the Repurchase Offer or any defect or irregularity in the tender of any Shares. The Fund&#146;s determination of any defect or irregularity in the tender of any
Shares and its interpretation of the terms and conditions of the Repurchase Offer (including the Letter of Transmittal and the Instructions thereto) will be final. None of the Fund, the Information Agent, the Depositary or any other person shall be under any duty to give notification of any
defects or irregularities in tenders, and none shall incur any liability for failure to give such notification.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>6. Stockholders&#146; Right to Withdraw Tendered Shares.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline. After the Repurchase Request Deadline, tenders made pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be
irrevocable.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">To be effective, a written, telegraphic or facsimile notice of withdrawal must be timely received by the Depositary. Such notice must specify the name of the person who executed the particular Letter of Transmittal or Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, the number of Shares to be
withdrawn and, if certificates have been delivered or otherwise identified to the Depositary, the name of the holder of record and the serial numbers of the certificates representing the Shares to be withdrawn. If Shares have been delivered pursuant to the procedure for book-entry delivery
as set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; any notice of withdrawal also must specify the name and the number of the account at DTC to be credited with the withdrawn Shares (which must be the same name and number from which the Shares were tendered), and
must otherwise comply with DTC&#146;s procedures.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">All questions as to the form and validity, including time of receipt, of notices of withdrawal will be determined by the Fund, in its sole discretion, whose determination will be final and binding. None of the Fund, the Information Agent, the Depositary or any other person will be
under any duty to give notification of any defects or irregularities in any notice of withdrawal or to incur any liability for failure to give any such notification. Any Shares timely and properly withdrawn will be deemed not duly tendered for purposes of the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>7. Acceptance for Payment and Payment.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Repurchase Offer, the Fund will accept for payment, and will pay for, Shares validly tendered on or before the Repurchase Request Deadline and not properly withdrawn in
accordance with Section&nbsp;6, &#147;Stockholders&#146; Right to Withdraw Tendered Shares,&#148; as soon as practicable after the Repurchase Request Deadline. The Fund expressly reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to delay the acceptance for payment of, or payment for, Shares, in order to
comply in whole or in part with any applicable law.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The per-Share consideration paid to any Stockholder pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be the highest per-Share consideration paid to any other Stockholder during the Repurchase Offer. In all cases, payment for Shares tendered and accepted for payment pursuant to the
Repurchase Offer will be made only after timely receipt by the Depositary of certificates for such shares (or confirmation of the book-entry transfer of such</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">shares), a properly executed Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">For purposes of the Repurchase Offer, the Fund will be deemed to have accepted for payment, and thereby purchased, Shares properly tendered to the Fund and not withdrawn, if, as and when the Fund gives oral or written notice to the Depositary of its acceptance for payment of
such Shares. Payment for Shares accepted for payment pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be made by deposit of the purchase price with the Depositary, which will act as agent for the tendering Stockholders for purposes of receiving payment from the Fund and transmitting payment
to the tendering Stockholders. Under no circumstances will the Fund pay interest on the purchase price of the Shares to be paid by the Fund, regardless of any delay in making such payment. If any tendered Shares are not accepted for payment pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Repurchase Offer for any reason, or are not paid for because of an invalid tender, or if certificates are submitted for more Shares than are tendered, certificates for such unpurchased Shares will be returned, without expense to the tendering Stockholder, as soon as practicable following
expiration or withdrawal of the Repurchase Offer. Shares delivered by book-entry transfer into the Depositary&#146;s account at DTC as described in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; which are to be returned will be credited to an account maintained within DTC. Shares which
are to be returned and which were held in uncertificated form by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan will be returned to the dividend reinvestment plan account maintained by the transfer agent.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the Fund is delayed in its acceptance for payment of, or in its payment for, Shares, or is unable to accept for payment or pay for Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer for any reason, then, without prejudice to the Fund&#146;s rights under this Repurchase Offer, the Depositary may,
nevertheless, on behalf of the Fund, retain tendered Shares, and such shares may not be withdrawn unless and except to the extent tendering Stockholders are entitled to withdrawal rights as described in Section&nbsp;6, &#147;Stockholders&#146; Right to Withdraw Tendered Shares.&#148;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Shares tendered pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be subject to the Repurchase Fee, which will be paid to the Fund and is reasonably intended to compensate the Fund for expenses directly related to the Repurchase Offer. Except for the Repurchase Fee, tendering
Stockholders will not be obligated to pay brokerage commissions, fees or, except in the circumstances described in Instruction 6 of the Letter of Transmittal, transfer taxes on the purchase of Shares by the Fund.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>8. Suspensions and Postponements of Repurchase Offer.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund will not suspend or postpone the Repurchase Offer except by vote of a majority of the Board, including a majority of Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; as defined in the 1940 Act, and only:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(ii) if the repurchase would cause the Shares to be neither listed on any national securities exchange nor quoted on any inter-dealer quotation system of a national securities association;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(iii) for any period during which the NYSE is closed, other than customary weekend and holiday closings, or during which trading on the NYSE is restricted;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(iv) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal by the Fund of securities owned by it is not reasonably practicable, or during which it is not reasonably practicable for the Fund fairly to determine its NAV; or</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(v) for such other periods as the Securities and Exchange Commission may by order permit for the protection of Stockholders of the Fund.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the Repurchase Offer is suspended or postponed, the Fund will provide notice to Stockholders of such suspension or postponement.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>9. NAV and Market Price.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Shares currently trade on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;IFN.&#148; The following table sets forth, on a quarterly basis, the high and low NAVs of the Shares and the high and low closing sale prices of the Shares for each calendar quarter during the
two years ended June&nbsp;30, 2006.</font></p>
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    <td><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">July&nbsp;1, 2004 to September&nbsp;30, 2004</font></div></td>
    <td width="2%"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td width="1%" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td width="8%" align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">23.26</font></td>
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    <td width="8%" align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">19.82</font></td>
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    <td width="8%" align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">24.61</font></td>
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    <td width="8%" align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">19.98</font></td>
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    <td><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">October&nbsp;1, 2004 to December&nbsp;31, 2004</font></div></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">28.95</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">23.67</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">31.25</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">23.80</font></td>
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    <td><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">January&nbsp;1, 2005 to March&nbsp;31, 2005</font></div></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">29.16</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">26.30</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">30.50</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">25.88</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">30.20</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">26.62</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">30.68</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">24.42</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">36.95</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">41.90</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">29.30</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">38.78</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">32.21</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">43.80</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">34.36</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">42.18</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">35.19</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">52.63</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">39.73</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">45.22</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">33.39</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">64.70</font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">$</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">37.55</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The NAV per Share computed as of the close of business on August&nbsp;18, 2006 was $37.10. On August&nbsp;18, 2006, the high, low and closing prices of the Shares as reported on the NYSE were $41.00, $40.00 and $40.66, respectively.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>10. Information With Respect to the Fund and the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation. The Shares were first offered to the public in February 1994. As a closed-end
investment company, the Fund differs from an open-end investment company (i.e., a mutual fund) in that it does not redeem its Shares at the election of a stockholder and does not continuously offer its shares for sale to the public.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;) serves as the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager. Blackstone Advisors is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Blackstone Advisors is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on August&nbsp;26, 2005 and a
registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. Blackstone Advisors has served as the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager since December&nbsp;4, 2005. The principal business address of Blackstone Advisors is 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>11. Certain Fees and Expenses.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund will not pay to any broker or dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other person any solicitation fee for any Shares purchased pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. The Fund will reimburse such persons for customary handling and
mailing expenses incurred in forwarding the Repurchase Offer. No such broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company has been authorized to act as the agent of the Fund or the Depositary for purposes of the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Fund has retained PFPC Inc. to act as Depositary and Georgeson Inc. to act as Information Agent. The Depositary and the Information Agent will each receive reasonable and customary compensation for their services and will also be reimbursed for certain out-of-pocket
expenses and indemnified against certain liabilities.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>12. Miscellaneous.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Repurchase Offer is not being made to, nor will the Fund accept tenders from, holders of Shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which the Repurchase Offer would not be in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>13. Federal Income Tax Consequences.</b>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The following discussion describes certain U.S. federal income tax consequences of tendering Shares in the Repurchase Offer. Except where noted, it deals only with Shares held as capital assets and does not deal with special situations,
such as those of dealers in securities or commodities, traders in securities that elect to mark their holdings to market, insurance companies, financial institutions, tax-exempt entities, regulated investment companies, real estate investment trusts, persons holding Shares as a part of a
hedging, conversion or constructive sale transaction or a straddle or U.S. Stockholders whose functional currency is not the U.S. dollar. Furthermore, the discussion below is based upon the provisions of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), and regulations,
rulings and judicial decisions thereunder as of the date hereof, and such authorities may be repealed, revoked or modified so as to result in U.S. federal income tax consequences different from those discussed below. <b>Stockholders should consult their own tax advisors concerning the
U.S. federal income tax consequences of participating in the Repurchase Offer in light of their particular situations as well as any consequences arising under the laws of any other taxing jurisdiction.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">As used herein, a U.S. Stockholder means a Stockholder that is for U.S. federal income tax purposes (i) a citizen or resident of the U.S., (ii) a corporation or partnership created or organized in or under the laws of the U.S. or any political subdivision thereof, (iii) an estate the
income of which is subject to U.S. federal income taxation regardless of its source or (iv) a trust if it (x) is subject to the supervision of a court within the U.S. and one or more U.S. persons have the authority to control all substantial decisions of the trust or (y) has a valid election in effect
under applicable U.S. Treasury regulations to be treated as a U.S. person. A &#147;Non-U.S. Stockholder&#148; is a Stockholder that is not a U.S. Stockholder.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">An exchange of Shares for cash in the Repurchase Offer by U.S. Stockholders will be a taxable transaction for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As a consequence of the exchange, the U.S. Stockholder will, depending on such U.S. Stockholder&#146;s particular circumstances, be
treated either as recognizing gain or loss from the disposition of the Shares or as receiving a dividend distribution from the Fund. Under Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code, a sale of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer generally will be treated as a sale or exchange if the receipt of cash by
the Stockholder: (a) results in a complete termination of the Stockholder&#146;s interest in the Fund, (b) results in a substantially disproportionate redemption with respect to the Stockholder, or (c) is not essentially equivalent to a dividend with respect to the Stockholder. In determining
whether any of these tests has been met, Shares actually owned, as well as Shares considered to be owned by the Stockholder by reason of certain constructive ownership rules set forth in Section&nbsp;318 of the Code, generally must be taken into account. If any of these three tests for sale or
exchange treatment is met, a U.S. Stockholder will recognize gain or loss equal to the difference between the price paid by the Fund for the Shares purchased in the Repurchase Offer and the Stockholder&#146;s adjusted basis in such Shares. If such Shares are held as a capital asset, the gain or
loss will be capital gain or loss. The maximum tax rate applicable to net capital gains recognized by individuals and other non-corporate taxpayers is (i) the same as the applicable ordinary income rate for capital assets held for one year or less or (ii)&nbsp;15% for capital assets held for more
than one year.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the requirements of Section&nbsp;302(b) of the Code are not met, amounts received by a U.S. Stockholder who sells Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer will be taxable to the U.S. Stockholder as a dividend to the extent of such U.S. Stockholder&#146;s allocable share of the Fund&#146;s
current or accumulated earnings and profits. To the extent that amounts received exceed such U.S. Stockholder&#146;s allocable share of the Fund&#146;s current and accumulated earnings and profits for a taxable year, the distribution will first be treated as a non-taxable return of capital, causing a
reduction in the adjusted basis of such U.S. Stockholder&#146;s Shares, and any amounts in excess of the U.S. Stockholder&#146;s adjusted basis will constitute taxable gain. Any remaining adjusted basis in the Shares tendered to the Fund will be transferred to any remaining Shares held by such
U.S. Stockholder.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the payment for any purchase of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer is treated as a taxable dividend to the selling Stockholder rather than as an exchange, the other Stockholders, including the non-tendering Stockholders, could be deemed to have received taxable stock
distributions under certain circumstances. Stockholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the possibility of deemed distributions resulting from the purchase of Shares pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Non-U.S. Stockholders.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Depositary will withhold U.S. federal income taxes equal to 30% of the gross payments payable to a Non-U.S. Stockholder or his or her agent unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate of withholding is available pursuant to a tax treaty or
that an exemption from withholding is applicable because such gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S. In order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding pursuant to a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Stockholder must deliver to the Depositary
before the payment a properly completed and executed Internal Revenue Service (&#147;IRS&#148;) Form&nbsp;W-8BEN. In order to obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross proceeds paid pursuant to the Repurchase Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a
trade or business within the U.S., a Non-U.S. Stockholder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form&nbsp;W-8ECI. The Depositary will determine a shareowner&#146;s status as a Non-U.S. Stockholder and eligibility for a reduced rate of, or
exemption from, withholding by reference to any outstanding certificates or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding (e.g., IRS Forms W-8BEN or W-8ECI) unless facts and circumstances indicate that such reliance is not warranted. A Non-
U.S. Stockholder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if such shareowner meets the &#147;complete redemption,&#148; &#147;substantially disproportionate&#148; or &#147;not essentially equivalent to a dividend&#148; test described above or is otherwise able to establish that no tax
or a reduced amount of tax is due. Backup</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">withholding generally will not apply to amounts subject to the 30% or a treaty-reduced rate of withholding. Non-U.S. Stockholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application
of federal income tax withholding, including eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the refund procedure.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Backup Withholding.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;See Section&nbsp;5 with respect to the application of backup withholding on payments made to Stockholders.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>The tax discussion set forth above is included for general information only. Each shareowner is urged to consult such owner&#146;s own tax advisor to determine the particular tax consequences to him or her of the Repurchase Offer, including the applicability and effect
of state, local and foreign tax laws.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Questions, requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this Offer to Repurchase and related materials should be directed to Georgeson Inc. toll free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">THE INDIA FUND, INC.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Letter of Transmittal and certificates for your Shares should be sent or delivered by you, your broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company to the Depositary as set forth below.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Depositary:</i><br>
<b>PFPC INC.</b></font></p>
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    <td align="center"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By First Class</i>&nbsp;<i>Mail:</i></font></div></td>
    <td align="center" width="50%"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By Registered, Certified,</i><br>
<i>Express Mail</i><br>
<i>or Overnight Courier:</i></font></td>
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    <td align="center"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.<br>
c/o Computershare<br>
Attn: Corporate Actions<br>
P.O. Box 859208<br>
Braintree, MA 02185-9208</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.<br>
c/o Computershare<br>
Attn: Corporate Actions<br>
161 Bay State Drive<br>
Braintree, MA 02184</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of the Offer to Repurchase, the Letter of Transmittal, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other documents may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and location listed below. Stockholders
may also contact their broker, dealer, commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">The Information Agent for the Repurchase Offer is:</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>GEORGESON INC.</b><br>
<b>17 State Street, New York, NY 10004</b><br>
<b> 1-866-297-1264</b></font></p>
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<TYPE>EX-99.A(II)
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.A(II)
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (II)</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>
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    <td><div align="center"><font face="serif" size="4"><b>LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL</b></font><br>
	<br>
            <font face="serif" size="2"><b>To Accompany Certificate(s) for Shares of Common Stock</b><br>
            <b>or Order Tender of Uncertificated Shares of</b></font><br>
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            <font face="serif" size="4"><b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b></font><br>
<br>
            <font face="serif" size="2"><b>Tendered Pursuant To Its Offer to Repurchase</b><br>
            <b>Dated August</b>&nbsp;<b>25, 2006</b><br>
<br>
      </font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,</b><br>
      <b>NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON SEPTEMBER</b>&nbsp;<b>15, 2006 (&#147;REPURCHASE REQUEST DEADLINE&#148;).</b><br>
      </font><br>
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<font face="serif" size="2"><b>The Depositary for the Offer is:</b><br>
      </font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PFPC INC.</b><br>
    </font><br>
<font face="serif" size="2"><i>Depositary Addresses:</i></font></div></td>
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<i>By First Class</i>&nbsp;<i>Mail:</i></font></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By Registered, Certified</i><br>
<i>or Express Mail or</i><br>
<i>Overnight Courier:</i></font></td>
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    <td align="center"><div style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.<br>
c/o Computershare<br>
Attn: Corporate Actions<br>
P.O. Box 859208<br>
Braintree, MA 02185-9208</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.<br>
c/o Computershare<br>
Attn: Corporate Actions<br>
161 Bay State Drive<br>
Braintree, MA 02184</font></td>
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    <td colspan="13"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>DESCRIPTION OF SHARES TENDERED</b></font></td>
    <td align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">Name(s) and Addresses of Registered Holder(s):<br>
(Please Fill in, if Blank, Exactly as Name(s) Appear(s)<br>
on Certificate(s))</font></div></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td colspan="11" align="right" valign="bottom"><div align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Shares Tendered ***<br>
  (Attach Additional Signed Schedule<br>
  if necessary)</font></div></td>
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<br>
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<br>
Certificate<br>
Number(s)*</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Total<br>
Number of<br>
Shares<br>
Evidenced<br>
by<br>
Certificates**</font></td>
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<br>
Number<br>
of<br>
Shares<br>
Tendered</font></td>
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<br>
Dividend<br>
Reinvestment<br>
Shares<br>
Tendered</font></td>
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    <td><font size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td align="right" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Total Shares<br>
Tendered</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td align="right"><font face="serif" size="1">*</font></td>
    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="1">Need not be completed by Stockholders who
    tender Shares by book-entry transfer.</font></td>
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    <td align="right"><font face="serif" size="1">**</font></td>
    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="1">Unless otherwise indicated, it will be
        assumed that all Shares evidenced by any certificates delivered to the
    Depositary are being tendered. See Instruction 5.</font></td>
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    <td width="3%" align="right"><font face="serif" size="1">***</font></td>
    <td width="1%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="1">If the Shares being tendered are Shares held by the Transfer Agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan, Stockholders should so indicate on page 3.</font></div></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">I HAVE LOST MY CERTIFICATE(S) FOR SHARES
        OF STOCK OF THE FUND AND REQUIRE ASSISTANCE WITH RESPECT TO REPLACING
    SUCH CERTIFICATE(S). SEE INSTRUCTION 3.</font></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, THE CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY, IS AT THE
OPTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING STOCKHOLDER, AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN INSTRUCTION 2, THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY. IF DELIVERY IS
BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED. THE STOCKHOLDER HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CAUSE THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, CERTIFICATES AND ANY
OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE TIMELY DELIVERED.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This Letter of Transmittal is to be used (a) if certificates for Shares (as defined below) are to be forwarded herewith, or (b) if uncertificated Shares held by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan are to be tendered, or (c) if tenders are to be
made by book-entry transfer to any of the accounts maintained by the Depositary at the Depository Trust Company (&#147;DTC&#148; or the &#147;Book-Entry Transfer Facility&#148;) pursuant to the procedure set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase.
Stockholders whose certificates are not immediately available or who cannot deliver certificates for Shares (other than uncertificated Shares held by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan) or deliver confirmation of the book-entry transfer of their
Shares into the Depositary&#146;s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility and all other documents required hereby to the Depositary prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Request Deadline, September&nbsp;15, 2006, may nevertheless tender their Shares according to the
guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase. See Instruction 2 below. DELIVERY OF DOCUMENTS TO THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY DOES NOT CONSTITUTE DELIVERY TO THE
DEPOSITARY.</font></p>
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    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2"><img src="emptybox.gif"></font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>CHECK HERE IF
          TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED BY BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER MADE TO
          THE ACCOUNT MAINTAINED BY THE DEPOSITARY WITH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER
          FACILITY AND COMPLETE THE
FOLLOWING:</b></font></td>
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Name of Tendering Institution: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <td width="20%">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Account Number: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    <td width="2%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Transaction Code Number: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <td width="12%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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	<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If the tendered Shares are being tendered by a Nominee Holder on behalf of its customers, please state the number of customer accounts for whose benefit the tender is made:</font></p>
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    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2"><img src="emptybox.gif"></font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>CHECK HERE IF CERTIFICATES FOR TENDERED SHARES ARE BEING DELIVERED PURSUANT TO A NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY PREVIOUSLY SENT TO THE DEPOSITARY AND COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING:</b></font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br>
<div style="margin-left:3%">
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Name(s) of Registered Owner(s): <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    </tr>
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    <td width="20%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:3%">
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Date of Execution of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="31%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:3%">
<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Name of Institution that Guaranteed Delivery: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="28%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>
<div style="margin-left:3%">
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  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Account Number (if delivered by book-entry transfer): <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="33%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>

<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING DOCUMENTS CAREFULLY.</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">2</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned hereby tenders to The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), the shares of the Fund&#146;s Common Stock, $0.001 par value per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;) described below, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase dated
August&nbsp;25, 2006, receipt of which is hereby acknowledged, and in this Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the &#147;Repurchase Offer&#148;), at a purchase price equal to an amount per Share, net to the seller in cash (the &#147;Purchase Price&#148;), equal to 100% of the net asset value in U.S.
dollars (&#147;NAV&#148;) per Share as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;22, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase Pricing Date&#148;), minus a repurchase fee (the &#147;Repurchase Fee&#148;) equal to 2% of net asset value per Share.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Subject to, and effective upon, acceptance of payment for the Shares tendered herewith in accordance with the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer to Repurchase, the undersigned hereby sells, assigns and transfers to, or upon the order of, the Fund all right, title and
interest in and to all the Shares that are being tendered hereby and that are being accepted for purchase pursuant to the Offer to Repurchase (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or other securities or rights issued or issuable in respect of such Shares on or after the
Repurchase Request Deadline of September&nbsp;15, 2006) and irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Depositary the true and lawful agent and attorney-in-fact of the undersigned with respect to such Shares (and any such dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights), with
full power of substitution (such power of attorney being deemed to be an irrevocable power coupled with an interest) to (a) deliver certificates for such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights) or transfer ownership of such Shares (and any
such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights), together, in either such case, with all accompanying evidences of transfer and authenticity to or upon the order of the Fund, upon receipt by the Depositary, as the undersigned&#146;s agent, of the Purchase Price, (b)
present such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights) for transfer on the books of the Fund, and (c) receive all benefits and otherwise exercise all rights of beneficial ownership of such Shares (and any such other dividends, distributions,
other Shares or securities or rights), all in accordance with the terms of the Offer to Repurchase.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that: (a) the undersigned has full power and authority to tender, sell, assign and transfer the tendered Shares (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or other securities or rights issued or issuable in respect of such
Shares on or after the Repurchase Request Deadline of September&nbsp;15, 2006); (b) when and to the extent the Fund accepts the Shares for purchase, the Fund will acquire good, marketable and unencumbered title thereto, free and clear of all liens, restrictions, charges, proxies,
encumbrances or other obligations relating to their sale or transfer, and not subject to any adverse claim; (c) on request, the undersigned will execute and deliver any additional documents deemed by the Depositary or the Fund to be necessary or desirable to complete the sale, assignment
and transfer of the tendered Shares (and any and all dividends, distributions, other Shares or securities or rights issued or issuable in respect of such Shares on or after the Repurchase Request Deadline of September&nbsp;15, 2006); and (d) the undersigned has read and agreed to all of the
terms of the Offer to Repurchase and this Letter of Transmittal.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">All authority conferred or agreed to be conferred in this Letter of Transmittal shall be binding upon the successors, assigns, heirs, executors, administrators and legal representatives of the undersigned and shall not be affected by, and shall survive, the death or incapacity of the
undersigned. Shares tendered pursuant to the Offer may be withdrawn at any time prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline in accordance with Section&nbsp;6, &#147;Stockholders&#146; Right to Withdraw Tendered Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase. After the Repurchase Request Deadline,
tenders made pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase will be irrevocable.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE UNDERSIGNED TENDER ALL UNCERTIFICATED SHARES THAT MAY BE HELD IN THE NAME OF THE REGISTERED HOLDER(S) BY THE FUND&#146;S TRANSFER AGENT PURSUANT TO THE FUND&#146;S DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN.</b></font></p>
</div>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">_________ <b>Yes </b>________ <b>No</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Note: If you do not check either of the spaces above, uncertificated Shares, if any, held in the name of the registered holder(s) by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan will NOT be tendered.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">3</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>ODD LOTS</b><br>
<b>(SEE INSTRUCTION 13)</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This section is to be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning beneficially or of record an aggregate of not more than 99 Shares. The undersigned either (check only one box):</font></p>
</div>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><img src="emptybox.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is
    the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of not more than 99 Shares,
    all
    of which are being tendered; or</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><img src="emptybox.gif">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Is
    a broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee that (a)
    is tendering for the beneficial owner(s) thereof Shares with respect to which
    it is the record holder, and (b) believes, based upon representations made
    to it by such beneficial owner(s), that each such  person is the beneficial
    owner of an aggregate of not more than 99 Shares and is tendering all of
    such Shares; and, in either case, hereby represents that the above indicated
    information is true and correct as to the undersigned.</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PLEASE READ THE ACCOMPANYING INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY.</b><br>
<b>NOTE: SIGNATURES MUST BE PROVIDED BELOW.</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned understands that the valid tender of Shares pursuant to any one of the procedures described in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase and in the Instructions hereto will constitute a binding agreement between the
undersigned and the Fund upon the terms and subject to the conditions of the Offer to Repurchase.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned recognizes that under certain circumstances set forth in the Offer to Repurchase, the Fund may not be required to purchase any of the Shares tendered hereby, or may accept for purchase, pro rata with Shares tendered by other Stockholders, fewer than all of the
Shares tendered hereby.</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Unless otherwise indicated herein under &#147;Special Payment Instructions,&#148; please return any certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) in the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appearing under &#147;Description of
Shares Tendered.&#148; Similarly, unless otherwise indicated under &#147;Special Delivery Instructions,&#148; please return any certificates for Shares not tendered or accepted for payment (and accompanying documents, as appropriate) to the address(es) of the registered holder(s) appearing under
&#147;Description of Shares Tendered.&#148; In the event that either the Special Delivery Instructions or the Special Payment Instructions are completed, please return such certificates to the person or persons so indicated. The undersigned recognizes that the Fund has no obligation pursuant to the
Special Payment Instructions to transfer any Shares from the name of the registered holder thereof if the Fund does not accept for payment any of the Shares so tendered. The undersigned further recognizes that the Special Payment Instructions and the Special Delivery Instructions are
not applicable to Shares tendered by book-entry transfer nor to uncertificated Shares held by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan, which Shares may be tendered hereby.</font></p>
</div>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></p>

  <div style="float: left; width: 48%">
  <table width="100%"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="2%" align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black; border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>SPECIAL
        PAYMENT INSTRUCTIONS</b><br>
        <b>(See Instruction 8)</b></font></td>
      <td width="2%" align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><div style="text-indent: 3%"><font face="serif" size="2">To be completed ONLY if certificates
            for Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be issued in the
      name of and sent to someone other than the undersigned.</font></div></td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Issue Certificate to:</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>

      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Name</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:32px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>(Please Print)</b></font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Address</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:47px;margin-right:5px">
          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
        </div>
      </td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px">
          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
        </div>
      </td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(City, State,
        Zip Code)</b></font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">(Complete Substitute Form
        W-9)</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px">
          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
        </div>
      </td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td width="2%" align="center" valign="top" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(Taxpayer
        Identification (Social Security) Number)</b></font></td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-bottom-color:black;border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-bottom-color:black;" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-bottom-color:black;border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
  </table>
</div>
<div style="float: right; width: 48%">

  <table width="100%"  border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
    <tr>
      <td width="2%" align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black; border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>SPECIAL
            DELIVERY INSTRUCTIONS</b><br>
        <b>(See Instruction 8)</b></font></td>
      <td width="2%" align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><div style="text-indent: 3%"><font face="serif" size="2">To be completed ONLY if
            certificates for Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be issued
            in the name of the undersigned, but sent to someone other than the
            undersigned or to the undersigned at an address other than that shown
      above.</font></div></td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Mail Certificate to:</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Name</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:32px;margin-right:5px">
          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
        </div>
      </td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td align="center" valign="top"><font size="2" face="serif"><b>(Please
            Print)</b></font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td>&nbsp;</td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
      <td><font face="serif" size="2">Address</font></td>
      <td   style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    </tr>
    <tr>
      <td align="center" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
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          <hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000">
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      <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(City, State,
            Zip Code)</b></font></td>
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    <td valign="bottom" style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center" valign="bottom"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>SIGN HERE</b><br>
      <b>(IMPORTANT: COMPLETE AND SIGN THE SUBSTITUTE FORM</b>&nbsp;<b>W-9 HEREIN)</b></font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(Signature(s)
      of Stockholder(s))</b></font></td>
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    <td style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Dated:<u> &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
      , 2006</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">(Must be signed by the registered holder(s)
        exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for the Shares or on a
        security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered
        holder(s) by certificate(s) and documents transmitted herewith. If signature
        is by attorney-in-fact,  executor, administrator, trustee, guardian,
        agent, officer of a corporation or another person acting in a fiduciary
        or representative capacity, please provide the following information.
        See Instruction 5.)</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td rowspan="12" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">(Must be signed by the registered holder(s) exactly as name(s) appear(s) on certificate(s) for the Shares or on a security position listing or by person(s) authorized to become registered holder(s) by certificate(s) and documents transmitted herewith. If signature is by attorney-in-fact,
executor, administrator, trustee, guardian, agent, officer of a corporation or another person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, please provide the following information. See Instruction 6.)</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Name(s)</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="left" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:47px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(Please Print)</b></font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Capacity (Full Title)</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><div style="margin-left:112px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Address</font></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td><div style="margin-left:52px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="2%" rowspan="16" align="right" style="border-left:solid 1pt;border-left-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3" align="right">&nbsp;</td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="right"><div style="margin-left:5px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
    <td style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="8%" align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>City</b></font></td>
    <td width="42%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>State</b></font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Zip Code</b></font></td>
    <td width="2%" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td rowspan="27" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Area Code and Telephone Number</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Employer Identification or</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Social Security Number</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center"><div style="margin-left:132px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
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    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>GUARANTEE OF
      SIGNATURE(S)</b><br>
      <b>(See Instructions 1 and 6)</b></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Authorized Signature(s)</font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Name</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><div style="margin-left:32px;margin-right:5px"><hr align="left" width="100%" size="1" noshade color="#000000"></div></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>(Please
    Print)</b></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Name of Firm</font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Address&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="right" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="1"><font size="2">&nbsp;<b>City</b></font></font></td>
    <td align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="1"><font size="2"><b>State</b></font></font></td>
    <td valign="top"><font face="serif" size="1"><font size="2"><b>Zip Code</b></font></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="right" valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="left" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">Dated:
      <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
      , 2006</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="right" valign="top" style="border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-bottom-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
    <td valign="top" style="border-right:solid 1pt;border-right-color:black;border-bottom:solid 1pt;border-bottom-color:black;">&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>INSTRUCTIONS</b><br>
<b>Forming Part of the Terms and Conditions of the Repurchase Offer</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">1. <i>Guarantee of Signatures.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;No signature guarantee on this Letter of Transmittal is required (i) if this Letter  of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder of the Shares (which term, for purposes of this document, shall include any participant in the Book-Entry Transfer Facility
whose name appears on a security position listing as the owner of Shares) tendered herewith, unless such holder has completed either the box entitled &#147;Special Delivery Instructions&#148; or the box entitled &#147;Special Payment Instructions&#148; herein, or (ii) if such Shares are tendered for the account
of a member firm of a registered national securities exchange, a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. (&#147;NASD&#148;), a commercial bank, credit union, savings association or trust company having an office, branch or agency in the United States, or other entity which is a
member in good standing of a stock transfer association&#146;s approved medallion program (each being hereinafter referred to as an &#147;Eligible Institution&#148;). In all other cases, all signatures on this Letter of Transmittal must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See Instruction 6.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">2. <i>Delivery of Letter of Transmittal and Certificates; Guaranteed Delivery Procedures.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;This Letter of Transmittal is to be used only (a) if certificates are to be forwarded herewith, (b) if uncertificated Shares held by the Funds transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend
reinvestment plan are to be tendered, or (c) if tenders are to be made pursuant to the procedures for delivery by book-entry transfer set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase. Certificates for all physically tendered Shares, or
confirmation of a book-entry transfer in the Depositary&#146;s account at the Book-Entry Transfer Facility of Shares tendered by book-entry transfer, together, in each case, with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal or facsimile thereof with any required signature
guarantees, any other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal should be mailed or delivered to the Depositary at the appropriate address set forth herein and must be received by the Depositary prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Request Deadline,
September&nbsp;15, 2006. Stockholders whose certificates are not immediately available or who cannot deliver Shares and all other required documents to the Depositary prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on the Repurchase Request Deadline, or whose Shares cannot be delivered on a
timely basis pursuant to the procedures for book-entry transfer prior to the Termination Date, may tender their Shares by or through any Eligible Institution by properly completing and duly executing and delivering a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (or facsimile thereof), which must be
received by the Depositary prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, and by otherwise complying with the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase. Pursuant to such procedures, the certificates for all
physically tendered Shares, or confirmation of book-entry transfer, as the case may be, as well as a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, all other documents required by this Letter of Transmittal must be received by the Depositary within three business days after
receipt by the Depositary of such Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, all as provided in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Purchase.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE METHOD OF DELIVERY OF THIS LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, THE CERTIFICATES FOR SHARES AND ALL OTHER REQUIRED DOCUMENTS, INCLUDING DELIVERY THROUGH THE BOOK-ENTRY TRANSFER FACILITY, IS AT
THE OPTION AND RISK OF THE TENDERING STOCKHOLDER AND EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS INSTRUCTION, THE DELIVERY WILL BE DEEMED MADE ONLY WHEN ACTUALLY RECEIVED BY THE DEPOSITARY. IF
DELIVERY IS BY MAIL, REGISTERED MAIL WITH RETURN RECEIPT REQUESTED, PROPERLY INSURED, IS RECOMMENDED. THE STOCKHOLDER HAS THE RESPONSIBILITY TO CAUSE THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL, CERTIFICATES
AND ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO BE TIMELY DELIVERED.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">No alternative, conditional or contingent tenders will be accepted, except as may be permitted in the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase. All tendering Stockholders, by execution of this Letter of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof), waive any right to receive any notice of the acceptance
for payment of Shares.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">3. <i>Lost Certificates.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In the event that any Stockholder is unable to deliver to the Depositary the Fund Certificate(s) representing his, her or its Shares due to the loss or destruction of such Certificate(s), such fact should be included on the face of this Letter of Transmittal. In such
case, the Stockholder should also contact the Depositary, at their number 1-800-331-1710, to report the lost securities. The Depositary will forward additional documentation which such stockholder must complete in order to effectively surrender such lost or destroyed</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Certificate(s) (including affidavits of loss and indemnity bonds in lieu thereof). There may be a fee in respect of lost or destroyed Certificates, but surrenders hereunder regarding such lost certificates
will be processed only after such documentation has been submitted to and approved by the Depositary.</font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">4. <i>Inadequate Space.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the space provided is inadequate, the certificate numbers and/or number of Shares should be listed on a separate, signed schedule attached hereto.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">5. <i>Partial Tenders and Unpurchased Shares.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(Not applicable to Stockholders who tender by book-entry transfer.) If fewer than all the Shares evidenced by any certificate submitted are to be tendered, fill in the number of Shares which are to be tendered in the column entitled
&#147;Number of Shares Tendered.&#148; In such case, a new certificate for the remainder of the Shares evidenced by the old certificate(s) will be issued and sent to the registered holder, unless otherwise specified in the &#147;Special Payment Instructions&#148; or &#147;Special Delivery Instructions&#148; boxes in
this Letter of Transmittal, as soon as practicable after the Repurchase Request Deadline of the Offer to Repurchase. All Shares represented by certificates listed and delivered to the Depositary are deemed to have been tendered unless otherwise indicated.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">6. <i>Signatures on Letter of Transmittal; Stock Powers and Endorsements.</i></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(a) If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Shares tendered hereby, the signature(s) must correspond exactly with the name(s) on the face of the certificates.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(b) If any of the tendered Shares are held of record by two or more joint holders, ALL such holders must sign this Letter of Transmittal.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(c) If any tendered Shares are registered in different names on several certificates, it will be necessary to complete, sign and submit as many Letters of Transmittal as there are different registrations of certificates.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(d) If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by the registered holder(s) of the Shares listed and transmitted hereby, no endorsements of certificates or separate stock powers are required unless payment is to be made, or the certificates for Shares not tendered or purchased are to be
issued, to a person other than the registered holder(s), in which case the endorsements or signatures on the stock powers, as the case may be, must be signed exactly as the name(s) of the registered holder(s) appear(s) on the certificates. Signatures on such certificates or stock powers must
be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See also Instruction 1.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(e) If this Letter of Transmittal or any certificates or stock powers are signed by trustees, executors, administrators, guardians, agents, attorneys-in-fact, officers of corporations or others acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity, such persons should so indicate when signing
and must submit proper evidence satisfactory to the Fund of their authority to so act.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(f) If this Letter of Transmittal is signed by a person(s) other than the registered holder(s) of the certificates listed and transmitted hereby, the certificates must be endorsed or accompanied by appropriate stock powers, in either case signed exactly as the name or names of the
registered holder(s) appear on the certificates. Signatures on such certificates of stock powers must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See also Instruction 1.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">7. <i>Stock Transfer Taxes.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Except as set forth in this Instruction 7, no stock transfer tax stamps or funds to cover such stamps need accompany this Letter of Transmittal, and the Fund will pay all stock transfer taxes, if any, with respect to the transfer and sale of Shares to it
pursuant to the Offer. If, however, payment of the repurchase price is to be made to, or (in the circumstances permitted by the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase) if Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be registered in the name of any person other than the registered holder, or if tendered
certificates are registered in the name of any person other than the person(s) signing this Letter of Transmittal, the amount of any stock transfer taxes (whether imposed on the registered holder or such other person) payable on account of the transfer to such person will be deducted from
the Purchase Price unless satisfactory evidence of the payment of such taxes, or exemption therefrom, is submitted.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">8. <i>Special Payment and Delivery Instructions.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If certificates for Shares not tendered or not purchased are to be issued in the name of a person other than the person signing this Letter of Transmittal or if such certificates are to be sent to someone other than the person signing this
Letter of Transmittal or to the person signing this Letter of Transmittal at an address other than that shown above, the boxes captioned &#147;Special Payment Instructions&#148; and/or</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">&#147;Special Delivery Instructions&#148; on this Letter of Transmittal should be completed. Signatures must be guaranteed by an Eligible Institution. See also Instruction 1.</font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">9. <i>Irregularities.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;All questions as to the validity, form, eligibility (including time of receipt) and acceptance for payment of any tender of Shares will be determined by the Fund, in its sole discretion, which determination shall be final and binding. The Fund reserves the absolute
right to reject any or all tenders of any particular Shares (i)&nbsp;determined by it not to be in proper form or (ii) the acceptance of or payment for which may, in the opinion of the Fund&#146;s counsel, be unlawful. The Fund also reserves the absolute right to waive any of the conditions of the
Repurchase Offer, in whole or in part, or any defect or irregularity in tender of any particular Shares or Stockholder, and the Fund&#146;s interpretations of the terms and conditions of the Repurchase Offer (including these instructions) shall be final and binding. No tender of Shares will be
deemed to be properly made until all defects and irregularities have been cured or waived. Neither the Fund, the Depositary, the Information Agent nor any other person shall be obligated to give notice of defects or irregularities in tenders, nor shall any of them incur any liability for
failure to give any such notice. Unless waived, any defects or irregularities must be cured within such time as the Fund shall determine.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">10. <i>Requests for Assistance and Additional Copies.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Requests for assistance should be directed to, and additional copies of the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and this Letter of Transmittal may be obtained from, the Information Agent at the
address set forth at the end of this Letter of Transmittal or from your broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company, or other nominee. The Information Agent will also provide Stockholders, upon request, with a Certificate of Foreign Status of Beneficial Owner for United States Tax
Withholding (W-8BEN) or a Certificate of Foreign Person&#146;s Claim for Exemption From Withholding on Income Effectively Connected With the Conduct of a Trade or Business in the United States (W-8ECI).</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">11. <i>Backup Withholding.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Stockholder that desires to participate in the Offer to Repurchase must, unless an exemption applies, provide the Depositary with the Stockholder&#146;s taxpayer identification number on the Substitute Form&nbsp;W-9 set forth in this Letter of Transmittal,
with the required certifications being made under penalties of perjury. If the Stockholder is an individual, the taxpayer identification number is his or her social security number. If the Depositary is not provided with the correct taxpayer identification number, the Stockholder may be
subject to a $50 penalty imposed by the Internal Revenue Service in addition to being subject to backup withholding.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Stockholders are required to give the Depositary the taxpayer identification number of the record owner of the Shares by completing the Substitute Form&nbsp;W-9 included with this Letter of Transmittal. If the Shares are registered in more than one name or are not in the name of the
actual owner, consult the &#147;Guidelines for Certification of Taxpayer Identification Number on Substitute Form&nbsp;W-9,&#148; which immediately follow the Substitute Form&nbsp;W-9.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If backup withholding applies, the Depositary is required to withhold 28% of any payment made to the Stockholder with respect to Shares purchased pursuant to the Repurchase Offer. Backup withholding is not an additional tax. Rather, the U.S. federal income tax liability of
persons subject to backup withholding may result in an overpayment of taxes for which a refund may be obtained by the Stockholder from the Internal Revenue Service.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Certain Stockholders (including, among others, most corporations and certain foreign persons) are exempt from backup withholding requirements. To qualify as an exempt recipient on the basis of foreign status, a Stockholder must generally submit a properly completed
Form&nbsp;W-8BEN or Form&nbsp;W-8ECI, signed under penalties of perjury, attesting to that person&#146;s exempt status. A Stockholder would use a Form&nbsp;W-8BEN to certify that it (1) is neither a citizen nor a resident of the United States, (2) has not been and reasonably does not expect to be
present in the United States for a period aggregating 183 days or more during the calendar year, and (3) reasonably expects not to be engaged in a trade or business within the United States to which the gain on the sale of the Shares would be effectively connected; and would use a
Form&nbsp;W-8ECI to certify that (1) it is neither a citizen nor resident of the U.S., and (2) the proceeds of the sale of the Shares are effectively connected with a U.S. trade or business. A foreign Stockholder (a &#147;Non-U.S. Stockholder&#148;) may also use a Form&nbsp;W-8BEN to certify that it is
eligible for benefits under a tax treaty between the United States and such foreign person&#146;s country of residence.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>A STOCKHOLDER SHOULD CONSULT HIS OR HER TAX ADVISOR AS TO HIS OR HER QUALIFICATION FOR EXEMPTION FROM THE BACKUP WITHHOLDING REQUIREMENTS AND THE PROCEDURE FOR OBTAINING AN
EXEMPTION.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">12. <i>Withholding for Non-U.S. Stockholders.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Even if a Non-U.S. Stockholder has provided the required certification to avoid backup withholding, the Depositary will withhold U.S. federal income taxes equal to 30% of the gross payments payable to a Non-U.S. Stockholder or
his or her agent unless the Depositary determines that a reduced rate of withholding is available pursuant to a tax treaty or that an exemption from withholding is applicable because such gross proceeds are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S. In
order to obtain a reduced rate of withholding pursuant to a tax treaty, a Non-U.S. Stockholder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form&nbsp;W-8BEN. In order to obtain an exemption from withholding on the grounds that the gross
proceeds paid pursuant to the Repurchase Offer are effectively connected with the conduct of a trade or business within the U.S., a Non-U.S. Stockholder must deliver to the Depositary before the payment a properly completed and executed IRS Form&nbsp;W-8ECI. The Depositary will
determine a shareowner&#146;s status as a Non-U.S. Stockholder and eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding by reference to any outstanding certificates or statements concerning eligibility for a reduced rate of, or exemption from, withholding (e.g., IRS Forms W-
8BEN or W-8ECI) unless facts and circumstances indicate that such reliance is not warranted. A Non-U.S. Stockholder may be eligible to obtain a refund of all or a portion of any tax withheld if such shareowner satisfies certain requirements or is otherwise able to establish that no tax or
a reduced amount of tax is due. Backup withholding generally will not apply to amounts subject to the 30% or a treaty-reduced rate of withholding. Non-U.S. Stockholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding the application of federal income tax withholding, including
eligibility for a withholding tax reduction or exemption, and the refund procedure.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">13. <i>Odd Lots.</i>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As described in Section&nbsp;1 of the Offer to Repurchase, the Fund will purchase Shares validly tendered and not properly withdrawn prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, September&nbsp;15, 2006, by any Stockholder who owns beneficially or of record an
aggregate of not more than 99 Shares (an &#147;Odd Lot Holder&#148;). This preference will not be available unless the item captioned &#147;Odd Lots&#148; is completed.</font></p>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PAYER&#146;S NAME: PFPC INC.</b></font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
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    <td width="30%"><div style="margin-left:5%"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>SUBSTITUTE<br>
    FORM </b></font><font face="serif" size="4"><b>W-9<br>
    </b></font><font face="serif" size="2"><b> <br>
    Department of the Treasury</b><br>
    <b>Internal Revenue Service</b></font><font face="serif" size="4"><b>
    <br>
    <font size="2" face="serif"><b> <br>
    Payer&#146;s Request for</b><br>
    <b>Taxpayer Identification<br>
    </b><b>Number
    (TIN)</b></font>
</b></font></div></td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="30%"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Part 1</b>&#151;PLEASE
        PROVIDE YOUR NAME AND TIN IN THE BOX AT RIGHT AND CERTIFY BY SIGNING
    AND DATING BELOW.<br>
    <b><br>
    Part 2 &#151; CERTIFICATION.</b> Under penalty of perjury, I certify that: <br>
    <div style="margin-left:9%; text-indent:-9%">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;The number shown on this form is my correct Taxpayer Identification
    Number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me) and</div><br>
<div style="margin-left:9%; text-indent:-9%">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;I am not subject to backup withholding because (a) I am exempt
from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue
Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result
of failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me
that I am no longer
subject to backup withholding, and</div><br>
<div style="margin-left:9%; text-indent:-9%">
(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;I am a U.S. person (including a U.S. resident alien).</div></font></td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="30%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><br>
      <br>
      <hr align="center" width="250" size="1" noshade>
    Name<br>
    <br>
    <hr align="center" width="250" size="1" noshade>
    Social Security Number<br>
    <br>
    OR<br>
    <br>
    <br>
    <hr align="center" width="250" size="1" noshade>
Employer Identification Number<br>
<br>
<hr align="center" width="250" size="1" noshade>
</font>
      <div style="text-indent:-70%"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Part 3 &#151;</b><br>
<font face="Wingdings" size="2">o</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Awaiting TIN<br>
    </font></div></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Certificate Instructions &#151; </b>You
        must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that
        you are subject to backup withholding because of under-reporting interest
        or dividends on your tax return. However, if after being notified by
        the IRS that you were subject to backup withholding you received another
        notification from the IRS that you are no longer subject to backup withholding,
    do not cross out such item (2).</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">The Internal Revenue Service does not require
        your consent to any provision of this document other than the certifications
    required to avoid backup withholding.</font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">SIGNATURE _______________________________________________________________________</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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  <tr valign="top">
    <td><font face="serif" size="4"><b><font size="2" face="serif">Sign Here</font></b></font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">DATE ________________________________________________________________________________</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="1"><b><font size="2">NOTE: FAILURE
        TO COMPLETE AND RETURN THIS FORM MAY RESULT IN BACKUP<br>
  WITHHOLDING OF 28%
        OF ANY PAYMENTS MADE TO YOU PURSUANT TO THE OFFER TO<br>
  REPURCHASE. PLEASE
  REVIEW THE ENCLOSED GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF<br>
  TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
  NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9 FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.</font></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>YOU MUST COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING CERTIFICATE IF YOU CHECKED</b><br>
    <b>THE BOX IN PART 3 OF THE SUBSTITUTE FORM W-9.</b></font></p>
<table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0">
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    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>CERTIFICATE OF AWAITING TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
    NUMBER</b></font></td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center"><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">I certify under penalties
            of perjury that a taxpayer identification number has not been issued
            to me, and either (1) I have mailed or delivered an application to receive
            a taxpayer identification number to the appropriate Internal Revenue
            Service Center or Social Security Administration Office, or (2) I intend
            to mail or deliver an application in the near future. I understand that
            if I do not provide a taxpayer identification number by the time of payment,
    28% of all reportable payments made to me will be withheld.</font></div></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td align="center">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td align="center"><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Signature &nbsp;______________________________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Date&nbsp;_________________________________________,
    2006&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></div></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>GUIDELINES FOR CERTIFICATION OF TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION</b><br>
<b>NUMBER ON SUBSTITUTE FORM</b>&nbsp;<b>W-9</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Guidelines for Determining the Proper Identification Number for the Payee (You) to Give the Payer.&#151;Social security numbers have nine digits separated by two hyphens: i.e., 000-00-0000. Employee identification numbers have nine digits separated by only one hyphen: i.e., 00-
0000000. The table below will help determine the number to give the payer. All &#147;Section&#148; references are to the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. &#147;IRS&#148; is the Internal Revenue Service.</font></p></div>
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">For this type of account:</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Give the social security number of&#151;</font></div></td>
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    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2">1.</font></td>
    <td width="46%"><font face="serif" size="2">Individual</font></td>
    <td width="5%">&nbsp;</td>
    <td width="46%"><font face="serif" size="2">The Individual</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">2.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Two or more
individuals (joint account)</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The actual owner of the account or, if combined
      funds, the first individual on the account<sup>1</sup></font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">3.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Custodian account of a
minor<br>
(Uniform Gift to Minors Act)    </font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The minor<sup>2</sup></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">4.</font></td>
    <td><div style="margin-left:6%; text-indent:-6%"><font face="serif" size="2">a. The usual revocable savings trust
      account (grantor is also trustee)</font></div></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The grantor-trustee<sup>1</sup></font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><div style="margin-left:6%; text-indent:-6%"><font face="serif" size="2">b. So-called trust account that is
      not a legal or valid trust under state law</font></div></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The actual owner<sup>1</sup></font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">5.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Sole proprietorship</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The owner<sup>3</sup></font></td>
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    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
      <hr noshade size="1">
    </font></td>
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    </td>
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">For this type of
account:</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Give the employer identification number of&#151;</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
      <hr noshade size="1">
    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
      <hr noshade size="1">
    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
      <hr noshade size="1">
    </font></td>
    <td><hr noshade size="1">
    </td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">6.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Sole
proprietorship</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The owner<sup>3</sup></font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">7.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A valid trust, estate,
or pension trust</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The legal entity<sup>4</sup></font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">8.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Corporate</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The corporation</font></td>
  </tr>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">9.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Association, club, religious, charitable,
      educational, or other tax-exempt organization</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The organization</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">10.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Partnership</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The partnership</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">11.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A broker or registered nominee</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The broker or nominee</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">12.</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Account with the Department of Agriculture
        in the name of a public entity (such as a state or local government,
      school district, or prison) that receives agricultural program payments</font></td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The public entity</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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    </font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
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  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2">1.</font></td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">List first and circle the name of the person whose number you furnish. If only one person on a joint account has a social security number, that person&#146;s number must be furnished.</font></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
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  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2">2.</font></td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Circle the minor&#146;s name and furnish the minor&#146;s social security number.</font></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2">3.</font></td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">You must show your individual name, but you may also enter your business or &#147;doing business as&#148; name. You may use either your social security number of your employer identification number (if you have one).</font></div></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<table width="100%" align="center" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="3%"><font face="serif" size="2">4.</font></td>
    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">List first and circle the name of the legal trust, estate, or pension trust. (Do not furnish the taxpayer identification number of the personal representative or trustee unless the legal entity itself is not designated in the account title.)</font></div></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>NOTE: </b><i>If no name is
          circled when there is more than one name, the number will be considered
      to be that of the first name listed.</i></font></td>
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  <tr valign="top">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">
      <hr noshade size="1">
    </font></td>
    <td><hr noshade size="1"></td>
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  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Obtaining a Number</b></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">If you don&#146;t have a taxpayer identification
        number or you don&#146;t know your number, obtain Form&nbsp;SS-5, Application
        for a Social Security Card, at the local Social Administration office,
        or Form&nbsp;SS-4, Application for Employer Identification Number, by
      calling 1 (800) TAX-FORM, and apply for a number.</font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2">&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Payees Exempt from Backup Withholding</b></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Payees specifically exempted from withholding
      include:</i></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td>&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">An organization exempt from tax under Section&nbsp;501(a),
        an individual retirement account (IRA), or a custodial account under
        Section&nbsp;403(b)(7), if the account satisfies the requirements of
      Section&nbsp;401(f)(2).</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td>&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">The United States or a state thereof, the
        District of Columbia, a possession of the United States, or a political
      subdivision or instrumentality of any one or more of the foregoing.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td>&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">An international organization or any agency
      or instrumentality thereof.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td>&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A foreign government and any political subdivision,
      agency or instrumentality thereof.</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
</div>
<div style="float: left; width: 4%"></div>
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<table width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Payees that may be exempt from backup
      withholding include:</i></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td width="3%" valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A corporation.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A financial institution.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A dealer in securities or commodities required
        to register in the United States, the District of Columbia, or a possession
      of the United States.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A real estate investment trust.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A common trust fund operated by a bank under
      Section&nbsp;584(a).</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">An entity registered at all times during
      the tax year under the Investment Company Act of 1940.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A middleman known in the investment community
      as a nominee or custodian.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A futures commission merchant registered
      with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A foreign central bank of issue.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">A trust exempt from tax under Section&nbsp;664
      or described in Section&nbsp;4947.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Payments of dividends and patronage dividends
      generally exempt from backup withholding include:</i></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments to nonresident aliens subject to
      withholding under Section&nbsp;1441.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments to partnerships not engaged in a
        trade or business in the United States and that have at least one nonresident
      alien partner.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments of patronage dividends not paid
      in money.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments made by certain foreign organizations.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Section&nbsp;404(k) payments made by an ESOP</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Payments of interest generally exempt
      from backup withholding include:</i></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments of interest on obligations issued
        by individuals. Note: You may be subject to backup withholding if this
        interest is $600 or more and you have not provided your correct taxpayer
      identification number to the payer.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments of tax-exempt interest (including
      exempt-interest dividends under Section&nbsp;852).</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments described in Section&nbsp;6049(b)(5)
      to nonresident aliens.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments on tax-free covenant bonds under
      Section&nbsp;1451.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Payments made by certain foreign organizations.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&#8226;</td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Mortgage interest paid to you.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
  <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Certain payments, other than payments of
        interest, dividends, and patronage dividends, that are exempt from information
        reporting are also exempt from backup withholding. For details, see the
        regulations under sections 6041, 6041A, 6042, 6044, 6045, 6049, 6050A
      and 6050N.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">Exempt payees described above must file Form&nbsp;W-9
        or a substitute Form&nbsp;W-9 to avoid possible erroneous backup withholding.
        FILE THIS FORM&nbsp;WITH THE PAYER, FURNISH YOUR TAXPAYER IDENTIFICATION
        NUMBER, WRITE &#147;EXEMPT&#148; IN PART II OF THE FORM, SIGN AND DATE
      THE FORM, AND RETURN IT TO THE PAYER.</font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">Privacy Act Notice &#151; Section&nbsp;6109
        requires you to provide your correct taxpayer identification number to
        payers, who must report the payments to the IRS. The IRS uses the number
        for identification purposes and may also provide this information to
        various government agencies for tax enforcement or litigation purposes.
        Payers must be given the numbers whether or not recipients are required
        to file tax returns. Payers must generally withhold 28% of taxable interest,
        dividends, and certain other payments to a payee who does not furnish
        a taxpayer identification number to payer. Certain penalties may also
      apply.</font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Penalties</b></font></td>
    </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">(1)</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Failure to Furnish Taxpayer Identification
          Number. &#151; </b>If you fail to furnish your taxpayer identification
          number to a payer, you are subject to a penalty of $50 for each such
          failure unless your failure is due to reasonable cause and not to willful
      neglect.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">(2) <b></b></font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Civil Penalty for False Information
          With Respect to Withholding. &#151; </b>If you make a false statement
          with no reasonable basis that results in no backup withholding, you
      are subject to a $500 penalty.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">(3)</font></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Criminal Penalty for Falsifying Information. &#151; </b>Willfully
        falsifying certifications or affirmations may subject you to criminal
      penalties including fines and/or imprisonment.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td valign="top">&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
  </tr>
  <tr>
    <td colspan="2" align="center" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION CONTACT YOUR TAX<br>
CONSULTANT OR THE INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE</font></td>
    </tr>
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<p align="left"><div style="text-indent:3%"><font face="serif" size="2">IMPORTANT: This Letter of Transmittal or a manually signed facsimile thereof (together with certificates for Shares and all other required documents) or the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be received by the Depositary prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September&nbsp;15,
2006, at the appropriate address set forth below:</font><p></p>
</div>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">The Depositary for the Repurchase Offer is:<br>
  <br>
</font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PFPC INC.</b><br>
<br>
</font><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Depositary Addresses:</i></font></p>
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    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By First Class Mail:</i></font></div></td>
    <td align="center" width="50%"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By Registered, Certified or Express</i><br>
<i>Mail or Overnight Courier:</i></font></td>
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  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">c/o Computershare</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">c/o Computershare</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">Attn: Corporate Actions</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Attn: Corporate Actions</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">P.O. Box 859209</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">161 Bay State Drive</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top">
    <td width="50%"><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">Braintree, MA 02185-9208</font></div></td>
    <td width="50%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Braintree, MA 02184</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Any questions or requests for assistance or additional copies of this Letter of Transmittal, the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase, the Notice of Guaranteed Delivery and other accompanying materials may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and location listed
below. Stockholders may also contact their broker, commercial bank or trust company or other nominee for assistance concerning the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
</div>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>The Information Agent for the Repurchase Offer is:</i><br>
<br>
<b>GEORGESON INC.</b><br>
17 State Street<br>
New York, New York 10004<br>
<br>
Toll Free: 1-866-297-1264<br>
or<br>
Banks and Brokers, Call: 212-440-9800</font></p>
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<TYPE>EX-99.A(III)
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.A(III)
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (III)</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"></font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY</b><br>
<b>FOR</b><br>
<b>TENDER OF SHARES OF COMMON STOCK OF</b><br>
</font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This form, or one substantially equivalent hereto, must be used to accept the Repurchase Offer (as defined below) if stockholders&#146; certificates for shares of common stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;) of The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), are not immediately
available or time will not permit the Letter of Transmittal and other required documents to be delivered to the Depositary on or before 5:00 p.m., New York City time, September&nbsp;15, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase Request Deadline&#148;). The Fund has established a record date of August&nbsp;18,
2006, for identifying stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials. Such form may be delivered by hand or transmitted by telegram, facsimile transmission or mail to the Depositary, and must be received by the Depositary on or before the Repurchase Request Deadline.
See Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Offer to Purchase.</font></p>
</div>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><i>The Depositary:</i></font></td>
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    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><b>PFPC INC.</b></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Facsimile Copy Number:<br>
781-380-3388</font></td>
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  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Confirm by Telephone:<br>
781-843-1833, Ext. 200</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">For Account Information Call:</font></td>
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  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Georgeson Inc.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">Toll Free: 1-866-297-1264</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
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  <tr align="center" valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By First Class</i>&nbsp;<i>Mail:</i></font></div></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2"><i>By Registered, Certified</i><br>
<i>or Express Mail or</i><br>
<i>Overnight Courier:</i></font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></div></td>
    <td><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.</font></div></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">PFPC Inc.</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">c/o Computershare</font></div></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">c/o Computershare</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">Attn: Corporate Actions</font></div></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Attn: Corporate Actions</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">P.O. Box 859208</font></div></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">161 Bay State Drive</font></td>
  </tr>
  <tr valign="top" bgcolor="#ffffff">
    <td><div align="center" style="margin-left:3%; text-indent:-3%"><font face="serif" size="2">Braintree, MA 02185-9208</font></div></td>
    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Braintree, MA 02184</font></td>
  </tr>
</table>
<br>
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    <td><div align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS
            OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH</b><br>
            <b>ABOVE OR TRANSMISSION VIA A FACSIMILE NUMBER OTHER THAN ONE LISTED</b><br>
        <b>ABOVE DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY</b></font></div></td>
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</table>
<br>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Ladies and Gentlemen:</font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned hereby tenders to The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in its Offer to Repurchase, dated August&nbsp;25, 2006 and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the &#147;Repurchase Offer&#148;), receipt of
which is hereby acknowledged, the number of Shares set forth on the reverse side pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedures set forth in Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; of the Offer to Repurchase.</font></p>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Number of Shares Tendered:<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Certificate Nos. (if available):</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">If Shares will be tendered by book-entry
    transfer, check box:</font></td>
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    <td><font face="Wingdings" size="2">q</font></td>
    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">The Depository Trust Company</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Account Number:</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Name(s) of Record Holder(s):</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Address:</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">Area Code and Telephone Number:</font></td>
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    Security) Number:</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned also tenders
        all uncertificated Shares that may be held in the name of the registered
        holder(s) by the Fund&#146;s transfer agent pursuant to the Fund&#146;s
    dividend reinvestment plan:</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3"><font face="serif" size="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font><font face="serif" size="2"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></font> <font face="serif" size="2">Yes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;No</font></td>
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    <td colspan="3" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">(Note: If neither of these boxes is checked,<br>
any such uncertificated Shares will not be tendered.)</font></td>
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    <td>&nbsp;</td>
    <td>&nbsp;</td>
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    <td colspan="2"><font face="serif" size="2">Dated:&nbsp;<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u> ,
    2006</font></td>
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    <td align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">Signature(s)</font></td>
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    <td colspan="6" align="center" style="border-top:solid 1pt;border-top-color:black"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>GUARANTEE</b></font></td>
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    <td colspan="6"><font face="serif" size="2">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
        undersigned, a member firm of a registered national securities exchange,
        a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc., or
        a commercial bank or trust company having an office, branch, or agency
        in the United States, hereby (a) guarantees to deliver to the Depositary
        certificates representing the Shares tendered hereby, in proper form
        for transfer (or tender shares pursuant to the procedures for book-entry
        transfer) into the Depositary&#146;s account at The Depositary Trust
        Company, together with (i) a properly completed and duly executed Letter
        of Transmittal (or facsimile thereof) with any required signature guarantees
        and (ii) other required documents, within three business days after the
        Repurchase Request Deadline of the Repurchase Offer, and (b) represents
        that such tender of Shares complies with Rule 14e-4 under the Securities
        Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.</font></td>
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    Signature)</b></font></td>
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    <td width="17%" align="center"><font face="serif" size="1"><b>State</b></font></td>
    <td width="15%" align="right"><font face="serif" size="1"><b>Zip Code</b></font></td>
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    <td align="left" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">Dated:</font></td>
    <td align="right" valign="top"><font face="serif" size="2">, 2006</font></td>
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    <td colspan="6" align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b> DO NOT SEND
          SHARE CERTIFICATES WITH THIS FORM. YOUR SHARE<br>
      CERTIFICATES MUST BE SENT WITH THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.</b></font></td>
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<TYPE>EX-99.A(IV)
<SEQUENCE>7
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.A(IV)
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (IV)</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"></font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Offer by</b><br>
<br>
<b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b><br>
<br>
<b>To Repurchase for Cash</b><br>
<b>up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s Outstanding</b><br>
<b>Shares of Common Stock</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,</b><br>
<b>NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON SEPTEMBER</b>&nbsp;<b>15, 2006</b><br>
<b>(&#147;REPURCHASE REQUEST DEADLINE&#148;)</b><br>
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<b>THIS OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES</b><br>
<b>BEING TENDERED, BUT IS SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE</b><br>
<b>OFFER TO REPURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.</b></font></p>
<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2">August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">To Brokers, Dealers, Commercial Banks,<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Trust Companies and Other Nominees:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">We are enclosing herewith the material listed below relating to the offer of The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, as a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company (the &#147;Fund&#148;), to
purchase up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase dated August&nbsp;25, 2006 and in the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the
&#147;Repurchase Offer&#148;). The price to be paid for the Shares is an amount per Share, net to the seller in cash, equal to 100% of the net asset value per Share as determined by the Fund at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;22, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase
Pricing Date&#148;), minus a repurchase fee (the &#147;Repurchase Fee&#148;) equal to 2% of net asset value per Share. The Fund has established a record date of August&nbsp;18, 2006 for identifying stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;) serves as the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager. Blackstone Advisors is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Blackstone Advisors is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on August&nbsp;26, 2005 and a
registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The principal business address of Blackstone Advisors is 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">We are asking you to contact your clients for whom you hold Shares registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee) or who hold Shares registered in their own names. Please bring the Repurchase Offer to their attention as promptly as possible. No fees or commission
will be payable to brokers, dealers or other persons for soliciting tenders of Shares pursuant to the Offer. The Fund will, upon request, reimburse you for reasonable and customary mailing and handling expenses incurred by you in forwarding any of the enclosed materials to your clients.
The Fund will pay all transfer taxes on its purchase of Shares, subject to Instruction 7, &#147;Stock Transfer Taxes,&#148; of the Letter of Transmittal. <b>However, backup withholding at a 30% rate may be required unless either an exemption is proved or the required taxpayer identification
information and certifications are provided. See Section</b>&nbsp;<b>13, &#147;Federal Income Tax Consequences,&#148; of the Offer to Repurchase and Instruction 11, &#147;Backup Withholding,&#148; of the Letter of Transmittal.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>The Fund&#146;s Shares have recently been trading at a premium to the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. It may not be in a Stockholder&#146;s interest to tender Shares in connection with the Repurchase Offer if the Shares continue to trade at a premium. The market price of the Shares
can and does fluctuate. Accordingly, on the Repurchase Pricing Date, the market price of the Shares may be above or below the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">For your information and for forwarding to your clients, we are enclosing the following documents:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;A letter to Stockholders of the Fund from Prakash A. Melwani, Director and President of the Fund;</font></p>
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<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Offer to Repurchase, dated August&nbsp;25, 2006;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;The Letter of Transmittal for your use and to be provided to your clients;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;Notice of Guaranteed Delivery;</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">5.&nbsp;&nbsp;Form&nbsp;of letter to clients that may be sent to your clients for whose accounts you hold Shares registered in your name (or in the name of your nominee); and</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">6.&nbsp;&nbsp;Return envelope addressed to PFPC Inc. (the &#147;Depositary&#148;).</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Repurchase Offer is not being made to, nor will the Fund accept tenders from, holders of Shares in any state or other jurisdiction in which the Repurchase Offer would not be in compliance with the securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdiction.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">As described in the Fund&#146;s Offer to Repurchase under Section&nbsp;5, &#147;Procedure for Tendering Shares,&#148; tenders may be made without the concurrent deposit of stock certificates if (1) such tenders are made by or through a broker or dealer that is a member firm of a registered
national securities exchange or a member of the National Association of Securities Dealers, Inc. or a commercial bank or trust company having an office, branch, or agency in the United States; and (2) certificates for Shares (or a confirmation of a book-entry transfer of such Shares into
the Depositary&#146;s account at a Book-Entry Transfer Facility (as defined in the Letter of Transmittal)), together with a properly completed and duly executed Letter of Transmittal, and any other documents required by the Letter of Transmittal, are received by the Depositary within three
business days after receipt by the Depositary of a properly completed and duly executed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>As described in the Offer to Repurchase, if more than 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding Shares are duly tendered prior to the Repurchase Request Deadline, the Fund will either (1) repurchase all of the additional Shares tendered, if the amount of such additional
Shares does not exceed 2% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding Shares, or (2) repurchase Shares tendered on a pro rata basis, provided that the Fund will purchase all Shares from Stockholders who own 99 Shares or less and tender all of their Shares. If such a tender is made by a
broker, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee for beneficial owner(s) of Shares with respect to which it is the record holder, such broker, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee must represent and warrant in the Letter of Transmittal that it
believes, based upon representations made to it by such beneficial owner(s), that each such person owns 99 shares or less.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">For additional information or copies of the enclosed material, please contact Georgeson Inc. (the &#147;Information Agent&#148;) toll free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Very truly yours,<br>
THE INDIA FUND, INC.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Prakash A. Melwani<br>
<i>Director and President</i></font></p>
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<DESCRIPTION>EXHIBIT 99.A(V)
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (V)</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"></font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Offer by</b><br>
</font><br>
<font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b><br>
</font><br>
<font face="serif" size="2"><b>To Purchase for Cash</b><br>
<b>up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s Outstanding Shares of</b><br>
<b>Common Stock</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE OFFER AND WITHDRAWAL RIGHTS WILL EXPIRE AT 5:00 P.M.,</b><br>
<b>NEW YORK CITY TIME, ON SEPTEMBER</b>&nbsp;<b>15, 2006 (&#147;REPURCHASE REQUEST DEADLINE&#148;)</b></font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">THIS REPURCHASE OFFER IS NOT CONDITIONED ON ANY MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHARES BEING TENDERED, BUT IS SUBJECT TO OTHER CONDITIONS AS OUTLINED IN THE OFFER TO REPURCHASE AND IN THE LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL.</font></p>
<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2">August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">To Our Clients:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Enclosed for your consideration is the Offer to Repurchase, dated August&nbsp;25, 2006, of The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 as a closed-end, diversified management investment company (the &#147;Fund&#148;), and a related
Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the &#147;Offer to Repurchase&#148;), pursuant to which the Fund is offering to repurchase up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the &#147;Shares&#148;), upon the terms and conditions set forth in the
Repurchase Offer. The Fund has established a record date of August&nbsp;18, 2006, for identifying stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials.</font></p>
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<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;) serves as the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager. Blackstone Advisors is an affiliate of The Blackstone Group. Blackstone Advisors is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on August&nbsp;26, 2005 and a
registered investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940. The principal business address of Blackstone Advisors is 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10154.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Offer to Repurchase and the Letter of Transmittal are being forwarded to you for your information only and cannot be used by you to tender Shares held by us for your account. We are the holder of record of Shares held for your account. <b>A tender of such Shares can be
made only by us as the holder of record and only pursuant to your instructions.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Your attention is called to the following:</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(1) The purchase price to be paid for the Shares is an amount per Share, net to the seller in cash, equal to 100% of the net asset value per Share as determined by the Fund at the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;22, 2006 (the &#147;Repurchase
Pricing Date&#148;), minus a repurchase fee (the &#147;Repurchase Fee&#148;) equal to 2% of net asset value per Share. <b>The Fund&#146;s Shares have recently been trading at a premium to the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. It may not be in a Stockholder&#146;s interest to tender Shares in connection with the
Repurchase Offer if the Shares continue to trade at a premium. The market price of the Shares can and does fluctuate. Accordingly, on the Repurchase Pricing Date, the market price of the Shares may be above or below the Fund&#146;s NAV per Share. </b>The net asset value of
the Fund is calculated weekly, however, the net asset value will be available daily from September&nbsp;11, 2006 to September 15, 2006 and can be obtained from Georgeson Inc., the Fund&#146;s Information Agent, by calling toll free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at
212-440-9800.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(2) The Repurchase Offer is not conditioned upon any minimum number of Shares being tendered.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(3) If the Repurchase Offer is not suspended or postponed, the Fund will purchase all Shares validly tendered prior to 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on September&nbsp;15, 2006, the Repurchase Request Deadline, provided that the number of Shares tendered by all stockholders does
not exceed 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding Shares. In the event that more than 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding Shares are tendered, the Fund will either (1) increase the number of Shares that the Fund is offering to repurchase by an amount not to</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">exceed 2% of the Shares outstanding on the Repurchase Request Deadline, or (2) purchase 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding Shares on a pro rata basis, provided, however, that the Fund may accept all
Shares tendered by Stockholders who own, beneficially or of record, not more than 99 Shares and who tender all of their Shares, before prorating Shares tendered by others.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(4) Tendering Stockholders will not be obligated to pay brokerage commissions or, subject to Instruction&nbsp;7, &#147;Stock Transfer Taxes,&#148; of the Letter of Transmittal, stock transfer taxes on the purchase of Shares by the Fund pursuant to the Repurchase Offer.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">(5) Your instructions to us should be forwarded in ample time before the Repurchase Request Deadline, September&nbsp;15, 2006, to permit us to submit a tender on your behalf. Instructions received after this date will not be honored.</font></p>
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<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">If you wish to have us tender any or all of your Shares, please so instruct us by completing, executing and returning to us the instruction form set forth below. An envelope to return your instructions to us is enclosed. If you authorize tender of your Shares, all such Shares will be
tendered unless otherwise specified below. YOUR INSTRUCTIONS TO US SHOULD BE FORWARDED AS PROMPTLY AS POSSIBLE IN ORDER TO PERMIT US TO SUBMIT A TENDER ON YOUR BEHALF IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS
OF THE REPURCHASE OFFER.</font></p>
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<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The Repurchase Offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of, holders of Shares in any jurisdiction in which the making or acceptance of the Repurchase Offer would not be in compliance with the applicable law.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>None of the Fund, its Board of Directors nor the Investment Manager to the Fund is making any recommendation to any Stockholder whether to tender or refrain from tendering Shares in the Repurchase Offer. Each Stockholder is urged to read and evaluate the
Repurchase Offer and accompanying materials carefully.</b></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>INSTRUCTIONS</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The undersigned acknowledge(s) receipt of your letter, and the enclosed Offer to Repurchase, dated August&nbsp;25, 2006 relating to The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) to purchase up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares of Common Stock, par value $0.001 per share (the
&#147;Shares&#148;).</font></p>
</div>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This will instruct you to tender to the Fund the number of Shares indicated below (which are held by you for the account of the undersigned), upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase that you have furnished to the undersigned.</font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2">_________________ Shares</font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><i>Enter number of Shares to be tendered.</i></font></p>
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<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>ODD LOTS</b></font></p>
<div style="text-indent:3%">
<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">This section is to be completed ONLY if Shares are being tendered by or on behalf of a person owning beneficially or of record an aggregate of not more than 99 shares. The undersigned:</font></p>
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    <td><div align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Is the beneficial or record owner of an aggregate of not more than 99 Shares, all of which are being tendered, and hereby represents that the above indicated information is true and correct as to the undersigned.</font></div></td>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Date: <u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>, 2006</font></p>
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<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>Exhibit 99.A (VI)</b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font face="serif" size="2"></font><font face="serif" size="2"></font><font face="serif" size="2"><b>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</b><br>
</font><font face="serif" size="2">345 PARK AVENUE<br>
NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10154</font></p>
<p align="right"><font face="serif" size="2">August&nbsp;25, 2006</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">As you may know, in an effort to enhance stockholder value and increase liquidity, The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) obtained stockholder approval to adopt an &#147;interval&#148; fund structure which requires semi-annual repurchase offers of a percentage of the Fund&#146;s outstanding
shares.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">In accordance with its &#147;interval&#148; status, the Fund is hereby commencing its repurchase offer for this semi-annual period under which the Fund is offering to repurchase up to 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares. The offer to repurchase is for cash at a price equal to the Fund&#146;s net
asset value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange on September&nbsp;22, 2006, the Repurchase Pricing Date, upon the terms and conditions set forth in the Offer to Repurchase and the related Letter of Transmittal (which together constitute the &#147;Repurchase
Offer&#148;). If you are not interested in selling any of your shares at this time, you do not need to do anything. The Fund will contact you again in approximately six months to notify you of the next repurchase offer period.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">The deadline for participating in the Repurchase Offer is September&nbsp;15, 2006, the Repurchase Request Deadline. The net asset value of the shares may fluctuate between the September&nbsp;15, 2006 deadline and September&nbsp;22, 2006, the pricing date for the Repurchase Offer. The
Fund has established a record date of August&nbsp;18, 2006 for identifying stockholders eligible to receive Repurchase Offer materials. Stockholders who choose to participate in the Repurchase Offer can expect to receive payment for the shares repurchased on or before September&nbsp;29,
2006. The Fund will charge a repurchase fee on shares that are repurchased for expenses directly related to the Repurchase Offer. The repurchase fee will equal 2% of the value of the shares that are repurchased.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2"><b>The Fund&#146;s common stock has recently been trading at a premium to the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share. It may not be in a stockholder&#146;s interest to tender shares in connection with the Repurchase Offer if the Fund&#146;s common stock continues to trade at a
premium. The market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock can and does fluctuate. Accordingly, on the Repurchase Pricing Date, the market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock may be above or below the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share.</b></font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">As of August&nbsp;18, 2006, the Fund&#146;s net asset value was $37.10 per share and 44,902,187.0328 shares were issued and outstanding. The Fund computes its net asset value on a weekly basis, however, the net asset value and NYSE closing price will be available daily from
September&nbsp;11, 2006 to September&nbsp;15, 2006 by contacting Georgeson Inc., the Fund&#146;s Information Agent, toll free at 1-866-297-1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.</font></p>
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<p align="left"><font face="serif" size="2">Neither the Fund, the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors nor the Investment Manager to the Fund is making any recommendation to any stockholder whether to tender or refrain from tendering shares in the Repurchase Offer. The Fund and the Board of Directors urge each stockholder to
read and evaluate the Repurchase Offer and related materials carefully and make his or her own decision. Questions, requests for assistance and requests for additional copies of this Offer to Repurchase and related materials should be directed to Georgeson Inc. toll free at 1-866-297-
1264 or, for banks and brokers, at 212-440-9800.</font></p>
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Sincerely,</font></p>
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PRAKASH A. MELWANI<br>
<i>Director and President</i><br>
THE INDIA FUND, INC.</font></p>
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