<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001193125-17-184513.txt : 20170526
<SEC-HEADER>0001193125-17-184513.hdr.sgml : 20170526
<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20170526071234
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-17-184513
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		8
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20170621
FILED AS OF DATE:		20170526
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20170526
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20170526

FILER:

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

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08266
		FILM NUMBER:		17871730

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2154055700

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O ABERDEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT INC.
		STREET 2:		1735 MARKET STREET, 32ND FLOOR
		CITY:			PHILADELPHIA
		STATE:			PA
		ZIP:			19103

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	INDIA FUND INC /NY NEW
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19940106
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<DESCRIPTION>THE INDIA FUND NOTICE AND PROXY
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<P STYLE="line-height:3px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>UNITED STATES </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="5"><B>SCHEDULE&nbsp;14A </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>(Amendment No. &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed by the Registrant </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filed by a Party other than the Registrant </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Check the appropriate box: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Preliminary Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#9746;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Proxy Statement </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Definitive Additional Materials </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Soliciting Material Pursuant to Rule 14a-11(c) or Rule 14a-12 </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="6"><B>The India Fund, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><I>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
</I></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Payment of Filing Fee (check the appropriate box): </B></FONT></P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">No fee required. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Title of each class of securities to which transaction
applies:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
applies:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Per unit price or other underlying value of transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule 0-11 (set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and
state how it is
determined):&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Proposed maximum aggregate value of
transaction:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(5)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Total fee
paid:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">&#9744;</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Exchange Act Rule 0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing for which the offsetting fee was paid previously.
Identify the previous filing by registration statement number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(1)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Amount Previously
Paid:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(2)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Form, Schedule or Registration Statement
No.:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(3)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Filing
Party:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">(4)</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2">Date
Filed:&nbsp;<U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
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&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</U> </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:ARIAL" SIZE="5"><B>The India Fund, Inc. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="3">Philadelphia, PA 19103 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">May 23, 2017 </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Dear Stockholder:
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">We are pleased to enclose the notice and proxy statement for the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of
The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN; the &#147;Fund&#148;) to be held on Wednesday, June 21, 2017, at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market St., 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA&nbsp;19103, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern time. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">At the Meeting, you will be asked to vote on the election of two Directors. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>After careful consideration, the Board of Directors of the Fund, including all of the Independent Directors, recommends that you vote
&#147;FOR&#148; the election of each of the nominees. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Whether or not you intend to attend the Meeting, you may vote by proxy
by signing and returning your proxy card in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or by following the instructions on your proxy card to vote by telephone or over the Internet. Please familiarize yourself with the proposal and vote immediately, even if
you plan to attend the Meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">If your completed proxy card is not received, you may be contacted by representatives of the
Fund, the Fund&#146;s transfer agent, or the Fund&#146;s proxy solicitor, Georgeson Inc. (&#147;Georgeson&#148;). Georgeson has been engaged to assist the Fund in soliciting proxies. Representatives of Georgeson will remind you to vote your shares.
You may also call the number provided on your proxy card for additional information. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">As always, we thank you for your confidence
and support. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Philadelphia, PA 19103 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>To be held on June&nbsp;21, 2017 </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">May 23, 2017 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>To the Stockholders: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">An
Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) will be held on Wednesday, June&nbsp;21, 2017, at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market St., 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA
19103, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern time, for the purpose of considering and voting upon proposals&nbsp;to: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">1.</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Elect two Class II Directors to the Board of Directors. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Transact such other business as may be properly presented at the Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The close of business on April&nbsp;28, 2017 has been fixed as the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of
and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. The enclosed proxy is being solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fund. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Vice President and Secretary</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE></DIV> <P STYLE="font-size:120px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><div style="width:100%;margin-left:0%; margin-right:0%;border:solid 1pt;padding-top:2px;padding-bottom:3px">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;padding-top:0px; margin-left:2%;margin-right:2%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>TO AVOID THE UNNECESSARY EXPENSE OF FURTHER
SOLICITATION, WE URGE YOU</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> to indicate voting instructions on the enclosed proxy card, date and sign it and return it promptly in the envelope provided, or to vote promptly by telephone or
over the Internet according to the instructions on the enclosed proxy card, no matter how large or small your holdings may be. </FONT></P></div>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The following general rules for signing proxy cards may be of assistance to you and may avoid the time and expense to the Fund involved in
validating your vote if you fail to sign your proxy card properly. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Individual Accounts.</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Sign your name exactly as it appears in the registration on the proxy card.
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Joint Accounts.</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Either party may sign, but the name of the party signing should conform exactly to a name
shown in the registration. </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Accounts.</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> The capacity of the individual signing the proxy card should be indicated unless it is
reflected in the form of registration. For example: </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>REGISTRATION </B></FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Valid Signature</B></FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">ABC Corp.</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">ABC Corp. (by John Doe, Treasurer)</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">ABC Corp.</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John Doe, Treasurer</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">ABC Corp. c/o John Doe, Treasurer</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John Doe</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">ABC Corp. Profit Sharing Plan</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John Doe, Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Jane B. Doe, Trustee</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Jane B. Doe, Trustee u/t/d 12/28/78</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Jane B. Doe</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John B. Smith</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John B. Smith</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">John B. Smith, Jr., Executor</FONT></TD></TR>
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STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Philadelphia, PA 19103 </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:26%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>PROXY STATEMENT </B></FONT></P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:1pt solid #000000;width:26%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">This proxy
statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation by the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) of proxies to be used at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Aberdeen Asset
Management Inc., 1735 Market St., 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA&nbsp;19103, on Wednesday, June&nbsp;21, 2017, at 10:30 a.m., Eastern time, and at any adjournments or postponements thereof (the &#147;Meeting&#148;), for the purpose set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">This proxy statement and the accompanying form of proxy are first being
mailed to Stockholders on or about May 23, 2017. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">At the Meeting, Stockholders will vote on a proposal to elect two Class II
Directors to the Board of Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">This Proxy Statement sets forth concisely the information Stockholders
of the Fund should know before voting on the proposal. Please read it carefully and retain it for future reference. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Fund&#146;s Annual Report, containing financial statements for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, as filed on Form N-CSR, is available free of charge by contacting Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32<FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT> Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103, by calling <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-522-5465</FONT> toll-free or on the Internet at www.aberdeenIFN.com.</B></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Information about the Fund is included in this proxy statement. Reports and other information filed by the Fund can be inspected in person at the Public Reference Room maintained by the Securities and
Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) at the address below, and copies of such materials can be obtained from the Public Reference Branch at the address below. In addition, shares of common stock of the Fund are listed on the New York Stock
Exchange (the &#147;NYSE&#148;) under the ticker symbol &#147;IFN.&#148; Reports and other information concerning the Fund can be inspected by contacting the NYSE at New York Stock Exchange, Inc., 11 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005. The Fund
is subject to the informational requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and in accordance therewith, the Fund files
reports and other information, including proxy materials and charter documents, with the SEC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">You also may view or obtain these
documents from the SEC: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">At the SEC&#146;s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">1-800-SEC-0330</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>

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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Public Reference Branch</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Office of
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Stockholders who execute proxies retain the right to revoke them in person at the Meeting, by written notice
received by the Secretary of the Fund at any time before they are voted or by delivering a duly executed proxy bearing a later date. Proxies that are not revoked will be voted in accordance with the specifications thereon and, unless specified to
the contrary, will be voted FOR each of the nominees for Director. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The close of business on April&nbsp;28, 2017 has been fixed
as the record date for the determination of Stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and any adjournments or postponements thereof. Each Stockholder is entitled to one vote for each full share and an appropriate fraction of a
vote for each fractional share held. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">On the record date, there were 28,403,610 shares of the Fund&#146;s common stock
outstanding. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting, the Chairman of the Meeting, without notice other than by
announcement at the Meeting, may adjourn the Meeting to a date not more than 120 days after the original record date. Under the By-Laws of the Fund, a quorum is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of record of a majority
of the outstanding shares of common stock of the Fund entitled to vote at the Meeting. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Votes cast by proxy or in person at the
Meeting will be tabulated by the inspector of election appointed for the Meeting. The inspector of election will determine whether or not a quorum is present at the Meeting. The inspector of election will treat abstentions and &#147;broker
non-votes&#148; (i.e., shares held by brokers or nominees, typically in &#147;street name,&#148; as to which proxies have been returned but (i)&nbsp;instructions have not been received from the beneficial owners or persons entitled to vote and
(ii)&nbsp;the broker or nominee does not have discretionary voting power on a particular matter) as present for purposes of determining a quorum. For purposes of the election of Directors, abstentions and &#147;broker non-votes&#148; will not be
considered votes cast and will not affect the majority vote required for Directors. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Stockholders who plan to attend the Meeting
will be required to provide valid identification in order to gain admission. </FONT></P>
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will be presented for consideration at the Meeting. If any other matter is properly presented, it is the intention of the persons named in the enclosed proxy to vote in accordance with their best judgment. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company registered under the 1940 Act. The principal
business address of the Fund is 1735 Market Street, 32</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19103. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The date of this Proxy Statement is May 23, 2017. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:24px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>Stockholder Meeting to be Held on June&nbsp;21, 2017: </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>The proxy statement and related materials are available at </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>www.aberdeenIFN.com </B></FONT></P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">3 </FONT></P>


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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Background </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">In accordance
with the Fund&#146;s Charter, the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors is divided into three classes: Class&nbsp;I, Class II and Class III. At the Meeting, Stockholders will be asked to elect two Class II Directors, each to hold office until the 2020
Annual Meeting of Stockholders, or thereafter until their respective successors are elected and qualified. Mr. St&eacute;phane R.F. Henry currently serves as a Class II Director. Mr.&nbsp;Henry has advised the Board that he will not seek re-election
from the Fund&#146;s stockholders. Mr.&nbsp;Henry&#146;s term therefore will expire at the Meeting. The Fund&#146;s Board of Directors expects to reduce its size following the expiration of Mr. Henry&#146;s term. Stockholders will not be asked to
elect any Class I or Class III Directors, as the terms of office of the Class I Directors and the Class III Directors expire at the 2018 and 2019 Annual Meeting of Stockholders, respectively, or thereafter until their respective successors are duly
elected and qualified. These staggered terms have the effect of limiting the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund by delaying the replacement of a majority of the Board of Directors and could have the effect of
depriving Stockholders of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of the Fund. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Mr. Luis F. Rubio and Mr. Leslie H. Gelb are the nominees for election as Class II Directors. Their qualifications are described in more
detail below. Mr. Rubio and Mr.&nbsp;Gelb have been members of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors since 1999 and 1994, respectively. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The persons named in the accompanying form of proxy intend to vote at the Meeting (unless directed not to vote) FOR the election of the nominees
listed below.</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> The nominees have consented to their being named in this proxy statement and have indicated that they will serve if elected. If a nominee should be unable to serve, the proxy
will be voted for any other person determined by the persons named as proxies in their discretion. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The following tables provide
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Principal&nbsp;Occupation(s)<BR>During&nbsp;Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Funds&nbsp;in<BR>Fund<BR>Complex*<BR>Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Nominee<BR>(including<BR>the&nbsp;
Fund)</B></FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Other&nbsp;Board<BR>Memberships&nbsp;Held<BR>by&nbsp;Nominee&nbsp;During<BR>Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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Stockholders</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Leslie H. Gelb</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1937</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 1994</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">President Emeritus of The Council on Foreign Relations since 2003. Previously, a Columnist, Deputy Editorial Page Editor and Editor, Op-Ed Page, of <I>The New York Times</I>, as well
as a senior official in the departments of State and Defense.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of 27 registered investment companies advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC and its affiliates and The Asia Tigers Fund,
Inc.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Funds&nbsp;in<BR>Fund<BR>Complex*<BR>Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Nominee<BR>(including<BR>the&nbsp;
Fund)</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Luis F. Rubio</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1955</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 1999</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Chairman of Centro de Investigacion para el Desarrollo,&nbsp;A.C.&nbsp;(Center<BR>of Research for Development) since 2000. He is also a frequent contributor of op-ed pieces to <I>The
Wall Street Journal</I> and the author and editor of 48 books.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of one registered investment company advised by Advantage Advisers L.L.C. or its affiliates and The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.; Director of Coca-Cola
Femsa.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The following table provides information concerning the Class II
Director currently serving until the 2017 Annual Meeting of Shareholders: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Length&nbsp;of&nbsp;Time<BR>Served</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Principal&nbsp;Occupation(s)<BR>During&nbsp;Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Funds&nbsp;in<BR>Fund<BR>Complex*<BR>Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Nominee<BR>(including<BR>the&nbsp;
Fund)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Other&nbsp;Board<BR>Memberships&nbsp;Held<BR>by&nbsp;Nominee&nbsp;During<BR>Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">St&eacute;phane R. F. Henry</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o&nbsp;Cim&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;Services&nbsp;Ltd.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">33, Edith Cavell Street</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Port Louis, Mauritius</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1967</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director and Member of the Audit and Nominating Committees</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2004</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Investment Professionals Ltd. (investment management) since 2005 and a Director of Ipro Growth Fund Ltd. since 2011.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of Ipro Growth Fund Ltd, Ipro Funds Ltd, and Arisaig Partners (Mauritius) Ltd.</FONT></TD></TR>
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currently serving until the years 2018 and 2019 Annual Meetings of Stockholders, respectively: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Position(s)<BR>Held&nbsp;with&nbsp;Fund</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Length&nbsp;of&nbsp;Time<BR>Served</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Principal&nbsp;Occupation(s)<BR>During&nbsp;Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Funds&nbsp;in<BR>Fund<BR>Complex*<BR>Overseen&nbsp;
by<BR>Director<BR>(including<BR>the&nbsp;Fund)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Other&nbsp;Board<BR>Memberships&nbsp;Held<BR>by&nbsp;Director&nbsp;During<BR>Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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Stockholders</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Jeswald W. Salacuse</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1938</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chairman of the Audit and Nominating Committees</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 1993</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Henry J. Braker Professor of Commercial Law at The Fletcher School of Law&nbsp;&amp; Diplomacy, Tufts University, since 1986. He has also served as International Arbitrator,
Arbitration Tribunal, ICSID, World Bank since 2004.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. and former Director of 30 registered investment companies advised by Legg Mason Partners Fund Advisor, LLC and its affiliates.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nisha Kumar</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1970</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director, Audit Committee and Nominating Committee Member</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2016</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nisha Kumar has been a Managing Director and the Chief Financial Officer and Chief Compliance Officer of Greenbriar Equity Group LLC since 2011. She was previously Chief Financial
Officer and Chief Administrative Officer of Rent the Runway, Inc. during 2011. From 2007 to 2009, Ms. Kumar served as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of AOL LLC, a subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. Nisha is a member of the Council
on Foreign Relations and serves as a board member to the following organizations: GB Flow Investment LLC, EDAC Technologies Corp., Nordco Holdings, LLC, and SEKO Global Logistics Network, LLC.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">6 </FONT></P>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Position(s)<BR>Held&nbsp;with&nbsp;Fund</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Length&nbsp;of&nbsp;Time<BR>Served</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000">
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Principal&nbsp;Occupation(s)<BR>During&nbsp;Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Funds&nbsp;in<BR>Fund<BR>Complex*<BR>Overseen&nbsp;
by<BR>Director<BR>(including<BR>the&nbsp;Fund)</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Other&nbsp;Board<BR>Memberships&nbsp;Held<BR>by&nbsp;Director&nbsp;During<BR>Past&nbsp;Five&nbsp;Years</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="7"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Interested Director</B></FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Martin
Gilbert<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">1</SUP></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen
Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1955</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Founding Director and shareholder, and Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, the holding company of the fund management group that was established in 1983. Director
(1991-2014) Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited; and Director (2000-2014), Aberdeen Asset Management Limited. He has been a Director from 1995 to 2014, and was President from 2006 to 2014 of Aberdeen Asset Management, Inc.</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">28</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Trustee of Aberdeen Funds, Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Asia Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., and Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income
Investment Company Limited.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">7 </FONT></P>


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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:53pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name,&nbsp;Address<BR>and&nbsp;Age</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">J. Marc
Hardy<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">2</SUP></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen
Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1954</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director, Audit Committee and Nominating Committee Member</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2002</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mr. Hardy is a qualified stockbroker and has been providing investment advice to pension and investment funds for many years through Axys Capital Management. Since October 2010, he is
the investment manager of NMHGSF, a large pension fund, and acts as Treasurer to a large group where he uses extensively derivatives products to manage foreign exchange risk and improve profitability. Mr. Hardy has served as a member of the Board
Investment Committee of Mauritius Union Group since January 2012, and is a member of several investment committees for highly reputable institutions.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of MDA Properties Ltd of the ENL Group, The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., and Independent Director of CAM-GTF Limited and CAM-GTI
Limited.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nancy Yao Maasbach</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Inc.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street,</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1972</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2016</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nancy Yao Maasbach is the President of the Museum of Chinese in America. Prior to this position she was the executive director of the Yale-China Association, one of the oldest
non-profit organizations dedicated to building U.S.-China relations at a grassroots level. Nancy has over twenty years of experience working in and covering Asia, including positions at Goldman Sachs &amp; Co., Center for Finance and Research
Analysis, and the Council on Foreign Relations. Nancy is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations.</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Hugh Young<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">3</SUP></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">c/o Aberdeen Asset</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Management Asia Limited</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">21 Church St.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">#01-01 Capital</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Square Two</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Singapore 049481</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1958</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">A member of the Executive Management Committee and Director of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC since 1991 and 2011, respectively. He has been Managing Director of Aberdeen Asset
Management Asia Limited since 1991.</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Israel Fund, Inc.,
Aberdeen Indonesia Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Singapore Fund, Inc., The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., The India Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Greater China
Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Funds, and Aberdeen Investment Funds have a common investment manager and/or investment adviser, or an investment adviser that is affiliated with Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, the
Fund&#146;s investment manager, and may thus be deemed to be part of the same &#147;Fund Complex.&#148; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mr.&nbsp;Gilbert is an &#147;interested person,&#148; as defined in the 1940 Act because he serves as Chief Executive of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC,
the parent company of the Fund&#146;s investment manager and administrator. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mr. Hardy has advised the Board of Directors that he intends to resign from the Board of Directors effective at the Meeting. The Board of Directors
expects to reduce its size following the effectiveness of Mr. Hardy&#146;s resignation. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mr.&nbsp;Young is an &#147;interested person,&#148; as defined in the 1940 Act because he serves as Managing Director of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia
Limited, the Fund&#146;s investment manager. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Each Director was selected to join the Board based on a variety of factors including, but not
limited to, the Director&#146;s ability to carry out his or her duties as a Director, the Director&#146;s background, business and professional experience, qualifications and skills. Each Director possesses the following specific characteristics:
Mr.&nbsp;Gelb has academic and foreign affairs experience and has served as a board member of other investment companies; Mr.&nbsp;Hardy has financial and international experience and other experience as a board member of various organizations;
Mr.&nbsp;Henry has international business and investment experience and has served on boards of other investment companies; Ms. Kumar has financial and accounting experience as the chief financial officer of other companies and experience as a board
member of private equity funds; Ms.&nbsp;Maasbach has financial and research analysis experience in and covering the Asia region and experience in world affairs; Mr.&nbsp;Rubio has business and academic experience as president of a not-for-profit
think tank focused on Mexico&#146;s economic and democratic development and has served as a board member of other investment companies; Mr.&nbsp;Salacuse has academic and foreign affairs experience and has served as a board member of other
investment companies; Mr.&nbsp;Gilbert is a founder and CEO of a global asset management company with experience as a board member of other investment trusts and a member of several financial organizations; and Mr.&nbsp;Young is the managing
director of the Fund&#146;s investment manager in the Asia region and has served as a board member of other investment companies. The Board has determined that Mr. Hardy and Ms. Kumar are each an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; as
explained further below. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Director Compensation </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Under the federal securities laws, the Fund is required to provide to Stockholders in connection with the Meeting information regarding compensation paid to Directors by the Fund as well as by the various
other U.S. registered investment companies advised by the investment manager or an affiliate of the investment manager during the Fund&#146;s prior fiscal year. The following table provides information concerning the approximate compensation paid as
a retainer and for meetings held during the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 to each Director of the Fund and the aggregate compensation paid to them from all registered funds in the Aberdeen Fund Complex as retainers and for meetings held
during the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016. The Fund does not provide any pension or retirement benefits to Directors. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">A Fund Complex means two or more registered investment companies that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of
investment and investor services, or that have a common investment manager or that have an investment manager that is an affiliated person of the investment manager of any of the other registered investment companies. Investment companies are
considered to be in the same family if they share the same investment manager or principal underwriter and hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Officers of the Fund and Directors who are interested persons of the Fund do not receive any compensation directly from the Fund or any
other fund in the Fund Complex for performing their duties as officers or Directors, respectively, although they are reimbursed by the Fund for reasonable out-of-pocket travel expenses for attending Board meetings. </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:63pt" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name of Director</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Aggregate<BR>Compensation<BR>from Fund</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Total<BR>Compensation<BR>from&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Funds<BR>Advised&nbsp;by<BR>Adviser</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Total<BR>Compensation<BR>from&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;and<BR>Fund&nbsp;Complex</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Leslie H. Gelb</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">12,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">68,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Martin Gilbert*</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">J. Marc Hardy</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">12,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">68,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">St&eacute;phane R. F. Henry</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nisha Kumar</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">12,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">68,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nancy Yao Maasbach</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">9,823</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">66,323</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Luis F. Rubio</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">56,500</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">12,250</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">68,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Jeswald W. Salacuse</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">74,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">14,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">88,750</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Hugh Young*</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:2px;border-bottom:0.5pt solid #000000;width:10%">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">*</FONT></TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Messrs. Gilbert and Young are Interested Directors </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Beneficial Share Ownership </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Based upon a review of the most recent filings made pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the 1934 Act, as of April&nbsp;28, 2017, the following
table shows certain information concerning persons who may be deemed beneficial owners of 5% of more of the outstanding shares of the Fund: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="23%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="29%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8%"></TD>
<TD WIDTH="24%"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Shares</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Percentage</B></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Address</B></FONT></P></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">3,072,070</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">10.81%</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Lazard Asset Management LLC</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">30 Rockefeller Plaza New York,<BR>New York 10112</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">2,538,820</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">8.93%</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">City of London Investment Group</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">77 Gracechurch St.</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px" ALIGN="center"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">London EC 3V 0AS England</FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">As of April&nbsp;28, 2017, Cede&nbsp;&amp;
Co., a nominee for participants in The Depository Trust Company, held of record 28,211,018 shares, equal to approximately 99.32% of the outstanding shares of the Fund. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Ownership of Securities </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The following table provides information concerning
the number and dollar range of equity securities beneficially owned by each Director or nominee as of April&nbsp;28, 2017: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="56%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="8%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:63pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Name of Director<BR>or Nominee</B></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of&nbsp;Equity<BR>Securities&nbsp;in&nbsp;
the&nbsp;Fund</B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Dollar&nbsp;Range<BR>of&nbsp;
Equity&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;in<BR>All&nbsp;Funds&nbsp;Overseen&nbsp;or<BR>to&nbsp;Be&nbsp;Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nominee<BR>in Aberdeen<BR>Family&nbsp;of&nbsp;Investment<BR>Companies<SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">(1)</SUP></B></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Directors</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Martin Gilbert</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Leslie H. Gelb</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">J. Marc Hardy</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nisha Kumar</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Nancy Yao Maasbach</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$0-$10,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$0-$10,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Hugh Young</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of&nbsp;Equity<BR>Securities&nbsp;in&nbsp;
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Securities&nbsp;in<BR>All&nbsp;Funds&nbsp;Overseen&nbsp;or<BR>to&nbsp;Be&nbsp;Overseen&nbsp;by<BR>Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nominee<BR>in Aberdeen<BR>Family&nbsp;of&nbsp;Investment<BR>Companies<SUP
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:3.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Luis F. Rubio</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">$10,001-$50,000</FONT></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Over&nbsp;$100,000</FONT></TD>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&#147;Aberdeen Family of Investment Companies&#148; means those registered investment companies that share Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, the
Fund&#146;s investment manager, or an affiliate as the investment adviser and that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services. </FONT></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">As of April&nbsp;28, 2017, the holdings of no Director or executive officer, nor the Directors and executive officers of the Fund as a
group, represented more than 1% of the outstanding shares of the Fund&#146;s common stock. At April&nbsp;28, 2017, no Director or nominee for election as Director who is not an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act,
nor any immediate family member of such persons, owned beneficially or of record any shares of Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited (&#147;AAMAL&#148;), the Fund&#146;s investment manager, or any person or entity (other than the Fund) directly or
indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with AAMAL. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Responsibilities of the Board of Directors </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors is responsible under applicable state law for overseeing generally the operation of the Fund. The Directors oversee
the Fund&#146;s operations by, among other things, meeting at regularly scheduled meetings and as otherwise needed with the Fund&#146;s management and evaluating the performance of the Fund&#146;s service providers including AAMAL, the Fund&#146;s
custodian, and the transfer agent. As part of this process, the Directors consult with the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, and the directors who are not considered to be &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, as
defined in the 1940 Act (&#147;Independent Directors&#148;), consult with their own separate independent counsel. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Directors
regularly review the Fund&#146;s financial statements, performance and market price as well as the quality of the services being provided to the Fund. As part of this process, the Directors review the Fund&#146;s fees and expenses to determine if
they are reasonable and competitive in light of the services being received, while also ensuring that the Fund continues to have access to high quality services in the future. Based on these reviews, the Directors periodically make suggestions to
the Fund&#146;s management and monitor to ensure that responsive action is taken. The Directors also monitor potential conflicts of interest among the Fund, AAMAL and its affiliates and other funds and clients managed by AAMAL with the objective
that the Fund will be managed in a manner that is in the best interest of the Fund&#146;s Stockholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Board of Directors
has four regularly scheduled meetings each year and additional meetings are scheduled as needed. Furthermore, the Board of Directors has a standing Audit Committee and a Nominating Committee, which meet periodically during the year and the
responsibilities of which are described below, each composed entirely of Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, </FONT></P>
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AAMAL or its affiliates within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and who are &#147;independent&#148; as defined in the NYSE listing standards. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Officers of the Fund </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The executive officers of the Fund are chosen annually
to hold office until the next year and until their successors are chosen and qualified. The current executive officers of the Fund are: </FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Alan Goodson*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1974</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">President</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Head of Product US, overseeing Product Management, Product Development, and Investor Services for Aberdeen&#146;s registered and unregistered investment companies in the
US and Canada. Mr. Goodson is a Director and Vice President of AAMI. He joined Aberdeen in 2000.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Jeffrey Cotton*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1977</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President and Chief Compliance Officer</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Director, Vice President and Head of Compliance &#150; Americas for AAMI. Mr. Cotton joined Aberdeen in 2010. </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Joseph Andolina*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Attn: US Legal</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1978</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President &#150; Compliance</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">May&nbsp;2017</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently Deputy Head of Compliance &#150; Americas &amp; U.S. Counsel for AAMI. He joined Aberdeen in 2012. Prior to that, he was an
associate attorney in the Investment Management Group of Drinker Biddle &amp; Reath&nbsp;LLP (law firm) <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(2008-2011)</FONT></FONT></P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Lucia Sitar*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1971</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President and Chief Legal Officer</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Managing U.S. Counsel and Vice President for AAMI. Ms. Sitar joined AAMI in July 2007. Prior to that, Ms. Sitar was an associate attorney in the Investment Management Group
of Stradley Ronon Stevens &amp; Young LLP (law firm) (2000-2007).</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Megan Kennedy*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1974</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President and Secretary</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Head of Product Management for AAMI since 2009. Ms.&nbsp;Kennedy joined AAMI in 2005.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1971</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Senior Investment Manager on the Asian Equities Team. Adrian joined Aberdeen in 2000 as a manager in private equity on the acquisition of Murray Johnstone and transferred
to his current position soon after.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Bev Hendry*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1953</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2014</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Chief Executive of Americas. He previously held the positions of Co-Head ofAmericas and Chief Financial Officer for AAMI until 2016. Mr. Hendry first joined Aberdeen in 1987
and helped establish Aberdeen&#146;s business in the Americas in Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Hendry left Aberdeen in 2008 when the company moved to consolidate its headquarters in Philadelphia. Mr. Hendry re-joined Aberdeen in July 2014 from Hansberger
Global Investors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked for six years as Chief Operating Officer.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Jennifer Nichols*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1978</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Global Head of Legal for Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. Ms. Nichols is Director and Vice President for AAMI. Previously, Ms. Nichols served as Head of Legal-Americas from
2010-2012. Ms. Nichols joined AAMI in 2006.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Christian Pittard*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1973</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Vice President</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Group Head of Product Opportunities for Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and Director of Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited since 2010. Previously, Director and Vice President
(2006-2008) and, Chief Executive Officer (from October 2005 to September 2006) of AAMI.</FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Andrea Melia*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1969</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Treasurer</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2011</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Vice President and Head of Fund Administration-US for AAMI (since 2009). </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Kasey Deja*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">1735 Market Street, 32<SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP> Floor</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Birth Year: 1979</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Assistant Secretary</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2012</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Senior Product Manager within Product Management for AAMI since 2011. Ms. Deja joined Aberdeen in
2005.</FONT></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Sharon Ferrari*</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</FONT></P>
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Floor,</FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Philadelphia, PA 19103</FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:1px; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Year of Birth: 1977</FONT></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Assistant Treasurer</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Since 2013</FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Currently, Senior Fund Administration Manager for AAMI. Ms. Ferrari joined AAMI as a Senior Fund Administrator in 2008. </FONT></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Messrs. Goodson, Cotton, Andolina, Lim, Hendry, and Pittard and Mses. Sitar, Melia, Kennedy, Nichols, Deja, and Ferrari, hold officer position(s) in one or more of the
following: Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Israel Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Indonesia Fund,
Inc., Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Singapore Fund Inc., The India Fund Inc., The Asia Tigers Fund Inc., Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Greater China Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Funds and Aberdeen
Investment Funds each of which may also be deemed to be a part of the same &#147;Fund Complex.&#148; </FONT></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Audit Committee
</B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee is composed entirely of Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund,
AAMAL or its affiliates within the meaning of the 1940 Act, and who are &#147;independent&#148; as defined in the NYSE listing standards. Currently, Mr.&nbsp;Salacuse is the Chairman and Messrs. Gelb, Hardy, Henry, and Rubio and Mses. Kumar and
Maasbach are members of the Audit Committee. Messrs. Henry&#146;s and Hardy&#146;s service on the Audit Committee will end effective at the Meeting. The Audit Committee convened four times during the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016. The
principal functions of the Audit Committee are to appoint and retain the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, to review with the independent registered public accounting firm the scope, performance and anticipated cost of their
audit and to receive and consider a report from the independent registered public accounting firm concerning their conduct of the audit, including the form of the opinion proposed to be rendered, and any comments or recommendations the independent
registered public accounting firm might want to make in that connection. The Board has determined that Mr.&nbsp;Hardy and Ms. Kumar are each an &#147;audit committee financial expert,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;401(h) of Regulation S-K. The
Fund adopted an Audit Committee Charter in February 2000, which was most recently amended in May 2015. The Audit Committee Charter states that no member of the Audit Committee may serve on the audit committees of more than three public companies,
including the Fund, unless the Board of Directors determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such member to serve on the Audit Committee effectively. For purposes of this determination, service on multiple audit
committees within the same fund complex, such as service on the Audit Committee of the Fund and the audit committee of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc., is counted as service on a single audit committee. The Board of Directors has determined that the
service by Messrs. Hardy and Gelb on the audit committees of more than two other public companies does not impair each of their ability to serve effectively on the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee. The Fund&#146;s amended and restated Audit Committee
Charter was attached as Appendix&nbsp;A to the 2016 proxy statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The members of the Audit Committee are not professionally
engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not employed by the Fund for accounting, financial management or internal control. Moreover, the Audit Committee relies on and makes no independent verification of the facts presented to it
or representations made by management or the independent registered public accounting firm. Accordingly, the Audit Committee&#146;s oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting
and financial reporting principles and policies, or </FONT></P>
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internal controls and procedures, designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee&#146;s considerations and
discussions referred to above do not provide assurance that the audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards or that the financial statements are presented in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policy, the Audit
Committee pre-approved all audit and non-audit services provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (&#147;PwC&#148;), the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, to the Fund in 2016. As set forth in the Audit Committee Pre-Approval
Policies, the Audit Committee has authorized the Chairman of the Audit Committee to pre-approve certain services to be performed by PwC, as necessary, between Audit Committee meetings which would then be presented to the full Audit Committee at its
next regularly scheduled meeting. A representative of PwC will be available at the Meeting to answer appropriate questions and will have an opportunity to make a statement if he or she chooses to do so. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Nominating Committee </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The
Nominating Committee is composed entirely of Directors who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, AAMAL or its affiliates within the meaning of the 1940 Act and who are &#147;independent&#148; as defined in the NYSE listing standards.
Currently, Mr.&nbsp;Salacuse is the Chairman and Messrs. Gelb, Hardy, Henry, and Rubio and Mses. Kumar and Maasbach are members of the Nominating Committee. Messrs. Henry&#146;s and Hardy&#146;s service on the Nominating Committee will end effective
at the Meeting. This Committee met two times during the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016. The principal function of the Nominating Committee is to select and nominate persons for election as Directors of the Fund. The Fund&#146;s Nominating
Committee Charter was attached as Appendix B to the 2016 proxy statement. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Nominating Committee identifies potential nominees
through its network of contacts. While the Nominating Committee meets to discuss and consider such candidates&#146; qualifications and then chooses a candidate by majority vote, the Nominating Committee does not have specific, minimum qualifications
for nominees and has not established specific qualities or skills that it regards as necessary for one or more of the Fund&#146;s Directors to possess (other than any qualities or skills that may be required by applicable law, regulation or listing
standard). </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">In identifying and evaluating nominees, the Nominating Committee considers factors it deems relevant, which include:
whether or not the person is an &#147;interested person&#148; as defined in the 1940 Act and whether the person is otherwise qualified under applicable laws and regulations to serve on the Board of Directors of the Fund; whether or not the person
has any relationship that might impair his or her independence, such as any business, financial or family relationships with Fund management, the investment manager of the Fund, Fund service providers or their affiliates; whether or not the person
serves on boards of, or is otherwise affiliated with, competing organizations or funds; and the character and integrity of the person and the contribution which the person can make to the Board. The Nominating Committee does not have a formal
diversity policy but may also consider diversity of professional experience, education and skills when evaluating potential nominees. The Nominating Committee will accept nominations for the office of Director made by Fund Stockholders. Stockholders
who wish to </FONT></P>
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recommend a nominee should send nominations to the Secretary of the Fund which include biographical information and set forth the qualifications of the proposed nominee. There are no differences
in the manner in which the Nominating Committee evaluates nominees based on whether such nominees are recommended by a Stockholder. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund does not pay a fee to any third party or parties to identify or evaluate or assist in identifying or evaluating potential nominees. The Nominating Committee did not receive a recommended nominee
from a Stockholder who beneficially owned, or a group of Stockholders who beneficially owned, more than 5% of the Fund&#146;s shares for at least one year as of the date the recommendation to elect the two Director nominees was made. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Governance </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">On
September&nbsp;23, 2015, the Fund announced that its Board of Directors approved changes to its corporate governance practices. Specifically, the Board approved an amendment to the Fund&#146;s By-Laws, effective September&nbsp;30, 2015, to provide
for the election of Directors by a majority of the votes cast at a meeting of Stockholders at which a quorum is present, except in contested elections, where a Director shall be elected by a plurality vote. The Fund&#146;s By-laws previously
provided that Directors be elected by a plurality vote in all Director elections. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">At the same time, the Board also adopted
certain corporate governance policies for the Fund, effective September&nbsp;30, 2015. The corporate governance policies include (i)&nbsp;a resignation policy, which generally provides that a Director who does not receive a majority of votes cast
&#147;For&#148; his or her election at a meeting of Stockholders shall be deemed to have tendered his or her resignation, subject to the Board&#146;s acceptance or rejection of such resignation, which Board determination will be disclosed publicly
to Fund Stockholders; and (ii)&nbsp;a policy requiring that after an Independent Director has served on the Board for three consecutive three-year terms following the later of the appointment of the Fund&#146;s then-current investment manager and
the initial election of the Director by the Fund&#146;s Stockholders, the Director will be put forth for consideration by Stockholders annually. The failure to obtain a majority of votes cast will trigger the resignation policy described above.
Although the charter of the Fund provides that the Board be classified into three classes with the Directors in each class having a term of three years, under the new corporate governance policies, Directors are agreeing to submit to annual
elections once they have completed the three consecutive three-year terms noted above. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Board Meetings </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">During the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, the Board of Directors held four regular meetings and zero special meetings. Each
Director attended at least 75% of the meetings of the Board or the committee(s) of the Board on which he served. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Section&nbsp;16(a)
Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Section&nbsp;16(a) of the 1934 Act, and Section&nbsp;30(h) of the 1940 Act in
combination require the Fund&#146;s Directors and Officers, persons who own more than ten percent of the Fund&#146;s common stock, and AAMAL and its directors and officers, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership of the Fund&#146;s
securities </FONT></P>
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with the SEC and the NYSE. These persons and entities are required by SEC regulation to furnish the Fund with copies of all such forms they file. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Based solely on a review of those forms furnished to the Fund, and written representations from certain reporting persons, to the
Fund&#146;s knowledge, during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016, such forms were filed on a timely basis. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Report of the Audit
Committee </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee reports that it has: (i)&nbsp;reviewed and discussed the Fund&#146;s audited financial
statements for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 with management; and (ii)&nbsp;discussed with PwC, the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards
No.&nbsp;61 (&#147;SAS 61&#148;). SAS 61 requires the independent registered public accounting firm to communicate to the Audit Committee matters including, if applicable: (i)&nbsp;methods used to account for significant unusual transactions;
(ii)&nbsp;the effect of significant accounting policies in controversial or emerging areas for which there is a lack of authoritative guidance or consensus; (iii)&nbsp;the process used by management in formulating particularly sensitive accounting
estimates and the basis for the auditor&#146;s conclusions regarding the reasonableness of those estimates; and (iv)&nbsp;disagreements with management over the application of accounting principles and certain other matters. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Audit Committee also reports that it previously received (i) written confirmation from PwC that it is independent and (ii) written
disclosures regarding such independence as required by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board Rule 3526 and discussed with PwC the independent registered public accounting firm&#146;s independence. In addition, the Audit Committee has
reviewed the aggregate fees billed by PwC for professional services rendered to the Fund and for non-audit services provided to: AAMAL, the Fund&#146;s investment manager as of December&nbsp;19, 2011, and any entity controlling, controlled by or
under common control with AAMAL that provided services to the Fund. As part of this review, the Audit Committee considered, in addition to other practices and requirements relating to selection of the Fund&#146;s independent registered public
accounting firm, whether the provision of such non-audit services was compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Based
on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee presents this report to the Board of Directors and recommends that&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements be included in the Fund&#146;s annual report to stockholders for the
fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016 and filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Submitted by the Audit
Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Nisha Kumar </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Nancy Yao Maasbach </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Leslie H. Gelb </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Luis
F. Rubio </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Jeswald W. Salacuse </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">St&eacute;phane R.F. Henry </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; margin-left:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">J. Marc Hardy </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">February&nbsp;21, 2017 </FONT></P>
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STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">As announced on September 23, 2015, Directors are now elected by a majority of all the votes cast by the holders of shares of common stock of the Fund present in person or represented by proxy at a meeting
with a quorum present. A &#147;majority of the votes&#148; cast means that the number of shares voted &#147;FOR&#148; a Director must exceed the number of votes cast &#147;AGAINST&#148; that Director. For purposes of the election of Directors,
abstentions and broker non-votes will not be considered votes cast either &#147;FOR&#148; or &#147;AGAINST&#148; that Director&#146;s election, and do not affect the majority vote required for Directors. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Please note that unless otherwise instructed, the proxies will vote FOR each nominee for Director. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>The Directors, including the Independent Directors, recommend that Stockholders vote &#147;FOR&#148; each nominee for Director.
</B></FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" ALIGN="center"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="3"><B>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Service Providers </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">AAMAL currently serves as the Fund&#146;s investment
manager. The address of AAMAL is 21 Church Street, #01-01, Capital Square Two, Singapore 049480. AAMAL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. On March 6, 2017, the Boards of Standard Life plc and Aberdeen Asset Management PLC
announced that they had reached an agreement on the terms of a recommended all-share merger (&#147;Merger&#148;). Following the completion of the Merger, Aberdeen Asset Management PLC shareholders would own approximately one-third of the combined
group while Standard Life plc shareholders would own approximately two-thirds. The Merger is expected to occur in the third quarter of 2017, subject to various conditions and terms, including approval by shareholders of both entities. The Merger is
not anticipated to affect the services provided to the Fund. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">AAMI currently serves as the Fund&#146;s
administrator. The address of AAMI is 1735 Market Street, 32</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">
Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103. AAMI is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">AAMI subcontracts certain of
its responsibilities as administrator to State Street Bank and Trust Company. The address of State Street Bank and Trust Company is One Heritage Drive, North Quincy, MA&nbsp;02171. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee
has adopted written policies relating to the pre-approval of the audit and non-audit services performed by the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm. Unless a type of service to be provided by the independent registered public
accounting firm has received general pre-approval, it requires specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. Under the policies, on an annual basis, the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee reviews and pre-approves the services to be provided by the
independent registered public accounting firm. In addition, the Audit Committee pre-approves any permitted non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to AAMAL or any entity controlling, controlled by, or
under common control with AAMAL if such services relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. As set forth in the Audit Committee Pre-Approval Policies, the Audit Committee has authorized the Chairman of the Audit Committee
to pre-approve certain services to be performed by PwC, as necessary, between audit committee meetings which would then be presented to the full Audit Committee at its next regularly scheduled meeting. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><I>Audit Fees.</I> The aggregate fees paid to PwC in connection with the annual audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements and for
services normally provided by PwC in connection with the statutory and regulatory filings of the Fund for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2016 were $104,500 and $55,000, respectively, including out-of-pocket
expenses. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><I>Audit-Related Fees.</I> The aggregate fees paid to PwC in connection with assurance and related services reasonably
related to the annual audit of the Fund and for review of the Fund&#146;s financial statements, other than the Audit Fees described above, for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2016 were $0 and $0, respectively.
</FONT></P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><I>Tax Fees.</I> The aggregate fees paid for domestic and international tax-related services,
including tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning, rendered by PwC to the Fund for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2016 were $45,745 and $24,950, respectively. These fees are comprised of the following:
</FONT></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR>
<TD WIDTH="92%"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="3%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:19pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2016</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Indian tax agent costs</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">15,650</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">US tax returns</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">9,300</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mauritius tax returns</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Tax consulting for Mauritius taxes</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">0</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="16"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="16" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE="border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:19pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="1"><B>2015</B></FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="2" VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Indian tax agent costs</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">15,650</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">US tax returns</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">9,030</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Mauritius tax returns</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">6,065</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">Tax consulting for Mauritius taxes</FONT></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT SIZE="1">&nbsp;&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">$</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1">15,000</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"></FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"><I>All Other Fees.</I> The aggregate fees billed for all other non-audit services rendered by PwC to the
Fund for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2016 were $75,000 and $15,520, respectively. The 2015 fees are attributable to consulting services incurred in connection with the transition of branch operations from
Mauritius in order to conduct operations directly from the United States. This transition was effected as of the end of day on March 31, 2015. The 2016 fees are attributable to tax consulting services. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The aggregate non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered to the Fund, AAMAL, the Fund&#146;s investment manager, and any entity
controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Fund or AAMAL that provided ongoing services to the Fund for the fiscal years ended December&nbsp;31, 2015 and December&nbsp;31, 2016 were $2,852,523 and $3,433,670, respectively. The Audit
Committee has determined that the provision of non-audit services is compatible with maintaining the independence of PwC. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">None
of the services described above, provided in the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2016, were approved pursuant to the <I>de minimis</I> exception provided in Rule 2-01(c)(7)(i)(C) of Regulation S-X promulgated by the SEC. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Other Business </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The
Fund&#146;s Board of Directors does not know of any other matter that may come before the Meeting. If any other matter properly comes before the Meeting, it is the intention of the persons named in the proxy to vote the proxies in accordance with
their judgment on that matter. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Stockholder Proposals </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">All proposals by Stockholders of the Fund that are intended to be presented at the Fund&#146;s next Annual Meeting of
Stockholders, to be held in 2018, must be received by the Fund (addressed to The India Fund, Inc., 1735 Market Street,
32</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103) in order to be considered
for </FONT></P>
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inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement and proxy relating to that meeting no later than January 23, 2018. Any Stockholder who desires to bring a proposal for consideration at the
Fund&#146;s year 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders without including such proposal in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement must deliver written notice thereof to the Secretary or Assistant Secretary of the Fund (addressed to The India Fund, Inc.,
1735&nbsp;Market Street, 32</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><SUP STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103)
during the period from February 21, 2018 to March 23, 2018. However, if the Fund&#146;s 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders is held earlier than May 22, 2018 or later than August&nbsp;20, 2018, such written notice must be delivered to the Secretary
or Assistant Secretary of the Fund no earlier than 120 days before the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and no later than the later of 90&nbsp;days before the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders or 10 days following the
public announcement of the date of the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Any Stockholder proposal intended to be included in
the Fund&#146;s proxy statement, including any accompanying supporting statement, may not exceed 500 words. A Stockholder desiring to submit such a proposal must be a record or beneficial owner of shares with a market value of $2,000 or 1% of shares
entitled to vote on a proposal at the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and must have held such shares for at least one year. Further, the Stockholder must continue to hold such shares through the date on which the 2018 Annual Meeting of
Stockholders is held. Documentary support regarding the foregoing must be provided along with the proposal. There are additional requirements regarding proposals of Stockholders, and a Stockholder contemplating submission of a proposal is referred
to Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the 1934 Act and Section 4(b) of the By-Laws of the Fund. The timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in a Fund&#146;s proxy materials. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:18px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Stockholder Communications with the Board of Directors </B></FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%;padding-bottom:0px; "><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund has adopted procedures by which Fund Stockholders may send communications to the Board of Directors.
Stockholders may mail written communications to the Board to the attention of the Board of Directors of The India Fund, Inc., c/o the Fund&#146;s Chief Legal Officer, 1735 Market Street, 32</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="1"><SUP
STYLE="vertical-align:baseline; position:relative; bottom:.8ex">nd</SUP></FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103. Stockholder communications must (i)&nbsp;be in writing and be signed by the Stockholder
and (ii)&nbsp;identify the number of shares held by the Stockholder. The Chief Legal Officer of the Fund is responsible for reviewing properly submitted Stockholder communications. The Chief Legal Officer shall either (i)&nbsp;provide a copy of each
properly submitted Stockholder communication to the Board at its next regularly scheduled board meeting or (ii)&nbsp;if the Chief Legal Officer determines that the communication requires more immediate attention, forward the communication to the
Directors promptly after receipt. The Chief Legal Officer may, in good faith, determine that a Stockholder communication should not be provided to the Board because it does not reasonably relate to the Fund or its operations, management, activities,
policies, service providers, Board, officers, Stockholders or other matters relating to an investment in the Fund or is otherwise ministerial in nature. These procedures shall not apply to (i)&nbsp;any communication from an officer or Director of
the Fund, (ii)&nbsp;any communication from an employee or agent of the Fund, unless such communication is made solely in such employee&#146;s or agent&#146;s capacity as a Stockholder of the Fund, or (iii)&nbsp;any Stockholder proposal submitted
pursuant to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act or any communication made in connection with such a proposal. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The Fund does not have a
formal policy regarding attendance by Directors at Annual Meetings of Stockholders. </FONT></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">The costs of preparing, printing, assembling and mailing material in connection with this solicitation of proxies will be borne by the Fund,
even if the proposals are not successful, as will all of the other costs in connection with the Meeting. </FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Proxies may also be solicited personally by Directors and officers of the Fund, by
employees of the Fund&#146;s transfer agent, and by regular employees of AAMAL, its respective affiliates or other representatives of the Fund, and may be accomplished by telephone in addition to the use of mails.</B></FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2"> Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be requested to forward proxy solicitation material to their principals to obtain authorization for the execution of proxies, and they will be reimbursed by
the Fund for out-of-pocket expenses so incurred. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">In addition, Georgeson Inc. (&#147;Georgeson&#148;), a proxy solicitation firm,
has been retained to assist in the solicitation of the proxy vote. It is anticipated that Georgeson will be paid an amount estimated at $3,000 plus reasonable out-of-pocket expenses. Therefore, expenses of the Meeting will include costs of
(i)&nbsp;preparing, assembling and mailing material in connection with the solicitation, (ii)&nbsp;soliciting proxies by officers or employees, personally or by telephone or telegraph, (iii)&nbsp;reimbursing brokerage houses, banks and other
fiduciaries and (iv)&nbsp;compensating the proxy solicitor. </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">Georgeson may call Stockholders to ask if they would be willing to
have their votes recorded by telephone. The telephone voting procedure is designed to authenticate Stockholders&#146; identities, to allow Stockholders to authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their instructions and to confirm that
their instructions have been recorded properly. A Stockholder voting by telephone would be asked for his or her social security number or other identifying information and would be given an opportunity to authorize proxies to vote his or her shares
in accordance with his or her instructions. To ensure that the Stockholder&#146;s instructions have been recorded correctly, he or she will receive a confirmation of such instructions in the mail. The confirmation is a replica of the proxy card, but
with marks indicating how the Stockholder voted, along with a special toll-free number which will be available in the event the Stockholder wishes to change or revoke the vote. Although a Stockholder&#146;s vote may be taken by telephone, each
Stockholder will receive a copy of this proxy statement and may vote by mailing the enclosed proxy card. If you have any questions or need assistance in voting, please contact Georgeson at its toll-free number, 1-866-297-1264. </FONT></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px; text-indent:4%"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman" SIZE="2"><B>Please vote promptly by signing and dating the enclosed proxy card and returning it in the accompanying postage-paid return envelope
or by following the instructions on the enclosed proxy card for voting by telephone or over the Internet. </B></FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12px;margin-bottom:0px"><FONT STYLE="font-family:Arial Narrow" SIZE="2">May&nbsp;23, 2017 </FONT></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>VOTE ON THE INTERNET</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Log on to:</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><U>www.proxy-direct.com</U></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>or scan the QR code</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Follow the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">on-screen</FONT> instructions</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>available 24 hours</I></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Call
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap"><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-337-3503</FONT></FONT></FONT></B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Follow the recorded instructions</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B><I>available 24 hours</I></B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Vote, sign and date this Proxy</B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>postage-paid envelope</B></P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Attend Stockholder Meeting</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>1735 Market St., 32<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Floor</B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Philadelphia, PA 19103</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>on
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center"><B>THE INDIA FUND, INC.</B></TD>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS</B>. The undersigned Stockholder(s) of The India Fund, Inc.,
revoking previous proxies, hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy, and Kasey Deja, or any one of them true and lawful attorneys with power of substitution of each, to vote all shares of The India Fund, Inc. which the undersigned is entitled to
vote at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders to be held on Wednesday, June&nbsp;21, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. Eastern time, at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market St., 32<SUP STYLE="font-size:85%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP> Floor,
Philadelphia, PA 19103, and at any adjournment or postponement thereof as indicated on the reverse side. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>In their discretion, the proxy holders named
above are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Receipt
of the Notice of the Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement is hereby acknowledged. If this Proxy is executed (or returned electronically) but no instructions are given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast
&#147;FOR&#148; the nominees for director (Proposal 1). </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="5"><B> &nbsp;&nbsp;VOTE&nbsp;VIA&nbsp;THE&nbsp;INTERNET:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<U><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">www.proxy-direct.com</FONT></U>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></TD></TR>
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</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>IF YOU ARE VOTING BY MAIL, PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
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<P STYLE="margin-top:36pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The India Fund, Inc. </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Stockholders Meeting to Be Held on Wednesday, June&nbsp;21, 2017, at 10:30 a.m. (Eastern time) </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>The Proxy Statement for this meeting is available at: <U>http://www.aberdeenIFN.com</U> </B></P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement dated May&nbsp;23, 2017
and upon all other such matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>TO VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE
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<TD VALIGN="top" BGCOLOR="#000000"><FONT COLOR="#ffffff"><B>&nbsp;&nbsp;A&nbsp;&nbsp;</B></FONT></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Proposals&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; THE NOMINEES</B></TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top">To elect two Class&nbsp;II Directors to the Board of Directors to serve until the 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders. </TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Luis F. Rubio</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"><B>Authorized Signatures &#151; This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.&#151; Sign and Date Below</B></TD></TR>
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