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<ACCEPTANCE-DATETIME>20050628171908
ACCESSION NUMBER:		0000950136-05-003824
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	497
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
FILED AS OF DATE:		20050628
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20050628
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20050628

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			CHINA FUND INC
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000845379
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		497
		SEC ACT:		1933 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-124392
		FILM NUMBER:		05921831

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
		BUSINESS PHONE:		6176622965

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		225 FRANKLIN ST
		CITY:			BOSTON
		STATE:			MA
		ZIP:			02110
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: right; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Filed
pursuant to Rule 497c<br>Registration No.
333-124392</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 14pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">3,400,000 Shares</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:14pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 16pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE CHINA FUND, INC.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:12pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 14pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Common Stock</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Issuable Upon
Exercise of Rights<br>to Subscribe for Such Shares of Common
Stock</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:2pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
China Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") is issuing
non-transferable rights to its stockholders of record as of the close
of business on June 27, 2005, or the record date, entitling the holders
of rights to subscribe for an aggregate of approximately 3,400,000
shares of the Fund's common stock (the
"Offer"). Each stockholder of record on the
record date will receive one right for each full share of the
Fund's common stock owned on the record date. The rights will
entitle the holders to purchase one share of the Fund's common
stock for each three rights held, and stockholders of record on the
record date who fully exercise their rights will be entitled to
subscribe for additional shares that remain unsubscribed as a result of
any unexercised rights.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The rights are non-transferable;
however, the shares issued upon the exercise of the rights will be
listed for trading on The New York Stock Exchange, Inc. (the
"New York Stock Exchange"). The Fund's
common stock is traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"CHN."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The subscription price per
share will be 92.5% of the average price at which the
Fund's common stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange on the
date on which the Offer expires and the four preceding trading days,
but in any case not less than the net asset value per share of the
Fund's common stock at the close of trading on the New York Stock
Exchange on the date on which the Offer expires.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Offer will
expire at 5:00  p.m., New York time, on July 29, 2005, unless
extended as described herein. The Fund announced its intention to make
the Offer on March  16, 2005. The net asset value per share of
common stock at the close of business on March  16, 2005 and on
June 27, 2005 was US$27.02 and US$25.59, respectively, and the last
reported sale price of a share of the Fund's Common Stock on the
New York Stock Exchange on those dates was US$31.40 and US$28.34,
respectively.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end
management investment company. The Fund's investment objective is
long-term capital appreciation which it seeks to achieve by investing
primarily in equity securities (i)  of companies for which the
principal securities trading market is in the People's Republic
of China ("China"), (ii)  of companies
for which the principal securities trading market is outside of China,
or constituting direct equity investments (as defined herein) in
companies organized outside of China, that in both cases derive at
least 50% of their revenues from goods or services sold or
produced, or have at least 50% of their assets, in China or
(iii)  constituting direct equity investments in companies
organized in China. There can be no assurance that the Fund's
investment objective will be achieved.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9.5pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11.5pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Please read this
prospectus carefully before investing and keep it for future reference.
It contains important information that a prospective investor ought to
know before investing in the Fund. All questions and inquiries relating
to the Offer should be directed to the Information Agent, The Altman
Group, Inc., 60 East 42<sup>nd</sup> Street, Suite 405, New York, NY
10165, toll free at (888) CHN-CALL, or collect at (212) 400-2605. The
Fund has filed additional information about it with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (http://www.sec.gov). Copies of the Fund's
Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report may be obtained upon request by
writing to The China Fund, Inc., c/o The Altman Group, Inc., 1275
Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, attention: Sylvia Hermina, by
email at shermina@altmangroup.com, or by calling (888)
246-2255.</p>
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<b>Investment in the Fund's common stock
involves certain risks that are not typically associated with
investments in securities of U.S. issuers. See "Risk
Factors and Special Considerations." </b>In addition, as a
result of the Offer, stockholders of record on the record date who do
not fully exercise their rights should expect that they will, upon the
completion of the Offer, own a smaller proportional interest in the
Fund than would otherwise be the case. See "Risk Factors
and Special Considerations&mdash;Non-Participation in
Offer" and "The Offer&mdash;Terms of the
Offer."</p>
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<b>These securities have not been approved
or disapproved by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or any
state securities commission nor has the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission or any state securities commission passed upon the accuracy
or adequacy of this prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a
criminal
offense.</b>
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Subscription Price</td>
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Load(1)</td>
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Fund(1)(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 7pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">$26.21</td>
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(3)</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The
Fund has agreed to pay Chatsworth Securities LLC (the
"Financial Adviser") a fee for financial
advisory services in connection with the Offer equal to 1.00% of
the gross proceeds of the Offer, plus out-of-pocket expenses, and has
agreed to indemnify the Financial Adviser against certain liabilities
under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Financial
Adviser's fee will be reduced to the extent that the aggregate
expenses of the Offer, including the fee, exceed 1.20% of the
gross proceeds of the Offer. See "Fee
Table."</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Before
deduction of offering expenses incurred by the Fund, including the
financial advisory fee, estimated at US$1,069,368.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Assumes that all of the rights are
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June 27, 2005</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Investment
Policies.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>It is the policy of the Fund, under normal market
conditions, to invest substantially all, but not less than 65%,
of its assets in equity securities of China companies. The Fund also
has a policy to invest at least 80% of its assets in China and
Taiwan companies. For purposes of these policies,
"China" means the People's Republic of
China, which includes Hong Kong. The Fund may invest up to 25%
of the net proceeds of its offerings of its outstanding common stock in
direct equity investments in China companies, with the balance
allocated primarily to investments in listed securities. See
"Investment Objective and Policies."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Risks.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>An investment in the Fund should be considered
speculative. Investments in China companies involve certain risks and
special considerations not typically associated with the United States,
such as greater government control over the economy, political and
legal uncertainties and currency fluctuations or blockage, the risk
that the Chinese government may decide not to continue to support the
economic reform programs implemented in 1978 and could return to the
completely centrally planned economy that existed prior to 1978, and
the risk of nationalization or expropriation of assets. Additionally,
the Chinese securities markets are emerging markets characterized by a
relatively small number of equity issues and relatively low trading
volume, resulting in substantially less liquidity and greater price
volatility. A number of the securities in which the Fund will invest
may be illiquid; therefore, an investment in the Fund will have
illiquid characteristics. Direct investments in unlisted securities
involve an especially high degree of business and financial risk that
can result in substantial losses. See "Risk Factors and
Special Considerations."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Investment
Managers.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Martin Currie Inc. has served as the Fund's
investment manager with respect to the Fund's holdings of listed
securities since June 30, 2001. Asian Direct Capital Management has
served as the Fund's investment manager with respect to the
Fund's direct investments since April 3, 2001. See
"Management of the Fund." The address of the
Fund is 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02111, and the Fund's
telephone number is (888)  246-2255.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The information set
forth in this Prospectus regarding China, its economy, the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd., the Shenzhen Stock Market, the Shanghai
Stock Market and the Taiwan Stock Market has been extracted from
various government and private publications. The Fund and its Board of
Directors make no representation as to the accuracy of such
information. In this Prospectus, unless otherwise specified, all
references to "U.S. dollars,"
"US$" or "$" are to
United States dollars, to "RMB" or
"renminbi" are to Chinese renminbi and to
"H.K. dollars" or
"HK$" are to Hong Kong dollars. On June 20,
2005, the exchange rates published in <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">The Wall Street Journal</font>
were RMB8.2765 = US$1.00 and HK$7.7760 = US$1.00 and, unless otherwise
specified, all renminbi and H.K. dollar amounts have been converted to
U.S. dollars at such exchange rates. No representation is made that the
renminbi, H.K. dollar or U.S. dollar amounts in this Prospectus could
have been or could be converted into renminbi, H.K. dollars or U.S.
dollars, as the case may be, at any particular rate or at all.</p>
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presentation, which may result in amounts not totaling precisely.</p>
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<b>No dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any
information or to represent anything not contained in this prospectus.
You must not rely on any unauthorized information or representations
not contained in this prospectus as if the Fund had authorized it. The
Fund is offering to sell, and seeking offers to buy, shares of common
stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales are permitted. The
information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the
date of this prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this
prospectus or any sale of common stock.</b>
</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">ii</p>
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Summary</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Fee
Table</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Financial Highlights</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">9</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">The Offer</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">The
Fund</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">16</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Use of
Proceeds</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">17</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Risk Factors and Special
Considerations</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">17</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Investment Objective and
Policies</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">25</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Investment
Restrictions</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">28</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Management of the
Fund</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">30</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">The Securities Markets in China,
Hong Kong and Taiwan</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">38</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Portfolio
Transactions and Brokerage</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">39</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net Asset
Value</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Dividends and Distributions;
Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan
</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">41</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Taxation</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">42</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Common
Stock</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">50</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Dividend Paying Agent, Transfer
Agent and
Registrar</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">53</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Custodian</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">53</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Code
of Ethics</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">53</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Procedures</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">53</font></td>
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Matters</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">53</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Accounting Firm</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">54</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Information</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">54</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Statements</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">54</font></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PROSPECTUS
SUMMARY</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 10pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The following summary is qualified in its entirety by
the more detailed information included elsewhere in Prospectus.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE OFFER</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Terms of the Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The China Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund") is issuing to its stockholders
of record ("Record Date Stockholders") as of
the close of business on June 27, 2005 (the "Record
Date") non-transferable rights (the
"Rights") to subscribe for up to an aggregate
of 3,400,000 shares (the "Shares") of the
common stock, par value $0.01 per share (the "Common
Stock"), of the Fund (the
"Offer"). Each Record Date Stockholder is
being issued one Right for each full share of Common Stock owned on the
Record Date. The number of Rights to be issued to each Record Date
Stockholder will be rounded up to the nearest number of Rights evenly
divisible by three. In the case of Common Stock held of record by Cede
&amp; Co. ("Cede"), as nominee for The
Depository Trust Company ("DTC"), or any
other depository or nominee, the number of Rights issued to Cede or
such other depository or nominee will be adjusted to permit rounding up
(to the nearest number of Rights evenly divisible by three) of the
Rights to be received by beneficial owners for whom it is the holder of
record only if Cede or such other depository or nominee provides to the
Fund on or before the close of business on July 22, 2005 written
representation of the number of Rights required for such rounding.
Accordingly, no fractional Shares will be issued. The Rights entitle
the holders thereof ("Rights Holders") to
acquire at the Subscription Price (as hereinafter defined) one Share
for each three Rights held. The Subscription Period commences on June
30, 2005, and ends at 5:00  p.m., New York time, on July 29,
2005, unless extended by the Fund (the "Expiration
Date"). See "The Offer&mdash;Expiration of
the Offer." The Rights are evidenced by subscription
certificates ("Subscription Certificates")
which will be mailed to Record Date Stockholders (except as discussed
below under "Foreign Restrictions").</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The right of a Rights Holder to acquire Shares during the
Subscription Period is hereinafter referred to as the
"Primary Subscription." All Rights may be
exercised commencing on June 30, 2005 and until 5:00  p.m., New
York time, on the Expiration Date. Rights Holders purchasing Shares in
the Primary Subscription, including those who purchase Shares pursuant
to the Over-Subscription Privilege (as hereinafter defined), are
hereinafter referred to as "Exercising Rights
Holders."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Nominees who hold shares of Common Stock
for the account of others, such as brokers, trustees or depositories
for securities, should notify the respective beneficial owners of such
Common Stock as soon as possible to ascertain such beneficial
owners' intentions and to obtain instructions with respect to the
Rights. If the beneficial owner so instructs, the nominee should
complete the Subscription Certificate and submit it to the Subscription
Agent (as hereinafter defined) with proper payment. In addition,
beneficial owners of Common Stock or Rights held through such a nominee
should contact the nominee and request the nominee to effect
transactions in accordance with the beneficial owner's
instructions. See "The  Offer."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Over-Subscription Privilege</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Each Record Date Stockholder
who fully exercises all Rights issued to him is entitled to subscribe
for Shares which were not otherwise subscribed for by others in the
Primary Subscription (the "Over-Subscription
Privilege"). If enough Shares are available, all of these
requests will be honored in full. If these requests for Shares exceed
the Shares available, the Fund may determine after the expiration of
the Offer, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, to issue
additional Common Stock up to an amount equal to 25% of the
Shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an additional 850,000
shares of Common Stock) in order to cover these requests. Regardless of
whether the Fund issues such additional Shares, to the extent Shares
are not available to honor all requests, the available Shares will be
allocated <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> among those Record Date Stockholders who
over-subscribe based on the number of Rights originally issued to them
by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">1</p>
<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Subscription Price</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Subscription Price per Share ("Subscription
Price") will be 92.5% of the average price at which
the Fund's Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange on
the Expiration Date of the Offer and the four preceding trading days,
but in any case not less than the net asset value per share of the
Common Stock at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on
the Expiration Date. The Subscription Price is discussed further under
"The Offer&mdash;The Subscription Price." In
addition, information with respect to the quarterly high and low sale
prices of the Fund's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange
and the quarterly high and low net asset values per share of Common
Stock is provided under "Common Stock."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Exercising Rights</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Rights will be evidenced by Subscription
Certificates (see Appendix  B) and may be exercised by delivering
to EquiServe Trust Company, N.A. (the "Subscription
Agent") a completed Subscription Certificate, together
with payment, either by means of a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (see
Appendix  C) or a check. The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery or
check should be addressed, if sent by first class mail to EquiServe
Trust Company, N.A., Corporate Actions, P.O. Box 859208, Braintree, MA
02185-9208, if sent by express mail or overnight courier to EquiServe
Trust Company, N.A., 161 Bay State Drive, Braintree, MA 02184, or if
delivered by hand to EquiServe Trust Company, N.A., 17 Battery Place,
11<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10004. Exercising Rights Holders
will have no right to rescind a purchase after the Subscription Agent
has received a completed Subscription Certificate or Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery. See "The Offer&mdash;Exercise of
Rights" and "The Offer&mdash;Payment for
Shares." There is no minimum number of Rights which must
be exercised for the Offer to close.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Non-Transferability of
Rights</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Rights are non-transferable and, therefore, may not
be purchased or sold. Rights not exercised will expire without residual
value at the Expiration Date. The Rights will not be listed for trading
on the New York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange.
However, the Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offer will be listed
for trading on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to the New York
Stock Exchange being officially notified of the issuance of those
Shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Financial Advisory Fees</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has agreed to
pay the Financial Adviser a fee for financial advisory services in
connection with the Offer equal to 1.00% of the gross proceeds
of the Offer, plus out-of-pocket expenses, and has agreed to indemnify
the Financial Adviser against certain liabilities under the U.S.
Securities Act of 1933, as amended. The Financial Adviser's fee
will be reduced to the extent that the aggregate expenses of the Offer,
including the fee, exceed 1.20% of the gross proceeds of the
Offer.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Restrictions</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Subscription Certificates
will not be mailed to Record Date Stockholders whose record addresses
are outside the United States (the term "United
States" includes its territories and possessions and the
District of Columbia) ("Foreign Record Date
Stockholders"). The Rights to which such Subscription
Certificates relate will be held by the Subscription Agent for such
Foreign Record Date Stockholders' accounts until instructions are
received to exercise the Rights. If no instructions are received prior
to the Expiration Date, the Rights will expire. See "The
Offer&mdash;Foreign Stockholders."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Purpose of the
Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Board of Directors of the Fund has determined that it
is in the best interests of the Fund and its stockholders to increase
the assets of the Fund available for investment so that the Fund will
be in a better position to take full advantage of investment
opportunities, including, in particular, opportunities to invest
</p>
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in the A  Share market in China, which
was recently opened to foreign investors. The Board of Directors
believes that increasing the size of the Fund will increase the
liquidity of the Fund's shares of Common Stock and also reduce
the Fund's expenses as a proportion of average net assets. In
addition, the Offer seeks to reward the Fund's stockholders by
giving them the right to purchase additional shares of Common Stock at
a price that will be below market without incurring any direct
transaction costs. The Offer will benefit both the Fund and its
stockholders by providing the Fund with the ability to make additional
investments without selling current investments if otherwise not
desirable. Moreover, to the extent that the Subscription Price is
greater than the net asset value per share of Common Stock of the Fund
on the Expiration Date, the Offer will increase the net asset value per
share. See "The Offer&mdash;Purpose of the
Offer."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Use of Proceeds</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The net proceeds
of the Offer, assuming all Shares offered hereby are sold, are
estimated to be approximately US$89,114,000, after deducting offering
expenses payable by the Fund estimated to be approximately
US$88,044,632. The Fund anticipates that, due to the relatively small
size of the Chinese equity securities markets generally, combined with
certain investment diversification requirements applicable to the Fund
and the Fund's desire to invest selectively in order to avoid
adversely influencing the prices paid by the Fund for its portfolio
securities, it may take up to six months from the date of completion of
the Offer, depending upon market conditions and the availability of
appropriate securities, for the Fund to invest the proceeds of the
Offer in accordance with the Fund's investment objective and
policies. Pending such investment, it is anticipated that the proceeds
will be invested in short-term and medium-term debt instruments, as
described under "Investment Objective and
Policies&mdash;Temporary Investments." See
"Use of Proceeds."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Information Agent
and Subscription Agent</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Information Agent for the Offer
is:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 14pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The Altman Group, Inc.<br> 60 East 42<sup>nd</sup> Street,
Suite 405<br> New York, NY 10165<br> Toll Free: (888) CHN-CALL
(246-2255)<br> or<br> Call Collect: (212) 400-2605</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Subscription Agent for the Offer is:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Equiserve Trust Company,
N.A.<br> 161 Bay State Drive<br> Braintree, MA 02184<br> Toll Free:
(800) 426-5523</p>
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REMEMBER</p>
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Date</td>
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27, 2005</td>
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Period</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">June 30, 2005 to July 29,
2005*</td>
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29, 2005*</td>
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Shares due**</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">July 29, 2005*</td>
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Guaranteed Delivery due</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">July 29,
2005*</td>
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guarantees of delivery due**</td>
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2005*</td>
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participants</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">August 8, 2005*</td>
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for Shares***</td>
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2005*</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Unless
the Offer is extended.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">A Record Date Stockholder
exercising rights must deliver by the Expiration Date either (i)
a Subscription Certificate and payment for Shares or (ii)  a
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. A Notice of Guaranteed Delivery is a
form sent by your broker-dealer, bank or trust company that guarantees
on your behalf delivery of the Subscription Certificate and payment by
the close of business on the third business day after the Expiration
Date.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Additional
amount due (in the event the Subscription Price exceeds the Estimated
Subscription
Price).</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE
FUND</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Information Regarding the Fund</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has been
engaged in business as a non-diversified, closed-end management
investment company since July 17, 1992, when it completed an initial
public offering of 8,000,000 shares of its Common Stock. The
Fund's investment objective is long-term capital appreciation
which it seeks to achieve by investing primarily in equity securities
(i)  of companies for which the principal securities trading
market is in the People's Republic of China
("China"), (ii)  of companies for which
the principal securities trading market is outside of China, or
constituting direct equity investments (as defined herein) in companies
organized outside of China, that in both cases derive at least
50% of their revenues from goods or services sold or produced or
have at least 50% of their assets, in China or (iii)
constituting direct equity investments in companies organized in China
(collectively, "China companies"). It is the
policy of the Fund, under normal market conditions, to invest
substantially all, but not less than 65%, of its assets in
equity securities of China companies. The Fund also has a policy to
invest at least 80% of its assets in China and Taiwan companies.
For purposes of these policies, "China" means
the People's Republic of China, which includes Hong Kong. The
Fund invests up to 25% of the net proceeds of its offerings of
its outstanding Common Stock in direct equity investments in China
companies, with the balance allocated primarily to investments in
listed securities. See "Investment Objective and
Policies." There can be no assurance that the Fund's
investment objective will be achieved. See "Risk Factors
and Special Considerations."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund currently has
10,138,287 shares of Common Stock outstanding, which are listed and
traded on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol
"CHN." See "Common
Stock." As of June 27, 2005, the net assets of the Fund
were US$259,485,364.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Information Regarding the Fund's
Investment Manager, Direct Investment Manager, Administrator and
Custodian</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie Inc. (the "Investment
Manager") acts as the Fund's investment manager,
with exclusive investment discretion over the Fund's assets,
other than those invested in direct investments (the
"Listed Assets"), pursuant to a Management
Agreement with the Fund. The Fund pays the Investment Manager a fee for
its investment management services, computed weekly and payable
monthly, at an </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">4</p>
<br>
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<br>
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annual rate of 0.70% of the
Fund's average weekly net assets consisting of Listed Assets up
to US$400 million and 0.50% of the Fund's average weekly
net assets consisting of Listed Assets in excess of US$400 million.
Upon completion of the Offer, the Investment Manager has agreed to
reduce its fee to an annual rate of 0.70% of the Fund's
average weekly net assets consisting of Listed Assets up to US$315
million and 0.50% of the Fund's weekly net assets
consisting of Listed Assets in excess of $315 million. The Investment
Manager is a registered investment adviser under the U.S. Investment
Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the "Advisers
Act"). As of March 31, 2005, the Investment Manager was
responsible for US$3.7 billion of assets under management.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Asian
Direct Capital Management (the "Direct Investment
Manager") acts as investment manager to the Fund with
exclusive investment discretion over the portion of the Fund's
assets that is invested in direct investments pursuant to the terms of
a Direct Investment Management Agreement between the Fund and the
Direct Investment Manager (the "Direct Investment
Management Agreement"). The Fund may invest up to
25% of the net proceeds of its offerings of its outstanding
Common Stock in direct equity investments. For its direct investment
management services, the Direct Investment Manager receives from the
Fund a fee, payable monthly, at an annual rate of the greater of
US$300,000 or 2.2% of the average weekly assets of the Fund
allocated to direct investments. The Direct Investment Manager is a
registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act. In addition to
the Fund, the Direct Investment Manager currently advises or manages
the Korea Venture Fund and Thai Recovery Fund, with total assets under
management of approximately US$52.8 million. The Direct Investment
Manager is a wholly owned, indirect subsidiary of State Street Global
Advisors ("SSgA"), the investment management
division of State Street Corporation ("State
Street").</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The fee paid to the Direct Investment
Manager is higher than those paid by most other U.S. investment
companies, primarily because of the additional time and expense
required in pursuing the Fund's objective of investing in direct
investments in China companies. This investment objective entails
additional time and expense because available information concerning
private companies in China is limited in comparison to that available
for U.S. issuers. Moreover, the Direct Investment Manager is required
to spend significant time investigating potential direct investments,
negotiating any such investment for the Fund and monitoring the
investment. Furthermore, selling the direct investments may take longer
than listed investments due to the amount of extra work involved in the
negotiation and execution of the documents for the sale of the direct
investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">State Street Bank and Trust Company (in such
capacity, the "Administrator") provides
administrative services in the United States to the Fund pursuant to an
Administration Agreement with the Fund (the
"Administration Agreement"). The Fund pays to
the Administrator a fee, calculated weekly and payable monthly, at an
annual rate of 0.14% of the first US$150  million,
0.12% of the next US$150  million and 0.07% of the
excess over US$300  million of the average weekly net assets of
the Fund, with a minimum annual fee of US$160,000. The Fund also pays a
fixed fee of US$100,000 annually for legal administration services.
Upon completion of the Offer, the Administrator has agreed to reduce
its fee to an annual rate of 0.13% of the first US$150 million,
0.11% of the next US$150 million and 0.06% of the excess
over US$300 million of the average weekly net assets of the Fund, with
a minimum annual fee of US$160,000. See "Management of the
Fund&mdash;Administrator."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">State Street Bank and
Trust Company (in such capacity, the
"Custodian") serves as custodian for the
Fund's assets. The Custodian employs sub-custodians (the
"Subcustodians") approved by the Board of
Directors of the Fund in accordance with regulations of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission in each of the jurisdictions in
which the Fund invests. See "Custodian."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Since the Investment Manager, the Direct Investment Manager, the
Administrator and the Custodian each receive a fee based on the average
weekly net assets of the Fund, each of the Investment Manager, Direct
Investment Manager, Administrator and Custodian will benefit from an
increase in the Fund's assets resulting from the Offer. See
"Management of the Fund."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">5</p>
<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Dividends and Distributions; Dividend
Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund distributes to
stockholders, at least annually, substantially all of its net
investment income from dividends and interest and any net realized
capital gains. Unless the Fund is otherwise instructed in writing in
the manner described under "Dividends and Distributions;
Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan,"
stockholders are presumed to have elected to have all distributions
automatically reinvested in shares of Common Stock of the Fund. See
"Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and
Cash Purchase Plan" and "Taxation&mdash;U.S.
Federal Income Taxes."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Risk Factors and Special
Considerations</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Risks of Investment in Equity Securities of
China Companies</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Investing in equity securities of China
companies involves certain risks and special considerations not
typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers,
including generally (a)  greater social, economic and political
uncertainty, (b)  greater price volatility, substantially less
liquidity and significantly smaller market capitalization of securities
markets in which securities of China companies trade (particularly in
China), (c)  currency exchange rate fluctuation, currency
blockage and higher rates of inflation, (d)  controls on foreign
investment and limitations on repatriation of invested capital and on
the Fund's ability to exchange local currencies for U.S. dollars,
(e)  greater governmental involvement in and control over the
economy, (f)  the risk that the Chinese government may decide not
to continue to support the economic reform programs implemented in 1978
and could return to the completely centrally planned economy that
existed prior to 1978, (g)  the risk of nationalization or
expropriation of assets, (h)  regulatory risks due to changes in
legal, regulatory and tax rules and (i) the fact that China companies
may be smaller, less seasoned and newly-organized companies. Following
the establishment of the People's Republic of China by the
Communist Party in 1949, the Chinese government renounced various debt
obligations, which have never been paid, and expropriated assets
without compensation. There can be no assurance that the Chinese
government will not take similar actions in the future. An investment
in the Fund involves a risk of a total loss. See "Risk
Factors and Special
Considerations."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Accounting, auditing and financial reporting standards may not have
been established in some respects in China or, to the extent
established, are different from and, in many respects less rigorous
than, U.S. standards. As a result, certain material disclosures may not
be made, and less information may be available to the Fund and other
investors than would be the case if the Fund's investments were
restricted to securities of U.S. issuers. There is also less extensive
regulation of the securities markets in which securities of China
companies trade, particularly in China, than in the United States.
Moreover, it may be more difficult to obtain or enforce a judgment in a
court outside the United States, particularly in China. Interest and
dividends paid on securities held by the Fund may be subject to
withholding taxes imposed by China or other foreign governments. See
"Risk Factors and Special
Considerations."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Corporations are a relatively new
concept in China. China does not have a consolidated body of securities
laws or laws governing corporations or joint stock companies, and
certain matters of concern to foreign investors are addressed only in
local laws and regulations, if at all. These local laws and regulations
are subject to change or preemption by national laws that may be
adopted by China in the future. Laws regarding fiduciary duties of
officers and directors are especially undeveloped. See
"Risk Factors and Special Considerations&mdash;Chinese
Corporate and Securities Laws."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In addition, the
securities markets in China are undergoing a period of growth and
change which may lead to difficulties in the settlement and recording
of transactions and in interpreting and applying relevant
regulations.</p>
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offerings of certain companies. The purchase of shares issued in
initial public offerings exposes the Fund to the risks associated with
companies that have little operating history as public companies, and
there can be no assurance that active trading in such shares will
develop or be maintained.</p>
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of its assets in direct equity investments. Such investments may
involve a high degree of business and financial risk. Because of the
absence of any trading market for </p>
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these investments, the Fund may take longer to
liquidate these positions than is the case for listed securities. In
addition to financial and business risks, issuers whose securities are
not listed may not be subject to the same disclosure requirements
applicable to issuers whose securities are listed. See
"Risk Factors and Special Considerations&mdash;Direct
Investments."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Currency Transactions
and</font>&nbsp;<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Hedging.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>The Fund is permitted to engage in
foreign currency hedging transactions and enter into stock options,
stock index futures transactions, interest rate futures contracts and
options thereon, each of which may involve special risks, although
currently no market exists for these transactions in China. See
"Investment Objective and Policies" and
Appendix  A to this Prospectus.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Net Asset Value
Discount</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Shares of closed-end investment companies frequently
trade at a discount from net asset value. This characteristic is a risk
separate and distinct from the risk that a closed-end fund's net
asset value will decrease. The Fund cannot predict whether its shares
will trade at, below or above net asset value. Accordingly, the Common
Stock of the Fund is designed primarily for long-term investors and
should not be considered a vehicle for trading purposes. See
"Risk Factors and Special Consideration&mdash;Net Asset
Value Discount; Non-Diversification" and
"Common Stock."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Non-Diversification</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund is classified as a
"non-diversified" investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the "1940
Act"), which means that the Fund is not limited by the
1940 Act in the proportion of its assets that may be invested in the
securities of a single issuer. As a non-diversified investment company,
the Fund may invest a greater proportion of its assets in the
securities of a smaller number of issuers and, as a result, may be
subject to greater risk with respect to portfolio securities. However,
the Fund intends to comply with the diversification requirements
imposed by the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the
"Code"), for qualification as a regulated
investment company. See "Risk Factors and Special
Considerations&mdash;Net Asset Value Discount;
Non-Diversification."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Non-Participation in
Offer</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Record Date Stockholders who do not fully exercise
their Rights should expect that they will, at the completion of the
Offer, own a smaller proportional interest in the Fund than would
otherwise be the case. See "Risk Factors and Special
Considerations&mdash;Non-Participation in Offer."</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Certain Provisions of the Articles of
Incorporation</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Certain special voting provisions of the
Fund's Articles of Incorporation may have the effect of depriving
stockholders of an opportunity to sell their shares of Common Stock at
a premium over prevailing market prices. See "Common
Stock."</p>
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TABLE</p>
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Transaction
Expenses:</b></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Advisory Fee (as a percentage of offering price) (1)
(2)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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percentage of offering
price)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.20</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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and Cash Purchase Plan
Fees</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">None</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Expenses</b> (as a percentage of net
assets):</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Fees</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.76</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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(2)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.65</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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Expenses
(3)</b></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.41</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="15">Cumulative
Expenses Paid for the Period
of:</td>
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year</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">3 years</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">5 years</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">10
years</td>
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on a US$1,000 investment, assuming a 5% annual return throughout
the periods
(4)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="3">US$26</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="3">US$56</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="3">US$89</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="3">US$180</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The
Fund has agreed to pay the Financial Adviser a fee for financial
advisory services in connection with the Offer equal to 1.00% of
the gross proceeds of the Offer, plus out-of-pocket expenses. The fee
will be reduced to the extent that the aggregate expenses of the Offer,
including the fee, exceed 1.20% of the gross proceeds of the
Offer. This fee will be borne by the Fund and indirectly by all of the
Fund's stockholders, including those stockholders who do not
exercise their Rights.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Does not include
expenses of the Fund incurred in connection with the Offer, estimated
at US$178,228. However, these expenses will be borne by the holders of
the shares of Common Stock of the Fund and result in a reduction of the
net asset value of the shares of Common Stock to the extent the
expenses are equal to or less than 0.20% of the gross proceeds
of the Offer.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Dividend and interest income
generated in Taiwan is subject to a 20% withholding tax (the
"Taiwan Stock Dividend tax expense"). Stock
dividends received are generally taxable at 20% of the par value
of the stock dividends received. The total annual expense ratio
includes Taiwan Stock Dividend tax expense. Without this expense, the
ratio would be 1.34%.</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="23"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="602"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left">(4)</td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The Example
reflects the Financial Advisory Fee and other expenses of the Fund
incurred in connection with the Offer and assumes that all of the
Rights are exercised.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The foregoing Fee Table is intended
to assist investors in understanding the costs and expenses that an
investor in the Fund will bear directly or indirectly.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Example set forth above assumes reinvestment of all dividends and
distributions at net asset value and an expense ratio of 1.41%.
The tables above and the assumption in the Example of a 5%
annual return are required by U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission
regulations applicable to all investment companies. The Example should
not be considered a representation of past or future expenses or annual
rates of return and actual expenses or annual rates of return may be
more or less than those assumed for purposes of the Example.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
figures provided under "Other Expenses" are
based on estimated amounts for the current fiscal year. See
"Management of the Fund" for additional
information.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">8</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The table
below sets forth selected data for a share of Common Stock outstanding
for each period presented. The year end information contained in the
table has been audited by KPMG LLP, the Fund's previous
independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in its report
which appears in the Fund's Annual Report to Stockholders as of
October  31, 2004, and which is incorporated by reference into
this Prospectus. This information should be read in conjunction with
the Financial Statements and Notes thereto which appear in the Annual
Report and which are also incorporated by reference into this
Prospectus.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">For
the Six Months Ended April 30,</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="39">For the Year Ended
October
31</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2003</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2002</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2001(1)</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">2000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">1999</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">1998</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">1997</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">1996</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="" valign="bottom" colspan="3">1995</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">(Unaudited)</td>
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<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><b><u>Per
Share Operating
Performance</u></b></td>
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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net
asset value, beginning of
period</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.27</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.93</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">14.92</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.19</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.37</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">10.84</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">16.97</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.24</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.87</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">15.26</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net
investment income
(loss)</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.21</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.06</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.11</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.14</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.03</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.12</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.02</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.06</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investment and foreign currency
transactions</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.91</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.16</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.68</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.23</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.86</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(5.71</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3.83</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(1.88</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Total
income (loss) from investment
operations</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.83</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.12</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.22</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.86</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.82</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.26</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.98</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(5.63</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3.81</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.46</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(1.78</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Less
distributions:</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Dividend
from net investment
income</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.20</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.07</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.06</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.13</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.11</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.09</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.01</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 20pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Distributions
from net realized capital
gains</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(3.37</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(1.71</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.15</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.50</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.60</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Total
distributions</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(3.57</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(1.78</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.21</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.13</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.11</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.50</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.09</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.61</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net
asset value, end of
period</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">25.53</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.27</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.93</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">14.92</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.19</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.37</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">10.84</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">16.97</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.24</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.87</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Per
share market price, end of
period</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">27.50</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">29.15</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">34.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">12.61</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">10.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.94</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">9.94</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.31</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">11.75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">11.75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><b><u>Total
Investment Return (Based on Market
Price)</u></b></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">5.85</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(12.16</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">179.41</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">18.63</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">20.13</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(9.14</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">14.65</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(31.98</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.88</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #000000 ; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(28.39</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><b><u>Ratios
and Supplemental
Data</u></b></td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Net
assets, end of period
(000's)</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">258,788</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">264,886</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">271,278</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">150,319</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">132,912</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">124,619</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">128,303</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">116,891</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">184,035</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">143,599</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">139,513</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Ratio
of expenses to average net
assets</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%(3)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.41</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.76</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.97</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.39</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.12</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.28</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.22</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.15</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%(2)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.56</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.55</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Ratio
of expenses to average net assets, excluding stock dividend tax
expense</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%(3)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.34</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.68</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.85</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.31</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2.12</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">N/A</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">N/A</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">N/A</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">N/A</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">N/A</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Ratio
of net investment income to average net
assets</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.63</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%(3)&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.78</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.32</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.72</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1.09</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.21</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.95</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.68</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">(0.11</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">)%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.49</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">0.78</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Portfolio
turnover
rate</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">24</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">55</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">68</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">115</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">108</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">75</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">24</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">39</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">41</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">43</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 6pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">%&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Martin
Currie Inc. has served as the Fund's investment manager with
respect to the Fund's holdings of listed securities since June
30, 2001. Asian Direct Capital Management has served as the
Fund's investment manager with respect to the Fund's direct
investments since April 3, 2001.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The ratios
of expenses to average net assets and the net investment income (loss)
per share is after the waiver of a portion of the Investment Management
Fee by the Investment Manager. Had the Investment Manager not waived
these fees, the ratio of expenses to average net assets and the net
investment income (loss) per share would have been as follows: For the
year ended October 31, 1998, 2.33% and $0.07, respectively, and
for the year ended October 31, 1997, 2.25% and $(0.04),
respectively.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Annualized.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">9</p>
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<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE
OFFER</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Terms of the Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is issuing Rights to
subscribe for Shares to Record Date Stockholders. Each Record Date
Stockholder is being issued one non-transferable Right for each full
share of Common Stock owned on the Record Date. The number of Rights to
be issued to Record Date Stockholders will be rounded up to the number
of Rights evenly divisible by three. In the case of shares of Common
Stock held of record by Cede or by any other depository or nominee, the
number of Rights issued to Cede or such other depository or nominee
will be adjusted to permit rounding up (to the nearest number of Rights
evenly divisible by three) of the Rights to be received by beneficial
owners for whom it is the holder of record only if Cede or such other
depository or nominee provides to the Fund on or before the close of
business on July 22, 2005 written representation of the number of
Rights required for such rounding. Accordingly, no fractional shares
will be issued. The Rights entitle the holders thereof to acquire at
the Subscription Price one Share for each three Rights held. The Rights
are evidenced by Subscription Certificates which will be mailed to
Record Date Stockholders, other than Foreign Record Date Stockholders.
See "&mdash;Foreign Stockholders." The Fund
does not have the right to withdraw the Offer after the Rights have
been issued.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Completed Subscription Certificates may be
delivered to the Subscription Agent at any time during the Subscription
Period, which commences on June 30, 2005 and ends at 5:00  p.m.,
New York time, on July  29, 2005, unless extended by the Fund.
See "&mdash;Expiration of the Offer."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Each Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights
initially issued to him is entitled to subscribe for Shares which were
not otherwise subscribed for by Exercising Rights Holders in the
Primary Subscription. If enough Shares are available, all of these
requests will be honored in full. If these requests for Shares exceed
the Shares available, the Fund may determine after the expiration of
the Offer, in the discretion of the Board of Directors, to issue
additional Common Stock up to an amount equal to 25% of the
Shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an additional
850,000  shares of Common Stock) in order to cover these
requests. Regardless of whether the Fund issues such additional Common
Stock, to the extent Shares are not available to honor all requests,
the available Shares will be allocated <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> among those
Record Date Stockholders who over-subscribe based on the number of
Rights originally issued to them by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Rights will be
evidenced by Subscription Certificates (see Appendix  B) and may
be exercised by delivering to the Subscription Agent a completed
Subscription Certificate, together with payment, either by means of a
Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (see Appendix  C) or a check. The
method by which Rights may be exercised and Shares paid for is set
forth below in "&mdash;Exercise of Rights"
and "&mdash;Payment for Shares." An
Exercising Rights Holder will have no right to rescind a purchase after
the Subscription Agent has received a completed Subscription
Certificate or Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. See
"&mdash;Payment for Shares" below.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Rights are non-transferable and, therefore, may not be purchased or
sold. Rights not exercised will expire without residual value when the
Offer expires. The Rights will not be listed for trading on the New
York Stock Exchange or any other securities exchange. However, the
Shares to be issued pursuant to the Offer will be listed for trading on
the New York Stock Exchange, subject to the New York Stock Exchange
being officially notified of the issuance of those Shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">There
is no minimum number of Rights which must be exercised in order for the
Offer to close.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Purpose of the Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Board of
Directors of the Fund has determined that it is in the best interests
of the Fund and its stockholders to increase the assets of the Fund
available for investment so that the Fund will be in a better position
to take full advantage of available investment opportunities,
including, in particular, opportunities to invest in the A  Share
market in China, which was recently opened to foreign investors.
Without an infusion of additional capital, the Fund is limited in its
ability to take advantage of these new investment opportunities. The
only practical means of increasing the Fund's assets available
for investment other than </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">10</p>
<br>
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<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; background-color: #ffffff">
through the Offer would be through the sale
of portfolio securities, which could subject the Fund to certain
adverse tax consequences under the Code. The Offer affords the Fund a
means of increasing its assets available for investment without
requiring the sale of portfolio securities. The Fund also believes that
increasing the size of the Fund would increase the liquidity of the
Fund's shares of Common Stock and reduce the Fund's
expenses as a proportion of average net assets. In addition, the Offer
seeks to reward the Fund's stockholders by giving existing
stockholders the right to purchase additional shares of Common Stock at
a price that will be below market without incurring any direct
transaction costs. Moreover, since the Subscription Price will be
greater than the net asset value per share of the Common Stock of the
Fund on the Expiration Date, the Offer will increase the net asset
value per share.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Investment Manager, Direct Investment
Manager and Administrator will benefit from the Offer because their
fees are based on the average net assets of the Fund. It is not
possible to state precisely the amount of additional compensation the
Investment Manager, Direct Investment Manager and Administrator will
receive as a result of the Offer because it is not known how many
Shares will be subscribed for and because the proceeds of the Offer
will be invested in additional portfolio securities which will
fluctuate in value. However, in the event that all the Rights are
exercised in full and on the basis of an Estimated Subscription Price
of US$26.21 per Share (the "Estimated Subscription
Price"), the Investment Manager, Direct Investment Manager
and Administrator would receive additional annual fees of approximately
US$561,418, US$196,050 and US$124,759, respectively, as a result of the
increase in assets under management. See "Management of
the Fund."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may, in the future and at its
discretion, choose to make additional rights offerings from time to
time for a number of shares of Common Stock and on terms which may or
may not be similar to the Offer.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Over-Subscription
Privilege</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Shares not subscribed for in the Primary Subscription
will be offered, by means of the Over-Subscription Privilege, to the
Record Date Stockholders who have exercised all exercisable Rights
issued to them and who wish to acquire more than the number of Shares
for which the rights issued to them are exercisable. If sufficient
Shares are not available after completion of the Primary Subscription
to honor all over-subscription requests, the Fund may determine after
the expiration of the Offer, in the discretion of the Board of
Directors, to issue additional Common Stock up to an amount equal to
25% of the Shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an
additional 850,000  shares of Common Stock) in order to cover the
over-subscription requests. Regardless of whether the Fund issues such
additional Shares, and to the extent shares of Common Stock are not
available to honor all over-subscription requests, the available Shares
will be allocated among those who over-subscribe so that the number of
Shares issued to participating Record Date Stockholders will generally
be in proportion to the number of Shares owned by such stockholders on
the Record Date. The allocation process may involve a series of
allocations in order to assure the total number of Shares available for
over-subscription are distributed on a <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> basis. The Fund
will not offer or sell any Shares which are not subscribed for pursuant
to the Primary Subscription or the Over-Subscription Privilege. For a
further description of how to exercise the Over-Subscription Privilege,
see "&mdash;Exercise of the Over-Subscription
Privilege" below.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The Subscription Price</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Subscription Price for the Shares to be issued upon exercise of
the Rights will be 92.5% of the average price at which the
Fund's Common Stock trades on the New York Stock Exchange on the
Expiration Date of the Offer and the four preceding trading days, but
in any case not less than the net asset value per share of the Common
Stock at the close of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on the
Expiration Date.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund announced the Offer on March
16, 2005. The net asset value per share of Common Stock at the close of
business on March  16, 2005 and on June 27, 2005 was US$27.02 and
US$25.59, respectively, and the last reported sale price of a share of
the Fund's Common Stock on the New York Stock Exchange on those
dates was US$31.40 and US$28.34, respectively.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">11</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Expiration of the Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Offer
will expire at 5:00  p.m., New York time, on July 29, 2005,
unless extended by the Fund (the "Expiration
Date"). Rights will expire on the Expiration Date and may
not be exercised thereafter.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Financial Adviser</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Chatsworth Securities LLC is an investment banking firm that has
been retained to provide financial advisory services in connection with
the Offer. The Fund has agreed to pay Chatsworth Securities LLC for
these services 1.00% of the gross proceeds of the Offer, plus
out-of-pocket expenses, and has agreed to indemnify Chatsworth
Securities LLC against certain liabilities under the U.S. Securities
Act of 1933, as amended. Chatsworth Securities LLC's fee will be
reduced to the extent that the aggregate expenses of the Offer,
including the fee, exceed 1.20% of the gross proceeds of the
Offer.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Subscription Agent</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Subscription Agent is
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., which will receive for its
administrative, processing, invoicing and other services as
subscription agent, a fee estimated to be US$10,000, as well as
reimbursement for all out-of-pocket expenses related to the Offer. The
Subscription Agent is also the Fund's transfer agent,
dividend-paying agent and registrar. Questions regarding the
Subscription Certificates should be directed to Equiserve Trust
Company, N.A. (telephone (800)  426-5523); <font style="white-space: nowrap;">stockholders</font>
may also consult their brokers or nominees. Signed Subscription
Certificates (see Appendix  B) should be sent by first class mail
to Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., Corporate Actions, P.O. Box 859208,
Braintree, MA 02185-9208, by express mail or overnight courier to
Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., 161  Bay State Drive, Braintree,
MA 02184, or delivered by hand to Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.,
17  Battery Place, 11<sup>th</sup> Floor, New York, NY 10004.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Information Agent</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any questions or requests for assistance
may be directed to the Information Agent at its telephone number and
address listed below:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 14pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The Altman Group, Inc.<br> 60 East
42<sup>nd</sup> Street, Suite 405<br> New York, NY 10165<br> Toll
Free: (888) CHN-CALL (246-2255)<br> or<br> Call Collect: (212)
400-2605</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Information Agent will receive a fee estimated to
be US$10,000, as well as reimbursement for all out-of-pocket expenses
related to the Offer.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Exercise of Rights</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Rights may be
exercised by filling in and signing the reverse side of the
Subscription Certificate (see Appendix B) which accompanies this
Prospectus and mailing it in the envelope provided, or otherwise
delivering the completed and signed Subscription Certificate to the
Subscription Agent, together with payment for the Shares as described
below under "Payment for Shares."
Alternatively, Rights may be exercised by having your bank, trust
company or broker (if a member of the New York Stock Exchange) complete
and deliver to the Subscription Agent a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
(see below under "Payment for Shares").
Completed Subscription Certificates with payment for the Shares, or a
completed Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, must be received by the
Subscription Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the Expiration
Date at the offices of the Subscription Agent at the address set forth
above. Rights may also be exercised through an Exercising Rights
Holder's broker, who may charge such Exercising Rights Holder a
servicing fee. An Exercising Rights Holder will have no right to
rescind a purchase after the Subscription Agent has received a
completed Subscription Certificate.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Nominees who hold shares of
Common Stock for the account of others, such as brokers, trustees or
depositories for securities, should notify the respective beneficial
owners of such shares as soon as possible </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">12</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; background-color: #ffffff">
to ascertain such beneficial owners'
intentions and to obtain instructions with respect to the Rights. If
the beneficial owner so instructs, the nominee should complete the
Subscription Certificate and submit it to Subscription Agent with the
proper payment. In addition, beneficial owners of Common Stock or
Rights held through such a nominee should contact the nominee and
request the nominee to effect transactions in accordance with the
beneficial owner's instructions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Exercise of the
Over-Subscription Privilege</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Record Date Stockholders who fully
exercise all Rights issued to them may participate in the
Over-Subscription Privilege by indicating on their Subscription
Certificate the number of Shares they are willing to acquire pursuant
thereto.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If sufficient Shares are not available after completion
of the Primary Subscription to honor all over-subscription requests,
the Fund may determine after the expiration of the Offer, in the
discretion of the Board of Directors, to issue up to an additional
25% of the Shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an
additional shares of Common Stock) in order to cover the
over-subscription requests. Regardless of whether the Fund issues such
additional Shares, and to the extent Shares are not available to honor
all over-subscription requests, the available Shares will be allocated
among those who over-subscribe so that the number of Shares issued to
participating Record Date Stockholders will generally be in proportion
to the number of Shares owned by such stockholders on the Record Date.
The allocation process may involve a series of allocations in order to
assure the total number of Shares available for over-subscription are
distributed on a <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> basis.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Banks, broker-dealers,
trustees and other nominee holders of rights will be required to
certify to the Subscription Agent, before any Over-Subscription
Privilege may be exercised with respect to any particular beneficial
owner, as to the aggregate number of Rights exercised pursuant to the
Primary Subscription and the number of Shares subscribed for pursuant
to the Over-Subscription Privilege by such beneficial owner and that
such beneficial owner's primary subscription was exercised in
full.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Payment for Shares</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Exercising Rights Holders who
acquire Shares pursuant to the Offer may choose between the following
methods of payment:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;An Exercising
Rights Holder can send the Subscription Certificate, together with
payment for the Shares acquired in the Primary Subscription and any
additional Shares subscribed for pursuant to the Over-Subscription
Privilege, based on the Estimated Subscription Price of US$26.21 per
Share, to the Subscription Agent. A subscription will be accepted when
payment, together with the properly completed and executed Subscription
Certificate, is received by the Subscription Agent at any of the
addresses set forth above; such payment and Subscription Certificates
to be received by the Subscription Agent no later than 5:00 p.m., New
York time, on the Expiration Date. The Subscription Agent will deposit
all checks received by it for the purchase of Shares into a segregated
interest-bearing account of the Fund (the interest from which will
belong to the Fund) pending proration and distribution of Shares.
Payment pursuant to this method must be made in U.S. dollars by money
order or check drawn on a bank located in the United States, payable to
<b>The China Fund, Inc.</b>, and must accompany a properly completed
and executed Subscription Certificate for such Subscription Certificate
to be accepted and be received by 5:00  p.m. on the Expiration
Date.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Alternatively, a subscription
will be accepted by the Subscription Agent if, prior to 5:00
p.m., New York time, on the Expiration Date, the Subscription Agent has
received a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery (see Appendix  C) by
facsimile (telecopy) or otherwise from a bank, a trust company or a New
York Stock Exchange member guaranteeing delivery of (i)  payment
of the full Estimated Subscription Price for the Shares subscribed for
in the Primary Subscription and any additional Shares subscribed for
pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege, and (ii)  a properly
completed and executed Subscription Certificate. The Subscription Agent
will not honor a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery unless a properly
completed and executed Subscription Certificate and full payment for
the Shares is received by the Subscription Agent by the close of
business on the third Business Day after the Expiration Date (the
"Protect Period").</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">13</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Within five Business Days following the
Protect Period (the "Confirmation Date"), the
Subscription Agent will send to each Exercising Rights Holder (or, if
the Common Stock is held by Cede or any other depository or nominee, to
Cede or such other depository or nominee), a confirmation. The
confirmation will indicate (i)  the number of Shares acquired in
the Primary Subscription, (ii)  the number of Shares, if any,
acquired pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege, (iii)  the
Subscription Price per share and total purchase price of the Shares and
(iv)  any additional amount payable by such Exercising Rights
Holder to the Fund or any amount to be refunded by the Fund to such
stockholder, in each case based on the Subscription Price. Where a
Exercising Rights Holder that is owed a refund in connection with the
Primary Subscription exercises his or her Right to acquire Shares
pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege, such excess payment that
would otherwise be refunded to the Record Date Stockholder will, if
necessary, be applied by the Fund toward payment for Shares acquired
pursuant to the exercise of the Over-Subscription Privilege. Any
additional payment required from an Exercising Rights Holder must be
received by the Subscription Agent by August  19, 2005, unless
the Offer is extended (the "Final Payment
Date"). Any excess payment to be refunded by the Fund to a
Record Date Stockholder will be mailed by the Subscription Agent to
such Record Date Stockholder as promptly as possible. All payments by a
Record Date Stockholder must be in U.S. dollars by money order or check
drawn on a bank or branch located in the United States and payable to
"<b>The China Fund, Inc.</b>"</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Subscription Agent will deposit all checks received by it prior to the
Final Payment Date into a segregated interest-bearing account (which
interest will inure to the benefit of the Fund) pending proration and
distribution of the Shares. An Exercising Rights Holder will have no
right to rescind a purchase after the Subscription Agent has received a
completed Subscription Certificate or a Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Whichever of the two methods described above is
used, issuance of the Shares purchased is subject to collection of
checks and actual payment. If a holder of Rights who subscribes for
Shares pursuant to the Primary Subscription or Over-Subscription
Privilege does not make payment of any amounts due, the Fund and the
Subscription Agent reserve the right to take any or all of the
following actions: (i)  find other stockholders or Rights Holders
for such subscribed and unpaid for Shares; (ii)  apply any
payment actually received by it toward the purchase of the greatest
whole number of Shares which could be acquired by such holder upon
exercise of the Primary Subscription and/or Over-Subscription
Privilege; and/or (iii)  exercise any and all other rights or
remedies to which the Fund may be entitled, including, without
limitation, the right to set off against payments actually received by
it with respect to such subscribed Shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The method of
delivery of Subscription Certificates and payment of the Estimated
Subscription Price to the Fund will be at the election and risk of the
Exercising Rights Holders, but if sent by mail it is recommended that
such certificates and payments be sent by registered mail, properly
insured, with return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of
days be allowed to ensure delivery to the Subscription Agent and
clearance of payment prior to 5:00  p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date. <b>Because uncertified personal checks may take five
business days to clear, if you plan to pay by personal check you are
strongly urged to return your Subscription Certificate and payment at
least five business days prior to the Expiration Date.</b>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">All
questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and eligibility of
any exercise of Rights will be determined by the Fund, whose
determinations will be final and binding. The Fund in its sole
discretion may waive any defect or irregularity, or permit a defect or
irregularity to be corrected within such time as it may determine, or
reject the purported exercise of any Right. Subscriptions will not be
deemed to have been received or accepted until all irregularities have
been waived or cured within such time as the Fund determines in its
sole discretion. The Fund will not be under any duty to give
notification of any defect or irregularity in connection with the
submission of Subscription Certificates or incur any liability for
failure to give such notification.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Delivery of Share
Certificates</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Certificates representing Shares purchased
pursuant to the Primary Subscription will be delivered to Exercising
Rights Holders as soon as practicable after the corresponding Rights
have been validly </p>
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exercised and full payment for such Shares
has been received and cleared. Certificates representing Shares
purchased pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege will be mailed as
soon as practicable after full payment for such Shares has been
received and cleared and after all allocations have been effected.
Participants in the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment Plan will have
any Shares acquired in the Primary Subscription and pursuant to the
Over-Subscription Privilege credited to their accounts under the
Dividend Reinvestment Plan. Participants in the Fund's Dividend
Reinvestment Plan wishing to exercise Rights issued with respect to the
Shares held in their accounts under the Dividend Reinvestment Plan must
exercise such rights in accordance with the procedures set forth above.
Record Date Stockholders whose Shares are held by Cede or by any other
depository or nominee on their behalf or their broker-dealer's
behalf will have any Shares acquired in the Primary Subscription
credited to the account of Cede or such other depository or nominee.
Shares acquired pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege will be
certificated, and certificates representing such Shares will be sent
directly to Cede or such other depository or nominee. Share
certificates will not be issued for Shares credited to Dividend
Reinvestment Plan accounts.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Stockholders</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Subscription Certificates will not be mailed to Foreign Record Date
Stockholders. The Rights to which such Subscription Certificates relate
will be held by the Fund for such Foreign Record Date
Stockholders' accounts until instructions are received to
exercise the Rights. If no instructions have been received by the
Expiration Date, the Rights will expire.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Federal Income Tax
Consequences of the Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The U.S. federal income tax
consequences to holders of Common Stock with respect to the Offer will
be as follows:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The distribution of
Rights to Record Date Stockholders will not result in taxable income to
such holders nor will such holders realize taxable income as a result
of the exercise of the Rights.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The basis
of a Right will be (a)  to a holder of Common Stock to whom it is
issued and who exercises the Right (i)  if the fair market value
of the Right immediately after issuance is less than 15% of the
fair market value of the Common Stock with regard to which it is
issued, zero (unless the holder elects, by filing a statement with his
timely filed federal income tax return for the year in which the Rights
are received, to allocate the basis of the Common Stock between the
Right and the Common Stock based on their respective fair market values
immediately after the Right is issued), and (ii)  if the fair
market value of the Right immediately after issuance is 15% or
more of the fair market value of the Common Stock with regard to which
it is issued, a portion of the basis in the Common Stock based upon
their respective fair market values immediately after the Right is
issued; and (b)  to a holder of Common Stock to whom it is issued
and who allows the Right to expire, zero.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Right is exercised by the Record Date
Stockholder, the basis of the Common Stock received will include the
basis allocated to the Right, if any, and the amount paid upon exercise
of the Right.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">4.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Right is exercised,
the holding period of the Common Stock acquired begins on the date the
Right is exercised.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is required to withhold and remit
to the U.S. Treasury 28% of reportable payments paid on an
amount if the holder of the account provides the Fund with either an
incorrect taxpayer identification number or no number at all or fails
to certify that he is not subject to such withholding. The 28%
withholding tax is not an additional tax. Any amount withheld may be
credited against the holder's U.S. federal income tax
liability.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The foregoing is only a summary of the applicable
federal income tax laws and does not include any state or local tax
consequences of the Offer. Exercising Rights Holders should consult
their own tax advisers concerning the tax consequences of this
transaction. See "Taxation."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Notice
of Net Asset Value Decline</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has, as required by the
U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission's registration form,
undertaken to suspend the Offer until it amends this Prospectus if,
subsequent to June 27, 2005 (the </p>
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effective date of the Fund's
Registration Statement), the Fund's net asset value declines more
than 10% from its net asset value as of that date.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Employee Plan Considerations</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Stockholders that are employee
benefit plans subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of
1974, as amended ("ERISA") (including
corporate savings and 401(k) plans), Keogh plans of self-employed
individuals, Individual Retirement Accounts and other plans eligible
for special tax treatment under the Code (collectively,
"Plans"), should be aware that additional
contributions of cash to the Plan (other than rollover contributions or
trustee-to-trustee transfers from other Plans) in order to exercise
Rights would be treated as Plan contributions and, when taken together
with contributions previously made, may subject a Plan to excise taxes
for excess or nondeductible contributions. In the case of Plans
qualified under Section 401(a) of the Code and certain other plans,
additional cash contributions could cause the maximum contribution
limitations of Section  415 of the Code or other qualification
rules to be violated. Furthermore, it may be a reportable distribution
and there may be other adverse tax consequences if Rights are sold or
transferred by a Plan to another account. Plans contemplating making
additional cash contributions to exercise Rights should consult with
their counsel prior to receiving or using such contributions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Plans and other tax exempt entities, including governmental plans,
should also be aware that if they borrow in order to finance their
exercise of Rights, they may become subject to the tax on unrelated
business taxable income under Section 511 of the Code. If any portion
of an IRA is used as security for a loan, the portion so used is also
treated as distributed to the IRA depositor.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">ERISA contains
fiduciary responsibility requirements, and ERISA and the Code contain
prohibited transaction rules, that may impact the exercise or transfer
of Rights. Due to the complexity of these rules and the penalties for
non-compliance, Plans should consult with their counsel regarding the
consequences of their exercise or transfer of Rights under ERISA and
the Code.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE FUND</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The China Fund, Inc., incorporated
under the laws of the State of Maryland on April  28, 1992, has
been engaged in business as a non-diversified, closed-end management
investment company registered under the Act since July  17, 1992,
when it completed an initial public offering of 8,000,000 shares of
Common Stock. The Fund's investment objective is long-term
capital appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by
investing primarily in equity securities (i)  of companies for
which the principal securities trading market is in China, (ii)
of companies for which the principal securities trading market is
outside of China, or constituting direct equity investments (as defined
herein) in companies organized outside of China, that in both cases
derive at least 50% of their revenues from goods or services
sold or produced, or have at least 50% of their assets, in China
or (iii)  constituting direct equity investments in companies
organized in China (collectively, "China
companies"). See "Investment Objective and
Policies." No assurance can be given that the Fund's
investment objective will be realized. Due to the risks inherent in
international investments generally and China companies in particular,
the Fund should be considered as a vehicle for investing a portion of
an investor's assets and not as a complete investment
program.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">At all times, except during periods when a temporary
defensive investment strategy is appropriate, as determined by the
Investment Manager, the Fund attempts to maintain substantially all,
but not less than 65%, of its assets invested in equity
securities of China companies. The Fund also has a policy to invest at
least 80% of its assets in China and Taiwan companies. For these
purposes, "China" means the People's
Republic of China, which includes Hong Kong. The Fund invests up to
25% of the net proceeds of its offerings of its outstanding
Common Stock in direct investments. The terms "direct
investments" and "direct equity
investments," as used herein, mean private investments in
unlisted equity securities of China companies, in each case under
circumstances in which the Fund enters an agreement with the issuer of
the securities defining the Fund's rights under its investment.
The Fund may be limited in the portion of its assets that it will be
able to invest in securities on listed securities exchanges in China
and the Fund's ability to invest in direct investments may also
be limited by the number of available direct investment opportunities.
See "Investment Objective and Policies" and
"Risk Factors and Special
Considerations."</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund currently has 10,138,287 shares
of Common Stock outstanding, which are listed and traded on the New
York Stock Exchange under the symbol "CHN."
See "Common Stock." As of June  27,
2005, the net assets of the Fund were US$259,485,364. The Fund's
principal office is located at 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02111,
and its telephone number is (888) 246-2255.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">USE OF
PROCEEDS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The net proceeds of the Offer, assuming all Shares
offered are subscribed for, are estimated to be approximately
US$89,114,000 after deducting offering expenses payable by the Fund
estimated to be approximately US$88,044,632. The Fund anticipates that,
due to the relatively small size of Chinese equity securities markets
generally, combined with certain investment diversification
requirements applicable to the Fund and the Fund's desire to
invest selectively in order to avoid adversely influencing the prices
paid by the Fund for its portfolio securities, it may take up to six
months from the date of completion of the Offer, depending on market
conditions and the availability of appropriate securities, for the Fund
to invest the proceeds of the Offer in accordance with the Fund's
investment objective and policies. See "Investment
Objective and Policies." Pending such investment, it is
anticipated that the proceeds will be invested in certain short-term
and medium-term debt instruments, as described under
"Investment Objective and Policies&mdash;Temporary
Investments." Pending investment of the net proceeds of
the Offer that are allocated to direct investments, such net proceeds
will be invested by the Investment Manager in Listed Assets.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">RISK FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Investors should
recognize that investing in the Fund, and in equity securities of China
companies in general, involves certain risks and special
considerations, including those set forth below, which are not
typically associated with investing in securities of U.S. issuers.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Political, Economic and Other Factors</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The value of the
Fund's assets may be adversely affected by political, economic or
social instability in China, diplomatic developments and changes in
Chinese law or regulations. In addition, the economy of China may
differ favorably or unfavorably from the U.S. economy in such respects
as the rate of growth of gross domestic product, the rate of inflation,
capital reinvestment, resource self-sufficiency and balance of payments
position, among others. Only relatively recently has China permitted
private economic activities, and the government of China has exercised
and continues to exercise substantial control over many sectors of the
Chinese economy through regulation and state ownership. Accordingly,
government actions in the future, including any decision not to
continue to support the economic reform programs implemented in 1978
and to return to the completely centrally planned economy that existed
prior to 1978, could have a significant effect on economic conditions
in China, which could affect private sector companies and the Fund, and
market conditions, prices and yields of securities in the Fund's
portfolio. China is a socialist state which since 1949 has been, and is
expected to continue to be, controlled by the Communist Party of China
and its present reforms, policies and regulatory climate may change
without advance notice.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Continued economic growth and
development in China, as well as opportunities for foreign investment
in and prospects of private sector enterprises in China, will be
dependent in many respects upon the implementation of the economic
reform program begun in 1978. Although this program has been reaffirmed
in China's Five-Year Economic Plans, there can be no assurance
that the Chinese government will continue to support this program or
that the program will result in growth of the Chinese economy.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">While China's economy has historically been a planned economy,
it has been transitioning to a more market-oriented economy. Currently,
the economic reform measures adopted by the Chinese government appear
to have had a positive effect on the economic development of China;
however, it is impossible to predict the direction of these economic
reforms or the effects of such reform on the Fund's investments
and financial condition in the future. The Chinese government exercises
significant control over China's economic growth through the
allocation of resources, controlling payment of foreign
currency-denominated obligations, setting monetary policy and providing
preferential treatment to particular </p>
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industries or companies. Recently, the
Chinese government implemented a number of measures, such as placing
additional limitations on the ability of commercial banks to make loans
by raising bank reserves against deposit rates. These actions, as well
as future actions and policies of the Chinese government, could
materially affect the Chinese economy and the Fund's
investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Beginning in 2004, the Chinese Government commenced
the implementation of a number of measures to control inflation in
China, which include the tightening of the money supply, the raising of
interest rates and more stringent controls over certain industries.
These measures, the results of which are difficult to predict, could
have a significant effect on economic conditions in China, which could
affect private sector companies and the Fund, and market conditions,
prices and yields of securities in the Fund's portfolio.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The real GDP growth rate was 9.5% for the fourth quarter of
2004, up slightly from 9.3% in 2003, but down from 9.8%
in the first quarter of 2004. GDP for 2004 was estimated at US$1.65
trillion (US$1,200 per
capita).<sup>1</sup>
Exports have been assisted by benefits accruing to the renminbi because
of its peg to the U.S. dollar, allowing it to depreciate with the U.S.
currency. Despite strong growth, impressive trade performance and high
investment flows, serious imbalances exist within China's economy
which may have an effect in the near future. The outlook for 2005 is
for a slowdown in the global economy, including China; however, if
investment growth and import growth continue, the Chinese government
may be forced to tighten the economy further, which could eventually
trigger a sharper downturn.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Following the establishment of the
People's Republic of China in 1949, the Chinese government
renounced various debt obligations, which have never been paid, and
expropriated assets without compensation. There can be no assurance
that the Chinese government will not take similar actions in the
future. An investment in the Fund involves a risk of a total loss.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has and expects to continue to invest in companies based in
Taiwan. The Republic of China was established in 1911, and its
government retreated to Taiwan in 1949. Taiwan is currently controlled
by the Democratic Progressive Party. The government of Taiwan exercises
considerable influence over the economic sector in Taiwan. Taiwan lacks
formal diplomatic relations with many nations, although it conducts
trade and financial relations with most major economic powers. Taiwan
has a unique international political status. The People's
Republic of China asserts sovereignty over all of China, i.e., Taiwan,
certain other islands and all of mainland China. The People's
Republic of China government does not recognize the legitimacy of the
Taiwan government. Although significant economic and cultural relations
have been established in the past decade between Taiwan and the
People's Republic of China, the People's Republic of China
has refused to renounce the possibility that it may at some point use
force to gain control over Taiwan if Taiwan declares independence or a
foreign power interferes in Taiwan's domestic affairs. Relations
between Taiwan and the People's Republic of China have been
severely strained in recent years for a variety of reason. For example,
the Congress of the People's Republic of China has recently
enacted the "Anti-Secession Law" granting the
government power to use immediate armed forces against Taiwan to
prevent its secession from the People's Republic of China when
certain events occur. Any tension between Taiwan and the People's
Republic of China may adversely affect operations of companies
organized in Taiwan in which the Fund invests and create uncertainty
that could adversely affect the value and marketability of its
investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The tax law and regulations of China are constantly
changing, and they may be changed with retrospective effect. The
interpretation and applicability of the tax law and regulations by tax
authorities are not as consistent and transparent as those of more
developed nations, and may vary from region to region.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Investments in non-U.S. issuers could be affected by other factors
not present in the United States, including expropriation, armed
conflict, confiscatory taxation, restrictions on transfers of assets,
lack of uniform accounting and auditing standards, less publicly
available financial and other information and potential difficulties in
enforcing contractual obligations.</p>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Source:
U.S. Department of State, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs,
March 2005.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Investment and Repatriation
Restrictions</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Foreign investment in the securities of China
companies is restricted or controlled to varying degrees. These
restrictions or controls may at times limit or preclude foreign
investment in certain China companies and increase the costs and
expenses of the Fund. China may require governmental approval prior to
investments by foreign persons or limit the amount of investment by
foreign persons or limit the amount of investment by foreign persons in
a particular company, or limit investment by foreign persons to only a
specific class of securities of a company that may have less
advantageous terms than the classes available for purchase by
nationals. Currently, China permits investments by foreign persons in
special shares ("B"  shares),
securities listed on Chinese securities exchanges (traded in U.S.
dollars on the Shanghai Stock Exchange and in Hong Kong dollars on the
Shenzhen Stock Exchange), but restricts investment in other securities
listed on Chinese securities exchanges
("A"  shares). In addition, China may
restrict investment opportunities in issuers or industries deemed
important to national interests. China may require governmental
approval for the repatriation of investment income, capital or the
proceeds of sales of securities by foreign investors. In addition, if
there is a deterioration in China's balance of payments or for
other reasons, China may impose temporary restrictions on foreign
capital remittances abroad. Accordingly, the Fund treats investments
with repatriation restrictions as illiquid for purposes of any
applicable limitations under the 1940 Act. As a closed-end fund, the
Fund is not currently limited in the amount of illiquid securities it
may acquire. The Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a
refusal to grant, any required governmental approval for repatriation
of capital, as well as by the application to the Fund of any
restrictions on investments. If for any reason the Fund was unable to
distribute an amount equal to substantially all of its investment
company taxable income (as defined for U.S. tax purposes) within
applicable time periods, the Fund would cease to qualify for the
favorable tax treatment afforded to regulated investment companies
under the Code. See "Taxation."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Chinese Corporate and Securities Laws</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">China currently has a
civil law system that relies heavily on written statutes. Unlike common
law systems, decisions made by the judicial courts are not considered
binding precedent under the law. In addition, due to the limited volume
of published cases and the non-binding nature of prior court decisions,
interpretation and implementation of such laws and regulations and the
enforcement of shareholders' rights under such laws and
regulations involve significant uncertainties. At present, the
securities market and regulatory framework for the securities industry
in China is at an early stage of development. Although legislation in
China over the past two decades has significantly improved the
protection afforded to various forms of foreign investment and
contractual arrangements in China, these laws, regulations and legal
requirements are relatively new and their interpretation and
enforcement are constantly changing and involve uncertainties, which
could limit the legal protections afforded to the Fund, and foreign
investors. Further, there are differences between China's
accounting and auditing standards, reporting practices and disclosure
requirements and those generally accepted internationally. In general,
less audited information is available for Chinese companies than for
companies in more developed countries. Such information as it is
available may be less reliable than that published by or about
companies in more developed countries. Laws regarding fiduciary duties
of officers and directors, and the protection of investors, are
especially undeveloped, and laws may not exist to cover all
contingencies. As a result, the administration of laws and regulations
by government agencies may be subject to considerable discretion. There
are no uniform national laws or regulations addressing certain matters
of concern to foreign investors in China, and usually only local laws
or regulations will apply, which may not be as comprehensive as
comparable U.S. laws. As legal systems in China develop, foreign
investors may be adversely affected by new laws, changes to existing
laws and preemption of local laws by national laws. In circumstances
where adequate laws exist, it may not be possible to obtain swift and
equitable enforcement of the law.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Market Characteristics</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">There are currently two officially recognized securities markets in
China, the Shanghai Securities Exchange, which commenced trading on
December 19, 1990, and the Shenzhen Stock Exchange, which commenced
trading on July 3, 1991. Both exchanges are highly automated with
trading and settlement </p>
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<br>
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<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; background-color: #ffffff">
executed electronically. The securities
markets in China are substantially smaller, less liquid and more
volatile than the major securities markets in the United States.
Beginning in 2001, the "B" share market was
opened to domestic individual investors, and their total market
capitalization in December 2004 was about US$9 billion. In November
2002, the China Securities Regulatory Commission and the People's
Bank of China jointly announced a Qualified Foreign Institutional
Investors scheme allowing foreign investors to participate in the
"A" share markets, which were historically
open exclusively to domestic investors. Total market capitalization of
the "A" share market reached approximately
US$400 billion by December 2004, making it one of the largest stock
markets in Asia. The relatively small market capitalization of, and
trading volume on, the Chinese exchanges may cause the Fund's
investments in securities listed on these exchanges to be comparatively
less liquid and subject to greater price volatility than comparable
U.S. investments. The limited liquidity of the securities markets in
China may also affect the Fund's ability to acquire or dispose of
securities at the price and time it desires.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In comparison to
the Chinese securities markets, the securities markets in Hong Kong are
relatively well developed and active. As of October 31, 2004, there
were 881  companies and 1,868 securities listed on the Stock
Exchange of Hong Kong Ltd. with aggregate market capitalization of
approximately US$762.8 billion (approximately HK$5,937  billion),
making it one of the largest stock markets in Asia. For the year ended
December 31, 2004, average daily equity trading value on the
Hong  Kong Stock Exchange was approximately US$2,046
million (approximately HK$15,900  million).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As of
December 31, 2004, there were  697 companies and 793 securities
listed on the  Taiwan Stock Exchange
("TSE") with aggregate market capitalization
of approximately US$441.4 billion (approximately NT$13,989,100
million), making it one of the largest stock markets in Asia. For the
year ended December 31 2004, average daily equity trading value on
the  TSE was approximately  US$3.0 billion (approximately
NT $95.50 billion). The Investment Manager believes that
approximately  20% of the companies listed on the
Taiwan Stock Exchange currently  derive over 50% of their
revenues or earnings from China or from their China operations with
aggregate market capitalization of approximately  US$158 billion
(approximately  NT$5 trillion) as of December 31,
2004.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff"> The TSE, the sole stock exchange in Taiwan, is
owned by government-controlled enterprises and private banks. In 1968,
the Securities and Exchange Law was passed and, since that time, the
Taiwan securities market has been regulated by the Taiwan Securities
and Exchange Commission ("TSEC"), which, in
turn, is supervised by the Ministry of Finance
("MOF"). On July 1, 2004, responsibility for
oversight of the TSE passed to the newly created Financial Supervisory
Commission ("FSC"). While, historically,
foreign individual investors have not been permitted to invest directly
in securities listed on the TSE, since 1990 certain foreign
institutional investors have been permitted access to the Taiwan
securities market. In 2003, the Qualified Foreign Institutional
Investor regulations were replaced with the Foreign Institutional
Investor ("FINI") regulations which allowed
greater access to the market. Currently, FINI are permitted to invest
in TSE listed securities after they register with TSE. However, FINI
may not own more than a certain percentage (ranging from 20% to
70%) in certain industries, in particular infrastructure and
transport-related sectors.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The political reunification of
mainland China and Taiwan is a highly problematic issue that may not be
settled in the near future. Taiwan's economic interaction with
mainland China can take place only through indirect channels (generally
via Hong Kong) due to the official prohibitions on direct trade between
mainland China and Taiwan. Nevertheless, Taiwan has become a
significant investor in mainland China and mainland China has become
one of the largest markets for Taiwanese goods. Over 30% of
Taiwan's trade is with mainland China and the total investment
from Taiwan to mainland China has likely exceeded US$100 billion since
1980.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Between 1960 and 2004, Taiwan's GNP grew from less
than US$2 billion to over US$300 billion, and it now has over US$200
billion of foreign exchange reserves in 2004. The economic growth has
been accompanied by a transformation of domestic production from labor
intensive to capital intensive industries in the 1970s and finally to
higher technology industries in the 1980s. The main trend in the 1990s
and this decade has been the transformation into an increasingly
service driven economy. The Taiwan stock market&mdash;once widely
viewed as a speculative market&mdash;is increasingly driven by
fundamentals and </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">20</p>
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<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; background-color: #ffffff">
the investment direction set by foreign
investors. Importantly, the government is in the process of
accelerating its liberalization of the market and recently there has
been a significant rise in foreign ownership.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The news of the
Offer, and of the offerings of other investment companies seeking to
invest in the securities markets in China, Hong Kong and Taiwan, may
drive up the prices the Fund has to pay to purchase certain securities
for its portfolio and may affect the speed with which the Fund can
invest the proceeds of the Offer in equity securities of China
companies. In addition, the small trading volume concentrated in a
limited number of companies, combined with certain investment
diversification requirements and other restrictions applicable to the
Fund, including certain requirements of the 1940 Act (discussed below),
also may affect the rate at which the Fund can invest the proceeds from
the Offer. See "Investment Restrictions" and
"The Securities Markets in China and Hong
Kong."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The China Securities Commission recently
announced a plan to select another group of listed companies to
participate in trial sales of nontradable shares on the Shanghai
Securities Exchange, which also may affect future trading volumes. The
China Securities Commission launched the original trial program in
April 2005. Timeframe and scope are unknown; however, the plan may
result in large supplies of stocks entering the market which could
depress share prices of all companies listed on the Shanghai Securities
Exchange.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In addition to their smaller size, lesser liquidity
and greater volatility, the securities markets in mainland China,
including Hong Kong, and Taiwan, are less developed than U.S.
securities markets. Disclosure and regulatory standards may, in many
respects, be less stringent than U.S. standards. In addition, there is
less extensive regulation of securities markets on which securities of
China companies trade than in the United States, particularly in China.
Accounting, auditing and financial standards and requirements may not
have been established in some respects in China and Taiwan, or, to the
extent established, differ, in some cases significantly, from those
applicable to U.S. issuers. In particular, the assets and profits
appearing on the financial statements of a China company may not
reflect its financial position or results of operations in the way they
would be reflected had such financial statements been prepared in
accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. There is
substantially less publicly available information about China companies
than there is about U.S. issuers and such information may be less
reliable than that available about U.S. issuers. The securities markets
in China are in the early stages of development and are undergoing a
period of rapid growth and regulatory reform, which may lead to
difficulties in settlement and recording of transactions and in
interpreting and applying the relevant regulations and which may affect
the Fund's ability to invest in these markets. Furthermore, there
is a low level of monitoring and regulation of the markets and the
activities of investors in such markets, and enforcement of existing
regulations has been extremely limited. Interest and dividends on
securities held by the Fund may be subject to withholding taxes imposed
by China or other foreign governments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Exchange
Control</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">China's system of foreign exchange administration
imposes restrictions on the ability of enterprises in China to retain
and deal in foreign currency. Generally speaking, in accordance with
the Regulations of China for the Control of Foreign Exchange, effective
from April  1, 1996 and amended on January  14, 1997,
domestic transactions must be priced and settled in renminbi. Moreover,
limitations are placed on the amount of foreign exchange earnings that
may be retained by an enterprise, the balance being required to be sold
to a designated foreign exchange bank. There remain significant
restrictions on the ability of enterprises located in China to purchase
and make outward remittance of foreign currency. Specifically, the
Chinese regulatory authorities have imposed stringent restrictions on
the convertibility of the renminbi. Although the Chinese government
introduced regulations in 1996 to allow greater convertibility of the
renminbi for current account transactions, significant restrictions
still remain, including primarily the restriction that foreign invested
enterprises may only buy, sell and/or remit foreign currencies at those
banks authorized to conduct foreign exchange business after providing
valid commercial documents. In accordance with the Regulations for the
Administration of the Settlement, Purchase and Sale of Foreign Exchange
("SAFE"), effective from July  1, 1996,
a China enterprise requiring to purchase foreign currency must do so
through a designated foreign exchange bank. In </p>
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<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: pt; background-color: #ffffff">
addition, conversion of renminbi for capital
account items, including direct investment and loans, is subject to
governmental approval in China, and companies are required to open and
maintain separate foreign exchange accounts for capital account items.
Foreign currency may be purchased or remitted abroad without approval
of the SAFE if the foreign currency is to be used for a
"current account" transaction within SAFE
definitions. However, SAFE approval is required in order to purchase or
remit foreign currency for other purposes. If the Chinese regulatory
authorities impose more stringent restrictions on the convertibility of
the renminbi, which is difficult to predict, it may adversely affect
the Fund and its investments, especially with respect to foreign
exchange transactions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Taiwan government may impose foreign
exchange restrictions in certain emergency situations, including
situations where there are sudden fluctuations in interest rates or
exchange rates, where the Taiwan government experiences extreme
difficulty in stabilizing the balance of payments or where there are
substantial disturbances in the financial and capital markets in
Taiwan. These restrictions may require foreign investors to obtain
Taiwan government approval before acquiring Taiwanese securities or
repatriating the interest or dividends from those securities or the
proceeds from the sale of those securities. No assurance can be given
that these restrictions will not adversely affect the Fund and its
investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Currency and Hedging
Considerations</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's assets are invested principally
in securities of China companies and substantially all of the income
received by the Fund is in foreign currencies, including Chinese
renminbi, Hong Kong dollars and Taiwan dollars. However, the Fund
computes and distributes its income in U.S. dollars, and the
computation of income is made on the date that the income is earned by
the Fund at the foreign exchange rate in effect on that date. If the
value of the relevant foreign currency falls relative to the U.S.
dollar between the earning of the income and the time at which the Fund
converts the foreign currency to U.S. dollars, the Fund will be
required to borrow money or liquidate securities in order to make
distributions if the Fund has insufficient cash in U.S. dollars to meet
distribution requirements. See "Taxation" and
"Dividends and Distributions; Dividend Reinvestment and
Cash Purchase Plan." The liquidation of investments, if
required, may have an adverse impact on the Fund's
performance.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Since the Fund invests primarily in securities
denominated or quoted in foreign currencies, changes in the exchange
rates at which such foreign currencies may be converted into U.S.
dollars will affect the dollar value of securities in the Fund's
portfolio and the unrealized appreciation or depreciation of
investments. Since 1994, the official exchange rate for the conversion
of renminbi and Hong Kong dollars to U.S. dollars has generally been
stable. However, there can be no assurance that these rates will remain
stable against the U.S. dollar. Following is a list of the exchange
rates from U.S. dollars to renminbi in the past year:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">US$/RMB Exchange Rate</p>
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3, 2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2764</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">May 6,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">April 1,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">March 4,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">February 25,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">January 28,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December 31,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2764</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">November 26,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">October 29,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2766</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">September 24,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">August 27,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2765</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">July 30,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2777</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">June 25,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2767</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">May 28,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2769</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">April 20,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.2771</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">22</p>
<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may seek to protect the value of
some portion or all of its portfolio holdings against currency risks by
engaging in hedging transactions. Currently, there is no market in
which the Fund may engage in many of these hedging transactions,
including with respect to the renminbi, and there can be no guarantee
that instruments suitable for hedging currency or market or interest
rate shifts will be available at the time when the Fund wishes to use
them. There can be no assurance that any hedging transactions will be
successful and such hedging transactions could actually be
counterproductive. The Fund is authorized to enter into forward
currency exchange contracts and currency futures contracts and options
on such futures contracts, as well as to purchase put or call options
on foreign currencies, in U.S. or foreign markets, to the extent
available. In order to hedge against adverse market shifts, the Fund is
permitted to purchase put and call options on stocks, write covered
call options on stocks and enter into stock index futures contracts and
related options. The Fund also is authorized to hedge against interest
rate fluctuations affecting portfolio securities by entering into
interest rate futures contracts and options thereon. For a description
of such hedging strategies, see "Investment Objective and
Policies&mdash;Foreign Currency and Other Hedging Transactions, Options
and Futures Contracts" and Appendix  A to this
Prospectus.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">A Share Risk</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the prevailing
Investment Regulations in China, no foreign investor can directly
invest in the China A Share market without a qualified foreign
institutional investor ("QFII") license.
Under these regulations, the Fund is not eligible to be a QFII. As a
result, the Fund will only be able to invest indirectly in the A Share
market, either through a derivative security or through an arrangement
("QFII Arrangement") with a holder of a QFII
license.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The investment regulations under which the Fund would
invest in the A Share market are relatively new. In addition, the
application and interpretation of these regulations is often unclear
and there is no certainty as to how they will be applied.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It is
likely that the Fund will attempt to gain exposure to the A Share
market through a derivative instrument, such as a structured note or
warrant, the return on which is linked to one or more A  Shares.
The Fund currently intends to purchase warrants from a financial
institution, which would entitle the Fund, upon exercise of the
warrant, to receive any appreciation in the market price of A shares of
underlying Chinese companies over approximately the market price at the
time of purchase. The warrants will be exercisable over specified
periods. The Fund may also, in the future, purchase structured notes to
gain exposure to the A share market. The return on the structured notes
would be based on the return on A shares of one or more specified
underlying Chinese companies during the term of the notes. The use of
derivatives have risks, including imperfect correlation between the
value of such instruments and the underlying assets and the possible
default of the other party to the transaction.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It is also
possible that the Fund may attempt to obtain A Share exposure through a
QFII Arrangement. It is important to note that under the current QFII
Arrangement investment regulations, the Fund will not have any legal,
beneficial or proprietary interest in or to the underlying A Shares it
invests in pursuant to a QFII Arrangement. Under a QFII Arrangement,
all A Shares acquired by a QFII license holder on behalf of the Fund
would be registered in the name of the QFII license holder, its local
custodian and its local broker in accordance with Chinese law, and
maintained in electronic form via a securities account with the China
Securities Depository and Clearing Corporation Ltd. As a matter of
Chinese law, the QFII will be treated as the owner of such A Shares. As
a result, the Fund may suffer a loss of some or all of its interest in
A Shares purchased in a QFII Arrangement if the QFII license holder
becomes insolvent.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It must also be noted that a QFII license
holder may be required to use the A Shares held for the account of the
Fund for the account of any of the QFII's other customers
participating in a QFII Arrangement with the QFII for the purposes of
settling trades entered into by those other customers.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The QFII
investment regulations relating to the repatriation of principal and
realized profits apply to the A Shares owned by a QFII as a whole. In
this respect, there could be circumstances in which the Fund achieves
realized profits in respect of its investments held through a QFII
Arrangement but is unable to repatriate those profits because, as a
whole, all of the A Shares held by that QFII has not made </p>
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a profit during the relevant financial
period. In addition, the Fund may not be able to repatriate all the
realized profits attributable to its investments if the level of
profitability of all of the A Shares held by that QFII as a whole is
less than the profitability achieved by the Fund. There is also the
possibility that the Fund may be unable to repatriate monies for an
initial period of one year and after that only on a quarterly basis
without incurring additional costs. The QFII investment regulations are
relatively new. The application and interpretation of these regulations
are subject to a certain degree of uncertainty as to how they will be
applied.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any investment by the Fund in the A Share market
through a QFII Arrangement will be subject to exchange control and
other requirements of SAFE concerning repatriation and remittance of
funds. Under applicable Chinese law, the QFII license holder will be
required to apply for permission to repatriate the whole or part of the
funds (including realized profits) invested by the Fund through the
QFII and restrictions on repatriation apply which may delay or prevent
the Fund's ability to repatriate amounts out of the QFII
Arrangement. In particular, the Fund may only request withdrawal of
funds periodically up to its <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> share of the amount
available for withdrawal by the QFII.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Further, violations of the
QFII investment regulations arising out of activities relating to
portions of a QFII's A Share authorization that is being utilized
by persons other than the Fund could result in revocation of or other
regulatory action in respect of the authorization as a whole, including
the portion utilized by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Direct Investments</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may invest up to 25% of the net proceeds of its
offerings of its outstanding Common Stock in direct investments in
China companies, which may involve a high degree of business and
financial risk that can result in substantial losses. Because of the
absence of any public trading market for these investments, the Fund
may take longer to liquidate these positions than would be the case for
publicly traded securities. Although these securities may be resold in
privately negotiated transactions, the prices on these sales could be
less than those originally paid by the Fund. Further, issuers whose
securities are not publicly traded may not be subject to public
disclosure and other investor protection requirements applicable to
publicly traded securities. Certain of the Fund's direct
investments, particularly in China, may include investments in smaller,
less seasoned companies, which may involve greater risks. These
companies may have limited product lines, markets or financial
resources, or they may be dependent on a limited management group. In
addition, in the event the Fund sells unlisted securities, any capital
gains realized on such transactions may be subject to higher rates of
taxation than taxes payable on the sale of listed securities. See
"Investment Objective and Policies&mdash;Direct
Investments" and "Taxation&mdash;Chinese
Taxes."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Net Asset Value Discount;
Non-Diversification</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Shares of closed-end investment companies
frequently trade at a discount from net asset value. This
characteristic of shares of a closed-end fund is a risk separate and
distinct from the risk that a Fund's net asset value will
decrease. The Fund cannot predict whether its shares will trade at,
below or above net asset value. Accordingly, the Common Stock of the
Fund is designed primarily for long-term investors and should not be
considered a vehicle for trading purposes. See "Common
Stock."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is classified as a non-diversified
investment company under the 1940 Act, which means that the Fund is not
limited by the 1940 Act in the proportion of its assets that may be
invested in the securities of single issuer. Thus, the Fund may invest
a greater proportion of its assets in the securities of a smaller
number of issuers and, as a result, will be subject to greater risk of
loss with respect to its portfolio securities. The Fund, however,
intends to comply with the diversification requirements imposed by the
Code for qualification as a regulated investment company. See
"Taxation&mdash;U.S. Federal Income Taxes"
and "Investment Restrictions."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Non-Participation in Offer</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Record Date Stockholders who do
not fully exercise their Rights should expect that they will, at the
completion of the Offer, own a smaller proportional interest in the
Fund than would otherwise be the case.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The investment objective of the Fund is long-term capital
appreciation. The Fund seeks to achieve its objective by investing
primarily in equity securities (i)  of companies for which the
principal securities trading market is in China, (ii)  of
companies for which the principal securities trading market is outside
of China, or constituting direct equity investments (as defined herein)
in companies organized outside of China, that in both cases derive at
least 50% of their revenues from goods or services sold or
produced, or have at least 50% of their assets, in China or
(iii)  constituting direct equity investments in companies
organized in China (collectively, "China
companies"). The Fund's investment objective is a
fundamental policy and may not be changed without the approval of a
majority of the Fund's outstanding voting securities. As used
herein, a "majority of the Fund's outstanding voting
securities" means the lesser of (i)  67% of
the shares represented at a meeting at which more than 50% of
the outstanding shares are represented, and (ii)  more than
50% of the outstanding shares. There is no assurance the Fund
will be able to achieve its investment objective. Income is not a
consideration in selecting investments or an investment objective.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It is the policy of the Fund, under normal market conditions, to
invest substantially all, but not less than 65%, of its assets
in equity securities of China companies. The Fund also has a policy to
invest at least 80% of its assets in China and Taiwan companies.
For purposes of the these policies, "China"
means the People's Republic of China, which includes Hong Kong.
The Board of Directors of the Fund may change the 80% policy,
but the Fund must provide its stockholders with at least 60
days' notice prior to any such change. An equity security is
defined as common or preferred stock (including convertible preferred
stock); bonds, notes or debentures convertible into common or preferred
stock; stock purchase warrants or rights; equity interests in trusts,
partnerships, joint ventures or similar enterprises; or American,
Global or other types of depositary receipts. Determinations as to
eligibility will be made by the Investment Manager based on publicly
available information and inquiries made to the companies. To the
extent the Fund's assets are not invested in equity securities of
China companies, the Fund's assets will be invested in debt
securities of the kind described under "&mdash;Temporary
Investments" below. See "Risk Factors and
Special Considerations" for a discussion of the nature of
information public available for non-U.S. issuers.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Fund's definition of China companies includes companies that may
have characteristics and business relationships common to companies in
other countries. As a result, the value of the securities of such
companies may reflect economic and market forces in such other
countries, as well as in China. The Fund believes, however, that
investment in such companies will be appropriate because the Fund will
invest only in those companies which, in its view, have sufficiently
strong exposure to economic and market forces in China such that their
value will tend to reflect developments in China to a greater extent
than developments in other countries. For example, the Fund may invest
in companies organized and located in countries outside of China,
including companies having their entire production facilities outside
of China, when such companies meet one of the elements of the
Fund's definition of China companies.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may invest
up to 25% of the net proceeds from its offerings of its
outstanding Common Stock in direct investments. Only a limited number
of Chinese companies are currently listed and many are, therefore, only
accessible by making direct investments. The Direct Investment Manager
has the potential to invest in a larger range of companies that are not
accessible to the public markets.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In addition, there are a
limited number of companies with securities listed on stock exchanges
in China in which the Fund may invest; however, the Fund anticipates
that the number of such securities will increase substantially in the
future and the Fund intends to invest in a broad range of such
securities as they become available. In addition, for temporary
defensive purposes, the Fund may invest less than 80% of its
assets in equity securities of China companies, in which case the Fund
may invest in debt securities of the kind described under
"&mdash;Temporary Investments" below.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund invests its assets over a broad spectrum of the Chinese
economy, including, as conditions warrant from time to time, trade,
financial and business services, transport and communications,
manufacturing, real estate, textiles, food processing and construction,
among others. In selecting industries and companies for investment, the
Investment Manager considers overall growth prospects, competitive
positions in export markets, technologies, research and development,
productivity, labor </p>
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costs, raw material costs and sources,
profit margins, returns on investment, capital resources, government
regulation, management and other factors. The Fund is not permitted to
invest more than 25% of its assets in any one industry.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is permitted to invest indirectly in securities of China
companies through sponsored or unsponsored American Depositary Receipts
("ADRs"), Global Depositary Receipts
("GDRs") and other types of depositary
receipts (which, together with ADRs and GDRs, are hereinafter
collectively referred to as "Depositary
Receipts"), to the extent such Depositary Receipts become
available. Depositary Receipts may not necessarily be denominated in
the same currency as the underlying securities. In addition, the
issuers of the securities underlying unsponsored Depositary Receipts
are not obligated to disclose material information in the United States
and, therefore, there may be less information available regarding such
issuers and there may not be a correlation between such information and
the market value of the Depositary Receipts. ADRs are depositary
receipts typically issued by a U.S. bank or trust company which
evidence ownership of underlying securities issued by a foreign
corporation. GDRs and other types of depositary receipts are typically
issued by foreign banks or trust companies, although they also may be
issued by U.S. banks or trust companies, and evidence ownership of
underlying securities issued by either a foreign or a U.S. corporation.
Generally, Depositary Receipts in registered form are designed for use
in the U.S. securities market and Depositary Receipts in bearer form
are designed for use in securities markets outside the United States.
For purposes of the Fund's investment policies, the Fund's
investments in Depositary Receipts are deemed to be investments in the
underlying securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund intends to purchase and hold
securities for long-term capital appreciation and does not expect to
trade for short-term gain. Accordingly, it is anticipated that the
annual portfolio turnover rate normally will not exceed 75%,
although in any particular year market conditions could result in
portfolio activity at a greater or lesser rate than anticipated. The
portfolio turnover rate for a year is calculated by dividing the lesser
of sales or purchases of portfolio securities during that year by the
average monthly value of the Fund's portfolio securities,
excluding money market instruments. The rate of portfolio turnover will
not be a limiting factor when the fund deems it appropriate to purchase
or sell securities for the Fund. The Fund's portfolio turnover
rates for fiscal years ended October  31, 2003 and 2004 were
55% and 40%, respectively.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Direct
Investments</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has allocated 25% of the net
proceeds of offerings of its outstanding Common Stock to direct
investments in China companies. For this purpose, the net proceeds of
the offerings of the Fund's Common Stock includes amounts
invested or reinvested under the Fund's Dividend Reinvestment and
Cash Purchase Plan, but the purchase price of shares repurchased by the
Fund is deducted in calculating the amount available for direct
investments. At March  31, 2005, the Direct Investment Manager
had invested US$11.33  million in direct investments. The portion
of the Fund's assets allocated to direct investments may be
changed from time to time by the Fund's Board of Directors. The
Fund's direct investments are managed by the Direct Investment
Manager. To the extent that the Fund's assets allocated to direct
investments are not invested in direct investments, those assets are
invested at the direction of the Investment Manager in listed
securities and Temporary Investments (as described below) in accordance
with the Fund's investment objective. Direct investments consist
of (i)  the private purchase from an enterprise of an equity
interest in the enterprise or equity interests in trusts, partnership,
joint ventures or similar enterprises, and (ii)  the purchase of
such an equity interest in an enterprise from a principal investor in
the enterprise. An equity interest is defined as common or preferred
stock (including convertible preferred stock), bonds, notes or
debentures convertible into common or preferred stock or stock purchase
warrants or rights. In each case, the Fund, at the time of making the
investment, enters into a stockholder or similar agreement with the
enterprise and one or more other holders of equity interests in the
enterprise. These agreements, normally and in appropriate
circumstances, provide the Fund with the ability to appoint a
representative to the Board of Directors or similar body of the
enterprise and for eventual disposition of the Fund's investment
in the enterprise. Such a representative of the Fund is expected to
provide the Fund with the ability to monitor its investment and protect
its rights in the investment and will not be appointed for the purpose
of exercising management or control of the </p>
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enterprise. In addition, the Fund makes its
direct investments in such a manner as to avoid subjecting the Fund to
unlimited liability with respect to the investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In
selecting direct investments for the Fund, the Direct Investment
Manager receives referrals for potential investments from a variety of
sources. The Direct Investment Manager independently analyzes the
referrals, without any obligation to act upon the referral. If the
Direct Investment Manager determines that a referral is appropriate for
investment for the Fund, it then undertakes negotiations of the terms
upon which the investment will be made and, if the negotiations are
successful, arranges for the Fund to enter into the investment. Certain
of the Fund's direct investments, particularly in China, may
include investments in smaller, less seasoned companies which have
limited product lines, markets or financial resources. The Direct
Investment Manager generally does not make direct investments in
start-up operations, although in some cases the Fund's direct
investment will fund new operations for an enterprise which itself is
engaged in similar operations or is affiliated with an organization
that is engaged in similar operations. Such direct investments are made
in entities that are reasonably expected in the foreseeable future to
become China companies, either by expanding current operations or
establishing significant operations in China. For a description of the
various forms of direct investment in China, see "Direct
Investments in China&mdash;Forms of Foreign Direct
Investments."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Temporary Investments</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">During
periods in which the Investment Manager believes changes in economic,
financial or political conditions make it advisable, the Fund may, for
temporary defensive purposes, reduce its holdings in equity securities
and invest in certain short-term (less than 12 months to maturity) and
medium-term (not greater than five years to maturity) debt securities
or hold cash. The short-term and medium-term debt securities in which
the Fund may invest consist of (a)  obligations of the U.S.,
Chinese or Hong Kong governments, their respective agencies or
instrumentalities; (b)  bank deposits and bank obligations
(including certificates of deposit, time deposits and bankers'
acceptances) of U.S. or foreign banks denominated in any currency;
(c)  floating rate securities and other instruments denominated
in any currency issued by various governments or international
development agencies; (d)  finance company and corporate
commercial paper and other short-term corporate debt obligations of
U.S., Chinese or Hong Kong corporations; and (e)  repurchase
agreements with banks and broker-dealers with respect to such
securities. The Fund intends to invest for temporary defensive purposes
only in short-term and medium-term debt securities that the Investment
Manager believes to be of high quality, <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e.</font>, subject to
relatively low risk of loss of interest or principal (there is
currently no rating system for debt securities in China).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Repurchase agreements with respect to the securities described in
the preceding paragraph are contracts under which a buyer of a security
simultaneously commits to resell the security to the seller at an
agreed upon price and date. Under a repurchase agreement, the seller is
required to maintain the value of the securities subject to the
repurchase agreement at not less than their repurchase price. The
Investment Manager will monitor the value of such securities daily to
determine that the value equals or exceeds the repurchase price,
including accrued interest. Repurchase agreements may involve risks in
the event of default or insolvency of the seller, including possible
delays or restrictions upon the Fund's ability to dispose of the
underlying securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Currency and Other Hedging
Transactions, Options and Futures Contracts</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In order to hedge
against foreign currency exchange rate risks, the Fund is authorized to
enter into forward foreign currency exchange contracts and foreign
currency futures contracts and to purchase and write (sell) put or call
options on foreign currency and on foreign currency futures contracts.
However, with respect to the Chinese renminbi, there currently is not a
viable market in which the Fund may engage in any of the foregoing
hedging transactions. The Fund also is authorized to hedge against
equity market and interest rate fluctuations affecting portfolio
securities by entering into stock options, stock index futures
transactions, interest rate futures contracts and options thereon.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's dealings in forward foreign exchange are limited to
hedging involving either specific transactions or portfolio positions.
The Fund does not speculate in foreign currencies. Transaction
</p>
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hedging is the purchase or sale of forward
foreign currency with respect to specific receivables or payables of
the Fund accruing in connection with the purchase and sale of its
portfolio securities, the sale of shares of the Fund or payment of
dividends and distributions by the Fund. Position hedging is the sale
of forward foreign currency with respect to portfolio security
positions denominated or quoted in such foreign currency. The Fund has
no limitation on transaction hedging. The Fund may not commit more than
5% of its assets to position hedging contracts and will not
enter into foreign currency hedging transactions where the consummation
of the contracts would obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of
foreign currency in excess of the value of the Fund's assets
denominated in that currency.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is authorized to enter
into securities options transactions in order to hedge all or a portion
of its portfolio investments. In addition, the Fund may seek to hedge
all or a portion of the investments held by it, or which it intends to
acquire, against adverse market fluctuations by entering into stock
index futures contracts and options thereon. Currently, the
Fund's ability to engage in these transactions is circumscribed
by the absence of a market for options or futures with respect to
Chinese securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has claimed an exclusion from the
term "commodity pool operator" under the
Commodity Exchange Act and, therefore, is not subject to registration
or regulation as a commodity pool operator under the Commodity Exchange
Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">There currently are limited options and futures markets for
Chinese currency, securities and indexes and the nature of the
strategies adopted by the Investment Manager and the extent to which
those strategies are used will depend on the development of those
markets. The Fund will normally engage in transactions in options and
futures which are traded on a recognized securities or futures
exchange, including non-U.S. exchanges to the extent permitted by the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission
("CFTC"). Moreover, when the Fund purchases a
futures contract or a call option thereon or writes a put option
thereon, an amount of cash or high quality, liquid securities,
including U.S. government securities, will be deposited in a segregated
account with the Fund's Custodian so that the amount so
segregated, plus the amount of initial and variation margin held in the
account of its broker, equals the market value of the futures contract,
thereby assuring that the use of such futures is unleveraged.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">For a description of each of the instruments referred to above and
an explanation of certain of the associated risks, limitations on use
and possible strategies the Fund may utilize in connection therewith,
see Appendix  A to this Prospectus.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Lending of Portfolio
Securities</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Subject to the prior approval of the Fund's
Board of Directors, the Fund may from time to time, for purposes of
increasing its income, lend securities (but not in excess of 25%
of its net assets) from its portfolio to brokers, dealers and financial
institutions and receive collateral in cash or securities believed by
the Investment Manager to be equivalent to securities rated investment
grade or higher by Standard &amp; Poor's Corporation or
Moody's Investors Service, Inc. which, while the loan is
outstanding, will be maintained at all times in an amount equal to at
least 100% of the current market value of the loaned securities.
Currently, no regular market exists for the lending of Chinese
securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any cash collateral received by the Fund in such
arrangements will be invested in short-term securities, the income from
which will increase the return to the Fund. The Fund will retain all
rights of beneficial ownership as to the loaned portfolio securities,
including voting rights and rights to interest or other distributions,
and will have the right to regain record ownership of loaned securities
to exercise such beneficial rights. Such loans will be terminable at
any time. The Fund may pay finders', administrative and custodial
fees to persons unaffiliated with the Fund in connection with the
arranging of such loans. The Fund will not loan portfolio securities to
the extent such activity would jeopardize its status as a regulated
investment company under Subchapter M of the Code.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INVESTMENT
RESTRICTIONS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following restrictions are fundamental
policies of the Fund that may not be changed without the approval of
the holders of a majority of the Fund's outstanding voting
securities (as defined in the "Investment Objective and
Policies"). If a percentage restriction on investment or
use of assets set forth below is adhered to immediately after a
transaction is effected, later changes will not be considered a
violation of the restriction.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a matter of fundamental policy, the
Fund may not:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Purchase securities on
margin, except such short-term credits as may be necessary for
clearance of transactions and the maintenance of margin with respect to
futures contracts.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make short sales of
securities or maintain a short position (except that the Fund may
maintain short positions in foreign currency contracts, options and
futures contracts).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Issue senior
securities, borrow money or pledge its assets, except that the Fund may
(a)  borrow money from a lender (and pledge its assets to secure
such borrowings) (i)  for temporary or emergency purposes,
(ii)  for such short-term credits as may be necessary for the
clearance or settlement of transactions, (iii)  to finance
repurchases of its shares in amounts not exceeding 10% (taken at
the lower of cost or current value) of its total assets (not including
the amount borrowed), or (iv)  to pay any dividends required to
be distributed in order for the Fund to maintain its qualification as a
regulated investment company under the Code or otherwise to avoid
taxation under the Code, provided that the Fund will not purchase
additional portfolio securities when its borrowing under this clause
(a)  exceed 5% of its assets; or (b)  in connection
with its direct investments, issue senior securities, borrow money or
pledge its assets, provided that the Fund's obligation under any
such issuance of senior securities or borrowing of money is either
(i)  fully secured by high quality liquid assets or (ii)
fully backed by high quality liquid assets segregated by the
Fund's Custodian, and that the Fund's aggregate obligations
with respect to all such issuances or borrowings does not exceed
25% of its total assets (not including the amount borrowed).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Invest 25% or more of the total
value of its assets in a particular industry; provided, however, if the
exercise of any rights to purchase securities would cause the
Fund's portfolio holdings of securities in a particular industry
to exceed the limit set forth in this paragraph 4, the Fund will, prior
to receipt of securities upon exercise of such rights, and after
announcement of such rights, sell at least as many securities of the
same class and value as it would receive on exercise of such rights to
satisfy this limit.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(5)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make any investment
for the purpose of exercising control or management.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(6)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Buy or sell commodities or commodity
contracts or real estate or interests in real estate, except that it
may purchase and sell futures contracts on stock indices and foreign
currencies, securities which are secured by real estate or commodities,
and securities of companies which invest or deal in real estate or
commodities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(7)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Make loans, except
(i)  through repurchase agreements to the extent permitted by
applicable law, (ii)  that the Fund may from time to time lend
its portfolio securities, and (iii)  with respect to the
Fund's assets allocated to direct investments, loans may be made
in conjunction with equity investments in direct investment
enterprises.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">(8)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Act as an underwriter,
except to the extent that, in connection with the disposition of
portfolio securities, it may be deemed to be an underwriter under
applicable laws.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a matter of operating policy, the Fund does
not intend to engage in the lending of portfolio securities. This
policy may be changed at any time by the Fund's Board of
Directors without a stockholder vote.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is subject to
certain requirements under the Code with respect to its qualifications
as a regulated investment company. See
"Taxation&mdash;U.S. Federal Income
Taxes."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the 1940 Act, the Fund may invest
only up to 10% of its assets in the aggregate in shares of other
investment companies and only up to 5% of its assets in any one
investment company, provided the investment does not represent more
than 3% of the voting stock of the acquired investment company
at the time such shares are purchased. As a stockholder in any
investment company, the Fund will bear its ratable share of that
investment company's expenses, and would remain subject to
payment of the Fund's management, advisory, sub-advisory and
administrative fees with respect to assets so invested.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a
result of legal restrictions or market practices or both, the Fund, as
a U.S. entity, may be precluded from purchasing shares in public
offerings by certain China companies. Additionally, under the
</p>
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1940 Act, the Fund may not purchase any
security of which the Investment Manager, the Director Investment
Manager or any of their respective affiliates is a principal
underwriter during the public offering of such security.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In
addition to the foregoing restrictions, the Fund may be subject to
investment limitations and other restrictions imposed by China. For a
discussion of certain investment restrictions applicable to the Fund,
see "The Securities Markets in China and Hong
Kong" below.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">MANAGEMENT OF THE FUND</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Directors and Officers of the Fund</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Directors of the
Fund currently consist of five individuals all of whom are not
"interested persons" of the Fund as defined
in the Investment Company Act (the "non-interested
Directors"). The Directors are responsible for the overall
supervision of the operations of the Fund and perform the various
duties imposed on the directors of investment companies by the 1940 Act
and applicable Maryland law. The Board of Directors is divided into
three classes, each class having a term of three years. Each year the
term of one class expires and directors in that class are elected for a
new three-year term at the annual meeting of stockholders.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
following table provides information concerning each of the Directors
of the
Fund.</p>
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(Age) and Address of<br> Directors or Nominees for
Director</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Principal Occupation or<br> Employment During
Past<br> Five Years and Other<br> Directorships in<br> Publicly Held
Companies</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Director<br> Since</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Number of<br> Portfolios
in<br> Fund<br> Complex<br> Overseen<br> by<br>
Directors</td>
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Fund(1)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 7pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Aggregate Dollar<br> Range of Equity<br> Securities
in All<br> Funds Overseen or to<br> be Overseen by<br> Director or
Nominee<br> in Family of<br> Investment<br>
Companies(1)</td>
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F. Holland (60)<br>375 Park Avenue<br>New York, NY
10152</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Chairman, Holland &amp; Company
L.L.C. (1995&ndash;present); Director, The Holland Balanced Fund, Inc.
and Reaves Utility Income Fund; Trustee, State Street Master Funds and
State Street Institutional Investment
Trust.</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1992</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$50,001&ndash;$100,000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$50,001&ndash;$100,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">James
J. Lightburn (61)<br>13, Rue Alphonse de Neuville<br>75017 Paris,
France</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Attorney, Nomos (2004&ndash;present); Attorney, member
of Hughes Hubbard &amp; Reed
(1993&ndash;2004).</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1992</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Joe
O. Rogers (56)<br>2477 Foxwood Drive<br>Chapel Hill, NC
27514</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">The Rogers Team LLC, organizing member (July
2001&ndash;present); Manager, the J-Squared Team LLC (April
2003&ndash;May 2004); Executive Vice President of Business Development,
PlanetPortal.com, Inc. (September 1999&ndash;May 2001); Director, The
Taiwan Fund, Inc.
(1986&ndash;present).</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1992</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Alan
Tremain (68)<br>58 Avenue La Reale<br>Port la Galere<br>Theoule-sur
Mer<br>France 06590</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Chairman of the Board of the Fund;
Chairman, Hotels of Distinction Ventures, Inc. (1989&ndash;present);
Chairman, Hotels of Distinction (International), Inc.
(1974&ndash;present).</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1992</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$50,001&ndash;$100,000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$50,001&ndash;$100,000</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Nigel
S. Tulloch (59)<br>7, Circe Circle<br>Dalkeith<br>WA
6009<br>Australia</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Chief Executive, HSBC Asset Management
Bahamas Limited (1986&ndash;1992); Director, The HSBC China Fund
Limited.</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1992</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="top" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="top" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">$10,001&ndash;$50,000</td>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The
information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished
to the Fund by the nominees and other current Directors. The dollar
value of the shares is based upon the market price on June 15,
2005.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's Board of Directors has an Audit
Committee which is responsible for reviewing financial and accounting
matters. The Fund's Audit Committee is comprised of Directors who
are not interested </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">30</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
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persons of the Fund, and its actions are
governed by the Fund's written Audit Committee Charter. The
current members of the Audit Committee are Messrs.  Holland,
Lightburn, Rogers, Tremain and Tulloch. All members of the Audit
Committee are independent as independence is defined in the New York
Stock Exchange's listing standards. The Audit Committee was
established in accordance with Section  3(a)(58)(A) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934
Act"). The Audit Committee met four times during the
fiscal year ended October 31, 2004.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's Board has a
Nominating Committee, comprised of the current members of the Audit
Committee, which is responsible for nominating candidates to fill any
vacancies on the Board. All of the members of the Nominating
Committee are independent as independence is defined in the New York
Stock Exchange's listing standards. Currently, the Nominating
Committee does not consider nominees recommended by stockholders but it
may reconsider that position in light of recent developments in
the law. The Nominating Committee has a charter which is available on
the Fund's website (www.chinafundinc.com). The Nominating
Committee evaluates candidates' qualifications for Board
membership and their independence from the Fund's managers and
other principal service providers. The Nominating Committee does not
have specific minimum qualifications that must be met by a Nominating
Committee-recommended candidate and there is not a specific process for
identifying such candidates. The Nominating Committee met once during
the fiscal year ended October  31, 2004.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund does not
have a specified process for stockholders to send communications to the
Board because stockholders are able to communicate directly with the
Board at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders and the Fund's
reports to stockholders disclose contact information which may be used
to direct communications to the Board.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Officers of the
Fund</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Mr. Gary L. French</font> (age 53), President of the Fund
since September  12, 2003, also serves as Senior Vice President
of State Street Bank and Trust Company (2002&ndash;present); Managing
Director, Deutsche Asset Management, Inc. and Zurich Scudder
Investments (acquired by Deutsche Bank in 2002) (2001&ndash;2002);
President, UAM Fund Services, Inc. (1995&ndash;2001).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Mr.
William C. Cox</font> (age 38), Treasurer of the Fund since June 9, 2005,
also serves as Vice President of State Street Bank and Trust
Company.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Ms. Mary Moran Zeven</font> (age 44), Secretary of the
Fund since June 13, 2002, also serves as Senior Vice President and
Senior Managing Counsel of State Street Bank and Trust Company.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Mr. Peter A. Ambrosini</font> (age 61), Chief Compliance Officer of
the Fund since September 30, 2004, also serves as Senior Principal and
Chief Compliance and Risk Management Officer, SSgA Funds Management,
Inc. and State Street Global Advisors.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Transactions with and
Remuneration of Officers and Directors</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The aggregate
remuneration for Directors was US$188,000 during the year ended
October  31, 2004 and, for that period, the aggregate amount of
expenses reimbursed by the Fund for Directors' attendance at
directors' meetings, including affiliated Directors, was
US$101,199. Each non-affiliated Director currently receives fees, paid
by the Fund, of US$2,000 for each directors' meeting and
committee meeting attended and an annual fee of either US$27,500 (for
the Chairman of the Fund) or US$10,000 (for the other non-affiliated
Directors). Currently, no Director is affiliated with either the
Investment Manager or the Direct Investment Manager.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">31</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following table sets forth the
aggregate compensation from the Fund paid to each Director during the
fiscal year ended October 31,
2004.</p>
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of Director</td>
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Compensation<br> From Fund(1)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Pension or<br> Retirement<br>
Benefits Accrued<br> as Part of Fund<br> Expenses</td>
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Annual<br> Benefits Upon<br> Retirement</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Total<br>
Compensation<br> From Fund and<br> Fund Complex<br> Paid to
Directors</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Michael F.
Holland</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">32,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">32,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">James
J.
Lightburn</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">32,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">32,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Joe
O.
Rogers</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">34,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">34,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Alan
Tremain</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">51,500</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">51,500</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Nigel
S.
Tulloch</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">30,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">30,000</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Burton
Levin(2)</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8,500</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&mdash;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Includes
compensation paid to Directors by the Fund. The Fund's Directors
did not receive any pension or retirement benefits as compensation for
their service as Directors of the Fund.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Mr.  Levin, who was a
"non-interested person" of the Fund, was not
nominated for re-election as a Director of the Fund at the 2004 Annual
Meeting of Stockholders due to the retirement policy adopted by the
Fund's Board of Directors. Effective December  12, 2003,
Mr.  Levin resigned as a Director.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As of March
31, 2005, the Directors and officers of the Fund as a group owned
beneficially and of record less than 1% of the Fund's
outstanding shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Board of Directors is divided into three
classes, each class having a term of three years. Each year the term of
one class will expire and is elected at the annual meeting of
stockholders. See "Common Stock."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">While the Fund is a Maryland corporation, Messrs.  Lightburn
and Tulloch are not residents of the United States, and substantially
all of the assets of such persons may be located outside of the United
States. As a result, it may be difficult for investors to effect
service of process upon such Directors within the United States, or to
realize judgments of courts of the United States predicated upon civil
liabilities of such Directors under the federal securities laws of the
United States. The Fund has been advised that there is substantial
doubt as to the enforceability in the countries in which such persons
reside of such civil remedies and criminal penalties as are afforded by
the federal securities laws of the United States. Messrs.
Lightburn and Tulloch have irrevocably appointed the Fund as their
agent for service of process in any action, suit or proceeding under
the provisions of the U.S. securities laws.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Articles of
Incorporation of the Fund contain a provision permitted under the
Maryland General Corporation Law (the "MGCL")
which by its terms eliminates the personal liability of the
Fund's directors and officers to the Fund or its stockholders for
monetary damages, subject to certain qualifications described below.
The Articles of Incorporation and the By-Laws of the Fund provide that
the Fund will indemnify directors, officers, employees or agents of the
Fund to the fullest extent permitted by the MGCL and the 1940 Act.
Under Maryland law, a corporation may indemnify any director or officer
made a party to any proceeding by reason of service in that capacity
unless it is established that (1)  the act or omission of the
director or officer was material to the matter giving rise to the
proceeding and (A)  was committed in bad faith or (B)  was
the result of active and deliberate dishonesty; (2)  the director
or officer actually received an improper personal benefit in money,
property or services; or (3)  in the case of any criminal
proceeding, the director or officer had reasonable cause to believe
that the act or omission was unlawful. The Articles of Incorporation
further provide that to the fullest extent permitted by the MGCL, and
subject to the requirements of the 1940 Act, no director or officer
will be liable to the Fund or its stockholders for money damages. Under
Maryland law, a corporation may restrict or limit the liability of
directors or officers to the corporation or its stockholders for money
damages, except to the extent that such liability results from
(1)  the actual receipt of an improper benefit or profit in
money, property, or services, or (2)   active and deliberate
dishonesty established by a final judgment as being material to the
cause of action adjudicated in the proceeding. Nothing in the Articles
of Incorporation or the By-Laws of the Fund protects or indemnifies a
director, officer, employee or agent against any liability to which he
would otherwise be subject by reason of acts or omissions not in good
faith or which involve </p>
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intentional misconduct or a knowing
violation of law, or protects or indemnifies a director or officer of
the Fund against any liability to the Fund or its stockholders to which
he would otherwise be subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad
faith, gross negligence or reckless disregard of the duties involved in
the conduct of his office.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">To the knowledge of the management of
the Fund, no person owned beneficially more than 5% of the
Fund's outstanding shares as of June 15, 2005.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">The
Investment Manager</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has retained Martin Currie Inc. as
its investment manager pursuant to the Management Agreement to manage
the investment and reinvestment of the assets of the Fund (other than
with respect to the portion of the Fund's investments in direct
investments), subject to the supervision of the Fund's Board of
Directors. The Investment Manager is a wholly owned subsidiary of
Martin Currie Ltd. ("MC Ltd."). The Martin
Currie Group, as defined below, is a leading Scottish investment
management company, privately owned by its employees, controlled and
managed by its full time executives and founded in 1881. The Investment
Manager's and MC Ltd.'s principal address is Saltire Court,
20 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh, Scotland EH1  2ES. Investment
management activities are run from the Edinburgh headquarters. However,
in the case of the Fund, Chris Ruffle, who is the portfolio manager, is
based in Shanghai and the China research team is based in Edinburgh and
in Shanghai, China.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Investment Manager is a registered
investment adviser under the Advisers Act, and offers portfolio
management services to taxable and nontaxable institutional investors
investing in United States and international equity securities. The
Investment Manager. is part of a group of companies owned by MC Ltd.,
which includes three operating subsidiaries: Martin Currie Inc., Martin
Currie Investment Management Ltd., ("MCIM")
and Martin Currie Unit Trusts Limited (collectively, the
"Martin Currie Group"). As of March
31, 2005, the Martin Currie Group had assets under management totaling
approximately US$15.9  billion. Funds managed by the Martin
Currie Group in the Asia Pacific region (excluding Japan) currently
amount to approximately US$3.0  billion.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Portfolio
Manager</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Chris Ruffle</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Mr.  Ruffle joined MCIM in
1994 and is currently a director. MCIM provides investment research and
administration services to the Investment Manager. Mr.  Ruffle,
who is a Chinese and Taiwanese equity specialist, has over 13
years' investment experience in Asia. Fluent in Mandarin and
Japanese, Mr.  Ruffle has worked in Asia since 1983. He worked
originally in Beijing and Shanghai and then in Australia for a metal
trading company. He then moved to Warburg Securities in 1987 as an
analyst in Tokyo, before establishing Warburg's office in Taiwan
(1990 to 1993). Mr.  Ruffle also manages The Martin Currie China
Hedge Fund, the Martin Currie China "A" Share
Fund Limited and the Martin Currie Sino-American
"A" Share Corporation Limited.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Other Accounts Managed</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.  Ruffle is primarily
responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund and of
the following
accounts:</p>
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of Account</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Number of
Accounts</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Account Assets</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Other registered
investment
companies</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">0</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">$0</td>
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pooled investment vehicles</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">20</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">$1,229.85
million</td>
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accounts</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">0</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">$0</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">As
of March 31, 2005.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Certain of the accounts listed
above pay an advisory fee that is based on the performance of the
account.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Compensation</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Ruffle's
compensation consists of a base salary together with an additional
element of remuneration dependent upon the performance of the accounts
that he manages.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Material Conflicts of
Interest</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.  Ruffle's simultaneous management of
the Fund and the other accounts noted above may present actual or
apparent conflicts of interest with respect to the allocation and
aggregation of securities orders placed on behalf of the Fund and the
other accounts. The Investment Manager, however, believes that
sufficient controls, policies and systems are in place which address
such conflicts.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Investment Manager has adopted several
policies that address potential conflicts of interest, including best
execution and trade allocation policies that are designed to ensure
(1)  that portfolio management is seeking the best price for
portfolio securities under the circumstances, (2)  fair and
equitable allocation of investment opportunities among accounts over
time and (3)  compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.
All accounts are to be treated in a non-preferential manner, such that
allocations are not based upon account performance, fee structure or
preference of the portfolio manager. In addition, the Investment
Manager has adopted a Code of Conduct that sets forth policies
regarding conflicts of interest.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Beneficial Ownership of
Securities</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of the date of this prospectus, Mr. Ruffle does
not beneficially own any Common Stock of the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Management
Agreement</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the terms of the Management Agreement, the
Investment Manager manages the Fund's assets invested in Listed
Assets. The Investment Manager, with respect to the Fund's Listed
Assets, will place all orders for the purchase or sale of portfolio
securities for the Fund's Listed Assets with brokers or dealers
it selects, and is authorized as agent of the Fund to give instructions
to the custodians of the Fund's Listed Assets as to deliveries of
securities and payments of cash for the account of the Fund. While
currently there is no director, officer or employee of the Investment
Manager who is a Director or officer of the Fund, the Management
Agreement provides that the Investment Manager is responsible for the
compensation and expenses of those of the Fund's Directors who
are directors, officers and employees of the Investment Manager, except
that the Fund bears travel expenses or an appropriate fraction thereof
of Directors and officers of the Fund to the extent such expenses
related to attendance at meetings of the Board of Directors or any
committee thereof.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund pays all expenses associated with
the management of Listed Assets, including, among others:
organizational expenses (but not the overhead or employees costs of the
Investment Manager); legal fees and expenses of counsel to the Fund;
auditing and accounting expenses; taxes and governmental fees; listing
fees; dues and expenses incurred in connection with membership in
investment company organizations; fees and expenses of the Fund's
Custodian, subcustodians, transfer agents and registrars; fees and
expenses with respect to administration, except as may be provided
otherwise pursuant to administration agreements; expenses for portfolio
pricing services by a pricing agent, if any; expenses of preparing
share certificates and other expenses in connection with the issuance,
offering and underwriting of shares issued by the Fund; expenses
relating to investor and public relations; expenses of registering or
qualifying securities of the Fund for public sale; freight, insurance
and other charges in connection with the shipment of the Fund's
portfolio securities; brokerage commissions and other costs of
acquiring or disposing of any portfolio holding of the Fund; expenses
of preparation and distribution of reports, notices and dividends to
stockholders; expenses of the dividend reinvestment and cash purchase
plan (except for brokerage expenses paid by participants in such plan);
costs of stationery; any litigation expenses; and costs of
stockholders' and other meetings.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the Management
Agreement, the Investment Manager is permitted to provide investment
advisory services to other clients, including clients who may invest in
Chinese securities. Conversely, information furnished by others to the
Investment Manager in the course of providing services to clients other
than the Fund may be useful to the Investment Manager in providing
services to the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Management Agreement provides that the
Investment Manager is not liable for any act or omission, error of
judgment or mistake of law, or for any loss suffered by the Fund in
connection with matters to which the Management Agreement relates,
except for losses resulting from willful misfeasance, bad faith or
gross negligence on the part of the Investment Manager in the
performance of its duties, or from reckless disregard by the Investment
Manager of its obligations and duties under the Management
Agreement.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Prior to March 19, 2004, the Investment
Manager received a fee, computed weekly and payable monthly at the
following annual rates: 1.00% of the first US$25 million of the
Fund's average weekly net assets invested in Listed Assets;
0.90% of the next US$25 million of the Fund's average
weekly net assets invested in Listed Assets; 0.70% of the next
US$25 million of the Fund's average weekly net assets invested in
Listed Assets; and 0.50% of the Fund's average weekly net
assets invested in Listed Assets in excess of US$75 million. Effective
March 19, 2004, for its services under the Management Agreement, the
Investment Manager received a fee, computed weekly and payable monthly,
at the following annual rates: 0.70% of the first US$400 million
of the Fund's average weekly net assets consisting of Listed
Assets; and 0.50% of the Fund's average weekly net assets
for all Listed Assets in excess of US$400 million. Upon completion of
the Offer, the Investment Manager has agreed to reduce its fee to an
annual rate of 0.70% of the Fund's average weekly net
assets consisting of Listed Assets up to US$315 million and
0.50% of the Fund's weekly net assets consisting of Listed
Assets in excess of $315 million. The total fees paid to the Investment
Manager pursuant to the Management Agreement for the fiscal years ended
October 31, 2002, 2003 and 2004 were US$1,027,421, US$1,230,986 and
US$1,719,543, respectively.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Management Agreement became
effective on March 19, 2004, and will continue in effect until June 29,
2005, and from year to year thereafter, provided such continuance is
specifically approved at least annually by (i)  a vote of a
majority of those members of the Board of Directors who are not
"interested persons" (as defined under the
1940 Act) of the Investment Manager or the Fund, cast in person at a
meeting called for the purpose of voting on such approval, and
(ii)  by a majority vote of either the Fund's Board of
Directors or the Fund's outstanding voting securities. The
Management Agreement may be terminated at any time without payment of
penalty by the Fund or by the Investment Manager upon 60
days' written notice or by vote of the stockholders of the Fund.
The Management Agreement will automatically terminate in the event of
its assignment, as defined under the 1940 Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Direct
Investment Manager</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund has retained Asian Direct Capital
Management, its direct investment manager pursuant to the Direct
Investment Management Agreement, to manage the portion of the
Fund's investments in direct investments. The Direct Investment
Manager was established in 1997 as part of SSgA, the investment
management division of State Street, to build and conduct private
equity investment activities in Asia. In January  2001, the
Direct Investment Manager was incorporated in the Cayman Islands as an
exempted company. The Direct Investment Manager is a wholly owned
indirect subsidiary of State Street.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">State Street, one of the
world's leading specialists in serving institutional investors,
provides a full range of products and services for portfolios of
investment assets. State Street is a market leader in providing
investment advisory and management services. State Street has
approximately US$9.5  trillion of assets under custody and over
US$1.4  trillion of assets under management as of March
31, 2005 (of which approximately US$64.13  million was under the
management of the Direct Investment Manager). Customers of State Street
include mutual funds and other collective funds, corporate and public
pension funds, corporations, unions and not for profit organizations
globally. SSgA's principal address is State Street Financial
Center, One Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111-2900. The Direct
Investment Manager's principal address is 32/F, Two Exchange
Square, Central Hong Kong.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Direct Investment Manager is a
registered investment adviser under the Advisers Act and it provides
investment advisory services to institutions seeking to invest in
private equity in Asia. These advisory services include sourcing,
managing, monitoring and executing private equity investments in Asia.
Since 1997, the Direct Investment Manager has developed a local
presence in Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and South Korea. In addition
to the Fund, the Direct Investment Manager currently advises or manages
the Korea Venture Fund and Thailand Recovery Fund, with total assets
under management of approximately US$52.8 million. The Direct
Investment Manager draws upon the capabilities of its asset management
specialists located in its various offices throughout Asia. It also
draws upon the research capabilities of its affiliates in the State
Street group of companies.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Portfolio Manager</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Koh Kuek
Chiang</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Mr. Koh joined the Direct Investment Manager in 1998.
Mr.  Koh has over twenty years of private equity investment
experience in the United States, Europe and Asia working for the
Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, Union Bank of
Switzerland and private interests. His investment experience covers a
wide range of industries, including telecommunication equipment,
biotech, media, financial services and basic materials. Mr.  Koh
graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Western
Australia and has a post-graduate Diploma in Business Administration
from the National University of Singapore. He is a Chartered Financial
Analyst and is fluent in English and Mandarin.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Mr. Koh leads a
team of the Direct Investment Manager, comprised of Adrian Lam, Thomas
Miu and Kent Tsang, that works on the Fund's direct investment
activities. The members of the team are experienced private equity
professionals with diverse backgrounds and considerable experience in
China. Most of the team members have been involved in investing in
China for over a decade and have seen more than one economic cycle.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">On behalf of the Fund, Mr. Koh holds directorships in the following
investee companies of the Fund's direct investment portfolio:
Captive Finance Limited, CDW Holding Limited and Global e-Business
Services (BVI) Limited. Mr. Koh does not receive directors' fees
or compensation from these companies. However, some direct expenses and
costs of attending board meetings are reimbursed in certain cases.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Other Accounts Managed</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.  Koh is primarily
responsible for the day-to-day portfolio management of the Fund. In
addition, he is involved in the day-to-day management of the Korea
Venture Fund and is a member of the Investment Committee of the Thai
Recovery Fund. Mr.  Koh is not primarily responsible for the
day-to-day portfolio management of any other registered investment
companies, other pooled investment vehicles or other
accounts.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Compensation</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr. Koh's compensation
is comprised of two components: a base salary and an annual bonus. His
compensation is determined by a qualitative assessment of his overall
performance in managing the various funds for which he is responsible.
His bonus is determined by the Compensation Committee of the Direct
Investment Manager and is partially dependent on the performance of the
funds in which Mr. Koh is involved.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Material Conflicts of
Interest</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Mr.  Koh's simultaneous management of
the Fund and the other accounts noted above may present actual or
apparent conflicts of interest with respect to the allocation of
investment opportunities on behalf of the Fund and the other accounts.
The Direct Investment Manager, however, believes that these potential
conflicts of interest do not have an adverse effect on the portfolio
management of the Fund. The Direct Investment Manager has adopted
several policies that address potential conflicts of interest,
including best execution and investment opportunities allocation
policies that are designed to ensure (1)  that portfolio
management is seeking the best price for portfolio securities under the
circumstances, (2)  fair and equitable allocation of investment
opportunities among accounts over time and (3)  compliance with
applicable regulatory requirements. All accounts are to be treated in a
non-preferential manner, such that allocations are not based upon
account performance, fee structure or preference of the portfolio
manager. In addition, the Direct Investment Manager has adopted a Code
of Conduct that sets forth policies regarding conflicts of
interest.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Beneficial Ownership of Securities</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;As of
the date of this prospectus, Mr. Koh does not beneficially own any
Common Stock of the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Direct Investment Management
Agreement</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the terms of the Direct Investment Management
Agreement, the Direct Investment Manager manages the portion of the
Fund's assets invested in direct investments, including
furnishing advice and making recommendations regarding the purchase and
sale of the Fund's assets allocated to direct investments. For
purposes of valuation, the Fund's direct investments are priced
at their cost (<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e.</font>, the amount expended by the Fund to acquire
them) or on such other basis as may be agreed by the Direct
</p>
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Investment Manager and the Fund. The Direct
Investment Manager monitors the execution of transactions and
settlement and clearance of the Fund's securities in transactions
in direct investments, and is authorized as agent of the Fund to give
instructions to the custodians of the Fund's direct
investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the terms of the Direct Investment Management
Agreement, the Direct Investment Manager is permitted to provide
investment advisory services to other clients, including clients who
may invest in direct investments in China companies so long as the
direct investment management services to the Fund are not impaired
thereby.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Direct Investment Management Agreement provides
that the Direct Investment Manager is not liable for any act or
omission, error of judgment or mistake of law, or for any loss suffered
by the Fund in connection with matters to which the Direct Investment
Management Agreement relates, except for losses resulting from willful
misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence on the part of the Direct
Investment Manager in the performance of its duties, or from reckless
disregard by the Direct Investment Manager of its obligations and
duties under the Direct Investment Management.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">For its services
under the Direct Investment Management Agreement, the Direct Investment
Manager receives a fee computed weekly and payable monthly at an annual
rate equal to the greater of US$300,000 or 2.2% of the average
weekly value of the assets of the Fund invested in direct investments.
This fee is higher than those paid by most other U.S. investment
companies, primarily because of the considerable time and expense
required in pursuing the Fund's objective of making direct
investments in China companies. For the fiscal years ended
October  31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Direct Investment Manager
earned a fee of US$295,069, US$304,931 and US$298,486, respectively,
which was paid or payable by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Direct Investment
Management Agreement became effective on June 15, 2001, and will
continue in effect until June 15, 2005 and from year to year thereafter
if approved annually (i)  by a majority of the directors who are
not parties to such agreement or "interested
persons" (as defined in the 1940 Act) of the Direct
Investment Manager or the Fund, cast in person at a meeting called for
the purpose of voting on such approval, and (ii)  by a majority
vote of either the Board of Directors of the Fund or the Fund's
outstanding voting securities. The Direct Investment Management
Agreement will automatically terminate on its assignment (as defined in
the 1940 Act) by any party and may be terminated without penalty on 60
days' written notice at the option of any party or by vote of the
stockholders of the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Administrator</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the
Administration Agreement, the Administrator provides administrative
services in the United States to the Fund. Such administrative services
include maintenance of the Fund's books and records, calculations
of net asset value, preparation and filing of reports with respect to
certain of the Fund's U.S. reporting requirements, monitoring of
custody arrangements with the Fund's Custodian, providing certain
legal services and other accounting and general administrative
services. The Board of Directors of the Fund supervises and monitors
the administrative services provided by the Administrator. Under the
Administration Agreement, the Fund pays to the Administrator a fee,
calculated weekly and payable monthly, at an annual rate of
0.14% of the first US$150  million, 0.12% of the
next US$150  million and 0.07% of the excess over
US$300  million of the average weekly net assets of the Fund,
with a minimum annual fee of US$160,000. The Fund also pays a fixed fee
of US$100,000 annually for legal administration services. Upon
completion of the Offer, the Administrator has agreed to reduce its fee
to an annual rate of 0.13% of the first US$150 million,
0.11% of the next US$150 million and 0.06% of the excess
over US$300 million of the average weekly net assets of the Fund, with
a minimum annual fee of US$160,000. For the fiscal years ended
October  31, 2002, 2003 and 2004, the Administrator earned a fee
of US$259,815, US$343,364 and US$432,051, respectively, which was paid
or payable by the Fund. The Administrator's business address is
225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Administration
Agreement is terminable upon 60 days' notice by either party.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The services of the Administrator are not deemed to be exclusive,
and nothing in the Administration Agreement prevents it or its
affiliates from providing similar services to other investment
companies and other clients or from engaging in other activities.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Operating Expenses</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The annual
operating expenses of the Fund at times have been higher than the
normal annual operating expenses of most closed-end investment
companies of comparable size investing predominantly in the securities
of U.S. issuers. The Fund's annual operating expenses reflect the
specialized nature of the Fund, the extent of the investment management
and advisory effort involved, and the cost of communication and other
costs associated with investing in equity securities of China companies
rather than securities of U.S. issuers. Costs of this Offer will be
charged to capital and, therefore, will have no impact on the
Fund's expense ratio. For the fiscal years ended October
31, 2003 and 2004, the Fund's expenses were US$3,466,027 and
US$3,757,459, respectively. For the fiscal years ended October
31, 2003 and 2004, the ratio of the Fund's expenses to average
net assets was 1.76% and 1.41%, respectively. These
ratios include Taiwan Stock Dividend tax expense. Without the expense,
the ratios for October 31, 2003 and 2004 would be 1.68% and
1.34%, respectively.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE SECURITIES MARKETS IN CHINA,
HONG KONG AND TAIWAN</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Currently, China has two stock exchanges
in Shanghai and Shenzhen which were established in November  1990
and December  1990, respectively. Both stock exchanges are
supervised by the China Securities Regulatory Commission. There are two
classes of listed shares: A Shares and B Shares. Historically, A Shares
have only been available to domestic investors and B Shares only to
foreign investors. However, since February  2001, domestic
investors have been allowed to invest in the B Share market.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Following China's accession to the World Trade Organization
("WTO") on December  11, 2001, China
has opened the securities industry to foreign investors under its WTO
commitment. The Rules on Establishment of Securities Companies with
Equity Participation of Foreign Investors and the Rules on
Establishment of Fund Management Companies with Equity Participation of
Foreign Investors were promulgated in June  2002. (The latter set
of rules was replaced by the Administrative Measures on Securities
Investment Fund Management Companies in October 2004.) In November
2002, the Interim Measures for the Administration of Securities
Investment by Qualified Foreign Institutional Investors in China was
promulgated, which allows foreign investors to participate in the
A  Share market through QFIIs. By the end of November
2004, establishment of a total of four securities companies with equity
participation of foreign investors have been approved; 13 fund
management companies with equity participation of foreign investors
have commenced business and 26 QFIIs have been granted investment
quotas of a total of approximately US$3.4  billion.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As of
December  31, 2004, there were 827 A share companies listed on
the Shanghai Stock Exchange and 522 listed on the Shenzhen Stock
Exchange. The combined market capitalization of the Shanghai and
Shenzhen A Share markets rose over ten times from RMB331  billion
(US$40 billion) at the end of 1995 to RMB3,631 billion (US$438.7
billion) by the end of 2004.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In addition to the domestic market,
shares in Chinese companies are also listed in Hong Kong and overseas
in the forms of H shares, red chips and depositary receipts. H
shares are shares offered to overseas investors issued by Chinese
companies and listed in Hong Kong, while red chips are companies
incorporated outside China with China and related background whose
shares are listed in Hong Kong. By the end of 2004, the total market
capitalization of H shares in Hong Kong was approximately
US$59.2  billion.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Taiwan's securities markets also
include a wide variety of companies with their principal operations or
business exposures in Taiwan. The vast majority of Taiwan-listed
corporations are domiciled in Taiwan and have Taiwanese management. Due
to the increasing business ties with the People's Republic of
China, an increasing number of Taiwan-listed companies derive the bulk
of their revenues, profits or growth from their operations in mainland
China. By the end of 2004, the total market capitalization of
securities traded on the TSE was US$476.6 billion.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">38</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following table sets out the size of
the Chinese A Share and B Share markets as well as the Hong Kong Stock
Exchange, Hong Kong Growth Enterprise Market and Hong Kong listed H
Shares at December  31,
2004:</p>
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of listed<br> companies</td>
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2004</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Money raised<br> in 2004<br>(US$mn)</td>
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cap<br>(US$bn)</td>
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2004<br>(US$mn)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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Shares
market</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1,349</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">106</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">6,244</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">438.7</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2,067.2</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">B
Shares
market</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">110</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">328</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">9.0</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">37.7</font></td>
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Kong</b></td>
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<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">&nbsp;</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Hong
Kong Stock
Exchange</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">892</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">49</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">34,108</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">851.1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2,049.1</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Hong
Kong Growth Enterprise
Market</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">204</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">21</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">677</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8.6</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13.3</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Hong
Kong listed H
Shares</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">109</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 1px double #ffffff ; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">4,977</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">59.3</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">485.2</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="0"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="602"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"></td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Source:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;CEIC,
China Securities Regulatory Commission, Hong Kong Exchange, Shanghai
and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following table sets out
the yearly closing value of indices for each market for the last ten
years.</p>
<img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"><br>
<div style="border: 1px; width: 602px; padding-top: 6px" align="center">
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602" bgcolor="#ffffff">
<tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="72"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="72"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="72"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="72"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="72"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Date</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">China
A<br> Share</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">China B<br>Share</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Hong Kong<br>
Stock<br> Exchange</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Hong Kong<br> Listed H<br>
Share</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Taiwan Stock<br> Exchange</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1330.185</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2404.712</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">58191.99</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">19388.91</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">6139.69</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
2003</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1569.127</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3562.645</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">54994.58</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">21953.25</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">5890.69</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
2002</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1419.117</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">3931.419</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">41398.07</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8840.019</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">4452.45</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
2001</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1712.541</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">5995.009</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">51085.95</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">7878.80</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">5551.24</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
2000</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2192.378</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">2962.493</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">64026.87</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">6888.659</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">4743.94</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1999</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1451.900</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1188.51</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">68442.22</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">7959.458</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8448.84</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1998</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1219.636</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">924.4942</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">41771.79</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">7189.38</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">6418.43</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1997</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1258.490</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1823.812</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">45169.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">13224.88</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">8187.27</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1996</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">954.980</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1842.521</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">47805.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">15132.31</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">6933.94</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1995</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">575.180</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1300.996</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">35546.39</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">11601.38</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">5158.65</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">December
31,
1994</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">667.770</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">1650.761</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">27826.78</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">15779.68</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">7111.10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"></td>
</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PORTFOLIO
TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Investment Manager places orders
for securities to be purchased and sold by the Fund. The primary
objective of the Investment Manager in choosing brokers for the
purchase and sale of securities for the Fund is to obtain the most
favorable net results taking into account such factors as price,
commission, size of order, difficulty of execution, and the degree of
skill required of the broker-dealer. The capability and financial
condition of the broker may also be criteria for the choice of that
broker. The placing and execution of orders for the Fund will also be
subject to restrictions under U.S. securities laws, including certain
prohibitions against trading among the Fund and its affiliates
(including the Investment Manager, the Direct Investment Manager and
their respective affiliates).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Securities held by the Fund may
also be held by or be appropriate investments for other advisory
clients of the Investment Manager, Direct Investment Manager or their
respective affiliates. Because of different objectives or other
factors, a particular security may be bought for one or more clients
when one or more clients are selling the same security. If purchases or
sales of securities for the Fund or other advisory clients arise for
consideration at or about the same time, transactions in such
securities will be made, insofar as feasible, for the Fund and such
clients <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> in accordance with guidelines adopted by the
Board of Directors to the Fund. To the extent that transactions on
behalf of more than one client during the same period may increase the
demand for securities being purchased or the supply of securities being
sold, there may be an adverse effect on price.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Investment
Manager on behalf of the Fund may place brokerage transactions through
brokers who provide it with investment research services, including
market and statistical information and </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">39</p>
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<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
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quotations for portfolio purposes. The terms
"investment research" and
"market and statistical information and
quotations" include advice as to the value of securities,
the advisability of investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and
the availability of securities and potential buyers or sellers of
securities, as well as the furnishing of analyses and reports
concerning issuers, industries, securities, economic factors and
trends, and portfolio strategy, each and all as consistent with those
services mentioned in Section  28(e) of the 1934 Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Research provided to the Investment Manager in advising the Fund
will be in addition to and not in lieu of the services required to be
performed by the Investment Manager itself, and the Investment
Manager's fees will not be reduced as a result of the receipt of
such supplemental information. It is the opinion of the management of
the Fund that such information is only supplementary to the Investment
Manager's own research efforts, since the information must still
be analyzed, weighed and reviewed by the Investment Manager's
staff. Such information may be useful to the Investment Manager in
providing services to clients other than the Fund, and not all of such
information will necessarily be used by the Investment Manager in
connection with the Fund. Conversely, information provided to the
Investment Manager by brokers and dealers through whom other clients of
the Investment Manager effect securities transactions may prove useful
to the Investment Manager in providing services to the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Fund's Board of Directors will review at least annually the
commissions allocated by the Investment Manager on behalf of the Fund
to determine if such allocations were reasonable in relation to the
benefits inuring to the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Direct Investment Manager will
negotiate purchases of the Fund's direct investments and arrange
for the Fund to acquire the investments by means of purchase and sale
agreements. The Direct Investment Manager may pay finder's
commissions to third parties who provide referrals, except that no
commissions will be paid by the Fund to any affiliates of State Street,
who provide referrals to the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Brokerage commissions paid by
the Fund for the fiscal years ended October  31, 2002, 2003 and
2004 were US$565,758, US$434,449 and US$432,926, respectively, none of
which was paid to affiliates.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">NET ASSET VALUE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Net asset
value of the Fund is determined no less frequently than the close of
business on the last business day of each week by dividing the value of
the net assets of the Fund (the value of its assets less its
liabilities) by the total number of shares of Common Stock outstanding.
In valuing the Fund's assets, all listed equity securities for
which market quotations are readily available are valued, regardless of
purchase price, at the last sales price in the principal market where
they are traded on the date of determination. Listed securities with no
such sales price are valued at the mean between the current bid and
asked prices, if any, of two reputable brokers. Short-term investments
having maturities of 60  days or less are valued at cost with
accrued interest or discount earned included in interest receivable,
provided that the Board of Directors determines that such method of
valuation represents fair value. Other securities as to which market
quotations are readily available are valued at their market values and
all other securities and assets are valued at fair value as determined
in good faith by the Board of Directors, although the actual
calculation may be done by others pursuant to guidelines approved by
the Board of Directors and subject to Board review. In instances where
price cannot be determined in accordance with the above procedures, or
in instances in which the Board of Directors determines it is
impractical or inappropriate to determine price in accordance with the
above procedures, the price is at fair value as determined in good
faith in a manner as the Board of Directors may prescribe. The
Fund's direct investments are valued at cost unless the Board of
Directors, based on advice from the Direct Investment Manager,
concludes that there has been a material change of a long-term nature
in the value of such investments and the Direct Investment Manager has
sufficient reliable information available to it to revalue these
investments. On each date the net asset value is calculated, all assets
or liabilities not denominated in U.S. dollars are valued in the
relevant foreign currency and that value is translated into U.S.
dollars at the prevailing foreign exchange rate. The Fund's
obligation to pay any local tax on remittances from China and Taiwan
becomes a liability on the record date for a dividend payment and has
the effect of reducing the Fund's net asset value. Determination
of fair value involves subjective judgment </p>
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and, because of the inherent uncertainty of
valuation, the Board of Directors' estimated values may differ
significantly from the values that would have been used had a ready
market for the securities existed, and the differences could be
material.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">DIVIDENDS AND DISTRIBUTIONS;<br>DIVIDEND
REINVESTMENT AND CASH PURCHASE PLAN</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund intends to
distribute to stockholders, at least annually, substantially all of its
net investment income from dividends and interest earnings and expects
to distribute any net realized capital gains annually. Pursuant to the
Dividend Reinvestment and Cash Purchase Plan (the
"Plan") adopted by the Fund, each stockholder
will be deemed to have elected, unless Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.,
("EquiServe"), a federally chartered trust
institution and the Plan Administrator, is otherwise instructed by the
stockholder in writing, to have all distributions automatically
reinvested by the Plan Administrator in Fund shares pursuant to the
Plan. Shareholders who do not participate in the Plan will receive all
distributions in cash paid by check in U.S. dollars mailed directly to
the stockholder by Equiserve Trust Company, N.A., as paying agent.
Shareholders who do not wish to have distributions automatically
reinvested should notify the Fund by contacting Equiserve c/o The China
Fund, Inc. at P.O. Box 43010, Providence, RI 02940-3010. Phone:
1-800-426-5523.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">EquiServe, Inc., an affiliate of EquiServe and a
transfer agent registered with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission, acts as Service Agent for EquiServe. If the Directors of
the Fund declare an income dividend or a capital gains distribution
payable either in the Fund's Common Stock or in cash, as
shareholders may have elected, non-participants in the Plan will
receive cash and participants in the Plan will receive Common Stock, to
be issued by the Fund. If the market price per share on the valuation
date equals or exceeds net asset value per share on that date, the Fund
will issue new shares to participants at net asset value or, if the net
asset value is less than 95% of the market price on the
valuation date, then at 95% of the market price. The valuation
date will be the dividend or distribution payment date or, if that date
is not a trading day on the exchange on which the Fund's shares
are then listed, the next preceding trading day. If net asset value
exceeds the market price of the Fund shares at such time, participants
in the Plan will be deemed to have elected to receive shares of stock
from the Fund, valued at market price on the valuation date. If the
Fund should declare a dividend or capital gains distribution payable
only in cash, the Plan Administrator will, as administrator for the
participants, buy Fund shares in the open market, on the New York Stock
Exchange or elsewhere, with the cash in respect of such dividend or
distribution, for the participant's account on, or shortly after,
the payment date.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Participants in the Plan have the option of
making additional payments to the Plan Administrator, annually, in any
amount from US$100 to US$3,000 for investment in the Fund's
Common Stock. The Plan Administrator will use all funds received from
participants (as well as any dividends and capital gains distributions
received in cash) to purchase Fund shares in the open market on or
about January  15 of each year. Any voluntary cash payments
received more than thirty days prior to such date will be returned by
the Plan Administrator, and interest will not be paid on any uninvested
cash payments. To avoid unnecessary cash accumulations, and also to
allow ample time for receipt and processing by the Plan Administrator,
it is suggested that participants send in voluntary cash payments to be
received by the Plan Administrator approximately ten days before
January  15. A participant may withdraw a voluntary cash payment
by written notice, if the notice is received by the Plan Agent not less
than 48 hours before such payment is to be invested.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Plan
Administrator maintains all stockholder accounts in the Plan and
furnishes written confirmation of all transactions in the account,
including information needed by shareholders for personal and tax
records. Shares of Common Stock in the account of each Plan participant
will be held by the Plan Administrator in non-certificated form in the
name of the participant, and each stockholder's proxy will
include those shares purchased pursuant to the Plan.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In the case
of stockholders, such as banks, brokers or nominees, which hold shares
of Common Stock for others who are the beneficial owners, the Plan
Administrator will administer the Plan on the basis of the number of
shares of Common Stock certified from time to time by the stockholder
as representing the total amount registered in the stockholder's
name and held for the account of beneficial owners who are
participating in the Plan.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">There is no charge to participants for
reinvesting dividends or capital gains distributions. The Plan
Administrator's fees for the handling of the reinvestment of
dividends and distributions will be paid by the Fund. However, each
participant's account will be charged a <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">pro rata</font> share of
brokerage commissions incurred with respect to the Plan
Administrator's open market purchases in connection with the
reinvestment of dividends or capital gains distributions. A participant
will also pay brokerage commissions incurred in purchases from
voluntary cash payments made by the participant. Brokerage charges for
purchasing small amounts of stock for individual accounts through the
Plan are expected to be less than the usual brokerage charges for such
transactions, because the Plan Administrator will be purchasing stock
for all participants in blocks and prorating the lower commission thus
attainable.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The automatic reinvestment of dividends and
distributions will not relieve participants of any income tax which may
be payable on such dividends and distributions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Experience under
the Plan may indicate that changes are desirable. Accordingly, the Fund
reserves the right to amend or terminate the Plan as applied to any
voluntary cash payment made and any dividend or distribution paid
subsequent to notice of the change sent to all shareholders at least
90  days before the record date for such dividend or
distribution. The Plan also may be amended or terminated by the Plan
Administrator by at least 90  days' written notice to all
shareholders. All correspondence concerning the Plan should be directed
to EquiServe c/o The China Fund, Inc. at P.O. Box 3010, Providence, RI
02940-3010. Phone: 1-800-426-5523.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">TAXATION</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">U.S.
Federal Income Taxes</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Rights</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The receipt and
the exercise of the Rights should not be taxable for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. In general, the tax basis of the Rights received
should be determined by allocating to the Rights a portion of the
recipient's existing tax basis in its shares with respect to
which the distribution is made. However, if the Rights have a fair
market value, at the time of the distribution, of less than 15%
of the fair market value of the shares with respect to which the
distribution is made, the Rights will have a basis of zero unless the
recipient elects otherwise.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Generally, a stockholder will have a
tax basis in any shares acquired upon exercise of the Rights equal to
the Subscription Price plus the tax basis in the Rights, if any. The
holding period of the shares will commence on the date of the
exercise.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">The Fund</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund intends to
continue to be treated and to qualify each year as a regulated
investment company (a "RIC") under the Code.
Accordingly, the Fund must, among other things, (i) derive in each
taxable year at least 90% of its gross income (including
tax-exempt interest) from (a) dividends, interest, payments with
respect to certain securities loans, and gains from the sale or other
disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income
(including but not limited to gain from options, futures and forward
contracts) derived with respect to its business of investing in such
stock, securities or currencies; and (b) net income from interests in
"qualified publicly traded partnerships" (as
defined in the Code); (ii) diversify its holdings so that, at the end
of each quarter of each taxable year (a) at least 50% of the
market value of the Fund's total assets is represented by cash
and cash items, U.S. government securities, the securities of other
regulated investment companies and other securities, with such other
securities limited, in respect of any one issuer, to an amount not
greater than 5% of the value of the Fund's total assets
and not more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of
such issuer and (b) not more than 25% of the market value of the
Fund's total assets is invested in the securities (other than
U.S. government securities and the securities of other regulated
investment companies) of (I) any one issuer; (II) any two or more
issuers that the Fund controls and that are determined to be engaged in
the same business or similar or related trades or businesses or (III)
any one or more "qualified publicly traded </p>
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partnerships" (as defined in
the Code); and (iii) distribute substantially all of its net income and
net short-term and long-term capital gains (after reduction by any
available capital loss carryforwards) in accordance with the timing
requirements imposed by the Code, so as to maintain its RIC status and
to avoid paying any U.S. federal income or excise tax. For purposes of
the 90% of gross income requirement described above, the Code
expressly provides the U.S. Treasury with authority to issue
regulations that would exclude foreign currency gains from qualifying
income if such gains are not directly related to the Fund's
business of investing in stock or securities. While to date the U.S.
Treasury has not exercised this regulatory authority, there can be no
assurance that it will not issue regulations in the future (possibly
with retroactive application) that would treat some or all of the
Fund's foreign currency gains as non-qualifying income. To the
extent it qualifies for treatment as a RIC and satisfies the
above-mentioned distribution requirements, the Fund will not be subject
to U.S. federal income tax on income paid to its stockholders in the
form of dividends or capital gain distributions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a regulated
investment company, the Fund will not be subject to U.S. federal income
tax on its investment company taxable income that it distributes to its
stockholders, provided that at least 90% of its investment
company taxable income and 90% of its net tax-exempt interest
for the taxable year is distributed to its stockholders; however, the
Fund will be subject to tax on its income and gains, to the extent that
it does not distribute to its stockholders an amount equal to such
income and gains. See also the discussion of passive foreign investment
companies below. Investment company taxable income includes dividends,
interest and net short-term capital gains in excess of net long-term
capital losses, but does not include net long-term capital gains in
excess of net short-term capital losses. The Fund intends to distribute
annually to its stockholders substantially all of its investment
company taxable income. If necessary, the Fund intends to borrow money
or liquidate assets to make such distributions. If the Fund fails to
satisfy the 90% distribution requirement, it will be subject to
tax in such year on all of its taxable income, whether or not the Fund
makes any distributions to its stockholders.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the Fund does
not qualify as a RIC for any taxable year, the Fund's taxable
income will be subject to corporate income taxes, and all distributions
from earnings and profits, including distributions of net capital gains
(if any), will be taxable to the stockholder as ordinary income. Such
distributions generally will be eligible (i) for the dividends received
deduction in the case of corporate stockholders and (ii) for treatment
as "qualified dividends" in the case of
noncorporate stockholders provided certain holding period and other
requirements are met, as described below. In addition, in order to
requalify for taxation as a RIC, the Fund may be required to recognize
unrealized gains, pay substantial taxes and interest, and make certain
distributions.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a regulated investment company, the Fund also
will not be subject to U.S. federal income tax on its net long-term
capital gains in excess of net short-term capital losses and capital
loss carryovers from the prior eight years, if any, that it distributes
to its stockholders. If the Fund retains for reinvestment or otherwise
an amount of such net long-term capital gains, it will be subject to a
tax of up to 35% of the amount retained. The Board of Directors
of the Fund will determine at least once a year whether to distribute
any net long-term capital gains in excess of net short-term capital
losses and capital loss carryovers from prior years. The Fund expects
to designate any amounts retained as undistributed capital gains in a
notice to its stockholders.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the Fund is the holder of record
of any stock on the record date for any dividends payable with respect
to such stock, such dividends are included in the Fund's gross
income not as of the date received but as of the later of (a)
the date such stock became ex-divided with respect to such dividends
(<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e.</font>, the date on which a buyer of the stock would not be
entitled to receive the declared, but unpaid, dividends) or (b)
the date the Fund acquired such stock. Accordingly, in order to satisfy
income distribution requirements, the Fund may be required to pay
dividends based on anticipated earnings, and stockholders may receive
dividends in an earlier year than would otherwise be the case.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under the Code, the Fund may be subject to a 4% excise tax on
a portion of its undistributed income. To avoid the tax, the Fund must
distribute annually at least 98% of its ordinary income (not
taking into account any capitals gains or losses) for the calendar year
and at least 98% of its capital gain net income for the 12-month
period ending, as a general rule, on October  31 of the calendar
year. For this purpose, any income or gain retained by the Fund that is
subject to corporate income tax will be treated as having </p>
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been distributed at year-end. In addition,
the minimum amounts that must be distributed in any year to avoid the
excise tax will be increased or decreased to reflect any under
distribution or over distribution, as the case may be, in the previous
year. For a distribution to qualify under the foregoing test the
distribution generally must be declared and paid during the year.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund will maintain accounts and calculate income by reference to
the U.S. dollar for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Investments
generally will be maintained and income therefrom calculated by
reference to certain foreign currencies, including renminbi and Hong
Kong dollars, and such calculations will not necessarily correspond to
the Fund's distributable income and capital gains for U.S.
federal income tax purposes as a result of fluctuations in currency
exchange rates. Furthermore, exchange control regulations may restrict
the ability of the Fund to repatriate investment income or the proceeds
of sales of securities. These restrictions and limitations may limit
the Fund's ability to make sufficient distributions to satisfy
the 90% distribution requirement to maintain qualification as a
RIC or to avoid the 4% excise tax.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's
transactions in foreign currencies, forward contracts, options and
futures contracts (including options and futures contracts on foreign
currencies) will be subject to special provisions of the Code that,
among other things, may affect the character of gains and losses
realized by the Fund (<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e.</font>, may affect whether gains or losses
are ordinary or capital), affect the eligibility of dividends to be
treated as qualified dividend income (as described below), accelerate
recognition of income to the Fund, defer Fund losses, and affect the
determination of whether capital gains and losses are characterized as
long-term or short-term capital gains or losses. These rules could
therefore affect the character, amount and timing of distributions to
stockholders. These provisions also may require the Fund to
mark-to-market certain types of the positions in its portfolio
(<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e.</font>, treat them as if they were closed out at the end of each
taxable year) which may cause the Fund to recognize income without
receiving cash with which to make distributions in amounts necessary to
satisfy the 90% and 98% distribution requirements for
avoiding income and excise taxes. The Fund will monitor its
transactions, will make the appropriate tax elections, and will make
the appropriate entries in its books and records when it acquires any
foreign currency, option, futures contract, forward contract, or hedged
investment in order to mitigate the effect of these rules and prevent
disqualification of the Fund as a regulated investment company and
minimize the imposition of income and excise taxes.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Passive
Foreign Investment Companies.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;If the Fund purchases shares in
foreign corporations that are classified as passive foreign investment
companies ("PFICs") for U.S federal income
tax purposes, the Fund may be subject to U.S. federal income tax on a
portion of any gain it receives on the disposition of shares in the
PFIC as well as on certain distributions paid by the PFIC, even if such
income is distributed as a taxable dividend by the Fund to
stockholders. Under the PFIC rules, gains or distributions that are
subject to these rules are allocated to each year over the holding
period of the Fund in the PFIC shares and the Fund will have to pay an
additional charge in an amount equal to the interest that would be due
if the Fund had failed to pay an amount of tax in each prior year equal
to the income allocated to such year. Elections may be available to the
Fund to mitigate the effect of this tax, but such elections generally
accelerate the recognition of income without the receipt of cash and
may depend on the receipt of certain information from the PFIC which
may not be willing to provide the necessary information. Dividends paid
by PFICs will not be eligible for the treatment of qualified dividend
income discussed above.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the Fund invests in the stock of a
PFIC, or any other investment that produces income that is not matched
by a corresponding cash distribution to the Fund, the Fund could be
required to recognize income that it has not yet received. Any such
income would be treated as income earned by the Fund and therefore
would be subject to the distribution requirements of the Code. This
might prevent the Fund from distributing 90% of its net
investment income as is required in order to avoid Fund-level U.S.
federal income taxation on all of its income, or might prevent the Fund
from distributing enough ordinary income and capital gain net income to
avoid completely the imposition of the excise tax. To avoid this
result, the Fund may be required to borrow money or dispose of
securities to be able to make required distributions to the
stockholders.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Distributions</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Distributions from the Fund derived from investment income and net
short-term capital gains, as described below generally will be taxable
to a U.S. stockholder as dividend income to the extent of the
Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits, whether paid
in cash or Fund shares. Distributions of net capital gains (that is,
the excess of net gains from the sale of capital assets held more than
one year over net losses from the sale of capital assets held for not
more than one year) properly designated as capital gain dividends
("Capital Gain Dividends") will be taxable to
a U.S. stockholder as long-term capital gain, regardless of how long
the stockholder has held stock in the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Under current law,
certain income distributions paid by the Fund to individual U.S.
stockholders are taxed at rates equal to those applicable to net
long-term capital gains (15%, or 5% for individuals in
the 10% or 15% tax brackets). This tax treatment applies
only if certain holding period requirements and other requirements are
satisfied by the U.S. stockholder with respect to its stock and the
dividends are attributable to qualified dividend income received by the
Fund itself. For this purpose, "qualified dividend
income" means dividends received by the Fund from certain
U.S. corporations and qualifying foreign corporations, provided that
the Fund satisfies certain holding period and other requirements in
respect of the stock of such corporations and the U.S. stockholder
satisfies certain holding period and other requirements in respect of
its shares in the Fund. As mentioned above, the Fund's
transactions in options and forward contracts can affect the
eligibility of dividends as qualified dividend income. For these
purposes, a "qualified foreign corporation"
means any foreign corporation if (i) such corporation is incorporated
in a possession of the United States, (ii)  such corporation is
eligible for benefits of a qualified comprehensive income tax treaty
with the United States and which includes an exchange of information
program or (iii) the stock of such corporation with respect to which
such dividend is paid is readily tradable on an established securities
market in the United States. A "qualified foreign
corporation" does not include any foreign corporation
which for the taxable year of the corporation in which the dividend was
paid, or the preceding taxable year, is a "passive foreign
investment company" (as defined in the Code). In the case
of securities lending transactions, payments in lieu of dividends are
not qualified dividends. These special rules relating to the taxation
of ordinary income dividends from regulated investment companies
generally apply to taxable years beginning before January 1, 2009.
Thereafter, the Fund's dividends, other than capital gain
dividends, will be fully taxable at ordinary income tax rates unless
further Congressional legislative action is taken.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">A dividend
will not be treated as qualified dividend income (whether received by
the Fund or paid by the Fund to a U.S. stockholder) if (1) the dividend
is received with respect to any position held for fewer than 61 days
during the 121-day period beginning on the date which is 60 days before
the ex-dividend with respect to such dividend, (2) to the extent that
the recipient is under an obligation (whether pursuant to a short sale
or otherwise) to make related payments with respect to positions in
substantially similar or related property or (3) if the recipient
elects to have the dividend treated as investment income for purposes
of the limitation on deductibility of investment interest.
Distributions of income by the Fund other than qualified dividend
income and distributions of net realized short-term gains (on stocks
held for one year or less) are taxed as ordinary income, at rates
currently up to 35%.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any dividend declared by the Fund in
October, November or December of any year and payable to the
stockholders of record on a specified date in such a month shall be
deemed to have been received by each stockholder on December 31 of such
year and to have been paid by the Fund not later than December 31 of
such year, provided that such dividend is actually paid by the Fund
during January of following year.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Stockholders receiving
dividends or distributions in the form of additional shares pursuant to
the Plan should be treated for U.S. federal income tax purposes as
receiving a distribution in an amount equal to the amount of money that
the stockholders receiving cash dividends or distributions will
receive, and should have a cost basis in the shares equal to such
amount.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The benefits of the reduced tax rates applicable to
long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income may be impacted
by the application of the alternative minimum tax to individual U.S.
stockholders.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Since the Fund will not invest in the
stock of domestic corporations, corporate U.S. stockholders of the Fund
will not be entitled to the deduction for dividends received by
corporations.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the Fund designates retained funds as
undistributed capital gains (as described above), U.S. stockholders
will be (a) required to include in income for U.S. federal income tax
purposes, as long-term capital gains, their proportionate shares of the
undistributed amount, and (b) entitled to credit against their U.S.
federal income tax liabilities their proportionate shares of the tax
paid by the Fund on the undistributed amount and to claim refunds to
the extent that their credits exceed their liabilities. For U.S.
federal income tax purposes, the basis of shares owned by a stockholder
of the Fund will be increased by an amount equal to 65% of the
amount of undistributed capital gains included in the
stockholder's income.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Distributions in excess of the
Fund's current or accumulated earnings and profits will be
treated as a tax-free return of capital to the extent of a U.S.
stockholder's adjusted basis in its shares and thereafter as
capital gain from the sale of the shares. The amount of any Fund
distribution that is treated as a tax-free return of capital will
reduce the adjusted tax basis of the shares, thereby increasing
potential gain or reducing a stockholder's potential loss on any
subsequent sale or other disposition of the shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the net
asset value of the shares is reduced below a stockholder's cost
as a result of a distribution by the Fund, the distribution will be
taxable even though it, in effect, represents a return of invested
capital. Investors considering buying shares just prior to a dividend
or capital gain distribution payment date should be aware that,
although the price of shares purchased at that time may reflect the
amount of the forthcoming distribution, those who purchase just prior
to the record date for a distribution will receive a distribution which
will be taxable to them. The amount of capital gains realized and
distributed (which from an investment standpoint may represent a
partial return of capital rather than income) in any given year will be
the result of investment performance, among other factors, and can be
expected to vary from year to year.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Dispositions of
Shares</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Upon the sale or exchange of its shares, a
stockholder will realize a taxable gain or loss depending upon the
amount realized and its basis in the shares. Such gain or loss
generally will be treated as capital gain or loss if the shares are
capital assets in the stockholder's hands, and will be long-term
if the stockholder's holding period for the shares is more than
12  months and otherwise will be short-term. Any loss realized on
a sale or exchange will be disallowed to the extent that the shares
disposed of are replaced (including replacement through the reinvesting
of dividends and capital gains distributions in the Fund) within a
period of 61  days beginning 30  days before and ending
30  days after the disposition of the shares. In such a case, the
basis of the shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed
loss. Any loss realized by a stockholder on the sale of Fund shares
held by the stockholder for six months or less will be treated for
federal income tax purposes as a long-term capital loss to the extent
of any distributions of long-term capital gains received by the
stockholder with respect to such shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">An amount received by a
stockholder from the Fund in exchange for shares of the Fund (pursuant
to a repurchase of shares or otherwise) generally will be treated as a
payment in exchange for the shares tendered, which may result in
taxable gain or loss as described above. However, if the amount
received by a stockholder exceeds the fair market value of the shares
tendered, or if a stockholder does not tender all of the shares of the
Fund owned or deemed to be owned by the stockholder, all or a portion
of the amount received may be treated as a dividend taxable as ordinary
income or as a return of capital. In addition, if a tender offer is
made, any stockholders who do not tender their shares could be deemed,
under certain circumstances, to have received a taxable distribution of
shares of the Fund as a result of their increased proportionate
interest in the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">For backup withholding purposes, the Fund
may be required to withhold a portion of reportable payments (which may
include dividends, capital gain distributions, and redemption proceeds)
to certain stockholders. A stockholder, however, may avoid becoming
subject to this requirement by establishing that it is exempt from such
withholding (<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">e.g</font>., by establishing that it is a corporation) or
by providing its taxpayer identification number and certain other
information. The backup withholding tax is not a separate tax and may
be credited against a stockholder's federal income tax
liability.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Foreign Tax Credits</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Fund may be subject to certain taxes imposed by China, Hong Kong and
possibly by other foreign countries with respect to dividends, capital
gains and interest income. If the Fund qualifies as a regulated
investment company, if certain distribution requirements are satisfied
and if more than 50% of the value of the Fund's total
assets at the close of any taxable year consists of stocks or
securities of foreign corporations, the Fund may elect, for U.S.
federal tax purposes, to treat any Chinese or other foreign
country's income or withholding taxes paid by the Fund that can
be treated as income taxes under United States income tax principles,
as paid by its stockholders. The Fund expects to qualify for and may
make this election. For any year that the Fund makes such an election,
each stockholder will be required to include in its income an amount
equal to its allocable share of such taxes paid by the Fund to the
Chinese government or to another country's government and the
stockholders will be entitled, subject to certain limitations, to
credit their portions from their U.S. taxable income, if any.
Stockholders that are exempt from tax under Section  501(a) of
the Code, such as pension plans, generally will derive no benefit from
the Fund's election. However, such stockholders should not be
disadvantaged either, because the amount of additional income they are
deemed to receive equal to their allocable shares of such foreign
countries' income taxes paid by the Fund generally will not be
subject to U.S. federal income tax.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The amount of Chinese or
other foreign taxes that may be credited against a stockholder's
U.S. federal income tax liability generally will be limited, however,
to an amount equal to the stockholder's U.S. federal income tax
rate multiplied by its foreign source taxable income. For this purpose,
the Fund expects that the capital gains it distributes, whether as
dividend or capital gains distributions, will not be treated as foreign
source taxable income. In addition, this limitation must be applied
separately to certain categories of foreign source income. As a
consequence, certain stockholders may not be able to claim a foreign
tax credit for the full amount of their proportionate share of foreign
taxes paid by the Fund. Each stockholder will be notified within
60  days after the close of the Fund's taxable year
whether, pursuant to the election described above, the foreign taxes
paid by the Fund will be treated as paid by its stockholders for that
year and, if so, such notification will designate (i)  such
stockholder's portion of the foreign taxes paid to such country
and (ii)  the portion of the Fund's dividends and
distributions that represents income derived from sources within such
the country.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: italic; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">
<font style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic">Foreign Stockholders</font>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Taxation of
a stockholder who, as to the United States, is a foreign investor
depends, in part, on whether the stockholder's income from the
Fund is "effectively connected" with a United
States trade or business carried on by the stockholder.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the
foreign investor is not a resident alien and the income from the Fund
is not effectively connected with a United States trade or business
carried on by the foreign investor, distributions of net investment
income and net short-term capital gains will be subject to a 30%
(or lower treaty rate) United States withholding tax. Under recently
enacted legislation, the Fund will no longer be required to withhold
any amounts with respect to distributions to foreign investors that are
properly designated by the Fund as "short-term capital
gain dividends," provided that the income would not be
subject to federal income tax if earned directly by the foreign
investor. The provisions contained in the legislation relating to
distributions to foreign investors generally would apply to
distributions with respect to taxable years of regulated investment
companies beginning after December 31, 2004 and before January 1, 2008.
Prospective investors are urged to consult their own tax advisors
regarding the specific tax consequences relating to the new
legislation. Furthermore, foreign investors may be subject to an
increased United States tax on their income resulting from the
Fund's election (described above) to a
"pass-through" amounts of foreign taxes paid
by the Fund, but may not be able to claim a credit or deduction with
respect to the foreign taxes paid by the Fund treated as having been
paid by them. Distributions of net realized long-term capital gains,
amounts retained by the Fund which are designated as undistributed
capital gains, and gains realized upon the sale of shares of the Fund
will not be subject to United States tax unless a foreign investor who
is a nonresident alien individual is physically present in the United
States for more than 182  days during the taxable year and, in
the case of gain realized upon the sale of Fund shares, unless
(i)  such gain is attributable to an office or fixed place of
business in the United States or (ii)  such nonresident alien
individual has a tax home in the United States and such gain is not
attributable to an </p>
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office or fixed place of business located
outside the United States. However, a determination by the Fund not to
distribute long-term capital gains may reduce a foreign
investor's overall return from an investment in the Fund, since
the Fund will incur a United States federal tax liability with respect
to retained long-term capital gains, thereby reducing the amount of
cash held by the Fund that is available for distribution, and the
foreign investor may not be able to claim a credit or deduction with
respect to such taxes. A foreign investor may be required to establish
it is not a U.S. person in order to avoid backup withholding tax on
payments that would not otherwise be subject to the 30%
withholding tax described above. Backup withholding is not a separate
tax and may be refunded to a foreign stockholder; however, a foreign
stockholder would generally have to file a U.S. tax return to claim
this refund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If a foreign investor is a resident alien or if
dividends or distributions from the Fund are effectively connected with
a United States trade or business carried on by the foreign investor,
dividends of net investment income, distributions of net short-term and
long-term capital gains, amounts retained by the Fund that are
designated as undistributed capital gains and any gains realized upon
the sale of shares of the Fund will be subject to United States income
tax at the rates applicable to United States persons and, a foreign
investor that is a corporation may also be subject to the 30%
(or lower treaty rate) branch profits tax.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The tax consequences
to a foreign stockholder entitled to claim the benefits of an
applicable tax treaty may be different from those described in this
section. Stockholders may be required to provide appropriate
documentation to establish their entitlement to the benefits of such a
treaty. Foreign investors are advised to consult their own tax advisers
with respect to (a)  whether their income from the Fund is or is
not effectively connected with a United States trade or business
carried on by them, (b)  whether they may claim the benefits of
an applicable tax treaty and (c)  any other tax consequences to
them of an investment in the Fund.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Notices</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Stockholders will be notified annually by the
Fund as to the U.S. federal income tax status of the dividends,
distributions and deemed distributions made by the Fund to its
stockholders. Furthermore, stockholders will be sent, if appropriate,
various written notices after the close of the Fund's taxable
year regarding the United States federal income tax status of certain
dividends, distributions and deemed distributions that were paid (or
that were treated as having been paid) by the Fund to its stockholders
during the preceding taxable year.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Chinese Taxes</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Income Taxes</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the Income Tax Law of the
People's Republic of China Concerning Foreign Investment
Enterprises and Foreign Enterprises, which took effect in China in
which the Fund invests directly on July  1, 1991, the
Fund's income from dividends and profit distributions of
companies will be subject to a 20% tax.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">A notice issued
on July  21, 1993 by the State Tax Bureau provides, <font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">inter
alia</font>, that dividends received by foreign investors in respect of
their holdings of "B"  shares issued by
China companies will not be subject to income tax until a new tax law
is promulgated. Any gains (whether of a capital or trading nature)
realized by the Fund from the sale of any
"B"  shares are not subject to any
income tax in China. However, pursuant to the same notice, if such
gains were realized by the Fund through an establishment or office in
China, it will form part of the taxable profit of such establishment or
office, although losses realized will also be deductible.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Pursuant to the Enterprises Income Tax Tentative Regulations
promulgated by the State Council, which came into effect on
January  1, 1994, the current income tax rate for most joint
stock limited companies is 33%. However, the tax rate for most
joint stock limited companies listed on the Shanghai Securities
Exchange and Shenzhen Stock Exchange remains at 15%. It should
be noted that such favorable tax treatment requires the approval of the
taxation authorities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Hong Kong Taxes</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Taxation of
the Fund</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund will be subject to Hong Kong profits tax if
(i)  it carries on business in Hong Kong and (ii)  its
profits are derived from a Hong Kong source. Profits or capital gains
derived </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">48</p>
<br>
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<br>
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from the sale of shares or other securities
of, or dividends received from, companies which are listed on an
exchange outside Hong Kong are not subject to Hong Kong profits
tax.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the Fund converts to an open-end investment company, it
may be necessary for it to apply for authorization under the Hong Kong
Securities and Futures Ordinance. If the current state of the law still
prevails at that time, the Fund will upon receiving such authorization
be exempt from Hong Kong profits tax on, amongst other things, its
gains from trading in securities listed anywhere.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Taxation of
Stockholders</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;There is no tax in Hong Kong on capital gains
arising from the sale by an investor of shares of the Fund. However, in
the case of certain investors (principally, share traders, financial
institutions and insurance companies carrying on business in Hong
Kong), such gains may be considered to be part of the investor's
normal business profits and in such circumstances will be subject to
Hong Kong profits tax at the current rate of 17.5% for
corporations and up to a maximum of 16% for unincorporated
businesses and individuals.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Dividends which the Fund pays to its
stockholders are not taxable in Hong Kong (whether through withholding
or otherwise) under current legislation and practice.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">No Hong
Kong stamp duty will be payable in respect of transactions in the
Fund's shares of Common Stock provided that the register of
stockholders is maintained outside of Hong Kong.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Taiwan
Taxation</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following is the summary under present law of the
principal ROC tax consequences of the ownership and disposition of
securities issued by a Taiwanese company
("Securities") to a Non-Resident Individual
or a Non-Resident Entity that holds the securities (each a
"Non-ROC Holder"). As used in the preceding
sentence, a "Non-Resident Individual" is a
foreign national individual who owns the securities and is not
physically present in the ROC for 183 days or more during any calendar
year, and a "Non-Resident Entity" is a
corporation or a non-corporate body that owns the securities, is
organized under the laws of a jurisdiction other than Taiwan and has no
fixed place of business or other permanent establishment in Taiwan.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Dividends.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Dividends (whether in cash or shares)
declared by a Taiwanese company out of retained earnings and
distributed to a Non-Taiwan Holder in respect of such Taiwanese
company's shares ("Shares") are subject
to Taiwan income tax collected by way of withholding at the time of
distribution, currently at the rate of 20%, on the amount of the
distribution (in the case of cash dividends) or on the par value of the
Shares (in the case of share dividends). Taiwanese companies are
subject to a 10% retained earnings tax on any after-tax earnings
generated after January 1, 1998, that are not distributed in the
following year. The retained earnings tax so paid will further reduce
the retained earnings available for future dividends. When a Taiwanese
company declares dividends out of those retained earnings, a maximum
amount of up to 10% of the declared dividends will be credited
against the 20% withholding tax imposed on the Non-ROC Holder of
shares. Consequently, the effective rate of withholding on dividends
paid out of retained earnings previously subject to the retained
earnings tax will be less than 20%.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Preemptive
rights.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Distributions of statutory subscription rights for the
shares in compliance with the ROC Company Law are not subject to ROC
tax. Proceeds derived from sales of statutory subscription rights
evidenced by securities are currently exempted from income tax but are
subject to securities transactions tax. Proceeds derived from sales of
statutory subscription rights which are not evidenced by securities are
subject to capital gains tax at the rate of (i) 25% of the gains
realized by a Non-Resident Entity and (ii) 35% of the gains
realized by a Non-Resident Individual. Subject to compliance with
Taiwan law, Taiwanese Companies have the sole discretion to determine
whether statutory subscription rights will be evidenced by the
issuances of securities.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Bonds.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Payments of
interest or premium on the bonds to a Non-Taiwanese Holder are subject
to Taiwanese withholding tax, at the rate of 20% at the time of
payment.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Other Taxation</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Distributions also may be
subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes depending on each
stockholder's particular position.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">49</p>
<br>
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<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">THE FOREGOING IS ONLY A SUMMARY OF
CERTAIN MATERIAL TAX CONSEQUENCES AFFECTING THE FUND AND ITS
STOCKHOLDERS. STOCKHOLDERS ARE ADVISED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISER
WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFIC TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF AN INVESTMENT
IN THE FUND.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">COMMON STOCK</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The authorized capital stock
of the Fund is 100,000,000 shares of Common Stock ($0.01 par value per
share). Shares of the Fund, when issued, will be fully paid and
non-assessable and will have no conversion, preemptive or other
subscription rights. Holders of Common Stock are entitled to one vote
per share on all matters to be voted upon by stockholders and will not
be able to cumulate their votes in the election of Directors. Thus,
holders of more than 50% of the shares voting for the election
of Directors have the power to elect 100% of the Directors. All
shares are equal as to assets, earnings and the receipt of dividends,
if any, as may be declared by the Board of Directors out of funds
available therefor. In the event of liquidation, dissolution or winding
up of the Fund, each share of Common Stock is entitled to receive an
equal proportion of the Fund's assets remaining after the payment
of all debts and expenses.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Set forth below is information with
respect to the Common Stock as of March  31,
2005.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Title
of
Issue</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Authorized</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Outstanding</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Amount
Held by the Fund<br> or for its Account</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Common
Stock, $0.01 par
value</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">100,000,000
shares</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">10,138,287
shares</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">0
shares</td>
</tr>
<tr>
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</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund does not presently intend
to offer additional shares of Common Stock other than pursuant to the
Offer, except that additional shares may be issued under the Plan.
Other offerings of the Fund will require approval of the Fund's
Board of Directors and may require stockholder approval. Any such
additional offerings would also be subject to the requirements of the
1940 Act, including the requirement that shares may not be sold at a
price below the then current net asset value (exclusive of underwriting
discounts and commissions) except in connection with an offering to
existing stockholders or with the consent of a majority of the
Fund's shares.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's shares are listed and
traded on the New York Stock Exchange. The following table shows the
high and low closing prices on the New York Stock Exchange per share of
Common Stock and the high and low net asset value per share for each
quarter since July
2003.</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="7">Market
Price(1)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="7">Net Asset
Value(2)</td>
</tr>
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Ended</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Low</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">High</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 8pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 1px solid #000000 ;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3">Low</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">July
31,
2003</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">28.02</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">15.67</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.63</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">17.12</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">October
31,
2003</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">36.30</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">24.00</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.93</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">22.76</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">January
31,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">47.85</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">30.05</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">28.10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.19</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">April
30,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">36.30</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.74</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">29.72</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">25.46</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">July
31,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">29.65</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.40</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.11</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.82</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">October
31,
2004</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">31.62</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">25.44</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">27.08</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.83</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 10pt; text-indent: -10pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="bottom" colspan="3">January
31,
2005</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">35.10</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">29.61</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">27.47</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.59</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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30,
2005</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">33.70</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">26.72</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">27.21</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1">$</td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal;  font-style: normal;  border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;  padding-top: 0pt" align="right" valign="bottom" colspan="1" nowrap="nowrap"><font style="background-color: #ffffff;">23.59</font></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 10pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;     border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff; padding-top: 0pt " align="left" valign="bottom" nowrap="nowrap">&nbsp;</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">As
reported by the New York Stock Exchange.</td>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Based on the Fund's computations.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The closing market price and net asset value per share of the
Fund's Common Stock on June 27, 2005 were US$28.34 and US$25.59,
respectively, which represents a market price premium above net asset
value of 10.7%.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund is a closed-end investment
company, and as such its stockholders do not have the right to cause
the Fund to redeem their shares of Common Stock. The Fund, however, may
repurchase shares of Common Stock from time to time in the open market
or in private transactions when it can do so at prices </p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">50</p>
<br>
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<br>
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at or below the current net asset value per
share on terms that represent a favorable investment opportunity.
Subject to its investment limitations, the Fund may borrow to finance
the repurchase of shares. However, the payment of interest on such
borrowings will increase the Fund's expenses and consequently
reduce net income. In addition, the Fund is required under the 1940 Act
to maintain "asset coverage" of not less than
300% of its "senior securities representing
indebtedness" as such terms are defined in the 1940
Act.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's shares of Common Stock trade in the open
market at a price which is a function of several factors, including
their net asset value and yield. The shares of closed-end investment
companies frequently sell at a discount from, but sometimes at a
premium over, their net asset values. See "Risk Factors
and Special Considerations." There can be no assurance
that it will be possible for investors to resell shares of the Fund at
or above the offer price or that the market price of the Fund's
shares will equal or exceed net asset value. Since the Fund may
repurchase its shares at prices below their net asset value or make a
tender offer for its shares, the net asset value of those shares that
remain outstanding will be increased, but the effect of such
repurchases on the market price of the remaining shares cannot be
predicted.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's By-Laws provide that if, at any time
after two years following the Fund's initial public offering in
July 1992, the average discount from net asset value at which shares of
the Fund's Common Stock have traded is substantial, the Board of
Directors of the Fund will consider, at its next regularly scheduled
quarterly meeting, taking various actions designed to eliminate the
discount, including periodic repurchases of shares, tender offers to
purchase shares from all stockholders at a price equal to net asset
value or amendments to the Fund's Articles of Incorporation to
convert the Fund to an open-end investment company. Any tender by the
Fund for shares of its Common Stock would reduce the Fund's
assets and increase its expenses. Stockholders of an open-end
investment company may require the company to redeem their shares at
any time (except in certain circumstances as authorized by or under the
1940 Act) at their net asset value, less such redemption charge, if
any, as might be in effect at the time of a redemption. Any amendment
to the Articles of Incorporation to convert the Fund to an open-end
investment company would require a favorable vote of 75% of the
shares entitled to vote on the matter and the amendment would have to
be declared advisable by the Board of Directors prior to its submission
to stockholders. In light of the position of the staff of the U.S.
Securities and Exchange Commission that illiquid securities and
securities subject to legal or contractual limitations on resale not
exceed 15% of the total assets of a registered open-end
investment company, any attempt to convert the Fund to such a company
will have to take into account the percentage of such securities in the
Fund's portfolio at the time, the conditions in the Chinese
securities markets and other relevant factors. The Fund cannot predict
whether, on this basis, it would be able to effect any such conversion
or whether, if relief from the SEC's position were required, it
could be obtained. The Board of Directors has no current intention to
propose such a conversion other than as required by the foregoing
By-Laws.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any tender offer by the Fund will be made at a price
based upon the net asset value as of the close of business on the last
day of the tender offer. No open market purchases of shares will be
made by the Fund during a tender offer. Each offer will be made and
stockholders notified in accordance with the requirements of the 1934
Act and the 1940 Act, either by publication or mailing or both. Each
offering document will contain such information as is prescribed by
such laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder. When a
tender offer is authorized by the Fund's Board of Directors, a
stockholder wishing to accept the offer will be required to tender all
(but not less than all) of the shares owned by such stockholder (or
attributed to such stockholder for federal income tax purposes under
Section  318 the Code). The Fund will purchase all shares
tendered in accordance with the terms of the offer unless it determines
to accept none of them (based upon one of the conditions set forth
below). Persons tendering shares may be required to pay a service
charge to help defray certain costs of the transfer agent. Any such
service charges will not be deducted from the consideration paid for
the tendered shares. During the period of a tender offer, the
Fund's stockholders will be able to determine the Fund's
current net asset value (which will be calculated weekly) by use of a
toll-free number.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's Articles of Incorporation and
By-Laws include provisions that could limit the ability of others to
acquire control of the Fund, to modify the structure of the Fund or to
cause it to engage in certain transactions. These provisions, described
below, also could have the effect of depriving </p>
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stockholders of an opportunity to sell their
shares at a premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging third
parties from seeking to obtain control of the Fund in a tender offer or
similar transaction. In the opinion of the Fund, however, these
provisions offer several possible advantages. They potentially require
persons seeking control of the Fund to negotiate with its management
regarding the price to be paid for the shares required to obtain such
control, they promote continuity and stability and they enhance the
Fund's ability to pursue long-term strategies that are consistent
with its investment objective.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's Articles of
Incorporation and By-Laws provide that the Fund's Board of
Directors has the sole power to adopt, alter or repeal the Fund's
By-Laws. The Directors are divided into three classes, each having a
term of three years, with the terms of one class expiring each year. In
addition, a Director may be removed from office only with cause and
only by a majority of the Fund's stockholders, and the
affirmative vote of 75% or more of the Fund's outstanding
shares is required to amend, alter or repeal the Fund's Articles
of Incorporation relating to amendments to the Fund's By-Laws and
to removal of Directors. See "Management of the
Fund&mdash;Directors and Officers of the Fund." These
provisions could delay the replacement of a majority of the Directors
and have the effect of making changes in the Board of Directors more
difficult than if such provisions were not in place.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
affirmative vote of the holders of 75% or more of the
outstanding shares is required to (1)  convert the Fund from a
closed-end to an open-end investment company, (2)  merge or
consolidate with any other entity, or enter into a statutory share
exchange transaction in which the Fund is not the surviving
corporation, (3)  dissolve or liquidate the Fund, (4)  sell
all or substantially all of its assets, (5)  cease to be an
investment company registered under the 1940 Act, (6)  issue to
any person securities in exchange for property worth US$1,000,000 or
more, exclusive of sales of securities in connection with a public
offering, issuance of securities pursuant to a dividend reinvestment
plan or other stock dividend or issuance of securities upon the
exercise of any stock subscription rights or (7)  amend, alter or
repeal the above provisions in the Fund's Articles of
Incorporation. However, if any of the above-described actions have been
approved or authorized by the affirmative vote of at least 70%
of the entire Board of Directors, the affirmative vote of only a
majority of the outstanding shares would be required for approval,
except in the case of the issuance of securities, in which case no
stockholder vote would be required unless otherwise required by
applicable law. The principal purpose of the above provisions is to
increase the Fund's ability to resist takeover attempts and
attempts to change the fundamental nature of the business of the Fund
that are not supported by either the Board of Directors or a large
majority of the stockholders. These provisions make it more difficult
to liquidate, take over or open-end the Fund, thereby discouraging
investors from purchasing its shares with the hope of making a quick
profit by forcing the Fund to change its structure. These provisions,
however, would apply to all actions proposed by anyone, including
management, and would make changes in the Fund's structure
accomplished through a transaction covered by the provisions more
difficult to achieve. The foregoing provisions also could impede or
prevent transactions in which holders of shares of Common Stock might
obtain prices for their shares in excess of the current market prices
at which the Fund's shares were then trading. Although these
provisions could have the effect of depriving stockholders of an
opportunity to sell their shares at a premium over prevailing market
prices by discouraging a third party from seeking to obtain control of
the Fund, the Fund believes the conversion of the Fund from a
closed-end to an open-end investment company to eliminate the discount
may not be desired by stockholders, who purchased their Common Stock in
preference to stock of the many mutual funds available.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund
holds annual meetings as required by the rules of the New York Stock
Exchange. Under Maryland law and the Fund's By-Laws, the Fund
will call a special meeting of its stockholders upon the written
request of stockholders entitled to cast at least a majority of all the
votes at such meeting. Such request for such a special meeting must
state the purpose of the meeting and the matters proposed to be acted
on at it. The secretary of the Fund shall (i)  inform the
stockholders who make the request of the reasonably estimated cost of
preparing and mailing a notice of the meeting and (ii)  on
payment of these costs to the Fund notify each stockholder entitled to
notice of the meeting. Notwithstanding the above, under Maryland law
and the Fund's By-Laws, unless requested by stockholders entitled
to cast a majority </p>
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of all the votes entitled to be cast at the
meeting, a special meeting need not be called to consider any matter
which is substantially the same as a matter voted on at any special
meeting of the stockholders held during the preceding 12
months.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">DIVIDEND PAYING AGENT, TRANSFER AGENT AND
REGISTRAR</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Equiserve Trust Company, N.A. acts as the
Fund's dividend paying agent, transfer agent and the registrar
for the Fund's Common Stock. The principal address of Equiserve
Trust Company, N.A. is 250 Royall Street, Canton, MA 02021.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">CUSTODIAN</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">State Street Bank and Trust Company acts as
custodian for the Fund's assets. The principal address of the
Custodian is 225 Franklin Street, Boston, MA 02110. The Custodian
employs sub-custodians in each of the jurisdictions in which the Fund
invests.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">CODE OF ETHICS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's Board of
Directors approved a Code of Ethics under Rule  17j-1 of the 1940
Act that covers the Fund. The Investment Manager and the Direct
Investment Manager each are subject to separate Codes of Ethics under
Rule  17j-1. Each Code of Ethics establishes policies and
procedures for personal investing by employees and restricts certain
transactions. Employees subject to the Code of Ethics may invest in
securities for their personal investment accounts, including securities
that may be purchased or held by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Codes of Ethics
may be viewed and copied at the SEC's Public Reference Room in
Washington, D.C. Information about the SEC's Public Reference
Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 942-8090. The Codes of
Ethics also may be available on the Edgar Database on the SEC's
Website, <u>http://www.sec.gov</u>, or be obtained, after paying a
duplicating fee, by electronic request to
<u>publicinfo@sec.gov</u>, or by writing to: SEC's
Public Reference Section, 450 Fifth Street, NW Washington, D.C.
20549-0102. This reference to the website does not incorporate the
contents of the website into this prospectus.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">PROXY VOTING
POLICY AND PROCEDURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Board of Directors has delegated to
the Investment Manager and the Direct Investment Manager authority to
vote all proxies relating to the Fund's portfolio securities
pursuant to the Fund's proxy voting policies and procedures,
which are set out in Appendix  D to this Prospectus. Information
regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to portfolio securities
during the most recent 12-month period ending June  30 of each
year will be available starting August  31 of such year, without
charge, upon request, by calling 1-877-449-4742 or through the
SEC's website at <u>http://www.sec.gov.</u> This reference to
the website does not incorporate the contents of the website into this
Prospectus.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">LEGAL MATTERS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">With respect to matters of
United States law, the validity of the Shares offered hereby will be
passed on for the Fund by Clifford Chance US LLP, 31 West 52nd
Street, New York, NY 10019. Counsel for the Fund will rely, as to
matters of Maryland law, on DLA Piper Rudnick Gray Cary US LLP. Certain
matters concerning Chinese and Hong Kong law will be passed on by
Clifford Chance, One Connaught Place, Hong Kong. Certain matters
concerning Taiwan law will be passed on by Lee and Li, Taipei,
Taiwan.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It is likely that foreign persons, such as the
Investment Manager and the Direct Investment Manager and foreign or
non-resident Directors of the Fund, do not have assets in the United
States that could be attached in connection with any U.S. action, suit
or proceeding. The Fund has been advised that there is substantial
doubt as to the enforceability in the countries in which such persons
reside of the civil remedies and criminal penalties afforded by the
U.S. federal securities laws. It is also unclear if extradition
treaties now in effect between the United States and any such countries
would subject such persons to effective enforcement of criminal
penalties. Such persons have irrevocably appointed the Fund as their
agent for service of process in any action, suit or proceeding under
the provisions of the U.S. securities laws.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The books and records of the Fund
required under U.S. law are maintained at an office of the Fund in the
United States and are subject to inspection by the SEC.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The financial
statements included in the Fund's Annual Report to Stockholders
as of October  31, 2004 have been incorporated by reference into
this Prospectus in reliance on the report of KPMG LLP, the Fund's
previous independent registered public accounting firm, given on the
authority of that firm, as experts in accounting and auditing. KPMG
LLP's principal address is 99 High Street, Boston, MA 02110. On
March 10, 2005, the Audit Committee of the Board of Directors selected
Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP as the Fund's independent registered
public accounting firm for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2005.
Deloitte &amp; Touche LLP's address is 200 Berkeley Street,
Boston, MA 02116.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">FURTHER INFORMATION</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Further
information concerning these securities and their issuer may be found
in the Registration Statement of which this Prospectus constitutes a
part which is on file with the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">FINANCIAL STATEMENTS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund's
Annual Report for the fiscal year ended October  31, 2004 (the
"Annual Report") and the Fund's
Semi-Annual Report for the period ended April 30, 2005 (the
"Semi-Annual Report) are incorporated herein by reference
with respect to all information other than the information set forth in
the Chairman's Statement included therein. The Fund will furnish,
without charge, a copy of its Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report,
upon request by writing to The China Fund, Inc., c/o the Altman Group,
Inc., 1275 Valley Brook Ave., Lyndhurst, NJ 07071, attention: Sylvia
Hermina, by email at <u>shermina@altmangroup.com</u>, or by
calling (888) 246-2255.</p>
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A</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">DESCRIPTION OF VARIOUS FOREIGN CURRENCY AND INTEREST
RATE<br>HEDGES AND OPTIONS ON SECURITIES AND STOCK INDEX
FUTURES<br>CONTRACTS AND RELATED OPTIONS</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Foreign Currency
Hedging Transactions</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Forward Foreign Currency Exchange
Contract</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A forward foreign currency exchange contract
involves an obligation to purchase or sell a specific currency at a
future date, which maybe any fixed number of days from the date of the
contract agreed upon by the parties, at a price set at the time of the
contract. These contracts are traded in the interbank market conducted
directly between currency traders (usually large commercial banks and
brokers).</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Foreign Currency Futures Contracts</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A
foreign currency futures contract is a standardized contract for the
future deliver of a specified amount of a foreign currency at a future
date at a price set at the time of the contract. Foreign currency
futures contracts traded in the United States are traded on regulated
exchanges. Parties to a futures contract must make initial
"margin" deposits to secure performance of
the contract, which generally range from 2% to 15% of the
contract price. There also are requirements to make
"variation" margin deposits as the value of
the futures contracts fluctuates. In addition, the Fund may not sell
futures contracts if the value of the futures contracts exceeds the
total market value of the Fund's portfolio securities. Futures
contracts and options thereon, currency forward contracts and options
on securities and currencies sold by the Fund are generally subject to
segregation and coverage requirements established by either the CFTC or
the SEC, with the result that, if the Fund does not hold the instrument
underlying the futures contract or option, the Fund will be required to
segregate on an ongoing basis with its custodian, cash, U.S. government
securities, or other liquid high grade debt obligations in an amount at
least equal to the Fund's obligations with respect to such
instruments.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Options On Foreign Currency Futures
Contracts</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Fund may purchase or write call and put
options on foreign currency futures contracts in order to hedge all or
a portion of its currency exposure and may enter into closing purchase
transactions with respect to written options in order to terminate
existing positions. An option on a foreign currency futures contract,
as contrasted with the direct investment in such a contract, gives the
purchaser a right, in return for the premium paid, to assume a position
in a foreign currency futures contract at a specified exercise price at
any time on or before the expiration date of the option. The potential
loss related to the purchase of an option on a futures contract is
limited to the premium paid for the option (plus transaction costs).
Because the value of the option is fixed at the point of sale, there
are no daily cash payments by the purchaser to reflect changes in the
value of the underlying contract; however, the value of the option does
change daily. To the extent the Fund purchases an option on a foreign
currency contract any change in the value of such option would be
reflected in the net asset value of the Fund.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Options on
Currencies</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; A put option purchased by the Fund on currency
gives the Fund the right to sell the currency at the exercise price
until the expiration of the option. A call option purchased by the Fund
gives the Fund the right to purchase a currency at the exercise price
until the expiration of the option.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Currency Hedging
Strategies</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund may enter into forward foreign currency
exchange contracts and foreign currency futures contracts and related
options in several circumstances. For example, when the Fund enters
into a contract for the purchase or sale of a security denominated in a
foreign currency, or when the Fund anticipates the receipt in a foreign
currency of dividends or interest payments on such a security which it
holds, the Fund may desire to "lock in" the
dollar price of the security or the dollar equivalent of such dividend
or interest payment, as the case may be. In addition, when the
Investment Manager believes that the currency of a particular foreign
country may suffer a substantial decline against the dollar, it may
enter into a forward or futures contract to sell, for a fixed amount of
dollars, the amount of foreign currency approximating the value of some
or all of the Fund's portfolio securities denominated in such
foreign currency.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">At the maturity of a forward or futures
contract, the Fund may either accept or make delivery of the currency
specified in the contract or, prior to maturity, enter into an
offsetting contract. Such offsetting </p>
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transactions with respect to forward contracts
must be effected with the currency trader who is a party to the
original forward contract. Offsetting transactions with respect to
futures contracts are effected on the same exchange on which the
initial transaction occurred. The Fund will enter into such futures
contracts and related options if it is expected that there will be a
liquid market in which to close out such contract. There can, however,
be no assurance that such a liquid market will exist in which to close
a futures contract or related option or that the opposite party to the
forward contract will agree to the offset, in which case the Fund my
suffer a loss.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund does not intend to enter into such
forward or futures contracts to protect the value of its portfolio
securities on a regular basis, and will not do so if, as a result, the
Fund will have more than 20% of the value of its total assets
committed to the consummation of such contracts. The Fund also will not
enter into such forward or futures contracts or maintain a net exposure
to such contracts where the consummation of the contracts would
obligate the Fund to deliver an amount of Foreign currency in excess of
the value of the Fund's portfolio securities or other assets
denominated in that currency. Further, the Fund generally will not
enter into a forward or futures contract with a term of greater than
one year.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may attempt to accomplish objectives similar
to those described above with respect to forward and futures contracts
for currency by means of purchasing put or call options on foreign
currencies on exchanges. A put option gives the fund the right to sell
a currency at the exercise price until the expiration of the option. A
call option gives the Fund the right to purchase a currency at the
exercise price until expiration of the option.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">While the Fund
may enter into forward, futures and options contracts to reduce
currency exchange rate risks, changes in currency prices may result in
a poorer overall performance for the Fund than if it had not engaged in
any such transaction. Moreover, there may be an imperfect correlation
between the Fund's portfolio holdings of securities denominated
in a particular currency and forward, futures or options contracts
entered into by the Fund. Such imperfect correlation may prevent the
Fund from achieving the intended hedge or expose the Fund to risk of
foreign exchange loss.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Certain provisions of the Code may limit
the extent to which the Fund may enter into forward or futures
contracts or engage in options transactions. These transactions may
also affect the character and timing of income and the amount of gain
or loss recognized by the Fund and its stockholders for U.S. federal
income tax purposes. See "Taxation&mdash;U.S. Federal
Income Taxes."</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Interest Rate Futures and Options
Thereon</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Interest Rate Futures Contracts</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund
may enter into futures contracts on government debt securities for the
purpose of hedging its portfolio against the adverse effects of
anticipated movements in interest rates. An interest rate futures
contract operates in the same manner as a foreign currency futures
contract (described above), except that it is an agreement to make or
take delivery of a particular U.S. Government debt security. For
example, the Fund may enter into futures contracts to sell U.S.
Government Treasury Bills (take a "short
position") in anticipation of an increase in interest
rates. Generally, as interest rates rise, the market value of any
fixed-income securities held by the Fund will fall, thus reducing the
net asset value of the Fund. However, the value of the Fund's
short position in the futures contracts will also tend to increase,
thus offsetting all or a portion of the depreciation in the market
value of the Fund's fixed-income investments which are being
hedged. The Fund may also enter into futures contracts to purchase
government debt securities (take a "long
position") in anticipation of a decline in interest rates.
The Fund might employ this strategy in order to offset entirely or in
part an increase in the cost of any fixed-income securities it intends
to subsequently purchase.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Options on Futures
Contracts</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund may purchase and write call and put
options on interest rate futures contracts which are traded on contract
markets and enter into closing transactions with respect to such
options to terminate an existing position. The Fund may use such
options in connection with its hedging strategies. Generally, these
strategies would be employed under the same market and market sector
conditions in which the Fund enters into futures contracts. An option
on an interest rate futures contract operates in the same manner as an
option on a foreign currency futures contract (described above), except
that it gives the purchaser the right, in return for the premium paid,
to assume a position in an interest rate futures contract instead of a
currency futures contract. The Fund may </p>
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purchase put options on futures contracts
rather than taking a short position in the underlying futures contract
in anticipation of an increase in interest rates. Similarly, the Fund
my purchase call options on futures contracts as a substitute for
taking along position in futures contracts to hedge against the
increased cost resulting from a decline in interest rates of
fixed-income securities which the Fund intends to purchase. The Fund
may also write a call option on a futures contract rather than taking a
short position in the underlying futures contract, or write a put
option on a futures contract rather than taking a long position in the
underling futures contracts. The writing of an option, however, will
only constitute a partial hedge, since the Fund could be required to
enter into a futures contract at an unfavorable price and will in any
event be able to benefit only to the extent of the premium
received.</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Risk Factors in Transactions in Interest Rate
Futures Contracts and Options Thereon</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund's
ability to effectively hedge all of a portion of its fixed-income
securities through the use of interest rate futures contracts and
options thereon depends in part on the degree to which price movements
in the securities underlying the option or futures contract correlate
with price movements of the fixed-income securities held by the Fund.
In addition, disparities in the average maturity or the quality of the
Fund's investments as compared to the financial instrument
underlying an option or futures contract may also reduce the
correlation in price movements. Transactions in options on futures
contracts involve similar risks, as well as the additional risk that
movements in the price of the option will not correlate with movements
in the price of the underlying futures contract.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Options on
Securities and Stock Index Futures Contracts and Related Options</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Options on Securities</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;In order to hedge against market
shifts, the Fund may purchase put and call options on securities. In
addition, the Fund may seek to increase its income or may hedge a
portion of its portfolio investment through writing (<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">i.e</font>.,
selling) covered call options. A put option gives the holder the right
to sell to the writer of the option an underlying security at a
specified price at any time during or at the end of the option period.
In contrast, a call option gives the purchaser the right to buy the
underlying security covered by the option from the writer of the option
at the stated exercise price. A "covered"
call option mean that so long as the Fund is obligated as the writer of
the option, it will own (i)  the underlying securities subject to
the option, or (ii)  securities convertible or exchangeable
without the payment of any consideration into the securities subject to
the option. As a matter of operating policy, the value of the
underlying securities on which options will be written at any one time
will not exceed 5% of the total assets of the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Fund will receive a premium from writing call options, which increase
the Fund's return on the underlying security in the event the
option expires unexercised or is closed out at a profit. By writing a
call, the Fund will limit its opportunity to profit from an increase in
the market value of the underlying security above the exercise price of
the option for as long as the Fund's obligations as writer of the
option continues. Thus, in some periods the Fund will receive less
total return and in other periods greater total return from writing
covered call options than it would have received from its underlying
securities had it not written call options.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may
purchase options on securities that are listed on securities exchanges
or traded over the counter. In purchasing a put option, the Fund will
seek to benefit from a decline in the market price of the underlying
security, while in purchasing a call option, the Fund will seek to
benefit from an increase in the market price of the underlying
security. If an option purchased is not sold or exercised when it has
remaining value, or if the market price of the underlying security
remains equal to or greater than the exercise price, in the case of a
put, or remains equal to or below the exercise price, in the case of a
call, during the life of the option, the Fund will lose its investment
in the option. For the purchase of an option to be profitable, the
market price of the underlying security must decline sufficiently below
the exercise price, in the case of a put, and must increase
significantly above the exercise price, in the case of a call, to cover
the premium and transaction costs. Because premiums paid by the Fund on
options are small in relation to the market value of the investments
underlying the options, buying options can result in large amounts of
leverage. The leverage offered by trading in options could cause the
Fund's net asset value to be subject to more frequent and wider
fluctuation than would be the case if the Fund did not invest in
options.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">A-3</p>
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<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Stock Index Futures Contracts and
Related Options</font>.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Fund may, for hedging purpose, enter into
stock index futures contracts and purchase and write put and call
options on stock index futures contracts, in each case that are traded
or regulated exchanges, including non-U.S. exchanges to the extent
permitted by the CFTC. A stock index futures contract operates in the
same manner as a foreign currency futures contract (described above),
except that it is an agreement to take or make delivery of an amount of
cash equal to the difference between the value of the index at the
beginning and at the end of the contract period. Successful use of
stock index futures will be subject to the Investment Manager's
ability to predict correctly movements in the direction of the relevant
stock market. No assurance can be given that the Investment
Manager's judgment in this respect will be correct.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
Fund may enter into stock index futures contracts to sell a stock index
in anticipation of or during a market decline to attempt to offset the
decrease in market value of equity security in its portfolio that might
otherwise result. When the Fund is not fully invested in common stocks
and anticipates a significant market advance, it may enter into futures
contracts to purchase that index in order to gain rapid market exposure
that may in part or entirely offset increases in the cost of common
stocks that in intends to purchase. In a substantial majority of these
transactions, the Fund will purchase such securities upon termination
of the futures position but, under unusual market conditions a futures
position may be terminated without the corresponding purchase of common
stock.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Fund may purchase and write put and call options on
stock index futures contracts in order to hedge all or a portion of its
investment and my enter into closing purchase transactions with respect
to written options in order to terminate existing positions. There is
no guarantee that such closing transactions can be effected. An option
on a stock index futures contract gives the purchaser the right, in
return for the premium paid, to assume a position in a stock index
futures contract.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">A-4</p>
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B</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">[Form of
Subscription Certificate]<br> VOID IF NOT RECEIVED BY THE
SUBSCRIPTION AGENT BEFORE 5:00 P.M.<br>NEW YORK TIME ON THE EXPIRATION
DATE</p>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt; font-style: normal;">Control No.
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
</td>
<td align="right" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt; font-style: normal;">Maximum Primary Subscription Shares Available
&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE CHINA FUND, INC.<br>SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS FOR
COMMON STOCK</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Dear Stockholder:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">IN ORDER TO EXERCISE YOUR RIGHTS, YOU MUST
COMPLETE BOTH SIDES OF THE TEAR OFF CARD.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As the
registered owner of the Subscription Certificate below, you are
entitled to subscribe for the number of shares of Common Stock, $.01
par value per share, of The China Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund"), shown above pursuant to the Primary
Subscription Right and upon the terms and conditions and at the
Subscription Price for each share of Common Stock specified in the
Prospectus relating thereto. The Rights represented hereby include the
Over-Subscription Privilege for Rights Holders, as described in the
Prospectus. Each Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights
issued to him is entitled to subscribe for Shares which were not
otherwise subscribed for by others in the Primary Subscription (the
"Over-Subscription Privilege"). If enough
Shares are available, or if the Board of the Fund approved the
distribution of additional Shares, all of these requests will be
honored in full. Regardless of whether the Fund issues such additional
Shares, to the extent Shares are not available to honor all requests,
the available Shares will be allocated pro rata among those Record Date
Stockholders who over-subscribe based on the number of Rights
originally issued to them by the Fund.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Stock
certificates for primary share subscriptions will be delivered as soon
as practicable after receipt of the required completed Subscription
Certificate and after full payment has been received and cleared. Stock
certificates for over-subscriptions will be delivered as soon as
practicable after full payment for such Shares have been received and
cleared and after all allocations have been effected.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE SUBSCRIPTION RIGHT IS NON-TRANSFERABLE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Payment must be in U.S. dollars. Only money orders or
checks drawn on a bank located in the continental United States and
made payable to The China Fund, Inc. will be accepted. Please reference
your rights card control number on your check, money order or notice of
guaranteed delivery. You may request that your bank, trust company or
broker (if a member of the New York Stock Exchange) submit a Notice of
Guaranteed Delivery on your behalf by 5:00 p.m. on the Expiration
Date.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">VOID IF NOT RECEIVED BY THE SUBSCRIPTION
AGENT BEFORE 5:00 P.M.<br>NEW YORK TIME ON THE EXPIRATION DATE: JULY
29, 2005</p>
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No.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing: 48pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: bold; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Rights Represented by this
Subscription
Certificate&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="letter-spacing: 72pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE
CHINA FUND, INC.<br>SUBSCRIPTION RIGHTS FOR COMMON STOCK<br>(Complete
appropriate section on reverse side of this form)</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
registered owner of this Subscription Certificate named below, or
assigns, is entitled to the number of Rights shown above to subscribe
for the Common Stock, $.01 par value, of The China Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund"), in the ratio of one share of Common
Stock for each three Rights, pursuant to the Offer and upon the terms
and conditions and at the price for each share of Common Stock
specified in the Prospectus relating thereto. The Rights represented
hereby include the Over-Subscription Privilege for Record Date
Stockholders only, as described in the Prospectus. Under this
Privilege, each Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights
issued to him is entitled to subscribe for Shares which were not
otherwise subscribed for by others in the Primary Subscription, or
additional Shares issued by the Fund subject to Board approval, and
subject to pro rata allocation if in sufficient additional Shares are
available. Stock certificates for the shares subscribed for pursuant to
the Primary Subscription Right will be delivered as soon as practicable
after receipt of the required completed Subscription Certificate and
after full payment has been received and cleared. Stock certificates
for the shares subscribed for pursuant to the Over-Subscription
Privilege will be delivered as soon as practicable after full payment
has been received and cleared and after all allocations have been
effected. Any additional payment required from a Record Date
Stockholder must be received by the Subscription Agent by August 19,
2005, unless the Offer is extended. Any excess payment to be refunded
by the Fund to a Record Date Stockholder will be delivered as soon as
practicable after the Expiration Date. To subscribe pursuant to the
Primary Subscription Right, three Rights and the Subscription Price are
required for each share of Common Stock. To subscribe for additional
Shares pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege, the Subscription
Price is required for each share of Common Stock, subject to the terms
of the Over-Subscription Privilege as described in the Prospectus.
Payment of the Estimated Subscription Price of $26.61 per share must
accompany the Subscription Certificate. See reverse side of form.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">To subscribe for your primary shares please complete
line "A" on the card below.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Example:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">88 shares = 88 rights
(88 rights will be AUTOMATICALLY rounded up to 90 rights, the nearest
number of rights divisible by three)</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">90 rights
divided by 3 = 30 primary shares</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">B-1</p>
<br>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">The maximum number of primary
subscription shares would be 30</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: -4pt" valign="top" align="left">A.
<font style="letter-spacing: 48pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>30 <font style="letter-spacing: 48pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>x &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; =
$&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>(No. of shares)</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">To subscribe for any over-subscription shares please
complete line "B" below.</p>
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<b>Please Note</b>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Only Record Date Stockholders
who have exercised their Primary Subscription in full may apply for
shares pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege.</p>
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<b>Payment of Shares</b>:&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Full payment for both
the primary and over-subscription shares or a notice of guaranteed
delivery must accompany this subscription. Please reference your rights
card control number on your check, money order or notice of guaranteed
delivery.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:2pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">If the aggregate Estimated Subscription
Price paid by a Record Date Stockholder is insufficient to purchase, at
the Estimated Subscription Price, the number of shares of Common Stock
that the holder indicates are being subscribed for, or if a Record Date
Stockholder does not specify the number of shares of Common Stock to be
purchased, then the Record Date Stockholder will be deemed to have
exercised first, the Primary Subscription Right (if not already fully
exercised) and second, the Over-Subscription Privilege to purchase
shares of Common Stock to the full extent of the payment rendered. If
the aggregate Estimated Subscription Price paid by a Record Date
Stockholder exceeds the amount necessary to purchase, at the Estimated
Subscription Price, the number of shares of Common Stock for which the
Record Date Stockholder has indicted an intention to subscribe, then
the Record Date Stockholder will be deemed to have exercised first, the
Primary Subscription Right (if not already fully exercised) and second,
the Over-Subscription Privilege to the full extent of the excess
payment tendered.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:2pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Expiration Date (July 29,
2005 unless extended)</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:0pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;PLEASE
FILL IN ALL APPLICABLE INFORMATION</p>
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<br>Attention:
Corporate
Actions</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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Mail:</font>
<br>Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.<br>Corporate
Actions<br>P.O. Box 859208<br>Braintree, MA
02185-9208</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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Overnight Courier:</font>
<br>Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.<br>161 Bay
State Drive<br>Braintree, MA 02184</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 8pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">By
Hand:</font>
<br>Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.<br>17 Battery
Place<br>11th Floor<br>New York, NY
10004</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="7">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Primary
Subscription<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>(3 Rights = 1
share)(No. of Shares)(Estimated Subscription
Price)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Over-Subscription
Privilege________&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;x&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;$____&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$______(1)<br>
(Shares)(Estimated Subscription
Price)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">(1)<font style="letter-spacing: pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>The
Over-Subscription<br>Privilege can be exercised<br>only by a Record
Date<br>Stockholder, as described<br>in the Prospectus, and
only<br>if the Rights initially issued<br>to him are exercised in
full.</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Amount
of Check
Enclosed&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;=&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;
$<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>(or amount in
Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">TO
SUBSCRIBE: I hereby irrevocably subscribe for the number of shares of
Common Stock indicated as the total of A and B hereon upon the terms
and conditions specified in the Prospectus relating thereto, receipt of
which is acknowledged. I hereby agree that if I fail to pay for the
shares of Common Stock for which I have subscribed (or are deemed to
have subscribed for as set forth above), the Fund may exercise any of
the remedies set forth in the
Prospectus.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Signature(s)
of Subscriber(s)</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Address for
delivery of Shares if other than shown on front</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">If
permanent change of address, check here <img src="ebox.gif" alt="[ ]" width="10" height="10"></p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:9pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 11pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Please give your telephone number: (&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;)
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
</p>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; padding-top: 6pt" valign="top" align="left">Please
give your e-mail address:
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></td>
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</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">B-2</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>






<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: right; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<b>APPENDIX
C</b>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">[Form of Notice of Guaranteed
Delivery]</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">NOTICE OF GUARANTEED DELIVERY<br> For Shares
of Common Stock of</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE CHINA FUND, INC.<br> Subscribed for
under Primary Subscription<br> and the Over-Subscription
Privilege</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">As set forth in the
Prospectus, this form or one substantially equivalent hereto may be
used as a means of effecting subscription and payment for all shares of
the Fund's Common Stock (the "Shares")
subscribed for under the Primary Subscription and the Over-Subscription
Privilege. Such form may be delivered by hand or sent by facsimile
transmission, overnight courier or first class mail to the Subscription
Agent.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">
<b>The Subscription Agent is</b>:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Equiserve Trust Company,
N.A.</p>
<img src="spacer.gif" height="10" width="1"><br>
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<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="539" bgcolor="#ffffff">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">By
First Class Mail</td>
<td style="padding-top: 0pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: italic; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 0pt" align="center" valign="t" colspan="3">By
Hand:</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">Corporate
Actions<br>P.O. Box 859208<br>Braintree, MA
02185-9208</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">Equiserve Trust Company, N.A.<br>17 Battery
Place<br>11th Floor<br>New York, NY
10004</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">By Express Mail
or<br> Overnight
Courier:</font></td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="bottom" colspan="3"><font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">By
Facsimile:</font></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">Equiserve
Trust Company, N.A.<br>161 Bay State Drive<br>Braintree, MA
02184</td>
<td style="padding-top: 12pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 12pt" align="center" valign="top" colspan="3">(781) 380-3388<br>Confirm facsimile by telephone to<br>
(781) 843-1833 ext 200</td>
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</tr>
</table>
</div>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">DELIVERY OF THIS
INSTRUMENT TO AN ADDRESS, OR TRANSMISSION OF INSTRUCTIONS VIA A
TELECOPY FACSIMILE NUMBER, OTHER THAN AS SET FORTH ABOVE, DOES NOT
CONSTITUTE A VALID DELIVERY.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">The New York Stock Exchange member
firm or bank or trust company which completes this form must
communicate this guarantee and the number of Shares subscribed for in
connection with this guarantee (separately disclosed as to the Primary
Subscription and the Over-Subscription Privilege) to the Subscription
Agent and must deliver this Notice of Guaranteed Delivery, to the
Subscription Agent, prior to 5:00 p.m., New York time, on the
Expiration Date, unless extended, guaranteeing delivery of (a) payment
in full for all subscribed Shares and (b) a properly completed and
signed copy of the Subscription Certificate (which certificate and full
payment must then be delivered to the Subscription Agent no later than
the close of business of the third business day after the Expiration
Date, unless extended). Failure to do so will result in a forfeiture of
the Rights.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">GUARANTEE</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">The undersigned, a member firm of
the New York Stock Exchange or a bank or trust company having an office
or correspondent in the United States, guarantees delivery to the
Subscription Agent by no later than 5:00 p.m., New York City time, on
the third Business Day after the Expiration Date (July 29, 2005, unless
extended as described in the Prospectus) of (a) a properly completed
and executed Subscription Certificate and (b) payment of the full
Subscription Price for Shares subscribed for on Primary Subscription
and for any additional Shares subscribed for pursuant to the
Over-Subscription Privilege, as subscription for such Shares is
indicated herein or in the Subscription Certificate.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">C-1</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: right; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">
<b>Broker Assigned Control #
</b><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE CHINA FUND,
INC.</p>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="1"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="8"></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;Primary
Subscription</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="t" colspan="3">Number of Rights to be exercised</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="t" colspan="3">Number of
Primary Shares requested for which you are guaranteeing delivery of
Rights and Payment</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="t" colspan="3">Payment to be made in connection with
Primary Shares</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
Rights</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
Shares (Rights /3)</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">$
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
<td style="padding-top: 10pt "><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="2"></td>
<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Number of Over-
Subscription Shares requested for which you are guaranteeing
payment</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Payment to be made in connection with Over-
Subscription Shares</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3"><u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
Shares</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">$
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u></td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;Totals</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Total
Number of Rights to be
Delivered<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
Rights</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">Total Number of Shares to be
Delivered<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
Shares</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<br>$
<u>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</u>
<br>
<font style="letter-spacing: 9pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font>Total Payment</td>
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delivery (circle one)</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 432pt">Through
DTC</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 432pt">Direct to EquiServe, as
Subscription Agent. Please reference below the registration of the
Rights to be delivered.</td>
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<b>Please
assign a unique control number for each guarantee submitted. </b> This
number needs to be referenced on any direct delivery of Rights or any
delivery through DTC.</p>
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of Firm</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>Authorized Signature</td>
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Number</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>Title</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>Name (Please Type or Print)</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Zip
Code&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>Phone
Number</td>
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Name</td>
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<td style="font-family: serif; font-size: 9pt; color: #000000; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal; border-bottom: 3px double #ffffff;padding-left: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt;padding-top: 10pt" align="left" valign="top" colspan="3">____________________________<br>Date</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">C-2</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: right; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">APPENDIX
D</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: center; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">THE CHINA FUND, INC.<br>PROXY VOTING POLICY AND
PROCEDURES</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Board of Directors of The China Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund") hereby adopts the following policy
and procedures with respect to voting proxies relating to Fund
securities managed by Martin Currie Inc. and Asian Direct Capital
Management (the "Listed Investment Manager"
and the "Direct Investment Manager,"
respectively and the "Investment Managers,"
collectively).</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Policy</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">It is the
policy of the Board of Directors of the Fund (the
"Board") to delegate the responsibility for
voting proxies relating to securities held by the Fund to the
Investment Managers as a part of the Managers' general management
of the Fund's assets, subject to the Board's continuing
oversight. The Board of Directors of the Fund hereby delegates such
responsibility to the Investment Managers, and directs each Investment
Manager to vote proxies relating to Fund portfolio securities managed
by the Investment Manager consistent with the duties and procedures set
forth below. The Investment Manager may retain one or more vendors to
review, monitor and recommend how to vote proxies in a manner
consistent with the duties and procedures set forth below, to ensure
such proxies are voted on a timely basis and to provide reporting
and/or record retention services in connection with proxy voting for
the Fund.</p>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">II.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Fiduciary Duty</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The
right to vote a proxy with respect to securities held by the Fund is an
asset of the Fund. Each Investment Manager, to which authority to vote
on behalf of the Fund is delegated, acts as a fiduciary of the Fund and
must vote proxies in a manner consistent with the best interest of the
Fund and its shareholders. In discharging this fiduciary duty, each
Investment Manager must maintain and adhere to its policies and
procedures for addressing conflicts of interest and must vote in a
manner substantially consistent with its policies, procedures and
guidelines, as presented to the Board.</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Procedures</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The following are the
procedures adopted by the Board for the administration of this
policy:</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 21.96pt; background-color: #ffffff">A.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Review of Investment
Managers' Proxy Voting Procedures.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The Investment
Managers shall present to the Board their policies, procedures and
other guidelines for voting proxies at least annually, and must notify
the Board promptly of material changes to any of these documents,
including changes to policies addressing conflicts of interest.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 21.96pt; background-color: #ffffff">B.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Voting Record
Reporting.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Each Investment Manager shall provide the voting
record information necessary for the completion and filing of Form-NPX
to the Fund at least annually. Such voting record information shall be
in a form acceptable to the Fund and shall be provided at such time(s)
as are required for the timely filing of Form-NPX and at such
additional time(s) as the Fund and the Investment Manager may agree
from time to time. With respect to those proxies that an Investment
Manager has identified as involving a conflict of interest,<sup>1</sup>
the Investment Manager shall submit a separate report indicating the
nature of the conflict of interest and how that conflict was resolved
with respect to the voting of the proxy.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 21.96pt; background-color: #ffffff">C.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<font style="font-weight: normal; font-style: italic">Record Retention.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;The
Investment Manager shall maintain such records with respect to the
voting of proxies as may be required by the Investment Advisers Act of
1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder or by the Investment Company
Act of 1940 and the rules promulgated thereunder.</p>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left"><sup>1</sup></td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">As
it is used in this document, the term "conflict of
interest" refers to a situation in which the Investment
Managers or affiliated persons of the Investment Managers have a
financial interest in a matter presented by a proxy other than the
obligation they incur as Investment Managers to the Fund which could
potentially compromise the Investment Managers' independence of
judgment and action with respect to the voting of the
proxy.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">D-1</p>
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Interest.</font>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Any actual or potential conflicts of interest
between an Investment Manager and the Fund's shareholders arising
from the proxy voting process will be addressed by the relevant
Investment Manager and the Investment Manager's application of
its proxy voting procedures pursuant to the delegation of proxy voting
responsibilities to the Investment Manager. In the event that the
Investment Manager notifies the officer(s) of the Fund that a conflict
of interest cannot be resolved under the Investment Manager's
Proxy Voting Procedures, such officer(s) are responsible for notifying
the Chairman of the Board of the Fund of the irreconcilable conflict of
interest and assisting the Chairman with any actions he determines are
necessary.</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Revocation</td>
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delegation by the Board of the authority to vote proxies relating to
securities of the Fund is entirely voluntary and may be revoked by the
Board, in whole or in part, at any time.</p>
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an annual report of each proxy voted with respect to securities of the
Fund during the twelve-month period ended June 30 on Form N-PX not
later than August 31 of each
year.<sup>2</sup>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Disclosures</td>
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shall include in its annual report filed on Form N-CSR:</p>
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policies and procedures used by the Fund and the Investment Managers to
determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio securities or
copies of such policies and procedures; and</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 21pt; background-color: #ffffff">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a statement disclosing that a
description of the policies and procedures used by or on behalf of the
Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to securities of the
Fund is available without charge, upon request, by calling the
Fund's toll-free telephone number; through a specified Internet
address, if applicable; and on the SEC's website; and</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:20pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 21pt; background-color: #ffffff">3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;a statement disclosing that information
regarding how the Fund voted proxies relating to Fund securities during
the most recent 12-month period ended June 30 is available without
charge, upon request, by calling the Fund's toll-free telephone
number; or through a specified Internet address; or both; and on the
SEC's website.</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:12pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">Review of
Policy</td>
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determine its sufficiency and shall make and approve any changes that
it deems necessary from time to time.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff">Adopted: September
12, 2003</p>
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<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">The
Fund must file its first report on Form N-PX not later than August 31,
2004, for the twelve-month period beginning July 1, 2003, and ending
June 30, 2004.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">D-2</p>
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CAPITAL MANAGEMENT</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Introduction</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Asian Direct Capital
Management ("ADCM") seeks to vote proxies in
the best interests of its clients. In the ordinary course, this entails
voting proxies in a way which ADCM believes will maximize the monetary
value of each portfolio's holdings. ADCM takes the view that this
will benefit our direct clients (e.g. investment funds) and,
indirectly, the ultimate owners and beneficiaries of those clients
(e.g. fund shareholders).</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Oversight of the proxy voting process
is the responsibility of the ADCM Investment Committee. ADCM's
Compliance Officer is responsible for implementing processes and
procedures to ensure the objectives of this policy are properly carried
out. In addition to voting proxies, ADCM:</p>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">describes its proxy voting procedures to
its clients in Part II of its Form ADV;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">provides the client with this written proxy
policy, upon request;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">discloses to its
clients how they may obtain information on how ADCM voted the
client's proxies;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">matches proxies
received with holdings as of record date;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">reconciles holdings as of record date and
rectifies any discrepancies;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">generally
applies its proxy voting policy consistently and keeps records of votes
for each client;</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">documents the
reason(s) for voting for all non-routine items; and</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">keeps records of such proxy voting
available for inspection by the client or governmental agencies.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">All proxies received on behalf of ADCM clients are
voted according to our guidelines listed below, as long as there are no
special circumstances relating to that company or proxy request.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">However, from time to time, proxy votes will be solicited which
(i)  involve special circumstances and require additional
research and discussion or (ii)  are not directly addressed by
our policies. These proxies are identified through a number of methods,
including but not limited to concerns of clients, review by internal
proxy specialists, and questions from consultants.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In instances
of special circumstances or issues not directly addressed by our
policies, the Investment Team is consulted for a determination of the
proxy vote. The first determination is whether there is a material
conflict of interest between the interests of our client and those of
ADCM. If the Investment Team determines that there is a material
conflict, the process detailed below under "Potential
Conflicts" is followed. If there is no material conflict,
we examine each of the issuer's proposals in detail in seeking to
determine what vote would be in the best interests of our clients. At
this point, the Investment Committee makes a voting decision based on
maximizing the monetary value of each portfolios' holdings.
However, the Investment Committee may determine that a proxy involves
the consideration of particularly significant issues and may seek
additional guidance from ADCM's Compliance Officer, and SSgA
Compliance personnel.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">ADCM also endeavors to show sensitivity to
local market practices when voting proxies of non-U.S. issuers.</p>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">For most issues and in most circumstances, we abide
by the following general guidelines. However, as discussed above, in
certain circumstances, we may determine that it would be in the best
interests of our clients to deviate from these guidelines.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">D-3</p>
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on the following ballot items, which are fairly common management
sponsored initiatives:</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Elections of
directors who do not appear to have been remiss in the performance of
their oversight responsibilities</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Approval of auditors</td>
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compensation</td>
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liability and indemnification</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Discharge of board members and
auditors</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Financial statements and
allocation of income</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Dividend
payouts that are greater than or equal to country and industry
standards</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Authorization of share
repurchase programs</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">General updating
of or corrective amendments to charter</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Change in Corporation Name</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Elimination of cumulative voting.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="576"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">II.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">ADCM votes in support of management
on the following items, which have potentially substantial financial or
best-interest impact:</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Capitalization
changes which eliminate other classes of stock and voting rights
(*)</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Changes in capitalization
authorization for stock splits, stock dividends, and other specified
needs which are no more than 50% of the existing authorization
for U.S. companies and no more than 100% of existing
authorization for non-U.S. companies</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Elimination of pre-emptive rights for
share issuance of less than a given percentage (country specific
&ndash; ranging from 5% to 20%) of the outstanding
shares</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Elimination of
"poison pill" rights</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Stock purchase plans with an exercise
price of not less that 85% of fair market value</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Stock option plans which are incentive
based and not excessive</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Other
stock-based plans which are appropriately structured</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Reductions in super-majority vote
requirements</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Adoption of
anti-"greenmail" provisions.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="576"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">III.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">ADCM votes against management on
the following items, which have potentially substantial financial or
best interest impact:</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Capitalization
changes that add "blank check" classes of
stock or classes that dilute the voting interests of existing
shareholders</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Changes in
capitalization authorization where management does not offer an
appropriate rationale or which are contrary to the best interest of
existing shareholders</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Anti-takeover
and related provisions that serve to prevent the majority of
shareholders from exercising their rights or effectively deter
appropriate tender offers and other offers</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Amendments to bylaws which would require
super-majority stockholder votes to pass or repeal certain
provisions</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="23"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="602"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left">(*)</td>
<td align="left" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 8pt;  padding-bottom: 6pt;">Except in the case of
unlisted companies where such provisions have been designed to protect
the interest of the Fund.</td>
</tr>
</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">D-4</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
<page>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Elimination of
Shareholders' Right to Call Special Meetings</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Establishment of classified boards of
directors</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Reincorporation in a state
which has more stringent anti-takeover and related provisions</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Shareholder rights plans that allow the
board of directors to block appropriate offers to shareholders or which
trigger provisions preventing legitimate offers from proceeding</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Excessive compensation</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Change-in-control provisions in
non-salary compensation plans, employment contracts, and severance
agreements which benefit management and would be costly to shareholders
if triggered</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
<tr>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Adjournment of Meeting
to Solicit Additional Votes</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">"Other business as properly
comes before the meeting" proposals which extend
"blank check" powers to those acting as
proxy</td>
</tr>
</table>
<table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" border="0" width="602">
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Proposals requesting
re-election of insiders or affiliated directors who serve on audit,
compensation, and nominating committees.</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">IV.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">ADCM evaluates Mergers and
Acquisitions on a case-by-case basis. Consistent with our proxy policy,
we support management in seeking to achieve their objectives for
shareholders. However, in all cases, ADCM uses its discretion in order
to maximize stockholder value. ADCM, generally votes, as follows:</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Against offers with potentially damaging
consequences for minority shareholders because of illiquid stock,
especially in some non-U.S. markets</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">For offers that concur with index
calculators treatment and our ability to meet our clients return
objectives for passive funds</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Against
offers when there are prospects for an enhanced bid or other
bidders</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">For proposals to restructure
or liquidate closed end investment funds in which the secondary market
price is substantially lower than the net asset value.</td>
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</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Shareholder Proposals</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Traditionally, stockholder proposals
have been used to encourage management and other shareholders to
address socio-political issues. ADCM believes that it is inappropriate
to use client assets to attempt to affect such issues. Thus, we examine
stockholder proposals primarily to determine their economic impact on
shareholders.</p>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">I.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">ADCM votes in
support of shareholders on the following ballot items, which are fairly
common shareholder-sponsored initiatives:</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Requirements that auditors attend the
annual meeting of shareholders</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Establishment of an annual election of
the board of directors</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Mandates
requiring a majority of independent directors on the Board of Directors
and the audit, nominating, and compensation committees</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Mandates that amendments to bylaws or
charters have stockholder approval</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Mandates that shareholder-rights plans
be put to a vote or repealed</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Establishment of confidential voting</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Expansions to reporting of financial or
compensation-related information, within reason</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Repeals of various anti-takeover related
provisions</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Reduction or elimination
of super-majority vote requirements</td>
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</table>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt; text-align: center; width: 456pt;">D-5</p>
<br>
<hr width="760" style="padding-left: 0pt;" align="left">
<br>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Repeals or
prohibitions of "greenmail" provisions</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">"Opting-out"
of business combination provisions</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Proposals requiring the disclosure of
executive retirement benefits if the issuer does not have an
independent compensation committee.</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="576"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">II.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">In light of recent events
surrounding corporate auditors and taking into account corporate
governance provisions released by the SEC, NYSE, and NASDAQ, ADCM votes
in support of shareholders on the following ballot items, which are
fairly common shareholder-sponsored initiatives:</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Disclosure of Auditor and Consulting
relationships when the same or related entities are conducting both
activities</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Establishment of
selection committee responsible for the final approval of significant
management consultant contract awards where existing firms are already
acting in an auditing function</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Mandates that Audit, Compensation and
Nominating Committee members should all be independent directors</td>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Mandates giving the Audit Committee the
sole responsibility for the selection and dismissal of the auditing
firm and any subsequent result of audits are reported to the audit
committee.</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="26"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="576"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 0pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 20.04pt">III.&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 436pt">ADCM votes against
shareholders on the following initiatives, which are fairly common
shareholder-sponsored initiatives:</td>
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</table>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Limits to tenure of directors</td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Requirements that candidates for
directorships own large amounts of stock before being eligible to be
elected</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Restoration of cumulative
voting in the election of directors</td>
</tr>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Requirements that the company provide
costly, duplicative, or redundant reports; or reports of a non-business
nature</td>
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</table>
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<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="55"></td>
<td><img src="spacer.gif" height="1" width="546"></td>
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<td align="right" valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top: 6pt; padding-left: 20pt; text-align: left;  font-style: normal; width: 42pt">&bull;&nbsp;</td>
<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Restrictions related to
social, political, or special interest issues which affect the ability
of the company to do business or be competitive and which have
significant financial or best-interest impact</td>
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endorsements or corporate actions</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 414pt">Requiring the company to expense stock
options unless already mandated by FASB (or similar body) under
regulations that supply a common valuation model</td>
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tenure holding periods for their executives</td>
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executive retirement benefits if the issuer has an independent
compensation committee.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">We at ADCM
agree entirely with the United States Department of Labor's
position that "where proxy voting decisions may have an
effect on the economic value of the plan's underlying investment,
plan fiduciaries should make proxy voting decisions with a view to
enhancing the value of the shares of stock" (IB 94-2). Our
proxy voting policy and procedures are designed to ensure that our
clients receive the best possible returns on their investments.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Potential Conflicts</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As discussed above under Process, from
time to time, the Investment Committee will review a proxy which
presents a potential material conflict. For example, ADCM or its
affiliates may provide services to a company whose management is
soliciting proxies, or to another entity which is a proponent of a
</p>
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particular proxy proposal. Another example
could arise when ADCM has business or other relationships with
participants involved in proxy contests, such as a candidate for a
corporate directorship.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">As a fiduciary to its clients, ADCM
takes these potential conflicts very seriously. While ADCM's only
goal in addressing any such potential conflict is to ensure that proxy
votes are cast in the clients' best interests and are not
affected by ADCM's potential conflict, there are a number of
courses ADCM may take. The final decision as to which course to follow
shall be made by the Investment Committee.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">When the matter falls
clearly within one of the proposals enumerated above, casting a vote
which simply follows ADCM's pre-determined policy would eliminate
ADCM's discretion on the particular issue and hence avoid the
conflict.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In other cases, where the matter presents a potential
material conflict and is not clearly within one of the enumerated
proposals, or is of such a nature that ADCM believes more active
involvement is necessary, the Investment Committee will follow one of
two courses of action. First, ADCM may employ the services of a third
party, wholly independent of ADCM, its affiliates and those parties
involved in the proxy issue, to determine the appropriate vote.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Second, in certain situations the Investment Committee may determine
that the employment of a third party is unfeasible, impractical or
unnecessary. In such situations, the Investment Committee shall make a
decision as to the voting of the proxy. The basis for the voting
decision, including the basis for the determination that the decision
is in the best interests of ADCM's clients, shall be formalized
in writing as a part of the minutes to the ADCM Investment Committee.
As stated above, which action is appropriate in any given scenario
would be the decision of the Investment Committee in carrying out its
duty to ensure that the proxies are voted in the clients', and
not ADCM's, best interests.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Recordkeeping</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">In
accordance with applicable law, ADCM shall retain the following
documents for not less than five years from the end of the year in
which the proxies were voted, the first two years in ADCM's
office:</p>
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Policy and any additional procedures created pursuant to such
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">a copy of each proxy statement
ADCM receives regarding securities held by its clients (note: this
requirement may be satisfied by a third party who has agreed in writing
to do so or by obtaining a copy of the proxy statement from the EDGAR
database);</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">a record of each vote cast
by ADCM (note: this requirement may be satisfied by a third party who
has agreed in writing to do so);</td>
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of any document created by ADCM that was material in making its voting
decision or that memorializes the basis for such decision; and</td>
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<td valign="top" style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size: 10pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; width: 411pt">a copy of each written request from a
client, and response to the client, for information on how ADCM voted
the client's proxies.</td>
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<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Disclosure of Client Voting
Information</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Any client who wishes to receive information on how
its proxies were voted should contact ADCM's Compliance
Officer.</p>
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POLICIES AND PROCEDURES<br>PROXY VOTING</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie, Inc.
("Martin Currie") has adopted a Statement of
Policies and Procedures for Voting Proxies (the "Policies
and Procedures") designed to ensure that it votes proxies
in the best interests of its Clients in accordance with its fiduciary
duties, Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and
other applicable law. The Policies and Procedures do not apply to any
Client who has retained authority and discretion to vote its own
proxies or delegated such authority and discretion to a third
party.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Proxy Voting Policies</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie recognizes
the importance of good corporate governance in ensuring that management
and boards of directors fulfil their obligations to shareholders. As
part of its investment process, it takes into account the attitudes of
management and boards of directors on corporate governance issues when
deciding whether to invest in a company. As set out in the Policies and
Procedures, it is Martin Currie's general policy to support
management of the companies in which it invests and it will generally
cast votes in accordance with management's proposals. However, it
reserves the right to depart from this policy in order to avoid voting
decisions that it believes may be contrary to its Clients' best
interests.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Policies and Procedures also contain proxy voting
policies relating to specific issues, such as: the election of
directors; the appointment of auditors; changes to a company's
charter, articles of incorporation or bylaws; corporate restructurings,
mergers and acquisitions; transparency and accountability in corporate
governance; proposals regarding social, political and environmental
issues; and executive compensation. Martin Currie applies these
proxy-voting policies flexibly and reserves the right to vote contrary
to the policies when it believes they may be contrary to its
Clients' best interests.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie is a global
investment manager, and it invests significantly in emerging markets.
It should be noted that protection for shareholders may vary
significantly from jurisdiction to jurisdiction, and in some cases may
be substantially less than in the U.S. or developed countries.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Proxy Voting Procedures</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie's Market Data
Team is responsible for the coordination of proxy voting and liaises
with Product Managers and/or the Proxy Voting Committee. The Product
Managers are responsible for evaluating proxies and determining voting
decisions in accordance with the general principles of the Policies and
Procedures.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">The Proxy Voting Committee, which comprises senior
investment personnel and representatives of the Legal &amp; Compliance
Department, regularly reviews the proxy policies and considers specific
proxy voting matters in certain situations.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Conflicts of
Interest</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Martin Currie recognizes that there is a potential
conflict of interest when it votes a proxy solicited by an issuer with
whom it has a material business or personal relationship that may
affect how it votes on the issuer's proxy. Martin Currie believes
that oversight by the Committee ensures that proxies are voted with
only its Clients' best interests in mind. In order to avoid any
perceived conflict of interests, procedures have been established for
use when proxy votes are issued by existing Clients or where Martin
Currie holds a significant voting percentage of the company.</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:bold;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top: 12pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 0pt; padding-bottom: 0pt; background-color: #ffffff;">Proxies of Certain Non-U.S. Issuers</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Proxy voting in certain
countries requires "share blocking." That is,
shareholders wishing to vote their proxies must deposit their shares
shortly before the date of the meeting (usually one week) with a
designated depositary. During this blocking period, shares that will be
voted at the meeting cannot be sold until the meeting has taken place
and the shares are returned to the Clients' custodian banks.
Martin Currie may determine that the value of exercising the vote does
not outweigh the detriment of not being able to transact in the shares
during this period. In such cases, Martin Currie may abstain from
voting the affected shares.</p>
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and Proxy Voting Record</p>
<p style="font-family:serif;font-weight:normal;color:#000000;font-size:10pt;  width: 456pt; text-align: left; font-style: normal; line-height: 12pt; padding-top:6pt; padding-left:0pt; padding-right:0pt; padding-bottom: 6pt; margin: 0pt; text-indent: 20pt; background-color: #ffffff">Clients may obtain a copy of the
Policies and Procedures and information on how Martin Currie voted with
respect to their proxies by contacting the Client Services Team at
Martin Currie, Inc., Saltire Court, 20 Castle Terrace, Edinburgh,
Scotland, EH1 2ES, tel. 011-44-131-229-5252, fax 011-44-131-222-2527 or
email
Clientservices@martincurrie.com.</p>
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<b>No
dealer, salesperson or any other person has been authorized to give any
information or to make any representations other than those contained
in this prospectus in connection with the offer made by this prospectus
and, if given or made, such information or representations must not be
relied upon as having been authorized by the Fund or the Investment
Managers. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the
solicitation of any offer to buy any security other than the Shares of
common stock offered by this prospectus, nor does it constitute an
offer to sell or a solicitation of any offer to buy the Shares of
common stock by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or
solicitation is not authorized, or in which the person making such
offer or solicitation is not qualified to do so, or to any such person
to whom it is unlawful to make such offer or solicitation. Neither the
delivery of this prospectus nor any sale made hereunder shall, under
any circumstances, create any implication that information contained
herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date hereof.
However, if any material change occurs while this prospectus is
required by law to be delivered, the prospectus will be amended or
supplemented accordingly.</b>
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Shares</p>
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27, 2005</p>
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