NMPI Status

The company currently conducts its affairs so that securities issued by abrdn Asian Income Fund Limited can be recommended by IFAs to ordinary retail investors in accordance with the FCA’s rules in relation to non-mainstream pooled investment products (NMPIs) and intends to continue to do so for the foreseeable future.

The Company’s securities are excluded from the FCA’s restrictions which apply to non-mainstream investment products because the Company would qualify as an investment trust if it were based in the UK.

Pre-investment Disclosure Document (PIDD)

abrdn Asia Limited (a non-EU alternative investment fund manager), as manager of the Company (a non-EU AIF), is not generally subject to the EU Alternative Investment Fund Manager Directive (other than in circumstances where the Company is being marketed into the European Union.

abrdn Asia Limited is a company incorporated in Singapore with registered address at 7 Straits View #23-04, Marina One East Tower, Singapore 018936. abrdn Asia Limited is regulated by the Monetary Authority of Singapore as a Capital Markets Services Licensee under the Securities and Futures Act to conduct the regulated activities of (1) Dealing in Capital Markets Products and (2) Fund Management.

Read the PIDD for abrdn Asian Income Fund Limited.

Compliance with US Sanctions

In November 2020, President Trump issued Executive Order 13959 prohibiting US persons from purchasing certain Communist Chinese Military Companies. On June 3 2021, President Biden issued EO 14032 that rescinds and supercedes the Trump administration policy and restricts the purchase or sale by US Persons, of the publicly traded securities of certain Chinese Military Industrial Complex companies (CMICCs) that have been identified as a threat to U.S. national security interests and requires the divesting of any existing exposures by 3 June 2022. Although abrdn Asian Income Fund Limited is not subject to the Executive Order 14032, the Company was complying with the previous Executive Order and has taken the decision to continue to comply with the new US OFAC sanctions regime as at July 2021. The Board will continue to monitor the evolving international situation with regards to the sanctions against China more broadly and any further changes to the sanctions lists will be considered individually by the Board as appropriate.

abrdn Investments Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority in the United Kingdom. The information contained in this website does not constitute an offer of, or an invitation to apply for securities in any jurisdiction where such an offer or invitation is unlawful, or in which the person making such an offer is not qualified to do so. abrdn Investments Limited accepts no responsibility for the content of any external web sites.

abrdn Investments Limited: 1 George Street, Edinburgh, EH2 2LL Company No. SC108419

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