Proxy Statement (definitive) (def 14a)

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

SCHEDULE 14A

 

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ABERDEEN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND
ABERDEEN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND
ABERDEEN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND
1900 Market Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103

NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF SHAREHOLDERS
To be held on April 29, 2021

TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the annual meeting of shareholders of each of Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund and Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (each, a "Fund," and collectively, the "Funds") (each meeting, an "Annual Meeting," and collectively, the "Annual Meetings") will be held in a virtual format on the following dates and at the following times:

Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE: AGD)				April 29, 2021				12:00 p.m. eastern time
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund (NYSE: AOD)				April 29, 2021				12:30 p.m. eastern time
Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund (NYSE: AWP)				April 29, 2021				1:00 p.m. eastern time

The purpose of the Annual Meetings is to consider and act upon the following proposals (each a "Proposal") for each Fund, as applicable, and to consider and act upon such other matters as may properly come before the Annual Meetings or any adjournments or postponements thereof:

AGD — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

AOD — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

AWP — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

Each Proposal is discussed in greater detail in the enclosed Joint Proxy Statement. You are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Annual Meeting of a Fund if you owned shares of such Fund at the close of business on March 15, 2021 (the "Record Date"). If you virtually attend the Annual Meetings, you may vote your shares electronically at that time. Even if you expect to attend the Annual Meetings, please complete, date, sign and return the enclosed proxy card(s) in the enclosed postage-paid envelope or authorize your proxy by telephone or through the Internet.

Due to the public health impact of the coronavirus pandemic (COVID-19) and to support the health and wellbeing of our stockholders, you will not be able to attend the Meeting in person. All stockholders are requested to vote by proxy over the Internet, by telephone or by completing, dating and signing the enclosed proxy card and returning it promptly. You also may vote at the virtual Meeting if you choose to attend.

This year's Annual Meeting will be a completely virtual meeting of shareholders, which will be conducted solely online via live webcast. You will be able to attend and participate in the Annual Meeting online, vote your shares electronically and submit your questions prior to and during the Meeting by visiting: www.meetingcenter.io/211653840 at the Meeting date and time described in the accompanying proxy statement.

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To participate in the Annual Meeting, you will need to log on using the control number from your proxy card or Meeting notice. The control number can be found in the shaded box. The password for the Meeting is ABD22021. There is no physical location for the Annual Meeting.

You may vote electronically during the Annual Meeting by following the instructions available on the Meeting website during the Annual Meeting.

Registering to Attend the Virtual Annual Meeting as a Beneficial Owner

We will admit to an Annual Meeting (1) all shareholders of record on the Record Date, (2) persons holding proof of beneficial ownership at the Record Date, such as a letter or account statement from the person's broker, (3) persons who have been granted proxies, and (4) such other persons that we, in our sole discretion, may elect to admit. If you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend the virtual Annual Meeting. To register you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services, the Fund's proxy tabulator. You may forward an email from your intermediary or attach an image of your legal proxy to [e-mail]. Requests for registration for the Annual Meeting must be received no later than 5:00p.m. Eastern Time on April 26, 2021. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number that will allow you to vote at the Annual Meeting.

This notice and related proxy materials are first being mailed to shareholders on or about March 31, 2021.

Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Annual Meetings of Shareholders to Be Held on April 29, 2021: This Notice, the Joint Proxy Statement and the form of proxy cards are available on the Internet at https://www.aberdeenstandard.com/en-us/cefinvestorcenter. On this website, you will be able to access the Notice, the Joint Proxy Statement, the form of proxy card(s) and any amendments or supplements to the foregoing materials that are required to be furnished to shareholders.

By order of the Boards of Trustees,

Megan Kennedy, Vice President and Secretary
Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund

TO AVOID THE UNNECESSARY EXPENSE OR FURTHER SOLICITATION, WHETHER OR NOT YOU PLAN TO ATTEND THE ANNUAL MEETINGS VIRTUALLY, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR SHARES BE REPRESENTED AND VOTED AT THE ANNUAL MEETINGS. ACCORDINGLY, YOU ARE REQUESTED TO PLEASE DATE, SIGN AND RETURN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD(S) FOR THE ANNUAL MEETINGS PROMPTLY, OR TO AUTHORIZE THE PROXY VOTE BY TELEPHONE OR THROUGH THE INTERNET PURSUANT TO THE INSTRUCTIONS ON THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES. IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOUR PROXY CARD(S) BE RETURNED PROMPTLY IN ORDER TO AVOID THE ADDITIONAL EXPENSE OF FURTHER SOLICITATION.

March 31, 2021
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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ABERDEEN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND
ABERDEEN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND
ABERDEEN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND
(each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")

1900 Market Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

For the Annual Meetings of Shareholders each to be held
on April 29, 2021

This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by each Fund's Board of Trustees (each, a "Board," and collectively, the "Boards," with members of each Board being referred to as "Trustees") to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each Fund (each, a "Meeting," and collectively, the "Meetings") to be held in a virtual meeting format, on Thursday, April 29, 2021 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. A Notice of Annual Meeting of Shareholders and a proxy card (the "Proxy Card") accompany this Joint Proxy Statement. This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed on or about March 31, 2021 to shareholders of record as of March 15, 2021.

The purpose of the Annual Meetings is to seek shareholder approval of the following proposals (each a "Proposal"):

AGD — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

AOD — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

AWP — To elect one Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term.

All properly executed proxies received prior to a Meeting will be voted at that Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, in accordance with the instructions marked on the Proxy Card. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked on the Proxy Card, proxies received will be voted "FOR" each Proposal (as defined below). The persons named as proxy holders on the Proxy Card will vote in their discretion on any other matters that may properly come before each Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise by submitting a properly executed, subsequently dated Proxy Card, giving written notice to Megan Kennedy, Secretary of the Fund(s), 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or by virtually attending a Meeting and voting online. Shareholders may authorize proxy voting by using the enclosed Proxy Card along with the enclosed envelope with pre-paid postage. Shareholders may also authorize proxy voting by telephone or through the internet by following the instructions contained on their Proxy Card. Shareholders do not have dissenter's rights of appraisal in connection with any of the matters to be voted on by the shareholders at each Meeting.

In order to transact business at the Meetings, a "quorum" must be present. Under each Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, a quorum is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of shareholders representing a majority of the outstanding shares of the respective Fund on the record date entitled to vote on a matter. Abstentions and broker non-votes (i.e., proxies from brokers or nominees indicating that they have not received instructions from the beneficial owners on an item for which the brokers or nominees do not have discretionary power to vote) will be treated as present for determining whether a quorum is present with respect to a particular matter at the Meeting.

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The election of a Trustee to a Board requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares entitled to vote for the election of any Trustee present in person or represented by proxy at the Meeting with a quorum present. Under a plurality vote, the nominees who receive the highest number of votes will be elected even if they receive less than a majority of the votes. For purposes of the election of Trustees, abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as shares present for quorum purposes, but will not be treated as votes cast. Abstentions and broker non-votes, therefore, will have no effect on the election of the Class I Trustee. All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meeting will be voted, at the Meeting or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. Proxies received prior to the Meeting on which no vote is indicated will be voted "FOR" the election of the Class I Trustee.

Brokers holding shares of a Fund in "street name" for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares before the Meeting. Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), such brokers may, for certain "routine" matters, grant discretionary authority to the proxies designated by the Board to vote if no instructions have been received from their customers and clients prior to the date specified in the brokers' request for voting instructions. Each Proposal is a "routine" matter and accordingly beneficial owners who do not provide proxy instructions or who do not return a proxy card may have their shares voted by broker-dealer firms in favor of the Proposal.

The chairman of the Meeting shall have the power to adjourn the Meeting without further notice other than announcement at the Meeting. Each Board of Trustees also has the power to postpone the Meeting to a later date and/or time in advance of the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect at any adjourned or postponed meeting as noted above. Any business that might have been transacted at the Meeting may be transacted at any such adjourned or postponed session(s) at which a quorum is present.

Written notice of an adjournment of the Meeting, stating the place, date and hour thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten (10) days prior to the Meeting, if the Meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred thirty (130) days after the original Record Date set for the Meeting.

We will admit to each Meeting (1) all shareholders of record on March 15, 2021 (the "Record Date"), (2) persons holding proof of beneficial ownership at the Record Date, such as a letter or account statement from the person's broker, (3) persons who have been granted proxies, and (4) such other persons that we, in our sole discretion, may elect to admit. If you hold your shares through an intermediary, such as a bank or broker, you must register in advance to attend the Annual Meeting. To register you must submit proof of your proxy power (legal proxy) reflecting your Fund holdings along with your name and email address to Computershare Fund Services, the Fund's proxy tabulator. You may forward an email from your intermediary or attach an image of your legal proxy to [e-mail]. Requests for registration for the Annual Meeting must be received no later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on April 26, 2021. You will receive a confirmation email from Computershare of your registration and a control number that will allow you to vote at the Annual Meeting.

Each Board has fixed the close of business on March 15, 2021 as the Record Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, each Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Each Fund has one class of shares, par value $0.001 per share. Each share of a Fund is entitled to one vote at the Fund's Annual Meeting, and fractional shares are entitled to a proportionate share of one vote. On the Record Date, the following number of shares of each Fund were issued and outstanding:

AGD					12,549,581
AOD					105,480,998
AWP					85,407,951

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meetings to Be Held on Thursday, April 29, 2021 in a virtual meeting format. The Proxy Materials and each Fund's most recent annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 are available on the Internet at http://www.aberdeenstandard.com/en-us/cefinvestorcenter. Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 and any more recent reports, to any Fund shareholder upon request. To request a copy, please write to the Funds c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call 1-800-522-5465. You may also call for information on how to obtain directions to be able to register to attend a Meeting .

The Election of a Class I Trustee

Pursuant to each Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Board is divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, each of which will serve for three years, with one class being elected each year. If elected, each Trustee is entitled to hold office until the Annual Meeting in the year noted below or until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Trustees who are deemed "interested persons" (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act), of a Fund, Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited ("AAML" or the "Investment Adviser), are referred to in this Proxy Statement as "Interested Trustees." Trustees who are not interested persons, as described above, are referred to in this Proxy Statement as "Independent Trustees."

Each Fund's Board, including the Independent Trustees, upon the recommendation of such Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which is composed entirely of Independent Trustees, has nominated the following nominee as Class I Trustee to its Board as follows:

Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund				John Sievwright (Class I Trustee, 3-year term ending 2024)
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund				John Sievwright (Class I Trustee, 3-year term ending 2024)
Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund				John Sievwright (Class I Trustee, 3-year term ending 2024)

The nominee has indicated an intention to serve as a Class I Trustee if elected and has consented to be named in this Proxy Statement.

It is the intention of the persons named as proxies on the enclosed Proxy Card(s) to vote "FOR" the election of the nominee for Class I Trustee to serve for a three-year term. Each Fund's Board knows of no reason why the nominees would be unable to serve, but in the event of any such inability, the proxies received will be voted for such substituted nominee as such Fund's Board may recommend.

The following tables set forth certain information regarding the nominees for election to the Boards of the Funds, Trustees whose terms of office continue beyond the Meetings, and the principal officers of the Funds.

Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held with Fund(s)

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex* Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

Independent Nominee for Trustee:

John Sievwright** † c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1955

Class I Trustee

Each Fund's term expires 2021 Trustee since 2018

Mr. Sievwright is a Non-Executive Director of Burford Capital (financial) since May 2020. Previously he was a Non-Executive Director of the following UK companies; NEX Group plc (2017 to 2018) (financial) and ICAP PLC (2009 to 2016) (financial).

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Director of Burford Capital since May 2020.

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Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held with Fund(s)

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex* Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

Interested Trustee whose term of office continues beyond the Annual Meeting:

Martin J. Gilbert†† Aberdeen Asset Management PLC 10 Queen's Terrace Aberdeen, Scotland AB10 1YG Year of Birth: 1955

Class III Trustee

Each Fund's term expires 2023 Trustee of each Fund since 2018

Mr. Gilbert is Chairman of UK companies Revoult Limited (digital banking firm) and Toscafund Asset Management since 2020. He is also a non-executive director of a number of non-U.S. companies, including Glencore plc (procuder and market of commodities), Saranac Partners (wealth management firm), Old Oak Holdings (Toscafund Asset Management's parent company) and PGA European Tour. Martin is a member of the International Advisory Board of British American Business. Previously, he was Chairman of the UK Prudential Regulation Authority's Practitioner Panel as well as a member of the International Advisory Panel of the Monetary Authority of Singapore. Prior to his retirement from Standard Life Aberdeen plc in 2020, Mr. Gilbert served as Vice Chairman of Standard Life Aberdeen plc and Chairman of Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. since March 2019. He was a cofounder (and former Chief Executive) of Aberdeen Asset Management PLC, having been a Director since 1983.

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Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. from 2012 to 2018.

Independent Trustees whose terms of office continue beyond the Annual Meeting:

Nancy Yao Maasbach**† c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1972

Class III Trustee

Each Fund's term expires 2023 Trustee of each Fund since 2018

Ms. Maasbach is the President of the Museum of Chinese in America since 2015. Ms. Maasbach has also been a member of the Council on Foreign Relations since 2015.

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Director of The Asia Tigers Fund, Inc. from 2016 to 2018.

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Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held with Fund(s)

Term of Office and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During the Past Five Years

Number of Portfolios in Fund Complex* Overseen by Trustee

Other Directorships Held by Trustee During the Past Five Years

Independent Trustees whose terms of office continue beyond the Annual Meeting:

P. Gerald Malone** † c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. 1900 Market Street, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1950

Chairman of the Board; Class II Trustee

Each Fund's term expires 2022 Trustee since 2018

Mr. Malone is, by profession, 27 a lawyer of over 40 years. Currently, he is a nonexecutive director of a number of U.S. companies, including Medality Medical (medical technology company) and Bionik Laboratories Corp. (US healthcare company) since 2018. He is also Chairman of many of the open and closed end funds in the Fund Complex. He previously served as Independent Chairman of UK companies Crescent OTC Ltd (pharmaceutical services) until February 2018; and fluidOil Ltd. (oil services) until June 2018; U.S. company Rejuvenan llc (wellbeing services) until September 2017 and as chairman of UK company Ultrasis plc (healthcare software services company) until October 2014. Mr. Malone was previously a Member of Parliament in the U.K. from 1983 to 1997 and served as Minister of State for Health in the U.K. government from 1994 to 1997.

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Director of Bionik Laboratories Corporation (US healthcare company) since 2018.

*  Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc., the Aberdeen Funds (which currently consists of 17 portfolios), Aberdeen Investment Funds (which currently consists of 4 portfolios), Aberdeen Standard Investments ETFs (which currently consists of 2 portfolios), Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., The India Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund, Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund, Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund and Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund have the same Investment Manager and Investment Adviser as the Fund, or an investment adviser that is affiliated with the Investment Manager and Investment Adviser and may thus be deemed to be part of the same "Fund Complex" as the Fund.

**  Member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee.

†  Member of the Audit and Valuation Committee.

††  Deemed to be an Interested Trustee of the Fund because of his position held with the Funds' investment adviser and sub-adviser.

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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUSTEES

Each Board believes that each Trustee's experience, qualifications, attributes and skills on an individual basis and in combination with those of the other Trustees lead to the conclusion that the Trustees possess the requisite experience, qualifications, attributes and skills to serve on their respective Board. Each Board believes that the Trustees' ability to review critically, evaluate, question and discuss information provided to them; to interact effectively with the Investment Adviser, other service providers, counsel and independent auditors; and to exercise effective business judgment in the performance of their duties, support this conclusion. Each Board has also considered the contributions that each Trustee can make to the respective Board on which he or she serves and to the Fund(s).

A Trustee's ability to perform his or her duties effectively may have been attained through the Trustee's executive, business, consulting, and/or legal positions; experience from service as a Trustee of the Fund(s) and other funds/portfolios in the Aberdeen Standard complex, other investment funds, public companies, or non-profit entities or other organizations; educational background or professional training or practice; and/or other life experiences. In this regard, the following specific experience, qualifications, attributes and/or skills apply as to each Trustee in addition to the information set forth in the table above: Ms. Maasbach, financial and research analysis experience in and covering the Asia region and experience in world affairs; Mr. Malone, legal background and public service leadership experience, board experience with other public and private companies, and executive and business consulting experience; Mr. Sievwright, banking and accounting experience and experience as a board member of public companies; Mr. Gilbert is a founder of a global asset management company with experience as a board member of other investment trusts and a member of several financial organizations.

Each Board believes that the significance of each Trustee's experience, qualifications, attributes or skills is an individual matter (meaning that experience important for one Trustee may not have the same value for another) and that these factors are best evaluated at the Board level, with no single Trustee, or particular factor, being indicative of Board effectiveness. In its periodic self-assessment of the effectiveness of the Board, each Board considers the complementary individual skills and experience of the individual Trustees in the broader context of the Board's overall composition so that the Board, as a body, possesses the appropriate (and appropriately diverse) skills and experience to oversee the business of the Fund. References to the qualifications, attributes and skills of Trustees are presented pursuant to disclosure requirements of the Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC"), do not constitute holding out a Board or any Trustee as having any special expertise or experience, and shall not impose any greater responsibility or liability on any such person or on a Board by reason thereof.

OFFICERS

Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held With the Fund

Term of Office* and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Joseph Andolina** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1978

Chief Compliance Officer; Vice President, Compliance of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Chief Risk Officer—Americas for ASII and serves as the Chief Compliance Officer for ASII. Prior to joining the Risk and Compliance Department, he was a member of ASII's Legal Department, where he served as US Counsel since 2012.

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Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held With the Fund

Term of Office* and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Martin Connaghan** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1980

Vice President of AGD and AOD

Since 2018

Currently an Investment Director on the Global Equity Team at ASII. Martin joined Aberdeen in 2001, via the acquisition of Murray Johnstone. Martin has held a number of roles including Trader and SRI Analyst on the Global Equity Team; he also spent two years as a Portfolio Analyst on the Fixed Income Team in London.

Chris Demetriou** Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. 1900 Market St., Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1983

Vice President of the Funds

Since 2020

Currently, Chief Executive Officer—Americas for ASI. Mr. Demetriou joined ASII in 2013, as a result of the acquisition of SVG, a FTSE 250 private equity investor based in London

Josh Duitz** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1970

Vice President of AGD and AOD

Since 2018

Sharon Ferrari** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1977

Assistant Treasurer of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Senior Fund Administration Manager US for ASII. Ms. Ferrari joined ASII as a Senior Fund Administrator in 2008.

Alan Goodson** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1974

Vice President of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Head of Product & Client Solutions—Americas, overseeing Product Management, Product Development and Client Solutions for ASII's registered and unregistered investment companies in the US, Brazil and Canada. Mr. Goodson joined ASII from PricewaterhouseCoopers in 2000.

Svitlana Gubriy** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1972

Vice President of AWP

Since 2018

Currently, Head of Global REIT Funds at Aberdeen Standard Investments. Ms. Gubriy joined Aberdeen Standard Investments in 2005.

Heather Hasson** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1982

Assistant Secretary of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Senior Product Manager for ASII since 2009. She joined ASII as a Fund Administrator in 2006.

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Name, Address and Year of Birth

Position(s) Held With the Fund

Term of Office* and Length of Time Served

Principal Occupation(s) During Past Five Years

Bev Hendry** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1953

Vice President of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently Chairman of Americas since 2018. He is a member of the Aberdeen Standard Management Executive Committee and President and Chief Executive Officer of the Aberdeen Funds. Mr. Hendry first Aberdeen in 1987 and helped establish Aberdeen's business in the Americas in Fort Lauderdale. Mr Hendry left Aberdeen in 2008 when the company moved to its headquarters in Philadelphia. Mr Hendry re-joined Aberdeen from Hansberger Global Investors in Fort Lauderdale where he worked as Chief Operating Officer for 6 years.

Megan Kennedy** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1974

Vice President and Secretary of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Director, Product Governance for ASII. Ms. Kennedy joined ASII in 2005 as a Senior Fund Administrator. Ms. Kennedy was promoted to Assistant Treasurer Collective Funds/North American Mutual Funds in February 2008 and promoted to Treasurer Collective Funds/North American Mutual Funds in July 2008.

Andrea Melia** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1969

Treasurer and Principal Accounting Officer of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Vice President and Director, Product Management for ASII. Ms. Melia joined ASII in September 2009.

Jim O'Connor** Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1976

Vice President of the Funds

Since 2020

Currently, Chief Operating Officer—Americas for ASII. Mr. O'Connor joined ASII as US Counsel in 2010 as U.S. Counsel.

Christian Pittard** Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited Bow Bells House, 1 Bread Street London United Kingdom Year of Birth: 1973

President of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Group Head of Product Opportunities, for Aberdeen Standard Investments since 2008. Mr. Pittard joined Aberdeen from KPMG in 1999

Lucia Sitar** c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., 1900 Market St, Suite 200 Philadelphia, PA 19103 Year of Birth: 1971

Vice President of the Funds

Since 2018

Currently, Vice President and Head of Product Management and Governance for ASII. Ms. Sitar joined ASII in July 2007 as U.S. Counsel.

*  Officers hold their positions with the Fund until a successor has been duly elected and qualifies. Officers are elected annually at a meeting of the Board of Trustees.

**  Messrs. Andolina, Demetriou, Goodson, Hendry, O'Connor and Pittard and Mses. Ferrari, Gubriy, Hasson, Kennedy, Melia and Sitar hold one or more officer positions with one or more of the following funds: Aberdeen Australia Equity Fund, Inc., Aberdeen

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Asia-Pacific Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Funds, Aberdeen Investment Funds, Aberdeen Emerging Markets Equity Income Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Japan Equity Fund, Inc., The India Fund, Inc., Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund, Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund, Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund, Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund, Aberdeen Standard Investments ETFs, and Aberdeen Income Credit Strategies Fund each of which may be deemed to be part of the same "Fund Complex" as the Fund.

Ownership of Securities

Set forth in the table below is the dollar range of equity securities in each Fund and the aggregate dollar range of equity securities in the Aberdeen Family of Investment Companies (as defined below) beneficially owned by each Trustee or nominee as of March 23, 2021. The following key relates to the dollar ranges in the chart:

A. None
B. $1 — $10,000
C. $10,001 — $50,000
D. $50,001 — $100,000
E. over $100,000

Name of Trustee or Nominee				Dollar Range of Equity Securities Owned(1)				Aggregate Dollar Range of Equity Securities in All Funds Overseen by Trustee or Nominee in Family of Investment Companies(2)
Independent Nominee for Trustee:
John Sievwright				AGD: C				E
				AOD: B
				AWP: B
Interested Nominee for Trustee:
Martin Gilbert				AGD: D				E
				AOD: D
				AWP: C
Independent Trustees:
Nancy Yao Maasbach				AGD: C				D
				AOD: B
				AWP: B
P. Gerald Malone				AGD: C				E
				AOD: B
				AWP: B

(1)  This information has been furnished by each Trustee as of March 23, 2021. "Beneficial ownership" is determined in accordance with Rule 16a-1(a)(2) promulgated under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "1934 Act").

(2)  "Family of Investment Companies" means those registered investment companies that share Aberdeen or an affiliate as the investment adviser and that hold themselves out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services.

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As of March 23, 2021, each Fund's Trustees and officers, in the aggregate, owned less than 1% of that Fund's outstanding equity securities. As of March 23, 2021, none of the Independent Trustees or their immediate family members owned any shares of the Investment Adviser of any person (other than a registered investment company) directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Investment Adviser.

Mr. Pittard and Ms. Melia serve as executive officers of the Funds. As of March 23, 2021, Mr. Pittard and Ms. Melia did not own shares of the Funds.

BOARD AND COMMITTEE STRUCTURE

The Board of Trustees of each Fund is composed of four Trustees, three of whom are not "interested persons" (as that term is defined in the Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act")) of the Fund, its Investment Adviser (each an "Independent Trustee," and collectively, the "Independent Trustees"). Each Fund divides the Board into three classes, each class having a term of three years. Each year, the term of office of one class will expire and the successor(s) elected to such class will serve for a three year term.

Each Board has appointed Mr. Malone, an Independent Trustee, as Chairman. The Chairman presides at meetings of the Trustees, participates in the preparation of the agenda for meetings of the Board, and acts as a liaison between the Trustees and management between Board meetings. Except for any duties specified herein, the designation of the Chairman does not impose on such Trustee any duties, obligations or liability that is greater than the duties, obligations or liability imposed on such person as a member of the Board, generally.

Each Board holds regular quarterly meetings to consider and address matters involving the respective Fund. Each Board also may hold special meetings to address matters arising between regular meetings. The Independent Trustees also meet outside the presence of management in executive session at least quarterly and have engaged separate, independent legal counsel to assist them in performing their oversight responsibilities.

Each Board has established a committee structure that includes an Audit and Valuation Committee and a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (each discussed in more detail below) to assist each Board in the oversight and direction of the business affairs of the respective Fund, and from time to time may establish informal ad hoc committees or working groups to review and address the practices of the respective Fund with respect to specific matters. The Committee system facilitates the timely and efficient consideration of matters by the Trustees, and facilitates effective oversight of compliance with legal and regulatory requirements and of each Fund's activities and associated risks. The standing Committees currently conduct an annual review of their charters, which includes a review of their responsibilities and operations.

Each Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee and each Board as a whole also conduct an annual self-assessment of the performance of the Board, including consideration of the effectiveness of the Board's Committee structure. Each Committee is comprised entirely of Independent Trustees. Each Committee member is also "independent" within the meaning of the NYSE listing standards. Each Board reviews its structure regularly and believes that its leadership structure, including having a super-majority of Independent Trustees, coupled with an Independent Trustee as Chairman, is appropriate because it allows the Board to exercise informed and independent judgment over the matters under its purview and it allocates areas of responsibility among the Committees and the full Board in a manner that enhances efficient and effective oversight.

Board and Committee Meetings in Fiscal Year 2020

During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, each Board held four quarterly meetings and three special meetings. During such fiscal year, based on available records, the Trustees serving during that fiscal year attended at least 75% of the aggregate number of meetings of the Boards and of the Committees of the Boards on which they served.

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Audit and Valuation Committee

Each Board has an Audit and Valuation Committee consisting of all the Independent Trustees. In addition, the members of the Audit and Valuation Committee are also "independent," as defined in the Fund's written Audit and Valuation Committee Charter. The members of each Audit and Valuation Committee are Ms. Maasbach, Mr. Malone and Mr. Sievwright. Mr. Sievwright serves as the Chairman of each Audit and Valuation Committee and the Audit Committee Financial Expert.

The Audit and Valuation Committees oversee the scope of each Fund's audit, such Fund's accounting and financial reporting policies and practices and its internal controls. The Audit and Valuation Committees assist the Boards in fulfilling their responsibilities for oversight of the integrity of the Funds' accounting, auditing and financial reporting practices, the qualifications and independence of the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and the Funds' compliance with legal and regulatory requirements. The Audit and Valuation Committees approve, and recommend to the Boards for ratification, the selection, appointment, retention or termination of the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and approves the compensation of the independent registered public accounting firm. The Audit and Valuation Committees also approve all audit and permissible non- audit services provided to the Funds by the independent registered public accounting firm and all permissible non- audit services provided by the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm to the Investment Adviser and service providers if the engagement relates directly to the Funds' operations and financial reporting. The Audit and Valuation Committees are also responsible for monitoring the valuation of portfolio securities and other investments. The written Charters for the Audit and Valuation Committees are available at the Funds' websites at www.aberdeenaod.com, www.aberdeenagd.com and www.aberdeenawp.com. During the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, each Audit and Valuation Committee met 5 times.

Service providers to the Funds, primarily the Investment Adviser, have responsibility for the day-to-day management of the Funds, which includes responsibility for risk management. As an integral part of its responsibility for oversight of the Funds, the Boards oversee risk management of the Funds' investment program and business affairs. Oversight of the risk management process is part of the Boards' general oversight of the Funds and their service providers.

Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee; Consideration of Potential Trustee Nominees

Each Board has a Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee (the "Nominating Committee") consisting of all the Independent Trustees. The members of the Nominating Committee are Ms. Maasbach, Mr. Malone and Mr. Sievwright. Mr. Malone serves as the Chairman of the Nominating Committees.

Each Nominating Committee is responsible for overseeing Board governance and related Trustee practices, including selecting and recommending candidates to fill vacancies on the Board. The Nominating Committees will consider Trustee candidates recommended by shareholders of the Funds. Recommendations for consideration by a Nominating Committee should be sent to the Chairman of the Nominating Committee in writing together with the appropriate biographical information concerning each such recommended nominee. In addition, shareholders may themselves nominate individuals for election to a Board of Trustees for the Funds if they follow the advance notice provisions in the Funds' By-Laws, as more fully set forth on page 18.

In identifying and evaluating nominees for Trustee, the Nominating Committees seek to ensure that the Boards possess, in the aggregate, the strategic, managerial and financial skills and experience necessary to fulfill its duties and to achieve its objectives, and also seeks to ensure that the Boards of Trustees are comprised of trustees who have broad and diverse backgrounds. The Nominating Committees look at each nominee on a case-by-case basis. In looking at the qualification of each candidate to determine if his or her election would further the goals described above, each Nominating Committee takes into account all factors it considers appropriate, which may include

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strength of character, mature judgment, career specialization, relevant technical skills or financial acumen, diversity of viewpoint and industry knowledge. However, a Board believes that to be recommended as a nominee, whether by the Nominating Committees or at the suggestion of a shareholder, each candidate must: (1) display the highest personal and professional ethics, integrity and values; (2) have the ability to exercise sound business judgment; (3) be highly accomplished in his or her respective field; (4) have relevant expertise and experience; (5) be able to represent all shareholders and be committed to enhancing long-term shareholder value; and (6) have sufficient time available to devote to activities of the Board and enhance his or her knowledge of the Fund's business. The Nominating Committees met one time during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. The Board has adopted a written Charter for the Nominating Committee, which is available at the Funds' websites at www.aberdeenaod.com, www.aberdeenagd.com and www.aberdeenawp.com.

Board Oversight of Risk Management

Each Fund is subject to a number of risks, including, among others, investment, compliance, operational and valuation risks. Risk oversight forms part of each Board's general oversight of the respective Fund and is addressed as part of various Board and Committee activities. Each Board has adopted, and periodically reviews, policies and procedures designed to address these risks. Different processes, procedures and controls are employed with respect to different types of risks. Day-to-day risk management functions are subsumed within the responsibilities of the Funds' Investment Adviser, who carry out the Funds' investment management and business affairs and other service providers in connection with the services they provide to the Funds. The Investment Adviser and other service providers have their own, independent interest in risk management, and their policies and methods of risk management will depend on their functions and business models. As part of its regular oversight of each Fund, the respective Board, directly and/or through a Committee, interacts with and reviews reports from, among others, the Investment Adviser and each Fund's other service providers (including the Funds' transfer agent), the Funds' Chief Compliance Officer, the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm, legal counsel to the Funds, and internal auditors, as appropriate, relating to the operations of the Funds. Each Board also requires the Investment Adviser to report to the Boards on other matters relating to risk management on a regular and as-needed basis. The Boards recognize that it may not be possible to identify all of the risks that may affect the Funds or to develop processes and controls to eliminate or mitigate their occurrence or effects. Each Board may, at any time and in its discretion, change the manner in which it conducts risk oversight.

Communications with the Board of Trustees

Shareholders who wish to communicate with Board members with respect to matters relating to the Funds may address their written correspondence to the Boards as a whole or to individual Board members c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc., (the "Administrator"), each Funds' administrator, at 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or via e-mail to the Trustee(s) c/o Aberdeen Standard Investments Inc. at [e-mail].

Trustees Attendance at Annual Meetings of Shareholders

The Funds have not established a formal policy with respect to Trustee attendance at annual meetings of shareholders.

REPORTS OF THE AUDIT AND VALUATION COMMITTEES; INFORMATION REGARDING THE FUNDS' INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

At a meeting held on December 8, 2020, the Board of each Fund, including a majority of the Trustees who are not "interested persons," as defined under the 1940 Act, selected KPMG LLP ("KPMG") to act as the independent registered public accounting firm for each Fund for the fiscal year ending October 31, 2021. Although

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it is not expected that a representative of KPMG will attend the Meeting, a representative will be available by telephone to make a statement to the shareholders, if the representative wishes to do so, and to respond to shareholder questions, if any.

Each Fund's financial statements for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 were audited by KPMG. The Audit and Valuation Committee of each Fund has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements of the Fund with management of the Funds. The Audit and Valuation Committee of each Fund has received the written disclosures and the letter from KPMG required by The Public Company Accounting Oversight Board ("PCAOB") Rule 3526 (PCAOB Rule 1, Communication with Audit Committees Concerning Independence), as may be modified or supplemented, and have discussed with KPMG its independence with respect to the Funds. The Funds know of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of KPMG in the Funds. The Audit and Valuation Committees have discussed with KPMG the matters required to be discussed by the applicable requirements of the PCAOB and the SEC. Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit and Valuation Committee of each Fund recommended to the respective Board that the audited financial statements of each Fund for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 be included in each Fund's most recent annual report filed with the SEC.

John Sievwright, Chairman of the Audit and Valuation Committee

Nancy Yao Maasbach, Member of the Audit and Valuation Committee

P. Gerald Malone, Member of the Audit and Valuation Committee

The following table sets forth the aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by KPMG during the Fund's two most recent fiscal years ended October 31:

				2020												2019
				AGD				AOD				AWP				AGD				AOD				AWP
Audit Fees				$	34,367			$	62,221			$	48,224			$	34,299			$	61,849			$	47,852
Audit-Related Fees					—				—				—				—				—				—
Tax Fees(1)					8,120				8,120				8,870				8,250				8.250				8,250
All Other Fees					—				—								—				—				—
Total				$	42,487			$	70,341			$	57,094			$	42,549			$	70,099			$	56,102

(1)  Services include tax services in connection with the Fund's excise tax calculations and review of the Fund's applicable tax returns.

Each Audit and Valuation Committee is responsible for pre-approving (i) all audit and permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to each Fund and (ii) all permissible non-audit services to be provided by the independent registered public accounting firm to each Fund's Investment Adviser, and any service provider to a Fund controlling, controlled by or under common control with each Fund's Investment Adviser that provided ongoing services to the Fund ("Covered Service Provider"), if the engagement relates directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Funds. The aggregate fees billed by KPMG for non-audit services rendered to the Fund, the Investment Adviser and any Covered Service Providers for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020 was $365,345, and for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2019 was $620,687.

All of the services described in the table above were pre-approved by the relevant Audit and Valuation Committee.

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Each Audit and Valuation Committee has adopted an Audit Committee Charter that provides that the Audit and Valuation Committee shall annually select, retain or terminate, and recommend to the Independent Trustees and to the full Board of Trustees for their ratification, the selection, retention or termination, the Funds' independent auditor and, in connection therewith, evaluate the terms of the engagement (including compensation of the auditor) and the qualifications and independence of the independent auditor, including whether the independent auditor provides any consulting, auditing or tax services to the Investment Adviser, and receive the independent auditor's specific representations as to its independence, delineating all relationships between the independent auditor and the Fund, consistent with the Independent Standards Board ("ISB") Standard No. 1. Each Audit and Valuation Committee Charter also provides that the Committee shall review in advance, and consider approval of, any and all proposals by Fund management or the Investment Adviser that the Funds, Investment Adviser or their affiliated persons, employ the independent auditor to render "permissible non-audit services" to the Fund and to consider whether such services are consistent with the independent auditor's independence.

Each Audit and Valuation Committee has considered whether the provision of non-audit services that were rendered to the Investment Adviser and any entity controlling, controlled by, or under common control with these entities that provides ongoing services to the Fund that were not pre-approved pursuant to paragraph (c)(7)(ii) of Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X is compatible with maintaining the principal accountant's independence and has concluded that it is independent.

COMPENSATION

The following table sets forth information regarding compensation of Trustees from the Funds and by the Fund Complex of which the Funds are a part for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020. All officers of the Funds are employees of and are compensated by the Funds' Investment Adviser or its affiliates. None of the Funds' executive officers received any compensation from any Fund for such period. None of the Funds have any bonus, profit sharing, pension or retirement plans.

Name of Trustee:				Aggregate Compensation from Fund for Fiscal Year Ended October 31, 2020												Total Compensation From Fund and Fund Complex Paid To Directors*
				AGD				AOD				AWP
Independent Nominee:
Nancy Yao Maasbach				$	10,583			$	23,647			$	16,770			$	223,280
Interested Nominee:
Martin Gilbert					N/A				N/A				N/A				N/A
Independent Trustees:
P. Gerald Malone				$	11,621			$	25,970			$	18,409			$	503,348
John Sievwright				$	11,309			$	25,262			$	17,929			$	121,307

*  See the "Trustees" table for the number of Funds within the Fund Complex that each Trustee services.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act and Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act, as applied to the Funds, require the Funds' officers and Trustees, certain officers and directors of the investment advisers, affiliates of the investment advisers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of the Fund's outstanding securities to electronically file reports of ownership of the Funds' securities and changes in such ownership with the SEC and the NYSE.

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Based solely on each Fund's review of such forms filed on EDGAR or written representations from reporting persons that all reportable transactions were reported, to the knowledge of each Fund, during the fiscal year ended October 31, 2020, each Fund's officers, Trustees and greater than 10% owners timely filed all reports they were required to file under Section 16(a).

Relationship of Trustees or Nominees with the Investment Adviser

AAML serves as Investment Adviser to each Fund pursuant to individual advisory agreements dated May 4, 2018. AAML with its registered office at 10 Queen's Terrace, Aberdeen, Scotland AB10 1YG, is a corporation organized under the laws of Scotland and a U.S. registered investment adviser. AAML provides equity, fixed income and real estate advisory services, as well as alternative strategies. Mr. Martin Gilbert, a Trustee of the Funds, served as Chairman and an Executive Director of Standard Life Aberdeen plc during the year ended October 31, 2020. Mr. Gilbert is also a shareholder of Standard Life Aberdeen plc.

ASII serves as Sub-Adviser to AWP pursuant to a sub-advisory agreement dated May 4, 2018 and Administrator to the Funds pursuant to an administration agreement dated May 4, 2018. ASII is a Delaware corporation with its principal business office located at 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103. Messrs. Andolina, Demetriou, Goodson, Hendry and O'Connor and Mmes. Melia and Sitar, who serve as officers of the Funds, are also directors and/or officers of ASII.

In rendering investment advisory services, ASII and AAML may use the resources of investment advisor subsidiaries of Standard Life Aberdeen. These affiliates have entered into a memorandum of understanding/personnel sharing procedures pursuant to which investment professionals from each affiliate may render portfolio management and research services to US clients of the Standard Life Aberdeen affiliates, including the Funds, as associated persons of the Investment Adviser. No remuneration is paid by the Funds with respect to the memorandum of understanding/personnel sharing arrangements.

EACH FUND'S BOARD, INCLUDING THE INDEPENDENT TRUSTEES, RECOMMENDS THAT THE SHAREHOLDERS VOTE "FOR" THE NOMINEES AS CLASS I TRUSTEE.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Sub-Administrator. State Street Bank & Trust Company, located at 1 Heritage Drive, 3rd Floor, North Quincy, MA 02171, serves as administrator to the Funds.

Expenses. The expense of preparation, printing and mailing of the enclosed proxy card and accompanying Notice and Joint Proxy Statement will be borne proportionately by each Fund. Each Fund will reimburse banks, brokers and others for their reasonable expenses in forwarding proxy solicitation material to the beneficial owners of the shares of each Fund. In order to obtain the necessary quorum at each Meeting, supplementary solicitation may be made by mail, telephone, telegraph or personal interview. Such solicitation may be conducted by, among others, officers, Trustees and employees of the Funds, AAML, ASII or its affiliates.

AST Fund Solutions, LLC ("AST") has been retained to assist in the solicitation of proxies and will receive an estimated fee of $2,500 per Fund and be reimbursed for its reasonable expenses. Total payments for the Funds to AST are expected to be between approximately $3,270 and $3,410 per Fund. In addition to the solicitation fees, Computershare will charge each Fund $5,000 to hold the meetings virtually.

Solicitation and Voting of Proxies. Solicitation of proxies is being made primarily by the mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement with its enclosures on or about March 31, 2021. As mentioned above, AST has been engaged to assist in the solicitation of proxies. As the date of the Meetings approach, certain shareholders of a Fund may receive a call from a representative of AST, if the Fund has not yet received their vote. Authorization to permit AST

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to execute proxies may be obtained by telephonic instructions from shareholders of a Fund. Proxies that are obtained telephonically will be recorded in accordance with procedures that management of each of the Funds believes are reasonably designed to ensure that the identity of the shareholder casting the vote is accurately determined and that the voting instructions of the shareholder are accurately determined.

Beneficial Owners. Based upon filings made with the SEC, as of February 28, 2021, the following table shows certain information concerning persons who may be deemed beneficial owners of 5% or more of the shares of the Funds because they possessed or shared voting or investment power with respect to a Fund's shares:

Fund				Class				Name and Address				Number of Shares Beneficially Owned				Percentage of Shares
AGD				Common Stock				First Trust Advisors LP 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton, IL 60187					2,460,495				19.6	%
AOD				Common Stock				1607 Capital Partners, LLC 13 S. 13th Street, Suite 400 Richmond, Virginia 2321					8,136,149				7.7	%
								Wells Capital Management Inc. 525 Market Street, 10th Floor San Francisco, CA 94105					6,358,149				6.0	%
AWP				Common Stock				First Trust Advisors LP 120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400 Wheaton, IL 60187					5,612,878				6.6	%

Shareholder Proposals. Any Rule 14a-8 shareholder proposal to be considered for inclusion in the Fund's proxy statement and form of proxy for the annual meeting of shareholders to be held in 2021 should be received by the Secretary of the Fund no later than December 30, 2021. There are additional requirements regarding proposals of shareholders, and a shareholder contemplating submission of a proposal for inclusion in the Fund's proxy materials is referred to Rule 14a-8 under the 1934 Act.

Non-Rule 14a-8 proposals of business to be considered by the Funds' shareholders may be made at an annual meeting of shareholders (1) by or at the direction of the Boards of Trustees or (2) by any shareholder of a Fund who was a shareholder of record from the time the shareholder gave notice as provided in the Funds' By-Laws to the time of the annual meeting, who is entitled to vote at the annual meeting on any such business and who has complied with the By-Laws. Pursuant to each Fund's By-Laws, for any such business to be properly brought before an annual meeting by a shareholder, the shareholder must have given timely notice thereof in writing to the Secretary of the Funds and such business must otherwise be a proper matter for action by the shareholders. To be timely, a shareholder's notice shall set forth all information required under the Fund's By-Laws and shall be delivered to the Secretary of the Funds at the principal executive office of the Fund neither earlier than 9:00 a.m., Eastern Time, on the 150th day nor later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the 120th day before the first anniversary of the date of the proxy statement for the preceding year's annual meeting; provided, however, that in the event the date of the annual meeting is advanced or delayed by more than 30 days from the first anniversary of the date of the preceding year's annual meeting, or in the event that no annual meeting was held the preceding year, notice by the shareholder will be timely if so delivered not later than 5:00 p.m., Eastern Time, on the tenth day following the day on which public announcement of the date of such annual meeting is first made. The public announcement of a postponement or adjournment of an annual meeting shall not commence a new time period for the giving of a shareholder's notice as described above.

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In accordance with Rule 14a-4(c), each Fund may exercise discretionary voting authority with respect to any shareholder proposals for this Annual Meeting not included in the proxy statement and form of proxy card which are not submitted to the Fund within the time-frame indicated above. Even if timely notice is received, a Fund may exercise discretionary voting authority in certain other circumstances permitted by Rule 14a-4(c) and SEC guidance related thereto. Discretionary voting authority is the ability to vote proxies that shareholders have executed and returned to a Fund on matters not specifically reflected on the form of proxy card.

SHAREHOLDERS WHO DO NOT EXPECT TO VIRTUALLY ATTEND THE MEETINGS AND WHO WISH TO HAVE THEIR SHARES VOTED ARE REQUESTED TO DATE AND SIGN THE ENCLOSED PROXY CARD(S) AND RETURN THEM IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. NO POSTAGE IS REQUIRED IF MAILED IN THE UNITED STATES.

Delivery of Proxy Statement

Unless the Funds have received contrary instructions from shareholders, only one copy of this Joint Proxy Statement may be mailed to households, even if more than one person in a household is a shareholder of record. If a shareholder needs an additional copy of this Joint Proxy Statement, please contact the Funds at 1-800-522-5465. If any shareholder does not want the mailing of this Joint Proxy Statement to be combined with those for other members of its household, please contact the Funds in writing at: 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103 or call the Funds at 1-800-522-5465.

Other Business

The Investment Adviser knows of no business to be presented at the Meetings, other than the Proposal set forth in this Joint Proxy Statement, but should any other matter requiring the vote of shareholders arise, the proxies will vote thereon according to their discretion.

By order of the Boards of Trustees,

Megan Kennedy, Secretary
Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund
Aberdeen Total Dynamic Fund
Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund

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EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29 at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time To Participate in the Virtual Meeting, enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card The Password for this meeting is ABD22021 Please detach at perforation before mailing. PROXY ABERDEEN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 29, 2021 THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The undersigned shareholder(s) of Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy and Heather Hasson, or any one of them true and lawful attorneys with power of substitution of each, to vote all shares of Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund which the undersigned is entitled to vote, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held virtually at the following Website: www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any adjournment thereof as indicated on the reverse side. To participate in the Virtual Meeting enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The Password for this meeting is ABD22021. Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of these matters, including instructions related to meeting attendance. In their discretion, the proxy holders named above are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement is hereby acknowledged. If this Proxy is executed but no instructions are given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast “FOR” the nominee for trustee. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: [phone] AGD_31996_033021 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code

 

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Aberdeen Global Dynamic Dividend Fund Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held virtually on April 29, 2021, at 12:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and Proxy card for this meeting are available at: http://www.aberdeenagd.com IF YOU VOTE ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE, YOU NEED NOT RETURN THIS PROXY CARD Please detach at perforation before mailing. In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated March 31, 2021 and upon all other such matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEE FOR TRUSTEE IN THE PROPOSAL. TO VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: A Proposal 1.To elect one Class I Trustee to the Board of Trustees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. FORWHITHOLD 01. John Sievwright B Authorized Signatures This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Please print date below Signature 1 Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 Please keep signature within the box xxxxxxxxxxxxxx AGD 31996 xxxxxxxx Scanner bar code // X

 

 

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29 at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time To Participate in the Virtual Meeting, enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card The Password for this meeting is ABD22021 Please detach at perforation before mailing. PROXY ABERDEEN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 29, 2021 THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The undersigned shareholder(s) of Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy and Heather Hasson, or any one of them true and lawful attorneys with power of substitution of each, to vote all shares of Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund which the undersigned is entitled to vote, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held virtually at the following Website: www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any adjournment thereof as indicated on the reverse side. To participate in the Virtual Meeting enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The Password for this meeting is ABD22021. Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of these matters, including instructions related to meeting attendance. In their discretion, the proxy holders named above are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement is hereby acknowledged. If this Proxy is executed but no instructions are given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast “FOR” the nominee for trustee. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: [phone] AOD_31996_033021 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code

 

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Aberdeen Total Dynamic Dividend Fund Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held virtually on April 29, 2021, at 12:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and Proxy card for this meeting are available at: http://www.aberdeenaod.com IF YOU VOTE ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE, YOU NEED NOT RETURN THIS PROXY CARD Please detach at perforation before mailing. In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated April 31, 2021 and upon all other such matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEE FOR TRUSTEE IN THE PROPOSAL. TO VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: A Proposal 1.To elect one Class I Trustee to the Board of Trustees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. FORWHITHOLD 01. John Sievwright B Authorized Signatures This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Please print date below Signature 1 Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 Please keep signature within the box xxxxxxxxxxxxxx AOD 31996 xxxxxxxx Scanner bar code // X

 

 

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT EASY VOTING OPTIONS: VOTE ON THE INTERNET Log on to: www.proxy-direct.com or scan the QR code Follow the on-screen instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY PHONE Call 1-800-337-3503 Follow the recorded instructions available 24 hours VOTE BY MAIL Vote, sign and date this Proxy Card and return in the postage-paid envelope VIRTUAL MEETING at the following Website www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29 at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time To Participate in the Virtual Meeting, enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card The Password for this meeting is ABD22021 Please detach at perforation before mailing. PROXY ABERDEEN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND ANNUAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON APRIL 29, 2021 THIS PROXY IS BEING SOLICITED BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES. The undersigned shareholder(s) of Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund, revoking previous proxies, hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy and Heather Hasson, or any one of them true and lawful attorneys with power of substitution of each, to vote all shares of Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund which the undersigned is entitled to vote, at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders to be held virtually at the following Website: www.meetingcenter.io/292039596 on April 29, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time, and at any adjournment thereof as indicated on the reverse side. To participate in the Virtual Meeting enter the 14-digit control number from the shaded box on this card. The Password for this meeting is ABD22021. Please refer to the Proxy Statement for a discussion of these matters, including instructions related to meeting attendance. In their discretion, the proxy holders named above are authorized to vote upon such other matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. Receipt of the Notice of the Annual Meeting and the accompanying Proxy Statement is hereby acknowledged. If this Proxy is executed but no instructions are given, the votes entitled to be cast by the undersigned will be cast “FOR” the nominee for trustee. VOTE VIA THE INTERNET: www.proxy-direct.com VOTE VIA THE TELEPHONE: [phone] AWP_31996_033021 PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN THE PROXY PROMPTLY USING THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE. xxxxxxxxxxxxxx code

 

EVERY SHAREHOLDER’S VOTE IS IMPORTANT Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Aberdeen Global Premier Properties Fund Annual Shareholders Meeting to be held virtually on April 29, 2021, at 1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time) The Notice of Annual Meeting, Proxy Statement and Proxy card for this meeting are available at: http://www.aberdeenawp.com IF YOU VOTE ON THE INTERNET OR BY TELEPHONE, YOU NEED NOT RETURN THIS PROXY CARD Please detach at perforation before mailing. In their discretion, the proxy holders are authorized to vote upon the matters set forth in the Notice of Annual Meeting and Proxy Statement dated March 31, 2021 and upon all other such matters as may properly come before the meeting or any adjournment thereof. THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS A VOTE “FOR” THE NOMINEE FOR TRUSTEE IN THE PROPOSAL. TO VOTE MARK BLOCKS BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS SHOWN IN THIS EXAMPLE: A Proposal 1.To elect one Class I Trustee to the Board of Trustees to serve until the 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders. FORWHITHOLD 01. John Sievwright B Authorized Signatures This section must be completed for your vote to be counted.Sign and Date Below Note: Please sign exactly as your name(s) appear(s) on this Proxy Card, and date it. When shares are held jointly, each holder should sign. When signing as attorney, executor, guardian, administrator, trustee, officer of corporation or other entity or in another representative capacity, please give the full title under the signature. Date (mm/dd/yyyy) Please print date below Signature 1 Please keep signature within the box Signature 2 Please keep signature within the box xxxxxxxxxxxxxx AWP 31996 xxxxxxxx Scanner bar code // X