UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Reminder Notice
THE INDIA FUND, INC.
PLEASE VOTE NOW
We are sending you this notice because we have not yet received your vote. The Special Meeting of
Shareholders of The India Fund, Inc. (the Fund) has been adjourned in order to solicit additional
votes with respect to the proposal to approve a new management agreement (the New Advisory
Agreement) with Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited (Aberdeen Asia), a wholly-owned
subsidiary of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC (Aberdeen PLC, and together with its affiliates and
Aberdeen Asia, Aberdeen). The Meeting has been adjourned to 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time on December
12, 2011 at the offices of Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, 425 Lexington Avenue, 30th Floor, New
York, New York.
VOTING NOW WILL SAVE ADDITIONAL PROXY COSTS AND ELIMINATE PHONE CALLS TO YOU.
The Board of Directors of the Fund recommends that you vote FOR the proposal described in this
Notice and in the Proxy Materials. Aberdeen is a global business with 30 offices in 23 countries.
Aberdeen Asia has extensive experience in managing Asian equities in both regional and single
country mandates. Moreover, closed-end funds have formed part of Aberdeens business since Aberdeen
PLCs inception and remain an important element of the firms client base in the U.S. and globally.
For more information about Aberdeen Asia, please review the Joint Proxy Statement dated October 6,
2011.
When
selecting a new advisor, your Board considered numerous factors outlined on pages 15 17 of
the Joint Proxy Statement, including, among others,:
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the reputation, financial strength and resources of Aberdeen, including the
qualifications and experience of portfolio management personnel of Aberdeen Asia who would
be responsible for managing the Funds investments, including the Funds illiquid
investments, and Aberdeen Asias team-based investment philosophy and process; |
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that Aberdeen Asia has investment performance records that outperform relevant benchmark
indexes, as discussed in the Joint Proxy Statement; and |
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that total fund expenses (excluding taxes, interest, brokerage fees, short sale dividend
and interest expenses, and non-routine expenses) will be capped for three years at 1.15% of
the Funds average weekly managed assets on an annualized basis. |
It is important that you vote.
You can cast your vote electronically by logging onto the website on your voting instruction form
or by touchtone phone by calling the toll free number on your voting instruction form and following
the instructions. You can also vote by mail by returning your executed voting instruction form in
the envelope provided.
Remember, your vote counts. Please vote today.