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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001193125-24-068844
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		4
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240425
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240315
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240315

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001061353
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	
		IRS NUMBER:				134009166
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			DE
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-08777
		FILM NUMBER:		24753338

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2123252000

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		ELEVEN MADISON AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10010

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	DLJ HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19980508
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SCHEDULE 14A
INFORMATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy Statement Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a) of the </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.&#8195;) </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Filed by the
Registrant&#8194;&nbsp;&#9746;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;&#8195;Filed by a Party other than the Registrant&#8194;&#9744; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Check the appropriate
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Preliminary Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left"><B>Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as permitted by Rule 14a-6(e)(2)) </B></P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Definitive Proxy Statement </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:18pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(Name of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter) </B></P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" COLSPAN="3">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Title of each class of securities to which transaction applies:</P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:2.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Eleven Madison Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10010 </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>(800) 293-1232 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOTICE OF
ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>To Be Held on April 25, 2024 </B></P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center> <P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">T<SMALL>O</SMALL> T<SMALL>HE</SMALL> S<SMALL>HAREHOLDERS</SMALL> O<SMALL>F</SMALL> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">C<SMALL>REDIT</SMALL> S<SMALL>UISSE</SMALL> H<SMALL>IGH</SMALL> Y<SMALL>IELD</SMALL> B<SMALL>OND</SMALL> F<SMALL>UND</SMALL>: </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Shareholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (NYSE American:
DHY) (the &#147;Fund&#148;) will be held at the offices of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (&#147;Credit Suisse&#148;), Eleven Madison Avenue (between East 24th and 25th Streets), Floor 2B, New York, New York 10010, on Thursday, April&nbsp;25,
2024, commencing at 4:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern Time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of the Meeting is to consider and act upon the following proposal and to
consider and act upon such other matters as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments thereof: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&nbsp;To elect two (2)
Trustees of the Fund. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This item is discussed in greater detail in the attached Proxy Statement. <B>The Board of Trustees of the Fund has
determined that it is in the best interest of shareholders and the Fund to vote &#147;FOR&#148; the proposal.</B> </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The close of business on
March 14, 2024 has been fixed as the record date (the &#147;Record Date&#148;) for the determination of the shareholders of the Fund entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This notice and related proxy materials are first being mailed to shareholders on or about March 20, 2024. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:30%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">By Order of the Board of Trustees, </P> <P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:4pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:37%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">O<SMALL>MAR</SMALL> T<SMALL>ARIQ</SMALL> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:37%; text-indent:-2%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Chief Executive Officer and President </I></P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE MEETING, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT
THE MEETING. ACCORDINGLY, PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD PROMPTLY. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PROXY CARD BE RETURNED PROMPTLY IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF
FURTHER SOLICITATION. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Dated: March 20, 2024 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York,
New York </P>

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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:14pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Eleven Madison Avenue </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>New York, New York 10010 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Proxy
Statement for the </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Annual Meeting of Shareholders </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>To Be Held on Thursday, April 25, 2024 </B></P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><center>
<P STYLE="line-height:6.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1.00pt solid #000000;width:21%">&nbsp;</P></center> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This Proxy
Statement is furnished in connection with a solicitation of proxies by the Board of Trustees (the &#147;Board&#148; and each member thereof, a &#147;Trustee&#148;) of Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (the &#147;Fund&#148;) for use at the Annual
Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Credit Suisse Asset Managment, LLC (&#147;Credit Suisse&#148;), Eleven Madison Avenue (between East 24th and 25th Streets), Floor 2B, New York, New&nbsp;York 10010 on Thursday, April
25, 2024 (commencing at 4:00&nbsp;p.m. Eastern time) and at any adjournments thereof (collectively, the &#147;Meeting&#148;). A Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and a proxy card (the &#147;Proxy&#148;) accompany this Proxy Statement. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Proxy solicitations will be made primarily by mail, but solicitations may also be made by telephone or personal interviews conducted by
officers or employees of the Fund; Credit Suisse, the investment adviser to the Fund; State Street Bank and Trust Company, the administrator of the Fund (the &#147;Administrator&#148;); or AST Fund Solutions, LLC (&#147;AST&#148;), a professional
proxy solicitation firm that has been retained by the Fund for a fee not to exceed $1,500 plus all reasonable out of pocket expenses (mailings, emails, and shareholder telephone calls) incurred on behalf of the Fund. All costs of solicitation,
including (a)&nbsp;printing and mailing of this Proxy Statement and accompanying material, (b)&nbsp;the reimbursement of brokerage firms and proxy solicitation firms for their expenses in forwarding solicitation material to the beneficial owners of
the Fund&#146;s shares, (c)&nbsp;payment to AST for its services in soliciting Proxies and (d)&nbsp;supplementary solicitations to submit Proxies, will be borne by the Fund. This Proxy Statement and accompanying Proxy are expected to be mailed to
shareholders on or about March 20,&nbsp;2024. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The principal executive office of the Fund and Credit Suisse is Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th
Floor, New York, New York 10010. The principal executive office of the Administrator is One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02111. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s Annual Report containing audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023 has previously been
furnished to all shareholders of the Fund. The Fund&#146;s Annual Report is not to be regarded as proxy-soliciting material. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">If the
enclosed Proxy is properly executed and returned in time to be voted at the Meeting, the shares represented thereby will be voted in accordance with the </P>
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instructions marked on the Proxy. If no instructions are marked on the Proxy, the Proxy will be voted &#147;FOR&#148; each proposal presented at the Meeting, and will be voted on any matters that
may properly come before the Meeting in accordance with the judgment of the persons named in the Proxy. Any shareholder giving a Proxy has the power to revoke it by mail (addressed to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o Credit Suisse High Yield Bond
Fund, Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New&nbsp;York, New York 10010), voting again through the toll-free number or the Internet address listed in the Proxy or at the Meeting by executing a superseding Proxy or by submitting a notice of revocation.
Merely attending the Meeting, however, will not revoke any previously submitted Proxy. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The presence in person or by proxy of the holders
of a majority of the shares entitled to be cast shall be necessary and sufficient to constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. In the event that a quorum is not present at the Meeting, the holders of a majority of the shares present in
person or by proxy will have the power to adjourn the Meeting, without notice other than an announcement at the Meeting, until the requisite number of shares entitled to vote at the Meeting is present. In the event that a quorum is present at the
Meeting but sufficient votes to approve the proposal are not received, the persons named as proxies may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of Proxies. Any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote
of a majority of those shares represented at the Meeting in person or by proxy, and the persons named as proxies will vote those Proxies that they are entitled to vote &#147;FOR&#148; any proposal in favor of such adjournment and will vote those
Proxies required to be voted &#147;AGAINST&#148; any proposal against any such adjournment. Absent the establishment of a subsequent record date and the giving of notice to the holders of record thereon, the adjourned Meeting must take place not
more than 130 days after the record date. At such adjourned Meeting, any business may be transacted which could have been transacted at the original Meeting. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">A Proxy that is properly executed and returned accompanied by instructions to withhold authority to vote (an abstention) or that represents a
broker &#147;non-vote&#148; (that is, a Proxy from a broker or nominee indicating that such person has not received instructions from the beneficial owner or other person entitled to vote shares on a particular matter with respect to which the
broker or nominee does not have discretionary power) will be treated as shares that are present at the Meeting, but that have not voted, for the purpose of determining a quorum for the transacting of business. Accordingly, shareholders are urged to
forward their voting instructions promptly. Under Delaware law, abstentions and broker non-votes do not constitute a vote &#147;FOR&#148; or &#147;AGAINST&#148; a matter. The election of a Trustee requires that the successful candidate receive a
plurality of votes cast at the Meeting in person or by proxy. A &#147;plurality&#148; vote means the candidate who receives the largest number of votes cast (even if they receive less than a majority) will be elected as a Trustee. Since each
candidate for election as a Trustee in Proposal 1 is running unopposed, each candidate only needs one vote to be elected if there is a quorum present at the Meeting. Because abstentions and broker non-votes are not
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treated as shares voted, any abstentions and broker non-votes would have no impact on the election. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse and its affiliates have advised the Fund that they intend to vote the shares over which they have voting power at the Meeting,
including shares that are held directly or on behalf of employees, in the manner instructed by the customers or employees for which such shares are held. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund has one class of shares of beneficial interest of capital stock (the &#147;Shares&#148;). On the record date, March 14, 2024, there
were 103,513,735 Shares outstanding. Each Share is entitled to one vote at the Meeting, and fractional Shares are entitled to a proportionate share of one vote. In accordance with the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission
(&#147;SEC&#148;), the Fund is advising its shareholders of the availability on the Internet of the proxy materials relating to the Meeting. These rules allow companies to provide access to proxy materials in one&nbsp;of two ways. Because the Fund
has elected to utilize the &#147;full set delivery&#148; option, the Fund is delivering to all shareholders paper copies of all of the proxy materials, as well as providing access to those proxy materials on a publicly accessible website. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In order that your Shares may be represented at the Meeting, you are requested to: </P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">allow sufficient time for the Proxy to be received and processed on or before 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April
25, 2024 </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of the
Fund to Be Held on Thursday, April&nbsp;25, 2024.</B> The Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders, Proxy Statement and the Fund&#146;s most recent annual report are available on the Internet at www.credit-suisse.com/us. A copy of the Fund&#146;s
annual report for its fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023 is being furnished to all shareholders of the Fund along with this Proxy Statement in a combined mailing. In addition, the Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of the Fund&#146;s
annual report for its fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023 to any Fund shareholder upon request. To request a copy, please write to the Fund c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th&nbsp;Floor, New York, NY 10010, or
call <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">1-800-293-1232.</FONT> You also may call for information on how to obtain directions to be able to attend the Meeting and vote virtually. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>PROPOSAL 1: ELECTION OF TRUSTEES </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The only proposal to be submitted at the Meeting will be the election of two (2)&nbsp;Non-Interested Trustees (as defined below) of the Fund to
hold office for the term set forth below and until his or her successor is duly elected and qualified. Trustees who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; (as that term is defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;)) of the Fund and the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, Credit Suisse, are referred to in this Proxy Statement as </P>
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<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;Non-Interested</FONT> Trustees&#148;. &#147;Interested persons&#148; of a fund include, among others, persons who currently have or have had certain
affiliations or relationships with the fund or its investment adviser or principal underwriter. Trustees who are &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund and Credit Suisse are referred to in this Proxy Statement as &#147;Interested Trustees.&#148;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Agreement and Declaration of Trust, the Board is divided into three classes, with each class having a term of
three years. Each year the term of one class will expire. Laura A. DeFelice and Steven N. Rappaport have each been nominated for election to the Board for the class and term as set forth opposite his or her name below: </P>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Three-year term to expire at the</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Fund&#146;s
2027 Annual Meeting or until her successor is duly elected and qualified.</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">Three-year term to expire at the Fund&#146;s 2027 Annual Meeting or until his successor is duly elected and qualified.</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each of Ms. DeFelice and Mr. Rappaport currently serves as a Class I Trustee of the Fund. Mahendra R. Gupta and
John&nbsp;G. Popp are Class II Trustees whose term will expire at the Fund&#146;s 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until their respective successors are duly elected and qualified. Samantha Kappagoda is a Class III Trustee whose term will
expire at the Fund&#146;s 2026 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until her successor is duly elected and qualified. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Each nominee has
indicated an intention to continue to serve if elected and has consented to being named in this Proxy Statement. With respect to Mr. Rappaport, the Nominating Committee of the Board has approved a waiver of the Board&#146;s retirement policy, under
which members of the Board are not to be presented to shareholders of the Fund for election at any meeting that is scheduled to occur after he/she has reached the age of 74. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The following tables set forth certain information regarding the nominee for election to the Board, Trustees whose terms of office continue
beyond the Meeting, and the principal officers of the Fund. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Year of Birth</B></P></TD>
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Years</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Portfolios<BR>in Fund<BR>Complex**<BR>Overseen</B><br><B>By&nbsp;Trustee<BR>or&nbsp;Nominee<BR>for&nbsp;Trustee</B></TD>
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for<BR>Trustee<BR>During Past<BR>5 Years</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura A. DeFelice</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: General Counsel</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1959</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chair of the Board of Trustees since November 2023, Nominating Committee and Audit Committee Member</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chair of the Board since November 2023; Trustee since 2019; current term ends at the 2024 annual meeting</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Managing Member of Acacia Properties LLC (multi-family and commercial real estate ownership and operation) from 2008 to present; Managing Member of Stonegate Advisors LLC (renewable energy and energy efficiency) from 2007 to
present.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of the Lyric Opera of Chicago (performing arts) from December 2021 to present.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven N. Rappaport</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC<BR>Attn: General Counsel Eleven Madison Avenue New York,<BR>New York 10010<BR>Year of Birth:
1948</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee, Nominating Committee and Audit Committee Member</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee since 2005 and Chair from 2012 to November 2023; current term ends at the 2024 annual meeting </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Partner of Lehigh Court, LLC and RZ Capital (private investment firms) from July 2002 to present. </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of abrdn Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc. (a closed-end investment company); Director of abrdn Funds (20&nbsp;open-end portfolios) from 2016 to 2023.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Position(s)<BR>Held&nbsp;With<BR>Fund</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal<BR>Occupation(s)<BR>During <BR>Past 5
Years</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Portfolios<BR>in Fund<BR>Complex**<BR>Overseen</B><br><B>By&nbsp;Trustee<BR>or&nbsp;Nominee<BR>for&nbsp;Trustee</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Other <BR>Directorships<BR>Held By Trustee<BR>or&nbsp;Nominee
for<BR>Trustee<BR>During Past<BR>5 Years</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mahendra R. Gupta</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: General Counsel</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1956</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee, Nominating Committee Member and Audit Committee Chair</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee and Audit Committee Chair since 2019; current term ends at 2025 annual meeting</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Professor, Washington University in St. Louis from July&nbsp;1990 to present; Partner, R.J. Mithaiwala (Food manufacturing and retail, India) from March 1977 to present; Partner, F.F.B. Corporation (Agriculture, India) from March
1977 to present; Partner, RPMG Research Corporation (Benchmark research) from July 2001 to present.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of Caleres Inc. (footwear) from May 2012 to present; Chair of the finance committee at the Foundation of Barnes Jewish Hospital (healthcare) from January 2021 to present; Director of First Bank (finance) from February 2022
to present; Director of The Oasis Institute (not-for-profit) from February 2022 to present; Director of the Consortium for Graduate Study in Management from November 2017 to 2023; Director of Koch Development Corporation (Real Estate Developement)
from November 2017 to December 2020; Director of the Guardian Angels of St. Louis (not-for-profit) from July 2015 to December 2021.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Samantha Kappagoda</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Attn: General Counsel</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Date of Birth: 1968</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee, Nominating Committee Chair and Audit Committee Member</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee since 2023; current term ends at the 2026 annual meeting</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Economist, Risk Economics, Inc. (Economic Analysis) from 2009 to present; Co-Managing Member, Numerati Partners LLC</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="center">9</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of Girl Scouts of Greater New&nbsp;York <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">(non-profit)</FONT> from 2014 to present; Visiting Scholar, Courant Institute of Mathematical Sciences, New York University (education) from 2011 to
present; Director of Council for Economic</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Year of Birth</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Term&nbsp;of<BR>Office*&nbsp;and<BR>Length&nbsp;of<BR>Time&nbsp;Served</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal<BR>Occupation(s)<BR>During <BR>Past 5
Years</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of<BR>Portfolios<BR>in Fund<BR>Complex**<BR>Overseen</B><br><B>By&nbsp;Trustee<BR>or&nbsp;Nominee<BR>for&nbsp;Trustee</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:7pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Other <BR>Directorships<BR>Held By Trustee<BR>or&nbsp;Nominee
for<BR>Trustee<BR>During Past<BR>5 Years</B></P></TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top">(Research &amp; Development Technology Strategy) from 2012 to present; Affiliate of Analysis Group Inc. (Economic Analysis) from 2023 to present.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Education (non-profit) from 2014 to 2020; Director of Glynwood Center, Inc. (non-profit) from 2010&nbsp;to&nbsp;2019.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">John G. Popp***</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1956</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee; Chief Executive Officer and President from 2010 to 2024; Chief Investment Officer since 2024</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Trustee since 2012; current term ends at the 2025 annual meeting</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Managing Director of Credit Suisse; Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of the Credit Investment Group; Associated with Credit Suisse or its predecessor since 1997.</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">None.</TD></TR></TABLE> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Subject to the Fund&#146;s retirement policy, no Trustee shall be presented to shareholders of the Fund for
election at any meeting that is scheduled to occur after he/she has reached the age of 74 and a Trustee shall automatically be deemed to retire from the Board at the next annual shareholders&#146; meeting following the date that he/she reaches the
age of 75 years even if his/her term of office has not expired on that date. The requirements of the retirement policy may be waived with respect to an individual Trustee. With respect to Mr. Rappaport, the Nominating Committee of the Board has
approved a waiver of the policy in order to permit him to be presented to shareholders of the Fund for election at the Meeting. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The &#147;Fund Complex&#148; (or &#147;Credit Suisse Funds&#148;) consists of Credit Suisse High Yield Bond
Fund, Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund, Inc., Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds (which currently consists of two portfolios), Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds (which currently consists of four portfolios) and Credit Suisse Trust (which
currently consists of one portfolio). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Mr. Popp is an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund as defined in the 1940 Act by virtue of his current
position as an officer of Credit Suisse. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>and Year of Birth</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Term&nbsp;of&nbsp;Office*&nbsp;and<BR>Position(s)&nbsp;Held<BR>With Fund</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Length&nbsp;of<BR>Time&nbsp;Served</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Principal Occupation(s) <BR>During Past 5
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Omar Tariq</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1983</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Chief Executive Officer and President </TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Since 2024</TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of Credit Suisse since March 2019; Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer from 2019 to 2024; Senior Manager of PricewaterhouseCoopers, LLP from September 2010 to March 2019; Officer of other Credit Suisse Funds.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Brandi Sinkovich</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1979</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of Credit Suisse since January 2023; Vice President and Regulatory Counsel, Exos Financial from May 2022 to January 2023; Vice President and Compliance Officer, Neuberger Berman from June 2019 to May 2022; Vice President,
Compliance, Goldman Sachs from August 2017 to May 2019; Associated with Credit Suisse since January 2023; Officer of other Credit Suisse Funds.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Lou Anne McInnis</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1959</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director of Credit Suisse; Associated with Credit Suisse since April&nbsp;2015; Counsel at DLA Piper US LLP from 2011 to April 2015; Associated with Morgan Stanley Investment Management from 1997 to 2010; Officer of other Credit
Suisse Funds.</TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Karen Regan</P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Eleven Madison Avenue</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New
York,</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">New York 10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1963</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Vice President of Credit Suisse; Associated with Credit Suisse since December 2004; Officer of other Credit Suisse Funds.</TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Rose Ann Bubloski</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC Eleven Madison Avenue New York, New&nbsp;York&nbsp;10010</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Year of Birth: 1968</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top">Director and Senior Manager of UBS Asset Management (Americas) LLC since 2011; Officer of other Credit Suisse Funds. </TD></TR>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The current terms of office of the Fund&#146;s officers will end at the Board&#146;s meeting next following the
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Qualification of Board of Trustees/Nominee </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board believes that each Trustee&#146;s and nominee&#146;s experience, qualifications, attributes or skills on an individual basis and in
combination with those of the other Trustees lead to the conclusion that each Trustee and nominee should serve as a Trustee. Among the attributes common to all Trustees and the nominee are their ability to review critically, evaluate, question and
discuss information provided to them, to interact effectively with the other Trustees, Credit Suisse, other service providers, counsel and the independent registered public accounting firm, and to exercise effective business judgment in the
performance of their duties as Trustees. A Trustee&#146;s or nominee&#146;s ability to perform his or her duties effectively may have been attained through the Trustee&#146;s or nominee&#146;s business, consulting, public service and/or academic
positions; experience from service as a board member of the Fund and the other funds in the Fund Complex, other investment funds, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; educational background or professional training;
and/or other life experiences. In addition to these shared characteristics, set forth below is a brief discussion of the specific experience, qualifications, attributes or skills of each Trustee and nominee that support the conclusion that each
person should serve as a Trustee or nominee. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Non-Interested Trustees/Nominees </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Laura A. DeFelice.</I> Ms.&nbsp;DeFelice has been a Trustee since 2017 of all of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">open-end</FONT> Credit
Suisse Funds in the Fund Complex and Chair of the Board since November 2023. Ms.&nbsp;DeFelice is the founding principal of two companies, one focusing on multi-family and commercial real estate ownership, leasing and management, and the other
focusing on renewable energy project development.&nbsp;She has over 25 years of business experience in the financial services industry, including as a law firm partner specializing in structured finance. Ms.&nbsp;DeFelice also serves on the boards
of directors/trustees of all of the open-end Credit Suisse Funds and another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Mahendra R.
Gupta.</I> Mr.&nbsp;Gupta has been a Trustee since 2017, and Chair of the Audit Committee since 2017 of all of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">open-end</FONT> Credit Suisse Funds in the Fund Complex. Mr.&nbsp;Gupta is a Professor at Washington
University in St.&nbsp;Louis. He has over 30 years of academic experience as a professor of accounting and </P>
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management. Mr.&nbsp;Gupta also serves on the boards of directors/trustees of all of the open-end Credit Suisse Funds and another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Samantha Kappagoda</I>. Ms. Kappagoda has been a Trustee since 2023 and Chair of the Nominating Committee since 2023. Ms. Kappagoda is the
Chief Economist and Co-Founder of Risk Economics, Inc. and Co-Managing Member of Numerati Partners LLC. She has over thirty years of experience as an economist. Ms. Kappagoda also serves on the boards of directors/trustees of all of the open-end
Credit Suisse Funds and another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>Steven N. Rappaport.</I> Mr.&nbsp;Rappaport has been a Trustee
since 2005, Chair of the Board of Trustees from 2012 to November 2023 and Chair of the Nominating Committee since from 2012 to May 2023. In addition, he has over 30 years of business experience in the financial services industry. Mr.&nbsp;Rappaport
also serves on the boards of directors/trustees of all of the open-end Credit Suisse Funds and another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Interested
Trustee </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><I>John G. Popp.</I> Mr.&nbsp;Popp has been a Trustee since 2012. Mr. Popp is the Chief Investment Officer of the Fund and
another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. He is a Managing Director of Credit Suisse. He is the Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of the Credit Investments Group. Mr.&nbsp;Popp has been associated with Credit Suisse since 1997. He has over
30 years of business experience in the financial services industry. Mr.&nbsp;Popp has been a trustee since 2017 of all of the open-end funds in the Fund Complex and is a director of another closed-end fund in the Fund Complex. Mr.&nbsp;Popp also
served from 2010 to 2024 as Chief Executive Officer and President of all of the funds in the Fund Complex. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Specific details regarding each
Trustee&#146;s and nominee&#146;s principal occupations during the past five years are included in the table above. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Set forth in the table
below is the dollar range of equity securities in the Fund and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in the Credit Suisse Family of Investment Companies (as defined below) beneficially owned by each Trustee or nominee. </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura A. DeFelice</P></TD>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">C.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">$10,001 - $50,000 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">D.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">$50,001 - $100,000 </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">E.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">over $100,000 </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">This information has been furnished by each Trustee as of February 29, 2024. &#147;Beneficial Ownership&#148; is
determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Fund&#146;s Trustees and officers, in the aggregate, own less than 1% of the Fund&#146;s outstanding equity
securities. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:2pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(3)</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">&#147;Credit Suisse Family of Investment Companies&#148; means those registered investment companies that share
Credit Suisse as their investment adviser and that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">As of February 29, 2024, none of the nominees for election to the Board, the Non-Interested Trustees or their immediate family members owned
beneficially or of record any class of securities in Credit Suisse or in a person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by or under common control with Credit Suisse. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023, each Non-Interested Trustee received an annual fee of $23,100 and $2,199 for each meeting
of the Board attended by him or her and was reimbursed for expenses incurred in connection with his or her attendance at the Fund&#146;s Board meetings. During the fiscal year ended December 31, 2023, the Chair of the Board received an annual fee of
$5,240 and the Audit Committee Chair received an additional annual fee of $2,100. The Nominating Committee Chair received an additional annual fee of $2,100. Each Non-Interested Trustee also received a $25,000 fee from the Credit Suisse Fund complex
as compensation for the numerous formal and informal meetings held in 2023 to consider matters in connection with the merger of Credit Suisse Group AG with UBS Group AG. The total remuneration paid by the Fund during the fiscal year ended
October&nbsp;31, 2023 to all such Non-Interested Trustees was $137,575. Effective January 1, 2024, the Chair of the Board&#146;s annual fee decreased to $4,764; the Audit Committee Chair&#146;s annual fee increased to $2,608.50 and the Nominating
Committe Chair&#146;s annual fee is decreased to $1,071.50. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">During the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023, the Board convened
twenty-three times. Each Trustee attended at least seventy-five percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and any committees on which he or she served during the period for which he or she was a Trustee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Leadership Structure and Oversight Responsibilities </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Overall responsibility for oversight of the Fund rests with the Board. The Fund has engaged Credit Suisse to manage the Fund on a day-to-day
basis. The Board is responsible for overseeing Credit Suisse and other service providers in the operations of the Fund in accordance with the provisions of the 1940 Act, applicable provisions of state and other laws and the Fund&#146;s charter. The
Board is </P>
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currently composed of five members, each of whom, other than Mr.&nbsp;Popp, is a Non-Interested Trustee. The Board meets at regularly scheduled quarterly meetings each year. In addition, the
Board may hold special meetings or informal conference calls to discuss specific matters that may arise or require action between regular meetings. As described below, the Board has established a Nominating Committee and an Audit Committee, and may
establish ad hoc committees or working groups from time to time, to assist the Board in fulfilling its oversight responsibilities. The <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Interested</FONT> Trustees have also engaged independent legal counsel to
assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Board has appointed Laura DeFelice, a Non-Interested Trustee, to serve in
the role of Chair. The Chair&#146;s role is to preside at all meetings of the Board and to act as a liaison with Credit Suisse, counsel and other Trustees generally between meetings. The Chair serves as a key point person for dealings between
management and the Trustees. The Chair may also perform such other functions as may be delegated by the Board from time to time. The Board reviews matters related to its leadership structure annually. The Board has determined that the Board&#146;s
leadership structure is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over the matters under its purview and it allocates areas of responsibility among committees of Trustees and the full Board in a manner
that enhances effective oversight. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund is subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation
risks, among others. Risk oversight forms part of the Board&#146;s general oversight of the Fund and is addressed as part of various Board and committee activities. Day-to-day risk management functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of
Credit Suisse and other service providers (depending on the nature of the risk), which carry out the Fund&#146;s investment management and business affairs. Credit Suisse and other service providers employ a variety of processes, procedures and
controls to identify various events or circumstances that give rise to risks, to lessen the probability of their occurrence and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. Each of Credit Suisse and other service
providers has their own independent interest in risk management, and their policies and methods of risk management will depend on their functions and business models. The Board recognizes that it is not possible to identify all of the risks that may
affect the Fund or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. As part of its regular oversight of the Fund, the Board interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, Credit Suisse, the Fund&#146;s
Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm and counsel, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund and applicable risk controls. The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner
in which it conducts risk oversight. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of the Trustees, except for John Popp, constitute the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee, which is
composed of Trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund and who are independent (as such term is defined by the listing standards of the NYSE American, LLC, formerly known as NYSE MKT, LLC (the &#147;NYSE American&#148;)).
</P>
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The Audit Committee convened six times during the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023. The Audit Committee advises the full Board with respect to accounting, auditing and financial matters
affecting the Fund. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of the Trustees, except for John Popp, constitute the Fund&#146;s Nominating Committee, which is composed of
Trustees who are not interested persons of the Fund and who are independent (as such term is defined by the listing standards of NYSE American). The Nominating Committee met six times during the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023. At a meeting
of the Nominating Committee held on February 13, 2024, the Nominating Committee nominated Laura A. DeFelice and Steven N. Rappaport for election at the Meeting to each serve a three-year term. The Nominating Committee selects and nominates new
Trustees. The Board has adopted a Nominating Committee Charter (a copy of which is included as Appendix A to this Proxy Statement). In nominating candidates, the Nominating Committee will take into consideration such factors as it deems appropriate.
These factors may include judgment, skill, diversity, experience with investment companies and other organizations of comparable purpose, complexity, size and subject to similar legal restrictions and oversight, the interplay of the candidate&#146;s
experience with the experience of other Board members, and the extent to which the candidate would be a desirable addition to the Board and any committees thereof. With respect to diversity, the Nominating Committee considers whether a
candidate&#146;s background, experience and skills will contribute to the diversity of the Board. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Nominating Committee will consider
candidates submitted by shareholders or from other sources it deems appropriate. Any recommendation should be submitted to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York
10010. Shareholders or shareholder groups submitting proposed candidates must substantiate compliance with the requirements in the Fund&#146;s By-laws at the time of submitting their proposed candidate. Any submission should include, at a minimum,
the following information: As to each individual proposed for election or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> as trustee, the name, age, business address, residence address and principal occupation or employment of such individual,
the class, series and number of shares of stock of the Fund that are beneficially owned by such individual, the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition, whether such stockholder believes such individual is, or is
not, an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act), and information regarding such individual that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Nominating Committee, to make such determination, and all other information
relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved) or is otherwise required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A
(or any successor provision) under the 1934 Act, and the rules thereunder (including such individual&#146;s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a trustee (if elected)). To be considered for inclusion
in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement, the submission must be delivered to or mailed and received at the principal executive offices of the Fund not later than </P>
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120&nbsp;days, nor earlier than 150 days, before the first anniversary of the date on which the Fund first mailed its proxy materials for the annual meeting held in the prior year; provided,
however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting, notice by such stockholder to be timely must be so received not
earlier than 150 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice or public announcement of the date of such meeting was given or made. Any such submission must also be
submitted by such date and contain such information as may be specified in&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> or as required by any relevant stock exchange listing standards. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund does not have a Compensation Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>OTHER BOARD-RELATED MATTERS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders who wish to send communications to the Board should send them to the address of the Fund and to the attention of the Board c/o the
Secretary of the Fund. All such communications will be directed to the Board&#146;s attention. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund does not have a formal policy
regarding Board member attendance at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the Audit Committee Charter adopted by the Board (a copy of which is included as Appendix B to this proxy statement), the Audit
Committee is responsible for conferring with the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, reviewing annual financial statements, approving the selection of the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm and
overseeing the Fund&#146;s internal controls. The Fund&#146;s Audit Committee Charter also contains provisions relating to the pre-approval by the Audit Committee of certain non-audit services to be provided by PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
(&#147;PwC&#148;) to the Fund and to Credit Suisse and certain of its affiliates. The Audit Committee advises the full Board with respect to accounting, auditing and financial matters affecting the Fund. The independent registered public accounting
firm is responsible for planning and carrying out audits in accordance with standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee has met with the Fund&#146;s management to discuss, among other things, the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements for
the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023. The Audit Committee has also met with the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm, PwC, and discussed with them certain matters required by Statement of Auditing Standards No.&nbsp;114,
The Auditor&#146;s Communication with those Charged with Governance, as currently modified or supplemented, including, but not limited to, the scope of the Fund&#146;s audit, the Fund&#146;s financial statements and the Fund&#146;s accounting
controls. The Audit Committee has received from PwC the letter required by the SEC&#146;s independence rules describing any </P>
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relationships between it and the Fund, Credit Suisse and its affiliates that may be thought to bear upon the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit Committee
has discussed with PwC its independence and has considered whether the provision of services by PwC to the Fund, Credit Suisse and its affiliates was compatible with maintaining PwC&#146;s independence. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The members of the Audit Committee are not professionally engaged in the practice of auditing or accounting and are not employed by the Fund
for accounting, financial management or internal control. Moreover, the Audit Committee relies on and makes no independent verification of the facts presented to it or representations made by management or the independent registered public
accounting firm. Accordingly, the Audit Committee&#146;s oversight does not provide an independent basis to determine that management has maintained appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies, or internal controls and
procedures, designed to assure compliance with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. Furthermore, the Audit Committee&#146;s considerations and discussions referred to above do not provide assurance that the audit of the
Fund&#146;s financial statements has been carried out in accordance with generally accepted accounting standards or that the financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon these reviews and discussions, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board that the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements be
included in the Fund&#146;s 2023 Annual Report to Shareholders for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023 and be mailed to shareholders and filed with the SEC. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Submitted by the Audit Committee of the Fund&#146;s Board of Trustees </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Laura A. DeFelice </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Mahendra R.
Gupta </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Samantha Kappagoda </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Steven N. Rappaport </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">At a meeting held on August 22, 2022, the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee approved the selection of PwC as the Fund&#146;s independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2023. PwC has been the Fund&#146;s independent registered public accounting firm since June 25, 2020, and has informed the Fund that it has no material direct or indirect financial
interest in the Fund. A representative of PwC will be available by telephone at the Meeting and will have the opportunity to make a statement, if the representative so desires, and will be available to respond to appropriate questions. It is
expected that PwC will no longer be deemed an independent registered public accounting firm with respect to the Fund after April 30, 2024 and that the Fund&#146;s Audit Committee will approve the selection of a new independent registered public
accounting firm for the 2024 fiscal year. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The information in the table below is provided for services rendered to the Fund showing the
amount of fees billed to the Fund during the registrant&#146;s last two fiscal years by PwC. For the engagement with PwC, the Audit Committee approved in advance all audit services and <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services that
PwC provided to the Fund for its fiscal years ended October&nbsp;31, 2022 and October&nbsp;31, 2023. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>2022</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="center"><B>2023</B></P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit&nbsp;Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">43,700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Audit-Related Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">0</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Tax Fees<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">4,500</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All Other Fees</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&#8194;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">&#151;&#8194;</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="5"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="5" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Total</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">41,700</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">48,200</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:16%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(1)</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Services include agreed-upon procedures in connection with the Fund&#146;s semi-annual financial statements ($0
in 2022 and $0 in 2023). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">(2)</SUP>&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Tax services in connection with the Fund&#146;s excise tax calculations and review of the Fund&#146;s applicable
tax returns. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Audit Committee is responsible for pre-approving (i)&nbsp;all audit and permissible non-audit services
to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to the Fund and (ii)&nbsp;all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to Credit Suisse and any service provider to the
Fund controlling, controlled by or under common control with Credit Suisse that provided ongoing services to the Fund (&#147;Covered Services Provider&#148;), if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund.
The Audit Committee may delegate its responsibility to pre-approve any such audit and permissible non-audit services to the Chairperson of the Audit Committee, and the Chairperson shall report to the Audit Committee, at its next regularly scheduled
meeting after the Chairperson&#146;s pre-approval of such services, his or her decision(s). The Audit Committee may also establish detailed pre-approval policies and procedures for pre-approval of such services in accordance with applicable laws,
including the delegation of some or all of the Audit Committee&#146;s pre-approval responsibilities to other persons (other than Credit Suisse or the Fund&#146;s officers). Pre-approval by the Audit Committee of any permissible non-audit services
shall not be required so long as: (i)&nbsp;the aggregate amount of all such permissible non-audit services provided to the Fund, Credit Suisse and any Covered Services Provider constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid by the
Fund to its independent registered public accounting firm during the fiscal year in which the permissible non-audit services are provided; (ii)&nbsp;the permissible non-audit services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to
be non-audit services; and (iii)&nbsp;such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Audit Committee and approved by the Audit Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit. </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">16 </P>


<p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The aggregate fees billed by PwC for the fiscal years ended October&nbsp;31, 2022 and
October&nbsp;31, 2023 for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services rendered to the Fund, Credit Suisse or Covered Service Providers were $0 and $0, respectively. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">All of the services described above were pre-approved by the Audit Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>COMPENSATION </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The
following table shows certain compensation information for the Trustees for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023. All officers of the Fund are employees of and are compensated by Credit Suisse. None of the Fund&#146;s executive officers or
Trustees who are also officers or directors of Credit Suisse received any compensation from the Fund for such period. The Fund has no bonus, profit sharing, pension or retirement plans. </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="37%"></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="23%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="23%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name of Trustee</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Aggregate&nbsp;Compensation<BR>From the Fund</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Total&nbsp;Compensation&nbsp;From&nbsp;Fund<BR>and Fund Complex Paid to<BR>Trustee or Nominee*</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Non-Interested</FONT> Trustees:</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="1"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Laura A. DeFelice</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">32,850</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">174,350</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="1"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Jeffrey E. Garten**</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">13,000</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">52,800</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="1"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Mahendra R. Gupta</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">34,900</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">186,138</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="1"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Samantha Kappagoda***</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">18,850</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">117,750</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="font-size:1pt">
<TD HEIGHT="1"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD>
<TD HEIGHT="1" COLSPAN="4"></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Steven N. Rappaport</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">37,975</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">$</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" ALIGN="right">210,225</TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:4.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:16%">&nbsp;</P>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">9 funds comprise the Fund Complex and each Trustee serves as a director/trustee on the board of each fund in the
Fund Complex. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">**</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Mr. Garten retired as a Trustee effective December 31, 2022. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">***</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Ms. Kappagoda was appointed as a Trustee of the Trusts effective January 1, 2023. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>THE FUND&#146;S BOARD OF TRUSTEES, INCLUDING THE NON-INTERESTED TRUSTEES, RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE &#147;FOR&#148; THE FUND&#146;S NOMINEE FOR
TRUSTEE. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>ADDITIONAL INFORMATION </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Beneficial Owners </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based upon the
Fund&#146;s review of filings made pursuant to Section&nbsp;13 of the 1934 Act, as of March 14, 2024, to the Fund&#146;s knowledge the following shareholder beneficially owned over 5% of the Fund&#146;s shares: </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:12pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="62%"></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="2%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="6%"></TD>

<TD VALIGN="bottom" WIDTH="13%"></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD>
<TD></TD></TR>
<TR STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="bottom" NOWRAP> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000; display:table-cell; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; "><B>Name and Address</B></P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Number&nbsp;of&nbsp;Shares<BR>Beneficially&nbsp;Owned</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom" COLSPAN="2" ALIGN="center" STYLE="border-bottom:1.00px solid #000000"><B>Percent<BR>of<BR>Share<BR>Class</B></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;</TD></TR>


<TR BGCOLOR="#cceeff" STYLE="page-break-inside:avoid ; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt">
<TD VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:1.00em; text-indent:-1.00em; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman">First Trust Advisors L.P.</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Wheaton, Illinois 60187</P></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">15.504,591</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">*&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="bottom">&nbsp;&nbsp;</TD>
<TD VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">&nbsp;</FONT></TD>
<TD VALIGN="top" ALIGN="right"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">14.98</FONT></TD>
<TD NOWRAP VALIGN="top"><FONT STYLE="font-size:9pt">%&nbsp;</FONT></TD></TR>
</TABLE> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:16%">&nbsp;</P>
<TABLE STYLE="BORDER-COLLAPSE:COLLAPSE; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:8pt" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="0" CELLSPACING="0" WIDTH="100%">
<TR style = "page-break-inside:avoid">
<TD WIDTH="4%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">*</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">As stated in Schedule 13G/A filed with the SEC on January 19, 2024. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">17 </P>


<p style="margin-top:1em; margin-bottom:0em; page-break-before:always"> </p>
<HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Delinquent Section&nbsp;16(a) Reports </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Section&nbsp;16(a) of the 1934 Act and Section&nbsp;30(h) of the 1940 Act require the Fund&#146;s officers and trustees, certain officers and
directors of the investment adviser, affiliated persons of the investment adviser, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of the Fund&#146;s shares to file reports of ownership with the SEC and the Fund. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Based solely upon its review of the copies of such forms and amendments thereto filed electronically with the SEC during the fiscal year ended
October&nbsp;31, 2023 and written representations received by it, the Fund believes that, for the fiscal year ended October&nbsp;31, 2023, such forms were filed on a timely basis with the exception of a Form 3 submission relating to Brandi
Sinkovich&#146;s appointment as Chief Compliance Officer, which was inadvertently not filed in a timely manner and has since been filed. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>SHAREHOLDER PROPOSALS </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Notice is hereby given that for a shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy materials relating to its 2025
annual meeting of shareholders, pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-8&nbsp;under the 1934 Act, the shareholder must deliver the proposal to the offices of the Fund by November 29, 2024. In the event the Fund moves the date of its 2025 annual shareholder
meeting by more than 30 days from the anniversary of its 2024 annual shareholder meeting, shareholder submissions of proposals for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement and proxy card for the 2025 annual shareholder meeting pursuant to Rule
14a-8 under the Exchange Act must be delivered to the Fund at a reasonable time before the Fund begins to print and send its proxy materials in connection with the 2025 annual shareholder meeting.
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Under&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;14a-8,</FONT> a shareholder proposal, including any accompanying supporting statement, may not exceed 500 words. Additionally, a shareholder desiring to submit a proposal must be: (i)&nbsp;a
record or beneficial owner of Shares with a market value of at least $2,000 and must have held such Shares for at least three years, (ii)&nbsp;a record or beneficial owner of Shares with a market value of at least $15,000 and must have held such
Shares for at least two years, or (iii)&nbsp;a record or beneficial owner of Shares with a market value of at least $25,000 and must have held such Shares for at least one year. Further, the shareholder must continue to hold such Shares through the
date on which the meeting is held. Documentary support regarding the foregoing must be provided along with the proposal. There are additional requirements regarding proposals of shareholders, and a shareholder contemplating submission of a proposal
is referred to Rule&nbsp;14a-8&nbsp;promulgated under the 1934 Act. The timely submission of a proposal does not guarantee its inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy materials. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Shareholders who do not wish to submit a proposal for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy materials relating to its 2025 annual meeting of
shareholders pursuant to&nbsp;Rule&nbsp;14a-8&nbsp;under the 1934 Act may submit a proposal to be considered for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy materials relating to its 2025 annual meeting of </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">18 </P>


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<HR SIZE="3" style="COLOR:#999999" WIDTH="100%" ALIGN="CENTER">
 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">
shareholders in accordance with the Fund&#146;s By-laws. Such shareholder proposal must be received by the Fund no earlier than October 30, 2024 and no later than November 29, 2024, assuming that
the 2025 annual meeting of shareholders is held within 30 days of April 25, 2025. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Pursuant to the By-laws of the Fund, at any annual
meeting of the shareholders, only such business will be conducted as has been properly brought before the annual meeting. To be properly brought before the annual meeting, the business must be (i)&nbsp;specified in the notice of meeting (or any
supplement thereto) given by or at the direction of the Board, (ii)&nbsp;otherwise properly brought before the meeting by or at the direction of the Board, or (iii)&nbsp;otherwise properly brought before the meeting by a shareholder in compliance
with the requirements in the Fund&#146;s By-laws. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">For business to be properly brought before the annual meeting by a shareholder, the
shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Fund. To be timely, any such notice must be delivered to, or mailed (by certified mail being recommended) to and received by, Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund c/o
Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10010 not later than 120 days, nor earlier than 150 days, before the first anniversary of the date on which the Fund first mailed its proxy materials for the
annual meeting held in the prior year; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting, notice by such
shareholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than 150 days prior to such annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the 10<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> day following the day on which notice or
public announcement of the date of such meeting was given or made. In no event shall the public announcement of an adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder&#146;s notice as described above. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any such notice by a shareholder shall set forth: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">(i)&#8195;as to any business that the shareholder proposes to bring before the annual meeting, a brief
description of the business desired to be brought before the annual meeting, the text of the proposal or business (including the text of any resolutions proposed for consideration), the reasons for conducting such business at the annual meeting and
any material interest in such business of such shareholder and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">(ii)&#8195;as to the shareholder giving the notice and the beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the
proposal is made: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(1)&#8195;the name and address of such shareholder, as they appear on the Fund&#146;s books, and of
such beneficial owner, </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(2)&#8195;the class and number of shares which are owned beneficially and of record by such
shareholder and such beneficial owner and any Person<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> who has a Disclosable Relationship<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP> with such shareholder or beneficial owner
(&#147;Shareholder Associate&#148;), </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(3)&#8195;the name of each nominee holder of shares owned beneficially but not of record by such
shareholder and such beneficial owner and their respective Shareholder Associates, and the number of such shares held by each such nominee holder, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(4)&#8195;a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding (whether written or oral) with respect to the proposal between or among
such shareholder and such beneficial owner, any of their respective Shareholder Associates, and any other Person or Persons (including their names) in connection with the proposal of such business and any material interest of such Person or any
Shareholder Associate of such Person, in such business, including any anticipated benefit therefrom to such Person, or any Shareholder Associate of such Person, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(5)&#8195;a description of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, whether written or oral (including any derivative or short positions,
profit interests, options, warrants, stock appreciation or similar rights, hedging transactions, and borrowed or loaned shares), that has been entered into as of the date of the shareholder&#146;s notice by, or on behalf of, such shareholder and
such beneficial owners or their respective </P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:26%">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>&#8195;&#147;Person&#148; means an individual, a corporation, a partnership, a limited
liability company, an association, a trust or any other entity or organization, including a series or portfolio of any of the foregoing, or a government or political subdivision or an agency or instrumentality thereof. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">2</SUP>&#8195;&#147;Disclosable Relationship&#148; with respect to another Person means (A) the
existence at any time during the current calendar year or at any time within the two most recently completed calendar years of any agreement, arrangement, understanding (whether written or oral) or practice, including sharing of information,
decisions or actions, of a Person with such other Person with respect to the Fund or shares of the Fund, (B) the beneficial ownership of securities of any Person known by such Person to beneficially own shares of the Fund and of which such Person
knows such other Person also beneficially owns any securities, (C) sharing beneficial ownership of any securities with such other Person, (D) being an immediate family member of such other Person, (E) the existence at any time during the current
calendar year or at any time within the two most recently completed calendar years of a material business or professional relationship with such other Person or with any Person of which such other Person is a holder of 5% or more of the outstanding
voting securities, officer, director, general partner, managing member or employee or (F) controlling, being controlled by or being under common control with such other Person. </P>
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Shareholder Associates, the effect or intent of which is to mitigate loss to, manage the risk of or benefit from Fund share price changes, or increase or decrease the voting power of, such
shareholder or such beneficial owner or their respective Shareholder Associates, with respect to shares of the Fund, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(6)&#8195;a
description of all commercial and professional relationships and transactions between or among such shareholder and such beneficial owners or their respective Shareholder Associates, and any other Person or Persons known to such shareholder and such
beneficial owners or their respective Shareholder Associates to have a material interest in the matter that is the subject of such notice, </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(7)&#8195;the investment strategy or objective, if any, of such shareholder and such beneficial owners and their respective Shareholder
Associates that are not individuals, and a copy of the most recent prospectus, offering memorandum or similar document, if any, provided to investors or potential investors in such shareholder, beneficial owner and each such Shareholder Associate,
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(8)&#8195;a representation that the shareholder is a holder of record of shares of the Fund entitled to vote at such meeting and intends
to appear in person or by proxy at the meeting to propose such business, </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(9)&#8195;a representation whether the shareholder or the
beneficial owner, if any, intends or is part of a group which intends (a) to deliver a proxy statement and/or form of proxy to holders of at least the percentage of the Fund&#146;s outstanding shares required to approve or adopt the proposal and/or
(b) otherwise to solicit proxies from shareholders in support of such proposal, and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:11%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(10)&#8195;any other information relating to such
shareholder and such beneficial owner that would be required to be disclosed in a proxy statement or other filing required to be made in connection with the solicitation of proxies by such shareholder or beneficial owner with respect to the proposed
business to be brought by such Shareholder or beneficial owner before the meeting pursuant to Section 14 of the 1934 Act and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, whether or not the shareholder submitting the notice intends to deliver a
proxy statement or solicit proxies. </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">(iii)&#8195;A shareholder providing notice of any business proposed to be brought before a meeting of
shareholders shall further update and supplement such notice, if necessary, so that the information provided or required to be provided in such notice shall be true and correct as of the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to
receive notice of the meeting of shareholders and such update and supplement shall be received by the Secretary of the Fund at the principal executive offices of the Fund not later </P></TD></TR></TABLE>

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than 5 business days after the record date for determining the shareholders entitled to receive notice of the meeting of shareholders. </TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The foregoing notice requirements shall be deemed satisfied by a shareholder if the shareholder has notified the Fund of his, her or its
intention to present a proposal at a meeting in compliance with Rule 14a-8 promulgated under the 1934 Act and such shareholder&#146;s proposal has been included in a proxy statement that has been prepared by the Fund to solicit proxies for such
meeting. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund may exercise discretionary voting authority with respect to any shareholder proposals for the 2025 annual meeting of
shareholders not included in the proxy statement and form of proxy that are not submitted to the Fund within the time-frame indicated above. Even if timely notice is received, the Fund may exercise discretionary voting authority in certain other
circumstances. Discretionary voting authority is the ability to vote proxies that shareholders have executed and returned to the Fund on matters not specifically reflected on the form of proxy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO BE PRESENT AT THE ANNUAL MEETING AND WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY
CARD AND RETURN IT IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Delivery of Proxy </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Only one copy of this Proxy Statement may be mailed to households, even if more than one person in a household is a shareholder of record. If a
shareholder needs an additional copy of this Proxy Statement, please contact the Fund at (800)&nbsp;293-1232. If any shareholder does not want the mailing of this Proxy Statement to be combined with those for other members of your household, please
contact the Fund in writing at: Eleven Madison Avenue, 9th Floor, New York, New&nbsp;York 10010 or call the Fund at (800)&nbsp;293-1232. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B>Other Business
</B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Management knows of no business to be presented at the Meeting, other than the matters set forth in this Proxy Statement, but should
any other matter requiring the vote of shareholders arise, the proxies will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the interests of the Fund. </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>NOMINATING COMMITTEE CHARTER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This document serves as the Charter for the Nominating Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors/Trustees (the
&#147;Board&#148;) of each fund (the &#147;Fund&#148; and collectively the &#147;Funds&#148;) advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (&#147;Credit Suisse&#148;) listed on Appendix A hereto (each such Charter being a separate Charter). </P>
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<P STYLE="line-height:2.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 1.&#8195;PURPOSE&nbsp;&amp; SCOPE </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The purpose of the Nominating Committee is to assist the Board in its selection and evaluation of members with the competencies needed to
oversee the Funds so that the interests of shareholders in the Funds are well-served. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In pursuit of this purpose, the scope of the
Committee&#146;s responsibilities shall include: </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the nomination of new Directors. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="3%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#151;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the evaluation of the Board and its committee structure. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 2.&#8195;MEMBERSHIP </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee for each Fund shall consist of at least three of the Directors who are not &#147;interested
persons&#148; of the Fund, as defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and, if applicable, &#147;independent&#148; as such term is defined by the listing standards of the principal national securities
exchange upon which the Fund&#146;s shares are listed, if any. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall appoint its Chairperson by a majority vote of its members. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The compensation, if any, of the Committee members shall be as determined by the Board. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 3.&#8195;NOMINATION POLICY AND RESPONSIBILITIES </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In nominating candidates, the Committee will search for those highly qualified candidates who can bring to the
Board the skills, experience and judgment necessary to address the issues directors of investment companies, and of the Fund in particular, may confront in fulfilling their duties to fund shareholders. In addition, the Committee considers whether a
candidate&#146;s background, experience and skills will contribute to the diversity of the Board. The Committee may, in its discretion, establish specific, minimum qualifications (including skills) that must be met by Committee-nominated or
shareholder-nominated candidates. The Committee is also responsible for the </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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analyses of the appropriateness of establishing minimum shareholding levels for Directors. </TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee will consider candidates submitted by shareholders or from other sources it deems appropriate. In
order for the Committee to consider shareholder submissions, the following requirements must be satisfied regarding the candidate: </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The candidate must satisfy all qualifications provided under this Charter and in the Fund&#146;s organizational
documents, including qualification as a <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-interested&#148;</FONT> Board member. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The candidate may not be the nominating shareholder or a member of the nominating shareholder group (as defined
below). </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">A member of the nominating shareholder group refers to any person who: (A)&nbsp;at any time during the current
calendar year or at any time within the two most recently completed calendar years had any agreement, arrangement, understanding (whether written or oral) or practice, including the sharing of information, decisions or actions, with the nominating
shareholder with respect to the Fund or other investment companies or shares of the Fund or other investment companies, (B)&nbsp;has beneficial ownership of securities of the nominating shareholder, (C)&nbsp;shares beneficial ownership of any
securities with the nominating shareholder, (D)&nbsp;is an immediate family member of the nominating shareholder, (E)&nbsp;at any time during the current calendar year or at any time within the two most recently completed calendar years had a
material business or professional relationship with the nominating shareholder or with any person of which the nominating shareholder is a holder of 5% or more of the outstanding voting securities, officer, director, general partner, managing member
or employee or (F)&nbsp;controls, is controlled by or is under common control with the nominating shareholder. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Neither the candidate nor any member of the candidate&#146;s immediate family may be currently employed or
employed within the last year by any nominating shareholder entity or entity in a nominating shareholder group. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Neither the candidate nor any immediate family member of the candidate is permitted to have accepted directly or
indirectly, during the year of the election for which the candidate&#146;s name was submitted, during the immediately preceding calendar year, or during the year when the candidate&#146;s name was submitted, any consulting, advisory, or other
compensatory fee from the nominating shareholder or any member of a nominating shareholder group. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
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<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The candidate may not be an executive officer, director/trustee (or person fulfilling similar functions) of the
nominating shareholder or any member of the nominating shareholder group, or of an affiliate of the nominating shareholder or any such member of the nominating shareholder group. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">The candidate may not control (as that term is defined under the 1940 Act) the nominating shareholder or any
member of the nominating shareholder group (or, in the case of a holder or member that is a fund, an interested person of such holder or member as defined by Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act). </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="2%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">&#149;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="1%" VALIGN="top">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="left" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">A shareholder or shareholder group may not submit for consideration a candidate who has previously been
considered by the Committee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Any recommendation should be submitted to the Secretary of the relevant Fund, c/o Credit
Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, New York, New York 10010. Shareholders or shareholder groups submitting proposed candidates must substantiate compliance with the above requirements at the time of submitting their proposed
candidate. Any submission should include, at a minimum, the following information: As to each individual proposed for election or <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">re-election</FONT> as director, the name, age, business address, residence address and
principal occupation or employment of such individual, the class, series and number of shares of stock of the Fund that are beneficially owned by such individual, the date such shares were acquired and the investment intent of such acquisition,
whether such stockholder believes such individual is, or is not, an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund (as defined in the 1940 Act), and information regarding such individual that is sufficient, in the discretion of the Committee, to make
such determination, and all other information relating to such individual that is required to be disclosed in solicitation of proxies for election of directors in an election contest (even if an election contest is not involved) or is otherwise
required, in each case pursuant to Regulation 14A (or any successor provision) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, and the rules thereunder (including such individual&#146;s written consent to being named in the proxy statement as
a nominee and to serving as a director (if elected)). In the case of a Fund holding an annual meeting of shareholders, any such submission in order to be considered for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy statement must be delivered to or mailed and
received at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not later than 120 days, nor earlier than 150 days, before the first anniversary of the date on which the Corporation first mailed its proxy materials for the annual meeting held in the
prior year; provided, however, that in the event that the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the </P>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">A-3 </P>


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first anniversary of the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting, notice by such Stockholder to be timely must be so received not earlier than 150 days prior to such annual meeting and not later
than the close of business on the 10th day following the day on which notice or public announcement of the date of such meeting was given or made. Any such submission must also be submitted by such date and contain such information as may be
specified in the Fund&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">By-laws,</FONT> or as required by any relevant stock exchange listing standards. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION
4.&#8195;ADDITIONAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall review, as it deems necessary, and make recommendations with regard to the tenure of the
directors, including any term limits, limits on the number of boards (or committees) on which a director may sit and normal retirement age. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee may retain and terminate a search firm to identify director nominees, subject to the Board&#146;s
sole authority to approve the search firm&#146;s fees and other retention terms. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall be responsible for annually evaluating the Board and its committee structure to determine
whether the Board and its committee structure is functioning effectively. The Committee shall determine the nature of the evaluation, supervise the conduct of the evaluation and prepare an assessment of the performance of the Board and its
committees, to be discussed with the Board. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall have the authority to delegate all or a portion of its duties and responsibilities to a
subcommittee of the Committee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(e)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">Any Committee Member that is approaching the date that is two years from their retirement from the Board shall
inform each of the other Committee Members to enable the Committee to properly plan for succession and a smooth transition of Board membership and leadership roles. A prospectively retiring Member shall cooperate with the remaining Committee Members
to set the date when he/she shall come off the Committee. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(f)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">In order to enable the Committee to properly plan for succession and smooth transitions of Board membership and
leadership roles, any Committee member that reaches the date that is one (1)&nbsp;year from the date of their retirement from the Board shall automatically no longer be a member of the Committee as of such date. Any Committee member that has made a
final decision to retire early from the Board shall inform each of the other Committee members of such decision and shall also automatically no longer be a member of the Committee as of the date that is one (1)&nbsp;year from their stated retirement
date, or, if later, the date of their notification to the other Committee members of their intention to retire early. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
 <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">A-4 </P>


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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(g)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall have any other duties or responsibilities expressly delegated to the Committee by the Board
from time to time relating to the nomination of the Board members or any Committee members. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">SECTION 5.&#8195;PROCEDURAL MATTERS </P>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(a)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall meet at least once a year. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(b)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall keep written minutes of its meetings, which minutes shall be maintained with the books and
records of the Fund, and the Committee shall report to the Board on its meetings. </P></TD></TR></TABLE> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(c)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Committee shall, from time to time (but not less frequently than annually) as it deems appropriate, review
and reassess the adequacy of this Charter and recommend any proposed changes to the Board for approval. The Charter shall be posted on the Fund&#146;s website. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="5%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">(d)</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">The Board has granted to the Committee access to the resources and authority to make reasonable expenditures,
including expenditures to retain any experts and counsel related to the aforementioned duties and tasks, that will be reimbursed by the Fund. </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">September&nbsp;28, 2023 </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset
Management Income Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">This document serves as the Charter for the Audit Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;) of the Board of Directors/Trustees (the
&#147;Board&#148;) of each fund (the &#147;Fund&#148;) advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC (&#147;Credit Suisse&#148;) listed on Appendix A hereto (each such Charter being a separate Charter). </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Purpose </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The primary purposes of the Committee are to:
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; assist Board oversight of </P> <P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">1.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">2.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the independent auditor&#146;s qualifications and independence </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="9%">&nbsp;</TD>
<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">3.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the performance of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="font-size:6pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD WIDTH="6%" VALIGN="top" ALIGN="left">4.</TD>
<TD ALIGN="left" VALIGN="top"> <P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman; " ALIGN="left">the Fund&#146;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements </P></TD></TR></TABLE>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; prepare an audit committee report, if required by the SEC, to be included in the Fund&#146;s annual proxy statement, if any; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; oversee the scope of the annual audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements, the quality and objectivity of the Fund&#146;s
financial statements, the Fund&#146;s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and its internal controls relating thereto; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; determine the selection, appointment, retention and termination of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors, as well as approving the
compensation of the auditors; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approve</FONT> all audit and <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services provided to the Fund and certain other persons (as described in 2(b) below) by such independent auditors; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195; act as a liaison between the Fund&#146;s independent auditors and the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The Fund&#146;s independent auditors shall report directly to the Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The primary function of the Committee is oversight. The Fund&#146;s management is responsible for (i)&nbsp;the preparation, presentation and
integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements, (ii)&nbsp;the maintenance of appropriate accounting and financial reporting principles and policies and (iii)&nbsp;the maintenance of internal controls and procedures designed to assure compliance
with accounting standards and applicable laws and regulations. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The independent auditors are responsible for planning and carrying out
proper audits and reviews in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">In fulfilling their responsibilities hereunder, it is
recognized that members of the Committee are not full-time employees of the Fund. As such, it is not the duty </P>
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or responsibility of the Committee or its members to conduct &#147;field work&#148; or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures or to set auditor independence standards. Each
member of the Committee shall be entitled to rely on (i)&nbsp;the integrity of those persons and organizations within and outside the Fund from which it receives information, (ii)&nbsp;the accuracy of the financial and other information provided to
the Committee by such persons and organizations absent actual knowledge to the contrary (which shall be promptly reported to the Fund&#146;s Board) and (iii)&nbsp;statements made by the officers and employees of the Fund, Credit Suisse or other
third parties as to any information technology, internal audit and other <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services provided by the independent auditors to the Fund. In addition, the evaluation of the Fund&#146;s financial statements
by the Committee is not of the same scope as, and does not involve the extent of detail as, audits performed by the independent auditors, nor does the Committee&#146;s evaluation substitute for the responsibilities of the Fund&#146;s management for
preparing, or the independent auditors for auditing, the financial statements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Composition and Qualifications </U></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(a)&#8195; The Committee shall consist of at least three Board members none of whom is an &#147;interested person,&#148; as that term is
defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the &#147;Independent Board Members&#148;), each of whom shall be financially literate and able to read and understand fundamental financial statements, including
the Fund&#146;s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement, and at least one of whom shall have accounting or related financial management expertise as determined by the Fund&#146;s Board in its business judgment. Each member of the
Committee must also meet the New York Stock Exchange&#146;s independence requirements for audit committee members of listed companies and the independence requirements applicable to investment companies set forth in Rule <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10A-3</FONT> under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;). If one or more members of the Committee qualify as an &#147;audit committee financial expert&#148; (&#147;ACFE&#148;), within
the meaning of the rules adopted and implemented under Section&nbsp;407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, at least one such member shall be designated as the Committee&#146;s ACFE. The Committee shall elect a chairperson, who shall preside over
Committee meetings (the &#147;Chairperson&#148;). The Chairperson shall serve as such until his successor is selected by the Committee. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">The designation of a person as an ACFE shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on that person than the responsibility and
liability imposed on such person as a member of the Committee, nor does it decrease the duties and obligations of other Committee members or the Board. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&#8195; With respect to any subsequent changes to the composition of the Committee, and otherwise approximately once each year, the Board
of Directors shall determine: </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&#8195; that each member of the Audit Committee is &#147;independent&#148; pursuant to the governance
standards of the New York Stock Exchange (&#147;NYSE&#148;) </P>
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or applicable law or, in the case of a Fund whose securities are listed on the NYSE American (formerly known as (&#147;NYSE MKT&#148;), pursuant to the governance standards of the NYSE American;
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(ii)&#8195; that each Audit Committee member is financially literate and able to read and understand fundamental financial statements,
including the Fund&#146;s balance sheet, income statement and cash flow statement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iii)&#8195; that at least one of the Committee members
has accounting or related financial management expertise and, for a Fund whose securities are listed on the NYSE American, is &#147;financially sophisticated&#148; pursuant to NYSE American rules; and </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:9%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(iv)&#8195; the adequacy of the Charter. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><U>Duties and Powers </U></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">1.&#8195; To carry out
its purposes, the Committee shall have the following duties and powers to be exercised at such times and in such manner as the Committee shall deem necessary or appropriate: (a)&nbsp;to determine, and recommend to the Independent Board Members for
their ratification and approval, the selection, appointment, compensation, retention and termination of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors (or any other public accounting firm engaged for the purposes of performing other audit, review or attest
services for the Fund); </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&#8195; to resolve any disagreements between management and the independent auditors regarding financial
reporting and to evaluate and accept the determination of independence made by the independent auditors; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&#8195; to <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approve</FONT> (i)&nbsp;all audit and permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP> to be provided by the independent auditors to the Fund,
and (ii)&nbsp;all permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> </P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:8.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000;width:26%">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><SUP
STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">1</SUP>&#8195;The Committee is responsible for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approving</FONT> (i)&nbsp;all audit and permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services to be
provided by the independent auditors to the Fund and (ii)&nbsp;all permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services to be provided by the independent auditors to Credit Suisse and any service provider to the Fund controlling,
controlled by or under common control with Credit Suisse that provided ongoing services to the Fund (&#147;Covered Services Provider&#148;) if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the registrant. The Committee
may delegate its responsibility to <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approve</FONT> any such audit and permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services to the Chairperson of the Committee, and the Chairperson shall report to
the Committee, at its next regularly scheduled meeting after the Chairperson&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of such services, his or her decision(s). The Committee may also establish detailed <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> policies and procedures for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of such services in accordance with applicable laws, including the delegation of some or all of the Committee&#146;s <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> responsibilities to other persons (other than Credit Suisse or the&nbsp;Fund&#146;s officers). <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Pre-approval</FONT> by the Committee of any permissible <FONT
STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> </P>
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services to be provided by the independent auditors to Credit Suisse and any service provider to the Fund controlling, controlled by or under common control with Credit Suisse that provides
ongoing services to the Fund (&#147;Covered Services Provider&#148;), if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. The Committee may delegate its responsibility to
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approve</FONT> any such audit and permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services to the Chairperson of the Committee, and the Chairperson shall report to the Committee, at its next
regularly scheduled meeting after the Chairperson&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of such services, his or her decision(s). The Committee may also establish detailed <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT>
policies and procedures for <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> of such services in accordance with applicable laws, including the delegation of some or all of the Committee&#146;s
<FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">pre-approval</FONT> responsibilities to other persons (other than Credit Suisse or the Fund&#146;s officers); </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(d)&#8195; to meet with the Fund&#146;s independent auditors, including meetings apart from management, on a regular basis: (i)&nbsp;to review
the arrangements for and scope of the proposed annual audit and any special audits; (ii)&nbsp;to review the scope of and approve <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services being provided and proposed to be provided; (iii)&nbsp;to
discuss any matters of importance relating to the Fund&#146;s financial statements, including any adjustments to such statements recommended by the independent auditors, or other results of said audits; (iv)&nbsp;to consider the independent
auditor&#146;s comments communicated to the Committee with respect to the Fund&#146;s financial policies, procedures and internal accounting controls and management&#146;s responses thereto; (v)&nbsp;to obtain annually in writing from the
independent auditors their letter as to the adequacy of such controls as required by Form <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">N-CSR;</FONT> (vi)&nbsp;to review the form of report the independent auditors propose to render to the Board and shareholders;
(vii)&nbsp;to discuss with the independent auditors any disclosed relationships or services that may diminish the objectivity and independence of the independent auditors, and (viii)&nbsp;receive reports at least annually from the independent
auditors regarding their independence (including receiving the independent auditors&#146; specific representations as to independence consistent with current statements of the Independence Standards Board), and discuss such reports with the
independent auditors, and, if so determined by the Committee, recommend that the Board take appropriate action to ensure the independence of the independent auditors; </P> <p STYLE="margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt ; font-size:8pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="line-height:1.0pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:2pt;border-bottom:1px solid #000000">&nbsp;</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">services shall not be required so long as:
(i)&nbsp;the aggregate amount of all such permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services provided to the Fund, Credit Suisse and any Covered Services Provider constitutes not more than 5% of the total amount of revenues paid
by the registrant to its independent auditors during the fiscal year in which the permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services are provided; (ii)&nbsp;the permissible <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT>
services were not recognized by the Fund at the time of the engagement to be <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services; and (iii)&nbsp;such services are promptly brought to the attention of the Committee and approved by the
Committee (or its delegate(s)) prior to the completion of the audit. </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(e)&#8195; to review with the Fund&#146;s management and independent auditors: (i)&nbsp;critical
accounting policies and practices applied by the Fund and communicated to the Committee by the independent auditors and/or management in preparing its financial statements; (ii)&nbsp;alternative treatments within generally accepted accounting
principles for policies and practices related to material items that have been discussed with management communicated to the Committee; (iii)&nbsp;other material written communications between the independent auditors and the Fund, including any
management letter, report on observations and recommendations on internal controls, report on any unadjusted differences (including a listing of adjustments and reclassifications not recorded, if any) communicated to the Committee, engagement letter
and independence letter; and (iv)&nbsp;any audit problems or difficulties and management&#146;s response, including any restrictions on the scope of the auditor&#146;s activities or on access to requested information, and any significant
disagreements with management; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(f)&#8195; to consider and evaluate the effect upon the Fund of significant changes in accounting
principles, practices, controls or procedures proposed or contemplated by management or the independent auditors; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(g)&#8195; to review
with management in a general manner, but not assume responsibility for, the Fund&#146;s processes with respect to risk assessment and risk management, and the steps taken to monitor and control such risks and exposures; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(h)&#8195; to discuss generally the types of information to be disclosed in press releases concerning dividends, as well as financial
information provided to analysts and rating agencies, and the type of presentation to be made; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(i)&#8195; to establish procedures for the
receipt, retention and treatment of complaints regarding accounting, internal accounting controls or auditing matters, including procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees of the Fund and its service providers (as and to the
extent required with respect to service providers by applicable rules, regulations or listing requirements or otherwise deemed advisable) of concerns regarding questionable accounting or auditing matters pertaining to the Fund; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(j)&#8195; to establish policies governing the hiring by entities within the Fund&#146;s investment company complex of employees or former
employees of the independent auditors consistent with government regulations; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(k)&#8195; at least annually, to obtain and review a report
by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors describing: (1)&nbsp;the audit firm&#146;s internal quality-control procedures; (2)&nbsp;any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, or peer review, of the firm, or by any
inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the audit firm, and any steps taken to deal with any such issues; and (3)&nbsp;for the
purpose of assessing the auditor&#146;s independence, all relationships between the independent auditors and the Fund, as well as Credit Suisse and any Covered Services Provider; </P>
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 <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(l)&#8195; to review and evaluate the qualifications, performance and independence of the lead
audit partner of the independent auditors on the Fund&#146;s engagement; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(m)&#8195; to oversee the regular rotation of such lead audit
partner and the reviewing partner, and to consider whether there should be a regular rotation of the audit firm itself; </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(n)&#8195; to
review and discuss the Fund&#146;s audited and unaudited financial statements with management and, in the case of the audited financials, the independent auditor, including the Fund&#146;s disclosure of management&#146;s discussion of Fund
performance, and to recommend to the Board, as appropriate, the inclusion of the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements in the Fund&#146;s annual report; </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(o)&#8195; to report regularly to the full Board any issues that arise with respect to: (1)&nbsp;the quality or integrity of the Fund&#146;s
financial statements, (2)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s compliance with legal or regulatory requirements and (3)&nbsp;the performance and independence of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors, and make such recommendations with respect to the matters within
the scope of its authority and other matters, as the Committee may deem necessary or appropriate; and </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(p)&#8195; to meet periodically with
Fund management on all relevant matters, apart from the Fund&#146;s independent auditors. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">2.&#8195; The Committee shall meet as frequently
as necessary to carry out its obligations, but not less frequently than twice a year, and shall hold special meetings as circumstances require. A majority of the total number of members of the Committee shall constitute a quorum of the Committee. A
majority of the members of the Committee present shall be empowered to act on behalf of the Committee. The Committee shall regularly meet (typically, on the same day as regular Committee meetings), in separate executive sessions, with
representatives of the Fund&#146;s management, the Fund&#146;s independent auditors and the Fund&#146;s other service providers as the members of the Committee deem necessary. Members of the Committee may participate in a meeting of the Committee in
person or by means of a conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear each other. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">3.&#8195; The Committee shall have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its responsibilities, including the authority to
retain, as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, special counsel and other experts or consultants at the expense of the Fund. The Fund shall provide appropriate funding for the Committee to carry out its duties and its responsibilities,
including appropriate funding, as determined by the Committee (a)&nbsp;for payment of compensation to the Fund&#146;s independent auditors or other public accounting firm providing audit, review or attest services for the Fund, (b)&nbsp;for payment
of compensation to any advisors employed by the Committee and (c)&nbsp;for the ordinary administrative expenses of the Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties. In performing its duties, the Committee shall consult as
it deems appropriate with the </P>
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members of the Board, officers and employees of the Fund, Credit Suisse, the Fund&#146;s <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">sub-advisor(s),</FONT> if any, the Fund&#146;s counsel and the
Fund&#146;s other service providers. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">4.&#8195; The Committee shall evaluate its performance under this Charter annually. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">5.&#8195; The Committee shall review the adequacy of this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the full Board. The Board also
shall review and approve this Charter at least annually. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">6.&#8195; This Charter may be altered, amended or repealed, or a new Charter may
be adopted, by the Board by the affirmative vote of a majority of all of the members of the Board, including a majority of the <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">&#147;non-interested&#148;</FONT> Board members (within the meaning of the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended). </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">7.&#8195; The Chief Executive Officer (the &#147;CEO&#148;) and the Chief Financial Officer of each Fund
shall certify to the Audit Committee of each Fund annually that he is not aware of any violation by the Fund of any corporate governance standards or policies to which the Fund is subject. In addition, the CEO of the Fund must promptly notify the
relevant Audit Committee in writing after any executive officer of the Fund becomes aware of any material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> with any applicable corporate governance listing standard or policy. </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">8.&#8195; FOR <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">CLOSED-END</FONT> FUNDS ONLY. (a)&nbsp;Each Fund whose securities are listed on the NYSE shall
provide the NYSE, with respect to any subsequent changes to the composition of the Audit Committee or otherwise approximately once each year, written confirmation of the determinations required by Section&nbsp;1(b) above insofar as Section&nbsp;1(b)
relates to NYSE requirements. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(b)&#8195; The CEO of each Fund whose securities are listed on the NYSE shall certify to the NYSE annually
that he is not aware of any violation by the Fund of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards and such certification shall be included in the Fund&#146;s annual report to shareholders. If the CEO of any such Fund provides notice to the NYSE
upon receipt of a report by any executive officer of any material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> with any applicable provisions of the NYSE corporate governance listing standards, copies of any such certification or notice
shall be provided to the Audit Committee of the relevant Fund. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; text-indent:12%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">(c)&#8195; If a Fund whose securities are listed on the NYSE American
provides the NYSE American notice upon receipt of a report by an executive officer of any material <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-compliance</FONT> with the requirements of Rule <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">10A-3</FONT> under the 1934 Act
relating to audit committees, copies of any such notice shall be provided to the Audit Committee of the relevant Fund. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Adopted: Effective May&nbsp;16,
2023 </P>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>1<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> Quarter meeting </B>(covering
4<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Quarter results)<B></B></TD>
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results of audit [1(e)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>12/31 year end Funds</U>: review financial statements and recommend to full boards that they be
included in each respective annual report to shareholders [1(n)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>12/31 year end Funds</U>: Obtain auditor letter as to adequacy of internal controls
[1(d)]</P></TD>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>All <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">closed-end</FONT> Funds</U>: determine ability of Audit
Committee Members to serve on multiple Audit Committees</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>All Funds</U>: Audit Committee Members, determine independence and financial literacy of all,
and financial expertise of at least one. [Composition and Qualifications (b)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>12/31 year end Funds</U>: review financial statements and approve inclusion in each respective
annual report to shareholders [1(n)]</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>2<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP>&nbsp;Quarter meeting </B>(covering
1<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">st</SUP> Quarter results)<B></B></TD>
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review of the adequacy of the Audit Committee Charter [5]</P></TD>
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<P STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>All Funds</U>: review adequacy of Audit Committee Charter and approve any changes to Audit
Committee Charter recommended by Audit Committees [Composition and Qualifications (b)]</P></TD></TR>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>3<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP>&nbsp;Quarter meeting </B>(covering
2<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">nd</SUP>&nbsp;Quarter results)<B></B></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-LEFT:1px solid #000000; padding-left:8pt"><B>4<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">th</SUP> Quarter meeting </B>(covering 3<SUP STYLE="font-size:75%; vertical-align:top">rd</SUP>&nbsp;Quarter
results)<B></B></TD>
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audit fees, <FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">non-audit</FONT> services and engagement letters [1(c)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>All Funds</U>: approve independent auditors</P>
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auditor report on audit firm&#146;s internal quality-control procedures, material issues, performance and independence [1(k)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:1pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>All Funds</U>: Audit Committee self-evaluation [4]</P></TD>
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<TD VALIGN="top" STYLE="BORDER-BOTTOM:1px solid #000000"> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>10/31 year end Funds</U>: discuss
results of audit [1(e)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:2.00em; text-indent:-1.50em; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">&#149;&#8195;&#8202;<U>10/31 year end Funds</U>: review financial statements and recommend to full board that they be
included in the annual report to shareholders [1(n)]</P> <P STYLE="font-size:3pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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[1(d)]</P></TD>
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annual report to shareholders [1(n)]</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Open-End</FONT> Funds: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Commodity Strategy Funds </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Commodity Return Strategy Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Gold and Income Strategy Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Opportunity Funds </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Floating Rate High Income Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Managed Futures Strategy Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Multialternative Strategy Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Strategic Income Fund </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Trust </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; margin-left:4%; text-indent:4%; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Commodity
Return Strategy Portfolio </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:12pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B><FONT STYLE="white-space:nowrap">Closed-End</FONT> Funds: </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">Credit Suisse Asset
Management Income Fund </P>
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<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>HIGH YIELD BOND FUND </I></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:30pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:12pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><I>April 25, 2024 </I></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:241pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman">002CS-12817 </P>

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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B>Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund </B></P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Eleven Madison Avenue </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">Floor 2B </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:0pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:8pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">New York, NY 10010 </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center">THIS PROXY IS
SOLICITED ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD OF CREDIT SUISSE HIGH YIELD BOND FUND </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:8pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify">The undersigned hereby appoints Omar Tariq and Karen Regan, each
with the full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes them to represent and vote, as designated below and in accordance with their judgment on such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournments thereof, all shares of
Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund (the &#147;Fund&#148;) that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the annual meeting of shareholders of the Fund to be held at the offices of Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC, Eleven Madison Avenue, Floor 2B,
New York, NY 10010, on April 25, 2024 at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time. </P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>This proxy when properly executed will be voted in the manner directed
therein by the undersigned shareholder. If no direction is made, this proxy will be voted as recommended by the Board of Trustees in favor of the Board&#146;s nominee</B><B>s</B><B> for Trustee named below.</B> </P>
<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:9pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="justify"><B>In their discretion, the proxies are authorized to vote upon such other business as may properly be presented to the meeting or any
adjournments, postponements, continuations</B><B>,</B><B> or rescheduling</B><B>s</B><B> thereof.</B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P><DIV ALIGN="right">
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names appear hereon. Each joint owner should sign. Trustees and other fiduciaries should indicate the capacity in which they sign. If a corporation, partnership or other entity, this signature should be that of a duly authorized individual who
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<P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:11pt; font-family:Times New Roman" ALIGN="center"><B></B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'WINGDINGS 3'">&#112;</FONT><B></B><B> PLEASE FOLD HERE
</B><FONT STYLE="FONT-FAMILY:'WINGDINGS 3'">&#112;</FONT><B></B><B> </B></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:6pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">PLEASE VOTE, DATE AND SIGN BELOW AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE.
</P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman">TO VOTE, MARK ONE BOX IN BLUE OR BLACK INK. Example: <FONT STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:11pt">&#11035;</FONT><FONT
STYLE="font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt"> </FONT></P> <P STYLE="margin-top:10pt; margin-bottom:0pt; font-size:10pt; font-family:Times New Roman"><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B><B></B><B>THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES RECOMMENDS A VOTE
FOR ALL THE NOMINEES LISTED.</B> </P> <P STYLE="font-size:10pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt">&nbsp;</P>
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<TD VALIGN="top"> <P ALIGN="justify" STYLE=" margin-top:0pt ; margin-bottom:0pt; font-family:Times New Roman; font-size:10pt">Laura A. DeFelice</P></TD>
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