PHILADELPHIA, April 4, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: GRR) held a Special Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") today. At the Meeting, stockholders of the Fund voted to eliminate the interval fund structure, a fundamental policy of the Fund.
The Fund will eliminate its interval fund structure effective April 4, 2014. As noted in the Fund's proxy statement dated December 11, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Fund expects to extend a targeted discount policy whereby the Fund intends to buy back shares of common stock in the open market at times when the Fund's shares trade at a discount of 10% or more to NAV.
The description of the proposal and number of shares voted at the Meeting are as follows:
To eliminate the fundamental policy governing the Fund's semi-annual repurchase offers:
Votes For | Votes Against | Votes Abstained | |
Eliminate Policy | 1,773,263 | 682,399 | 28,345 |
Important Information
Closed-end funds have a one-time initial public offering and then are subsequently traded on the secondary market through one of the stock exchanges. The investment return and principal value will fluctuate so that an investor's shares may be worth more or less than the original cost. Shares of closed-end funds may trade above (a premium) or below (a discount) the NAV of the fund's portfolio. There is no assurance that the Fund will achieve its investment objective. Past performance does not guarantee future results.
International investing entails special risk considerations, including currency fluctuations, lower liquidity, economic and political risks, and differences in accounting methods; these risks are generally heightened for emerging market investments.
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SOURCE The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc.