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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-09-009763

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-2

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		5

FILED AS OF DATE:		20090529

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20090717


FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100

		IRS NUMBER:				133749070

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2

		SEC ACT:		1933 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-159611

		FILM NUMBER:		09862674



	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




FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			INDIA FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000917100

		IRS NUMBER:				133749070

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2

		SEC ACT:		1940 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266

		FILM NUMBER:		09862673



	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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    <B>As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
    May&#160;29, 2009</B>
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    <B>Securities Act Registration
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;333-[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]</FONT></B>
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    <B>Investment Company Act File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;811-8266</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 14pt">U.S. SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
    COMMISSION</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">Washington,&#160;D.C.
    20549</FONT></B>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 1pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 18pt"><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT></FONT></B>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (Check appropriate box or boxes)
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#254;</FONT>
    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
    1933</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>
    Pre-Effective Amendment No.</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>
    Post-Effective Amendment No.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt">and/or</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#254;</FONT>
    REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF
    1940</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-size: 12pt"><FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#254;</FONT>
    Amendment No.&#160;11</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The India
    Fund, Inc.<BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Exact
    name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)</FONT></FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">345 Park
    Avenue, New York, New York 10154<BR>
    </FONT></B><I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt"><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">(Address
    of Principal Executive Offices)</FONT></FONT></I>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>1-866-800-8933</B>
</DIV>

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    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(Registrant&#146;s telephone
    number, including area code)</FONT></I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Prakash
    A. Melwani<BR>
    Director and President<BR>
    The India Fund, Inc.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B>345 Park Avenue,</B>
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    <B>New York, New York 10154</B>
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    <I><FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(Name and Address of Agent for
    Service)</FONT></I>
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    <B><I>Copies to:</I></B>
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    <B>Sarah E. Cogan,&#160;Esq.</B>
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    <B>Simpson Thacher&#160;&#038; Bartlett LLP</B>
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    <B>425 Lexington Avenue</B>
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    <B>New York, New York 10017</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Approximate Date of Proposed Public
    Offering:</B>&#160;&#160;As soon as practicable after the
    effective date of this Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If any securities being registered on this form will be offered
    on a delayed or continuous basis in reliance on Rule&#160;415
    under the Securities Act of 1933, other than securities offered
    in connection with a dividend reinvestment plan, check the
    following
    box.&#160;<FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;
    </FONT>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    It is proposed that this filing will become effective (if
    appropriate, check box)
</DIV>

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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    when declared effective pursuant to section&#160;8(c).
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If appropriate, check the following boxes:
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    This [post-effective] amendment designates a new effective date
    for a previously filed [post-effective amendment] [registration
    statement].
</TD>
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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-family: Wingdings; font-variant: normal">&#111;</FONT>&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    This Form is filed to register additional securities for an
    offering pursuant to Rule&#160;462(b) under the Securities Act
    and the Securities Act registration statement number of the
    earlier effective registration statement for the same offering
    is&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;.
</TD>
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>CALCULATION OF REGISTRATION FEE UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF
    1933</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 4pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
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    <B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Proposed Maximum<BR>
    </B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
    <B>Amount of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Title of Securities<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Amount Being<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Offering Price Per<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Registration<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Being Registered</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Registered(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Unit(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Offering Price(2)</B>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fee(2)</B>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Common Stock ($.001&#160;par value per share)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    41,271 shares
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-right: 1px solid #000000; padding-right: 2pt; border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    $
</TD>
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    24.23
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    1,000,000
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
    55.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom" style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(1)&#160;Estimated solely for the
    purpose of calculating the registration fee.
    </FONT>
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    <TD>    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(2)&#160;
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">The registration fee for the
    securities offered hereby has been calculated under
    Rule&#160;457(d) of the Securities Act based on the net asset
    value per share of the registrant on May&#160;22, 2009.
    </FONT>
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    <B>The Registrant hereby amends this Registration Statement on
    such date or dates as may be necessary to delay its effective
    date until the Registrant shall file a further amendment which
    specifically states that this Registration Statement shall
    thereafter become effective in accordance with Section&#160;8(a)
    of the Securities Act, or until the Registration Statement shall
    become effective on such dates as the Securities and Exchange
    Commission, acting pursuant to said Section&#160;8(a), may
    determine.</B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The India
    Fund, Inc.<BR>
    </FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Cross-Reference
    Sheet<BR>
    </FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Parts A
    and B of Prospectus*</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<TD colspan="3" align="left" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Items in Parts A and B of Form N-2</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Location in Prospectus</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;1.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Outside Front Cover
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover of Prospectus
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;2.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover Pages; Other Offering Information
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover of Prospectus
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;3.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Fee Table and Synopsis
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Summary of Expenses
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;4.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Financial Highlights
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Financial Highlights
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;5.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Plan of Distribution
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Not Applicable
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;6.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Selling Shareholders
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Not Applicable
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;7.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Use of Proceeds
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    The Offer; Use of Proceeds; Investment Objective and Policies;
    Additional Investment Activities
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;8.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    General Description of the Registrant
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover of Prospectus; The Fund; Investment Objective and
    Policies; Additional Investment Activities; Semi- Annual
    Repurchases of Securities; Investment Restrictions; Risk
    Factors; Description of Capital Stock; Net Asset Value;
    Financial Statements
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;9.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Management
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Management of the Fund; Investment Management and Other
    Services; Description of Capital Stock; Enforceability of Civil
    Liabilities; Custodians, Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent
    and Registrar
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;10.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Capital Stock, Long-Term Debt, and Other Securities
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and Cash
    Purchase Plan; Taxation; Description of Capital Stock; Risk
    Factors
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;11.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Defaults and Arrears on Senior Securities
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Not Applicable
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;12.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Legal Proceedings
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Not Applicable
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;13.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;14.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover Page
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Cover Page of the Statement of Additional Information
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;15.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Table of Contents
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional Information
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;16.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    General Information and History
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Not Applicable
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;17.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Investment Objective and Policies
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Investment Objective and Policies; Additional Investment
    Activities; Investment Restrictions; Portfolio Transactions
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;18.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Management
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Management of the Fund; Investment Management and Other
    Services; Custodians, Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and
    Registrar; Statement of Additional Information
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;19.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Control Persons and Principal Holders of Securities; Management
    of the Fund
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;20.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Investment Advisory and Other Services
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Investment Management and Other Services; Custodians, Transfer
    Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar; Experts
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;21.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Portfolio Managers
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Portfolio Manager
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;22.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Brokerage Allocation and Other Practices
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Portfolio Transactions
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;23.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Tax Status
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and Cash
    Purchase Plan; Taxation
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Item&#160;24.
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Financial Statements
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Financial Statements
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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

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    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    * </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    All information required to be set forth in &#147;Part&#160;B:
    Statement of Additional Information&#148; has been included in
    &#147;Part&#160;A: The Prospectus,&#148; except for the
    Fund&#146;s proxy voting policies and procedures, which are
    required to be disclosed pursuant to Item&#160;18 of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT>
    and which are included in the Statement of Additional
    Information. All items required to be included in
    &#147;Part&#160;C: Other Information&#148; are set forth in
    Part&#160;C.</TD>
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    (LOGO)
</DIV>

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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Asia
    Advisors L.L.C.
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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

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

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Expires
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009*
</DIV>

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

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

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    <B>Important Dates</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">
    Record Date:
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">
    Subscription Period:
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009 to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009*
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">
    Expiration Date:
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009*
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">
    <I>*unless extended</I>
</DIV>

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    <I>Contact your financial advisor for more information</I>
</DIV>

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<TABLE style="color: #FF0000" width="100%" border="1" cellpadding="5"><TR><TD>
<FONT style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #E8112D">The
information in this preliminary prospectus supplement is not
complete and may be changed. This preliminary prospectus
supplement and the accompanying prospectus are not an offer to
sell these securities, and we are not soliciting offers to buy
these securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is
not permitted.<BR>
</FONT>
</TD></TR></TABLE>

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    <B><FONT style="color: #E8112D">SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, DATED MAY
    29, 2009</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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>PROSPECTUS</B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 18pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE INDIA
    FUND, INC.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 12pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    Shares of Common Stock<BR>
    Issuable Upon Exercise of Non-Transferable<BR>
    Rights to Subscribe for Shares of Common Stock</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) is offering to its
    common stockholders of record as of <B><I>[record date]</I></B>,
    2009 non-transferable rights. These rights will allow you to
    subscribe for one share of common stock for each
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights held. You will receive one right for each whole share of
    common stock that you hold of record as of <B><I>[record
    date]</I></B>, 2009. You need
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights to purchase one share at the subscription price. The Fund
    will not issue fractional shares upon the exercise of less than
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights. The rights will not be listed for trading on the New
    York Stock Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;) or any other
    exchange. The subscription price will be equal to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the net asset value per
    share of the Fund&#146;s common stock at the close of business
    on the date on which the offer expires.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    THE OFFER WILL EXPIRE AT [5:00&#160;P.M.], EASTERN DAYLIGHT
    TIME, ON <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009, UNLESS EXTENDED
    TO NOT LATER THAN <B><I>[extend expiration date]</I></B>, 2009
    OR TERMINATED EARLY AS DESCRIBED HEREIN. The Fund announced the
    offer after the close of business on May&#160;29, 2009. The last
    reported sale price of a share of the Fund&#146;s common stock
    on the NYSE on March&#160;31, 2009 and <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009 was $16.93 and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. The net asset
    value per share at the close of business on March&#160;31, 2009
    and <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009 was $16.55 and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. Because the
    expiration date and the date upon which the price of the rights
    will be determined will be the same date, stockholders who
    exercise their rights will not know the purchase price of the
    shares when they make their investment decision. Once you
    subscribe for shares and the Fund receives payment or a
    guarantee of payment, you will not be able to change your
    decision. If the market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock is
    below the subscription price, it may not be in your interest to
    participate in this offering. <I>(continued on following
    page)</I>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Investment in the Fund involves certain special
    considerations and risks arising in part from the Fund&#146;s
    investment in securities of Indian companies, which are not
    associated with investments in securities of U.S.&#160;companies
    or certain other
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;issuers.</FONT>
    These risks relate to, among other things, political, social and
    economic conditions in India, and are described in greater
    detail elsewhere in this prospectus. The Fund may also invest in
    debt obligations that may be rated below investment grade or in
    comparable unrated debt obligations. Debt obligations of below
    investment grade quality are regarded as having predominately
    speculative characteristics with respect to capacity to pay
    interest and repay principal and are commonly referred to as
    &#147;junk bonds.&#148; There are special risks and
    considerations associated with investing in such high yield/high
    risk debt obligations. In addition, although the Fund&#146;s
    shares of common stock have recently traded on the NYSE at a
    premium to their net asset value, the issuance of
    non-transferable rights may reduce or eliminate that premium or
    the Fund&#146;s shares may instead trade at a discount to net
    asset value. You could lose some or all of your investment and
    you should carefully consider the &#147;risk factors&#148;
    beginning on page 34 of this prospectus before participating in
    this offer.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders who do not fully exercise their rights will own a
    smaller proportional interest in the Fund. In addition, because
    the subscription price will be less than the net asset value per
    share, the offer will result in an immediate dilution of the net
    asset value per share for all stockholders. See &#147;Risk
    Factors&#148; on page 34 of this prospectus.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This prospectus sets forth concisely the information about the
    Fund that a prospective investor ought to know before investing.
    Investors are advised to read this prospectus and to retain it
    for future reference.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>For information regarding the offer, contact Georgeson
    Shareholder Communications Inc., the information agent, at
    1-866-297-1264.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>The Securities and Exchange Commission has not approved or
    disapproved these securities or passed upon the adequacy of this
    prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal
    offense.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 2pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Estimated Price to<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Sales<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Estimated Proceeds<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Public(1)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Load(2)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>to the Fund(2)</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Per Share
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</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">
    None
</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">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -9pt; margin-left: 9pt">
    Total(3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</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">
    None
</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">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>

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

<DIV style="font-size: 1pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 11%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=504 length=60 -->

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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<TR>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(1)
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">The estimated subscription price to
    the public is based upon [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of
    the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share on <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009.
    </FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(2)
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">After deduction of expenses payable
    by the Fund, estimated at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
    </FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">(3)
    </FONT></TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">Assumes all rights are exercised at
    the estimated subscription price. If the Fund increases the
    number of shares subject to subscription by 25%, the Estimated
    Price to the Public, Estimated Sales Load and Estimated Proceeds
    to the Fund will be $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. See &#147;The
    Offer&#160;&#151; Over-Subscription Privilege.&#148;
    </FONT></TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may increase the number of shares of common stock
    subject to subscription by up to 25%, or up to an additional
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares, for an aggregate total of
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares. The shares will be ready for delivery on or about
    <B><I>[payment date]</I></B>, 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="font-size: 9pt">The date of this prospectus is
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
    </FONT>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>The information in this prospectus is not complete and may be
    changed. These securities may not be sold until the registration
    statement filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is
    effective. This prospectus is not an offer to sell these
    securities and is not soliciting an offer to buy these
    securities in any jurisdiction where the offer or sale is not
    permitted.</B>
</DIV>

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    <I>(continued from previous page)</I>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is a closed-end investment company whose shares of
    common stock are listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol
    &#147;IFN&#148; and whose investment goal is long-term capital
    appreciation by investing primarily in Indian equity securities.
    Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund&#146;s
    total assets are invested in the equity securities of Indian
    companies. These are fundamental policies that may not be
    changed without the approval of a majority of the Fund&#146;s
    outstanding voting securities. The Fund operates under an
    interval fund structure pursuant to which it conducts
    semi-annual repurchase offers for between 5% and 25% of the
    Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock. See &#147;Semi-Annual
    Repurchases of Securities&#148; and &#147;Risk
    Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The Fund&#146;s &#147;interval fund&#148;
    structure involves certain risks and special considerations not
    typically associated with other closed-end funds&#148; in this
    prospectus.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The information contained herein is not in the form of a
    prospectus or a statement in lieu of prospectus as per the
    provisions of the (Indian) Companies Act, 1956 and has not been
    or will not be registered as a prospectus or a statement in lieu
    of prospectus. The information set out herein does not
    constitute, and may not be used for or in connection with, an
    offer or solicitation to do business or purchase any securities
    or ownership interests by any person in India or in any other
    jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation is not
    authorized or to any person to whom it is unlawful to make such
    an offer or solicitation.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 3%; font-size: 9pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This prospectus contains important information you should know
    before investing. Please read it before you invest and keep it
    for future reference. A Statement of Additional Information
    dated <B><I>[date of prospectus]</I></B>, 2009 containing
    additional information about the Fund has been filed with the
    Securities and Exchange Commission and legally forms a part of
    this prospectus. The table of contents of the Statement of
    Additional Information appears on page 79 of this prospectus.
    You may obtain a copy of the Statement of Additional Information
    free of charge by contacting Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.,
    the Fund&#146;s investment manager, 345 Park Avenue, New York,
    New York 10154, by calling 1-866-800-8933 toll free or on the
    Internet at www.blackstone.com. In addition, the Fund&#146;s
    Annual Report, containing the fund&#146;s 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. as indicated above. The Fund&#146;s Statement of
    Additional Information and Annual Report and other information
    about the Fund, including material incorporated by reference
    into this prospectus, are also available free of charge on the
    SEC&#146;s website at www.sec.gov.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TABLE OF
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</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#102'>Summary of Expenses</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#103'>Financial Highlights</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    13
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#104'>The Fund</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#105'>Investment In India</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    15
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#106'>The Offer</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    19
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#107'>Use of Proceeds</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    26
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#108'>Investment Objective and Policies</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    26
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#109'>Additional Investment Activities</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#110'>Investment Restrictions</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#111'>Risk Factors</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    34
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#112'>Management of the Fund</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#113'>Control Persons and Principal Holders of
    Securities</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    54
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#114'>Portfolio Transactions</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    54
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#115'>Semi-Annual Repurchases of Securities</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    55
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#116'>Dividends and Distributions; Dividend
    Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    56
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#117'>Taxation</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    58
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#118'>Net Asset Value</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    67
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#119'>Description of Capital Stock</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    68
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#120'>Investment Management and Other Services</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    73
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#121'>Portfolio Manager</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    76
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#122'>Custodians, Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent
    and Registrar</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    78
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#123'>Experts</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    78
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#124'>Legal Matters</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    78
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#125'>Enforceability of Civil Liabilities</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    78
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#126'>Official Documents</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    79
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#127'>Additional Information</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    79
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#128'>Table of Contents of the Statement of Additional
    Information</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    79
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#129'>Financial Statements</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    79
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#130'>Appendix&#160;A: General Characteristics and
    Risks of Hedging</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    A-1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#131'>Appendix&#160;B: Republic of India</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    B-1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <A HREF='#132'>Appendix&#160;C: The Indian Securities Market</A>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    C-1
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="y77516exv99w2wkw1.htm">EX-99.2.K.1</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="y77516exv99w2wkw2.htm">EX-99.2.K.2</A></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR><TD colspan="9"><FONT size="2">&nbsp;<A HREF="y77516exv99w2wn.htm">EX-99.2.N</A></FONT></TD></TR>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>The information contained in this prospectus speaks only as
    of the date of this prospectus unless the information
    specifically indicates that another date applies. No dealer,
    salesperson or other person has been authorized to give any
    information or to make any representations other than those
    contained in this prospectus in connection with the offer
    contained herein and, if given or made, such information or
    representations must not be relied upon as having been
    authorized by the Fund.</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In this prospectus and except as the context otherwise requires
    or indicates:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The &#147;Fund&#148; means The India Fund, Inc., a Maryland
    corporation.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148; or &#147;Investment
    Manager&#148; means Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C., a Delaware
    limited liability company.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    &#147;Blackstone India&#148; or &#147;Country Adviser&#148;
    means Blackstone Fund&#160;Services India Private Limited, a
    company organized under the laws of India.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In this prospectus, unless otherwise indicated, all references
    to &#147;U.S.&#160;dollars,&#148; &#147;US$,&#148;
    &#147;dollars&#148; and &#147;$&#148; are to United States
    dollars, the lawful currency of the United States of America,
    and all reference to &#147;rupees&#148; and &#147;Rs.&#148; are
    to Indian rupees. On <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009, the
    U.S.&#160;dollar value of the Indian rupee was
    Rs.&#160;[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] = US$1.00, as reported
    in <I>The Wall Street Journal </I>on <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">FORWARD-LOOKING
    STATEMENTS</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may not claim the safe harbor for forward-looking
    statements contained in the federal securities laws of the
    United States because that safe harbor does not apply to
    investment companies. Nevertheless, you should note that certain
    statements in this prospectus are forward-looking statements,
    which involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other
    factors that may cause the Fund&#146;s actual results or level
    of performance to be materially different from any future
    results or level of performance expressed or implied by such
    forward-looking statements. Such factors include, among others,
    those listed under &#147;Risk Factors,&#148;
    &#147;Appendix&#160;B: Republic of India,&#148;
    &#147;Appendix&#160;C: The Indian Securities Market&#148; and
    elsewhere in this prospectus. As a result of these and other
    factors, the Fund cannot give you any assurances as to its
    future results or level of performance. To the extent required
    by law, the Fund undertakes to amend or reflect any material
    changes to it after the date of this prospectus.
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    <BR>
    ii
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROSPECTUS
    SUMMARY</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>You should read the entire prospectus, including the
    Statement of Additional Information that legally forms part of
    this prospectus, before you decide whether to exercise your
    rights. In particular, you should carefully read the risks of
    investing in the shares, as discussed under &#147;Risk
    Factors.&#148;</I>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE OFFER
    AT A GLANCE</FONT></B>
</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">The
    Offer</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The India Fund, Inc., or the Fund, is offering to its common
    stockholders of record as of <B><I>[record date]</I></B>, 2009
    non-transferable rights. These rights will allow you to
    subscribe for one share of common stock, par value $.001 per
    share, for each
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights held. You will receive one right for each whole share of
    common stock that you hold of record as of <B><I>[record
    date]</I></B>, 2009. You need
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;rights
    to purchase one share at the subscription price. The Fund will
    not issue fractional shares upon the exercise of less than
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights. The rights will not be listed for trading on the NYSE or
    any other exchange. Rights may be exercised at any time from
    <B><I>[beginning date]</I></B>, 2009 through [5:00&#160;p.m.],
    Eastern daylight time, on <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009,
    unless extended to not later than <B><I>[extended expiration
    date]</I></B>, 2009 or terminated early as described herein. See
    &#147;The Offer- Expiration, Extension and Early Termination of
    the Offer.&#148; Since the expiration date is the same date as
    the pricing date, stockholders who exercise their rights will
    not know the subscription price at the time they exercise their
    rights. If the market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock is
    below the subscription price, it may not be in your interest to
    participate in this offering. Once you subscribe for shares and
    the Fund receives payment or a guarantee of payment, you will
    not be able to change your decision. In certain instances
    described below under &#147;&#151;&#160;Over-Subscription
    Privilege,&#148; the Fund may increase the number of shares of
    common stock subject to subscription by up to 25% of the shares.
    We refer to any such additional shares as &#147;additional
    shares.&#148; See &#147;The Offer.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund previously completed rights offerings for approximately
    13.2&#160;million shares in August 2006 and 9.4&#160;million
    shares in January 2005. The net proceeds of each rights
    offering, approximately $448&#160;million and $250&#160;million,
    respectively, were fully invested in accordance with the
    Fund&#146;s investment objective and policies within
    approximately three months of the completion of each respective
    offering. As a result of the August 2006 offering, the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value was diluted by 1.54%.
</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">Purposes
    of the Offer</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors of the Fund has determined that it would
    be in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders to
    increase the assets of the Fund through this offer because it
    may provide the following benefits: (i)&#160;a greater ability
    to take advantage of investment opportunities without being
    required to sell current portfolio positions that the Investment
    Manager believes should be retained; (ii)&#160;additional
    investment flexibility in a period when increased political
    stability may drive positive market-oriented reforms over the
    long-term; (iii)&#160;additional opportunity to capitalize on
    attractive investment opportunities in India, including initial
    public offerings, privatizations, placements and mid- and
    small-cap companies with attractive valuations;
    (iv)&#160;improved market visibility for the Fund;
    (v)&#160;improved liquidity of the trading market for the
    Fund&#146;s shares on the NYSE; (vi)&#160;additional capital to
    meet the demand for repurchases and dividend distributions
    without having to liquidate attractive holdings; and
    (vii)&#160;an opportunity for existing stockholders by providing
    them with an opportunity to purchase additional shares
    potentially at a price below the current market price without
    incurring significant transaction costs. See &#147;The
    Offer&#160;&#151; Purposes of the Offer.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The increased assets to the Fund as a result of the offer will
    result in increased fees to all of the Fund&#146;s service
    providers whose fees are based on the Fund&#146;s net assets,
    including fees paid to the Investment Manager, Country Adviser
    and Administrator. See &#147;The Fund&#160;At A
    Glance&#160;&#151; Investment Manager and Country Adviser&#148;,
    &#147;The Fund&#160;At A Glance&#160;&#151;
    Fund&#160;Administrators&#148; and &#147;Investment Management
    and Other Services.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    1
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Subscription
    Price</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The subscription price will be equal to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the net asset value per
    share of the Fund&#146;s common stock at the close of business
    on the date on which the offer expires. See &#147;The
    Offer&#160;&#151; Subscription Price.&#148;
</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">Over-Subscription
    Privilege</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Each stockholder as of the record date who fully exercises all
    rights issued to him or her will be entitled to subscribe for
    additional shares that were not subscribed for by other
    stockholders. This is known as the &#147;over-subscription
    privilege.&#148; If sufficient shares are available, all record
    stockholders&#146; over-subscription requests will be honored in
    full. If sufficient shares are not available to honor all
    requests for over-subscription, the Fund may increase the number
    of shares available by up to 25%, or
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares, in order to satisfy over-subscription requests. If the
    requests for additional shares exceed the shares available, the
    available shares, including any additional shares, will be
    allocated pro rata among stockholders who over-subscribe based
    on the number of rights originally issued to them by the Fund.
    See &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Over-Subscription
    Privilege.&#148;
</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">How to
    Exercise Rights</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Rights may be exercised by stockholders who fill in and sign the
    accompanying subscription certificate and mail it in the
    envelope provided or deliver the completed and signed
    subscription certificate to the subscription agent, together
    with any required payment for the shares as described below
    under &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Payment for Shares.&#148;
    Rights may also be exercised by a stockholder contacting his or
    her broker, bank or trust company, which can arrange, on the
    stockholder&#146;s behalf, to guarantee delivery, by using a
    notice of guaranteed delivery, of a properly completed and
    executed subscription certificate and payment for the shares.
    The broker, bank or trust company may charge a fee for this
    service. Stockholders who choose to exercise their rights will
    not know at the time of exercise the subscription price for
    shares being acquired and will be required initially to pay for
    such shares at the estimated subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share. Fractional shares
    will not be issued. Completed subscription certificates must be
    received by the subscription agent prior to [5:00&#160;p.m.],
    Eastern daylight time, on the expiration date, which is
    <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009 (unless payment is to be
    effected by means of a notice of guaranteed delivery). See
    &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Payment for Shares.&#148;
</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">Rights
    May Not Be Purchased or Sold</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    You may not purchase or sell the rights, and they will not trade
    on any exchange. If you do not exercise your rights before the
    conclusion of this offer, your rights will expire without value.
    However, the shares to be issued pursuant to the offer will be
    listed on the NYSE, subject to the NYSE being officially
    notified of the issuance of those shares.
</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">Restrictions
    on Foreign Stockholders</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund will not mail subscription certificates to stockholders
    whose record addresses are outside the United&#160;States. PNC
    Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. (formerly known as PFPC
    Inc.) will hold the rights to which subscription certificates
    relate for foreign stockholders accounts until instructions are
    received to exercise the rights. If no instructions are received
    prior to the expiration date, which is <B><I>[expiration
    date]</I></B>, 2009, the rights will expire. Foreign
    stockholders holding shares through a U.S.&#160;broker-dealer
    should contact the broker-dealer regarding this offer. See
    &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Restrictions on Foreign
    Stockholders.&#148;
</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">Obtaining
    Subscription Information</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you have any questions or requests for assistance, please
    contact Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., the
    information agent, toll-free at 1-866-297-1264. You may also
    call your broker or nominee for information with respect to this
    offer. See &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Information Agent&#148;
    and &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Subscription Agent.&#148; Please
    note that the dates in the table may change if the offer is
    extended.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    2
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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">Important
    Dates to Remember</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="38%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<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>Event</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Date</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="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Record Date
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Subscription Period*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009 to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Expiration Date*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Pricing Date*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Subscription Certificate and Payment for Shares or Notice of
    Guaranteed Delivery Due*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Subscription Certificate and Payment for Shares&#160;Due for
    Those Using Notice of Guaranteed Delivery*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Confirmation to Participants*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Final Payment for Shares*
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

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

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<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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<TR>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="98%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    * </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Unless extended or terminated early as described herein.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">Tax
    Consequences</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For federal income tax purposes, neither the receipt nor the
    exercise of the rights will result in taxable income to you. You
    will not realize taxable loss if your rights expire without
    being exercised. See &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; United States
    Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Offer.&#148;
</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">Use of
    Proceeds</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We estimate the net proceeds of this offer to be approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]. If the Fund increases the
    number of shares subject to subscription by 25%, then the total
    net proceeds of the offer will be approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]. These figures assume
    (i)&#160;all rights are exercised in full, (ii)&#160;a
    subscription price of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] and
    (iii)&#160;payment of offering expenses estimated to be
    approximately $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The offering is designed to raise funds to be invested
    consistent with the Fund&#146;s investment objectives and
    policies. The Fund anticipates that investment of the net
    proceeds of this offer in accordance with the Fund&#146;s
    investment objective and policies may take up to six months from
    their receipt by the Fund, depending on market conditions and
    the availability of appropriate securities. See &#147;Use of
    Proceeds&#148; and &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related
    to the Fund&#146;s Operations.&#148;
</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
    FUND&#160;AT A GLANCE</FONT></B>
</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">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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is a Maryland corporation organized on
    December&#160;27, 1993 and is a non-diversified, closed-end
    management investment company. As of April&#160;30, 2009, the
    net assets of the Fund were $746,684,403. Assuming that all
    rights are exercised at the estimated subscription price,
    including the additional shares that may be issued under the
    over-subscription privilege, the net assets of the Fund would be
    approximately $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion]. For
    the purposes of the FII Regulations (as defined below), the Fund
    is a broad based fund.
</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">Investment
    in India</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s investment objective and policies reflect the
    Investment Manager&#146;s opinion that economic and political
    developments and changes in the last several years and the
    recent election have well positioned India to experience a
    period of continued economic growth. The Investment Manager
    believes that India should continue to grow as an economic force
    and that investment in its securities markets will continue to
    offer significant potential for returns. For a detailed
    description of India and its securities market, see
    &#147;Appendix&#160;B: Republic of India&#148; and
    &#147;Appendix&#160;C: The Indian Securities Market.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    3
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund invests in India pursuant to the Securities and
    Exchange Board of India (Foreign Institutional Investors)
    Regulations, 1995, which we refer to as the &#147;FII
    Regulations&#148; and which were established by the Securities
    and Exchange Board of India (&#147;SEBI&#148;) to regulate
    investment by foreign institutional investors in Indian
    securities. The FII Regulations allow direct investment in
    Indian securities by registered foreign institutional investors
    or their clients, also known as
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">&#147;sub-accounts.&#148;</FONT>
    Under the FII regulations, the Fund invests in India as a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    of the Investment Manager, which is registered with SEBI as a
    foreign institutional investor. The Investment Manager in its
    capacity as a foreign institutional investor acts on behalf of
    the Fund and other approved clients. The Fund&#146;s investments
    are held in the Fund&#146;s name through the Fund&#146;s
    custodian, Deutsche Bank AG. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151;
    Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#148; and
    &#147;Investment in India.&#148;
</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">Investment
    Objective and Policies</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s investment objective is long-term capital
    appreciation by investing primarily in the equity securities of
    Indian companies, subject to applicable laws. Under normal
    market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund&#146;s total assets
    are invested in equity securities of Indian companies. These are
    fundamental policies that may not be changed without the
    approval of a majority of the Fund&#146;s outstanding voting
    securities. Equity securities include common and preferred stock
    (including convertible preferred stock), American, global or
    other types of depositary receipts, convertible bonds, notes and
    debentures, equity interests in trusts, partnerships, joint
    ventures or similar enterprises and common stock purchase
    warrants and rights. Most of the equity securities purchased by
    the Fund are traded on an Indian or other foreign stock exchange
    or
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT>
    market. However, the Fund may invest to a limited extent in
    securities that are not publicly traded and in investment funds
    that invest at least 80% of their total assets in the equity
    securities of Indian companies in which the Fund is authorized
    to invest. The Fund invests in such investment funds when the
    Investment Manager believes that such investments may be more
    advantageous to the Fund than a direct market purchase of such
    securities. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund may
    invest without limitation in temporary investments. No assurance
    can be given that the Fund&#146;s investment objective will be
    realized. See &#147;Investment Objective and Policies&#148; and
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations.&#148;
</DIV>

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

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    Indian companies include companies that:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    are organized under the laws of India;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    regardless of where organized, derive at least 50% of their
    revenues from goods produced or sold, investments made, or
    services performed, in India, or have at least 50% of their
    assets in India;&#160;or
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    have securities which are traded principally on any Indian stock
    exchange or in the Indian
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">over-the-counter</FONT>
    market.
</TD>
</TR>

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    See &#147;Investment Objective and Policies&#160;&#151;
    Portfolio Structure&#148; for other eligible investments.
</DIV>

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    Up to 20% of the Fund&#146;s total assets may be invested,
    subject to certain restrictions, in:
</DIV>

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    equity securities of companies (other than companies meeting the
    definition of Indian companies), regardless of where organized,
    which the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser believe
    derive, or will derive, at least 25% of their revenues from
    business in or with India, or have at least 25% of their assets
    in India;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    debt securities denominated in Indian rupees or issued or
    guaranteed by an Indian company, the Government of India or an
    Indian governmental entity;&#160;and
</TD>
</TR>


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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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    short-term debt securities of the type described under
    &#147;Investment Objective and Policies&#160;&#151; Temporary
    Investments.&#148;
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Up to 20% of the Fund&#146;s total assets may also be utilized
    to purchase and sell options on securities, financial futures,
    fixed income indices and other financial futures contracts,
    enter into interest rate transactions and to enter into currency
    transactions, sell securities short and loan portfolio
    securities. The Fund will only invest in such assets in order to
    hedge against financial risks. The Fund will not be obligated,
    however, to do any hedging and makes no representation as to the
    availability of these techniques at this time or at any time in
    the future. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151;
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    4
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    Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The
    Fund&#146;s ability to successfully hedge against financial
    risks may adversely affect the Fund&#146;s net asset value&#148;
    and &#147;Additional Investment Activities&#160;&#151;
    Hedging.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s assets may be invested in debt securities (other
    than temporary investments) when the Investment Manager believes
    that, based upon factors such as relative interest rate levels
    and foreign exchange rates, such securities offer opportunities
    for long-term capital appreciation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the
    Fund&#146;s Operations.&#148;
</DIV>

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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">Listing</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s common stock is listed and traded on the NYSE
    under the symbol &#147;IFN.&#148;
</DIV>

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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">Dividends
    and Distributions</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund intends to distribute annually to holders of common
    stock substantially all of its net investment income and to
    distribute any net realized capital gains at least annually.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment and cash purchase
    plan, all dividends and distributions are automatically
    reinvested in additional shares of common stock of the Fund
    unless a stockholder elects to receive cash. Participants also
    have the option of making additional cash payments, annually, to
    be used to acquire additional shares of common stock of the Fund
    in the open market. Stockholders whose shares are held in the
    name of a broker or nominee should contact such broker or
    nominee to confirm that they are able to participate in the
    plan. See &#147;Dividends and Distributions; Dividend
    Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan.&#148;
</DIV>

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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">Semi-Annual
    Share Repurchases</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund operates as an interval fund structure, pursuant to
    which the Fund conducts semi-annual repurchase offers for
    between 5% and 25% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock.
    In accordance with the Fund&#146;s fundamental periodic
    repurchase policy, the Fund&#146;s next repurchase offer is
    expected to occur immediately following the expiration of the
    Offer. See &#147;Semi-Annual Repurchases of Securities.&#148;
</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">Investment
    Manager and Country Adviser</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Investment Manager is Blackstone Advisors, an affiliate of
    The Blackstone Group (&#147;Blackstone&#148;). For more
    information on the Investment Manager, see &#147;Investment
    Management and Other Services&#160;&#151; Investment
    Manager.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Country Adviser is Blackstone India, an affiliate of
    Blackstone and Blackstone Advisors. For more information on the
    Country Adviser, see &#147;Investment Management and Other
    Services&#160;&#151; Country Adviser.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under the existing management agreement, the Fund pays the
    Investment Manager a monthly fee at an annual rate of:
    (i)&#160;1.10% for the first $500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s
    average weekly net assets; (ii)&#160;0.90% for the next
    $500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets;
    (iii)&#160;0.85% for the next $500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s
    average weekly net assets; and (iv)&#160;0.75% of the
    Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets in excess of
    $1,500,000,000 for its services. Under the existing country
    advisory agreement, the Investment Manager pays the Country
    Adviser a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of the
    Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Because the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser receive
    fees based on net assets, they will benefit from the increase in
    assets that will result from this offer. It is not possible to
    state precisely the amount of additional compensation that the
    Investment Manager and the Country Adviser might receive as a
    result of this offer because it is not known how many shares
    will be subscribed for and because the proceeds of this offer
    will be invested in additional portfolio securities, which will
    fluctuate in value. However, assuming that the value of the
    Fund&#146;s assets remained constant prior to the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion] (its approximate
    value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009)&#160;and after
    the offer at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion] (which
    assumes that all rights are exercised at the estimated
    subscription price, including the additional shares that may be
    issued under the over-subscription privilege), the annual
    compensation received by the Investment Manager and the Country
    Adviser would be increased by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] million and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. The Country
    Adviser&#146;s fee is paid by the Investment Manager and not
    directly by the Fund.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    5
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    The advisory fees paid by the Fund may be higher than those paid
    by most other investment companies that invest predominantly in
    the securities of U.S.&#160;companies, primarily due to the
    additional time and expense required of the Investment Manager
    and the Country Adviser in pursuing the Fund&#146;s objective,
    which is long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily
    in the equity securities of Indian companies.
</DIV>

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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">Fund&#160;Administrators</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Blackstone Advisors, the Fund&#146;s Investment Manager, also
    serves as the Fund&#146;s administrator. The Fund pays
    Blackstone Advisors a monthly fee at an annual rate of:
    (i)&#160;0.20% of the value of the Fund&#146;s average monthly
    net assets for the first $1,500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s
    average monthly net assets and (ii)&#160;0.15% of the value of
    the Fund&#146;s average monthly net assets in excess of
    $1,500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s average monthly net assets.
    Because the Fund administrator receives fees based on net
    assets, it will benefit from the increase in assets that will
    result from this offer. Blackstone Advisors subcontracts certain
    of its services to PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc.
    (formerly known as PFPC Inc.). Assuming that the value of the
    Fund&#146;s assets remained constant prior to the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion] (its approximate
    value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009)&#160;and after
    the offer at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion] (which
    assumes that all rights are exercised at the estimated
    subscription price, including the additional shares that may be
    issued under the over-subscription privilege), the annual
    compensation received by the Fund&#146;s administrator would be
    increased by approximately $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Multiconsult Ltd. serves as the Fund&#146;s Mauritius
    administrator. The Fund pays Multiconsult Ltd. a monthly fee of
    $1,500 for its services and is reimbursed for certain additional
    expenses.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    See &#147;Investment Management and Other Services&#160;&#151;
    Administrator&#148; and &#147;Investment Management and Other
    Services&#160;&#151; Mauritian Administrator.&#148;
</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">Custodian,
    Transfer Agent, Dividend Paying Agent and Registrar</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Deutsche Bank AG is the domestic custodian of the assets of the
    Fund. Deutsche Bank (Mauritius) Limited acts as offshore
    custodian of the Fund. PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.)
    Inc. acts as transfer agent, dividend paying agent and registrar
    for the Fund.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RISK
    FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS AT A GLANCE</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>You should carefully consider the following factors, as well
    as the other information in this prospectus, before making an
    investment in the Fund under this offer.</I>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B><I>As a result of this offer, you will incur immediate
    economic dilution, and, if you do not exercise all of your
    rights, you may incur dilution of ownership, voting rights and
    your share of any distributions made by the Fund.</I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    You should expect that you will, at the completion of this
    offer, experience immediate dilution of net asset value per
    share because the subscription price will be less than the net
    asset value per share, and the number of shares outstanding
    after the offer will have increased proportionately more than
    the increase in the size of the Fund&#146;s net assets. This
    dilution of net asset value will disproportionately affect
    stockholders who do not exercise their rights. In addition,
    whether or not you exercise your rights, you will experience a
    dilution of net asset value because you will indirectly bear the
    expenses of this offer, which include, among other items, SEC
    registration fees, state &#147;blue sky&#148; qualification
    fees, printing expenses and the fees assessed by service
    providers (including the cost of the Fund&#146;s counsel and
    accountants). We cannot state precisely the amount of any
    decrease because we do not know at this time how many shares
    will be subscribed for or what the net asset value per share
    will be at the pricing date. For example, assuming (i)&#160;a
    net asset value of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [million]
    (the Fund&#146;s approximate net asset value on <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009), (ii)&#160;a subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] (which is
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the Fund&#146;s approximate
    net asset value per share on <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009)&#160;and (iii)&#160;that all rights are exercised at the
    estimated subscription price, including the additional shares
    that may be issued under the over-subscription privilege, the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value per share (after payment of
    estimated expenses) would be reduced by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share. As of <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009, the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share
    was $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    6
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition to the economic dilution described above, if you do
    not exercise all of your rights, you may incur dilution of
    ownership and voting rights, as well as dilution of your share
    of any distributions made by the Fund, as a result of this
    offer. This dilution may occur because you could own a smaller
    interest in the Fund after the offer than you owned prior to the
    offer. If you do not submit a subscription request pursuant to
    the over-subscription privilege, you may also experience
    dilution in your Fund ownership if the Fund offers additional
    shares for subscription.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    See &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Dilution&#148; and &#147;Risk
    Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Relating to the Offer&#160;&#151; As a
    result of this offer, you will incur immediate economic
    dilution, and, if you do not exercise all of your rights, you
    may incur dilution of ownership, voting rights and your share of
    any distributions made by the Fund.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">You
    may lose money by investing in the Fund, including the
    possibility that you may lose all of your
    investment.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
    insured or guaranteed by the U.S.&#160;Federal Deposit Insurance
    Corporation or any other governmental agency.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund is market
    risk, which is the risk that the value of your investment may
    fluctuate as stock markets fluctuate.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As an investment company that primarily holds common stocks, the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio is subject to the possibility that common
    stock prices will decline over short or even extended periods.
    The Fund may remain substantially fully invested during periods
    when stock prices generally rise and also during periods when
    they generally decline. Risks are inherent in investments in
    equities, and Fund stockholders should be able to tolerate
    significant fluctuations in the value of their investment in the
    Fund.
</DIV>

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    In addition, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in debt
    securities whose value will tend to decrease as interest rates
    rise.
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    The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is
    not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on
    short-term stock market movements. Investors should not consider
    the Fund a complete investment program. See &#147;Risk
    Factors-Risks Related to the Offer&#160;&#151; You may lose
    money by investing in the Fund, including the possibility that
    you may lose all of your investment.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investing
    in India involves certain risks and special considerations not
    typically associated with investing in U.S.
    companies.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    Investing in an emerging market such as India, involves certain
    risks and special considerations not typically associated with
    investing in the securities of established U.S.&#160;companies,
    including: (i)&#160;greater political, economic and social
    uncertainty; (ii)&#160;significantly greater price volatility,
    substantially less liquidity and much smaller market
    capitalization of securities markets; (iii)&#160;less developed
    corporate disclosure and governance standards; (iv)&#160;greater
    difficulty in enforcing judgments; (v)&#160;restrictions on
    foreign investment and repatriation of capital;
    (vi)&#160;exchange control regulations; (vii)&#160;currency
    devaluations and exchange rate fluctuations, which may increase
    the costs associated with conversion of investment principal and
    income from one currency to another; (viii)&#160;higher rates of
    inflation; and (ix)&#160;greater governmental involvement in the
    economy. These risks are described in more detail under
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations.&#148;
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    In addition, future actions of the Indian Government or
    religious and ethnic unrest could have a significant impact on
    the economy, which could adversely affect private sector
    companies in which the Fund invests. In addition, accounting,
    auditing and financial reporting standards in India differ from
    U.S.&#160;standards, meaning that disclosure of certain material
    information may not be made, and less information may be
    available to the Fund than would be the case if the Fund
    invested primarily in U.S.&#160;issuers. There is also generally
    less governmental regulation of the securities industry in India
    than in the United States, and it may be more difficult to
    obtain a judgment in a court outside the United States. The Fund
    will be subject to withholding taxes, including withholding
    taxes imposed on dividends, interest and realized capital gains
    by the government of India. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151;
    Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#148; and
    &#147;Taxation.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s investments in illiquid securities may restrict its
    ability to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and at
    a price approximating the value at which the Fund carries the
    securities on its books.</FONT></I></B>
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    The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in illiquid
    securities, for which there may be no or only a limited trading
    market and for which a low trading volume of a particular
    security may result in abrupt and erratic price movements. The
    Fund may encounter substantial delays and could incur losses in
    attempting to resell illiquid securities. See &#147;Additional
    Investment Activities&#148; and &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151;
    Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The
    Fund&#146;s investments in illiquid securities may restrict its
    ability to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and at
    a price approximating the value at which the Fund carries the
    securities on its books.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    concentration of the Fund&#146;s investments in specific
    economic sectors and related industries may expose it to greater
    risk of loss with respect to its portfolio
    securities.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    From time to time, the Fund may invest a greater proportion of
    its assets in the securities of companies that are part of
    specific sectors and related industries of the Indian economy.
    For example, at March&#160;31, 2009, the Fund maintained
    approximately 19.72% of its total assets in the securities of
    Indian companies in the petroleum sector and related industries.
    The Fund is therefore subject to greater risk of loss with
    respect to its portfolio securities as a result of its
    concentration in such sectors and related industries. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The concentration of the Fund&#146;s
    investments in specific economic sectors and related industries
    may expose it to greater risk of loss with respect to its
    portfolio securities.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Recent
    Developments in Financial Markets and Impact on the
    Fund.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    Worldwide economic conditions have recently deteriorated
    significantly affecting the global financial markets and have
    caused significant reductions in available capital and liquidity
    from banks and other providers of credit, substantial reductions
    in equity and currency values in financial markets and extreme
    volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets and
    general economic uncertainty. Conditions in the debt and equity
    capital markets in the United States and abroad have caused
    firms in the financial services sector to take significant
    losses relating to, among other things, subprime mortgages and
    the re-pricing of credit risk in the broadly syndicated loan
    market. While the economic crisis has not, at present, affected
    the Indian economy to the same extent as in the U.S.&#160;or
    European economies, the Indian economy and the Fund may be
    impacted in the future. The timing and nature of any recovery in
    the credit and financial markets remains uncertain, and there
    can be no assurance that market conditions will improve in the
    near future or that our results will not be materially and
    adversely affected.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">A
    change in the Fund&#146;s tax status could adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s return on its investments.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund currently operates through a branch in the Republic of
    Mauritius to take advantage of favorable tax treatment by the
    Indian government pursuant to a taxation treaty between India
    and Mauritius. Recently, the Supreme Court of India upheld the
    validity of this tax treaty in response to a lower court
    challenge contesting the treaty&#146;s applicability to entities
    such as the Fund. Any change in the provision of this treaty or
    in its applicability to the Fund could result in the imposition
    of withholding and other taxes on the Fund by India, which would
    reduce the return to the Fund on its investments. See &#147;Risk
    Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; A change in the Fund&#146;s tax status
    could adversely affect the Fund&#146;s return on its
    investments,&#148; &#147;Taxation-U.S.&#160;Stockholders&#148;
    and &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151; Mauritian Tax Status.&#148;
</DIV>

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    In addition, prior to Blackstone Advisors assuming management,
    the Fund may have failed to qualify to be taxed as a regulated
    investment company (a &#147;RIC&#148;) under Subchapter M of the
    Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Internal
    Revenue Code&#148;) for the taxable year ended December&#160;31,
    2004. For the year ended December&#160;31, 2005, a provision of
    $25,507,350 was made for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes
    as, at that time, it was unclear whether the Fund qualified to
    be taxed as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code for the taxable
    year ended December&#160;31, 2004. In order to preserve the
    Fund&#146;s tax status as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code
    for
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    the taxable year ended December&#160;31, 2004, on April&#160;20,
    2006 the Fund distributed a deficiency dividend (within the
    meaning of Section&#160;860 of the Internal Revenue Code) to
    shareholders in the amount of $1.07 per share, of which $0.95
    per share was designated as a capital gain dividend. Under the
    deficiency dividend procedure, the maximum amount that the Fund
    will be obligated to pay to the Internal Revenue Service in
    interest and penalties is approximately $4,956,314. Accordingly,
    a reversal of $20,551,036 was made in 2006 to the prior
    year&#146;s tax provision. There can be no assurance that the
    Fund will be able to further reduce the liability. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; A change in the Fund&#146;s tax status
    could adversely affect the Fund&#146;s return on its
    investments&#148; and &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151; The Fund.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s shares have traded and may in the future trade at a
    discount to net asset value.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Although the Fund&#146;s shares of common stock have recently
    traded on the NYSE at a premium to their net asset value, the
    Fund&#146;s shares have in the past traded at a discount to
    their net asset value. There can also be no assurance that the
    Fund&#146;s shares will trade at a premium in the future or that
    the present premium is sustainable. The Fund&#146;s shares have
    traded at discounts of as much as 40%.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, you should note that shares of closed-end
    investment companies frequently trade at a discount from net
    asset value. This characteristic is a risk separate and distinct
    from the risk that the Fund&#146;s net asset value will decrease
    as a result of its investment activities. The Fund cannot
    predict whether its shares will trade at, above or below net
    asset value. The Fund is intended primarily for long-term
    investors and should not be considered as a vehicle for trading
    purposes. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to
    the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The Fund&#146;s shares
    have traded and may trade in the future at a discount to net
    asset value.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s &#147;interval fund&#148; structure involves certain
    risks and special considerations not typically associated with
    other closed-end funds.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has adopted an interval fund structure whereby the Fund
    conducts semi-annual repurchase offers for between 5% and 25% of
    the Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock. The Fund&#146;s
    required semi-annual repurchases are likely to continually
    decrease the overall size of the Fund which could over time:
    (i)&#160;harm investment performance in part by limiting the
    extent to which the Fund may pursue its investment strategy;
    (ii)&#160;increase the Fund&#146;s expense ratio as the
    Fund&#146;s assets decrease; and (iii)&#160;jeopardize the
    Fund&#146;s viability and continued existence. Moreover, there
    are additional risks associated with the Fund&#146;s repurchase
    offers, including the risk that: (i)&#160;if the repurchase
    offer is over-subscribed, stockholders may be unable to
    liquidate all or a given percentage of their investment at net
    asset value during the repurchase offer; (ii)&#160;because the
    Fund expects to liquidate portfolio securities in order to fund
    repurchase offers, the need to sell such securities may in turn
    affect the market for such securities and accordingly diminish
    the value of the Fund&#146;s investments; (iii)&#160;share
    values may decrease as a result of currency fluctuations between
    the date of tender and the repurchase pricing date;
    (iv)&#160;the repurchase offer may not eliminate any discount,
    if any, at which the Fund&#146;s shares trade; and (v)&#160;due
    to the potential for proration if the repurchase offer is
    over-subscribed, some investors may tender more shares than they
    wish to have repurchased in order to ensure the repurchase of a
    specific number of shares. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151;
    Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The
    Fund&#146;s &#147;interval fund&#148; structure involves certain
    risks and special considerations not typically associated with
    other closed-end funds&#148; and &#147;Semi-Annual Repurchases
    of Securities.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s status as a &#147;non-diversified&#148; investment
    company may expose it to greater risk of loss with respect to
    its portfolio securities.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund is classified as a &#147;non-diversified&#148;
    investment company under the U.S.&#160;Investment Company Act of
    1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), which means that
    the Fund is not limited in the proportion of its assets that may
    be invested in the securities of a single issuer. However, the
    Fund intends to comply with the diversification requirements
    imposed by the Internal Revenue Code for qualification as a
    regulated investment company. As a non-diversified investment
    company, the Fund may invest a greater proportion of its assets
    in the securities of a smaller number of issuers and, as a
    result, is subject to greater risk of loss with respect to its
    portfolio securities. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks
    Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The
    Fund&#146;s status as a &#147;non-diversified&#148; investment
    company may expose it to greater risk of loss with respect to
    its portfolio securities&#148; and &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151;
    The Fund.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">There
    are no fixed limitations regarding portfolio
    turnover.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Frequency of portfolio turnover is not a limiting factor if the
    Fund considers it advantageous to purchase or sell securities.
    The Fund anticipates that its annual portfolio turnover rate
    will not exceed 150%. For the year ended December&#160;31, 2008,
    the Fund&#146;s portfolio turnover rate was 49.41%. A high rate
    of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater aggregate
    payments for brokerage commissions than a lower rate, which
    expenses must be borne by the Fund and its stockholders, while a
    lower rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly lower
    aggregate payments and stockholder expenses. See &#147;Risk
    Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; There are no fixed limitations regarding
    portfolio turnover.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    extent to which the Fund invests in high yield/high risk and
    unrated debt may adversely affect the Fund&#146;s
    performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has not established any rating criteria for the debt
    securities in which it may invest. Securities rated in medium to
    low rating categories of nationally recognized statistical
    rating organizations and unrated securities of comparable credit
    quality, or &#147;high yield/ high risk securities,&#148; are
    speculative with respect to the capacity to pay interest and
    repay principal in accordance with the terms of the security and
    generally involve a greater volatility of price than securities
    in higher-rated categories. These securities are commonly
    referred to as &#147;junk bonds.&#148; The value of Indian debt
    securities held by the Fund may be expected to vary inversely in
    relation to fluctuations in interest rates in India. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The extent to which the Fund invests in
    high yield/high risk and unrated debt may adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s performance.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s ability to successfully hedge against financial
    risks may adversely affect the Fund&#146;s net asset
    value.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may purchase and sell options on securities, financial
    futures, fixed income indices and other financial instruments,
    enter into financial futures contracts, enter into interest rate
    transactions, enter into currency transactions, enter into
    equity swaps and related transactions, enter into securities
    transactions on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis, enter
    into repurchase agreements, sell securities short and lend
    portfolio securities. Hedging involves special risks, including
    possible default by the other party to the transaction,
    illiquidity and, to the extent the Investment Manager&#146;s
    view as to certain market movements is incorrect, the risks that
    the use of hedging could result in losses greater than if they
    had not been used. The extent to which the Fund can engage in
    such investment practices in India may be limited. See
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities,&#148; &#147;Investment
    Objective and Policies&#160;&#151; Other Investments&#148;
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The Fund&#146;s ability to successfully
    hedge against financial risks may adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value&#148; and &#147;Appendix&#160;A:
    General Characteristics and Risks of Hedging.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    extent to which the Fund utilizes leverage to hedge against
    financial risks may increase its expenses and adversely affect
    the Fund&#146;s performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Although the Fund has no present intention to do so to any
    significant extent, the Fund may utilize leverage by borrowing
    or by issuing preferred stock or short-term debt securities in
    an amount up to 25% of the Fund&#146;s total assets. Leverage by
    the Fund creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the
    same time, creates special risks. For example, leverage may
    exaggerate changes in the net asset value of the Fund&#146;s
    common stock and in the return on the Fund&#146;s portfolio.
    Although the principal of any leverage will be fixed, the
    Fund&#146;s assets may change in value during the time the
    leverage is outstanding. Leverage will create expenses for the
    Fund that can, during any period, exceed the income from the
    assets acquired with the proceeds of the leverage. All expenses
    associated with leverage would be borne by common stockholders.
    Furthermore, an increase in interest rates could reduce or
    eliminate the benefits of leverage and could reduce the value of
    the Fund&#146;s securities. The Fund may also borrow by entering
    into reverse repurchase agreements, which will subject the Fund
    to additional market risk, as well as credit risk with respect
    to the buyer of the securities under such an agreement. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The extent to which the Fund utilizes
    leverage to hedge against financial risks may increase its
    expenses and adversely affect the Fund&#146;s performance.&#148;
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    anti-takeover provisions in the Fund&#146;s charter and amended
    and restated by-laws and certain provisions of Maryland law may
    limit your ability to sell your shares at a
    premium.</FONT></I></B>
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    The Fund&#146;s charter and amended and restated by-laws and
    Maryland law contain certain anti-takeover provisions that,
    among other things, may have the effect of inhibiting the
    Fund&#146;s possible conversion to open-end status and delaying
    or limiting the ability of other persons to acquire control of
    the Fund. In certain circumstances, these provisions may also
    inhibit the ability of holders of common stock to sell their
    shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by
    discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of the
    Fund. The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors has determined that
    these provisions are in the best interests of the Fund and its
    stockholders. See &#147;Risk Factors-Risks Related to the
    Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The anti-takeover provisions
    in the Fund&#146;s charter and amended and restated by-laws and
    certain provisions of Maryland law may limit your ability to
    sell your shares at a premium.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    operating expenses of the Fund may be higher than investment
    companies that invest primarily in the securities of U.S.
    companies.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund&#146;s estimated annual operating expenses may be
    higher than those of most other investment companies that invest
    predominately in the securities of U.S.&#160;companies,
    primarily because of the additional time and expense required of
    the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser in pursuing the
    Fund&#146;s objective of long-term capital appreciation through
    investing in equity securities of Indian companies. Investments
    in Indian equity securities require additional time and expense
    because the available public information regarding such
    securities is more limited in comparison to, and not as
    comprehensive as, the information available for U.S.&#160;equity
    securities. In addition, brokerage commissions, custodial fees
    and other fees are generally higher for investments in foreign
    securities markets. As a result of these higher expected
    operating expenses, the Fund needs to generate higher relative
    returns to provide investors with an equivalent economic return.
    See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the
    Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The operating expenses of the
    Fund may be higher than investment companies that invest
    primarily in the securities of U.S.&#160;companies.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Future
    market disruptions resulting from terrorist attacks in the
    United States and elsewhere or U.S. military action abroad could
    negatively and adversely affect the market for the Fund&#146;s
    common stock.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The aftermath of the war with Iraq, instability in the Middle
    East and terrorist attacks in the United States and around the
    world may have a substantial impact on the U.S.&#160;and world
    economies and securities markets. The nature, scope and duration
    of the occupation of Iraq cannot be predicted with any
    certainty. Terrorist attacks closed some of the
    U.S.&#160;securities markets in 2001, and similar events cannot
    be ruled out in the future. The war and occupation, terrorism
    and related geopolitical risks have led, and may in the future
    lead to, increased short-term market volatility and may have
    adverse long-term effects on U.S.&#160;and world economies and
    markets generally. These risks may adversely affect individual
    issuers and securities markets, interest rates, secondary
    trading, ratings, investor psychology, credit risk, inflation
    and other factors relating to the Fund&#146;s common shares.
    High-yield securities tend to be more volatile than higher rated
    securities so that these events and any actions resulting from
    them may have a greater impact on the prices and volatility of
    high yield securities than on higher rated securities. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; Future market disruptions resulting from
    terrorist attacks in the United States and elsewhere or
    U.S.&#160;military action abroad could negatively and adversely
    affect the market for the Fund&#146;s common stock.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SUMMARY
    OF EXPENSES</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Stockholder transaction expenses<BR>
    sales load
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    None
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dividend reinvestment and cash purchase plan fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">

</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    *
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Repurchase offer fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %**
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Offering costs(1)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Annual expenses (as a percentage of average net assets
    attributable to common stock) Management fees(2)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Interest payments in borrowed funds
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Other expenses(3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total annual expenses(3)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Example</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following example demonstrates the projected dollar amount
    of total cumulative expense that would be incurred over various
    periods with respect to a hypothetical investment in the Fund.
    These amounts are based upon payment by the Fund of investment
    management and advisory fees and other expenses at the levels
    set forth in the above table.
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>1&#160;Year</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>3&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>10&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    You will pay the following expenses on a $1,000 investment,
    assuming a 5% annual return:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</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">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</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">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</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">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    &#160;* </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Participants in the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment and cash
    purchase plan pay only transaction-based charges. Actual costs
    will vary for each participant depending on the nature and
    number of transactions made. See &#147;Dividends and
    Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase
    Plan.&#148;</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    ** </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Participants in the Fund&#146;s repurchase offers pay a
    repurchase fee of up to 2% of the value of the shares
    repurchased. See &#147;Semi-Annual Repurchases of
    Securities.&#148;</TD>
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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    These costs include those incurred in connection with this
    offer, which are estimated at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    or approximately [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the total
    estimated net proceeds of the offer without giving effect to the
    issuance of additional shares pursuant to the over-subscription
    privilege.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The percentage shown is based upon the net assets of the Fund at
    <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009 and after giving effect to
    this offer (excluding the issuance of additional shares pursuant
    to the over-subscription privilege) and reflects the effects of
    breakpoints in the management fee schedule for assets in excess
    of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] million.</TD>
</TR>


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<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Based upon estimated expenses for the current fiscal year after
    giving effect to this offer (excluding the issuance of
    additional shares pursuant to the over-subscription privilege).
    Total expenses for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008
    before income taxes were 1.28% of average net assets.</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This example further assumes that the percentage amounts listed
    under Annual Expenses in the table above remain the same in the
    years shown, the reinvestment of all dividends and distributions
    at net asset value and the full exercise of all the rights. The
    above tables and the assumption in the example of a 5% annual
    return and reinvestment at net asset value are required by
    regulation of the U.S.&#160;Securities and Exchange Commission,
    which we refer to as the &#147;SEC,&#148; and are applicable to
    all investment companies, and the assumed 5% annual return is
    not a prediction of, and does not represent, the projected
    performance of the Fund&#146;s common stock. In addition,
    although the example assumes reinvestment of all distributions
    at net asset value, this may not be the case for participants in
    the dividend reinvestment and cash purchase plan. See
    &#147;Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and
    Cash Purchase Plan.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>We have prepared the foregoing table and example to assist
    you in understanding the various costs and expenses that you
    will bear, directly or indirectly. You should not consider this
    example or the foregoing table as a representation of future
    expenses or rate of return. The Fund&#146;s actual expenses may
    be more or less than those shown.</B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">FINANCIAL
    HIGHLIGHTS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The financial highlights table is intended to help you
    understand the Fund&#146;s financial performance for the periods
    presented and reflects financial results for a single Fund
    share. The information for each of the years presented has been
    derived from financial statements audited by
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, the Fund&#146;s independent
    registered public accounting firm, whose report is included in
    the Fund&#146;s financial statements which are incorporated by
    reference in this prospectus. The following information should
    be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes,
    which legally form a part of this prospectus and are available
    upon request.
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="18" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Years Ended December&#160;31,</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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2008</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2007</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2006</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2005*</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2004</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Per Share Operating Performance</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net asset value, beginning of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    64.78
</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">
    42.65
</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">
    34.07
</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">
    28.47
</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">
    23.76
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net investment income (loss)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )(2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )(2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )(2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.04
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.08
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, foreign
    currency holdings, and translation of other assets and
    liabilities denominated in foreign currency
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (40.28
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    31.82
</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">
    13.83
</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">
    11.35
</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">
    6.14
</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">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Income tax (expense) reversal
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    0.56
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (3)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )(4)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&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="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net increase (decrease) from investment operations after income
    taxes
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (40.35
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    31.68
</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">
    14.25
</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">
    10.59
</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">
    6.22
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Less: dividends and distributions:
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Net investment income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.26
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.13
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.06
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Short term capital gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.52
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.51
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Long term capital gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (6.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (8.66
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (4.84
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (3.89
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (1.51
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total dividends and distributions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (7.12
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (9.61
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (5.12
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (4.46
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (1.52
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&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="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Capital Share Transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Anti-dilutive (dilutive) effect of Share Repurchase Program
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.07
</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">
    0.06
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (5)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.01
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.01
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Anti-dilutive effect of Tender Offer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dilutive effect of Rights Offer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    (0.55
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.52
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&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="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total capital share transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.07
</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">
    0.06
</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">
    (0.55
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.53
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.01
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net asset value, end of period
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    17.38
</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">
    64.78
</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">
    42.65
</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">
    34.07
</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">
    28.47
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&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="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Per share market value, end of period
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18.30
</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">
    62.26
</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">
    45.90
</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">
    39.73
</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">
    29.63
</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">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Total investment return based on market value(1)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (57.73
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    59.57
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29.05
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    49.32
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    23.51
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Ratios/Supplemental Data</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net assets, end of period (in 000s)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    671,087
</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">
    2,754,124
</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">
    1,913,341
</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">
    1,083,714
</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">
    644,672
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of expenses after income taxes to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.28
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.21
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.13
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.64
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of expenses before income taxes to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.28
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.21
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.41
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.49
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.64
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.17
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.28
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.12
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.33
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Portfolio turnover
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    49.41
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29.39
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35.02
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    50.28
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35.90
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="18" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Years Ended December&#160;31,</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2003</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2002</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2001</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2000</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>1999</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Per Share Operating Performance</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net asset value, beginning of period
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12.72
</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">
    11.93
</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">
    16.18
</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">
    23.21
</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">
    8.85
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net investment income (loss)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.11
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.09
</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">
    0.07
</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">
    (0.16
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.10
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments, foreign
    currency holdings, and translation of other assets and
    liabilities denominated in foreign currency
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (2)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.76
</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">
    (4.29
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (7.27
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14.36
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Income tax expense
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net increase (decrease) from investment operations
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    11.11
</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">
    0.85
</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">
    (4.22
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (7.43
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14.26
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Less: dividends and distributions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Dividends from net investment income
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.13
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.09
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Distributions from net realized gains
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total dividends and distributions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Capital Share transactions</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.13
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.09
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Anti-dilutive effect of Share Repurchase Program
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.06
</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">
    0.01
</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">
    0.04
</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">
    0.40
</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">
    0.10
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Anti-dilutive effect of Tender Offer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    0.02
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Dilutive effect of Rights Offer
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</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">
    &#151;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Total capital share transactions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.06
</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">
    0.03
</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">
    0.04
</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">
    0.40
</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">
    0.10
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net asset value, end of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    23.76
</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">
    12.72
</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">
    11.93
</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">
    16.18
</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">
    23.21
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Per share market value, end of year
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    25.20
</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">
    10.59
</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">
    9.50
</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">
    12.06
</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">
    16.75
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Total investment return based on market value(1)</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    139.04
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12.36
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (20.69
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (27.99
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    165.35
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>Ratios/Supplemental Data</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Net assets, end of period (in 000s)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    556,811
</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">
    350,838
</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">
    366,491
</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">
    504,769
</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">
    768,948
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of expenses after income taxes to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.73
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.70
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.59
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.84
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of expenses before income taxes to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.73
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.70
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.59
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.84
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Ratios of net investment income (loss) to average net assets
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.72
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.65
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.57
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.75
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (0.68
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Portfolio turnover
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33.89
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    39.36
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    16.06
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    19.24
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18.65
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

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

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<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    *&#160;</TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Advantage Advisers, Inc. (&#147;Advantage Advisers&#148;), a
    subsidiary of Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and an affiliate
    of Oppenheimer&#160;&#038; Co. Inc. served as the Fund&#146;s
    investment adviser from August&#160;1, 1997 to December&#160;4,
    2005.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of
    common stock at the market price on the first day and a sale at
    the market price on the last day of each period reported.
    Dividends and distributions, if any, are assumed, for purposes
    of this calculation, to be reinvested at prices obtained under
    the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan. Total investment
    return does not reflect brokerage commissions or sales charges
    and is not annualized. Past performance is not a guarantee of
    future results.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Based on average shares outstanding.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    A reversal of $20,551,036 was made in 2006 to the prior
    year&#146;s tax provision (see Note&#160;B to the Fund&#146;s
    Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008).</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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    14
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<DIV style="width: 87%; margin-left: 6%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (4) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    A provision of $25,507,350 was made for U.S. federal income tax
    purposes for the fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2005. This
    provision was made as, at that time, it was unclear whether the
    Fund qualified to be taxed as a RIC under Subchapter M of the
    Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year ended
    December&#160;31, 2004 (see Note&#160;B to the Fund&#146;s
    Consolidated Financial Statements for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008).</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (5) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Less than $0.01 per share.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
<A name='104'>
<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
    FUND</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund, which was incorporated in Maryland on
    December&#160;27, 1993, is a non-diversified, closed-end
    management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The
    Fund&#146;s investment objective is long-term capital
    appreciation, which it seeks to achieve by investing primarily
    in the equity securities of Indian companies. Under normal
    market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund&#146;s total assets
    are invested in the equity securities of Indian companies. These
    are fundamental policies that may not be changed without the
    approval of a majority of the Fund&#146;s outstanding voting
    securities. The Fund cannot assure that its investment objective
    will be realized. Due to the risks inherent in international
    investments generally, you should consider the Fund as a vehicle
    for investing a portion of your assets in foreign securities
    markets and not as a complete investment program.
</DIV>
<A name='105'>
<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">INVESTMENT
    IN INDIA</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s investment objective and policies reflect the
    Investment Manager&#146;s opinion that economic and political
    developments and changes in the last several years and the
    recent election have well positioned India to experience a
    period of continued economic growth. The Investment Manager
    believes that India should continue to grow as an economic force
    and that investment in its securities markets will continue to
    offer significant potential for returns. For a description of
    India and its securities market, see &#147;Appendix&#160;B:
    Republic of India&#148; and &#147;Appendix&#160;C: The Indian
    Securities Market.&#148;
</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">Background</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Foreign investment in Indian securities is regulated by the
    Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules, regulations
    and notifications issued thereunder. This Act is the principal
    legislation that governs foreign investment and foreign exchange
    transactions in India.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In 2000, the Reserve Bank of India issued the Indian Foreign
    Exchange Management (Transfer or Issue of Security by a Person
    Resident Outside India) Regulations, 2000, which we refer to as
    the &#147;FEMA regulations,&#148; to regulate the issue of
    Indian securities to persons who reside outside India and the
    transfer of Indian securities by or to such persons. As a
    non-resident of India, the Fund must comply with FEMA
    Regulations. Under the FEMA regulations, a foreign investor may
    invest in Indian securities through the foreign direct
    investment route. Under the foreign direct investment route,
    investment may be made through the &#147;automatic&#148; route,
    which does not require the prior approval of the Reserve Bank of
    India/Foreign Investment Promotion Board, subject to certain
    conditions, or through the &#147;approval&#148; route, which
    requires the prior permission of the Reserve Bank of
    India/Foreign Investment Promotion Board but which is
    nonetheless subject to government-imposed foreign investment
    restrictions in certain economic sectors. The FEMA regulations
    also prescribe rules for the transfer of Indian securities
    between foreign, domestic, Indian and non-Indian security
    holders. Such transfers often require the approval of either the
    Indian government or the Reserve Bank of India.
</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">Investments
    by Foreign Institutional Investors</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A foreign investor may also invest in Indian securities through
    the foreign institutional investment route. Foreign
    institutional investors and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    thereof are regulated by the Securities and Exchange Board of
    India (Foreign Institutional Investors) Regulations, 1995 which
    we refer to as the &#147;FII Regulations.&#148;
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    15
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<DIV style="width: 87%; margin-left: 6%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Foreign institutional investors and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    wishing to invest and trade in Indian securities in India are
    required to register with SEBI and obtain special permission
    from the Reserve Bank of India. Once qualified under applicable
    Indian law, a foreign institutional investor or its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account,</FONT>
    subject to the restrictions noted below, may:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    buy and sell securities of Indian companies;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    realize capital gains on investments;
</TD>
</TR>


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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    participate in rights offerings for shares;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    appoint a domestic custodian for custody of investments
    made;&#160;and
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    repatriate capital, capital gains, dividends, interest income
    and any proceeds received in connection with the sale of Indian
    securities.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under applicable Indian law, a foreign institutional investor or
    a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    may only invest in the following Indian securities:
</DIV>

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

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

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

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    securities in the primary and secondary Indian markets including
    shares, debentures and warrants of Indian companies, unlisted,
    listed or to be listed on a recognized stock exchange in India;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    securities of Indian mutual funds, including the Unit Trust of
    India, whether or not listed on a recognized stock exchange,
    units of a scheme floated by a collective investment scheme;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    dated government securities;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Indian depositary receipts pursuant to a decision made at the
    SEBI board meeting held on April&#160;13, 2009;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    derivatives traded on a recognized Indian stock
    exchange;&#160;and
</TD>
</TR>


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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    commercial paper.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    FII investments are substantially restricted and controlled.
    These restrictions, such as the maximum percentage holding of
    any single equity, are controlled by SEBI, the RBI and are also
    subject to the Government of India Guidelines issues in this
    regard. Further, the operational mechanism for purchase, sale,
    settlement and movement of funds is restricted. For example,
    FIIs shall, subject to certain exceptions, deliver securities
    only in dematerialized form for settlement of their transactions
    undertaken on a recognized stock exchange
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Investments by all foreign institutional investors and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    under the FEMA regulations in the primary and secondary markets
    are subject to an aggregate ceiling of 24% of the equity capital
    or the value of each series of convertible debentures of any
    Indian company, with certain exceptions. This ceiling can be
    increased to the applicable statutory cap by a board resolution
    of the Indian company. The ceiling would apply to the total
    holdings of foreign institutional investors collectively in an
    Indian company. The FII Regulations prescribe that each broad
    based foreign institutional investor investing on its own behalf
    or on the behalf of its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    (broad based) can invest up to 10% of the equity capital of an
    Indian company. A foreign corporate or individual
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    can invest only up to 5% of the equity capital of an Indian
    company. Under the FII Regulations a &#147;broad based
    fund&#148; is defined as a fund established or incorporated
    outside of India, which has at least 20 investors, with no
    single individual investor holding more than 49% of the shares
    or units of the fund, provided that if the broad based fund has
    institutional investor(s) it shall not be necessary for the fund
    to have 20 investors, provided further that if the broad based
    fund has an institutional investor who holds more than 49% of
    the shares or units in the fund, then the institutional investor
    must itself be a broad based fund.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Investments by the foreign institutional investor made in its
    own behalf would be registered in the name of the foreign
    institutional investor while investments by the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    in Indian securities may be registered in the name of either the
    foreign institutional investor or the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account.</FONT>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Foreign institutional investors are also limited in their
    ability to invest in certain industries, such as the banking
    sector, insurance sector, telecom sector etc. In such
    industries, there is often a ceiling on total foreign holdings,
    against which holdings of foreign institutional investors are
    counted. To the extent that the ceiling has been reached in that
    industry, further investment by foreign institutional investors
    may not be permitted. Further, pursuant to Press Note&#160;2 of
    2009 issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
    (Ministry of Commerce and Industry),
</DIV>

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    investments by foreign institutional investors is also included
    in the computation of indirect foreign investment in Indian
    companies. This may further restrict the ability of the Fund to
    invest in companies incorporated in India which operate in
    sectors that are subject to foreign investment caps.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If a foreign institutional investor or a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    wishes to invest in securities through the Indian secondary
    market, it must, with certain exceptions, conduct its securities
    transactions through brokers certified by SEBI.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    With some exceptions, the total investments in equity and
    equity-related instruments, such as convertible debentures and
    tradeable warrants, made by a foreign institutional investor,
    whether on account of itself or its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts,</FONT>
    cannot be less than 70% of the aggregate of all the investments
    of the foreign institutional investor in India, made on its own
    or through its various
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts.</FONT>
    Pursuant to SEBI circular dated October&#160;16, 2008, in order
    to provide flexibility to FIIs to allocate investments across
    equity and debt, SEBI has decided to do away with the
    abovementioned restrictions on the ratio of equity and debt
    investments. Please note that no formal amendments to the FII
    Regulations have been made in this regard. It may be noted that
    there are certain industry-wide ceilings for FII investments in
    debt and accordingly, investment in debt would be subject to
    available headroom (discussed below). It may be noted that
    &#147;debt securities&#148; under the FII Regulations are
    defined to include government securities, commercial papers and
    treasury bills. Additionally, applicable Indian law imposes
    aggregate investment limitations on the dollar amount of certain
    Indian securities held by a foreign institutional investor. As
    per SEBI circular dated March&#160;13, 2009, the cumulative debt
    investment limits for FIIs in corporate debt is
    $15&#160;billion, of which $8&#160;billion will be allocated on
    an open bidding platform and the remaining limit will be
    allocated on a first come first serve basis, subject to a
    ceiling of Rs.&#160;2.49&#160;billion per registered entity.
    Pursuant to SEBI circular dated January&#160;31, 2008,
    investments by FIIs in units of debt oriented mutual funds are
    considered as investments in corporate debt and are reckoned
    within the stipulated limit earmarked for FII investments in
    corporate debt. The applicable investment limit for FIIs and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    is up to $5&#160;billion in government securities and treasury
    bills and $500&#160;million for investment in innovative
    perpetual debt instruments issued by banks. These limits are
    monitored by SEBI across all FIIs.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Currently, the following types of derivatives contracts are
    traded on the NSE and BSE: (a)&#160;index futures;
    (b)&#160;index options; (c)&#160;single stock futures;
    (d)&#160;single stock options; (e)&#160;interest rate
    derivatives (f)&#160;mini derivative contract on Index (Sensex
    and Nifty) and (g)&#160;exchange traded currency derivatives.
    The position limits for FII/sub-accounts are prescribed by SEBI
    on the basis of the type of derivative contract, the type of
    underlying i.e. index, single stock, interest rate/fixed income)
    and entity (i.e. FII or
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account).</FONT>
    The position limits are computed on a gross basis at the FII
    level and on a net basis at the level of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    and proprietary positions.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The open position for all derivative contracts is the open
    interest multiplied with the closing price of the respective
    underlying in the cash market. Set out below is a summary of the
    current position limits for derivative contracts:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Index Futures, Options and Mini Derivative Contracts on Index at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Sub-Account</FONT>
    Level. Disclosure must be given by any person or persons acting
    in concert who together own 15% or more of the open interest of
    all futures and options contracts on a particular underlying
    index on the exchange.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Stock Futures and Options at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Sub-Account</FONT>
    Level. The gross open position of a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    across all futures and options contracts on a particular
    underlying security should not exceed the higher of: (i)&#160;1%
    of the free float market capitalization (in terms of number of
    shares), or (ii)&#160;5% of the open interest in the derivative
    contracts on a particular underlying stock (in terms of number
    of contracts). These position limits are applicable on the
    combined position in all futures and options contracts on an
    underlying security on the exchange.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Interest Rate Derivative at the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Sub-Account</FONT>
    Level. The position limits for FII
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    are the same as the client level position limits specified for
    exchange traded interest rate derivatives. Therefore, the
    position limit for a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    in near month exchange traded interest rate derivative contracts
    is the higher of: (i)&#160;Rs.&#160;1000&#160;million; or
    (ii)&#160;15% of the total open interest in the market in
    exchange traded interest rate derivative contracts.
</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Exchange traded currency derivatives. The gross open position of
    a client across all contracts shall not exceed 6% of the total
    open interest or $10&#160;million, whichever is higher. This
    position limit is specific to an exchange and not to the
    exchange traded currency derivative market as a whole.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    is not permitted to issue any off-shore derivative instruments
    such as participatory notes, equity-linked notes or other
    similar instruments against securities listed or proposed to be
    listed on an Indian stock exchange as the underlying. Only an
    entity registered as a foreign institutional investor is
    permitted to issue such offshore derivate instruments, only to
    entities which are regulated by an appropriate foreign
    regulatory authority and subject to the compliance of &#147;know
    your client&#148; requirements. As a person regulated by an
    appropriate foreign regulatory authority, the Fund may subscribe
    to offshore derivative instruments issued by foreign
    institutional investors registered with SEBI. Further, a foreign
    institutional investor shall ensure that there is no further
    downstream issue or transfer of any offshore derivative
    instrument to any person other than a person regulated by an
    appropriate foreign regulatory authority. Moreover, a foreign
    institutional investor is required to disclose periodically
    certain information relating to off-shore derivative instruments
    entered into by such foreign institutional investor with respect
    to Indian securities such as the name of the parties involved,
    and the principal terms of, such off-shore derivative
    transactions.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to applicable laws, there are limits on ownership by
    (i)&#160;&#147;persons resident in India,&#148;
    (ii)&#160;&#147;non-resident Indian,&#148;
    (iii)&#160;&#147;persons of Indian origin&#148; or
    (iv)&#160;&#147;overseas corporate bodies&#148; of shares of
    certain foreign institutional investor
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts.</FONT>
    See &#147;Appendix&#160;C: The Indian Securities
    Market&#160;&#151; Regulatory Structure&#160;&#151; Restricted
    Persons.&#148; Such limits could apply to Fund shares.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At present, foreign institutional investor and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    registrations are granted on a permanent basis subject to the
    payment of the prescribed fees every three years.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Registered foreign institutional investors and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    are generally subject to tax under Section&#160;115AD of the
    Indian Income Tax Act of 1961. There is uncertainty under Indian
    law as to the tax regime applicable to foreign institutional
    investors or
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-accounts</FONT>
    that hold and trade in American depositary shares. See
    &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151; Indian Taxes.&#148;
</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">Pricing
    Regulations in Relation to Acquisition of Shares&#160;Through
    Secondary Purchase</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Generally, for transfers of shares between residents and
    non-residents resulting from purchase or sale transaction, no
    prior permission of the Foreign Investment Promotion Board or
    the Reserve Bank of India is required if the transfer of shares
    is done in compliance with the guidelines issued by the Reserve
    Bank of India and the price for such transfer is in accordance
    with the pricing guidelines issued by the Reserve Bank of India.
    With regard to unlisted securities, the Reserve Bank of India
    pricing guidelines prescribe a floor price in relation to
    transfer of shares from a resident to a nonresident, and a cap
    in relation to the transfer of shares from a non-resident to a
    resident. As a FII or a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account,</FONT>
    purchases and sales on the stock exchange are to be effected at
    the prevailing market price (except if executed through the
    &#147;block deal&#148; route).
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exchange
    Controls</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A foreign institutional investor or its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    may open both foreign currency denominated accounts and
    &#147;special non-resident rupee&#148; accounts with Indian
    banks, and any amount that the investor or its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    transfers between these accounts may occur at the prevailing
    rate of exchange. However, under rules and policies promulgated
    by the Reserve Bank of India, a foreign institutional investor
    or its
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">sub-account</FONT>
    may only invest in Indian securities out of its special
    non-resident rupee account. In addition, it may only repatriate
    amounts from its foreign currency account after its designated
    bank or custodian has deducted and paid all withholding taxes
    relating to any capital gains.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    OFFER</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<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">Terms of
    the Offer</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is offering to stockholders of record as of the close
    of business on <B><I>[record date]</I></B>, 2009
    non-transferable rights to subscribe for
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares of common stock of the Fund. The Fund may increase the
    number of shares of common stock subject to subscription by up
    to 25% of the shares, or up to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    additional shares, for an aggregate total of
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Each stockholder is being issued one right for each whole share
    of common stock owned on the record date. The rights entitle you
    to acquire at the subscription price one share for each
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights held. You need
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights to purchase one share at the subscription price. The Fund
    will not issue fractional shares upon the exercise of less than
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Rights may be exercised at any time during the subscription
    period, which commences on <B><I>[beginning date]</I></B>, 2009
    and ends at [5:00&#160;p.m.], Eastern daylight time, on
    <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009, unless extended by the
    Fund to not later than <B><I>[extended expiration date]</I></B>,
    2009 or terminated early as described herein (such date, as it
    may be extended, is referred to in this prospectus as the
    &#147;expiration date,&#148; and such period, as it may be
    extended, is referred to in this prospectus as the
    &#147;subscription period&#148;). See
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Expiration, Extension and Early Termination of
    the Offer&#148; below. A stockholder&#146;s right to acquire one
    additional share for each
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    rights held during the subscription period at the subscription
    price is referred to as the &#147;primary subscription.&#148;
    The rights are evidenced by subscription certificates, which
    will be mailed to subscribing stockholders.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, any stockholder who fully exercises all rights
    issued to him or her is entitled to subscribe for additional
    shares, which were not otherwise subscribed for in the primary
    subscription, at the subscription price, which we refer to as
    the &#147;over-subscription privilege.&#148; Shares acquired
    pursuant to the over-subscription privilege are subject to
    allotment and may be subject to increase, which is more fully
    discussed below under &#147;&#151;&#160;Over-Subscription
    Privilege.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The subscription price will be equal to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the net asset value per
    share of the Fund&#146;s common stock at the close of business
    on the date on which the offer expires.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Because the expiration date and the date upon which the price of
    the rights will be determined will be the same date,
    stockholders who exercise their rights will not know the
    purchase price of the shares when they make their investment
    decision. If the market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock is
    below the subscription price, it may not be in your interest to
    participate in this offering. Once you subscribe for shares and
    the Fund receives payment or a guarantee of payment, you will
    not be able to change your decision.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The rights are non-transferable. Therefore, only the underlying
    shares, and not the rights, will be listed for trading on the
    NYSE.
</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">Purposes
    of the Offer</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Board of Directors of the Fund has determined that it would
    be in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders to
    increase the assets of the Fund through this offer.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In consultation with the Investment Manager, the board
    determined that this offer may provide the following benefits:
</DIV>

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

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

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a greater ability to take advantage of investment opportunities
    without being required to sell current portfolio positions that
    the Investment Manager believes should be retained;
</TD>
</TR>


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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    additional investment flexibility in a period when increased
    political stability may drive positive market-oriented reforms
    over the long-term;
</TD>
</TR>


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


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    additional opportunity to capitalize on attractive investment
    opportunities in India, including initial public offerings,
    privatizations, placements and mid- and small-cap companies with
    attractive valuations;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    improved market visibility for the Fund;
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    improved liquidity of the trading market for the Fund&#146;s
    shares on the NYSE;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    additional capital to meet the demand for repurchases and
    dividend distributions without having to liquidate attractive
    holdings;&#160;and
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an opportunity for existing stockholders by providing them with
    an opportunity to purchase additional shares potentially at a
    price below the current market price without incurring
    significant transaction costs.
</TD>
</TR>

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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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Prior to reaching this conclusion, the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors, in consultation with the Investment Manager and
    others, reviewed the structure, timing and terms of this offer,
    as well as its dilutive effect on both stockholders who exercise
    their rights and those who do not and other potentially adverse
    consequences resulting from this offer. The Board of Directors
    also considered the fact that the Fund&#146;s semi-annual
    repurchase offers will tend to diminish assets over time and
    that that diminution in assets will offset in whole or in part
    the potential benefits discussed above. After careful
    consideration, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to
    approve the terms of this offer. However, there can be no
    assurance that the offer will provide any of the benefits listed
    above.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Two of the Fund&#146;s Directors who voted to authorize this
    offer are affiliated with the Investment Manager and the Country
    Adviser, and therefore could benefit indirectly from this offer.
    The other six Directors are not &#147;interested persons&#148;
    of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Subject to
    certain conditions as noted above, the Investment Manager, as
    well as the Country Adviser, may also benefit from this offer
    because their fees will be based on the net assets of the Fund.
    The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors considered this in its
    evaluation of the offer and determined that, in its business
    judgment, these increased fees were offset by the potential
    benefits of the offer to the Fund and its stockholders. See
    &#147;Investment Management and Other Services.&#148; It is not
    possible to state precisely the amount of additional
    compensation the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser
    might receive as a result of this offer because it is not known
    how many shares will be subscribed for and because the proceeds
    of this offer will be invested in additional portfolio
    securities, which will fluctuate in value. However, assuming
    that the value of the Fund&#146;s assets remained constant prior
    to the offer at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [million] (its
    approximate value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009)&#160;and after the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [billion] (which assumes that
    all rights are exercised at the estimated subscription price,
    including the additional shares that may be issued under the
    over-subscription privilege), the annual compensation received
    by the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser would increase
    by approximately $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] million
    (including fees paid to the Investment Manager in its capacity
    as the Fund&#146;s Administrator) and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. The Country
    Adviser&#146;s fee is paid by the Investment Manager and not
    directly by the Fund.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has no current plans to make additional rights
    offerings. However, the Fund may, in the future, choose to make
    additional rights offerings if the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors determines that a rights offering would be in the best
    interests of the Fund and its stockholders and would result in a
    net benefit to the stockholders. Any such future rights
    offerings, if any, will be made in accordance with the
    then-applicable requirements of the 1940&#160;Act and the
    U.S.&#160;Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the
    &#147;1933&#160;Act&#148;).
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    There can be no assurance that the Fund or its stockholders will
    achieve any of the foregoing objectives or benefits through this
    offer.
</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">Over-Subscription
    Privilege</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If some stockholders as of the record date do not exercise all
    of the rights initially issued to them, any shares for which
    subscriptions have not been received from stockholders will be
    offered by means of the over-subscription privilege to those
    stockholders as of the record date who have exercised all of the
    rights initially issued to them and who wish to acquire
    additional shares. Stockholders who exercise all of the rights
    initially issued to them should indicate on the subscription
    certificate how many shares they are willing to acquire through
    this over-subscription privilege. If sufficient shares are
    available, all over-subscription requests will be honored in
    full. If sufficient shares are not available to honor all
    requests for over-subscription, the Fund may increase the number
    of shares available by up to 25%, or
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
    shares in order to satisfy over-subscription requests.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To the extent that there are not sufficient shares to honor all
    over-subscription requests, the available shares will be
    allocated among those who over-subscribe based on the number of
    rights originally issued to them by the Fund, so that the number
    of shares issued to stockholders who subscribe through the
    over-subscription privilege will generally be in proportion to
    the number of shares of the Fund owned by them on the record
    date. The percentage of
</DIV>

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    remaining shares each over-subscribing stockholder may acquire
    may be rounded down to the nearest whole share to result in
    delivery of whole shares. The allocation process may involve a
    series of allocations in order to ensure that the total number
    of shares available for over-subscriptions is distributed, as
    nearly as may be practicable, on a pro rata basis. The Fund will
    not offer or sell any shares that are not subscribed for through
    the primary subscription or the over-subscription privilege.
</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">Subscription
    Price</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The subscription price will be equal to
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the net asset value per
    share of the Fund&#146;s common stock at the close of business
    on the date on which the offer expires.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund announced the offer after the close of business on
    May&#160;29, 2009. The last reported sale price of a share of
    the Fund&#146;s common stock on the NYSE on March&#160;31, 2009
    and <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009 was $16.93 and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively. The net asset
    value per share at the close of business on March&#160;31, 2009
    and <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009 was $16.55 and
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], respectively.
</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">Rights
    May Not Be Purchased or Sold</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The rights are non-transferable. You may not purchase or sell
    them. The rights will not trade on the NYSE or any other
    exchange. The shares to be issued upon the exercise of the
    rights, however, will trade on the NYSE under the symbol
    &#147;IFN.&#148; If you do not exercise your rights before the
    conclusion of this offer, your rights will expire without value.
</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">Expiration,
    Extension and Early Termination of the Offer</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The expiration date is [5:00&#160;p.m.], Eastern daylight time,
    on <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009, unless extended by the
    Fund to not later than <B><I>[extended expiration date]</I></B>,
    2009 or terminated early as described herein. The Fund may elect
    to extend the offer in order to, among other things, increase
    potential stockholder participation in the offer or allow
    stockholders additional time to evaluate the terms of the offer.
    Moreover, the Fund may extend the offer upon the occurrence of
    the events described below under &#147;&#151;&#160;Notice of Net
    Asset Value Decline-Possible Suspension or Withdrawal of the
    Offer.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The rights will expire on the expiration date and may not be
    exercised after that date. Because the expiration date and the
    date upon which the price of the rights will be determined will
    be the same date, stockholders who exercise their rights will
    not know the purchase price of the shares when they make their
    investment decision. Once you subscribe for shares and the Fund
    receives payment or a guarantee of payment, you will not be able
    to change your decision except as provided under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Notice of Net Asset Value Decline-Possible
    Suspension or Withdrawal of the Offer.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may elect to terminate the offer early if, in the
    judgment of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors, market
    circumstances significantly change and the Fund&#146;s board
    determines that the offer no longer constitutes a net benefit to
    the Fund or the Fund&#146;s stockholders. In such event, the
    Fund&#146;s board would likely determine that the risks
    associated with proceeding with the offer would be greater to
    the Fund and the Fund&#146;s stockholders than the risks
    associated with early termination, which risks could include
    negative public perception of the Fund and a negative impact on
    the Fund&#146;s performance.
</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">Subscription
    Agent</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The subscription agent for this offer is The Colbent
    Corporation, which will receive, for its administrative,
    processing, invoicing and other services as subscription agent,
    an estimated fee of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] and
    reimbursement for all
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT>
    expenses related to this offer. Stockholder inquiries may be
    directed to Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc., the
    information agent, toll-free at 1-866-297-1264.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    THE SIGNED SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATES SHOULD BE SENT TO THE
    COLBENT CORPORATION, by one of the following methods:
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
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<TD align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <I>By First Class&#160;Mail:</I>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    <I>By Express Mail or</I>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    The Colbent Corporation
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    <I>Overnight Courier:</I>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The Colbent Corporation
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Att: Corporate Actions
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    PO&#160;Box&#160;859208
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Att: Corporate Actions
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Braintree, MA
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02185-9208</FONT>
</DIV>
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    161 Bay State Road
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&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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    Braintree, MA 02184
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    <I>By Facsimile Transmission:</I>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1-781-930-4939
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    C<I>onfirm by Telephone:</I>
</DIV>

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    1-781-930-4900
</DIV>

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    <B>The Fund will only accept subscription certificates actually
    received on a timely basis. If you deliver the certificates to
    an address other than as set forth above, that delivery will not
    be effective.</B>
</DIV>

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

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Any questions or requests for assistance may be directed to the
    information agent at its telephone number listed below:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Toll Free: 1-866-297-1264
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders may also call their nominees, who hold shares for
    the account of others, for information with respect to this
    offer.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund will pay an estimated fee of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] to Georgeson Shareholder
    Communications Inc. and reimburse it for all
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">out-of-pocket</FONT>
    expenses related to its services as information agent.
</DIV>

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

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Method
    for Exercising Rights</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Rights may be exercised by stockholders who fill in and sign the
    accompanying subscription certificate and mail it in the
    envelope provided or deliver the completed and signed
    subscription certificate to the subscription agent, together
    with any required payment for the shares as described below
    under &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares.&#148; Rights may
    also be exercised by a stockholder contacting his or her broker,
    bank or trust company, which can arrange, on the
    stockholder&#146;s behalf, to guarantee delivery, using a
    &#147;notice of guaranteed delivery,&#148; of a properly
    completed and executed subscription certificate and payment for
    the shares. The broker, bank or trust company may charge a fee
    for this service. Fractional shares will not be issued.
    Completed subscription certificates must be received by the
    subscription agent prior to [5:00&#160;p.m.], Eastern daylight
    time, on the expiration date (unless payment is to be effected
    by means of a notice of guaranteed delivery at the offices of
    the subscription agent. See &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for
    Shares.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Depending on your status, the following methods of delivery
    should be used:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <I>For stockholders who are record
    owners.</I>&#160;&#160;Stockholders who are record owners can
    choose between either option set forth below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares.&#148; If time is of the
    essence, option (1)&#160;set forth below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares&#148; will permit delivery
    of the subscription certificate and payment after the expiration
    date.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <I>For investors whose shares are held through a
    nominee.</I>&#160;&#160;Stockholders whose shares are held by a
    nominee such as a broker, bank or trust company must contact
    that nominee to exercise their rights. In that case, the nominee
    will complete the subscription certificate on behalf of the
    stockholder and arrange for proper payment by one of the methods
    set forth below under &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares.&#148;
</TD>
</TR>

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

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

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <I>For nominees.</I>&#160;&#160;Nominees, who hold shares for
    the account of others, should notify the respective beneficial
    owners of such shares as soon as possible to ascertain the
    beneficial owners&#146; intentions and to obtain instructions
    with respect to the rights. If the beneficial owner so
    instructs, the nominee should complete the subscription
    certificate and submit it to the subscription agent, together
    with the proper payment described below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares.&#148;
</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Payment
    for Shares</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Stockholders who acquire shares in the primary subscription or
    pursuant to the over-subscription privilege may choose between
    the following methods of payment:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (1)&#160;If, prior to [5:00&#160;p.m.], Eastern daylight time,
    on the expiration date, the subscription agent has received a
    notice of guaranteed delivery by facsimile or otherwise from a
    bank, trust company or a NYSE member firm guaranteeing delivery
    of (a)&#160;payment of the full subscription price for the
    shares subscribed for in the primary subscription and any
    additional shares subscribed for through the over-subscription
    privilege and (b)&#160;a properly completed and executed
    subscription certificate, the subscription will be accepted by
    the subscription agent. The bank, trust company or NYSE member
    firm may charge you a fee for this service. The subscription
    agent will not honor a notice of guaranteed delivery if a
    properly completed and executed subscription certificate is not
    received by the subscription agent by the close of business on
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (2)&#160;Alternatively, a record owner can send payment for the
    shares acquired in the primary subscription, together with the
    subscription certificate, to the subscription agent based on an
    estimated subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share. To be accepted,
    such payment, together with the subscription certificate, must
    be received by the subscription agent prior to [5:00&#160;p.m.],
    Eastern daylight time, on the expiration date.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>If the second method described above is used, payment by
    check must accompany any subscription certificate for the
    subscription certificate to be accepted.</B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If the market price of the Fund&#146;s common stock is below the
    subscription price, it may not be in your interest to
    participate in this offering. You will have no right to rescind
    your subscription after receipt of your payment for shares by
    the subscription agent, except as provided below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Notice of Net Asset Value Decline/Possible
    Suspension or Withdrawal of the Offer.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The subscription agent will deposit all checks received by it
    prior to the final due date into a segregated interest bearing
    and insured account at a non-affiliated bank pending
    distribution of the shares. Interest will accrue to the benefit
    of the Fund regardless of whether shares are issued by the Fund.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>The method of delivery of subscription certificates and
    payment of the subscription price to the Fund will be at your
    election and risk, but, if sent by mail, we recommend that you
    send the subscription certificates and payment by registered
    mail, properly insured with return receipt requested, and that a
    sufficient number of days be allowed to ensure delivery to the
    Fund prior to</B> [<B>5:00&#160;p.m.], eastern daylight time, on
    the expiration date. The Fund reserves the right not to accept
    your payment if payment is not received in a timely fashion. You
    are therefore strongly encouraged to pay, or arrange for
    payment, by means of a certified or bank cashier&#146;s
    check.</B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A confirmation will be sent by the subscription agent to each
    stockholder (or, if the Fund&#146;s shares on the record date
    are held by a nominee, to such nominee) by <B><I>[subscription
    deadline]</I></B>, 2009, showing:
</DIV>

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</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the number of shares acquired pursuant to the primary
    subscription;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the number of shares, if any, acquired through the
    over-subscription privilege;
</TD>
</TR>


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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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the per share and total purchase price for the shares;&#160;and
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    any additional amount payable by the stockholder to the Fund or
    any excess to be refunded by the Fund to the stockholder, in
    each case based on the subscription price as determined on the
    Pricing Date.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In the case of any stockholder who exercises his or her right to
    acquire shares pursuant to the over-subscription privilege, any
    excess payment which would otherwise be refunded to the
    stockholder will be applied by the Fund
</DIV>

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    toward payment for additional shares acquired pursuant to
    exercise of the over-subscription privilege. Any additional
    payment required from a stockholder must be received by the
    subscription agent by <B><I>[payment date]</I></B>, 2009. Any
    excess payment to be refunded by the Fund to a stockholder will
    be mailed by the subscription agent to such stockholder as
    promptly as possible after <B><I>[payment date]</I></B>, 2009.
    All payments by a stockholder must be made in United States
    dollars by money order or check drawn on a bank located in the
    United States of America and payable to The India Fund, Inc.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Issuance and delivery of certificates for the shares purchased
    are subject to collection of checks and actual payment through
    any notice of guaranteed delivery.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If a stockholder who acquires shares pursuant to the primary
    subscription or over-subscription privilege does not make
    payment of all amounts due by <B><I>[payment date]</I></B>,
    2009, the Fund reserves the right, among other things, to:
</DIV>

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

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    find other purchasers for such subscribed and unpaid shares;
    and/or
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    apply any payment actually received by it toward the purchase of
    the greatest number of whole shares which could be acquired by
    such stockholder upon exercise of the primary subscription
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    over-subscription privilege.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    All questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and
    eligibility of any exercise of rights will be determined by the
    Fund, whose determinations will be final and binding. The Fund
    may, in its sole discretion, waive any defect or irregularity,
    or permit a defect or irregularity to be corrected within such
    time as it may determine, or reject the purported exercise of
    any right. Subscriptions will not be deemed to have been
    received or accepted until all irregularities have been waived
    or cured within such time as the Fund determines in its sole
    discretion. The Fund will not be under any duty to give
    notification of any defect or irregularity in connection with
    the submission of subscription certificates or incur any
    liability for failure to give such notification.
</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">Notice of
    Net Asset Value Decline/Possible Suspension or Withdrawal of the
    Offer</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has, as required by the SEC, undertaken to suspend this
    offer until it amends this prospectus if, subsequent to the
    effective date of the Fund&#146;s Registration Statement, the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value declines more than 10% from its net
    asset value as of the effective date. Accordingly, the Fund will
    notify stockholders of any such decline and thereby permit them
    to cancel their exercise of rights.
</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">Delivery
    of Share Certificates</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Participants in the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment and cash
    purchase plan will have any shares acquired in the primary
    subscription and pursuant to the over-subscription privilege
    credited to their accounts in the plan. Stock certificates will
    not be issued for shares credited to plan accounts. Stockholders
    whose shares are held of record by a nominee on their behalf
    will have any shares acquired in the primary subscription and
    pursuant to the over-subscription privilege credited to the
    account of such nominee. For all other stockholders, the Fund
    will issue stock certificates for shares acquired through
    subscription only upon request made at the time of exercise of
    the rights. If a request is made, stock certificates will be
    mailed promptly after <B><I>[payment date]</I></B>, 2009 and
    after full payment for the subscribed shares has been received
    and cleared. If a stockholder holds shares in more than one
    account, each account will be treated as a separate holder for
    purposes of the offer.
</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">Restrictions
    on Foreign Stockholders</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund will not mail subscription certificates to stockholders
    whose record addresses are outside the United States. PNC Global
    Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. will hold the rights to which
    subscription certificates relate for foreign stockholders
    accounts until instructions are received to exercise the rights.
    If no instructions are received prior to the expiration date,
    which is <B><I>[expiration date]</I></B>, 2009, the rights will
    expire. Foreign stockholders holding shares through a
    U.S.&#160;broker-dealer should contact the broker-dealer
    regarding this offer.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">United
    States Federal Income Tax Consequences of the Offer</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Stockholders who receive rights pursuant to this offer will not
    recognize taxable income for United States federal income tax
    purposes upon their receipt of the rights. If rights issued to a
    stockholder expire without being exercised, no basis will be
    allocated to such rights, and the stockholder will not recognize
    any gain or loss for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes upon
    such expiration.
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    Provided that the fair market value of the rights distributed
    pursuant to this offer is less than 15% of the fair market value
    of the Fund&#146;s common stock at the time of distribution, the
    tax basis of a stockholder&#146;s common stock will remain
    unchanged, and the stockholder&#146;s basis in the rights will
    be zero. A stockholder may, however, elect to allocate his basis
    in his common stock between his rights and common stock based on
    their relative fair market values on the date of distribution of
    the rights; this allocation is mandatory if the fair market
    value of the rights distributed pursuant to this offer is at
    least equal to 15% of the fair market value of the Fund&#146;s
    common stock at the time of distribution. A stockholder who
    exercises rights will not recognize any gain or loss for United
    States federal income tax purposes upon the exercise. The basis
    of the newly acquired common stock will equal the subscription
    price paid for the common stock plus the basis allocated to the
    rights that are exercised, if any. Upon a sale or exchange of
    the common stock so acquired, the stockholder will recognize
    gain or loss measured by the difference between the proceeds of
    the sale or exchange and the cost basis of such common stock.
    Assuming the stockholder holds the common stock as a capital
    asset, any gain or loss realized upon its sale will generally be
    treated as a capital gain or loss, and the gain or loss will be
    long-term capital gain or loss if the common stock has a holding
    period of more than one year at the time of the sale. However,
    any loss recognized upon the sale of shares of common stock with
    a tax holding period of six months or less will be treated as a
    long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain
    distribution previously received or deemed received by the
    stockholder with respect to such shares, and a loss may be
    disallowed under wash sale rules to the extent that the
    stockholder purchases additional common stock (including by
    reinvestment of distributions) within 30&#160;days before or
    after the sale date. The holding period for common stock
    acquired upon the exercise of rights will begin on the date of
    exercise of the rights.
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    The foregoing is a summary of certain U.S.&#160;federal income
    tax consequences of this offer under the provisions of the
    Internal Revenue Code and applicable existing and proposed
    regulations thereunder, all as currently in effect and all
    subject to change at any time, perhaps with retroactive effect.
    It does not include any state, local or foreign tax consequences
    of this offer. This summary is generally applicable to
    stockholders that are United States persons as defined in the
    Internal Revenue Code. Further, this summary is not intended to
    be, nor should it be, construed as legal or tax advice, and
    stockholders are urged to consult their own tax advisors to
    determine the tax consequences to them of this offer and their
    ownership of rights and common stock.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Dilution</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As a result of this offer, you will incur immediate economic
    dilution, and, if you do not exercise all of your rights, you
    may incur dilution of ownership, voting rights and your share of
    any distributions made by the Fund.
</DIV>

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    You should expect that you will, at the completion of this
    offer, experience immediate dilution of net asset value per
    share because the subscription price will be less than the net
    asset value per share, and the number of shares outstanding
    after the offer will have increased proportionately more than
    the increase in the size of the Fund&#146;s net assets. This
    dilution of net asset value will disproportionately affect
    stockholders who do not exercise their rights. In addition,
    whether or not you exercise your rights, you will experience a
    dilution of net asset value because you will indirectly bear the
    expenses of this offer, which include, among other items, SEC
    registration fees, state &#147;blue sky&#148; qualification
    fees, printing expenses and the fees assessed by service
    providers (including the cost of the Fund&#146;s counsel and
    accountants). We cannot state precisely the amount of any
    decrease because we do not know at this time how many shares
    will be subscribed for or what the net asset value per share
    will be at the pricing date. For example, assuming (i)&#160;a
    net asset value of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [million]
    (the Fund&#146;s approximate net asset value on <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009), (ii)&#160;a subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] (which is
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the Fund&#146;s approximate
    net asset value per share on <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009)&#160;and (iii)&#160;that all rights are exercised at the
    estimated subscription price, including the additional shares
    that may be issued under the over-subscription privilege, the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value per share (after payment of
    estimated expenses) would be reduced by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share. As of <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009, the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share
    was $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
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    In addition to the economic dilution described above, if you do
    not exercise all of your rights, you may incur dilution of
    ownership and voting rights, as well as dilution of your share
    of any distributions made by the Fund, as a result of this
    offer. This dilution may occur because you could own a smaller
    interest in the Fund after the offer than you owned prior to the
    offer. If you do not submit a subscription request pursuant to
    the over-subscription privilege, you may also experience
    dilution in your Fund ownership if the Fund offers additional
    shares for subscription.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">USE OF
    PROCEEDS</FONT></B>
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    We estimate the net proceeds of this offer to be approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]. If the Fund increases the
    number of shares subject to subscription by 25%, then the total
    net proceeds of the offer will be approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]. These figures assume all
    rights are exercised in full, a subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], and payment of offering
    expenses of approximately $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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    The offering is designed to raise funds to be invested
    consistent with the Fund&#146;s investment objectives and
    policies. The Investment Manager anticipates that investment of
    the net proceeds of this offer in accordance with the
    Fund&#146;s investment goal and policies may take up to six
    months from their receipt by the Fund depending on market
    conditions and the availability of appropriate securities. See
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations.&#148; Pending investment, the net proceeds of this
    offer will be held in the types of short- term debt securities
    and instruments in which the Fund may invest. See
    &#147;Investment Objective and Policies.&#148; As a result of
    this short-term investment of the proceeds, a lower yield may be
    realized.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INVESTMENT
    OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital
    appreciation, which it seeks to achieve by investing primarily
    in the equity securities of Indian companies. Equity securities
    include common and preferred stock (including convertible
    preferred stock), American, global or other types of depositary
    receipts, or ADRs, convertible bonds, notes and debentures,
    equity interests in trusts, partnerships, joint ventures or
    similar enterprises and common stock purchase warrants and
    rights. Most of the equity securities purchased by the Fund are
    expected to be traded on an Indian stock exchange or in an
    Indian over-the-counter market.
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    The Fund&#146;s investment objective and its policy to invest,
    under normal market conditions, at least 80% of its total assets
    in equity securities of Indian companies are fundamental
    policies of the Fund that may not be changed without the
    approval of a majority of the Fund&#146;s outstanding voting
    securities. See &#147;Investment Restrictions.&#148;
</DIV>

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

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    Under normal market conditions, at least 80% of the Fund&#146;s
    total assets are invested in equity securities of Indian
    companies. &#147;Indian companies&#148; include companies that:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    are organized under the laws of India,
</TD>
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    regardless of where organized, derive at least 50% of their
    revenues or profits from goods produced or sold, investments
    made, or services performed, in India, or have at least 50% of
    their assets in India,&#160;or
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    have securities which are traded principally on any Indian stock
    exchange or in the Indian over-the-counter market.
</TD>
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    Up to 20% of the Fund&#146;s total assets may be invested,
    subject to certain restrictions, in:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    equity securities of companies (other than companies considered
    &#147;Indian companies&#148; under the above criteria),
    regardless of where organized, which the Investment Manager
    believes derive, or will derive, at least 25% of their revenues
    from business in or with India, or have at least 25% of their
    assets in India,
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    debt securities denominated in Indian rupees or issued or
    guaranteed by an Indian company, the Government of India or an
    Indian governmental entity,&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    debt securities of the type described below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Temporary Investments.&#148; We refer to these
    securities as &#147;temporary investments.&#148;
</TD>
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    Up to 20% of the Fund&#146;s assets may also be utilized to
    purchase and sell options on securities, financial futures,
    fixed income indices and other financial futures contracts,
    enter into interest rate transactions and to enter into currency
    transactions, sell securities short and loan portfolio
    securities. The Fund will only invest in such assets in order to
    hedge against financial risks. The Fund will not be obligated,
    however, to do any hedging and makes no representation as to the
    availability of these techniques at this time or at any time in
    the future. See &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to
    the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151; The Fund&#146;s ability
    to successfully hedge against financial risks may adversely
    affect the Fund&#146;s net asset value&#148; and
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities&#160;&#151; Hedging.&#148;
</DIV>

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    The Fund&#146;s assets may be invested in debt securities, other
    than temporary investments, when the Investment Manager believes
    that, based upon factors such as relative interest rate levels
    and foreign exchange rates, such securities offer opportunities
    for long-term capital appreciation. The Fund may invest up to
    100% of its assets in temporary investments for temporary
    defensive purposes due to political, market or other factors
    affecting markets in India.
</DIV>

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    The Fund may invest in investment funds that invest at least 80%
    of their total assets in the equity securities of Indian
    companies in which the Fund is authorized to invest. The Fund
    may invest in investment funds as a means of investing in other
    equity securities in which the Fund is authorized to invest when
    the Investment Manager believes that such investments may be
    more advantageous to the Fund than a direct market purchase of
    such securities. Under the 1940 Act, the Fund is restricted in
    the amount it may invest in such funds. See &#147;Additional
    Investment Activities&#160;&#151; Investment Funds.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may invest its assets in a broad spectrum of
    industries. In selecting industries and companies for
    investment, the Investment Manager will consider overall growth
    prospects, financial condition, competitive position,
    technology, research and development, productivity, labor costs,
    raw material costs and sources, profit margins, return on
    investment, structural changes in local economies, capital
    resources, the degree of government regulation or deregulation,
    management and other factors. See &#147;Investment
    Restrictions.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    While the Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in
    the securities of established Indian companies, it also may
    invest in the securities of less seasoned and smaller and
    mid-capitalization Indian companies. There are risks associated
    with investments in securities of small and medium
    capitalization companies that are not customarily associated
    with investments in securities of more established and larger
    capitalized companies. Although the opportunities for growth may
    be greater with these companies, they also involve greater
    risks. For example, they are more susceptible to abrupt and
    erratic price movements and adverse general market and economic
    developments, and it may be more difficult to obtain information
    about these companies because they tend to be less well known
    and followed by fewer securities analysts. See &#147;Risk
    Factors-Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations-Investments
    in unseasoned and small and mid-capitalization Indian companies
    may expose the Fund to greater investment risk.&#148;
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may hold
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    invest its assets in cash
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    temporary investments for cash management purposes, pending
    investment in accordance with the Fund&#146;s investment
    objective and policies and to meet operating expenses. In
    addition, the Fund may take a temporary defensive posture and
    invest without limitation in temporary investments. The Fund may
    assume a temporary defensive posture when, due to political,
    market or other factors broadly affecting markets, the
    Investment Manager determines that either opportunities for
    capital appreciation in those markets may be significantly
    limited or that significant diminution in value of the
    securities traded in those markets may occur. To the extent that
    the Fund invests in temporary investments, it may not achieve
    its investment objective.
</DIV>

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    Specifically, &#147;temporary investments&#148; are debt
    securities denominated in U.S.&#160;dollars or in another freely
    convertible currency including:
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</TD>
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    short-term (less than 12&#160;months to maturity) and
    medium-term (not greater than five years to maturity)
    obligations issued or guaranteed by:
</TD>
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</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the U.S.&#160;government or the Indian government or their
    agencies or instrumentalities,&#160;or
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</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    international organizations designated or supported by multiple
    foreign governmental entities to promote economic reconstruction
    or development;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    finance company obligations, corporate commercial paper and
    other short-term commercial obligations, in each case rated, or
    issued by companies with similar securities outstanding that are
    rated, Prime-1 or A or better by Moody&#146;s Investors Service,
    Inc. or <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">A-1</FONT>
    or A or better by Standard&#160;&#038; Poor&#146;s Ratings
    Services, a division of the McGraw Hill Companies, Inc., or, if
    unrated, of comparable quality as determined by the Investment
    Manager;
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    <TD align="left">
    obligations (including certificates of deposit, time deposits,
    demand deposits and bankers&#146; acceptances) of banks, subject
    to the restriction that the Fund may not invest more than 25% of
    its total assets in bank securities;&#160;and
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    repurchase agreements with respect to securities in which the
    Fund may invest. The banks whose obligations may be purchased by
    the Fund and the banks and broker-dealers with which the Fund
    may enter into repurchase agreements include any member bank of
    the U.S.&#160;Federal Reserve System and any broker-dealer or
    any foreign bank that has been determined by the Investment
    Manager to be creditworthy.
</TD>
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    Repurchase agreements are contracts pursuant to which the seller
    of a security agrees at the time of sale to repurchase the
    security at an agreed upon price and date. When the Fund enters
    into a repurchase agreement, the seller will be required to
    maintain the value of the securities subject to the repurchase
    agreement, marked to market daily, at not less than their
    repurchase price. Repurchase agreements may involve risks in the
    event of insolvency or other default by the seller, including
    possible delays or restrictions upon the Fund&#146;s ability to
    dispose of the underlying securities.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    Investments</FONT></B>
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    <I>Illiquid securities.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may invest up to
    20% of its total assets in illiquid securities for which there
    may be no or only a limited trading market and for which a low
    trading volume of a particular security may result in abrupt and
    erratic price movements. The Fund does not currently intend to
    invest in privately placed securities other than those where no
    term, other than price and payment terms, is negotiated. The
    Fund may be unable to dispose of its holdings in illiquid
    securities at then-current market prices and may have to dispose
    of such securities over extended periods of time. See &#147;Risk
    Factors-Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations&#160;&#151;
    The Fund&#146;s investments in illiquid securities may restrict
    its ability to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion
    and at a price approximating the value at which the Fund carries
    the securities on its books.&#148; In some cases, illiquid
    securities will be subject to contractual or legal restrictions
    on transfer. In addition, issuers whose securities are not
    publicly traded may not be subject to the disclosure and other
    investor protection requirements that may be applicable if their
    securities were publicly traded.
</DIV>

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    <I>Rule&#160;144A securities.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may
    purchase certain restricted securities, or Rule&#160;144A
    securities, for which there is a secondary market of qualified
    institutional buyers, as contemplated by Rule&#160;144A under
    the 1933&#160;Act. Rule&#160;144A provides an exemption from the
    registration requirements of the 1933&#160;Act for the resale of
    certain restricted securities to qualified institutional buyers.
    One effect of Rule&#160;144A is that certain restricted
    securities may now have liquidity, though there is no assurance
    that a liquid market for Rule&#160;144A securities will develop
    or be maintained. To the extent that the number of qualified
    institutional buyers is reduced, a previously liquid
    Rule&#160;144A security may be determined to be illiquid, thus
    increasing the percentage of illiquid assets in the Fund&#146;s
    portfolio. The Board of Directors has adopted policies and
    procedures for the purpose of determining whether securities
    that are eligible for resale under Rule&#160;144A are liquid or
    illiquid securities. Pursuant to those policies and procedures,
    the Board of Directors has delegated to the Investment Manager
    the determination as to whether a particular security is liquid
    or illiquid.
</DIV>

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    <I>Convertible securities.</I>&#160;&#160;A convertible security
    is a bond, debenture, note, preferred stock or other security
    that may be converted into or exchanged for a prescribed amount
    of common stock of the same or a different issuer within a
    particular period of time at a specified price or formula. A
    convertible security entitles the holder to receive interest
    generally paid or accrued on debt or the dividend paid on
    preferred stock until the convertible security matures or is
    redeemed, converted or exchanged. Convertible securities have
    several unique investment characteristics such as:
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    higher yields than common stocks but lower yields than
    comparable nonconvertible securities;
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    a lesser degree of fluctuation in value than the underlying
    stock since they have fixed income characteristics;&#160;and
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    the potential for capital appreciation if the market price of
    the underlying common stock increases.
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    A convertible security might be subject to redemption at the
    option of the issuer at a price established in the convertible
    security&#146;s governing instrument. If a convertible security
    held by the Fund is called for redemption, the Fund may be
    required to permit the issuer to redeem the security, convert it
    into the underlying common stock or sell it to a third party.
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    In selecting convertible debt securities for the Fund, the
    following factors, among others, may be considered by the
    Investment Manager:
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    the creditworthiness of the issuers of the securities;
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    the interest income generated by the securities;
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    the potential for capital appreciation of the securities and the
    underlying stock;
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    the conversion prices of the securities relative to the
    underlying stocks;&#160;and
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    the conversion prices of the securities relative to other
    comparable securities.
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    <I>Warrants.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may invest in warrants,
    which are securities permitting but not obligating their holder
    to subscribe for other securities. Warrants do not carry with
    them the right to dividends or voting rights with respect to the
    securities that they entitle their holder to purchase, and they
    do not represent any rights in the assets of an issuer. As a
    result, an investment in warrants may be considered more
    speculative than certain other types of investments. In
    addition, the value of a warrant does not necessarily change
    with the value of the underlying securities, and a warrant
    ceases to have value if it is not exercised prior to its
    expiration date.
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    <I>Equity-linked debt securities.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may
    invest in equity-linked debt securities. The amount of interest
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    principal payments that an issuer of equity-linked debt
    securities is obligated to make is linked to the performance of
    a specified index of equity securities and may be significantly
    greater or less than payment obligations in respect of other
    types of debt securities. As a result, an investment in
    equity-linked debt securities may be considered more speculative
    than other types of debt securities. In selecting equity-linked
    debt securities for the Fund, the Investment Manager may
    consider, among other factors, the creditworthiness of the
    issuers of the securities and the volatility of the index of
    equity securities.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ADDITIONAL
    INVESTMENT ACTIVITIES</FONT></B>
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    In addition to the investment policies discussed above, the Fund
    may engage in certain additional investment activities. These
    activities may be limited by Indian law or regulations.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Hedging</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund is authorized to use various hedging and investment
    strategies. From time to time and as permitted by the 1940 Act,
    the Fund may engage in certain hedging activities described
    below to hedge various market risks (such as broad or specific
    market movements and interest rates and currency exchange rates).
</DIV>

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    In addition, techniques and instruments may change over time as
    new instruments and strategies are developed or regulatory
    changes occur. Limitations on the portion of the Fund&#146;s
    assets that may be used in connection with the investment
    strategies described below are set out in &#147;Appendix&#160;A:
    General Characteristics and Risks of Hedging.&#148;
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    Subject to the constraints described above, the Fund may
    purchase and sell interest rate, currency or stock index futures
    contracts and enter into currency forward contracts and currency
    swaps. It may purchase and sell (or write) exchange listed and
    over-the-counter put and call options on debt and equity
    securities, currencies, futures contracts, fixed income and
    stock indices and other financial instruments. And it may enter
    into interest rate transactions, equity swaps and related
    transactions and other similar transactions that may be
    developed to the extent the Investment Manager determines are
    consistent with the Fund&#146;s investment objective and
    policies and
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    applicable regulatory requirements. The Fund&#146;s futures
    transactions will be entered into for hedging purposes. There
    is, however, no limit on the Fund&#146;s assets that can be put
    at risk through the use of futures contracts and options
    thereon, and the value of the Fund&#146;s futures contracts and
    options thereon may equal or exceed 100% of the Fund&#146;s
    total assets. The Fund&#146;s interest rate transactions may
    take the form of swaps, caps, floors and collars, currency
    forward contracts, currency futures contracts, currency swaps
    and options on currency or currency futures contracts.
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    Hedging may be used to attempt to protect against possible
    changes in the market value of securities held in or to be
    purchased for the Fund&#146;s portfolio resulting from
    securities markets or currency exchange rate fluctuations, to
    protect the Fund&#146;s unrealized gains in the value of its
    portfolio securities, to facilitate the sale of those securities
    for investment purposes, to manage the effective maturity or
    duration of the Fund&#146;s portfolio or to establish a position
    in the derivatives markets as a temporary substitute for
    purchasing or selling particular debt or equity securities. The
    ability of the Fund to utilize hedging successfully will depend
    on the Investment Manager&#146;s ability to predict pertinent
    market movements, and this ability cannot be assured. These
    skills are different from those needed to select portfolio
    securities. The use of hedging in certain circumstances will
    require that the Fund segregate cash, U.S.&#160;government
    securities or other liquid debt obligations to the extent the
    Fund&#146;s obligations are not otherwise &#147;covered&#148;
    through ownership of the underlying security, financial
    instrument or currency.
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    A detailed discussion of hedging, including applicable
    requirements of the U.S.&#160;Commodity Futures Trading
    Commission, the requirement to segregate assets with respect to
    these transactions and special risks associated with such
    strategies, appears in this prospectus as &#147;Appendix&#160;A:
    General Characteristics and Risks of Hedging.&#148; See also
    &#147;Risk Factors&#160;&#151; Risks Related to the Fund&#146;s
    Operations&#160;&#151; The Fund&#146;s ability to successfully
    hedge against financial risks may adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value.&#148;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">When-Issued
    and Delayed Delivery Securities</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed
    delivery basis. Securities purchased on a when-issued or delayed
    delivery basis are purchased for delivery beyond the normal
    settlement date at a stated price. No income accrues to the
    purchaser of a security on a when-issued or delayed delivery
    basis prior to delivery. Such securities are recorded as an
    asset and are subject to changes in value based upon changes in
    market prices. Purchasing a security on a when-issued or delayed
    delivery basis can involve a risk that the market price at the
    time of delivery may be lower than the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">agreed-upon</FONT>
    purchase price, in which case there could be an unrealized loss
    at the time of delivery. The Fund will only make commitments to
    purchase securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis
    with the intention of actually acquiring the securities, but it
    may sell them before the settlement date if it is deemed
    advisable. The Fund generally will establish a segregated
    account in which it will maintain liquid assets in an amount at
    least equal in value to the Fund&#146;s commitments to purchase
    securities on a when-issued or delayed delivery basis. If the
    value of these assets declines, the Fund will place additional
    liquid assets in the account on a daily basis so that the value
    of the assets in the account is equal to the amount of such
    commitments. As an alternative, the Fund may elect to treat
    when-issued or delayed delivery securities as senior securities
    representing indebtedness, which are subject to asset coverage
    requirements under the 1940 Act. See &#147;Investment
    Restrictions.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Loans of
    Portfolio Securities</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund may lend portfolio securities. By doing so, the Fund
    attempts to earn income through the receipt of interest on the
    loan. In the event of the bankruptcy of the other party to a
    securities loan, the Fund could experience delays in recovering
    the securities that it lent. To the extent that, in the
    meantime, the value of the securities that the Fund has lent has
    increased, the Fund could experience a loss.
</DIV>

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    The Fund may lend securities from its portfolio if liquid assets
    in an amount at least equal to the current market value of the
    securities lent (including accrued interest thereon) plus the
    interest payable to the Fund with respect to the loan is
    maintained by the Fund in a segregated account. Any securities
    that the Fund may receive as collateral will not become a part
    of its portfolio at the time of the loan and, in the event of a
    default by the borrower, the Fund will, if permitted by law,
    dispose of such collateral except for such part thereof that is
    a security in which the Fund is permitted to invest. During the
    time that securities are on loan, the borrower will pay the Fund
    any accrued income on those securities, and the Fund may invest
    the cash collateral and earn additional income or receive an
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    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">agreed-upon</FONT>
    fee from a borrower that has delivered cash equivalent
    collateral. Cash collateral received by the Fund will be
    invested in securities in which the Fund is permitted to invest.
    The value of securities lent will be marked to market daily.
    Portfolio securities purchased with cash collateral are subject
    to possible depreciation. Loans of securities by the Fund will
    be subject to termination at the Fund&#146;s or the
    borrower&#146;s option. The Fund may pay reasonable negotiated
    fees in connection with loaned securities, so long as such fees
    are set forth in a written contract and approved by the
    Fund&#146;s Board of Directors.
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    SEBI has, in a press release dated October&#160;20, 2008 in
    respect of offshore stock lending activities by an FII, stated
    that it disapproves of the overseas lending and borrowing
    activities of FIIs and the consequent selling pressure in the
    cash market in India. SEBI has communicated this disapproval to
    the FIls. Consequently, the lending and borrowing activities of
    FIls are being monitored and if necessary stronger measures may
    be taken by SEBI as considered appropriate, which may include
    the imposition of further restrictions or reporting requirements
    on an FII
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investment
    Funds</FONT></B>
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    The Fund may invest in investment funds, other than those for
    which the Investment Manager or Country Adviser serve as
    investment adviser or sponsor and which invest principally in
    securities in which the Fund is authorized to invest. Under the
    1940 Act, the Fund may invest a maximum of 10% of its total
    assets in the securities of other investment companies. In
    addition, the Fund may not invest more than 5% of its total
    assets in the securities of any one investment company, and it
    may not invest in any investment company if it would own more
    than 3% of the outstanding voting stock of that company. To the
    extent that the Fund invests in other investment funds, the
    Fund&#146;s stockholders will incur certain duplicative fees and
    expenses, including investment advisory fees.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Short
    Sales</FONT></B>
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    Although the Fund does not presently do so or intend to do so to
    any significant extent, the Fund may from time to time sell
    securities short. A short sale is a transaction in which the
    Fund would sell securities it does not own but has borrowed. In
    the event the Fund elects to sell securities short, the
    Fund&#146;s intention would be to seek to take advantage of
    decreases in the market prices of securities in order to
    increase the Fund&#146;s return on its investments. When the
    Fund makes a short sale, the proceeds it receives from the sale
    will be held on behalf of a broker until the Fund replaces the
    borrowed securities. To deliver the securities to the buyer, the
    Fund will need to arrange through a broker to borrow the
    securities, and, in so doing, the Fund will become obligated to
    replace the securities borrowed at their market price at the
    time of replacement, whatever that price may be. The Fund may
    have to pay a premium to borrow the securities and must pay any
    dividends or interest payable on the securities until they are
    replaced.
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    The Fund&#146;s obligation to replace the securities borrowed in
    connection with a short sale will be secured by collateral
    deposited with the broker that consists of cash,
    U.S.&#160;government securities or other liquid debt
    obligations. In addition, the Fund will place in a segregated
    account with its custodian, or designated sub-custodian, an
    amount of cash, U.S.&#160;government securities or other liquid
    debt obligations equal to the difference, if any, between the
    market value of the securities sold at the time they were sold
    short and any cash, U.S.&#160;government securities or other
    liquid obligations deposited as collateral with the broker in
    connection with the short sale (not including the proceeds of
    the short sale). Until it replaces the borrowed securities, the
    Fund will maintain the segregated account daily at a level so
    that the amount deposited in the account plus the amount
    deposited with the broker (not including the proceeds from the
    short sale) will equal the current market value of the
    securities sold short and the amount deposited in the account
    plus the amount deposited with the broker (not including the
    proceeds from the short sale) will not be less than the market
    value of the securities at the time they were sold short.
</DIV>

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    Short sales by the Fund involve certain risks and special
    considerations. Possible losses from short sales differ from
    losses that could be incurred from a purchase of a security
    because losses from short sales may be unlimited whereas losses
    from purchases can equal only the total amount invested.
</DIV>

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    Further, SEBI issued a circular on December&#160;20, 2007, which
    permits all classes of investors to engage in short selling of
    securities subject to the broad framework specified by SEBI.
    SEBI set April&#160;21, 2008 as the date of implementation of
    the short selling of securities and securities lending and
    borrowing scheme. In addition, the stock exchanges have also
    stipulated certain procedural requirements, including entering
    into appropriate agreements for
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    this purpose. Further, the RBI has by its circular dated
    December&#160;31, 2007 permitted FIIs/ sub-accounts to short
    sell, lend and borrow equity shares of Indian companies subject
    to certain condition prescribed in the said circular.
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    The custodian of the Fund in India would be required to
    separately report all transactions pertaining to short selling
    of equity shares and lending and borrowing in India of equity
    shares by the Fund in its daily reporting with a suitable remark
    (short sold&#160;/&#160;lent&#160;/&#160;borrowed equity shares)
    for the purpose of monitoring by the RBI.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Leverage</FONT></B>
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    Although the Fund does not presently do so or intend to do so to
    any significant extent, the Fund may utilize leverage by
    borrowing or by issuing preferred stock or short-term debt
    securities in an amount up to 25% of the Fund&#146;s total
    assets. Borrowings may be secured by the Fund&#146;s assets.
    Temporary borrowings in an additional amount of up to 5% of the
    Fund&#146;s total assets may be made without regard to the
    foregoing limitation for temporary or emergency purposes such as
    clearance of portfolio transactions, share repurchases and
    payment of dividends.
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    Leverage by the Fund creates an opportunity for increased return
    but, at the same time, creates special risks. For example,
    leverage may exaggerate changes in the net asset value of the
    common stock and in the return on the Fund&#146;s portfolio.
    Although the principal of any leverage will be fixed, the
    Fund&#146;s assets may change in value during the time the
    leverage is outstanding. Leverage will create expenses for the
    Fund that can exceed the income from the assets acquired with
    the proceeds of the leverage. All expenses associated with
    leverage would be borne by common stockholders. Furthermore, an
    increase in interest rates could reduce or eliminate the
    benefits of leverage and could reduce the value of the
    Fund&#146;s common stock.
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    The Fund also may enter into reverse repurchase agreements with
    any member bank of the U.S.&#160;Federal Reserve System and any
    broker-dealer or any foreign bank that has been determined by
    the Investment Manager to be creditworthy. Under a reverse
    repurchase agreement, the Fund would sell securities and agree
    to repurchase them at a mutually agreed upon date and price. At
    the time the Fund enters into a reverse repurchase agreement, it
    may establish and maintain a segregated account with its
    custodian or a designated sub- custodian that contains cash,
    U.S.&#160;government securities or other liquid debt obligations
    that have a value not less than the repurchase price (including
    accrued interest). Reverse repurchase agreements involve the
    risk that the market value of the securities purchased with the
    proceeds of the sale of securities received by the Fund may
    decline below the price of the securities that the Fund is
    obligated to repurchase. In the event that the buyer of
    securities under a reverse repurchase agreement files for
    bankruptcy or becomes insolvent, the buyer or its trustee or
    receiver may receive an extension of time to determine whether
    to enforce the Fund&#146;s obligations to repurchase the
    securities, and the Fund&#146;s use of proceeds of the reverse
    repurchase agreement may effectively be restricted pending the
    decision. Reverse repurchase agreements will be treated as
    borrowings for purposes of calculating the Fund&#146;s borrowing
    limitation to the extent the Fund does not establish and
    maintain a segregated account.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Asset
    Coverage Requirements</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The 1940 Act requires the Fund to satisfy an asset coverage
    requirement of 300% of its indebtedness, including amounts
    borrowed, measured at the time that the Fund incurs the
    indebtedness. This requirement, which we refer to as the
    &#147;asset coverage requirement,&#148; means that the value of
    the Fund&#146;s total indebtedness may not exceed one-third of
    the value of its total assets (including such indebtedness),
    measured at the time the Fund incurs the indebtedness. The staff
    at the SEC&#146;s Division of Investment Management has taken
    the position that short sales of securities, reverse repurchase
    agreements, use of margin, sales of put and call options on
    specific securities or indices, investments in certain other
    types of instruments (including certain derivatives, such as
    swap agreements) and the purchase and sale of securities on a
    when-issued or forward commitment basis may be deemed to
    constitute indebtedness subject to the asset coverage
    requirement.
</DIV>

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    The SEC&#146;s staff has stated, however, that it will not deem
    a portfolio position involving these instruments to be subject
    to the asset coverage requirement if an investment company
    &#147;covers&#148; its position by segregating liquid securities
    on its books or in an account with its custodian in an amount
    sufficient to offset the liability associated
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    with the position. Generally, in conjunction with portfolio
    positions that are deemed to constitute senior securities, the
    Fund must:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    observe the asset coverage requirement;
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    <TD align="left">
    maintain daily a segregated account in cash or liquid securities
    at such a level that the amount segregated plus any amounts
    pledged to a broker as collateral will equal the current value
    of the position;&#160;or
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    otherwise cover the portfolio position with offsetting portfolio
    securities.
</TD>
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    Segregation of assets or covering portfolio positions with
    offsetting portfolio positions may limit the Fund&#146;s ability
    to otherwise invest those assets or dispose of those securities.
    If the Fund were to issue preferred stock, the asset coverage
    requirement with respect to such preferred stock would be 200%.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INVESTMENT
    RESTRICTIONS</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following restrictions, along with the Fund&#146;s
    investment objective, its policy to invest at least 80% of the
    Fund&#146;s total assets in the equity securities of Indian
    companies under normal market conditions and its interval fund
    structure, are, subject to the next sentence, the Fund&#146;s
    only fundamental policies, that is, policies that cannot be
    changed without the approval of the holders of a majority of the
    Fund&#146;s outstanding voting securities. In addition, as a
    matter of fundamental policy and notwithstanding any other
    fundamental investment policy or limitation, the Fund may invest
    all or a portion of its assets invested in India through a
    subsidiary, trust or other similar arrangement (including a
    branch) established by the Fund at any such time that the Board
    of Directors of the Fund determines that it is in the best
    interests of the Fund&#146;s stockholders. As used in here and
    otherwise in this prospectus, a &#147;majority of the
    Fund&#146;s outstanding voting securities&#148; means the lesser
    of (i)&#160;67% of the shares represented at a meeting at which
    more than 50% of the outstanding shares are represented or
    (ii)&#160;more than 50% of the outstanding shares. The other
    policies and investment restrictions referred to in this
    prospectus are not fundamental policies of the Fund and may be
    changed by the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors without
    stockholder approval. If a percentage restriction set forth
    below is adhered to at the time a transaction is effected, later
    changes in any percentage resulting from any cause other than
    actions by the Fund will not be considered a violation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under its fundamental restrictions, the Fund may not:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    purchase any securities that would cause 25% or more of the
    value of its total assets at the time of such purchase to be
    invested in securities of one or more issuers conducting their
    principal business activities in the same industry, except that
    there is no limitation with respect to investment in obligations
    issued or guaranteed by the U.S.&#160;government, its agencies
    or instrumentalities;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    issue senior securities or borrow money, except for
    (a)&#160;senior securities (including borrowing money, margin
    transactions if the margin securities are owned and entering
    into reverse repurchase agreements, or any similar transactions)
    not in excess of 25% of its total assets (including the amount
    borrowed) and (b)&#160;borrowings of up to 5% of its total
    assets (including the amount borrowed) for temporary or
    emergency purposes (including for the clearance of transactions,
    repurchase of its shares or payment of dividends), without
    regard to the amount of senior securities outstanding under
    clause&#160;(a) above. However, with respect to the above, the
    Fund&#146;s obligations under when-issued and delayed delivery
    and similar transactions and reverse repurchase agreements are
    not treated as senior securities if covering assets are
    appropriately segregated, and the use of hedging shall not be
    treated as involving the issuance of a &#147;senior
    security&#148; or a &#147;borrowing.&#148; Also, for purposes of
    clauses&#160;(a) and (b)&#160;above, the term &#147;total
    assets&#148; shall be calculated after giving effect to the net
    proceeds of senior securities issued by the Fund reduced by any
    liabilities and indebtedness not constituting senior securities,
    except for such liabilities and indebtedness as are excluded
    from treatment as senior securities by this second bullet. The
    Fund&#146;s obligations under interest rate, currency and equity
    swaps are not treated as senior securities;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    purchase or sell commodities or commodity contracts, including
    futures contracts and options thereon, except that the Fund may
    engage in hedging, as described in the section titled
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities&#160;&#151; Hedging&#148;;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    make loans, except that: (1)&#160;the Fund may (a)&#160;purchase
    and hold debt instruments (including bonds, debentures or other
    obligations and certificates of deposit, bankers&#146;
    acceptances and fixed time deposits) in accordance with its
    investment objective and policies, (b)&#160;enter into
    repurchase agreements with respect to portfolio securities and
    (c)&#160;make loans of portfolio securities, as described under
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities&#160;&#151; Loans of
    Portfolio Securities&#148; in this prospectus; and
    (2)&#160;delays in the settlement of securities transactions
    will not be considered loans;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    underwrite the securities of other issuers, except to the extent
    that, in connection with the disposition of portfolio
    securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    purchase real estate, real estate mortgage loans or real estate
    limited partnership interests (other than securities secured by
    real estate or interests therein or securities issued by
    companies that invest in real estate or interests therein);
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    purchase securities on margin, except (1)&#160;as provided in
    the second bullet above and (2) (a)&#160;for delayed delivery or
    when-issued transactions, (b)&#160;such short-term credits as
    are necessary for the clearance of transactions and
    (c)&#160;margin deposits in connection with transactions in
    futures contracts, options on futures contracts, options on
    securities and securities indices and currency
    transactions);&#160;or
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    invest for the purpose of exercising control over the management
    of any company.
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    For purposes of the above restrictions on senior securities and
    as further described above under &#147;Additional Investment
    Activities&#160;&#151; Asset Coverage Requirements,&#148; the
    1940 Act requires the Fund to satisfy an asset coverage
    requirement of 300% of its indebtedness, including amounts
    borrowed, measured at the time the Fund incurs the indebtedness.
    Short sales of securities, reverse repurchase agreements, use of
    margin, sales of put and call options on specific securities or
    indices, investments in certain other types of instruments
    (including certain derivatives, such as swap agreements) and the
    purchase and sale of securities on a when-issued or forward
    commitment basis may be deemed to constitute indebtedness
    subject to this requirement.
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    For purposes of the above restrictions on loans of portfolio
    securities and as further described under &#147;Additional
    Investment Activities&#160;&#151; Loans of Portfolio
    Securities,&#148; the Fund may make loans of portfolio
    securities if liquid assets in an amount at least equal to the
    current market value of the securities lent (including accrued
    interest thereon) plus the interest payable to the Fund with
    respect to the loan is maintained by the Fund in a segregated
    account.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RISK
    FACTORS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    <I>You should carefully consider the following risks and the
    other information in this prospectus before you decide to
    participate in this offer. The risks and uncertainties described
    below are not the only ones facing the Fund. Additional risks
    and uncertainties may also adversely affect and impair the Fund.
    If any of the following risks actually occur, the Fund&#146;s
    operations, results of operations and financial condition would
    likely suffer, which in turn could materially adversely affect
    your investment in the Fund.</I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Risks
    Relating to the Offer</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">As a
    result of this offer, you will incur immediate economic
    dilution, and, if you do not exercise all of your rights, you
    may incur dilution of ownership, voting rights and your share of
    any distributions made by the Fund.</FONT></I></B>
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    You should expect that you will, at the completion of this
    offer, experience immediate dilution of net asset value per
    share because the subscription price will be less than the net
    asset value per share, and the number of shares outstanding
    after the offer will have increased proportionately more than
    the increase in the size of the Fund&#146;s net assets. This
    dilution of net asset value will disproportionately affect
    stockholders who do not exercise their rights. In addition,
    whether or not you exercise your rights, you will experience a
    dilution of net asset value because you will indirectly bear the
    expenses of this offer, which include, among other items, SEC
    registration fees, state &#147;blue sky&#148; qualification
    fees, printing expenses and the fees assessed by service
    providers (including the cost of the Fund&#146;s counsel and
    accountants). We cannot state precisely the amount of any
    decrease because we do not know at
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    this time how many shares will be subscribed for or what the net
    asset value per share will be at the pricing date. For example,
    assuming (i)&#160;a net asset value of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] [million] (the Fund&#146;s
    approximate net asset value on <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009), (ii)&#160;a subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] (which is
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the Fund&#146;s approximate
    net asset value per share on <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009)&#160;and (iii)&#160;that all rights are exercised at the
    estimated subscription price, including the additional shares
    that may be issued under the over-subscription privilege, the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value per share (after payment of
    estimated expenses) would be reduced by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share. As of <B><I>[recent
    date]</I></B>, 2009, the Fund&#146;s net asset value per share
    was $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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    In addition to the economic dilution described above, if you do
    not exercise all of your rights, you may incur dilution of
    ownership and voting rights, as well as dilution of your share
    of any distributions made by the Fund, as a result of this
    offer. This dilution may occur because you could own a smaller
    interest in the Fund after the offer than you owned prior to the
    offer. If you do not submit a subscription request pursuant to
    the over-subscription privilege, you may also experience
    dilution in your Fund ownership if the Fund offers additional
    shares for subscription.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">You
    may lose money by investing in the Fund, including the
    possibility that you may lose all of your
    investment.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    An investment in the Fund is not a deposit in a bank and is not
    insured or guaranteed by the U.S.&#160;Federal Deposit Insurance
    Corporation or any other governmental agency.
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    Among the principal risks of investing in the Fund is market
    risk, which is the risk that the value of your investment may
    fluctuate as stock markets fluctuate.
</DIV>

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    As an investment company that holds primarily common stocks, the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio is subject to the possibility that common
    stock prices will decline over short or even extended periods.
    The Fund may remain substantially fully invested during periods
    when stock prices generally rise and also during periods when
    they generally decline. Moreover, as a holder of common stock,
    the Fund&#146;s rights to the assets of the companies in which
    it invests will be subordinated to such companies&#146; holders
    of preferred stock and debt in the event of a bankruptcy,
    liquidation or similar proceeding. Accordingly, if such an event
    were to occur to such a company in which the Fund invests, the
    Fund would be entitled to such a company&#146;s assets only
    after such company&#146;s preferred stockholders and debt
    holders have been paid. Risks are inherent in investments in
    equities, and Fund stockholders should be able to tolerate
    significant fluctuations in the value of their investment in the
    Fund.
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    In addition, the Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in debt
    securities whose value will tend to decrease as interest rates
    rise.
</DIV>

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    The Fund is intended to be a long-term investment vehicle and is
    not designed to provide investors with a means of speculating on
    short-term stock market movements. Investors should not consider
    the Fund a complete investment program.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Risks
    Related to the Fund&#146;s Operations</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Political,
    economic, social and other factors in India may adversely affect
    the Fund&#146;s performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    An emerging market such as India has undergone and may continue
    to undergo rapid change and lack the social, political and
    economic stability of more developed countries. The value of the
    Fund&#146;s assets may be adversely affected by political,
    economic, social and religious factors, changes in Indian law or
    regulations and the status of India&#146;s relations with other
    countries. In addition, the economy of India may differ
    favorably or unfavorably from the U.S.&#160;economy in such
    respects as the rate of growth of gross domestic product, the
    rate of inflation, capital reinvestment, resource
    self-sufficiency and balance of payments position. Agriculture
    occupies a more prominent position in the Indian economy than in
    the United States, and the Indian economy therefore is more
    susceptible to adverse changes in weather. The Indian government
    has exercised and continues to exercise significant influence
    over many aspects of the economy, and the number of public
    sector enterprises in India is substantial. Accordingly, Indian
    government actions in the future could have a significant effect
    on the Indian economy, which could affect private sector
    companies and the Fund, market conditions, and prices and yields
    of securities in the Fund&#146;s portfolio.
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    Since mid-1991, the Indian government has committed itself to
    implementing an economic structural reform program with the
    objective of liberalizing India&#146;s exchange and trade
    policies, reducing the fiscal deficit, controlling inflation,
    promoting a sound monetary policy, reforming the financial
    sector, and placing greater reliance on market mechanisms to
    direct economic activity. A significant component of the program
    is the promotion of foreign investment in key areas of the
    economy and the further development of, and the relaxation of
    restrictions in, the private sector. These policies have been
    coupled with the expressed intention to redirect the
    government&#146;s central planning function away from the
    allocation of resources and toward the issuance of indicative
    guidelines. While the government&#146;s policies have resulted
    in improved economic performance there can be no assurance that
    the economic recovery will be sustained. Moreover, there can be
    no assurance that these economic reforms will persist. There can
    be no assurance that the government will continue the program of
    economic liberalization of the last government which may
    adversely affect Indian laws and policies affecting foreign
    investment and currency exchange. In addition, economic growth
    in India is constrained by inadequate infrastructure, a
    cumbersome bureaucracy, corruption, labor market rigidities,
    regulatory and foreign investment controls, the
    &#147;reservation&#148; of key products for small-scale
    industries and high fiscal deficits. Such changes in economic
    policies, or lack of movement toward economic liberalization,
    could negatively affect the general business and economic
    conditions in India, which could in turn affect the Fund&#146;s
    investments.
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    Further, the economies of developing countries such as India
    generally are heavily dependent upon international trade and,
    accordingly, have been and may continue to be adversely affected
    by trade barriers, exchange controls, managed adjustments in
    relative currency values and other protectionist measures
    imposed or negotiated by the countries with which they trade.
    The Indian economy also has been and may continue to be
    adversely affected by economic conditions in the countries with
    which it trades.
</DIV>

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    There is also the possibility of nationalization, expropriation
    or confiscatory taxation, political changes, government
    regulation, social instability or diplomatic developments
    (including war or terrorist attacks). All of these factors could
    adversely affect the economy of India, make the prices of Indian
    securities generally more volatile than the prices of securities
    of companies in developed markets and increase the risk of loss
    to the Fund.
</DIV>

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    The Indian population is comprised of diverse religious,
    linguistic and ethnic groups. Religious and border disputes
    persist in India. The longstanding grievances between the Hindu
    and Muslim populations resulted in communal violence during 1993
    in the aftermath of the destruction of a mosque in Ayodhya by
    radical elements of the Hindu population. As recently as 2002,
    there has been communal violence between Hindus and Muslims in
    the western Indian state of Gujarat. Moreover, India has from
    time to time experienced civil unrest and hostilities with
    neighboring countries such as Pakistan. The Indian government
    has confronted separatist movements in several Indian states.
    The longstanding dispute with Pakistan over the border Indian
    state of Jammu and Kashmir, a majority of whose population is
    Muslim, remains unresolved. Moreover, in late November 2008,
    terrorists killed at least 164&#160;people in a series of
    coordinated attacks around Mumbai. If the Indian government is
    unable to control the violence and disruption associated with
    these tensions, the results could destabilize the economy and,
    consequently, adversely affect the Fund&#146;s investments.
</DIV>

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    Since early 2003, there have also been military hostilities and
    civil unrest in Afghanistan, Iraq and other Asian countries.
    These events could adversely influence the Indian economy and,
    as a result, negatively affect the Fund&#146;s investments. See
    &#147;Appendix&#160;B: Republic of India.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Recent
    Developments in Financial Markets and Impact on the
    Fund.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    Worldwide economic conditions have recently deteriorated
    significantly affecting the global financial markets and have
    caused significant reductions in available capital and liquidity
    from banks and other providers of credit, substantial reductions
    in equity and currency values in financial markets and extreme
    volatility in credit, equity and fixed income markets and
    general economic uncertainty. Conditions in the debt and equity
    capital markets in the United States and abroad have caused
    firms in the financial services sector to take significant
    losses relating to, among other things, subprime mortgages and
    the re-pricing of credit risk in the broadly syndicated loan
    market. While the economic crisis has not, at present, affected
    the Indian economy to the same extent as in the U.S.&#160;or
    European economies, the Indian economy and the Fund may be
    impacted in the future. The timing and nature of any recovery in
    the credit and financial markets remains uncertain, and there
    can be no assurance that market conditions will improve in the
    near future or that our results will not be materially and
    adversely affected.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Indian
    securities markets are substantially smaller, less liquid and
    more volatile than securities markets in the United
    States.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    There are over 20 recognized stock exchanges in India, including
    The Over the Counter Exchange of India. Most stock exchanges are
    governed by regulatory boards. The Stock Exchange, Mumbai, which
    we refer to as the &#147;BSE,&#148; and the National Stock
    Exchange of India Limited, which we refer to as the
    &#147;NSE,&#148; have nationwide trading terminals and, taken
    together, are the principal Indian stock exchanges in terms of
    the number of listed companies, market capitalization and
    trading volume. The regional exchanges have seen a steady drop
    in volumes since the introduction of screen based trading and
    the phase out of lending/borrowing (badla) system. The
    securities market in India is substantially smaller, less liquid
    and significantly more volatile than the securities market in
    the United States. At March&#160;31, 2009, there were
    approximately 6,349&#160;companies listed on the BSE and the NSE
    and the aggregate market capitalization of listed equity
    securities of these companies was approximately
    $610&#160;billion. By comparison, on March&#160;31, 2009, the
    global market capitalization of the New York Stock Exchange was
    approximately $10.0&#160;trillion. The relatively small market
    capitalizations of, and trading values on, the BSE and NSE may
    cause the Fund&#146;s investments in securities listed on these
    exchanges to be comparatively less liquid and subject to greater
    price volatility than comparable U.S.&#160;investments.
</DIV>

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    Under current Indian law, only companies organized under the
    laws of India may list their securities on the Indian securities
    exchanges or over-the-counter markets, except for Indian
    depositary receipts. If we invest in Indian depositary receipts
    or if Indian law changes in this regard, the Fund would be able
    to invest in companies that are principally traded in India but
    which may be organized outside of India, which could subject the
    Fund to different risks of the country where they are organized.
    Similarly, Indian companies may have operations outside of India
    and, accordingly, may be subject to risks in the various
    countries where they have operations.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A high proportion of the shares of many Indian issuers are held
    by a limited number of persons, which may limit the number of
    shares available for investment by the Fund. In addition,
    further issuances, or the perception that such issuances may
    occur, of securities by Indian issuers in which the Fund has
    invested could dilute the earnings per share of the Fund&#146;s
    investment and could adversely affect the market price of such
    securities. Sales of securities by such issuer&#146;s major
    stockholders, or the perception that such sales may occur, may
    also significantly and adversely affect the market price of such
    securities and, in turn, the Fund&#146;s investment. A limited
    number of issuers represent a disproportionately large
    percentage of market capitalization and trading value. At
    March&#160;31, 2009, the 10 largest companies by market
    capitalization accounted for approximately 37% of the aggregate
    market capitalization of the NSE. The limited liquidity of the
    Indian securities markets may also affect the Fund&#146;s
    ability to acquire or dispose of securities at the price and
    time that it desires.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Anticipation of this offering in the Indian securities markets
    may adversely influence the prices paid by the Fund in
    purchasing certain securities for its portfolio and may affect
    the speed with which the Fund can initially invest in Indian
    securities. In addition, the small trading volume concentrated
    in a limited number of the largest companies, combined with
    certain investment diversification requirements and other
    restrictions applicable to the Fund, also may affect the rate at
    which the Fund can initially invest. Accordingly, to the extent
    the Fund purchases securities at present levels, there may be
    greater risk that the value of such securities may decline.
</DIV>

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    Indian stock exchanges, including the BSE and the NSE, have in
    the past experienced substantial fluctuations in the prices of
    their listed securities. They have also experienced problems
    such as temporary exchange closures, broker defaults, settlement
    delays and broker strikes that, if they occur again in the
    future, could affect the market price and liquidity of the
    Indian securities in which the Fund invests. In addition, the
    governing bodies of the various Indian stock exchanges have from
    time to time imposed restrictions on trading in certain
    securities, limitations on price movements and margin
    requirements. Disputes have also occurred from time to time
    among listed companies, the stock exchanges and other regulatory
    bodies, and in some cases those disputes have had a negative
    effect on overall market sentiment.
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    The foregoing factors could impede the ability of the Fund to
    effect portfolio transactions on a timely basis and could have
    an adverse effect on the net asset value of the Fund&#146;s
    shares of common stock and the price at which those shares trade.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Volatility
    of the Indian stock market may affect the value of the
    Fund&#146;s shares.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The stock market in India is volatile. Indian stocks, like those
    in other emerging markets, have a history of extreme volatility
    with sharp advances and rapid declines, which can be sudden and
    unpredictable. For example, Indian share prices declined by
    65.1% in 2008, but increased by 54.6% in 2009 up to May 27 (as
    measured by MSCI India Index in U.S.&#160;dollars). As of
    May&#160;27, 2009, Indian shares traded on a 14.7 times
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    forward price-earnings ratio (consensus estimates provided by
    the Institutional Brokers&#146; Estimate System). Since November
    1992, the historical valuation range is 7.1 times to 29.2 times.
    Since the value of the Fund&#146;s shares is sensitive to stock
    market volatility, if there is a decline in the value of
    exchange-listed stocks in India, the value of our common shares
    would also likely decline.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">India
    has different corporate disclosure, governance and regulatory
    requirements than you may be familiar with in the United
    States.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition to their smaller size, lesser liquidity and greater
    volatility, Indian securities markets are less developed than
    U.S.&#160;securities markets. Disclosure and regulatory
    standards are in many respects less stringent than
    U.S.&#160;standards. Issuers in India are subject to accounting,
    auditing and financial standards and requirements that differ,
    in some cases significantly, from those applicable to
    U.S.&#160;issuers. In particular, the assets and profits
    appearing on the financial statements of an Indian issuer may
    not reflect its financial position or results of operations in
    the way they would be reflected had such financial statements
    been prepared in accordance with U.S.&#160;generally accepted
    accounting principles. There is substantially less publicly
    available information about Indian issuers than there is about
    U.S.&#160;issuers.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    There is less regulation and monitoring of Indian securities
    markets and the activities of investors, brokers and other
    participants than in the United States. Moreover, issuers of
    securities in India are not subject to the same degree of
    regulation as are U.S.&#160;issuers with respect to such matters
    as insider trading rules, tender offer regulation, stockholder
    proxy requirements and the timely disclosure of information.
    There is also less publicly available information about Indian
    companies than U.S.&#160;companies. See &#147;Appendix&#160;C:
    The Indian Securities Market.&#148;
</DIV>

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    Legal principles relating to corporate affairs and the validity
    of corporate procedures, directors&#146; fiduciary duties and
    liabilities and stockholders&#146; rights may differ from those
    that may apply in other jurisdictions. Stockholders&#146; rights
    under Indian law may not be as extensive as those that exist
    under the laws of the United States. The Fund may therefore have
    more difficulty asserting its rights as a stockholder of an
    Indian company in which it invests than it would as a
    stockholder of a comparable American company.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund may have difficulty enforcing foreign judgments against
    Indian companies or their management.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Indian companies in which the Fund invests are primarily
    limited liability companies incorporated under the laws of
    India. Generally, the directors, executive officers and a
    substantial portion of the assets of such companies are located
    in India. It may be difficult for the Fund to obtain a judgment
    in a court outside the United States to the extent that there is
    a default with respect to the security of an Indian issuer or
    with respect to any other claim that the Fund may have against
    any such issuer or its directors and officers. As a result, even
    if the Fund initiates a suit against the issuer in a
    U.S.&#160;court, it may not be possible for the Fund to effect
    service of process in India. Moreover, if the Fund obtains a
    judgment in a U.S.&#160;court, it may be difficult to enforce
    such judgment in India since the United States been not declared
    by the Government of India to be a reciprocating territory. A
    judgment of a court in a jurisdiction that is not a
    reciprocating territory may be enforced only by a fresh suit
    upon the judgment and not by proceedings in execution. The suit
    must be brought in India within three years from the date of the
    judgment in the same manner as any other suit filed to enforce a
    civil liability in India. It is unlikely that a court in India
    would award damages on the same basis as a foreign court if an
    action were brought in India. Furthermore, it is unlikely that
    an Indian court would enforce foreign judgments if it viewed the
    amount of damages awarded as excessive or
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    inconsistent with public policy. A party seeking to enforce a
    foreign judgment in India is also required to obtain approval
    from the RBI to execute such a judgment or to repatriate outside
    India any amount recovered and any such amount may be subject to
    income tax in accordance with applicable laws.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Indian
    investment restrictions may hinder the Fund&#146;s investment
    program.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund will invest in India as a sub-account of the Investment
    Manager, which is registered as a foreign institutional investor
    with SEBI. Generally, under SEBI regulations applicable to
    foreign institutional investors and subject to certain
    exceptions, total investments by foreign institutional investors
    and their sub-accounts, taken together, in the primary and
    secondary Indian markets may not exceed 24% of the equity
    capital or the value of each series of convertible debentures of
    any Indian company in which they invest. The ceiling would apply
    to the total holdings in any Indian Company of all foreign
    institutional investors and their sub-accounts collectively in a
    given Indian company. In addition, to this 24% overall
    investment limitation, no individual foreign institutional
    investor, together with its sub- accounts, may generally invest
    more than 10% of the equity capital of any Indian company. The
    ceiling would apply to the total holdings of foreign
    institutional investors collectively in an Indian company. The
    FII Regulations prescribe that each broad based foreign
    institutional investor investing on its own behalf or on the
    behalf of its sub-account (broad based) can invest up to 10% of
    the equity capital of an Indian company. A foreign corporate or
    individual sub-account can invest only up to 5% of the equity
    capital of an Indian company. Investments by the foreign
    institutional investor made in its own behalf would be
    registered in the name of the foreign institutional investor
    while investments by the sub-accounts in Indian securities may
    be registered in the name of either the foreign institutional
    investor or the sub-account.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, a foreign institutional investor and its
    sub-accounts, may not, with certain exceptions, hold more than
    30% of their total investments in the debt securities of Indian
    companies. However, SEBI may permit registration as a 100% debt
    FII&#160;/&#160;sub-account, in which the case the said 70%
    condition would not be applicable. However, pursuant to SEBI
    circular dated October&#160;16, 2008, in order to provide
    flexibility to FIIs to allocate investments across equity and
    debt, SEBI has decided to do away with the abovementioned
    restrictions on the ratio of equity and debt investments. Please
    note that no formal amendments to the FII Regulations have been
    made in this regard. It may be noted that there are certain
    industry-wide ceilings for FII investments in debt and
    accordingly, investment in debt would be subject to available
    headroom (discussed below). It may be noted that &#147;debt
    securities&#148; under the FII Regulations are defined to
    include government securities, commercial papers and treasury
    bills. As per SEBI circular dated March&#160;13, 2009, the
    cumulative debt investment limits for FIIs in corporate debt is
    $15&#160;billion, out of which $8&#160;billion will be allocated
    on an open bidding platform and the remaining limit will be
    allocated on a first come first serve basis, subject to a
    ceiling of Rs.&#160;2.49&#160;billion per registered entity.
    Pursuant to SEBI circular dated January&#160;31, 2008,
    investments by FIIs in units of debt oriented mutual funds are
    considered as investments in corporate debt and are reckoned
    within the stipulated limit earmarked for FII investments in
    corporate debt. The applicable investment limit for FIIs and
    sub-accounts is up to $5&#160;billion in government securities
    and treasury bills and $500&#160;million for investment in
    innovative perpetual debt instruments issued by banks. These
    limits are monitored by SEBI across all FIIs.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Currently, the following types of derivatives contracts are
    traded on the NSE and BSE: (a)&#160;index futures;
    (b)&#160;index options; (c)&#160;single stock futures;
    (d)&#160;single stock options; (e)&#160;interest rate
    derivatives and (f)&#160;exchange traded currency derivatives.
    The position limits for FII/sub-accounts are prescribed by SEBI
    on the basis of the type of derivative contract, the type of
    underlying i.e. index, single stock, interest rate/fixed income)
    and entity (i.e. FII or sub-account). The position limits are
    computed on a gross basis at the FII level and on a net basis at
    the level of sub-accounts and proprietary positions. The open
    position for all derivative contracts is the open interest
    multiplied with the closing price of the respective underlying
    in the cash market. For a detailed description of the position
    limits applicable to sub-account investments in derivative
    contracts, see &#147;Investments in India&#160;&#151;
    Investments by Foreign Institutional Investors.&#148; Such
    position limits may restrict the ability of the Fund to invest
    in derivatives in India.
</DIV>

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    Foreign institutional investors are also limited in their
    ability to invest in certain industries, such as the banking
    sector, insurance sector, telecom sector etc. In such
    industries, there is often a ceiling on total foreign holdings,
    against which holdings of foreign institutional investors are
    counted. To the extent that the ceiling has been reached in that
    industry, further investment by foreign institutional investors
    may not be permitted. Further, pursuant to Press Note&#160;2 of
    2009 issued by the Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion
    (Ministry of Commerce and Industry),
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    investments by foreign institutional investors is also included
    in the computation of indirect foreign investment in Indian
    companies. This may further restrict the ability of the Fund to
    invest in companies incorporated in India which operate in
    sectors that are subject to foreign investment caps.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Indian takeover regulations contain certain provisions that may
    delay, deter, or prevent a future takeover or change in control
    of Indian companies. For example, an acquirer who, along with
    persons acting in concert, acquires 15% or more of the shares or
    voting rights in a company is required to make a public
    announcement offering to acquire a further 20% of the shares of
    a company. In addition, regardless of whether there has been any
    acquisition of shares or voting rights in a company, an acquirer
    cannot directly or indirectly acquire control over a company
    (for example, by way of acquiring the right to appoint a
    majority of the directors or to control the management or the
    policy decisions of the company) unless such acquirer makes a
    public announcement offering to acquire a minimum of 20% of the
    shares of the company. However, the public announcement
    requirement will not apply to any change in control which takes
    place pursuant to a special resolution passed by way of a postal
    ballot by the shareholders of the company. These provisions may
    discourage or prevent a third party from acquiring control of an
    Indian company, even if a change in control would result in the
    purchase of equity shares of such company at a premium to the
    market price or would otherwise be beneficial to the Fund.
    Further, certain reportings are required to be made upon
    crossing the prescribed thresholds under the Indian takeover
    regulations.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The due diligence that the Fund can conduct be limited by Indian
    regulations that restrict the ability to conduct inside due
    diligence on listed companies. Indian insider trading
    regulations prohibit any dealings in securities on the basis of
    unpublished price sensitive information. The Fund and others
    involved in the investments may violate the insider trading
    regulations if an investment decision is made based on
    unpublished price sensitive information obtained during the due
    diligence of a listed company and as result may not be able to
    make the investment. This restriction will impact the ability of
    the Fund to receive and analyze such information, which could
    adversely affect the quality and effectiveness of the due
    diligence. In addition, any dealings on the basis of unpublished
    price sensitive information may expose the recipient to insider
    trading charges.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Accordingly, the ability of the Fund to invest in certain
    companies may be restricted, and there can be no assurance that
    additional restrictions on investments permissible for foreign
    institutional investors will not be imposed in the future. There
    can be no assurance that the foreign institutional investor
    guidelines will not be applied or administered by Indian
    regulatory bodies or authorities or amended, clarified,
    interpreted by judicial or administrative ruling or superseded
    in the future in such a way that may adversely affect the Fund.
    For example, if Indian regulatory authorities determined that
    limitations on ownership by Restricted Persons are not being
    followed or the Fund ceasing to be a broad based fund as defined
    under the FII Regulations, they could take various actions,
    including among other things prohibiting the Fund from investing
    in Indian securities through the foreign institutional investor
    route, which could have a material adverse effect on the Fund.
    At present, foreign institutional investor and sub-account
    registrations are granted on a permanent basis subject to the
    payment of the prescribed fees every three years.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Validity
    of registration with SEBI.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The registration of the Fund as a sub-account is co-terminus
    with the Investment Manager&#146;s registration as a FII. Any
    cancellation of such FII registration will result in the
    cancellation of the sub-account registration. If the sub-account
    registration of the Fund is cancelled, it will adversely impact
    the investments made by the Fund and thereby the interests of
    the investors in the Fund. If the FII&#146;s status is lost, the
    Fund may, subject to compliance, register itself as a
    sub-account of another FII.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Foreign
    currency fluctuations could adversely affect the Fund&#146;s
    performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s assets will be invested principally in
    securities of Indian issuers and substantially all of the income
    received by the Fund will be in Indian rupees. However, the Fund
    will compute and distribute its income in U.S.&#160;dollars, and
    the computation of income will be made on the date that the
    income is earned by the Fund at the foreign exchange rate on
    that date. Therefore, if the value of the Indian rupee falls
    relative to the U.S.&#160;dollar between the earning of the
    income and the time at which the Fund converts the Indian rupees
    to U.S.&#160;dollars, the Fund may be required to liquidate
    securities in order to make distributions if the Fund has
    insufficient cash in U.S.&#160;dollars to meet
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    distribution requirements. The liquidation of investments, if
    required, may have an adverse impact on the Fund&#146;s
    performance. See &#147;Taxation&#148; and &#147;Dividends and
    Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase
    Plan.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Since the Fund will invest primarily in securities denominated
    or quoted in Indian rupees, changes in the
    U.S.&#160;dollar-Indian rupee exchange rate will affect the
    dollar value of securities in the Fund&#146;s portfolio and the
    unrealized appreciation or depreciation of investments. The
    exchange rate between the Indian rupee and the U.S.&#160;dollar
    has changed substantially in the last two decades and may
    fluctuate substantially in the future. On an annual average
    basis, the Indian rupee declined against the U.S.&#160;dollar
    from 1980 until 2002. From April&#160;1, 1999 until
    March&#160;31, 2002, the rupee lost approximately 15% of value
    relative to the U.S.&#160;dollar. From April&#160;1, 2002 until
    March&#160;31, 2004, the value of the Indian rupee appreciated
    12.5% in value relative to the U.S.&#160;dollar. Since 2004, the
    value of the rupee has fluctuated, depreciating approximately 6%
    against the U.S.&#160;dollar between March&#160;31, 2004 and
    August&#160;31, 2004, appreciating approximately 7% between
    August&#160;31, 2004 and December&#160;31, 2004, depreciating
    approximately 6% between December&#160;31, 2004 and
    November&#160;30, 2005, appreciating approximately 4% between
    November&#160;30, 2005 and January&#160;31, 2006. From
    February&#160;1, 2006 until March&#160;31, 2009, the value of
    the rupee has depreciated by approximately 15%.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Furthermore, the Fund may incur costs in connection with
    conversions between U.S.&#160;dollars and Indian rupees. Foreign
    exchange dealers realize a profit based on the difference
    between the prices at which they are buying and selling various
    currencies. Thus, a dealer normally will offer to sell a foreign
    currency to the Fund at one rate, while offering a lesser rate
    of exchange should the Fund desire immediately to resell that
    currency to the dealer. The Fund will conduct its foreign
    currency exchange transactions either at the spot rate
    prevailing in the foreign currency exchange market or through
    entering into forward, futures or options contracts to purchase
    or sell foreign currencies, if available.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exchange
    controls in India may restrict the Fund&#146;s ability to
    repatriate investment.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The ability of the Fund to invest in Indian securities, exchange
    Indian rupees into U.S.&#160;dollars and repatriate investment
    income, capital and proceeds of sales realized from its
    investments in Indian securities is subject to the Indian
    Foreign Exchange Management Act, 1999 and the rules, regulations
    and notifications issued thereunder. See &#147;Investment in
    India.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under certain circumstances, such as a change in law or
    regulation or loss of foreign institutional investor
    authorization, governmental regulation or approval for the
    repatriation of investment income, capital or the proceeds of
    sales of securities by foreign investors may be required. In
    addition, there can be no assurance that the Indian government
    in the future, whether for purposes of managing its balance of
    payments or for other reasons, will not impose restrictions on
    foreign capital remittances abroad or otherwise modify the
    exchange control regime applicable to foreign institutional
    investors in such a way that may adversely affect the ability of
    the Fund to repatriate its income and capital. If for any reason
    the Fund is unable, through borrowing or otherwise, to
    distribute an amount equal to substantially all of its
    investment company taxable income (as defined for U.S.&#160;tax
    purposes, without regard to the deduction for dividends paid)
    within the applicable time periods, the Fund would cease to
    qualify for the favorable tax treatment afforded to regulated
    investment companies under the Internal Revenue Code.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, indirect foreign investment in the securities of
    companies listed and traded on the stock exchanges in India may
    be permitted through investment funds that have been specially
    authorized. The Fund may invest in these investment funds
    subject to the provisions of the U.S.&#160;Investment Company
    Act of 1940, as amended, as discussed above under
    &#147;Investment Objective and Policies-Portfolio
    Structure&#148; and &#147;Additional Investment
    Activities&#160;&#151; Investment Funds.&#148; If the Fund
    invests in investment funds, the Fund&#146;s stockholders will
    bear not only their proportionate share of the expenses of the
    Fund (including operating expenses and the fees of the
    Investment Manager), but also will indirectly bear similar
    expenses of the underlying investment funds.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investments
    in unseasoned and small and mid-capitalization Indian companies
    may expose the Fund to greater investment risk.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    While the Fund invests a substantial portion of its assets in
    the securities of established Indian companies, it also may
    invest in the securities of less seasoned and smaller and
    mid-capitalization Indian companies. Investments
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    in the securities of these companies may present greater
    opportunities for growth but also involve greater risks than are
    customarily associated with investments in securities of more
    established and larger capitalized companies. The securities of
    less seasoned and smaller capitalized companies are often traded
    in the over-the-counter market and have fewer market makers and
    wider price spreads, which may in turn result in more abrupt and
    erratic market price movements and make the Fund&#146;s
    investments more vulnerable to adverse general market or
    economic developments than would investments only in large, more
    established Indian companies.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has not established any minimum capitalization or
    length of operating history for the smaller, less seasoned
    issuers in whose securities it may invest.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s investments in illiquid securities may restrict its
    ability to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and at
    a price approximating the value at which the Fund carries the
    securities on its books.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may invest up to 20% of its total assets in illiquid
    securities. Illiquid securities are securities that are not
    readily marketable. The prices of such securities may change
    abruptly and erratically, and investment of the Fund&#146;s
    assets in illiquid securities may restrict the ability of the
    Fund to dispose of its investments in a timely fashion and at a
    price approximating the value at which the Fund carries the
    securities on its books, as well as restrict its ability to take
    advantage of market opportunities. The risks associated with
    illiquidity will be particularly acute in situations in which
    the Fund&#146;s operations require cash, such as when the Fund
    repurchases shares or pays dividends or distributions, and could
    result in the Fund borrowing to meet short-term cash
    requirements or incurring capital losses on the sale of illiquid
    investments. Further, companies whose securities are not
    publicly traded are not subject to the disclosure and other
    investor protection requirements that would be applicable if
    their securities were publicly traded.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    concentration of the Fund&#146;s investments in specific
    economic sectors and related industries may expose it to greater
    risk of loss with respect to its portfolio
    securities.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    From time to time, the Fund may invest a greater proportion of
    its assets in the securities of companies that are part of
    specific sectors and related industries of the Indian economy.
    For example, at March&#160;31, 2009, the Fund maintained 19.72%
    of its total assets in the securities of Indian companies in the
    petroleum sector and related industries. The Fund is therefore
    subject to greater risk of loss with respect to its portfolio
    securities as a result of its concentration in such sectors and
    related industries.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">A
    change in the Fund&#146;s tax status could adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s return on its investments.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund currently operates through a branch in the Republic of
    Mauritius to take advantage of favorable tax treatment by the
    Indian government pursuant to a taxation treaty between India
    and Mauritius. Recently, the Supreme Court of India upheld the
    validity of this tax treaty in response to a lower court
    challenge contesting the treaty&#146;s applicability to entities
    such as the Fund. Any change in the provision of this treaty or
    in its applicability to the Fund could result in the imposition
    of withholding and other taxes on the Fund by India, which would
    reduce the return to the Fund on its investments.
</DIV>

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    The Fund intends to elect to &#147;pass-through&#148; to the
    Fund&#146;s stockholders as a deduction or credit the amount of
    foreign taxes paid by the Fund. The taxes passed through to
    stockholders are included in each stockholder&#146;s income.
    Certain stockholders, including some
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;stockholders,</FONT>
    are not entitled to the benefit of a deduction or credit with
    respect to foreign taxes paid by the Fund. Other foreign taxes,
    such as transfer taxes, may be imposed on the
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    Fund, but would not give rise to a credit, or be eligible to be
    passed through to stockholders. See
    &#147;Taxation-U.S.&#160;Stockholders&#148; and
    &#147;Taxation-Mauritian Tax Status.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition, prior to Blackstone Advisors assuming management,
    the Fund may have failed to qualify to be taxed as a regulated
    investment company under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue
    Code for the taxable year ended December&#160;31, 2004. For the
    year ended December&#160;31, 2005, a provision of $25,507,350
    was made for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes as, at that
    time, it was unclear whether the Fund qualified to be taxed as a
    RIC under Subchapter M of the Code for the taxable year ended
    December&#160;31, 2004. In order to preserve the Fund&#146;s tax
    status as a RIC under Subchapter M of the Code for the taxable
    year ended December&#160;31, 2004, on April&#160;20, 2006 the
    Fund distributed a deficiency dividend (within the meaning of
    Section&#160;860 of the Internal Revenue Code) to shareholders
    in the amount of $1.07 per share, of which $0.95 per share was
    designated as a capital gain dividend. Under the deficiency
    dividend procedure, the maximum amount that the Fund will be
    obligated to pay to the Internal Revenue Service in interest and
    penalties is approximately $4,956,314. Accordingly, a reversal
    of $20,551,036 was made in 2006 to the prior year&#146;s tax
    provision. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able
    to further reduce the liability. See &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151;
    The Fund.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s shares have traded and may trade in the future at a
    discount to net asset value.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Although the Fund&#146;s shares of common stock have recently
    traded on the NYSE at a premium to their net asset value, the
    Fund&#146;s shares have traded at a discount to their net asset
    value in the past. There can also be no assurance that the
    Fund&#146;s shares will trade at a premium in the future or that
    the present premium is sustainable. The Fund&#146;s shares have
    traded at discounts of as much as 40%.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shares of closed-end investment companies frequently trade at a
    discount from their net asset values and initial offering price.
    This characteristic of shares of a closed-end fund is a risk
    separate and distinct from the risk that a fund&#146;s net asset
    value will decrease. The Fund cannot predict whether its own
    shares will trade at, below or above net asset value.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s &#147;interval fund&#148; structure involves certain
    risks and special considerations not typically associated with
    other closed-end funds.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has adopted an interval fund structure whereby the Fund
    conducts semi-annual repurchase offers for between 5% and 25% of
    the Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock. The Fund&#146;s
    required semi-annual repurchases are likely to continually
    decrease the overall size of the Fund, which could over time:
</DIV>

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    harm investment performance in part by limiting the extent to
    which the Fund may pursue its investment strategies;
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    increase the Fund&#146;s expense ratio as the Fund&#146;s assets
    decrease;&#160;and
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    jeopardize the Fund&#146;s viability, investment opportunities
    and continued existence.
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    Moreover, there are additional risks associated with the
    Fund&#146;s repurchase offers, including that:
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    if the repurchase offer is over-subscribed, stockholders may be
    unable to liquidate all or a given percentage of their
    investment at net asset value during the repurchase offer;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left">
    because the Fund expects to liquidate portfolio securities in
    order to fund repurchase offers, the need to sell such
    securities may in turn affect the market for such securities and
    accordingly diminish the value of the Fund&#146;s investments;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left">
    share values may decrease as a result of fluctuations between
    the date of tender and the repurchase pricing date;
</TD>
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    <TD align="left">
    the repurchase offer may not eliminate any discount, if any, at
    which the Fund&#146;s shares trade;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    due to the potential for proration if the repurchase offer is
    over-subscribed, some investors may tender more shares than they
    wish to have repurchased in order to ensure the repurchase of a
    specific number of shares.
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    The decrease in the Fund&#146;s assets resulting from the
    semi-annual repurchase offers will likely offset in whole or in
    part the potential benefits to the Fund associated with having
    increased assets as a result of this offer.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    See &#147;Semi-Annual Repurchases of Securities&#148; and
    &#147;Semi-Annual Repurchases of Securities-Fundamental Policy
    Regarding Semi-Annual Repurchase Offers.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s status as a &#147;non-diversified&#148; investment
    company may expose it to greater risk of loss with respect to
    its portfolio securities.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is classified as a non-diversified investment company
    under the 1940 Act, which means that the Fund is not limited in
    the proportion of its assets that may be invested in the
    obligations of a single issuer. The Fund, however, intends to
    comply with the diversification requirements imposed by the
    Internal Revenue Code for qualification as a regulated
    investment company. Because the Fund is not limited by the 1940
    Act for diversification purposes, the Fund may invest a greater
    proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller number
    of issuers and, as a result, will be subject to greater risk of
    loss with respect to its portfolio securities. See
    &#147;Taxation-The Fund&#148; and &#147;Investment
    Restrictions.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">There
    are no fixed limitations regarding portfolio
    turnover.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Frequency of portfolio turnover is not a limiting factor if the
    Fund considers it advantageous to purchase or sell securities.
    The Fund anticipates that its annual portfolio turnover rate
    will not exceed 150%. For the year ended December&#160;31, 2008,
    the Fund&#146;s portfolio turnover rate was 49.41%. A high rate
    of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly greater aggregate
    payments for brokerage commissions than a lower rate, which
    expenses must be borne by the Fund and its stockholders, while a
    lower rate of portfolio turnover involves correspondingly lower
    aggregate payments and stockholder expenses.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    extent to which the Fund invests in high yield/high risk and
    unrated debt may adversely affect the Fund&#146;s
    performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has not established any rating criteria for the debt
    securities in which it may invest and such securities may not be
    rated at all for creditworthiness. Securities rated in medium to
    low rating categories by nationally recognized statistical
    rating organizations and unrated securities of comparable
    quality, or &#147;high yield/high risk securities,&#148; are
    speculative with respect to the capacity to pay interest and
    repay principal in accordance with the terms of the security and
    generally involve a greater volatility of price than securities
    in higher rated categories. These securities are commonly
    referred to as &#147;junk bonds,&#148; and credit ratings issued
    with respect to such securities evaluate only the safety of
    principal and interest in respect of such securities and not the
    risk of change in market value. In purchasing such securities,
    the Fund will rely on the Investment Manager&#146;s analysis,
    judgment and experience in evaluating the creditworthiness of an
    issuer of such securities. The Investment Manager will take into
    consideration, among other things, the issuer&#146;s financial
    resources, its operating history, its sensitivity to economic
    conditions and trends, the quality of the issuer&#146;s
    management and regulatory matters.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The market values of high yield/high risk securities tend to
    reflect individual issuer developments to a greater extent than
    do higher rated securities, which react primarily to
    fluctuations in the general level of interest rates. Issuers of
    high yield/high risk securities may be highly leveraged and may
    not have available to them more traditional methods of
    financing. Therefore, the risks associated with acquiring the
    securities of such issuers generally are greater than is the
    case with higher rated securities. For example, during a
    sustained period of rising interest rates or an economic
    downturn, issuers of high yield/high risk securities may be more
    likely to experience financial stress, especially if such
    issuers are highly leveraged. During such periods, service of
    debt obligations also may be adversely affected by the
    issuer&#146;s inability to meet specific projected business
    forecasts, specific issuer developments or the unavailability of
    additional financing. The risk of loss due to default by the
    issuer is significantly greater for the holders of high
    yield/high risk securities because such securities may be
    unsecured and may be subordinated to other creditors of the
    issuer.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    High yield/high risk securities may have redemption or call
    features that would permit an issuer to repurchase the
    securities from the Fund. If a call were exercised by the issuer
    during a period of declining interest rates, the
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    Fund in all likelihood would have to replace the called
    securities with lower yielding securities, thus decreasing the
    net investment income to the Fund and dividends to stockholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may have difficulty disposing of certain high
    yield/high risk securities, as there may be a thin trading
    market for such securities. To the extent that a secondary
    trading market for high yield/high risk securities does exist,
    it is generally not as liquid as the secondary market for higher
    rated securities. Reduced secondary market liquidity may have an
    adverse impact on market price and the Fund&#146;s ability to
    dispose of particular issues when necessary to meet the
    Fund&#146;s liquidity needs or in response to a specific
    economic event, such as a deterioration in the creditworthiness
    of the issuer. Reduced secondary market liquidity for certain
    high yield/high risk securities may also make it more difficult
    for the Fund to obtain accurate market quotations for purposes
    of valuing the Fund&#146;s portfolio. Market quotations are
    generally available on many high yield/high risk securities only
    from a limited number of dealers and may not necessarily
    represent firm bids of such dealers of prices for actual sales.
    The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors or the Investment Manager
    will carefully consider the factors affecting the market for
    high yield/high risk securities in determining whether any
    particular security is liquid or illiquid and whether current
    market quotations are readily available. Adverse publicity and
    investor perceptions, which may not be based on fundamental
    analysis, also may decrease the value and liquidity of high
    yield/high risk securities, particularly in a thinly traded
    market. Factors adversely affecting the market value of high
    yield/high risk securities are likely to adversely affect the
    Fund&#146;s net asset value. In addition, the Fund may incur
    additional expenses to the extent it is required to seek
    recovery upon a default on a portfolio holding or to participate
    in the restructuring of the obligations.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund&#146;s ability to successfully hedge against financial
    risks may adversely affect the Fund&#146;s net asset
    value.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The risks and special considerations of certain of the
    investment practices in which the Fund may engage are described
    under &#147;Investment Objective and Policies&#148; and
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities.&#148; Hedging involves
    special risks, including possible default by the other party to
    the transaction, illiquidity and, to the extent the Investment
    Manager&#146;s view as to certain market movements is incorrect,
    the risk that the use of hedging could result in losses greater
    than if they had not been used. Use of put and call options
    could result in losses to the Fund, force the sale or purchase
    of portfolio securities at inopportune times or for prices
    higher than (in the case of put options) or lower than (in the
    case of call options) current market values, or cause the Fund
    to hold a security that it might otherwise sell. The use of
    currency transactions could result in the Fund&#146;s incurring
    losses as a result of the imposition of exchange controls,
    suspension of settlements or the inability to deliver or receive
    a specified currency. The use of options and futures
    transactions entails certain special risks. In particular, the
    variable degree of correlation between price movements of
    futures contracts and price movements in the related portfolio
    position of the Fund could create the possibility that losses on
    the hedging instrument will be greater than gains in the value
    of the Fund&#146;s position. In addition, futures and options
    markets could be illiquid in some circumstances, and certain
    over-the-counter options could have no markets. As a result, in
    certain markets, the Fund might not be able to close out a
    position without incurring substantial losses. To the extent
    that the Fund utilizes futures and options transactions for
    hedging, such transactions should tend to minimize the risk of
    loss due to a decline in the value of the hedged position and,
    at the same time, limit any potential gain to the Fund that
    might result from an increase in value of the position. There
    is, however, no limit on the amount of the Fund&#146;s assets
    that can be put at risk through the use of futures contracts and
    options thereon, and the value of the Fund&#146;s futures
    contracts and options thereon may equal or exceed 100% of the
    Fund&#146;s total assets. Finally, the daily variation margin
    requirements for futures contracts create a greater ongoing
    potential financial risk than would purchases of options, in
    which case the exposure is limited to the cost of the initial
    premium and transaction costs. Losses resulting from the use of
    hedging will reduce the Fund&#146;s net asset value, and
    possibly income, and the losses can be greater than if hedging
    had not been used. See &#147;Appendix&#160;A: General
    Characteristics and Risks of Hedging.&#148;
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    extent to which the Fund utilizes leverage to hedge against
    financial risks may increase its expenses and adversely affect
    the Fund&#146;s performance.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    Although the Fund has no present intention to do so to any
    significant extent, the Fund may utilize leverage by borrowing
    or by issuing preferred stock or short-term debt securities in
    an amount up to 25% of the Fund&#146;s total assets. Leverage by
    the Fund creates an opportunity for increased return but, at the
    same time, creates special risks.
</DIV>

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    For example, leverage may exaggerate changes in the net asset
    value of the common stock and in the return on the Fund&#146;s
    portfolio. Although the principal of any leverage will be fixed,
    the Fund&#146;s assets may change in value during the time the
    leverage is outstanding. Leverage will create expenses for the
    Fund that can, during any period, exceed the income from the
    assets acquired with the proceeds of the leverage. All expenses
    associated with leverage would be borne by common stockholders.
    Furthermore, an increase in interest rates could reduce or
    eliminate the benefits of leverage and could reduce the value of
    the Fund&#146;s securities. The Fund may also borrow by entering
    into reverse repurchase agreements, which will subject the Fund
    to additional market risk as well as credit risks with respect
    to the buyer of the securities under the agreement.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    anti-takeover provisions in the Fund&#146;s charter and amended
    and restated by-laws and certain provisions of Maryland law may
    limit your ability to sell your shares at a
    premium.</FONT></I></B>
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    The Fund&#146;s charter and amended and restated by-laws and
    Maryland law contain certain anti-takeover provisions that,
    among other things, may have the effect of inhibiting the
    Fund&#146;s possible conversion to open-end status and delaying
    or limiting the ability of other persons to acquire control of
    the Fund. In certain circumstances, these provisions might also
    inhibit the ability of holders of common stock to sell their
    shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by
    discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of the
    Fund. The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors has determined that
    these provisions are in the best interests of the Fund and its
    stockholders.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    operating expenses of the Fund may be higher than investment
    companies that invest primarily in the securities of U.S.
    companies.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund&#146;s estimated annual operating expenses may be
    higher than those of most other investment companies that invest
    predominately in the securities of U.S.&#160;companies,
    primarily because of the additional time and expense required of
    the Investment Manager and the Country Adviser in pursuing the
    Fund&#146;s objective of long-term capital appreciation through
    investing in equity securities of Indian companies. Investments
    in Indian equity securities require additional time and expense
    because the available public information regarding such
    securities is more limited in comparison to, and not as
    comprehensive as, the information available for U.S.&#160;equity
    securities. In addition, brokerage commissions, custodial fees
    and other fees are generally higher for investments in foreign
    securities markets. As a result of these higher expected
    operating expenses, the Fund needs to generate higher relative
    returns to provide investors with an equivalent economic return.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Future
    market disruptions resulting from terrorist attacks in the
    United States and elsewhere or U.S. military action abroad could
    negatively and adversely affect the market for the Fund&#146;s
    common stock.</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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    The aftermath of the war with Iraq, instability in the Middle
    East and terrorist attacks in the United States and around the
    world may have a substantial impact on the U.S.&#160;and world
    economies and securities markets. The nature, scope and duration
    of the occupation of Iraq cannot be predicted with any
    certainty. Terrorist attacks closed some of the
    U.S.&#160;securities markets in 2001, and similar events cannot
    be ruled out in the future. The war and occupation, terrorism
    and related geopolitical risks have led, and may in the future
    lead to, increased short-term market volatility and may have
    adverse long-term effects on U.S.&#160;and world economies and
    markets generally. These risks may adversely affect individual
    issuers and securities markets, interest rates, secondary
    trading, ratings, investor psychology, credit risk, inflation
    and other factors relating to Fund&#146;s common shares.
    High-yield securities tend to be more volatile than higher rated
    securities so that these events and any actions resulting from
    them may have a greater impact on the prices and volatility of
    high yield securities than on higher rated securities.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">MANAGEMENT
    OF THE FUND</FONT></B>
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    The names of the Directors and principal officers of the Fund
    are set forth below, together with their positions with the Fund
    and their principal occupations during the past five years. None
    of the Fund&#146;s nonresident Directors has authorized an agent
    in the United States to receive notice.
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    Directors considered by the Fund to be &#147;interested
    persons&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or of the
    Investment Manager:
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    <B>of Funds<BR>
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    <B>in Fund<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Complex<BR>
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    <B>Length of<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Overseen<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Time<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>by<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Position(s)<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Served;<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Director<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Held with<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Term of<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Principal Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
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</TD>
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    <B>(including<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
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    <B>Name, Address and Age</B>
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    <B>Fund</B>
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    <B>Office</B>
</TD>
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    <B>During Past 5&#160;Years</B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    <B>the Fund)</B>
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    <B>Held by Nominee</B>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Robert L. Friedman*<BR>
    The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1943
</DIV>
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    Director<BR>
    Chief Legal Officer<BR>
    and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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    Since 2009
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
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    Chief Legal Officer, The Blackstone Group L.P. (2003-Present);
    Senior Managing Director, The Blackstone Group L.P.
    (1999&#150;Present)
</TD>
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    2
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    TRW Automotive Holdings Corp., Axis Capital Holdings Ltd. and
    FGIC Corporation.
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<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    Prakash A. Melwani**<BR>
    The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, NY 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1958
</DIV>
</TD>
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    Director and<BR>
    President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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    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>
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</TD>
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    2
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    Pinnacle Foods Group L.L.C., Performance Foods Group LLC, RGIS
    Holdings L.L.C., Kosmos Energy L.L.C. and Ariel Holdings.
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    * </TD>
    <TD></TD>
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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
    Advisors.</TD>
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    ** </TD>
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    <TD valign="bottom">
    Mr.&#160;Melwani is an &#147;interested person&#148;, as defined
    in the 1940 Act, because he serves as President of the Fund.</TD>
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    Directors considered by the Fund not to be &#147;interested
    persons&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Fund or the
    Investment Manager:
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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 colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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 colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Funds in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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 colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fund<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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 of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Complex<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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>Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Overseen<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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>Served;<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>By Director<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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>Term of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation(s)<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(including<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Other Directorships<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 7pt" 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>Office</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 colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>the Fund)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Held by Nominee</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Lawrence K. Becker<BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, NY 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1955
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating
    Committee
</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&#160;President, Controller/Treasurer ,
    National Financial Partners (2000&#150;2003); Managing Director,
    Controller/Treasurer, Oppenheimer Capital-PIMCO (1981&#150;2000)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</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 Advisers
    L.L.C. or its affiliates.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Leslie H. Gelb<BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o</FONT>
    Blackstone Asia<BR>
    Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue New&#160;York, NY 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1937
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating
    Committee
</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="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of 22 registered investment companies advised by Legg
    Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC and its affiliates.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    J. Marc Hardy
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Multiconsult</FONT>
    Limited <BR>
    Rogers House <BR>
    5, President John Kennedy Street P.O.&#160;Box&#160;60<BR>
    Port Louis, Mauritius<BR>
    Birth Year: 1954
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating
    Committee
</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-Present)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of Mauritius Development Investment Trust Co. Ltd and
    Hanover Reinsurance Ltd. Mauritius Ltd.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Stephane R. F. Henry<BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Investment</FONT>
    Professionals Limited 6th&#160;Floor Harbour Front John F.
    Kennedy Street Port Louis, Mauritius<BR>
    Birth Year: 1967
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating
    Committee
</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="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</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">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Luis F. Rubio <BR>
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o</FONT>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, New York 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1955
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director and Member of the Audit Committee and Nominating
    Committee
</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="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</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 Advisers
    L.L.C. or its affiliates.
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -7pt; margin-left: 7pt">
    Jeswald W. Salacuse
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">c/o&#160;Blackstone</FONT>
    Asia Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue New&#160;York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1938
</DIV>
</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 1993
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    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-Present).
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    2
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Director of 22 registered investment companies advised by Legg
    Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC and its affiliates.
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    The following table provides information concerning the number
    and dollar range of equity securities owned beneficially by each
    Director as of December&#160;31, 2008:
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<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 by Director and<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>Equity Securities in<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Advised by Blackstone<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 of Director</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>the Fund</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Advisors</B>
</DIV>
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <I>Non-Interested Directors</I>
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Jeswald W. Salacuse
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $10,001&#160;-&#160;$50,000
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    $10,001&#160;-&#160;$50,000
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <I>Interested Directors</I>
</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" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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>
</TABLE>

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    * </TD>
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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
    Advisors.</TD>
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    Mr.&#160;Melwani is an &#147;interested person&#148;, as defined
    in the 1940 Act, because he serves as President of the Fund.</TD>
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    As of December&#160;31, 2008, 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. During calendar years
    2007 and 2008, no 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, had any interest in
    Blackstone Advisors, Blackstone India or person or entity (other
    than the Fund) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by
    or under common control with Blackstone Advisors or Blackstone
    India.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Responsibilities
    of the Board of Directors</FONT></B>
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    The Board of Directors is responsible for directing the
    management of the business and affairs of the Fund. In
    performing his duties, each Director is required to act in good
    faith, in a manner he reasonably believes to be in the best
    interests of the Fund and its stockholders and with the care of
    an ordinarily prudent person in a like position under similar
    circumstances. 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, the
    custodian, the transfer agent and the sub-administrator. As part
    of this process, the Directors consult with the Fund&#146;s
    independent registered public accounting firm and with their own
    separate independent counsel.
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    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 that meet periodically during the year and whose
    responsibilities are described below.
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    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 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 to ensure that the
    Fund is managed in a manner which is in the best interest of the
    Fund&#146;s stockholders.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Officers</FONT></B>
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    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:
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Term of Office and<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;
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Position(s) Held<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
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&nbsp;
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    <B>Length of Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation During<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
</TR>
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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>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>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">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Prakash A. Melwani<BR>
    The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1958
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    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>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
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    Robert L. Friedman<BR>
    The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1943
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Legal Officer and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" 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">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Joshua B. Rovine<BR>
    The Blackstone Group<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1965
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Secretary
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Managing Director, Legal and Compliance Group, The Blackstone
    Group L.P. (2003&#150;Present); Partner, Sidley Austin Brown
    &#038; Wood LLP (1994&#150;2003).
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Joseph M. Malangoni<BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors, L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1976
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Treasurer and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" 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">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Barbara F. Pires<BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1952
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Compliance Officer and Vice President
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 2005
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    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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&nbsp;
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    <B>Term of Office and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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</TD>
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&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>Length of Time<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Principal Occupation During<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>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">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Punita Kumar-Sinha<BR>
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue<BR>
    New York, N.Y. 10154<BR>
    Birth Year: 1962
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Chief Investment Officer and Portfolio Manager
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Since 1997
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    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 to an
    unregistered pooled investment vehicle (2007&#150;Present).
</TD>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Audit
    Committee</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; 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 New York Stock Exchange 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 Fund&#146;s amended and restated Audit Committee Charter was
    filed as an exhibit to the Proxy Statement filed by the Fund on
    March&#160;25, 2009. 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; 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 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
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    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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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Nominating
    Committee</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; 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.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; 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: 4%; 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.
</DIV>

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

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

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

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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">
    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: 4%; 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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="54%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&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="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="13%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&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">
&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">
    <B>Aggregate<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>from Other Funds<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>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>from 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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    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">Code of
    Ethics</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors approved a code of ethics
    under
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;17j-1</FONT>
    under the 1940 Act. Subject to certain conditions and
    restrictions, the code of ethics permits Directors, officers and
    other personnel subject to its provisions to invest in
    securities, including securities that may be purchased or held
    by the Fund.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The code of ethics can be reviewed and copied at the SEC&#146;s
    Public Reference Room in Washington,&#160;D.C. Information about
    the operation of the Public Reference Room may be obtained by
    calling the SEC
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">at&#160;202-551-8090.</FONT>
    The code of ethics is available on the EDGAR database on the
    SEC&#146;s website at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT>
    Copies may also be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by
    electronic request to &#147;publicinfo@sec.gov&#148; or by
    writing to the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Section,
    Washington,&#160;D.C. 20549.
</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">Proxy
    Voting Policies and Procedures</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has adopted the Investment Manager&#146;s policies and
    procedures with respect to the voting of proxies related to
    portfolio securities. These proxy voting policies and procedures
    delegate to the Investment Manager the responsibility for voting
    proxy securities, subject to the Board of Directors&#146;
    continuing oversight. A copy of the Fund&#146;s proxy voting
    policies and procedures is included in the Statement of
    Additional Information which is available without charge by
    calling the Fund at 1-866-800-8933.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Information regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to
    portfolio securities for the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    period ended June&#160;30, 2008 is available, without charge, by
    calling 1-866-800-8933 or on the SEC&#146;s website at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT>
</DIV>

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<A name='113'>
<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">CONTROL
    PERSONS AND PRINCIPAL HOLDERS OF SECURITIES</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth the beneficial ownership of
    shares of the Fund, as of [<B><I>recent date</I></B>], 2009, by
    each person (including any group) known to the Fund to be deemed
    to be the beneficial owner of more than 5% of the outstanding
    shares of the Fund:
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="48%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="12%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="13%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="13%" 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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Name of<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of Shares<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
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    <B>Beneficial Owner</B>
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    <B>Beneficially Owned</B>
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    None
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    [At <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 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
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;shares,
    equal to approximately [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]% of the
    outstanding shares of the Fund.]
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PORTFOLIO
    TRANSACTIONS</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has no obligation to deal with any brokers or dealers
    in the execution of transactions in portfolio securities.
    Subject to policy established by the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors, the Investment Manager is primarily responsible for
    the Fund&#146;s portfolio decisions and the initiation of the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio transactions.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In placing orders, it is the policy of the Fund to obtain the
    best results taking into account the general execution and
    operational facilities of the broker or dealer, the type of
    transaction involved and other factors such as the risk of the
    broker or dealer in positioning the securities involved. While
    generally the best price is sought in placing orders, the Fund
    may not necessarily be paying the lowest price available.
    Securities firms that provide supplemental research to the
    Investment Manager or the Country Adviser may receive orders for
    transactions by the Fund. In these circumstances, as
    contemplated by Section&#160;28(e) of the U.S.&#160;Securities
    Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
    &#147;1934&#160;Act&#148;), the Fund may pay commissions that
    are higher than those that the Fund might otherwise have paid to
    another broker if those services had not been provided.
    Information so received will be in addition to and not in lieu
    of the services that the Investment Manager and the Country
    Adviser must perform under their respective agreements, and the
    expenses of the Investment Manager or the Country Adviser will
    not necessarily be reduced as a result of the receipt of such
    supplemental information. The Investment Manager and the Country
    Adviser may use the research services furnished to them by
    brokers who effect securities transactions for the Fund in
    servicing other investment companies and accounts that they
    manage. Similarly, the Investment Manager and the Country
    Adviser may use the research services furnished to them by those
    brokers in servicing the Fund. The Investment Manager and the
    Country Adviser do not use all of these research services in
    managing any particular account, including the Fund. To the
    extent that any services are provided by other NYSE members, the
    Fund will consider whether the commissions and fees with respect
    to those transactions are fair and reasonable.
</DIV>

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    In connection with the execution of portfolio transactions on
    its behalf, affiliated persons (as such term is defined in the
    1940 Act) of the Fund, or affiliated persons of such persons,
    may from time to time be selected to perform brokerage services
    for the Fund, subject to the considerations discussed above. The
    1940 Act prohibits such affiliated persons from dealing with the
    Fund as principal in the purchase or sale of securities. In
    order for such an affiliated person to be permitted to effect
    any portfolio transactions for the Fund, the commissions, fees
    or other remuneration received by such affiliated person must be
    reasonable and fair compared to the commissions, fees or other
    remuneration received by other brokers in connection with
    comparable transactions involving similar securities being
    purchased or sold on a securities exchange during a comparable
    period of time. This standard would allow such an affiliated
    person to receive no more than the remuneration that an
    unaffiliated broker would expect to receive in a commensurate
    arm&#146;s-length transaction.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Investment Manager makes investment decisions or
    recommendations for the Fund independently from those rendered
    for other funds that it manages, which may also invest in the
    same securities as the Fund. If another fund is prepared to
    invest in, or desires to dispose of, the same security at the
    same time as the Fund, however, transactions in such securities
    will be made, insofar as feasible, for the respective funds in a
    manner deemed equitable to all. In some cases, this procedure
    may adversely affect the size of the position obtained for or
    disposed of by the Fund or the price paid or received by the
    Fund. In addition, because of different investment objectives, a
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    particular security may be purchased for one fund when another
    fund is selling the same security. In the future, the Investment
    Manager may advise or manage other funds or accounts, in which
    case similar issues may arise. See &#147;Portfolio
    Manager-Potential Conflicts of Interest.&#148;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Although the management agreement does not contain any
    restrictions on portfolio turnover, the Fund&#146;s policy is
    not to engage in transactions with the objective of seeking
    profits from short-term trading. It is expected that the annual
    portfolio turnover rate of the Fund will not exceed 150%. The
    portfolio turnover rate is calculated by dividing the lesser of
    sales or purchases of portfolio securities by the average
    monthly value of the Fund&#146;s portfolio securities. For
    purposes of this calculation, portfolio securities exclude all
    securities having a maturity when purchased of one year or less.
    Higher portfolio turnover involves correspondingly higher
    transaction costs and may result in greater amounts of
    short-term capital gains, which are taxed to stockholders as
    ordinary income when distributed. See &#147;Taxation&#160;&#151;
    U.S.&#160;Stockholders.&#148;
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    For the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2006, 2007 and
    2008, the Fund paid commissions for the execution of its
    portfolio transactions amounting in the aggregate to $4,580,359,
    $6,197,781 and $5,609,104, respectively.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SEMI-ANNUAL
    REPURCHASES OF SECURITIES</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">General</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may repurchase its securities:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    on a securities exchange or such other open market designated by
    the SEC (so long as the Fund has, in the case of purchases of
    its stock, informed holders of the class of stock involved
    within the preceding six months of its intention to repurchase
    such stock);
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    by a tender offer open to all holders of the class of securities
    involved;&#160;or
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    as otherwise permitted by the SEC, including, for example, by
    electing for an interval fund structure.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has adopted an &#147;interval fund&#148; structure,
    pursuant to which the Fund conducts semi-annual repurchase
    offers for between 5% and 25% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding
    common stock. The Fund currently intends to fund repurchase
    offers by using cash on hand and liquidating portfolio
    securities and does not intend to make additional discretionary
    repurchase offers. In accordance with the Fund&#146;s
    fundamental periodic repurchase policy, the Fund&#146;s next
    repurchase offer is expected to occur immediately following the
    expiration of the Offer.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If the Fund repurchases its shares of common stock for a price
    below their net asset value, the net asset value of those shares
    of common stock that remain outstanding would be enhanced, but
    this does not necessarily mean that the market price of those
    outstanding shares would be affected, either positively or
    negatively. Repurchases of shares of common stock by the Fund
    would also decrease its total assets and accordingly may
    increase its expenses as a percentage of average net assets.
    Further, interest on any borrowings to finance any such share
    repurchase transactions would reduce the Fund&#146;s net income.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Fundamental
    Policy Regarding Semi-Annual Repurchase Offers</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s fundamental policy with respect to repurchase
    offers is as follows:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    <TD align="left">
    The Fund will make offers to repurchase its shares at
    semi-annual intervals pursuant to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;23c-3</FONT>
    under the 1940 Act, and the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors may
    place such conditions and limitations on the repurchase offers
    as may be permitted under
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;23c-3;</FONT>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    14&#160;days prior to the last Friday of each of the Fund&#146;s
    first and third fiscal quarters (or the next business day if
    such Friday is not a business day) will be the deadline, which
    we refer to as the &#147;repurchase request deadline,&#148; by
    which the Fund must receive repurchase requests submitted by
    stockholders in response to the repurchase offer;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The date on which the repurchase price for shares is to be
    determined shall occur no later than the last Friday of each of
    the Fund&#146;s first and third fiscal quarters, or the next
    business day if such Friday is not a business day;&#160;and
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    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Repurchase offers may be suspended or postponed only under
    certain circumstances as provided for in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;23c-3</FONT>
    under the 1940 Act.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The foregoing policy cannot be changed without stockholder
    approval.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    From the date that notice is sent to stockholders announcing the
    repurchase offer until the repurchase pricing date, the Fund
    maintains a percentage of its portfolio assets in liquid
    securities at least equal to the value of the percentage of the
    Fund&#146;s shares that the Fund has offered to purchase.
</DIV>

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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">Procedures
    Relating to Semi-Annual Repurchase Offers</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Prior to each repurchase offer, the Board of Directors, in the
    exercise of its fiduciary duties, will determine the number of
    shares subject to the repurchase offer based upon such
    considerations as market demand and the Fund&#146;s net asset
    value per share. If a repurchase offer is oversubscribed, the
    Fund may, but is not obligated to, either:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    repurchase all additional shares tendered if the additional
    shares do not exceed 2% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding common
    stock;&#160;or
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    purchase all shares tendered on a pro rata basis.
</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    All shares tendered may be withdrawn at any time prior to the
    repurchase request deadline in accordance with certain
    procedures.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Repurchase prices are set at a price equal to the net asset
    value of the Fund as of a specified date that occurs after the
    repurchase request deadline. The Fund charges a repurchase fee
    of up to 2% of the value of the shares that are repurchased.
    Payment for tendered shares is distributed within one week
    thereafter. All repurchase offer materials are mailed to
    stockholders of record before commencement of the repurchase
    offer. Stockholders whose shares are held in the name of a
    broker, dealer, commercial bank, trust company or other nominee
    should contact such firm if they desire to tender their shares
    in the repurchase offer.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    During repurchase offers, net asset value per share is
    calculated as of the close of regular trading on the NYSE each
    Friday and each of the five business days preceding the
    repurchase request deadline. Stockholders who wish to obtain the
    net asset value during this period should contact the
    Fund&#146;s information agent for the repurchase offer.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    See &#147;Taxation-U.S.&#160;Stockholders&#160;&#151;
    Dispositions and repurchases.&#148;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">DIVIDENDS
    AND DISTRIBUTIONS;<BR>
    DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT AND CASH PURCHASE PLAN</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund intends to distribute annually to stockholders
    substantially all of its net investment income and to distribute
    any net realized capital gains at least annually. Net investment
    income for this purpose is income other than net realized
    long-and short-term capital gains net of expenses.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the Fund&#146;s dividend reinvestment and cash
    purchase plan, which we refer to as the &#147;plan,&#148;
    stockholders whose shares of common stock are registered in
    their own names will be deemed to have elected to have all
    distributions automatically reinvested by PNC Global Investment
    Servicing (U.S.) Inc., which serves as the plan agent, in Fund
    shares pursuant to the plan, unless such stockholders elect to
    receive distributions in cash. Stockholders who elect to receive
    distributions in cash will receive all distributions in cash
    paid by check in dollars mailed directly to the stockholders by
    the dividend paying agent. In the case of stockholders, such as
    banks, brokers or nominees, that hold shares for others who are
    beneficial owners, the plan agent will administer the plan on
    the basis of the number of shares certified from time to time by
    the stockholders as representing the total amount registered in
    such stockholders&#146; names and held for the account of
    beneficial owners that have not elected to receive distributions
    in cash. Investors that own shares registered in the name of a
    bank, broker or other nominee should consult with such nominee
    as to participation in the plan through such nominee, and may be
    required to have their shares registered in their own names in
    order to participate in the plan.
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    The plan agent serves as agent for the stockholders in
    administering the plan. If the Directors of the Fund declare an
    income dividend or a capital gains distribution payable either
    in the Fund&#146;s common stock or in cash,
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    nonparticipants in the plan will receive cash and participants
    in the plan will receive common stock, to be issued by the Fund
    or purchased by the plan agent in the open market. If the market
    price per share on the valuation date equals or exceeds net
    asset value per share on that date, the Fund will issue new
    shares to participants at net asset value, except if the net
    asset value is less than 95% of the market price on the
    valuation date, in which case such shares will then be issued at
    95% of the market price. The valuation date will be the dividend
    or distribution payment date or, if that date is not a NYSE
    trading day, the next preceding trading day. If the net asset
    value exceeds the market price of Fund shares at such time, or
    if the Fund should declare an income dividend or capital gains
    distribution payable only in cash, the plan agent will, as agent
    for the participants, buy Fund shares in the open market, on the
    NYSE or elsewhere, for the participants&#146; accounts on, or
    shortly after, the payment date. If, before the plan agent has
    completed its purchases, the market price exceeds the net asset
    value of a Fund share, the average per-share purchase price paid
    by the plan agent may exceed the net asset value of the
    Fund&#146;s shares, resulting in the acquisition of fewer shares
    than if the distribution had been paid in shares issued by the
    Fund on the dividend payment date. Because of the foregoing
    difficulty with respect to open-market purchases, the plan
    provides that if the plan agent is unable to invest the full
    dividend amount in open- market purchases during the purchase
    period or if the market discount shifts to a market premium
    during the purchase period, the plan agent will cease making
    open-market purchases and will receive the uninvested portion of
    the dividend amount in newly issued shares at the close of
    business on the last purchase date.
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    Participants have the option of making additional cash payments
    to the plan agent annually in any amount from $100 to $3,000 for
    investment in the Fund&#146;s common stock. The plan agent will
    use all such funds received from participants to purchase Fund
    shares in the open market on or about February 15 of each year.
    Any voluntary cash payment received more than 30&#160;days prior
    to this date will be returned by the plan agent, and interest
    will not be paid on any uninvested cash payment. To avoid
    unnecessary cash accumulations and also to allow ample time for
    receipt and processing by the plan agent, it is suggested that
    participants send in voluntary cash payments to be received by
    the plan agent approximately 10&#160;days before an applicable
    purchase date specified above. A participant may withdraw a
    voluntary cash payment by written notice if the notice is
    received by the plan agent not less than 48&#160;hours before
    such payment is to be invested.
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    The plan agent maintains all stockholder accounts in the plan
    and furnishes written confirmations of all transactions in an
    account, including information needed by stockholders for
    personal and tax records. Shares in the account of each plan
    participant will be held by the plan agent in the name of the
    participant, and each stockholder&#146;s proxy will include
    those shares purchased pursuant to the plan.
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    There is no charge to participants for reinvesting dividends or
    capital gains distributions or voluntary cash payments. The Fund
    will pay the plan agent&#146;s fees for the reinvestment of
    dividends and capital gains distributions and voluntary cash
    payments. There will be no brokerage charges with respect to
    shares issued directly by the Fund as a result of dividends or
    capital gains distributions payable either in stock or in cash.
    However, each participant will pay a pro rata share of brokerage
    commissions incurred with respect to the plan agent&#146;s open
    market purchases in connection with the reinvestment of
    dividends and capital gains distributions and voluntary cash
    payments made by the participant. Brokerage charges for
    purchasing small amounts of stock for individual accounts
    through the plan are expected to be less than the usual
    brokerage charges for such transactions, because the plan agent
    will be purchasing stock for all participants in blocks and
    prorating the lower commission thus attainable.
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    The receipt of dividends and distributions under the plan will
    not relieve participants of any income tax which may be payable
    on such dividends or distributions. See &#147;Taxation.&#148;
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    Experience under the plan may later indicate that changes in the
    plan are desirable. Accordingly, the Fund and the plan agent
    reserve the right to terminate the plan as applied to any
    voluntary cash payments made and any dividend or distribution
    paid subsequent to notice of the termination sent to members of
    the plan at least 30&#160;days before the record date for such
    dividend or distribution. The plan also may be amended by the
    Fund or the plan agent, but (except when necessary or
    appropriate to comply with applicable law, rules or policies of
    a regulatory authority) only by at least 30&#160;days&#146;
    written notice to participants in the plan. All correspondence
    concerning the plan should be directed to the plan agent at
    P.O.&#160;Box&#160;43027, Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
    (telephone: 1-508-871-8500).
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TAXATION</FONT></B>
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    The following is a general summary of certain United States
    federal income tax considerations affecting the Fund and its
    stockholders. It is not expected that stockholders will be
    subject to the alternative minimum tax as a result of their
    investment in the Fund. No attempt is made to present a detailed
    explanation of all federal, state, local and foreign income tax
    considerations, and this discussion is not intended as a
    substitute for careful tax planning. Accordingly, potential
    investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors regarding
    an investment in the Fund. This summary reflects applicable tax
    laws as of the date of this prospectus, which tax laws may be
    changed or subject to new interpretations by the courts of the
    U.S.&#160;Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;),
    retroactively or prospectively.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Fund</FONT></B>
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    The Fund has qualified and intends to continue to qualify as a
    &#147;regulated investment company&#148; for federal income tax
    purposes under the Internal Revenue Code, except as noted below.
    In order to so qualify, the Fund must, among other things,
    (a)&#160;derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross
    income from (i)&#160;dividends, interest, payments with respect
    to loans of securities, gains from the sale or other disposition
    of stock or securities or foreign currencies, or other income
    derived with respect to its business of investing in such stock,
    securities or currencies (including, but not limited to, gains
    from options, futures or forward contracts) and (ii)&#160;net
    income derived from interests in certain publicly traded
    partnerships that are treated as partnerships for
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes and that derive less than
    90% of their gross income from the items described in
    (i)&#160;above (each, a &#147;Qualified Publicly Traded
    Partnership&#148;) and (b)&#160;diversify its holdings so that,
    at the end of each quarter of each taxable year, (i)&#160;at
    least 50% of the value of the Fund&#146;s assets is represented
    by cash, cash items, U.S.&#160;government securities, securities
    of other regulated investment companies, and other securities
    which, with respect to any one issuer, do not represent more
    than 5% of the value of the Fund&#146;s assets nor more than 10%
    of the voting securities of such issuer, and (ii)&#160;not more
    than 25% of the value of the Fund&#146;s assets is invested in
    the securities (other than U.S.&#160;government securities or
    the securities of other regulated investment companies) of any
    one issuer, any two or more issuers that the Fund controls and
    that are engaged in the same, similar or related trades or
    businesses or any one or more Qualified Publicly Traded
    Partnerships.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund may not have qualified to be taxed as a regulated
    investment company for the taxable year ended December&#160;31,
    2004. Section&#160;855(a) of the Internal Revenue Code provides
    that, in order to eliminate taxable income for a taxable year, a
    regulated investment company may elect to treat dividends
    distributed during the twelve months following the taxable year
    as having been paid during such taxable year. In order to make
    this election, a fund must (1)&#160;declare such dividend prior
    to the due date of filing its tax return for the taxable year
    (including any extensions granted), and (2)&#160;distribute the
    dividend during the twelve months following the taxable year.
    For the taxable year ended December&#160;31, 2004, the Fund
    distributed the appropriate dividend within the twelve month
    timeframe; however, the declaration was made on
    December&#160;19, 2005, which was subsequent to the filing
    deadline for the 2004 tax return (i.e., September&#160;15,
    2005). As such, the Fund may have failed to qualify to be taxed
    as a regulated investment company under Subchapter M of the
    Internal Revenue Code for the taxable year ended
    December&#160;31, 2004. A provision of $25,507,350 was made for
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes in the Fund&#146;s 2005
    financial statements. However, on April&#160;6, 2006, the Fund
    declared a deficiency dividend (within the meaning of
    Section&#160;860 of the Internal Revenue Code) of $1.07 per
    share with respect to its income for the taxable year ending
    December&#160;31, 2004. As a result of this deficiency dividend,
    the Fund has reduced its recorded tax liability to approximately
    $4,956,314. There can be no assurance that the Fund will be able
    to further reduce the liability.
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    If the Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company and
    distributes to its stockholders at least 90% of its investment
    company taxable income (as that term is defined in the Internal
    Revenue Code, without regard to the deduction for dividends
    paid), then the Fund will not be subject to federal income tax
    on the income so distributed. However, the Fund would be subject
    to corporate income tax at a rate of 35% on any undistributed
    income. Investment company taxable income includes dividends,
    interest, and net short-term capital gains in excess of net
    long-term capital losses, but does not include &#147;net capital
    gain,&#148; which is net long-term capital gains in excess of
    net short-term capital losses. If in any year the Fund should
    fail to qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund
    would be subject to federal income tax in the same manner as an
    ordinary corporation, and distributions to stockholders would be
    taxable to such holders as ordinary dividend income to the
    extent of the earnings and profits
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    of the Fund. Such distributions generally would be eligible
    (i)&#160;to be treated as &#147;qualified dividend income&#148;
    (as discussed below) in the case of individual stockholders and
    (ii)&#160;for the dividends-received deduction in the case of
    corporate stockholders. Distributions in excess of earnings and
    profits will be treated as a tax-free return of capital, to the
    extent of a holder&#146;s basis in its shares, and any excess,
    as a long- or short-term capital gain. In addition, the Fund
    will be subject to a nondeductible 4% excise tax on the amount
    by which the aggregate income it distributes in any calendar
    year is less than the sum of: (a)&#160;98% of the Fund&#146;s
    ordinary income for such calendar year, (b)&#160;98% of the
    excess of capital gains over capital losses for the one-year
    period ending on October 31 of such year, and (c)&#160;100% of
    the undistributed ordinary income and gains from prior years.
    For these purposes, the Fund will be deemed to have distributed
    any income or gains on which it paid corporate income tax.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund intends to distribute sufficient income so as to avoid
    both corporate income tax and the excise tax.
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    The Fund may engage in hedging involving foreign currencies,
    forward contracts, options and futures contracts (including
    options and futures contracts of foreign currencies). See
    &#147;Additional Investment Activities&#160;&#151;
    Hedging.&#148; Such transactions will be subject to special
    provisions of the Internal Revenue Code that, among other
    things, may affect the character of gains and losses realized by
    the Fund (that is, may affect whether gains or losses are
    ordinary or capital), accelerate recognition of income to the
    Fund and defer recognition of certain of the Fund&#146;s losses.
    These rules could therefore affect the character, amount and
    timing of distributions to stockholders. In addition, these
    provisions (1)&#160;will require the Fund to
    &#147;mark-to-market&#148; certain types of positions in its
    portfolio (that is, treat them as if they were closed out) and
    (2)&#160;may cause the Fund to recognize income without
    receiving cash with which to pay dividends or make distributions
    in amounts necessary to satisfy the distribution requirements
    for avoiding income and excise taxes. In addition, certain Fund
    investments may produce income that will not qualify as good
    income for purposes of the 90% annual gross income requirement
    discussed above. The Fund intends to monitor its transactions,
    will make the appropriate tax elections and will make the
    appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires
    any forward contract, option, futures contract, or hedged
    investment in order to mitigate the effect of these rules and
    prevent disqualification of the Fund as a regulated investment
    company.
</DIV>

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    The Fund will maintain accounts and calculate income by
    reference to the U.S.&#160;dollar for U.S.&#160;federal income
    tax purposes. Investments generally will be maintained and
    income therefrom calculated by reference to certain foreign
    currencies and such calculations will not necessarily correspond
    to the Fund&#146;s distributable income and capital gains for
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes as a result of
    fluctuations in currency exchange rates. Under Section&#160;988
    of the Internal Revenue Code, gains or losses attributable to
    fluctuations in exchange rates between the time the Fund accrues
    income or receivables or expenses or other liabilities
    denominated in a foreign currency and the time the Fund actually
    collects such income or receivables or pays such liabilities are
    generally treated as ordinary income or loss. Similarly, gains
    or losses on foreign currency forward contracts and the
    disposition of debt securities denominated in foreign currency,
    to the extent attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
    between the acquisition and disposition dates, are also treated
    as ordinary income or loss.
</DIV>

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    Furthermore, exchange control regulations may restrict the
    ability of the Fund to repatriate investment income or the
    proceeds of sales of securities. These restrictions and
    limitations may limit the Fund&#146;s ability to make sufficient
    distributions to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement and
    avoid the 4% excise tax.
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    The tax treatment of certain investments of the Fund is not free
    from doubt and it is possible that an IRS examination of the
    issuers of such securities or of the Fund could result in
    adjustments to the income of the Fund. An upward adjustment by
    the IRS to the income of the Fund may result in the failure of
    the Fund to satisfy the 90% distribution requirement necessary
    for the Fund to maintain its status as a regulated investment
    company under the Internal Revenue Code. In such event, the Fund
    may be able to make a &#147;deficiency dividend&#148;
    distribution to its stockholders with respect to the year under
    examination to satisfy this requirement. Such distribution will
    be taxable as a dividend to the stockholders receiving the
    distribution (whether or not the Fund has sufficient current or
    accumulated earnings and profits for the year in which such
    distribution is made) in the taxable year in which such
    dividends are received. A downward adjustment by the IRS to the
    income of the Fund may cause a portion of the previously made
    distribution with respect to the year under examination not to
    be treated as a dividend. In such event, the portion of
    distributions to each stockholder not treated as a dividend
    would be recharacterized as a return of capital and reduce the
    stockholder&#146;s basis in the shares held at the time of the
    previously made distributions.
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    Accordingly, this reduction in basis could cause a stockholder
    to recognize additional gain upon the sale of such
    stockholder&#146;s shares.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund intends to make investments which may, for federal
    income tax purposes, constitute investments in shares of foreign
    corporations. If the Fund purchases shares in certain foreign
    investment entities, called &#147;passive foreign investment
    companies&#148; (&#147;PFICs&#148;), the Fund may be subject to
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax on a portion of any &#147;excess
    distribution&#148; or gain from the disposition of the shares
    even if the income is distributed as a taxable dividend by the
    Fund to its stockholders. The Fund will generally not be able to
    pass through to its stockholders any credit or deduction for
    this tax. Additional charges in the nature of interest may be
    imposed with respect to deferred taxes arising from the
    distributions or gains. If the Fund were to invest in a PFIC and
    (if the Fund received the necessary information available from
    the PFIC, which may be difficult to obtain) elected to treat the
    PFIC as a &#147;qualified electing fund&#148; under the Internal
    Revenue Code, in lieu of the foregoing requirements, the Fund
    would generally be required to include in income each year a
    portion of the ordinary earnings and net capital gains of the
    PFIC, even if not distributed to the Fund, and the amounts would
    be subject to the 90% and calendar year distribution
    requirements described above.
</DIV>

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    Alternatively, the Fund may elect to &#147;mark-to-market&#148;
    any stock in a PFIC it owns at the end of its taxable year.
    &#147;Marking-to-market,&#148; in this context, means including
    in ordinary income for each taxable year the excess, if any, of
    the fair market value of the stock over the Fund&#146;s adjusted
    basis therein as of the end of that year. Pursuant to the
    election, the Fund also may deduct (as an ordinary, not capital,
    loss) the excess, if any, of its adjusted basis in PFIC stock
    over the fair market value thereof as of the taxable year-end,
    but only to the extent of any net mark-to-market gains with
    respect to that stock the Fund included in income for prior
    taxable years under the election. The Fund&#146;s adjusted basis
    in each PFIC&#146;s stock subject to the election would be
    adjusted to reflect the amounts of income included and
    deductions taken thereunder. Any income recognized by the Fund
    pursuant to the &#147;mark-to-market&#148; election would be
    subject to the 90% and calendar year distribution requirements
    described above.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">U.S.
    Stockholders</FONT></B>
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    <I>Distributions.</I>&#160;&#160;Distributions to stockholders
    of investment company taxable income will, except in the case of
    distributions attributable to &#147;qualified dividend
    income&#148; described below, be taxable as ordinary income to
    the extent of the Fund&#146;s earnings and profits, whether such
    distributions are paid in cash or reinvested in additional
    shares. It is not anticipated that a significant portion of such
    dividends, if any, will qualify for the dividends-received
    deduction generally available for corporate stockholders under
    the Internal Revenue Code. Stockholders receiving distributions
    from the Fund in the form of additional shares pursuant to the
    dividend reinvestment plan (i)&#160;will be treated as receiving
    a distribution in the amount of cash that they would have
    received if they had elected to receive the distribution in
    cash, unless the Fund issues new shares that are trading at or
    above net asset value, and (ii)&#160;will be treated for federal
    income tax purposes as receiving a distribution in an amount
    equal to the fair market value of the additional shares on the
    date of such a distribution if the Fund issues new shares that
    are trading at or above net asset value. Consequently, if the
    number of shares distributed reflects a market premium, the
    amount distributed to stockholders participating in the plan
    would exceed the amount of the cash distributed to
    nonparticipating stockholders.
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    For taxable years beginning on or before December&#160;31, 2010,
    distributions of investment company taxable income that are
    designated by the Fund as derived from &#147;qualified dividend
    income&#148; are taxed to individual stockholders at the rates
    applicable to long-term capital gain, which reach a maximum of
    15%. Qualified dividend income includes dividends received from
    foreign corporations only if such corporations are
    &#147;qualified foreign corporations&#148; and the Fund meets
    holding period and other requirements with respect to its
    investment in such corporations. The Fund will not be able to
    pass through to any stockholder the tax treatment of qualified
    dividend income (namely, that such income will be taxed at
    long-term capital gain rates) unless that stockholder also meets
    the same holding period and other requirements with respect to
    its investment in stock of the Fund. A foreign corporation is a
    &#147;qualified foreign corporation&#148; if it is
    (i)&#160;eligible for benefits of a comprehensive income tax
    treaty with the United States that the United States Treasury
    Department determines is satisfactory for this purpose and that
    includes an exchange of information program or (ii)&#160;any
    other foreign corporation with respect to any dividend paid by
    such corporation if the stock with respect to which such
    dividend is paid is readily tradable on an established
    securities market in the United States. The United States
    Treasury Department has issued a notice indicating that the
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    income tax convention between the United States and India
    currently in effect (the &#147;Convention&#148;) satisfies the
    requirements described in clause&#160;(i) of the preceding
    sentence. Accordingly, dividends paid by Indian corporations
    that are eligible for the benefits of the Convention will
    generally be eligible to be passed through to Fund stockholders
    as qualified dividend income. Dividends paid by PFICs, however,
    will not be treated as qualified dividend income. The provisions
    of the Internal Revenue Code applicable to qualified dividend
    income and the 15% maximum individual tax rate on long-term
    capital gains are currently effective through 2010. Thereafter,
    qualified dividend income will no longer be taxed at the rates
    applicable to long-term capital gains, and the maximum
    individual tax rate on long-term capital gains will increase to
    20%, unless Congress enacts legislation providing otherwise.
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    Distributions to stockholders of net capital gain that are
    designated by the Fund as &#147;capital gain dividends&#148;
    will be taxable as long-term capital gains, whether paid in cash
    or additional shares, regardless of how long the shares have
    been held by such stockholders. Capital gain dividends will not
    be eligible for the dividends-received deduction. The current
    maximum federal income tax rate imposed on individuals with
    respect to long-term capital gains is limited to 15%, whereas
    the current maximum federal income tax rate imposed on
    individuals with respect to ordinary income (and short-term
    capital gains, which are taxed at the same rates as ordinary
    income) is 35%. With respect to corporate taxpayers, long-term
    capital gains are currently taxed at the same federal income tax
    rates as ordinary income and short-term capital gains.
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    A distribution to a stockholder of an amount in excess of the
    Fund&#146;s current and accumulated earnings and profits will be
    treated by the stockholder as a return of capital which is
    applied against and reduces the stockholder&#146;s basis in his
    shares. To the extent that the amount of any such distribution
    exceeds the stockholder&#146;s basis in its shares, the excess
    will be treated by the stockholder as gain from a sale or
    exchange of the shares.
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    The Fund may elect to retain its net capital gain or a portion
    thereof for investment and be taxed at corporate rates on the
    amount retained. In such case, it may designate the retained
    amount as undistributed capital gains in a notice to its
    stockholders, who will be treated as if each received a
    distribution of its pro rata share of such gain, with the result
    that each stockholder will (i)&#160;be required to report his
    pro rata share of such gain on his tax return as long-term
    capital gain, (ii)&#160;receive a refundable tax credit for his
    pro rata share of tax paid by the Fund on the gain and
    (iii)&#160;increase the tax basis for his shares by an amount
    equal to the deemed distribution less the tax credit.
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    Dividends and distributions by the Fund are generally taxable to
    the stockholders at the time the dividend or distribution is
    made (even if paid or reinvested in additional shares). Any
    dividend declared by the Fund in October, November or December
    of any calendar year, however, which is payable to stockholders
    of record on a specified date in such a month and which is not
    paid on or before December 31 of such year will be treated as
    paid by the Fund and received by the stockholders as of December
    31 of such year, provided that the dividend is paid during
    January of the following year.
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    A notice detailing the tax status of dividends and distributions
    paid by the Fund will be mailed annually to the stockholders of
    the Fund.
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    <I>Dispositions and repurchases.</I>&#160;&#160;Gain or loss, if
    any, recognized on the sale or other disposition of shares of
    the Fund will be taxed as capital gain or loss if the shares are
    capital assets in the stockholder&#146;s hands. Generally, a
    stockholder&#146;s gain or loss will be a long-term gain or loss
    if the shares have been held for more than one year. If a
    stockholder sells or otherwise disposes of a share of the Fund
    before holding it for more than six months, any loss on the sale
    or other disposition of such share shall be treated as a
    long-term capital loss to the extent of any capital gain
    dividends received or deemed received by the stockholder with
    respect to such share. A loss realized on a sale or exchange of
    shares may be disallowed if other substantially identical shares
    are acquired (whether under the plan or otherwise) within a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">61-day</FONT>
    period beginning 30&#160;days before and ending 30&#160;days
    after the date that the shares are disposed of. In such a case,
    the basis of the shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the
    disallowed loss.
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    A repurchase by the Fund of shares generally will be treated as
    a sale of the shares by a stockholder provided that after the
    repurchase the stockholder does not own, either directly or by
    attribution under Section&#160;318 of the Internal Revenue Code,
    any shares. If, after a repurchase a stockholder continues to
    own, directly or by attribution, any shares, it is possible that
    any amounts received in the repurchase by such stockholder will
    be taxable as a dividend to such stockholder, and there is a
    risk that stockholders who do not have any of their shares
    repurchased
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    would be treated as having received a dividend distribution as a
    result of their proportionate increase in the ownership of the
    Fund. Use of the Fund&#146;s cash to repurchase shares may
    adversely affect the Fund&#146;s ability to satisfy the 90%
    distribution requirement described above. The Fund may also
    recognize income in connection with the liquidation of portfolio
    securities to fund share purchases. Any such income would be
    taken into account in determining whether the 90% distribution
    requirement has been satisfied.
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    <I>Foreign taxes.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund will be subject to
    withholding and other taxes imposed by India and may be subject
    to certain taxes imposed by other foreign countries with respect
    to dividends, interest, capital gains and other income. If the
    Fund qualifies as a regulated investment company, the 90%
    distribution requirement discussed above is satisfied and more
    than 50% in value of the Fund&#146;s total assets at the close
    of any taxable year consists of stocks or securities of foreign
    corporations, which for this purpose should include obligations
    issued by foreign governmental issuers, then the Fund may elect
    to treat any foreign income taxes paid by it (if such taxes are
    treated as income taxes under U.S.&#160;income tax principles)
    as paid by its stockholders. The Fund has historically made and
    intends to continue to qualify for and to make this election.
    For any year that the Fund makes such an election, an amount
    equal to the foreign income taxes paid by the Fund that can be
    treated as income taxes under U.S.&#160;income tax principles
    will be included in the income of its stockholders. Each
    stockholder will be required to include in its gross income,
    even though not actually received, his pro rata share of the
    foreign income taxes paid by the Fund, and will be entitled
    (subject to certain limitations) to credit the amount included
    in his income against his U.S.&#160;tax liabilities, if any, or
    to deduct such amount from his U.S.&#160;taxable income, if any.
    Shortly after any year for which it makes such an election, the
    Fund will report to its stockholders, in writing, the amount per
    share of such foreign income taxes that must be included in each
    stockholder&#146;s gross income and the amount that will be
    available for deductions or credit. In general, a stockholder
    may elect each year whether to claim deductions or credits for
    foreign taxes. No deductions for foreign taxes may be claimed,
    however, by non-corporate stockholders (including certain
    foreign stockholders as described below) who do not itemize
    deductions. If a stockholder elects to credit foreign taxes, the
    amount of credit that may be claimed in any year may not exceed
    the same proportion of the U.S.&#160;tax against which such
    credit is taken that the stockholder&#146;s taxable income from
    foreign sources (but not in excess of the stockholder&#146;s
    entire taxable income) bears to his entire taxable income. This
    limitation must be applied separately to certain categories of
    income and the related foreign taxes. In certain circumstances,
    a stockholder that (i)&#160;has held shares of the Fund for less
    than a specified minimum period during which it is not protected
    from risk of loss or (ii)&#160;is obligated to make payments
    related to the dividends, will not be allowed a foreign tax
    credit for foreign taxes deemed imposed on dividends paid on
    such shares. Additionally, the Fund must meet this holding
    period requirement with respect to its foreign stock and
    securities in order for &#147;creditable&#148; foreign taxes to
    be passed through to its stockholders. Generally, under
    U.S.&#160;law, capital gains realized by U.S.&#160;residents are
    treated as U.S.&#160;source income. Under the Convention,
    however, capital gains realized by U.S.&#160;residents which may
    be taxed in India will be treated as foreign source income,
    unless inconsistent with U.S.&#160;law. Section&#160;865(h) of
    the Internal Revenue Code provides that if a taxpayer elects,
    gain from the sale of stock of a foreign corporation by a
    U.S.&#160;resident (as defined in Section&#160;865(g) of the
    Internal Revenue Code) will be treated as foreign source if,
    pursuant to a U.S.&#160;tax treaty (without regard to the
    general U.S.&#160;sourcing rule for capital gains), such income
    is treated as foreign source. Accordingly, capital gains
    realized by the Fund which may be subject to Indian capital
    gains tax should be treated as foreign source if the election is
    made. Stockholders should consult their own tax advisors with
    respect to making this election and the general application of
    foreign tax credits.
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    <I>Backup withholding.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may be required
    to withhold federal income tax (&#147;backup withholding&#148;)
    from dividends and redemption proceeds paid to non-corporate
    stockholders. This tax may be withheld from dividends if
    (i)&#160;the stockholder fails to furnish the Fund with the
    stockholder&#146;s correct taxpayer identification number,
    (ii)&#160;the IRS notifies the Fund that the stockholder has
    failed to report properly certain interest and dividend income
    to the IRS and to respond to notices to that effect, or
    (iii)&#160;when required to do so, the stockholder fails to
    certify that he or she is not subject to backup withholding.
    Redemption proceeds may be subject to withholding under the
    circumstances described in (i)&#160;above. Corporate
    stockholders and other stockholders specified in the Internal
    Revenue Code or the Treasury regulations promulgated thereunder
    are exempt from backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an
    additional tax. Any amounts withheld under the backup
    withholding rules from payments made to a stockholder may be
    credited against such stockholder&#146;s federal income tax
    liability, provided the required information is furnished to the
    IRS.
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    <I>Disclosure regulations.</I>&#160;&#160;Treasury regulations
    provide that, if a stockholder recognizes a loss with respect to
    shares of $2&#160;million or more for an individual stockholder
    or $10&#160;million or more for a corporate stockholder (or a
    greater loss over a combination of years), the stockholder must
    file with the IRS a disclosure statement on IRS Form&#160;8886.
    Direct stockholders of portfolio securities are in many cases
    excepted from this reporting requirement, but under current
    guidance, stockholders of a regulated investment company are not
    excepted. Future guidance may extend the current exception from
    this reporting requirement to stockholders of most or all
    regulated investment companies. The fact that a loss is
    reportable under these regulations does not affect the legal
    determination of whether the taxpayer&#146;s treatment of the
    loss is proper. Stockholders should consult their own tax
    advisors to determine the applicability of these regulations in
    light of their individual circumstances.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Foreign
    Stockholders</FONT></B>
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    U.S.&#160;taxation of a stockholder who, as to the United
    States, is a non-resident alien individual, a foreign trust or
    estate, a foreign corporation, or a foreign partnership
    (&#147;foreign stockholder&#148;), depends on whether the income
    from the Fund is &#147;effectively connected&#148; with a
    U.S.&#160;trade or business carried on by such stockholder.
    Ordinarily, income from the Fund will not be treated as so
    &#147;effectively connected.&#148;
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    <I>Income not effectively connected.</I>&#160;&#160;If the
    income from the Fund is not &#147;effectively connected&#148;
    with a U.S.&#160;trade or business carried on by the foreign
    stockholder, then, except as described below with respect to
    interest-related dividends and short-term capital gain
    dividends, distributions of investment company taxable income
    (including dividends designated as qualified dividend income)
    will generally be subject to a U.S.&#160;tax of 30% (or lower
    treaty rate), which tax is generally withheld from such
    distributions. Furthermore, foreign stockholders may be subject
    to U.S.&#160;tax at the rate of 30% (or lower treaty rate) of
    the income resulting from the Fund&#146;s election to treat any
    foreign taxes paid by it as paid by its stockholders, but will
    not be able to claim a credit or deduction for the foreign taxes
    as having been paid by them unless they file U.S.&#160;tax
    returns.
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    The 30% U.S.&#160;withholding tax is not imposed on dividends
    paid by regulated investment companies to the extent the
    dividends are designated as &#147;interest-related
    dividends&#148; or &#147;short-term capital gain
    dividends.&#148; Under this exemption, interest-related
    dividends and short-term capital gain dividends generally
    represent distributions of interest or short-term capital gains
    that would not have been subject to U.S.&#160;withholding tax at
    the source if they had been received directly by a foreign
    person, and that satisfy certain other requirements. The
    exemption applies to dividends with respect to taxable years of
    regulated investment companies beginning before January&#160;1,
    2010.
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    Distributions of capital gain dividends to a non-resident alien
    who is present in the United States for fewer than one hundred
    eighty-three days during the taxable year will not be subject to
    the 30% U.S.&#160;tax. An alien individual who is physically
    present in the United States for more than one hundred
    eighty-two days during the taxable year generally is treated as
    a resident for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes, in which
    case he or she will be subject to U.S.&#160;federal income tax
    on his or her worldwide income, including ordinary income and
    capital gain dividends, at the graduated rates applicable to
    U.S.&#160;citizens, rather than the 30% U.S.&#160;tax. In the
    case of a foreign stockholder who is a non-resident alien
    individual, the Fund may be required to withhold
    U.S.&#160;federal income tax from distributions of capital gain
    dividends under the backup withholding system unless the foreign
    stockholder makes required certifications to the Fund on a
    properly completed IRS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;W-8BEN</FONT>
    (or other applicable form), or otherwise establishes an
    exemption. The amount so withheld could be applied as a credit
    against any U.S.&#160;tax due from the stockholder or, if no tax
    is due, refunded pursuant to a claim therefor properly filed on
    an income tax return.
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    Any gain that a foreign stockholder realizes upon the sale or
    other disposition of shares of the Fund will ordinarily be
    exempt from U.S.&#160;tax unless the stockholder is an alien
    individual who is physically present in the United States for
    more than one hundred eighty-two days during the taxable year
    (as discussed above), the gain is U.S.&#160;source income and
    certain other requirements are met.
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    <I>Income effectively connected.</I>&#160;&#160;If the income
    from the Fund is &#147;effectively connected&#148; with a
    U.S.&#160;trade or business carried on by a foreign stockholder,
    then distributions of investment company taxable income and net
    capital gain, and any gains realized upon the sale of shares or
    the Fund, will be subject to U.S.&#160;federal income tax at the
    graduated rates applicable to U.S.&#160;citizens, residents and
    domestic corporations. Corporate stockholders may also be
    subject to the 30% branch profits tax.
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    The tax consequences to a foreign stockholder entitled to claim
    the benefits of an applicable tax treaty may be different from
    those described herein. Foreign stockholders are advised to
    consult their own tax advisers with respect to the particular
    tax consequences to them of an investment in the Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Indian
    Taxes</FONT></B>
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    The discussion of Indian tax matters contained herein is based
    on existing law, including the provisions of the Indian Income
    Tax Act, 1961 (&#147;Income Tax Act&#148;) and the provisions of
    the tax treaty between Mauritius and India. The Income Tax Act
    is amended every year by the Indian Finance Act of the relevant
    year, and this summary reflects changes through the date hereof.
    No assurance can be given that future legislation,
    administrative rulings or court decisions will not significantly
    modify the conclusions set forth in this summary, possibly with
    retroactive effect.
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    Additionally, the discussion of Indian tax matters contained
    herein does not address the tax consequences to investors
    arising from the acquisition, holding or disposition of
    interests in their respective local jurisdictions.
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    The Fund will be subject to taxation in India if (i)&#160;it is
    treated as a resident of India because its &#147;control and
    management&#148; is wholly in India or (ii)&#160;as a
    non-resident any income accrues to it, whether directly or
    indirectly, through a business connection in India or through
    any asset or source of income in India or through the transfer
    of a capital asset in India or (iii)&#160;it receives income in
    India.
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    The Fund conducts its investment activities in India as a tax
    resident of Mauritius and as such expects to obtain benefits
    under the tax treaty between Mauritius and India. In light of
    Circular 789 of April&#160;13, 2000 issued by the Central Board
    of Direct Taxes in India, the Fund should be eligible for the
    benefits under the treaty if it holds a valid tax residence
    certificate issued by the Mauritius income tax authorities. The
    validity of the circular was also upheld by the Supreme Court of
    India in a judgment delivered on October&#160;7, 2003. However,
    investments in India through Mauritius are continuously under
    the review of the Indian revenue authorities. The Fund has
    obtained a certificate from the Mauritius tax authorities to the
    effect that it is a resident of Mauritius under the treaty.
</DIV>

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    The Fund continues to (i)&#160;comply with the requirements of
    the tax treaty, (ii)&#160;be a tax resident of Mauritius and
    (iii)&#160;maintain that its central management and control
    resides in Mauritius, and therefore the Fund&#146;s management
    believes that the Fund will be able to obtain the benefits of
    the tax treaty, subject to the continuance of the current terms
    of the treaty.
</DIV>

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    In case income of the Fund is characterized as capital gain, the
    Fund will not be subject to Indian tax solely by reason of
    investing in the portfolio companies in India unless it is
    treated as a resident of India as well as Mauritius and unless
    it is considered to have the place of effective management in
    India.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In case income of the Fund is characterized as business income,
    it will not be taxable in India, unless it has a permanent
    establishment in India. Certain factors that may result in the
    Fund being considered as conducting business through a permanent
    establishment in India include the maintenance by the Fund of a
    branch or an office or a place of management in India, the
    physical presence of the Fund&#146;s employees or directors in
    India (beyond a prescribed time period) and the existence of
    dependent agents in India with authority to conclude contracts
    in India on behalf of the Fund. Although the Fund is expected to
    operate in a manner that will not cause it to be treated as
    having a permanent establishment in India, there can be no
    assurances made in this regard.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If the Fund does not have a permanent establishment in India,
    capital gains earned by the Fund should not be taxed in India by
    virtue of Article&#160;13 of the treaty.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Dividends paid by Indian companies to the Fund should be exempt
    from tax in India. Any interest income earned on Indian
    securities is subject to withholding tax in India at the rate of
    21.115%.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Where the benefits under the India-Mauritius tax treaty are
    denied for any reason, the domestic income tax laws in India
    would apply in such case. The Indian income tax laws provide
    that the income of foreign institutional investors and their
    sub-accounts, including the Fund, from the transfer of
    securities or from capital gains arising
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    from the transfer of securities is taxable as per the provisions
    of Section&#160;115AD of the Indian Income Tax Act, 1961.
    Selected provisions as they apply to the Fund are as follows:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
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    <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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Income received in respect of securities (other than
    (1)&#160;income from dividends on which a dividend distribution
    tax has been paid or (2)&#160;income from units of the Unit
    Trust of India or specified mutual funds covered by
    Section&#160;115AB of the Indian Income Tax Act) are taxed at a
    rate of 21.115%.
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    With respect to long-term capital gains:
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

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    <TD width="6%"></TD>
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</TR>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Income received in respect of long-term capital gains from
    (A)&#160;the transfer of (i)&#160;equity shares of an Indian
    company listed on an Indian securities exchange or
    (ii)&#160;units of an equity-oriented mutual fund listed on an
    Indian securities exchange or (B)&#160;the repurchase of units
    by an equity-oriented mutual fund is not subject to any
    long-term capital gains tax if that income is otherwise subject
    to the securities transaction tax described under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Securities transaction tax&#148; below.
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Income received in respect of long-term capital gains from the
    transfer of securities other than as set forth above are taxed
    at a rate of 10.558%.
</TD>
</TR>

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    With respect to short-term capital gains:
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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="6%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="92%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Income received in respect of short-term capital gains from
    (A)&#160;the transfer of (i)&#160;equity shares of an Indian
    company listed on an Indian securities exchange or
    (ii)&#160;units of an equity-oriented mutual fund listed on an
    Indian securities exchange or (B)&#160;the repurchase of units
    by an equity oriented mutual fund are taxed at a rate of 15.836%
    if that income is otherwise subject to the securities
    transaction tax described under &#147;&#151;&#160;Securities
    transaction tax&#148; below.
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Income received in respect of short-term capital gains from the
    transfer of securities other than as set forth above are taxed
    at a rate of 31.673%.
</TD>
</TR>

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

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    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    If the Fund only has income from securities (other than
    (1)&#160;income from dividends on which a dividend distribution
    tax has been paid or (2)&#160;income from units of the Unit
    Trust of India or specified mutual funds registered with SEBI
    and covered by Section&#160;115AB of the Indian Income Tax Act),
    then the Fund may not claim a deduction on the gross amount of
    such income under Sections&#160;28 through 44C, Section&#160;57
    and Chapter&#160;VIA of the Indian Income Tax Act.
</TD>
</TR>

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    As used above, the term &#147;securities&#148; has the meaning
    assigned to it Section&#160;2(h) of the Indian Securities
    Contract (Regulations) Act, 1956 and includes:
</DIV>

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    <TD width="4%"></TD>
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    <TD width="94%"></TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    shares, scrips, stocks, bonds, debentures, derivatives,
    debenture stock or other marketable securities of a like nature
    in or of any incorporated company or other body corporate;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    derivatives;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    units or any other instrument issued by any collective
    investment scheme to the investor in such schemes;
</TD>
</TR>


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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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    security receipts as defined in clause (zg) of section&#160;2 of
    the Securitisation and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and
    Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    units or any other instrument issued to the investors under any
    mutual fund scheme;
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Indian government securities; and
</TD>
</TR>


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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    such other instruments as may be declared by the Central
    Government to be securities; and rights or interests in
    securities.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As used above, &#147;equity-oriented mutual fund&#148; means a
    mutual fund registered with SEBI or such other mutual fund set
    up by a public sector bank or a public financial institution or
    authorized by the Reserve Bank of India, that has invested more
    than 65% of its total proceeds in the equity shares of Indian
    companies.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Provisions that would otherwise apply to non-residents to
    protect them from currency fluctuations in computing the capital
    gains arising from the transfer of shares or debentures of an
    Indian company do not apply to the capital gains of foreign
    institutional investors and their sub-accounts. In addition, the
    benefit of cost inflation
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    indexation is also not available to foreign institutional
    investors and their sub-accounts when computing long-term
    capital gains from the transfer of securities.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shares in a company, or any other securities listed in a
    recognized stock exchange in India or units of a mutual fund or
    a zero coupon bond must be held for more than twelve months in
    order to qualify as a long-term capital asset. All other
    securities must be held for more than thirty-six months in order
    to qualify as a long-term capital asset.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The income of foreign institutional investors and their
    sub-accounts from securities is subject to a tax deduction at
    source. However, no deduction may be made on any capital gains
    income from the transfer of securities.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Dividends paid by an Indian company to a foreign institutional
    investor or sub-account will not be subject to tax. However, the
    Indian company must pay a &#147;dividend distribution tax,&#148;
    which is currently 16.995%, on the total amount distributed as a
    dividend. A distribution to non-residents of bonus shares or
    rights to subscribe for shares is not subject to Indian tax.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Securities transaction tax.</I>&#160;&#160;All transactions
    of purchase and sale of an equity share in a company or a unit
    of an equity-oriented fund entered into on a recognized stock
    exchange in India will be subject to a securities transaction
    tax (&#147;STT&#148;), levied on the taxable securities
    transaction value. There is no treaty exemption for STT. With
    respect to the purchases and sales of equity shares and units of
    an equity-oriented mutual fund, which are settled by actual
    delivery or transfer of the equity share or unit, STT will be
    levied at the rate of 0.125% on both the buyer and seller of the
    equity share or unit. For sales of equity shares and units of an
    equity-oriented mutual fund (where the transaction of such sale
    is entered into in a recognized stock exchange), the contract of
    which is settled other than by actual delivery or transfer of
    the equity share or unit, STT will be levied at the rate of
    0.025% on the seller of the equity share or unit. Furthermore,
    sellers of option/futures in securities would be subject to an
    STT of 0.017% while a purchaser of an option in securities would
    be subject to a STT of 0.125% where the option is exercised. A
    seller of a unit of an equity-oriented fund would be subject to
    STT at the rate of 0.25% where the sale of such unit is made to
    the Fund. STT paid can be claimed as an expense while computing
    the income chargeable under the head &#147;Profits and Gains of
    Business or Profession&#148; where the gains on the transactions
    are, in fact, treated as business income, and not capital gains.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Value of Taxable Securities Transaction.</I>&#160;&#160;The
    value of a taxable securities transaction, in the case of the
    sale of an option in securities, shall be the option premium,
    where the option is not exercised and the settlement price where
    the option is exercised. In the case of a taxable securities
    transaction relating to futures, the value of the taxable
    securities transaction shall be the price at which such futures
    are traded. In the case of any other taxable securities
    transaction, the value shall be the price at which such
    securities are purchased or sold.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Capital losses.</I>&#160;&#160;Section&#160;115AD of the
    Indian Income Tax Act does not contain provisions for the tax
    treatment of capital losses arising on a transfer of shares in
    India. In general, losses arising from a transfer of a capital
    asset in India can only be set off against capital gains and not
    against any other income. To the extent that the losses are not
    absorbed in the year of transfer, they may be carried forward
    for a period of eight assessment years immediately succeeding
    the assessment year for which the loss was first computed and
    may be set off against the capital gains assessable for such
    subsequent assessment years. However, a long-term capital loss
    can be set off only against a long-term capital gain. In order
    to make use of capital losses in this manner, the foreign
    institutional investor or sub-account must file appropriate and
    timely tax returns in India and undergo certain assessment
    procedures. After October&#160;1, 2004, long-term capital losses
    with respect to (i)&#160;a sale transaction of equity shares or
    units of an equity-oriented mutual fund on an Indian securities
    exchange or (ii)&#160;a repurchase of units of an
    equity-oriented mutual fund may not be set off against long-term
    capital gains and may not be carried forward to subsequent years.
</DIV>

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    <I>Tax treaties.</I>&#160;&#160;Currently, dividend income
    distributed by an Indian company is not subject to tax in India
    in the hands of the holder of the shares. The provisions of the
    Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement entered into by the
    Government of India with the country of residence of a foreign
    institutional investor or sub-account will be applicable in the
    matter of taxation of income, gains or dividends (if
    applicable). Where the Government of India has entered into a
    Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement, the provisions of the
    Indian Income Tax Act will apply to the foreign institutional
    investor or the sub-account to the extent that they are more
    beneficial.
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    <I>Stamp duty.</I>&#160;&#160;Purchasers of shares who seek to
    register such shares on the share register of an Indian company
    are required to pay an Indian stamp duty at the rate of 0.25% of
    the market value of such shares. In order to register a transfer
    of shares in certificated form with an Indian company, it is
    necessary to present a stamped deed of transfer. Upon issuing
    shares, an Indian company will be required to pay a stamp duty
    at the applicable rate on the share certificate. However, if the
    shares are delivered in uncertificated or
    &#147;dematerialized&#148; form, which occurs with most listed
    companies, no stamp duty is payable upon transfer. The equity
    shares of Indian companies listed on a recognized stock exchange
    are required to be traded in dematerialized form.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Service tax.</I>&#160;&#160;Brokerage or commission fees paid
    to stockbrokers in connection with the sale or purchase of
    securities are subject to an Indian service tax of 10.3%. A
    stockbroker is responsible for collecting this tax and for
    paying it to the relevant authority.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Mauritius
    Tax Status</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund shall hold a Category 1 Global Business License for the
    purpose of the Securities Act 2005 and the Financial Services
    Act 2007 and is subject to tax in Mauritius at the rate of 15%
    on its chargeable income. However, it is entitled to a tax
    credit equal to the higher of the actual foreign tax suffered
    and a presumed foreign tax equivalent to 80% of Mauritius tax
    chargeable on its foreign sourced income, so that the effective
    tax rate should not exceed 3%. Further, the Fund is not subject
    to capital gains tax in Mauritius nor is it liable to income tax
    on any gains from sale of units or securities. There is no
    withholding tax payable in Mauritius in respect of payments of
    dividends to shareholders or in respect of redemptions or
    exchanges of shares. Interest, if any, paid to a non-resident by
    the Fund will also be exempt from Mauritius tax.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">NET ASSET
    VALUE</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The net asset value of the Fund&#146;s shares of common stock is
    calculated no less frequently than weekly, on the last business
    day of each week and at such other times as the Board of
    Directors may determine. In addition, during a repurchase offer,
    the Fund makes this information available by telephone toll-free
    at 1-866-800-8933 and on the Internet at www.blackstone.com.
    Currently, <I>The Wall Street Journal</I>, <I>The New York Times
    </I>and <I>Barron&#146;s </I>publish net asset values for
    closed-end investment companies weekly.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The net asset value per share of the common stock is determined
    by dividing the value of the net assets of the Fund (the value
    of its assets less its liabilities including borrowings,
    exclusive of capital stock and surplus) by the total number of
    shares of common stock outstanding. In valuing the Fund&#146;s
    assets, all securities for which market quotations are readily
    available are valued:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    at the last sale price prior to the time of determination if
    there was a sale on the date of determination;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    at the mean between the last current bid and asked prices if
    there was no sales price on such date and bid and asked
    quotations are available;&#160;and
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    at the bid price if there was no sales price on such date and
    only bid quotations are available. In instances where a price
    determined above is deemed not to represent fair market value,
    the price is determined in such manner as the Board of Directors
    may prescribe.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Securities may be valued by independent pricing services that
    use prices provided by market-makers or estimates of market
    values obtained from yield data relating to instruments or
    securities with similar characteristics. Short-term investments
    having a maturity of 60&#160;days or less are valued at
    amortized cost, unless the Board of Directors determines that
    that valuation does not constitute fair value. In valuing
    assets, prices denominated in foreign currencies are converted
    to U.S.&#160;dollar equivalents at the current exchange rate.
    Securities for which reliable quotations or pricing services are
    not readily available and all other securities and assets are
    valued at fair value as determined in good faith by, or under
    procedures established by, the Board of Directors.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    67
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<A name='119'>
<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">DESCRIPTION
    OF CAPITAL STOCK</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<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">General</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The authorized capital stock of the Fund is
    100,000,000&#160;shares of common stock, par value $.001 per
    share. The outstanding shares of common stock are, and the
    shares of common stock offered hereby will be, duly authorized,
    fully paid and nonassessable. All shares of common stock are
    equal as to dividends, distributions and voting privileges.
    There are no conversion, preemptive or other subscription
    rights. In the event of liquidation, each share of common stock
    is entitled to its proportion of the Fund&#146;s assets after
    debts and expenses. There are no cumulative voting rights for
    the election of Directors. As a NYSE-listed company and as a
    Maryland corporation, the Fund is required to hold annual
    meetings of its stockholders. Under Maryland law, stockholders
    of the Fund are not liable for the Fund&#146;s debts or
    obligations solely by reason of their status as stockholders.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Under Maryland law, a corporation generally cannot dissolve,
    amend its charter, merge, sell all or substantially all of its
    assets, engage in a share exchange or engage in similar
    transactions outside the ordinary course of business, unless
    approved by the affirmative vote of stockholders holding at
    least two-thirds of the shares entitled to vote on the matter.
    However, a Maryland corporation may provide in its charter for
    approval of these matters by a lesser percentage, but not less
    than a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on the
    matter. The charter of the Fund provides for approval of these
    matters by a majority of all of the votes entitled to be cast on
    the matter, except in the circumstances described below under
    &#147;&#151;&#160;Special Voting Provisions.&#148;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund has no present intention of offering additional shares
    of its common stock other than by this offering. Other offerings
    of its common stock, if made, will require approval of the
    Fund&#146;s Board of Directors. Any additional offering will be
    subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act that shares of
    common stock may not be sold at a price below the then-current
    net asset value (exclusive of underwriting discounts and
    commissions) except in connection with an offering to existing
    stockholders or with the consent of a majority of the
    Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table shows the number of shares of
    (i)&#160;capital stock authorized and (ii)&#160;capital stock
    outstanding for each class of authorized securities of the Fund
    as of March&#160;31, 2009 and as adjusted for this offer:
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="14%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="15%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
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<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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Amount<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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Outstanding,<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>Amount Outstanding<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>As Adjusted for<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>Title of Class</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Amount Authorized</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>as of March&#160;31 2009</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>the Offer(2)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Common Stock
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    100,000,000
</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">
    38,482,420
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (1)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<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><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=60 -->

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    *&#160;</TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    All figures have been rounded to the nearest whole share.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    The Fund held 3,372,800 treasury shares. These shares were not
    counted for purposes of determining the amount of shares
    outstanding.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    This amount assumes that all rights are exercised. If the Fund
    increases the number of shares subject to this offer by 25% in
    order to satisfy over-subscription requests, the amount of
    shares of common stock outstanding, as adjusted, would be
    increased by
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;shares,
    to an aggregate of
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;shares
    outstanding, as adjusted.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">Common
    Stock</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s shares of common stock are publicly held and are
    listed and traded on the NYSE under the symbol &#147;IFN.&#148;
    The following table sets forth, for the periods indicated, the
    high and low closing sale prices per share of the
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    68
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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">
    Fund&#146;s common stock on the NYSE and the high and low net
    asset values per share of the Fund&#146;s common stock on the
    previous Friday or month end immediately prior to the dates of
    those market highs and lows:
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="6%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=hang1 -->
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<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" 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="6" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Market price per Share and Related</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="14" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Net Asset Value per Share on Date of Market<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="14" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Discount (&#8722;)/Premium (+)(1)(2)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High and Low(3)</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>Period</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Low</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Low</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    January&#160;1, 2007 to March&#160;31, 2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47.17
</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">
    10.60
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35.51
</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">
    (10.17
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    42.65
</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">
    39.53
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    April&#160;1, 2007 to June&#160;30, 2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    44.10
</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">
    (10.31
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    37.25
</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">
    (8.77
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    49.17
</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">
    40.83
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    July&#160;1, 2007 to September&#160;30, 2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    55.09
</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">
    (4.32
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    39.12
</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">
    (23.05
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    57.58
</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">
    50.84
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    October&#160;1, 2007 to December&#160;31, 2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    71.54
</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">
    0.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    50.75
</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">
    (14.76
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    70.97
</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">
    59.54
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    January&#160;1, 2008 to March&#160;31, 2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    63.37
</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">
    (3.12
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    38.87
</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">
    (19.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    65.41
</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">
    48.19
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    April&#160;1, 2008 to June&#160;30, 2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    52.30
</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">
    0.36
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35.30
</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">
    (7.88
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    52.11
</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">
    38.32
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    July&#160;1, 2008 to September&#160;30, 2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    42.42
</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">
    2.07
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29.92
</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">
    (19.09
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    41.56
</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">
    36.98
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    October&#160;1, 2008 to December&#160;31, 2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    34.10
</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">
    2.49
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    14.01
</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">
    (20.03
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33.27
</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">
    17.52
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    January&#160;1, 2009 to March&#160;31, 2009
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    19.90
</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">
    10.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    %
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12.88
</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">
    (8.98
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )%
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    17.96
</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">
    14.15
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

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

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<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



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<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Highest and lowest closing market price per share reported on
    the NYSE.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    &#147;Related Discount (&#8722;) / Premium (+)&#148; represents
    the discount or premium from net asset value of the shares on
    the date of the high and low market price for the respective
    quarter.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Based on the Fund&#146;s computations.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Although the Fund&#146;s common stock has recently traded at a
    premium, it has historically traded at a discount to its net
    asset value per share. In an attempt to reduce this discount, if
    any, the Fund may conduct periodic repurchases of shares or,
    with the approval of stockholders, amend its articles of
    amendment and restatement so that it may convert to an open-end
    investment company. The Fund has, in the past, conducted
    open-market repurchases and a tender offer of its shares. In
    April 2003, the Fund converted to an interval fund structure
    pursuant to which it conducts semi-annual repurchase offers for
    between 5% and 25% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding common stock.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    There is no assurance that tendering for shares, conducting
    repurchase offers or converting to an open-end fund will cause
    the shares to trade at or above net asset value because the
    market price of the Fund&#146;s shares is, among other things,
    determined the supply and demand for the Fund&#146;s shares, the
    Fund&#146;s investment performance and investor perception of
    the Fund&#146;s overall attractiveness as an investment as
    compared with alternative investments.
</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">Preferred
    Stock</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund&#146;s charter provides that the Board of Directors may
    classify or reclassify any unissued shares of capital stock into
    one or more additional or other classes or series, with rights
    as determined by the Board of Directors, by action by the Board
    of Directors without the approval of the holders of common
    stock. Holders of common stock have no preemptive right to
    purchase any shares of preferred stock that might be issued. The
    terms of any preferred stock, including its dividend rate,
    liquidation preference and redemption provisions, will be
    determined by the Board of Directors, subject to applicable law
    and the Fund&#146;s charter. Thus, the Board of Directors could
    authorize the issuance of shares of preferred stock with terms
    and conditions which could have the effect of delaying,
    deferring or preventing a transaction or a change in control
    that might involve a premium price for holders of the
    Fund&#146;s common stock or otherwise be in their best interest.
    Presently, the Fund has no outstanding preferred stock and has
    no intention of offering shares of preferred stock.
</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">Special
    Voting Provisions</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund presently has provisions in its charter and its amended
    and restated by-laws that are commonly referred to as
    &#147;anti-takeover&#148; provisions and may have the effect of
    limiting the ability of other entities or persons to acquire
    control of the Fund, to cause it to engage in certain
    transactions or to modify its structure.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    First, a Director may be removed from office only for cause by
    vote of at least 75% of the shares entitled to be cast for the
    election of Directors.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Second, the affirmative vote of 75% of the entire Board of
    Directors is required to authorize the conversion of the Fund
    from a closed-end to an open-end investment company. The
    conversion also requires the affirmative vote of holders of at
    least 75% of the common stock unless it is approved by a vote of
    75% of the Continuing Directors (as defined below), in which
    event such conversion requires the approval of the holders of a
    majority of the common stock. A &#147;Continuing Director&#148;
    for purposes of this section is any member of the Board of
    Directors of the Fund who:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    is not a person or affiliate of a person who enters or proposed
    to enter into a business combination (as defined below) with the
    Fund (an &#147;interested party&#148;),&#160;and
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    who has been a member of the Board of Directors for a period of
    at least 12&#160;months, or has been a member of the Board of
    Directors since February&#160;1, 1994, or is a successor of a
    Continuing Director who is unaffiliated with an interested party
    and is recommended to succeed a Continuing Director by a
    majority of the Continuing Directors then on the Board of
    Directors of the Fund.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Third, the Board of Directors is classified into three classes,
    each with a term of three years with only one class of Directors
    standing for election in any year. Such classification may
    prevent replacement of a majority of the Directors for up to a
    two-year period. The affirmative vote of at least 75% of the
    shares will also be required to amend the charter or by-laws to
    change any of the provisions in this paragraph and the preceding
    two paragraphs.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Additionally, the affirmative vote of 75% of the entire Board of
    Directors and the holders of at least (i)&#160;80% of the common
    stock and (ii)&#160;in the case of a business combination (as
    defined below), 66% of the common stock other than common stock
    held by an interested party who is (or whose affiliate is) a
    party to a business combination or an affiliate or associate of
    the interested party, are required to authorize any of the
    following transactions:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    merger, consolidation or statutory share exchange of the Fund
    with or into any other person;
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    issuance or transfer by the Fund (in one or a series of
    transactions in any
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    period) of any securities of the Fund to any person or entity
    for cash, securities or other property (or combination thereof)
    having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more,
    excluding issuances or transfers of debt securities of the Fund,
    sales of securities of the Fund in connection with a public
    offering, issuances of securities of the Fund pursuant to a
    dividend reinvestment plan adopted by the Fund, issuances of
    securities of the Fund upon the exercise of any stock
    subscription rights distributed by the Fund, transfers by the
    Fund of securities or other property to a corporation, trust,
    partnership or other entity which is wholly owned by the Fund
    and portfolio transactions effected by the Fund in the ordinary
    course of its business;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    sale, lease, exchange, mortgage, pledge, transfer or other
    disposition by the Fund (in one or a series of transactions in
    any <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">12-month</FONT>
    period) to or with any person or entity of any assets of the
    Fund having an aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or
    more, excluding sales, exchanges, transfers or other
    dispositions by the Fund to any person or entity which is wholly
    owned by the Fund, and except for portfolio transactions
    (including pledges of portfolio securities in connection with
    borrowings) effected by the Fund in the ordinary course of its
    business (we refer to the transactions described in these first
    three bullets as &#147;business combinations&#148;);
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    the voluntary liquidation or dissolution of the Fund, or an
    amendment to the Fund&#146;s charter to terminate the
    Fund&#146;s existence;&#160;or
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    unless the 1940 Act or other federal law requires a lesser vote,
    any stockholder proposal as to specific investment decisions
    made or to be made with respect to the Fund&#146;s assets as to
    which stockholder approval is required under federal or Maryland
    law.
</TD>
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    However, the stockholder vote described above will not be
    required with respect to the foregoing transactions (other than
    those set forth in the fifth bullet above) if they are approved
    by a vote of 75% of the Continuing Directors. In that case, if
    Maryland law requires, the affirmative vote of a majority of the
    votes entitled to be cast thereon shall be required.
</DIV>

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    Additionally, any amendment to the Fund&#146;s charter to amend,
    alter or repeal (or adopt any provision inconsistent with) the
    provisions of the charter relating to the purpose and powers of
    the Fund, the classification
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    of the Board of Directors, removal of directors, the maximum
    number of directors, the special voting requirements discussed
    above, the perpetual existence of the Fund and amendment of the
    charter must be approved by at least 75% of the entire Board of
    Directors and the holders of at least 75% of the votes entitled
    to be cast on the matter.
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    The Fund&#146;s by-laws contain provisions the effect of which
    is to prevent matters, including nominations of Directors, from
    being considered at a stockholders&#146; meeting where the Fund
    has not received notice of the matters at least 90&#160;days but
    not more than 120&#160;days prior to the first anniversary of
    the prior year&#146;s annual meeting, in the case of an annual
    meeting, or 10&#160;days following the date notice of such
    meeting is given by the Fund, in the case of a special meeting.
</DIV>

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    Reference is made to the charter and amended and restated
    by-laws of the Fund, each on file with the SEC, for the full
    text of these provisions. The percentage of votes required under
    these provisions, which is greater than the minimum requirements
    under Maryland law absent the elections described above or in
    the 1940 Act, will make more difficult a change in the
    Fund&#146;s business or management and may have the effect of
    depriving stockholders of an opportunity to sell shares at a
    premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third
    party from seeking to obtain control of the Fund in a tender
    offer or similar transaction.
</DIV>

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    The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors, however, has considered
    these anti-takeover provisions and believes they are in the best
    interests of the Fund and its stockholders.
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    In addition, in the opinion of the Investment Manager, these
    provisions offer several advantages. They may require persons
    seeking control of the Fund to negotiate with its management
    regarding the price to be paid for the shares required to obtain
    such control; they promote continuity and stability; and they
    enhance the Fund&#146;s ability to pursue long-term strategies
    that are consistent with its investment objective.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Certain
    Provisions of Maryland Law</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In addition to the provisions of the Fund&#146;s charter and
    amended and restated by-laws that may have an anti-takeover
    effect, certain provisions of Maryland law may also have the
    effect of delaying, deferring or preventing a transaction or a
    change in control that might involve a premium price for holders
    of the Fund&#146;s common stock or otherwise be in their best
    interest.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Maryland Business Combination Act.</I>&#160;&#160;Under
    Maryland law, &#147;business combinations&#148; between a
    Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder or an
    affiliate of an interested stockholder are prohibited for five
    years after the most recent date on which the interested
    stockholder becomes an interested stockholder. These business
    combinations include a merger, consolidation, share exchange,
    or, in circumstances specified in the statute, an asset transfer
    or issuance or reclassification of equity securities. An
    interested stockholder is defined as:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
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    any person who beneficially owns ten percent or more of the
    voting power of the corporation&#146;s shares;&#160;or
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    an affiliate or associate of the corporation who, at any time
    within the two-year period prior to the date in question, was
    the beneficial owner of ten percent or more of the voting power
    of the then outstanding voting stock of the corporation.
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    A person is not an interested stockholder under the statute if
    the board of directors approved in advance the transaction by
    which he otherwise would have become an interested stockholder.
    However, in approving a transaction, the board of directors may
    provide that its approval is subject to compliance, at or after
    the time of approval, with any terms and conditions determined
    by the board.
</DIV>

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    After the five-year prohibition, any business combination
    between the Maryland corporation and an interested stockholder
    generally must be recommended by the board of directors of the
    corporation and approved by the affirmative vote of at least:
</DIV>

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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    80% of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of outstanding
    shares of voting stock of the corporation;&#160;and
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    two-thirds of the votes entitled to be cast by holders of voting
    stock of the corporation other than shares held by the
    interested stockholder with whom or with whose affiliate the
    business combination is to be effected or held by an affiliate
    or associate of the interested stockholder.
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    These super-majority vote requirements do not apply if the
    corporation&#146;s common stockholders receive a minimum price,
    as defined under Maryland law, for their shares in the form of
    cash or other consideration in the same form as previously paid
    by the interested stockholder for its shares.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The statute permits various exemptions from its provisions,
    including business combinations that are exempted by the board
    of directors before the time that the interested stockholder
    becomes an interested stockholder.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The statute does not automatically apply to closed-end
    investment companies such as the Fund. At this time, the Fund
    has not elected to be subject to any of these provisions.
    However, the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors may make such an
    election at any time.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Maryland Control Share Acquisition
    Act.</I>&#160;&#160;Subtitle 7 of Title&#160;3 of the Maryland
    General Corporation Law provides that control shares of a
    Maryland corporation acquired in a control share acquisition
    have no voting rights except to the extent approved by a vote of
    two- thirds of the votes entitled to be cast on the matter.
    Shares owned by the acquiror, by officers or by directors who
    are employees of the corporation are excluded from shares
    entitled to vote on the matter. Control shares are voting shares
    of stock which, if aggregated with all other shares of stock
    owned by the acquiror or in respect of which the acquiror is
    able to exercise or direct the exercise of voting power (except
    solely by virtue of a revocable proxy), would entitle the
    acquiror to exercise voting power in electing directors within
    one of the following ranges of voting power:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    one-tenth or more but less than one-third;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    one-third or more but less than a majority;
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    or a majority or more of all voting power.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Control shares do not include shares the acquiring person is
    then entitled to vote as a result of having previously obtained
    stockholder approval. A control share acquisition means the
    acquisition of control shares, subject to certain exceptions.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A person who has made or proposes to make a control share
    acquisition may compel the board of directors of the corporation
    to call a special meeting of stockholders to be held within
    50&#160;days of demand to consider the voting rights of the
    shares. The right to compel the calling of a special meeting is
    subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions, including an
    undertaking to pay the expenses of the meeting. If no request
    for a meeting is made, the corporation may itself present the
    question at any stockholders meeting.
</DIV>

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    If voting rights are not approved at the meeting or if the
    acquiring person does not deliver an acquiring person statement
    as required by the statute, then the corporation may redeem for
    fair value any or all of the control shares, except those for
    which voting rights have previously been approved. The right of
    the corporation to redeem control shares is subject to certain
    conditions and limitations. Fair value is determined, without
    regard to the absence of voting rights for the control shares,
    as of the date of the last control share acquisition by the
    acquiror or of any meeting of stockholders at which the voting
    rights of the shares are considered and not approved. If voting
    rights for control shares are approved at a stockholders meeting
    and the acquiror becomes entitled to vote a majority of the
    shares entitled to vote, all other stockholders may exercise
    appraisal rights. The fair value of the shares as determined for
    purposes of appraisal rights may not be less than the highest
    price per share paid by the acquiror in the control share
    acquisition.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Subtitle 7 does not apply (a)&#160;to shares acquired in a
    merger, consolidation or share exchange if the corporation is a
    party to the transaction, or (b)&#160;to acquisitions approved
    or exempted by the charter or by-laws of the corporation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Subtitle 7 does not automatically apply to closed-end investment
    companies such as the Fund. At this time, the Fund has not
    elected to be subject to any of these provisions. However, the
    Fund&#146;s Board of Directors may make such an election at any
    time.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Section&#160;18(i) of the 1940 Act provides that &#147;every
    share of stock . . . issued by a registered management company .
    . . shall be a voting stock and have equal voting rights with
    every other outstanding voting stock . . . .&#148; Thus, the
    1940 Act prohibits the Fund from issuing a class of shares with
    voting rights that vary within the class. Subtitle 7 could be
    viewed as limiting the voting rights of stockholders within the
    specified percentages and not the voting rights of the shares
    themselves. Moreover, each stockholder would be equally subject
    to Subtitle 7. The Fund
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    is not aware of any judicial decision or SEC interpretation that
    addresses the issue of whether Subtitle 7 conflicts with
    Section&#160;18(i) of the 1940 Act. It is possible, however,
    that the SEC or a court could find that Subtitle 7 conflicts
    with the 1940 Act and, therefore, that its provisions are
    unenforceable as to a registered investment company such as the
    Fund. If the Fund were to elect to be subject to Subtitle 7, its
    provisions would apply to the Fund to the extent not in conflict
    with Section&#160;18(i) of the 1940 Act.
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    <I>Maryland Unsolicited Takeovers Act.</I>&#160;&#160;Subtitle 8
    of Title&#160;3 of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits
    a Maryland corporation with a class of equity securities
    registered under the 1934&#160;Act and at least three
    independent directors to elect to be subject, by provision in
    its charter or by-laws or a resolution of its board of directors
    and notwithstanding any contrary provision in the charter of
    by-laws, to any or all of five provisions:
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a classified board;
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a two-thirds vote requirement for removing a director;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a requirement that the number of directors be fixed only by vote
    of directors;
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a requirement that a vacancy on the board be filled only by the
    remaining directors and for the remainder of the full term of
    the class of directors in which the vacancy occurred;&#160;and
</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    a majority requirement for the calling of a special meeting of
    stockholders.
</TD>
</TR>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A corporation may also adopt a charter provision or resolution
    of the Board of Directors that prohibits the corporation from
    electing to be subject to any or all of the provisions of the
    subtitle. At this time, the Fund has not elected to be subject
    to any of these provisions. However, because the Fund&#146;s
    charter does not include a provision prohibiting it from
    electing to be subject to any of these provisions, the Board of
    Directors may make such an election at any time. Through
    provisions in its charter and by-laws unrelated to Subtitle 8,
    the Fund already has a classified board, requires more than a
    two-thirds vote for the removal of directors and requires a
    majority vote for the calling of a special meeting of
    stockholders. The Fund would only elect to be subject to the
    provisions of Subtitle 8 requiring that any vacancy on the board
    be filled only by the remaining directors and for the remainder
    of the full term of the class of directors in which the vacancy
    occurred if it were consistent with any applicable requirements
    of the 1940 Act, including Section&#160;16 thereof.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INVESTMENT
    MANAGEMENT AND OTHER SERVICES</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Investment
    Manager</FONT></B>
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    The Fund is party to a management agreement dated March&#160;16,
    2006 between the Fund and Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C., a
    Delaware limited liability company. Blackstone Advisors, which
    is a registered investment adviser under the
    U.S.&#160;Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the
    &#147;Advisers Act&#148;), has served as the Investment Manager
    of the Fund since December&#160;4, 2005. Blackstone Advisors,
    which also serves as the Fund&#146;s Administrator, is an
    affiliate of Blackstone. Blackstone is a leading global
    alternative asset manager and provider of financial advisory
    services. Blackstone is one of the largest independent
    alternative asset managers in the world, with assets under
    management of $94.56&#160;billion as of December&#160;31, 2008.
    Blackstone&#146;s alternative asset management businesses
    include the management of corporate private equity funds, real
    estate funds, funds of hedge funds, credit-oriented funds,
    collateralized loan obligation (&#147;CLO&#148;) vehicles and
    publicly-traded closed-end mutual funds. Blackstone also
    provides a wide range of financial advisory services, including
    corporate and mergers and acquisitions advisory, restructuring
    and reorganization advisory and fund placement services. The
    address of Blackstone Advisors is 345 Park Avenue, New York, NY
    10154.
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    Blackstone Advisors acts as an investment adviser of the Fund
    and is responsible on a day-to-day basis for investing the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio in accordance with its investment
    objective and policies. Blackstone Advisors has discretion over
    investment decisions for the Fund and, in that connection,
    initiates purchase and sale orders for the Fund&#146;s portfolio
    securities. In addition, Blackstone Advisors will make available
    research and statistical data to the Fund.
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    Blackstone Advisors serves as investment manager or investment
    adviser for two registered investment companies including the
    Fund. The other fund managed by Blackstone Advisors was
    established in 1993 and had approximately $55&#160;million in
    assets as of April&#160;30, 2009.
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    Under the Fund&#146;s articles of amendment and restatement and
    Maryland law, the Fund&#146;s business and affairs are managed
    under the direction of its Board of Directors. Investment
    decisions for the Fund are made by Blackstone Advisors, subject
    to any direction it may receive from the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors, which periodically reviews the Fund&#146;s investment
    performance.
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    Prior to December&#160;4, 2005, Advantage Advisers, a subsidiary
    of Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and an affiliate of
    Oppenheimer&#160;&#038; Co. Inc., served as the Fund&#146;s
    Investment Manager.
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    <I>Compensation.</I>&#160;&#160;Under the existing management
    agreement, the Fund pays Blackstone Advisors monthly fees at an
    annual rate of: (i)&#160;1.10% of the Fund&#146;s average weekly
    net assets for the first $500,000,000; (ii)&#160;0.90% of the
    Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets for the next $500,000,000;
    (iii)&#160;0.85% of the Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets
    for the next $500,000,000; and (iv)&#160;0.75% of the
    Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets in excess of
    $1,500,000,000. For the purposes of calculating compensation,
    average weekly net assets are determined at the end of each
    month based on the average of the net assets as calculated on
    each valuation date (generally Fridays) during the month.
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    For the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2006, 2007 and
    2008, the Fund paid a total of $13,774,698, $20,086,320 and
    $15,099,979 in management fees to Blackstone Advisors and
    Advantage Advisers. Assuming that the value of the Fund&#146;s
    assets remained constant prior to the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;million (its approximate
    value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009)&#160;and after
    the offer at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;billion
    (which assumes that all rights are exercised at the estimated
    subscription price, including the additional shares that may be
    issued under the over-subscription privilege), the annual
    compensation received by Blackstone Advisors under the
    Management Agreement would be increased by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;million as a result of
    this offering.
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    A discussion regarding the basis for the Fund&#146;s Board of
    Directors approving the Fund&#146;s management and country
    advisory agreements is available in the Fund&#146;s 2008 Annual
    Report to stockholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Expenses.</I>&#160;&#160;Except for the expenses borne by
    Blackstone Advisors pursuant to the management agreement, the
    Fund pays or causes to be paid all of their expenses and
    liabilities, including, among other things, organizational and
    offering expenses (which include out-of- pocket expenses, but
    not overhead or employee costs, of Blackstone Advisors);
    expenses for legal, accounting and auditing services; taxes and
    governmental fees; dues and expenses incurred in connection with
    membership in investment company organizations; fees and
    expenses incurred in connection with listing the Fund&#146;s
    shares on any stock exchange; costs of printing and distributing
    stockholder reports, proxy materials, prospectuses, stock
    certificates and distributions of dividends; charges of the
    Fund&#146;s custodians, sub-custodians, administrators and
    sub-administrators, registrars, transfer agents, dividend
    disbursing agents and dividend reinvestment plan agents; payment
    for portfolio pricing services to a pricing agent, if any,
    registration and filing fees of the SEC; expenses of registering
    or qualifying securities of the Fund for sale in the various
    states; freight and other charges in connection with the
    shipment of the Fund&#146;s portfolio securities; fees and
    expenses of non-interested Directors or non-interested members
    of any advisory or investment board, committee or panel of the
    Fund; travel expenses or an appropriate portion thereof of
    Directors and officers of the Fund, or members of an advisory or
    investment board, committee, or panel of the Fund, to the extent
    that such expenses relate to attendance at meetings of the Board
    of Directors or any committee thereof, or of any such advisory
    of investment board committee or panel; salaries of stockholder
    relations personnel; costs of stockholders meetings; insurance;
    interest; brokerage costs; and litigation and other
    extraordinary or non-recurring expenses.
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    <I>Portfolio Manager.</I>&#160;&#160;Punita Kumar-Sinha is the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio manager who is primarily responsible for
    the day-to-day management of the Fund&#146;s portfolio. For more
    information about the portfolio manager, see &#147;Portfolio
    Manager.&#148;
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Country
    Adviser</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to a country advisory agreement dated March&#160;16,
    2006 between Blackstone Advisors and Blackstone
    Fund&#160;Services India Private Limited, Blackstone India
    serves as the Fund&#146;s Country Advisor. Blackstone India, a
    company organized under the laws of India and a registered
    investment adviser under the Advisers Act, has been the
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    Country Adviser for the Fund since December&#160;4, 2005.
    Blackstone India is an affiliate of Blackstone and Blackstone
    Advisors. The address of Blackstone India is Express Towers,
    5<SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: top">th</SUP>&#160;Floor,

    Nariman Point, Mumbai&#160;&#151; 400 021, India.
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    Pursuant to the country advisory agreement, Blackstone India
    acts as a consultant to Blackstone Advisors and provides and
    procures statistical and factual information and research
    regarding economic and political factors and investment
    opportunities in India to Blackstone Advisors. Blackstone India
    is not responsible for the actual investment decisions of the
    Fund. Blackstone India&#146;s research analysts cover
    approximately 200&#160;companies.
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    Prior to December&#160;4, 2005, Imperial Investment Advisors
    Private Limited (&#147;Imperial&#148;), a 99%-owned subsidiary
    of Advantage India, Inc., which in turn is a wholly-owned
    subsidiary of Oppenheimer&#160;&#038; Co. Inc., served as the
    Fund&#146;s Country Adviser.
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    <I>Compensation.</I>&#160;&#160;Under the country advisory
    agreement, for its services, Blackstone India receives from
    Blackstone Advisors a monthly fee at an annual rate of 0.10% of
    the Fund&#146;s average weekly net assets. For the fiscal years
    ended December&#160;31, 2006, 2007 and 2008, Blackstone Advisors
    paid Blackstone India $1,461,192, $2,278,176 and $1,637,110,
    respectively, in country advisory fees. Assuming that the value
    of the Fund&#146;s assets remained constant prior to the offer
    at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;million (its
    approximate value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>,
    2009)&#160;and after the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;billion (which assumes
    that all rights are exercised at the estimated subscription
    price, including the additional shares that may be issued under
    the over-subscription privilege), the annual compensation
    received by Blackstone India would be increased by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] as a result of this offering.
    The Country Adviser&#146;s fee is paid by the Investment Manager
    and not directly by the Fund.
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    <I>Expenses.</I>&#160;&#160;Blackstone India, at its expense,
    provides office space, office facilities and personnel
    reasonably necessary for the performance of its services.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Administrator</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is party to an administration agreement dated
    January&#160;1, 2006 between the Fund and Blackstone Advisors.
    Blackstone Advisors has been the Fund&#146;s Administrator since
    January&#160;1, 2006. The address of Blackstone Advisors is 345
    Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.
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    As Administrator, Blackstone Advisors performs various
    administrative services, including providing the Fund with the
    services of persons to perform administrative and clerical
    functions, maintenance of the Fund&#146;s books and records,
    preparation of various filings, reports, statements and returns
    filed with government authorities, and preparation of financial
    information for the Fund&#146;s proxy statements and semiannual
    and annual reports to stockholders. 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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    <I>Compensation.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund pays Blackstone
    Advisors a fee that is computed monthly and paid quarterly at an
    annual rate of: (i)&#160;0.20% of the value of the Fund&#146;s
    average monthly net assets for the first $1,500,000,000 of the
    Fund&#146;s average monthly net assets and (ii)&#160;0.15% of
    the value of the Fund&#146;s average monthly net assets in
    excess of $1,500,000,000 of the Fund&#146;s average monthly net
    assets. For the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2006, 2007
    and 2008, the Fund paid the Blackstone Administrator $2,853,655,
    $4,167,265 and $3,119,597, respectively in administrative fees.
    Assuming that the value of the Fund&#146;s assets remained
    constant prior to the offer at
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;million (its approximate
    value as of <B><I>[recent date]</I></B>, 2009)&#160;and after
    the offer at $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]&#160;billion
    (which assumes that all rights are exercised at the estimated
    subscription price, including the additional shares that may be
    issued under the over-subscription privilege), the annual
    compensation received by Blackstone Advisors, as Administrator,
    would be increased by approximately
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] as a result of this offering.
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    <I>Expenses.</I>&#160;&#160;Pursuant to the administration
    agreement, Blackstone Advisors assumes all expenses incurred by
    it, except that the Fund reimburses Blackstone Advisors for
    out-of-pocket expenses incurred by its employees in connection
    with their attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or
    any committee thereof or any other meeting at which their
    attendance is required.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Mauritian
    Administrator</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund is party to a Mauritian administration agreement dated
    April&#160;11, 1994 between the Fund and Multiconsult Ltd., a
    company organized under the laws of Mauritius. Multiconsult Ltd.
    has been the Fund&#146;s Mauritius administrator since 1994.
    Multiconsult Ltd.&#146;s address is Rogers House, 5, President
    John Kennedy Street, P.O.&#160;Box&#160;60, Port Louis,
    Mauritius.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Mauritian administrator performs several administrative
    services, including the maintenance of certain books, records
    and statements and the calculation of net asset value, and also
    reports quarterly on behalf of the Fund to the Mauritius
    Financial Services Commission.
</DIV>

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    <I>Compensation.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund pays Multiconsult Ltd.
    a monthly fee of $1,500 and a quarterly fee of $1,000 for its
    calculation of net asset value, and the Fund also reimburses
    Multiconsult Ltd. for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses
    reasonably incurred by it in the performance of its duties. For
    the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2006, 2007 and 2008,
    the Fund paid the Mauritius administrator $26,986, $20,998 and
    $31,056, respectively.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Expenses.</I>&#160;&#160;Pursuant to the Mauritian
    administration agreement, the Fund reimburses Multiconsult Ltd.
    for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in the
    performance of its duties.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Duration
    and Termination; Non-Exclusive Services</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Unless earlier terminated as described below, each of the
    management agreement and the country advisory agreement will
    remain in effect from year to year if approved annually
    (i)&#160;by a majority of the non-interested Directors of the
    Fund and (ii)&#160;by the Board of Directors of the Fund or by a
    majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund. At a
    meeting held on October&#160;28, 2008, the Board of Directors
    approved the continuation of each of the management agreement
    and the country advisory agreement for additional one-year terms
    through December&#160;31, 2009.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The management agreement may be terminated without penalty by
    the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors or by vote of a majority of
    the outstanding voting securities of the Fund or upon
    60&#160;days&#146; written notice by Blackstone Advisors, and it
    will also terminate in the event it is assigned (as defined in
    the 1940 Act). The country advisory agreement may be terminated
    without penalty by the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors, by a vote
    of a majority of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund,
    upon 60&#160;days&#146; written notice by Blackstone Advisors or
    Blackstone India, and it will also terminate in the event of its
    &#147;assignment&#148; (as defined in the 1940 Act).
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The administration agreement will remain in effect until the
    termination thereof by Blackstone Advisors on 90&#160;days&#146;
    written notice or by the Fund on 60&#160;days&#146; written
    notice, without penalty. The Mauritian administration agreement
    will remain in effect until the termination thereof by
    Multiconsult Ltd. on 3&#160;months&#146; written notice or by
    the Fund on 6&#160;months&#146; written notice.
</DIV>

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    The services of Blackstone Advisors, Blackstone India and
    Multiconsult Ltd. are not deemed to be exclusive, and nothing in
    the relevant service agreements will prevent any of them or
    their affiliates from providing similar services to other
    investment companies and other clients (whether or not their
    investment objectives and policies are similar to those of the
    Fund) or from engaging in other activities.
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PORTFOLIO
    MANAGER</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Portfolio
    Manager</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    As of December&#160;31, 2008, the Fund is managed by Punita
    Kumar-Sinha, who has primary responsibility for the day-to-day
    implementation of the Fund&#146;s investment strategies.
    Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha has been the portfolio manager for the Fund
    since 1997. Ms Kumar-Sinha joined Blackstone Asia Advisors
    L.L.C. (the &#147;Investment Manager&#148;) in December 2005 and
    is a Senior Managing Director. Prior to joining the Investment
    Manager, Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha was a Managing Director and Senior
    Portfolio Manager at Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc. and CIBC
    World Markets, where she was also the portfolio manager for the
    Fund. Prior to December&#160;4, 2005, Advantage Advisers, a
    subsidiary of Oppenheimer Asset Management Inc., served as the
    Fund&#146;s Investment Manager.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    Accounts Managed by Portfolio Manager</FONT></B>
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    In addition to managing the Fund, Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha also is
    primarily responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of
    one registered investment company, The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.,
    and one unregistered pooled investment vehicle. As of
    April&#160;30, 2009, the total assets of The Asia Tigers Fund,
    Inc. were approximately $55&#160;million, and the total assets
    of the unregistered pooled investment vehicle were approximately
    $11&#160;million. Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha manages no other
    registered investment companies, pooled investment vehicles or
    accounts.
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    Aside from these funds, Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha currently manages
    no other registered investment companies, pooled investment
    vehicles or accounts. However, in the future,
    Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha may manage other funds or accounts for, or
    work in conjunction with, Blackstone&#146;s private equity
    group, which may also invest in the same or similar securities
    as the Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Portfolio
    Manager Compensation</FONT></B>
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    The portfolio manager&#146;s overall compensation is determined
    by Blackstone&#146;s Management Committee. Blackstone&#146;s
    compensation structure is designed to pay competitive salaries
    to attract and retain top quality investment professionals.
    Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha&#146;s compensation consists of two
    elements&#160;&#151; base salary and bonus.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Base
    Salary</FONT></B>
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    The base salary is generally a fixed amount. The base salary is
    reviewed annually and may be adjusted based on a variety of
    factors, including competitive market factors and the skill,
    experience and responsibilities of the individual. While
    investment performance is a factor in determining the portfolio
    manager&#146;s compensation, it is not necessarily a decisive
    factor.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Bonus</FONT></B>
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    Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha is also eligible to receive an annual cash
    bonus and Blackstone stock. The level of this bonus is based
    upon evaluations and determinations made by the portfolio
    manager&#146;s supervisor. These reviews and evaluations often
    take into account a variety of factors, including the
    effectiveness of the portfolio manager&#146;s investment
    strategies, the performance of the accounts for which she serves
    as portfolio manager relative to any benchmarks established for
    those accounts over the course of the year (such as the IFC
    Investable Index, the Bombay Stock Exchange 500 Index, the MSCI
    AC Asia Ex-Japan Index, the MSCI India Index and the MSCI AC Far
    East Ex-Japan Index), the amount of the Investment
    Manager&#146;s total assets under management, her ability to
    work with colleagues and to supervise her investment staff and
    her overall contribution to the Investment Manager in achieving
    its business objectives.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Potential
    Conflicts of Interest</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Potential conflicts of interest may arise when a fund&#146;s
    portfolio manager has day-to-day management responsibilities
    with respect to one or more other funds or other accounts, as is
    the case for Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha. Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha&#146;s
    simultaneous management of the Fund, The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.
    and an unregistered pooled investment vehicle may present actual
    or apparent conflicts of interest with respect to the allocation
    of Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha&#146;s time and attention as well as
    with respect to the allocation and aggregation of securities
    orders placed on behalf of these accounts. The Fund, The Asia
    Tigers Fund, Inc. and the unregistered pooled investment vehicle
    have, to varying degrees, overlapping investment objectives
    since all three accounts may invest in Indian securities.
    Potential conflicts may arise, for example, when there is a
    limited quantity of an investment that may be suitable for more
    than one of these accounts and the investment must be allocated
    between them. It is also possible that, in light of different
    objectives, benchmarks, industry and sector exposures and time
    horizons, the portfolio manager may take differing positions in
    the three accounts.
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    In the future, Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha may manage other funds or
    accounts that may also invest in the same or similar securities
    as the Fund, which may present similar or additional conflicts
    of interest. The Investment Manager believes that such potential
    conflicts are mitigated by the fact that the Investment Manager
    has adopted policies that
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    address potential conflicts of interest, including strict
    adherence to investment objectives, policies and guidelines as
    well as best execution and trade allocation policies that are
    designed to ensure (1)&#160;that portfolio management is seeking
    the best price for portfolio securities under the circumstances,
    (2)&#160;fair and equitable allocation of investment
    opportunities among accounts over time and (3)&#160;compliance
    with applicable regulatory requirements. All accounts are
    treated in a non-preferential manner, such that allocations are
    not based upon account performance, fee structure or preference
    of the portfolio manager
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Portfolio
    Manager Securities Ownership</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    As of December&#160;31, 2008, Ms.&#160;Kumar-Sinha beneficially
    owned between $10,001 and $50,000 in the common stock of the
    Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CUSTODIANS,
    TRANSFER AGENT, DIVIDEND PAYING AGENT AND REGISTRAR</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    The Mumbai branch of Deutsche Bank AG, which is situated at
    Kodak House, 222, Dr.&#160;D. N. Road, Fort&#160;Mumbai 400 001,
    India, acts as the domestic custodian of the assets of the Fund.
    Deutsche Bank (Mauritius) Limited, whose address is
    4th&#160;Floor, Barkly Wharf East, Le Caudan Waterfront, Port
    Louis, Mauritius, acts as the offshore custodian of the Fund.
</DIV>

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    PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., whose address is
    103 Bellevue Parkway, Wilmington Delaware 19809, acts as
    transfer agent and registrar for the Fund&#146;s shares. It also
    acts as dividend paying agent under the dividend reinvestment
    and cash purchase plan. PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.)
    Inc.&#146;s address is P.O.&#160;Box&#160;43027, Westborough,
    Massachusetts 01581.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXPERTS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP is the independent registered public
    accounting firm of the Fund. The audited financial statements of
    the Fund and certain of the information appearing under the
    caption &#147;Financial Highlights&#148; included in this
    prospectus and appearing elsewhere herein have been audited by
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP for the periods indicated and are
    included in reliance upon such reports and upon the authority of
    such firm as experts in accounting and auditing.
    PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP also performs tax and other
    professional services for the Fund. PricewaterhouseCoopers
    LLP&#146;s address is Two Commerce Square, 2001 Market Street,
    Philadelphia, PA&#160;19103.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">LEGAL
    MATTERS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    The validity of the shares offered hereby will be passed upon
    for the Fund by DLA Piper LLP (US). The Fund is represented with
    respect to matters of Indian law (other than Indian tax laws) by
    AZB&#160;&#038; Partners, Mumbai, India.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ENFORCEABILITY
    OF CIVIL LIABILITIES</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Some of the Fund&#146;s Directors (J. Marc Hardy, Stephane R.F.
    Henry and Luis Rubio) reside and maintain most of their assets
    outside the United States. These Directors have not appointed an
    agent for service of process in the United States. In addition,
    Blackstone India, the Fund&#146;s Country Adviser, is organized
    under the laws of India, and AZB&#160;&#038; Partners, the
    Fund&#146;s Indian counsel, has its principal office in India.
    It may not be possible, therefore, for investors to effect
    service of process within the United States upon these persons
    or entities to enforce against them, in United States courts or
    foreign courts, judgments obtained in United States courts
    predicated upon the civil liability provisions of the federal
    securities laws of the United States. In addition, it is not
    certain that a foreign court would enforce, in original actions,
    liabilities against these persons or entities predicated solely
    upon the U.S.&#160;securities laws.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">OFFICIAL
    DOCUMENTS</FONT></B>
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    Certain of the tabular and other statistical information set
    forth in this prospectus is based upon or derived from official
    public documents of the Indian government and its ministries,
    the Reserve Bank of India, the National Stock Exchange and the
    Mumbai Stock Exchange.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">ADDITIONAL
    INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    This registration statement and other information can be
    inspected and copied at the Public Reference Room of the SEC
    located at 100&#160;F&#160;Street, N.E., Washington,&#160;D.C.
    20549. Copies of such materials, including copies of all or a
    portion of the Registration Statement can be obtained from the
    Public Reference Room of the SEC at prescribed rates. You can
    call the SEC at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1-800-SEC-0330</FONT>
    to obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference
    Room. Such materials may also be accessed electronically by
    means of the SEC&#146;s home page on the Internet at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TABLE OF
    CONTENTS OF THE STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    Proxy Voting Procedures
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">FINANCIAL
    STATEMENTS</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    The audited financial statements for the year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008 are included in the Fund&#146;s 2008
    Annual Report and are incorporated by reference into this
    prospectus. These statements include: the Report of Independent
    Registered Public Accounting Firm; Schedule of Investments as of
    December&#160;31, 2008; Statement of Assets and Liabilities as
    of December&#160;31, 2008; Statement of Operations for the
    fiscal year ended December&#160;31, 2008; Statements of Changes
    in Net Assets for the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2008
    and December&#160;31, 2007; Notes to Financial Statements; and
    Financial Highlights for a share of common stock outstanding
    during each of the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2008,
    2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004. Copies of the Fund&#146;s 2008 Annual
    Report were filed with the SEC on March&#160;3, 2009 and are
    available on the SEC&#146;s website at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">http://www.sec.gov.</FONT>
    They may also be obtained without charge upon written or oral
    request from the Fund&#146;s information agent at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">866-297-1264.</FONT>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">APPENDIX&#160;A</FONT></B>
</DIV>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">GENERAL
    CHARACTERISTICS AND RISKS OF HEDGING</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund is authorized to use various hedging and investment
    strategies. From time to time and as permitted by the 1940 Act,
    the Fund may engage in certain hedging activities described
    below to hedge various market risks (such as broad or specific
    market movements and interest rates and currency exchange rates).
</DIV>

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    A detailed discussion of the hedging (which we define below)
    that may be done by the Investment Manager on behalf of the Fund
    follows below. The Fund will not be obligated, however, to do
    any hedging and makes no representation as to the availability
    of these techniques at this time or at any time in the future.
    &#147;Hedging,&#148; as used in this appendix, refers to
    entering into interest rate, currency or stock index futures
    contracts, currency forward contracts and currency swaps, the
    purchase and sale (or writing) of exchange listed and
    over-the-counter put and call options on debt and equity
    securities, currencies, interest rate, currency or stock index
    futures and fixed income and stock indices and other financial
    instruments, entering into various interest rate transactions
    such as swaps, caps, floors, collars, entering into equity
    swaps, caps, floors or trading in other types of derivatives.
</DIV>

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    The Fund&#146;s ability to pursue certain of these strategies
    may be limited by the federal income tax requirements applicable
    to regulated investment companies that are not operated as
    commodity pools and other applicable laws in India.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Put and
    Call Options on Securities and Indices</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The Fund may purchase and sell put and call options on debt and
    equity securities and indices based upon the prices of debt or
    equity securities. A put option on a security gives the
    purchaser of the option the right to sell, and the writer the
    obligation to buy, the underlying security at the exercise price
    during the option period. The Fund may also purchase and sell
    options on indices based upon the prices of debt or equity
    securities (&#147;index options&#148;). Index options are
    similar to options on securities except that, rather than taking
    or making delivery of securities underlying the option at a
    specified price upon exercise, an index option gives the holder
    the right to receive cash upon exercise of the option if the
    level of the index upon which the option is based is greater, in
    the case of a call, or less in the case of a put, than the
    exercise price of the option. The purchase of a put option on a
    security would be designed to protect against a substantial
    decline in the market value of a security held by the Fund. A
    call option on a security gives the purchaser of the option the
    right to buy and the writer the obligation to sell the
    underlying security at the exercise price during the option
    period. The purchase of a call option on a security would be
    intended to protect the Fund against an increase in the price of
    a security that it intended to purchase in the future. In the
    case of either put or call options that it has purchased, if the
    option expires without being sold or exercised, the Fund will
    experience a loss in the amount of the option premium plus any
    related commissions. When the Fund sells put and call options,
    it receives a premium as the seller of the option. The premium
    that the Fund receives for writing the option will serve as a
    partial hedge, in the amount of the option premium, against
    changes in the value of the securities in its portfolio. During
    the term of the option, however, a covered call seller has, in
    return for the premium on the option, given up the opportunity
    for capital appreciation above the exercise price of the option
    if the value of the underlying security increases, but it has
    retained the risk of loss should the price of the underlying
    security decline. Conversely, a secured put seller retains the
    risk of loss should the market value of the underlying security
    decline below the exercise price of the option, less the premium
    received on the sale of the option. The Fund is authorized to
    purchase and sell exchange listed options and over-the-counter
    options that are privately negotiated with the counterparty to
    such contract. Listed options are issued by the Options Clearing
    Corporation (&#147;OCC&#148;), which guarantees the performance
    of the obligations of the parties to such options.
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    All such call options sold (written) by the Fund will be
    &#147;covered&#148; as long as the call is outstanding (i.e.,
    the Fund will own the instrument subject to the call or other
    securities or assets acceptable under applicable segregation and
    coverage rules). All such put options sold (written) by the Fund
    will be secured by segregated assets consisting of cash or
    liquid debt securities having a value not less than the exercise
    price.
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    The Fund&#146;s ability to close out its position as a purchaser
    or seller of an exchange listed put or call option is dependent
    upon the existence of a liquid secondary market. Among the
    possible reasons for the absence of a liquid secondary market on
    an exchange are:
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    insufficient trading interest in certain options;
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    restrictions on transactions imposed by an exchange;
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    trading halts, suspensions or other restrictions imposed with
    respect to particular classes or series of options or underlying
    securities;
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    interruption of the normal operations on an exchange;
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    inadequacy of the facilities of an exchange or the OCC to handle
    current trading volume;&#160;or
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    a decision by one or more exchanges to discontinue the trading
    of options (or a particular class or series of options), in
    which event the secondary market on that exchange (or in that
    class or series of options) would cease to exist, although
    outstanding options on that exchange that had been listed by the
    OCC as a result of trades on that exchange would generally
    continue to be exercisable in accordance with their terms.
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    Over-the-counter options are purchased from or sold to dealers,
    financial institutions or other counterparties that have entered
    into direct agreements with the Fund. With over-the-counter
    options, such variables as expiration date, exercise price and
    premium will be agreed upon between the Fund and the
    counterparty, without the intermediation of a third party such
    as the OCC. If the counterparty fails to make or take delivery
    of the securities underlying an option that it has written or
    otherwise settle the transaction in accordance with the terms of
    that option as written, the Fund would lose the premium paid for
    the option as well as any anticipated benefit of the
    transaction. As the Fund must rely on the credit quality of the
    counterparty rather than the guarantee of the OCC, it will only
    enter into OTC options with counterparties with the highest
    long-term credit ratings and with primary U.S.&#160;government
    securities dealers recognized by the Federal Reserve Bank of New
    York.
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    The hours of trading for options on securities may not conform
    to the hours during which the underlying securities are traded.
    To the extent that the option markets close before the markets
    for the underlying securities, significant price and rate
    movements can take place in the underlying markets that cannot
    be reflected in the option markets.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Futures
    Contracts and Options on Futures Contracts</FONT></B>
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    <I>Characteristics.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund may purchase and
    sell futures contracts on interest rates and indices of debt and
    equity securities and purchase and sell (write) put and call
    options on such futures contracts traded on recognized domestic
    exchanges as a hedge against anticipated interest rate changes
    or movements in equity markets. The sale of a futures contract
    creates an obligation by the Fund, as seller, to deliver the
    specific type of financial instrument called for in the contract
    at a specified future time for a specified price. Options on
    futures contracts are similar to options on securities except
    that an option on a futures contract gives the purchaser the
    right in return for the premium paid to assume a position in a
    futures contract. That position is a &#147;long&#148; position
    if the option is a call and a &#147;short&#148; position if the
    option is a put.
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    <I>Margin Requirements.</I>&#160;&#160;At the time a futures
    contract is purchased or sold, the Fund must allocate cash or
    securities as a deposit payment, or an &#147;initial
    margin.&#148; It is expected that the initial margin that the
    Fund will pay may range from approximately 1% to approximately
    5% of the value of the instruments underlying the contract. In
    certain circumstances, however, such as during periods of high
    volatility, the Fund may be required by an exchange to increase
    the level of its initial margin payment. Additionally, initial
    margin requirements may be increased in the future pursuant to
    regulatory action. An outstanding futures contract is valued
    daily and the payment in cash of &#147;variation margin&#148;
    may be required, a process known as &#147;marking to the
    market.&#148; Transactions in listed options and futures are
    usually settled by entering into an offsetting transaction, and
    are subject to the risk that the position may not be able to be
    closed if no offsetting transaction can be arranged.
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    <I>No Regulatory Limitations on Use of Futures Contracts and
    Options on Futures Contracts.</I>&#160;&#160;The Fund&#146;s
    futures transactions will be entered into for hedging purposes.
    There is, however, no limit on the amount of the
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    Fund&#146;s assets that can be put at risk through the use of
    futures contracts and options thereon, and the value of the
    Fund&#146;s futures contracts and options thereon may equal or
    exceed 100% of the Fund&#146;s total assets. When required, a
    segregated account of cash or cash equivalents will be
    maintained and marked to market in an amount equal to the market
    value of the contract. The Investment Manager reserves the right
    to comply with such different standards as may be established
    from time to time by rules and regulations of the
    U.S.&#160;Commodity Exchange Commission (&#147;CFTC&#148;) with
    respect to the purchase and sale of futures contracts and
    options thereon.
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    The Fund is operated by persons who have claimed exclusions from
    the definition of the term &#147;commodity pool operator&#148;
    under the U.S.&#160;Commodity Exchange Act and, therefore, are
    not subject to registration or regulation as commodity pool
    operators under such Act.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Currency
    Transactions</FONT></B>
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    The Fund may engage in currency transactions with counterparties
    to hedge the value of portfolio securities denominated in
    particular currencies against fluctuations in relative value.
    Currency transactions include currency forward contracts,
    exchange listed currency futures contracts, exchange listed and
    over-the-counter options on currencies and currency swaps. A
    forward currency contract involves a privately negotiated
    obligation to purchase or sell (with delivery generally
    required) a specific currency at a future date, which may be any
    fixed number of days from the date of the contract agreed upon
    by the parties, at a price set at the time of the contract. A
    currency swap is an agreement to exchange cash flows based on
    the notional difference among two or more currencies and
    operates similarly to an interest rate swap, which is described
    below. The Fund may enter into currency transactions with
    counterparties that have received (or the guarantors of the
    obligations of that have received) a credit rating of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">P-1</FONT> or
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">A-1</FONT> by
    Moody&#146;s Investors Service, Inc. or Standard&#160;&#038;
    Poor&#146;s Ratings Services, a division of the McGraw Hill
    Companies, Inc., respectively, or that have an equivalent rating
    from an nationally recognized statistical rating organization or
    (except for OTC currency options) are determined to be of
    equivalent credit quality by the Investment Manager.
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    The Fund&#146;s dealings in forward currency contracts and other
    currency transactions such as futures contracts, options,
    options on futures contracts and swaps will be limited to
    hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio
    positions. Transaction hedging is entering into a currency
    transaction with respect to specific assets or liabilities of
    the Fund, which will generally arise in connection with the
    purchase or sale of the Fund&#146;s portfolio securities or the
    receipt of income from them. Position hedging is entering into a
    currency transaction with respect to portfolio security
    positions denominated or generally quoted in that currency. The
    Fund will not enter into a transaction to hedge currency
    exposure to an extent greater, after netting all transactions
    intended wholly or partially to offset other transactions, than
    the aggregate market value (at the time of entering into the
    transaction) of the securities held in the Fund&#146;s portfolio
    that are denominated or generally quoted in or currently
    convertible into the currency, other than with respect to proxy
    hedging as described below.
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    The Fund may cross-hedge currencies by entering into
    transactions to purchase or sell one or more currencies that are
    expected to decline in value relative to other currencies to
    which the Fund has or in which the Fund expects to have
    portfolio exposure. To reduce the effect of currency
    fluctuations on the value of existing or anticipated holdings of
    portfolio securities, the Fund may also engage in proxy hedging.
    Proxy hedging is often used when the currency to which the
    Fund&#146;s portfolio is exposed is difficult to hedge or to
    hedge against the dollar. Proxy hedging entails entering into a
    forward contract to sell a currency, the changes in the value of
    which are generally considered to be linked to a currency or
    currencies in which some or all of the Fund&#146;s portfolio
    securities are or are expected to be denominated, and to buy
    dollars. The amount of the contract would not exceed the value
    of the Fund&#146;s securities denominated in linked currencies.
    Currency hedging involves some of the same risks and
    considerations as other transactions with similar instruments,
    Currency transactions can result in losses to the Fund if the
    currency being hedged fluctuates in value to a degree or in a
    direction that is not anticipated. Further, the risk exists that
    the perceived linkage between various currencies may not be
    present or may not be present during the particular time that
    the Fund is engaging in proxy hedging. If the Fund enters into a
    currency hedging transaction, the Fund will comply with the
    asset segregation requirements described below.
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    Currency transactions are subject to risks different from those
    of other portfolio transactions. Because currency control is of
    great importance to the issuing governments and influences
    economic planning and policy, purchases
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    and sales of currency and related instruments can be adversely
    affected by government exchange controls, limitations or
    restrictions on repatriation of currency and manipulations or
    exchange restrictions imposed by governments. These forms of
    governmental actions can result in losses to the Fund if it is
    unable to deliver or receive currency or monies in settlement of
    obligations and could also cause hedges it has entered into to
    be rendered useless, resulting in full currency exposure as well
    as incurring transaction costs. Buyers and sellers of currency
    futures are subject to the same risks that apply to the use of
    futures generally. Further, settlement of a currency futures
    contract for the purchase of most currencies must occur at a
    bank based in the issuing nation. The ability to establish and
    close out positions on these options is subject to the
    maintenance of a liquid market that may not always be available.
    Currency exchange rates may fluctuate based on factors extrinsic
    to that country&#146;s economy.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Interest
    Rate Transactions</FONT></B>
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    The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps and may purchase or
    sell interest rate caps and floors. The Fund would enter into
    these transactions to preserve a return or spread on a
    particular investment or portion of its portfolio or to protect
    against any increase in the price of the securities the Fund
    anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Fund will not sell
    interest rate caps or floors that it does not own.
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    The Fund may enter into interest rate swaps, caps and floors on
    either an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending on
    whether it is hedging its assets or liabilities, and it will
    usually enter into interest rate swaps on a net basis, i.e., the
    two payment streams are netted out, with the Fund receiving or
    paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two
    payments on the payment date. The Fund will not enter into any
    interest rate swap, cap or floor transaction unless the
    unsecured senior debt or the claims-paying ability of the other
    party thereto is rated in the highest rating category of at
    least one nationally recognized statistical rating organization
    at the time of entering into such transaction. If there is a
    default by the other party to such a transaction, the Fund will
    have contractual remedies pursuant to the agreements related to
    the transaction. The swap market has grown substantially in
    recent years with a large number of banks and investment banking
    firms acting both as principals and as agents utilizing
    standardized swap documentation. Caps and floors are less liquid
    than swaps.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Equity
    Swaps and Related Transactions</FONT></B>
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    The Fund may enter into equity swaps and may purchase or sell
    equity caps and floors. The Fund would enter into these
    transactions to preserve a return or spread on a particular
    investment or portion of its portfolio or to protect against any
    increase in the price of the securities that the Fund
    anticipates purchasing at a later date. The Fund will not sell
    equity caps or floors that it does not own.
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    The Fund may enter into equity swaps, caps and floors on either
    an asset-based or liability-based basis, depending on whether it
    is hedging its assets or liabilities, and it will usually enter
    into equity swaps on a net basis, i.e., the two payment streams
    are netted out, with the Fund receiving or paying, as the case
    may be, only the net amount of the two payments on the payment
    date. The Fund will not enter into any equity swap, cap or floor
    transaction unless the unsecured senior debt or the
    claims-paying ability of the other party thereto is rated in the
    highest rating category of at least one nationally recognized
    statistical rating organization at the time of entering into
    such transaction. If there is a default by the other party to
    such a transaction, the Fund will have contractual remedies
    pursuant to the agreements related to the transaction. The swap
    market has grown substantially in recent years with a large
    number of banks and investment banking firms acting both as
    principals and as agents utilizing standardized swap
    documentation. Caps and floors, as noted above, are less liquid
    than swaps.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Risks of
    Hedging</FONT></B>
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    Hedging involves special risks, including the possible default
    by the other party to the transaction, illiquidity and, to the
    extent the Investment Manager&#146;s view as to certain market
    movements is incorrect, the risk that the use of hedging could
    result in losses greater than if such investment strategies had
    not been used.
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    Use of put and call options could result in losses to the Fund,
    force the sale or purchase of portfolio securities at an
    inopportune time or for prices higher than (in the case of put
    options) or lower than (in the case of call options) current
    market values, or cause the Fund to hold a security it might
    otherwise sell. The use of currency transactions could result in
    the Fund&#146;s incurring losses as a result of the imposition
    of exchange controls, suspension of
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    settlements or the inability to deliver or receive a specified
    currency. The use of options and futures transactions entails
    certain special risks. In particular, the variable degree of
    correlation between price movements of futures contracts and
    price movements in the related portfolio position of the Fund
    could create the possibility that losses on the hedging
    instrument are greater than gains in the value of the
    Fund&#146;s position. In addition, futures and options markets
    could be illiquid in some circumstances and certain
    over-the-counter options could have no markets. As a result, in
    certain markets, the Fund might not be able to close out a
    position without incurring substantial losses. Although the
    Fund&#146;s use of futures and options transactions for hedging
    purposes should tend to minimize the risk of loss due to a
    decline in the value of the hedged position, at the same time,
    it will tend to limit any potential gain to the Fund that might
    result from an increase in value of the position. There is,
    however, no limit on the amount of the Fund&#146;s assets that
    can be put at risk through the use of futures contracts and
    options thereon, an the value of the Fund&#146;s futures
    contracts and options thereon may equal or exceed 100% of the
    Fund&#146;s total assets. Finally, the daily variation margin
    requirements for futures contracts create a greater ongoing
    potential financial risk than would purchases of options, in
    which case the exposure is limited to the cost of the initial
    premium and transaction costs. Losses resulting from hedging
    will reduce the Fund&#146;s net asset value, and possibly its
    income, and the losses can be greater than if the hedging had
    not been used.
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    When conducted outside the United States, hedging may not be
    regulated as rigorously as in the United States, may not involve
    a clearing mechanism and related guarantees, and will be subject
    to the risk of governmental actions affecting trading in, or the
    prices of, foreign securities, currencies and other instruments.
    The value of positions taken as part of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">non-U.S.&#160;hedging</FONT>
    also could be adversely affected by:
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    other complex foreign political, legal and economic factors;
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    lesser availability of data on which to make trading decisions
    than in the United States;
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    delays in the Fund&#146;s ability to act upon economic events
    occurring in foreign markets during non- business hours in the
    United States;
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    the imposition of different exercise and settlement terms and
    procedures and margin requirements than in the United
    States;&#160;and
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    lower trading volume and liquidity.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Segregation
    and Cover Requirements</FONT></B>
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    Much of the hedging that the Fund may enter into is subject to
    segregation and coverage requirements established by either the
    CFTC or the SEC, with the result that, if the Fund does not hold
    the instrument underlying the futures contract or option, the
    Fund will be required to segregate on an ongoing basis with its
    custodian cash, U.S.&#160;government securities or other liquid
    debt obligations in an amount at least equal to the Fund&#146;s
    obligations with respect to such instruments. Such amounts will
    fluctuate as the market value of the obligations increases or
    decreases. The segregation requirement can result in the Fund
    maintaining positions that it would otherwise liquidate and
    consequently segregating assets with respect thereto at a time
    when it might be disadvantageous to do so. The Fund will accrue
    the net amount of the excess, if any, of the Fund&#146;s
    obligations over its entitlements with respect to each swap on a
    daily basis, and it will segregate with a custodian an amount of
    cash, U.S.&#160;government securities, or other liquid debt
    obligations or liquid securities having an aggregate net asset
    value at least equal the accrued excess.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    Limitations</FONT></B>
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    The degree of the Fund&#146;s use of hedging may be limited by
    certain provisions of the Internal Revenue Code, see
    &#147;Taxation&#148;, and other applicable laws in India.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">APPENDIX&#160;B</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">REPUBLIC
    OF INDIA</FONT></B>
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    <I>The information set forth in this Appendix&#160;B has been
    extracted from various government and private publications. The
    Fund, its Board of Directors, the Investment Manager and the
    Country Adviser make no representation as to the accuracy of the
    information, nor has the Fund or its Board of Directors
    attempted to verify the statistical information presented in
    this Appendix&#160;B. Furthermore, no representation is made
    that any correlation exists between the Republic of India or its
    economy in general and the performance of the Fund. Reference in
    the text below to consecutive years (for example, 2007/2008)
    means the fiscal year beginning April 1 of the first year listed
    and ending March 31 of the second year listed.</I>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    COUNTRY</FONT></B>
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    Situated in Southern Asia between latitudes 8&#176; 4&#146; and
    37&#176; 6&#146; north, longitudes 68&#176; 7&#146; and 97&#176;
    25&#146; east, and covering an area of approximately
    3.3&#160;million square km, India is the seventh largest country
    in the world. Bounded by the Himalayas in the north, it
    stretches southwards into the Indian Ocean between the Bay of
    Bengal to the southeast and the Arabian Sea to the west. India
    is bordered by the People&#146;s Republic of China, Nepal and
    Bhutan to the north, Pakistan to the west, and Myanmar and
    Bangladesh to the east. Sri Lanka lies off its southern shores.
    The Andaman and Nicobar Islands in the Bay of Bengal and the
    Lakshadweep Islands in the Arabian Sea are also part of India.
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    India is the world&#146;s second most populous country. The 2001
    census estimated the total population of India to be
    approximately 1.03&#160;billion. This figure is projected to
    increase to 1.19&#160;billion by 2011 and 1.27&#160;billion by
    2016. Although migration from rural to urban centers has
    increased steadily, India&#146;s population remains
    predominantly rural. The 2001 census reported that 72.2% of the
    total population still lives in rural areas.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">GOVERNMENT</FONT></B>
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    India gained its independence from the United Kingdom in August
    1947, and the Indian Constitution took effect on
    January&#160;26, 1950. India is a federal republic with certain
    powers reserved for its twenty-nine states and six &#147;union
    territories.&#148; The Indian Constitution separates the
    responsibilities of the national and state governments and also
    provides for the separation of executive, legislative and
    judicial powers. It also delineates areas where the national and
    state governments exercise joint jurisdiction.
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    The Indian Constitution vests legislative power in a bicameral
    parliament consisting of the Lok Sabha (&#147;House of the
    People&#148;) and the Rajya Sabha (&#147;Council of
    States&#148;). The maximum strength of the Lok Sabha envisaged
    by the Constitution is 552, which is made up by election of up
    to 530 members to represent the States, up to 20 members to
    represent the Union Territories and not more than two members of
    the Anglo-Indian Community to be nominated by the President, if,
    in his opinion, that community is not adequately represented in
    the House. Lok Sabha members are directly elected in
    single-member constituencies for a term of five years on the
    basis of universal adult suffrage. The Indian Constitution
    provides that the Rajya Sabha cannot consist of more than 250
    members, twelve of whom are nominated by the president and the
    remainder of whom are elected indirectly by representatives of
    the states and union territories. Elected members of the Rajya
    Sabha serve six-year terms, and one-third of its members stand
    for election every two years.
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    The executive branch is headed by a president who, as the head
    of state, exercises power under the Indian Constitution with the
    advice of the Council of Ministers, which is headed by the prime
    minister. The president is elected for five-year terms by an
    electoral college, which consists of elected members of the
    national and state legislatures. The president performs a
    primarily ceremonial function. Executive power in practice
    resides with the prime minister, who is responsible to the Lok
    Sabha. The president appoints the prime minister, and the
    president appoints other ministers on the advice of the prime
    minister.
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    The highest appellate court is the Supreme Court of India. The
    judicial system of India is primarily based on common law.
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    The system of state government closely resembles that of the
    national government, with each state having a legislature,
    governor, chief minister and a council of ministers. There are
    twenty-nine states in India. India has an extensive system of
    local government that reaches down to the municipality and
    village level.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">POLITICS</FONT></B>
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    India is the largest democracy in the world. Since its
    independence in 1947, the Congress (I)&#160;Party and its prime
    ministers selected from its leadership have dominated politics
    at the national level. Previous prime ministers of India
    include: Jawaharlal Nehru (1947 to 1964); Lad Bahadur Shastri
    (1964 to 1966); Indira Gandhi (1966 to 1977 and 1980 to 1984);
    Morarajee Desai (1977 to 1979), Chaudhary Charan Singh (1979 to
    1980); Rajiv Gandhi (1984 to 1989); V. P. Singh (1989 to 1990);
    Chandra Shekhar (1990 to 1991) P.V. Narasimha Rao (1991 to
    1996); H.D.&#160;Deva Gowda (1996 to 1997); I.K. Gujaral (1997
    to 1998); Atal Bihari Vajpayee (1999 to 2004)&#160;and Manmohan
    Singh (2004 to 2009). Following the Indian general elections
    held in April and May of 2009, the United Progressive Alliance
    led by Congress (I)&#160;Party has again formed the Indian
    government under the leadership of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.
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    The Congress (I)&#160;Party has historically represented a
    secular, socialist platform. However, after the formation of
    Prime Minister P.V. Narasimha Rao&#146;s government in 1991, the
    party changed its course and promoted private sector and
    market-oriented reforms. These economic reforms have now
    received broad-based support with the exception of left parties
    and helped India accelerate its GDP growth.
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    India is one of the charter members of the United Nations and
    its affiliated bodies and is a founding member of the
    International Monetary Fund, the International Bank for
    Reconstruction and Development, the Asian Development Bank and
    the African Development Bank. India is also a member of the
    British Commonwealth of Nations, the Non-Aligned Movement, the
    South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation and the World
    Trade Organization.
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    With the exception of Pakistan and China, India&#146;s foreign
    relations with its neighbor have generally remained stable.
    India and China fought a major war in 1962. Thereafter the
    relations between these two countries remained strained for
    almost two decades. However, India and China in September 1993
    agreed to pursue a negotiated settlement of the two
    countries&#146; longstanding border dispute. India&#146;s
    external affairs minister visited China in June 1999, which
    marked the resumption of high level dialogue, and both sides
    agreed on the need for a bilateral security dialogue. Since
    then, several high level exchanges have taken place between the
    two counties. India and China have agreed to establish a
    bilateral dialogue mechanism to fight terrorism and to
    accelerate the process of clarification and confirmation of the
    &#147;line of actual control&#148; along the India-China
    boundary. The most recent visit by the Indian Prime Minister to
    China was in January 2008. During this visit India and China
    signed the document &#147;Shared Visions on the
    21st&#160;Century&#148; and reached a broad consensus on further
    pushing forward the Strategic Cooperative Partnership between
    the two countries. The improvement in the Indo-China relations
    has resulted in bilateral trade exceeding US$51&#160;billion in
    2008.
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    India&#146;s relations with Pakistan have been tense for many
    years. The two countries have fought three major wars since
    their partition in 1947. The principal dispute between India and
    Pakistan relates to the claim on the Indian border states of
    Jammu and Kashmir. India fought two wars with Pakistan (from
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1947-1948</FONT>
    and in 1965)&#160;in order to retain its control over Jammu and
    Kashmir, and a third war with Pakistan in 1971 resulted in the
    secession of Pakistan&#146;s eastern province, which is now the
    People&#146;s Republic of Bangladesh.
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    Relations between India and Pakistan have improved in the recent
    past. In July 2001 Pakistan&#146;s the then president Pervez
    Musharraf sat down in Agra, India, with the then Indian prime
    minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee for a historic peace summit, which
    considerably thawed tensions over Kashmir, while not producing
    an immediate breakthrough. In 2003, ambassadorial ties and land
    and air-traffic ties were restored. The Indian cricket team
    visited Pakistan in 2004 in yet another step toward the thawing
    of relations between the two countries. On June&#160;20, 2004,
    both countries agreed to extend a nuclear testing ban and to set
    up a hotline between their foreign secretaries aimed at
    preventing misunderstandings that might lead to a nuclear war.
    Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Pakistani President
    Parvez Musharraf met and issued a joint statement in New York
    City in September 2004. The joint statement reiterated the
    commitment of both of the countries to the implementation of
    confidence building
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    measures and the countries&#146; agreement that possible options
    for a peaceful, negotiated settlement of the Kashmir issue
    should be explored in a sincere spirit and purposeful manner.
    This was followed by Pervez Musharraf&#146;s three day visit to
    India in April 2005 where both countries restated their
    commitment to the joint statement issued in New York City. The
    re-opening of a series of transportation networks near the
    India-Pakistan border, the most important of which were bus
    routes and railway lines, further helped in improving relations
    between the two countries. A new bus service between Amritsar,
    India, and Nankana Sahib in Pakistan, the birthplace of founder
    of Sikh religion Guru Nanak Dev, was started in March 2006. But
    relations soured again after the 2008 Mumbai Terrorist Attacks
    as India announced a &#147;pause&#148; in its bilateral dialogue
    with Pakistan and there is no indication of when it might resume.
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    Relations with the United States have generally improved since
    the breakup of the former Soviet Union. The visit by
    U.S.&#160;President George W. Bush in February 2006 further
    strengthened India-U.S.&#160;ties. India entered into an
    agreement with the United States wherein the United States
    agreed to share nuclear technology, fuel and expertise for
    civilian nuclear energy. This deal was finally sealed on
    October&#160;20, 2008, when U.S.&#160;President George W. Bush,
    certified, as required by the legislation, that
    U.S.&#160;nuclear transfers to India is consistent with the
    obligation of the United States under the Nuclear
    Non-proliferation Treaty (&#147;NPT&#148;). Besides the nuclear
    deal, the defense cooperation between the two countries has also
    improved after signing of the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">U.S.-India</FONT>
    Defense Framework Agreement of 2005. In 2008, there were four
    army-to-army, two navy-to-navy and one major multinational air
    force exercises held in which Indian and American servicepersons
    participated. On the economic front,
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">U.S.-India</FONT>
    trade continues to expand as did U.S.&#160;foreign direct
    investment into India and Indian direct investment into the
    United States. However, there appears to be a clear disconnect
    between India and the U.S.&#160;on the Doha round of world trade
    talks.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE
    INDIAN ECONOMY</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Overview</FONT></B>
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    India decisively moved towards liberalization and market
    orientation of the economy in 1991 following a severe balance of
    payments crisis. The break from the past protectionist regime
    was also evident in the reform policies of the eighties, but the
    move in 1991 was more resolute. India&#146;s economic progress
    since it embarked on the reform process has been encouraging.
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    Whereas the average GDP growth in the 1990s (from
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1993-94</FONT>
    onwards) was 6.1%, in the first eight years for the current
    decade (up to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09)</FONT> it
    has been around 7.6%. However, like other economies growth has
    not been uniform. The lowest growth of the current decade was
    recorded in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT> at
    3.8% and the highest in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT> at
    9.7%. Although due to the current global meltdown the GDP growth
    during
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT> has
    been forecasted to be around 7.1%, lower than 9.0% recorded
    during
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08,</FONT> the
    Indian economy is expected to recover during the second half of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2009-10.</FONT>
    Moreover, with the new government in place, economic growth is
    expected to get a fillip as the stalled economic reform is back
    on the government&#146;s priority list. Earlier in the current
    decade, significant reforms initiatives were instituted, some of
    which are:
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The Indian Electricity Act was passed in 2003 which aims at
    introducing competition into the power sector.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Passing of the Indian Fiscal Responsibility Act in 2003
    (provides a legal and institutional framework for controlling
    deficits and stabilizing debt) and subsequently enactment of
    similar fiscal responsibility legislation by 26 States.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Constitution of a regulatory body Pension Fund&#160;Regulatory
    and Development Authority (&#147;PFRDA&#148;) in August 2003 to
    oversee development and regulation of the pension sector in
    India.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Introduction of VAT from April&#160;1, 2005 to replace sales tax
    (as of now VAT has been introduced by all States/ UTs).
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Permission for Foreign Direct Investment (&#147;FDI&#148;) up to
    26% and FII investment up to 23% (subject to no single investor
    holding more than 5%) in Commodity Exchanges.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Passing of the Special Economic Zones Act 2005 in June 2005 and
    making SEZ Rules effective from February&#160;10, 2006.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    B-3
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Launch of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission
    (&#147;JNNURM&#148;) in 2005 to encourage cities to initiate
    steps to bring about improvement in the existing civic services
    levels in a sustainable manner.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Setting up of Petroleum&#160;&#038; Natural Gas Regulatory Board
    (&#147;PNGRB&#148;) in August 2006 to regulate the refining,
    processing, storage, transportation, distribution, marketing and
    sale of petroleum, petroleum products and natural gas.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    De-tariffing of the general insurance industry in 2007.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Passing of Carriage by Road Act, 2007 in October 2007 to make
    transport system transparent and modern.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Passing of the Airport Economic Regulatory Authority Bill 2007
    in October 2008 for setting up of Airport Economic Regulatory
    Authority to regulate tariff and other charges for the
    aeronautical services rendered at airports and to monitor
    performance standards of airports.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    At the time of the balance of payments crisis in 1991 foreign
    currency assets of India were around
    US$2.2&#160;billion&#160;&#151; down to two weeks of imports.
    India&#146;s financial credibility was very low; commercial
    borrowing was impossible; inflation was high; and an inflow of
    foreign currency from non-resident Indians had been reversed.
    The Indian economy has come a long way since then because of the
    reform process. While it is true that, due to the increased
    global integration, India can no longer be insulated from the
    global crisis, the economy in general and the banking system in
    particular, have withstood the global crisis well and continue
    to be resilient. The foreign currency assets at present (mid-May
    2009)&#160;are around US$244&#160;billion&#160;&#151; enough to
    support around 15&#160;months of imports.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Following the reforms of the foreign investment regime India has
    become a favored destination for foreign investment. Foreign
    direct investment has been fairly stable. Despite the global
    financial crisis, India attracted approximately
    $31.7&#160;billion of foreign direct investment during fiscal
    year <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
    (until February 2009). This is $4&#160;billion more than the
    same period last year. However, due to the global financial
    crisis net&#160;FII inflows and external commercial borrowings
    have been adversely affected. The fiscal deficit has emerged as
    a new worry lately. Although currency movement continues to be
    volatile, this is expected to be so when it is largely market
    determined and global financial market is passing through a
    crisis.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Overall, India seems to have withstood the global financial
    crisis remarkably well compared to a number of other countries.
    With further reforms on cards, the medium term outlook for the
    Indian economy remains promising.
</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">Gross
    Domestic Product</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">GDP
    Growth</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Average yearly real GDP growth from
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT> was
    7.3% and in the last three years
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(2006-07</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09),</FONT> it
    averaged 8.6%. The growth momentum that began in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
    continued till
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08.</FONT> The
    average annual growth rate of 9.4% between
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT> and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT> is
    the highest ever achieved in India. However, high commodity
    prices and the global financial meltdown have slowed the growth
    momentum in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-2009.</FONT>
    The Indian government estimates real GDP to grow at 7.1% in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT> with
    agriculture, industry and services growing at 2.6%, 4.8% and
    9.6% respectively.
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    B-4
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth changes in India&#146;s GDP for
    the period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
    through
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09:</FONT>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 9pt; 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">Changes
    in Gross Domestic Product(a)</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="60%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="4%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>GDP (Absolute Values)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>% Change Over Previous Year</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>Current<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>1999/2000<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Current<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>1999/2000<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Prices</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Prices</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Prices</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Prices</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" 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="6" align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(Rs. billion)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2000/2001
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    19,250
</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">
    18,643
</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">
    7.8
</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">
    4.4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2001/2002
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    20,977
</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">
    19,726
</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">
    9.0
</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">
    5.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2002/2003
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    22,614
</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">
    20,483
</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">
    7.8
</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">
    3.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2003/2004
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    25,382
</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">
    22,228
</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">
    12.2
</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">
    8.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2004/2005
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    28,777
</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">
    23,888
</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">
    13.4
</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">
    7.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2005/2006
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    32,824
</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">
    26,161
</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">
    14.1
</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">
    9.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2006/2007(b)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    37,794
</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">
    28,711
</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">
    15.1
</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">
    9.7
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2007/2008(c)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    43,209
</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">
    31,297
</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">
    14.3
</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">
    9.0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2008/2009(d)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    49,898
</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">
    33,517
</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">
    15.5
</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">
    7.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<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">
    <B>Note</B>
</DIV>

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

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (a) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    At factor cost</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (b) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Provisional</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (c) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Quick estimate</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (d) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Advance estimates</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">Source:
    Central Statistical Organization Data</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">Composition
    of GDP</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Agriculture has been the largest historical contributor to GDP.
    However, gradually its importance declined as Indian economy has
    progressively depended less on agricultural output and more on
    the manufacturing and services sectors.
</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">Sectoral
    Distribution of Gross Domestic Product (% of total
    GDP)</FONT></B>
</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">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="23%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=lead -->
    <TD width="8%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" 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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Financing,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Community,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Agriculture,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Electricity, Gas<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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>Trade, Hotels,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Insurance, Real<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Social and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Forestry and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Mining and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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>and Water<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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>Transport and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Estate &#038; Business<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Personal<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 6pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Fishing</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Quarrying</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Manufacturing</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Supply</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Construction</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Communication</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Services</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>services</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">
    1951/52 to 1955/56
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    54.65
</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">
    1.5
</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">
    9.29
</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">
    0.36
</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">
    4.44
</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">
    11.43
</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">
    7.55
</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">
    10.39
</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">
    1956/57 to 1960/61
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    51.61
</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">
    1.55
</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">
    10.53
</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">
    0.5
</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">
    5.14
</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">
    12.58
</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">
    7.27
</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">
    10.38
</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">
    1961/62 to 1965/66
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    46.39
</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">
    1.82
</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">
    12.33
</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">
    0.75
</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">
    6.02
</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">
    14.12
</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">
    7.04
</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">
    11.11
</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">
    1966/67 to 1970/71
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    43.55
</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">
    1.9
</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">
    12.64
</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">
    1.06
</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">
    7.03
</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">
    14.83
</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">
    6.97
</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">
    12.04
</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">
    1971/72 to 1975/76
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    41.84
</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">
    1.81
</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">
    13.26
</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">
    1.27
</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">
    6.25
</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">
    15.53
</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">
    7.18
</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">
    12.69
</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">
    1976/77 to 1980/81
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    38.56
</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">
    1.9
</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">
    14.09
</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">
    1.54
</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">
    6.48
</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">
    17
</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">
    7.5
</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">
    12.63
</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">
    1981/82 to 1985/86
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    36.47
</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">
    2.23
</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">
    14.37
</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">
    1.77
</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">
    6
</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">
    17.79
</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">
    8.35
</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">
    13.02
</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">
    1986/87 to 1990/91
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    32.3
</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">
    2.5
</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">
    14.81
</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">
    2.1
</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">
    5.85
</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">
    18.47
</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">
    10.1
</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">
    13.86
</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">
    1991/92 to 1995/96
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    29.58
</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">
    2.59
</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">
    14.84
</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">
    2.43
</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">
    5.86
</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">
    19.17
</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">
    11.83
</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">
    13.7
</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">
    1996/97 to 2000/01
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    25.72
</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">
    2.37
</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">
    15.5
</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">
    2.47
</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">
    5.61
</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">
    21.39
</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">
    12.65
</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">
    14.27
</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">
    2001/02 to 2004/05
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    21.84
</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">
    2.22
</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">
    15.02
</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">
    2.32
</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">
    6.1
</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">
    24.52
</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">
    13.47
</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">
    14.52
</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">
    2005/06 to 2008/09
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18.23
</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">
    2.03
</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">
    15.1
</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">
    2.08
</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">
    7.15
</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">
    27.57
</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">
    14.37
</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">
    13.47
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <B>Source: National Accounts Statistics, 2009</B>
</DIV>

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    Growth rates of the various economic sectors (measured in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1999-2000</FONT>
    prices) for the period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT> are
    set forth below:
</DIV>

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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">Growth in
    GDP by Sector (% annual real change)</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <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="3%">&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 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="11%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=lead -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=hang1 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Agriculture,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Manufacturing,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Forestry,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Construction,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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>Financing,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Community,<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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Fishing,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Electricity, Gas<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Trade, Hotels,<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Insurance, Real<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Social and<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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Mining and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>and Water<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Transport and<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Estate &#038; Business<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Personal<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="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Quarrying</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Supply</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Communication</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Services</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Services</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Total GDP</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2000/2001
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.0
</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">
    6.8
</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">
    7.3
</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">
    4.1
</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">
    4.7
</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">
    4.4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2001/2002
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.9
</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">
    2.8
</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">
    9.2
</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">
    7.3
</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">
    4.1
</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">
    5.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2002/2003
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    (5.9
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    )
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6.9
</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">
    9.4
</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">
    8.0
</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">
    3.9
</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">
    3.8
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2003/2004
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    9.3
</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">
    7.8
</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">
    12.0
</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">
    5.6
</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">
    5.4
</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">
    8.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2004/2005
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    0.8
</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">
    10.5
</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">
    10.7
</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">
    8.7
</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">
    6.8
</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">
    7.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2005/2006
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.7
</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">
    10.7
</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">
    12.1
</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">
    11.4
</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">
    7.1
</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">
    9.5
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2006/2007(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.4
</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">
    11.2
</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">
    12.8
</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">
    13.8
</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">
    5.7
</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">
    9.7
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2007/2008(b)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.7
</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">
    8.5
</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">
    12.4
</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">
    11.7
</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">
    6.8
</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">
    9.0
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2008/2009(c)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.8
</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">
    4.8
</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">
    10.3
</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">
    8.6
</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">
    9.3
</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">
    7.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Note</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (a) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Provisional</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (b) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Quick estimate</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (c) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Advance Estimates</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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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">Source:
    Central Statistical Organization Data</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">Inflation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Inflation in India decreased over the past several years due to
    adequate food stocks, adequate foreign exchange reserves and a
    stronger rupee in an environment of subdued global inflationary
    expectations. The monetary policy also contained inflationary
    expectations.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The average inflation based on the wholesale price index
    (&#147;WPI&#148;) stood high at 7.6% for the period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1991-92</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT> and
    inflation based on consumer price index for industrial workers
    (&#147;CPI-IW&#148;), for the same period, soared at 8.7%.
    However, for the period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08,</FONT>
    average WPI-inflation eased to 4.8%, and CPI-inflation also
    stood at the same level, that is, 4.8%. But the unprecedented
    spurt in crude prices during the first half of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09,</FONT> led
    to the record high prices of fuel and commodities across the
    world, with India being no exception. As a result, headline
    inflation shot up to 12.8% in August 2008. Thereafter, the
    global economic crisis that followed the collapse of financial
    markets in major developed economies resulted in easing of
    demand conditions and the prices started falling sharply. Indian
    inflation fell to a near three-decade low of 0.8% in March 2009.
    On an average, inflation based on WPI and CPI was recorded at
    8.4% and 9.1% respectively for the year
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09.</FONT>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table gives the annual rate of inflation during
    the period from
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09:</FONT>
</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">Annual
    Rates of Inflation (% change over previous year)</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=08 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=09 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=10 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=10 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=10 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=10 type=hang1 -->
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<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>Based on:</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2000&#150;01</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2001&#150;02</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2002&#150;03</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2003&#150;04</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2004&#150;05</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2005&#150;06</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2006&#150;07</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2007&#150;08</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>2008&#150;09</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    WPI
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7.2
</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">
    3.6
</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">
    3.5
</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">
    5.4
</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">
    6.5
</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">
    4.4
</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">
    5.4
</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">
    4.7
</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">
    8.4
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    CPI-IW
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3.8
</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">
    4.3
</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">
    4
</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">
    3.9
</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">
    3.8
</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">
    4.2
</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">
    7
</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">
    6.2
</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">
    9.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Source: Ministry of Industry and Ministry of Labour</B>
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    B-6
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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">Industry</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The strategy of Indian industrialization was government
    dependent prior to 1990. It emphasized heavy, public ownership
    and import substitution. The government&#146;s import
    substitution policies led to the development of a large
    industrial base, which produced, among other items, capital
    goods and components, cement, steel, consumer durables and also
    consumer products. While this policy did result in impressive
    industrial growth during the decades of the fifties and sixties,
    its inadequacy became apparent during the seventies and eighties.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Indian government introduced a new industrial policy in 1991
    that was designed to promote industrial expansion by having
    greater participation of the private sector. The new industrial
    policy abolished the licensing system for industrial activity
    with the exception of fifteen strategic industries, which
    included defense equipment, aerospace and petroleum. In
    addition, since 1991, the Indian government has permitted the
    private sector to participate in industrial activity relating to
    the core and basic sectors of the economy (<I>i.e</I>.,
    electricity, coal, petroleum, petroleum refining, steel and
    cement), which were previously reserved for the public sector
    enterprises only.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth changes in the Index of
    Industrial production, which is an index that measures the
    growth of industrial activity in the Indian economy:
</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">Annual
    Percentage Growth Rates in Major Sectors of Industry</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="10%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Mining</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Manufacturing</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Electricity</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>General</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Weighting(a)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    104.73
</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">
    793.58
</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">
    101.69
</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">
    1000
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2000/2001
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.84
</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">
    5.35
</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">
    3.97
</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">
    5.02
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2001/2002
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.26
</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">
    2.85
</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">
    3.1
</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">
    2.69
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2002/2003
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.8
</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">
    6.01
</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">
    3.22
</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">
    5.78
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2003/2004
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.28
</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">
    7.38
</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">
    5.04
</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">
    6.98
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2004/2005
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4.38
</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">
    9.13
</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">
    5.15
</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">
    8.37
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2005/2006
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1.01
</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">
    9.15
</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">
    5.16
</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">
    8.16
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2006/2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.35
</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">
    12.52
</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">
    7.26
</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">
    11.53
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2007/2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    5.13
</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">
    8.98
</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">
    6.35
</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">
    8.49
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2008/2009
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2.33
</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">
    2.31
</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">
    2.76
</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">
    2.35
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>Note</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (a) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    % of General Index of Industrial Production accounted for by
    particular industrial sector.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">Source:
    CSO Data</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As the above table indicates, the industrial activity grew
    rapidly after
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03.</FONT>
    Between
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT> and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
    industrial growth was clearly led by the manufacturing sector
    and its robust performance boosted overall industrial growth.
    However, due to the global financial meltdown, industrial growth
    came under severe pressure in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT> and
    could only grow at 2.3%. The target growth of industry during
    the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(2007-08</FONT> to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2012-13)</FONT> has
    been put at 10.5%. Although overall industrial growth so far has
    remained well short of the target, it is expected to pick up in
    the remaining years of the Eleventh Five-Year Plan period.
</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">Fiscal
    Policy</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Indian fiscal policy plays a key role in the country&#146;s
    macroeconomic stability. However, India&#146;s increasing
    competition and economic transparency complicate its fiscal
    policy formulation because the government is unable to predict
    certain economic elements, including the magnitude, speed and
    direction of foreign trade and capital flows. In an increasingly
    privatized and open economy, fiscal policy depends, among other
    things, upon the nature of India&#146;s monetary and exchange
    rate policies, capital market transparency and prevailing
    macroeconomic conditions.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Fiscal reforms in the 1990s substantially restructured the
    Indian tax system. The reforms focused on the stability of tax
    rates, rationalization and simplification of tax laws and tax
    compliance. The Indian government
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    B-7
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    reduced customs and input and output tariff rates in order to
    align the tariff structure with that of the other developing
    countries in the region. The tax reforms during this period laid
    the foundation of a more rational and widespread tax net,
    conferring benefits to almost all sectors and classes and
    simultaneously augmenting the resources available to the central
    government.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The economy witnessed an impressive average growth of close to
    9% during fiscal year 2007 to fiscal year 2008, compared to an
    average growth of 5.6% in the preceding four years. This was
    coupled with the significant improvement in fiscal indicators.
    The fiscal consolidation in the period following The Fiscal
    Reform and Budget Management Act resulted in the reduction in
    fiscal deficit from 5.9% of GDP in the fiscal year 2003 to 2.7%
    of GDP in the fiscal year 2008. During the same period, revenue
    deficit declined from 4.4% to 1.1% of GDP. This was achieved
    through higher revenue buoyancy, without compressing the
    expenditure on social sector and infrastructure. For fiscal year
    2009, fiscal deficit was estimated at 2.5% of GDP and revenue
    deficit at 1.0% of GDP. However, fiscal year 2009 marked the
    unprecedented global economic crisis that had an impact on
    domestic economy as well. Inflation shot up with the record high
    prices of oil and commodities. As a result, the monetary and
    fiscal policies, with an objective to ease supply-side
    constraints, shifted from fuelling growth to containing
    inflation. This, in addition to the implementation of sixth pay
    commission, agriculture debt waiver and increased subsidies,
    distorted the fiscal situation of the government. Consequently,
    the fiscal deficit for fiscal year 2009 was revised upward to
    6.0% of GDP and the revenue deficit to 4.4% of GDP.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The fiscal policy for
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2009-10</FONT>
    continues to be guided by the objectives of keeping the economy
    on the higher growth trajectory amidst global slowdown by
    creating demand through increased public expenditure in
    identified sectors. However, the medium term objective will be
    to revert to the path of fiscal consolidation at the earliest.
</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">Monetary
    Policy</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The main thrust of the monetary policy in India has been to
    strike an optimal balance between price stability and growth
    along with financial stability. The Reserve Bank of India
    (&#147;RBI&#148;) which conducts the monetary policy
    continuously monitors the liquidity and monetary situation in
    the economy and responds swiftly to the impact of domestic and
    global developments on the Indian financial markets. In response
    to the deteriorating global conditions since September 2008 and
    its adverse impact on the Indian economy, the RBI proactively
    used various tools available under the purview of monetary
    policy to mitigate the effects of external risks on the Indian
    economy. Since September 2008, when the monetary easing cycle
    started, the repo and reverse repo rates have been slashed by a
    cumulative 425bps and 275bps respectively. The latest cut came
    in March 2009, when both the repo and reverse repo rates were
    reduced by 25bps each to 4.75% and 3.25% respectively.
    Additionally, the cash reserve ratio (&#147;CRR&#148;) was
    slashed by a cumulative 400&#160;bps, to maintain ample
    liquidity in the system. Thus, the policy focus currently has
    clearly shifted towards promoting growth as inflation is within
    control.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    However despite such an aggressive policy stance, the interest
    rates have not come down sufficiently, indicating weakness in
    monetary transmission mechanism. Clearly, these are abnormal
    times and, due to disruptions in the financial market, risk
    aversion has increased and credit standards have tightened.
    Thus, despite rate-cuts and lowering of reserve requirements,
    banks have been reluctant to cut lending rates. This means that
    monetary easing by RBI will take more time than
    &#147;normal&#148; to stimulate demand in the economy. However,
    going forward, the bias will still remain for soft interest
    rates regime until domestic growth picks up inline with global
    recovery.
</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">Foreign
    Exchange</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exchange
    Rates</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The exchange rate for the Indian rupee is market-based, except
    for occasional counter-cyclical operations by the Reserve Bank
    of India. The Indian exchange rate management policy continues
    to emphasize exchange rate stability without a fixed rate target
    and allows underlying demand and supply conditions to determine
    exchange rate movements. The Reserve Bank of India monitors
    financial market developments in India and abroad to coordinate
    market operations with its regulatory measures.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Indian rupee depreciated against the U.S.&#160;dollar from
    Rs.&#160;31.398 per U.S.&#160;dollar in 1993/1994 to
    Rs.&#160;44.93 per U.S.&#160;dollar in 2004/2005. Although
    between 2007 and 2008 the rupee briefly rose back to above
    Rs.&#160;35 per U.S
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    B-8
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    dollar, in 2008/2009, it again depreciated to an average of
    Rs.&#160;46.455 primarily due to the global meltdown , rapid
    decline in global liquidity and net capital out flows.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth changes in the Indian
    rupee-U.S.&#160;dollar exchange rate during the indicated
    periods:
</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">Exchange
    Rates(a)</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Rs. per Dollar</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1994/95
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    31.40
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1995/96
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    33.45
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1996/97
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    35.57
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1997/98
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    37.30
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1998/99
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    42.18
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1999/00
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    43.38
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2000/01
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    45.82
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2001/02
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47.78
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2002/03
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    48.34
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2003/04
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    45.79
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2004/05
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    44.98
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2005/06
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    44.30
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2006/07
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    45.22
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2007/08
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    40.13
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2008/09
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    46.46
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <B>Note</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (a) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Annual/monthly averages of RBI Reference Rate</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">Source:
    Reserve Bank of India Bulletin, Reserve Bank of India</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exchange
    Controls</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Reserve Bank of India administers India&#146;s exchange
    control system and has broad powers to regulate both inbound and
    outbound remittances of foreign exchange. The central government
    may also, in consultation with the Reserve Bank of India, impose
    reasonable restrictions on current account transactions.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Reserve Bank of India promotes foreign currency exchange to
    resident Indians and non-resident Indians. It has relaxed
    exchange limits for study abroad, travel, medical treatment,
    employment and foreign currency denominated accounts in India.
    In addition, a person residing in India is free to hold, own,
    transfer or invest in foreign currency, foreign securities or
    any immovable property situated outside India if such currency,
    security or property was acquired, held or owned by that person
    when he resided outside India.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    B-9
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<A name='132'>
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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">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">APPENDIX&#160;C</FONT></B>
</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
    INDIAN SECURITIES MARKET</FONT></B>
</DIV>
</A>
<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">Background</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

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

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The first Indian stockbrokers&#146; organization, which later
    became the Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd (the &#147;BSE&#148;), was
    formally established in 1875.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The enactment of the Indian Foreign Exchange Regulation&#160;Act
    of 1973 significantly affected the Indian securities market.
    Under the Act, Indian corporations with foreign stakeholders
    were generally required to reduce the equity stake of foreign
    shareholders to less than 40%. As a result, many such
    corporations offered equity to the Indian public, which diluted
    the interests of foreign equity holders. These offerings, most
    of which were made by well-known consumer goods manufacturers,
    were heavily oversubscribed and served to increase the liquidity
    and broaden the investor base of the Indian securities market.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Activity and broad interest in the market has increased in the
    past 15&#160;years. This rise reflects the growth of the private
    sector in the Indian economy and greater participation in the
    market by individual as well as foreign institutional investors.
    This has been accompanied by reforms and initiatives taken by
    the government and regulators. The Indian government has
    actively expanded capital market activity by both foreign and
    domestic investors.
</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">Key
    developments in Indian securities market since 1992</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Key Development</B>
</DIV>
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1992
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Abolishing of Controller of Capital Issues
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1992
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    SEBI Act enacted
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1992
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    FIIs permitted to invest
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1994
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    NSE starts operations
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    1996
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Introduction of Dematerialization
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2000
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Commencement of Derivatives Trading
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2003
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Compulsory Rolling Settlement (T+2)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2005
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Demutualization of stock exchanges
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2007
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Grading of IPO&#146;s made mandatory
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    2008
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Reintroduction of short selling
</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">Source:
    CRISIL Research</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Market
    structure</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The securities market in India consists of the equity market and
    debt market. The securities market has two segments&#160;&#151;
    the new issues (primary) market and the secondary market. There
    are two major types of issuers of securities&#160;&#151; the
    corporate entities who issue mainly debt and equity instruments
    and the government (central as well as state), who issue debt
    securities (dated securities and treasury bills). Equities are
    traded over stock exchanges, while debt instruments are traded
    over the Negotiated Dealing System&#160;&#151; Order Matching
    (NDS-OM) and the debt segments of the Bombay Stock Exchange
    (&#147;BSE&#148;) and the National Stock Exchange
    (&#147;NSE&#148;).
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The BSE recorded annual turnover of Rs 10,711&#160;billion in
    the cash segment in the financial year
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
    while the NSE recorded a turnover of Rs 27,520&#160;billion in
    the same period. While outright transactions in government
    securities, which form an overwhelming majority of the debt
    market, totaled Rs 16,777&#160;billion in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08,</FONT> all
    transactions, including repos, aggregated Rs 56,274&#160;billion.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The equity markets are regulated by the Securities and Exchange
    Board of India (&#147;SEBI&#148;) and the debt markets are
    jointly regulated by SEBI and the Reserve Bank of India
    (&#147;RBI&#148;).
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-1
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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">Recent
    Developments</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To keep pace with the global markets, the financial markets in
    India have gone through various stages of liberalization that
    have increased India&#146;s degree of integration with global
    markets. Liberalization has included measures such as opening up
    the economy for investment and trade, decontrolling interest and
    exchange rates and creating regulatory institutions to ensure
    the safety and integrity of the financial markets.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In view of protecting the investor&#146;s interest and to
    increase transparency and efficiency of the market, stringent
    disclosure and eligibility norms have been issued. In this
    regard, SEBI has been issuing amendments to the Disclosure and
    Investor Protection (&#147;DIP&#148;) guidelines. SEBI also
    issued guidelines stipulating the minimum number of investors in
    each mutual fund scheme.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Based on the recommendations of the Working Group of SEBI on
    dematerialization of securities, the number of scrips for
    compulsory demat trading by all investors was increased in 2000.
    Subsequently, it was decided that compulsory trading in demat
    form would be followed with respect to all actively traded
    scrips. As per the data furnished by the National Securities
    Depository Ltd (&#147;NSDL&#148;) and Central Depository
    Services Ltd (&#147;CDSL&#148;), there has been significant
    progress in dematerialization since then.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    With a view to avoid market failures, a comprehensive risk
    management system has been developed by the regulator and the
    exchanges. The clearing corporation has also put in place a
    system tracking online real-time client level portfolio-based
    upfront margin system. The central government established a fund
    called Investor Education and Protection Fund (&#147;IEPF&#148;)
    in October 2001 for the promotion of awareness among investors
    and protection of investors&#146; interests. With increased
    integration of the Indian securities market with the rest of the
    world, Indian companies have been permitted to raise resources
    from abroad through the issue of IDRs, ADRs, GDRs, FCCBs and
    ECBs. The Reserve Bank of India permitted two-way fungibility
    for ADRs and GDRs. Moreover, foreign companies have also been
    allowed to tap the domestic stock markets.
</DIV>

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    To improve the governance mechanism of stock exchanges and to
    protect the interest of investors in the securities market,
    corporatization and demutualization of stock exchanges was
    mandated through an amendment to the Securities Contracts
    Regulation&#160;Act in 2004. Apart from correcting the conflict
    of interest situation in the governance of stock exchanges, the
    benefits of demutualization include streamlining of business
    operations consistent with market needs, streamlined
    decision-making by professional management and the capacity to
    raise capital which can be used to improve technology, seek
    innovations or enter other markets. Out of the 23 stock
    exchanges, 18 have since been corporatized and demutualized
    while the others have been de-recognized.
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    Foreign investment up to 49% has been allowed in December 2006
    in infrastructure companies in the securities markets, viz.
    stock exchanges, depositories and clearing corporations, with
    separate foreign direct investment (&#147;FDI&#148;) cap of 26%
    and foreign institutional investment (&#147;FII&#148;) cap of
    23%. Following this, the BSE and NSE have inducted foreign
    partners as shareholders.
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    In 2002, the Indian government also passed the Indian
    Securitization and Reconstruction of Financial Assets and
    Enforcement of Security Interest Act, 2002 and the Indian
    Security Interest (Enforcement) Rules, 2002. These laws allow
    for the enforcement of security interests without the need for
    judicial intervention and promote the creditors&#146; ability to
    enforce their security interests and recover amounts owed by
    borrowers.
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    Despite this initiative, the securitization market did not pick
    up because the facility of trading on stock exchanges was not
    available. This was part due to the fact that securitization
    transactions under the NHB Act were not covered under the
    definition of &#145;securities&#146; in the SCR Act. As a
    result, buyers of securitized financial instruments had few exit
    options. Thus, the SCR Act was amended in 2007 to include
    securitized instruments under the definition of
    &#147;securities&#148; and provide for disclosure-based
    regulation for the issue of securitized instruments and its
    procedure. This has been done after taking into account the
    considerable potential in the securities market for the
    certificates or instruments under securitization transactions.
    Replicating the framework of the securities markets for these
    instruments would facilitate trading on stock exchanges and in
    turn, help development of the market in terms of depth and
    liquidity.
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    SEBI has also instituted more rigorous corporate governance
    standards through amendments to various clauses of the company
    listing agreements.
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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Policy
    developments</FONT></I></B>
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    The following have been the policy developments in recent years:
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    SEBI laid down the broad framework to permit all classes of
    investors to short sell, in December 2007. Certain conditions
    were imposed on the FIIs while undertaking a short-selling
    transaction. These, among other things, include that borrowing
    of equity shares by FIIs would only be for the purpose of
    delivery into short sale and that the margin/collateral would be
    maintained by FIIs only in the form of cash. Simultaneously, a
    comprehensive lending and borrowing scheme was introduced,
    enabling participation of all classes of investors, including
    retail investors. This short selling and securities lending and
    borrowing scheme came into operation with effect from
    April&#160;21, 2008.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    SEBI has made it compulsory for companies coming out with IPOs
    of equity shares to get their IPOs graded by at least one credit
    rating agency registered with SEBI from May&#160;1, 2007. This
    measure intends to provide the investor with an informed and
    objective opinion, expressed by a professional rating agency
    after analyzing factors like business and financial prospects,
    management quality and corporate governance practices etc. The
    grading would be disclosed in the prospectus, abridged
    prospectus and in every advertisement for IPOs.
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    Long-term capital gains tax on securities transactions has been
    abolished.
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    Allowing combined offering of non convertible debentures with
    warrants to qualified institutional buyers through qualified
    institutional placement mechanism.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    Trading of exchange-traded currency futures in India permitted.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    All institutional trades in the cash market to be margined on a
    t+1 basis with margin being collected from the custodian upon
    confirmation of the trade.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">REGULATORY
    STRUCTURE</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Introduction</FONT></B>
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    SEBI is the principal regulator of the Indian securities
    markets. The RBI and the government&#146;s Department of
    Economic Affairs and the Ministry of Company Affairs along with
    SEBI collectively regulate the Indian securities market. The
    activities of these agencies are coordinated by a High
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Level&#160;Co-ordination</FONT>
    Committee on Financial Markets. The orders of SEBI under the
    securities laws can be challenged before a Securities Appellate
    Tribunal (&#147;SAT&#148;). Further, stock exchanges act as
    self-regulating organizations.
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    SEBI was established in 1988 and was given statutory authority
    to promulgate and enforce regulations in April 1992. It was
    created because the regulatory framework existing prior to its
    creation was fragmented, making regulatory supervision of the
    markets and the enforcement of statutes and regulations
    difficult and ineffective. SEBI&#146;s framework provides for
    investor safeguards through disclosure requirements, arbitration
    procedures and the establishment of a small investors&#146;
    protection fund. It also promulgates rules against insider
    trading and other market abuses.
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    Some of the principal legislations governing the Indian
    securities markets include the following:
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    The SEBI Act, 1992, which establishes SEBI and its objectives
    and powers. The Act empowers SEBI to (a)&#160;protect the
    investors&#146; interests (b)&#160;promote development of
    securities market and (c)&#160;regulate the Indian securities
    markets. SEBI&#146;s regulatory jurisdiction covers corporations
    that issue equity or transfer securities and all market
    intermediaries. In addition to the above, SEBI also regulates
    self-regulatory organizations, merchant banks, mutual funds,
    venture capital funds, foreign institutional investors,
    custodians, underwriters, debenture trustees, share registrars
    and transfer agents, portfolio managers, stockbrokers and
    sub-brokers.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956, provides for direct
    and indirect control of virtually all aspects of trading in
    securities, including the running of stock exchanges, which aims
    to prevent undesirable
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    transactions in securities. It gives the central government
    regulatory jurisdiction over (a)&#160;stock exchanges through a
    process of recognition and continued supervision,
    (b)&#160;contracts in securities and (c)&#160;listing of
    securities on stock exchanges. Stock exchanges comply with the
    requirements prescribed by the central government as a condition
    of recognition. The stock exchanges frame their own listing
    regulations consistent with the minimum listing criteria set out
    in the rules.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
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    The Indian Depositories Act, 1996, which provides for
    establishment of depositories to ensure transferability of
    securities with speed, accuracy and security by dematerialising
    the securities in the depository mode and by providing for
    maintenance of ownership records in a book entry form.
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    <TD>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
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    The Indian Companies Act, 1956, which governs the establishment,
    operation and winding up of companies in India. It deals with
    the issue, allotment and transfer of securities and various
    aspects relating to company management. It provides for standard
    of disclosure in public issues of capital, particularly in the
    fields of company management and projects, information about
    other listed companies under the same management, and management
    perception of risk factors. It also regulates underwriting, the
    use of premium and discounts on issues, rights and bonus issues,
    payment of interest and dividends, supply of annual report and
    other information.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Restricted
    Persons</FONT></B>
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    Applicable laws impose limits on ownership by &#147;persons
    resident in India,&#148; &#147;non-resident Indian,&#148;
    &#147;persons of Indian origin&#148; or &#147;overseas corporate
    bodies&#148; (collectively, &#147;Restricted Persons&#148;) of
    shares of foreign institutional investor sub-accounts. Such
    limits could apply to Fund shares.
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    &#147;Person Resident in India&#148; means (1)&#160;a person
    residing in India for more than 182&#160;days during the course
    of the preceding financial year but does not include (a)&#160;a
    person who has gone out of India or who stays outside India in
    either case: (i)&#160;for on taking up employment outside India;
    (ii)&#160;for carrying on outside India a business or vocation
    outside India; or (iii)&#160;for any other purpose, in such
    circumstances as would indicate his intention to stay outside
    India for an uncertain period; or (b)&#160;a person who has come
    to or stays in India, in either case, otherwise than:
    (i)&#160;for or on taking up employment in India; (ii)&#160;for
    carrying on in India a business or vocation in India; or
    (iii)&#160;for any other purpose, in such circumstances as would
    indicate his intention to stay in India for an uncertain period;
    (2)&#160;any person or body corporate registered or incorporated
    in India; (3)&#160;an office, branch or agency in India owned or
    controlled by a person resident outside India; or (4)&#160;an
    office, branch or agency outside India owned or controlled by a
    Person Resident in India.
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    &#147;Non-Resident Indian&#148; means a person resident outside
    India who is a citizen of India or is a Person of Indian Origin.
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    &#147;Person of Indian Origin&#148; means a citizen of any
    country other than Bangladesh or Pakistan, if: (i)&#160;he at
    any time held an Indian passport; or (ii)&#160;he or either of
    his parents or any of his grandparents was a citizen of India by
    virtue of the Constitution of India or the Citizenship Act, 1955
    (57 of 1955); or (iii)&#160;the person is a spouse of an Indian
    citizen or a person referred to in sub-clause&#160;(i) or (ii).
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    &#147;Overseas Corporate Body&#148; means a company, partnership
    firm, society and other corporate body owned directly or
    indirectly to the extent of at least 60% by Non-Resident Indians
    and includes overseas trust in which not less than 60%
    beneficial interest is held by Non-Resident Indians directly or
    indirectly but irrevocably.
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    This restriction applies to anyone who is currently a Restricted
    Person or becomes a Restricted Person in the future.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Insider
    Trading Regulations</FONT></B>
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    SEBI promulgated India&#146;s first restrictions on insider
    trading in November 1992. The regulations prohibit an
    &#147;insider&#148; from dealing in listed securities on the
    basis of &#147;unpublished price sensitive information,&#148;
    the communication of such information or the counsel or
    procurement of any other person to deal in securities on the
    basis of such information. The term &#147;insider&#148; includes
    directors, officers, certain employees, professionals affiliated
    with
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    the company, affiliated companies, members of the securities
    market community and relatives of any of the foregoing. SEBI may
    initiate criminal proceedings if it believes insider trading has
    occurred.
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    Any person who holds more than 5% of the equity or voting rights
    of any listed company is required to regularly and promptly
    disclose to the company the number of shares or voting rights
    held as well as any change in excess of 2% of that person&#146;s
    shareholding or voting rights.
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    SEBI has also required listed companies to adopt codes of
    conduct that address trading on price sensitive information,
    market rumors and the disclosure of shareholder ownership.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Takeover
    Regulations</FONT></B>
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    The restructuring of companies through takeover is governed by
    the SEBI (Substantial Acquisition of Shares and Takeovers)
    Regulations, 1997. The Regulations aimed to carry out the
    process of acquisitions and takeovers in a well-defined and
    orderly manner following the principles of fairness and
    transparency. As per the Regulations, the mandatory public offer
    is triggered on:
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    Crossing the threshold limit of 15%;
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    Crossing the acquisition limit of 15% or more but less than 75%
    of shares or voting rights of a target company;&#160;or
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    Attempts by persons having 75% or more to acquire more shares.
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    SEBI approved important amendments to the Regulations in
    December 2005 so as to provide flexibility to corporate
    restructuring. Further to ensure maintenance of minimum public
    shareholding for continuous listing, it has been decided that if
    in the process of corporate restructuring under the Regulations,
    the target company&#146;s public shareholding falls below
    prescribed minimum, the restoration of minimum public
    shareholding will take place through the framework provided in
    the revised Clause&#160;40A of the listing agreement.
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    Restrictions on market purchase and preferential allotments as
    in the Regulations have been removed. It has also been provided
    that the outgoing shareholder (promoter) can sell the entire
    stake to the incoming acquirer in case of a takeover.
    Stakeholders holding more than 55% of equity would be able to
    make further acquisitions subject to making an open offer.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    SEBI has recently amended the Takeover Code whereby a promoter
    or every member of the promoter group is required to disclose to
    the company the details of shares of that company pledged by him
    within seven days of such creation&#160;/&#160;invocation of
    such a pledge. Further the Takeover Code has been amended such
    that further acquisition of 5% of shares or voting rights by any
    person holding 55% or more of shares or voting rights in a
    company is permitted without making an open offer, subject to
    conditions.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">STOCK
    EXCHANGES</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Two of the largest stock exchanges (in terms of number of
    transactions) are based in India. These include BSE and NSE,
    with the latter ranking third among all stock exchanges in the
    world.
</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">Indian
    Stock Exchanges(a)</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="5%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=lead -->
    <TD width="8%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=lead -->
    <TD width="10%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 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">
    <B>Year<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&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>Listed<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>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Average Daily<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>Exchange</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Established</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Members</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Corporations</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Capitalization</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Traded Volumes</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" 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">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="6" align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(Rs. billion)</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    NSE
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1994
</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">
    1075
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    (b)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,432
</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">
    28,961.94
</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">
    112.7
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    BSE
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1875
</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">
    1007
</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">
    4,929
</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">
    30,860.00
</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">
    44.1
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<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">
    <B>Note</B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    (a) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    As of March 2009</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD valign="top">
    (b) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    as of March 2008</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">
    <B>Source: NSE, BSE</B>
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    C-5
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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">National
    Stock Exchange (NSE)</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    NSE was promoted by leading financial institutions at the behest
    of the Government of India and was incorporated in November
    1992. It was the first stock exchange in India to be
    incorporated as a company.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    On its recognition as a stock exchange under the Securities
    Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956 in April 1993, NSE commenced
    operations in the wholesale debt market (&#147;WDM&#148;)
    segment in June 1994. The capital market (&#147;CM&#148;)
    equities segment commenced operations in November 1994 and
    operations in the futures and options (&#147;F&#038;O&#148;)
    segment began in June 2000. The currency derivative segment
    (&#147;CDS&#148;) is the latest segment to be made operational
    in August 2008.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Following the relaxation in ownership, the New York Stock
    Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;) group, among other foreign
    investors, has acquired a stake in the NSE in 2007.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 9pt; 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">NSE
    Listings</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="75%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="7%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&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 -->
</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">
    <B>No. of<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">
    <B>Companies<BR>
    </B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Market<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Listed</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Capitalization</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" 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>(Rs. billion)</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    785
</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">
    6,578
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    793
</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">
    6,369
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    818
</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">
    5,371
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    909
</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">
    11,210
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    970
</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">
    15,856
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,069
</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">
    28,132
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,228
</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">
    33,674
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,381
</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">
    48,581
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,432
</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">
    28,962
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">Source:
    NSE</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The number of companies listed on the NSE increased from 785 in
    2001 to 1,432 as of March 2009 and the market capitalization
    increased by 340% over the same period
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(2001-2009).</FONT>
    This was backed by an increase in liquidity on the NSE with the
    annual volume of trade increasing by 714% from
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01.</FONT>
    Consequently, average daily volume increased from
    Rs.&#160;53.37&#160;billion in 2001 to Rs 112.7&#160;billion in
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09.</FONT> The
    total number of trades increased from Rs 167.6&#160;million in
    2001 to Rs 1,365.1&#160;million in 2009.
</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">No. of
    Trades on NSE</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="87%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&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 -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>No. of Trades</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(Millions)</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    167.60
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    175.30
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    239.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    378.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    451.00
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    608.80
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    784.60
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,172.70
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,365.10
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">
    <B>Source: NSE</B>
</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    C-6
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<DIV style="width: 87%; margin-left: 6%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    S&#038;P CNX Nifty</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The S&#038;P CNX Nifty is the benchmark index of the NSE, which
    is calculated based on fifty representative securities traded on
    the exchange. At the end of year
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09,</FONT> the
    total NSE market capitalization was estimated at Rs
    28,962&#160;billion.
</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">Values of
    S&#038;P CNX NIFTY</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="71%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="9%" 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">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Low</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Daily Average</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,099
</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">
    1,637
</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">
    1,335
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    850
</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">
    1,207
</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">
    1,077
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    920
</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">
    1,153
</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">
    1,037
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    920
</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">
    2,015
</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">
    1,428
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,292
</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">
    2,183
</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">
    1,805
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,896
</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">
    3,434
</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">
    2,513
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,596
</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">
    4,245
</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">
    3,572
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3,617
</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">
    6,357
</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">
    4,897
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,253
</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">
    5,299
</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">
    3,731
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">Source:
    NSE</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <U>National Stock Exchange Trading Mechanics </U>
</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">Trading
    Mechanism</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The trading system, known as the National Exchange for Automated
    Trading (&#147;NEAT&#148;) system, is an on-line, anonymous,
    order-driven, screen-based trading system. In this system, a
    member can key into the computer quantities of securities and
    the prices at which he would transact. The transaction is
    executed as soon as a matching sale or buy order from a counter
    party is found. The system electronically matches orders on a
    price/time priority. It allows faster incorporation of
    price-sensitive information into prevailing prices. It enables
    market participants to see the market on a real-time basis. It
    allows a large number of participants, irrespective of their
    geographical locations, to trade with one another,
    simultaneously improving the depth and liquidity of the market.
    The trading platform of the CM segment is accessed not only from
    the computer terminals from the premises of brokers spread over
    around 345&#160;cities, but also from the personal computers in
    the homes of investors through the Internet and through hand
    held devices.
</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">Transaction
    Charges and Brokerage</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The maximum brokerage chargeable by trading members with respect
    to trades effected in the securities admitted to dealing in the
    CM segment of the Exchange is fixed at 2.5% of the contract
    price, exclusive of statutory levies like the securities
    transaction tax, SEBI turnover fee, service tax and stamp duty.
    This maximum brokerage is inclusive of the brokerage charged by
    the sub-broker, which shall not exceed 1.5% of the contract
    price. A member is required to pay the exchange transaction
    charges at the rate of 0.0035% (Rs 35 per Rs 1&#160;million) of
    the turnover. Trading members are also required to pay
    securities transaction tax (&#147;STT&#148;) on all
    delivery-based transactions at the rate of 0.125% and in case of
    non-delivery sale transactions at the rate of 0.025%.
</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">Clearing
    and Settlement</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    While the NSE provides a platform for trading to its trading
    members, the National Securities Clearing Corporation Ltd
    (&#147;NSCCL&#148;) determines the funds/securities obligations
    of the trading members and ensures that trading members meet
    their obligations. The core processes involved in clearing and
    settlement are:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (a)&#160;Trade recording: The key details about the trades are
    recorded to provide basis for settlement. These details are
    automatically recorded in the electronic trading system of the
    exchanges.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-7
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    (b)&#160;Trade confirmation: The parties to a trade agree upon
    the terms that trade, such as security, quantity, price, and
    settlement date, but not the counterparty, which is the NSCCL.
    The electronic system automatically generates confirmation by
    direct participants.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (c)&#160;Determination of obligation: The next step is
    determination of what counterparties owe, and what
    counterparties are due to receive on the settlement date. The
    NSCCL interposes itself as a central counterparty between the
    counterparties to trades and nets the positions so that a member
    has security-wise net obligation to receive or deliver a
    security and has to either pay or receive funds.
</DIV>

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

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    (d)&#160;Pay-in of funds and securities: The members bring in
    their funds/securities to the NSCCL. They make required
    securities in designated accounts with the depositories
    available by the prescribed pay-in time. The depositories move
    the securities available in the accounts of members to the
    account of the NSCCL. Likewise, members with fund obligations
    make the required funds available in the designated accounts
    with clearing banks by the prescribed pay-in time. The NSCCL
    sends electronic instructions to the clearing banks to debit the
    member&#146;s account to the extent of payment obligations. The
    banks process these instructions, debiting the member&#146;s
    account and crediting the NSCCL&#146;s account.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (e)&#160;Pay-out of funds and securities: After processing for
    shortages of funds/securities and arranging for movement of
    funds from surplus banks to deficit banks through the RBI
    clearing, the NSCCL sends electronic instructions to the
    depositories/clearing banks to release pay-out of
    securities/funds. The depositories and clearing banks debit
    NSCCL&#146;s account and credit the member&#146;s account.
    Settlement is complete on the release of pay-out of funds and
    securities to custodians/members.
</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">Settlement
    Cycles</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Since the beginning of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03,</FONT> all
    securities are being traded and settled under the T+2 rolling
    settlement. The NSCCL notifies the consummated trade details to
    clearing members/custodians on the trade day. The custodians
    affirm back the trades to NSCCL by T+1&#160;day. Based on the
    affirmation, NSCCL nets the positions of counterparties to
    determine their obligations. A clearing member has to
    pay-in/pay-out funds
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    securities. A member has a security-wise net obligation to
    receive/deliver a security. The obligations are netted for a
    member across all securities to determine his fund obligations
    and he has to either pay or receive funds. Members&#146;
    pay-in/pay-out obligations are determined the latest by
    T+1&#160;day and are forwarded to them on the same day so that
    they can settle their obligations on T+2&#160;day. The
    securities/funds are paid-in/paid-out on T+2&#160;day and the
    settlement is complete in 3&#160;days from the trading day.
</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">Trading
    and Exposure Limits</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The NSCCL imposes limits on turnover and exposure in relation to
    the base minimum capital or additional base capital of a member,
    which is the amount of funds, and securities that a member keeps
    with the exchange/NSCCL. The members are subject to limits on
    trading volumes in a day and exposure at any point of time.
    Gross
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">intra-day</FONT>
    turnover of a member shall not exceed 25 times its net capital
    (cash deposit plus security deposit). Gross exposure (aggregate
    of net cumulative outstanding positions in each security) of a
    member at any point of time shall not exceed 8.5 times the total
    base capital (not utilized towards margin) up to Rs
    10&#160;million. If a member has free capital in excess of Rs
    10&#160;million, his exposure shall not exceed Rs
    85&#160;million plus 10 times of the capital in excess of Rs
    10&#160;million. Members exceeding these limits are
    automatically and instantaneously disabled by the automated
    trading system.
</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">Circuit
    Breakers</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    An index based market-wide circuit breaker system applies at
    three stages of the index movement either way at 10%, 15% and
    20%. These circuit breakers bring about a coordinated trading
    halt in trading on all equity and equity derivatives markets
    across the country. The breakers are triggered by movements in
    either the Nifty 50 or Sensex, whichever is breached earlier.
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    In case of a 10% movement in either of these indices, there
    would be a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">one-hour</FONT>
    market halt if the movement takes place before
    1:00&#160;p.m.&#160;In case the movement takes place at or after
    1:00&#160;p.m. but before 2:30&#160;p.m. trading would be halted
    for half an hour. In case movement takes place at or after
    2:30&#160;p.m., there will be no trading halt at the 10% level
    and the market would continue trading.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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    <BR>
    C-8
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<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0">

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="2%"></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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    In case of a 15% movement in either index, there should be a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">two-hour</FONT>
    halt if the movement takes place before 1:00&#160;p.m.&#160;If
    the 15% trigger is reached on or after 1:00&#160;p.m., but
    before 2:00&#160;p.m., there should be a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">one-hour</FONT>
    halt. If the 15% trigger is reached on or after 2:00&#160;p.m.,
    trading is halted for the remainder of the day.
</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>    &#149;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    In case of a 20% movement in the index, trading should be halted
    for the remainder of the day. The stock exchange may, on its
    own, cancel the orders in the absence of any immediate
    confirmation from the members that these orders are genuine or
    for any other reason as it may deem fit. The exchange views
    entries of non-genuine orders with utmost seriousness as this
    has market&#160;&#151; wide repercussions. As an additional
    measure of safety, individual scrip-wise price bands have been
    fixed as 2%, 5%, 10% and 20% for sets of specified securities
    which are traded in the cash segment.
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    No price bands are applicable on scrips on which derivative
    products are available or scrips included in indices on which
    derivative products are available. However, in order to prevent
    members from entering orders at non-genuine prices in such
    securities, the exchange has fixed operating range of 20% for
    such securities. For the auction market, the price band of 20%
    is applicable.
</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">Bombay
    Stock Exchange (BSE)</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Bombay Stock Exchange Ltd is the oldest stock exchange in
    Asia. Established as &#146;The Native Share&#160;&#038; Stock
    Brokers Association&#146; in 1875, it is the first stock
    exchange in the country to obtain permanent recognition in 1956
    from the Government of India under the Securities Contracts
    (Regulation) Act, 1956. The exchange&#146;s pivotal and
    pre-eminent role in the development of the Indian capital market
    is widely recognized and its index, Sensex, is tracked
    worldwide. Earlier, an Association of Persons (&#147;AOP&#148;),
    the exchange is now a demutualized and corporatized entity
    incorporated under the provisions of the Companies Act, 1956,
    pursuant to the BSE (Corporatisation and Demutualisation)
    Scheme, 2005 notified by the Securities and Exchange Board of
    India (&#147;SEBI&#148;). Subsequently, the BSE has two of the
    world&#146;s best exchanges, Deutsche B&#246;rse and Singapore
    Exchange, as its strategic partners.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    With the demutualization, the trading rights and ownership
    rights have been de-linked effectively addressing concerns
    regarding perceived and real conflicts of interest. The exchange
    is professionally managed under the overall direction of the
    board of directors. The board is comprised of professionals,
    representatives of trading members and the managing director of
    the exchange. The board is designed to benefit from the
    participation of market intermediaries. In terms of the
    organization structure, the board formulates larger policy
    issues and exercises overall control. The committees constituted
    by the board are broad-based. The day-to-day operations of the
    exchange are managed by the managing director and a management
    team of professionals.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The exchange provides a market for trading in equity, debt
    instruments and derivatives. The BSE&#146;s on line trading
    system (&#147;BOLT&#148;) is a proprietary system of the
    exchange and is BS
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">7799-2-2002</FONT>
    certified. The surveillance and clearing and settlement
    functions of the exchange are ISO 9001:2000 certified.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

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

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">Shares
    Traded on BSE</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<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>Number of<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>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Shares Traded</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>(In billions)</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    25.63
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    18.09
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    21.97
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    38.72
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    47.69
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    64.99
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    55.64
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    97.68
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    73.14
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    C-9
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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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Bombay Stock Exchange had 4,929&#160;companies listed on it
    as of March 2009. Its market capitalization was about Rs
    30,860&#160;billion. In
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09,</FONT> its
    average daily trading volume was Rs 44.1&#160;billion, and the
    total number of trades executed was approximately
    539&#160;million for the year.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    Sensex</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Sensex is a free-float market capitalization-weighted index
    of 30 stocks that represent large, well-established and leading
    Indian companies. Its base year is
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">1978-79,</FONT>
    and, while its initial calculations were based on full market
    capitalization, it shifted to the free-float methodology in
    September 2003. Its equity review policy aims to be transparent,
    and the float of all Sensex equities should represent at least
    0.5% of the index.
</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">Values of
    Sensex</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="74%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" 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">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Low</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Average</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3,437
</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">
    5,543
</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">
    4,270
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,595
</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">
    3,760
</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">
    3,332
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,828
</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">
    3,538
</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">
    3,206
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,904
</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">
    6,250
</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">
    4,492
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4,228
</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">
    6,955
</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">
    5,741
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6,118
</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">
    11,357
</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">
    8,280
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    8,799
</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">
    14,724
</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">
    12,277
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    12,426
</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">
    21,207
</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">
    16,569
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    7,699
</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">
    17,736
</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">
    12,366
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; 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">Source:
    BSE</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">The
    BSE 100 Index</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The BSE 100 Index is based on the prices of certain BSE-traded
    equities. All 30 Sensex companies are included in the BSE 100
    Index, and all major Indian industries are represented. Like the
    Sensex, the BSE 100 Index switched to a free-float methodology
    in April 2004 and has followed a trend similar to the movement
    of the Sensex.
</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">Values of
    BSE100</FONT></B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="75%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="3%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=hang1 -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=lead -->
    <TD width="4%" 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">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Year</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Low</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>High</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Average</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2000-01</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,566
</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">
    3,055
</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">
    2,172
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2001-02</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,210
</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">
    1,831
</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">
    1,588
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2002-03</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,411
</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">
    1,763
</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">
    1,598
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2003-04</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    1,477
</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">
    3,373
</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">
    2,314
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2004-05</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    2,226
</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">
    3,756
</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">
    3,079
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2005-06</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3,300
</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">
    5,943
</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">
    4,395
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2006-07</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    4,472
</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">
    7,444
</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">
    6,243
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2007-08</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    6,271
</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">
    11,656
</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">
    8,691
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">2008-09</FONT>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    3,949
</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">
    9,433
</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">
    6,433
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

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

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    <B>Source: BSE</B>
</DIV>

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

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

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    <BR>
    C-10
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Dematerialized
    Securities</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Due to the Indian government&#146;s emphasis on dematerialized
    trading, all BSE-listed equity securities are now required to
    settle in dematerialized form. As of March&#160;31, 2008,
    companies connected to the National Securities Depository Ltd
    and Central Depository Services (India) Ltd were 7,354 and 5,943
    respectively.
</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">Trading
    Procedures</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Before March 1995, the BSE used a live trading floor where
    member brokers assembled in a trading ring to execute securities
    transactions. Since 1995, the BSE has become fully automated
    through its online trading system. Member brokers now execute
    orders from work stations installed in their offices rather than
    a live trading ring. SEBI has recently introduced the direct
    market access (&#147;DMA&#148;) facility which permits
    institutional investors access to the exchange trading system
    through the broker&#146;s infrastructure without the manual
    intervention of the broker, subject to conditions. The
    advantages of DMA are direct control of clients over orders,
    faster execution of orders, reduced risk of errors associated
    with manual order entry, greater transparency, increased
    liquidity, lower impact costs for large orders, better audit
    trails and better use of hedging and arbitrage opportunities
    through the use of decision support tools&#160;/&#160;algorithms
    for trading.
</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">Clearing
    House</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Since December 2001, all BSE-traded equities trade on a
    so-called &#147;compulsory rolling settlement segment.&#148; All
    trades executed by member brokers in this segment are settled on
    a T+2 basis. Settlement is generally routed through BSE&#146;s
    clearing house, BOI Shareholding Ltd. The Bank of India is a 51%
    equity owner of BOI Shareholding Ltd. The BSE owns the remainder
    of BOI Shareholding Ltd&#146;s equity. The clearing and
    settlement procedure is the same as described in case of NSE.
</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">Transaction
    Costs</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Transaction costs applicable for trades executed on the BSE are
    identical to those for trades executed on the NSE.
</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">Circuit
    Breakers</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Circuit breakers similar to those in the case of the NSE are
    applicable to the BSE as well.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Review
    of recent policy developments</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="92%"></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;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Short selling and securities lending and borrowing
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    All classes of investors were permitted to short sell by the
    SEBI from April&#160;21, 2008. Lending and borrowing of
    securities also came into operation from the same date.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    It was also decided in consultation with the Government of India
    and SEBI, to permit foreign institutional investors
    (&#147;FIIs&#148;) registered with SEBI and sub-accounts of FIIs
    to short sell, lend and borrow equity shares of Indian
    companies. Short selling, lending and borrowing of equity shares
    of Indian companies would be subject to such conditions as may
    be prescribed on that behalf by the Reserve Bank and SEBI/other
    regulatory agencies from time to time.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The above permission would be subjected to the following
    conditions:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (i)&#160;The FII participation in short selling as well as
    borrowing/lending of equity shares would be subject to the
    current FDI policy and short selling of equity shares by FIIs
    would not be permitted for equity shares which are on the ban
    list <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    caution list of the Reserve Bank.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (ii)&#160;Borrowing of equity shares by FIIs would only be for
    the purpose of delivery into short sale.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (iii)&#160;The margin/collateral would be maintained by FIIs
    only in the form of cash. No interest would be paid to the FII
    on such margin/collateral.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-11
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    The designated custodian banks would separately report all
    transactions pertaining to short selling of equity shares and
    lending and borrowing of equity shares by FIIs in their daily
    report with a suitable remark (short
    sold&#160;/&#160;lent&#160;/&#160;borrowed equity shares)to be
    monitored by the RBI.
</DIV>

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="92%"></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>    2.&#160;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Introduction of direct market access facility
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The direct market access (&#147;DMA&#148;) facility, which
    allows brokers to offer clients direct access to the exchange
    trading system through the broker&#146;s infrastructure without
    manual intervention by the broker, was introduced on
    April&#160;3, 2008. Some of the advantages offered by DMA are
    direct control of clients over orders, faster execution of
    client orders, reduced risk of errors associated with manual
    order entry, greater transparency, increased liquidity, lower
    impact costs for large orders, better audit trails and better
    use of hedging and arbitrage opportunities through the use of
    decision support tools/algorithms for trading. While ensuring
    conformity with the provisions of the Securities Contract
    Regulations Act, stock exchanges are required to facilitate
    direct market access for investors, subject to certain
    conditions.
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="92%"></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;&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Introduction of applications supported by blocked amount facility
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    To make the existing public issue process more efficient, SEBI
    introduced a supplementary process of applying in public issues,
    viz, the &#146;Applications Supported by Blocked Amount
    (&#147;ASBA&#148;)&#146; in July 2008. ASBA is an application
    containing an authorization to block the application money in
    the bank account, for subscribing to an equity issue. If an
    investor is applying through ASBA, his application money is
    debited from the bank account only if
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">his/her</FONT>
    application is selected for allotment after the basis of
    allotment is finalized. In case of rights issue, his application
    money is debited from the bank account after the receipt of
    instruction from the registrars. The ASBA process is available
    in all public issues made through the book-building route. In
    September 2008, the ASBA facility was extended to rights issues
    as well.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Money
    Laundering</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (&#147;PMLA&#148;)
    was brought into force with effect from July&#160;1, 2005. As
    per the provisions of the Act, every banking company, financial
    institution and intermediaries, such as FIIs and sub-accounts,
    are required to implement a proper anti-money laundering policy
    framework and appoint a principal officer responsible for
    compliance activities. They are also required to maintain a
    record of all transactions such as:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    i)&#160;All cash transactions of the value of more than
    Rs.&#160;1&#160;million or its equivalent in foreign currency.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    ii)&#160;All series of cash transactions integrally connected to
    each other, which have been valued below Rs.&#160;1&#160;million
    or its equivalent in foreign currency where such series of
    transactions take place within one calendar month.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    iii)&#160;All suspicious transactions whether or not made in
    cash.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Every intermediary is required to maintain a record of all
    transactions and, if requested, to furnish the information to
    the applicable governmental authority under the AML Act.
    Intermediaries are also required to verify and maintain client
    records for a specified period. Records to be maintained include
    details of the transactions and of the parties.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    An intermediary also must verify and maintain records on the
    identity and current addresses of a client and its financial
    status. If it is not possible to verify the identity of the
    client before executing a transaction, the identity must be
    verified within a reasonable time.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Regulations under the AML Act require intermediaries to maintain
    records of cash transactions above specified limits and also
    those of &#147;suspicious transactions&#148; (whether or not
    made in cash), including monetary transactions, securities
    transactions, money transfers, loans, advances or other credit
    or credit support transactions. A &#147;suspicious
    transaction&#148; is one which may give rise to a reasonable
    ground of suspicion for a person acting in good faith that the
    transaction may involve the proceeds of a crime, appears to be
    made in circumstances of unusual or unjustified complexity or
    appears to have no economic rationale or bona fide purpose.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
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    <B><FONT style="color: #E8112D">SUBJECT TO COMPLETION, [<I>date
    of prospectus</I>], 2009</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">THE INDIA
    FUND, INC.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">STATEMENT
    OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    This Statement of Additional Information does not constitute a
    prospectus but should be read in conjunction with the
    Fund&#146;s prospectus relating thereto dated
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009, as it may be supplemented. This Statement of Additional
    Information does not include all information that a prospective
    investor ought to know before investing in the Fund, and
    investors are advised to read the Fund&#146;s prospectus and
    retain it for future reference. You may obtain a copy of the
    Fund&#146;s prospectus or this Statement of Additional
    Information without charge by contacting the Fund at
    1-866-800-8933.
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    This Statement of Additional Information is not complete and may
    be changed. The Fund may not sell the securities offered by the
    prospectus until the registration statement relating thereto
    that has been filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission
    is effective.
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    This Statement of Additional Information is dated
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;],
    2009.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TABLE OF
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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    <B>Page</B>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Proxy Voting Procedures
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">BLACKSTONE
    ASIA ADVISORS L.L.C.</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PROXY
    VOTING MANUAL</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    CONTENTS</FONT></B>
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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Page</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>INTRODUCTION</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;1</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    5
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Voting on Director Nominees In Uncontested Elections
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    5
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Chairman and CEO are the same person
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    5
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Independence of Directors
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    5
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Stock Ownership Requirements
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    5
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Charitable Contributions
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    6
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Director and Officer Indemnification And Liability Protection
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    6
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Size of the Board
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    6
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Voting on Director Nominees in Contested Elections
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    7
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Term Of Office
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    7
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Compensation Disclosure
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    7
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;2</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>AUDITORS</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    8
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Ratifying Auditors
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    8
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;3</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>TENDER OFFER DEFENSES</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    8
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Poison Pills
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    8
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Greenmail
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    8
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Supermajority Vote
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    9
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;4</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>MERGERS AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    9
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Changing Corporate Name
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    9
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Reincorporation
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    10
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;5</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>PROXY CONTEST DEFENSES</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    10
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Board Structure: Staggered vs. Annual Elections
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    10
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Cumulative Voting
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    10
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Shareholders&#146; Ability to Call Special Meeting
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    11
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Shareholders&#146; Ability to Alter Size of the Board
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    11
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;6</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>MISCELLANEOUS CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    11
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Confidential Voting
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    11
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Shareholder Advisory Committees
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    12
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Foreign Corporate Matters
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    12
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Government Service List
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    12
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;7</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    13
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Energy and Environmental Issues (CERES Principles)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    13
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Northern Ireland (MacBride Principles)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    13
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Maquiladora Standards and International Operations and Policies
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    13
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Equal Employment Opportunity And Discrimination
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    14
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Animal Rights
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    14
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;8</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>CAPITAL STRUCTURE</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    14
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Common Stock Authorization
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    14
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Blank Check Preferred Stock
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    15
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Preemptive Rights
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    15
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Stock Distributions: Splits and Dividends Stock Splits
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    15
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Reverse Stock Splits
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    16
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Adjustments to Par Value of Common Stock
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    16
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Debt Restructurings
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    16
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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    <BR>
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</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
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&nbsp;
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<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Page</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;9</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>EXECUTIVE AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    16
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Director Compensation
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    16
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Shareholder Proposal to Limit Executive and Director Pay
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    17
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Employee Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    17
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Options Expensing
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    17
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Golden Parachutes
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    17
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Proposal to Ban Golden Parachutes
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    18
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Outside Directors&#146; Retirement Compensation
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    18
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;10</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>STATE OF INCORPORATION</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    18
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Control Share Acquisition Statutes
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    18
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Opt-Out of State Takeover Statutes
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    19
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Corporate Restructuring, Spin-Offs Asset Sales, Liquidations
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    19
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;11</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>CONFLICTS OF INTEREST</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    19
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Conflicts
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    19
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;12</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>GOVERNANCE COMMITTEE AND PROXY MANAGERS</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    20
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Governance Committee
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    20
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Proxy Managers
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    20
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;13</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>SPECIAL ISSUES WITH VOTING FOREIGN PROXIES</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    20
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
    Special Issues with Voting Foreign Proxies
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    20
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    <B>CHAPTER&#160;14</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    <B>RECORD KEEPING</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    21
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    Record Keeping
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    21
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">INTRODUCTION</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Rule&#160;206(4)-6</FONT>
    (the &#147;Rule&#148;) adopted under the Investment Advisers Act
    of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Advisers Act&#148;) requires all
    registered investment advisers that exercise voting discretion
    over securities held in client portfolios to adopt proxy voting
    policies and procedures.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Blackstone Asia Advisors, LLC (the &#147;Adviser&#148;) is a
    registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and is
    therefore required to adopt proxy voting policies and procedures
    pursuant to the Rule.
</DIV>

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    When the Adviser has investment discretion over a client&#146;s
    investment portfolio, then the Adviser votes proxies for the
    Account pursuant to the policies and procedures set forth herein.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;1</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">BOARD OF
    DIRECTORS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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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">Voting on
    Director Nominees In Uncontested Elections</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals seek shareholder votes for persons who have been
    nominated by a corporation&#146;s board of directors to stand
    for election to serve as members of that board. No candidates
    are opposing these board nominees.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In each analysis of an uncontested election of directors you
    should review:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (1)&#160;Company performance
</DIV>

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    (2)&#160;Composition of the board and key board committees
</DIV>

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    (3)&#160;Attendance at board meetings
</DIV>

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    (4)&#160;Corporate governance provisions and takeover activity
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (1)&#160;Board decisions concerning executive compensation
</DIV>

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    (2)&#160;Number of other board seats held by the nominee
</DIV>

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    (3)&#160;Interlocking directorships
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    It is our policy to vote <B>IN FAVOR </B>of the candidates
    proposed by the board.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We will look carefully at each candidate&#146;s background
    contained in the proxy statement. In the absence of unusual
    circumstances suggesting a nominee is clearly not qualified to
    serve as a member of the board, we will vote with management.
</DIV>

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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">Chairman
    and CEO are the same person</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shareholders may propose that different persons hold the
    positions of the chairman and the CEO.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We would evaluate these proposals on a case by case basis
    depending on the size of the company and performance of
    management.
</DIV>

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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">Independence
    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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shareholders may request that the board be comprised of a
    majority of independent directors and that audit, compensation
    and nominating committees of the Board consists exclusively of
    independent directors. We believe that independent directors are
    important to corporate governance.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    It is our policy to vote <B>FOR </B>proposals requesting that a
    majority of the Board be independent and that the audit,
    compensation and nominating committees of the board include only
    independent directors.
</DIV>

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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">Stock
    Ownership Requirements</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shareholders may propose that directors be required to own a
    minimum amount of company stock or that directors should be paid
    in company stock, not cash. This proposal is based on the view
    that directors will align themselves with the interest of
    shareholders if they are shareholders themselves. We believe
    that directors are required to exercise their fiduciary duty to
    the company and its shareholders whether or not they own shares
    in the company and should be allowed to invest in company stock
    based on their own personal considerations.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals that require director stock
    ownership.
</DIV>

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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">Charitable
    Contributions</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Charitable contributions by companies are generally useful for
    assisting worthwhile causes and for creating goodwill between
    the company and its community. Moreover, there may be certain
    long-term financial benefits to companies from certain
    charitable contributions generated from, for example, movies
    spent helping educational efforts in the firm&#146;s primary
    employment areas. Shareholders should not decide what the most
    worthwhile charities are.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (Shareholders Proposals) Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals regarding
    charitable contribution.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shareholders have differing and equally sincere views as to
    which charities the company should contribute to, and the amount
    it should contribute. In the absence of bad faith, self-dealing,
    or gross negligence, management should determine which
    contributions are in the best interest of the company.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    and Officer Indemnification And Liability Protection</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals typically provide for protection (or additional
    protection) which is to be afforded to the directors of a
    corporation in the form of indemnification by the corporation,
    insurance coverage or limitations upon their liability in
    connection with their responsibilities as directors.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    When a corporation indemnifies its directors and officers, it
    means the corporation promises to reimburse them for certain
    legal expenses, damages, and judgments incurred as a result of
    lawsuits relating to their corporate actions. The corporation
    becomes the insurer for its officers and directors.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals that eliminate entirely director
    and officers&#146; liability for monetary damages for violating
    the duty of care.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>indemnification proposals that would expand
    coverage beyond just legal expenses to acts, such as negligence,
    that are more serious violations of fiduciary obligations than
    mere carelessness.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>only those proposals providing such expanded
    coverage in cases when a director&#146;s or officer&#146;s legal
    defense was unsuccessful if: a)&#160;the director was found to
    have acted in good faith, and b)&#160;only if the
    director&#146;s legal expenses would be covered.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (A)&#160;The present environment in which directors operate
    provides substantial risk of claims or suits against them in
    their individual capacities arising out of the discharge of
    their duties.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (B)&#160;Attracting and retaining the most qualified directors
    enhances shareholder value.
</DIV>

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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">Size of
    the Board</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Typically there are three reasons for changing the size of the
    board. The first reason may be to permit inclusion into the
    board of additional individuals who, by virtue of their ability
    and experience, would benefit the corporation. The second reason
    may be to reduce the size of the board due to expiration of
    terms, resignation of sitting directors or, thirdly, to
    accommodate the corporation&#146;s changing needs.
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>the board&#146;s recommendation to increase or
    decrease the size of the board.
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    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;These proposals may aim at reducing or increasing the
    influence of certain groups of individuals.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;This is an issue with which the board of directors is
    uniquely qualified to deal, since they have the most experience
    in sitting on a board and are up-to-date on the specific needs
    of the corporation.
</DIV>

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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">Voting on
    Director Nominees in Contested Elections</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Votes in contested elections of directors are evaluated on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors are considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;management&#146;s track record
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;background to the proxy contest
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;qualifications of director nominees
</DIV>

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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">Term Of
    Office</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This is a shareholder&#146;s proposal to limit the tenure of
    outside directors. This requirement may not be an appropriate
    one. It is an artificial imposition on the board, and may have
    the result of removing knowledgeable directors from the board.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>shareholder proposals to limit the tenure of
    outside directors.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;An experienced director should not be disqualified
    because he or she has served a certain number of years.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;The nominating committee is in the best position to
    judge the directors&#146; terms in office due to their
    understanding of a corporation&#146;s needs and a
    director&#146;s abilities and experience.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;If shareholders are not satisfied with the job a
    director is doing, they can vote him/her off the board when the
    term is up.
</DIV>

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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">Compensation
    Disclosure</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals seek shareholder approval of a request that the
    board of directors disclose the amount of compensation paid to
    officers and employees, in addition to the disclosure of such
    information in the proxy statement as required by the SEC
    regulations.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (shareholders policy) Vote <B>AGAINST </B>these proposals that
    require disclosure, unless we have reason to believe that
    mandated disclosures are insufficient to give an accurate and
    meaningful account of senior management compensation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;Federal securities laws require disclosure in corporate
    proxy statements of the compensation paid to corporate directors
    and officers.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Employees other than executive officers and directors
    are typically not in policy-making roles where they have the
    ability to determine, in a significant way, the amount of their
    own compensation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;The disclosure of compensation of lower-level officers
    and employees infringes upon their privacy and might create
    morale problems.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;2</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<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">AUDITORS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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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">Ratifying
    Auditors</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Shareholders must make certain that auditors are responsibly
    examining the financial statements of a company, that their
    reports adequately express any legitimate financial concerns,
    and that the auditor is independent of the company it is serving.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposal to ratify auditors.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Although lawsuits are sometimes filed against accounting
    firms, including those nationally recognized, these firms
    typically complete their assignments in a lawful and
    professional manner.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;Sometimes it may be appropriate for a corporation to
    change accounting firms, but the board of directors is in the
    best position to judge the advantages of any such change and any
    disagreements with former auditors must be fully disclosed to
    shareholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;If there is a reason to believe the independent auditor
    has rendered an opinion which is neither accurate nor indicative
    of the company&#146;s financial position, then in this case vote
    <B>AGAINST </B>ratification.
</DIV>

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<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">CHAPTER&#160;3</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">TENDER
    OFFER DEFENSES</FONT></B>
</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">Poison
    Pills</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Poison pills are corporate-sponsored financial devices that,
    when triggered by potential acquirers, do one or more of the
    following: a)&#160;dilute the acquirer&#146;s equity in the
    target company, b)&#160;dilute the acquirer&#146;s voting
    interests in the target company, or c)&#160;dilute the
    acquirer&#146;s equity holdings in the post-merger company.
    Generally, poison pills accomplish these tasks by issuing rights
    or warrants to shareholders that are essentially worthless
    unless triggered by a hostile acquisition attempt.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A poison pill should contain a redemption clause that would
    allow the board to redeem it even after a potential acquirer has
    surpassed the ownership threshold. Poison pills may be adopted
    by the board without shareholder approval. But shareholders must
    have the opportunity to ratify or reject them at least every two
    years.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>shareholder proposals asking that a company
    submit its poison pill for shareholder ratification.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis regarding shareholder proposals to redeem a
    company&#146;s poison pill.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis regarding management proposals to ratify a poison pill.
</DIV>

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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">Greenmail</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Greenmail payments are targeted share repurchases by management
    of company stock from individuals or groups seeking control of
    the company. Since only the hostile party receives payment,
    usually at a substantial premium over the market, the practice
    discriminates against all other shareholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Greenmail payments usually expose the company to negative press
    and may result in lawsuits by shareholders. When a
    company&#146;s name is associated with such a practice, company
    customers may think twice about future purchases made at the
    expense of the shareholders.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    8
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals to adopt anti Greenmail or bylaw
    amendments or otherwise restrict a company&#146;s ability to
    make Greenmail payments
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis regarding anti- Greenmail proposals when they are
    bundled with other charter or bylaw amendments.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;While studies by the SEC and others show that Greenmail
    devalues the company&#146;s stock price, an argument can be made
    that a payment can enable the company to pursue plans that may
    provide long-term gains to the shareholders.
</DIV>

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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">Supermajority
    Vote</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Supermajority provisions violate the principle that a simple
    majority of voting shares should be all that is necessary to
    effect change regarding a company and its corporate governance
    provisions. These proposals seek shareholder approval to exceed
    the normal level of shareholder participation and approval from
    a simple majority of the outstanding shares to a much higher
    percentage.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendations</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>management proposals to require a
    Supermajority shareholder vote to approve mergers and other
    significant business combinations.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>shareholder proposals to lower Supermajority
    vote requirements for mergers and other significant business
    combinations.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;Supermajority requirements ensure broad agreement on
    issues that may have a significant impact on the future of the
    company.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Supermajority vote may make action all but impossible.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;Supermajority requirements are counter to the principle
    of majority rule.
</DIV>

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<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">CHAPTER&#160;4</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">MERGERS
    AND CORPORATE RESTRUCTURING</FONT></B>
</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">Changing
    Corporate Name</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This proposal seeks shareholder approval to change the
    corporation&#146;s name. It is probably better to vote for the
    proposed name change before management goes back to the drawing
    board and spends another small fortune attempting again to
    change the name.
</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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>changing the corporate name.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;A name of a corporation symbolizes its substance.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;There are many reasons a corporation may have for
    changing its name, including an intention to change the
    direction of the business or to have a contemporary corporate
    image.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;The board of directors is well-positioned to determine
    the best name for the corporation because, among other reasons,
    it usually seeks professional advice on such matters.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    9
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Reincorporation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals seek shareholder approval to change the state in
    which a company is incorporated. Sometimes this is done to
    accommodate the company&#146;s most active operations or
    headquarters. More often, however, the companies want to
    reincorporate in a state with more stringent anti-takeover
    provisions. Delaware&#146;s state laws, for instance, including
    liability and anti-takeover provisions, are more favorable to
    corporations.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis, carefully reviewing the new state&#146;s laws and any
    significant changes the company makes in its charter and by-
    laws.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;The board is in the best position to determine the
    company&#146;s need to incorporate.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Reincorporation may have considerable implications for
    shareholders, affecting a company&#146;s takeover defenses, its
    corporate structure or governance features.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;Reincorporation in a state with stronger anti-takeover
    laws may harm shareholder value.
</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">CHAPTER&#160;5</FONT></B>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">PROXY
    CONTEST DEFENSES</FONT></B>
</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">Board
    Structure: Staggered vs. Annual Elections</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    A company that has a classified, or staggered, board is one in
    which directors are typically divided into three classes, with
    each class serving three-year terms; each class&#146;s
    reelection occurs in different years. In contrast, all directors
    of an annually elected board serve one year and the entire board
    stands for election each year.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Classifying the board makes it more difficult to change control
    of a company through a proxy contest involving election of
    directors. Because only a minority of the directors are elected
    each year, it will be more difficult to win control of the board
    in a single election.
</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">Vote
    Recommendations</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals to classify the board. Vote
    <B>FOR</B> proposals to repeal classified boards and to elect
    all directors annually.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;The annual election of directors provides an extra check
    on management&#146;s performance. A director who is doing a good
    job should not fear an annual review of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">his/her</FONT>
    directorship.
</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">Cumulative
    Voting</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Most companies provide that shareholders are entitled to cast
    one vote for each share owned, the so-called &#147;one share,
    one vote&#148; standard. This proposal seeks to allow each
    shareholder to cast votes in the election of directors
    proportionate to the number of directors times the number of
    shares owned by each shareholder for one nominee.
</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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals that permit cumulative voting.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;Cumulative voting would allow a minority owner to create
    an impact disproportionate to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">his/her</FONT>
    holdings.
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    2.&#160;Cumulative voting can be used to elect a director who
    would represent special interests and not those of the
    corporation and its shareholders.
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    3.&#160;Cumulative voting can allow a minority to have
    representation.
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    4.&#160;Cumulative Voting can lead to a conflict within the
    board which could interfere with its ability to serve the
    shareholders&#146; best interests.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Shareholders&#146;
    Ability to Call Special Meeting</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Most state corporation statutes allow shareholders to call a
    special meeting when they want to take action on certain matters
    that arise between regularly scheduled annual meetings.
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals to restrict or prohibit
    shareholder ability to call special meetings.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals that remove restrictions on the right
    of shareholders to act independently of management.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Shareholders&#146;
    Ability to Alter Size of the Board</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Proposals which would allow management to increase or decrease
    the size of the board at its own discretion are often used by
    companies as a takeover defense.
</DIV>

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    Shareholders should support management proposals to fix the size
    of the board at a specific number of directors, preventing
    management from increasing the size of the board without
    shareholder approval. By increasing the size of the board,
    management can make it more difficult for dissidents to gain
    control of the board.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendations</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposal which seek to fix the size of the board.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals which give management the ability
    to alter the size of the board without shareholder approval.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;6</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">MISCELLANEOUS
    CORPORATE GOVERNANCE PROVISIONS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Confidential voting, also known as voting by secret ballot, is
    one of the key structural issues in the proxy system. All
    proxies, ballots, and voting tabulations that identify
    individual shareholders are kept confidential.
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>shareholder proposals requesting that
    corporations adopt confidential voting.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>management proposals to adopt confidential
    voting.
</DIV>

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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Some shareholders elect to have the board not know how
    they voted on certain issues.
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    2.&#160;Should the board be aware of how a shareholder voted,
    the board could attempt to influence the shareholder to change
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">his/her</FONT>
    vote, giving itself an advantage over those that do not have
    access to this information.
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    3.&#160;Confidential voting is an important element of corporate
    democracy which should be available to the shareholder.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Shareholder
    Advisory Committees</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals request that the corporation establish a
    shareholder advisory committee to review the board&#146;s
    performance. In some instances, it would have a budget funded by
    the corporation and would be composed of salaried committee
    members with authority to hire outside experts and to include
    reports in the annual proxy statement.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals to establish a shareholder
    advisory committee.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;Directors already have fiduciary responsibility to
    represent shareholders and are accountable to them by law, thus
    rendering shareholder advisory committees unnecessary.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;Adding another layer to the current corporate governance
    system would be expensive and unproductive.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Foreign
    Corporate Matters</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals are usually submitted by companies incorporated
    outside of the United States seeking shareholder approval for
    actions which are considered ordinary business and do not
    require shareholder approval in the United States (i.e.,
    declaration of dividends, approval of financial statements,
    etc.).
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals that concern foreign companies
    incorporated outside of the United States.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;The laws and regulations of various countries differ
    widely as to those issues on which shareholder approval is
    needed, usually requiring consent for actions which are
    considered routine in the United States.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;The board of directors is well positioned to determine
    whether or not these types of actions are in the best interest
    of the corporation&#146;s shareholders.
</DIV>

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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">Government
    Service List</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    This proposal requests that the board of directors prepare a
    list of employees or consultants to the company who have been
    employed by the government within a specified period of time and
    the substance of their involvement.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Solicitation of customers and negotiation of contractual or
    other business relationships is traditionally the responsibility
    of management. Compilation of such a list does not seem to serve
    a useful purpose, primarily because existing laws and
    regulations serve as a checklist on conflicts of interest.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>these proposals which request a list of
    employees having been employed by the government.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;For certain companies, employing individuals familiar
    with the regulatory agencies and procedures is essential and,
    therefore, is in the best interests of the shareholders.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Existing laws and regulations require enough disclosure
    and serve as a check on conflicts of interest.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;Additional disclosure would be an unreasonable invasion
    of such individual&#146;s privacy.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;7</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SOCIAL
    AND ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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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">Energy
    and Environmental Issues <BR>
    (CERES Principles)</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    CERES proposals ask management to sign or report on process
    toward compliance with ten principles committing the company to
    environmental stewardship. Principle 10 directs companies to
    fill out the CERES report. This report requires companies to
    disclose information about environmental policies, toxic
    emissions, hazardous waste management, workplace safety, energy
    use, and environmental audits.
</DIV>

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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">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals requesting that companies sign the
    CERES Principles.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;We do not believe a concrete business case is made for
    this proposal. In our opinion, the company will be best served
    by continuing to carry on its business as it did before the
    proposal was made.
</DIV>

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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">Northern
    Ireland (MacBride Principles)</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    It is well documented that Northern Ireland&#146;s Catholic
    community faces much higher unemployment figures than the
    Protestant community. Most proposals ask companies to endorse or
    report on progress with respect to the MacBride Principles.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In evaluating a proposal to adopt the MacBride Principles, you
    must decide if the principles will cause the company to divest,
    and worsen unemployment problems.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>REFRAIN </B>from voting on proposals that request companies
    to adopt the MacBride Principles.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;We believe that human and political rights are of the
    utmost importance for their own sake as well as for the
    enhancement of economic potential of a nation.
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    2.&#160;We do not believe a concrete business case has been made
    for this proposal. We will refrain from making social or
    political statements by voting for these proposals. We will only
    vote on proposals that maximize the value of the issuers&#146;
    status without regard to (i.e., we will not pass judgement upon)
    the non-economic considerations.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Maquiladora
    Standards and International Operations and Policies</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Proposals in this area generally request companies to report on
    or to adopt certain principles regarding their operations in
    foreign countries.
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    The Maquiladora Standards are a set of guidelines that outline
    how U.S.&#160;companies should conduct operations in Maquiladora
    facilities just across the
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">U.S.-Mexican</FONT>
    border. These standards cover such topics as community
    development, environmental policies, health and safety policies,
    and fair employment practices.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>ABSTAIN </B>from providing a Vote Recommendation on proposals
    regarding the Maquiladora Standards and international operating
    policies.
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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;We believe that human rights are of the utmost
    importance for their own sake as well as for the enhancement of
    economic potential of a nation.
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    2.&#160;We do not believe that a concrete business case has been
    made for these proposals. We will refrain from making social
    statements by voting for these proposals. We will not only vote
    on proposals that maximize the value of the issuers&#146;
    securities without regard to (i.e., we will not pass judgement
    upon) the non-economic considerations.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Equal
    Employment Opportunity And Discrimination</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    In regards to equal employment and discrimination, companies
    without comprehensive EEO programs will find it hard to recruit
    qualified employees and find them at a long-term competitive
    disadvantage. Companies who are not carefully watching their
    human resource practices could also face lawsuits.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>REFRAIN </B>from voting on any proposals regarding equal
    employment opportunities and discrimination.
</DIV>

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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;We feel that the hiring and promotion of employees
    should be free from prohibited discriminatory practices. We also
    feel that many of these issues are already subject to
    significant state and federal regulations.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Animal
    Rights</FONT></B>
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    A Corporation is requested to issue a report on its progress
    towards reducing reliance on animal tests for consumer product
    safety.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>REFRAIN </B>from making Vote Recommendations on proposals
    regarding animal rights.
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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Needless cruelty to animals should never be tolerated.
    However, the testing of products on animals may be very
    important to the health and safety of consumers.
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    2.&#160;We also feel that this issue is already subject to
    significant state and federal regulation.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;8</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CAPITAL
    STRUCTURE</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Common
    Stock Authorization</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    The ability to increase the number of authorized shares could
    accommodate the sale of equity, stock splits, dividends,
    compensation-based plans, etc. The board can usually be trusted
    to use additional shares for capital-raising and other
    transactions that are in the corporation&#146;s best interests.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    However, excessive escalation in the number of authorized shares
    may allow the board to radically change the corporation&#146;s
    direction without shareholder approval. Be careful to view that
    the increased number of shares will not enable the company to
    activate a poison pill.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Vote
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Case-By-Case</FONT>
    </B>on proposals to increase the number of shares of common
    stock authorized for issue.
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    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposed common share authorization that
    increase existing authorization by more then 100&#160;percent
    unless a clear need for the excess shares is presented by the
    company.
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Is this company going to make frequent business
    acquisitions over a period of time?
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    2.&#160;Is the company expanding its operations?
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    3.&#160;Within the company, are there any debt structuring or
    prepackaged bankruptcy plans?
</DIV>

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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">Blank
    Check Preferred Stock</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The terms of blank check preferred stock give the board of
    directors the power to issue shares of preferred stock at their
    discretion, with voting, conversion, distribution and other
    rights to be determined by the board at the time of the issue.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Blank check preferred stock can provide corporations with the
    flexibility to meet changing financial conditions. However, once
    the blank check preferred stock has been authorized, the
    shareholders have no further power over how or when it will be
    allocated.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals authorizing the creation of new
    classes of preferred stock with unspecified voting, conversion,
    dividend distribution, and other rights.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;Blank check preferred stock can be used as the vehicle
    for a poison pill defense against hostile suitors, or it may be
    placed in friendly hands to help block a takeover bid.
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals request that the corporation provide existing
    shareholders with an opportunity to acquire additional shares in
    proportion to their existing holdings whenever new shares are
    issued. In companies with a large shareholder base and ease in
    which shareholders could preserve their relative interest
    through purchases of shares on the open market, the cost of
    implementing preemptive rights does not seem justifiable in
    relation to the benefits.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals seeking preemptive rights.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;The existence of preemptive rights can considerably slow
    down the process of issuing new shares due to the logistics
    involved in protecting such rights.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Preemptive rights are not necessary for the shareholder
    in today&#146;s corporations, whose stock is held by a wide
    range of owners and is, in most cases, highly liquid.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stock
    Distributions: Splits and Dividends</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 2%; margin-right: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Stock
    Splits</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The corporation requests authorization for a stock split.
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>management proposal to authorize stock splits
    unless the split will result in an increase of authorized but
    unissued shares of more than 100% after giving effect to the
    shares needed for the split.
</DIV>

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    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Reverse
    Stock Splits</FONT></I></B>
</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>management proposal to authorize reverse stock
    split unless the reverse stock split results in an increase of
    authorized but unissued shares of more than 100% after giving
    effect to the shares needed for the reverse split.
</DIV>

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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">Adjustments
    to Par&#160;Value of Common Stock</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The purpose of par value stock is to establish the maximum
    responsibility of stockholder in the event that a corporation
    becomes insolvent. It represents the maximum amount that a
    shareholder must pay the corporation if the stock is to be fully
    paid when issued.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The corporation requests permission to reduce the par value of
    its stock. In most cases, adjusting par value is a routine
    financing decision and should be supported.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>management proposals to reduce the par value of
    common stock.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;State laws sometimes prohibit issuance of new stock
    priced below that of the outstanding shares.
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    2.&#160;A corporation may be unable to raise capital if the par
    value is overstated.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Debt
    Restructurings</FONT></B>
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    The corporation may propose to increase common
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">and/or</FONT>
    preferred shares and to issue shares as part of a debt
    restructuring plan.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    It is our policy to vote
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>on debt restructuring.
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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Dilution&#160;&#151; How much will ownership interest of
    existing shareholders be reduced and how extreme will dilution
    to future earnings be?
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    2.&#160;Change in Control&#160;&#151; Will the transaction
    result in a change of control of the company?
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    3.&#160;Bankruptcy&#160;&#151; Is the threat of bankruptcy,
    which would result in severe losses in shareholder value, the
    main factor driving the debt restructuring?
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;9</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXECUTIVE
    AND DIRECTOR COMPENSATION</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Director
    Compensation</FONT></B>
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    Directors represent shareholders and are responsible for
    protecting shareholder interests. Companies state in the proxy
    material that they pay directors well in order to attract the
    most qualified candidates. All compensation packages for any
    executive, director or employee should include a
    pay-for-performance component.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis for director compensation.
</DIV>

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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;As directors take an increasingly active role in
    corporate decision-making and governance, their compensation is
    becoming more performance-based.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Shareholder
    Proposal to Limit Executive and Director Pay</FONT></B>
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    Shareholder compensation proposals that set limits or reduce
    executive compensation should be closely scrutinized. Many of
    these proposals may be flawed in their emphasis on an absolute
    dollar figure in compensation.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis.
</DIV>

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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;Executive compensation is established by a committee
    that consists of independent directors who have fiduciary
    responsibility to act in the best interest of the shareholders
    and who are best placed to make compensation decisions.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Employee
    Stock Ownership Plans (ESOPs)</FONT></B>
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    These proposals ask for stockholder endorsement of compensation
    plans for key employees which involve the issuance of company
    shares by granting of stock options, SARs, restricted stock,
    etc. These plans help attract and retain best-qualified
    corporate personnel and tie their interests more closely to
    those of the shareholders.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals to adopt share-based compensation
    plans when the following items are involved:
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    1.&#160;The exercise price for stock options is less than 85% of
    fair market value on the date of the grant.
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    2.&#160;It is an omnibus stock plan which gives directors broad
    discretion in deciding how much and what kind of stock to award,
    when and to whom.
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    3.&#160;The shares for issue exceed 8% of the company&#146;s
    outstanding shares; or, in the case of the evergreen plans, the
    amount of increase exceeds 1.5% of the total number of shares
    outstanding.
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    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals adopting share based compensation
    plans when the following items are involved:
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    1.&#160;Re-load options (new options issued for any exercised).
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    2.&#160;The plan would allow for management to pyramid their
    holdings by using stock to purchase more stock, without having
    to lay out cash. Vote <B>YES </B>if this is for directors.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Options
    Expensing</FONT></B>
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    Shareholder proposal to expense options.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    It is our policy to vote <B>FOR </B>proposals to expense options.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Golden
    Parachutes</FONT></B>
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    Golden parachutes are designed to protect the employees of a
    corporation in the event of a change in control. The change in
    control agreement will specify the exact payments to be made
    under the golden parachutes. The calculation for payout is
    usually based on some multiple of an employee&#146;s annual or
    monthly compensation. Golden parachutes are generally given to
    employees whose annual compensation exceeds $112,000.
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    Recent experience has shown a willingness of many managements to
    treat severance agreements as equal to equity investments and to
    reward themselves as if substantial amounts of equity were at
    risk.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals which seek to limit additional
    compensation payments.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>shareholder proposals to have golden parachutes
    submitted for shareholder ratification.
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    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;The stability of management may be affected by an
    attempted acquisition of the corporation.
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    2.&#160;There is a tendency on the part of an entrenched
    management to overstate the value of their continuing control of
    and influence on the day-to-day functions of a corporation.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Proposal
    to Ban Golden Parachutes</FONT></B>
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    Based on the foregoing information:
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    We are <B>FOR </B>this proposal, which essentially bans golden
    parachutes, because we feel management&#146;s compensation
    should be solely based on real-time contributions to the
    corporation while they are serving it. Deferred current
    compensation is viewed differently than future, contingent
    compensation for current services.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Outside
    Directors&#146; Retirement Compensation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    We believe that directors should only be compensated while
    serving the company.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendations</FONT></B>
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals establishing outside
    directors&#146; retirement compensation.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>FOR </B>proposals that revoke outside directors&#146;
    retirement compensation.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;10</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">STATE OF
    INCORPORATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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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">Control
    Share Acquisition Statutes</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    These proposals suggest that the board of directors solicit
    shareholder approval before committing acquisitions or
    divestiture of a business exceeding stipulated threshold levels.
    Such statutes function by denying shares their voting rights
    when they contribute to ownership in excess of certain
    thresholds.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Vote
    Recommendation</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Vote <B>AGAINST </B>proposals which request the board to seek
    shareholder approval before committing to an acquisition.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following factors should be considered:
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    1.&#160;These proposals deprive the board of directors of its
    ability to act quickly in propitious circumstances.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Conforming to these requirements can be expensive.
</DIV>

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    3.&#160;The board of directors is uniquely qualified and
    positioned to be able to make these decisions without prior
    shareholder approval.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    4.&#160;The threshold levels usually imposed by these proposals
    are much more stringent than required by law.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Opt-Out
    of State Takeover Statutes</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    These proposals seek shareholder approval to opt-out (not be
    governed by) certain provisions of the anti-takeover laws of
    various states. Delaware law, for instance, dictates that a
    bidder has to acquire at least 85% of a company&#146;s stock
    before exercising control, unless he or she has board approval.
    This means that a company may thwart an otherwise successful
    bidder by securing 15% of its stock in friendly hands.
</DIV>

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

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    Vote on a
    <B><FONT style="white-space: nowrap">CASE-BY-CASE</FONT>
    </B>basis for these proposals.
</DIV>

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    The following factors should be considered:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;It is the directors&#146; responsibility to act on
    behalf of the shareholders in opposing coercive takeover
    attempts.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;Creating deterrents to corporate takeovers may allow for
    entrenchment of inefficient management.
</DIV>

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    3.&#160;These statutes strengthen the board&#146;s ability to
    deal with potential buyers on fair and reasonable terms.
</DIV>

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    4.&#160;Shareholders should have the final say on whether the
    company should be merged or acquired.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Corporate
    Restructuring, Spin-Offs Asset Sales, Liquidations</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    Votes on corporate restructuring, spin-offs, asset sales and
    liquidations are evaluated on a <B>case by case </B>basis.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;11</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CONFLICTS
    OF INTEREST</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

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    From time to time, proxy voting proposals may raise conflicts
    between the interests of the Advisers clients and the interests
    of the Adviser, its affiliates and its employees. Conflicts of
    interest may arise when:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;Proxy votes regarding non-routine matters are solicited
    by an issuer that may have a separate account relationship with
    an affiliate of the Adviser.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;A proponent of a proxy proposal has a business
    relationship with the Adviser or one of its affiliates or the
    Adviser or one of its affiliates has a business relationship
    with participants in proxy contests, corporate directors or
    director candidates.
</DIV>

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    3.&#160;An employee of the Adviser has a personal interest in
    the outcome of a particular matter before shareholders.
</DIV>

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

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    If the Adviser receives a proxy that to the knowledge of the
    Proxy Manager raises a conflict of interest, the Proxy Manager
    shall advise the Governance Committee which shall determine
    whether the conflict is &#147;material&#148; to any specific
    proposal involved in the proxy. The Governance Committee will
    determine whether the proposal is material as follows:
</DIV>

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    1.&#160;Routine proxy proposals are presumed not to involve a
    material conflict of interest.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;Non-routine proxy proposals. Proxy proposals that are
    &#147;non-routine&#148; will be presumed to involve a material
    conflict of interest unless the Governance Committee determines
    that the conflict is unrelated to the proposal. Non-routine
    proposals would include a merger, compensation matters for
    management and contested elections of directors.
</DIV>

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    3.&#160;The Governance Committee may determine on a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">case-by-case</FONT>
    basis that particular non- routine proposals do not involve a
    material conflict of interest because the proposal is not
    directly related to the Adviser&#146;s conflict vis-&#224;-vis
    the issue. The Governance Committee will record the basis for
    any such
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    determination. With respect to any proposal that the Governance
    Committee determines presents a material conflict of interest,
    the Adviser may vote regarding that proposal in any of the
    following ways:
</DIV>

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    a)&#160;Obtain instructions from the client on how to vote.
</DIV>

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    b)&#160;Use existing proxy guidelines if the policy with respect
    to the proposal is specifically addressed and does not involve a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">case-by-case</FONT>
    analysis.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    c)&#160;Vote the proposal that involves the conflict according
    to the recommendations of an independent third party such as
    Institutional Share Services Inc. or Investor Responsibility
    Research Center.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;12</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">GOVERNANCE
    COMMITTEE<BR>
    AND<BR>
    PROXY MANAGERS</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

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

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Governance Committee is responsible for the maintenance of
    the Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures and will determine
    whether any conflict between the interest of clients and the
    Advisers in voting proxies is material. The Governance Committee
    includes the following: (1)&#160;Brian Chase, (2)&#160;Barbara
    Pires, and (3)&#160;Punita Kumar-Sinha.
</DIV>

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

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    The Proxy Manager for the Adviser is Punita Kumar-Sinha,
    Portfolio Manager. The Proxy Manager will determine how votes
    will be cast on proposals that are evaluated on a case-by case
    basis.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;13</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SPECIAL
    ISSUES WITH VOTING<BR>
    FOREIGN PROXIES</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Special
    Issues with Voting Foreign Proxies</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Voting proxies with respect to shares of foreign stock may
    involve significantly greater effort and corresponding cost than
    voting proxies in the U.S domestic market. Issues in voting
    foreign proxies include the following:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;Each country has its own rules and practices regarding
    shareholder notification, voting restrictions, registration
    conditions and share blocking.
</DIV>

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    2.&#160;In some foreign countries shares may be
    &#147;blocked&#148; by custodian or depository or bearer shares
    deposited with specific financial institutions for a certain
    number of days before or after the shareholders meeting. When
    blocked, shares typically may not be traded until the day after
    the blocking period. Blackstone may refrain from voting shares
    of foreign stocks subject to blocking restrictions where in the
    Adviser&#146;s judgment the benefit from voting the shares is
    outweighed by the interest in maintaining client liquidity in
    the shares. This decision is made on a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">case-by-case</FONT>
    basis based on a relevant factors including the length of the
    blocking period, the significance of the holding and whether the
    stock is considered by a long-term holding.
</DIV>

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    3.&#160;Time frames between shareholder notification,
    distribution of proxy materials, book closures and the actual
    meeting date may be too short to allow timely action.
</DIV>

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    4.&#160;In certain countries, applicable regulations require
    that votes must be made in person at the shareholder meeting.
    The Adviser will weigh the costs and benefits of voting on proxy
    proposals in countries that require in-person voting on a
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">case-by-case</FONT>
    basis and make decisions on whether voting on a given proxy
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    proposal is prudent. Generally, the Adviser will not vote shares
    in countries that require in person voting on routine matters
    such as uncontested elections of directors, ratification of
    auditors.
</DIV>

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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CHAPTER&#160;14</FONT></B>
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">RECORD
    KEEPING</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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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">Record
    Keeping</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Blackstone will maintain the following records:
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    1.&#160;Copies of these policies
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;A copy of each proxy statement that the Adviser receives
    regarding client securities. The Adviser may satisfy this
    requirement by relying on a third party to keep copies of proxy
    statements provided that the Adviser has an undertaking from the
    third party to provide a copy of the proxy statement promptly
    upon request.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    3.&#160;A record of each vote cast on behalf of a client. A
    third party may keep these voting records provided that the
    Adviser has an undertaking from the third party to provide a
    copy of the record promptly upon request.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    4.&#160;A copy of any document created by the Adviser that was
    material to making a decision on how to vote proxies or that
    memorializes the basis for that decision.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    5.&#160;A copy of each written client request for information on
    how an Adviser voted proxies on behalf of the client and a copy
    of written response by the Adviser to any client request for
    information on how the Adviser voted proxies on behalf of the
    client.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The above records shall be maintained for five years from the
    end of the fiscal year during which the last entry was made on
    such record, the first two years in an appropriate office of the
    Adviser.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">PART&#160;C&#160;&#151;
    OTHER INFORMATION</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="91%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;25.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Financial
    Statements and Exhibits</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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    1.&#160;The audited financial statements for the year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008 are included in the Fund&#146;s 2008
    Annual Report and are incorporated herein by reference. These
    statements include:
</DIV>

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    Report of Independent Auditors;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Portfolio of Investments as of December&#160;31, 2008;
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Statement of Assets and Liabilities as of December&#160;31, 2008;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Statement of Operations for the fiscal year ended
    December&#160;31, 2008;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Statements of Changes in Net Assets for the fiscal years ended
    December&#160;31, 2008 and December&#160;31, 2007;
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Notes to Financial Statements;&#160;and
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Financial Highlights for a share of common stock outstanding
    during each of the fiscal years ended December&#160;31, 2008,
    2007, 2006, 2005 and 2004.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    2.&#160;Exhibits:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (a)&#160;Articles of Amendment and Restatement dated
    February&#160;14, 1994. (1)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (b)&#160;Amended and Restated By-Laws. (2)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (c)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (d)&#160;Form of specimen certificate representing shares of
    common stock. (3)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (e)&#160;Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan. (3)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (f)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (g)&#160;(1)&#160;Management Agreement dated March&#160;16, 2006
    between the Fund and Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C.
    (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;). (5)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (2)&#160;Country Advisory Agreement dated March&#160;16, 2006
    between Blackstone Advisors and Blackstone Fund&#160;Services
    India Private Limited. (5)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (h)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (i)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (j)&#160;(1)&#160;Custody Agreement dated September&#160;28,
    2000 between the Fund and Deutsche Bank AG. (1)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (2)&#160;Cash Custody Agreement dated September&#160;28, 2000
    between the Fund and Deutsche Bank (Mauritius) Limited. (1)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (k)&#160;(1)&#160;Form of Subscription Certificate. (filed
    herewith)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (2)&#160;Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. (filed herewith)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (3)&#160;Form of Subscription Agent Agreement. (to be filed by
    amendment)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (4)&#160;Form of Information Agent Agreement. (to be filed by
    amendment)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (5)&#160;Administration Agreement effective January&#160;1, 2006
    between the Fund and Blackstone Advisors. (5)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (l)&#160;Opinion and Consent of DLA Piper US LLP. (to be filed
    by amendment)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (m)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

<P align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

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<DIV style="width: 87%; margin-left: 6%"><!-- BEGIN PAGE WIDTH -->

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (n)&#160;Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent
    registered public accounting firm for the Fund. (filed herewith)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (o)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (p)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (q)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (r)&#160;Code of Ethics dated December&#160;4, 2005, as amended
    February&#160;28, 2006. (4)
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 4%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (s)&#160;Power of Attorney. (included in signature pages of this
    Registration Statement)
</DIV>

<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><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=60 -->

<DIV style="margin-top: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>



<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="2%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="97%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (1) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Incorporated by reference to the Fund&#146;s Registration
    Statement on Form N-2, filed with the SEC on June&#160;22, 2004
    (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;33-73652).</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (2) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Incorporated by reference to the Fund&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-SAR-B,</FONT>
    filed with the SEC on March&#160;1, 2006.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (3) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Incorporated by reference to the Fund&#146;s Registration
    Statement on Form N-2, filed with the SEC on February&#160;14,
    1994 (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;33-73652).</FONT></TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (4) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Incorporated by reference to the Fund&#146;s
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-CSR,</FONT>
    filed with the SEC on March&#160;10, 2006.</TD>
</TR>


<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt"><TD>&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR>
    <TD align="right" valign="top">
    (5) </TD>
    <TD></TD>
    <TD valign="bottom">
    Incorporated by reference to the Fund&#146;s Registration
    Statement on Form N-2, filed with the SEC on April&#160;7, 2006
    (File
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">No.&#160;33-73652).</FONT></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;26.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Marketing
    Arrangements</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;27.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Other
    Expenses of Issuance and Distribution</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The following table sets forth the estimated expenses to be
    incurred in connection with the offering described in this
    Registration Statement:
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="90%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="2%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=lead -->
    <TD width="6%" align="right">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=body -->
    <TD width="1%" align="left">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 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">
    <B>Estimated<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>Category</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Expenses</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 nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Registration
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
    &#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Blue Sky Qualification Fees (Including Fees of Counsel)
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    New York Stock Exchange Listing Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Printing Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Subscription Agent Fees and Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Information Agent Fees and Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</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: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Accounting Fees and Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Legal Fees and Expenses
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    FINRA Fees
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Miscellaneous
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">

</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 1px solid #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #CCEEFF">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 20pt">
    Total
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
    $
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">

</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="font-size: 1pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD style="border-top: 3px double #000000">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

<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>

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

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;28.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Persons
    Controlled by or Under Common Control</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; 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">None</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Arial, Helvetica; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;29.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Number
    of Holders of Securities (as of [recent date],
    2009)</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

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&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
    <B>Number of<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>Record Holders, Rounded to the<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>Title of Class</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD colspan="2" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">
    <B>Nearest Whole Share</B>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 3pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD align="left" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Common Stock, par value $.001 per share
</DIV>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="bottom">
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;30.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Indemnification
    and Limitation of Liability</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

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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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Reference is made to
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Sections&#160;2-405.2</FONT>
    and 2-418 of the Maryland General Corporation Law,
    Article&#160;VII of the Fund&#146;s Charter, Article&#160;VI of
    the Fund&#146;s Amended and Restated By-Laws (the
    &#147;By-Laws&#148;), the management agreement dated
    March&#160;16, 2006 and the administration agreement dated
    January&#160;1, 2006 between the Fund and Blackstone Asia
    Advisors L.L.C. (&#147;Blackstone Advisors&#148;), each of which
    provide for indemnification.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Section&#160;2-405.2</FONT>
    of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a Maryland
    corporation to include in its charter a provision limiting the
    liability of its directors and officers to the corporation and
    its stockholders for money damages except for liability
    resulting from (a)&#160;actual receipt of an improper benefit or
    profit in money, property or services or (b)&#160;active and
    deliberate dishonesty established by a final judgment as being
    material to the cause of action. The charter of the Fund
    contains such a provision which eliminates such liability to the
    maximum extent permitted by Maryland law, provided that such
    limitation may not protect a director or officer against any
    liability to the Fund or its stockholders to which he would
    otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
    faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of his duties.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Section&#160;2-418</FONT>
    of the Maryland General Corporation law requires a corporation
    (unless its charter provides otherwise, which the Fund&#146;s
    charter does not) to indemnify a director or officer who has
    been successful on the merits or otherwise, in the defense of
    any proceeding to which he is made a party by reason of his
    service in that capacity, or in the defense of any issue, claim
    or matter in any such proceeding.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Section&#160;2-418</FONT>
    of the Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation,
    subject to certain limitations, to indemnify its directors,
    officers, employees and agents against expenses (including
    attorneys&#146; fees, judgments, penalties, fines and
    settlements) actually and reasonably incurred by them in
    connection with any suit or proceeding to which they are a party
    by reason of their service in those or other capacities unless
    it is established that (a)&#160;the act or omission of the
    director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to
    the proceeding and (i)&#160;was committed in bad faith or
    (ii)&#160;was the result of active and deliberate dishonesty,
    (b)&#160;the director or officer actually received an improper
    personal benefit in money, property or services or (c)&#160;in
    the case of any criminal proceeding, the director or officer had
    reasonable cause to believe that the act or omission was
    unlawful. However, under the Maryland General Corporation Law, a
    Maryland corporation may not indemnify for an adverse judgment
    in a suit by or in the right of the corporation or for a
    judgment of liability on the basis that personal benefit was
    improperly received, unless in either case a court orders
    indemnification and then only for expenses. In addition, the
    Maryland General Corporation Law permits a corporation to
    advance reasonable expenses to a director or officer upon the
    corporation&#146;s receipt of (a)&#160;a written affirmation by
    the director or officer of his good faith belief that he has met
    the standard of conduct necessary for indemnification by the
    corporation and (b)&#160;a written undertaking by him or on his
    behalf to repay the amount paid or reimbursed by the corporation
    if it shall ultimately be determined that the standard of
    conduct was not met.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Article&#160;VII of the Fund&#146;s Charter provides that the
    Fund shall indemnify and advance expenses to its currently
    acting and former directors and officers to the fullest extent
    permitted by the Maryland General Corporation Law. The
    Fund&#146;s board of directors may make further provision for
    indemnification of directors, officers, employees and agents to
    the fullest extent permitted by Maryland law. The Charter
    provides, however, that the Fund&#146;s directors and officers
    shall not be indemnified against liability arising from willful
    misfeasance, bad faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard
    of the duties involved in the conduct of their office.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Article&#160;VI of the Fund&#146;s By-Laws requires the Fund to
    indemnify and advance expenses to current and former directors
    and officers of the Fund to the extent permissible under the
    Maryland General Corporation Law and other applicable law,
    provided that, prior to advancing any expenses, in addition to
    the affirmation and undertaking required by the Maryland General
    Corporation Law, (a)&#160;the person seeking indemnification
    shall provide to the Fund a security in form and amount
    acceptable to the Fund for his undertaking, (b)&#160;the Fund is
    insured against losses arising by reason of the advance or
    (c)&#160;either (i)&#160;a majority of a quorum of directors of
    the Corporation who are neither &#147;interested persons&#148;
    as defined in Section&#160;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company
    Act of 1940, as amended, nor parties to the proceeding, or
    (ii)&#160;independent legal counsel, in a written opinion, shall
    determine that there is reason to believe that the person
    seeking indemnification will ultimately be found to be entitled
    to indemnification. Employees and agents who are not officers or
    directors of the Fund may be indemnified in the same manner and
    to such further extent as permissible under Maryland General
    Corporation Law.
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Management Agreement obligates the Fund to indemnify
    Blackstone Advisors against, and hold it harmless from, any and
    all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses (including
    reasonable counsel fees and expenses), including any amounts
    paid in satisfaction of judgments, in compromise or as fines or
    penalties, not resulting from disabling conduct by Blackstone
    Advisors.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Administration Agreement obligates the Fund to indemnify and
    hold harmless Blackstone Advisors and its stockholders,
    officers, directors, employees and agents against any liability
    for any damages, expenses (including reasonable value of time
    spend by Blackstone Advisors employees) or direct losses
    reasonably incurred as a result of any failure by the Fund to
    comply with the U.S.&#160;Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as
    amended, the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and with
    its investment policies and limitations as in effect, or as a
    result of Blackstone Advisor&#146;s acting as an administrator
    pursuant to the Administration Agreement, and not resulting from
    disabling conduct by Blackstone Advisors.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Insofar as indemnification for liability arising under the
    Securities Act, may be permitted to directors, officers and
    controlling persons of the Fund pursuant to the foregoing
    provisions or otherwise, the Fund has been advised that, in the
    opinion of the SEC, such indemnification is against public
    policy as expressed in the Securities Act and is, therefore,
    unenforceable. In the event that a claim for indemnification
    against such liabilities (other than the payment by the Fund of
    expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
    person of the Fund in the successful defense of any action, suit
    or proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or
    controlling person in connection with the securities being
    registered, the Fund will, unless in the opinion of its counsel
    the matter has been settled by controlling precedent, submit to
    a court of appropriate jurisdiction the question whether such
    indemnification by it is against public policy as expressed in
    the Securities Act and will be governed by the final
    adjudication of such issue.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The Fund, its officers and directors, Blackstone Advisors and
    certain others are presently insured under an Adviser/Mutual
    Fund&#160;Professional Liability Policy issued by American
    International Specialty Lines, Inc. that generally covers claims
    by the Fund&#146;s stockholders and third persons based on or
    alleging negligent acts, misstatements or omissions by the
    insureds and the costs and expenses of defending those claims,
    up to a limit of $10,000,000, with a deductible amount of
    $250,000.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;31.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Business
    and Other Connections of the Advisers</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Information as to directors and officers of each of the
    Investment Manager and Country Adviser is included in their
    respective Forms&#160;ADV filed with the SEC (File Nos.
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">801-64715</FONT>
    and
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">801-64919,</FONT>
    respectively) and incorporated herein by reference.
</DIV>

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    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;32.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Location
    of Accounts and Records</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></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">
    The India Fund, Inc.<BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, New York 10154
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its functions as Investment Manager)
</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="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></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">
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, New York 10154
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its functions as Country Adviser)
</DIV>

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

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    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></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">
    Blackstone Fund&#160;Services India Private Limited <BR>
    Taj President-Mumbai Room&#160;802<BR>
    90, Cuffe Parade Mumbai-400 005, India
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its functions as Subscription Agent for the
    Fund)
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-4
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    <TD width="93%"></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>    4.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    The Colbent Corporation<BR>
    161 Bay State Drive Braintree, MA
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02184-5203</FONT>
    <BR>
    Attention: The India Fund&#160;Rights Offering, Corporate Actions
</TD>
</TR>

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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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (Records relating to its functions as Information Agent for the
    Fund)
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    5.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Georgeson Shareholder Communications Inc. <BR>
    199 Water Street, 26th&#160;Floor <BR>
    New York, New York 10038
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its functions as Administrator of the Fund)
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    6.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Blackstone Asia Advisors L.L.C. <BR>
    345 Park Avenue <BR>
    New York, New York 10154
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its functions as Mauritian Administrator to
    the Fund)
</DIV>

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

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<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    7.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    Multiconsult Ltd. <BR>
    Rogers House <BR>
    5, President John Kennedy Street <BR>
    P.O.&#160;Box&#160;60 Port Louis, Mauritius
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<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">
    (Records relating to its Transfer Agent and Plan Agent for the
    Fund)
</DIV>

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

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    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="93%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    8.&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    PNC Global Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc. <BR>
    103 Bellevue Parkway <BR>
    Wilmington, Delaware 19809<BR>
    <BR>
    P.O.&#160;Box&#160;43027<BR>
    Westborough, Massachusetts 01581<BR>
    <BR>
    4400&#160;Computer Drive <BR>
    Westborough, Massachusetts 01581
</TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;33.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Management
    Services</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Not Applicable.
</DIV>

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

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<TR>
    <TD width="9%"></TD>
    <TD width="91%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD>
    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Item&#160;34.<I>&#160;&#160;</I></FONT></B>
</TD>
    <TD>
    <B><I><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Undertakings</FONT></I></B>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (1)&#160;The Fund undertakes to suspend the offering of its
    shares until it amends its prospectus if (a)&#160;subsequent to
    the effective date of the Registration Statement, the net asset
    value of its shares declines more than 10% from its net asset
    value as of the effective date of the Registration Statement or
    (b)&#160;the net asset value increases to an amount greater than
    its net proceeds as stated in the prospectus.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (2)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (3)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 6%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: -2%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (4)&#160;&#160;(a)&#160;The Fund undertakes to file, during any
    period in which offers&#160;or sales are being made, a
    post-effective amendment to the Registration Statement:
    (i)&#160;to include any prospectus required by
    Section&#160;10(a)(3) of the Securities Act; (ii)&#160;to
    reflect in the prospectus any facts or events after the
    effective date of the Registration Statement (or the most recent
    post- effective amendment thereof) that, individually or in the
    aggregate, represent a fundamental change in the information set
    forth in the Registration Statement; and (iii)&#160;to include
    any material information with respect to the plan of
    distribution not previously disclosed in the Registration
    Statement or any material change to such information in the
    Registration Statement.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-5
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (b)&#160;The Fund undertakes that, for the purpose of
    determining any liability under the Securities Act, each such
    post-effective amendment shall be deemed to be a new
    registration statement relating to the securities offered
    therein, and the offering of those securities at that time shall
    be deemed to be the initial bona fide offering thereof.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 8%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (c)&#160;The Fund undertakes to remove from registration by
    means of a post-effective amendment any of the securities that
    remain unsold at the termination of the offering.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (5)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    (6)&#160;Not applicable.
</DIV>

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    <BR>
    C-6
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SIGNATURES</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as
    amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the
    Fund has duly caused this Registration Statement to be signed on
    its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the
    City of New York and State of New York on the 29th&#160;day of
    May 2009.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 24pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    THE INDIA FUND, INC.
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 48pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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

<TR>
    <TD width="49%"></TD>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="47%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>    By:&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:left;">/s/&#160;&#160;Prakash
    A. Melwani*</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>

<DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 53%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=999 iwidth=456 length=0 -->

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 53%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Prakash A. Melwani
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 53%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Director and President</I>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, this
    Registration Statement has been signed by the following persons
    in the capacities and on the dates indicated.
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
<TR style="font-size: 1pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Signature</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Title</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Date</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Prakash
    A. Melwani*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Prakash
    A. Melwani
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Director and President<BR>
    (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Joseph
    M. Malangoni</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Joseph
    M. Malangoni
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Treasurer and Vice President (Principal Financial and Accounting
    Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Lawrence
    K. Becker*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Lawrence
    K. Becker
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Robert
    L. Friedman*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Robert
    L. Friedman
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Leslie
    H. Gelb*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Leslie
    H. Gelb
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;J.
    Marc Hardy*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->J.
    Marc Hardy
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Stephane
    R.F. Henry*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Stephane
    R.F. Henry
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Luis
    F. Rubio*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Luis
    F. Rubio
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Jeswald
    W. Salacuse*</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Jeswald
    W. Salacuse
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -22pt; margin-left: 22pt">
    *By:&#160;<DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Joseph
    M. Malangoni</DIV><BR>
    <CENTER style="font-size: 1pt; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></CENTER><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->As
    Attorney-in-Fact
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>

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</DIV>

<P align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <BR>
    C-7
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">POWER OF
    ATTORNEY</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Each person whose signature appears below hereby constitutes and
    appoints Prakash A. Melwani and Joseph M. Malangoni, and each of
    them, the true and lawful attorneys-in-fact and agents of the
    undersigned, with full power of substitution and resubstitution,
    for and in the name, place and stead of the undersigned, in any
    and all capacities, to sign this Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT>
    and any and all amendments thereto (including post-effective
    amendments) and any filings made pursuant to Rule&#160;462(b)
    under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and to file the
    same, with all exhibits thereto, and all other documents in
    connection therewith, with the Securities and Exchange
    Commission, and hereby grants to such attorneys-in-fact and
    agents full power and authority to do and perform each and every
    act and anything necessary to be done, as fully to all intents
    and purposes as the undersigned might or could do in person,
    hereby ratifying and confirming all that said attorneys-in-fact
    and agents or their substitute, or substitutes, may lawfully do
    or cause to be done by virtue hereof.
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
<!-- Table Width Row BEGIN -->
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=01 type=maindata -->
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    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="39%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="12%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
</TR>
<!-- Table Width Row END -->
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom" align="center">
<TD colspan="3" nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Signature</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Title</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="bottom">
<DIV style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000; width: 1%; padding-bottom: 1px">
    <B>Date</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="line-height: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">
<TD>&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Prakash
    A. Melwani</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Prakash
    A. Melwani
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Director and President<BR>
    (Principal Executive Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Joseph
    M. Malangoni</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Joseph
    M. Malangoni
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Treasurer and Vice President (Principal Financial and Accounting
    Officer)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Lawrence
    K. Becker</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Lawrence
    K. Becker
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Robert
    L. Friedman</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Robert
    L. Friedman
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Leslie
    H. Gelb</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Leslie
    H. Gelb
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;J.
    Marc Hardy</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->J.
    Marc Hardy
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Stephane
    R.F. Henry</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Stephane
    R.F. Henry
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Luis
    F. Rubio</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Luis
    F. Rubio
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD colspan="3">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD colspan="3" align="center" valign="top">
    <DIV style="display:inline; text-align:center; width:90%">/s/&#160;&#160;Jeswald
    W. Salacuse</DIV><BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%;  align: left; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=201 iwidth=192 length=0 -->Jeswald
    W. Salacuse
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    Director
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    May 29, 2009
</TD>
</TR>
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    <BR>
    C-8
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">EXHIBIT&#160;INDEX</FONT></B>
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    (2)(k)(1)
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Subscription Certificate
</TD>
</TR>
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<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    (2)(k)(2)
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Form of Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="right" valign="top">
    (2)(n)
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
    Consent of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, independent registered
    public accounting firm for the Fund.
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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">

    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exhibit&#160;2(k)(1)</FONT></B>
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<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">FORM&#160;OF
    SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE</FONT></B>
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    THIS OFFER EXPIRES AT 5:00&#160;P.M., EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME, ON
    [EXPIRATION DATE], 2009
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    UNLESS EXTENDED
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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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

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

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

<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; 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">
    Dear Stockholder:
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As the registered owner of this Subscription Certificate, you
    are entitled to exercise the rights issued to you as of [RECORD
    DATE], 2009, the record date (the &#147;Record Date&#148;) for
    the rights offering of The India Fund, Inc. (the
    &#147;Fund&#148;), to subscribe for the number of shares of
    common stock of the Fund shown on this Subscription Certificate
    pursuant to the primary subscription upon the terms and
    conditions and at the subscription price for each share of
    common stock as specified in the Fund&#146;s Prospectus (the
    &#147;Prospectus&#148;). The terms and conditions of the rights
    offering set forth in the Prospectus are incorporated herein by
    reference. In accordance with the over-subscription privilege
    described in the Prospectus, you are entitled to subscribe for
    additional shares if shares remaining after exercise of rights
    pursuant to primary subscription are available and you have
    fully exercised your primary subscription rights. If there are
    not sufficient shares remaining to satisfy all
    over-subscriptions, the available shares will be allocated among
    you and the other shareholders who oversubscribe generally in
    proportion to the number of shares you own on the record date.
    As described in the Prospectus, the Fund may in its discretion
    issue up to an additional 25% of the shares available pursuant
    to the rights offering to satisfy over-subscriptions.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    In order to exercise your rights, you must present to The
    Colbent Corporation, prior to 5:00&#160;p.m., Eastern Daylight
    Time, on [EXPIRATION DATE], 2009 (the &#147;Expiration
    Date&#148;), unless the rights offering is extended, either
    (1)&#160;a properly completed and executed Subscription
    Certificate and a money order or check drawn on a bank located
    in the United States of America and payable to The India Fund,
    Inc. for an amount equal to the number of shares subscribed for
    under the primary subscription and over-subscription privilege
    (if applicable) multiplied by the estimated subscription price
    of $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;], or (2)&#160;a Notice of
    Guaranteed Delivery guaranteeing delivery of (i)&#160;a properly
    completed and executed Subscription Certificate and (ii)&#160;a
    money order or check drawn on a bank located in the United
    States of America and payable to The India Fund, Inc. for an
    amount equal to the number of shares subscribed for under the
    primary subscription and over-subscription privilege (if
    applicable) multiplied by the estimated subscription price of
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;].
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is used, a properly completed
    Subscription Certificate, together with payment in full, as
    described above, must be received by The Colbent Corporation by
    no later than [DATE], 2009, unless the rights offering is
    extended. See &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Method for Exercising
    Rights&#148; and &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for Shares&#148; in
    the Prospectus.
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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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    No later than [CONFIRMATION DATE], 2009, The Colbent Corporation
    will send you a confirmation (or, if you own your shares through
    a depository or nominee, to such depository or nominee), showing
    (i)&#160;the number of shares acquired pursuant to the primary
    subscription, (ii)&#160;the number of shares, if any, acquired
    pursuant to the over-subscription privilege, (iii)&#160;the per
    share and total purchase price for the shares, and (iv)&#160;any
    additional amount payable by you or any excess to be refunded to
    you. You will not receive any other evidence of title unless you
    have requested a stock certificate pursuant to this certificate
    (See Item&#160;C of Section&#160;1 below.) Shares subscribed for
    pursuant to the primary subscription and over-subscription
    privilege will be evidenced by book-entry registration only. Any
    refund in connection with your subscription will be delivered as
    soon as practicable after [DELIVERY DATE], 2009, unless the
    rights offering is extended.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Control #:
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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Rights Represented by this<BR>
    Subscription Document:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">

</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 49%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Maximum Primary Shares:
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SAMPLE
    CALCULATION
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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    FULL PRIMARY SUBSCRIPTION ENTITLEMENT<BR>
    (One Share for Every [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] Rights)
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=02 type=maindata -->
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    1,000<BR>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    =
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    1,000<BR>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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    DIVIDED BY [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] =
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]<BR>
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</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(No. of Whole Shares Owned on the
    Record Date)
    </FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(No. of Rights Issued)
    </FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-size: 8pt">(No. of New Shares Issued) (Rounded
    Down to Nearest Whole Share)
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>The Subscription Agent for the Offer is:</I>
</DIV>

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

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

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

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    <I>By First Class&#160;Mail:</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I>By Express Mail or Overnight Courier:</I>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The Colbent Corporation
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    The Colbent Corporation
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Attn: Corporate Actions
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Attn: Corporate Actions
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    P.O.&#160;Box&#160;859208
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    161 Bay State Road
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Braintree, MA
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02185-9208</FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Braintree, MA 02184-5203
</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">

</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>By Facsimile Transmission</I>: 1-781-930-4939
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <I>Confirm by Telephone</I>: 1-781-930-4900
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<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">SECTION&#160;1:
    DETAILS OF SUBSCRIPTION</FONT></B>
</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="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=maindata -->
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>A.</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Primary Subscription
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    <BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=60 length=0 -->(Rights
    Exercised)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <FONT style="font-family: Symbol; font-variant: normal">&#184;</FONT>
    [&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] =
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    <BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=84 length=0 -->(Full
    Shares of Common Stock Requested, Rounded Down to Nearest Whole
    Share)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    &#215;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]<BR>
    (Estimated<BR>
    Subscription<BR>
    Price**)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    =
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<BR>
    (Amount<BR>
    Required)
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -8pt; margin-left: 8pt">
    <B>B.</B>
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Over-Subscription Privilege*
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    <BR>
    <DIV style="font-size: 2pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=84 length=0 -->(Full
    Number of Shares of Common Stock Requested)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    &#215;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]<BR>
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    Subscription<BR>
    Price**)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    =
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<BR>
    (Amount<BR>
    Required)
</TD>
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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">

</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">
    TOTAL AMOUNT OF CHECK OR MONEY ORDER ENCLOSED (TOTAL OF A + B) =
    $&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;
</DIV>

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

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

<TR>
    <TD width="4%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <TD>    *&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    You can only over-subscribe if you have fully exercised your
    primary subscription rights.
</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>    **&#160;
</TD>
    <TD align="left">    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;] per share is an estimated
    price only. The final subscription price will be determined on
    [PRICING DATE], 2009, the pricing date (which is also the date
    when your rights will expire), and could be higher or lower
    depending on changes in the net asset value and share price of
    the common stock.
</TD>
</TR>

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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: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>C.&#160;</B>I wish to receive stock certificates for the
    shares I have applied for. <U>&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;</U>
    (Please check if yes)
</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">SECTION&#160;2:
    TO SUBSCRIBE:</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT I HAVE RECEIVED THE PROSPECTUS FOR THE RIGHTS
    OFFERING, AND I HEREBY IRREVOCABLY SUBSCRIBE FOR THE NUMBER OF
    NEW SHARES INDICATED ABOVE ON THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS SET FORTH
    IN THE PROSPECTUS.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    I UNDERSTAND AND AGREE THAT I WILL BE OBLIGATED TO PAY ANY
    ADDITIONAL AMOUNT TO THE FUND&#160;IF THE SUBSCRIPTION PRICE AS
    DETERMINED ON THE PRICING DATE IS IN EXCESS OF THE $[ ]
    ESTIMATED SUBSCRIPTION PRICE PER SHARE.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    I HEREBY AGREE THAT IF I FAIL TO PAY IN FULL FOR THE SHARES FOR
    WHICH I HAVE SUBSCRIBED, THE FUND&#160;MAY EXERCISE ANY OF THE
    REMEDIES PROVIDED FOR IN THE PROSPECTUS.
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 26%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Signature of
    Subscriber(s):&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=128 iwidth=336 length=0 -->
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 26%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    Please give your telephone
    number:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=128 iwidth=336 length=0 -->
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<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    If you wish to have your confirmation and refund check (if any)
    delivered to an address other than that listed on this
    Subscription Certificate you must have your signature guaranteed
    by a member of the New York Stock Exchange or a bank or trust
    company. Please provide the delivery address below and note if
    it is a permanent change.
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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="right" 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">Exhibit&#160;2(k)(2)</FONT></B>
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<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">FORM&#160;OF
    NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY<BR>
    FOR SHARES OF CAPITAL STOCK OF THE INDIA FUND, INC.<BR>
    SUBSCRIBED FOR PURSUANT TO THE PRIMARY SUBSCRIPTION<BR>
    AND THE OVER-SUBSCRIPTION PRIVILEGE<BR>
    <BR>
    THE INDIA FUND, INC. RIGHTS OFFERING</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    As set forth in the Prospectus of The India Fund, Inc. (the
    &#147;Fund&#148;) under the &#147;The Offer&#160;&#151; Method
    for Exercising Rights&#148; and &#147;&#151;&#160;Payment for
    Shares,&#148; this form or one substantially equivalent hereto
    may be used as a means of effecting subscription and payment for
    all shares of the Fund&#146;s capital stock subscribed for by
    exercise of rights pursuant to the primary subscription and the
    over-subscription privilege. Such form may be delivered by hand
    or sent by facsimile transmission, express mail, overnight
    courier or first class mail to The Colbent Corporation, the
    subscription agent, and must be received prior to
    5:00&#160;p.m.&#160;New York City time on [expiration date],
    2009.* The terms and conditions of the rights offering set forth
    in the Prospectus are incorporated by reference herein.
    Capitalized terms not defined here have the meanings attributed
    to them in the Prospectus.
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<DIV style="margin-top: 12pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

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

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<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    <B>THE COLBENT CORPORATION</B>
</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: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
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<TD align="center" valign="top">
    <I>By First Class&#160;Mail:</I>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    <I>By Express Mail or Overnight Courier:</I>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The Colbent Corporation
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    The Colbent Corporation
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    The India Fund, Inc. Rights Offering
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Attn: Corporate Actions
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Attn: Corporate Actions
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    P.O.&#160;Box&#160;859208
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    161 Bay State Road
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    Braintree, MA
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">02185-9208</FONT>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="bottom">
    Braintree, MA 02184-5203
</TD>
</TR>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt; font-size: 1pt">&nbsp;</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    DELIVERY OF THIS INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    INSTRUCTIONS&#160;VIA A TELECOPY OR FACSIMILE NUMBER,
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 0%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A VALID
    DELIVERY
</DIV>

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

<DIV align="left" style="margin-left: 0%; margin-right: 0%; text-indent: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The New York Stock Exchange member firm or bank or trust company
    which completes this form must communicate the guarantee and the
    number of shares subscribed for under both the primary
    subscription and the over-subscription privilege to The Colbent
    Corporation and must deliver this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
    guaranteeing delivery prior to 5:00&#160;p.m., New York City
    time, on [expiration date], 2009 of (i)&#160;payment in full for
    all subscribed shares and (ii)&#160;a properly completed and
    executed Subscription Certificate to The Colbent Corporation.*
    The Subscription Certificate and full payment must then be
    delivered by 5:00&#160;p.m., New York City time, on [payment
    date], 2009* to The Colbent Corporation. Failure to do so will
    result in a forfeiture of the rights.
</DIV>
<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>
<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">
    *&#160;Unless extended by the Fund.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">GUARANTEE</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: 4%; font-size: 10pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times; color: #000000; background: #FFFFFF">
    The undersigned, a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange or
    a bank or trust company guarantees delivery to The Colbent
    Corporation by 5:00&#160;p.m., New York City time, on [payment
    date], 2009 (unless extended) of (i)&#160;a properly completed
    and executed Subscription Certificate and (ii)&#160;payment of
    the full subscription price for shares subscribed for on primary
    subscription and pursuant to the over-subscription privilege, if
    applicable, as subscription for such shares is indicated herein
    or in the Subscription Certificate.
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="23%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=03 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=04 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="17%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=05 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=06 type=maindata -->
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=gutter -->
    <TD width="11%">&nbsp;</TD>	<!-- colindex=07 type=maindata -->
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    <B>A.</B>
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&nbsp;
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    Primary Subscription
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <BR>
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    Of Primary Subscription Shares of Which You Are Guaranteeing
    Delivery Of Rights And Payment) (Rounded Down to Nearest Whole
    Share)
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&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    &#215;
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&nbsp;
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    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]<BR>
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    =
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD align="center" valign="top">
    $&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;<BR>
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<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Over-Subscription Privilege
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="left" valign="top">
    <BR>
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    of Over-Subscription Shares of Which You Are Guaranteeing
    Delivery Of Payment)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    &#215;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    $[&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;]<BR>
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    Subscription Price)
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD nowrap align="center" valign="top">
    =
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    $&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;(Estimated Payment to Be Made in
    Connection with the Over-Subscription Shares)
</TD>
</TR>
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    TOTAL NUMBER OF RIGHTS
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    TO BE
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    TOTAL AMOUNT
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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">

    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Method of
    Delivery of Rights (circle one)
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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">
    A.&#160;through The Depository Trust&#160;Company
    (&#147;DTC&#148;)**
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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.&#160;direct to The Colbent Corporation, as Subscription Agent
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&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
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<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
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</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    <DIV style="font-size: 0pt; margin-left: 0%; width: 100%; border-bottom: 1pt solid #000000"></DIV><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 24pt">
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Name of
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    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</DIV>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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    Authorized
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    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
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<TD>
&nbsp;
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    Address:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Title:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
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<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">
    City, State and
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    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</DIV>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Name:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD align="center" valign="top">
    (Please Type or Print)
</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<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">
    Name of Registered Holder
</DIV>
</TD>
<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
<DIV style="text-indent: -10pt; margin-left: 10pt">
    (If
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    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
</DIV>
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
&nbsp;
</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="line-height: 12pt">
<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">
    Telephone
    Number:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
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<TD>
&nbsp;
</TD>
<TD nowrap align="left" valign="top">
    Date:&#160;<FONT style="word-spacing: 100pt; white-space: nowrap; font-size: 1pt; color: #000000"><U>&#173;
    &#173;</U></FONT><!-- callerid=2083 iwidth=222 length=0 -->
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    &#160;**&#160;If the rights are to be delivered through DTC, a
    representative of The Colbent Corporation will phone you with a
    protect identification number, which needs to be communicated by
    you to DTC.
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    <B><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">Exhibit&#160;2(n)</FONT></B>
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    <B><U><FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">CONSENT
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    We hereby consent to the incorporation by reference in this
    Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT>
    of our report dated February&#160;20, 2009, relating to the
    financial statements and financial highlights of The India
    Fund&#160;Inc., which is also incorporated by reference into the
    Registration Statement. We also consent to the references to us
    under the headings &#147;Financial Statements&#148;,
    &#147;Experts&#148;, &#147;Independent Registered Public
    Accounting Firm&#148; and &#147;Financial Highlights&#148; in
    such Registration Statement.
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    <FONT style="font-family: 'Times New Roman', Times">SIMPSON
    THACHER&#160;&#038; BARTLETT LLP<BR>
    425 Lexington Avenue<BR>
    New York, New York 10017
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    Fax:
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    May&#160;29, 2009
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    <TD>    Re:&#160;&#160;
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    Registration Statement on
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    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT>
    for The India Fund, Inc.
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">(811-08266)</FONT>
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    Division of Investment Management
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    Washington, DC
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    On behalf of The India Fund, Inc., a corporation organized under
    the laws of Maryland (the &#147;Registrant&#148;), we submit by
    direct electronic transmission the Registrant&#146;s
    Registration Statement on
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">Form&#160;N-2</FONT>
    (Amendment No.&#160;11 to the Registrant&#146;s Registration
    Statement under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended),
    together with exhibits thereto, for the registration of shares
    of its common stock in connection with a rights offering.
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    The filing fee in the amount of $55.80 has been deposited by
    wire transfer of
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">same-day</FONT>
    funds to the Securities and Exchange Commission&#146;s account
    at US Bank, which will be applied to the filing of the
    Registration Statement.
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    Please do not hesitate to call Sarah Cogan at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">212-455-3575,</FONT>
    Gabrielle Kelleher at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">212-455-7696</FONT>
    or Matthew Hanley at
    <FONT style="white-space: nowrap">212-455-2031</FONT>
    of this firm with any questions you may have regarding this
    filing.
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    Very truly yours,
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