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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-005373
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20090424
FILED AS OF DATE:		20090325
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090325
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20090325

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:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		09703625

	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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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt"><B>UNITED STATES<BR>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<BR>
Washington, D.C. 20549</B>

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SCHEDULE&nbsp;14A</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of the Securities<BR>
Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp; )</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> Filed by the Registrant

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 7pt"><B>Check the appropriate box:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 7pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Preliminary Proxy Statement<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> Definitive Proxy Statement<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Definitive Additional Materials<BR>
<FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-11(c) or Rule&nbsp;14a-12

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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 20pt; margin-top: 8pt"><DIV style="font-family: Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif"><B>The India Fund, Inc.</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><I>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</I></DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 5pt"><B>Payment of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box):</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 7pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#254;</FONT> No fee required.

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.

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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
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    <TD>Title of each class of securities to which transaction
applies: <U>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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    <TD>Aggregate number of securities to which transaction applies: <U>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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    <TD>Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to
Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
state how it is <br>determined): <U>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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    <TD>Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction: <U>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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    <TD>Total fee paid: <U>&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;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT> Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.
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    <TD>Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2) and
identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.</TD>
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    <BR>
    <B><FONT style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    India Fund, Inc.</FONT></B>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">345 Park Avenue
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">New York, New York 10154
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    March&#160;25, 2009
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    <B>Dear Stockholder:</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We are pleased to enclose the notice and proxy statement for the
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE:
    IFN; the &#147;Fund&#148;) to be held on Friday, April&#160;24,
    2009, at the offices of Simpson Thacher&#160;&#038; Bartlett
    LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, 30th&#160;Floor, New York, New York
    at 11:00&#160;a.m., New York time.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At the meeting, you will be asked to vote on the election of
    Directors.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>After careful consideration, the Board of Directors of the
    Fund, including all of the independent Directors, recommends
    that you vote &#147;FOR&#148; the election of each of the
    nominees.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Whether or not you intend to attend the meeting, you may vote by
    proxy by signing and returning your proxy card in the enclosed
    postage-paid envelope or by following the instructions on your
    proxy card to vote by telephone or over the Internet. Please
    familiarize yourself with the proposal and vote immediately,
    even if you plan to attend the meeting.
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If your completed proxy card is not received, you may be
    contacted by representatives of the Fund or by our proxy
    solicitor, Georgeson Inc. (&#147;Georgeson&#148;). Georgeson has
    been engaged to assist the Fund in soliciting proxies.
    Representatives of Georgeson will remind you to vote your
    shares. You may also call the number provided on your proxy card
    for additional information.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As always, we thank you for your confidence and support.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 57%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Sincerely,
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    <IMG src="y75557melwani.gif" alt="-s- PRAKASH A. MELWANI">
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 57%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Prakash A. Melwani
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    Director and President
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    India Fund, Inc.</FONT></B>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">345 Park Avenue
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">New York, New York 10154
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF
    STOCKHOLDERS</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="right" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">March&#160;25,
    2009
    </FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>To the Stockholders:</B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    An Annual Meeting of Stockholders of The India Fund, Inc. (the
    &#147;Fund&#148;) will be held on Friday, April&#160;24, 2009,
    at the offices of Simpson Thacher&#160;&#038; Bartlett LLP, 425
    Lexington Avenue, 30th&#160;Floor, New York, New York at
    11:00&#160;a.m., New York time, for the purpose of considering
    and voting upon proposals to:
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    1.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Elect three Class&#160;I Directors to the Board of Directors.
</TD>
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<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    2.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Transact such other business as may be properly presented at the
    Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The close of business on March&#160;6, 2009, has been fixed as
    the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled
    to notice of and to vote at the meeting. The enclosed proxy is
    being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 57%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    By order of the Board of Directors,
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    <IMG src="y75557rovine.gif" alt="Joshua B. Rovine">
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 57%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Joshua B. Rovine
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 57%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Secretary
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 72pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 2%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>TO AVOID THE UNNECESSARY EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION, WE
    URGE YOU </B>to indicate voting instructions on the enclosed
    proxy card, date and sign it and return it promptly in the
    envelope provided, or to vote promptly by telephone or over the
    Internet according to the instructions on the enclosed proxy
    card, no matter how large or small your holdings may be.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INSTRUCTIONS&#160;FOR
    SIGNING PROXY CARDS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of
    assistance to you and avoid the time and expense to the Fund
    involved in validating your vote if you fail to sign your proxy
    card properly.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="97%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    1.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <B>Individual Accounts. </B>Sign your name exactly as it appears
    in the registration on the proxy card.
</TD>
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<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    2.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <B>Joint Accounts. </B>Either party may sign, but the name of
    the party signing should conform exactly to a name shown in the
    registration.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD>    3.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    <B>Other Accounts. </B>The capacity of the individual signing
    the proxy card should be indicated unless it is reflected in the
    form of registration. For example:
</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">REGISTRATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Corporate Accounts</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Valid Signature</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    ABC Corp.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    ABC Corp. (by John Doe, Treasurer)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    ABC Corp.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    John Doe, Treasurer
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    ABC Corp.
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;John</FONT>
    Doe, Treasurer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    John Doe
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    John Doe, Trustee
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Trust Accounts</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    ABC Trust
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Jane B. Doe, Trustee
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Jane B. Doe, Trustee u/t/d 12/28/78
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Jane B. Doe
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Custodial or Estate Accounts</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    John B. Smith, Cust. f/b/o John B. Smith, Jr. UGMA
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    John B. Smith
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    John B. Smith
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    John B. Smith, Jr., Executor
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 20pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica">The
    India Fund, Inc.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">345 Park Avenue
    </FONT>
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    <FONT style="font-size: 12pt">New York, New York 10154
    </FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROXY
    STATEMENT</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This proxy statement is furnished in connection with a
    solicitation by the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc.
    (the &#147;Fund&#148;) of proxies to be used at the Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of
    Simpson Thacher&#160;&#038; Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue,
    New York, New&#160;York, on the 30th&#160;Floor, on Friday,
    April&#160;24, 2009, at 11:00&#160;a.m., New York time, and at
    any adjournments or postponements thereof (the
    &#147;Meeting&#148;), for the purposes set forth in the
    accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy are
    first being mailed to Stockholders on or about March&#160;25,
    2009.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At the Meeting, Stockholders will vote on a proposal to elect
    three Class&#160;I Directors to the Board of Directors.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This Proxy Statement sets forth concisely the information
    Stockholders of the Fund should know before voting on the
    proposal. Please read it carefully and retain it for future
    reference. <B>The Fund&#146;s Annual Report, containing
    financial statements for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31,
    2008, as filed on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-CSR,</FONT>
    is available free of charge by contacting Blackstone Asia
    Advisors L.L.C., 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, by
    calling 1-866-800-8933 toll-free or on the Internet at
    www.blackstone.com. </B>Information about the Fund is included
    in this proxy statement. Reports and other information filed by
    the Fund can be inspected in person at the Public Reference Room
    maintained by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
    &#147;SEC&#148;) at the address below, and copies of such
    materials can be obtained from the Public Reference Branch at
    the address below. In addition, shares of common stock of the
    Fund are listed on the New York Stock Exchange (the
    &#147;NYSE&#148;) under the ticker symbol &#147;IFN&#148;.
    Reports and other information concerning the Fund can be
    inspected by contacting the NYSE at New York Stock Exchange,
    Inc., 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. The Fund is
    subject to the informational requirements of the Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the Investment Company Act
    of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and in
    accordance therewith, file reports and other information,
    including proxy materials and charter documents, with the SEC.
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    You also may view or obtain these documents from the SEC:
</DIV>

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    In Person:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    At the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room at
    100&#160;F&#160;Street, N.E., Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    By Phone:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330</FONT>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    By Mail:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Public Reference Branch<BR>
    Office of Consumer Affairs and Information Services<BR>
    Securities and Exchange Commission<BR>
    100&#160;F&#160;Street, N.E.<BR>
    Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549<BR>
    (duplicating fee required)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    By Email:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    publicinfo@sec.gov<BR>
    (duplicating fee required)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 11pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    By Internet:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    www.sec.gov
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them
    in person at the Meeting, by written notice received by the
    Secretary of the Fund at any time before they are voted or by
    delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. Proxies
    that are not revoked will be voted in accordance with the
    specifications thereon and, unless specified to the contrary,
    will be voted FOR each of the nominees for Director.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The close of business on March&#160;6, 2009, has been fixed as
    the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled
    to notice of and to vote at the Meeting. Each Stockholder is
    entitled to one vote for each full share and an appropriate
    fraction of a vote for each fractional share held.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    On the record date there were 38,638,632.7232&#160;shares of the
    Fund&#146;s common stock outstanding.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In the event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting, the
    persons named as proxies may propose, without notice other than
    by announcement at the Meeting, one or more adjournments or
    postponements of the Meeting to a date not more than
    120&#160;days after the original record date to permit further
    solicitation of proxies or until a quorum shall attend. Any such
    adjournment will require the affirmative vote of a majority of
    those shares represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy.
    The persons named as proxies will vote those proxies that they
    are entitled to vote FOR or AGAINST any such proposal at their
    discretion. Under the By-Laws of the Fund, a quorum is
    constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders
    of record of a majority of the outstanding shares of common
    stock of the Fund entitled to vote at the Meeting.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Votes cast by proxy or in person at the Meeting will be
    tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the
    Meeting. The inspector of election will determine whether or not
    a quorum is present at the Meeting. The inspector of election
    will treat abstentions and &#147;broker non-votes&#148; (i.e.,
    shares held by brokers or nominees, typically in &#147;street
    name,&#148; as to which proxies have been returned but
    (i)&#160;instructions have not been received from the beneficial
    owners or persons entitled to vote and (ii)&#160;the broker or
    nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular
    matter) as present for purposes of determining a quorum.
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    For purposes of the election of Directors, abstentions and
    broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast and will not
    affect the plurality vote required for Directors. The persons
    named as proxies will have discretionary authority to vote all
    shares for which they serve as proxies, including abstentions
    and broker non-votes, on the adjournment of the Meeting, whether
    or not a quorum is present, to a date not more than
    120&#160;days after the original record date to permit further
    solicitation of proxies.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders who plan on attending the Meeting will be required
    to provide valid identification in order to gain admission.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors of the Fund knows of no business other
    than that discussed above that will be presented for
    consideration at the Meeting. If any other matter is properly
    presented, it is the intention of the persons named in the
    enclosed proxy to vote in accordance with their best judgment.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment
    company registered under the 1940 Act. The principal business
    address of the Fund is 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The date of this Proxy Statement is March&#160;25, 2009.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Important
    Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the<BR>
    Shareholder Meeting to be Held on April&#160;24, 2009</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The proxy
    statement and related materials are available at<BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://</FONT><U>www.envisionreports.com/IFN</U>.</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROPOSAL&#160;1.
    ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Background</FONT></B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In accordance with the Fund&#146;s Charter, the Fund&#146;s
    Board of Directors is divided into three classes: Class&#160;I,
    Class&#160;II and Class&#160;III. At the Meeting, Stockholders
    will be asked to elect three Class&#160;I Directors, each to
    hold office until the 2012 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or
    thereafter until his successor is elected and qualified. The
    terms of office of the Class&#160;II Directors expire at the
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2011, or thereafter until
    their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. The
    terms of office of the Class&#160;III Directors expire at the
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2010, or thereafter until
    their respective successors are duly elected and qualified.
    These staggered terms have the effect of limiting the ability of
    other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund by
    delaying the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors
    and could have the effect of depriving Stockholders of an
    opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing
    market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking to
    obtain control of the Fund.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy intend to
    vote at the Meeting (unless directed not to vote) FOR the
    election of the nominees listed below. Messrs.&#160;Friedman,
    Becker and Salacuse are currently members of the Fund&#146;s
    Board of Directors. Mr.&#160;Friedman was appointed by the
    Fund&#146;s Board of Directors to serve as a Class&#160;I
    Director of the Fund effective January&#160;7, 2009 to fill the
    vacancy created by the resignation of Peter G. Peterson, who
    retired as Senior Chairman of The Blackstone Group L.P.
    effective December&#160;31, 2008. The nominees have consented to
    their being named in this proxy statement and have indicated
    that they will serve if elected. If a nominee should be unable
    to serve, the proxy will be voted for any other person
    determined by the persons named as proxies in their discretion.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table provides information concerning the nominees
    for election as Class&#160;I Directors:
</DIV>

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&nbsp;
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</TD>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Funds in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other<BR>
    </B>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Board<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Memberships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Nominee<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Nominee<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held with<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(including the<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>during Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Five Years</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Nominees to serve as Class I Directors until the 2012 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="11">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Interested Director/Nominee</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD>
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Robert L.
    Friedman<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">1<BR>

    </SUP>The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1943
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director, Chief Legal Officer and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2009
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Legal Officer, The Blackstone Group L.P.
    (2003&#150;Present); Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone
    Group L.P. (1999&#150;Present)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. and
    FGIC Corporation
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Funds in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Board<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Memberships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Nominee<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Nominee<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held with<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(including the<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During Past<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>during Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Five Years</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Independent Directors/Nominees</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Lawrence K. Becker <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia<BR>
    Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1955
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2003
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Private Investor, Real Estate Investment Management (July
    2003&#150;Present); Treasurer, France Growth Fund
    (2004&#150;2008); Vice President, Controller/Treasurer ,
    National Financial Partners (2000&#150;2003); Managing Director,
    Controller/Treasurer , Oppenheimer Capital&#150;PIMCO
    (1981&#150;2000)
</TD>
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    2
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&nbsp;
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    Member of Board of Trustees or Board of Managers of four
    registered investment companies advised by Advantage Advisers
    L.L.C. or its affiliates (&#147;Advantage&#148;)
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    Jeswald W. Salacuse <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia<BR>
    Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1938
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    Since 1993
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law, The Fletcher School
    of Law &#038; Diplomacy, Tufts University (1986&#150;Present);
    President, Arbitration Tribunal, ICSID, World Bank
    (2003&#150;Present).
</TD>
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    2
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&nbsp;
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    Director of 22 registered investment companies advised by Legg
    Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC and its affiliates
    (&#147;LMPFA&#148;)
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    Mr.&#160;Friedman is an &#147;interested person,&#148; as
    defined in the 1940 Act, because he serves as Chief Legal
    Officer of The Blackstone Group L.P., the parent of Blackstone
    Asia Advisors L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;), the
    Fund&#146;s investment manager and administrator.
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    The following table provides information concerning the
    Class&#160;II and Class&#160;III Directors currently serving
    until the year 2011 and 2010 Annual Meetings of Stockholders,
    respectively:
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    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Other<BR>
    </B>
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Funds in<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Board<BR>
    </B>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Memberships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held with<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(including<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Past <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>during Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>the Fund)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Five Years</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Class&#160;II Directors serving until the 2011 Annual Meeting
    of Stockholders</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD colspan="11">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Independent Directors</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Leslie H. Gelb <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia Advisors&#160;L.L.C. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, New York<BR>
    10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1937
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 1994
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President Emeritus, The Council on Foreign Relations
    (2003&#150;Present); President, The Council on Foreign Relations
    (1993&#150;2003); formerly Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page
    Editor and Editor, Op-Ed Page, <I>The New York Times</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of 22 registered investment companies advised by LMPFA
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Stephane R. F. Henry <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Investment</FONT><BR>
    Professionals Limited<BR>
    6th&#160;Floor Harbour Front<BR>
    John F. Kennedy Street <BR>
    Port Louis, Mauritius <BR>
    Birth Year: 1967
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2004
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing Director, Investment Professionals Ltd.,
    (1998&#150;Present)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of Boyer Allan Asia Pacific Fund, Arisaig (Partners)
    Ltd. and Foreign Colonial India Ltd.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Luis F. Rubio<BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia Advisors&#160;L.L.C. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, New York<BR>
    10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1955
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 1999
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President, Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo, A.C.
    (Center of Research for Development) (2002&#150;Present);
    frequent contributor of op-ed pieces to <I>The Wall Street
    Journal</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Member of Board of Trustees or Board of Managers of four
    registered investment companies advised by Advantage
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 9pt">
<TD colspan="11">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="11" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Class&#160;III Directors serving until the 2010 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Interested Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Prakash A.
    Melwani<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">2<BR>

    </SUP>The Blackstone Group L.P. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, N.Y.<BR>
    10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1958
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Group, The Blackstone
    Group L.P. (May 2003&#150;Present); Founder and Chief Executive
    Officer, Vestar Capital Partners (1988&#150;2003)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Pinnacle Foods Group L.L.C., Performance Foods Group LLC, RGIS
    Holdings L.L.C., Kosmos Energy L.L.C. and Ariel Holdings
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Funds in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Board<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Memberships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Length<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Director <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Held with<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(including<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Past <BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>during Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>the Fund)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Five Years</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Independent Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    J. Marc Hardy <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Multiconsult</FONT>
    <BR>
    Limited Frere Felix de<BR>
    Valois Street <BR>
    Port Louis, Mauritius <BR>
    Birth Year: 1954
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the  Audit and Nominating Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2002
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Independent Financial Adviser, ACMS Fund Management Ltd.
    (November 2003&#150;Present)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Mauritius Development Investment Trust Co. Ltd and Hanover
    Reinsurance Ltd. Mauritius Ltd.
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    2&#160;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Mr.&#160;Melwani is an &#147;interested person&#148;, as defined
    in the 1940 Act, because he serves as President of the Fund.
</TD>
</TR>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    Compensation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under the federal securities laws, the Fund is required to
    provide to Stockholders in connection with the Meeting
    information regarding compensation paid to Directors by the Fund
    as well as by the various other U.S.&#160;registered investment
    companies advised by the investment manager or an affiliate of
    the investment manager during the Fund&#146;s prior fiscal year.
    The following table provides information concerning the
    approximate compensation paid during the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008 to the Directors of the Fund and the
    aggregate compensation paid to them from all registered funds in
    the Fund&#160;Complex for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008. The Fund does not provide any pension or
    retirement benefits to Directors. Robert L. Friedman is not
    included in the table because he was appointed by the
    Fund&#146;s Board of Directors to serve as a Class&#160;I
    director of the Fund effective January&#160;7, 2009 to fill the
    vacancy created by Peter G. Peterson&#146;s resignation.
    Mr.&#160;Peterson retired from The Blackstone Group L.P. and
    resigned from the Board of Directors of the Fund effective
    December&#160;31, 2008. Mr.&#160;Friedman will not receive
    compensation for his service on the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A Fund&#160;Complex means two or more registered investment
    companies that hold themselves out to investors as related
    companies for purposes of investment and investor services, or
    that have a common investment manager or that have an investment
    manager that is an affiliated person of the investment manager
    of any of the other registered investment companies. Investment
    companies are considered to be in the same family if they share
    the same investment manager or principal underwriter and hold
    themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of
    investment and investor services.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
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    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="10%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Total<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Compensation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Total<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>from<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Compensation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Funds<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>from<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Compensation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Advised by<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name of Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>from Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Adviser</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fund Complex</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Lawrence K. Becker
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    45,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    56,500
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Leslie H. Gelb
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    30,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    9,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    39,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    J. Marc Hardy
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Stephane R. F. Henry
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    30,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    30,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Prakash A. Melwani
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Luis F. Rubio
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    34,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    9,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    43,750
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Jeswald W. Salacuse
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    55,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    69,000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Beneficial
    Share Ownership</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At March&#160;6, 2009, to the knowledge of the Fund, no person
    owned of record or owned beneficially more than 5% of the
    outstanding shares of the Fund, except that Cede&#160;&#038;
    Co., a nominee for participants in The Depository
    Trust&#160;Company, held of record 38,449,715&#160;shares, equal
    to approximately 99.51% of the outstanding shares of the Fund.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    8
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Security
    Ownership of Management</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table provides information concerning the number
    and dollar range of equity securities owned beneficially by each
    Director as of March&#160;6, 2009:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="14%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="19%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="27%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Aggregate Dollar Range of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Equity Securities in All Funds<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Dollar Range of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen or to Be Overseen<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>Name of Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Equity Securities<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>by Director or Nominee in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>or Nominee</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>in the Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Family of Investment Companies</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>Directors</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Lawrence K. Becker
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Robert L. Friedman
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Leslie H. Gelb
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    J. Marc Hardy
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Stephane R. F. Henry
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Prakash A. Melwani
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Luis F. Rubio
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Jeswald W. Salacuse
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $50,001-$100,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>All Directors and Executive Officers (as a group)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $10,001-$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $50,001-$100,000
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As of March&#160;6, 2009, the holdings of no Director or
    executive officer, nor the Directors and executive officers of
    the Fund as a group, represented more than 1% of the outstanding
    shares of the Fund&#146;s common stock. At March&#160;6, 2009,
    no Director or nominee for election as Director who is not an
    &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund as defined in the 1940
    Act, nor any immediate family member of such persons, owned
    beneficially or of record any shares of Blackstone Asia Advisors
    L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;), the Fund&#146;s
    investment manager and administrator, Blackstone
    Fund&#160;Services India Private Limited (&#147;Blackstone
    India&#148;), the Fund&#146;s country advisor, or any person or
    entity (other than the Fund) directly or indirectly controlling,
    controlled by, or under common control with Blackstone Advisors
    and Blackstone India.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Responsibilities
    of the Board of Directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors is responsible for ensuring that the Fund
    is managed in the best interest of its Stockholders. The
    Directors oversee the Fund&#146;s business by, among other
    things, meeting with the Fund&#146;s management and evaluating
    the performance of the Fund&#146;s service providers including
    Blackstone Advisors, Blackstone India and the Fund&#146;s
    custodian and the transfer agent. As part of this process, the
    Directors consult with the Fund&#146;s independent registered
    public accounting firm and the independent Directors consult
    with their own separate independent counsel.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors has four regularly scheduled meetings
    each year and additional meetings are scheduled as needed. In
    addition, the Board has an Audit Committee and a Nominating
    Committee which meet periodically during the year and the
    responsibilities of which are described below.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Directors regularly review the Fund&#146;s financial
    statements, performance and market price as well as the quality
    of the services being provided to the Fund. As part of this
    process, the Directors review the Fund&#146;s fees and expenses
    to determine if they are reasonable and competitive in light of
    the services being received, while also ensuring that the Fund
    continues to have access to high quality services in the future.
    Based on these reviews, the Directors periodically make
    suggestions to the Fund&#146;s
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    9
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    management and monitor to ensure that responsive action is
    taken. The Directors also monitor potential conflicts of
    interest among the Fund, Blackstone Advisors, Blackstone India
    and their affiliates and other funds and clients managed by
    Blackstone Advisors and Blackstone India to ensure that the Fund
    is managed in a manner that is in the best interest of the
    Fund&#146;s Stockholders.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Officers
    of the Fund</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The executive officers of the Fund are chosen each year at the
    first meeting of the Board of Directors of the Fund following
    the Annual Meeting of Stockholders, to hold office until the
    meeting of the Board following the next Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders and until their successors are chosen and
    qualified. The current executive officers of the Fund are:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE border="0" width="100%" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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    <TD width="33%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
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    <TD width="22%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="28%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Term of Office<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Length<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Position(s) Held<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>of Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>with Fund</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Served</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>During Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Prakash A. Melwani <BR>
    The Blackstone Group L.P. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1958
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    President and Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Senior Managing Director, Private Equity Group, The Blackstone
    Group L.P. (May 2003&#150;Present); Founder and Chief Executive
    Officer, Vestar Capital Partners (1988&#150;2003)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Robert L. Friedman <BR>
    The Blackstone Group L.P. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1943
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Legal Officer, <BR>
    Vice President and Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Legal Officer, The Blackstone Group L.P.
    (2003&#150;Present); Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone
    Group L.P. (1999&#150;Present)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Joshua B. Rovine <BR>
    The Blackstone Group L.P. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1965
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing Director, Finance and Administration Group, The
    Blackstone Group L.P. (2003&#150;Present); Partner, Sidley
    Austin Brown &#038; Wood LLP (1994&#150;2003)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Joseph M. Malangoni <BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. <BR>
    53 State Street <BR>
    Boston, M.A. 02109 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1976
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Treasurer and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Since 2007
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Financial Officer and Vice President, Blackstone Asia
    Advisors L.L.C. (2007&#150;Present); Controller and Chief
    Compliance Officer, Steadfast Financial L.L.C. (2002&#150;2007)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 6pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Barbara F. Pires <BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1952
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Compliance Officer<BR>
    and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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    Chief Compliance Officer and Principal, Blackstone Asia Advisors
    L.L.C. (2006&#150;Present); Managing Member, BFP Consulting,
    L.L.C. (2005&#150;2006); Chief Compliance Officer, The Asia
    Tigers Fund, Inc. (2005&#150;Present);Chief Compliance Officer,
    Oppenheimer Asset Management, Inc. (formerly CIBC World Markets)
    (1996&#150;2005)
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    <B>Term of Office<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>and Length<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Position(s) Held<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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    <B>of Time<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Principal Occupation<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
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    <B>with Fund</B>
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    <B>Served</B>
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    <B>During Past 5&#160;Years</B>
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    Punita Kumar-Sinha <BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. <BR>
    53 State Street <BR>
    Boston, M.A.. 02109 <BR>
    Birth Year: 1962
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    Portfolio Manager and <BR>
    Chief Investment Officer
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    Since 1997
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&nbsp;
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    Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group L.P.
    (2006&#150;Present); Chief Investment Officer, Blackstone Asia
    Advisors L.L.C. (2005&#150;present); Managing Director and
    Senior Portfolio Manager, Advantage Advisers, Inc., an affiliate
    of Oppenheimer &#038; Co., Inc. (1997&#150;2005); Portfolio
    Manager, The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (1999&#150;Present); Senior
    Portfolio Manager and Chief Investment Officer, The Asia
    Opportunities Fund L.L.C. (2007&#150;Present)
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Audit
    Committee</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee is composed entirely of
    Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the
    Fund, Blackstone Advisors or its affiliates within the meaning
    of the 1940 Act, and who are &#147;independent&#148; as defined
    in the NYSE listing standards. Currently, Messrs.&#160;Becker,
    Gelb, Hardy, Henry, Rubio and Salacuse are members of the Audit
    Committee. The Audit Committee convened two times during the
    fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008. The principal
    functions of the Audit Committee are to appoint and retain the
    Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, to
    review with the independent registered public accounting firm
    the scope, performance and anticipated cost of their audit and
    to receive and consider a report from the independent registered
    public accounting firm concerning their conduct of the audit,
    including the form of the opinion proposed to be rendered and
    any comments or recommendations the independent registered
    public accounting firm might want to make in that connection.
    The Board has determined that Mr.&#160;Becker is an &#147;audit
    committee financial expert,&#148; as defined in
    Section&#160;401(h) of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Regulation&#160;S-K.</FONT>
    The Fund adopted an Audit Committee Charter in February 2000,
    which was most recently amended and restated in November 2005.
    The Audit Committee Charter states that no member of the
    Committee may serve on the audit committees of more than three
    public companies, including the Fund, unless the Board of
    Directors determines that such simultaneous service would not
    impair the ability of such member to serve on the Committee
    effectively. The Board of Directors has determined that the
    service by Messrs.&#160;Becker, Gelb and Salacuse on the audit
    committees of more than two other public companies does not
    impair each of their ability to serve effectively on the
    Fund&#146;s Audit Committee. The Fund&#146;s amended and
    restated Audit Committee Charter is attached hereto as
    Appendix&#160;A.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The members of the Audit Committee are not professionally
    engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not
    employed by the Fund for accounting, financial management or
    internal control. Moreover, the Audit Committee relies on and
    makes no independent verification of the facts presented to it
    or representations made by management or the independent
    registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, the Audit
    Committee&#146;s oversight does not provide an independent basis
    to determine that management has maintained appropriate
    accounting and financial reporting principles and policies, or
    internal controls and procedures, designed to assure compliance
    with accounting standards and
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    applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit
    Committee&#146;s considerations and discussions referred to
    above do not provide assurance that the audit of the Fund&#146;s
    financial statements has been carried out in accordance with
    generally accepted auditing standards or that the financial
    statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted
    accounting principles.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy,
    the Audit Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit
    services provided by PwC to the Fund in 2008. As set forth in
    the Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies, the Audit Committee
    has authorized the Chairman of the Audit Committee to
    pre-approve certain services to be performed by PwC, as
    necessary, between audit committee meetings which would then be
    presented to the full Audit Committee at its next regularly
    scheduled meeting. A representative of PwC will be available at
    the Meeting to answer appropriate questions and will have an
    opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses to do so.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Nominating
    Committee</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Nominating Committee is composed entirely of Directors who
    are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, Blackstone
    Advisors or its affiliates within the meaning of the 1940 Act,
    and who are &#147;independent&#148; as defined in the NYSE
    listing standards. Currently Messrs.&#160;Becker, Gelb, Hardy,
    Henry, Rubio and Salacuse are members of the Nominating
    Committee. This Committee met once during the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008. The principal function of the Nominating
    Committee is to select and nominate persons for election as
    Directors of the Fund. The Fund adopted a Nominating Committee
    Charter on December&#160;18, 2003, which was filed as
    Exhibit&#160;A to the Proxy Statement filed by the Fund on
    March&#160;20, 2007.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Nominating Committee identifies potential nominees through
    its network of contacts. While the Nominating Committee meets to
    discuss and consider such candidates&#146; qualifications and
    then chooses a candidate by majority vote, the Nominating
    Committee does not have specific, minimum qualifications for
    nominees and has not established specific qualities or skills
    that it regards as necessary for one or more of the Fund&#146;s
    Directors to possess (other than any qualities or skills that
    may be required by applicable law, regulation or listing
    standard).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In identifying and evaluating nominees, the Nominating Committee
    considers factors it deems relevant which include: whether or
    not the person is an &#147;interested person&#148; as defined in
    the 1940 Act and whether the person is otherwise qualified under
    applicable laws and regulations to serve on the Board of
    Directors of the Fund; whether or not the person has any
    relationship that might impair his or her independence, such as
    any business, financial or family relationships with Fund
    management, the investment manager of the Fund, Fund service
    providers or their affiliates; whether or not the person serves
    on boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing
    organizations or funds; and the character and integrity of the
    person and the contribution which the person can make to the
    Board. The Nominating Committee will accept nominations for the
    office of Director made by Fund&#160;Stockholders. Stockholders
    who wish to recommend a nominee should send nominations to the
    Secretary of the Fund which include biographical information and
    set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee. There are
    no differences in the manner in which the Nominating Committee
    evaluates nominees based on whether such nominees are
    recommended by a Stockholder.
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    The Fund does not pay a fee to any third party or parties to
    identify or evaluate or assist in identifying or evaluating
    potential nominees. The Nominating Committee did not receive a
    recommended nominee from a Stockholder who beneficially owned,
    or a group of Stockholders who beneficially owned, more than 5%
    of the Fund&#146;s shares for at least one year as of the date
    the recommendation was made.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Board
    Meetings</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    During the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008, the Board
    of Directors held four regular meetings and two special
    meetings. Each Director attended at least 75% of the meetings of
    the Board or the committee(s) of the Board on which he served.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Section&#160;16(a)
    Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Section&#160;16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
    amended, and Section&#160;30(h) of the 1940 Act in combination
    require the Fund&#146;s Directors and officers, persons who own
    more than ten percent of the Fund&#146;s common stock, and
    Blackstone Advisors and its directors and officers, to file
    reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Fund&#146;s
    securities with the SEC and the NYSE. These persons and entities
    are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Fund with copies
    of all such forms they file.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Based solely on a review of those forms furnished to the Fund,
    the Fund believes that the Fund&#146;s Directors and officers,
    and Blackstone Advisors and its directors and officers, have
    complied with applicable filing requirements during the fiscal
    year ended December&#160;31, 2008<B><I>, </I></B>with the
    exception of an initial statement of beneficial ownership of
    securities on Form&#160;3 of Joseph M. Malangoni which was
    inadvertently not filed in a timely manner.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Report of
    the Audit Committee</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Audit Committee reports that it has:&#160;(i)&#160;reviewed
    and discussed the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements for
    the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008 with management;
    and (ii)&#160;discussed with PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
    (&#147;PwC&#148;), the Fund&#146;s independent registered public
    accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by
    Statement on Auditing Standards No.&#160;61 (&#147;SAS
    61&#148;). SAS 61 requires the independent registered public
    accounting firm to communicate to the Audit Committee matters
    including, if applicable: (i)&#160;methods used to account for
    significant unusual transactions; (ii)&#160;the effect of
    significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging
    areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or
    consensus; (iii)&#160;the process used by management in
    formulating particularly sensitive accounting estimates and the
    basis for the auditor&#146;s conclusions regarding the
    reasonableness of those estimates; and (iv)&#160;disagreements
    with management over the application of accounting principles
    and certain other matters.
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    The Audit Committee also reports that it previously received
    written confirmation from PwC that it is independent and written
    disclosures regarding such independence as required by the
    Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule&#160;3526 and
    discussed with PwC the independent registered public accounting
    firm&#146;s independence. In addition, the Audit Committee has
    reviewed the aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional
    services rendered to the Fund and for non-audit services
    provided to Blackstone Asia Advisors, L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone
    Advisors&#148;), the Fund&#146;s investment manager, Blackstone
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    Fund&#160;Services India Private Limited (&#147;Blackstone
    India&#148;), the Fund&#146;s country adviser, and any entity
    controlling, controlled by or under common control with
    Blackstone Advisors or Blackstone India that provided services
    to the Fund. As part of this review, the Committee considered,
    in addition to other practices and requirements relating to
    selection of the Fund&#146;s independent registered public
    accounting firm, whether the provision of such non-audit
    services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC.
</DIV>

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    Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit
    Committee presents this report to the Board of Directors and
    recommends that: (i)&#160;the Fund&#146;s audited financial
    statements for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008 be
    included in the Fund&#146;s annual report to stockholders for
    such fiscal year and; (ii)&#160;such annual report be filed with
    the Securities and Exchange Commission and the New York Stock
    Exchange.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Submitted
    by the Audit Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Lawrence K. Becker
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Leslie H. Gelb
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    J. Marc Hardy
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stephane R.F. Henry
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Luis F. Rubio
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Jeswald W. Salacuse
</DIV>

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    February&#160;24, 2009
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Required
    Vote</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Directors are elected by a plurality of all the votes cast by
    the holders of shares of common stock of the Fund present in
    person or represented by proxy at a meeting with a quorum
    present. A &#147;plurality of the votes&#148; cast means the
    candidate must receive more votes than any other candidate for
    the same position, but not necessarily a majority of the votes
    cast. For purposes of the election of Directors, abstentions and
    broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast, and do not
    affect the plurality vote required for Directors.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Please note that unless otherwise instructed, the proxies will
    vote FOR each nominee for Director.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 18pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Directors, including the independent Directors, recommend that
    Stockholders vote &#147;FOR&#148; each nominee for
    Director.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ADDITIONAL
    INFORMATION</FONT></B>
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    <B>Service Providers</B>
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    Blackstone Advisors currently serves as the Fund&#146;s
    investment manager and as the Fund&#146;s administrator. The
    address of Blackstone Advisors is 345 Park Avenue, New York, New
    York 10154. Blackstone Advisors is a wholly-owned subsidiary of
    The Blackstone Group L.P.
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    Blackstone India currently serves as the Fund&#146;s country
    adviser. The address of Blackstone India is Express Towers,
    5th&#160;Floor, Nariman Point, Mumbai, 400 021, India.
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    Blackstone Advisors subcontracts certain of its responsibilities
    as administrator to PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
    The address of PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. is
    103 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington, Delaware 19809.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Independent
    Registered Public Accounting Firm</FONT></B>
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    The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee has adopted written policies
    relating to the pre-approval of the audit and non-audit services
    performed by the Fund&#146;s independent registered public
    accounting firm. Unless a type of service to be provided by the
    independent registered public accounting firm has received
    general pre-approval, it requires specific pre-approval by the
    Audit Committee. Under the policies, on an annual basis, the
    Fund&#146;s Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves the
    services to be provided by the independent registered public
    accounting firm without having obtained specific pre-approval
    from the Audit Committee. In addition, the Audit Committee
    pre-approves any permitted non-audit services to be provided by
    the independent registered public accounting firm to Blackstone
    Advisors or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under
    common control with Blackstone Advisors if such services relate
    directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.
    As set forth in the Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies, the
    Audit Committee has authorized the Chairman of the Audit
    Committee to pre-approve certain services to be performed by
    PwC, as necessary, between audit committee meetings which would
    then be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next
    regularly scheduled meeting.
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    <B>Audit Fees.</B> The aggregate fees paid to PwC in connection
    with the annual audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements
    and for services normally provided by PwC in connection with the
    statutory and regulatory filings of the Fund for the fiscal
    years ended December&#160;31, 2007 and December&#160;31, 2008
    were $118,900 and $97,566, respectively, including out-of-pocket
    expenses.
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    <B>Audit-Related Fees.</B> The aggregate fees paid to PwC in
    connection with assurance and related services related to the
    annual audit of the Fund and for review of the Fund&#146;s
    financial statements, other than the Audit Fees described above,
    for the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2007 and
    December&#160;31, 2008 were $0 and $0, respectively.
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    <B>Tax Fees.</B> The aggregate fees paid for domestic and
    international tax-related services, including tax compliance,
    tax advice and tax planning, rendered by PwC to the Fund for the
    fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2007 and December&#160;31,
    2008 were $84,655 and $79,695, respectively.
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    <B>All Other Fees.</B> The aggregate fees billed for all other
    non-audit services rendered by PwC to the Fund for the fiscal
    years ended December&#160;31, 2007 and December&#160;31, 2008
    were $0 and $0, respectively.
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    The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered
    to the Fund, Blackstone Advisors, Blackstone India and any
    entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with
    the Fund, Blackstone Advisors or Blackstone India that provides
    ongoing services to the Fund for the fiscal years ended
    December&#160;31, 2007 and December&#160;31, 2008 were $0 and
    $0, respectively. The Audit Committee has determined that the
    provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining
    the independence of PwC.
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    None of the services described above, provided in the fiscal
    year ended December&#160;31, 2008, were approved pursuant to the
    <I>de minimis </I>exception provided in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;2-01(c)(7)(i)(C)</FONT>
    of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Regulation&#160;S-X</FONT>
    promulgated by the SEC.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    Business</FONT></B>
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    The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors does not know of any other
    matter that may come before the Meeting. If any other matter
    properly comes before the Meeting, it is the intention of the
    persons named in the proxy to vote the proxies in accordance
    with their judgment on that matter.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stockholder
    Proposals</FONT></B>
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    All proposals by Stockholders of the Fund that are intended to
    be presented at the Fund&#146;s next Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders, to be held in 2010, must be received by the Fund
    (addressed to The India Fund, Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New York,
    New York 10154)&#160;for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy
    statement and proxy relating to that meeting no later than
    November&#160;25, 2009. Any Stockholder who desires to bring a
    proposal for consideration at the Fund&#146;s year 2010 Annual
    Meeting of Stockholders without including such proposal in the
    Fund&#146;s proxy statement must deliver written notice thereof
    to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Fund (addressed
    to The India Fund, Inc., 345 Park Avenue, New&#160;York, New
    York 10154)&#160;during the period from December&#160;25, 2009
    to January&#160;24, 2010. However, if the Fund&#146;s 2010
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders is held earlier than
    March&#160;25, 2010 or later than June&#160;23, 2010, such
    written notice must be delivered to the Secretary or Assistant
    Secretary of the Fund no earlier than 120&#160;days before the
    date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no later
    than the later of 90&#160;days before the date of the 2010
    Annual Meeting of Stockholders or 10&#160;days following the
    public announcement of the date of the 2010 Annual Meeting of
    Stockholders.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stockholder
    Communications with the Board of Directors</FONT></B>
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    The Fund has adopted procedures by which Fund&#160;Stockholders
    may send communications to the Board of Directors. Stockholders
    may mail written communications to the Board to the attention of
    the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc.,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;the</FONT>
    Fund&#146;s Chief Legal Officer, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New
    York 10154. Stockholder communications must (i)&#160;be in
    writing and be signed by the Stockholder and (ii)&#160;identify
    the number of shares held by the Stockholder. The Chief Legal
    Officer of the Fund is responsible for reviewing properly
    submitted Stockholder communications. The Chief Legal
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    Officer shall either (i)&#160;provide a copy of each properly
    submitted Stockholder communication to the Board at its next
    regularly scheduled board meeting or (ii)&#160;if the Chief
    Legal Officer determines that the communication requires more
    immediate attention, forward the communication to the Directors
    promptly after receipt. The Chief Legal Officer may, in good
    faith, determine that a Stockholder communication should not be
    provided to the Board because it does not reasonably relate to
    the Fund or its operations, management, activities, policies,
    service providers, Board, officers, Stockholders or other
    matters relating to an investment in the Fund or is otherwise
    ministerial in nature. These procedures shall not apply to
    (i)&#160;any communication from an officer or Director of the
    Fund, (ii)&#160;any communication from an employee or agent of
    the Fund, unless such communication is made solely in such
    employee&#146;s or agent&#146;s capacity as a Stockholder of the
    Fund, or (iii)&#160;any Stockholder proposal submitted pursuant
    to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;14a-8</FONT>
    under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or any
    communication made in connection with such a proposal.
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    The Fund does not have a formal policy regarding attendance by
    Directors at Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Expenses
    of Proxy Solicitation</FONT></B>
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    The costs of preparing, printing, assembling and mailing
    material in connection with this solicitation of proxies will be
    borne by the Fund, even if the proposals are not successful, as
    will all of the other costs in connection with the Meeting.
    <B>Proxies may also be solicited personally by Directors and
    officers of the Fund and by regular employees of Blackstone
    Advisors, its respective affiliates or other representatives of
    the Fund, and may be accomplished by telephone in addition to
    the use of mails. </B>Brokerage houses, banks and other
    fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation
    material to their principals to obtain authorization for the
    execution of proxies, and they will be reimbursed by the Fund
    for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in this connection.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, Georgeson Inc. (&#147;Georgeson&#148;), a proxy
    solicitation firm, has been retained to assist in the
    solicitation of the proxy vote. It is anticipated that Georgeson
    will be paid an amount estimated at $9,500 plus reasonable
    out-of-pocket expenses. Therefore, expenses of the Meeting will
    include costs of (i)&#160;preparing, assembling and mailing
    material in connection with the solicitation,
    (ii)&#160;soliciting proxies by officers or employees,
    personally or by telephone or telegraph, (iii)&#160;reimbursing
    brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries and
    (iv)&#160;compensating the proxy solicitor.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Georgeson may call Stockholders to ask if they would be willing
    to have their votes recorded by telephone. The telephone voting
    procedure is designed to authenticate Stockholders&#146;
    identities, to allow Stockholders to authorize the voting of
    their shares in accordance with their instructions and to
    confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly. A
    Stockholder voting by telephone would be asked for his or her
    social security number or other identifying information and
    would be given an opportunity to authorize proxies to vote his
    or her shares in accordance with his or her instructions. To
    ensure that the Stockholder&#146;s instructions have been
    recorded correctly, he or she will receive a confirmation of
    such instructions in the mail. The confirmation is a replica of
    the proxy card but with marks indicating how the Stockholder
    voted, along with a special toll-free number which will be
    available in the event the Stockholder wishes to change or
    revoke the vote. Although a Stockholder&#146;s vote may be taken
    by telephone, each Stockholder will receive a copy of this proxy
    statement and may vote by mailing the
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    enclosed proxy card. If you have any questions or need
    assistance in voting, please contact Georgeson at its toll-free
    number, 1-866-297-1264.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Please vote promptly by signing and dating the enclosed proxy
    card and returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return
    envelope or by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy
    card for voting by telephone or over the Internet.</B>
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    March&#160;25, 2009
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Appendix&#160;A</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE ASIA
    TIGERS FUND, INC.<BR>
    THE INDIA FUND, INC.</FONT></B>
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    <B>AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER</B>
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    December&#160;18, 2003, as amended on November&#160;8, 2005
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This charter sets forth the purpose, authority and
    responsibilities of the Audit Committee of each of the Board of
    Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of the investment companies
    set forth above (each, a &#147;Fund&#148;).
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Purposes</FONT></B>
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    The Audit Committee of the Board (the &#147;Committee&#148;)
    has, as its primary purpose, oversight responsibility with
    respect to: (a)&#160;the adequacy of the Fund&#146;s accounting
    and financial reporting processes, policies and practices;
    (b)&#160;the integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements
    and the independent audit thereof; (c)&#160;the adequacy of the
    Fund&#146;s overall system of internal controls and, as
    appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers;
    (d)&#160;the Fund&#146;s compliance with certain legal and
    regulatory requirements; (e)&#160;determining the qualification
    and independence of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors; and
    (f)&#160;the Fund&#146;s internal audit function, if any.
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    The function of the Committee is oversight; it is the
    responsibility of the Fund&#146;s investment adviser (the
    &#147;Adviser&#148;) to maintain appropriate systems for
    accounting and internal control, and the independent
    auditors&#146; responsibility to plan and carry out a proper
    audit.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Authority</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Committee has been duly established by the Board and shall
    have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its
    responsibilities, including the authority to retain counsel and
    other experts or consultants at the expense of the Fund and
    approve the fees payable to such advisors and any other terms of
    their retention. The Committee has the authority and
    responsibility to retain and terminate the Fund&#146;s
    independent auditors. In connection therewith, the Committee
    must evaluate the independence of the Fund&#146;s independent
    auditors and receive the auditors&#146; specific representations
    as to their independence.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Composition
    and Term of Committee Members</FONT></B>
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    The Committee shall be comprised of the Directors who are
    &#147;Independent,&#148; which term shall mean each Director
    (i)&#160;who is not an &#147;interested person,&#148; as defined
    in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, of the Fund;
    and (ii)&#160;who has not accepted directly or indirectly any
    consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Fund
    (other than fees for serving as a Director or member of the
    Committee or any other committee of the Board). The members of
    the Committee shall designate one member to serve as Chairman of
    the Committee.
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    <BR>
    A-1
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    No member of the Committee may serve on the audit committees of
    more than three public companies, including the Funds, unless
    the Board determines that such simultaneous service would not
    impair the ability of such member effectively to serve on the
    Committee.
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    Each member of the Committee shall be &#147;Independent,&#148;
    as defined in the New York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;)
    Listed Company Manual &#167;&#160;303A, and shall be free of any
    relationship that, in the judgment of the Board, may interfere
    with the exercise of his or her independent judgment.
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    Each member of the Committee shall serve until a successor is
    appointed.
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    The Board shall determine whether: the Committee has at least
    one member who is an &#147;audit committee financial
    expert&#148; (&#147;ACFE&#148;), as such term is defined in the
    rules adopted under Section&#160;407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act
    of 2002. The designation of a person as an ACFE is not intended
    to impose any greater responsibility or liability on that person
    than the responsibility and liability imposed on such person as
    a member of the Committee, nor does it decrease the duties and
    obligations of other Committee members or the Board. In
    addition, with respect to those Funds listed on the NYSE, each
    member of the Committee must be financially literate and at
    least one member of the Audit Committee must have accounting or
    related financial management expertise, as the Board of
    Directors interprets such qualifications in its business
    judgment under the NYSE listing requirements.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Meetings</FONT></B>
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    The Committee shall meet on a regular basis, no less frequently
    than semi-annually, and is empowered to hold special meetings as
    circumstances require. Periodically, the Committee shall meet to
    discuss with management the Fund&#146;s annual audited financial
    statements and semi-annual financial statements. Periodically,
    the Committee should meet separately with management, the
    Fund&#146;s administrator and independent auditors to discuss
    any matters that the Committee or any of these persons or firms
    believe should be discussed privately. The Committee may request
    any officer or employee of the Adviser or the Fund&#146;s legal
    counsel (or counsel to the Independent Board members) or
    independent auditors to attend a meeting of the Committee or to
    meet with any members of, or consultants to, the Committee.
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    Minutes of each meeting will be taken and circulated to all
    members of the Committee in a timely manner.
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    Any action of the Committee requires the vote of a majority of
    the Committee members present, whether in person or otherwise,
    at the meeting at which such action is considered. At any
    meeting of the Committee, one member of the Committee shall
    constitute a quorum for the purpose of taking any action.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Duties
    and Powers and of the Committee</FONT></B>
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    The duties and powers of the Committee include, but are not
    limited to, the following:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    bear direct responsibility for the appointment, compensation,
    retention and oversight of the work of the Fund&#146;s
    independent auditors for the purpose of preparing or issuing an
    audit report or performing other audit, review or attest
    services for the Fund, and the independent auditors must report
    directly to the Committee;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    set the compensation of the independent auditors, such amount to
    be paid by the Fund;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
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    evaluate the independence of the Fund&#146;s independent
    auditors, including whether the auditors provide any consulting
    services to the Adviser or its affiliated companies, and receive
    the auditors&#146; specific representations as to their
    independence;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    to the extent required by applicable law, pre-approve:
    (i)&#160;all audit and non-audit services that the Fund&#146;s
    independent auditors provide to the Fund, and (ii)&#160;all
    non-audit services that the Fund&#146;s independent auditors
    provide to the Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled
    by, or under common control with the Adviser that provides
    ongoing services to the Fund, if the engagement relates directly
    to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund; provided
    that the Committee may implement policies and procedures by
    which such services are approved other than by the full
    Committee prior to their ratification by the Committee;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    meet with the Fund&#146;s independent auditors, including
    private meetings, as necessary to (i)&#160;review the
    arrangements for and scope of the annual audit and any special
    audits; (ii)&#160;discuss any matters of concern relating to the
    Fund&#146;s financial statements, including any adjustments to
    such statements recommended by the auditors, or other results of
    the audit(s); (iii)&#160;consider the auditors&#146; comments
    with respect to the Fund&#146;s financial policies, procedures
    and internal accounting controls and management&#146;s responses
    thereto; and (iv)&#160;review the form of opinion the auditors
    propose to render to the Directors and the members of the Fund;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review reports prepared by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors
    detailing the fees paid to the Fund&#146;s independent auditors
    for: (i)&#160;audit services (includes all services necessary to
    perform an audit, services provided in connection with statutory
    and regulatory filings or engagements and other services
    generally provided by independent auditors, such as comfort
    letters, statutory audits, attest services, consents and
    assistance with, and review of, documents filed with the
    Securities and Exchange Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;));
    (ii)&#160;audit-related services (covers assurance and due
    diligence services, including, employee benefit plan audits, due
    diligence related to mergers and acquisitions, consultations and
    audits in connection with acquisitions, internal control reviews
    and consultations concerning financial accounting and reporting
    standards); (iii)&#160;tax services (services performed by a
    professional staff in the accounting firm&#146;s tax division,
    except those services related to the audit, including tax
    compliance, tax planning and tax advice) and (iv)&#160;other
    services (includes financial information systems implementation
    and design);
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    ensure that the Fund&#146;s independent auditors prepare and
    deliver annually to the Committee a written statement (the
    &#147;Auditors&#146; Statement&#148;) describing: (i)&#160;the
    auditors&#146; internal quality control procedures;
    (ii)&#160;any material issues raised by the most recent internal
    quality control review or peer review of the auditors, or by any
    inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional
    authorities within the preceding five years respecting one or
    more independent audits carried out by the auditors, and any
    steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (iii)&#160;all
    relationships between the independent auditors and the Fund,
    including each non-audit service provided to the Fund and the
    matters set forth in Independence Standards Board No.&#160;1;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    receive and review a written report (or update, with respect to
    a semi-annual filing), as of a date 90&#160;days or less prior
    to the filing of the Fund&#146;s annual (or semi-annual) report
    with the SEC, to the Committee from the Fund&#146;s independent
    auditors regarding any: (i)&#160;critical accounting policies to
    be used; (ii)&#160;alternative accounting treatments that have
    been discussed with the Fund&#146;s
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    <TD>
</TD>
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    management along with a description of the ramifications of the
    use of such alternative treatments and the treatment preferred
    by the independent auditors; (iii)&#160;material written
    communications between the auditor and management of the Fund;
    and (iv)&#160;all non-audit services provided to any entity in
    the Fund&#146;s investment company complex that were not
    pre-approved by the Committee;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    oversee the Fund&#146;s internal controls and annual and
    semi-annual financial reporting process, including results of
    the annual audit. Oversee internal accounting controls relating
    to the activities of the Fund&#146;s custodian and administrator
    and the Adviser through the periodic review of reports,
    discussions with appropriate officers and consideration of
    reviews provided by internal audit staff;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    meet with the Fund&#146;s internal auditors (or other personnel
    responsible for the internal audit function), if any, following
    an internal audit of the Fund to discuss significant risks and
    exposures, if any, to the Fund&#146;s risk management processes
    and system of internal controls, and the steps taken to monitor
    and minimize such risks;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review of any issues brought to the Committee&#146;s attention
    by independent auditors or the Fund&#146;s management, including
    those relating to any deficiencies in the design or operation of
    internal controls which could adversely affect the Fund&#146;s
    ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data,
    any material weaknesses in internal controls and any fraud,
    whether or not material, that involves management or other
    employees who have a significant role in the Fund&#146;s
    internal controls;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review and evaluate the qualifications, performance and
    independence of the lead partner of the Fund&#146;s independent
    auditors;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    require the Fund&#146;s independent auditors to report any
    instance of an audit partner of those auditors earning or
    receiving compensation based on that partner procuring
    engagements with the Fund to provide any services other than
    audit, review or attest services;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    resolve any disagreements between the Fund&#146;s management and
    independent auditors concerning the Fund&#146;s financial
    reporting;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    to the extent there are Directors who are not members of the
    Committee, report its activities to the full Board on a regular
    basis and make such recommendations with respect to the above
    and other matters as the Committee may deem necessary or
    appropriate;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    discuss the Fund&#146;s earnings press releases, financial
    information and earnings guidance provided to analysts and
    ratings agencies, if any;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review policies with respect to risk assessment and risk
    management;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review hiring policies for employees or former employees of the
    Fund&#146;s independent accountants;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    establish and maintain the procedures set forth in
    Exhibit&#160;B regarding: (i)&#160;the receipt, retention and
    treatment of complaints received by the Funds or the Adviser
    regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing
    matters; and (ii)&#160;the confidential, anonymous submission by
    employees of the Fund, the Adviser, any sub-adviser,
    administrator, principal underwriter or
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</TD>
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    provider of accounting-related services of concerns regarding
    questionable accounting or auditing matters;&#160;and
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    review such other matters as may be appropriately delegated to
    the Committee by the Board.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Annual
    Performance Evaluation</FONT></B>
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    The Committee shall perform a review and evaluation, at least
    annually, of the performance of the Committee and its members,
    including reviewing the compliance of the Committee with this
    charter. The Committee shall conduct such evaluations and
    reviews in such manner as it deems appropriate.
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    <B>WHISTLEBLOWER PROCEDURES</B>
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    <U>A. Responsibilities of Audit Committee of the Fund (the
    &#147;Audit Committee&#148;) With Respect to Specified
    Complaints</U>
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    <TD>    1.&#160;
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    The Audit Committee shall receive, retain, investigate and act
    on complaints and concerns of Covered
    Persons<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">3</SUP>

    (&#147;Reports&#148;) regarding:
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    <TD>    (a)&#160;
</TD>
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    questionable accounting, internal accounting controls and
    auditing matters, including those regarding the circumvention or
    attempted circumvention of internal accounting controls or that
    would otherwise constitute a violation of the Fund&#146;s
    accounting policies (each an &#147;Accounting Allegation&#148;);
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    <TD>    (b)&#160;
</TD>
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    compliance with legal and regulatory requirements (&#147;Legal
    Allegation&#148;);&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (c)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    retaliation against Covered Persons who make Accounting
    Allegations or Legal Allegations (&#147;Retaliatory Act&#148;).
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    2.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    In the discretion of the Audit Committee, responsibilities of
    the Audit Committee created by these procedures may be delegated
    to the Chairman of the Audit Committee.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>B. Procedures for Receiving Reports</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    1.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Any Report that is made directly to management, whether openly,
    confidentially or anonymously, shall be promptly reported to the
    Audit Committee.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    2.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Each Report forwarded to the Audit Committee by management and
    each Report that is made directly to the Audit Committee,
    whether openly, confidentially or anonymously, shall be reviewed
    by the Audit Committee, who may, in their discretion, consult
    with any member of management who is not the subject of the
    allegation and who may have appropriate expertise to assist the
    Audit Committee. The Audit Committee shall determine whether the
    Audit Committee or management should investigate the Report,
    taking into account the considerations set forth in
    Section&#160;C below.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (a)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    If the Audit Committee determines that management should
    investigate the Report, the Audit Committee shall notify the
    Fund&#146;s Chief Legal Officer in writing of that conclusion.
    Management shall thereafter promptly investigate the Report and
    shall report the results of its investigation, in writing, to
    the Audit Committee. Management shall be free in its discretion
    to engage outside auditors, counsel or other experts to assist
    in the investigation and in the analysis of results.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    (b)&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    If the Audit Committee determines that it should investigate the
    Report, the Audit Committee shall promptly determine what
    professional assistance, if any, it needs in order to conduct
    the
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV><DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 13%; align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    &#160;<FONT style="font-size: 9pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">3</SUP></FONT><FONT style="font-size: 9pt">
    For purposes of these Procedures, &#147;Covered Person&#148;
    means any &#147;Fund&#160;Covered Person&#148; or &#147;Vendor
    Covered Person&#148;; &#147;Fund&#160;Covered Persons&#148;
    means officers of the Fund as well as those employees of the
    Fund&#146;s investment adviser and sub-adviser that provide
    services on behalf of those entities to the Fund; and
    &#147;Vendor Covered Persons&#148; means those employees of the
    Fund&#146;s custodian, administrator, transfer agent, auction
    agent and other third-party agents that, pursuant to agreements
    with the Fund, provide services to or on behalf of the Fund.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="5%"></TD>
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    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    investigation. The Audit Committee shall be free in its
    discretion to engage outside auditors, counsel or other experts
    to assist in the investigation and in the analysis of results.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>C. Considerations Relative To Whether the Audit Committee or
    Management Should Investigate a Report</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In determining whether management or the Audit Committee should
    investigate a Report, the Audit Committee shall consider, among
    any other factors that are appropriate under the circumstances,
    the following:
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="95%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    1.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Who is the alleged wrongdoer? If an executive officer, senior
    financial officer or other high management official is alleged
    to have engaged in wrongdoing, that factor alone may militate in
    favor of the Audit Committee conducting the investigation.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    2.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    How serious is the alleged wrongdoing? The more serious the
    alleged wrongdoing, the more appropriate that the Audit
    Committee should undertake the investigation. If the alleged
    wrongdoing would constitute a crime involving the integrity of
    the financial statements of the Fund, that factor alone may
    militate in favor of the Audit Committee conducting the
    investigation.
</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 6pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    3.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    How credible is the allegation of wrongdoing? The more credible
    the allegation, the more appropriate that the Audit Committee
    should undertake the investigation. In assessing credibility,
    the Audit Committee should consider all facts surrounding the
    allegation, including but not limited to whether similar
    allegations have been made in the press or by analysts.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>D. Protection of Whistleblowers</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Consistent with the policies of the Fund, the Audit Committee
    shall not retaliate, and shall not tolerate any retaliation by
    management or any other person or group, directly or indirectly,
    against anyone who, in good faith, makes an Accounting
    Allegation or Legal Allegation, reports a Retaliatory Act or
    provides assistance to the Audit Committee, management or any
    other person or group, including any governmental, regulatory or
    law enforcement body, investigating a Report. The Audit
    Committee shall not, unless compelled by judicial or other legal
    process, reveal the identity of any person who makes an
    Accounting Allegation or Legal Allegation or reports a
    Retaliatory Act and who asks that his or her identity as the
    person who made such Report remain confidential and shall not
    make any effort, or tolerate any effort made by any other person
    or group, to ascertain the identity of any person who makes a
    Report anonymously.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>E. Records</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Audit Committee shall retain for a period of seven years all
    records relating to any Accounting Allegation or Legal
    Allegation or report of a Retaliatory Act and to the
    investigation of any such Report.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>F. Procedures for Making Complaints</U>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition to any other avenue available to a Covered Person,
    any Covered Person may report to the Audit Committee openly,
    confidentially or anonymously any Accounting Allegation or Legal
    Allegation or report of a Retaliatory Act. Accounting
    Allegations, Legal Allegations and reports of a Retaliatory Act
    can be made orally or in writing to the Chairman of the Audit
    Committee. Such Reports can also be made directly to management
    openly, confidentially or anonymously by contacting the
    Fund&#146;s Chief Legal Officer in writing or in person.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO VOTE YOUR PROXY</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="29%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="center" valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>TELEPHONE VOTING</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>INTERNET VOTING</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>VOTING BY MAIL</B></TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><DIV style="text-align: justify">
This method of voting is available for residents of the U.S. and Canada. On a touch tone telephone,
call <B><I>TOLL FREE 1-877-816-0834, </I></B>24 hours a day, 7&nbsp;days a week. Have this proxy card ready, then
follow the prerecorded instructions. Your vote will be confirmed and cast as you have directed.
Available 24 hours a day, 7&nbsp;days a week until 5:00 p.m. New York Time on April&nbsp;23, 2009.
</DIV>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="text-align: justify">
Visit the Internet voting Web site at <B>http://proxy.georgeson.com. </B>Have this proxy card ready and
follow the instructions on your screen. You will incur only your usual Internet charges. Available
24 hours a day, 7&nbsp;days a week until 5:00 p.m. New York Time on April&nbsp;23, 2009.
</DIV>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><DIV style="text-align: justify">
Simply sign and date your proxy card and return it in the postage-paid envelope to Georgeson Inc.,
Wall Street Station, P.O. Box 1100, New York, NY 10269-0646. If you are voting by telephone or the
Internet, please do not mail your proxy card.
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&nbsp;
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">&nbsp;
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;COMPANY NUMBER
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CONTROL NUMBER
</TD>
    <TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 1px">
    <TD valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD colspan="1" align="left" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 8pt; margin-top: 18pt">TO VOTE BY MAIL, PLEASE DETACH PROXY CARD HERE
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt"><DIV style="width: 100%; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; font-size: 1px">&nbsp;</DIV></DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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    <TD rowspan="3" valign="top" style="font-size: 35pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#120;</FONT>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top" style="border-top: 3px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>Please mark </B><br><B>votes as in </B><br><B>this example.</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" style="border-left: 3px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 7pt; margin-top: 0pt"><B>THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; EACH NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1.</B>
</DIV>


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</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>WITHHOLD</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">1. To elect three Class&nbsp;I Directors to
the Board of Directors to serve until
the 2012 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>FOR ALL</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>AUTHORITY TO VOTE</B></TD>
</TR>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>NOMINEES</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top"><B>FOR ALL NOMINEES</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="middle">
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(01)&nbsp;Robert L. Friedman<BR>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(02)&nbsp;Lawrence K. Becker<br>
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;(03)&nbsp;Jeswald W. Salacuse</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="middle" style="font-size: 20pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top" style="font-size: 20pt"><FONT face="Wingdings">&#111;</FONT></TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 3pt"><!-- Blank Space -->
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left">
(Instruction: to withhold authority to vote for any individual
nominee, write that nominee&#146;s name in the space provided above.)</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">&nbsp;</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="center" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD colspan="5" align="left">2. The persons named as proxies are authorized
to vote in their discretion on any other
business as may properly come before the
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owners, EITHER may sign this Proxy. When signing as attorney, executor,
administrator, trustee, guardian or corporate officer, please give your full title.</DIV></TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 14pt; margin-top: 2pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS &#151; APRIL 24, 2009</B>

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<DIV align="justify" style="font-size: 12pt; margin-top: 6pt">The undersigned hereby appoints Joshua B. Rovine and Barbara F. Pires, and each of them, attorneys
and proxies for the undersigned, with full power of substitution and revocation, to represent the
undersigned at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Simpson
Thacher &#038; Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, New York, New York 10017, on the 30th Floor on
Friday, April&nbsp;24, 2009, at 11:00&nbsp;a.m., and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, upon the
matters set forth in the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement dated March&nbsp;25, 2009 and upon all
other matters properly coming before said Meeting.
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Please indicate your vote by an &#147;X&#148; in the appropriate box on the reverse side. This Proxy, if
properly executed, will be voted in the manner directed by the Stockholder. IF NO DIRECTION IS
MADE, THIS PROXY WILL BE VOTED &#147;<u>FOR</u>&#148; EACH NOMINEE FOR DIRECTOR IN PROPOSAL 1 AND IN THE DISCRETION
OF THE PERSONS NAMED AS PROXIES ON ALL OTHER BUSINESS THAT MAY PROPERLY COME BEFORE THE MEETING.
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