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DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20100305

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHILE FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000846676
		IRS NUMBER:				222990009
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

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		FORM TYPE:		40-APP/A
		SEC ACT:		1940 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	812-13749
		FILM NUMBER:		10661275

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT, LLC
		STREET 2:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123252000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		CREDIT SUISSE ASSET MGMT, LLC
		STREET 2:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010
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AMENDED AND RESTATED APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER OF EXEMPTION<br>
UNDER SECTION&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;OF THE<br>
INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED,<br>
GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM SECTION&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;OF THE 1940 ACT,<br>
TO PERMIT AN IN-KIND REPURCHASE OFFER</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><b><font size="5" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:18.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE CHILE FUND,
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the Matter of: <br>
  <br>
  THE CHILE FUND, INC.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">FIRST AMENDED AND RESTATED
  APPLICATION FOR AN ORDER OF EXEMPTION UNDER SECTION&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;OF THE
  INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940, AS AMENDED, GRANTING AN EXEMPTION FROM
  SECTION&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;OF THE 1940 ACT, TO PERMIT AN IN-KIND REPURCHASE
  OFFER</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RELIEF REQUESTED</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE PROPOSED IN-KIND REPURCHASE OFFER</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">BACKGROUND</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Investment Objective and Policies</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Measures to Address the Discount from NAV</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Proposed In-Kind Repurchase Offer</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">7</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">B.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">STRUCTURE OF THE IN-KIND REPURCHASE OFFER</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Chilean Regulatory Requirements</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Tax Treatment</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proposed Timing of In-Kind Repurchase Offer</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">C.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="79%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:79.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ADVANTAGES OF AN IN-KIND REPURCHASE OFFER</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Avoiding a Damaging Cascade of Required Distributions</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Avoiding U.S. Tax Burden on Stockholders Not Participating
  in the Offer</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minimizing Transaction Costs</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Minimizing Potential Market Disruption</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Enhancing Liquidity</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Assisting the Fund To Remain a Closed-End Company</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DISCUSSION OF APPLICABLE LAW</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">A.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">DISTRIBUTIONS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TO AFFILIATED PERSONS</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Basis for Relief</font></b></p>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">19</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.</font></b></p>
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  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Fairness of the Terms of the Proposed In-Kind Repurchase
  Offer</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.</font></b></p>
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  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Consistency with General Purposes of the 1940 Act</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.</font></b></p>
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  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Consistency with Investment and Other Policies</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Relief Benefits All Stockholders</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="71%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:71.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">B.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="79%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:79.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PRECEDENT</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="79%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:79.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">APPLICANT&#146;S CONDITIONS</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:8.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">V.</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">29</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="87%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:87.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:4.74%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">CONCLUSION</font></b></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">30</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RELIEF
REQUESTED</font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148; or the &#147;Applicant&#148;), a closed-end
management investment company organized as a Maryland corporation, hereby
submits this Application for an order of the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (the &#147;Commission,&#148; and such order, the &#147;Order&#148;) pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), exempting an
In-Kind Repurchase Offer (as defined in Section&nbsp;II.B below) for the Fund&#146;s
shares, in accordance with the conditions described below, from the provisions
of Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant requests this Order to the extent necessary to permit any
common stockholders of the Fund who are &#147;affiliated persons&#148; of the Fund within
the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act solely as a consequence
of such stockholders owning, controlling or holding with power to vote, five
percent or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Fund (each, an &#147;Affiliated
Stockholder&#148;), to participate in the proposed In-Kind Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment
company registered under the 1940 Act and is organized as a Maryland
corporation.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant first issued shares to the public on September&nbsp;27, 1989.
&#160;Its shares trade on the NYSE AMEX under
the symbol &#147;CH&#148;.&#160; As a closed-end
investment company, Applicant differs from an open-end investment company
(i.e., a mutual fund) in that it does not redeem its shares at the election of
a stockholder and does not continuously offer its shares for sale to the
public.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant&#146;s Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) has long been composed of
a majority of directors who are not &#147;interested persons,&#148; as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19)
of the 1940 Act (&#147;Independent Directors&#148;).&#160;
Currently, all of the Fund&#146;s directors are Independent Directors.&#160; </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">These Independent Directors are responsible for the
nomination of their successors, are represented by independent legal counsel,
and meet in executive session at meetings of the Fund&#146;s Board frequently.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited (&#147;Aberdeen&#148;), an
investment adviser registered under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and
regulated in the United Kingdom by the Financial Services Authority, serves as
the investment adviser to the Fund.&#160; The
Fund has entered into an advisory agreement with Aberdeen pursuant to which
Aberdeen provides investment advisory and portfolio management services to the
Fund and is responsible for its overall management.(1)</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aberdeen is a direct wholly owned subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset
Management PLC (&#147;Aberdeen PLC&#148;).&#160;
Aberdeen PLC is the parent company of an asset management group managing
assets for both institutional and retail clients from offices around the
world.&#160; As of September&nbsp;30, 2009,
Aberdeen PLC had approximately $233.8 billion in assets under management.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Investment Objective and
Policies</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant&#146;s investment objective is to seek total return, consisting of
capital appreciation and income, by investing primarily in Chilean equity and
debt securities.&#160; Under normal
circumstances, Applicant invests at least 80% of its net assets in Chilean
equity and debt securities.&#160; The
Applicant&#146;s portfolio of Chilean securities (the &#147;Chilean Portfolio&#148;), under
normal market conditions, will consist principally of Chilean equity
securities.&#160; Chilean equity securities in
which the Fund invests consist predominantly of common stocks, although the
Fund </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Prior to
July&nbsp;1, 2009, the date upon which the investment advisory agreement with
Aberdeen became effective, Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC acted as the
investment adviser to the Fund pursuant to an advisory agreement.&#160; The Fund has also entered into a sub-advisory
agreement with Celfin Capital Servicios Financieros S.A. (&#147;Celfin&#148;) pursuant to
which Celfin acts as a sub-adviser to the Fund.&#160;
Celfin is registered with the Commission under the Investment Advisers
Act of 1940.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">may also invest to a limited extent in preferred
stocks, convertible securities and, to the extent a market exists for them and
investing in them is permitted under Chilean law, warrants.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although
the Fund invests principally in Chilean equity securities, it may invest a
substantial portion of its assets in Chilean debt securities when Aberdeen
believes that it is appropriate to do so in order to achieve the Fund&#146;s
investment objective.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Fund also may invest a portion of its assets in unlisted Chilean securities,
including investments in new and early-stage companies.&#160; The Fund is subject to Chilean Law No.&nbsp;18,657,
which places certain investment limits and imposes diversification requirements
on the Fund in connection with its Chilean Portfolio.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As
of September&nbsp;30, 2009, approximately 99.4% of Applicant&#146;s assets were
invested in equity securities of Chilean issuers, of which approximately 96.9%
were listed on the Santiago Stock Exchange and approximately 3.1% were ADRs of
Chilean issuers listed on the New York Stock Exchange.&#160; The balance of the Fund&#146;s assets were
invested in cash and cash equivalents.&#160;
The Fund held no debt securities or unlisted securities of Chilean
issuers as of that date.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Measures to Address the Discount
from NAV</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over the years, Applicant has taken different measures in an effort to
address the discount to net asset value at which its shares trade.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant&#146;s dividend reinvestment plan allows stockholders
automatically to reinvest dividend and capital gains distributions in shares of
the Fund.&#160; Since Fund shares have
historically traded at a discount from net asset value, the Fund&#146;s plan agent
has used dividends paid to plan participants to buy shares in the market.&#160; In 2009, a total of $10,879,496 in dividends
was used for this purpose.&#160; Applicant
believes that these purchases of outstanding shares tend to support the market
for Applicant&#146;s shares.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order to address the discount to net asset value, Applicant&#146;s Board
announced on June&nbsp;26, 2009, that it had approved a managed distribution
plan that would pay quarterly distributions at an annual rate, set once a year,
that is a percentage of the average of the Fund&#146;s prior four calendar
quarter-end end net asset values.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On that same date, Applicant&#146;s Board announced that the Fund intended
to commence a tender offer for 25% of the outstanding common shares of the Fund
at a price equal to 99% of the net asset value per share value (as of the day
after the date any such offer expired) in the event the Fund&#146;s shares trade at
a discount to net asset value in excess of 2% on a volume weighted average
basis for the three month period ending December&nbsp;31, 2009.&#160; At the end of the three month period, the
Fund&#146;s shares traded at such a discount.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s shares have traded at a discount to net asset value ranging
from -24.91% on October&nbsp;10, 2008 to -2.51% on December&nbsp;31, 2009.&#160; As of December&nbsp;31, 2009, the authorized
capital stock of the Fund is 100,000,000 share of common stock.&#160; As of that same date, the Fund had 10,168,105
shares outstanding.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>The Proposed In-Kind Repurchase
Offer</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In response to continued concerns that stockholders expressed about the
discount to net asset value at which shares of the Fund traded, the Fund
desires to provide stockholders with immediate liquidity at close to net asset
value for a portion of their shareholdings by conducting an In-Kind Repurchase
Offer (as defined immediately below) to repurchase 25% of the Fund&#146;s
outstanding shares, as further described immediately below.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant is applying to the Commission for the Order to permit it to
conduct an In-Kind Repurchase Offer for less than all of the Applicant&#146;s
outstanding shares, and to permit Affiliated Stockholders to participate in
such an offer.(2)</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Order is granted and certain other approvals described herein
are obtained, Applicant proposes to conduct a tender offer in accordance with Section&nbsp;23(c)(2)&nbsp;of
the 1940 Act and Rule&nbsp;13e-4 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;), for 25% of Applicant&#146;s outstanding shares at a price
equal to 99% of the net asset value per share as of the day after the date such
offer expires (the &#147;In-Kind Repurchase Offer&#148;).&#160;
Payment for any shares repurchased during the In-Kind Repurchase Offer
would be made in-kind through a pro rata distribution of the portfolio
securities held by Applicant promptly after the termination of the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer (subject to certain exclusions, as discussed in more detail
below).&#160; If a greater number of shares is
tendered for repurchase than the total amount offered to be repurchased in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer, each participating stockholder will receive a pro rata share
of the distribution in proportion to the total shares accepted for repurchase
by Applicant.&#160; Such pro rata
distributions will not include:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">i.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">securities
that, if distributed, would be required to be registered under the Securities
Act of 1933, as amended (the &#147;1933 Act&#148;);</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ii.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">securities issued by
entities in countries that restrict or prohibit the holdings of securities by
non-residents other than through qualified investment vehicles, or whose
distribution would otherwise be contrary to applicable local laws, rules&nbsp;or
regulations; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on the
latest filings of Fund stockholders with the Commission, the Fund has three
stockholders that own more than 5% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding stock: the
Administradora de Fondos de Pensiones de Provida, S.A. (&#147;Provida&#148;) (on behalf
of the pension funds it manages) owns 23.35%, A.F.P. Habitat S.A. (&#147;Habitat&#148;)
(on behalf of the pension funds it manages) owns 24.72% (Provida and Habitat
collectively, the &#147;AFPs&#148;).&#160; Aside from
these stockholders, a review of stockholder filings with the Commission do not
indicate any stockholder of the Fund owning more than 5% of the Fund&#146;s
outstanding shares.&#160; See Section&nbsp;III.A.1.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">iii.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">certain portfolio assets,
such as derivative instruments or repurchase agreements, that involve the
assumption of contractual obligations, require special trading facilities, or
can only be traded with the counterparty to the transaction.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Portfolio securities distributed to stockholders through the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer will be valued using the same process for calculating
Applicant&#146;s net asset value.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Cash will be paid for that portion of Applicant&#146;s assets represented by
cash and cash equivalents (such as certificates of deposit, commercial paper
and repurchase agreements) and other assets which are not readily distributable
(including receivables and prepaid expenses), net of all liabilities (including
accounts payable).&#160; In addition,
Applicant will distribute cash in lieu of fractional shares and accruals on
such securities.&#160; Applicant may round
down or up the proportionate distribution of each portfolio security to the
nearest round lot amount to eliminate them prior to distribution and will distribute
the value of the remaining odd lot, if any, in cash.&#160; In lieu of cash, Applicant may also
distribute a higher pro rata percentage of other portfolio securities to
represent such fractional shares and odd lots.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant believes that the amount of cash to be distributed will be a
relatively small amount because, as of September&nbsp;30, 2009, approximately
99.4% of Applicant&#146;s assets were invested in equity securities that Applicant
anticipates would be eligible for distribution in-kind.&#160; In any case, each tendering stockholder will
receive cash and securities equal in value to the same dollar amount per share.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s shares will be priced for purposes of the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer at the end of the business day following the date when the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer expires (anticipated to be March&nbsp;31).&#160; The Fund anticipates that it will mail tender
offer documents relating to the In-Kind Repurchase Offer to stockholders within
the first quarter of 2010.&#160; The In-Kind
Repurchase Offer would remain open for at least twenty business days.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the In-Kind Repurchase Offer, the Fund intends to
file a tender offer statement under Rule&nbsp;13e-4 of the 1934 Act and certain
ancillary documents (collectively, the &#147;Tender Offer Statement&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Chilean Regulatory Requirements</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant understands that under Chilean legal requirements applicable
to Chilean pension funds, AFPs can generally only sell or purchase securities (i)&nbsp;on
an exchange and (ii)&nbsp;for cash.&#160; The
transfer by the Fund of Chilean securities listed on the Santiago Stock
Exchange(3)&nbsp;or any other exchange to an AFP must therefore take place on
that exchange, except in certain limited circumstances.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund has requested an authorization from the Chilean
Superintendency of Securities and Insurance (&#147;SVS&#148;), the Chilean regulatory
body governing securities transactions, and the Chilean Superintendency of
Pensions (&#147;SP&#148;), the Chilean regulatory body governing pension funds, in connection
with the proposed transfer by the Fund of Chilean securities held in the Fund&#146;s
portfolio to AFPs in connection with the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.&#160; The Fund will have to obtain the requested
authorizations from the SVS and the SP before closing the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer and will disclose this contingency in the Tender Offer Statement provided
to stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Additionally, each participating stockholder must establish a Chilean
brokerage account and obtain a Chilean tax identification number to be able to
receive and sell any shares received in connection with the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer on a Chilean exchange in the future.&#160;
These measures are not expected to place an undue burden on tendering
stockholders, including non-</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Founded in
1893, the Santiago Stock Exchange is Chile&#146;s main stock exchange. The exchange
trades in stocks, bonds, investment funds, stock options, futures, gold and
silver coins minted by the Central Bank of Chile, and U.S. dollars on
Telepregon, its electronic platform.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">institutional stockholders.&#160; The Fund will disclose these measures in the
Tender Offer Statement provided to stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Other than as discussed above and the tax considerations discussed
below, to the best of the Fund&#146;s knowledge, there are no Chilean laws or
regulations that would affect the distribution of portfolio securities to the
Fund&#146;s stockholders through the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Tax Treatment</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In accordance with section 852(b)(6)&nbsp;of the Internal Revenue Code
of 1986, as amended (the &#147;Code&#148;), Applicant will not recognize gain for U.S.
Federal tax purposes when it distributes appreciated portfolio securities
in-kind to participating stockholders, so that only participating stockholders
will recognize capital gains in connection with the payment of portfolio
securities, and non-participating stockholders of Applicant will not recognize
such gains as a consequence of payments of portfolio securities to the
participating stockholders.&#160; Accordingly,
the Fund will not seek a ruling from the Internal Revenue Service (the &#147;IRS&#148;)
with respect to the tax consequences of the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.&#160; The Tender Offer Statement will fully
disclose this decision and its potential affect on the Fund&#146;s stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund is subject to a Chilean tax on the income and deemed gain on
the Chilean securities distributed in-kind.&#160;
In addition, any non-Chilean resident stockholder of the Applicant that
receive portfolio securities in-kind is subject to a withholding tax in Chile
when dividends are paid and when the stockholder ultimately sells the
securities received.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Proposed Timing of In-Kind
Repurchase Offer</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant will not close the In-Kind Repurchase Offer on the terms
discussed above until it receives the Order from the Commission.</font></p>

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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">C.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">ADVANTAGES OF AN IN-KIND REPURCHASE OFFER</font></b></h2>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Making payment for the In-Kind Repurchase Offer in kind will provide
potential benefits to both participating and non-participating
stockholders.&#160; These benefits arise from
Applicant&#146;s closed-end fund structure, its investments in relatively less
liquid securities, and its maintenance of relatively small cash positions.&#160; As discussed below in more detail, potential
benefits of the In-Kind Repurchase Offer include:</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">avoiding a cascade of
required distributions that would be associated with a cash tender offer, and
that could reduce the size of the Fund drastically;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">causing the U.S. tax burden
of capital gains realized by the Fund in connection with the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer to be borne only by stockholders who elected to participate in the offer;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">minimizing disruption to the
investment management of Applicant and to the Chilean equities market and
therefore minimizing the impact on the investments of stockholders who remain
invested in Applicant after the In-Kind Repurchase Offer;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">enhancing liquidity for
Applicant&#146;s stockholders; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">assisting Applicant to
maintain its status as a closed-end fund while potentially addressing the
discount to net asset value at which Applicant&#146;s shares have traded.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Avoiding a Damaging Cascade of
Required Distributions</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Inherent in the Fund&#146;s present portfolio is a large amount of
unrealized appreciation.&#160; As of December&nbsp;31,
2009, Applicant had net assets valued at approximately $191 million and net
unrealized appreciation on investments of approximately $110 million.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In light of this sizable appreciation, if the Fund were to pay for
repurchased shares with cash rather than with portfolio securities, the result
would be to trigger a cascade of distributions, required to preserve the Fund&#146;s
tax status, that would reduce the size of the Fund drastically, to a point
where it could potentially be no longer viable.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This is because the Fund, to pay for a cash tender offer, would have to
sell portfolio securities, thereby realizing capital gains.&#160; Under the Code, the Fund, if it is not to
become </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">subject to Federal income tax on its income and
capital gains, and subject also to a Federal excise tax, must distribute to its
stockholders each year, in qualifying distributions (essentially, ones made pro
rata to all stockholders) substantially all its income and net capital
gains.&#160; A cash tender offer would not
count as a qualifying distribution, since it would not be made pro rata to all
holders given that it is extremely likely that some stockholders would not
participate in the offer.&#160; As a result,
if the Fund were to make a large cash tender offer for its shares, the Fund
would have to pay out, not only the cash needed for the tender offer, but the
cash needed to distribute the realized capital gains on the securities sold to
raise cash for the tender offer.&#160; The
Fund would need to sell additional securities to raise the cash for these
distributions.&#160; This would trigger
realization of more capital gains.&#160; The
Fund has estimated that a single cash tender offer for 25% of its shares would
result in the Fund shrinking as a result of the cascade of required
distributions, from approximately $191 million (based on net assets as of December&nbsp;31,
2009) to approximately $100 million in net assets by December&nbsp;31, 2011,
assuming the Fund&#146;s assets did not appreciate.(4)</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Fund were to shrink so drastically in size, that would substantially
increase the Fund&#146;s expense ratio and could eventually mean that the Fund would
no longer be viable and the directors would need to consider liquidating the
Fund.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This cascade of distributions would not be triggered by an in-kind
offer because the In-Kind Repurchase Offer would not cause the recognition of
capital gains by the Fund for Federal tax purposes.&#160; An in-kind repurchase offer, unlike a cash
repurchase offer, helps the Fund as well as stockholders who continue to hold
Applicant&#146;s shares after the In-Kind Repurchase Offer to avoid realizing
capital gains for Federal tax purposes.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
calculation is based on net unrealized appreciation of 57% of net assets as of December&nbsp;31,
2009, and assumes a pro rata portion (25%) of each security held is sold,
resulting in realized net gain equal to approximately 368% of prior year
capital gain dividend paid.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund will be subject to a Chilean 10% tax on the income and deemed
gain on the Chilean securities distributed in-kind.&#160; The tax on the deemed gain is estimated as of
December&nbsp;31, 2009 to equal approximately $2.7 million.&#160; In a cash tender offer, the Fund will be
subject to a Chilean 10% tax on income only.&#160;
Sales of securities on a Chilean exchange that were purchased on that
exchange are generally not subject to the 10% tax, however, and as a result the
Fund estimates the Chilean tax in connection with a cash tender offer to not be
significant.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Avoiding U.S. Tax Burden on Stockholders
Not Participating in the Offer</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In a cash tender offer, unlike an in-kind offer, all stockholders -
including those who do not participate in the offer - would bear the burden of
the capital gains for Federal tax purposes realized by the Fund.&#160; In an in-kind offer, only participating
stockholders would pay Federal tax on the gain on the appreciated securities
distributed in the offer.&#160; Non-Chilean
resident stockholders of the Fund that receive portfolio securities in-kind are
also subject to a withholding tax in Chile equal to 35% of the difference
between the value of the securities received in-kind (plus an inflation
adjustment) and the price received when the shareholder ultimately sells the
securities received.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Minimizing Transaction Costs</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Selling portfolio securities to raise cash to finance cash self-tenders
would cause the Fund to incur substantial brokerage commissions and other
transaction and legal costs which would not be incurred in the case of an
in-kind offer.&#160; On the other hand, legal
fees and expenses incurred by the Fund to obtain regulatory approvals required
for the In-Kind Repurchase Offer are expected to be greater than in the case of
a cash tender offer.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although a numerical comparison between the transaction and legal costs
for a cash tender offer versus those for an in-kind tender offer cannot be made
with precision, the additional </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">transaction costs required to conduct the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer, if any, are substantially outweighed by the damaging cascade
effect described in Section&nbsp;II.C.I above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Minimizing Potential Market
Disruption</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Almost all of Applicant&#146;s $191 million of net assets are invested in
Chilean securities, primarily securities that are listed on the Santiago Stock
Exchange.&#160; The Chilean securities markets
are small and illiquid compared to major world markets.&#160; The market capitalization of the Santiago
Stock Exchange at the end of 2009 was approximately $209 billion, compared to
$13,724 billion for the New York Stock Exchange.&#160; The dollar value of daily trading activity on
the Santiago Stock Exchange averaged $151 million in 2009, compared to an
average of approximately $25 billion for the New York Stock Exchange.&#160; The following table shows the average daily
trading volume of the Santiago Stock Exchange since 1999.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Average Trading Volume of the
Santiago Stock Exchange</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Year<br>
  Ended<br>
  12/31</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Millions of<br>
  CLP<br>
  (average<br>
  daily)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Millions of<br>
  USD<br>
  (average<br>
  daily)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Year-End<br>
  Market<br>
  Capitalization<br>
  (US$&nbsp;million)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Daily<br>
  Average<br>
  Trading<br>
  Value/Market<br>
  Capitalization</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1999</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.766</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">27</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101.317</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13.365</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">25</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">87.711</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2001</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10.897</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">17</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">76.536</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.02</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr>
  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2002</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">9.725</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">14</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">63.170</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.02</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2003</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18.089</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">26</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">93.303</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.03</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">28.964</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">47</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">130.851</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.04</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">41.554</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">74</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">147.657</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.05</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">61.602</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">116</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">202.101</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.06</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2007</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">101.390</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">194</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">217.326</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.09</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <td width="24%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:24.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2008</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">77.030</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">147</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">161.277</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.09</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2009</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">84.331</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">151</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">209.432</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:2.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="background:#CCEEFF;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:16.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">0.07</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Trading on the Santiago Stock Exchange is concentrated, with about 80%
of total traded volume in 2009 produced by 20 issuers (out of a total 223
issuers) as of December&nbsp;31, 2009.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Fund were to make a cash tender offer rather than an in-kind
offer to repurchase its shares, the need to find funding for the offer would
likely force Aberdeen to liquidate large amounts of Applicant&#146;s holdings.&#160; This may have a depressing effect on the
market prices for the Fund&#146;s portfolio holdings, and could reduce net asset
value per share.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If instead Applicant were to make an in-kind offer, Applicant would
avoid having to liquidate large blocks of portfolio securities on the Santiago
Stock Exchange.&#160; This may avert a
potential depression in the prices of those portfolio securities, which will
benefit both the participating stockholders by helping to preserve the value of
the portfolio securities received and Applicant&#146;s remaining stockholders by
helping to minimize any disruption to Applicant&#146;s net asset value per
share.&#160; An in-kind distribution also
avoids the need for Applicant&#146;s investment manager to sell prematurely
securities it had wished to retain as long-term investments in accordance with
Applicant&#146;s investment objective, which would benefit Applicant&#146;s stockholders
who remain invested after the termination of the offer.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, the In-Kind Repurchase Offer would allow Applicant&#146;s
investment manager to mitigate transaction costs, including currency conversion
costs, that would accompany the sale of portfolio securities and that may be
delayed if such securities were allowed to remain in the portfolio over a
longer period of time.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Enhancing Liquidity</u></font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The In-Kind Repurchase Offer will provide enhanced liquidity for
Applicant&#146;s stockholders, a goal that is in the best interests of all of
Applicant&#146;s stockholders.&#160; Applicant
believes that stockholders will find it attractive to receive Applicant&#146;s
portfolio securities for their own investment management purposes: the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer will allow investors to reduce their investments in a
particular security or securities by selling off certain investments while
retaining others.&#160; For example, in an
In-Kind Repurchase Offer, when a participating </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">stockholder receives its pro rata &#147;slice&#148; of the
portfolio, the stockholder could sell those securities it no longer wishes to
hold while keeping the remainder.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">6.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Assisting the Fund To Remain a
Closed-End Company</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The In-Kind Repurchase Offer would allow Applicant to maintain its
closed-end fund structure, which Applicant believes has served its stockholders
well and has contributed to Applicant&#146;s strong performance.&#160; Applicant has been a closed-end fund since
its inception in 1989, and Applicant believes that the many advantages provided
by this structure, described below, continue to serve the best interests of
Applicant&#146;s stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Investment companies investing in single emerging markets such as Chile
have in many cases been organized as closed-end funds.&#160; Such funds do not need to redeem shares upon
stockholder request.&#160; The need to stand
ready to redeem shares can hurt investment performance for the following
reasons.&#160; First, keeping a substantial
portion of fund assets invested in readily liquidated investments means that an
investment manager may have to invest in securities that do not have the
strongest prospects for long-term growth.&#160;
Second, selling portfolio securities can hurt a fund&#146;s net asset value,
particularly if, as is more likely to be the case in emerging markets, the
trading markets for shares of the portfolio securities may not be highly
liquid.&#160; Sales of part of a fund&#146;s
holdings in less liquid portfolio companies may tend to depress the market
price of shares of the portfolio companies, and therefore also depress fund net
asset value.&#160; Finally, as discussed
above, selling portfolio securities can also hurt stockholder investment
performance by triggering realization of taxable gains on holdings of portfolio
companies at a time when the manager would not otherwise want to sell such
holdings.</font></p>

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Chilean capital markets from the time that it first began investing in Chile
and the concerns that certain stockholders have expressed about the discount to
net asset value at which shares of the Fund </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">have traded, it is appropriate to take steps in
addition to those taken by Applicant in the recent past to address the
discount.&#160; The In-Kind Repurchase Offer
may raise demand for the Fund and therefore reduce the discount.&#160; In addition, the In-Kind Repurchase Offer
would benefit stockholders by providing liquidity at near net asset value with the
possibility of remaining invested in Chilean securities.</font></p>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">DISCUSSION OF APPLICABLE LAW</font></b></h1>

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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.25in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">A.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">DISTRIBUTIONS OF PORTFOLIO SECURITIES TO AFFILIATED
PERSONS</font></b></h2>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant requests relief under Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;from the
provisions of Sections 17(a)(1)&nbsp;and 17(a)(2)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act to the
extent necessary to permit Affiliated Stockholders to participate in
distributions of portfolio securities pursuant to the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer.&#160; The relief sought will extend
only to Affiliated Stockholders who are &#147;affiliated persons&#148; within the meaning
of Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)(A)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act, and will not extend to
stockholders persons who are &#147;affiliated persons&#148; within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)(B)&nbsp;through
(F)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;17(a)(1)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act, in relevant part, prohibits
any affiliated person of a registered investment company, or any affiliated
person of such a person, acting as principal, from knowingly selling any
security or other property to that company.&#160;
Section&nbsp;17(a)(2)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act generally prohibits any of
the persons described above, acting as principal, from knowingly purchasing any
security or other property from the registered investment company.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)(A)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act defines the term &#147;affiliated
person&#148; as &#147;any person directly or indirectly owning, controlling, or holding
with power to vote, five per centum or more of the outstanding voting
securities of such other person.&#148;&#160; Unless
the Commission, upon application, grants an exemption, the participation of an
Affiliated Stockholder in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer would be prohibited by
Sections 17(a)(1)&nbsp;and 17(a)(2)&nbsp;if the In-Kind </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Repurchase Offer were deemed to involve the &#147;sale&#148;
by an Affiliated Stockholder of Applicant&#146;s securities to Applicant, or the &#147;purchase&#148;
of Applicant&#146;s portfolio securities (of which Applicant is not the issuer) by
an Affiliated Stockholder.(5)&nbsp; Applicant therefore requests that the
Commission grant an exemption from Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;to the extent
necessary to permit the participation of Affiliated Stockholders in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Basis for Relief</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act provides:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notwithstanding
subsection (a), any person may file with the Commission an application for an
order exempting a proposed transaction of the applicant from one or more
provisions of that subsection.&#160; The
Commission shall grant such application and issue such order of exemption if
evidence establishes that</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the terms of the proposed
transaction, including the consideration to be paid or received, are reasonable
and fair and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person concerned;</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the proposed transaction is
consistent with the policy of each registered investment company concerned, as
recited in its registration statement and reports filed under this title; and</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; the proposed transaction is
consistent with the general purposes of this title.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">See, e.g., The
Korea Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;26911 (Order) (June&nbsp;20,
2005); Mexico Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;25593 (May&nbsp;28,
2002) (Order); see also Signature Financial Group,&nbsp;Inc., SEC No-Action
Letter (Dec.&nbsp;28, 1999) (&#147;Signature Letter&#148;). The Staff of the Division of
Investment Management of the Commission explained that it might view the
distribution of a fund&#146;s portfolio securities to an Affiliated Stockholder
pursuant to a redemption in-kind by the Affiliated Stockholder as a sale of the
fund&#146;s securities by that Affiliated Stockholder to the fund under Section&nbsp;17(a)(1)&nbsp;and
the Affiliated Stockholder&#146;s receipt of portfolio securities from the fund as a
purchase of securities by the Affiliated Stockholder from the fund under Section&nbsp;17(a)(2).
The Staff further interpreted Section&nbsp;17(a)(1)(A)&nbsp;to provide an
exception for cash redemptions to affiliated persons, noting that it would not
have been necessary for Congress to have created the exception in subsection (A)&nbsp;of
Section&nbsp;17(a)(1)&nbsp;if it had not considered a redemption to involve a
sale of securities.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant seeks exemptive relief pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of
the 1940 Act because the proposed In-Kind Repurchase Offer may constitute a &#147;proposed
transaction&#148; for purposes of Section&nbsp;17(b).&#160; Applicant seeks exemptive relief pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;with
respect to Affiliated Stockholders of Applicant who would otherwise be unable
to participate in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer under Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of
the 1940 Act solely because they hold over five percent of the outstanding
shares of Applicant and would consequently have &#147;affiliated person&#148;
status.&#160; Applicant believes that only
this type of &#147;affiliated person&#148; will participate in the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer; and its request for exemptive relief applies only to this type of
affiliated person.&#160; The table below
presents stockholders who own at least 5% of the outstanding shares of
Applicant as of their most recent Schedule 13D or 13G filings and may wish to
participate in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

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  Stockholder</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  Outstanding Shares<br>
  Owned</font></b></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Provida(6)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">23.35</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,513,860</font></p>
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  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">24.72</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant currently is not aware of any other person who may be deemed
an &#147;affiliated person&#148; of Applicant within the meaning of Section&nbsp;2(a)(3)(A)&nbsp;of
the 1940 Act.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Fairness of the Terms of the
Proposed In-Kind Repurchase Offer</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The terms of the In-Kind Repurchase Offer are reasonable and fair to
all stockholders and do not involve overreaching on the part of any person
concerned.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First, the Board, which is comprised entirely of Independent Directors,
has determined that Applicant will pay each stockholder participating in the
In-Kind Repurchase Offer a pro rata portion of Applicant&#146;s portfolio securities
(except as noted above).&#160; Neither
Applicant nor</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Based
on the most recent Schedule 13D filed by Provida on September&nbsp;9, 2003.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Based
on the most recent Schedule 13D/A filed by Habitat on May&nbsp;19, 2004.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">stockholders will have a choice of which portfolio
securities will be used as consideration with respect to the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer.&#160; Instead, the securities to be
distributed will be chosen in accordance with the terms described above in Section&nbsp;II.B
and participating stockholders will indiscriminately receive their pro rata
portion of such securities.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second, the Fund will value portfolio securities to be distributed in
connection with the In-Kind Repurchase Offer using the same method it uses to
value its portfolio securities when calculating net asset value per share in
accordance with Section&nbsp;2(a)(41) of the 1940 Act, which would be an
objective, verifiable standard that removes any discretion of an Affiliated
Stockholder or Aberdeen to conduct the In-Kind Repurchase Offer at a price that
would be beneficial or detrimental to the interests of any particular
stockholder.&#160; Applicant&#146;s portfolio
securities are primarily equity securities that are listed and traded on the
Santiago Stock Exchange and the New York Stock Exchange, both of which are
public securities markets for which quoted prices are publicly available.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Third, cash will be paid for that portion of Applicant&#146;s assets
represented by cash equivalents (such as certificates of deposit, commercial
paper and repurchase agreements) and other assets which are not readily
distributable (including receivables and prepaid expenses), net of all
liabilities (including accounts payable).&#160;
Participating stockholders will consequently receive a value fully
representative of their percentage of the Fund&#146;s holdings repurchased in the
In-Kind Repurchase Offer, even when such value can not be paid entirely
in-kind.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fourth, holding odd lots and/or fractional shares in its investment
portfolio could be detrimental to Applicant and its post In-Kind Repurchase
Offer stockholders, as brokerage commissions are typically higher for
transactions in securities that are not traded in round lots.&#160; To protect fairly the interests of Applicant
and its stockholders, when effecting the In-Kind </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Repurchase Offer, Applicant may round down or up the
proportionate distribution of each portfolio security to the nearest round lot
amount.&#160; To equally protect participating
stockholders, Applicant would redeem the remaining value of the odd lot, if
any, in cash.&#160; In lieu of cash, Applicant
may also distribute a higher pro rata percentage of equity securities to
represent such fractional shares and odd lots.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fifth, as part of the In-Kind Repurchase Offer materials, Applicant
would provide to each stockholder a Tender Offer Statement that would assist
all stockholders in evaluating whether or not they should participate in such
In-Kind Repurchase Offer.&#160; The Tender
Offer Statement would inform stockholders of the potential risks (including
potential diminution of value in such securities following payment of proceeds,
risks of foreign investment and currency risks) of receiving portfolio
securities of the Fund as repurchase offer consideration.&#160; Stockholders would further be informed of
their continued ability to sell their Fund shares through the NYSE AMEX.&#160; The Fund also will provide a toll-free
telephone number that stockholders could use to obtain answers to any questions
they might have.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Sixth, Applicant will take steps to ensure that tendering shares and
receiving portfolio securities as consideration will be efficient and practical
for stockholders who desire to participate in the offer.&#160; Applicant will provide clear information as
to the procedures stockholders should follow to participate in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer and the role that broker-dealers can play in facilitating the
receipt of proceeds.&#160; For example, the
Tender Offer Statement will state that stockholders must provide information
for the transfer of proceeds to a Chilean brokerage account and that there may
be additional costs to stockholders in arranging for the receipt of proceeds
from the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.&#160; As of
December&nbsp;31, 2009, approximately 97.6% of Applicant&#146;s outstanding shares
were held in &#147;street name.&#148;&#160; Applicant </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">believes that the broker-dealers used by most
stockholders will facilitate stockholders&#146; participation in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer by making it easier for such stockholders to receive portfolio
securities and, if necessary, establish offshore bank or brokerage accounts for
participation in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Consistency with General
Purposes of the 1940 Act</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Two of the general purposes of the 1940 Act are to protect security
holders of investment companies from discrimination among holders of securities
issued by such companies, and to prevent self-dealing by investment company
affiliates harmful to other security holders.&#160;
The 1940 Act explicitly recognizes that &#147;the national public interest
and the interest of investors are adversely affected . . . when investment
companies are organized, operated, managed, or their portfolio securities are
selected, in the interest of . . . other affiliated persons thereof . . .
rather than in the interest of all classes of such companies&#146; security holders.&#148;(8)&nbsp;
By ensuring that no party with the ability and the pecuniary incentive to
influence the In-Kind Repurchase Offer will be able to select, or influence the
selection of, the portfolio securities to be distributed in-kind or their
valuation, and that all stockholders&#146; interests are equally protected, the
terms of Applicant&#146;s In-Kind Repurchase Offer are consistent with the above
objectives and meet the general objective of fairness intended by the
provisions, policies and purposes of Section&nbsp;1(b)(2)&nbsp;of the 1940
Act.&#160; Applicant also believes that the
In-Kind Repurchase Offer is consistent with the general purposes of the 1940
Act because Affiliated Stockholders would not receive any advantage or special
benefit not available to any other stockholder participating in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer.</font></p>

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U.S.C. &#167; 80a-1(b)(2)&nbsp;(2009).</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">First, the terms of the In-Kind Repurchase Offer will protect the Fund&#146;s
stockholders from discrimination and self-dealing because the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer will be paid with a pro rata &#147;slice&#148; of the portfolio&#146;s
securities. In this regard, all Fund participating stockholders will be subject
to the same calculation of the pro rata distribution of Applicant&#146;s portfolio
securities, including the exceptions to the pro rata distribution and the
conditions for payment of a portion of a stockholder&#146;s repurchase in cash
(e.g., treatment of non-marketable securities, fractional shares and odd lots).
As a result, no party with the ability and the pecuniary incentive to influence
the In-Kind Repurchase Offer, including Aberdeen, will be able to select, or
influence the selection of, the portfolio securities to be distributed in-kind
or their valuation. Any participant&#146;s ability to influence the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer will be further limited by the condition to this Application
that distributed securities will be valued in the same manner as they would be
valued for the purposes of computing Applicant&#146;s net asset value. Thus, for
each Applicant share repurchased, all tendering stockholders will receive the
same in-kind distribution of portfolio securities and cash and the affiliated or
non-affiliated status of any participating stockholder will be irrelevant.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Second, the In-Kind Repurchase Offer is consistent with protecting
stockholders from discrimination because they are designed to accommodate, more
fully than a cash-repurchase offer, the various and divergent interests of
Applicant&#146;s stockholders, including both those who wish to liquidate their
investment in-kind at 99% of net asset value and those stockholders who would
prefer to remain invested in the Fund.&#160;
In particular, Applicant believes that the purpose of the 1940 Act to
prevent discrimination among stockholders and promote fairness is best served
if long-term stockholders who do not choose to participate in the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer are not burdened with the U.S. tax liability that would result
from the sale of portfolio securities to pay </font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">for the repurchase offer in cash. As discussed above
in Section&nbsp;II.C.2, the In-Kind Repurchase Offer would avoid the imposition
of a significant U.S. tax liability on remaining stockholders if Applicant
liquidated portions of its significantly appreciated investment portfolio to
fund a cash repurchase offer.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Third, Applicant and its stockholders are protected from self-dealing
due to the mechanics and characteristics of the structure of the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer. To the extent that the In-Kind Repurchase Offer is
over-subscribed, each participating stockholder would only receive a pro rata
share of its tender in proportion to the total shares accepted for repurchase
by Applicant.&#160; Purchasing the repurchased
shares at 99% of Applicant&#146;s net asset value as of the date the repurchase
offer expires is designed to ensure that participation by some stockholders in
the In-Kind Repurchase Offer will not adversely affect the net asset value of
shares held by non-participating stockholders.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Finally, Applicant believes it would be extremely difficult, if not
impossible, to manipulate the In-Kind Repurchase Offer as a means to gain control
of the Fund. The Board has carefully considered the timing and circumstances of
the In-Kind Repurchase Offer, but believes it is unlikely that the In-Kind
Repurchase Offer will serve as an effective tool for achieving control of the
Fund.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">4.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Consistency with Investment and
Other Policies</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The In-Kind Repurchase Offer is consistent with Applicant&#146;s investment
policies and limitations, which do not restrict Applicant&#146;s ability to conduct
In-Kind Repurchase Offer. In addition, the In-Kind Repurchase Offer could
further Applicant&#146;s investment objective of total return, consisting of capital
appreciation and income, by minimizing disruption of Applicant&#146;s investment
program and net asset value per share, and by avoiding the imposition of
long-term capital gains taxes, as discussed above.</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant will also conduct the In-Kind Repurchase Offer in a manner
consistent with its Charter, By-Laws, registration statement filed under the
1933 and 1940 Acts, and annual reports and other reports filed under the
federal securities laws.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">5.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; <u>Relief Benefits All Stockholders</u></font></b></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The In-Kind Repurchase Offer is intended to benefit all of Applicant&#146;s
stockholders and should enable Applicant to ameliorate certain costs and tax
liabilities associated with a cash repurchase offer.&#160; Conducting the In-Kind Repurchase Offer will
allow Applicant to avoid selling substantial amounts of its portfolio
securities to satisfy participating stockholders with cash, which could
negatively affect the market value of the portfolio securities. The value of
Applicant&#146;s remaining holdings of securities and, correspondingly, Applicant&#146;s
net asset value thus is less likely to decline due to the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer.&#160; In addition, satisfying the offer
in-kind will remove the brokerage expenses Applicant would otherwise pay for
selling its portfolio securities.&#160;
Finally, as discussed above, by not having to sell portfolio securities,
Applicant will be able to significantly limit the imposition of U.S. taxes
associated with capital gains.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;page-break-after:auto;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">* * *</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant therefore believes that the exemptive relief requested
satisfies the standards enumerated in Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act.</font></p>

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<h2 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">B.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">PRECEDENT</font></b></h2>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Commission has provided exemptive relief on prior occasions to
closed-end investment companies to permit Affiliated Stockholders to
participate in an in-kind repurchase offer pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b).(9)</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">IV.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; APPLICANT&#146;S
CONDITIONS</font></b></h1>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant agrees that any Order granting the requested relief will be
subject to the following conditions:</font></p>

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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; Applicant
will distribute to stockholders participating in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer
an in-kind pro rata distribution of portfolio securities of Applicant.&#160; The pro rata distribution will not include: (a)&nbsp;securities
that, if distributed, would be required to be registered under the 1933 Act; (b)&nbsp;securities
issued by entities in countries that restrict or prohibit the holdings of
securities by non-residents other than through qualified investment vehicles,
or whose distribution would otherwise be contrary to applicable local laws, rules&nbsp;or
regulations; and (c)&nbsp;certain portfolio assets, such as derivative
instruments or repurchase agreements, that involve the assumption of
contractual obligations, require special trading facilities, or can only be
traded with the counterparty to the transaction.&#160; Cash will be paid for that portion of
Applicant&#146;s assets represented by cash and cash equivalents (such as certificates
of deposit, commercial paper and</font></h4>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(9)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">With regard to
exemptive relief granted only pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b), see, e.g.,
Scudder Spain and Portugal Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;23425
(Sept. 2, 1998) (Notice), Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;23467 (Sept.
25, 1998) (Order); Cypress Fund Inc., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;17900
(Dec.&nbsp;5, 1990) (Notice), Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;17931 (Jan.&nbsp;2,
1991) (Order); Mexico Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;25564
(May&nbsp;1, 2002) (Notice), Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;25593 (May&nbsp;28,
2002) (Order).&#160; With regard to exemptive
relief granted pursuant to Sections 6(c)&nbsp;and 17(b), see, e.g., Kemper
Global International Series, et al., Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;23537
(Nov.&nbsp;17, 1998) (Notice), Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;23597 (Dec.&nbsp;11,
1998) (Order); Scudder New Europe Fund,&nbsp;Inc., Investment Company Act
Release No.&nbsp;23921 (July&nbsp;27, 1999) (Notice), Investment Company Act
Release No.&nbsp;23964 (Aug.&nbsp;24, 1999) (Order); The Korea Fund,&nbsp;Inc.,
Investment Company Act Release No.&nbsp;26875 (Notice) (May&nbsp;23, 2005),
Investment Company Release No.&nbsp;26911 (Order) (June&nbsp;20, 2005);&#160; The Mexico Equity and Income Fund,&nbsp;Inc.,
Investment Company Release No.&nbsp;27592 (Notice) (Dec.&nbsp;7, 2006);
Investment Company Release No.&nbsp;27592 (Jan.&nbsp;3, 2007) (Order).</font></p>

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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">repurchase agreements) and other assets which are not readily
distributable (including receivables and prepaid expenses), net of all
liabilities (including accounts payable). In addition, Applicant will
distribute cash in lieu of fractional shares and accruals on such securities.
Applicant may round down or up the proportionate distribution of each portfolio
security to the nearest round lot amount to eliminate any odd lot prior to the
distribution and will distribute the value of the remaining odd lot, if any, in
cash.&#160; Applicant may also distribute a
higher pro rata percentage of other portfolio securities to represent such
fractional shares and odd lots.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
securities distributed to stockholders pursuant to the In-Kind Repurchase Offer
will be limited to securities that are traded on a public securities market or
for which quoted bid and asked prices are available.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; The
securities distributed to stockholders pursuant to the In-Kind Repurchase Offer
will be valued in the same manner as they would be valued for purposes of
computing Applicant&#146;s net asset value, which, in the case of securities traded
on a public securities market for which quotations are available, is their last
reported sales price on the exchange on which the securities are primarily
traded or at the last sales price on a public securities market, or, if the
securities are not listed on an exchange or a public securities market or if
there is no such reported price, the average of the most recent bid and asked
price (or, if no such asked price is available, the last quoted bid price).</font></h4>

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will maintain and preserve for a period of not less than six years from the end
of the fiscal year in which the In-Kind Repurchase Offer occurs, the first two
years in an easily accessible place, a written record of the In-Kind Repurchase
Offer, that includes the identity of each stockholder of record that
participated in the In-Kind Repurchase Offer, whether </font></h4>

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<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that
stockholder was an Affiliated Stockholder, a description of each security
distributed, the terms of the distribution, and the information or materials
upon which the valuation was made.</font></h4>

<h4 style="font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></h4>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">V.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">PROCEDURAL COMPLIANCE</font></b></h1>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Board of the Fund has adopted the following resolutions authorizing the
execution and filing of this Application.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RESOLVED:&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that the
appropriate officers of the Fund be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and
directed in the name and on behalf of the Fund to prepare, execute and file
with the SEC an application or applications and any exhibits and amendments
thereto pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of the Investment Company Act of
1940 (the &#147;Act&#148;) for an order granting an exemption from Section&nbsp;17(a)&nbsp;of
the Act, permitting the Fund to make an in-kind repurchase of Fund Shares and
to permit certain affiliated persons of the Fund to participate in such
repurchases; with such modifications thereto as the officer or officers
executing the same shall approve, the execution and delivery thereof by such
officer or officers to the Fund to be deemed conclusive evidence of the
approval by the Fund of the form, terms and conditions thereof; and be it</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;text-indent:.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">FURTHER</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">RESOLVED:&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">that the
appropriate officers of the Fund be, and each of them hereby is, authorized and
directed in the name and on behalf of the Fund to make, execute, file and
deliver any and all consents, certificates, documents, instruments, amendments,
papers or writings as may be necessary or desirable in connection with or in
furtherance of the foregoing, and to do any and all other acts necessary or
desirable to effectuate the foregoing resolutions, the execution and delivery
thereof by such officer or officers of the Fund to be deemed conclusive
evidence of the approval by the Fund of the form, terms and conditions thereof.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;0-2(c)&nbsp;under the 1940 Act, each Applicant hereby states that
the person signing and filing this Application on its behalf is fully
authorized to do so, that under the provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation, By-Laws or similar governing documents, as applicable, of such
Applicant, responsibility for the management of the affairs of such Applicant
is vested in its board of directors or its officers, as the case may be, and
that such </font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Applicant
has complied with all requirements for the execution and filing of this
Application in its name and on its behalf.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This
verification required by Rule&nbsp;0-2(d)&nbsp;is attached to this Application
as Exhibit A.</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Pursuant
to Rule&nbsp;0-2(f)&nbsp;under the Act, the Applicant further states that:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)&#160;&#160; The address of the Applicant is as follows:</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">c/o
Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1735
Market Street 32nd Floor</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Philadelphia,
PA 19103</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Any questions regarding this Application should be
directed to:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;text-indent:-.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Rose
F. DiMartino</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Willkie
Farr&nbsp;&amp; Gallagher LLP</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">787
Seventh Avenue</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New
York, NY 10019</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.25in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(212)
728-8215</font></p>

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<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">VI.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">CONCLUSION</font></b></h1>

<h1 style="font-weight:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;page-break-after:auto;text-indent:-.5in;text-transform:uppercase;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;text-transform:none;">&nbsp;</font></b></h1>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For the reasons stated above, Applicant submits that the relief
requested pursuant to Section&nbsp;17(b)&nbsp;of the 1940 Act will be
consistent with the protection of investors and will insure that Applicant does
not unfairly discriminate against any of Applicant&#146;s stockholders. Applicant
desires that the Commission issue the requested Order pursuant to Rule&nbsp;0-5
under the 1940 Act without conducting a hearing.</font></p>

<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>

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*</font></p>

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<p style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Application has been duly executed as of the 5th day of March,
2010 by the undersigned officer of the Applicant.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Page</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Verification
  of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></p>
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  <td width="5%" valign="top" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in;width:5.0%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">33</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">EXHIBIT A</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VERIFICATION</font></b></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE CHILE FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
undersigned states that she has duly executed the attached Application, dated March&nbsp;5,
2010, for and on behalf of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; that she is the Vice
President of The Chile Fund,&nbsp;Inc.; and that all action by the
stockholders, directors and other bodies of such Applicant necessary to
authorize the undersigned to execute and file such Application has been
taken.&#160; The undersigned further states
that she is familiar with such Application, and the contents thereof, and that
the facts therein set forth are true to the best of her knowledge, information
and belief.</font></p>

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