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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001144204-07-049545

CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	N-2/A

PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		11

FILED AS OF DATE:		20070914

DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20070920


FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880406

		IRS NUMBER:				650396889

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A

		SEC ACT:		1933 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	333-144838

		FILM NUMBER:		071118162



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		P O BOX 161465

		CITY:			MIAMI

		STATE:			FL

		ZIP:			33116

		BUSINESS PHONE:		3052711900



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 2:		PO BOX 161465

		CITY:			MIAMI

		STATE:			FL

		ZIP:			33116



	FORMER COMPANY:	

		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST CUBA FUND INC

		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929




FILER:


	COMPANY DATA:	

		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND INC

		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0000880406

		IRS NUMBER:				650396889

		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			MD

		FISCAL YEAR END:			0630



	FILING VALUES:

		FORM TYPE:		N-2/A

		SEC ACT:		1940 Act

		SEC FILE NUMBER:	811-06445

		FILM NUMBER:		071118163



	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	

		STREET 1:		P O BOX 161465

		CITY:			MIAMI

		STATE:			FL

		ZIP:			33116

		BUSINESS PHONE:		3052711900



	MAIL ADDRESS:	

		STREET 2:		PO BOX 161465

		CITY:			MIAMI

		STATE:			FL

		ZIP:			33116



	FORMER COMPANY:	

		FORMER CONFORMED NAME:	FIRST CUBA FUND INC

		DATE OF NAME CHANGE:	19920929



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      shall thereafter become effective in accordance with Section 8(a) of the
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      pursuant to said Section 8(a), may determine.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>1,687,556
      Shares</strong></font></div>
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      HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND, INC.</strong></font></div>
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      Stock</strong></font></div>
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      Upon Exercise of Rights</strong></font></div>
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      Subscribe for Such Shares of Common Stock</strong></font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) is issuing non-transferable
        rights to its stockholders of record on September 26, 2007 (the &#8220;Record Date&#8221;),
        entitling the holders of rights to subscribe for an aggregate of approximately
        1,687,556 shares of the Fund&#8217;s common stock (the &#8220;Offer&#8221;). Each stockholder of
        record on the Record Date will receive one right for each full share of the
        Fund&#8217;s common stock owned on the Record Date. The rights will entitle the
        holders to purchase one share of the Fund&#8217;s common stock, par value $0.001 per
        share (&#8220;Common Stock&#8221;) for each right held, and stockholders of record on the
        Record Date who fully exercise their rights will be entitled to subscribe
        for
        additional shares of Common Stock (&#8220;Over-Subscription Shares&#8221;) subject to the
        limitations set forth in this prospectus. The Over-Subscription Shares will
        be
        allocated pro rata to stockholders who over-subscribe based on the number
        of
        rights originally issued to them. The Fund may increase the number of shares
        of
        Common Stock subject to subscription by up to 100% of the shares, or up to
        an
        1,687,556 additional shares of Common Stock, for an aggregate total of 3,375,112
        shares of Common Stock. </font></div>

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      rights are non-transferable and, therefore, may not be purchased or sold. The
      Fund&#8217;s Common Stock is listed, and the shares of Common Stock issued pursuant to
      this Offer will be listed on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#8220;CUBA.&#8221;
</font></div>
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        Date&#8221;), unless extended as described herein. The Fund announced its intention
        to
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        on July 24, 2007 and on September 24, 2007 were </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[9.65]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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        respectively, and the last reported sale prices of a share of Common Stock
        on
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</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
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        subscription price per share will be 85% of the average volume-weighted closing
        sale price at which the Common Stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market
        on the
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      you subscribe for shares of Common Stock pursuant to the Offer and the Fund
      receives payment or guarantee of payment, you will not be able to change your
      investment decision. </strong></font></div>
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      Fund
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      the
      State of Maryland on March 10, 1992. Its investment adviser is HERZFELD / CUBA,
      a division of Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. (the &#8220;Adviser&#8221;). The Fund&#8217;s
      investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. To achieve its
      objective, the Fund invests in issuers that are likely, in the Adviser&#8217;s view,
      to benefit from economic, political, structural and technological developments
      in the countries in the Caribbean Basin, which include, among others, Cuba,
      Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Barbados,
      Aruba, Haiti, the Netherlands Antilles, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mexico,
      Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, the United States
      and
      Venezuela. The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in a broad range
      of
      securities of issuers, including U.S.-based companies which engage in
      substantial trade with, and derive substantial revenue from, operations in
      the
      Caribbean Basin Countries. An investment in the Fund is not appropriate for
      all
      investors and should not constitute a complete investment program. No assurances
      can be given that the Fund&#8217;s objective will be achieved.</font></div>
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      the Securities and Exchange Commission (&#8220;SEC&#8221;) nor any state securities
      commission has approved or disapproved these securities or determined if this
      prospectus is truthful or complete. Any representation to the contrary is a
      criminal offense.</strong></font></div>
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        a
        result of the terms of the Offer, Stockholders who do not fully exercise
        their
        Rights, including the Over-Subscription Privilege described in the
        section&#160;of this Prospectus entitled &#8220;The Offer&#8212;Over-Subscription
        Privilege,&#8221; will, upon the completion of the Offer, own a smaller proportional
        interest in the Fund than they owned before the Offer. The Offer will result
        in
        either a dilution or accretion of NAV for all Stockholders, whether or not
        they
        exercise some or all of their Rights, because the Subscription Price per
        Share
        may be less than or greater than the then-current NAV. The amount of dilution
        or
        accretion might be significant. See &#8220;Risk Factors and Special Considerations&#8221; on
        page </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
        of this
        prospectus.</font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      employees of the Fund&#8217;s Adviser and the Directors and officers of the Fund
      may&#160;purchase Shares through the Primary Subscription and the
      Over-Subscription Privilege on the same terms as other
      Stockholders.</font></div>
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      prospectus sets forth concisely certain information about the Fund that a
      prospective investor should know before investing. Please read this prospectus
      carefully before investing and keep it for future reference. All subscription
      questions and inquiries relating to the Offer should be directed to State Street
      Bank and Trust Company, P.O. Box 642, Mail Code OPS22, Boston, MA 02116 or
      by
      calling the (617) 937-6870. </font></div>
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        of
        the Fund&#8217;s Annual Report and Semi-Annual Report may be obtained, free of charge,
        upon request by writing to The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, P.O. Box 161465,
        Miami, FL 33116, by calling (800) TJH-FUND or on the Fund&#8217;s internet website at
</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>http://herzfeld.com/cuba</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
        </font></div>

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      about the Fund can be also be reviewed and copied at the SEC&#8217;s Public Reference
      Room in Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference
      Room may be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090 or toll free at (800)
      732-0330. This information is also available on the EDGAR database on the SEC&#8217;s
      internet site at: </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #0000ff; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>http://www.sec.gov</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
      and
      copies may be obtained, after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request
      at
      the following e-mail address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the Public
      Reference Section of the Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street,
      NE,
      Washington, D.C. 20549. </font></div>
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      dealer, salesperson or other person is authorized to give any information or
      to
      represent anything not contained in this prospectus. You must not rely on any
      unauthorized information or representations not contained in this prospectus
      as
      if the fund had authorized it. The fund is offering to sell, and seeking offers
      to buy, shares of common stock only in jurisdictions where offers and sales
      are
      permitted. This prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or the
      solicitation of an offer to buy any security other than the shares of common
      stock offered by this prospectus, nor does it constitute an offer to sell or
      the
      solicitation of an offer to buy shares of common stock by anyone in any
      jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation would be unlawful. The
      information contained in this prospectus is accurate only as of the date of
      this
      prospectus, regardless of the time of delivery of this prospectus or any sale
      of
      common stock.</strong></font></div>
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        Since the Subscription Price will not be determined until after printing
        and
        distribution of this prospectus, the Subscription Price above is estimated
        based
        on the closing price of a share of common stock of the Fund on September
        21,
        2007 and applying the pricing formula set forth on the cover page of this
        prospectus and described below under &#8220;Subscription Price&#8221; (i.e., 85% of the
        average volume-weighted closing sales price of the Fund&#8217;s shares on the NASDAQ
        Capital Market on September 21, 2007, and the four preceding trading days)
        (the
&#8220;Estimated Subscription Price&#8221;). The average weighted closing sales price of a
        share the Fund&#8217;s common stock on September, 21, 2007 was $[______]. See
&#8220;Subscription Price&#8221; and &#8220;Payment For Shares&#8221; below.</font></div>

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        to the Fund before deduction of expenses incurred by the Fund in connection
        with
        the Offer which are estimated to be $_____. Amounts received by check prior
        to
        the final due date of this Offer will be deposited in a segregated
        interest-bearing account pending allocation and distribution of Common Stock.
        Interest on subscription monies will be paid to the Fund regardless of whether
        Common Stock is issued by the Fund.</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PROSPECTUS
                  SUMMARY</strong></font></div>
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                  Offer</font></div>
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                  Terms of the Offer</font></div>
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                  Dates for the Offer</font></div>
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                  Elements of the Offer</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
                  Regarding the Fund</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">4</font></div>
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                  Regarding the Adviser and Custodian</font></div>
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                  Factors and Special Considerations</font></div>
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                  Table</font></div>
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                  HIGHLIGHTS</strong></font></div>
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                  FUND</strong></font></div>
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                  Price Data</font></div>
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                  OFFERING</strong></font></div>
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                  of the Offer</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">11</font></div>
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                  of the Offer</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Subscription
                  Price</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">14</font></div>
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                  Privilege</font></div>
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                  of the Offer</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Subscription
                  Agent</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Method
                  of Exercising Rights</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">15</font></div>
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                  for Shares</font></div>
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                  of Stock Certificates</font></div>
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                  Restrictions</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Federal
                  Income Tax Consequences Associated With the Offer</font></div>
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                  Plan Considerations</font></div>
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                  OF PROCEEDS</strong></font></div>
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                  FACTORS AND SPECIAL CONSIDERATIONS</strong></font></div>
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                  of Net Asset Value and Effect of Non-Participation in the
                  Offer</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Discount
                  From Net Asset Value</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">19</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Risks
                  of Investing in Caribbean Basin Countries</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">19</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Geographic
                  Concentration Risk</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">20</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Foreign
                  Securities Risk</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">20</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Foreign
                  Economy Risk</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">20</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Currency
                  Risk</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">21</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Governmental
                  Supervision and Regulation/Accounting Standards</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">21</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Certain
                  Risks of Holding Fund Assets Outside the United States</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Settlement
                  Risk</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Emerging
                  Markets Risk</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">22</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INVESTMENT
                  OBJECTIVE AND POLICIES</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  Policies - General</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">23</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Special
                  Leverage Considerations</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">25</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Hedging
                  Transactions</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">25</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Forward
                  Foreign Currency Exchange Contracts</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">25</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Options
                  on Foreign Currencies</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">26</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Futures
                  Contracts</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">26</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Options
                  on Securities and Options on Indices</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Repurchase
                  Agreements</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">27</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Debt
                  Securities</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">28</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Securities
                  Lending</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">28</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Portfolio
                  Turnover</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">29</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  Restrictions</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">29</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>MANAGEMENT
                  OF THE FUND</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">30</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Board
                  of Directors</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">30</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Information
                  About Directors and Officers</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">30</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>

        </table>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Committees
                        of the Board</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">31</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ownership
                  of the Fund By Directors</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">32</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  Adviser and Portfolio Manager</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">33</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  Adviser</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">33</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Portfolio
                  Manager</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">33</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  Advisory Agreement</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">34</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Benefit
                  to the Adviser</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">35</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Expenses
                  of the Fund</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">35</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PORTFOLIO
                  TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">36</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CODE
                  OF ETHICS</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">36</font></div>
              </td>
            </tr>
            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PROXY
                  VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">37</font></div>
              </td>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>SECURITY
                  OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">37</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DESCRIPTION
                  OF COMMON STOCK</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">37</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Share
                  Repurchases and Tender Offers</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">37</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Certain
                  Provisions of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">39</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DIVIDENDS
                  AND DISTRIBUTIONS; DIVIDEND REINVESTMENT PLAN</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">40</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>TAXATION</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">42</font></div>
              </td>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Federal
                  Taxation of the Fund and its Distributions</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">42</font></div>
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            <tr>
              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Sales
                  of Shares</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">45</font></div>
              </td>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Backup
                  Withholding</font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">45</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Other
                  Tax Considerations</font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">45</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DETERMINATION
                  OF NET ASSET VALUE</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">45</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CUSTODIAN,
                  TRANSFER AGENT, DIVIDEND DISBURSING AGENT, AND
                  REGISTRAR</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">46</font></div>
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              <td align="left" valign="top" width="80%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>LEGAL
                  MATTERS</strong></font></div>
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              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">47</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INDEPENDENT
                  REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</strong></font></div>
              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">47</font></div>
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              </td>
              <td align="right" valign="top" width="20%">
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">47</font></div>
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                  A</strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="right"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A-1</font></div>
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                  B</strong></font></div>
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      in
      this prospectus and is qualified in its entirety by the more detailed
      information included elsewhere in the prospectus. The summary may not contain
      all of the information that is important to you. To understand the Offer fully
      you should read the entire document carefully, including the risk
      factors.</font></div>
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      interests of the Fund and its existing stockholders to increase the assets
      of
      the Fund so that the Fund may be in a better position to take advantage of
      investment opportunities that may arise. In addition, the Board believes that
      increasing the size of the Fund may lower the Fund&#8217;s expenses as a proportion of
      average net assets because the Fund&#8217;s fixed costs would be spread over a larger
      asset base. There can be no assurance, however, that an increase in the size
      of
      the Fund will lower the Fund&#8217;s expense ratio. Also the Fund has had significant
      gains in NAV, and has realized gains. For the calendar year ended December
      31,
      2006, the Fund paid a large year-end distribution. In addition, the recent
      announcement that Florida East Coast Industries, currently the Fund&#8217;s largest
      holding, will be acquired by Fortress Investment Group LLC could result in
      significant realized gains for the current calendar year ending December 31,
      2007. Net realized gains of the Fund are required to be distributed to
      stockholders in order to maintain the Fund&#8217;s status as a &#8220;regulated investment
      company&#8221; under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, the Fund
      may be required to make a large distribution to shareholders to maintain its
      status as a regulated investment company, thereby reducing the net assets of
      the
      Fund. If successful, the Offer will allow the Fund to make the required
      distributions without causing a reduction in the amount of cash available for
      additional investment opportunities. The Board also believes that a larger
      number of outstanding shares and a larger number of beneficial owners of shares
      could increase the level of market interest in and visibility of the Fund and
      improve the trading liquidity of the Fund&#8217;s common stock on the NASDAQ Capital
      Market. The Offer seeks to reward existing stockholders by giving them the
      right
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      commission or other transaction charges. See &#8220;Purpose of the Offer.&#8221;
</font></div>
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        Adviser and counsel to the Fund the details of a proposed rights offering.
        At
        that meeting, the Board approved a non-transferable rights offering, the
        substantive terms of which would permit stockholders to acquire one new share
        of
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        Expiration Date and the four immediately preceding trading
        days.</font></div>

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                  completion of the Offer, own a smaller proportional interest in
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                  share whether or not they participate in the Offer. In contrast,
                  Stockholders who fully exercise their rights and over-subscribe
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                    If enough shares are available, all of these requests will be
                    honored in
                    full. If these requests for shares exceed the shares available,
                    the Fund
                    may determine after the expiration of the Offer, at the discretion
                    of the
                    Fund, to issue additional Common Stock up to an amount equal
                    to 100% of
                    the shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an additional
                    1,687,556
                    shares of Common Stock) in order to cover these requests. Regardless
                    of
                    whether the Fund issues such additional shares, to the extent
                    shares are
                    not available to honor all requests, the available shares will
                    be
                    allocated pro rata among those Record Date Stockholders who over-subscribe
                    based on the number of Rights originally issued to them by the
                    Fund.</font></div>
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                    as described below, subscription certificates evidencing the
                    Rights
                    (&#8220;Subscription Certificates&#8221;) will be sent to Record Date Stockholders or
                    their nominees. There is no minimum number of Rights which must
                    be
                    exercised for the Offer to close. If you wish to exercise your
                    Rights, you
                    may do so in the following ways: </font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 9pt; TEXT-INDENT: -9pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.
                    Complete, sign and date the Subscription Certificate. Enclose
                    it in the
                    envelope provided, together with payment in full and mail or
                    deliver the
                    envelope to the Subscription Agent at the address indicated on
                    the
                    Subscription Certificate calculating the total payment on the
                    basis of the
                    Estimated Subscription Price of $</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                    per share (i.e., the estimated subscription price based on the
                    Fund&#8217;s
                    market price on September 21, 2007). Your Subscription Certificate
                    and
                    payment must be received by the Expiration Date. Payment pursuant
                    to this
                    method must be in United States dollars by money order or check
                    drawn on a
                    bank located in the United States and must be payable to &#8220;The Herzfeld
                    Caribbean Fund, Inc.&#8221;</font></div>
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                    Contact your broker, banker or trust company, which can arrange,
                    on your
                    behalf, to guarantee delivery of payment and delivery of a properly
                    completed and executed Subscription Certificate pursuant to a
                    notice of
                    guaranteed delivery (&#8220;Notice of Guaranteed Delivery&#8221;) by the close of
                    business on the third Business Day after the Expiration Date.
                    For purposes
                    of this prospectus, a &#8220;Business Day&#8221; shall mean any day on which trading
                    is conducted on the NASDAQ Capital Market. A fee may be charged
                    for this
                    service. The Notice of Guaranteed Delivery must be received by
                    the
                    Expiration Date. Rights holders will have no right to rescind
                    a purchase
                    after the Subscription Agent has received the Subscription Certificate
                    or
                    Notice of Guaranteed Delivery. See &#8220;The Offer--Method of Exercising
                    Rights&#8221; and &#8220;The Offer--Payment for Shares.&#8221; The Subscription Agent will
                    deposit all checks received by it prior to the final due date
                    into a
                    segregated interest bearing account at&#160;Colbent Corporation
                    </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">pending
                    distribution of the shares from the Offer. All interest will
                    accrue to the
                    benefit of the Fund and investors will not earn interest on payments
                    submitted.</font></div>
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                  Fund will not mail Subscription Certificates to stockholders whose
                  record
                  addresses are outside the United States or who have an APO or FPO
                  address.
                  Stockholders whose addresses are outside the United States or who
                  have an
                  APO or FPO address and who wish to subscribe to the Offer either
                  partially
                  or in full should contact the Subscription Agent by written instruction
                  or
                  recorded telephone conversation no later than three Business Days
                  prior to
                  the Expiration Date.</font></div>
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                  of the Offer</em></strong></font></div>
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                  Board of the Fund has determined that it is in the best interests
                  of the
                  Fund and its stockholders to increase the assets of the Fund available
                  for
                  investment so that the Fund will be in a better position to take
                  full
                  advantage of investment opportunities. The Board believes that
                  increasing
                  the size of the Fund will increase the liquidity of the Fund&#8217;s shares of
                  Common Stock and also may reduce the Fund&#8217;s expenses as a proportion of
                  average net assets. The Offer also may allow the Fund to make capital
                  gain
                  distributions required to maintain its tax status as a regulated
                  investment company without causing a reduction in the net assets
                  of the
                  Fund. Any such reduction will reduce the amount of cash available
                  for
                  additional investment opportunities. The Board also believes that
                  a larger
                  number of outstanding shares and a larger number of beneficial
                  owners of
                  shares could increase the level of market interest in and visibility
                  of
                  the Fund and improve the trading liquidity of the Fund&#8217;s common stock on
                  the NASDAQ Capital Market. </font></div>
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                addition, the Offer seeks to reward the Fund&#8217;s stockholders by giving them
                the right to purchase additional shares of Common Stock at a price
                that
                will be below the market price without incurring any direct transaction
                costs. The Offer will benefit both the Fund and its stockholders
                by
                providing the Fund with the ability to make additional investments
                without
                selling current investments if otherwise not desirable. Moreover,
                if the
                Subscription Price is greater than the NAV per share of Common Stock
                of
                the Fund on the Expiration Date (less offering expenses), the Offer
                will
                increase the NAV per share. See &#8220;The Offer&#8212;Purpose of the
                Offer.&#8221;</font></td>
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                    net proceeds of the Offer are estimated to be approximately </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
                    This figure is based on the Estimated Subscription Price per
                    share of
                    </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                    and assumes all shares offered are sold and that the expenses
                    related to
                    the Offer estimated at approximately </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
                    are paid. The Adviser anticipates that it will take no longer
                    than three
                    months for the Fund to invest these proceeds in accordance with
                    its
                    investment objective and policies under current market conditions.
                    Pending
                    investment, the proceeds will be invested in short-term cash-equivalent
                    instruments. Although the Adviser anticipates that a substantial
                    portion
                    of the proceeds will be invested pursuant to its investment objective
                    and
                    policies, some of the proceeds may be used to make capital gain
                    distributions required to maintain its tax status as a regulated
                    investment company. As of June 30, 2007, the aggregate capital
                    gains for
                    calendar year 2007 were $1,670,170. See &#8220;Use of Proceeds&#8221;
                    below.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management
        investment company organized in the State of Maryland on March 10, 1992.
        The
        Fund&#8217;s investment objective is long-term capital appreciation. To achieve its
        objective, the Fund invests in issuers that are likely, in the Adviser&#8217;s view,
        to benefit from economic, political, structural and technological developments
        in the countries in the Caribbean Basin, which includes, among others, of
        Cuba,
        Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, the Bahamas, the Dominican Republic, Barbados,
        Aruba, Haiti, the Netherlands Antilles, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico,
        Mexico,
        Honduras, Guatemala, Belize, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, the United States
        and
        Venezuela. The Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity and
        equity-linked securities of issuers, which engage in substantial trade with,
        and
        derive substantial revenue from, operations in the Caribbean Basin Countries
        (&#8220;Caribbean Basin Companies&#8221;). See &#8220;Investment Objective and Policies.&#8221; Such
        securities include, but are not limited to, common stock, preferred stock,
        debt
        securities convertible into equity, warrants, options and futures. An investment
        in the Fund is not appropriate for all investors and should not constitute
        a
        complete investment program. No assurances can be given that the Fund&#8217;s
        objective will be achieved.</font></div>

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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
        of the
        Record Date, the Fund had 1,687,556 shares of common stock outstanding. The
        Fund&#8217;s common stock trades on the NASDAQ Capital Market under the symbol &#8220;CUBA.&#8221;
The average weekly trading volume of the common stock on the NASDAQ Capital
        Market during the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007 was approximately 91,544
        shares. As of the Record Date, the aggregate net assets of the Fund were
        approximately </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Adviser has acted as the investment adviser to the Fund since the Fund&#8217;s
      inception in 1993. The Fund pays the Adviser a monthly fee at the annual rate
      of
      1.45% of the Fund&#8217;s average daily net assets. See &#8220;Management of the Fund -
      Investment Adviser.&#8221;</font></div>
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      Street Bank and Trust Company also serves as the Fund&#8217;s transfer agent,
      dividend/distribution disbursing agent, dividend reinvestment plan agent and
      as
      registrar for the Fund&#8217;s common stock. For its services as custodian, the Fund
      currently pays State Street Bank and Trust Company a monthly fee of $4,500.
      For
      its services as transfer agent, dividend reinvestment plan agent and registrar
      for the Fund&#8217;s common stock, the Fund currently pays State Street Bank and Trust
      Company a monthly fee of $1,458 plus related expenses.</font></div>
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        is
        inherent in all investing. The following discussion summarizes some of the
        risks
        that a potential holder of the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock should consider before
        deciding whether to invest in the Fund&#8217;s Common Stock. For additional
        information about the risks associated with investing in the Fund&#8217;s Common
        Stock, see &#8220;Risk Factors and Special Considerations.&#8221;</font></div>

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          The
          Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end investment company designed primarily
          as a
          long-term investment and not as a trading tool. The Fund invests generally
          in a
          portfolio of Caribbean Basin Companies. An investment in the Fund may be
          speculative and involves a high degree of risk. The Fund should not constitute
          a
          complete investment program. Due to the uncertainty in all investments,
          there
          can be no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment
          objective.</font></div>

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                  who do not fully exercise their Rights including the Over-Subscription
                  Privilege described in the section of this Prospectus entitled
&#8220;The
                  Offer-Over-Subscription Privilege,&#8221; will, at the completion of the Offer,
                  own a smaller proportional interest in the Fund than if they exercised
                  their Rights. If the Subscription Price per Share is below the
                  then
                  current NAV per share, stockholders will experience an immediate
                  dilution
                  of the aggregate NAV of their Shares if they do not participate
                  in the
                  Offer and will experience a reduction in the NAV per share whether
                  or not
                  they participate in the Offer. The Fund cannot state precisely
                  the extent
                  of this dilution (if any) if stockholders do not exercise their
                  Rights
                  because the Fund does not know what the NAV per share will be at
                  the time
                  of the Offer or what proportion of the Rights will be exercised.
                  In
                  contrast, Stockholders who fully exercise their rights and over-subscribe
                  benefit from a slight accretion to the value of their shares to
                  the extent
                  the non-subscribing stockholders fail to fully exercise their rights.
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                  Price is $</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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                  the Fund&#8217;s NAV per share (after payment of estimated offering expenses)
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                  Asset Value and Effect of Non-Participation in the
                  Offer&#8221;</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shares
                  of closed-end funds frequently trade at a market price that is
                  less than
                  the value of the net assets attributable to those shares (a &#8220;discount&#8221;).
                  The possibility that the Fund&#8217;s shares will trade at a discount from NAV
                  is a risk separate and distinct from the risk that the Fund&#8217;s NAV will
                  decrease. The risk of purchasing shares of a closed-end fund that
                  might
                  trade at a discount or unsustainable premium is more pronounced
                  for
                  investors who wish to sell their shares in a relatively short period
                  of
                  time after purchasing them because, for those investors, realization
                  of a
                  gain or loss on their investments is likely to be more dependent
                  upon the
                  existence of a premium or discount than upon portfolio
                  performance.</font></div>
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                  Basin Countries</em></strong></font></div>
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                  in the securities of non-U.S. issuers involves certain risks and
                  considerations not typically associated with investing in securities
                  of
                  U.S. issuers. These risks include currency fluctuations, political
                  and
                  economic risks, including nationalization and expropriation, reduced
                  levels of publicly available information concerning issuers and
                  reduced
                  levels of government regulation of foreign securities markets.
                  Also,
                  investment in Caribbean Basin Countries may involve special
                  considerations, such as limited liquidity and small market capitalization
                  of the Caribbean Basin securities markets, currency devaluations,
                  high
                  inflation and repatriation
                  restrictions.</font></div>
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                    with its objective, the Fund will invest a substantial portion
                    of its
                    assets in equity securities of Caribbean Basin Companies. Equity
                    securities, such as common stock, generally represent an ownership
                    interest in a company. An adverse event, such as an unfavorable
                    earnings
                    report, may&#160;depress the value of a particular equity security held by
                    the Fund. Also, the prices of equity securities, particularly
                    common
                    stocks, are sensitive to general movements in the stock market.
                    The Fund&#8217;s
                    share price can fall because of weakness in the markets in which
                    it
                    invests, a particular industry or specific holdings. Markets
                    as a whole
                    can decline for many reasons, including adverse political or
                    economic
                    developments, changes in investor psychology, or heavy institutional
                    selling. The prospects for an industry or company may&#160;deteriorate
                    because of a variety of factors, including disappointing earnings
                    or
                    changes in the competitive environment. Investments in futures
                    and
                    options, if any, are subject to additional volatility and potential
                    losses.</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Cuba
                  Specific Issues</em></strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
                  in Cuban securities or any investment in Cuba directly or indirectly
                  is
                  currently prohibited under U.S. law. There can be no assurances
                  that the
                  U.S. trade embargo against Cuba will ever be lifted or eased or,
                  if and
                  when such a normalization commences, that the Adviser will be able
                  to
                  identify direct investments in issuers domiciled in Cuba that are
                  acceptable for the Fund. </font></div>
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                  if investment in securities issued by companies domiciled in Cuba
                  were to
                  be permitted under U.S. law, certain considerations not typically
                  associated with investing in securities of U.S. companies should
                  be
                  considered, including: (1) restrictions on foreign investment and
                  on
                  repatriation of capital invested in Cuba; (2) unstable currency
                  exchange
                  and fluctuation; (3) the cost of converting foreign currency into
                  U.S.
                  Dollars; (4) potential price volatility and lesser or lack of liquidity
                  of
                  shares listed on a securities market (if one is established); (5)
                  continued political and economic risks including a new government
                  that if
                  not properly stabilized may lead to the risk of nationalization
                  or
                  expropriation of assets and the risk of civil war; (6) the absence
                  of a
                  developed legal structure governing private property; (7) the absence
                  of a
                  capital market structure or market oriented economy; and (8) the
                  difficulty of assessing the financial status of particular companies.
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                  Investment Company</em></strong></font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
                  a &#8220;non-diversified&#8221; investment company, the Fund&#8217;s investments involve
                  greater risks than would be the case for a similar diversified
                  investment
                  company because the Fund is not limited by the Investment Company
                  Act of
                  1940, as amended (the &#8220;1940 Act&#8221;), in the proportion of its assets that
                  may be invested in the assets of a single issuer. Although the
                  Fund is not
                  diversified for the purposes of the 1940 Act, it must maintain
                  a certain
                  degree of diversification in order to comply with certain requirements
                  of
                  the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the &#8220;Code&#8221;),
                  applicable to regulated investment companies. See &#8220;Risk Factors/Special
                  Considerations&#8221; and &#8220;Taxation.&#8221;</font></div>
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                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                    Adviser&#8217;s judgment about the attractiveness, relative value or potential
                    appreciation of a particular security or investment strategy
                    may&#160;prove to be incorrect.
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                  Fund distributes annually to its stockholders substantially all
                  of its net
                  investment income and net short-term capital gains. The Fund determines
                  annually whether to distribute any net realized long-term capital
                  gains in
                  excess of net realized short-term capital losses. See &#8220;Dividends and
                  Distributions&#8221; and &#8220;Taxation.&#8221;</font></div>
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                  Fund&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation include provisions that could have
                  the
                  effect of: inhibiting the Fund&#8217;s possible conversion to open-end status;
                  limiting the ability of other entities or persons to acquire control
                  of
                  the Fund or to change the composition of its Board; and depriving
                  stockholders of an opportunity to sell their shares at a premium
                  over
                  prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking
                  to
                  obtain control of the Fund. See &#8220;Description of Common
                  Stock.&#8221;</font></div>
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                    events have had a disruptive effect on the securities markets,
                    such as
                    terrorist attacks, war and other geopolitical events, hurricanes,
                    droughts, floods and other disasters. The Fund cannot predict
                    the effects
                    of similar events in the future on the markets or economies of
                    Caribbean
                    Basin Countries.</font></div>
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      the costs and expenses that an investor in the Offer will bear directly or
      indirectly.</font></div>
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                Expenses (as a percentage of net assets):</font></div>
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                %</font></div>
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                %</font></div>
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                Annual Expenses</font></div>
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                %</font></div>
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      fiscal year. See &#8220;Management of the Fund&#8221; for additional
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      distributions at NAV, participants in the Dividend Reinvestment Plan may receive
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        June 30, 2006 contained in the table has been audited by Rothstein, Kass
&amp;
Company, LLP, the Fund&#8217;s independent registered public accounting firm. The
        information for the fiscal years ending prior to June 30, 2006 was audited
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        financial statements for the Fund for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007,
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        addition, any Record Date Stockholder who fully exercises all Rights initially
        issued to him is entitled to subscribe for shares which were not otherwise
        subscribed for by others in the Primary Subscription (the &#8220;Over-Subscription
        Privilege&#8221;). If enough shares are available, all of these requests will be
        honored in full. If these requests for shares exceed the shares available,
        the
        Fund may determine after the expiration of the Offer, in the discretion of
        the
        Fund, to issue additional Common Stock up to an amount equal to 100% of the
        Shares available pursuant to the Offer (up to an additional 1,687,556 shares
        of
        Common Stock) in order to cover these requests, provided that the Fund&#8217;s per
        share NAV on the Expiration Date is equal to or less than the Subscription
        Price. Regardless of whether the Fund issues such additional Common Stock,
        to
        the extent shares are not available to honor all requests, the available
        shares
        will be allocated pro rata among those Record Date Stockholders who
        over-subscribe based on the number of Rights originally issued to them by
        the
        Fund.</font></div>

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      event that the Fund, in its sole discretion, issues additional Common Shares
      in
      an amount of up to 100% of the Primary Subscription Shares (the &#8220;Secondary
      Over-Subscription Shares&#8221;) for purposes of determining the maximum number of
      shares a Record Date Stockholder may acquire pursuant to the Offer,
      broker-dealers whose shares are held of record by Cede, as nominee for The
      Depository Trust Company, or by any other depository or nominee, will be deemed
      to be the holders of the Rights that are issued to Cede or such other depository
      or nominee on their behalf. Shares acquired pursuant to the Over-Subscription
      Privilege are subject to allotment, which is more fully discussed below under
      &#8220;Over-Subscription Privilege.&#8221;</font></div>
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      of the Adviser have indicated to the Fund that the Affiliated Parties, as Record
      Date Stockholders, have been authorized to purchase Common Stock through the
      Primary Subscription and the Over-Subscription Privilege to the extent the
      Common Stock becomes available to it in accordance with the Primary Subscription
      and the allotment provisions of the Over-Subscription Privilege. Such
      over-subscriptions by the Affiliated Parties may disproportionately increase
      their already existing ownership resulting in a higher percentage ownership
      of
      outstanding shares of the Fund. Any Common Stock acquired in the Offer by the
      Affiliated Parties as &#8220;affiliates&#8221; of the Fund, as that term is defined under
      the Securities Act of 1933 (the &#8220;Securities Act&#8221;), may only be sold in
      accordance with Rule 144 under the Securities Act or another applicable
      exemption or pursuant to an effective registration statement under the
      Securities Act. In general, under Rule 144, as currently in effect, an
&#8220;affiliate&#8221; of the Fund is entitled to sell, within any three-month period, a
      number of shares that does not exceed the greater of 1% of the then outstanding
      shares of common stock or the average weekly reported trading volume of the
      common stock during the four calendar weeks preceding such sale. Sales under
      Rule 144 are also subject to certain restrictions on the manner of sale, to
      notice requirements and to the availability of current public information about
      the Fund. </font></div>
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      will be evidenced by certificates (&#8220;Subscription Certificates&#8221;). The number of
      Rights issued to each Record Date Stockholder will be stated on the Subscription
      Certificate delivered to the holder. The method by which Rights may be exercised
      and shares paid for is set forth below in &#8220;Method of Exercising Rights&#8221; and
&#8220;Payment for Shares.&#8221; A Rights holder will have no right to rescind a purchase
      after the Subscription Agent has received payment. See &#8220;Payment for Shares&#8221;
below.</font></div>
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      Rights are non-transferable and, therefore may not be purchased or sold. Rights
      not exercised will expire without residual value at the Expiration Date. The
      Rights will not be listed for trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market or any other
      securities exchange. Common Stock issued pursuant to an exercise of Rights
      will
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      no minimum number of Rights which must be exercised in order for the Offer
      to
      close.</font></div>
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      Board
      has determined that it is in the best interests of the Fund and its existing
      stockholders to increase the assets of the Fund so that the Fund may be in
      a
      better position to take advantage of investment opportunities that may arise.
      </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: #000000; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Without
      additional capital, the Fund is limited in its ability to take advantage of
      new
      investment opportunities. The only practical means of increasing the Fund&#8217;s
      assets available for investment other than through the Offer would be through
      the sale of portfolio securities, which could subject the Fund to certain
      adverse tax consequences under the Code. </font></div>
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      Offer
      affords the Fund a means of increasing its assets available for investment
      without requiring the sale of portfolio securities at a time when it would
      not
      be desirable to do so. The Offer will permit the Fund to take advantage of
      investment opportunities as they arise, without necessarily having to liquidate
      Fund holdings to raise cash. When the Adviser</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">identifies
      an investment opportunity, it wants to be able to take advantage of it quickly
      and make investments, without having to sell current holdings in the process.
      The Adviser believes that having the cash resources available to make new
      investments without liquidating current portfolio holdings will allow the
      investment adviser to more fully implement its investment strategy in pursuit
      of
      the Fund&#8217;s investment objective.</font></div>
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      addition, the Board believes that increasing the size of the Fund may lower
      the
      Fund&#8217;s expenses as a proportion of average net assets because the Fund&#8217;s fixed
      costs would be spread over a larger asset base. As a fund&#8217;s assets decrease, its
      expense ratio (i.e., the ratio of expenses to fund assets) will increase. This
      occurs because funds have certain fixed costs (e.g., fidelity bond insurance,
      D&amp;O liability insurance, legal fees, custodian fees, transfer agent fees,
      accounting fees, regulatory filing fees etc.) which are not charged in
      proportion to a fund&#8217;s size. As a fund gets smaller, these fixed costs are
      spread over fewer assets, thus resulting in a higher expense ratio. The opposite
      occurs as a fund&#8217;s assets increase, that is, the fixed costs are spread across a
      larger asset base thus resulting in a lower expense ratio. There can be no
      assurance, however, that an increase in the size of the Fund will lower the
      Fund&#8217;s expense ratio. </font></div>
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        the
        Fund has had significant gains in NAV and has realized gains. For the calendar
        year ended December 31, 2006, the Fund paid a large year-end distribution.
        In
        addition, the recent announcement that Florida East Coast Industries, currently
        the Fund&#8217;s largest holding, will be acquired by Fortress Investment Group LLC
        could result in significant realized gains for the current calendar year
        ending
        December 31, 2007. Net realized gains of the Fund are required to be distributed
        to stockholders in order to maintain the Fund&#8217;s status as a &#8220;regulated
        investment company&#8221; under Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code.
        Accordingly, the Fund may be required to make a large distribution to
        shareholders to maintain its status as a regulated investment company, thereby
        reducing the net assets of the Fund. If successful, the Offer will allow
        the
        Fund to make the required distributions without causing a reduction in the
        amount of cash available for additional investment opportunities. As of June
        30,
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      Board
      also believes that a larger number of outstanding shares and a larger number
      of
      beneficial owners of shares could increase the level of market interest in
      and
      visibility of the Fund and improve the trading liquidity of the Fund&#8217;s common
      stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market. If the Offer is successful, the larger
      number of shares of common stock outstanding after the Offer should help create
      a more efficient and active market for the Fund&#8217;s shares and reduce the effect
      of individual transactions on market price, all of which are believed generally
      to increase liquidity.</font></div>
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      Offer
      seeks to reward existing stockholders by giving them the right to purchase
      additional shares at a price below market without incurring any commission
      or
      other transaction charges that they would normally incur when buying shares
      in
      the market. </font></div>
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      Board
      considered, among other things, advice by the Investment Adviser, using fixed
      pricing versus variable pricing for the Offer, the benefits and drawbacks of
      conducting a non-transferable versus a transferable rights offering and the
      effect on the Fund if the Offer is undersubscribed. The Board also considered
      the extent to which the Adviser will benefit from the Offer because the
      Adviser&#8217;s fee is based on the average net assets of the Fund. It is not possible
      to state precisely the amount of additional compensation the Adviser will
      receive as a result of the Offer because the proceeds of the Offer will be
      invested in additional portfolio securities which will fluctuate in value.
      In
      addition, the Board determined to proceed with the offer of rights after having
      considered the dilutive effects of the offering on stockholders who are
      unwilling or unable to fully exercise their rights, as well as the alternatives
      of a secondary offering. The Board has voted unanimously to approve the terms
      of
      the Offer as set forth in this Prospectus. </font></div>
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      Offer because the Adviser&#8217;s fee is based on the average net assets of the Fund.
      See &#8220;Management of the Fund.&#8221; It is impossible to state precisely the amount of
      additional compensation the Adviser will receive as a result of the Offer
      because the proceeds of the Offer will be invested in additional portfolio
      securities which will fluctuate in value. However, assuming all Rights are
      exercised at the Estimated Subscription Price of $____, the annual compensation
      to be received by the Adviser would be increased by approximately </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
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        Fund
        may, in the future and at its discretion, choose to make additional rights
        offerings from time to time for a number of shares and on terms which may
        or may
        not be similar to the Offer. Any such future rights offering will be made
        in
        accordance with the 1940 Act. Under the laws of Maryland, the state in which
        the
        Fund is organized, the Board is authorized to approve rights offerings without
        obtaining stockholder approval. The staff of the SEC has interpreted the
        1940
        Act as not requiring stockholder approval of a rights offering at a price
        below
        the then current NAV so long as certain conditions are met, including a good
        faith determination by the Board that such offering would result in a net
        benefit to existing stockholders.</font></div>

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      Subscription Price for the shares of Common Stock issued in the Offer will
      be a
      price equal to 85% of the volume-weighted average closing sales price of a
      share
      of common stock on the NASDAQ Capital Market on the Expiration Date and the
      four
      preceding trading days. Stockholders who exercise their Rights will have no
      right to rescind a purchase after receipt of their completed Subscription
      Certificates for Shares by the Subscription Agent. The Fund does not have the
      right to withdraw the Offer after the Rights have been distributed.</font></div>
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        Fund
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        of
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        Date)
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        respectively, and the last reported sale price of a share of Common Stock
        on the
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      some
      Record Date Stockholders do not exercise all of the Rights initially issued
      to
      them to purchase Common Stock of the Fund, those Record Date Stockholders who
      have exercised all of the Rights initially issued to them will be offered,
      by
      means of the Over-Subscription Privilege, the right to acquire more than the
      number of shares for which the Rights issued to them are exercisable. Record
      Date Stockholders who exercise all the Rights initially issued to them will
      have
      the opportunity to indicate on the Subscription Certificate how many shares
      of
      Common Stock they are willing to acquire pursuant to the Over-Subscription
      Privilege. In addition, if the Fund&#8217;s NAV per share on the Expiration Date is
      equal to or less than the Subscription Price, the Fund, in its sole discretion,
      can issue additional Common Shares in an amount of up to 100% of the Primary
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      sufficient Primary Subscription Shares remain after the Primary Subscriptions
      have been exercised, all over-subscriptions will be honored in full. If
      sufficient Primary Subscription Shares are not available to honor all
      subscription requests, the available Common Shares will be allocated among
      those
      Record Date Stockholders who over-subscribe based on the number of Rights
      originally issued to them by the Fund. Should the Fund determine to issue some
      or all of the Secondary Over-Subscription Shares, they will be allocated only
      among Record Date Stockholders that submitted over-subscription requests.
      Secondary Over-Subscription Shares will be allocated pro rata among those fully
      exercising Record Date Stockholders who over-subscribe based on the number
      of
      Rights originally issued to them by the Fund. Any Secondary Over-Subscription
      Shares issued by the Fund, collectively with any Primary Subscription Shares
      not
      subscribed through the Primary Subscription, will be referred to in this
      Prospectus as the &#8220;Excess Shares.&#8221;</font></div>
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      percentage of Excess Shares each over-subscribing Record Date Stockholder may
      acquire will be rounded down to result in delivery of whole Common Shares;
      provided, however, that if a pro rata allocation results in any holder being
      allocated a greater number of Excess Shares than the holder subscribed for
      pursuant to the exercise of such holder&#8217;s Over-Subscription Privilege, then such
      holder will be allocated only such number of Excess Shares as such holder
      subscribed for and the remaining Excess Shares will be allocated among all
      other
      holders then entitled to receive Excess Shares whose over-subscription requests
      have not been fully honored. The allocation process may be iterative in order
      to
      assure that the total number of Excess Shares is distributed in accordance
      with
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        2007), unless extended by the Fund to a date not later than November 2, 2007,
        at
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      may also contact the Fund for information about the Offer by writing to The
      Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, P.O. Box 161465, Miami, FL 33116 or calling
      (800)
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      information with respect to the Offer. </font></div>
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      may be exercised by filling in and signing the Subscription Certificate and
      mailing it in the envelope provided, or otherwise delivering the completed
      and
      signed Subscription Certificate to the Subscription Agent, together with payment
      of the Estimated Subscription Price for the Shares as described below under
      &#8220;Payment for Shares.&#8221; Rights holders may also exercise Rights by contacting a
      broker, bank or trust company who can arrange, on behalf of the Rights holder,
      to guarantee delivery of payment and of a properly completed and executed
      Subscription Certificate. A fee may be charged for this service. Completed
      Subscription Certificates and full payment for the Shares subscribed for must
      be
      received by the Subscription Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the
      Expiration Date (unless payment is effected by means of a notice of guaranteed
      delivery as described below under &#8220;Payment for Shares&#8221;) at the office of the
      Subscription Agent at the addresses set forth above.</font></div>
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      financial institutions that hold Shares as nominee for the account of others
      should notify the respective beneficial owners of such Shares as soon as
      possible to ascertain such beneficial owners&#8217; intentions and to obtain
      instructions with respect to the Rights. For purposes of this Prospectus,
&#8220;Qualified Financial Institution&#8221; shall mean a registered broker-dealer,
      commercial bank or trust company, securities depository or participant therein,
      or nominee thereof. If the beneficial owner so instructs, the nominee should
      complete the Subscription Certificate and submit it to the Subscription Agent
      with the proper payment. In addition, beneficial owners of Common Stock or
      Rights held through such a nominee should contact the nominee and request the
      nominee to effect transactions in accordance with the beneficial owners&#8217;
instructions.</font></div>
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      &#8220;Payment for Shares&#8221; below.</font></div>
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      for shares shall be calculated by multiplying the Estimated Subscription Price
      of </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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      share times the sum of (i) the number of Rights held and intended to be
      exercised in the Primary Subscription, plus (ii) the number of additional shares
      for which a stockholder wishes to over-subscribe under the Over-Subscription
      Privilege. For example, if a stockholder receives 100 Rights and wishes to
      subscribe for 100 shares of Common Stock in the Primary Subscription, and also
      wishes to over-subscribe for 50 additional shares pursuant to the
      Over-Subscription Privilege, he, she or it would send in </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
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      pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege may choose between the following
      methods of payment:</font></div>
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                sent
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                prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date, the Subscription
                Agent shall have received a notice of guaranteed delivery by telegram
                or
                otherwise, from a bank or trust company or a NYSE member firm guaranteeing
                delivery of (i) payment of the Estimated Subscription Price of $
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                and
                any additional shares subscribed for pursuant to the Over-Subscription
                Privilege and (ii) a properly completed and executed Subscription
                Certificate, the subscription will be accepted by the Subscription
                Agent.
                The Subscription Agent will not honor a notice of guaranteed delivery
                unless a properly completed and executed Subscription Certificate
                is
                received by the Subscription Agent prior to 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time,
                on
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                a stockholder can, together with the properly completed and executed
                Subscription Certificate, send payment for the shares acquired in
                the
                Primary Subscription and any additional shares subscribed for pursuant
                to
                the Over-Subscription Privilege, to the Subscription Agent based
                on the
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                per share. To be accepted, such payment, together with the Subscription
                Certificate, must be received by the Subscription Agent prior to
                5:00
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      excess payment will be refunded to the stockholder to the extent that additional
      shares are unavailable.</font></div>
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      SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE FOR SUCH SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE TO BE
      ACCEPTED.</strong></font></div>
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      &#8220;Confirmation Date&#8221;), a confirmation will be sent by the Subscription Agent to
      each stockholder (or, if the Fund&#8217;s shares on the Record Date are held by Cede
      or any other depository or nominee, to Cede or such other depository or
      nominee). The confirmation will show (i) the number of shares acquired pursuant
      to the Primary Subscription; (ii) the number of shares, if any, acquired
      pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege; (iii) the Subscription Price and
      total purchase price for the shares; and (iv) any additional amount payable
      by
      such stockholder to the Fund (e.g., if the Estimated Subscription Price was
      less
      than the Subscription Price on the Pricing Date) or any excess to be refunded
      by
      the Fund to such stockholder (e.g., if the Estimated Subscription Price was
      more
      than the Subscription Price on the Pricing Date). Any additional payment
      required from a stockholder must be received by the Subscription Agent prior
      to
      5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth Business Day after the Confirmation Date,
      and any excess payment to be refunded by the Fund to such stockholder will
      be
      mailed by the Subscription Agent within ten (10) Business Days after the
      Confirmation Date. All payments by a stockholder must be made in United States
      Dollars by money order or by checks drawn on banks located in the Continental
      United States payable to &#8220;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>The
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      of the above two methods is used, issuance and delivery of certificates for
      the
      shares of Common Stock subscribed for are subject to collection of funds and
      actual payment pursuant to any notice of guaranteed delivery.</font></div>
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      Subscription Agent will deposit all checks received by it prior to the final
      due
      date into a segregated interest bearing account pending distribution of the
      shares from the Offer. All interest will inure to the benefit of the Fund and
      investors will not earn interest on payments submitted.</font></div>
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      WILL HAVE NO RIGHT TO RESCIND YOUR SUBSCRIPTION AFTER THE SUBSCRIPTION AGENT
      HAS
      RECEIVED THE SUBSCRIPTION CERTIFICATE OR NOTICE OF GUARANTEED
      DELIVERY.</strong></font></div>
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      a
      holder of Rights who acquires shares pursuant to the Primary Subscription or
      the
      Over-Subscription Privilege does not make payment of any amounts due, the Fund
      reserves the right to take any or all of the following actions: (i) find other
      stockholders or Rights holders to purchase such subscribed-for and unpaid-for
      shares; (ii) apply any payment actually received by it toward the purchase
      of
      the greatest whole number of shares which could be acquired by such holder
      upon
      exercise of the Primary Subscription or the Over-Subscription Privilege; (iii)
      sell all or a portion of the shares purchased by the holder in the open market,
      and apply the proceeds to the amounts owed; and (iv) exercise any and all other
      rights or remedies to which it may be entitled, including, without limitation,
      the right to set off against payments actually received by it with respect
      to
      such subscribed shares and to enforce the relevant guaranty of
      payment.</font></div>
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      who hold shares of common stock for the account of others, such as brokers,
      trustees or depositaries for securities, should notify the respective beneficial
      owners of the shares as soon as possible to ascertain the beneficial owners&#8217;
intentions and to obtain instructions with respect to the Rights. If the
      beneficial owners so instruct, the record holder of the Rights should complete
      Subscription Certificates and submit them to the Subscription Agent with the
      proper payment. In addition, beneficial owners of common stock or Rights held
      through such a holder should contact the holder and request the holder to effect
      transactions in accordance with the beneficial owner&#8217;s
      instructions.</font></div>
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      instructions accompanying the Subscription Certificates should be read carefully
      and followed in detail. </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>DO
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      method of delivery of Subscription Certificates and payment of the Subscription
      Price to the Subscription Agent will be at the election and risk of the Rights
      holders, but if sent by mail it is recommended that the Subscription
      Certificates and payments be sent by registered mail, properly insured, with
      return receipt requested, and that a sufficient number of days be allowed to
      ensure delivery to the Subscription Agent and clearance of payment prior to
      5:00
      p.m., Eastern Time, on the Expiration Date. Because uncertified personal checks
      may take at least five Business Days to clear, you are strongly urged to pay,
      or
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      questions concerning the timeliness, validity, form and eligibility of any
      exercise of Rights will be determined by the Fund, whose determinations will
      be
      final and binding. The Fund in its sole discretion may waive any defect or
      irregularity, or permit a defect or irregularity to be corrected within such
      time as it may determine, or reject the purported exercise of any Right.
      Subscriptions will not be deemed to have been received or accepted until all
      irregularities have been waived or cured within such time as the Fund determines
      in its sole discretion. Neither the Fund nor the Subscription Agent will be
      under any duty to give notification of any defect or irregularity in connection
      with the submission of Subscription Certificates or incur any liability for
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      certificates representing shares purchased pursuant to the Primary Subscription
      will be delivered to subscribers as soon as practicable after the corresponding
      Rights have been validly exercised and full payment for the shares has been
      received and cleared. Stock certificates representing shares purchased pursuant
      to the Over-Subscription Privilege will be delivered to subscribers as soon
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      practicable after the Expiration Date and after all allocations have been
      effected.</font></div>
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      within the United States (other than an APO or FPO address). Record Date
      Stockholders whose addresses are outside the United States or who have an APO
      or
      FPO address and who wish to subscribe to the Offer either in part or in full
      should contact the Subscription Agent, Colbent Corporation, by written
      instruction or recorded telephone conversation no later than three Business
      Days
      prior to the Expiration Date. The Fund will determine whether the Offer may
      be
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      following discussion describes certain United States Federal income tax
      consequences of the Offer generally applicable to citizens or residents of
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      United States and U.S. trusts, estates, corporations and any other person who
      is
      generally subject to U.S. Federal income tax (&#8220;U.S. Stockholders&#8221;). This summary
      is intended to be descriptive only and does not purport to be a complete
      analysis or listing of all potential tax effects relevant to the ownership
      of
      Rights or Common Stock. It assumes that each U.S. Stockholder holds Common
      Stock
      as a capital asset. Additionally, this summary does not specifically address
      the
      U.S. Federal income tax consequences that might be relevant to holders of Rights
      or Common Stock entitled to special treatment under the U.S. Federal income
      tax
      laws, such as individual retirement accounts and other tax deferred accounts,
      financial institutions, life insurance companies and tax-exempt organizations,
      and does not discuss the effect of state, local and other tax laws. Further,
      this summary is based on interpretations of existing law as of the date of
      this
      Prospectus as contained in the Code, applicable current and proposed Treasury
      Regulations, judicial decisions and published administrative positions of the
      Internal Revenue Service, all of which are subject to change either
      prospectively or retroactively.</font></div>
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                Stockholders who receive Rights pursuant to the Offer should not
                recognize
                taxable income for U.S. Federal income tax purposes upon their receipt
                of
                the Rights. If Rights issued to a U.S. Stockholder expire without
                being
                exercised, no basis should be allocated to such Rights, and such
                Stockholder should not recognize any gain or loss for U.S. Federal
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                the stockholder&#8217;s basis in the Rights should be zero, unless such U.S.
                Stockholder affirmatively and irrevocably elects (in a statement
                attached
                to such stockholder&#8217;s U.S. Federal income tax return for the year in which
                the Rights are received) to allocate the basis in the Common Stock
                between
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                or
                loss for U.S. Federal income tax purposes upon the exercise. The
                tax basis
                of the newly acquired Common Stock should equal the Subscription
                Price
                paid for the Common Stock (plus the basis, if any, allocated to the
                Rights
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      Security Act of 1974, as amended (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;) (including corporate savings and
      401(k) plans), Keogh or H.R. 10 plans of self-employed individuals and
      Individual Retirement Accounts (&#8220;IRAs&#8221;) (collectively, &#8220;Plans&#8221;) should be aware
      of the complexity of the rules and regulations governing Plans and the penalties
      for noncompliance, and Plans should consult with their counsel regarding the
      consequences of their exercise of Rights under ERISA and the Internal Revenue
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        price of the Fund&#8217;s shares on September 21, 2007. Accordingly, the assumptions
        and projections contained in this prospectus are subject to change significantly
        depending on changes in market conditions for the Fund&#8217;s shares and performance
        of the Fund&#8217;s portfolio. The Fund will invest the net proceeds of the Offer in
        accordance with its investment objective and policies. The Adviser anticipates
        that the proceeds will be invested promptly as investment opportunities are
        identified, depending on market conditions and the availability of appropriate
        securities, and it is anticipated to take not more than approximately three
        months. Pending investment, the proceeds will be invested in short-term
        cash-equivalent instruments. Although the Adviser anticipates that a substantial
        portion of the proceeds will be invested pursuant to its investment objective
        and policies, some of the proceeds may be used to make capital gain
        distributions required to maintain its tax status as a regulated investment
        company. As of June 30, 2007, the aggregate capital gains for calendar year
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      Investing in any investment company security involves risk, including the risk
      that a Stockholder may receive little or no return on the Stockholder&#8217;s
      investment or that the Stockholder may lose part or all of the Stockholder&#8217;s
      investment. Therefore, before investing, Stockholders should consider carefully
      the following risks that are assumed when investing in the Fund through the
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      Offer</strong></font></div>
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      own
      a smaller proportional interest in the Fund when the Offer is over (i.e.,
      proportional dilution). In addition, whether or not a Stockholder exercises
      his
      Rights, because the Subscription Price (and net proceeds to the Fund) may be
      below the Fund&#8217;s NAV per share on the Expiration Date the per share net asset
      value of a Stockholder&#8217;s shares may be diluted (reduced) immediately as a result
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      distinct from the risk that the Fund&#8217;s NAV will decrease. The risk of purchasing
      shares of a closed-end fund that might trade at a discount or unsustainable
      premium is more pronounced for investors who wish to sell their shares in a
      relatively short period of time after purchasing them because, for those
      investors, realization of a gain or loss on their investments is likely to
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      performance. The Fund&#8217;s shares are not redeemable at the request of
      stockholders. The Fund may repurchase its shares in the open market or in
      private transactions, although it has no present intention to do so.
      Stockholders desiring liquidity may, subject to applicable securities laws,
      trade their shares in the Fund on the NASDAQ Capital Market or other markets
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      difficulties, including high inflation rates and high interest rates. The
      emergence of the economies and securities markets of the Caribbean Basin
      Countries will require continued economic and fiscal discipline that has been
      lacking at times in the past, as well as stable political and social conditions.
      International economic conditions, particularly those in the United States,
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      devaluations relative to the U.S. Dollar and certain Caribbean Basin Countries
      have had to make major adjustments in their currencies from time to time. Also
      many Caribbean Basin Countries have experienced substantial, and in some periods
      extremely high, rates of inflation for many years. For companies that keep
      accounting records in the local currency, inflation accounting rules in some
      Caribbean Basin Countries require, for both tax and accounting purposes, that
      certain assets and liabilities be restated on the company&#8217;s balance sheet in
      order to express items in terms of currency of constant purchasing power.
      Inflation accounting may indirectly generate losses or profits for certain
      Caribbean Basin Companies. Inflation and rapid fluctuations in inflation rates
      have had, and could, in the future, have very negative effects on the economies
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      continue to exercise substantial influence over many aspects of the private
      sector. Governmental actions in the future could have a significant effect
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      companies in which the Fund invests and, therefore, the value of Fund shares.
      Investments in foreign markets may be adversely affected by governmental actions
      such as the imposition of punitive taxes. In addition, the governments of
      certain countries may prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on foreign
      investing in their capital markets or in certain industries. Substantial
      limitations may exist in certain countries with respect to the Fund&#8217;s ability to
      repatriate investment income, capital or the proceeds of sales of securities.
      The Fund could be adversely affected by delays in, or a refusal to grant, any
      required governmental approval for repatriation of capital, as well as by the
      application to the Fund of any restrictions on investments. Any of these actions
      could severely affect security prices, impair the Fund&#8217;s ability to purchase or
      sell foreign securities or transfer the Fund&#8217;s assets or income back into the
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      competition among companies and reduce government subsidies in certain
      industries. No assurance can be given that these changes will be successful
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      intended. There is a possibility that these trade arrangements will not be
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      that a significant participant could choose to abandon a trade agreement, which
      could diminish its credibility and influence. Any of these occurrences could
      have adverse effects on the markets of both participating and non-participating
      countries, including sharp appreciation or depreciation of participants&#8217;
national currencies and a significant increase in exchange rate volatility,
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      Caribbean Basin markets, an undermining of Caribbean Basin economic stability,
      the collapse or slowdown of the drive towards economic unity, and/or reversion
      of the attempts to lower government debt and inflation rates that were
      introduced in anticipation of such trade agreements. Such developments could
      have an adverse impact on the Fund&#8217;s investments in the Caribbean Basin
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      droughts and floods, which have caused substantial damage to parts of the
      Caribbean Basin and have harmed the region&#8217;s economies. The possibility exists
      that another natural disaster could materially disrupt and adversely affect
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      favorable legal judgments in local courts and political and social instability.
      Legal remedies available to investors in certain Caribbean Basin countries
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      located in a single country or a limited number of countries. If the Fund
      concentrates its investments in this manner, it assumes the risk that economic,
      political and social conditions in those countries will have a significant
      impact on its investment performance. The Fund&#8217;s investment performance may also
      be more volatile if it concentrates its investments in certain countries,
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      from securities traded in the United States. However, such investments often
      involve special risks not present in U.S. investments that can increase the
      chances that the Fund will lose money. In particular, the Fund is subject to
      the
      risk that because there may be fewer investors on foreign exchanges and a
      smaller number of securities traded each day, it may be more difficult for
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      Fund to buy and sell securities on those exchanges. In addition, prices of
      foreign securities may go up and down more than prices of securities traded
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      of the United States with respect to such issues as growth of gross national
      product, reinvestment of capital, resources and balance of payments position.
      Certain foreign economies may rely heavily on particular industries or foreign
      capital and are more vulnerable to diplomatic developments, the imposition
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      economic sanctions against a particular country or countries, changes in
      international trading patterns, trade barriers and other protectionist or
      retaliatory measures. Investments in foreign markets may also be adversely
      affected by governmental actions such as the imposition of capital controls,
      nationalization of companies or industries, expropriation of assets or the
      imposition of punitive taxes. In addition, the governments of certain countries
      may prohibit or impose substantial restrictions on foreign investments in their
      capital markets or in certain industries. Any of these actions could severely
      affect securities prices or impair the Fund&#8217;s ability to purchase or sell
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      in pricing securities, defaults on foreign government securities, difficulties
      in enforcing legal judgments in foreign courts and political and social
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      rates may affect the value of the Fund&#8217;s portfolio. Because the Fund&#8217;s assets
      are primarily invested in securities of Caribbean Basin Companies, and because
      some portion of revenues and income may be received in foreign currencies while
      Fund distributions will be made in dollars, the dollar equivalent of the Fund&#8217;s
      net assets and distributions would be adversely affected by reductions in the
      value of the foreign currencies relative to the dollar. For this reason, changes
      in foreign currency exchange rates can affect the value of the Fund&#8217;s portfolio.
      Generally, when the U.S. Dollar rises in value against a foreign currency,
      a
      security denominated in that currency loses value because the currency is worth
      fewer U.S. Dollars. Conversely, when the U.S. Dollar decreases in value against
      a foreign currency, a security denominated in that currency gains value because
      the currency is worth more U.S. Dollars. This risk, generally known as &#8220;currency
      risk,&#8221; means that a strong U.S. Dollar may reduce returns for U.S. investors
      while a weak U.S. Dollar may increase those returns. The Fund is managed with
      the assumption that most of its stockholders hold their assets in U.S. Dollars.
      As a result, and because distributions are made in U.S. Dollars, other non-U.S.
      investors will be adversely affected by reductions in the value of the U.S.
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      issuers are generally not bound by uniform accounting, auditing, and financial
      reporting requirements and standards of practice comparable to those applicable
      to U.S. issuers. Some of the securities held by the Fund may not be registered
      with the SEC nor may the issuers be subject to the SEC&#8217;s reporting requirements.
      Thus, there may be less available information concerning foreign issuers of
      securities held by the Fund than is available concerning U.S. issuers. Adequate
      public information on foreign issuers may not be available, and it may be
      difficult to secure dividends and information regarding corporate actions on
      a
      timely basis. In general, there is less overall governmental supervision and
      regulation of securities exchanges, brokers, and listed companies than in the
      United States. OTC markets tend to be less regulated than stock exchange markets
      and, in certain countries, may be totally unregulated. Regulatory enforcement
      may be influenced by economic or political concerns, and investors may have
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      addition, the U.S. Government has from time to time imposed restrictions,
      through penalties and otherwise, on foreign investments by U.S. investors,
      including current prohibitions on U.S. investment in Cuba. Investments in
      securities of Cuban companies, if permitted by U.S. law, may be subject to
      certain political and economic risks in addition to the risks associated with
      investment in the securities of issuers domiciled in other foreign countries.
      The risks include (i) less social, political and economic stability; (ii) the
      small current size of the markets for such securities and the currently low
      or
      nonexistent volume of trading, which result in a lack of liquidity and in
      greater price volatility; (iii) certain national policies which may restrict
      the
      Fund&#8217;s investment opportunities, including restrictions on investment in issuers
      or industries deemed sensitive to national interests; (iv) the absence of
      developed legal structures governing private or foreign investment or allowing
      for judicial redress for injury to private property; (V) the absence of a
      capital market structure or market-oriented economy; and (vi) the possibility
      that recent favorable economic developments may be slowed or reversed by
      unanticipated political or social events in such countries. Investments in
      securities of Cuban companies, if and when the Fund is permitted to invest
      in
      such securities, will be speculative and involve risks not usually associated
      with investments in securities of issuers in more developed market economies.
      See &#8220;Emerging Markets Risk&#8221; below.</font></div>
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      foreign securities or nations impose restrictions on transfer within the United
      States or to U.S. persons. Although securities subject to such transfer
      restrictions may be marketable abroad, they may be less liquid than foreign
      securities of the same class that are not subject to such restrictions.
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      standards in other countries are not necessarily the same as in the United
      States. If the accounting standards in another country do not require as much
      detail as U.S. accounting standards, it may be harder for the Adviser to
      completely and accurately determine a company&#8217;s financial condition. In
      instances where the financial statements of an issuer are not deemed to reflect
      accurately the financial situation of the issuer, the Adviser will take
      appropriate steps to evaluate the proposed investment, which may include on-site
      inspection of the issuer (including Cuba, if U.S. restrictions on travel to
      Cuba
      are lifted), interviews with its management and consultation with accountants,
      bankers and other specialists.</font></div>
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      Risks of Holding Fund Assets Outside the United States</u></font></div>
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      Fund
      generally holds its foreign securities and cash in foreign banks and securities
      depositories. Some foreign banks and securities depositories may be recently
      organized or new to the foreign custody business. In addition, there may be
      limited or no regulatory oversight of their operations. Also, the laws of
      certain countries limit the Fund&#8217;s ability to recover its assets if a foreign
      bank, depository or issuer of a security, or any of their agents, goes bankrupt.
      In addition, it is often more expensive for the Fund to buy, sell and hold
      securities in certain foreign markets than in the United States. The increased
      expense of investing in foreign markets reduces the amount the Fund can earn
      on
      its investments and typically results in a higher operating expense ratio for
      the Fund than for investment companies invested only in the United
      States.</font></div>
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      and clearance procedures in certain foreign markets differ significantly from
      those in the United States. Foreign settlement and clearance procedures and
      trade regulations also may involve certain risks (such as delays in payment
      for
      or delivery of securities) not typically associated with the settlement of
      U.S.
      investments. Communications between the United States and emerging market
      countries may be unreliable, increasing the risk of delayed settlements or
      losses of security certificates in markets that still rely on physical
      settlement. At times, settlements in certain foreign countries have not kept
      pace with the number of securities transactions. These problems may make it
      difficult for the Fund to carry out transactions. If the Fund cannot settle
      or
      is delayed in settling a purchase of securities, it may miss attractive
      investment opportunities and certain of its assets may be uninvested with no
      return earned thereon for some period. If the Fund cannot settle or is delayed
      in settling a sale of securities, it may lose money if the value of the security
      then declines or, if it has contracted to sell the security to another party,
      the Fund could be liable for any losses incurred. Dividends or interest on,
      or
      proceeds from the sale of, foreign securities may be subject to foreign
      withholding taxes.</font></div>
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      risks
      of foreign investments are usually much greater for emerging markets.
      Investments in emerging markets, including many Caribbean Basin Countries,
      may
      be considered speculative. Emerging markets are riskier than more developed
      markets because they tend to develop unevenly and may never fully develop.
      Since
      these markets are often small, they may be more likely to suffer sharp and
      frequent price changes or long-term price depression because of adverse
      publicity, investor perceptions or the actions of a few large investors. Many
      emerging markets have histories of political instability and abrupt changes
      in
      policies. As a result, their governments are more likely to take actions that
      are hostile or detrimental to private enterprise or foreign investment than
      those of more developed countries. Certain emerging markets may also face other
      significant internal or external risks, including the risk of war, and civil
      unrest. In addition, governments in many emerging market countries participate
      to a significant degree in their economies and securities markets, which may
      impair investment and economic growth.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investments
      in the securities of issuers domiciled in countries with emerging capital
      markets involve certain additional risks that do not generally apply to
      investments in securities of issuers in more developed capital markets, such
      as
      (i) low or non-existent trading volume, resulting in a lack of liquidity and
      increased volatility in prices for such securities, as compared to securities
      of
      comparable issuers in more developed capital markets; (ii) uncertain national
      policies and social, political and economic instability, increasing the
      potential for expropriation of assets, confiscatory taxation, high rates of
      inflation or unfavorable diplomatic developments; (iii) possible fluctuations
      in
      exchange rates, differing legal systems and the existence or possible imposition
      of exchange controls, custodial restrictions or other foreign or U.S.
      governmental laws or restrictions applicable to such investments; (iv) national
      policies that may limit the Fund&#8217;s investment opportunities such as restrictions
      on investment in issuers or industries deemed sensitive to national interests;
      and (v) the lack or relatively early development of legal structures governing
      private and foreign investments and private property. In addition to withholding
      taxes on investment income, some countries with emerging markets may impose
      differential capital gains taxes on foreign investors.</font></div>
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      capital markets are developing in a dynamic political and economic environment
      brought about by events over recent years that have reshaped political
      boundaries and traditional ideologies. In such a dynamic environment, there
      can
      be no assurance that any or all of these capital markets will continue to
      present viable investment opportunities for the Fund. In the past, governments
      of such nations have expropriated substantial amounts of private property,
      and
      most claims of the property owners have never been fully settled. There is
      no
      assurance that such expropriations will not reoccur. In such an event, it is
      possible that the Fund could lose the entire value of its investments in the
      affected market.</font></div>
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      there may be less publicly available information about issuers in emerging
      markets than would be available about issuers in more developed capital markets,
      and such issuers may not be subject to accounting, auditing and financial
      reporting standards and requirements comparable to those to which U.S. companies
      are subject. In certain countries with emerging capital markets, reporting
      standards vary widely. As a result, traditional investment measurements used
      in
      the United States, such as price/earnings ratios, may not be applicable.
      Emerging market securities may be substantially less liquid and more volatile
      than those of mature markets, and company shares may be held by a limited number
      of persons. This may adversely affect the timing and pricing of the Fund&#8217;s
      acquisition or disposal of securities. Communications between the United States
      and emerging market countries may be unreliable, increasing the risk of delayed
      settlements or losses of security certificates.</font></div>
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      in relation to settlement of securities transactions in emerging markets involve
      higher risks than those in developed markets, in part because the Fund may
      need
      to use brokers and counterparties that are less well capitalized, and custody
      and registration of assets in some countries may be unreliable. The possibility
      of fraud, negligence, undue influence being exerted by the issuer or refusal
      to
      recognize ownership exists in some emerging markets, and, along with other
      factors, could result in ownership registration being completely lost. The
      Fund
      would absorb any loss resulting from such registration problems and may have
      no
      successful claim for compensation.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund&#8217;s investment objective is to obtain long-term capital appreciation. This
      objective may not be changed without the prior approval of the holders of a
      majority of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding voting securities. The Fund pursues its
      objective by investing primarily in equity and equity-linked securities of
      public and private companies, including U.S.-based companies, (i) whose
      securities are traded principally on a stock exchange in a Caribbean Basin
      country, (ii) that have at least 50% of the value of their assets in a Caribbean
      Basin Country or (iii) that derive at least 50% of their total revenue from
      operations in a Caribbean Basin country (collectively referred to herein as
      &#8220;Caribbean Basin Companies&#8221;). Current income through receipt of interest or
      dividends from the Fund&#8217;s securities is incidental to the Fund&#8217;s efforts to
      attain its investment objective. The Fund invests in Caribbean Basin Companies
      that are likely, in the opinion of the Adviser, to benefit from political,
      legal
      and economic developments in the Caribbean Basin Countries. Under normal market
      conditions, the Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in equity and
      equity-linked securities of Caribbean Basin Companies. The Fund may invest
      more
      than 25% of its total assets in the securities of U.S.-based companies. U.S.
      law
      currently prohibits the Fund from investing its assets in securities of
      companies that benefit from free trade with Cuba (&#8220;companies strategically
      linked to Cuba&#8221;). Companies strategically linked to Cuba may include a company
      that benefits from free trade with Cuba, but does not meet the definition of
      Caribbean Basin Company set forth above. If permitted to make such investments
      upon a lifting or easing of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba or pursuant
      to
      regulations promulgated by a department or agency of the U.S. Government, the
      Fund may invest up to 20% of its assets in equity and equity-linked securities
      of non-Caribbean Basin Companies strategically linked to Cuba. </font></div>
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      Fund&#8217;s investment objective is fundamental and may not be changed without the
      approval of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding voting securities. As used in this
      Prospectus, a majority of the Fund&#8217;s outstanding voting securities means the
      lesser of (i) 67% of the shares represented at a meeting at which more than
      50%
      of the outstanding shares are present in person or represented by proxy or
      (ii)
      more than 50% of the outstanding shares. The Fund&#8217;s investment policies may be
      changed by its Board without stockholder approval, but the Fund will not change
      its investment policies without notice to its stockholders. The Fund is designed
      primarily for long-term investment, and investors should not consider it a
      trading vehicle. An investment in the Fund&#8217;s shares should not constitute a
      complete investment program. The Fund&#8217;s NAV can be expected to fluctuate, and no
      assurance can be given that the Fund will continue to achieve its investment
      objective. </font></div>
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      securities of public and private companies that may be purchased by the Fund
      consist of common stock, convertible and non-convertible preferred stock
      (whether voting or non-voting), debt with equity warrants and unattached
      warrants. Debt issued with a warrant entitles the holder to purchase equity
      shares and differs from convertible debt because the conversion feature is
      in
      the form of a separately traded warrant. Equity-linked securities of public
      and
      private companies that may be purchased by the Fund consist of debt securities
      convertible into equity and securities such as warrants, options and futures,
      the prices of which are functions of the value of the equity securities
      receivable upon exercise or settlement thereof. </font></div>
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      Fund
      may also invest in the shares of other registered investment companies, some
      of
      which may be Caribbean Basin Companies. By investing in shares of investment
      companies, the Fund would indirectly pay a portion of the operating expenses,
      management expenses and brokerage costs of such companies as well as the expense
      of operating the Fund. Thus, the Fund&#8217;s investors may indirectly pay higher
      total operating expenses and other costs than they might pay by owning the
      underlying investment companies directly. The Adviser will continue to attempt
      to identify investment companies that have demonstrated superior management
      in
      the past, thus possibly offsetting these factors by producing better results
      and/or lower expenses than other investment companies. There can be no assurance
      that this result will continue to be achieved. In addition, Section 12(d)(1)(A)
      of the 1940 Act imposes limits on the amount of the investment of the Fund&#8217;s
      assets, and those of its affiliates, in any investment company and that
      provision may adversely affect the Fund&#8217;s ability to purchase or redeem shares
      issued by an investment company.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may invest in securities that lack an established secondary trading market
      or
      otherwise are considered illiquid. Liquidity of a security relates to the
      ability to dispose easily of the security and the price to be obtained upon
      disposition of the security, which may be less than would be obtained for a
      comparable more liquid security. Illiquid securities may trade at a discount
      from comparable, more liquid investments. Investment of the Fund&#8217;s assets in
      illiquid securities may restrict the ability of the Fund to dispose of its
      investments in a timely fashion and for a fair price as well as its ability
      to
      take advantage of market opportunities. The risks associated with illiquidity
      will be particularly acute where the Fund&#8217;s operations require cash, such as
      when the Fund redeems shares or pays a distribution, and could result in the
      Fund borrowing to meet short-term cash requirements or incurring capital losses
      on the sale of illiquid investments.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may invest in securities that are not registered under the Securities Act of
      1933, as amended (&#8220;restricted securities&#8221;). Restricted securities may be sold in
      private placement transactions between issuers and their purchasers and may
      be
      neither listed on an exchange nor traded in other established markets. In many
      cases, privately placed securities may not be freely transferable under the
      laws
      of the applicable jurisdiction or due to contractual restrictions on resale.
      As
      a result of the absence of a public trading market, privately placed securities
      may be less liquid and more difficult to value than publicly traded securities.
      To the extent that privately placed securities may be resold in privately
      negotiated transactions, the prices realized from the sales, due to illiquidity,
      could be less than those originally paid by the Fund or less than their fair
      market value. In addition, issuers whose securities are not publicly traded
      may
      not be subject to the disclosure and other investor protection requirements
      that
      may be applicable if their securities were publicly traded. If any privately
      placed securities held by the Fund are required to be registered under the
      securities laws of one or more jurisdictions before being resold, the Fund
      may
      be required to bear the expenses of registration. Certain of the Fund&#8217;s
      investments in private placements may consist of direct investments and may
      include investments in smaller, less seasoned issuers, which may involve greater
      risks. These issuers may have limited product lines, markets or financial
      resources, or they may be dependent on a limited management group. In making
      investments in such securities, the Fund may obtain access to material nonpublic
      information, which may restrict the Fund&#8217;s ability to conduct portfolio
      transactions in such securities.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may vary its investment policy for temporary defensive purposes when, in the
      opinion of the Adviser, such a change is warranted due to changes in the
      securities markets in which the Fund may invest or other economic or political
      conditions affecting such markets. For temporary defensive purposes, the Fund
      may reduce its position in equity and equity-linked securities and invest in
      U.S. Treasury bills and U.S. Dollar denominated bank time deposits and
      certificates of deposit rated high quality or better by any nationally
      recognized statistical rating service or, if unrated, of equivalent investment
      quality as determined by the Adviser. The banks whose obligations may be
      purchased by the Fund will include any member of the U.S. Federal Reserve
      System. The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective when
      it has assumed a temporary defensive position.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may employ one or more of the hedging techniques described below, primarily
      to
      protect against a decrease in the U.S. Dollar equivalent value of its portfolio
      securities denominated in foreign currencies or in the payments thereon that
      may
      result from an adverse change in foreign currency exchange rates. Conditions
      in
      the securities, futures, options and foreign currency markets will continue
      to
      determine whether and under what circumstances the Fund will employ any of
      the
      techniques or strategies described below. The Fund&#8217;s ability to pursue certain
      of these strategies may be limited by applicable regulations of the Commodity
      Futures Trading Commission (&#8220;CFTC&#8221;) and the Federal tax requirements applicable
      to regulated investment companies. See &#8220;Taxation-General&#8221;.</font></div>
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      to applicable law and subject to certain restrictions, the Fund may effect
      hedging transactions on a variety of U.S. and foreign exchanges. The operations
      of U.S. exchanges are considered to be subject to more stringent regulation
      and
      supervision than those of certain non-U.S. exchanges.</font></div>
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      any
      percentage limitations applicable to the transactions described below are
      exceeded due to market fluctuations after an initial investment, the Fund may
      not enter into new transactions of the type to which the exceeded limitation
      applies until the total of the Fund&#8217;s commitments with respect to such
      transactions falls within the applicable limitation.</font></div>
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      Adviser believes that in some circumstances the purchase and sale of forward
      foreign currency exchange contracts (&#8220;forward contracts&#8221;) may help offset
      declines in the U.S. Dollar equivalent value of the Fund&#8217;s assets denominated in
      foreign currencies and in the income available for distribution to the Fund&#8217;s
      stockholders that would result from adverse changes in the exchange rate between
      the U.S. Dollar and such foreign currencies. For example, the U.S. Dollar
      equivalent value of the principal of and rate of return on, the Fund&#8217;s foreign
      denominated securities will decline if the exchange rate fluctuates between
      the
      U.S. Dollar and such foreign currency whereby the U.S. Dollar increases in
      value. Such a decline could be partially or completely offset by an increase
      in
      the value of a foreign currency forward contract. The Fund may purchase forward
      contracts involving either the currencies in which certain of its portfolio
      securities are denominated or, in cross-hedging transactions, other currencies,
      changes in the value of which correlate closely with the changes in the value
      of
      the currencies in which its portfolio securities are denominated. The Fund
      will
      enter into such cross-hedging transactions (i) only with respect to currencies
      whose foreign exchange rate changes historically have shown a high degree of
      correlation to changes in the foreign exchange rate of the currency in which
      the
      hedged asset is denominated (a &#8220;correlated currency&#8221;) and (ii) only when the
      Adviser believes that the increase in correlation risk is offset by the lower
      transaction costs and increased liquidity available for financial instruments
      denominated in the correlated currency.</font></div>
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      may enter into forward contracts or maintain a net exposure on such contracts
      only if (i) the consummation of the contracts would not obligate the Fund to
      deliver an amount of foreign currency in excess of the value of the Fund&#8217;s
      portfolio securities or other assets denominated in that currency or (ii) the
      Fund maintains cash, U.S. Government securities or other liquid, high-grade
      debt
      securities in a segregated account in an amount not less than the value of
      the
      Fund&#8217;s total assets committed to the consummation of the contract.</font></div>
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      the use of forward contracts may protect the Fund against declines in the U.S.
      Dollar equivalent value of the Fund&#8217;s assets, such use may reduce the possible
      gain from advantageous changes in the value of the U.S. Dollar against
      particular currencies in which the Fund&#8217;s assets are denominated. Moreover, the
      use of forward contracts will not eliminate fluctuations in the underlying
      U.S.
      Dollar equivalent value of the prices of, or rates of return on, the assets
      held
      in the Fund&#8217;s portfolio.</font></div>
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      of forward contracts subjects the Fund to certain risks. The matching of the
      increase in value of a forward contract and the decline in the U.S. Dollar
      equivalent value of the asset that is the subject of the hedge generally is
      not
      precise. The success of any of these techniques depends on the ability of the
      Adviser to predict correctly movements in foreign currency exchange rates.
      If
      the Adviser incorrectly predicts the direction of such movements or if
      unanticipated changes in foreign currency exchange rates occur, the Fund&#8217;s
      performance may be poorer than if it had not entered into such contracts. The
      cost to the Fund of engaging in forward contracts varies with such factors
      as
      the foreign currency involved, the length of the contract period and the
      prevailing market conditions, including general market expectations as to the
      direction of the movement of various foreign currencies against the U.S. Dollar.
      Consequently, because the Fund may not always be able to enter into forward
      contracts at attractive prices, it may be limited in its ability to use such
      contracts to hedge its assets or for other risk management purposes. In
      addition, there can be no assurance that historical correlations between the
      movements of certain foreign currencies relative to the U.S. Dollar will
      continue.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      may purchase and write put and call options on foreign currencies to protect
      against a decline in the U.S. Dollar equivalent value of its portfolio
      securities or payments due thereon or a rise in the U.S. Dollar equivalent
      cost
      of securities that it intends to purchase. A foreign currency put option grants
      the holder the right, but not the obligation, at a future date to sell a
      specified amount of a foreign currency to its counterparty at a predetermined
      price. A foreign currency call option grants the holder the right, but not
      the
      obligation, to purchase at a future date a specified amount of a foreign
      currency at a predetermined price.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">As
      in the
      case of other types of options, the benefit to the Fund from purchases of
      foreign currency options will be reduced by the amount of the premium and
      related transaction costs. In addition, if currency exchange rates do not move
      in the direction or to the extent anticipated, the Fund could sustain losses
      on
      transactions in foreign currency options which would require it to forego a
      portion or all of the benefits of advantageous changes in such
      rates.</font></div>
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      options on foreign currencies written by the Fund will be covered. A call option
      is &#8220;covered&#8221; if the Fund owns the underlying foreign currency covered by the
      call or has an absolute and immediate right to acquire that foreign currency
      without additional cash consideration (or for additional cash consideration
      held
      in a segregated account by its custodian) upon conversion or exchange of other
      foreign currency held in its portfolio. A call option is also covered if the
      Fund has a call on the same foreign currency and in the same principal amount
      as
      the call written, so long as the exercise price of the call held (i) is equal
      to
      or less than the exercise price of the call written or (ii) is greater than
      the
      exercise price of the call written if the difference is maintained by the Fund
      in cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid, high-grade debt securities
      in a segregated account with its custodian. The Fund covers any put option
      it
      writes on foreign currencies by holding with its custodian, in a segregated
      account, cash, U.S. government securities or other liquid, high-grade debt
      securities in an amount equal to the option price.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may not purchase or write options on foreign currencies if, as a result, the
      Fund will have more than 20% of the value of its total assets invested in,
      or at
      risk with respect to, such options.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may enter into contracts for the purchase or sale for future delivery ( &#8220;futures
      contracts&#8221;) of foreign stock or bond indices or other financial indices that the
      Adviser and the Manager determine are appropriate to hedge the risks associated
      with changes in interest rates or general fluctuations in the value of the
      Fund&#8217;s portfolio securities.</font></div>
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      to the regulations of the CFTC, and subject to certain restrictions, the Fund
      may purchase or sell futures contracts that are traded on U.S. exchanges that
      have been designated as contract markets by the CFTC. The Fund may also
      generally purchase or sell futures contracts that are subject to the rules
      of
      any foreign board of trade (&#8220;foreign futures contracts&#8221;). The Fund may not,
      however, trade a foreign futures contract based on a foreign stock index unless
      the contract has been approved by the CFTC for trading by U.S.
      persons.</font></div>
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      Fund
      is required to make a margin deposit in cash or government securities with
      a
      broker or custodian to initiate and maintain positions in futures contracts.
      Minimal initial margin requirements are established by the futures exchange
      and
      brokers may establish margin requirements which are higher than the exchange
      requirements. After a futures contract position is opened, the value of the
      contract is marked to market daily. If the futures contract price changes to
      the
      extent that the margin on deposit does not satisfy margin requirements, payment
      of additional &#8220;variation&#8221; margin is required. Conversely, reduction in the
      contract value may reduce the required margin resulting in a repayment of excess
      margin to the Fund. Variation margin payments are made to and from the futures
      broker for as long as the contract remains open.</font></div>
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      accordance with CFTC regulations, the Fund may not purchase or sell futures
      contracts if immediately thereafter the sum of the amounts of initial margin
      deposits and premiums on the Fund&#8217;s existing futures contracts would exceed 5%
      of the fair market value of the Fund&#8217;s total assets. The Adviser reserves the
      right to comply with such different standards as may be established by the
      CFTC
      with respect to the purchase or sale of futures contracts and foreign futures
      contracts.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may purchase or sell exchange traded or over-the-counter put and call options
      on
      its portfolio securities.</font></div>
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      Fund
      may write covered put and call options on portfolio securities to generate
      additional revenue for the Fund and, in certain circumstances, as a partial
      hedge (to the extent of the premium received less transaction costs) against
      a
      decline in the value of portfolio securities and in circumstances in which
      the
      Adviser anticipates that the price of the underlying securities will not
      increase above or fall below (in the case of put options) the exercise price
      of
      the option by an amount greater than the premium received (less transaction
      costs incurred) by the Fund. Although writing put and call options may generate
      additional revenue for the Fund, such revenue is incidental to the Fund&#8217;s
      efforts to achieve its investment objective. The Fund&#8217;s strategy limits
      potential capital appreciation in the portfolio securities subject to the
      options.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      may write only covered options. &#8220;Covered&#8221; means that, so long as the Fund is
      obligated as the writer of a call option, it will own either the underlying
      securities or an option to purchase the same underlying securities having an
      expiration date not earlier than the expiration date of the covered option
      and
      an exercise price equal to or less than the exercise price of the covered
      option, or establish or maintain with its custodian for the term of the option
      a
      segregated account consisting of cash, U.S. government securities or other
      liquid, high-grade debt obligations having a value equal to the fluctuating
      market value of the option securities. The Fund will continue to cover any
      put
      option it writes by maintaining a segregated account with its custodian as
      described above.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      may not purchase or write options on securities or options on indices if, as
      a
      result, the Fund will have more than 5% of the value of its total assets
      invested in, or at risk with respect to, either such class of
      options.</font></div>
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      Fund&#8217;s successful use of options and futures depends on the ability of the
      Adviser to predict the direction of the market, and is subject to various
      additional risks. The investment techniques and skills required to use options
      and futures successfully are different from those required to select equity
      and
      equity-linked securities for investment. The correlation between movements
      in
      the price of the option or future and the price of the securities being hedged
      is imperfect and the risk from imperfect correlation increases, with respect
      to
      stock index futures and options, as the composition of the Fund&#8217;s portfolio
      diverges from the composition of the index underlying such index futures and
      options. In addition, the ability of the Fund to close out a futures or options
      position depends on a liquid secondary market. There is no assurance that liquid
      secondary markets will exist for any particular option or futures contract
      at
      any particular time. The securities the Fund are required to maintain in
      segregated accounts in connection with its hedging transactions are not
      available for investment in accordance with the Fund&#8217;s investment objective of
      long-term capital appreciation.</font></div>
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      U.S.
      exchanges, once an option contract has been accepted for clearance, the exchange
      clearing organization is substituted as both buyer and seller of the contract,
      thereby guaranteeing the financial integrity of the option contract. Options
      on
      securities and on indices traded on certain non-U.S. exchanges may not be so
      guaranteed by a clearing organization. The absence of such a role for a clearing
      organization on such a non-U.S. exchange would expose the Fund to the credit
      risk of its counterparty. If its counterparty were to default on its
      obligations, the Fund could lose the expected benefit of the
      transaction.</font></div>
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      cash
      may be available to the Fund for only a few days, the Fund may invest such
      cash
      in repurchase agreements until such time as it otherwise may be invested or
      used
      for payments of obligations of the Fund. In these transactions, the Fund
      purchases a security and simultaneously commits to resell that security to
      the
      seller at an agreed-upon price and date. The resale price reflects the purchase
      price plus an agreed-upon market rate of interest, which is unrelated to the
      coupon rate or maturity of the security purchased. The obligation of the seller
      to pay the agreed-upon price is secured by the value of the underlying
      securities, which is maintained at the Fund&#8217;s custodian at a value at least
      equal to the resale price. The Adviser monitors the adequacy of the collateral
      on a daily basis to ensure that the collateral always equals or exceeds the
      repurchase price. Repurchase agreements could involve certain risks in the
      event
      of default or insolvency of the other party, including possible delays or
      restrictions upon the Fund&#8217;s ability to dispose of the underlying securities.
      The Fund could suffer a loss to the extent proceeds from the sale of collateral
      were less than the value of the contract. The Fund may not invest its assets
      in
      repurchase agreements with a maturity of more than seven days, but the
      collateral securities may have maturities of more than one year. The Fund has
      not adopted an investment restriction limiting the value of its total assets
      not
      invested in accordance with its fundamental investment policy that may be
      invested in repurchase agreements. To minimize the risks of such investments,
      however, the Fund enters into repurchase agreements only with its custodian,
      other member banks of the Federal Reserve System having assets in excess of
      $1
      billion, and recognized primary U.S. Government securities dealers determined
      by
      the Adviser, subject to review by the Board of the Fund, to be creditworthy.
      Repurchase agreements do not constitute cash, cash items, receivables or
      government securities for purposes of the federal tax diversification test.
      Therefore, the Fund limits its investments in repurchase agreements with any
      one
      bank, dealer, broker or other entity in order to comply with the federal tax
      diversification test.</font></div>
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      Securities</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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      may invest up to 20% of its assets in non-equity linked debt securities
      including foreign denominated corporate debt and sovereign debt issued by
      foreign governments, their agencies or instrumentalities, or other
      government-related entities. Debt securities, such as bonds, involve credit
      risk. This is the risk that the issuer will not make timely payments of
      principal and interest. The degree of credit risk depends on the issuer&#8217;s
      financial condition and on the terms of the debt securities. Changes in an
      issuer&#8217;s credit rating or the market&#8217;s perception of an issuer&#8217;s
      creditworthiness may also affect the value of a Fund&#8217;s investment in that
      issuer. All debt securities are subject to interest rate risk. This is the
      risk
      that the value of the security may fall when interest rates rise. If interest
      rates move sharply in a manner not anticipated by the Adviser, a Fund&#8217;s
      investments in debt securities could be adversely affected and the Fund could
      lose money. In general, the market price of debt securities with longer
      maturities will go up or down more in response to changes in interest rates
      than
      will the market price of shorter-term debt securities. In addition, debt
      securities issued in foreign currency denominations will be subject to currency
      risk.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Investment
      in sovereign debt can involve a high degree of risk. The governmental entity
      that controls the repayment of sovereign debt may not be able or willing to
      repay the principal and/or interest when due in accordance with the terms of
      such debt. A governmental entity&#8217;s willingness or ability to repay principal and
      interest due in a timely manner may be affected by, among other factors, its
      cash flow situation, the extent of its foreign reserves, the availability of
      sufficient foreign exchange on the date a payment is due, the relative size
      of
      the debt service burden to the economy as a whole, the governmental entity&#8217;s
      policy towards the International Monetary Fund and the political constraints
      to
      which a governmental entity may be subject. Governmental entities may also
      be
      dependent on expected disbursements from foreign governments, multilateral
      agencies and others abroad to reduce principal and interest arrearages on their
      debt. The commitment on the part of these governments, agencies and others
      to
      make such disbursements may be conditioned on the implementation of economic
      reforms and/or economic performance and the timely service of such debtor&#8217;s
      obligations. Failure to implement such reforms, achieve such levels of economic
      performance or repay principal or interest when due may result in the
      cancellation of such third parties&#8217; commitments to lend funds to the
      governmental entity, which may further impair such debtor&#8217;s ability or
      willingness to timely service its debts. Consequently, governmental entities
      may
      default on their sovereign debt. Holders of sovereign debt may be requested
      to
      participate in the rescheduling of such debt and to extend further loans to
      governmental entities. In the event of a default by a governmental entity,
      there
      may be few or no effective legal remedies for collecting on such
      debt.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      may lend portfolio securities with a value not exceeding 33 1/3% of its total
      assets or the limit prescribed by applicable law to banks, brokers and other
      financial institutions. In return, the Fund receives collateral in cash or
      securities issued or guaranteed by the U.S. Government, which will be maintained
      at all times in an amount equal to at least 100% of the current market value
      of
      the loaned securities. The Fund maintains the ability to obtain the right to
      vote or consent on proxy proposals involving material events affecting
      securities loaned. The Fund receives the income on the loaned securities. Where
      the Fund receives securities as collateral, the Fund receives a fee for its
      loans from the borrower and does not receive the income on the collateral.
      Where
      the Fund receives cash collateral, it may invest such collateral and retain
      the
      amount earned, net of any amount rebated to the borrower. As a result, the
      Fund&#8217;s yield may increase. Loans of securities are terminable at any time and
      the borrower, after notice, is required to return borrowed securities within
      the
      standard time period for settlement of securities transactions. The Fund is
      obligated to return the collateral to the borrower at the termination of the
      loan. The Fund could suffer a loss in the event the Fund must return the cash
      collateral and there are losses on investments made with the cash collateral.
      In
      the event the borrower defaults on any of its obligations with respect to a
      securities loan, the Fund could suffer a loss where there are losses on
      investments made with the cash collateral or where the value of the securities
      collateral falls below the market value of the borrowed securities. The Fund
      could also experience delays and costs in gaining access to the collateral.
      The
      Fund may pay reasonable finder&#8217;s, lending agent, administrative and custodial
      fees in connection with its loans. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Portfolio
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      is the
      Fund&#8217;s policy to sell any security whenever, in the opinion of the Adviser, the
      appreciation possibilities of the security have been substantially realized
      or
      the business or market prospects for the issuer of such security have
      deteriorated, irrespective of the length of time that such security has been
      held. In addition, the Fund from time to time may engage in short-term
      transactions in order to take advantage of what the Adviser believes to be
      market inefficiencies in the pricing of equity and equity-linked securities.
      The
      Adviser expects that the Fund&#8217;s annual rate of portfolio turnover may exceed
      100% at times when the Fund is taking advantage of short-term trading
      opportunities or if a complete reallocation of the Fund&#8217;s investment portfolio
      becomes advisable. A 100% annual turnover rate would occur if all of the
      securities in the Fund&#8217;s portfolio were replaced once within a period of one
      year. The turnover rate has a direct effect on the transaction costs borne
      by
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      has adopted certain investment restrictions that may not be changed without
      the
      prior approval of a majority of the Board. For purposes of the non-fundamental
      restrictions listed below and other investment restrictions of the Fund
      described in this Prospectus, all percentage limitations apply immediately
      after
      a purchase or initial investment, and any subsequent change in any applicable
      percentage resulting from market fluctuations does not require elimination
      of
      any security from the Fund&#8217;s portfolio. Under its investment restrictions, the
      Fund may not:</font></div>
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                any securities (other than obligations of the U.S. government, its
                agencies or instrumentalities or securities of other regulated investment
                companies) if as a result more than 25% of the Fund&#8217;s total assets would
                be invested in securities of any single
                issuer.</font></div>
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                25% or more of the value of its total assets in a particular industry.
                This restriction does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed
                by the
                U.S. government, its agencies or instrumentalities, but will apply
                to
                foreign government obligations until such time as the SEC permits
                their
                exclusion.</font></div>
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                more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of any one
                issuer.</font></div>
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                senior securities, pledge its assets or borrow money in excess of
                10% of
                the total value of its assets (including the amount borrowed) less
                its
                liabilities (not including its borrowings) and other than for temporary
                or
                emergency purposes or for the clearance of transactions, except that
                the
                Fund may borrow from a bank or other entity in a privately arranged
                transaction for repurchases and/or tenders for its shares, if after
                such
                borrowing there is asset coverage of at least 300% as defined in
                the 1940
                Act, and may pledge its assets to secure any permitted borrowing.
                For the
                purposes of this investment restriction, the Fund will not purchase
                additional portfolio securities while borrowings exceed 5% of the
                Fund&#8217;s
                total assets; and collateral arrangements with respect to the writing
                of
                options or the purchase or sale of futures contracts are not deemed
                a
                pledge of assets or the issuance of a senior
                security.</font></div>
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                loans, except through purchasing debt obligations, lending portfolio
                securities and entering into repurchase agreements consistent with
                the
                Fund&#8217;s investment objective and
                policies.</font></div>
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                or sell real estate or real estate mortgage loans, except that the
                Fund
                may purchase and sell securities secured by real estate or interests
                therein.</font></div>
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                short sales of securities or maintain a short position in any
                security.</font></div>
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                securities on margin, except such short-term credits as may be necessary
                or routine for the clearance or settlement of transactions, and except
                that the Fund may engage in transactions as described under &#8220;Investment
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                connection therewith consistent with its investment
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                securities of other issuers, except insofar as the Fund may be deemed
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                Transactions&#8221;).</font></div>
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                sell or write put or call options (other than as described under
&#8220;Special
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                Transactions&#8221;).</font></div>
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      Fund
      is also subject to certain diversification requirements under the Internal
      Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, with respect to its qualification as a
&#8220;regulated investment company&#8221; under the Code. See &#8220;Taxation--U.S. Taxation
      General&#8221;.</font></div>
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      the obligations of third parties. The Fund may invest in other investment
      companies, subject to limitations set forth in the 1940 Act.</font></div>
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      of
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      One of the directors is an &#8220;interested person&#8221; (as defined in the 1940 Act).
      Information about both the Fund&#8217;s directors and officers is set forth in the
      tables below.</font></div>
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                Address, Age</strong></font></div>
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                of Portfolios in Fund Complex Overseen by
                Director</strong></font></div>
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                Directors</strong></font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Ann
                S. Lieff</font></div>
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                The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P.O.
                Box 161465</font></div>
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                Florida 33116</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Age:
                55</font></div>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Director</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Director
                since 1998. Three year term of office.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">President
                of the Lieff Company, a management consulting firm that offers ongoing
                advisory services as a corporate director to several leading regional
                and
                national retail operations, 1998 to present; former CEO Spec&#8217;s Music,
                1980-1998, a retailer of recorded music.</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="13%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Hastings
                Entertainment, Inc; and Birks &amp; Mayors, Inc.</font></div>
            </td>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="20%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Michael
                A. Rubin</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c/o
                The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P.O.
                Box 161465</font></div>
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                Florida 33116</font></div>
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                since 2002. Three year term of office.</font></div>
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            <td align="left" valign="top" width="16%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Partner
                of Michael A. Rubin, P.A., attorney at law; Broker, Oaks Management
&amp;
                Real Estate Corp., a real estate brokerage corporation</font></div>
            </td>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Margo
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 18pt; TEXT-INDENT: -18pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Dr.
                  Kay W. Tatum, Ph.D., CPA</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">c/o
                  The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc.</font></div>
                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P.O.
                  Box 161465</font></div>
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                  Florida 33116</font></div>
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                  and Associate Professor of Accounting, University of Miami School
                  of
                  Business Administration, 2004 to present; Associate Professor of
                  Accounting, University of Miami, 1992 to present; and Assistant
                  Professor
                  of Accounting, University of Miami, 1986 to 1992.</font></div>
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                Directors and Officers</strong></font></div>
            </td>
          </tr>
          <tr>
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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Thomas
                J. Herzfeld *</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P.O.
                Box 161465</font></div>
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                Florida 33116</font></div>
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                62</font></div>
            </td>
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                Chairman of the Board, and Director</font></div>
            </td>
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            </td>
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                and President of Thomas J. Herzfeld &amp; Co., Inc., and Thomas J.
                Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.</font></div>
            </td>
            <td valign="top" width="9%" style="border-bottom: medium none;">
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                Gondor *</font></div>
              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">P.O.
                Box 161465</font></div>
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                Florida 33116</font></div>
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                Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.</font></div>
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                because each is an officer of the Fund&#8217;s
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                closed-end investment company which has not yet commenced
                operations.</font></div>
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        Board
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        February 5, 2004. The Audit Committee of the Board currently consists of
        each
        Ms. Lieff, Mr. Rubin and Dr. Tatum, none of whom is an &#8220;interested person&#8221; of
        the Fund. Each member of the Audit Committee is considered independent under
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        ended
        June 30, 2007 the Audit Committee met twice. The Audit Committee reviews
        the
        scope of the audit by the Fund&#8217;s independent accountants, confers with the
        accountants with respect to the audit and the internal accounting controls
        of
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        evaluation of the audit and the financial statements of the Fund, and makes
        recommendations with respect to the selection of accountants for the Fund.
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        Nominating Committee is comprised of Ms. Lieff, Mr. Rubin and Dr. Tatum,
        each of
        whom is an independent director under the 1940 Act and under NASDAQ Capital
        Market listing standards. During the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007, the
        Nominating Committee met once. The Nominating Committee is responsible for
        reviewing and recommending qualified candidates in the event that a directorship
        is vacated or created. The Nominating Committee will not consider nominees
        recommended by stockholders. The Nominating Committee believes that candidates
        for director should have certain minimum qualifications, including (i) the
        ability to apply good business judgment; (ii) the ability to properly exercise
        their duties of loyalty and care; (iii) proven leadership capabilities, high
        integrity and moral character, significant business experience and a high
        level
        of responsibility within their chosen fields; (iii) the ability to quickly
        grasp
        complex principles of business, finance, international transactions and the
        regulatory environment in which investment companies must operate; and (iv)
        the
        ability to read and understand basic financial statements. The Committee
        retains
        the right to modify these minimum qualifications from time to time. In general,
        candidates will be preferred who hold an established senior or executive
        level
        position in business, finance, law, education, research or government. The
        Committee&#8217;s process for identifying and evaluating nominees is as follows: In
        the case of incumbent directors whose terms of office are set to expire,
        the
        Nominating Committee reviews such directors&#8217; overall service to the Fund during
        their term, including the number of meetings attended, level of participation,
        quality of performance, and transactions of such directors with the Fund,
        if
        any, during their term, and confirms their independence, if applicable. In
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        case of new director candidates, the committee first determines whether the
        nominee must be independent for purposes of The NASDAQ Capital Market and
        whether the candidate must be considered a disinterested director under the
        1940
        Act. In either case, determinations are based upon the Fund&#8217;s charter and
        bylaws, applicable securities laws, the rules and regulations of the SEC,
        and
        the advice of counsel, if necessary. The Committee then uses its network
        of
        contacts to compile a list of potential candidates, but may also engage,
        if it
        deems appropriate, a professional search firm. The Committee then meets to
        discuss and consider such candidates&#8217; qualifications and recommend the
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      range of equity securities beneficially owned by each director as of June 30,
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      totaled $7,800 for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2007. The aggregate
      compensation paid by the Fund to each of its directors serving during the fiscal
      year ended June 30, 2007 is set forth in the compensation table below. Mr.
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      compensation for his services on either board. None of the other directors
      serves on the board of any other registered investment company to which the
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      Advisors, Inc., whose principal business address is The Herzfeld Building,
      P.O.
      Box 161465, Miami, Florida 33116. The Adviser has been providing advisory
      services to the Fund since September 1993. Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.
      has
      provided advisory services since 1984 and is beneficially owned by Thomas J.
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      Agreement&#8221;) and under the direction and control of the Board, the Adviser
      manages the Fund&#8217;s portfolio and makes investment decisions pursuant to the
      Fund&#8217;s stated investment objective, policies and restrictions. The Adviser is
      authorized to transmit purchase and sale orders and select brokers and dealers
      to execute portfolio transactions on behalf of the Fund. The Adviser determines
      the timing of portfolio transactions and other matters related to
      execution.</font></div>
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        Mr.
        Herzfeld currently serves as the Chairman, President and Director of the
        Fund.
        Mr. Herzfeld has managed the Fund since its inception in 1993. In addition,
        Mr.
        Herzfeld also serves as the Chairman and President of Thomas J. Herzfeld
&amp;
Co., Inc. and Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. since 1981 and 1984,
        respectively. Prior to these positions he was Executive Vice President and
        Director of a New York Stock Exchange member firm. Mr. Herzfeld has authored
        or
        edited a number of books, including The Investors Guide to Closed-End Funds
        (McGraw Hill, 1980), Herzfeld&#8217;s Guide to Closed End Funds (McGraw Hill, 1993)
        and co-authored High Return, Low Risk Investment (1st edition, G.P. Putnam&#8217;s
        Sons, 1981 and 2nd edition, McGraw Hill, 1993). He is considered the first
        and a
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      management of the Fund&#8217;s investments and investments in other accounts include
      conflicts between the investment strategy of the Fund and the investment
      strategy of the other accounts managed by Mr. Herzfeld, and conflicts associated
      with the allocation of investment opportunities between the Fund and other
      accounts managed by Mr. Herzfeld. The Adviser has adopted policies and
      procedures to address conflicts of interest to ensure compliance with securities
      regulations and to ensure fair and equitable treatment of the Fund and other
      accounts should any conflict arise. </font></div>
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      Herzfeld receives a quarterly fixed salary from the Adviser&#8217;s affiliated
      broker/dealer firm, Thomas J. Herzfeld &amp; Co., Inc. Mr. Herzfeld is the sole
      beneficial owner of the Adviser and the affiliated broker/dealer. Mr. Herzfeld
      may also receive bonuses from the broker/dealer firm and/or the Adviser, as
      determined by the terms of his contract with the firm. Mr. Herzfeld does not
      receive compensation as portfolio manager from the Adviser. In addition Mr.
      Herzfeld&#8217;s compensation is not based on the value of assets held by the Fund.
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      Adviser as described above. The Fund pays the Adviser an advisory fee at the
      annual rate of 1.45% of the Fund&#8217;s average monthly net assets and payable at the
      end of each quarter. That fee is higher than the advisory fee paid by most
      investment companies. For the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006 and 2005,
      the Adviser received $208,505, $196,852 and $153,114, respectively, for
      investment advisory services provided to the Fund pursuant to the Investment
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        2007.
        A discussion regarding the basis for the Board&#8217;s approval of the Investment
        Advisory Agreement is provided in the Fund&#8217;s semi-annual report to stockholders
        for the semi-annual period ended December 31. </font></div>

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      Investment Advisory Agreement provides that the Adviser bears all expenses
      of
      its employees and overhead incurred by it in connection with its duties
      thereunder. The Fund reimburses approximately $13,000 per year for compliance
      services performed by the Chief Compliance Officer. The Adviser pays the
      salaries and expenses of such of the Fund&#8217;s officers and employees and any fees
      and expenses of such of the Fund&#8217;s directors as are interested persons (as such
      term is defined in the 1940 Act) of the Adviser. The Fund bears all of its
      own
      expenses (See &#8220;Expenses of the Fund&#8221; below).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      services of the Adviser under the Investment Advisory Agreement are not deemed
      to be exclusive, and nothing in the Investment Advisory Agreement prevent the
      Adviser or any affiliate thereof, from providing similar services to other
      investment companies and other clients (whether or not their investment
      objectives and policies are similar to those of the Fund) or from engaging
      in
      other activities. When other clients of the Adviser desire to purchase or sell
      a
      security at the same time the security is purchased for or sold by the Fund,
      such purchases and sales are to the extent feasible, allocated among such
      clients and the Fund in a manner believed by the Adviser to be equitable to
      the
      Fund. The allocation of securities may adversely affect the price and quality
      of
      purchases and sales of securities by the Fund. Purchase and sale orders for
      the
      Fund may be combined with those of other clients of the Adviser in the interest
      of the most favorable results for the Fund.</font></div>
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      Investment Advisory Agreement was initially approved by the Board on June 24,
      1993. The Agreement continued in effect for a period of two years from the
      effective date and thereafter it is required to be approved annually by the
      Board. The Investment Advisory Agreement continues in effect for successive
      periods of 12 months, provided that its continuance is specifically approved
      annually by (i) the vote of a majority of the Board who are not parties to
      such
      agreement or interested persons (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of
      the
      Adviser, cast in person at a meeting called for the purpose of voting on such
      approval and (ii) either (a) the vote of a majority of the outstanding voting
      securities of the Fund or (b) the vote of a majority of the Board. The
      Investment Advisory Agreement may be terminated by the Fund, without the payment
      of any penalty, upon vote of a majority of the Board or a majority of the
      outstanding voting securities of the Fund at any time upon net less than 60
      days&#8217; prior written notice to the Adviser, or by the Adviser upon not less than
      60 days&#8217; prior written notice to the Fund. The Investment Advisory Agreement
      terminates automatically in the event of its assignment (as such term is defined
      in the 1940 Act) by either party or upon its termination.</font></div>
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      Adviser is not liable for any act of omission, error of judgment, mistake of
      law
      or loss suffered by the Fund or its investors in connection with the matters
      to
      which the Investment Advisory Agreement relates, except for a loss resulting
      from willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the performance
      of,
      or from reckless disregard of, its obligations and duties under the Investment
      Advisory Agreement, or a loss resulting from a breach of fiduciary duty with
      respect to receipt of compensation for services (in which case any award of
      damages shall be limited to the period and the amount set forth in Section
      36
      (b) (3) of the 1940 Act).</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Adviser also performs and arranges for the performance of certain administrative
      and accounting functions for the Fund, including (i) providing persons
      satisfactory to the Directors of the Fund to serve as officers and, in that
      capacity, manage the daily operations of the Fund; (ii) processing the payment
      of expenses for the Fund; (iii) supervising the preparation of periodic reports
      to the Fund&#8217;s stockholders; (iv) preparing materials for Fund Board and
      Committee meetings; (v) supervising the pricing of the Fund&#8217;s investment
      portfolio and the publication of the NAV of the Fund&#8217;s shares, earnings reports
      and other financial data; (vi) monitoring relationships with organizations
      providing services to the Fund, including the custodian, transfer agent, auction
      agent and printers; (vii) supervising compliance by the Fund with record-keeping
      requirements under the 1940 Act and regulations thereunder, maintaining books
      and records for the Fund (other than those maintained by the Adviser, custodian
      and/or transfer agent) and preparing and filing of tax reports other than the
      Fund&#8217;s income tax returns; and (viii) providing executive, clerical and
      secretarial help needed to carry out these responsibilities. </font></div>
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      to the Adviser</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund&#8217;s Adviser will benefit from the Offer because the Adviser&#8217;s fee is based on
      the average net assets of the Fund. It is not possible to state precisely the
      amount of additional compensation the Adviser will receive as a result of the
      Offer because the proceeds of the Offer will be invested in additional portfolio
      securities which will fluctuate in value. However, assuming all Rights are
      exercised and that the Fund receives the maximum proceeds of the Offer, the
      annual compensation to be received by the Adviser would be increased by
      approximately </font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>$[____]</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      may, in the future and at its discretion, choose to make additional rights
      offerings from time to time for a number of shares and on terms which may or
      may
      not be similar to the Offer. Any such future rights offering will be made in
      accordance with the 1940 Act. Under the laws of Maryland, the state in which
      the
      Fund is organized, the Board is authorized to approve rights offerings without
      obtaining stockholder approval. The staff of the SEC has interpreted the 1940
      Act as not requiring stockholder approval of a rights offering at a price below
      the then current NAV so long as certain conditions are met, including a good
      faith determination by a Board that such offering would result in a net benefit
      to existing stockholders.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Expenses
      of the Fund</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Except
      as
      indicated above, the Fund pays all of its expenses, including but not limited
      to
      the following: organizational and certain offering expenses (but not overhead
      or
      employee costs of the Adviser); advisory fees payable to the Adviser; fees
      and
      out-of-pocket travel expenses of the Fund&#8217;s directors who are not interested
      persons (as such term is defined in the 1940 Act) of any other party and other
      expenses incurred by the Fund in connection with directors&#8217; meetings; interest
      expense; charges and expenses of the Fund&#8217;s legal counsel and independent
      accountants; taxes and governmental fees; brokerage and other expenses connected
      with the execution, recording and settlement of portfolio security transactions;
      expenses of repurchasing shares; expenses of issuing any preferred shares or
      indebtedness; expenses connected with negotiating, effecting purchase or sale,
      or registering privately issued portfolio securities; membership dues to
      professional organizations; premiums allocable to fidelity bond and D&amp;O
      insurance coverage; expenses of preparing stock certificates; expenses of
      registering and qualifying the Fund&#8217;s shares for sale with the SEC and in
      various states and foreign jurisdictions; custodian, sub-custodian, dividend
      paying agent, transfer agency expenses; payment for portfolio pricing services
      to a pricing agent; expenses of printing and mailing share certificates,
      stockholder reports, notices, proxy statements and reports to governmental
      offices; expenses of stockholders&#8217; meetings and preparing and distributing
      proxies and reports to stockholders; any litigation expenses; expenses relating
      to investor and public relations; and NASDAQ Capital Market listing
      fees.</font></div>
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      TRANSACTIONS AND BROKERAGE</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      portfolio transactions involving equity securities, the Adviser places orders
      on
      behalf of the Fund directly with brokers, which may include brokers affiliated
      with the Adviser, except that the purchase of shares in rights offerings is
      made
      directly from the issuer. The Adviser may manage other accounts and funds that
      invest in equity securities of Caribbean Basin Companies. Although investment
      decisions for the Fund are made independently from those of other accounts
      or
      funds managed by the Adviser, investments of the type the Fund may make may
      also
      be made by those other accounts and funds. When the Fund and one or more
      accounts or funds managed by the Adviser are prepared to invest in, or desire
      to
      dispose of, the same security, available investments or opportunities for each
      will be allocated in a manner believed by the Adviser to be equitable to each.
      In some cases, this procedure may affect adversely the price paid or received
      by
      the Fund or the size of the position obtained or disposed of by the
      Fund.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      primary objective of the Adviser in placing orders for the purchase and sale
      of
      securities for the Fund&#8217;s portfolio is to obtain best execution taking into
      account such factors as price, commission, size of order, difficulty of
      execution and skill required of the broker or dealer. The capability and
      financial condition of the broker or dealer may also be criteria for the choice
      of that broker or dealer. Subject to obtaining the best execution, brokers,
      including affiliates of the Adviser, who provide investment research services
      to
      the Adviser, including market and statistical information and quotations for
      portfolio evaluation purposes, may receive orders for transaction of the Fund.
      The terms &#8220;investment research&#8221; and &#8220;market and statistical information and
      quotations&#8221; include advice as to the value of securities, the advisability of
      investing in, purchasing or selling securities, and the availability of
      securities and potential buyers or sellers of securities, as well as the
      furnishing of analyses and reports concerning issuers, industries, securities,
      economic factors and trends, and portfolio strategy. Neither the Fund nor the
      Adviser is obligated to deal with any broker or group of brokers for the
      execution of portfolio transactions, and there is no intention to place
      portfolio transactions with particular brokers or groups thereof.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Research
      provided to the Adviser in advising the Fund will be in addition to and not
      in
      lieu of the services required to be performed by the Adviser itself, and the
      Adviser&#8217;s fees will not be reduced as a result of the receipt of supplemental
      information. This information is regarded as only supplementary to the Adviser&#8217;s
      own research effort, since the information must be analyzed, weighed and
      reviewed by the Adviser&#8217;s staff. This information may be useful to the Adviser
      in providing services to clients other than the Fund, and not all such
      information will necessarily be used by the Adviser in connection with the
      Fund.
      Conversely, information provided to the Adviser by brokers and dealers through
      whom other clients of the Adviser effect securities transactions may prove
      useful to the Adviser in providing services to the Fund. The Board will review
      at least annually the commissions allocated by the Adviser on behalf of the
      Fund
      to determine if such allocations were reasonable in relation to the benefits
      inuring to the Fund. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Brokerage
      commissions paid by the Fund for the fiscal years ended June 30, 2007, 2006
      and
      2005 were: $13,518, $17,171, $12,867, respectively, of which $12,076, $15,800
      and $12,671, respectively, was paid to the Adviser, in connection with portfolio
      transactions. The percentage of the Fund&#8217;s aggregate brokerage commissions paid
      to the affiliated broker for the one-year period ending June 30, 2007 was 89%.
      The percentage of the Fund&#8217;s aggregate dollar amount of transactions involving
      the payment of commissions effected through the affiliated broker for this
      period was 91%.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>CODE
      OF ETHICS</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      and the Adviser have adopted a joint Code of Ethics pursuant to Rule 17j-1
      under
      the 1940 Act. The code of ethics permits personnel subject to the code to invest
      in securities, including securities that may be purchased or held by the Fund,
      following certain black-out periods specified in the code, and subject to
      certain other conditions and restrictions.</font></div>
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      code
      of ethics can be reviewed and copied at the SEC&#8217;s Public Reference Room in
      Washington, D.C. Information on the operation of the Public Reference Room
      may
      be obtained by calling the SEC at (202) 551-8090 or toll free at (800) 732-0330
      and this code of ethics is available on the EDGAR database on the SEC&#8217;s internet
      site at: http://www.sec.gov. Copies of this code of ethics may be obtained,
      after paying a duplicating fee, by electronic request at the following e-mail
      address: publicinfo@sec.gov or by writing the SEC&#8217;s Public Reference Section,
      Washington, D.C. 20549-0102. </font></div>
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      VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>
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      Fund&#8217;s and the Adviser&#8217;s proxy voting policies and procedures are attached
      hereto as Appendices A and B, respectively. Information regarding how the Fund
      voted proxies relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month
      period ended June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling
      800-TJH-FUND (800-854-3863); and on the SEC&#8217;s website at
      http:/www.sec.gov.</font></div>
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      OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font></div>
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      or organizations beneficially owning 25% or more of the outstanding shares
      of
      the Fund could be presumed to &#8220;control&#8221; the Fund. As a result, those persons or
      organizations could have the ability to take action with respect to the Fund
      without the consent or approval of other stockholders. To the knowledge of
      the
      Fund, as of June 30, 2007, no persons were known to own, either beneficially
      or
      of record, 5% or more of the outstanding shares of the Fund. </font></div>
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      OF COMMON STOCK</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      is authorized to issue up to 100,000,000 shares of capital stock, at $.001
      par
      value per share, all of which shares are classified as common stock. The Board
      is authorized, however, to classify and reclassify any unissued shares of
      capital stock by setting or changing in any one or more respects the designation
      and number of shares of any such class or series, and the nature, rates, amounts
      and times at which and the conditions under which dividends shall be payable
      on,
      and the voting, conversion, redemption and liquidation rights of, such class
      or
      series and any other preferences, rights, restrictions and qualifications
      applicable thereto.</font></div>
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      Fund&#8217;s shares have no preemptive, conversion, exchange or redemption rights.
      Each share has equal voting, dividend, distribution and liquidation rights.
      The
      shares outstanding are fully paid and nonassessable. Stockholders are entitled
      to one vote per share. All voting rights for the election of directors are
      noncumulative, which means that the holders of more than 50% of the shares
      can
      elect 100% of the directors then nominated for election if they choose to do
      so.
      In such event, the holders of the remaining shares will not be able to elect
      any
      directors. The foregoing description and the description under &#8220;Certain
      Provisions of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws&#8221; are subject to the
      provisions contained in the Fund&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation and
      Bylaws.</font></div>
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      Fund
      will consider offering additional shares in the future based on, among other
      things, the lifting or easing of economic sanctions against Cuba. Other
      offerings of the Fund&#8217;s shares, if made, will require approval of the Board. Any
      additional offering will be subject to the requirement of the 1940 Act that
      shares may not be sold at a price below the then current NAV, exclusive of
      underwriting discounts and commissions, except in connection with an offering
      to
      existing stockholders or with the consent of the holders of a majority of the
      Fund&#8217;s outstanding voting securities.</font></div>
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      Repurchases and Tender Offers</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">In
      recognition of the possibility that the Fund&#8217;s shares might trade at a discount
      to NAV, the Board may determine that it would be in the best interest of
      stockholders of the Fund to take action to attempt to reduce or eliminate a
      market value discount from NAV. To that end, the Board may take action from
      time
      to time either to repurchase Fund shares in open market or private transactions
      or to make a tender offer for Fund shares at NAV. No assurance can be given
      that
      the directors will decide to undertake such repurchases or tender offers, or
      that any such repurchases or tender offers would reduce any market discount.
      The
      Board does not currently intend to undertake repurchase or tenders
      offers.</font></div>
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      Fund
      anticipates that the market price of its shares generally will continue to
      vary
      from NAV. The market price of the Fund&#8217;s shares is determined by a number of
      factors, including the relative demand for and supply of such shares in the
      market, the Fund&#8217;s investment performance, the Fund&#8217;s distributions and investor
      perception of the Fund&#8217;s overall attractiveness as an investment as compared
      with other investment alternatives. The fact that the Fund&#8217;s shares may be the
      subject of share repurchases or tender offers at NAV from time to time may
      reduce the spread between market price and NAV that otherwise might exist.
      In
      the opinion of the Adviser, stockholders may be less inclined to accept a
      significant discount on sales of the Fund&#8217;s shares if they have a reasonable
      expectation of being able to recover NAV in conjunction with a possible share
      repurchase or tender offer.</font></div>
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      to the Fund&#8217;s investment restriction with respect to borrowing, the Fund may
      incur debt to finance repurchases and tenders. See &#8220;Investment Restrictions&#8221;. If
      the Fund incurs debt to finance such repurchases and tenders, interest on any
      such borrowings will reduce the Fund&#8217;s net income. In addition, although the
      Board believes that share repurchases and tenders generally would have a
      favorable effect on the market price of the Fund&#8217;s shares, the acquisition of
      shares by the Fund will decrease the total assets of the Fund and therefore
      would have the effect of increasing the Fund&#8217;s ratio of expenses to average net
      assets.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">It
      is the
      Directors&#8217; announced policy, which may be changed by the Directors, that the
      Fund cannot accept tenders or effect repurchases if (1) such transactions,
      if
      consummated, would (a) impair the Fund&#8217;s status as a regulated investment
      company under the Code (which would make the Fund a taxable entity, causing
      the
      Fund&#8217;s income to be taxed at the Fund level in addition to the taxation of
      stockholders who receive dividends from the Fund) or (b) result in a failure
      to
      comply with applicable asset coverage requirements; (2) the amount of securities
      tendered would require liquidation of such a substantial portion of the Fund&#8217;s
      securities that the Fund would not be able to liquidate portfolio securities
      in
      an orderly manner in light of the existing market conditions and such
      liquidation would have an adverse effect on the NAV of the Fund to the detriment
      of non-tendering stockholders; (3) there is any (a) in the Board&#8217;s judgment,
      material legal action or proceeding instituted or threatened challenging such
      transactions or otherwise materially adversely affecting the Fund, (b)
      declaration of a banking moratorium by federal or state authorities or any
      suspension of payment by banks in the United States, (c) limitation affecting
      the Fund or the issuers of its portfolio securities imposed by federal or state
      authorities on the extension of credit by lending institutions, (d) commencement
      of war, armed hostilities or other international or national calamity directly
      or indirectly involving the United States, or (e) in the Board&#8217;s judgment, other
      event or condition which would have a material adverse effect on the Fund or
      its
      holders of Common Stock if shares of Common Stock were repurchased; or (4)
      the
      Board determines that effecting any such transaction would constitute a breach
      of their fiduciary duty owed the Fund or its stockholders. The Directors may
      modify these conditions in light of experience.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Any
      tender offer made by the Fund for its shares will be at a price equal to at
      least 90% of the NAV of the shares as of the close of business on the date
      the
      offer ends. Each offer will be made and stockholders notified in accordance&#8217;
with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the 1940 Act,
      either by publication or mailing or both. Each offering document will contain
      such information as is prescribed by such laws and the rules and regulations
      promulgated thereunder, including information stockholders should consider
      in
      deciding whether or not to tender their shares and detailed instructions on
      how
      to tender shares. When a tender offer is authorized to be made by the Board,
      a
      stockholder wishing to accept the offer will be required to tender all (but
      not
      less than all) of the shares owned by such stockholder (or attributed to the
      stockholder for Federal income tax purposes under Section 318 of the Code).
      The
      Fund will purchase all shares tendered by a holder of shares at any time during
      the period of the tender offer in accordance with the terms of the offer unless
      it determines to accept none of the shares tendered in the tender offer (based
      upon one of the conditions set forth above). Each person tendering shares will
      pay to the Fund a reasonable service charge currently anticipated to be $25.00,
      subject to change, to help defray the costs associated with affecting the tender
      offer. It is the position of the staff of the SEC that such service charge
      may
      not be deducted from the proceeds of the purchase. The Fund&#8217;s transfer agent
      will receive the fee as an offset to these costs. The Fund expects that the
      cost
      to the Fund of affecting a tender offer will exceed the aggregate amount of
      all
      service charges received from those who tender their shares. Such excess costs
      associated with the tender offer will be charged against capital. During the
      period of a tender offer, the Fund&#8217;s stockholders will be able to determine the
      Fund&#8217;s current NAV by use of a toll-free telephone number.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Shares
      that have been accepted and purchased by the Fund pursuant to a tender offer
      or
      share repurchase will be held in the treasury until retired by direction of
      the
      Board. Treasury shares will be recorded and reported as an offset to
      stockholder&#8217; equity and, accordingly, will reduce the Fund&#8217;s total assets. If
      treasury shares are retired, Common Stock issued and outstanding and capital
      in
      excess of par will be reduced.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Because
      of the nature of the Fund&#8217;s investment objective and policies, if the Adviser
      anticipates that a share repurchase or tender offer might have an adverse effect
      on the Fund&#8217;s investment performance and anticipate any material difficulty
      disposing of portfolio securities in order to consummate such share repurchase
      or tender offer, the Board would consider deferring the share repurchase or
      tender offer. If the Fund must liquidate portfolio securities in order to effect
      a share repurchase or tender offer, the Fund&#8217;s ability to achieve its investment
      objective may be adversely affected.</font></div>
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      the
      Fund must liquidate portfolio securities in order to purchase shares tendered,
      the Fund may realize gains and losses. Such gains may be realized on securities
      held for less than three months. Because of the limitation of 30% on the portion
      of the Fund&#8217;s gross income that may be derived from the sale or disposition of
      stocks and securities held less than three months (in order to retain the Fund&#8217;s
      tax status as a regulated investment company under the Code), such gains would
      reduce the ability of the Fund to sell other securities held for less than
      three
      months that the Fund may wish to sell in the ordinary course of its portfolio
      management, which may adversely affect the Fund&#8217;s yield. The portfolio turnover
      rate of the Fund may or may not be affected by the Fund&#8217;s repurchases of shares
      pursuant to a tender offer.</font></div>
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      the
      event that the Fund engages in financial leveraging, the asset coverage
      requirements of the 1940 Act may restrict the Fund&#8217;s ability to engage in
      repurchases of its shares. With respect to senior securities consisting of
      debt,
      such requirements provide that no purchases of shares may be made by the Fund
      unless, at the time of the purchase, the senior securities consisting of debt
      have an asset coverage of at least 300% after deducting the amount of the
      purchase price.</font></div>
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      Provisions of Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      presently has provisions in its Articles of Incorporation and Bylaws (together,
      the &#8220;Charter Documents&#8221;) that could have the effect of limiting (i) the ability
      of other entities or persons to acquire control of the Fund, (ii) the Fund&#8217;s
      freedom to engage in certain transactions or (iii) the ability of the Fund&#8217;s
      directors or stockholders to amend the Charter Documents or effect changes
      in
      the Fund&#8217;s management. The Charter Documents also contain provisions which would
      inhibit any conversion to an open-end investment company. The provisions of
      the
      Charter Documents may be regarded as &#8220;anti-takeover&#8221; provisions.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Board
      is divided into three classes. The term of office of the first class expired
      on
      the date of the second annual meeting of stockholders, the term of office of
      the
      second class expired on the date of the third annual meeting of stockholders
      and
      the term of office of the third class expired on the date of the fourth annual
      meeting of stockholders, etc. Upon the expiration of the term of office of
      each
      class as set forth above, the Directors in such class will be elected for a
      term
      of three years to succeed the Directors whose terms of office expired.
      Accordingly, only those Directors in one class may be changed in any one year,
      and such classification may prevent replacement of a majority of the Board
      for
      up to a two-year period (although under Maryland law procedures are available
      for the removal of Directors even if they are not then standing for re-election,
      and under SEC regulations, procedures are available for including stockholder
      proposals in the annual proxy statement). Such system of electing Directors
      is
      intended to have the effect of maintaining the continuity of management and,
      thus, make it more difficult for the Fund&#8217;s stockholders to change the majority
      of the Directors. A director may be removed from office only by a vote of at
      least 75% of the outstanding shares of the Fund entitled to vote for the
      election of Directors.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Under
      the
      Fund&#8217;s Articles of Incorporation, a vote of 75% (which is higher than that
      required under Maryland law or the 1940 Act) of the outstanding shares of Common
      Stock of the Fund is required to authorize (i) any merger or consolidation
      of
      the Fund with or into any other corporation; (ii) any sale, lease, exchange,
      mortgage, pledge, transfer or other disposition of assets of the Fund having
      an
      aggregate fair market value of $1,000,000 or more (other than in the regular
      course of its investment activities); and (iii) any amendment to the Articles
      of
      Incorporation of the Fund which converts the Fund to an open-end investment
      company. Any amendment to the Articles of Incorporation of the Fund which
      reduces the 75% vote required to authorize the enumerated actions also must
      be
      approved by vote of the holders of 75% of the outstanding shares of Common
      Stock. If any of the foregoing actions is approved by a vote of two-thirds
      of
      the directors who have served on the Board for a period of at least 12 months,
      however, the affirmative vote of the holders of a majority of the Fund&#8217;s
      outstanding common stock will be sufficient to approve such
      actions.</font></div>
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      provisions of the Charter Documents described above could have the effect of
      depriving the owners of shares of opportunities to sell their shares at a
      premium over prevailing market prices by discouraging a third party from seeking
      to obtain control of the Fund in a tender offer or similar transaction. The
      overall effect of these provisions is to render more difficult the
      accomplishment of a merger or the assumption of control by a principal
      stockholder. However, they provide the advantage of potentially requiring
      persons seeking control of the Fund to negotiate with its management regarding
      the price to be paid and facilitating continuity of the Fund&#8217;s management,
      objective and policies. The Board of the Fund has considered the forgoing
      provisions and concluded that they are in the best interests of the Fund and
      its
      stockholders.</font></div>
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      The
      Fund currently intends to distribute to stockholders, at least annually at
      such
      time so as to avoid imposition of excise taxes, substantially all of its
      investment company taxable income (i.e. net investment income and any net
      short-term capital gains less expenses). Net investment income for this purpose
      is income other than realized net capital gain (i.e. the extent of net long-term
      capital gains over net short-term capital losses).</font></div>
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      Fund&#8217;s current policy is to comply with the provisions of the Internal Revenue
      Code that are applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute
      all
      its taxable income to its stockholders. Under these provisions, the Fund is
      not
      subject to federal income tax on its taxable income and no federal tax provision
      is required.</font></div>
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      Reinvestment Plan</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      Registered stockholders of shares of Common Stock of the Fund will automatically
      be enrolled (&#8220;Participants&#8221;) in the Fund&#8217;s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the
&#8220;Plan&#8221;). The terms and conditions of the Plan are as follows: </font></div>
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                Street Bank and Trust (the &#8220;Agent&#8221;) will act as agent for each
                Participant. The Agent will open an account for each registered
                stockholder as a Participant under the Plan in the same name in which
                such
                Participant&#8217;s shares of Common Stock are registered.
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">CASH
                OPTION. Pursuant to the Fund&#8217;s Plan, unless a holder of Common Stock
                otherwise elects, all dividend and capital gains distributions
                (&#8220;Distributions&#8221;) will be automatically reinvested by the Agent in
                additional Common Stock of the Fund. Stockholders who elect not to
                participate in the Plan will receive all distributions in cash paid
                by
                check mailed directly to the stockholder of record (or, if the shares
                are
                held in street or other nominee name then to such nominee) by the
                Agent,
                as dividend paying agent. Stockholders and Participants may elect
                not to
                participate in the Plan and to receive all distributions of dividends
                and
                capital gains in cash by sending written instructions to the Agent,
                as
                dividend paying agent, at the address set forth below.
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MARKET
                PREMIUM ISSUANCES. If on the payment date for a Distribution, the
                NAV per
                share of Common Stock is equal to or less than the market price per
                Common
                Stock plus estimated brokerage commissions, the Agent shall receive
                newly
                issued Common Stock (&#8220;Additional Common Stock&#8221;) from the Fund for each
                Participant&#8217;s account. The number of Additional Common Stock to be
                credited shall be determined by dividing the dollar amount of the
                Distribution by the greater of (i) the NAV per share of Common Stock
                on
                the payment date, or (ii) 95% of the market price per share of Common
                Stock on the payment date. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">MARKET
                DISCOUNT PURCHASES. If the NAV per share of Common Stock exceeds
                the
                market price plus estimated brokerage commissions on the payment
                date for
                a Distribution, the Agent (or a broker-dealer selected by the Agent)
                shall
                endeavor to apply the amount of such Distribution on each Participant&#8217;s
                Common Stock to purchase Common Stock on the open market. In the
                event of
                a market discount on the payment date, the Agent will have 30 days
                after
                the dividend payment date (the &#8220;last purchase date&#8221;) to invest the
                dividend amount in shares acquired in open-market purchases. The
                weighted
                average price (including brokerage commissions) of all Common Stock
                purchased by the Agent as Agent shall be the price per Common Stock
                allocable to each Participant. If, before the Agent has completed
                its
                purchases, the market price plus estimated brokerage commissions
                exceeds
                the NAV of the Common Stock as of the payment date, the purchase
                price
                paid by Agent may exceed the NAV of the Common Stock, resulting in
                the
                acquisition of fewer Common Stock than if such Distribution had been
                paid
                in Common Stock issued by the Fund. Because of the foregoing difficulty
                with respect to open-market purchases, the Plan provides that if
                the Plan
                Agent is unable to invest the full dividend amount in open-market
                purchases during the purchase period or if the market discount shifts
                to a
                market premium during the purchase period, the Plan Agent may cease
                making
                open-market purchases and may invest the uninvested portion of the
                dividend amount in newly issued Common Stock at the NAV per share
                of
                Common Stock at the close of business on the last purchase date.
                Participants should note that they will not be able to instruct the
                Agent
                to purchase Common Stock at a specific time or at a specific price.
                Open-market purchases may be made on any securities exchange where
                Common
                Stock are traded, in the over-the-counter market or in negotiated
                transactions, and may be on such terms as to price, delivery and
                otherwise
                as the Agent shall determine. Each Participant&#8217;s uninvested funds held by
                the Agent will not bear interest. The Agent shall have no liability
                in
                connection with any inability to purchase Common Stock within the
                time
                provided, or with the timing of any purchases effected. The Agent
                shall
                have no responsibility for the value of Common Stock acquired. The
                Agent
                may commingle Participants&#8217; funds to be used for open-market purchases of
                the Fund&#8217;s shares and the price per share allocable to each Participant in
                connection with such purchases shall be the average price (including
                brokerage commissions and other related costs) of all Fund shares
                purchased by Agent. The rules and regulations of the SEC may require
                the
                Agent to limit the Agent&#8217;s market purchases or temporarily cease making
                market purchases for Participants. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                market price of Common Stock on a particular date shall be the last
                sales
                price on the securities exchange where the Common Stock are listed
                on that
                date (currently the NASDAQ Capital Market)(the &#8220;Exchange&#8221;), or, if there
                is no sale on the Exchange on that date, then the average between
                the
                closing bid and asked quotations on the Exchange on such date will
                be
                used. The NAV per share of Common Stock on, a particular date shall
                be the
                amount calculated on that date (or if not calculated on such date,
                the
                amount most recently calculated) by or on behalf of the Fund.
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Whenever
                the Agent receives or purchases shares or fractional interests for
                a
                Participant&#8217;s account, the Agent will send such Participant a notification
                of the transaction as soon as practicable. The Agent will hold such
                shares
                and fractional interests as such Participant&#8217;s agent and may hold them in
                the Agent&#8217;s name or the name of the Agent&#8217;s nominee. The Agent will not
                send a Participant stock certificates for shares unless a Participants
                so
                requests in writing or unless a Participant&#8217;s account is terminated as
                stated below. The Agent will vote any shares so held for a Participant
                in
                accordance with any proxy returned to the Fund by such Participant
                in
                respect of the shares of which such Participant is the record holder.
                </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">There
                is presently no service charge for the Agent serving as Participants&#8217;
                agent and maintaining Participants&#8217; accounts. The Agent may, however,
                charge Participants for extra services performed at their request.
                The
                Plan may be amended in the future to impose a service charge. In
                acting as
                Participants&#8217; agent under the Plan, the Agent shall be liable only for
                acts, omissions, losses, damages or expenses caused by the Agent&#8217;s willful
                misconduct or gross negligence. In addition, the Agent shall not
                be liable
                for any taxes, assessments or governmental charges which may be levied
                or
                assessed on any basis whatsoever in connection with the administration
                of
                the Plan. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">8.</font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                Agent may hold each Participant&#8217;s Common Stock acquired pursuant to the
                Plan together with the Common Stock of other Stockholders of the
                Fund
                acquired pursuant to the Plan in non-certificated form in the Agent&#8217;s name
                or that of the Agent&#8217;s nominee. Each Participant will be sent a
                confirmation by the Agent of each acquisition made for his or her
                account
                as soon as practicable, but in no event later than 60 days, after
                the date
                thereof. Upon a Participant&#8217;s request, the Agent will deliver to the
                Participant, without charge, a certificate or certificates for the
                full
                Common Stock. Although each Participant may from time to time have
                an
                undivided fractional interest in a Common Share of the Fund, no
                certificates for a fractional share will be issued. Similarly,
                Participants may request to sell a portion of the Common Stock held
                by the
                Agent in their Plan accounts by calling the Agent, writing to the
                Agent,
                or completing and returning the transaction form attached to each
                Plan
                statement. The Agent will sell such Common Stock through a broker-dealer
                selected by the Agent within 5 business days of receipt of the request.
                The sale price will equal the weighted average price of all Common
                Stock
                sold through the Plan on the day of the sale, less brokerage commissions.
                Participants should note that the Agent is unable to accept instructions
                to sell on a specific date or at a specific price. Any share dividends
                or
                split shares distributed by the Fund on Common Stock held by the
                Agent for
                Participants will be credited to their accounts. In the event that
                the
                Fund makes available to its Stockholders rights to purchase additional
                Common Stock, the Common Stock held for each Participant under the
                Plan
                will be added to other Common Stock held by the Participant in calculating
                the number of rights to be issued to each Participant.
                </font></div>
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                <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left">
                  <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">If
                    a Participant holds more than one Common Stock Certificate registered
                    in
                    similar but not identical names or if more than one address is
                    shown for a
                    Participant on the Fund&#8217;s records, all of such Participant&#8217;s shares of
                    Common Stock must be put into the same name and address if all
                    of them are
                    to be covered by one account. Additional shares subsequently
                    acquired by a
                    Participant otherwise than through the Plan will be covered by
                    the Plan.
                    </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
                reinvestment of Distributions does not relieve Participants of any
                federal, state or local taxes which may be payable (or required to
                be
                withheld on Distributions.) Participants will receive tax information
                annually for their personal records and to help them prepare their
                federal
                income tax return. For further information as to tax consequences
                of
                participation in the Plan, Participants should consult with their
                own tax
                advisors. </font></div>
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                registered Participant may terminate his or her account under the
                Plan by
                notifying the Agent in writing at State Street Bank and Trust, P.O.
                Box
                642, Mail Code: OPS22, Boston, MA 02117, or by calling the Agent
                at (617)
                937-6870. Such termination will be effective with respect to a particular
                Distribution if the Participant&#8217;s notice is received by the Agent prior to
                such Distribution Record Date. The Plan may be terminated by the
                Agent or
                the Fund upon notice in writing mailed to each Participant at least
                60
                days prior to the effective date of the termination. Upon any termination,
                the Agent will cause a certificate or certificates to be issued for
                the
                full shares held for each Participant under the Plan and cash adjustment
                for any fraction of a Common Share at the then current market value
                of the
                Common Shares to be delivered to him. If preferred, a Participant
                may
                request the sale of all of the Common Shares held by the Agent in
                his or
                her Plan account in order to terminate participation in the Plan.
                If any
                Participant elects in advance of such termination to have Agent sell
                part
                or all of his shares, Agent is authorized to deduct from the proceeds
                the
                brokerage commissions incurred for the transaction. If a Participant
                has
                terminated his or her participation in the Plan but continues to
                have
                Common Shares registered in his or her name, he or she may re-enroll
                in
                the Plan at any time by notifying the Agent in writing at the address
                above. </font></div>
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              <div style="MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">These
                terms and conditions may be amended by the Agent or the Fund at any
                time
                but, except when necessary or appropriate to comply with applicable
                law or
                the rules or policies of the SEC or any other regulatory authority,
                only
                by mailing to each Participant appropriate written notice at least
                30 days
                prior to the effective date thereof. The amendment shall be deemed
                to be
                accepted by each Participant unless, prior to the effective date
                thereof,
                the Agent receives notice of the termination of the Participant&#8217;s account
                under the Plan. Any such amendment may include an appointment by
                the Agent
                of a successor Agent, subject to the prior written approval of the
                successor Agent by the Fund. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>TAXATION</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      following summary reflects the existing provisions of the Internal Revenue
      Code
      (the &#8220;Code&#8221;) and other relevant federal income tax authorities as of the date of
      this prospectus and is subject to any subsequent changes therein. The federal
      income tax consequences described below are merely statements of general tax
      principles. The discussion does not deal with the federal income tax
      consequences applicable to all categories of investors, some of whom may be
      subject to special rules.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">IN
      VIEW
      OF THE INDIVIDUAL NATURE OF TAX CONSEQUENCES, EACH STOCKHOLDER IS ADVISED TO
      CONSULT THE STOCKHOLDER&#8217;S OWN TAX ADVISER WITH RESPECT TO THE SPECIFIC TAX
      CONSEQUENCES OF BEING A STOCKHOLDER OF THE FUND, INCLUDING THE EFFECT AND
      APPLICABILITY OF FEDERAL, STATE, LOCAL, FOREIGN AND OTHER TAX LAWS AND THE
      POSSIBLE EFFECTS OF CHANGES THEREIN.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Federal
      Taxation of the Fund and its Distributions</strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>&#160;</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      has elected to be treated and intends to qualify annually as a regulated
      investment company under the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended
      (the
&#8220;Code&#8221;). To qualify as a regulated investment company, the Fund must, among
      other things, (A)&#160;derive in each taxable year at least 90% of its gross
      income from dividends, interest, payments with respect to securities loans,
      net
      income from certain publicly traded partnerships and gains from the sale or
      other disposition of stock, securities or foreign currencies, or other income
      derived with respect to its business of investing in stocks, securities or
      currencies; (B)&#160;diversify its holdings so that, at the end of each quarter
      of the taxable year, (i)&#160;at least 50% of the market value of the Fund&#8217;s
      assets is represented by cash, U.S. Government securities, securities of other
      regulated investment companies and investments in other securities which, with
      respect to any one issuer do not represent more than 5% of the value of the
      Fund&#8217;s total assets nor more than 10% of the outstanding voting securities of
      such issuer and (ii)&#160;not more than 25% of the value of its total assets is
      invested in (a)&#160;the securities of any one issuer (other than U.S.
      Government securities and securities of other regulated investment companies);
      (b)&#160;two or more controlled issuers in the same or similar trade or business
      or (c)&#160;certain publicly traded partnerships; and (C)&#160;distribute at
      least 90% of its investment company taxable income (which includes, among other
      items for this purpose, dividends, interest and net short-term capital gains
      in
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      a
      regulated investment company, the Fund generally will not be subject to U.S.
      federal income tax on its investment company taxable income and net capital
      gains (net long-term capital gains in excess of the sum of net short-term
      capital losses and capital loss carryovers from prior years, if any) that it
      distributes to Stockholders. The Fund currently intends to distribute to its
      Stockholders, at least annually, substantially all of its investment company
      taxable income, as computed for U.S. federal income tax purposes. To the extent
      the Fund retains its net capital gains for investment, it will be subject under
      current tax rates to a federal income tax at a maximum effective rate of 35%
      on
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      not distributed on a timely basis in accordance with a calendar-year
      distribution requirement are subject to a nondeductible 4% federal excise tax
      payable by the Fund. To avoid the tax, the Fund must distribute, or be deemed
      to
      have distributed, during each calendar-year at least an amount equal to the
      sum
      of (1)&#160;98% of its ordinary income (not taking into account any capital
      gains or losses) for the calendar year, (2)&#160;98% of its capital gains in
      excess of its capital losses (adjusted for certain ordinary losses) for the
      twelve-month period ending on October&#160;31 of the calendar year, and
      (3)&#160;all ordinary income and capital gains for previous years that were not
      distributed or taxed during such years. To prevent application of the
      non-deductible excise tax, the Fund currently intends to make its distributions
      in accordance with the calendar-year distribution requirement. Compliance with
      the calendar year distribution requirement may limit the extent to which the
      Fund will be able to retain its net capital gains for investment. </font></div>
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      distribution will be treated as paid on December&#160;31 of a calendar year if
      it is declared by the Fund in October, November or December of that year to
      Stockholders of record on a date in such a month and paid by the Fund during
      January of the following calendar year. Such distributions will be taxable
      to
      Stockholders in the calendar year in which the distributions are declared,
      rather than the calendar year in which the distributions are received.
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      in any
      taxable year the Fund fails to qualify as a regulated investment company under
      the Code, the Fund will be taxed in the same manner as an ordinary corporation
      and distributions to its Stockholders will not be deductible by the Fund in
      computing its taxable income. In addition, in the event of a failure to qualify,
      the Fund&#8217;s distributions, to the extent derived from the Fund&#8217;s current or
      accumulated earnings and profits, will constitute dividends (eligible for the
      corporate dividends-received deduction in the case of corporate stockholders
      and
      eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income in the case of individual
      stockholders) which are taxable to Stockholders as ordinary income, even though
      those distributions might otherwise (at least in part) have been treated in
      the
      Stockholders&#8217; hands as long-term capital gains. If the Fund fails to qualify as
      a regulated investment company in any year, it will be required to pay out
      its
      earnings and profits accumulated in that year in order to qualify again as a
      regulated investment company and may in certain circumstances be required to
      pay
      tax on unrealized gains. </font></div>
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      the
      Fund utilizes leverage through borrowings, it may be restricted by loan
      covenants with respect to the declaration and payment of dividends in certain
      circumstances. Limits on the Fund&#8217;s payment of dividends may prevent the Fund
      from distributing at least 90% of its net income and may therefore jeopardize
      the Fund&#8217;s qualification for taxation as a regulated investment company and/or
      may subject the Fund to the nondeductible 4% federal excise tax. The Fund will
      endeavor to avoid restrictions on its ability to make dividend payments.
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      or
      loss on the sales of securities by the Fund will generally be long-term capital
      gain or loss if the securities have been held by the Fund for more than one
      year. Gain or loss on the sale of securities held for one year or less will
      be
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      Fund&#8217;s investment in so-called &#8220;section&#160;1256 contracts,&#8221; such as regulated
      futures contracts, certain foreign currency contracts, options on most stock
      indices and any listed non-equity options, are subject to special tax rules.
      Any
      such section&#160;1256 contracts held by the Fund at the end of its taxable year
      are required to be marked to their market value, and any unrealized gain or
      loss
      on those positions will be included in the Fund&#8217;s income as if each position had
      been sold for its fair market value at the end of the taxable year. The
      resulting gain or loss will be combined with any gain or loss realized by the
      Fund from positions in section&#160;1256 contracts closed during the taxable
      year. Provided such positions are held as capital assets and are not part of
      a
&#8220;hedging transaction&#8221; nor part of a &#8220;straddle,&#8221; 60% of the resulting net gain or
      loss will be treated as long-term capital gain or loss, and 40% of such net
      gain
      or loss will be treated as short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of the
      period of time the positions were actually held by the&#160;Fund. </font></div>
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      of the Fund&#8217;s investment practices are subject to special and complex
      U.S.&#160;federal income tax provisions that may, among other things,
      (i)&#160;disallow, suspend or otherwise limit the allowance of certain losses or
      deductions, including the dividends received deduction, (ii)&#160;convert lower
      taxed long-term capital gains and qualified dividend income into higher taxed
      short-term capital gains or ordinary income, (iii)&#160;convert ordinary loss or
      a deduction into capital loss (the&#160;deductibility of which is more limited),
      (iv)&#160;cause the Fund to recognize income or gain without a corresponding
      receipt of cash, (v)&#160;adversely affect the time as to when a purchase or
      sale of stock or securities is deemed to occur, (vi)&#160;adversely alter the
      characterization of certain complex financial transactions and
      (vii)&#160;produce income that will not qualify as good income for purposes of
      the 90% annual gross income requirement described above. The Fund monitors
      its
      transactions and may make certain tax elections and may be required to borrow
      money or dispose of securities to mitigate the effect of these rules and prevent
      disqualification of the Fund as a regulated investment company. </font></div>
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      the Fund may invest in foreign securities, its income from such securities
      may
      be subject to non-U.S.&#160;taxes. Tax conventions may reduce or eliminate such
      taxes. If the Fund invests more than 50% of its total assets in
      non-U.S.&#160;securities as of year-end, the Fund may elect to have its foreign
      tax deduction or credit for foreign taxes paid with respect to qualifying taxes
      to be taken by its shareholders instead of on its own tax return. If the Fund
      so
      elects, each shareholder would be required to include in gross income, even
      though not actually received, his pro rata share of the foreign taxes paid
      by
      the Fund, but would be treated as having paid his pro rata share of such foreign
      taxes and would therefore be allowed to either deduct such amount in computing
      taxable income or use such amount (subject to various Code limitations) as
      a
      foreign tax credit against federal income tax (but not both). For purposes
      of
      the foreign tax credit limitation rules of the Code, each shareholder would
      treat as foreign source income his pro rata share of such foreign taxes plus
      the
      portion of dividends received from the Fund representing income derived from
      foreign sources. Each shareholder should consult his own tax adviser regarding
      the potential application of foreign tax credits. </font></div>
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      Fund
      may invest in securities of non-U.S. corporations that could be classified
      as
&#8220;passive foreign investment companies&#8221; as defined for U.S. federal income tax
      purposes. A passive foreign investment company is, very generally, a non-U.S.
      corporation if (i)&#160;75% or more of the gross income of such corporation for
      the taxable year is passive income (ii)&#160;the average percentage of assets
      held by such corporation during the taxable year that produce passive income
      or
      that are held for the production of passive income at least 50%. For U.S.
      federal income tax purposes, the Fund&#8217;s investment in a passive foreign
      investment company may, among other things, cause the Fund to recognize taxable
      income without a corresponding receipt of cash, to incur an interest charge
      on
      taxable income that is deemed to have been deferred and/or to recognize ordinary
      income that would have otherwise been treated as capital gains. The Fund will
      monitor any investments in passive foreign investment companies in order to
      comply with the U.S. federal income tax rules applicable to regulated investment
      companies. </font></div>
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      or
      losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the time the
      Fund
      accrues income or receivables or expenses or other liabilities denominated
      in a
      foreign currency and the time the Fund actually collects such income or
      receivables or pays such liabilities are generally treated as ordinary income
      or
      loss. Similarly, gains or losses on foreign currency forward contracts and
      the
      disposition of debt securities denominated in a foreign currency, to the extent
      attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates between the acquisition and
      disposition dates, are also treated as ordinary income or loss. </font></div>
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      paid out of the Fund&#8217;s investment company taxable income (which includes any net
      short-term capital gains) will be taxable to a U.S. Stockholder as ordinary
      income. Distributions of net capital gains (net long-term capital gains in
      excess of the sum of net short-term capital losses and any capital loss
      carryovers from prior years), if any, designated by the Fund as capital gain
      dividends, are taxable as long-term capital gains, regardless of how long the
      Stockholder has held the Fund&#8217;s Shares. </font></div>
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      dividends paid by the Fund will not qualify for the deduction for dividends
      received by corporations because the Fund&#8217;s income will not consist of dividends
      paid by U.S. corporations. A portion of the Fund&#8217;s dividends may qualify for the
      15% rate on &#8220;qualified dividend income&#8221; applicable to individual shareholders to
      the extent that the Fund&#8217;s income is derived from qualified dividends and to the
      extent that both the Fund and the individual Stockholder satisfy, among other
      requirements, a more than 60 day holding period requirement. There can be no
      assurance as to what portion of the Fund&#8217;s distributions will qualify for
      favorable treatment as qualified dividend income. These special rates that
      apply
      to ordinary income dividends paid to individuals are set to expire for taxable
      years beginning in 2011. </font></div>
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      Fund
      may retain for investment its net capital gain. However, if the Fund retains
      any
      net capital gain or any investment company taxable income, it will be subject
      to
      a tax of 35% of such amount. If the Fund retains any net capital gain, it
      expects to designate the retained amount as undistributed capital gains in
      a
      notice to its shareholders, each of whom, if subject to U.S.&#160;federal income
      tax on long-term capital gains, (i)&#160;will be required to include in income
      for U.S.&#160;federal income tax purposes its share of such undistributed
      long-term capital gain, (ii)&#160;will be entitled to credit its proportionate
      share of the tax paid by the Fund against their U.S.&#160;federal income tax
      liability, if any, and to claim refunds to the extent that the credit exceeds
      such liability and (iii)&#160;will increase its tax basis in its common shares
      for the Fund by an amount equal to 65% of the amount of undistributed capital
      gain included in such shareholder&#8217;s gross&#160;income. </font></div>
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      company taxable income will be increased or decreased by the amount of foreign
      currency gains or losses realized by the Fund in connection with the disposition
      of foreign currency-denominated debt securities as well as changes in foreign
      exchange rates between the time the Fund accrues a receivable (typically,
      dividends, interest and payments for securities sold) or payable (typically,
      expenses and payments for securities purchased) and the time such receivable
      or
      payable is satisfied. The Fund cannot predict the impact of such transactions
      on
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      a discussion regarding certain United States Federal income tax consequences
      of
      the Offer generally applicable to citizens or residents of the United States
      and
      U.S. trusts, estates, corporations and any other person who is generally subject
      to U.S. Federal income tax (&#8220;U.S. Stockholders&#8221;). </font></div>
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      the
      sale or other disposition of Shares of the Fund, a Stockholder generally will
      realize a taxable gain or loss in an amount equal to the difference between
      the
      proceeds of the sale or other dispositions and the Stockholder&#8217;s adjusted tax
      basis in the Shares. Such gain or loss will be a capital gain or loss if the
      Shares are capital assets in the Stockholder&#8217;s hands and generally will be
      long-term or short-term depending upon the Stockholder&#8217;s holding period for the
      Shares. Any loss realized on a sale or exchange will be disallowed to the extent
      the Shares disposed of are replaced (including replacement through the Dividend
      Reinvestment Plan) within a period of 61 days, beginning 30 days before and
      ending 30 days after the Shares are disposed of. In such a case, the basis
      of
      the Shares acquired will be adjusted to reflect the disallowed loss. Any loss
      realized by a Stockholder on a disposition of Fund Shares held by the
      Stockholder for six months or less will be treated as a long-term capital loss
      to the extent of any distributions of capital gain dividends received or treated
      as having received by the Stockholder with respect to such shares. </font></div>
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      Fund
      may be required to withhold for U.S. federal income taxes 28% of all taxable
      distributions payable to Stockholders who fail to provide the Fund with their
      certified U.S. taxpayer identification number (or certificate regarding foreign
      status) or to Stockholders otherwise subject to U.S. backup withholding.
      Similarly, proceeds from the sale or other disposition of Shares of the Fund
      in
      the United States may be subject to backup withholding if the Stockholder fails
      to provide a certified U.S. taxpayer identification number (or certificate
      regarding foreign status) and make other certifications in connection with
      the
      transaction, or if the Stockholder is otherwise subject to U.S. backup
      withholding. Corporate Stockholders and other Stockholders specified in the
      Code
      are exempt from such backup withholding. Backup withholding is not an additional
      tax. Any amounts withheld may be refunded or credited against the Stockholder&#8217;s
      U.S. federal income tax liability, provided that the required information is
      furnished to the Internal Revenue Service. </font></div>
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      from the Fund and sales or other dispositions of Shares of the Fund may be
      subject to additional state, local and foreign taxes depending on each
      Stockholder&#8217;s particular situation. Stockholders are advised to consult their
      own tax advisers with respect to the particular tax consequences to them of
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      than monthly, (ii) on the last business day of each month and (iii) at any
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                accounts receivable, prepaid expenses, cash dividends and interest
                declared or accrued and not yet received, will be its face amount,
                unless
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                value of any security which is traded on a stock exchange (except
                as
                specified in (iii) below) will be determined by taking the latest
                available sales price on the primary exchange on which the security
                is
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                instrumentalities having a maturity of 60 days or less are valued
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                quoted
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                value of commodity futures or option contracts entered into by the
                Fund
                are the margin deposit plus or minus the difference between the value
                of
                the contract on the date NAV is calculated and the value on the date
                the
                contract originated, value being that established on a recognized
                commodity or options exchange, or by reference to other customary
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                available as provided above is the fair value determined in such
                manner as
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                all
                bills and accounts payable, all other contractual obligations for
                the
                payment of money, including the amount of distributions declared
                and
                unpaid, all accrued and unpaid management fees, advisory fees and other
                expenses, all reserves for taxes or contingencies and all other
                liabilities of the Fund determined in accordance with generally accepted
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      valuing securities or property for which no price quotation is available, the
      Board considers various factors, including the fundamental analytical data
      relating to the investment, the nature and duration of any restriction on
      disposition of the investment, and the forces that influence the market in
      which
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      assets or liabilities initially expressed in terms of foreign currencies are
      translated into dollars at a quoted exchange rate or at such other appropriate
      rate as may be determined by the Adviser.</font></div>
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      Street Bank and Trust Company acts as custodian for the Fund&#8217;s assets. The
      principal address of the Custodian is 200 Clarendon Street, P.O. Box 9130,
      Mail
      Code DPG-112, Boston, Massachusetts 02117. The Custodian employs sub-custodians
      in each of the jurisdictions in which the Fund invests. The custodian&#8217;s services
      include, in addition to the custody of all cash and securities owned by the
      Fund, the maintenance of a custody account in the custodian&#8217;s Fund department,
      the segregation of all certificated securities owned by the Fund, the
      appointment of authorized agents as sub-custodians, disbursement of funds from
      the custody account of the Fund, releasing and delivering securities from the
      custody account of the Fund, maintain records with respect to such custody
      account, delivering to the Fund a daily and monthly statement with respect
      to
      such custody account, and causing proxies to be executed. The custodian&#8217;s fee is
      paid by the Fund.</font></div>
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      Street Bank and Trust Company also serves as the Fund&#8217;s transfer agent,
      dividend/distribution disbursing agent, dividend reinvestment plan agent and
      as
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Pepper
      Hamilton LLP, 3000 Two Logan Square, 18</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 8pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>th</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">
      and Arch
      Streets, Philadelphia, PA 19103 serves as counsel to the Fund. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>INDEPENDENT
      REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        independent registered accounting firm of the Fund is Rothstein, Kass &amp;
Company LLP located at <font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">101
        Montgomery Street, 22nd Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104</font>.
</font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>FINANCIAL
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
        financial statements of the Fund as of June 30, 2007 (which have been
        incorporated into this Prospectus and the registration statement, of which
        this
        Prospectus forms a part, by reference to the Fund&#8217;s 2007 Annual Report to
        Stockholders), and the financial highlights for each of the five years in
        the
        period ended June 30, 2007, included in this Prospectus, have been so
        incorporated and included in reliance on the reports of Rothstein, Kass &amp;
Company, LLP, independent accountants, for the one year periods ended June
        30,
        2007 and 2006, and of the Fund's previous independent registered public
        accounting firm&#160;for the one year periods ended June 30, 2005, 2004, and
        2003, given on the authority of said firms as experts in auditing and
        accounting. </font></div>

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      A</strong></font></div>
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      HERZFELD CARIBBEAN BASIN FUND, INC.</strong></font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Proxy
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      adopts the following policy and procedures with respect to voting proxies
      relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund: </font></div>
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        is the
        policy of the Board of Directors of the Fund (the &#8220;Board&#8221;) to delegate the
        responsibility for voting proxies relating to portfolio securities held by
        the
        Fund to the Fund&#8217;s investment adviser (the &#8220;Adviser&#8221;) as a part of the Adviser&#8217;s
        general management of the Fund, subject to the Board&#8217;s continuing
        oversight.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>3
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        voting of proxies is an integral part of the investment management services
        that
        the Adviser provides pursuant to the advisory contract. </font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Adviser may, but is not required to, delegate the responsibility for voting
      proxies relating to portfolio securities held by the Fund to a sub-adviser
      (&#8220;Sub-Adviser&#8221;) retained to provide investment advisory services, if applicable.
      If such responsibility is delegated to a Sub-Adviser, then the Sub-Adviser
      shall
      assume the fiduciary duty and reporting responsibilities of the Adviser under
      these policy guidelines.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Fiduciary
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      right
      to vote a proxy with respect to portfolio securities held by the Fund is an
      asset of the Fund. The Adviser, to which authority to vote on behalf of the
      Fund
      is delegated, acts as a fiduciary of the Fund and must vote proxies in a manner
      consistent with the best interest of the Fund and its shareholders.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      following are the procedures adopted by the Board for the administration of
      this
      policy:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Review
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      Adviser with authority to vote proxies on behalf of the Fund shall present
      to
      the Board its policies, procedures and other guidelines for voting proxies
      at
      least annually, and must notify the Board promptly of material changes to any
      of
      these documents. </font></div>
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        than annually, the Adviser shall report to the Board a record of each proxy
        voted with respect to portfolio securities of the Fund during the year. With
        respect to those proxies that the Adviser has identified as involving a conflict
        of interest</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>4</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">,
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        Adviser shall submit a separate report indicating the nature of the conflict
        of
        interest and how that conflict was resolved with respect to the voting of
        the
        proxy.</font></div>

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      delegation by the Board of the authority to vote proxies relating to portfolio
      securities of the Fund is entirely voluntary and may be revoked by the Board,
      in
      whole or in part, at any time.</font></div>
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                adopted by the
                Securities and Exchange Commission, Release Nos. 33-8188, 34-47304,
                IC-25922.
</font></div>

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              <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>4</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;As
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                situation in which the Adviser or Sub-Adviser or affiliated persons
                of the
                Adviser or Sub-Adviser have a financial interest in a matter presented
                by a
                proxy other than the obligation it incurs as investment adviser to
                the Fund
                which compromises the Adviser&#8217;s or Sub-Adviser&#8217;s independence of judgment and
                action with respect to the voting of the proxy. </font></div>

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      Fund
      shall file an annual report of each proxy voted with respect to its portfolio
      securities during the twelve-month period ended June 30 on Form N-PX not later
      than August 31 of each year.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
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        description of this policy and of the policies and procedures used by the
        Adviser to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio
        securities</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>5</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">;
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
        statement disclosing that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies
        relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended
        June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund&#8217;s
        toll-free telephone number and on the SEC website.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>6</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;</font></div>

    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      Fund
      shall also include in its annual and semi-annual reports to
      stockholders:</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
        statement disclosing that a description of the policies and procedures used
        by
        or on behalf of the Fund to determine how to vote proxies relating to portfolio
        securities of the Funds is available without charge, upon request, by calling
        the Fund&#8217;s toll-free telephone number and on the SEC website.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>7</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>

    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A
        statement disclosing that information regarding how the Fund voted proxies
        relating to portfolio securities during the most recent 12-month period ended
        June 30 is available without charge, upon request, by calling the Fund&#8217;s
        toll-free telephone number and on the SEC website.</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>8</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">&#160;</font></div>

    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Review
      of Policy</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">At
      least
      annually, the Board shall review this Policy to determine its sufficiency and
      shall make and approve any changes that it deems necessary from time to
      time.</font></div>
    <div>&#160;</div>
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          disclosure shall be included in the annual report next filed by the Fund,
          on
          Form N-CSR on or after July 1, 2003.</font></div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>6</sup>&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>Id</em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.</font></div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

        <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>7</sup>&#160;This
          disclosure shall be included in the report next filed by the Fund on or
          after
          July 1, 2003.</font></div>

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    <div>&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>APPENDIX
      B</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>THOMAS
      J. HERZFELD ADVISORS, INC.</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PROXY
      VOTING</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="center"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>POLICIES
      AND PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>
    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="justify">&#160;</div>

      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>I.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>POLICY</strong></font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Thomas
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      for various clients, including The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc., an
      investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as
      amended, and clients governed by the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
      of
      1974 (&#8220;ERISA&#8221;). Selected clients, including the Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. have
      elected to have the Adviser vote proxies or act on the other shareholder actions
      on their behalf, while other clients vote proxies themselves. </font></div>
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      voting proxies or acting on corporate actions for clients, the Adviser&#8217;s utmost
      concern is that all decisions be made in the best interest of its clients (for
      ERISA accounts, plan beneficiaries and participants, in accordance with the
      letter and spirit of ERISA). The Adviser will act in a manner deemed prudent
      and
      diligent and which is intended to enhance the economic value of the assets
      of
      its clients&#8217; accounts.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>II.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PURPOSE</strong></font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">The
      purpose of these Policies and Procedures is to memorialize the procedures and
      policies adopted by the Adviser to enable it to comply with its responsibilities
      and the requirements of Rule 206(4)-6 under the Investment Advisers Act of
      1940,
      as amended (&#8220;Advisers Act&#8221;). These Policies and Procedures also reflect the
      fiduciary standards and responsibilities set forth by the Department of Labor
      for ERISA accounts.</font></div>
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>III.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>PROCEDURES</strong></font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Cecilia
      Gondor, Executive Vice President of the Adviser, is ultimately responsible
      for
      ensuring that all proxies received by the Adviser are voted in a timely manner
      and voted consistently across all portfolios. Although many proxy proposals
      can
      be voted in accordance with the Adviser&#8217;s established guidelines (see Section V.
      below) (the &#8220;Guidelines&#8221;), the Adviser recognizes that some proposals require
      special consideration, which may dictate that the Adviser makes an exception
      to
      the Guidelines. </font></div>
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      Gondor is also responsible for ensuring that all corporate actions received
      by
      the Adviser are addressed in a timely manner and consistent action is taken
      across all portfolios.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">A.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Conflicts
      of Interest</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      Where a
      proxy proposal raises a material conflict of interest between the Adviser&#8217;s
      interests and that of one or more its clients, the Adviser shall resolve such
      conflict in the manner described below. </font></div>
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      in Accordance with the Guidelines</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      To the
      extent that the Adviser has little or no discretion to deviate from the
      Guidelines with respect to the proposal in question, the Adviser shall vote
      in
      accordance with such pre-determined voting policy.</font></div>
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      Consent of Clients</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      To the
      extent that the Adviser has discretion to deviate from the Guidelines with
      respect to the proposal in question, the Adviser shall disclose the conflict
      to
      the relevant clients and obtain their consent to the proposed vote prior to
      voting the securities. The disclosure to the clients will include sufficient
      detail regarding the matter to be voted on and the nature of our conflict that
      the clients would be able to make an informed decision regarding the vote.
      When
      a client does not respond to such a conflict disclosure request or denies the
      request, the Adviser will abstain from voting the securities held by that
      client&#8217;s account. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">B.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Limitations</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">.
      In
      certain circumstances, in accordance with a client&#8217;s investment advisory
      contract (or other written directive) or where the Adviser has determined that
      it is in the client&#8217;s best interest, the Adviser will not vote proxies received.
      The following are some circumstances where the Adviser will limit its role
      in
      voting proxies received on client securities:</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">1.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Client
      Maintains Proxy Voting Authority</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">:
      Where a
      client has not specifically delegated the authority to vote proxies to the
      Adviser or that it has delegated the right to vote proxies to a third party,
      the
      Adviser will not vote the securities and will direct the relevant custodian
      to
      send the proxy material directly to the client. If any proxy material is
      received by the Adviser, it will promptly be forwarded to the
      client.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">2.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Terminated
      Account</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">:
      Once a
      client account has been terminated with the Adviser in accordance with its
      investment advisory agreement, the Adviser will not vote any proxies received
      after the termination. However, the client may specify in writing that proxies
      should be directed to the client for action.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">3.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Limited
      Value</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">:
      If the
      Adviser concludes that the client&#8217;s economic interest or the value of the
      portfolio holding is indeterminable or insignificant, the Adviser will abstain
      from voting a client&#8217;s proxies. The Adviser does not vote proxies received for
      securities which are no longer held by the client&#8217;s account. In addition, the
      Adviser generally does not vote securities where the economic value of the
      securities in the client&#8217;s account is less than $500.</font></div>
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      Lending Programs</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">:
      When
      securities are out on loan, they are transferred into the borrower&#8217;s name and
      are voted by the borrower, in its discretion. However, where the Adviser
      determines that a proxy vote (or shareholder action) is materially important
      to
      the client&#8217;s account, the Adviser may recall the security.</font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">5.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>Unjustifiable
      Costs</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">:
      In
      certain circumstances, after doing a cost-benefit analysis, the Adviser may
      abstain from voting where the cost of voting a client&#8217;s proxy would exceed any
      anticipated benefits of the proxy proposal.</font></div>
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        KEEPING</strong></font></div>

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          accordance with Rule 204-2 under the Advisers Act, the Adviser will maintain
          for
          the time periods set forth in the Rule (i) these proxy voting procedures
          and
          policies, and amendments thereto; (ii) all proxy statements received regarding
          client securities (provided however, that the Adviser may rely on the proxy
          statement filed on EDGAR as its records)</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><sup>9</sup></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">;
          (iii) a
          record of votes cast on behalf of clients; (iv) records of client requests
          for
          proxy voting information; (v) any documents prepared by the adviser that
          were
          material to making a decision how to vote or that memorialized the basis
          for the
          decision; and (vi) records relating to requests made to clients regarding
          conflicts of interest in voting the proxy.</font></div>

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      Adviser will describe in its Part II of Form ADV (or other brochure fulfilling
      the requirement of Rule 204-3) its proxy voting policies and procedures and
      advising clients how they may obtain information on how the Adviser voted their
      securities. Clients may obtain information on how their securities were voted
      or
      a copy of our Policies and Procedures by written request addressed to the
      Adviser.</font></div>
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          the Adviser primarily invests its clients&#8217; assets in securities of foreign
          issuers, the Adviser generally has not been receiving proxy statements
          from such
          issuers because the laws of the countries in which these issuers are domiciled
          respecting delivery of proxy statements to shareholders are different than
          those
          of the U.S.</font></div>

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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>V.</strong></font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>GUIDELINES</strong></font></div>

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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Each
      proxy issue will be considered individually. The following guidelines are a
      partial list to be used in voting proposals contained in the proxy statements,
      but will not be used as rigid rules.</font></div>
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                  as the following:</font></div>
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                <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 72pt; TEXT-INDENT: -36pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">b.</font><font id="TAB2" style="COLOR: black; LETTER-SPACING: 27pt">&#160;</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">Proposals
                  to limit the ability of shareholders to call special
                  meetings;</font></div>
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                  to require super majority votes;</font></div>
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                  requesting excessive increases in authorized common or preferred
                  shares
                  where management provides no explanation for the use or need for
                  these
                  additional shares;</font></div>
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                  issues,&#8221; unless specific client guidelines supersede, e.g., restrictions
                  regarding South Africa.</font></div>
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      By-laws filed as exhibit (b) hereto, and Section 5 of the Investment Advisory
      Agreement filed as exhibit (g) hereto provide for indemnification. The
      Registrant has purchased insurance insuring its directors and officers against
      certain liabilities incurred in their capacities as such, and insuring the
      Registrant against any payments which it is obligated to make to such persons
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      persons of the Registrant, pursuant to the foregoing provisions or otherwise,
      the Registrant has been advised that in the opinion of the Securities and
      Exchange Commission such indemnification is against public policy as expressed
      in the Act and is, therefore, unenforceable.&#160; In the event that a claim for
      indemnification against such liabilities (other than the payment by the
      Registrant of expenses incurred or paid by a director, officer or controlling
      person of the Registrant in the successful defense of any action, suit or
      proceeding) is asserted by such director, officer or controlling person in
      connection with the securities being registered, the Registrant will, unless
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      and directors of its investment adviser, together with information as to any
      other business, profession, vocation or employment of a substantial nature
      engaged in by those entities or those of its officers and directors during
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      in the current Form ADV filed on February 12, 2007 with the Securities and
      Exchange Commission by Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. (File No. 801- 20866)
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      Date for the Offer, to subscribe for the number of shares of common stock (the
      &#8220;Shares&#8221;) of The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (the &#8220;Fund&#8221;) shown on this
      Subscription Certificate pursuant to the primary subscription upon the terms
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      conditions specified in the Fund&#8217;s prospectus dated [____], 2007 (the
&#8220;Prospectus&#8221;). The terms and conditions of the Offer set forth in the Prospectus
      are incorporated by reference herein. Capitalized terms not defined herein
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      the meanings attributed to them in the Prospectus. As a holder of Rights, you
      are entitled to purchase one Share for each Right you exercise. In accordance
      with the Over-Subscription Privilege, as a holder of Rights, you are also
      entitled to subscribe for additional Shares, if Shares remaining after the
      exercise of Rights pursuant to the Primary Subscription are available and if
      you
      have fully exercised all Rights issued to you. If sufficient Shares remain
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      completion of the Primary Subscription, all over-subscriptions will be honored
      in full. If sufficient Shares are not available after completion of the Primary
      Subscription to honor all over-subscriptions, the Fund may increase the number
      of Shares subject to subscription by up to 100% in order to cover such
      over-subscription requests. To the extent the Fund determines not to issue
      additional Shares to honor all over-subscriptions, the available Shares will
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      allocated among those who over-subscribe based on the number of Rights
      originally issued to them by the Fund, so that the number of Shares issued
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      shareholders who subscribe pursuant to the Over-Subscription Privilege will
      generally be in proportion to the number of Shares owned by them on the Record
      Date. The Fund will not offer or sell any Shares which are not subscribed for
      pursuant to the Primary Subscription or the Over-Subscription
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      p.m., Eastern time, on October 19, 2007 (unless extended, the &#8220;Expiration
      Date&#8221;), either (1)&#160;a properly completed and executed subscription
      certificate and a money order or check drawn on a bank located in the United
      States of America and payable to The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. for
      an
      amount equal to the number of Shares subscribed for under the primary
      subscription and over-subscription (if applicable) multiplied by the estimated
      Subscription Price of $[____] or (2)&#160;a Notice of Guaranteed Delivery
      guaranteeing delivery of (i)&#160;a properly completed and executed subscription
      certificate and (ii)&#160;a money order or check drawn on a bank located in the
      Continental United States and payable to The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund,
      Inc.
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      subscription and oversubscription (if applicable) multiplied by the estimated
      Subscription Price of $[___].</font></div>
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      certificate, together with payment in full, as described above, must be received
      by The Colbent Corporation no later than October 24, 2007, unless the Offer
      is
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      subscription, (ii)&#160;the number of Shares, if any, acquired pursuant to the
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      nominee on their behalf or their broker dealers&#8217; behalf will have any Shares
      acquired during the subscription period credited to the account of Cede &amp;
Co. or other depository or nominee. Shares acquired pursuant to the
      oversubscription privilege will be certificated and stock certificates
      representing these Shares will be sent directly to Cede &amp; Co. or other
      depository or nominee. With respect to all other stockholders, stock
      certificates for all Shares acquired pursuant to the primary subscription or
      over-subscription privilege will be mailed promptly after payment for the Shares
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      for all Shares of the Fund's shares subscribed for by exercise of Rights
      pursuant to the Primary Subscription and the Over-Subscription Privilege. Such
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      overnight courier or first-class mail to The Colbent Corporation, the
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      deemed appropriate. We have examined and relied upon certificates of public
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      Mr.
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      <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 72pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">On
        behalf
        of the Fund, transmitted herewith for filing is Pre-Effective No. 1 to the
        Fund&#8217;s registration statement on Form N-2 (the &#8220;Amendment&#8221;) under the Securities
        Act of 1933, as amended (the &#8220;1933 Act&#8221;). The Amendment also constitutes
        Amendment No. 5 to the Company&#8217;s registration statement under the Investment
        Company Act of 1940, as amended. The Amendment is being filed to respond
        to the
        comments of the Securities and Exchange Commission&#8217;s staff (the &#8220;Staff&#8221;) on the
        Fund&#8217;s registration statement on Form N-2 filed with the Commission on July 25,
        2007 (the &#8220;Registration Statement&#8221;), which were provided to the Fund in your
        letter dated August 20, 2007 (the &#8220;Comment Letter&#8221;). The Registration Statement
        was filed to register 3,375,112 shares of common stock under the Securities
        Act
        of 1933 (the &#8220;1933 Act&#8221;) in connection with a non-transferable rights offering.
        We appreciate the opportunity to address your comments regarding certain
        disclosure contained in the Registration Statement. </font></div>
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      followed by the Fund&#8217;s response to the Staff&#8217;s comments. In addition,
      accompanying this letter is a draft prospectus marked to show changes to the
      prospectus filed in the Registration Statement. </font></div>
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                state whether the fund makes available its statement of additional
                information and annual and semi-annual reports, free of charge, on
                or
                through the fund&#8217;s Web site at a specified Internet address. If the fund
                does not make its SAI and shareholder reports available in this manner,
                disclose the reasons why it does not do so. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>See</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>
                Item 1.d to Form N-2</em></font></div>
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      statement disclosing that the Fund&#8217;s annual and semi-annual reports to
      shareholders are available, free of charge, on the Fund&#8217;s internet website
      (</font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><u>http://herzfeld.com/cuba</u></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman">)
      has
      been added to the outside cover page. The Fund discloses the information
      required by Part B of Form N-2 in the Fund&#8217;s prospectus and therefore does not
      have a statement of additional information. Accordingly, the additional
      disclosure does not reference a statement of additional information.
</font></div>
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      Regarding the Fund, page 6</strong></font></div>
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                disclosure states that the fund invests in a &#8220;broad range of securities&#8221;
                of issuers that conduct substantial trade or derive substantial revenue
                from operations in Caribbean Basin Countries. Please add a brief
                description of the types of securities in which the fund invests
                and the
                risks associated with these securities. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>See</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>
                Instruction to Item 3.2 of Form
                N-2.</em></font></div>
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      The
      relevant disclosure has been revised to reflect the Staff&#8217;s comments. The Fund
      primarily invests in equity and equity-linked securities of Caribbean Basin
      Companies (including U.S. companies), including common stock, preferred stock,
      debt securities convertible into equity, warrants, options and futures. The
      Fund
      may also invest up to 20% of its assets in non-equity linked debt securities.
      Additional risk disclosure has been added to the prospectus regarding equity
      securities risk, management risk, foreign investments generally, currency
      exchange rate fluctuations, foreign custody, debt securities and market
      disruption risk. </font></div>
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    <div style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN-LEFT: 0pt; TEXT-INDENT: 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 1.25; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0pt" align="left"><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong>Use
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                disclosure states that the fund will invest the net proceeds of the
                Offer
                in accordance with its investment objectives and policies. Disclosure
                earlier in the section entitled </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>Purpose
                of the Offer</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>,
                however, discloses additional purposes for which the proceeds of
                the Offer
                may be used. For example, the disclosure states that the Offer may
                be used
                by the fund to make a large capital gains distribution to shareholders
                in
                order to preserve its status as a &#8220;regulated investment company&#8221; under
                Subchapter M of the Internal Revenue Code. Accordingly, please add
                disclosure stating the principal purposes for which the net proceeds
                of
                the Offer are intended to be used and the approximate amount intended
                to
                be used for each purpose. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>See</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>
                Item 7.1 and related Instructions to Form
                N-2.</em></font></div>
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      The
      disclosure under &#8220;Use of Proceeds&#8221; on page 22 of the Prospectus has been revised
      to reflect the Staff&#8217;s comments and to be consistent with the statement under
&#8220;Purpose of the Offer.&#8221; </font></div>
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      disclosure states further that the Adviser anticipates that it will take no
      longer than six months to invest the proceeds from this rights offering. Since
      the time period for investment of the proceeds is expected to exceed three
      months, please disclose the reasons for the delay. </em></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><strong><em>See</em></strong></font><font style="DISPLAY: inline; FONT-SIZE: 10pt; FONT-FAMILY: Times New Roman"><em>
      Guide I of Form N-2.</em></font></div>
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      disclosure has been revised to address the Staff&#8217;s comments. It is expected that
      the Fund will invest substantially all of the proceeds from the offering within
      three months of receipt of such proceeds.</font></div>
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      of the Board, page 40</strong></font></div>
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