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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950123-12-000783
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	40-17G
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20120113
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20120113
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20120113

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:		40-17G
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		12526561

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

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>The India Fund, Inc.</B><BR>
1735 Market Street, 32<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">nd</SUP> Floor<BR>
Philadelphia, PA 19103
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As required by Rule&nbsp;17g-1(g) under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940
Act&#148;), The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission:
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A copy of the Fund&#146;s Investment Company Blanket Bond; and</TD>
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    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>&#149;</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>A Secretary&#146;s Certificate certifying resolutions of the Fund&#146;s Board of
Directors, including a majority of the Board of Directors who are not
&#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund under the 1940 Act, approving the form and
amount of the bond.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The premium for the fidelity bond has been paid for the period from 12:01&nbsp;a.m., Eastern
Standard Time, on November&nbsp;1, 2011 to 12:01&nbsp;a.m., Eastern Standard Time, on November&nbsp;1, 2012.
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Exhibit 99.1</b></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>IMPORTANT NOTICE &#151; INDEPENDENT AGENT AND BROKER<BR>
COMPENSATION</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>NO COVERAGE IS PROVIDED BY THIS NOTICE. THIS NOTICE DOES NOT AMEND ANY PROVISION OF YOUR
POLICY. YOU SHOULD REVIEW YOUR ENTIRE POLICY CAREFULLY FOR COMPLETE INFORMATION ON THE COVERAGES
PROVIDED AND TO DETERMINE YOUR RIGHTS AND DUTIES UNDER YOUR POLICY. PLEASE CONTACT YOUR AGENT OR
BROKER IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS NOTICE OR ITS CONTENTS. IF THERE IS ANY CONFLICT
BETWEEN YOUR POLICY AND THIS NOTICE, THE PROVISIONS OF YOUR POLICY PREVAIL.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>For information about how Travelers compensates independent agents and
brokers, please visit www.travelers.com, call our toll-free telephone number, 1-866-904-8348, or
you may request a written copy from Marketing at One Tower Square, 2GSA, Hartford, CT 06183.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>HOW TO REPORT LOSSES, CLAIMS, OR POTENTIAL CLAIMS TO<BR>
TRAVELERS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Reporting new losses, claims, or potential claims promptly can be critical. It helps to resolve
covered losses or claims as quickly as possible and often
reduces the overall cost. Prompt reporting:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#146; better protects the interests of all parties;
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#146; helps Travelers to try to resolve losses or claims more quickly; and
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&#146; often reduces the overall cost of a loss or claim &#151; losses or claims reported more than five days
after they happen cost on average 35% more than those reported earlier.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Report losses, claims, or potential claims to Travelers easily and quickly by fax, U S mail, or
email.</B>
</DIV>


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


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Use this number to report a loss, claim, or potential claim by fax toll free.
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1-888-460-6622</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>US MAIL</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Use this address to report a loss, claim, or potential claim by U S Mail.
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Bond-FPS Claims Department Travelers Mail Code NB08F 385 Washington Street</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Saint Paul, Minnesota 55102</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>EMAIL</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Use this address to report a loss, claim, or potential claim by email.
</DIV>

<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Pro.E&#038;O.Claim.Reporting@SPT.com</B>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This is a general description of how to report a loss, claim, or potential claim under this policy
or bond. This description does not replace or add to the terms of this policy or bond. The policy
or bond alone determines the scope of coverage. Please read it carefully for complete information
on coverage. Contact your agent or broker if you have any questions about coverage.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>St. Paul Fire and Marine Insurance Company</B>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">St. Paul, Minnesota 55102-1396 (A Stock Insurance Company, herein called Underwriter)
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B><I>The hard copy of the bond issued by the Underwriter will be referenced in the event of loss.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>DECLARATIONS BOND NO. 490PB3077</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Item&nbsp;1</B>. Name of Insured (herein called Insured):
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">THE INDIA FUND, INC.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Principal Address:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">C/O BLACKSTONE ASIA ADVISORS L.L.C. 345 PARK AVENUE NEW YORK, NY 10154
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;2. Bond Period from 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on 11/01/11 to 12:01&nbsp;a.m. on 11/01/12 the
effective date of the termination or cancellation of the bond, standard time at the Principal
Address as to each of said dates.
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;3. Limit of Liability<BR>
Subject to Sections&nbsp;9, 10, and 12 hereof:

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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Limit of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Deductible</TD>
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    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Liability</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount</TD>
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    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement A &#151; FIDELITY</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">0</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement B &#151; AUDIT EXPENSE</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Limit of</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Deductible</TD>
</TR>
<TR style="font-size: 8pt" valign="bottom">
    <TD nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Liability</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD nowrap align="center" colspan="3">Amount</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement C &#151; PREMISES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement D &#151; TRANSIT</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement E &#151; FORGERY
OR ALTERATION</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement F &#151; SECURITIES</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement G &#151;
COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement H &#151; STOP
PAYMENT</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement I &#151;
UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">OPTIONAL COVERAGES ADDED BY RIDER:</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<TR valign="bottom" style="background: #cceeff">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement J &#151; Computer Systems</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">1,250,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">25,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD><DIV style="margin-left:15px; text-indent:-15px">Insuring Agreement K &#151; Unauthorized
Signatures</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">50,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="right">$</TD>
    <TD align="right">5,000</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If &#147;Not Covered&#148; is inserted above opposite any specified Insuring Agreement or Coverage, such
Insuring Agreement or Coverage and any other reference thereto in this bond shall be deemed to be
deleted therefrom.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;4. Offices or Premises Covered &#151; Offices acquired or
established subsequent to the effective date of this bond are covered according to the terms of
General Agreement A. All the Insured&#146;s offices or premises in existence at the time this bond
becomes effective are covered under this bond except the offices or premises located as follows:
N/A
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ICB001 Rev. 7/04
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">a</SUP> 2004 The Travelers Indemnity Company. All rights reserved. Page 1 of 2
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;5. The liability of the Underwriter is subject to the terms of the following
endorsements or riders attached hereto: Endorsements or Riders No.&nbsp;1 through
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">ICB010 Ed.07/04, ICB011 Ed.02/10, ICB012 Ed.07/04, ICB057 Ed.04/05, ICB026
Ed.07/04, MEL2684 Ed.03/05
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Item&nbsp;6.
The Insured by the acceptance of this bond gives notice to the Underwriter terminating or canceling prior bonds or policy(ies) No.(s) 490PB2850 such termination or cancellation to be
effective as of the time this bond becomes effective.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Company has caused this
bond to be signed by its President and Secretary and countersigned by a duly authorized
representative of the Company.
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Countersigned: ST. PAUL FIRE AND MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>/s/ Brian MacLean, President</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>/s/ Wendy C. Skierven, Secretary</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Authorized Representative Countersigned At</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Countersignature Date</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ICB001 Rev. 7/04</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><SUP style="font-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top"><B>a</B></SUP><B> 2004 The Travelers Indemnity Company. All rights reserved. Page 2 of 2</B>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INVESTMENT COMPANY BLANKET BOND</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Underwriter, in consideration of an agreed premium, and subject to the Declarations made a
part hereof, the General Agreements, Conditions and Limitations and other terms of this bond,
agrees with the Insured, in accordance with the
Insuring Agreements hereof to which an amount of insurance is applicable as set forth in Item&nbsp;3 of
the Declarations and with respect to loss sustained by the Insured at any time but discovered
during the Bond Period, to indemnify and hold harmless the Insured for:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INSURING AGREEMENTS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(A</B>) FIDELITY
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss resulting from any dishonest or fraudulent act(s),
including Larceny or Embezzlement, committed by an Employee, committed anywhere and whether
committed alone or in collusion with others, including loss of Property resulting from such acts of
an Employee, which Property is held by the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether
so held gratuitously or not and whether or not the Insured is liable therefor.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Dishonest or fraudulent act(s) as used in this Insuring Agreement shall mean only dishonest or
fraudulent act(s) committed by such Employee with the manifest intent:
</DIV>


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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to cause the Insured to sustain such loss; and</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>to obtain financial benefit for the Employee, or for any other Person or organization
intended by the Employee to receive
such benefit, other than salaries, commissions, fees, bonuses, promotions, awards, profit
sharing, pensions or other employee benefits earned in the normal course of employment.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(B)&nbsp;AUDIT EXPENSE
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Expense incurred by the Insured for that part of the costs of audits or examinations required by
any governmental regulatory
authority to be conducted either by such authority or by an independent accountant by reason of the
discovery of loss sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including
Larceny or Embezzlement, of any of the Employees. The total liability of the Underwriter for such
expense by reason of such acts of any Employee or in which such Employee is concerned or implicated
or with respect to
any one audit or examination is limited to the amount stated opposite Audit Expense in Item&nbsp;3 of
the Declarations; it being understood, however, that such expense shall be deemed to be a loss
sustained by the Insured through any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny or
Embezzlement, of one or more of the Employees, and the liability under this paragraph shall be in
addition to the Limit of Liability stated in Insuring Agreement (A)&nbsp;in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(C)&nbsp;ON PREMISES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss of Property (occurring with or without negligence or violence) through robbery, burglary,
Larceny, theft, holdup, or other fraudulent means, misplacement, mysterious unexplainable
disappearance, damage thereto or destruction thereof,
abstraction or removal from the possession, custody or control of the Insured, and loss of
subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit privileges through the misplacement or loss of
Property, while the Property is (or is supposed or believed by the Insured to be) lodged or
deposited within any offices or premises located anywhere, except in an office listed in Item&nbsp;4 of
the Declarations or amendment
thereof or in the mail or with a carrier for hire, other than an armored motor vehicle company, for
the purpose of transportation.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt">Office and Equipment
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>loss of or damage to furnishings, fixtures, stationery, supplies or equipment, within any
of the Insured&#146;s offices covered under this bond caused by Larceny or theft
in, or by burglary, robbery or hold-up of, such office, or attempt thereat, or by vandalism
or malicious mischief; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>loss through damage to any such office by Larceny or theft in, or by burglary, robbery or
hold-up of, such office, or attempt thereat, or to the interior of any such office by
vandalism or malicious mischief provided, in any event, that
the Insured is the owner of such offices, furnishings, fixtures, stationery, supplies or
equipment or is legally liable for such loss or damage always excepting, however, all loss
or damage through fire.</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(D)&nbsp;IN TRANSIT
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss of Property (occurring with or without negligence or violence) through robbery, Larceny,
theft, hold-up,
misplacement, mysterious unexplainable disappearance, being lost or otherwise made away with,
damage thereto or destruction thereof, and loss of
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">subscription, conversion, redemption or deposit
privileges through the misplacement or loss of Property, while the Property is in transit anywhere
in the custody of any person or persons acting as messenger, except while in the mail or with a
carrier for hire, other
than an armored motor vehicle company, for the purpose of transportation, such transit to begin
immediately upon receipt of such Property by the transporting person or persons, and to end
immediately upon delivery thereof at destination.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(E)&nbsp;FORGERY
OR ALTERATION
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss through Forgery or alteration of or on:
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>any bills of exchange, checks, drafts, acceptances, certificates of deposit, promissory
notes, or other written promises, orders or directions to pay sums certain in money, due
bills, money orders, warrants, orders upon public treasuries, letters of credit; or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>other written instructions, advices or applications
directed to the Insured, authorizing or acknowledging the transfer, payment, delivery or
receipt of funds or Property, which instructions, advices or applications purport to have
been signed or endorsed by any:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>customer of the Insured, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>shareholder or subscriber to shares, whether
certificated or uncertificated, of any Investment Company, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>financial or banking institution or stockbroker,</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">but which instructions, advices or applications either bear the forged signature or endorsement or
have been altered without the knowledge and consent of such customer, shareholder or subscriber to
shares, or financial or banking institution or stockbroker; or
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(3)&nbsp;withdrawal orders or receipts for the withdrawal of funds or Property, or receipts or
certificates of deposit for Property and bearing the name of the Insured as issuer, or of another
Investment Company for which the Insured acts as agent, excluding,
however, any loss covered under Insuring Agreement (F)&nbsp;hereof
whether or not coverage for Insuring Agreement (F)&nbsp;is provided for in the Declarations of this
bond.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Any check or draft (a)&nbsp;made payable to a fictitious payee and endorsed in the name of such
fictitious payee or (b)&nbsp;procured in a transaction with the maker or drawer thereof or with one
acting as an agent of such maker or drawer or anyone impersonating another and made or drawn
payable to the one so
impersonated and endorsed by anyone other than the one impersonated, shall be deemed to be forged
as to such endorsement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures are treated the same as handwritten
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">signatures.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(F)&nbsp;SECURITIES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss sustained by the Insured, including loss sustained by reason of a violation of the
constitution
by-laws, rules or regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization of which the Insured is a member
or which would have been imposed upon the Insured by the constitution, by-laws, rules or
regulations of any Self Regulatory Organization if the Insured had been a member thereof,
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>through the Insured&#146;s having, in good faith and in the course of business,
whether for its own account or for the account of others, in any representative, fiduciary,
agency or any other capacity, either gratuitously or otherwise, purchased or otherwise
acquired, accepted or received, or sold or delivered, or given any value, extended any
credit or assumed any liability, on the faith of, or otherwise acted upon, any
securities, documents or other written instruments which prove to have been:</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(a)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>counterfeited, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(b)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>forged as to the signature of any maker, drawer, issuer, endorser, assignor, lessee,
transfer agent or registrar, acceptor, surety or guarantor or as to the signature of any
person signing in any other capacity, or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="4%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(c)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>raised or otherwise altered, or lost, or stolen, or</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="1%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>through the Insured&#146;s having, in good faith and in the course of business, guaranteed in
writing or witnessed any signatures whether for valuable consideration or not and whether
or not such guaranteeing or witnessing is ultra vires the Insured, upon any transfers,</TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">assignments, bills of sale, powers of attorney, guarantees, endorsements or other obligations upon
or in connection with any securities, documents or other written instruments and which pass or
purport to pass title to such securities, documents or other written instruments; excluding losses
caused by Forgery or alteration of, on or in those instruments covered under
Insuring Agreement (E)&nbsp;hereof.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Securities, documents or other written instruments shall be deemed to mean original (including
original counterparts) negotiable or non-negotiable agreements which in and of themselves represent
an equitable interest, ownership, or debt, including an assignment thereof, which instruments are,
in the ordinary course of business, transferable by
delivery of such agreements with any necessary endorsement or assignment.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The word &#147;counterfeited&#148; as used in this Insuring Agreement shall be deemed to mean any
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">security,document or other written instrument which is intended to deceive and to be taken for an original.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Mechanically reproduced facsimile signatures are
treated the same as handwritten signatures.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(G)&nbsp;COUNTERFEIT CURRENCY
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss through the receipt by the Insured, in good faith, of any counterfeited money orders or
altered paper currencies or coin of the United States of America or Canada issued or purporting to
have been issued by the United States of America or Canada or issued pursuant to
a United States of America or Canada statute for use as currency.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(H)&nbsp;STOP PAYMENT
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss against any and all sums which the Insured shall become obligated to pay by reason of the
liability imposed upon the Insured by law for damages:
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For having either complied with or failed to comply with any written notice of any customer,
shareholder or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder or
subscriber to stop payment of any check or draft made or drawn by such customer, shareholder or
subscriber or any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder or subscriber, or
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">For having refused to pay any check or draft made or drawn by any customer, shareholder
or subscriber of the Insured or any Authorized Representative of such customer, shareholder or
subscriber.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(I)&nbsp;UNCOLLECTIBLE ITEMS OF DEPOSIT
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss resulting from payments of dividends or fund shares, or withdrawals permitted from any
customer&#146;s, shareholder&#146;s, or subscriber&#146;s account based upon Uncollectible Items of
Deposit of a customer, shareholder or subscriber credited by the Insured or the Insured&#146;s agent to
such customer&#146;s, shareholder&#146;s or subscriber&#146;s Mutual Fund Account; or loss resulting from an Item
of Deposit processed through an Automated Clearing House which is reversed by the customer,
shareholder or subscriber and deemed uncollectible by the Insured.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Loss includes dividends and interest accrued not to exceed 15% of the Uncollectible Items which are
deposited.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">This Insuring Agreement applies to all Mutual Funds with &#147;exchange privileges&#148; if all Fund(s) in
the exchange program are insured by the Underwriter for Uncollectible Items of Deposit. Regardless
of the number of transactions between Fund(s), the minimum number of days of deposit within the
Fund(s)
before withdrawal as declared in the Fund(s) prospectus shall begin from the date a deposit was
first credited to any Insured Fund(s).
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>GENERAL AGREEMENTS</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>A</B>. ADDITIONAL OFFICES OR EMPLOYEES CONSOLIDATION OR MERGER &#151; NOTICE
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(1)&nbsp;If the Insured shall, while this bond is in force, establish any additional office or offices,
such offices shall be
automatically covered hereunder from the dates of their establishment, respectively. No notice to
the Underwriter of an increase during any premium period in the
number of offices or in the number of Employees at any of the offices covered hereunder need be given and no additional
premium need be paid for the remainder of such premium period.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(2)&nbsp;If an Investment Company, named as Insured herein, shall, while this bond is in force, merge or
consolidate with, or purchase the assets of another institution, coverage for such acquisition
shall apply automatically from the date of acquisition. The Insured shall notify the Underwriter of
such acquisition within 60&nbsp;days of said date, and an additional premium shall be computed only if
such acquisition involves additional offices or employees.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">B. WARRANTY
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">No statement made by or on behalf of the Insured, whether contained in the application or
otherwise, shall be deemed to be a warranty of anything except that it is true to the best of the
knowledge and belief of the person making the statement.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">C. COURT COSTS AND ATTORNEYS&#146; FEES
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">(Applicable to all Insuring Agreements or Coverages now or hereafter forming part of this bond)
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Underwriter will indemnify the Insured against court costs and reasonable attorneys&#146; fees
incurred and paid by the Insured in defense, whether or not successful, whether or not fully
litigated on the merits
and whether or not settled, of any suit or legal proceeding brought against the Insured to enforce
the Insured&#146;s liability or alleged liability on account of any loss, claim or damage which, if
established against the Insured, would constitute a loss sustained by the Insured covered under the
terms of this bond provided, however, that with respect to Insuring Agreement (A)&nbsp;this indemnity
shall apply only in the event that:
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(1)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an Employee admits to being guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including Larceny
or Embezzlement; or</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(2)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>an Employee is adjudicated to be guilty of any dishonest or fraudulent act(s), including
Larceny or Embezzlement;</TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">(3)</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>in the absence of (1)&nbsp;or (2)&nbsp;above an arbitration panel agrees, after a review of an</TD>
</TR>



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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">agreed statement of facts, that an Employee would be found guilty of dishonesty if such Employee
were prosecuted.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">The Insured shall promptly give notice to the Underwriter of any such suit or legal proceedings and
at the request of the Underwriter shall furnish it with copies of all pleadings
and other papers therein. At the Underwriter&#146;s election the Insured shall permit the Underwriter to
conduct the defense of such suit or legal proceeding, in the Insured&#146;s name, through attorneys of
the Underwriter&#146;s selection. In such event, the Insured shall give all reasonable information and
assistance which the Underwriter shall deem necessary to the proper defense of such suit or legal
proceeding.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">If the amount of the Insured&#146;s liability or alleged liability is greater than the amount
recoverable under this bond, or if a Deductible Amount is applicable, or both, the liability of the
Underwriter under this General Agreement is limited to the proportion of court costs and attorneys&#146;
fees incurred and paid by the Insured or by the Underwriter that the amount recoverable under this
bond bears to the total of such
amount plus the amount which is not so recoverable. Such indemnity shall be in addition to the
Limit of Liability for the applicable Insuring Agreement or Coverage.
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">D. FORMER EMPLOYEE
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">Acts of an Employee, as defined in this bond, are covered under Insuring Agreement (A)&nbsp;only while
the Employee is in the Insured&#146;s employ. Should loss
involving a former Employee of the Insured be discovered subsequent to the termination of
employment, coverage would still apply under Insuring Agreement (A)&nbsp;if the direct proximate cause
of the loss occurred while the former Employee performed duties within the scope of his/her
employment.
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>THE FOREGOING INSURING AGREEMENTS AND GENERAL AGREEMENTS<BR>
ARE SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
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    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="45%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">SECTION 1. DEFINITIONS
</DIV></TD>
    <TD align="right">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">any of the
officers or
employees of any</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">The following
terms, as used in this
bond have the
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">predecessor
of the
Insured whose
principal</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">respective meanings stated <BR>
in this Section:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">assets are
acquired by
the Insured by</TD>
</TR>


<TR><TD Style="margin-top: 10pt">&nbsp;</TD></TR>

<TR valign="bottom">

<TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(a) &#147;Employee&#148; means:
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">consolidation
or merger
with, or
purchase of assets or
capital stock of,
such predecessor,</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">(1) any of
the Insured&#146;s officers,
partners, or
employees, and
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">and</TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(3)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>attorneys retained by the Insured to perform legal services for the Insured and the
employees of such attorneys while such attorneys or employees of
such attorneys are performing such services for the Insured, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(4)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>guest students pursuing their studies or duties in any of the Insured&#146;s offices, and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(5)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>directors or trustees of the Insured, the investment advisor, underwriter (distributor),
transfer agent, or shareholder
accounting record keeper, or administrator authorized by written agreement to keep
financial and/or other required records, but only while performing acts coming within the
scope of the usual duties of an officer or employee or while acting as a member of any
committee duly elected or appointed to examine or audit or have custody of
or access to the Property of the Insured, and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(6)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>any individual or individuals assigned to perform the usual duties of an employee within
the premises of the Insured, by contract, or by any agency furnishing temporary personnel
on a contingent or part-time basis, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(7)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>each natural person, partnership or corporation authorized by written agreement with the
Insured to perform services as electronic data processor of checks or other accounting
records of the Insured, but excluding any such processor who acts as transfer agent or in
any other agency capacity in issuing checks, drafts or
securities for the Insured, unless included under sub-section(9) hereof, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(8)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>those persons so designated in Section&nbsp;15, Central Handling of Securities, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(9)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>

    <TD><B>any officer, partner, or Employee of:</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>an investment advisor,</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>an underwriter (distributor),</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>a transfer agent or shareholder accounting record-keeper, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>an administrator authorized by written agreement to keep financial and/or other required
records,</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>for an Investment Company named as Insured while performing
acts coming within the scope of the usual duties of an officer or Employee of any investment
Company named as Insured herein, or while acting as a member of any committee duly elected or
appointed to examine or audit or have custody of or access to the Property of any such Investment
Company, provided that only Employees or partners of a transfer agent, shareholder
accounting record-keeper or administrator which is an affiliated person, as defined in the
Investment Company Act of 1940, of an Investment Company</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>named as Insured or is an affiliated
person of the advisor, underwriter or administrator of such Investment Company, and which is not a
bank, shall be included within the definition of Employee.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Each employer of temporary personnel or processors as set forth in sub-sections (6)&nbsp;and (7)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;1(a) and their partners, officers and employees shall collectively be deemed to be one
person for all the purposes of this bond, excepting, however, the last paragraph of Section</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>13.
Brokers, or other agents under contract or representatives of the same general character shall not
be considered Employees.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>&#147;Property&#148; means money (i.e. currency, coin, bank notes, Federal Reserve notes), postage
and revenue stamps, U.S. Savings Stamps, bullion, precious metals of all kinds and in any
form and articles made
therefrom, jewelry, watches, necklaces, bracelets, gems, precious and semi-precious stones,
bonds, securities, evidences of debts, debentures, scrip, certificates, interim receipts,
warrants, rights, puts, calls, straddles, spreads, transfers, coupons, drafts, bills of
exchange, acceptances, notes, checks, withdrawal orders, money orders,
warehouse receipts, bills of lading, conditional sales contracts, abstracts of title,
insurance policies, deeds, mortgages under real estate and/or chattels and upon interests
therein, and assignments of such policies, mortgages and instruments, and other valuable
papers, including books of account and other records used by the
Insured in the conduct of its business, and all other instruments similar to or in the
nature of the foregoing including Electronic Representations of such instruments enumerated
above (but excluding all data processing records) in which the Insured has an interest or
in which the Insured acquired or should have acquired an interest by reason of a
predecessor&#146;s declared financial condition at the time of the Insured&#146;s consolidation or
merger with, or purchase of the principal assets of, such predecessor or which are held by
the Insured for any purpose or in any capacity and whether so held gratuitously or not and
whether or not the Insured is liable therefor.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>&#147;Forgery&#148; means the signing of the name of
another with intent to deceive; it does not include the signing of one&#146;s own name with or without authority, in any capacity, for any purpose.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>&#147;Larceny and Embezzlement&#148; as it applies to any named Insured means those acts as set forth
in Section&nbsp;37
of the Investment Company Act of 1940.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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</TABLE>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>&#147;Items of Deposit&#148; means any one or more checks and drafts. Items of Deposit shall not be
deemed uncollectible until the Insured&#146;s collection procedures have failed.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECTION 2. EXCLUSIONS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>THIS BOND, DOES NOT COVER:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss effected directly or indirectly by means of forgery or alteration of, on or in any
instrument, except when covered by Insuring Agreement (A), (E), (F)&nbsp;or (G).</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss due to riot or civil commotion outside the United States of America and Canada; or
loss due
to military, naval or usurped power, war or insurrection unless such loss occurs in transit
in the circumstances recited in Insuring Agreement (D), and unless, when such transit was
initiated, there was no knowledge of such riot, civil commotion, military, naval or usurped
power, war or insurrection on the part of any person
acting for the Insured in initiating such transit.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss, in time of peace or war, directly or indirectly caused by or resulting from the
effects of nuclear fission or fusion or radioactivity; provided, however, that this
paragraph shall not apply to loss resulting from industrial uses of nuclear energy.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting from any wrongful act or acts of any person who is a member of the Board of
Directors of the Insured or a member of any equivalent body by whatsoever name known unless
such person is also an Employee or an elected official, partial owner or partner of the
Insured in some other capacity, nor, in any event, loss resulting from
the act or acts of any person while acting in the capacity of a member of such Board or
equivalent body.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting from the complete or partial non-payment of, or default upon, any loan or
transaction in the nature of, or amounting to, a loan made by or obtained from the Insured
or any of its partners, directors
or Employees, whether authorized or unauthorized and whether procured
in good faith or through trick, artifice fraud or false pretenses, unless such loss is covered under
Insuring Agreement (A), (E)&nbsp;or (F).</B></TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(f)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting from any violation by the Insured
or by any Employee:</B></TD>
</TABLE>
</DIV>



<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(1)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>of law regulating (a)&nbsp;the issuance, purchase or sale of securities, (b)&nbsp;securities
transactions upon Security Exchanges or over the counter market,</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Investment Companies, or (d)&nbsp;Investment Advisors, or</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(2)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>of any rule or regulation made pursuant to any such law.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>unless such loss, in the absence of such laws, rules or regulations, would be covered under
Insuring Agreements (A)&nbsp;or (E).</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(g)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss of Property or loss of privileges through the misplacement or loss of Property as set
forth in Insuring Agreement (C)&nbsp;or (D)&nbsp;while the Property is in the custody of any armored
motor vehicle company, unless such
loss shall be in excess of the amount recovered or received by the Insured under (a)&nbsp;the
Insured&#146;s contract with said armored motor vehicle company, (b)&nbsp;insurance carried by said
armored motor vehicle company for the benefit of users of its service, and (c)&nbsp;all other
insurance and indemnity in force in whatsoever form carried by or for the benefit of
users of said armored motor vehicle company&#146;s service, and then this bond shall cover only
such excess.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(h)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>potential income, including but not limited to interest and dividends, not realized by the
Insured because of a loss covered under this bond, except as included under Insuring
Agreement (I).</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(i)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>all damages of any type for which the Insured is legally liable, except direct compensatory
damages arising from a loss covered under this bond.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(j)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss through the surrender of Property away from an office of the Insured as a result of a
threat:</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(1)&nbsp;to do bodily harm to any person, except loss of
Property in transit in the custody of any person acting as messenger provided that when such
transit was initiated there was no knowledge by the Insured of any such threat, or</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(2)&nbsp;to do damage to the premises or Property of the Insured, except when covered under Insuring
Agreement (A).</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(k)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>all costs, fees and other expenses incurred by the Insured in establishing the existence of
or amount of loss covered under this bond unless such indemnity is provided for under
Insuring Agreement (B).</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(l)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting from payments made or withdrawals from the account of a customer of the
Insured, shareholder
or subscriber to shares involving funds erroneously credited to such account, unless such
payments are made to or withdrawn by such depositors or representative of such person, who
is within the premises of the drawee bank of the Insured or within the office of the
Insured at</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the time of such payment or withdrawal or unless
such payment is covered under Insuring Agreement (A).</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(m)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>any loss resulting from Uncollectible Items of Deposit which are drawn from a financial
institution outside the fifty states of the United States of America, District of Columbia,
and territories and possessions of the United
States of America, and Canada.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECTION 3. ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This bond does not afford coverage in favor of any Employers of temporary personnel or of
processors as set forth in sub-sections (6)&nbsp;and (7)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;1(a) of this bond, as aforesaid, and
upon payment to the Insured by the Underwriter
on account of any loss through dishonest or fraudulent act(s) including Larceny or Embezzlement
committed by any of the partners, officers or employees of such Employers, whether acting alone or
in collusion with others, an assignment of such of the Insured&#146;s rights and causes of action as it
may have against such Employers by reason of such acts so committed
shall, to the extent of such payment, be given by the Insured to the Underwriter, and the Insured
shall execute all papers necessary to secure to the Underwriter the rights herein provided for.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 4. LOSS -NOTICE -PROOF LEGAL PROCEEDINGS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This bond is for the use and benefit only of the Insured named in the Declarations
and the Underwriter shall not be liable hereunder for loss sustained by anyone other than the
Insured unless the Insured, in its sole discretion and at its option, shall include such loss in
the Insured&#146;s proof of loss. At the earliest practicable moment after discovery of any loss
hereunder the Insured shall give the</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Underwriter written notice thereof and shall also
within six months after such discovery furnish to the Underwriter affirmative proof of loss with
full particulars. If claim is made under this bond for loss of securities or shares, the
Underwriter shall not be liable unless each of such securities or shares is identified in such
proof of loss by a certificate or bond number or, where such securities or shares are
uncertificated, by such
identification means as agreed to by the Underwriter. The Underwriter shall have thirty days after
notice and proof of loss within which to investigate the claim, but where the loss is clear and
undisputed, settlement shall be made within forty-eight hours; and this shall apply notwithstanding
the loss is made up wholly or in part of securities of which duplicates may be obtained.
Legal proceedings for recovery of any loss hereunder shall not be brought prior to the expiration
of sixty days after such proof of loss is filed with the Underwriter nor after the expiration of
twenty-four months from the discovery of such loss, except that any action or proceedings to
recover hereunder on account of any judgment against the Insured in any suit
mentioned in General Agreement C or to recover attorneys&#146; fees paid in any such suit, shall be
begun within twenty-four months from the date upon which the judgment in</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>such suit shall become
final. If any limitation embodied in this bond is prohibited by any law controlling the
construction hereof, such limitation shall be deemed to be amended so
as to be equal to the minimum <B>period of limitation permitted by such law.</B></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Discovery occurs when the Insured:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>becomes aware of facts, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>receives written notice of an actual or potential claim by a third party which alleges that
the Insured is liable under circumstances,</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>which would cause a reasonable person to assume that a loss covered by the bond has been or will be
incurred even though the exact amount or details of loss may not be then known.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECTION 5. VALUATION OF PROPERTY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The value of any Property, except books of accounts or other records used by the Insured in the
conduct of its business, for the loss of which a claim shall be made hereunder, shall be determined by the average
market value of such Property on the business day next preceding the discovery of such loss;
provided, however, that the value of any Property replaced by the Insured prior to the payment of
claim therefor shall be the actual market value at the time of replacement; and
further provided that in case of a loss or misplacement of interim certificates, warrants, rights,
or other securities, the production of which is necessary to the exercise of subscription,
conversion, redemption or deposit privileges, the value thereof shall be the market value of such
privileges immediately preceding the expiration thereof if said loss
or misplacement is not discovered until after their expiration. If no market price is quoted for such Property or for such
privileges, the value shall be fixed by agreement between the parties or by arbitration.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>In case of any loss or damage to Property consisting of books of accounts or other records used by
the Insured in the conduct of its business, the Underwriter shall be liable
under this bond only if such books or records are actually reproduced and then for not more than
the cost of blank books, blank pages or other materials plus the cost of labor for the actual
transcription or copying of data which shall have been furnished by the Insured in order to
reproduce such books and other records.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 6. VALUATION OF PREMISES AND FURNISHINGS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>In case of damage to any office of the Insured, or loss of or damage to the furnishings, fixtures,
stationery, supplies, equipment, safes or vaults therein, the Underwriter shall not be liable for
more than the actual cash value thereof, or for more than the actual cost of their replacement or
repair. The
Underwriter may, at its election, pay such actual cash value or make such replacement or repair. If
the underwriter and the</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Insured cannot agree upon such cash value or such cost of replacement or
repair, such shall be determined by arbitration.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 7. LOST SECURITIES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If the Insured shall sustain a loss of securities the total
value of which is in excess of the limit stated in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations of this bond, the
liability of the Underwriter shall be limited to payment for, or duplication of, securities having
value equal to the limit stated in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations of this bond.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If the Underwriter shall make payment to the Insured for any loss of securities, the Insured shall
thereupon assign to the
Underwriter all of the Insured&#146;s rights, title and interest in and to said securities.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>With respect to securities the value of which do not exceed the Deductible Amount (at the time of
the discovery of the loss) and for which the Underwriter may at its sole discretion and option and
at the request of the Insured issue a Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect replacement
thereof, the Insured will pay the usual premium charged therefor and will indemnify the Underwriter
against all loss or expense that the Underwriter may sustain because of the issuance of such Lost
Instrument Bond or Bonds.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>With respect to securities the value of which exceeds the Deductible Amount (at the time of
discovery of the loss) and for which the Underwriter may issue or
arrange for the issuance of a Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds to effect replacement thereof, the
Insured agrees that it will pay as premium therefor a proportion of the usual premium charged
therefor, said proportion being equal to the percentage that the Deductible Amount bears to the
value of the securities upon discovery of the loss, and that it will indemnify the issuer of said
Lost Instrument Bond or Bonds against all loss and expense that is not recoverable from the Underwriter
under the terms and conditions of this Investment Company Blanket Bond subject to the Limit of
Liability hereunder.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 8. SALVAGE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>In case of recovery, whether made by the Insured or by the Underwriter, on account of
any loss in excess of the Limit of Liability hereunder plus the Deductible Amount applicable to
such loss, from any source other than suretyship, insurance, reinsurance, security or indemnity
taken by or for the benefit of the Underwriter, the net amount of such recovery, less the actual
costs and expenses of making same, shall be applied to
reimburse the Insured in full for the excess portion of such loss, and the remainder, if any, shall
be paid first in reimbursement of the Underwriter and thereafter in reimbursement of the Insured
for that part of such loss within the Deductible Amount. The Insured shall execute all necessary
papers to secure to the Underwriter the rights provided for herein.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 9. NON-REDUCTION AND NONACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>AND TOTAL LIABILITY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>At all times prior to termination hereof, this bond shall continue in force for the limit stated in
the applicable sections of Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations of this bond notwithstanding any previous
loss for which the Underwriter may have paid or be liable to pay
hereunder; PROVIDED, however, that regardless of the number of years this bond shall continue in
force and the number or premiums which shall be payable or paid, the liability of the Underwriter
under this bond with respect to all loss resulting from:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>any one act of burglary, robbery or holdup, or attempt thereat, in which
no Partner or Employee is concerned or implicated shall be deemed to be one loss, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>any one unintentional or negligent act on the part of any
other person resulting in damage to or destruction or misplacement of Property, shall be deemed to be one loss, or</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>all wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a)&nbsp;above, of any one person shall be
deemed to be one loss, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>all wrongful acts, other than those specified in (a)&nbsp;above, of one or more persons (which
dishonest act(s) or act(s) of Larceny or Embezzlement include, but are not limited to, the
failure of an Employee to report
such acts of others) whose dishonest act or acts intentionally or unintentionally,
knowingly or unknowingly, directly or indirectly, aid or aids in any way, or permits the
continuation of, the dishonest act or acts of any other person or persons shall be deemed
to be one loss with the act or acts of the persons aided, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>any one casualty or event other than those specified in (a), (b), (c)&nbsp;or (d)&nbsp;preceding,
shall be deemed to be one loss, and shall be limited to the applicable Limit of Liability stated in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations of this
bond irrespective of the total amount of such loss or losses and shall not be cumulative in amounts
from year to year or from period to period.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Sub-section (c)&nbsp;is not applicable to any situation to which the language of sub-section (d)
applies.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 10. LIMIT OF LIABILITY</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>With respect to any loss set forth in the PROVIDED clause of Section&nbsp;9 of this bond which is
recoverable or recovered in whole or in part under any other bonds
or policies issued by the Underwriter to the Insured or to any predecessor in interest of the</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Insured and terminated or cancelled or allowed to expire and in which the period of discovery has
not expired at the time any such loss thereunder is discovered, the total liability of the
Underwriter under this bond and under other bonds or policies shall not exceed, in the aggregate,
the amount carried hereunder on such loss or the amount available to the Insured under such other bonds
or policies, as limited by the terms and conditions thereof, for any such loss if the latter amount
be the larger.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 11. OTHER INSURANCE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If the Insured shall hold, as indemnity against any loss covered hereunder, any
valid and enforceable insurance or suretyship, the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for
such amount of such loss which is in excess of the amount of such other insurance or suretyship,
not exceeding, however, the Limit of Liability of this bond applicable to such loss.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 12. DEDUCTIBLE The Underwriter shall not be liable under any of the
Insuring Agreements of this bond on account of loss as specified, respectively, in sub-sections
(a), (b), (c), (d)&nbsp;and (e)&nbsp;of Section&nbsp;9, NON-REDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY,
unless the amount of such loss, after deducting the net amount of all reimbursement and/or recovery
obtained or made by the Insured, other than
from any bond or policy of insurance issued by an insurance company and covering such loss, or by
the Underwriter on account thereof prior to payment by the Underwriter of such loss, shall exceed
the Deductible Amount set forth in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations hereof (herein called Deductible
Amount), and then for such excess only, but in no event for more than the applicable
Limit of Liability stated in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The Insured will bear, in addition to the Deductible Amount, premiums on Lost Instrument Bonds as
set forth in Section&nbsp;7.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>There shall be no deductible applicable to any loss under Insuring Agreement A sustained by any
Investment Company named as Insured herein.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 13. TERMINATION</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Underwriter may terminate this bond as an entirety by furnishing written notice specifying the
termination date, which cannot be prior to 60&nbsp;days after the receipt of such written notice by each
Investment Company named as Insured and the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington,</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>D.C. The Insured may terminate this bond as an entirety by furnishing written notice to the
Underwriter. When the Insured cancels, the Insured shall furnish written notice to the Securities
and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., prior to 60&nbsp;days before the effective date of the
termination. The Underwriter shall notify all other Investment</B>
</DIV>


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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Companies named as Insured of the receipt of such termination notice and the termination cannot be
effective prior to 60&nbsp;days after receipt of written notice by all other Investment Companies.
Premiums are earned until the termination date as set forth herein.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This Bond will terminate as to any one Insured immediately upon taking over of such Insured by a
receiver or other liquidator or by State or Federal officials, or immediately upon the filing of a
petition under any State or Federal statute relative to bankruptcy or reorganization of the
Insured, or assignment for the benefit of creditors of the Insured, or immediately upon such
Insured ceasing to exist, whether through merger into another entity,
or by disposition of all of its assets.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Underwriter shall refund the unearned premium computed at short rates in accordance with the
standard short rate cancellation tables if terminated by the Insured or pro rata if terminated for
any other reason.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This Bond shall terminate:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>as to any Employee as soon as any partner, officer or supervisory Employee of the Insured,
who is not in collusion with such Employee, shall learn of any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement on the part of such Employee without prejudice to
the loss of any Property then in transit in the custody
of such Employee (see Section&nbsp;</B><B>16(d)</B><B>), or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>as to any Employee 60&nbsp;days after receipt by each Insured and by the Securities and Exchange
Commission of a written notice from the Underwriter of its desire to terminate this bond as
to such Employee, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>as to any person, who is a partner, officer or
employee of any Electronic Data Processor covered under this bond, from and after the time
that the Insured or any partner or officer thereof not in collusion with such person shall
have knowledge or information that such person has committed any dishonest or fraudulent
act(s), including Larceny or Embezzlement in the
service of the Insured or otherwise, whether such act be committed before or after the time
this bond is effective.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECTION 14. RIGHTS AFTER TERMINATION OR CANCELLATION</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>At any time prior to the termination or cancellation of this bond as an entirety, whether by the
Insured or the Underwriter, the Insured may give the
Underwriter notice that it desires under this bond an additional period of 12&nbsp;months within which
to discover loss sustained by the Insured prior to the effective date of such termination or
cancellation and shall pay an additional premium therefor.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Upon receipt of such notice from the Insured, the Underwriter shall give its written</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>consent thereto; provided, however, that
such additional period of time shall terminate immediately:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(a)&nbsp;on the effective date of any other insurance obtained by the Insured, its successor in business
or any other party, replacing in whole or in part the insurance afforded by this bond, whether or
not such other insurance provides coverage for loss sustained prior to its effective date, or</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(b)&nbsp;upon takeover of the Insured&#146;s business by any State or Federal official or agency, or by any
receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed for this purpose without the necessity of the
Underwriter giving notice of such termination. In the event that such additional period of time is
terminated, as provided above, the Underwriter shall refund any unearned premium.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>The right to purchase such additional period for the discovery of loss may not be exercised by any
State or Federal official or agency, or by a receiver or liquidator, acting or appointed to take
over the Insured&#146;s business for the operation or for the liquidation thereof or for any purpose.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 15. CENTRAL HANDLING OF SECURITIES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Securities included in the system for the central handling of securities established and maintained
by Depository Trust Company, Midwest Depository Trust Company, Pacific Securities Depository Trust
Company, and Philadelphia Depository Trust Company, hereinafter called Corporations, to the extent
of the Insured&#146;s interest therein as effected by the
making of appropriate entries on the books and records of such Corporations shall be deemed to be
Property.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The words &#147;Employee&#148; and &#145;Employees&#148; shall be deemed to include the officers, partners, clerks and
other employees of the New York Stock Exchange, Boston Stock Exchange, Midwest Stock Exchange,
Pacific Stock Exchange and Philadelphia Stock Exchange, hereinafter called Exchanges, and of the above named Corporations, and of any nominee in
whose name is registered any security included within the systems for the central handling of
securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and any employee or any recognized
service company, while such officers, partners, clerks and other employees
and employees of service companies perform services for such Corporations in the operation of such
systems. For the purpose of the above definition a recognized service company shall be any company
providing clerks or other personnel to the said Exchanges or Corporations on a contract basis.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Underwriter shall not be liable on account of any loss(es) in connection with
the central handling of securities within the systems established and maintained by such
Corporations, unless such loss(es) shall be in excess of the amount(s) recoverable or recovered
under any bond or policy of insurance indemnifying such Corporations against such loss(es), and
then the Underwriter shall be liable hereunder only for the Insured&#146;s share of such
excess loss(es), but in no event for more than the Limit of</B>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Liability applicable hereunder.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>For the purpose of determining the Insured&#146;s share of excess loss(es) it shall be deemed that the
Insured has an interest in any certificate representing any security included within such systems
equivalent to the interest the Insured then has in all certificates representing the
same security included within such systems and that such Corporations shall use their best judgment
in apportioning the amount(s) recoverable or recovered under any bond or policy of insurance
indemnifying such Corporations against such loss(es) in connection with the central handling of
securities within such systems among all those having an interest as
recorded by appropriate entries in the books and records of such Corporations in Property involved
in such loss(es) on the basis that each such interest shall share in the amount(s) so recoverable
or recovered in the ratio that the value of each such interest bears to the total value all such
interests and that the Insured&#146;s share of such excess loss(es) shall be the amount of the Insured&#146;s
interest in such Property in excess of the amount(s) so apportioned to the Insured by such
Corporations.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>This bond does not afford coverage in favor of such Corporations or Exchanges or any nominee in
whose name is registered any security included within the systems for the central handling of
securities established and maintained by such Corporations, and upon payment to the
Insured by the Underwriter on account of any loss(es) within the systems, an assignment of such of
the Insured&#146;s rights and causes of action as it may have against such Corporations or Exchanges
shall to the extent of such payment, be given by the Insured to the Underwriter, and the Insured
shall execute all papers necessary to secure the Underwriter the rights provided for herein.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 16. ADDITIONAL COMPANIES INCLUDED AS INSURED</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If more than one corporation, co-partnership or person or any combination of them be included as
the Insured herein:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the total liability of the Underwriter hereunder for loss or losses
sustained by any one or more or all of them shall not exceed the limit for which the
Underwriter would be liable hereunder if all such loss were sustained by any one of them;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the one first named herein shall be deemed authorized to make, adjust and receive and
enforce payment of all claims hereunder and
shall be deemed to be the agent of the others for such purposes and
for the giving or receiving of any notice required or permitted to be given by the terms hereof, provided that the
Underwriter shall furnish each named Investment Company with a copy of the bond and with any
amendment thereto, together with a copy of each formal filing of the
settlement of each such claim prior to the execution of such settlement;</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><b>(c)</b></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the Underwriter shall not be responsible for the proper application of any payment made
hereunder to said first named Insured;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(d)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>knowledge possessed or discovery made by any partner, officer of supervisory Employee of
any Insured shall for the purposes of Section&nbsp;4 and Section&nbsp;13 of this bond constitute
knowledge or discovery by all the Insured; and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(e)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>if the first named Insured ceases for any reason to be covered under this bond, then the
Insured next named shall thereafter be considered as the first, named
Insured for the purposes of this bond.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>SECTION 17. NOTICE AND CHANGE OF CONTROL</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Upon the Insured obtaining knowledge of a transfer of its outstanding voting securities which
results in a change in control (as set forth in Section&nbsp;2(a) (9)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of
1940) of the Insured, the Insured shall within
thirty (30)&nbsp;days of such knowledge give written notice to the Underwriter setting forth:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the names of the transferors and transferees (or the names of the beneficial owners if the
voting securities are requested in another name), and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the total number of voting securities owned
by the transferors and the transferees (or the beneficial owners), both immediately before
and after the transfer, and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the total number of outstanding voting securities.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>As used in this section, control means the power to exercise a controlling influence over the
management or policies of the Insured.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Failing to give the required notice shall result in termination of coverage of this bond, effective
upon the date of stock transfer for any loss in which any transferee is concerned or implicated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Such notice is not required to be given in the case of an Insured which is an Investment Company.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECTION 18. CHANGE OR MODIFICATION This bond or any instrument amending or effecting same may not be changed or modified orally. No changes
in or modification thereof shall be effective unless made by written endorsement issued to form a
part hereof over the signature of the Underwriter&#146;s Authorized Representative. When a bond covers
only one Investment Company no change or modification which would adversely affect the rights of the Investment Company shall be effective prior to 60
days after written notification has been furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission,
Washington, D.C., by the Insured or by the Underwriter. If more than one Investment Company is
named as the Insured herein, the Underwriter shall give</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>written notice to each
Investment Company and to the Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, D.C., not less than
60&nbsp;days prior to the effective date of any change or modification which would adversely affect the
rights of such Investment Company.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER NO. THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY.
PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or rider and the
Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</I></B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The hard copy of the bond issued by the Underwriter will be referenced in the event of loss.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="30%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ATTACHED TO AND<BR>
FORMING PART OF
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DATE<BR> ENDORSEMENT
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">* EFFECTIVE DATE OF<BR>
ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BOND OR POLICY NO.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">OR RIDER<BR> EXECUTED
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12:01&nbsp;A.M. STANDARD TIME
AS</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR
POLICY</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">490PB3077
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12/14/11
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">11/01/11</TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>



<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>*</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>Named Insured Endorsement</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>It is agreed that:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. From and after the time this rider becomes effective the Insured under the attached bond are:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC. C/O BLACKSTONE ASIA ADIVSORS L.L.C., including any Officers or Employees of
the following
entities, while providing services on behalf of THE INDIA FUND, INC. C/O BLACKSTONE ASIA ADIVSORS
L.L.C.:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INVESTMENT MANAGER: BLACKSTONE ASIA ADVISORS L.L.C. COUNTRY ADVISER: BLACKSTONE FUND SERVICES INDIA
PRIVATE LIMITED ADMINISTRATOR: BLACKSTONE ASIA
ADVISORS L.L.C. TRANSFER AGENT: BNY MELLON ASSET SERVICING CUSTODIAN: DEUTSCHE BANK AG
SUB-ADMINISTRATOR: BNY MELLON ASSET SERVICING</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>The first named Insured shall act for itself and for each and all of the Insured for
all the purposes of the attached bond.</B></TD>
</TR>




</TABLE>
</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">



</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>2.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Knowledge possessed or discovery made by any Insured or by any partner or officer
thereof shall for all the purposes of the attached bond constitute knowledge or discovery
by all the Insured.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>3.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>If, prior to the termination of the attached bond in its entirety, the attached bond
is terminated as to any Insured, there shall
be no liability for any loss sustained by such Insured unless discovered before the time
such termination as to such Insured becomes effective.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>4.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>The liability of the Underwriter for loss or losses sustained by any or all of the
Insured shall not exceed the amount for which the Underwriter would be liable had all such
loss or
losses been sustained by any one of the Insured. Payment by the Underwriter to the first
named Insured of loss sustained by any Insured shall fully release the Underwriter on
account of such loss.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>5.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>If the first named Insured ceases for any reason to be covered under the attached
bond, then the Insured next named shall thereafter be
considered as the first named Insured for all the purposes of the attached bond.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above mentioned Bond or Policy, other than
as above stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="35%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="10%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">INSURED ICB010
Ed. 7-04 <SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">a</SUP>
2004 The
Travelers<BR> Indemnity
Company. All rights
reserved.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">Authorized<BR>
Representative<BR>
Page
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">1 of 1</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or rider and the
Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>490PB3077
ATTACHED<BR> TO AND
FORMING<BR> PART OF
BOND OR POLICY
NO.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>12/14/11<BR>
DATE ENDORSEMENT<BR>
OR RIDER<BR>
EXECUTED</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>11/01/11
* EFFECTIVE DATE
OF ENDORSEMENT OR
RIDER 12:01&nbsp;A.M.
LOCAL TIME AS
SPECIFIED IN THE
BOND OR POLICY</B></TD>
</TR>
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</DIV>



<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>*</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>COMPUTER SYSTEMS</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>It is agreed that:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. The attached bond is amended by adding an additional Insuring Agreement as follows:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>INSURING AGREEMENT J COMPUTER SYSTEMS</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>Loss resulting directly from a fraudulent
entry of data into, or</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(2)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>change of data elements or program within,</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>a Computer System listed in the SCHEDULE below, provided the fraudulent entry or change causes</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Property to be transferred, paid or delivered,</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>an account of the Insured, or of its customer, to be added, deleted, debited or credited,
or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(c)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>an unauthorized account or a fictitious account to be
debited or credited, and provided further, the fraudulent entry or change
is made or caused by an individual acting with the manifest intent to cause the Insured to sustain a loss, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(ii)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>obtain financial benefit for that individual or for other persons intended by that
individual to receive financial benefit.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>All Systems Utilized by the Insured</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2. As used in this Rider, Computer System means</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>computers with related peripheral components, including storage components, wherever
located, systems and applications software,</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>terminal
devices, and related communication networks by which data are electronically collected, transmitted, processed, stored and retrieved.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>3. In addition to the exclusions in the attached bond, the following exclusions are applicable to
the Computer Systems Insuring Agreement:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting directly or indirectly from the theft of confidential
information, material or data; and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss resulting directly or indirectly from entries or changes made by an individual
authorized to have access to a Computer System who acts in good faith on instructions,
unless such instructions are given to that individual by a software contractor (or by a
partner, officer or
employee thereof) authorized by the Insured to design, develop, prepare, supply, service, write or implement programs
for the Insured&#146;s Computer System; and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(c)&nbsp;loss discovered by the Insured before this Rider is executed or after coverage under this Rider
terminates.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>4. Solely with respect to the Computer Systems
Insuring Agreement, the following replaces SECTION 9, NONREDUCTION AND NON-ACCUMULATION OF
LIABILITY AND TOTAL LIABILITY, (a) &#151; (e), of the CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>all fraudulent activity of any one person, or in which any one person is implicated,
whether or not that person is
specifically identified, shall be deemed to be one loss, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>a series of losses involving unidentified persons but arising from the same method of
operation shall be deemed to be one loss, and</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>5. The following is added to the OPTIONAL COVERAGE ADDED BY
RIDER section of Item&nbsp;3. of the DECLARATIONS:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Limit of Liability Deductible Amount Insuring Agreement J Computer Systems $1,250,000 $25,000</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>6. The following is added to the CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If any loss is covered under the Computer Systems Insuring Agreement and any other Insuring
Agreement or Coverage, the maximum amount payable for such loss shall not exceed the largest amount
available under any one such Insuring Agreement or Coverage.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>7. The following is added to SECTION 13. TERMINATION of the CONDITIONS AND LIMITATIONS:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt; margin-left: 2%"><B>Coverage under this Rider may also be terminated or canceled without canceling the
bond as an entirety</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(a)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>60&nbsp;days after receipt by the Insured of written notice from the Underwriter of its desire
to terminate or cancel coverage under this Rider, or</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(b)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>immediately upon receipt by the Underwriter of a written request from the Insured to
terminate or
cancel coverage under this Rider.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The Underwriter shall refund to the Insured the unearned premium for the coverage under this Rider.
The refund shall be computed at short rates if this Rider be terminated or canceled or reduced by
notice from, or at the instance of, the Insured.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter,
waive, or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Authorized Representative</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INSURED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER NO. THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY.
PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or rider and the
Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The hard copy of the bond issued by the Underwriter will be referenced in the event of loss.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ATTACHED TO AND<BR>
FORMING PART OF
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DATE ENDORSEMENT
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">* EFFECTIVE DATE OF<BR>
ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BOND OR POLICY NO.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">OR RIDER<BR>
EXECUTED
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12:01&nbsp;A.M. STANDARD TIME AS</TD>
</TR>
<!-- End Table Body -->
</TABLE>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="15%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="55%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
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<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR
POLICY</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">490PB3077
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12/14/11
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">11/01/11</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>*</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURES</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>It is agreed that:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. The attached bond is amended by inserting an additional Insuring Agreement as follows:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>INSURING AGREEMENT K UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURE</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(A)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>Loss resulting directly from the Insured having accepted, paid or cashed
any check or withdrawal order, draft, made or drawn on a customer&#146;s account which bears the
signature or endorsement of one other than a person whose name and signature is on the
application on file with the Insured as a signatory on such account.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(B)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>It shall be a condition precedent to the
Insured&#146;s right of recovery under this Rider that the Insured shall have on file signatures
of all persons who are authorized signatories on such account.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2. The total liability of the Underwriter under Insuring Agreement K is limited to the sum of FIFTY
THOUSAND Dollars ($50,000 ), it being understood, however, that such liability shall be part of and not in addition to the Limit of
Liability stated in Item&nbsp;3 of the Declarations of the attached bond or amendment thereof.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>3. With respect to coverage afforded under this Rider, the Deductible Amount shall be FIVE THOUSAND
Dollars ($5,000 ).</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above mentioned Bond or Policy, other than
as above stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Authorized Representative</B>
</DIV>

</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INSURED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER NO. THIS ENDORSEMENT
CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or rider and the
Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The hard copy of the bond issued by the Underwriter will be referenced in the event of loss.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ATTACHED TO AND<BR>
FORMING PART OF
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DATE ENDORSEMENT
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">* EFFECTIVE DATE OF<BR>
ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BOND OR POLICY NO.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">OR RIDER EXECUTED
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12:01&nbsp;A.M. STANDARD TIME
AS</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR
POLICY</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">490PB3077
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12/14/11
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">11/01/11</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>*</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>



<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>ADD EXCLUSIONS (N) &#038; (O)</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>It is agreed that:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. Section&nbsp;2, Exclusions, under General Agreements, is amended to include the following
sub-sections:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(n)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>loss from the use of credit, debit, charge, access, convenience,
identification, cash management or other cards, whether such cards were issued or purport
to have been issued by the Insured or by anyone else, unless such loss is otherwise covered
under Insuring Agreement A.</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(o)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the underwriter shall not be liable under the attached bond for loss due to liability
imposed
upon the Insured as a result of the unlawful disclosure of non-public material information
by the Insured or any Employee, or as a result of any Employee acting upon such
information, whether authorized or unauthorized.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>
<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any of the terms,
conditions, provisions, agreements or
limitations of the above mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>


</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Authorized Representative</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INSURED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER NO. THIS ENDORSEMENT CHANGES THE POLICY. PLEASE READ IT CAREFULLY.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or rider and the
Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B><I>The hard copy of the bond issued by the Underwriter will be referenced in the event of loss.</I></B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center">
<TABLE style="font-size: 10pt" cellspacing="0" border="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%">
<!-- Begin Table Head -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="20%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="5%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="50%">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR>
<TR></TR>
<!-- End Table Head -->
<!-- Begin Table Body -->
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">ATTACHED TO AND<BR>
FORMING PART OF
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">DATE ENDORSEMENT
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">* EFFECTIVE DATE OF<BR>
ENDORSEMENT OR RIDER</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">BOND OR POLICY NO.
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">OR RIDER EXECUTED
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12:01&nbsp;A.M. STANDARD TIME
AS</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">&nbsp;
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">SPECIFIED IN THE BOND OR<BR>
POLICY</TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="bottom">
    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px">490PB3077
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">12/14/11
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top">11/01/11</TD>
</TR>
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</TABLE>
</DIV>



<DIV align="left">
<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
</DIV>

<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR>
    <TD width="3%"></TD>
    <TD width="1%"></TD>
    <TD width="96%"></TD>
</TR>

<TR valign="top">
    <TD nowrap align="left"><B>*</B></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>NEW YORK STATUTORY RIDER</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. The first paragraph of Section&nbsp;13. &#147;TERMINATION&#148; under Conditions and Limitations is
amended by adding the following:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Cancellation of this bond by the Underwriter is subject to the following provisions:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If the bond has been in effect for 60&nbsp;days or less, it
may be canceled by the Underwriter for any reason. Such cancellation shall be effective 60&nbsp;days
after the Underwriter mails a notice of cancellation to the first-named Insured at the mailing
address shown in the bond. However, if the bond has been in effect for more than 60&nbsp;days or is a
renewal, then cancellation must be based on one of the followings grounds:</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(A)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>non-payment of premium, however, that a notice of cancellation on this ground shall inform
the insured of the amount due;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(B)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>conviction of crime arising out of acts increasing the hazard insured against;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(C)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>discovery of fraud or material misrepresentation in the
obtaining of the bond or in the presentation of claim thereunder;</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt"><TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(D)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>after issuance of the bond or after the last renewal date, discovery of an act or omission,
or a violation of any bond condition that substantially and materially increases the hazard
Insured against, and which occurred subsequent to inception
of the current bond period;</B></TD>
</TR>
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(E)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>material change in the nature or extent of the risk, occurring after issuance or last
annual renewal anniversary date of the bond, which causes the risk of loss to be
substantially and materially increased beyond that contemplated at the time
the bond was issued or last renewed;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(F)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>the cancellation is required pursuant to a determination by the superintendent that
continuation of the present premium volume of the Insurer would jeopardize the Insurer&#146;s
solvency or be hazardous to the interest of the Insureds, the Insurer&#146;s creditors or the
public;</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(G)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>a determination by the superintendent that the continuation of the bond would violate, or
would place the Insurer in violation of, any provision of the New York State Insurance
laws.</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">
<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(H)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>where the Insurer has reason to believe, in good faith and with sufficient cause, that
there is a
possible risk or danger that the Insured property will be destroyed by the Insured for the
purpose of collecting the insurance proceeds, provided, however, that:</B></TD>
</TR>

</TABLE>
</DIV>

<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(i)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>a notice of cancellation on this ground shall inform the Insured in plain language that the
Insured must act within ten days if review by the Insurance Department of
the State of New York of the ground for cancellation is desired, and</B></TD>
</TR>

<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(ii)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>notice of cancellation on this ground shall be provided simultaneously by the Insurer to
the Insurance Department of the State of New York.</B></TD>
</TR>


<TR>
    <TD style="font-size: 6pt">&nbsp;</TD>
</TR><TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="6%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>(iii)</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>
<B>upon written request of the Insured made to the Insurance Department of the State of New York
within ten days from the Insured&#146;s receipt of notice of cancellation on this ground, the department
shall undertake a review of the ground for cancellation to determine whether or not the Insurer has
satisfied the criteria for cancellation specified in this
subparagraph; if after such review the department finds not sufficient cause for cancellation on this ground, the notice of
cancellation on this ground shall be deemed null and void.</B>
</TD>
</TABLE>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Cancellation based on one of the above grounds shall be effective 60&nbsp;days after the</B>
</DIV>


</DIV>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>notice of
cancellation is mailed or delivered to the Named Insured, at the address shown on the bond, and to
its authorized agent or broker.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV style="margin-top: 6pt">
<TABLE width="100%" border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" style="font-size: 10pt">

<TR valign="top" style="font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; background: transparent">
    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>1.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>If the Underwriter elects not to replace a bond at the termination of the Bond
Period, it shall notify the Insured not more than 120&nbsp;days nor less than 60&nbsp;days before
termination. If such notice is given late, the bond shall continue in effect for 60&nbsp;days
after such notice is given. The Aggregate Limit of Liability shall not be increased or
reinstated.
The notice not to replace shall be mailed to the Insured and its broker or agent.</B></TD>
</TR>

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    <TD width="2%" style="background: transparent">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>2.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>If the Underwriter elects to replace the bond, but with a change of limits, reduced
coverage, increased deductible, additional exclusion, or upon increased premiums in excess
of ten percent (exclusive of any premium increase as a
result of experience rating), the Underwriter must mail written notice to the Insured and
its agent or broker not more than 120&nbsp;days nor less than 60&nbsp;days before replacement. If
such notice is given late, the replacement bond shall be in effect with the same terms,
conditions and rates as the terminated bond for 60&nbsp;days after such notice is given.</B></TD>
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    <TD width="3%" nowrap align="left"><B>3.</B></TD>
    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD><B>The Underwriter may elect to simply notify the Insured that the bond will either be
not renewed or renewed with different terms, conditions or rates. In this event, the
Underwriter will inform the Insured that a second notice will be sent at a later date
specifying the Underwriter&#146;s exact intention. The Underwriter shall inform
the Insured that, in the meantime, coverage shall continue on the same terms, conditions
and rates as the expiring bond until the expiration date of the bond or 60&nbsp;days after the
second notice is mailed or delivered, whichever is later.</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter, waive, or extend any of the terms,
conditions,
provisions, agreements or limitations of the above mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above
stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Authorized Representative</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INSURED</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>The following spaces preceded by an (*) need not be completed if this endorsement or
rider and the Bond or Policy have the same inception date.</B>
</DIV>

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    <TD width="40%">&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top"><DIV style="margin-left:0px; text-indent:-0px"><B>490PB3077
ATTACHED TO AND
FORMING PART OF
BOND OR POLICY
NO.</B>
</DIV></TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>12/14/11<BR>
DATE ENDORSEMENT<BR>
OR RIDER<BR>
EXECUTED</B>
</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD align="left" valign="top"><B>11/01/11
* EFFECTIVE DATE
OF ENDORSEMENT OR
RIDER 12:01&nbsp;A.M.
LOCAL TIME AS
SPECIFIED IN THE
BOND OR POLICY</B></TD>
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<DIV style="font-size: 3pt; margin-top: 16pt; width: 18%; border-top: 1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</DIV>
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    <TD><B>ISSUED TO</B></TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>AUTOMATIC COVERAGE FOR NEW INVESTMENT COMPANIES/INCREASE IN LIMITS MEL2684 &#151; Ed. 3/05 -
For use with ICB005 &#151; Ed. 7/04</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>It is agreed that:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>1. General Agreement A., Additional Offices or
Employees -Consolidation or Merger -Notice, is amended to include the following paragraph:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>(3)&nbsp;If the Insured shall, while this bond is in force, establish any new Investment Companies other
than by consolidation or merger with, or purchase or acquisition of assets or liabilities of,
another institution, such Investment Companies shall automatically be
covered hereunder from the date of such establishment without the payment of additional premium for
the remainder of such premium period.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>2. Section&nbsp;10., Limit of Liability, is amended to include the following paragraph:</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>If the Insured shall, while this bond is in force, require an increase in limits to comply with SEC
Reg.
17g-1, due to an increase in asset size of current Investment Companies insured under the bond or
the addition of new Investment Companies, such increase in limits shall automatically be covered
hereunder from the date of such increase without the payment of additional premium for the
remainder of the premium period.</B>
</DIV>

<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Nothing herein contained shall be held to vary, alter,
waive, or extend any of the terms, conditions, provisions, agreements or limitations of the above
mentioned Bond or Policy, other than as above stated.</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><B>By</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>Authorized Representative</B>
</DIV>


<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>INSURED</B>
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<DIV align="right" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 12pt"><b>Exhibit 99.2</b></DIV>

<DIV align="center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 18pt"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B>
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<DIV align="Center" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt"><B>SECRETARY&#146;S CERTIFICATE</B>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The undersigned, Megan Kennedy, Secretary of The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;), hereby
certifies that set forth below is a copy of the resolutions duly adopted by the Board of Directors
of the Fund on October&nbsp;25, 2011, and that said resolutions continue in full force and effect:
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    <TD>RESOLVED, that it is the finding of the Directors at this Meeting
that the fidelity bond written by St. Paul Fire &#038; Marine Insurance
Co. (the &#147;Bond&#148;) maintained on behalf of the Fund including the
officers and employees of the Fund, and which provides coverage in
the amount of $1,250,000 in accordance with the requirements of Rule
17g-1 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under
Section 17(g) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the
&#147;Act&#148;), is reasonable in form and amount, after having given due
consideration to, among other things, the value of the aggregate
assets of the Fund to which any person covered under the Bond may
have access, the type and terms of the arrangements made for the
custody and safekeeping of the Fund&#146;s assets and the nature of those
assets; and further</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>RESOLVED, that the premium of $8,500 to be paid by the Fund under
the Bond be, and hereby is, ratified and approved by resolution of a
majority of the Board of Directors (all directors voting) and
separately by a majority of the Directors who are not &#147;interested
persons&#148; of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act; and further</TD>
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    <TD>RESOLVED, that the Bond be, and herby is, ratified and approved by
resolution of a majority of the Board of Directors (all Directors
voting) and separately by a majority of the Directors who are not
&#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act;
and further</TD>
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    <TD>RESOLVED, that an appropriate officer of the Fund shall, to the
extent required, file the Bond with the Securities and Exchange
Commission and give notices required under paragraph (g)&nbsp;of Rule
17g-1 promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission under
the 1940 Act; and further</TD>
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    <TD width="1%">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>RESOLVED, that the officers of the Fund, or any of them, are
authorized to make any and all payments and to do any and all other
acts, in the name of the Fund and on its behalf, as they, or any of
them, may determine to be necessary or desirable and</TD>
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    <TD>proper in connection with or in furtherance of the foregoing resolutions.</TD>
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<DIV align="left" style="font-size: 10pt; margin-top: 6pt">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name this 12<SUP style="FONT-size: 85%; vertical-align: text-top">th</SUP> day of January, 2012.
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    <TD colspan="3" align="left" style="border-bottom: 1px solid #000000">/s/ Megan Kennedy</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD align="left">&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD valign="top">Name:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Megan Kennedy&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD>&nbsp;</TD>
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    <TD valign="top">Title:&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
    <TD colspan="2" align="left">Secretary&nbsp;</TD>
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