Form 4 - Statement of changes in beneficial ownership of securities

SEC Form 4 
   

FORM 4		UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Washington, D.C. 20549 STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 or Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940	OMB APPROVAL OMB Number: 3235-0287 Estimated average burden hours per response: 0.5
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person* RUBIO LUIS F (Last) (First) (Middle) C/O ABRDN 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200 (Street) PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 (City) (State) (Zip)	2. Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol INDIA FUND, INC. [ IFN ]	5. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer (Check all applicable) X Director 10% Owner Officer (give title below) Other (specify below)
	3. Date of Earliest Transaction (Month/Day/Year) 05/14/2024
	4. If Amendment, Date of Original Filed (Month/Day/Year)	6. Individual or Joint/Group Filing (Check Applicable Line) X Form filed by One Reporting Person Form filed by More than One Reporting Person

Table I - Non-Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
1. Title of Security (Instr. 3)	2. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	2A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	3. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		4. Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed Of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)			5. Amount of Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 3 and 4)	6. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	7. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
			Code	V	Amount	(A) or (D)	Price
Common Stock	05/14/2024		X		333	A	(1)(2)	1,333	D

Table II - Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)
1. Title of Derivative Security (Instr. 3)	2. Conversion or Exercise Price of Derivative Security	3. Transaction Date (Month/Day/Year)	3A. Deemed Execution Date, if any (Month/Day/Year)	4. Transaction Code (Instr. 8)		5. Number of Derivative Securities Acquired (A) or Disposed of (D) (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)		6. Date Exercisable and Expiration Date (Month/Day/Year)		7. Title and Amount of Securities Underlying Derivative Security (Instr. 3 and 4)		8. Price of Derivative Security (Instr. 5)	9. Number of derivative Securities Beneficially Owned Following Reported Transaction(s) (Instr. 4)	10. Ownership Form: Direct (D) or Indirect (I) (Instr. 4)	11. Nature of Indirect Beneficial Ownership (Instr. 4)
				Code	V	(A)	(D)	Date Exercisable	Expiration Date	Title	Amount or Number of Shares
Transferable Subscription Right (right to buy)(1)(2)	(1)(2)	05/14/2024		X			1,000	04/18/2024	05/14/2024	Common Stock	333	(1)(2)	0	D

Explanation of Responses:

1. On April 18, 2024, The India Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") announced the commencement of a pro rata offering (the "Rights Offering") of transferable rights (the "Rights") to holders of the Fund's common shares, as of the record date of April 18, 2024 ("Record Date Shareholder"), entitling the holders of such rights to subscribe for up to an aggregate of 10,352,100 of the Fund's common shares. Record Date Shareholders received one Right for each outstanding whole common share held on the record date. The Rights entitled their holders to purchase one new common share for every three Rights held. The subscription price per common share was $17.75 and was fixed as of the close of the subscription period on May 14, 2024 (the "basic subscription privilege"). The Rights Offering also includes an oversubscription privilege, (continued in footnote 2)

2. which entitled holders who fully exercised their basic subscription privilege the right to purchase, at a price of $17.75 per common share, additional common shares of the Fund, subject to availability and pro rata allocation of shares among Record Date Shareholders exercising such oversubscription privilege. The reporting person exercised his basic subscription right in full, but did not exercise the oversubscription privilege. The subscription rights expired on May 14, 2024 at 5:00 p.m. Eastern time.

Remarks:

Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney

	/s/ Katherine A. Corey, by POA from Reporting Person	05/16/2024
	** Signature of Reporting Person	Date
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Exhibit 24 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jennifer Nichols, Lucia Sitar, Megan Kennedy, Alan Goodson, Jennifer Rogers, Joseph Andolina, Lisa Kupper, Katherine Corey, Robert Hepp and Jeffrey Cotton as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

 

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder of ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC., ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC., ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS SMALLER COMPANY OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC., ABERDEEN CHILE FUND, INC., ABERDEEN ISRAEL FUND, INC., ABERDEEN INDONESIA FUND, INC., ABERDEEN LATIN AMERICA EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN SINGAPORE FUND, INC., THE INDIA FUND, INC., THE ASIA TIGERS FUND, INC., ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN GREATER CHINA FUND, INC., FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND, and/or FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND (together, the "Funds"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;

 

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, including without limitation, completing and filing an application for EDGAR codes (i.e., CIK and CCC codes); and

 

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor are the Funds assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney is automatically revoked with respect to any above-named attorney-in-fact in the event of such attorney-in-fact's resignation or cessation of employment with Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by each of the Funds, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of August 2017.

 

Signature:	/s/ Luis Rubio
Name:	Luis Rubio

 

 

 

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Exhibit 24 

 

POWER OF ATTORNEY

 

Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes and appoints each of Jennifer Nichols, Lucia Sitar, Megan Kennedy, Alan Goodson, Jennifer Rogers, Joseph Andolina, Lisa Kupper, Katherine Corey, Robert Hepp and Jeffrey Cotton as the undersigned's true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:

 

1. execute for and on behalf of the undersigned, in the undersigned's capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"), and the rules thereunder of ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC., ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC., ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS SMALLER COMPANY OPPORTUNITIES FUND, INC., ABERDEEN CHILE FUND, INC., ABERDEEN ISRAEL FUND, INC., ABERDEEN INDONESIA FUND, INC., ABERDEEN LATIN AMERICA EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN SINGAPORE FUND, INC., THE INDIA FUND, INC., THE ASIA TIGERS FUND, INC., ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC., ABERDEEN GREATER CHINA FUND, INC., FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND, and/or FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND (together, the "Funds"), Forms 3, 4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;

 

2. do and perform any and all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely file such form with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission and any stock exchange or similar authority, including without limitation, completing and filing an application for EDGAR codes (i.e., CIK and CCC codes); and

 

3. take any other action of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to, in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.

 

The undersigned hereby grants to each such attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to be done in the exercise of any rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact, or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor are the Funds assuming, any of the undersigned's responsibilities to comply with Section 16 of the Exchange Act. This Power of Attorney is automatically revoked with respect to any above-named attorney-in-fact in the event of such attorney-in-fact's resignation or cessation of employment with Aberdeen Asset Management Inc.

 

This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned's holdings of and transactions in securities issued by each of the Funds, unless earlier revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney to be executed as of this 8th day of August 2017.

 

Signature:	/s/ Luis Rubio
Name:	Luis Rubio

 

 

 

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