<SEC-DOCUMENT>0001104659-15-027907.txt : 20150416
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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001104659-15-027907
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	DEF 14A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		9
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20150618
FILED AS OF DATE:		20150416
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20150416
EFFECTIVENESS DATE:		20150416

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000866095
		IRS NUMBER:				223060893
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1031

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		DEF 14A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06142
		FILM NUMBER:		15773568

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

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

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920703

	FORMER COMPANY:	
		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	JAPAN EMERGING EQUITY FUND INC
		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920407
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<TYPE>DEF 14A
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">ABERDEEN   JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No fee required.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fee computed on table below per   Exchange Act Rules 14a-6(i)(1) and 0-11.</font></p>    </td>   </tr>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 5pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:18pt;"><b><i>Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></b></font></p>
<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<BR>1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor<BR>Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103<BR>(800) 522-5465</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">April 10, 2015</font></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Dear Stockholders:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") of the Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), will be held on Thursday, June 18, 2015, at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 712 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10019, at 11:00 a.m., New York time. A Notice and Proxy Statement regarding the Meeting are available over the Internet at www.amstock.com/proxyservices/ViewMaterials.asp.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">At the Meeting, the Fund's stockholders will elect two Directors of the Fund. In addition, the stockholders who are present at the Meeting will hear an investment report on the Fund and will have an opportunity to discuss matters of interest to them.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">If you will not be able to attend the Meeting in person, please take the time now to review the accompanying materials and vote your shares by proxy. Your vote is important.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board of Directors has recommended that the stockholders vote in favor of the foregoing matter.</font></p>
<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Respectfully,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">/s/ Martin J. Gruber</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Martin J. Gruber</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:2pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>YOU ARE STRONGLY URGED TO VOTE YOUR SHARES BY PROXY OVER THE INTERNET OR VIA THE TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE NUMBER, AS DESCRIBED IN THE ACCOMPANYING MATERIALS. AS AN ALTERNATIVE, IF YOU REQUESTED AND RECEIVED A PAPER COPY OF THE PROXY CARD BY MAIL, PLEASE PROMPTLY SIGN AND MAIL THE PROXY CARD IN THE RETURN ENVELOPE PROVIDED TO ENSURE A QUORUM AT THE MEETING.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:12pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 24pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:11pt;"><b>NOTICE OF THE ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS<BR>JUNE 18, 2015</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">To the Stockholders of<BR>Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), will be held at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 712 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10019, on Thursday, June 18, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., New York time, for the following purposes:</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1.&nbsp;&nbsp;To consider and vote upon the election of two Directors of the Fund, to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until each such Director's successor is duly elected and qualifies.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2.&nbsp;&nbsp;To transact such other business as may properly come before the Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">On or about April 10, 2015, the Fund will mail stockholders a notice containing instructions on how to access the Proxy Statement and proxy card (the "Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials"). As of the date of mailing of the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials, all stockholders have the ability to access the proxy materials on the website referred to in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. These proxy materials will be available free of charge.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials also includes instructions on how to receive a paper copy of the proxy materials by mail or an electronic copy of the materials by e-mail. The proxy materials sent to you will include the proxy card, which you may complete, sign and return by mail. The proxy materials will also provide you with instructions on how to cast your vote over the Internet and a telephone number you may call to cast your vote.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's Board of Directors has fixed the close of business on March 30, 2015 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">You are cordially invited to attend the Meeting. Any stockholder who does not expect to attend the Meeting in person is requested to vote by proxy over the Internet, by telephone or by completing, dating and signing the requested proxy card and returning it promptly. You may nevertheless vote in person at the Meeting if you choose to attend. Your vote is important. The proxy is being solicited by the Board of Directors.</font></p>
<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">By order of the Board of Directors,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">/s/ Megan Kennedy</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Megan Kennedy</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Vice President and Secretary of the Fund</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">April 10, 2015</font></p>
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<p style="margin:6pt 0pt 7pt 0pt;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:11pt;"><b>PROXY STATEMENT</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">This Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by the Board of Directors (the "Board") of the ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC., a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting"), to be held at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 712 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10019, on Monday, June 18, 2015, at 11:00 a.m., New York time and at any adjournments thereof. A Notice of Annual Meeting of Stockholders and a proxy card accompany this Proxy Statement. This Proxy Statement and proxy card are first being made available to stockholders on or about April 10, 2015.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Any stockholder giving a proxy in advance of the Meeting has the power to revoke it by mail (addressed to the Secretary of the Fund, c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103), by executing a superseding proxy or by attending the Meeting in person and voting at the Meeting. All properly executed proxy cards received in time for the Meeting will be voted as specified in the proxy card or, if no specification is made, FOR Proposal 1. Shares owned by any stockholder who attends the Meeting but does not cast a vote are included in the determination of the number of shares present at the Meeting. Stockholders do not have dissenter's rights of appraisal in connection with any of the matters to be voted on by the stockholders at the Meeting.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Under rules and regulations of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "Commission"), instead of mailing a printed copy of the proxy materials to each stockholder of record, the Fund is furnishing proxy materials, which include the Proxy Statement, over the Internet and providing a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail. You will not receive a printed copy of the proxy materials unless you request to receive these materials in hard copy by following the instructions provided in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. Instead, the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will instruct how you may access and review the important information contained in the proxy materials. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials also instructs how you may submit your proxy card via the Internet. You may also vote your shares via touchtone telephone by dialing 1-800-PROXIES (please call 1-718-921-8500 for calls from outside the United States). If you received a Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials by mail and would like to receive a printed copy of the proxy materials, you should follow the instructions for requesting such materials included in the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials. It is expected that the Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials will first be mailed to stockholders on or about April 10, 2015.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>The Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its Annual Report for its most recent fiscal year to any stockholder requesting such report. Requests for the Annual Report should be made by writing to the Fund's investor relations program at Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. ("AAMI") at AAMI's principal executive offices, c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, attention: Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.: Investor Relations, or by calling collect at 1-800-522-5465.</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board has fixed the close of business on March 30, 2015 as the record date (the "Record Date") for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of and to vote at the Meeting and at any adjournments thereof. Stockholders on the Record Date will be entitled to one vote for each share held, with no shares having cumulative voting rights. As of the Record Date, the Fund had outstanding 13,662,883 shares of common stock.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">It is essential that stockholders vote their shares in person or by proxy over the Internet, by telephone or by completing, dating, signing and returning each requested paper proxy card as indicated in the Fund's proxy card. Stockholders are able to vote their shares by proxy over the Internet at </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>www.voteproxy.com</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">. The Internet procedures are designed to authenticate a stockholder's identity to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. Stockholders will also be able to obtain a toll free number to vote their shares by proxy via touchtone telephone after viewing the proxy materials over the Internet at </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>www.amstock.com/proxyservices/ViewMaterials.asp</b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">. The Notice of Internet Availability of Proxy Materials includes instructions on how to request paper copies of proxy materials. If you received printed proxy materials, you may submit your proxy by mail by signing your proxy card and mailing it in the enclosed envelope.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>THE FUND'S BOARD UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT THE STOCKHOLDERS VOTE IN FAVOR OF THE MATTERS MENTIONED IN THE NOTICE OF MEETING.</b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Persons named in the proxy card intend, in the absence of contrary instructions, to vote all proxies FOR the election of the nominees listed below as Directors of the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(i)&nbsp;&nbsp;Radhika Ajmera, as a Class I Director, to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until her successor is duly elected and qualifies;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(ii)&nbsp;&nbsp;Martin J. Gruber, as a Class I Director, to serve until the 2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders and until his successor is duly elected and qualifies.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The terms of all nominees for Director will expire on the date on which Directors are elected at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund in the year stated above or the date that his or her successor is elected and qualified. If any such nominee should be unable to serve due to an event that is not now anticipated, the proxies will be voted for such person, if any, as shall be designated by the Board to replace any such nominee. The election of each nominee as a Director of the Fund will require the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at the Meeting at which a quorum is present. A majority of the Fund's outstanding shares as of the Record Date, represented in person or represented by proxy, will constitute a quorum of stockholders at the Meeting. For purposes of Proposal 1, withholding of authority to vote for a nominee will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting, and will be treated as votes cast against the nominee at the Meeting.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Each nominee for Director of the Fund has consented to be named in this Proxy Statement and to serve as a Director of the Fund if elected. The Board has no reason to believe that either of the nominees named above will become unavailable for election as a Directors, but if that should occur before the meeting for the Fund, the persons named as proxies in the proxy cards will vote for such person(s) as the Board of the Fund may recommend.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Information Concerning Directors and Nominees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The following table sets forth information concerning the nominees for Director of the Fund, as well as the other current Directors of the Fund. Neither the Director nominees nor any other current Directors of the Fund are deemed by the Fund's counsel to be an "interested person" (as defined in the U.S. Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act")) of the Fund.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Name, Address of <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Nominees/Directors, <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Year of Birth</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or Employment During <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Past Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Since(1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Dollar Range <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Equity <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Securities in <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>the Fund(2)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Aggregate Dollar <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Range of Equity <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Securities in all <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds Overseen <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or to be <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Overseen by <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director or <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Nominee in Family <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Investment <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Companies(2)(3)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Funds <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>in Fund <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Overseen by <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director(3)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Other <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Directorships <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>During Past <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Radhika Ajmera&dagger;<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market St.,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">32</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1964</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Ms. Ajmera has been an independent consultant since 2008 and provides consulting services to firms in the financial sector. Ms. Ajmera has over twenty years' experience in fund management, predominantly in emerging markets.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">2014</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">0</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">0</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">None.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Martin J. Gruber(4)&dagger;<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">229 S. Irving Street<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Ridgewood, N.J. 07450<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1937</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Mr. Gruber has been a Professor Emeritus and Scholar in Residence, Leonard N. Stern School of Business, New York University, since 2010. He was previously Professor of Finance, from 1965 to 2010.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1992</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="20" align="right" valign="top" style="padding:0pt .7pt 6pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">50,001-100,000</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">over $100,000</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">2</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Trustee, National Bureau of Economic Research, since 2005.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">David G. Harmer<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10911 </font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Ashurst Way<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Highlands Ranch, CO <BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">80130<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1943</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Prior to retiring, Mr. Harmer was the Director of Community and Economic Development, City of Ogden, from 2005 to 2008.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1997</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10,001-50,000</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10,001-50,000</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">2</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">None.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Name, Address of <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Nominees/Directors, <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Year of Birth</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or Employment During <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Past Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Since(1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Dollar Range <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Equity <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Securities in <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>the Fund(2)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Aggregate Dollar <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Range of Equity <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Securities in all <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Funds Overseen <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>or to be <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Overseen by <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director or <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Nominee in Family <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Investment <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Companies(2)(3)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>of Funds <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>in Fund <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Overseen by <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Director(3)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Other <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Directorships <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>During Past <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Five Years</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Richard J. Herring<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1946</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Mr. Herring is the Jacob Safra Professor of International Banking and Professor, Finance Department, at The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, since 1972. He is also the Founding Director, Wharton Financial Institutions Center, since 1994; Co-chair of the Shadow Financial Regulatory Committee, since 2000; and Executive Director of the Financial Economists Roundtable, since 2008. He is a member of the Systemic Risk Council and the FDIC's Systemic Resolution Advisory Council.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">2007</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10,001-50,000</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10,001-50,000</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Trustee, Deutsche Asset Management Funds (and certain predecessor funds), since 1990; Independent Director of Barclays Bank, Delaware, since 2010.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Rahn K. Porter<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">944 E. Rim Road<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Franktown, CO 80116<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1954</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Mr. Porter has been the Interim Chief Executive Officer since 2014 and the Chief Financial Officer of The Colorado Health Foundation since 2013. He previously was Senior Vice President and Treasurer, Qwest Communications International Inc. (telecommunications) from 2008 to 2011.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">10,001-50,000</font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">$</font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">50,001-100,000</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Director, CenturyLink Investment Management Company (formerly Qwest Asset Management Company) since 2006; Director, BlackRidge Financial, Inc., since 2005.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Each director serves for a three year term. The current term for Ms. Ajmera and Messrs. Gruber, Harmer, Herring and Porter ends at the annual stockholder meeting in 2015, 2015, 2016, 2017 and 2016, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;The information as to beneficial ownership is based on statements furnished to the Fund by the Directors. The dollar value of shares is based upon the market price as of March 17, 2015. "Family of Investment Companies" includes the Fund and other registered investment companies advised by Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited or its affiliates which hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;As of March 31, 2015, Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Israel Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Indonesia Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Singapore Fund, Inc., Aberdeen </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Japan Equity Fund, Inc., The Asia-Tigers Fund, Inc., The India Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Greater China Fund, Inc., the Aberdeen Funds and the Aberdeen Investment Funds are U.S. registered funds that have a common investment manager and/or investment adviser with the Fund, or an investment adviser that is affiliated with the investment manager and/or investment adviser of the Fund, and may thus be deemed to be part of the same "Fund Complex" as the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;The Board of Directors determined that Mr. Gruber's experience and knowledge of the Fund, financial expertise and knowledge of closed-end fund dynamics provided a basis for Mr. Gruber's continued service as a Director of the Fund under the retirement policy of the Fund established in December 2012.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">&dagger;&nbsp;&nbsp;Nominee for Director.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Additional Information about the Board of Directors</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board believes that each Director's experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of the other Directors on the Board lead to the conclusion that each Director should serve on the Board. The Board believes that each Director's ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them; to interact effectively with Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited ("AAMAL"), the Fund's investment manager, other services providers, counsel, and independent auditors; and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, support this conclusion. The Board has also considered the contributions that each Director can make to the Board and Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">A Director's ability to contribute effectively may have been attained through the Director's executive, business, consulting, and/or academic positions; experience from service as a Director of the Fund and other funds/portfolios in the Aberdeen fund complex, other investment funds, public companies, non-profit entities or other organizations; educational background or professional training or practice; and/or other life experiences. In this regard, the following specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills apply as to each Director. Ms. Ajmera&#151;financial background in fund management; Mr. Gruber&#151;financial background as Professor Emeritus and Scholar in Residence and previously a professor of finance at the Leonard N. Stern School of Business, fund leadership role as chairman of the board of directors for another fund within the Aberdeen complex, as well as board experience with other investment companies; Mr. Harmer&#151;business background, accounting expertise and executive management experience as a president, chairman chief financial officer, corporate controller and a director of various private and governmental entities and director of another fund within the Aberdeen complex; Mr. Herring&#151;financial background as professor of finance and board experience with other closed-end investment companies and public companies and director of another fund within the Aberdeen complex; and Mr. Porter&#151;business background and executive management and financial expertise as vice president and chief financial officer of public and private entities and director of another fund within the Aberdeen complex.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board believes that the significance to the Fund of each Director's experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills is an individual matter (meaning that it may vary by individual) and that these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no particular factor being indicative of effectiveness. In addition, in its periodic self-assessment of its effectiveness, the Board considers the complementary individual skills and experience to oversee the business of the Fund. References to the experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills of Directors are presented pursuant to disclosure requirements of the Commission, do not constitute holding out the Board or any Director as having any special expertise or experience, and should not be considered to impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on the Board by reason thereof.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Based on the information furnished by each of the Directors as of October 31, 2014, neither any of the Directors nor any immediate family member of the Directors owned any securities of the investment manager, or any of its affiliates, of the Fund as of such date.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's Board held four regular meetings and one special meeting during its fiscal year ended October 31, 2014. Each current Director attended at least seventy-five percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">and any Committee of which he was a member. For annual or special stockholder meetings, Directors may but are not required to attend the meetings; and for the Fund's last annual stockholder meeting, each Director attended the meeting.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), which is responsible for reviewing financial and accounting matters. The members of the Fund's Audit Committee are independent as defined in Sections 303A.02 and 303A.07(a) of the New York Stock Exchange's (the "NYSE") Listed Company Manual, as may be modified or supplemented. The Fund has adopted a formal, written Audit Committee Charter, a copy of which is available at www.aberdeenjeq.com. The current members of the Fund's Audit Committee are Messrs. Gruber, Harmer, Herring and Porter and Ms. Ajmera. Mr. Porter has been designated as the Fund's "audit committee financial expert," as defined in Item 3 of Form N-CSR, and is presumed to be financially sophisticated for purposes of Section 802B(2) of the NYSE US LLC Company Guide.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's Audit Committee met two times during its fiscal year. The report of the Fund's Audit Committee, along with certain disclosures regarding fees paid to the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm, are set forth on pages 13 and 14 of this Proxy Statement.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Board has a Nominating and Compensation Committee, which is responsible for recommending individuals to the Board for nomination as members of the Board and its committees. The Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee is composed of Directors who are not interested persons of the Fund and comply with the independence requirements of the NYSE listing standards for Nominating and Compensation Committee members. The Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee's actions are governed by the Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee Charter, a copy of which is available at www.aberdeenjeq.com. The current members of the Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee are Messrs. Gruber, Harmer, Herring and Porter and Ms. Ajmera. The Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee met once during its last fiscal year.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Process of Evaluation of Independent Director Candidates</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee identifies individuals qualified to serve as Independent Directors on the Board and on committees of the Board and recommends such qualified individuals for nomination by the Fund's Independent Directors as candidates for election as Independent Directors, advises the Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees, monitors and makes recommendations on corporate governance matters and policies and procedures of the Board and any Board committees and oversees periodic evaluations of the Board and its committees. Persons recommended by the Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee as candidates for nomination as Independent Directors are required to possess such knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity so as to enhance the Board's ability to manage and direct the affairs and business of the Fund, including, when applicable, to enhance the ability of committees of the Board to fulfill their duties and/or to satisfy any independence requirements imposed by law, regulation or any listing requirements of the NYSE. While the Independent Directors of the Fund expect to be able to continue to identify from their own resources an ample number of qualified candidates for the Board as they deem appropriate, they will consider nominations from stockholders to the Board. Nominations from stockholders should be in writing and sent to the Independent Directors as described herein. Assuming that appropriate biographical and background material is provided for Independent Director candidates recommended by stockholders, the Board will evaluate those candidates by following substantially the same process, and applying substantially the same criteria, as for candidates identified by the Independent Directors of the Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's policy on Board diversity provides that while diversity and variety of experiences and viewpoints represented on the Board should always be considered, a nominee for Director should not be chosen nor excluded solely or largely because of race, color, gender, national origin or sexual orientation or identity. In selecting a nominee for Director, the Fund's Nominating and Compensation Committee focuses on skills, expertise or background that would complement the existing Board, recognizing that the Fund's business and operations are diverse and global in nature.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Board Leadership Structure and Risk Oversight</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund is focused on its corporate governance practices and values independent Board oversight as an essential component of strong corporate performance to enhance stockholder value. The Fund's commitment to independent oversight is demonstrated by the fact that all of its Directors are independent. In addition, all of the members of the Board's committees are independent. The Board acts independently of management and regularly holds independent director sessions of the Board without members of management present.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund is subject to a number of risks, including investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks, among others. Risk oversight forms part of the Board's general oversight of the Fund and is addressed as part of various Board and committee activities. The Fund's investment manager and other service providers also employ a variety of processes, procedures and controls to identify various events or circumstances that give rise to risks, to lessen the probability of their occurrence and/or to mitigate the effects of such events or circumstances if they do occur. In addition, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer compiles a risk assessment for the Fund which is reviewed by the Board. The Board recognizes that it is not possible to identify all of the risks that may affect the Fund or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. As part of its regular oversight of the Fund, the Board interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, the Fund's investment manager, the Fund's administrator, the Fund's Chief Compliance Officer, the Fund's independent registered public accounting firm and counsel, as appropriate, regarding risks faced by the Fund and applicable risk controls. The Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts risk oversight.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Stockholder Communications</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Stockholders may send communications to the Board. Stockholders should send communications intended for the Board by addressing the communication directly to the Board (or individual Board members) and/or otherwise clearly indicating in the salutation that the communication is for the Board (or individual Board members) and by sending the communication to either the Fund's office or directly to such Board member(s) at the address specified for each Director above. Other stockholder communications received by the Fund not directly addressed and sent to the Board will be reviewed and generally responded to by management, and will be forwarded to the Board only at management's discretion based on the matters contained therein.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Officer of <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>the Fund Since</b></font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Alan Goodson*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Head of Product-US, overseeing Product Management, Product Development and Investor Services for Aberdeen's registered and unregistered investment companies in the US and Canada. Mr. Goodson is Vice President of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. and joined Aberdeen in 2000.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Name, Address and <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Year of Birth</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Positions Held <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>with the Fund</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Officer of <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>the Fund Since</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Jeffrey Cotton*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1977</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Chief Compliance Officer, Vice President&#151;Compliance</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Vice President and Head of Compliance&#151;Americas for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Mr. Cotton joined Aberdeen in 2010. Prior to joining Aberdeen, Mr. Cotton was a Senior Compliance Officer at Old Mutual Asset Management (2009-2010) supporting its affiliated investment advisers and mutual fund platform.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Andrea Melia*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1969</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Treasurer</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Head of Fund Administration-US and Vice President for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Melia joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. in 2009.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Megan Kennedy*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Secretary and Vice President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Head of Product Management for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Kennedy joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. in 2005.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Bev Hendry*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1953</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">December 2014</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Co-Head of Americas and Chief Financial Officer for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. since July 2014. He first joined Aberdeen in 1987 and helped establish Aberdeen's business in the Americas in Fort Lauderdale. Mr. Hendry left Aberdeen in 2008 when the company moved to consolidate its headquarters in Philadelphia. Mr. Hendry re-joined Aberdeen from Hansberger Global Investors in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, where he worked for six years as Chief Operating Officer.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Jennifer Nichols*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1978</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Global Head of Legal and Vice President and Director for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Nichols joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. in 2006.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Christian Pittard*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">c/o Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1973</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Group Head of Product Development, for Aberdeen Asset Management PLC and Director of Aberdeen Managers Limited. Previously Director and Vice President (from 2006 to 2008), Chief Executive Officer (from 2005 to 2006) and employee (since 2005) of AAMI.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Lucia Sitar*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1971</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Managing U.S. Counsel for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Sitar joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. in 2007.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Sharon Ferrari*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1977</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Assistant Treasurer</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">March 2014</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Senior Fund Administration Manager for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Ferrari joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. as a Senior Fund Administrator in 2008.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Heather Hasson*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1982</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Assistant Secretary</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">September 2012</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Senior Product Manager for Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. Ms. Hasson joined Aberdeen Asset Management Inc. as a Fund Administrator in 2006.</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Sofia Rosala*<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Aberdeen Asset<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Management Inc.<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Attn: US Legal<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor,<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Year of Birth: 1974</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Vice President and Deputy Chief Compliance Officer</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">March 2014</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">Currently, Deputy Funds CCO/U.S. Counsel for AAMI. She joined Aberdeen in 2012 as U.S. Counsel. Prior to that Ms. Rosala served as Counsel for Vertex, Inc. (2011-2012) and Senior Associate at Morgan, Lewis &amp; Bockius from 2008-2011.</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:4pt 0pt 4pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;">*&nbsp;&nbsp;Messrs. Goodson, Cotton, Hendry, and Pittard and Mses. Nichols, Melia, Kennedy, Sitar, Hasson, Ferrari and Rosala hold officer position(s) in one or more of the following: Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Chile Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Israel Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Indonesia Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Latin America Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Emerging Markets Smaller Company Opportunities Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Singapore Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., The Asia-Tigers Fund, Inc., The India Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Greater China Fund, Inc., the Aberdeen Funds and Aberdeen Investment Funds all of which may be deemed to be a part of the same "Fund Complex."</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Transactions with and Remuneration of Officers and Directors</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The aggregate fee remuneration for Directors of the Fund not affiliated with the Fund's investment manager was $80,438 and $45,600 for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013, respectively. Effective March 4, 2014, each such non-affiliated Director receives fees, paid by the Fund, of $1,500 for each Directors' meeting attended in person, $1,000 for each Directors' meeting attended by telephone, $750 for each audit committee meeting attended in person or by telephone and an annual fee of $12,000. The Chairman of the Board of Directors receives an additional $5,000 annually. The Chairman of the Fund's Audit Committee receives an additional $3,000 annually.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The officers of the Fund did not receive any compensation from the Fund. As of March 31, 2015, all of the Fund's Directors are independent. AAMI, which pays the compensation and certain expenses of the officers of AAMI who serve as officers of the Fund, receives administration fees from the Fund.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Set forth below is a chart showing the aggregate fee compensation paid by the Fund (in U.S. dollars) to each of its Directors during the Fund's most recent fiscal year, as well as the total fee compensation paid to each Director by the Fund and by other registered investment companies in the Fund Complex for their services as Directors of such investment companies during their respective fiscal years. In all cases, there were no pension or retirement benefits accrued as part of the Fund's expenses.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Name of Director</b></font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Aggregate Compensation <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>From The Fund(1)</b></font></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Total Compensation <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>From The Fund and Fund <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Complex Paid <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>to Directors(1)</b></font></td>
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<td colspan="11" width="377" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Independent Directors</b></font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Radhika Ajmera(2)</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="104" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4,850</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">$</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="112" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4,850</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Martin J. Gruber</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="104" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">21,897</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="112" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">39,972</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
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<td colspan="3" width="95" align="left" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">David G. Harmer</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="104" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">16,897</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="112" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">35,647</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Richard J. Herring</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="104" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">16,897</font></p></td>
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&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="8" bgcolor="#cceeff">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" bgcolor="#cceeff" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="112" bgcolor="#cceeff" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">35,647</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Rahn K. Porter</font></p></td>
<td colspan="1">&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="21" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
&nbsp;</td>
<td colspan="1" width="104" align="right" valign="bottom" style="padding:0pt .7pt 4pt 0pt;">
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">19,897</font></p></td>
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<td colspan="1" width="8">&nbsp;</td>
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&nbsp;</td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">41,647</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:2pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;Paid through fiscal year end October 31, 2014.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;Ms. Ajmera became a Director of the Fund effective September 1, 2014 and therefore received only partial compensation over the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>INVESTMENT MANAGER AND ADMINISTRATOR OF THE FUND</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited serves as the investment manager to the Fund and its principal office is located 21 Church Street #01-01, Capital Square Two, Singapore 049480. AAMI serves as the administrator to the Fund and its principal office is located at 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, PA 19103.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>SECTION 16(a) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act, requires the Fund's officers and Directors, and persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Fund's equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes in ownership with the Commission and the NYSE. The Fund believes that its officers and Directors have complied with all applicable filing requirements.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>REPORT OF THE AUDIT COMMITTEE</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">At a meeting held on December 9, 2014, the Board of the Fund, a Maryland corporation (the "Fund"), including a majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons," as defined under the 1940 Act, selected PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP ("PWC") to act as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Fund for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2015. Although it is not expected that a representative of PWC will attend the Meeting, a representative will be available by telephone to make a statement to the stockholders, if the representative wishes to do so, and to respond to stockholder questions, if any.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014 were audited by PWC. The Audit Committee of the Fund has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements of the Fund with management of the Fund. The Audit Committee of the Fund has received the written disclosures and the letter from PWC required by The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") Rule 3526 (PCAOB Rule 1, Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence), as may be modified or supplemented, and have discussed with PWC its independence with respect to the Fund. The Fund knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of PWC in the Fund. The Audit Committee has discussed with PWC the matters required to be discussed by SAS 61 and PCAOB AS 16, as may be modified or supplemented. Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee of the Fund has recommended to the Board that the audited financial statements of the Fund </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014 be included in the Fund's most recent annual report filed with the Commission.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Rahn K. Porter, Chairman of the Audit Committee<BR>Radhika Ajmera, Member of the Audit Committee<BR>Martin J. Gruber, Member of the Audit Committee<BR>David G. Harmer, Member of the Audit Committee<BR>Richard J. Herring, Member of the Audit Committee</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Audit Fees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The aggregate fees billed by PWC for professional services rendered in connection with the annual audit and review of the Fund's financial statements for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 were $65,180 and $63,280, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Audit-Related Fees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The aggregate fees billed by PWC for assurance and related services related to the performance of the audit or review of the financial statements for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 were $0 and $0, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Tax Fees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The aggregate fees billed by PWC for professional services rendered by PWC for tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning (consisting of a review of the Fund's income tax returns and tax distribution requirements) for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 were $5,300 and $10,175, respectively.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Other Fees</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">There were no other fees billed by PWC for services rendered to the Fund for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>Audit Committee Pre-approval</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's Audit Committee's policy is to pre-approve all auditing and non-auditing services to be provided to the Fund by the Fund's registered public accounting firm. All of the audit and the tax services described above for which PWC billed the Fund fees for the fiscal years ended October 31, 2014 and 2013 were pre-approved by the Fund's Audit Committee.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The aggregate fees billed by PWC for non-audit services rendered to Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited, the Fund's investment manager ("AAMAL") or any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with AAMAL that provided ongoing services to the Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2014 were $2,300,584. The aggregate fees billed by PWC for non-audit services rendered to the Daiwa SB Investments (USA) Ltd, the Fund's previous investment manager ("Daiwa SB"), Daiwa SB Investments Ltd., the Fund's investment adviser ("Daiwa SBI") or any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control of Daiwa SB or Daiwa SBI that provided on going services to the Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2013 were $1,009,023.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Audit Committee of the Fund has considered whether the provision of non-audit services rendered to affiliates of the investment manager of the Fund is compatible with maintaining the independence of PWC and has concluded it is.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Principal Holders.</i></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> Set forth below is information with respect to persons who, to the knowledge of the management of the Fund, owned beneficially more than 5% of the Fund's outstanding shares of common stock as of the Record Date. The information is based on publicly available Schedule 13D and 13G disclosures filed with the Commission.</font></p>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Number of <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Shares of Common <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Stock and Nature of<BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Beneficial Ownership</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Percent of Common <BR></b></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:8pt;"><b>Stock Outstanding(1)</b></font></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1607 Capital Partners LLC<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">4991 Lake Brook Drive, Suite 125<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Glen Allen, VA 23060</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">2,445,774</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">17.8</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Lazard Asset Management LLC<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">30 Rockefellar Plaza<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">New York, NY 10112</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,814,187</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt; white-space:nowrap"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(3)</font></p></td>
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<font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Wells Fargo &amp; Company<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">420 Montgomery Street<BR></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">San Francisco, CA 94104</font></td>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1,492,194</font></p></td>
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<p style="margin:2pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(1)&nbsp;&nbsp;The information provided in this column regarding the percent of common stock outstanding is based on the publicly available Schedule 13D and 13G disclosures filed with the Commission as of the Record Date.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(2)&nbsp;&nbsp;The above information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 17, 2015, which indicates that 1607 Capital Partners, LLC has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to its 2,445,774 shares of common stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(3)&nbsp;&nbsp;The above information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on January 29, 2015, which indicates that Lazard Asset Management LLC has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to its 1,814,187 shares of common stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">(4)&nbsp;&nbsp;The above information is based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on January 12, 2015, which indicates that Wells Fargo &amp; Company has sole voting power and sole dispositive power with respect to its 1,492,194 shares of common stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Security Ownership of Management.</i></font><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"> As of the record date, the Fund's Directors and officers owned, in the aggregate, less than 1% of the Fund's outstanding shares of common stock.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>MISCELLANEOUS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Proxies will be solicited by mail and may be solicited in person or by telephone or internet by officers of the Fund or personnel of AAMI. The Fund has retained AST Fund Solutions, LLC to assist in the proxy solicitation. The fee for such services is estimated at $3,500, plus reimbursement of expenses. The expenses connected with the solicitation of these proxies and with any further proxies which may be solicited by the Fund's officers or agents in person or by telephone will be borne by the Fund. The Fund will reimburse banks, brokers and other persons holding the Fund's shares registered in their names or in the names of their nominees for their expenses incurred in sending proxy material to and obtaining proxies from the beneficial owners of such shares.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">It is important that you promptly submit your vote as a stockholder of the Fund. In the event that sufficient votes in favor of the proposal set forth in the Notice of the Meeting for the Fund are not received by June 18, 2015, the chairman of the Meeting or the persons named as proxies in the proxy card may propose one or more adjournments of the Meeting to permit further solicitation of proxies. If submitted to a vote of stockholders, any such adjournment will require the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the shares present in person or by proxy at the session of the Meeting and voting on that proposal. The persons named as proxies in the proxy card will vote in favor of such adjournment those proxies which they are entitled to vote in favor of the proposal for </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 2pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><b>STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS</b></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Any proposal by a stockholder of the Fund intended to be included in the proxy materials for the year 2016 annual meeting of stockholders of the Fund must be received by the Fund, c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, not later than December 12, 2015.</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">The Fund's By-laws require that any proposal by a stockholder of the Fund intended to be presented at the 2016 annual meeting of stockholders must be received by the Fund, c/o Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103, not earlier than 90 days prior and not later than 60 days prior to June 18, 2016.</font></p>
<p style="margin:15pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">By order of the Board of Directors,</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">/s/ Megan Kennedy</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 0pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">Megan Kennedy</font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 12pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;"><i>Vice President and Secretary of the Fund</i></font></p>
<p style="margin:0pt 0pt 6pt 0pt;" align="left"><font face="Times New Roman PS Std, Times New Roman PS, Times New Roman, Times" style="font-size:10pt;">1735 Market Street, 32nd Floor<BR>Philadelphia, PA 19103<BR>April 10, 2015</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="4" face="Arial" style="font-size:14.0pt;font-weight:bold;">ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">c/o&nbsp;Aberdeen&nbsp;Asset&nbsp;Management&nbsp;Inc.,&nbsp;1735&nbsp;Market&nbsp;Street,&nbsp;32nd&nbsp;Floor,&nbsp;Philadelphia,&nbsp;PA&nbsp;19103</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Proxy Solicited on Behalf of the Board of Directors for the<br>   Annual Meeting of Stockholders on</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="3" face="Arial" style="font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold;">June&nbsp;18, 2015</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.5pt;">The   undersigned stockholder of Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc., a Maryland   corporation (the &#147;Fund&#148;), hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy and   Heather Hasson, or any of them, as proxies of the undersigned, with full   power of substitution, to attend the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the   &#147;Meeting&#148;) of the Fund, to be held at the offices of Aberdeen Asset   Management Inc., 712 Fifth Avenue, 49th Floor, New York, New York 10019, on   June&nbsp;18, 2015 at 11:00&nbsp;a.m., New York time, and any and all adjournments   or postponements thereof, to cast on behalf of the undersigned all the votes   that the undersigned is entitled to cast at the Meeting and otherwise to   represent the undersigned at the Meeting with all the powers possessed by the   undersigned if personally present at the Meeting.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><b><font size="2" face="Arial" style="font-size:10.5pt;font-weight:bold;">The votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast in   accordance with the instructions given by the undersigned stockholder, but if   this proxy is executed and no instructions are given, the votes entitled to   be cast by the undersigned will be cast iN favoR&nbsp; of&nbsp;   Proposal 1 as set forth in this proxy card. in addition, the votes   entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast, in the discretion of the   proxy holder on such other business as may properly come before the meeting   or any adjournments or postponements thereof.&nbsp;   The undersigned hereby revokes any and all proxies with respect to   such shares heretofore given by the undersigned. The undersigned acknowledges   receipt of the Notice of annual meeting of stockholders and the accompanying   Proxy statement, the terms of which are incorporated by reference.</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.5pt;">To elect each of Radhika Ajmera and   Martin J. Gruber as Class&nbsp;I Directors of the Fund to serve until the   2018 Annual Meeting of Stockholders of the Fund and until his or her   successor is duly elected and qualifies:</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:8.0pt;"><img width="17" height="12" src="g84411cci004.jpg">&nbsp;Radhika Ajmera</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">INSTRUCTIONS</font></u></b><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;font-weight:bold;">:&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;">To withhold authority to vote for any individual   nominee(s), mark <b>&#147;FOR ALL EXCEPT&#148; </b>and fill in the circle next to each nominee   you wish to withhold, as shown here:<b><img width="16" height="12" src="g84411cci005.jpg"></b></font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;">To change the address on your   account, please check the box at right and indicate your new address in the   address space above.&nbsp; Please note that   changes to the registered name(s)&nbsp;on the account may not be submitted   via this method.</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:6.0pt;">Signature&nbsp;of&nbsp;Stockholder&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;</font><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:6.0pt;">Date:</font><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:7.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Signature&nbsp;of&nbsp;Stockholder&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:6.0pt;">&nbsp;&nbsp;Date:&nbsp;&nbsp;</font></p>    </td>
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<p style="margin:3.0pt 0in .0001pt;text-align:justify;"><b><font size="1" face="Arial" style="font-size:6.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note:&nbsp;</font></b></p>    </td>
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<p align="right" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:right;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Exhibit 99.(1)</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Singapore Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">The Japan Equity Fund,&nbsp;Inc.</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(individually, a &#147;Fund&#148; and collectively, the &#147;Funds&#148;)</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">NOMINATING AND COMPENSATION COMMITTEE CHARTER</font></b></p>
<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Nominating and Compensation Committee Membership</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Nominating and Compensation Committee of each Fund (the &#147;Committee&#148;) shall be composed entirely of independent directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Board Nominations and Functions</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall make nominations to fill vacancies for non-interested director membership on the Board of Directors of each Fund, however those vacancies may arise.&#160; The Committee shall evaluate candidates&#146; qualifications for Board membership and their independence from the Funds&#146; manager and other principal service providers.&#160; Persons selected must be non-interested within the meaning of the Investment Company Act if 1940, as amended (the &#147;1940 Act&#148;), and in such other respects as the Committee may determine from time to time.&#160; No independent director may be elected by the Board or nominated by the Board for election by the stockholders unless nominated by the Committee.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall periodically review director compensation and shall recommend any appropriate changes in compensation to the independent directors as a group.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Other Powers and Responsibilities</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its responsibilities, including authority to retain special counsel and other experts or consultants at the expense of the appropriate Fund(s).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">It is understood that the Committee may consult with Fund management in selecting and evaluating nominees for election as independent directors and recommending changes in compensation for independent directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">3.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Committee shall review this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the full Board of Directors of each Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Diversity Policy</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">1.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">While diversity and variety of experiences and viewpoints represented on the Board should always be considered, a nominee for Director shall not be chosen nor excluded solely or largely because of race, color, gender, national origin or sexual orientation or identity.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">2.</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In selecting a nominee for Director, the Committee shall focus on skills, expertise or background that would complement the existing Board, recognizing that the Funds&#146; business and operations are diverse and global in nature.</font></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc.</font></b></p>
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">AMENDED AND RESTATED AUDIT COMMITTEE CHARTER</font></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Board of Directors of Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc. (the &#147;Fund&#148;) has established a committee of certain independent directors (the &#147;Audit Committee&#148;) and has adopted and approved this amended and restated charter (the &#147;Charter&#148;) for the Audit Committee of the Fund.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">I.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Objectives of the Audit Committee</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The objectives of the Audit Committee are:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to oversee the Fund&#146;s accounting and financial reporting policies and practices, its internal controls and, as appropriate, the internal controls of certain service providers;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to oversee the quality and objectivity of the Fund&#146;s financial statements and the independent audit thereof, and the performance of the Fund&#146;s independent auditors;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to oversee the Fund&#146;s compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and the independent auditor&#146;s qualifications and independence;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to prepare an audit committee report as required by Securities and Exchange Commission (the &#147;SEC&#148;) Rules to be included in the Fund&#146;s annual proxy statement; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to act as a liaison between the Fund&#146;s independent auditor and the full Board of Directors.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The function of the Audit Committee is oversight; it is management&#146;s responsibility to maintain appropriate systems for accounting and internal control, and the independent auditor&#146;s responsibility to plan and carry out a proper audit.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">II.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Composition of the Audit Committee</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall be composed of at least three directors:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">each of whom shall not be an &#147;interested person&#148; of the Fund, as defined in Section&nbsp;2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, or an &#147;affiliated person&#148; of the Fund, as described in Section&nbsp;10A(m) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the &#147;1934 Act&#148;);</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">each of whom shall not accept any consulting, advisory, or other compensatory fee from the Fund (other than fees for serving on the Board of Directors or any committee thereof) or have any other relationship to the Fund that may interfere with the exercise of such person&#146;s independence from the Fund and Fund management;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">each of whom shall otherwise satisfy the applicable independence requirements for any stock exchange or market quotation system on which Fund shares are listed or quoted;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">each of whom shall be financially literate, as such qualification is interpreted by the Board of Directors in its business judgment, or shall become financially literate within a reasonable period of time after his or her appointment to the Audit Committee;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">at least one of whom shall have accounting or related financial management expertise as the Board of Directors interprets such qualification in its business judgment; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">No member of the Audit Committee may serve on the audit committees of more than three public companies, unless the Board of Directors determines that such simultaneous service would not impair the ability of such member effectively to serve on the Audit Committee. For the purposes of this determination, service on multiple audit committees within the same fund complex shall be counted as service on a single audit committee. The Fund shall disclose in its annual proxy statement any such determination.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall determine whether at least one member of the Audit Committee is a &#147;financial expert&#148; as defined in rules promulgated by the SEC under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 and shall consider whether any member thereof serves on the audit committee of any other public companies.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">III.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Auditor Independence</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">An independent public accounting firm may serve as the Fund&#146;s independent auditor only if it complies with all of the following independence requirements, subject to such exceptions, not prohibited by law, as the Audit Committee may allow.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s independent auditor shall:&#160; (i) at least annually, submit to the Audit Committee a certification of its independence consistent with Rule 3520 of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (&#147;PCAOB&#148;), delineating all relationships between the Fund&#146;s independent auditor and the Fund, and (ii) actively engage in a dialogue with the Audit Committee with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may affect the objectivity and independence of such independent auditor, including relationships with or services provided to the Fund&#146;s other service providers.&#160; If the Audit Committee deems it appropriate, it may recommend that the Board of Directors take appropriate action in response to the report of the independent auditor to satisfy itself of the independence of the independent auditor.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">IV.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Prohibited Non-Audit Services</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(g)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">broker or dealer, investment adviser, or investment banking services;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(h)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">legal and expert services unrelated to the audit; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">V.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Registration with PCAOB</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Fund&#146;s independent auditor must be registered with the PCAOB or become registered when the PCAOB is prepared to accept registrations.&#160; Upon submission of an application form by the Fund&#146;s independent auditor to the PCAOB, the Audit Committee may request: (i) a copy of such application form; (ii) any material amendments to such application form; and (iii) the written findings of the PCAOB in connection with that Board&#146;s inspection of the Fund&#146;s independent auditor.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VI.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Responsibilities and Duties of the Audit Committee</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">To carry out its objectives, the Audit Committee shall have the following responsibilities:</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(a)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to directly select, compensate and retain or terminate the Fund&#146;s independent auditor;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(b)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to pre-approve all auditing services and non-auditing services, including tax services, to be provided to the Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent auditor; provided, however, that the pre-approval requirement with respect to the provision of non-auditing services to the Fund by the Fund&#146;s independent auditor may be waived by the Audit Committee under the circumstances described in the 1934 Act*;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(c)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to meet with the Fund&#146;s independent auditor, including private meetings, as necessary, (i) to review the arrangements for and scope of the annual audit and any special audits; (ii) to discuss those matters required by Statement of Accounting Standards Nos.&nbsp;61 and 90 and any matters of concern relating to the Fund&#146;s financial statements, including, without limitation, any adjustments to such statements recommended by the Fund&#146;s independent auditor, or other results of said audit(s); (iii) to consider with the Fund&#146;s independent auditor its comments with respect to the quality and accuracy of the Fund&#146;s accounting and financial reporting policies, procedures and internal accounting controls and management responses thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on the Fund of any recommendation of changes in accounting principles or practices by Fund management or the Fund&#146;s independent auditor; and (iv) to review the form of opinion the independent auditor renders to the Board and the Fund&#146;s stockholders;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(d)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to review and discuss the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements with the independent auditor;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(e)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to review and discuss the Fund&#146;s audited financial statements and semi-annual financial statements with Fund management;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(f)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to cause to be prepared and to review and submit any report, including any recommendation of the Audit Committee, required by SEC Rules to be included in the Fund&#146;s annual proxy statement;</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(r)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to provide an annual performance evaluation of the Audit Committee;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">(s)</font><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">to review this Charter at least annually and recommend any changes to the full Board of Directors; and</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">&nbsp;</font></p>
<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">In fulfilling their responsibilities under this Charter, it is recognized that members of the Audit Committee are not full-time employees of the Fund.&#160; As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its members to conduct &#147;field work&#148; or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures.&#160; Each member of the Audit Committee shall be entitled to rely on (i)&nbsp;the integrity of those persons and organizations inside and outside the Fund from which the Audit Committee receives information and (ii)&nbsp;the accuracy of the financial and other information provided to the Audit Committee by such persons or organizations, absent actual knowledge to the contrary (which actual knowledge shall be promptly reported to the Board of Directors).</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Fund management is responsible for maintaining appropriate systems for accounting.&#160; The Fund&#146;s independent auditor is responsible for conducting a proper audit of the Fund&#146;s annual financial statements and is ultimately accountable to the Audit Committee.&#160; The Audit Committee has the ultimate authority and responsibility to select (subject, if applicable, to stockholder approval) and evaluate the Fund&#146;s independent auditor, to determine the compensation of the Fund&#146;s independent auditor and, where appropriate, to replace the Fund&#146;s independent auditor.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 1.0in;text-indent:-1.0in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Meetings of the Audit Committee</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall meet on a regular basis, generally twice per year, and is empowered to hold special meetings as circumstances require.&#160; The Audit Committee shall regularly meet with the Treasurer or the Assistant Treasurer of the Fund and, as appropriate, with representatives of the investment management company, administrator and other service providers responsible for financial reporting and controls.&#160; Members of the Audit Committee may participate in a meeting of the Audit Committee by means of conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">VIII.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font></b><b><u><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Authority to Engage Advisers; Funding</font></u></b></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="1" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:3.0pt;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font><font size="2" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The Audit Committee shall have the resources and authority appropriate to discharge its responsibilities, including the authority to retain special counsel and other experts or consultants, as the Audit Committee determines is necessary to carry out its duties. The Fund shall provide for appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, for payment of: (i) compensation to the Fund&#146;s independent auditor for the purpose of preparing or issuing an audit report or performing other audit, review or attest services for the Fund; (ii) compensation to any advisers or independent counsel employed </font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">by the Audit Committee under this Section VIII; and (iii) ordinary administrative expenses of the Audit Committee that are necessary or appropriate in carrying out its duties.</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Adopted:&#160; March 3, 2004</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Amended: December 9, 2014</font></p>
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