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SUBJECT COMPANY:	

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW GERMANY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858706
		IRS NUMBER:				133555471
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PREC14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-05983
		FILM NUMBER:		07759644

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-437-6269

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LENOX FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900115

FILED BY:		

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			NEW GERMANY FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000858706
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000]
		IRS NUMBER:				133555471
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		PREC14A

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		345 PARK AVENUE
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10154
		BUSINESS PHONE:		800-437-6269

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	LENOX FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19900115
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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">UNITED STATES<br>
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION<br>
Washington, D.C. 20549</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:14.0pt;">SCHEDULE 14A</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">(RULE 14a-101)</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION
REQUIRED IN PROXY STATEMENT<br>
SCHEDULE 14A INFORMATION</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proxy Statement
Pursuant to Section&nbsp;14(a)&nbsp;of<br>
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading -->Filed by the Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;<font face="Wingdings">x</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Filed by a Party other than the
  Registrant&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:4.0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check the appropriate
  box:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="96%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Preliminary Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="96%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Confidential, for Use of the Commission Only (as
  permitted by Rule&nbsp;14a-6(e)(2))</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="96%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Proxy Statement</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="96%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Definitive Additional Materials</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.7%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="96%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:96.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Soliciting Material Pursuant to &#167;240.14a-12</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE NEW GERMANY
  FUND, INC.</font><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name of
  Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Name of
  Person(s)&nbsp;Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="100%" colspan="4" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:100.0%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Payment of Filing Fee (Check the appropriate box):</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">x</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per Exchange Act
  Rules&nbsp;14a-6(i)(1)&nbsp;and&nbsp;0-11.</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Title of each class of securities to which
  transaction applies:</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Aggregate number of securities to which transaction
  applies:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Per unit price or other underlying value of
  transaction computed pursuant to Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11 (set forth the
  amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it was
  determined):</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Proposed maximum aggregate value of transaction:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total fee paid:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.44%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.52%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee paid previously with preliminary materials.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Wingdings" style="font-size:10.0pt;">o</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="95%" colspan="3" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:95.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Check box if any part of the fee is offset as
  provided by Exchange Act Rule&nbsp;0-11(a)(2)&nbsp;and identify the filing
  for which the offsetting fee was paid previously. Identify the previous
  filing by registration statement number, or the Form&nbsp;or Schedule and the
  date of its filing.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="3%" colspan="2" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.88%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="92%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:92.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amount Previously Paid:</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="4%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:4.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:normal;">THE NEW
GERMANY FUND, INC.</font></b></p>

<p align="right" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">[</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>], 2007</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Stockholders:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">You are cordially invited to attend the Annual Meeting
of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of The New Germany Fund, Inc. to be held at [</font><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">],
New York time, on [</font><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">], 2007 at the offices of Deutsche Bank,
345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154.&#160;
Your Board of Directors and management look forward to greeting
personally those stockholders able to attend.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The attached Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy
Statement describe the formal business to be transacted at the Meeting.&#160; As you may be aware, despite the continued
strong performance of your Fund (2006 total return of 44.13%, based on market
value), a group of hedge funds that are dissident stockholders of the Fund have
announced their intention to solicit proxies against the nominees of your Board
of Directors and in support of a proposal that is strongly opposed by the Board
and the Fund.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Please do not sign any proxy card sent to you by
or on behalf of the dissident hedge fund group led by Phillip Goldstein and his
hedge fund, Opportunity Partners L.P. (also known as &#147;Bulldog Investors&#148;),
Karpus Investment Management and Laxey Partners Limited.</font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#160;
These hedge funds may also be using the misleading name, &#147;The Coalition
For Shareholder Democracy.&#148;&#160; Please be
assured that your Board of Directors, which manages the Fund for the benefit of
<u>all</u> stockholders, is the <u>true</u> advocate for shareholder
democracy.&#160; Your Board of Directors will
continue to act in the best interest of all Fund stockholders.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Your vote is important regardless of the number of
shares you own.&#160; </font></b><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We urge you to complete, sign, date and
mail the enclosed <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White </i></b>Proxy Card as soon as
possible, even if you currently plan to attend the Meeting.<b>&#160; </b>If you hold your shares in a
brokerage or bank account, your broker or bank may allow you to vote your
shares by telephone or internet.&#160; Please
consult the materials you receive from your broker or bank prior to voting by
telephone or internet.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 24.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of your Board
of Directors, thank you for your continued interest and support.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">David Goldman</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THE NEW GERMANY FUND, INC.<br>
345 Park Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New York
10154</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOTICE OF ANNUAL
MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS<br>
[</font></b><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">], 2007</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To our Stockholders:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Notice is
hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) of The New
Germany Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), will be held at [</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>],
New York time, on [<font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>], 2007 at the
offices of Deutsche Bank, 345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154 for the following
purposes:</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To elect four (4)&nbsp;Directors, each to
serve for a term of three years and until their successors are elected and
qualify.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To ratify the appointment by the Audit
Committee and the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers&nbsp;LLP, an independent
registered public accounting firm, as independent auditors for the fiscal year
ending December&nbsp;31,&nbsp;2007.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To act upon, if properly presented, a
stockholder proposal.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To transact such other business as may
properly come before the Meeting or any postponement or adjournment thereof.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Only holders of
record of Common Stock at the close of business on [</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>],
2007 are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, this Meeting or any
postponement or adjournment thereof.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Meeting is
extremely important in light of the announcement by a dissident stockholder,
Mr. Philip Goldstein, who controls the hedge fund Opportunity Partners, L.P. (&#147;Opportunity
Partners&#148;, which may go by the name &#147;Bulldog Investors&#148;), of its intention to
solicit proxies against the nominees of your Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;).&#160; Opportunity Partners has also made known its
intention to support a stockholder proposal that is strongly opposed by the
Board.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Your vote is
very important.&#160; Whether or not you plan
to attend the Meeting, and regardless of the number of shares you own, we urge
you to vote FOR your Board&#146;s nominees (proposal 1) and AGAINST the dissident
stockholder proposal (proposal 3) by promptly completing, signing, dating and
returning the enclosed <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White </i></b>Proxy
Card.&#160; We strongly urge you not to sign
any proxy card that may be sent to you by Philip Goldstein and the other hedge
fund dissidents, even to vote against their nominees.&#160; If you have previously returned any proxy
card sent to you by Mr. Goldstein, you may change any vote you may have cast in
favor of Opportunity Partners&#146; nominees, and vote instead for the election of
the Board&#146;s nominees and against the dissident stockholder proposals by
completing, signing and returning the enclosed <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White</i></b>
Proxy Card in the accompanying envelope.&#160;
If you hold your shares in a brokerage or bank account (in &#147;street name&#148;),
your broker or bank cannot vote your shares this year unless you complete, sign
and return the enclosed <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White</i></b> proxy
voting form.&#160; In addition, you may be
able to vote your shares by telephone or internet.&#160; Please consult the materials you receive from
your broker or bank prior to voting by telephone or internet.</font></p>


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questions or need additional information, please contact The Altman
Group,&nbsp;Inc., the Fund&#146;s proxy solicitors, at 1200 Wall Street West,
Lyndhurst, New Jersey 07071, or toll-free by telephone at <b>[</b></font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font><b>]</b>.</p>

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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Whether or not you expect to attend the Meeting,
please sign the enclosed <i>White</i> Proxy
Card and promptly return it to the Fund.&#160;
We ask your cooperation in mailing in your <i>White</i>
Proxy Card promptly, so that the Fund can avoid additional expenses of
solicitation of proxies.</font></b></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE NEW GERMANY FUND, INC.<br>
345 Park Avenue</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">New York, New
York&#160; 10154</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Annual Meeting of
Stockholders<br>
[</font></b><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">], 2007</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:12.0pt;">PROXY STATEMENT</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This Proxy Statement is furnished by the Board
of Directors of The New Germany Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Board of Directors&#148; or &#147;Board&#148;),
a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), in connection with the solicitation of
proxies for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the &#147;Meeting&#148;) to be
held at [</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>], New York time,
on [<font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>], 2007 at the offices of Deutsche Bank, 345 Park
Avenue, New York, New York 10154.&#160; The
purpose of the Meeting and the matters to be considered are set forth in the
accompanying Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT ANNUAL MEETING OF
STOCKHOLDERS OF THE FUND</font></b>.&#160; Despite the continued strong performance of
your Fund (2006 total return of 44.13%, based on market value), a group of
dissident hedge funds led by Phillip Goldstein and his hedge fund, Opportunity
Partners L.P. (now calling themselves &#147;Bulldog Investors&#148;), along with hedge
fund operators Karpus Investment Management and Laxey Partners Limited, have
announced their intention to once again solicit proxies against the nominees of
your Board of Directors, and in favor of a proposal that is strongly opposed by
the Board.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Your Board strongly believes that the Board&#146;s
nominees for re-election as Directors are far better qualified and meet the
director qualification requirements in the Fund&#146;s Bylaws, which require
experience in relevant business, investment, economic or political matters.&#160; The Board&#146;s nominees will better serve the
interests of all stockholders.&#160; In
contrast, by their own admission, the nominees supported by the dissident hedge
funds are not qualified to serve as directors in accordance with the Fund&#146;s
Bylaws.&#160; Accordingly, they may not be
nominated or elected to serve as directors of the Fund.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors strongly urges you to
complete, sign, date and mail promptly the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White</i></b> Proxy
Card accompanying this Proxy Statement.&#160;
If you hold your shares in a brokerage or bank account (in &#147;street name&#148;),
your broker or bank cannot vote your shares this year (as it has in past
routine annual meetings) unless you complete, sign, date and mail promptly the
enclosed <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White </i></b>Proxy Card.&#160; In addition, you may be able to vote your shares
by telephone or internet.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the accompanying <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White
</i></b>Proxy Card is executed properly and returned, shares represented
by it will be voted at the Meeting, and any postponement or adjournment
thereof, in accordance with the instructions on the <b><i style="font-weight:bold;">White
</i></b>Proxy Card. However, if no instructions are specified, shares
will be voted:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>FOR
the election of four (4) directors of the Fund (&#147;Directors&#148;) nominated by the
Board (Proposal&nbsp;1),</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>FOR
the ratification of the appointment by the Audit Committee and the Board of
PricewaterhouseCoopers&nbsp;LLP, an independent public accounting firm, as
independent auditors for the Fund (Proposal&nbsp;2) and</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>AGAINST
the self-tender offer proposal (Proposal 3).</p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A proxy may be revoked at any time prior to
the time it is voted by written notice to the Secretary of the Fund, by
submitting a subsequently executed and dated proxy or by attending the Meeting
and voting in person.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If a stockholder owns shares of the Fund in
violation of applicable law, including the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
amended (the &#147;Investment Company Act&#148;), the Fund may determine that any vote
attributable to such shares shall not be counted, or that such shares will not
be counted for quorum purposes, or both.&#160;
Under Section 12(d)(1) of the Investment Company Act, the acquisition of
more than 3% of the Fund&#146;s common stock by another fund (whether registered,
private or offshore) is unlawful.&#160; There
is legal uncertainty about the operation of Section 12(d)(1) and about the Fund&#146;s
right under federal and state law to invalidate votes cast by any person whose
Fund shares are held in violation of law. The Fund is prepared, if necessary,
to seek judicial resolution of the uncertainty in any particular case.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The close of business on [</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>],
2007 has been fixed as the record date for the determination of stock&#173;holders
entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting. On that date, the Fund had
[<font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>]
shares of Common Stock outstanding and entitled to vote. Each share will be
entitled to one vote on each matter that comes before the Meeting. It is
expected that the Notice of Annual Meeting, this Proxy Statement and the form
of White Proxy Card will first be mailed to stockholders on or about [<font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>],
2007.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A quorum is necessary to hold a valid
meeting.&#160; If stockholders entitled to
cast one-third of all votes entitled to be cast at the Meeting are present in
person or by proxy, a quorum will be established. The Fund intends to treat
properly executed proxies that are marked &#147;abstain&#148; and broker non-votes
(defined below) as present for the purposes of determining whether a quorum has
been achieved at the Meeting.&#160; Under
Maryland law, abstentions do not constitute a vote &#147;for&#148; or &#147;against&#148; a matter
and will be disregarded in determining the &#147;votes cast&#148; on an issue.&#160; A &#147;broker non-vote&#148; occurs when a broker
holding shares for a beneficial owner does not vote on a particular matter
because the broker does not have discretionary voting power with respect to
that matter and has not received instruc&#173;tions from the beneficial owner.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL 1:
ELECTION OF DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s charter (the &#147;Charter&#148;) provides
that the Board of Directors be divided into three classes of Directors serving
staggered three-year terms and until their successors are elected and qualify.
The term of office for Directors in Class&nbsp;I expires at the 2007 Annual
Meeting, Class&nbsp;II at the next succeeding annual meeting and Class&nbsp;III
at the following succeeding annual meeting. Four Class&nbsp;I nominees are
proposed in this Proxy Statement for election.&#160;
The four Class I nominees, Ambassador Richard R. Burt, Mr. Richard Karl
Goeltz, Mr. Christian H. Strenger and Mr. Robert H. Wadsworth, are the only
persons nominated by your Board of Directors for election at this Meeting and,
if elected, each will serve a three-year term of office until the Annual
Meeting of Stockholders in 2010 and until his respective successor is elected
and qualifies.&#160; The interests of the Fund
and the stockholders are best served when its Directors have experience in matters
relevant to the Fund&#146;s investment business.&#160;
Accordingly, the Bylaws provide that a nominee must have Relevant
Experience and Country Knowledge and must not have any Conflict of
Interest.&#160; The relevant portions of the
Fund&#146;s Bylaws describing these requirements are included as Annex&nbsp;B to this
Proxy Statement.&#160; The Nominating
Committee (excluding Messrs. Burt, Goeltz and Wadsworth, who excused themselves
from its deliberations and vote) concluded that each of the four Class I
nominees satisfies these requirements.&#160;
An overview of the experience and current duties of each of the Board&#146;s
nominees is therefore appropriate.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Richard R. Burt</font></i></b><i>.&#160; </i>Ambassador Burt is currently a
senior advisor with Kissinger McLarty Associates, an international strategic
advisory firm.&#160; He was formerly the
Chairman of Diligence, Inc., an international information and risk management
firm and, prior to that, Chairman of IEP Advisors, LLP, an information services
firm.&#160; Ambassador Burt served as the U.S.
Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany from 1985 to 1989.&#160; He has been a director of the Fund since
2004, and serves on the Fund&#146;s Audit and Nominating Committees.&#160; Since 2000, he has been a director and a
member of the Audit Committee, the Nominating Committee and the Executive
Committee of the European Equity Fund, Inc. and Central Europe and Russia Fund,
Inc., both of which are part of the Fund&#146;s Complex.</p>


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<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Richard Karl Goeltz&#160; </font></i></b>Mr.
Goeltz was for over eight years the chief financial officer of the large
financial services companies American Express Company and National Westminster
Bank Plc.&#160; Prior to that, Mr. Goeltz
served as a senior financial officer of The Seagram Company Ltd. for more than
15 years.&#160; Mr. Goeltz since 2000 has been
a consultant and has served on the board of directors of various companies
including Aviva plc, the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp. and the Warnaco Group
Inc., as well as being a Member of the Court of Governors and the Council of
the London School of Economics and Political Science.&#160; He has been a director of the Fund since its
inception and currently serves on the Executive Committee, the Nominating
Committee and the Special Committee on Shareholder Initiatives.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Christian H. Strenger</font></i></b>&#160; Mr. Strenger is a former Managing Director of
DWS Investment GmbH, one of the largest German mutual fund companies, a
position he held from 1991 to 1999.&#160;
Since 1999, he has been a Member of DWS Investment GmbH&#146;s Supervisory
Board.&#160; Mr. Strenger is the Chairman of
the Board of the Fund, and serves in the same capacity for the European Equity
Fund and Central Europe and Russia Fund.&#160;
He serves on the Executive Committee of all three funds.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:1.0pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Robert H. Wadsworth</font></i></b>&#160; For over 20 years, Mr. Wadsworth has been the
president of his consulting firm, Robert H. Wadsworth Associates, which advises
on all aspects of the U.S. regulated funds business.&#160; During that time, Mr. Wadsworth has also
served in leadership positions for various registered investment
companies.&#160; He has been a director of the
Fund since 1992 and serves on all committees of the Board, including serving as
a Chairman of the Valuation Committee of the Fund and as a designated Audit
Committee financial expert.&#160; Mr.
Wadsworth is also a member of the board of directors of the European Equity
Fund and Central Europe and Russia Fund, and serves on all committees of both
funds.&#160; In addition, Mr. Wadsworth is a
director or trustee for more than 55 other open-end and close-end investment
companies within the Fund Complex.</p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Your Board strongly believes that its nominees are better qualified,
meet the director qualification requirements in the Fund&#146;s Bylaws, and will
better serve the interests of all stockholders.&#160;
Accordingly, we unanimously recommend a vote &#147;For&#148; each of Messrs. Burt,
Goeltz, Strenger and Wadsworth.</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As discussed above, Philip Goldstein has
announced his intention to solicit proxies against the nominees of your Board
of Directors and for the purported nominees of his hedge fund, Opportunity
Partners. Based on the information provided to date by Opportunity Partners
regarding its nominees and on Opportunity Partner&#146;s own admission that its
nominees do not meet the qualification of the Bylaws, your Board&#146;s Nominating
Committee confirmed that none of the persons Opportunity Partners intends to
propose is qualified in accordance with the Fund&#146;s Bylaws to serve as a
director of the Fund.&#160; Your Board
believes that through their qualifications and experience, Ambassador Burt and
Messrs. Goeltz, Strenger and Wadsworth will serve the interests of all
stockholders better than the nominees of Opportunity Partners.&#160; The contribution of Opportunity Partners&#146;
nominees for director will not, in the opinion of the Board, in any way compare
with the value the four Board nominees have contributed and will continue to
contribute to the Fund as a result of their extensive background in German
business and political affairs:</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>The Board
nominees of the Fund provide distinct and ongoing resources for your Board of
Directors, especially given their experience in the markets in which the Fund
invests.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>On the other
hand, the business backgrounds of Opportunity Partners&#146; potential nominees do
not indicate any experience in the markets in which the Fund invests.&#160; <b>Your Board strongly
believes that the Board&#146;s nominees for re-election as Directors are far better
qualified and will better serve the interests of all stockholders.</b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We believe that the agenda being pursued by
Opportunity Partners and the hedge fund dissidents is to install a minority of
directors who will continue to pressure the Fund to conduct tender offers,
open-end, or liquidate.&#160; Our reasons for
believing that certain of those actions are not in the interests of Fund
stockholders are discussed at Proposal 3.</font></p>


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<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">While the three dissident-supported
candidates cannot become directors under the Fund&#146;s Bylaws, and the Fund will
not treat votes for the individuals as &#147;votes cast&#148; for purposes of determining
which individuals received a plurality of votes cast, we urge stockholders to
vote <b>&#147;FOR&#148;</b> our nominees to send an important
message.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Should any vacancy occur on the Board of
Directors, the remaining Directors would be able to fill that vacancy by the
affirmative vote of a majority of the remaining Directors in office, even if
the remaining Directors do not constitute a quorum. Any Director elected by the
Board to fill a vacancy would hold office until the remainder of the full term
of the class of Directors in which the vacancy occurred and until a successor
is elected and qualifies. If the size of the Board is increased, additional
Directors will be apportioned among the three classes to make all classes as
nearly equal as possible.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Unless authority is withheld, it is the
intention of the persons named in the accompanying form of White Proxy Card to
vote each White Proxy Card for the election of our four Class I nominees listed
above. Each of our Class I nominees is currently a member of the Board of
Directors.&#160; Each Class I nominee has
indicated that he will continue to serve as a Director if elected, but if any
nominee should be unable to serve, proxies will be voted for any other person
determined by the persons named in the form of White Proxy Card in accordance
with their discretion.&#160; The Board of
Directors has no reason to believe that any of the above nominees will be
unable to continue to serve as a Director.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS A VOTE &#147;</font></b><u><font face="Times New Roman">FOR</font></u>&#148;
PROPOSAL 1 <br>
TO ELECT THE BOARD&#146;S FOUR NOMINEES AS CLASS I DIRECTORS.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Required Vote</font></b>.&#160; Provided a quorum has been established, the
affirmative vote of a plurality of the votes cast at the Meeting is required
for the election of each Director. For purposes of the election of Directors,
abstentions and broker non-votes will have no effect on the result of the vote.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION
REGARDING DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS</font></b></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following tables show certain information
about the nominees for election as Directors and about Directors whose terms
will continue, including beneficial ownership of Common Stock of the Fund and
about all officers of the Fund.&#160; All
Directors resident in the United States own Fund shares.&#160; Directors who are German residents would be
subject to adverse German tax consequences if they owned shares of a fund
organized outside of Germany, such as the Fund, that is not subject to German
regulation or tax reporting.&#160; Each
Director has served as a Director of the Fund for more than five years, many
since the Fund&#146;s inception in 1990, except for Ambassador Burt and
Mr.&nbsp;Walbr&#246;l, who for many years have been directors of other funds in the
Fund Complex and were elected to the Board in 2004.</font></p>


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<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Nominees Proposed for
Election:</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Current
Term will Expire in 2007; Nominees for Term Expiring in 2010)</font></b></p>

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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.3%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name,<br>
  Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><br>
  &amp; Age</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Length<br>
  of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years (or<br>
  Longer)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number of<br>
  Portfolios<br>
  in Fund<br>
  Complex</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font><br>
  Overseen<br>
  by Director<br>
  or<br>
  Nominee<br>
  for<br>
  Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other Directorships Held<br>
  by Director or Nominee for Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30,<br>
  2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Non-Interested
  Directors</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ambassador Richard R.
  Burt, 60</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Senior Advisor, Kissinger McLarty Associates
  (international strategic advisory) (since 2007). Chairman, Diligence LLC
  (international information collection and risk-management firm) (2002-2007).
  Chairman, IEP Advisors LLP (information services firm) (1998- 2001). Chairman
  of the Board, Weirton Steel Corp. (1996-2004). Formerly, Partner, McKinsey
  &amp; Company (consulting firm) (1991-1994). U.S. Ambassador to the Federal
  Republic of Germany (1985-1991).</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc.
  (since 2000) and The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2000). Board Member,
  IGT, Inc. (gaming technology) (since 2001). Board Member, HCL Technologies,
  Inc. (information technology and product engineering) (since 1999). Member,
  Textron Inc. International Advisory Council (aviation, automotive, industrial
  operations and finance) (since 1996). Director, UBS family of mutual funds
  (since 1998).</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,342</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard Karl Goeltz, 64</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consultant. Retired Vice Chairman and Chief
  Financial Officer of American Express Co. (financial services) (1996-2000).
  Former Chief Financial Officer of National Westminster Bank Plc (1992-1996).
  Former Executive Vice President-Finance (1986-1991) and Vice
  President-Finance (1976-1986) of The Seagram Company Ltd.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Independent Non-Executive Director of Aviva plc
  (financial services); Director of Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation
  (Freddie Mac) and The Warnaco Group, Inc. (apparel); Member of the Court of
  Governors and the Council of the London School of Economics and Political
  Science.</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,616</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.3%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H. Wadsworth, 67</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.2%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.48%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1992</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President, Robert H. Wadsworth Associates, Inc.
  (consulting firm) (May 1983 to present). Formerly President and Trustee,
  Trust for Investment Managers (registered investment companies) (April
  1999-June 2002).</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.8%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.54%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">58</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.5%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since
  1986) and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since 1990), as well as
  other funds in the Fund Complex as indicated.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.96%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,405</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Class I Directors</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Current
Term will Expire in 2007; Nominees for Term Expiring in 2010)</font></b></p>

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  <td width="12%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name,<br>
  Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><br>
  &amp; Age</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Length<br>
  of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.74%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years (or<br>
  Longer)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.12%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number of<br>
  Portfolios<br>
  in Fund<br>
  Complex</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font><br>
  Overseen<br>
  by Director<br>
  or<br>
  Nominee<br>
  for<br>
  Director</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.4%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other Directorships Held<br>
  by Director or Nominee for Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.92%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30,<br>
  2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" style="border:none;font-size:1.0pt;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;">&nbsp;</p></td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="99%" colspan="13" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:99.66%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Interested Director</font></b><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(5)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:9.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="12%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christian H. Strenger,
  63</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director and Chairman</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.44%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.54%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="19%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:19.74%;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Member of Supervisory
  Board (since 1999) and formerly Managing Director (1991-1999) of DWS
  Investment GmbH (investment management), a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG.</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.18%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.12%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.72%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="27%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:27.4%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The
  European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 1986) and The Central Europe and Russia
  Fund, Inc. (since 1990).</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font>&nbsp;Member,
  Supervisory Board, Fraport AG (international airport business) and Hermes
  Focus Asset Management Europe Ltd. (asset management).</p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.98%;">
  <p align="right" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.92%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Directors whose terms will continue:</font></b></p>

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

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Term
will Expire in 2008)</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name, Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&amp; <br>
  Age</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Length of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years (or Longer)</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number of<br>
  Portfolios<br>
  in Fund<br>
  Complex </font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">2)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
  </font><font face="Times New Roman">Overseen<br>
  by Director<br>
  or Nominee<br>
  for<br>
  Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other
  Directorships Held<br>
  by Director or Nominee for Director</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30, 2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Non-Interested
  Directors</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John H. Cannon, 65</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1990</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consultant (since 2002). Vice President and Treasurer,
  Venator Group / Footlocker Inc. (footwear retailer) (1982-2001).</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since
  2004) and The Central Euro&#173;pe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since 2004).</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">5,331</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Werner Walbr&#246;l, 69</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer, The European
  American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (since 2004). Formerly, President and
  Chief Executive Officer, The German American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. (until
  2003).</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc.
  (since 1990) and The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 1986).</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">2)</font>&nbsp;Director, T&#220;V Rheinland of North America,
  Inc. (independent testing and assessment services). Director, The German
  American Chamber of Commerce, Inc. President and Director, German-American
  Partnership Program (student exchange programs). Director, AXA Art Insurance
  Corporation (fine art and collectible insurer).</p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,489</font></p>
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  <td width="9%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:9.28%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter Z&#252;hlsdorff, 66</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1997</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Managing Director of DIH Deutsche Industrie Holding
  (holding company) (1997). Managing Director of DSD Duales System Deutschland
  AG (recycling) (2004). Managing Director of Tengelmann Unternehmensgruppe
  (food and specialty retailing) (1998-2003). Managing Director of
  Bewerbungskommitee Leipzig 2012 GmbH (Olympic bid committee) (2004) and
  Managing Director of PZ Sportpark GmbH (since 1996).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Sinn Leffers AG
  (retail) and Escada AG (fashion); Kaisers Tengelmann AG (food and specialty
  retailing); Member of the Advisory Board, Tengelmann Verwaltungs-und
  Beteiligungsgesellschaft GmbH (food and specialty retailing) and DSD-Duales
  System Deutschland GmbH.</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Interested Director</font></b><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(5)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.12%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Bult, 71</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman, PaineWebber International (asset
  management) (since 1985).</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since
  1986) and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. (since 1990).</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font>&nbsp;Director of The Greater China Fund, Inc.
  (closed-end fund).</p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2,871</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(Term
will Expire in 2009)</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name, Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;&amp; <br>
  Age</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with Fund</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Length of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years (or Longer)</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number of<br>
  Portfolios<br>
  in Fund Complex </font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">2)</font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<br>
  Overseen<br>
  by Director<br>
  or<br>
  Nominee<br>
  for<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other Directorships
  Held<br>
  by Director or Nominee for Director</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30, 2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Non-Interested
  Directors</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Franz Wilhelm Hopp,
  64</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1993</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Former Member of the Boards of Management of ERGO Insurance
  Group AG, ERGO Europa Beteiligungs-gesellschaft AG, and ERGO International AG
  (insurance) (over five years until 2004). Former Member of the Boards of
  Management of VICTORIA Holding; VICTORIA Lebensversicherung AG (life
  insurance); VICTORIA Versicherung AG (insurance); VICTORIA International;
  VICTORIA R&#252;ckversicherung AG (reinsurance) and D.A.S. Versicherungs-AG.
  (insurance).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Ideenkapital
  Media Finance (investments and finance). Member of the Supervisory Boards of
  Jenoptik, AG (environmental systems and other technologies); TMW Immobilien
  AG (real estate); Oesterreichische Volksbanken (bank); KarstadtQuelle Bank
  GmbH; GFKL Financial Services AG; MEAG Munich ERGO Kapitalanlagegesellschaft
  mbH (asset management); Internationales Immobilieninstitut GmbH (real
  estate); TMW Real Estate Group L.P.; and Victoria Volksbanken, Oesterreich
  (bank). Member of the Administrative Boards of Frankfurter Volksbank (bank)
  and HSBC Trinkaus &amp; Burkhardt (bank). Member of the Advisory Boards of
  Dresdner Bank AG; EnBW Energie Baden-Wuerttemberg AG (energy); Falke Bank AG;
  Landeskreditbank Baden-Wuerttemberg; Millenium Entertainment Partners L.P.
  (real estate) and MPE Hotel, LLC (real estate).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ernst-Ulrich Matz, 73</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1995</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consultant. Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Boards
  of Bopp&nbsp;&amp; Reuther AG (valve, control, measurement and safety
  technology) (1990-2001). Chief Financial Officer and member of the Board of
  Directors of IWKA Aktiengesellschaft (management
  holding company &#150; manufacturing and engineering) (1978 - 2000). Member of the Supervisory Boards of Ex-Cell-O AG
  (machine tool and system manufacturer) (1996-2001) and ARO SA (1978-2000)
  (resistance welding).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Member of the District Advisory Board of
  Gerling-Konzern (until 2002); Chairman of the Rumanian Group in the German
  East-West Trade Committee (until 2002); Member of the Advisory Council of
  Herder GmbH &amp; Co. KG (publishing) (2001-2007); Member of the Supervisory
  Board of Photon AG (laser engineering). Member of the District Advisory Board
  of Deutsche Bank AG, Mannheim (until 1999).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><font face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;<br>
  &amp; Age</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with Fund</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Length of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years (or Longer)</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Number of<br>
  Portfolios<br>
  in Fund Complex </font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">2)</font><font face="Times New Roman"><br>
  </font><font face="Times New Roman">Overseen<br>
  by Director<br>
  or<br>
  Nominee<br>
  for<br>
  Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Other
  Directorships Held<br>
  by Director or Nominee for Director</font></b></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30, 2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Non-Interested
  Directors</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Frank Tr&#246;mel, 71</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(6)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="6%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:6.46%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 1990</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="20%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:20.02%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of DELTON
  AG (strategic management holding company operation in the pharmaceutical,
  household products, logistics and power supply sectors) (2000-2006). Member
  (since 2000) and Vice-President (2002-2006) of the German Accounting
  Standards Board.</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.98%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.1%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director of The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc.
  (since 2005) and The European Equity Fund, Inc. (since 2005).</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="8%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Executive
Officers</font></b><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;font-weight:bold;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(7)</font></b></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name, Address</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">&nbsp;</font>&amp;<br>
  Age</p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Position(s)<br>
  with<br>
  Fund</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Term of<br>
  Office<br>
  and<br>
  Length of<br>
  Time<br>
  Served</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Principal<br>
  Occupation(s)<br>
  During Past Five Years</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Shares<br>
  of<br>
  Common<br>
  Stock<br>
  Beneficially<br>
  Owned at<br>
  March 30,<br>
  2007</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Michael G.
  Clark, 41</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">President and Chief Executive Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management (since
  2006); President of DWS family of funds; formerly, Director of Fund Board
  Relations (2004-2006) and Director of Product Development, Merrill Lynch
  Investment Managers (2000-2004).</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Paul H.
  Schubert, 44</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2004</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Managing Director, Deutsche Asset Management (since
  2004). Formerly, Executive Director, Head of Mutual Fund Services and
  Treasurer for UBS Family of Funds at UBS Global Asset Management (1998-2004).</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Goldman, 33</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="10%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:10.14%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Vice President, Deutsche Asset Management (since
  2002).</font></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <td width="22%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:22.56%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Millette, 44</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Assistant Secretary</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2006</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Deutsche Asset Management (since 2002).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <td width="7%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:7.36%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Elisa D.
  Metzger, 44</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Legal Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2005</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Director, Deutsche Asset Management (since Sept.
  2005); Counsel, Morrison and Foerster&nbsp;LLP (1999-2005).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Philip Gallo, 44</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Chief Compliance Officer</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Since 2004</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Managing Director, Global Head of Deutsche Asset
  Management Compliance (2003-present). Formerly (most recently), Co-Head of
  Goldman Sachs Asset Management Legal (1994-2003).</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The mailing address of all directors and officers with
respect to Fund operations is c/o Deutsche Investment Management
Americas&nbsp;Inc., 345&nbsp;Park Avenue, NYC20-2799, New York, New York 10154.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund Complex includes the European Equity Fund,
Inc. and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc., which are the other
closed-end registered investment companies for which Deutsche Investment
Management Americas&nbsp;Inc. acts as manager. It also includes 143 other open- and closed-end funds
advised by wholly-owned entities of the Deutsche Bank Group in the United
States.</font></p>


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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:4.5000pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All Directors and Executive Officers as a group (17
persons) owned 33,054 shares, which constitutes less than 1% of the outstanding
Common Stock of the Fund.&#160; Share numbers
in this Proxy Statement have been rounded to the nearest whole share.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Wadsworth serves as a Director/Trustee of the
following investment companies:&#160; DWS Blue
Chip Fund, DWS Equity Trust, DWS High Income Series, DWS State Tax-Free Income
Series, DWS Strategic Income Fund, DWS Target Fund, Cash Account Trust,
Investors Cash Trust, Investors Municipal Cash Fund, Tax-Exempt California
Money Market Fund, DWS Technology Fund, DWS Balanced Fund, DWS U.S. Government
Securities Fund, DWS Value Series Inc., DWS Variable Series II, and DWS Money
Funds.&#160; Mr. Wadsworth also serves as a
Trustee of the following closed-end investment companies: DWS Dreman Value
Income Edge Fund, DWS High Income Trust, DWS Multi-Market Income Trust, DWS
Municipal Income Trust, DWS Strategic Income Trust, and DWS Strategic Municipal
Income Trust.&#160; These funds are advised by
Deutsche Investment Management Americas Inc., a wholly-owned subsidiary of
Deutsche Bank AG.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicates &#147;Interested Person,&#148; as defined in the
Investment Company Act. Mr.&nbsp;Bult is an &#147;interested&#148; Director because of
his affiliation with PaineWebber International, an affiliate of UBS Securities
L.L.C., a registered broker-dealer; and Mr.&nbsp;Strenger is an &#147;interested&#148;
Director because of his affiliation with DWS-Deutsche Gesellschaft f&#252;r
Wertpapiersparen mbH (&#147;DWS&#148;), a subsidiary of Deutsche Bank&nbsp;AG, and
because of his ownership of Deutsche Bank&nbsp;AG shares.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Tr&#246;mel&#146;s son has been employed since March 1, 2002
by an indirect subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Each also serving as an officer of The European Equity
Fund, Inc. and The Central Europe and Russia Fund, Inc. The officers of the
Fund are elected annually by the Board of Directors at its meeting following
the Annual Meeting of Stockholders.&#160; Each
of Messrs. Clark, Schubert, Goldman, Millette and Gallo, and Ms. Metzger also
serves as an officer of other Funds in the Fund Complex.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(8)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Indicates ownership of securities of Deutsche Bank AG
either directly or through Deutsche Bank&#146;s deferred compensation plan.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
table contains additional information with respect to the beneficial ownership
of equity securities by each Director or Nominee in the Fund and, on an
aggregated basis, in any registered investment companies overseen by the
Director or Nominee within the same Family of Investment Companies as the Fund:</font></p>

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  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name&nbsp;of&nbsp;Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nominee</font></b></p>
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  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of&nbsp;Equity&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;in&nbsp;<br>
  the&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
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  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p style="font-size:8.0pt;font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate&nbsp;Dollar&nbsp;Range&nbsp;of&nbsp;Equity&nbsp;Securities&nbsp;in&nbsp;All&nbsp;Funds&nbsp;<br>
  Overseen&nbsp;by&nbsp;Director&nbsp;or&nbsp;Nominee&nbsp;in&nbsp;Family&nbsp;of&nbsp;Investment&nbsp;<br>
  Companies&nbsp;</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font>,&nbsp;<font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
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  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John Bult</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ambassador
  Richard R. Burt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001 - $50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John H. Cannon</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$50,001-$100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard Karl
  Goeltz</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Franz
  Wilhelm Hopp</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ernst-Ulrich
  Matz</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Christian H.
  Strenger</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$50,001 - $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Frank Tr&#246;mel</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H.
  Wadsworth</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Werner Walbr&#246;l</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$10,001-$50,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over
  $100,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="29%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:29.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter Z&#252;hlsdorff</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.18%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="40%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:40.14%;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">None</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="0%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:.34%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<div style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><hr size="1" width="160" noshade color="black" align="left" style="width:120.0pt;"></div>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><!-- SET mrlNoTableShading --><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:94.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Valuation date is March 30, 2007. Directors who are
  German residents would be subject to adverse German tax consequences if they
  owned shares of a fund organized outside of Germany, such as the Fund, that
  is not subject to German regulation or tax reporting.</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="3%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:3.58%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="94%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:94.04%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Family of Investment Companies consists of the
  Fund, The European Equity Fund, Inc. and The Central Europe and Russia Fund,
  Inc., which are closed-end funds that share the same investment adviser and
  manager and hold themselves out as related companies.</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of
Directors presently has six standing committees including an audit committee
(the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;), an advisory committee (the &#147;Advisory Committee&#148;), an
executive committee (the &#147;Executive Committee&#148;), a nominating committee (the
&#147;Nominating Committee&#148;), a valuation committee (the &#147;Valuation Committee&#148;) and
a special committee on shareholder initiatives (the &#147;Special Shareholder
Initiatives Committee&#148;).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit
Committee, comprising Messrs. Burt, Cannon, Tr&#246;mel, Wadsworth and Walbr&#246;l,
operates pursuant to a written charter.&#160;
The Audit Committee&#146;s organization and responsibilities are contained in
the Audit Committee Report, which is included in this Proxy Statement, and in
its written charter.&#160; The members of the
Audit Committee are &#147;independent&#148; as required by the independence standards of
Rule 10A-3 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.&#160; The Board of Directors has determined that
each member of the Audit Committee is financially literate and has determined
that each of Messrs. Cannon and Wadsworth meets the requirements for an audit
committee financial expert under the rules of the Securities and Exchange
Commission (&#147;SEC&#148;).&#160; Although the Board
has determined that these individuals meet the requirements for an audit
committee financial expert, their responsibilities are the same as those of the
other audit committee members.&#160; They are
not auditors or accountants, do not perform &#147;field work&#148; and are not full-time
employees.&#160; The SEC has determined that
an audit committee</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">member who is designated as an audit committee financial expert will not
be deemed to be an &#147;expert&#148; for any purpose as a result of being identified as
an audit committee financial expert.&#160; The
Audit Committee met five times during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Advisory
Committee, comprising Messrs. Cannon, Goeltz, Matz, Tr&#246;mel and Wadsworth, makes
recommendations to the full Board with respect to the Management Agreement
between the Fund and Deutsche Investment Management Americas&nbsp;Inc., and the
Investment Advisory Agreement between the Fund and Deutsche Asset Management
International GmbH. The Advisory Committee met two times during the past fiscal
year, in connection with the annual continuance of those agreements.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Executive
Committee, comprising Messrs. Cannon, Goeltz, Strenger and Wadsworth, has the
authority to act for the Board on all matters between meetings of the Board,
subject to any limitations under applicable state law.&#160; During the past fiscal year the Executive
Committee did not meet.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman"><font style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Valuation Committee,
comprising Messrs. Cannon, </font>Tr&#246;mel, Wadsworth and Walbr&#246;l, monitors the
valuation of portfolio securities and other investments.&#160; During the past fiscal year, the </font>Valuation Committee did not meet.</p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Special
Committee on Shareholder Initiatives, comprising Messrs. Bult, Burt, Cannon,
Goeltz, Wadsworth and Walbr&#246;l, has the authority to act for the Board on all
matters relating to stockholder initiatives.&#160;
The Special Shareholder Initiatives Committee met eight times during the
past fiscal year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Nominating
Committee comprises Messrs. Burt, Cannon, Goeltz, Tr&#246;mel and Wadsworth.&#160; Generally, the Nominating Committee
identifies, evaluates and selects and nominates, or recommends to the Board of
Directors, candidates for the Board or any committee of the Board.&#160; To be eligible for nomination as a Director a
person must, at the time of such person&#146;s nomination, have Relevant Experience
and Country Knowledge and must not have any Conflict of Interest, as those
terms are defined in the Fund&#146;s Bylaws.&#160;
The relevant portions of the Fund&#146;s Bylaws describing these requirements
are included as Annex&nbsp;B.&#160; The
Nominating Committee may also take into account additional factors listed in
the Nominating Committee Charter (set forth in Annex&nbsp;A), which generally
relate to the nominee&#146;s industry knowledge, business experience, education,
ethical reputation, special skills, ability to work well in group settings and
the ability to qualify as an &#147;independent director.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Nominating
Committee will consider nominee candidates properly submitted by stockholders
in accordance with applicable law, the Fund&#146;s Charter or Bylaws, resolutions of
the Board and the qualifications and procedures set forth in the Nominating
Committee Charter and this proxy statement.&#160;
A stockholder or group of stockholders seeking to submit a nominee candidate
(i)&nbsp;must have beneficially owned at least 5% of the Fund&#146;s common stock
for at least two years, (ii)&nbsp;may submit only one nominee candidate for any
particular meeting of stockholders, and (iii)&nbsp;may submit a nominee
candidate for only an annual meeting or other meeting of stockholders at which
directors will be elected.&#160; The
stockholder or group of stockholders must provide notice of the proposed
nominee pursuant to the requirements found in the Fund&#146;s Bylaws.&#160; Generally, this notice must be received not
less than 90&nbsp;days nor more than 120&nbsp;days prior to the first
anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year&#146;s
annual meeting.&#160; Such notice shall
include the specific information required by the Fund&#146;s Bylaws.&#160; The relevant portions describing these
requirements are included as Annex&nbsp;B.&#160;
The Nominating Committee will evaluate nominee candidates properly
submitted by stockholders on the same basis as it considers and evaluates
candidates recommended by other sources.&#160;
The Nominating Committee met three times during the past fiscal year.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">All members on
each of the six committees of the Board are not &#147;interested persons&#148; as the
term is defined in the Investment Company Act (except that Mr.&nbsp;Strenger,
an interested person, is a member of the Executive Committee, and
Mr.&nbsp;Bult, an interested person, is a member of the Special Committee on
Shareholder Initiatives).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">During the past
fiscal year, the Board of Directors had four regular meetings.&#160; Each incumbent Director who served as a
Director during the past fiscal year, attended at least 75% of the aggregate
number of regular meetings of the Board and meetings of Board Committees on
which that Director served.&#160; The Board
has a policy that encourages Directors to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders,
to the extent that travel to the Annual Meeting of Stockholders is reasonable
for that Director.&#160; Three Directors
attended the 2006 Annual Meeting of Stockholders.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To communicate
with the Board of Directors or an individual Director of the Fund, a
stockholder must send a written communication to the Fund&#146;s principal office at
345&nbsp;Park Avenue, NYC20-2799, New York, New York 10154 (c/o The New Germany
Fund, Inc.), addressed to (i)&nbsp;the Board of Directors of the Fund or an
individual Director, and (ii)&nbsp;the Secretary of the Fund. The Secretary of
the Fund will direct the correspondence to the appropriate parties.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund pays
each of its Directors who is not an interested person of the Fund, of the
investment adviser or of the manager an annual fee of $7,500 plus $750 for each
Board and Committee meeting attended. Each such Director who is also a Director
of The European Equity Fund, Inc. or The Central Europe and Russia
Fund,&nbsp;Inc. also receives the same annual and per-meeting fees for services
as a Director of each such fund. No Director of all three funds is paid for
attending more than two funds&#146; board and committee meetings when meetings of
the three funds are held concurrently, and no such Director receives more than
the annual fee of two funds. Each of the Fund, The European Equity
Fund,&nbsp;Inc. and The Central Europe and Russia Fund,&nbsp;Inc. reimburses
the Directors (except for those employed by the Deutsche Bank Group) for travel
expenses in connection with Board meetings. These three funds, together with 143
other open- and closed-end funds advised by wholly-owned entities of the
Deutsche Bank Group in the United States, represent the entire Fund Complex
within the meaning of the applicable rules and regulations of the SEC. The
following table sets forth (a)&nbsp;the aggregate compensation from the Fund
for the fiscal year ended December&nbsp;31, 2006, and (b)&nbsp;the total
compensation from each fund in the Fund Complex that includes the Fund, for the
2006 fiscal year of each such fund, (i) for each Director who is not an
interested person of the Fund, and (ii) for all such Directors as a group:</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;margin-left:36.0pt;">
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  <td width="325" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
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  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate&nbsp;Compensation<br>
  From&nbsp;Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Total&nbsp;Compensation<br>
  From&nbsp;Fund&nbsp;Complex</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ambassador Richard R.
  Burt</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="111" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">12,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:68.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John H. Cannon</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">16,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">36,250</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard Karl Goeltz</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">20,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Franz Wilhelm Hopp</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ernst-Ulrich Matz</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dr. Frank Tr&#246;mel</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">32,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Robert H. Wadsworth</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">15,332</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">228,250</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Werner Walbr&#246;l</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">13,166</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">34,750</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Peter Z&#252;hlsdorff</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">10,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="117" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:87.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="98" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:73.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="325" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:243.9pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Total</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="111" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:82.95pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">124,664</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="91" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:68.5pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">417,750</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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<p style="line-height:1.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No compensation
is paid by the Fund to Directors who are interested persons of the Fund or of
any entity of the Deutsche Bank Group or to officers.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Bylaw Litigation</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On June 6,
2005, an alleged stockholder of the Fund filed a putative class action
complaint on behalf of all Fund stockholders in Maryland state court against
the Fund and its Directors. This litigation arises out of an attempt in 2005 by
dissident stockholder Opportunity Partners, L.P. to nominate and elect
directors who were not qualified as Directors pursuant to the Fund&#146;s Director
Qualification Bylaw (the &#147;Bylaw&#148;), which sets forth certain eligibility
requirements for directors, including a requirement of relevant experience and
country knowledge consistent with the Fund&#146;s strategy of investment in German
companies. Pursuant to a stipulation and order of the court entered on March
20, 2007, the allegations of the complaint were limited to the claims that </font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font>&#160;the Fund&#146;s Directors violated their fiduciary
duties by adopting the Bylaw in 2000; <font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font>&#160;the Fund&#146;s Directors violated their fiduciary
duties by refusing to waive the Bylaw in 2005; and <font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font>&#160;the Fund is obligated to count votes cast for
proposed stockholder nominees who do not meet the requirements of the Bylaw. Also
pursuant to the stipulation and order, the complaint now seeks only prospective
relief relating to elections and stockholder meetings occurring after the date
of final judgment by the court, including, among other things, a declaration
that the Bylaw is invalid, and a declaration that the Fund must count votes for
proposed stockholder nominees who do not meet the requirements of the Bylaw as
&#147;votes cast&#148; for the purpose of determining which candidates receive a plurality
of votes cast in director elections. On July 12, 2005, the Fund and its
Directors removed the case to the United States District Court for the District
of Maryland. On March 29, 2006, the court denied a motion filed by the Fund and
its Directors to dismiss the</p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">complaint before the discovery stage. In doing so, the court did not
address the merits of plaintiff&#146;s complaint. Discovery proceeded according to a
schedule set by the court, and is now completed. The Fund and its Directors
moved for summary judgment on March 21, 2007. Summary judgment briefing is
scheduled to be completed on May 3, 2007, and the court is expected to render a
decision on summary judgment some time thereafter. The Board believes that the
Bylaws are valid and the complaint is without merit.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL 2: RATIFICATION
OF THE APPOINTMENT OF INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit
Committee has approved PricewaterhouseCoopers&nbsp;LLP (the &#147;Firm&#148; or &#147;PwC&#148;),
an independent registered public accounting firm, as independent auditors for
the Fund for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31, 2007. A majority of
members of the Board of Directors, including a majority of the members of the
Board of Directors who are not &#147;interested&#148; Directors (as defined in the
Investment Company Act) of the Fund, have ratified the appointment of PwC as
the Fund&#146;s independent auditors for that fiscal year. Based principally on
representations from the Firm, the Fund knows of no direct financial or
material indirect financial interest of such Firm in the Fund. That Firm, or a
predecessor firm, has served as the independent auditors for the Fund since
inception.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Neither our
Charter nor Bylaws requires that the stockholders ratify the appointment of PwC
as our independent auditors. We are doing so because we believe it is a matter
of good corporate practice. If the stockholders do not ratify the appointment,
the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors will reconsider whether or not
to retain PwC, but may retain such independent auditors. Even if the
appointment is ratified, the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors in
their discretion may change the appointment at any time during the year if they
determine that such change would be in the best interests of the Fund and its
stockholders. It is intended that the persons named in the accompanying form of
proxy will vote for PwC. A representative of PwC will be present at the Meeting
and will have the opportunity to make a statement and is expected to be
available to answer appropriate questions concerning the Fund&#146;s financial statements.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE BOARD UNANIMOUSLY
RECOMMENDS A VOTE &#147;</font></b><u><font face="Times New Roman">FOR</font></u>&#148;
PROPOSAL 2.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font style="font-weight:bold;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Required Vote.</font></b></font>
Provided a quorum has been established, the affirmative vote of a majority of
the votes cast at the Meeting is required for the ratification of the
appointment by the Audit Committee and the Board of Directors of PwC as
independent auditors for the Fund for the fiscal year ending December&nbsp;31,
2007. For purposes of Proposal&nbsp;2 abstentions will have no effect on the
result of the vote.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">INFORMATION WITH RESPECT TO
THE FUND&#146;S INDEPENDENT AUDITORS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The following
table shows fees paid to PwC by the Fund during the Fund&#146;s two most recent
fiscal years: (i)&nbsp;for audit and non-audit services provided to the Fund,
and (ii) for engagements for non-audit services pre-approved by the Audit Committee
for the Fund&#146;s manager and investment adviser and certain entities controlling,
controlled by, or under common control with the manager and investment adviser
that provide ongoing services to the Fund (collectively, the &#147;Adviser
Entities&#148;), which engagements relate directly to the operations and financial
reporting of the Fund. The Audit Committee of each board will review, at least
annually, whether PwC&#146;s receipt of non-audit fees from the Fund, the Fund&#146;s
manager, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser and all Adviser Entities is compatible
with maintaining PwC&#146;s independence.</font></p>

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  <td width="57" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.75pt;">
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  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Audit&nbsp;<br>
  Fees</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(1)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="140" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:105.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Audit&nbsp;Related&nbsp;Fees</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(2)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="140" colspan="4" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:105.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Tax&nbsp;Fees</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(3)</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="140" colspan="3" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:105.3pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">All&nbsp;Other&nbsp;Fees</font></b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:5.0pt;position:relative;top:-2.0pt;">(4)</font></p>
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  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
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  <td width="57" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.75pt;">
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  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Adviser<br>
  Entities</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Adviser&nbsp;<br>
  Entities</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Fund</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Adviser&nbsp;<br>
  Entities</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
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  <td width="57" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">63,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">155,500</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,930</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="57" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:42.75pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">63,000</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">268,900</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="58" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:43.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">197,605</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="11" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:8.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="65" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:48.65pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#151;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-15.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Audit Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees
billed for professional services for the audit of the Fund&#146;s annual financial
statements and services provided in connection with statutory and regulatory
filings or engagements.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-15.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Audit Related Fees&#148; are the aggregate
fees billed for assurance and related services reasonably related to the
performance of the audit or review of financial statements and are not reported
under &#147;Audit Fees.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-15.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Tax Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees billed
for professional services for tax advice, tax compliance and tax planning.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 35.0pt;text-indent:-15.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;All Other Fees&#148; are the aggregate fees
billed for products and services other than &#147;Audit Fees,&#148; &#147;Audit Related Fees&#148;
and &#147;Tax Fees.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">Audit
Committee Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures</font></i>. Generally,
the Audit Committee must pre-approve (i) all services to be performed for the
Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors and (ii) all non-audit services to be
performed by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors for the Fund&#146;s investment adviser
or any Adviser Entities with respect to operations and financial reporting of
the Fund. The Chair of the Audit Committee may approve or deny the request to
engage the auditors to provide any fund services or fund-related services that
are not listed on the pre-approved list if the cost associated with the request
is $50,000 or less, or at the Chair&#146;s discretion, determine to call a special
meeting of the Audit Committee for the purpose of considering the proposal. Should
the Chair of the Audit Committee be unavailable, any other member of the Audit
Committee may serve as an alternate for the purpose of approving or denying the
request. The auditors shall report to the Audit Committee at each of its
regular meetings all audit or non-audit services to the Fund and all non-audit
services to the Adviser Entities that relate directly to the Fund&#146;s operations
and financial reporting initiated since the last such report was rendered, including
a general description of the services and projected fees and the means by which
such services were approved by the Audit Committee. The engagement of the
auditors to provide certain services customarily required by the Fund in the
ordinary course of its operations or by an Adviser Entity in the ordinary
course of its operations is approved by the Audit Committee subject to
pre-determined dollar limits. In all cases where an Adviser Entity engages the
auditors to provide audit or non-audit services not relating to Fund operations
or financial reporting, and the projected fees for such engagement exceed
$25,000, the auditors will notify the Audit Committee not later than their next
meeting.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;">All
Non-Audit Fees</font></i>. The table below shows the aggregate
non-audit fees billed by PwC for services rendered to the Fund and to the
Adviser Entities that provide ongoing services to the Fund, whether or not such
engagements relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the
Fund, for the two most recent fiscal years for the Fund.</p>

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  <td width="101" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:75.4pt;">
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  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="73" colspan="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:54.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Aggregate&nbsp;Non-<br>
  Audit&nbsp;Fees</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="101" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:75.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2006</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="66" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">11,930</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="101" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:75.4pt;">
  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2005</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:12.0pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="7" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;width:5.0pt;">
  <p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">$</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="66" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:49.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">302,240</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2" valign="bottom" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.7pt;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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</table>

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<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORT</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The purposes of
the Audit Committee are 1)&nbsp;to assist the Board of Directors in its
oversight of (i)&nbsp;the integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements;
(ii)&nbsp;the Fund&#146;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;
(iii)&nbsp;the independent auditors&#146; qualifications and independence; and
(iv)&nbsp;the performance of the independent auditors; and 2)&nbsp;to prepare
this report. Each Member of the Audit Committee is &#147;independent&#148;, as required
by the independence standards of Rule&nbsp;10A-3 under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934. The Audit Committee operates pursuant to a written charter. As set
forth in the Audit Committee Charter, management of the Fund and applicable
service providers are responsible for the preparation, presentation and
integrity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements and for the effectiveness of
internal control over financial reporting. Management and applicable service
providers are responsible for maintaining appropriate accounting and financial
reporting principles and policies and internal control over financial reporting
and other procedures that provide for compliance with accounting standards and
applicable laws and regulations. The independent auditors are responsible for
planning and carrying out a proper</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">audit of the Fund&#146;s annual financial statements and expressing an
opinion as to their conformity with generally accepted accounting principles.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In the
performance of its oversight function, the Audit Committee has considered and
discussed the audited financial statements with management and the independent
auditors of the Fund. The Audit Committee has also discussed with the
independent auditors the matters required to be discussed by Statement on
Auditing Standards No.&nbsp;61, <i>Communication
with Audit Committees</i>, as currently in effect. The Audit Committee
has also considered whether the provision of any non-audit services not
pre-approved by the Audit Committee provided by the Fund&#146;s independent auditors
to the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, manager or to any entity controlling,
controlled by or under common control with the Fund&#146;s investment adviser or
manager that provides ongoing services to the Fund is compatible with
maintaining the auditors&#146; independence. Finally, the Audit Committee has
received the written disclosures and the letter from the independent auditors
required by Independence Standards Board Standard No.&nbsp;1, <i>Independence Discussions with Audit Committees</i>,
as currently in effect, and has discussed with the auditors their independence.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The members of
the Audit Committee are not full-time employees of the Fund and are not
performing the functions of auditors or accountants. As such, it is not the
duty or responsibility of the Audit 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. Members of the Audit Committee necessarily rely
on the information provided to them by management and the independent auditors.
Accordingly, the Audit Committee&#146;s considerations and discussions referred to
above do not assure that the audit of the Fund&#146;s financial statements has been
carried out in accordance with generally accepted auditing standards, that the
financial statements are presented in accordance with generally accepted
accounting principles or that the Fund&#146;s auditors are in fact &#147;independent.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based upon the
reports and discussions described in this report, and subject to the
limitations on the role and responsibilities of the Audit Committee referred to
above and in the Charter, the Audit Committee recommended to the Board of
Directors of the Fund that the audited financial statements of the Fund be included
in the Fund&#146;s annual report to stockholders for the fiscal year ended December
31, 2006.</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Submitted by the
Audit Committee <br>
of the Fund&#146;s Board of Directors</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Richard R. Burt</font></p>

<p align="left" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">John H. Cannon<br>
Frank Tr&#246;mel<br>
Robert H. Wadsworth<br>
Werner Walbr&#246;l</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:12.0pt 0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">PROPOSAL
3: STOCKHOLDER PROPOSAL</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund has
received a notice from Opportunity Partners, L.P. (the &#147;proponent&#148;) that it
intends to submit a non-binding advisory proposal to stockholders for action at
the Meeting proposing that the Fund should promptly conduct a self-tender offer
for 30% of its shares at 96% of net asset value. The proponent&#146;s address and
the number of Fund shares beneficially owned by it are set forth under
&#147;Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners.&#148; The proponent owns one share
of record.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For the reasons
set forth below, your Board unanimously opposes Proposal 3 and strongly urges
all stockholders to vote &#147;</font></b><b><u><font face="Times New Roman" style="font-weight:bold;">AGAINST</font></u>&#148; the proposal on the enclosed White Proxy
Card. </b>Please carefully read the discussion below.</p>

<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OPPOSING STATEMENT OF YOUR
BOARD OF DIRECTORS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Over the last
three years, Philip Goldstein and Opportunity Partners have made various
shareholder proposals with the ultimate purpose of removing assets from the
Fund. Over this same time period the Fund has consistently delivered superb
returns to its investors. The Fund&#146;s total return in 2004 was 24.44% based on
net asset</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">value (NAV) and 30.50% based on market price. In 2005, total return was
13.68% based on NAV and 18.94% based on market price. Performance in 2006 was
even more impressive: total return was 43.94% based on NAV and 44.13% based on
market price.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Shares of
closed-end funds, such as the Fund, trade on the New York Stock Exchange like
those of any other listed company. Market forces and perceptions of the Fund&#146;s
prospects drive price movements. The market price of the Fund&#146;s shares is often
lower than the value of the Fund&#146;s portfolio, which is called its net asset
value, just as the market value of any company&#146;s stock could be below the book
value of its assets.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Your Board of
Directors recognizes that the Fund&#146;s shares have traded at a discount to their
net asset value, although that discount has decreased in recent periods. Your
Board believes there may be some misunderstandings about the market discount of
your Fund and other closed-end funds.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The discount is
a function of the NAV and market price, each of which may be influenced by
different factors. There is debate whether the discount is the cause of market
price movements or is merely the effect. The discount is considered by many to
be the result of market supply and demand factors for shares, although it is
uncertain whether the dominant factors are fund-specific, such as performance,
or external, such as U.S. market sentiment towards foreign investing. If, as we
believe to be the case, the discount is the effect and not the cause, there is
no action that will have a long-term effect on the discount other than
liquidation or open-ending (which in the absence of a distribution system and
robust buying interest is equivalent to a slow-motion liquidation).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In any event,
stockholders experience gain or loss based only on market price changes in the
Fund&#146;s shares and dividends on Fund shares. There are no widely accepted
economic theories for explaining the discount phenomenon. However, the discount
does not represent some kind of value that the Board has a duty to distribute
to stockholders. That value can be obtained only if the Fund is liquidated and
the opportunity for future investment gain is foregone.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">A tender offer,
as proposed, would reduce the discount only during the period of the tender
offer; after completion of the tender offer the discount would likely return to
its prior level. The proposed tender offer at 96% of net asset value (a price
higher then the current market value of the Fund) would likely cause a
temporary increase in the market price. However, the likely beneficiaries of
such an increase would only be the shareholders who tender. The long-term
investors would see no benefit.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">If the Fund
were to conduct a tender offer for 30% of its outstanding shares, the assets of
the Fund would decrease by at least 30%. A reduction in assets would lead to a
rise in the Fund&#146;s expense ratio and a decrease in the Fund&#146;s net income,
because the expenses of the Fund would be spread over a smaller number of
shares. In addition, the cost of any tender offer would be borne by all
shareholders, particularly those who view the Fund as a long-term investment
and do not tender.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Recognizing
that some stockholders nevertheless are troubled when the discount appears to
be &#147;too high,&#148; your Board of Directors has for a number of years conducted a
share repurchase program to purchase shares at a discount to NAV, which
increases NAV per share. This repurchase program continues, along with efforts
to increase market awareness of your Fund. The share repurchase program is also
less expensive to the Fund and its holders than the proposed tender offer and
spreads the effect of purchases over a longer period.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition, in
June 2006, the Board authorized a contingent tender offer for 10% of the Fund&#146;s
outstanding shares at 95% of NAV per share. The tender offer would have
occurred if the Fund&#146;s average discount over the six-month period from July 1,
2006 to December 31, 2006 was greater than 10%. Since the average discount for
the six-month period was below 10%, no tender offer needed to be conducted.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Although these
efforts have not eliminated the Fund&#146;s discount, the Board believes that these
actions benefit the Fund&#146;s shareholders and should have a positive long-term
impact on the Fund&#146;s performance.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Required
Vote.</font></b> Proposal&nbsp;3 is only a recommendation and can
have no binding effect on the Fund or the Board of Directors. In considering
whether or not to take action in response to the proposal, the Board of Directors</p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">will give the request set forth in the proposal such weight as it
believes appropriate based on the voting of stockholders for the proposal and
other relevant factors.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF
CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">As of March 30, 2007, no person, to the knowledge of management, owned
of record or beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding Common Stock of the
Fund, other than as set forth below:</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font></p>

<table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="border-collapse:collapse;font-family:Times New Roman;width:100.0%;">
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:left;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Name&nbsp;and&nbsp;Address<br>
  of&nbsp;Beneficial&nbsp;Owner</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Amount&nbsp;and&nbsp;Nature<br>
  of&nbsp;Beneficial&nbsp;Ownership</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="border:none;border-bottom:solid windowtext 1.0pt;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:8.0pt;">Percent&nbsp;of<br>
  Outstanding&nbsp;Common&nbsp;Stock</font></b></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="font-weight:bold;line-height:8.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></b></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="border:none;padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The
  Coalition for Shareholder Democracy</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font>&nbsp;<br>
  c/o Opportunity Partners L.P. <br>
  60 Heritage Drive <br>
  Pleasantville, NY 10570</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">4,473,867</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">18.04</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr bgcolor="#CCEEFF" style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Lazard
  Asset Management LLC</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font>&nbsp;<br>
  30 Rockefeller Plaza <br>
  New York, New York 10112</p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,518,822</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:1.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.12</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="1%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:1.82%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%</font></p>
  </td>
 </tr>
 <tr style="page-break-inside:avoid;">
  <td width="61%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:61.26%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt 10.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:-10.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="2%" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:2.38%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
  <td width="16%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:16.08%;">
  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
  </td>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Wachovia Corp.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font>&nbsp;<br>
  One Wachovia Center <br>
  Charlotte, NC 28288-0137</p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1,497,262</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:right;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">6.04</font></p>
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<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In connection with the 2006 Annual Meeting, Deutsche
Asset Management, a unit of Deutsche Bank (&#147;DeAM&#148;), purchased outstanding
shares of the Fund. DeAM stated it acquired the Fund shares to further align
its interests with those of Fund shareholders, whom the Board had asked to vote
against dissident proposals raised in connection with the 2006 Annual Meeting. DeAM
has advised the Fund that at the Meeting, it again intends to vote against
dissident proposals that threaten the viability of the Fund. As of March 30,
2007, DeAM beneficially owned 520,400&nbsp;shares of the Fund, representing 2.10%
of the outstanding shares.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This information is based exclusively on information
provided by such person on Schedule 13D filed with respect to the Fund on &#160;February 6, 2007. The reporting person is a
group consisting of (a)&nbsp;Bulldog Investors, Phillip Goldstein, Andrew Dakos
(2,104,899 shares, </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">8.49</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%), (b)&nbsp;Karpus Management, Inc., d/b/a Karpus
Investment Management, Apogee Partners L.P., Canalview Partners L.P., Garnsey
Partners L.P., Karpus Investment Management Defined Benefit Plan, Karpus
Investment Management Profit Sharing Plan, George W. Karpus, Jo Ann Van
Degriff, Dana R. Consler (1,231,668 shares</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">, 4.97</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">%) and&nbsp;(c) Laxey Partners Limited,
Andrew Pegge and Colin Kingsnorth (1,137,300 shares, 4.56%). The
Schedule&nbsp;13D includes the following statement: &#147;The members of the
Coalition for Shareholder Democracy have not agreed to jointly take any
specific measures to achieve the group&#146;s objective and they have no agreement
to buy, sell, hold or vote their shares together. Any member of The Coalition
for Shareholder Democracy may take actions it deems to be consistent with the
group&#146;s objective without the consent of any other members of the group. In
addition, any member of the Coalition for Shareholder Democracy may act in the
best interests of its own clients regardless of whether such action is in the
best interest of the group.&#148;</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This information is based exclusively on information
provided by such entity on Schedule&nbsp;13G filed with respect to the Fund on
February&nbsp;8, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 18.0pt;text-indent:-18.0pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:6.5pt;position:relative;top:-3.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">This information is based exclusively on information
provided by such entity on Schedule&nbsp;13G filed with respect to the Fund on
February&nbsp;6, 2007.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL
OWNERSHIP<br>
REPORTING COMPLIANCE</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Based on a
review of reports filed by the Fund&#146;s directors and executive officers, the
investment adviser, officers and directors of the investment adviser,
affiliated persons of the investment adviser and beneficial holders of 10% or
more of the Fund&#146;s outstanding stock, and written representations by the
Reporting Persons that no year-end reports were required for such persons, all
filings required by Section 16(a) of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934
for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006 were timely, except that Richard R.
Burt, John H. Cannon, Richard Karl Goeltz and Robert H. Wadsworth each filed
three Forms 4 late, and Werner Walbr&#246;l filed two Forms 4 late. Each person has
since corrected his omission by making the necessary filing.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ADDRESS OF INVESTMENT ADVISER AND MANAGER</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The principal office of
Deutsche Asset Management International GmbH, the Fund&#146;s investment adviser, is
located at Mainzer Landstrasse 178-190, D-60327 Frankfurt am Main, Federal
Republic of Germany. The corporate office of Deutsche Investment Management
Americas Inc., the Fund&#146;s manager, is located at 345 Park Avenue, New York, New
York 10154.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">OTHER MATTERS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No business
other than as set forth herein is expected to come before the Meeting, but
should any other matter requiring a vote of stockholders properly come before
the Meeting, including any question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the
persons named in the enclosed White Proxy Card will vote thereon according to
their discretion. Abstentions and broker non-votes shall have no effect on the
outcome of a vote to adjourn the Meeting.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In order for
stockholder proposals otherwise satisfying the eligibility requirements of SEC
Rule&nbsp;14a-8 to be considered for inclusion in the Fund&#146;s proxy
statement for the 2008 Annual Meeting, the proposals must be received at The
New Germany Fund, Inc., c/o Deutsche Asset Management, 345&nbsp;Park Avenue, NYC20-2799,
New York, New York 10154, Attention: Secretary, on or before&nbsp;</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>,
2008.</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In addition,
the Fund&#146;s Bylaws currently provide that if a stockholder desires to bring
business (including director nominations) before the 2008 Annual Meeting that
is or is not the subject of a proposal timely submitted for inclusion in the
Fund&#146;s proxy statement, written notice of such business as prescribed in the
Bylaws must be delivered to the Fund&#146;s Secretary, at the principal executive
offices of the Fund, between </font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>,
2008 and <font face="Symbol">&#183;</font>, 2008. For additional requirements, the
stockholder may refer to the Bylaws, a current copy of which may be obtained
without charge upon request from the Fund&#146;s Secretary. If the Fund does not
receive timely notice pursuant to the Bylaws, the proposal may be excluded from
consideration at the meeting, regardless of any earlier notice provided in
accordance with SEC Rule&nbsp;14a-8.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">EXPENSES OF PROXY
SOLICITATION</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The cost of
preparing, assembling and mailing material in connection with this solicitation
will be borne by the Fund. In addition to the use of mails, proxies may be
solicited personally by regular employees of the Fund or the manager or by
telephone or telegraph. Brokerage houses, banks and other fiduciaries may be
requested to forward proxy solicitation materials to their principals to obtain
authorization for the execution of proxies, and they will be reimbursed by the
Fund for out-of-pocket expenses incurred in this connection. The Fund has also
made arrangements with The Altman Group, Inc. to assist in the solicitation of
proxies, if called upon by the Fund, at an estimated fee not to exceed $105,000
plus reimbursement of normal expenses.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANNUAL REPORT DELIVERY</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund will
furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for the fiscal year ended
December&nbsp;31, 2006 and the most recent semi-annual report, if any, to any
stockholder upon request. Such requests should be directed by mail to The New
Germany Fund, Inc., c/o Deutsche Asset Management, 345&nbsp;Park Avenue,
NYC20-2799, New York, New York 10154 or by telephone to<br>
1-800-437-6269. Annual reports are also available on the Fund&#146;s web site:
www.newgermanyfund.com.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-indent:237.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">David Goldman</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:237.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Secretary</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:9.5pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dated: [</font><font face="Symbol">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">], 2007</font></p>

<p align="left" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:left;text-indent:0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Stockholders who do not
expect to be present at the Meeting and who wish to have their shares voted are
requested to date and sign the enclosed White Proxy Card and return it to the
Fund as soon as practicable.</font></b></p>


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<p align="right" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANNEX
A</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE
NEW GERMANY FUND, INC.<br>
(the &#147;Fund&#148;)</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">NOMINATING
COMMITTEE CHARTER</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(Adopted
as of April&nbsp;23, 2004)</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors (the &#147;Board&#148;) of the Fund has
adopted this Charter to govern the activities of the Nominating Committee (the &#147;Committee&#148;)
of the Board.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Statement of Purposes and
Responsibilities</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The primary purposes and
responsibilities of the Committee are:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(i)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
identify individuals qualified to become members of the Board in the event that
a position is vacated or created;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
consider all candidates proposed to become members of the Board, subject to
applicable law, the Fund&#146;s Articles of Incorporation or By-laws, resolutions of
the Board and the procedures and policies set forth in this Charter and the
Fund&#146;s annual proxy statement;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
select and nominate, or recommend for nomination by the Board, candidates for
election as Directors;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(iv)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>in the
case of a director nominee to fill a Board vacancy created by an increase in
the size of the Board, to make a recommendation to the Board as to the class
of&#160; directors in which the individual
should serve;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(v)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to make
recommendations to the Board from time to time as to any changes that the
Committee believes to be desirable to the provisions of the Fund&#146;s By-laws
regarding minimum standards and qualifications for service as a Director on the
Board or to any charter of committees of the Board regarding minimum standards
and qualifications for service as a committee member, and to recommend to the
Board, or to set, any additional standards or qualifications considered
necessary or desirable for service as a Director on the Board or as a member of
a committee of the Board;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vi)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
identify Board members qualified to fill vacancies on any committee of the
Board, taking into account any qualifications or other criteria set forth in
the charter of that committee, and to recommend that the Board appoint the
identified member or members to that committee;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(vii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
make recommendations to the Board from time to time as to changes that the
Committee believes to be desirable to the size of the Board or any committee
thereof;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(viii)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
review with counsel, at least annually, each Director&#146;s affiliations and
relationships for purposes of determining whether such Director is a person who
is not an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund, as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended;</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(ix)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to assist
management in the preparation of the disclosure in the Fund&#146;s annual proxy
statement regarding the operations of the Committee; and</p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(x)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:8.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>to
perform any other duties or responsibilities expressly delegated to the
Committee by the Board from time to time relating to the nomination of Board or
committee members.</p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Organization and
Governance</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall consist solely of three or more members
of the Board.&#160; The Committee must consist
entirely of Board members who are not &#147;interested persons&#148; of the Fund, as
defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Company Act of 1940, as amended (&#147;Independent
Directors&#148;).&#160; Members shall serve at the
pleasure of the Board and for such term or terms as the Board may determine.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">One or more members of the Committee may be designated
by the Board as the Committee&#146;s chairperson or co-chairperson, as the case may
be.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall meet at least once a year at a
time and place determined by the Committee chairperson, with further meetings
to occur, or actions to be taken by unanimous written consent, when deemed
necessary or desirable by the Committee or its chairperson.&#160; Members of the Committee may participate in a
meeting of the Committee by means of conference call or similar communications
equipment by means of which all persons participating in the meeting can hear
each other.&#160; Committee meetings shall be
held in accordance with the Fund&#146;s By-laws.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Criteria for Director
Nominees</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To be eligible for nomination as a Director a person
must, at the time of such person&#146;s nomination, have Relevant Experience and
Country Knowledge, as defined in the Fund&#146;s By-laws, and must not have any
Conflict of Interest, as defined in the Fund&#146;s By-laws.&#160; Whether a proposed nominee satisfies the
foregoing qualifications shall be determined by the Committee in its sole
discretion.&#160; The Committee may also take
into account a wide variety of factors in considering Director candidates,
including (but not limited to):&#160; (i) the
candidate&#146;s knowledge in matters relating to the investment company industry;
(ii) any experience possessed by the candidate as a director or senior officer
of other public or private companies; (iii) the candidate&#146;s educational
background; (iv) the candidate&#146;s reputation for high ethical standards and
personal and professional integrity; (v)&nbsp;any specific financial, technical
or other expertise possessed by the candidate, and the extent to which such expertise
would complement the Board&#146;s existing mix of skills and qualifications; (vi)
the candidate&#146;s perceived ability to contribute to the ongoing functions of the
Board, including the candidate&#146;s ability and commitment to attend meetings
regularly, work collaboratively with other members of the Board and carry out
his or her duties in the best interests of the Fund; (vii) the candidate&#146;s
ability to qualify as an Independent Director; and (viii) such other criteria
as the Nominating Committee determines to be relevant in light of the existing
composition of the Board and any anticipated vacancies or other factors.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Identification of
Nominees</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In identifying potential nominees for the Board, the
Committee may consider candidates recommended by one or more of the following
sources:&#160; (i) the Fund&#146;s Directors, (ii)
the Fund&#146;s officers, (iii) the Fund&#146;s investment manager, investment adviser or
their affiliates, (iv) the Fund&#146;s stockholders (see below) and (v) any other
source the Committee deems to be appropriate.&#160;
The Committee will not consider self-nominated candidates or candidates
nominated by members of a candidate&#146;s family, including such candidate&#146;s
spouse, children, parents, siblings, uncles, aunts, grandparents, nieces and
nephews.&#160; The Committee may, but is not
required to, retain a third party search firm at the Fund&#146;s expense to identify
potential candidates.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Consideration of
Candidates Recommended by Stockholders</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee will consider nominee candidates
properly submitted by stockholders in accordance with applicable law, the Fund&#146;s
Articles of Incorporation or By-laws, resolutions of the Board and the
qualifications and procedures set forth in this Charter and the Fund&#146;s annual
proxy statement, including the requirements that a stockholder or group of
stockholders seeking to submit a nominee candidate (i) must have beneficially
owned at least 5% of the Fund&#146;s common stock for at least two years, (ii) may
submit only one nominee candidate for any particular meeting of stockholders,
and (iii) may submit a nominee candidate for only an annual meeting or other
meeting of stockholders at which directors will be elected.&#160; The Committee will evaluate nominee
candidates properly submitted by stockholders on the same basis as it considers
and evaluates candidates recommended by other sources.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Delegation to
Subcommittee</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee may, in its discretion, delegate all or
a portion of its duties and responsibilities to a subcommittee of the
Committee.</font></p>


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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall have the resources and authority
appropriate to discharge its duties and responsibilities, including the
authority to select, retain, terminate and approve the fees and other retention
terms of special counsel or other experts or consultants, as it deems
appropriate, without seeking approval of the Board or management.&#160; With respect to consultants or search firms
used to identify director candidates, this authority shall be vested solely in
the Committee.</font></p>


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<p align="right" style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ANNEX
B</font></b></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">THE NEW GERMANY FUND,
INC.<br>
EXCERPTS OF BYLAWS</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Article
II</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section&nbsp;13.&#160; <u>Advance Notice of Stockholder Nominees for
Director and Other Stockholder Proposals</u>.&#160;
(a)&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Annual Meetings of Stockholders</u>.&#160; (1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Nominations of persons for
election to the Board of Directors and the proposal of business to be
considered by the stockholders may be made at an annual meeting of stockholders
(i)&nbsp;pursuant to the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting, (ii)&nbsp;by or at
the direction of the Board of Directors or (iii)&nbsp;by any stockholder of the
Corporation who was a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of
notice provided for in this Section&nbsp;13(a) and at the time of the annual
meeting, who is entitled to vote at the meeting and who complied with the
notice procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;13(a).</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;For
nominations or other business to be properly brought before an annual meeting
by a stockholder pursuant to clause&nbsp;(iii) of paragraph&nbsp;(a)(1) of this
Section&nbsp;13, the stockholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing
to the Secretary of the Corporation and such other business must otherwise be a
proper matter for action by the stockholders.&#160;
To be timely, a stockholder&#146;s notice shall be delivered to the Secretary
at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not less than
90&nbsp;days nor more than 120&nbsp;days prior to the first anniversary of the
date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year&#146;s annual meeting;
provided, however, that in the event that the date of mailing of the notice for
the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30&nbsp;days from the
first anniversary of the date of mailing of the notice for the preceding year&#146;s
annual meeting, notice by the stockholder to be timely must be so delivered not
earlier than the 120th day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such
annual meeting and not later than the close of business on the later of the
90th&nbsp;day prior to the date of mailing of the notice for such annual
meeting or the tenth day following the day on which disclosure of the date of
mailing of the notice for such meeting is first made.&#160; In no event shall the public announcement of
a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting commence a new time period
for the giving of a stockholder&#146;s notice as described above.&#160; Such stockholder&#146;s notice shall set forth
(i)&nbsp;as to each person whom the stockholder proposes to nominate for
election or reelection as a director, (A)&nbsp;the name, age, business address
and residence address of such person, (B)&nbsp;the class and number of shares
of stock of the Corporation that are beneficially owned by such person,
(C)&nbsp;all other information relating to such person that is required to be
disclosed in solicitations 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&nbsp;14A (or any successor
provision) under the Exchange Act or pursuant to the Investment Company Act and
the rules thereunder (including such person&#146;s written consent to being named in
the proxy statement as a nominee and to serving as a director if elected), and
(D)&nbsp;a statement specifying which of clauses (1)-(7) of the definition of &#147;Relevant
Experience and Country Knowledge&#148; in Article&nbsp;III, Section&nbsp;3 of the
Bylaws the person being nominated satisfies, information relating to such
person sufficient to support a determination that the person satisfies the
specified clause or clauses of the definition and a representation that the
person does not have a &#147;Conflict of Interest&#148; as defined in Article III,
Section 3 of the Bylaws; (ii)&nbsp;as to any other business that the
stockholder proposes to bring before the meeting, a description of the business
desired to be brought before the meeting, the reasons for conducting such
business at the meeting and any material interest in such business of such
stockholder (including any anticipated benefit to the stockholder therefrom)
and of each beneficial owner, if any, on whose behalf the proposal is made; and
(iii)&nbsp;as to the stockholder giving the notice and each beneficial owner,
if any, on whose behalf the nomination or proposal is made, (x)&nbsp;the name
and address of such stockholder, as they appear on the Corporation&#146;s stock
ledgers and a current name and address, if different, and of such beneficial
owner, and (y)&nbsp;the class and number of shares of each class of stock of
the Corporation which are owned beneficially and of record by such stockholder
and owned beneficially by such beneficial owner.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding
anything in this subsection&nbsp;(a) of this Section&nbsp;13 to the contrary,
in the event the Board of Directors increases or decreases the maximum or
minimum number of directors in accordance with Article&nbsp;III, Section&nbsp;2
of these Bylaws, and there is no public announcement of such action at least
100 days prior to the first anniversary of the date of mailing of the preceding
year&#146;s annual meeting, a stockholder&#146;s notice required by this
Section&nbsp;13(a) shall also be considered timely, but only with respect to
nominees for any new positions created by such increase, if it shall be
delivered to the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the</font></p>


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than the close of business on the tenth day following the day on which such
public announcement is first made by the Corporation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>Special Meetings of Stockholders</u>.&#160; Only such business shall be conducted at a
special meeting of stockholders as shall have been brought before the meeting
pursuant to the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting.&#160; Nominations of persons for election to the
Board of Directors may be made at a special meeting of stockholders at which
directors are to be elected (i)&nbsp;pursuant to the Corporation&#146;s notice of
meeting, (ii)&nbsp;by or at the direction of the Board of Directors or
(iii)&nbsp;provided that the Board of Directors has determined that directors
shall be elected at such special meeting, by any stockholder of the Corporation
who is a stockholder of record both at the time of giving of notice provided
for in this Section&nbsp;13 and at the time of the special meeting, who is entitled
to vote at the meeting and who complied with the notice procedures set forth in
this Section&nbsp;13.&#160; In the event the
Corporation calls a special meeting of stockholders for the purpose of electing
one or more directors to the Board of Directors, any such stockholder may
nominate a person or persons (as the case may be) for election as a director as
specified in the Corporation&#146;s notice of meeting, if the stockholder&#146;s notice
required by paragraph&nbsp;(a)(2) of this Section&nbsp;13 shall be delivered to
the Secretary at the principal executive offices of the Corporation not earlier
than the 120th&nbsp;day prior to such special meeting and not later than the
close of business on the later of the 90th&nbsp;day prior to such special
meeting or the tenth day following the day on which public announcement is
first made of the date of the special meeting and of the nominees proposed by
the Board of Directors to be elected at such meeting.&#160; In no event shall the public announcement of
a postponement or adjournment of a special meeting commence a new time period
for the giving of a stockholder&#146;s notice as described above.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:108.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)&nbsp;&nbsp;<u>General</u>.&#160;
(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Only such persons who are nominated in accordance with
the procedures set forth in this Section&nbsp;13 and Article&nbsp;III,
Section&nbsp;3 of these Bylaws shall be eligible to serve as directors and only
such business shall be conducted at a meeting of stockholders as shall have
been brought before the meeting in accordance with the procedures set forth in
this Section&nbsp;13.&#160; The chairman of
the meeting shall have the power and duty to determine whether a nomination or
any business proposed to be brought before the meeting was made or proposed, as
the case may be, in accordance with the procedures set forth in this
Section&nbsp;13 and, if any proposed nomination or business is not in
compliance with this Section&nbsp;13, to declare that such defective nomination
or proposal be disregarded.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:144.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;For purposes of this Section&nbsp;13, (a) the &#147;date of
mailing of the notice&#148; shall mean the date of the proxy statement for the
solicitation of proxies for election of directors and (b)&nbsp;&#148;public
announcement&#148; shall mean disclosure (i)&nbsp;in a press release reported by the
Dow Jones News Service, Associated Press or comparable news service or
(ii)&nbsp;in a document publicly filed by the Corporation with the Securities
and Exchange Commission pursuant to the Exchange Act or the Investment Company
Act.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:144.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;Notwithstanding the foregoing provisions of this
Section&nbsp;13, a stockholder shall also comply with all applicable
requirements of state law and of the Exchange Act and the Investment Company
Act and the rules and regulations thereunder with respect to the matters set
forth in this Section&nbsp;13.&#160; Nothing
in this Section&nbsp;13 shall be deemed to affect any right of stockholders to
request inclusion of proposals in, nor the right of the Corporation to omit a
proposal from, the Corporation&#146;s proxy statement pursuant to Rule&nbsp;14a-8
(or any successor provision) under the Exchange Act.</font></p>

<p style="font-weight:bold;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Article III</font></b></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Section 3.&#160; <u>Qualifications</u>.&#160; Directors need not be stockholders. Each Director
shall hold office until the earlier of: (a) the expiration of his term and his
or her successor shall have been elected and qualifies, (b) his or her death,
(c) his or her resignation, or (d) his or her removal. To be eligible for
nomination as a director a person must, at the time of such person&#146;s nomination
by the Board of Directors, (a) have Relevant Experience and Country Knowledge
(as defined below), (b) not have any Conflict of Interest (as defined below)
and (c) not be over 72&nbsp;years of age; provided that clause (c) shall not
apply to any person who was a Director on October 15, 1999 or to any person
whom the Nominating Committee (or in the absence of such a Committee, the Board
of Directors) determines to except from that clause on the basis that the
person&#146;s prior public or government service or other broad-based activities in
the business community make it essential that the Corporation continue to
receive the benefit of the person&#146;s services as a Director. The determination
described in the previous sentence shall be made on or before the time of
nomination. Whether a proposed nominee satisfies the foregoing qualifications
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Nominating Committee or, in the absence of such a Committee, by the Board of
Directors, each in its sole discretion.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Relevant Experience and Country Knowledge&#148; means experience in
business, investment, economic or political matters of Germany or the United
States through service for 10 of the past 20&nbsp;years (except where a shorter
period is noted) in one or more of the following principal occupations:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">senior executive officer or partner of a
financial or industrial business headquartered in Germany that has annual
revenues of at least the equivalent of US&nbsp;$500&nbsp;million,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">senior executive officer or partner of a
financial or industrial business headquartered in the United States that has
annual revenues of at least the equivalent of US&nbsp;$500&nbsp;million and
whose management responsibilities include supervision of European business
operations,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">director (or the equivalent) for 5 of the
past 10&nbsp;years of one or more investment businesses or vehicles (including
this Corporation) a principal focus of which is investment in Germany and that
have at least the equivalent of US&nbsp;$250&nbsp;million in combined total
assets of their own,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(4)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">senior executive officer or partner of an
investment management business having at least the equivalent of
US&nbsp;$500&nbsp;million in securities of German companies or securities
principally traded in Germany under discretionary management for others,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(5)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">senior executive officer or partner (a)
of a business consulting, accounting or law firm having at least
100&nbsp;professionals and (b)&nbsp;whose principal responsibility involves or
involved providing services involving European matters for financial or
industrial businesses, investment businesses or vehicles or investment
management businesses as described in (1)-(4) above,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(6)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">senior official (including ambassador or
minister) in the national government, a government agency or the central bank
of Germany or the United States, in a major supranational agency or
organization of which Germany or the United States is a member, or in a leading
international trade organization relating to Germany or the United States, in
each case in the area of finance, economics, trade or foreign relations, or</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(7)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">current director or senior officer
(without regard to years of service) of an investment manager or adviser of the
Corporation, or of any entity controlling or under common control with an
investment manager or adviser of the Corporation.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">For purposes of clauses (1)-(5) of the preceding
sentence and clauses (1)-(2) of the next paragraph, the term &#147;financial or
industrial business&#148; includes a financial or industrial business unit within a
larger enterprise; the term &#147;investment businesses or vehicles&#148; includes an
investment business unit or investment vehicle within a larger enterprise; the
term &#147;investment management business&#148; includes an investment management
business unit within a larger enterprise; and the term &#147;investment vehicle&#148;
includes an investment vehicle within a larger enterprise; but in each case
only to the extent the unit satisfies the revenue, asset and other requirements
specified for the business or vehicle in clauses (1)-(5) of the preceding
sentence or clauses (1)-(2) of the next paragraph.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;page-break-after:avoid;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#147;Conflict of Interest&#148; means the presence of a conflict with the
interests of the Corporation or its operations through any of the following:</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(1)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">current position as a director, officer,
partner or employee of another investment vehicle a significant (<i>i.e.</i>, 25% or more of total assets) focus of which is
securities of German companies or securities principally traded in German
markets and that does not have the same investment adviser as the Corporation or
an investment adviser affiliated with an investment adviser of the Corporation,</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(2)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">current position as a director, officer,
partner or employee of the sponsor or equivalent of an investment vehicle
described in the previous point, or</font></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 72.0pt;text-indent:-36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(3)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">current position as an official of a
governmental agency or self-regulatory body having responsibility for
regulating the Corporation or the markets in which it proposes to invest.</font></p>


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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">PROXY<br>
THE NEW GERMANY FUND, INC.<br>
This proxy is solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors.</font></b></p>

<p style="font-family:Times New Roman;margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The undersigned stockholder of The New Germany Fund,
Inc., a Maryland corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), hereby appoints David Goldman, John
Millette and Elisa Metzger, or any of them, as proxies for the undersigned,
with full power of substitution in each of them, to attend the Annual Meeting
of the Stockholders of the Fund to be held at [</font><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">],
New York time, on [</font><font size="2" face="Symbol" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&#183;</font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">], 2007 at the offices of Deutsche Bank,
345 Park Avenue, New York, New York 10154, and any adjournment or postponement
thereof, to cast on behalf of the under&#173;signed all votes that the undersigned
is entitled to cast at such meeting, and otherwise to represent the undersigned
at the meeting with all powers possessed by the undersigned if personally
present at the meeting.&nbsp; The undersigned hereby acknowledges receipt of
the Notice of the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and of the accompanying Proxy
Statement, the terms of each of which are incorporated by reference herein, and
revokes any proxy heretofore given with respect to such meeting.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The votes entitled to be cast by the
undersigned will be cast as instructed below.&nbsp; If this Proxy is executed
but no instruction is given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned
will be cast &#147;For&#148; each of the nominees for director, &#147;For&#148; Proposal&nbsp;2 and
&#147;Against&#148; Proposal&nbsp;3, as described in the Proxy Statement.&nbsp;
Additionally, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast in
the discretion of the Proxy holder on any other matter that may properly come
before the meeting or any adjournment or postponement thereof.</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board of Directors unanimously
recommends a vote &#147;For&#148; the nominees below</font></b></p>

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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For </font></b>each of the nominees</p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Withhold
  Authority</font></b></p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For </font></b>all nominees except as</p>
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  <p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">marked to the contrary below. </font><font face="Wingdings">o</font></p>
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  individual nominee, strike a line through the nominee&#146;s name in the list
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Ambassador Richard
  R. Burt</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Richard Karl
  Goeltz</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Christian H.
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr. Robert H.
  Wadsworth</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board of Directors unanimously
recommends a vote &#147;For&#148; Proposal&nbsp;2 below</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To ratify the appointment by the Audit Committee and
  the Board of Directors of PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP, an independent public
  accounting firm, as independent auditors for the fiscal year ending December
  31, 2007.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt 36.0pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Board of Directors unanimously
recommends a vote &#147;Against&#148; Proposal&nbsp;3 below</font></b></p>

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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To approve an advisory proposal that the Fund
  conduct a self-tender offer.</font></p>
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  <p align="center" style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">For
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  </td>
  <td width="25%" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 0pt 0pt;width:25.22%;">
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  <p style="margin:0pt 0pt .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To vote and otherwise represent the undersigned on
  any other matter that may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment
  or postponement thereof in the discretion of the Proxy holder.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12.0pt;text-indent:36.0pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Please sign here exactly as name appears on the
records of the Fund and date.&nbsp; If the shares are held jointly, each holder
should sign.&nbsp; When signing as an attorney, executor, administrator,
trustee, guardian, officer of a corporation or other entity or in another
representative capacity, please give the full title under signature(s).</font></p>


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