UNITED
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
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Washington, D.C. 20549
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SCHEDULE 14A
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Proxy
Statement Pursuant to Section 14(a) of
the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (Amendment No. )
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Preliminary Proxy Statement
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Definitive Proxy Statement
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Soliciting Material Pursuant to
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MORGAN
STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY CHINA A SHARE FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY EASTERN EUROPE FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC DEBT FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY FRONTIER EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY BOND FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
MORGAN
STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
THE
LATIN AMERICAN DISCOVERY FUND, INC.
THE
MALAYSIA FUND, INC.
THE
THAI FUND, INC.
THE
TURKISH INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
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(Name
of Registrant as Specified In Its Charter)
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of Person(s) Filing Proxy Statement, if other than the Registrant)
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MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY CHINA A SHARE FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY EASTERN EUROPE FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC DEBT FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY FRONTIER EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY BOND FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY HIGH YIELD FUND, INC.
MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
THE LATIN AMERICAN DISCOVERY FUND, INC.
THE MALAYSIA FUND, INC.
THE THAI FUND, INC.
THE TURKISH INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS
To Our Stockholders:
Notice is hereby given that the Annual Meeting of Stockholders (the "Meeting") of each of the funds listed above (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") will be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the offices of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., 522 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10036 at the following times:
Conference Room R
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Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. ("CAF")
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:30 a.m.
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The Thai Fund, Inc. ("TTF")
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:50 a.m.
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The Malaysia Fund, Inc. ("MAY")
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:50 a.m.
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The Latin American Discovery Fund, Inc. ("LDF")
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:10 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Frontier Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. ("FFD")
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:30 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Global Opportunity Bond Fund, Inc. ("MGB")
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:50 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. ("MSD")
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:50 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. ("EDD")
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9
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:50 a.m.
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Conference Room Q
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Morgan Stanley Asia-Pacific Fund, Inc. ("APF")
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8
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:30 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Fund, Inc. ("MSF")
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:30 a.m.
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The Turkish Investment Fund, Inc. ("TKF")
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:50 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley Eastern Europe Fund, Inc. ("RNE")
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:50 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. ("IIF")
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:10 a.m.
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Morgan Stanley High Yield Fund, Inc. ("MSY")
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:30 a.m.
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The Meetings are being held for the following purposes:
1. To elect Directors of the Funds.
2. To consider and act upon any other business as may properly come before the Meetings or any adjournment thereof.
Only stockholders of record of a particular Fund at the close of business on April 13, 2009, the record date for the Meetings, are entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meeting of that Fund or any adjournments thereof.
MARY E. MULLIN
Secretary
Dated: May 7, 2009
If you do not expect to attend the Meeting(s) for your Fund(s), please sign and promptly return the enclosed Proxy Card(s) in the enclosed self-addressed envelope or vote your shares over the Internet or by telephone as indicated in each Fund's Proxy Card. In order to avoid the additional expense to the Funds of further solicitation, we ask your cooperation in mailing in your Proxy Card(s) or voting your shares over the Internet or by telephone promptly.
IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THE AVAILABILITY OF PROXY MATERIALS FOR THE ANNUAL MEETINGS OF STOCKHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON JUNE 17, 2009:
The Joint Proxy Statement for the Annual Meetings of Stockholders is available on the Internet at the website address located on the enclosed Proxy Card(s).
MORGAN STANLEY ASIA-PACIFIC FUND, INC. ("APF")
MORGAN STANLEY CHINA A SHARE FUND, INC. ("CAF")
MORGAN STANLEY EASTERN EUROPE FUND, INC. ("RNE")
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DEBT FUND, INC. ("MSD")
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS DOMESTIC DEBT FUND, INC. ("EDD")
MORGAN STANLEY EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC. ("MSF")
MORGAN STANLEY FRONTIER EMERGING MARKETS FUND, INC. ("FFD")
MORGAN STANLEY GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY BOND FUND, INC. ("MGB")
MORGAN STANLEY HIGH YIELD FUND, INC. ("MSY")
MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC. ("IIF")
THE LATIN AMERICAN DISCOVERY FUND, INC. ("LDF")
THE MALAYSIA FUND, INC. ("MAY")
THE THAI FUND, INC. ("TTF")
THE TURKISH INVESTMENT FUND, INC. ("TKF")
c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
522 Fifth Avenue
New York, New York 10036
JOINT PROXY STATEMENT
This statement is furnished by the Board of Directors (each a "Board" and collectively, the "Boards") of each of the funds listed above (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") in connection with the solicitation of Proxies by the Board of Directors for use at the Annual Meeting of Stockholders of each Fund (each a "Meeting" and collectively, the "Meetings") to be held on Wednesday, June 17, 2009, at the principal executive office of the investment adviser for each Fund, Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (hereinafter, the "Adviser"), 522 Fifth Avenue, 3rd Floor, New York, New York 10036. It is expected that the Notice of Annual Meetings, Joint Proxy Statement and Proxy Card(s) will first be mailed to stockholders on or about May 7, 2009. The purpose of the Meetings, the matters to be acted upon and the commencement time of each Meeting are set forth in the accompanying Notice of Annual Meetings of Stockholders.
If the accompanying Proxy Card for a Fund is executed properly and returned, or is submitted by telephone or Internet, shares represented by it will be voted at the Meeting for that Fund in accordance with the instructions on the Proxy Card. A Proxy may be revoked at any time prior to the time it is voted (i) by written notice of revocation to the Secretary of the Fund or (ii) by attendance and voting at the Meeting of such Fund. Attendance at the Meetings will not in and of itself revoke a proxy. If no instructions are specified, shares will be voted FOR the election of the nominees for Directors of that Fund.
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The Board has fixed the close of business on April 13, 2009 as the record date for the determination of stockholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, the Meetings and at any adjournments thereof. On that date, the following number of shares of common stock of each Fund were outstanding and entitled to vote:
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APF
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32,849,643
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shares
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CAF
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13,456,167
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shares
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RNE
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4,116,255
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shares
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MSD
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20,943,315
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shares
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EDD
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72,431,536
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shares
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MSF
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17,224,812
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shares
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FFD
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7,054,636
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shares
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MGB
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4,085,596
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shares
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MSY
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11,657,223
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shares
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IIF
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19,656,682
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shares
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LDF
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8,080,547
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shares
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MAY
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9,612,249
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shares
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TTF
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15,890,623
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shares
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TKF
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7,492,118
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shares
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The cost of soliciting proxies for the Meeting, consisting principally of printing and mailing expenses, will be borne by each respective Fund. The solicitation of proxies will be by mail, which may be supplemented by solicitation by mail, telephone or otherwise through Directors and officers of the Funds or officers and regular employees of the Adviser, Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. ("Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors") and/or Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated ("Morgan Stanley & Co."), without special compensation therefor. In addition, each Fund may employ Computershare Fund Services, Inc. ("Computershare") to make telephone calls to stockholders to remind them to vote. Each Fund may also employ Computershare as proxy solicitor if it appears that the required number of votes to achieve a quorum will not be received. The transfer agent services for each Fund are currently provided by Computershare Trust Company N.A. (the "Transfer Agent").
Stockholders will be able to vote their shares on the Voting Information Card accompanying this Joint Proxy Statement, or over the Internet or by touchtone telephone by following the instructions on the Proxy Card. The Internet procedures are designed to authenticate a stockholder's identity to allow stockholders to vote their shares and confirm that their instructions have been properly recorded. To vote by touchtone telephone or by Internet, stockholders can call the toll-free number or access the website listed on the Proxy Card or noted in the enclosed voting instructions. To vote by touchtone telephone or by Internet, stockholders will need the control number that appears on the Proxy Card.
In certain instances, Computershare may call stockholders to ask if they would be willing to have their votes recorded by telephone. The telephone voting procedure is designed to authenticate stockholders' identities, to allow stockholders to authorize the voting of their shares in accordance with their instructions and to confirm that their instructions have been recorded properly. No recommendation will be made as to how a stockholder should vote on any proposal other than to refer to the recommendations of the Board. Each Fund has been advised by counsel that these procedures are consistent with the requirements of applicable law. Stockholders voting by telephone in this manner will be asked for identifying information and will be given an opportunity to authorize proxies to vote their shares in accordance with their instructions. To ensure that the stockholders' instructions have been recorded correctly, they will receive a confirmation of their instructions in the mail. A special toll-free number set forth in the confirmation will be available in case the information contained in the confirmation is incorrect. Although a stockholder's vote may be taken by telephone, each stockholder will receive a copy of this Joint Proxy Statement and may vote by mail using the enclosed Proxy Card or by Internet or touchtone telephone as set forth above. The last proxy vote received in time to be voted, whether by Internet, mailed Proxy Card or touchtone telephone, will be the vote that is counted and will revoke all previous votes
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by the stockholder. In the event that Computershare is retained as proxy solicitor, Computershare will be paid a project management fee as well as telephone solicitation expenses incurred for reminder calls, outbound telephone voting, confirmation of telephone votes, inbound telephone contact, obtaining stockholders' telephone numbers and providing additional materials upon stockholder request, at an estimated cost of $2,000 per Fund, which would be borne by each Fund.
Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for its fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 for EDD, FFD and TKF) to any stockholder of such Fund requesting such report. Requests for annual and/or semi-annual reports should be made in writing to the respective Fund, c/o JPMorgan Investor Services Co., P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208-2798, by calling 1-800-221-6726 or by visiting the Adviser's Internet website at www.morganstanley.com/im.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. serves as each Fund's administrator. JPMorgan Investor Services Co. also provides administrative services to the Funds. The business address of JPMorgan Investor Services Co. is 73 Tremont Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02108-2798.
This Joint Proxy Statement is being used in order to reduce the preparation, printing, handling and postage expenses that would result from the use of a separate proxy statement for each Fund. Shares of a Fund are entitled to one vote each at the respective Fund's Meeting and each fraction of a share will be entitled to the fraction of a vote equal to the proportion of a full share represented by the fractional share. To the extent information relating to common ownership is available to the Funds, a stockholder that owns record shares in two or more of the Funds will receive a package containing a Joint Proxy Statement and Proxy Cards for the Funds in which such stockholder is a record owner. If the information relating to common ownership is not available to the Funds, a stockholder that beneficially owns shares in two or more Funds may receive two or more packages each containing a Joint Proxy Statement and a Proxy Card for each Fund in which such stockholder is a beneficial owner. If the proposed election of Directors is approved by stockholders of one Fund and disapproved by stockholders of other Funds, the proposal will be implemented for the Fund that approved the proposal and will not be implemented for any Fund that did not approve the proposal. Thus, it is essential that stockholders complete, date, sign and return each enclosed Proxy Card or vote by telephone as indicated in each Fund's Proxy Card.
Only one Proxy Statement will be delivered to multiple stockholders sharing an address, unless a Fund has received contrary instructions. Each Fund will furnish, upon written or oral request, a separate copy of the Joint Proxy Statement to a stockholder at a shared address to which a single Joint Proxy Statement was delivered. Requests for a separate Joint Proxy Statement, and notifications to a Fund that a stockholder wishes to receive separate copies in the future, should be made in writing to the respective Fund, c/o JPMorgan Investor Services Co., P.O. Box 2798, Boston, Massachusetts 02208-2798, or by calling 1-800-221-6726. Multiple stockholders who are sharing an address and currently receiving multiple copies of periodic reports and proxy statements may request to receive only one copy of such reports and proxy statements by calling 1-800-221-6726.
The Board of Directors of each Fund unanimously recommends that you vote "FOR" the election of the nominees as Directors as set forth in Proposal No. 1 of the Notice of Annual Meetings. Your vote is important. Please return your Proxy Card promptly no matter how many shares you own.
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ELECTION OF DIRECTORS
(Proposal No. 1)
At the Meetings, stockholders will be asked to consider the election of Directors to hold office for a term stated below and until their successors are duly elected and qualified. It is the intention of the persons named in the accompanying Proxy Cards to vote, on behalf of the stockholders, for the election of:
(i) Michael Bozic, Michael F. Klein and W. Allen Reed as Class II Directors for a term expiring in 2012, for all Funds except IIF; and
(ii) Randy Takian as a Class I Director for a term expiring in 2010, Gaetan Bouic and Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing as Class II Directors for a term expiring in 2011 and Joseph J. Kearns and M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles as Class III Directors for a term expiring in 2012, for IIF.
Pursuant to each Fund's By-Laws, the terms of office of the Directors are staggered. The Board of Directors of each Fund is divided into three classes, designated Class I, Class II and Class III, with each class having a term of three years. Each year the term of one class expires. With respect to all Funds other than IIF, Class I currently consists of Kathleen A. Dennis, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael E. Nugent and Fergus Reid. Class II currently consists of Michael Bozic, Michael F. Klein and W. Allen Reed. Class III currently consists of Frank L. Bowman, James F. Higgins and Manuel H. Johnson. Only the Directors in Class II are being considered for election at this Meeting with respect to all Funds other than IIF. With respect to IIF, Class I currently consists of Fergus Reid and Randy Takian. Class II currently consists of Gaetan Bouic and Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing. Class III currently consists of Joseph J. Kearns and M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles. Directors currently in Class I, Class II and Class III are being considered for election at this Meeting with respect to IIF.
Pursuant to each Fund's By-Laws, each Director holds office until (i) the expiration of his or her term and until his or her successor has been elected and qualified, (ii) his or her death, (iii) his or her resignation or (iv) his or her removal as provided by statute or the Articles of Incorporation. Each officer of the Funds will hold such office until his or her death or resignation or a successor has been duly elected and qualified.
Board Meetings and Committees
The Board of Directors of each Fund has a separately-designated standing Audit Committee established in accordance with Section 3(a)(58)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the "Exchange Act"). Each Audit Committee is charged with recommending to the full Board the engagement or discharge of each Fund's independent registered public accounting firm; directing investigations into matters within the scope of the independent registered public accounting firm's duties, including the power to retain outside specialists; reviewing with the independent registered public accounting firm the audit plan and results of the auditing engagement; approving professional services provided by the independent registered public accounting firm and other accounting firms prior to the performance of the services; reviewing the independence of the independent registered public accounting firm; considering the range of audit and non-audit fees; reviewing the adequacy of each Fund's system of internal controls; reviewing the valuation process; and preparing and submitting committee meeting minutes to the full Board. Each Fund has adopted a formal, written Audit Committee Charter, which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
The members of the Audit Committee of each Fund other than IIF are currently Joseph J. Kearns, Michael E. Nugent and W. Allen Reed. The members of IIF's Audit Committee are currently Gaetan Bouic, Joseph J. Kearns, Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing, M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles and Fergus Reid. None of the members of the Funds' Audit Committees is an "interested person," as defined
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under the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act"), of any of the Funds (with such disinterested Directors being "Independent Directors" or individually, an "Independent Director"). Each Independent Director is also "independent" from each Fund as defined under the listing standards of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE"). The Chairperson of the Audit Committee of all of the Funds is Joseph J. Kearns.
The Board of Directors of each Fund also has a Governance Committee. The Governance Committee identifies individuals qualified to serve as Independent Directors on each Fund's Board and on committees of such Board and recommends such qualified individuals for nomination by the Fund's Independent Directors as candidates for election as Independent Directors, advises each Fund's Board with respect to Board composition, procedures and committees, develops and recommends to each Fund's Board a set of corporate governance principles applicable to the Funds, monitors and makes recommendations on corporate governance matters and policies and procedures of each Fund's Board of Directors and any Board committees and oversees periodic evaluations of each Fund's Board and its committees. Each Fund has adopted a formal, written Governance Committee Charter, which was attached to the proxy statement for the Funds distributed in 2008. A further description of, among other things, the goals and responsibilities of the Governance Committee with respect to Board candidates and nominees and Board composition, procedures and committees can be found in the Governance Committee Charter for each Fund. The members of the Governance Committee of each Fund other than IIF are Kathleen A. Dennis, Michael F. Klein and Fergus Reid, each of whom is an Independent Director. The members of IIF's Governance Committee are currently Gaetan Bouic, Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing, Joseph J. Kearns, M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles and Fergus Reid, each of whom is an Independent Director. The Chairperson of each Fund's Governance Committee is Fergus Reid.
None of the Funds has a separate nominating committee. While each Fund's Governance Committee recommends qualified candidates for nominations as Independent Directors, the Board of Directors of each Fund believes that the task of nominating prospective Independent Directors is important enough to require the participation of all current Independent Directors, rather than a separate committee consisting of only certain Independent Directors. Accordingly, each current Independent Director (Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Kathleen A. Dennis, Manuel H. Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael F. Klein, Michael E. Nugent, W. Allen Reed and Fergus Reid, for all Funds other than IIF, and Gaetan Bouic, Joseph J. Kearns, Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing, M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles and Fergus Reid for IIF) participates in the election and nomination of candidates for election as Independent Directors for the respective Funds for which the Independent Director serves. Persons recommended by each Fund's Governance Committee as candidates for nomination as Independent Directors shall possess such knowledge, experience, skills, expertise and diversity so as to enhance the Board's ability to manage and direct the affairs and business of the Fund, including, when applicable, to enhance the ability of committees of the Board to fulfill their duties and/or to satisfy any independence requirements imposed by law, regulation or any listing requirements of the NYSE. While the Independent Directors of each of the Funds expect to be able to continue to identify from their own resources an ample number of qualified candidates for each Fund's Board as they deem appropriate, they will consider nominations from stockholders to the Board. Nominations from stockholders should be in writing and sent to the Independent Directors as described below under "Stockholder Communications."
The Board of each Fund (other than IIF) formed a Compliance and Insurance Committee to address insurance coverage and oversee the compliance function for the Fund and the Board. The Compliance and Insurance Committee of each Fund currently consists of Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, James F. Higgins and Manuel H. Johnson. Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic and Manuel H. Johnson are
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Independent Directors. Michael Bozic is the Chairperson of the Compliance and Insurance Committee of each Fund. The Compliance and Insurance Committee has a Sub-Committee to review and monitor the insurance coverage maintained by the Funds. The Chairperson of the Insurance Sub-Committee is Frank L. Bowman.
Each Fund (other than IIF) has an Investment Committee that oversees the portfolio investment process for and reviews the performance of the Fund. The Investment Committee also recommends to the Board to approve or renew the Fund's Investment Advisory and Administration Agreements. The members of the Investment Committee are Frank L. Bowman, Michael Bozic, Kathleen A. Dennis, James F. Higgins, Manuel H. Johnson, Joseph J. Kearns, Michael F. Klein, Michael E. Nugent, W. Allen Reed and Fergus Reid. The Chairperson of the Investment Committee of each Fund is Manuel H. Johnson.
The Investment Committee of each Fund (other than IIF) has three Sub-Committees, each with its own Chairperson. Each Sub-Committee focuses on the Funds' primary areas of investment, namely equities, fixed income and alternatives. The Sub-Committees and their members are as follows:
(1) Equity W. Allen Reed (Chairperson), Frank L. Bowman and Michael E. Nugent.
(2) Fixed Income Michael F. Klein (Chairperson), Michael Bozic and Fergus Reid.
(3) Money Market and Alternatives Kathleen A. Dennis (Chairperson), James F. Higgins and Joseph J. Kearns.
During each Fund's fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 for EDD, FFD and TKF), the Board of Directors held the following meetings:
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IIF
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EDD
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FFD
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TKF
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Board of Directors
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9
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9
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9
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Committee/Sub-Committee:
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Audit Committee
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4
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3
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4
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4
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4
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Governance Committee
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4
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4
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4
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4
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4
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Compliance and Insurance Committee
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4
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N/A
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4
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4
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4
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Insurance Sub-Commitee
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2
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N/A
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2
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2
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2
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Investment Committee
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5
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N/A
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5
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5
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5
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Equity Sub-Committee
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6
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N/A
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6
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6
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6
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Fixed Income Sub-Committee
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
|
7
|
|
|
Money Market and Alternatives Sub-Committee
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
|
5
|
|
|
For the 2008 fiscal year, each current Director attended at least seventy-five percent of the aggregate number of meetings of the Board and of any committee on which he or she served, held during the time such Director was a member of the Board. For annual stockholder meetings, Directors may, but are not required to, attend the meetings; and for each Fund's last annual stockholder meeting, none of the Directors attended the meeting.
Stockholder Communications
Stockholders may send communications to each Fund's Board of Directors. Stockholders should send communications intended for each Fund's Board by addressing the communication directly to that Board (or individual Board members) and/or otherwise clearly indicating in the salutation that the
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communication is for the Board (or individual Board members) and by sending the communication to either the Fund's office or directly to such Board member(s) at the address specified for each Director below. Other stockholder communications received by the Funds not directly addressed and sent to the Boards will be reviewed and generally responded to by management, and will be forwarded to the Boards only at management's discretion based on the matters contained therein.
Each of the nominees for Director has consented to be named in this Joint Proxy Statement and to serve as a Director of the Funds if elected. The Board of Directors of each Fund has no reason to believe that any of the nominees named above will become unavailable for election as a Director, but if that should occur before the Meeting for that Fund, the persons named as proxies on the Proxy Cards will vote for such persons as the Board of Directors of the Fund may recommend.
Information Regarding Directors and Nominee Directors
Certain information regarding the Directors of the Funds and nominees for election as Directors is set forth below:
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position Held
with Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Frank L. Bowman (64)
c/o Kramer Levin
Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Directors
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class III Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since August 2006
|
|
President, Strategic Decisions, LLC (consulting) (since February 2009); Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); Chairperson of the Insurance Sub-Committee of the Compliance and Insurance Committee (since February 2007); served as President and Chief Executive Officer of the Nuclear Energy Institute (policy organization) through November 2008; retired as Admiral, U.S. Navy in January 2005 after serving over 8 years as Director of the Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and Deputy Administrator Naval Reactors in the National Nuclear Security Administration at the U.S. Department of Energy (1996-2004), Knighted as Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire; Awarded the Officer de l'Orde National du Mérite by the French Government.
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
Director of the Armed Services YMCA of the USA; member, BP America External Advisory Council (energy); member, National Academy of Engineers.
|
|
|
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
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Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position Held
with Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gaetan Bouic (74)
Coast Road,
Poste Lafayette
Poste de Flacq,
Mauritius
|
|
Class II Director of IIF only and Chairman of the Board of IIF
|
|
Since June 2001
|
|
Business Consultant.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Director of Swiss Technology Venture Capital Fund (Private) Ltd.; CDC Financial Services (Mauritius) Ltd.; Cim Foreign Equity Fund Ltd. (commercial property fund); Aureos Capital Ltd. (private equity fund); CDC-PTL Holdings Ltd (investment firm).
|
|
|
Michael Bozic (68)
c/o Kramer Levin
Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Directors
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class II Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since April 1994
|
|
Private investor; Chairperson of the Compliance and Insurance Committee (since October 2006); Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since April 1994) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); formerly, Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (July 2006-September 2006); Vice Chairman of Kmart Corporation (December 1998-October 2000), Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Levitz Furniture Corporation (November 1995-November 1998) and President and Chief Executive Officer of Hills Department Stores (May 1991-July 1995); variously Chairman, Chief Executive Officer, President and Chief Operating Officer (1987-1991) of the Sears Merchandise Group of Sears, Roebuck & Co.
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
Director of various business organizations.
|
|
|
Nominee for election as a Director of one or more Funds at the Meetings.
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
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Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position Held
with Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Kathleen A. Dennis (55)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Directors
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class I Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since August 2006
|
|
President, Cedarwood Associates (mutual fund and investment management consulting) (since July 2006); Chairperson of the Money Market and Alternatives Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, Senior Managing Director of Victory Capital Management (1993-2006).
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
Director of various non-profit organizations.
|
|
|
M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles (60)
Coast Rd,
Pointe-aux-Canonniers, Mauritius
|
|
Class III Director of IIF only
|
|
Since April 2006
|
|
Business Consultant since 2006, Managing Director of ExxonMobil affiliate in Mauritius until end of 2005.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
Independent director on a number of companies in Mauritius, including publicly quoted Roger & Co. Ltd.
|
|
|
Dr. Manuel H. Johnson (60)
c/o Johnson Smick Group, Inc.
888 16
th Street, N.W.
Suite 740
Washington, D.C. 20006
|
|
Class III Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since July 1991
|
|
Senior Partner, Johnson Smick International, Inc. (consulting firm); Chairperson of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Co- Chairman and a founder of the Group of Seven Council (G7C) (international economic commission); formerly, Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 1991-September 2006), Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Treasury.
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
Director of NVR, Inc. (home construction); Director of Evergreen Energy.
|
|
|
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
11
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position Held
with Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Joseph J. Kearns (66)
c/o Kearns & Associates LLC
PMB754
23852 Pacific Coast Highway
Malibu, CA 90265
|
|
Class I Director of each of the Funds (except IIF); Class III Director of IIF
|
|
Since August 1994
|
|
President, Kearns & Associates LLC (investment consulting); Chairperson of the Audit Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since August 1994); formerly, Deputy Chairperson of the Audit Committee (July 2003-September 2006) and Chairperson of the Audit Committee of the Institutional Funds (October 2001-July 2003); formerly CFO of the J. Paul Getty Trust.
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
Director of Electro Rent Corporation (equipment leasing), and The Ford Family Foundation.
|
|
|
Michael F. Klein (50)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Directors
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class II Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since August 2006
|
|
Managing Director, Aetos Capital, LLC (since March 2000) and Co-President, Aetos Alternatives Management, LLC (since January 2004); Chairperson of the Fixed Income Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, Managing Director, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management, President, Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds (June 1998-March 2000) and Principal, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management (August 1997-December 1999).
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
Director of certain investment funds managed or sponsored by Aetos Capital, LLC, Director of Sanitized AG and Sanitized Marketing AG (specialty chemicals).
|
|
|
Nominee for election as a Director of one or more Funds at the Meetings.
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
12
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position Held
with Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing (59)
Morcellement
St Andrews
Rose Hill
Mauritius
|
|
Class II Director of IIF only
|
|
Since July 2003
|
|
Self-employed Management Consultant.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
None.
|
|
|
Michael E. Nugent (72)
c/o Triumph Capital, L.P.
445
Park Avenue
New York, NY 10022
|
|
Class I Director of each of the Funds (except IIF) and Chairperson of the Boards of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Chairperson of the Boards since July 2006 and Director since July 1991
|
|
General Partner, Triumph Capital, L.P. (private investment partnership); Chairperson of the Boards of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since July 2006); Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 1991) and Institutional Funds (since July 2001); formerly, Chairperson of the Insurance Committee (until July 2006).
|
|
|
170
|
|
|
None.
|
|
|
W. Allen Reed (62)
c/o Kramer Levin Naftalis & Frankel LLP
Counsel to the Independent Directors
1177 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class II Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since August 2006
|
|
Chairperson of the Equity Sub-Committee of the Investment Committee (since October 2006) and Director or Trustee of various Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since August 2006); formerly, President and CEO of General Motors Asset Management; Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the GM Trust Bank and Corporate Vice President of General Motors Corporation (August 1994-December 2005).
|
|
|
168
|
|
|
Director of Temple-Inland Industries (packaging and forest products); Director of Legg Mason, Inc. and Director of the Auburn University Foundation.
|
|
|
Fergus Reid (76)
c/o Lumelite Plastics Corporation
85 Charles Colman Boulevard
Pawling, NY 12564
|
|
Class I Director of each of the Funds
|
|
Since June 1992
|
|
Chairman, Lumelite Plastics Corporation; Chairperson of the Governance Committee and Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since June 1992).
|
|
|
171
|
|
|
Trustee and Director of certain investment companies in the JPMorgan Funds complex managed by JP Morgan Investment Management Inc..
|
|
|
Nominee for election as a Director of one or more Funds at the Meetings.
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
13
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position(s)
Held with
Funds
|
|
Term of
Office and
Length of
Time
Served**
|
|
Principal Occupation(s)
During Past Five Years
|
|
Number of
Portfolios
in Fund
Complex
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Other
Directorships
Held by
Director or
Nominee for
Director
|
|
Interested Director
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Randy Takian* (34)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Class I Director of IIF only
|
|
Since September 2008
|
|
President and Principal Executive Officer (since September 2008) of funds in the Fund Complex; President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (since September 2008). President of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (since July 2008). Head of the Retail and Intermediary business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since July 2008). Head of Liquidity and Bank Trust business (since July 2008) and the Latin American franchise (since July 2008) at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Managing Director, Director and/or Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and various entities affiliated with Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. Formerly Head of Strategy and Product Development for the Alternatives Group and Senior Loan Investment Management. Formerly with Bank of America (July 1996-March 2006), most recently as Head of the Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions team for Global Wealth and Investment Management.
|
|
|
1
|
|
|
None.
|
|
|
James F. Higgins* (61)
c/o Morgan Stanley Trust
Harborside Financial Center
Plaza Two
Jersey City, NJ 07311
|
|
Class III Director of each of the Funds (except IIF)
|
|
Since June 2000
|
|
Director or Trustee of the Retail Funds (since June 2000) and Institutional Funds (since July 2003); Senior Advisor of Morgan Stanley (since August 2000).
|
|
|
169
|
|
|
Director of AXA Financial, Inc. and The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States (financial services).
|
|
|
Nominee for election as a Director of one or more Funds at the Meetings.
* "Interested person" of the Fund within the meaning of the 1940 Act. Mr. Higgins is Senior Advisor to Morgan Stanley, of which the Adviser is a subsidiary.
** This is the earliest date the Director began serving the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds. Each class of Directors has a term of office of three years.
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No director or nominee for election as Director who is not an interested person of the Fund, or any immediate family member of such person, owns securities in the Adviser, or a person directly or indirectly controlling, controlled by, or under common control with the Adviser.
Certain information regarding the officers of the Funds is set forth below:
Name, Address and Age
|
|
Position(s) Held with
the Funds and
Length of Time Served
|
|
Principal Occupation(s) During Past 5 Years
|
|
Randy Takian (34)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
President and Principal Executive Officer since September 2008
|
|
President and Principal Executive Officer (since September 2008) of funds in the Fund Complex; President and Chief Executive Officer of Morgan Stanley Services Company Inc. (since September 2008). President of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (since July 2008). Head of the Retail and Intermediary business within Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since July 2008). Head of Liquidity and Bank Trust business (since July 2008) and the Latin American franchise (since July 2008) at Morgan Stanley Investment Management. Managing Director, Director and/or Officer of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and various entities affiliated with Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. Formerly Head of Strategy and Product Development for the Alternatives Group and Senior Loan Investment Management. Formerly with Bank of America (July 1996-March 2006), most recently as Head of the Strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions team for Global Wealth and Investment Management.
|
|
|
Kevin Klingert (46)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Vice President since June 2008
|
|
Global Head, Chief Operating Officer and acting Chief Investment Officer of the Global Fixed Income Group of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. (since April 2008). Head of Global Liquidity Portfolio Management and co-Head of Liquidity Credit Research of Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since December 2007). Managing Director of Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc. (since December 2007). Previously, Managing Director on the Management Committee and head of Municipal Portfolio Management and Liquidity at BlackRock (October 1991 to January 2007).
|
|
|
Carsten Otto (45)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Chief Compliance Officer since October 2004
|
|
Managing Director and Global Head of Compliance for Morgan Stanley Investment Management (since April 2007) and Chief Compliance Officer of the Retail Funds and Institutional Funds (since October 2004). Formerly, U.S. Director of Compliance (October 2004-April 2007) and Assistant Secretary and Assistant General Counsel of the Retail Funds.
|
|
|
Stefanie V. Chang Yu (42)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Vice President since December 1997
|
|
Managing Director of the Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Adviser; Vice President of the Retail Funds (since July 2002) and Institutional Funds (since December 1997); Secretary of various entities affiliated with the Adviser.
|
|
|
Mary E. Mullin (42)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Secretary since June 1999
|
|
Executive Director of the Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Adviser; Secretary of the Retail Funds (since July 2003) and Institutional Funds (since June 1999).
|
|
|
James E. Garrett (40)
522
Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10036
|
|
Treasurer since February 2002 and Chief Financial Officer since July 2003
|
|
Head of Global Fund Administration; Managing Director of the Adviser and various entities affiliated with the Adviser; Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer of the Institutional Funds.
|
|
|
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The table set forth below includes information regarding the dollar ranges of beneficial ownership of shares in each Fund and in certain registered investment companies, including the Funds, managed by the Adviser or an affiliate and held out to investors as related companies for purposes of investment and investor services (the "Family of Investment Companies") owned by the Directors of the Funds and each nominee for election as a Director, as of December 31, 2008. This information has been furnished by each Director and nominee. The dollar values in the following table are based upon the market price of the applicable Fund's shares as of December 31, 2008.
Dollar Range of Equity Securities in the Funds
Name of
Directors
|
|
APF
|
|
CAF
|
|
RNE
|
|
MSD
|
|
EDD
|
|
MSF
|
|
FFD
|
|
MGB
|
|
MSY
|
|
IIF
|
|
LDF
|
|
MAY
|
|
TTF
|
|
TKF
|
|
Aggregate
Dollar
Range
of Equity
Securities
in All Funds
Overseen
or to be
Overseen by
Director or
Nominee in
Family of
Investment
Companies
|
|
Interested Director
|
|
Higgins
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Takian
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Independent Director
|
|
Bouic
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
Bowman
(1)
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Bozic
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Dennis
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Descroizilles
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
Hazareesing
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
Johnson
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Kearns
(1)
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Klein
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Nugent
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Reed
(1)
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
$1-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
$10,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
Reid
(1)
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
$10,001-
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
None
|
|
over
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$50,000
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$100,000
|
|
(1)
Includes the total amount of compensation deferred by the Director at his election pursuant to a deferred compensation plan. Such deferred compensation is placed in a deferral account and deemed to be invested in one or more of the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds (or portfolio thereof) that are offered as investment options under the plan.
16
Compensation of Directors and Officers
For each Fund (other than IIF), each Director (except for the Chairperson of the Boards) receives an annual retainer fee of $200,000 for serving the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds. The Chairperson of the Audit Committee receives an additional annual retainer fee of $75,000 and the Investment Committee Chairperson receives an additional annual retainer fee of $60,000. Other Committee Chairpersons receive an additional annual retainer fee of $30,000 and the Sub-Committee Chairpersons receive an additional annual retainer fee of $15,000. The aggregate compensation paid to each Director is paid by the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds, and is allocated on a pro rata basis among each of the operational funds/portfolios of the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds based on the relative net assets of each of the funds/portfolios. Michael E. Nugent receives a total annual retainer fee of $400,000 for his services as Chairperson of the Boards of the Retail Funds and the Institutional Funds and for administrative services provided to each Board.
Prior to April 1, 2008, IIF paid each of its Mauritian Independent Directors an annual fee of $10,000 and all other Independent Directors an annual fee of $7,500. Additionally, each Mauritian Independent Director was paid a fee of $750 for each Board Meeting attended. Effective April 1, 2008, the Independent Directors of IIF receive an annual fee of $15,000.
Each Fund also reimburses Directors for travel and other out-of-pocket expenses incurred by them in connection with attending meetings of the Board. Directors of each Fund who are employed by the Adviser receive no compensation or expense reimbursement from the Funds for their services as Director.
Effective April 1, 2004, the Funds began a Deferred Compensation Plan (the "DC Plan"), which allows each Director to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she receives for serving on the Board of Directors throughout the year. Each eligible Director generally may elect to have the deferred amounts credited with a return equal to the total return on one or more of the Retail Funds or Institutional Funds (or portfolios thereof) that are offered as investment options under the DC Plan. At the Director's election, distributions are either in one lump sum payment, or in the form of equal annual installments over a period of five years. The rights of an eligible Director and the beneficiaries to the amounts held under the DC Plan are unsecured and such amounts are subject to the claims of the creditors of each Fund.
Prior to April 1, 2004, the Institutional Funds maintained a similar Deferred Compensation Plan (the "Prior DC Plan"), which also allowed each Independent Director to defer payment of all, or a portion, of the fees he or she received for serving on the Board of Directors throughout the year. Generally, the DC Plan amends and supersedes the Prior DC Plan and all amounts payable under the Prior DC Plan are now subject to the terms of the DC Plan (except for amounts paid during the calendar year 2004, which remain subject to the terms of the Prior DC Plan).
Set forth below is a table showing the aggregate compensation paid by each Fund to each of its Directors, as well as the total compensation paid to each Director by all of the funds and by other U.S. registered investment companies advised by the Adviser or any investment companies that have an investment adviser that is an affiliated person of the Adviser (collectively, the "Fund Complex") for their services as Directors of such investment companies. In all cases, there were no pension or retirement benefits accrued as part of any fund's expenses. The amounts reflected in the following table include amounts paid by the Fund Complex for services rendered during the calendar year ended December 31,
17
2008 for each fund within the Fund Complex, regardless of whether such amounts were actually received by the Directors during such fiscal year.
|
|
APF
(2)
|
|
CAF
(2)
|
|
RNE
(2)
|
|
MSD
(2)
|
|
EDD
(2)
|
|
MSF
(2)
|
|
FFD
(2)
|
|
MGB
(2)
|
|
MSY
(2)
|
|
IIF
(2)
|
|
LDF
(2)
|
|
MAY
(2)
|
|
TTF
(2)
|
|
TKF
(2)
|
|
Total
Compensation
from Funds
and Fund
Complex
Paid to
Directors
(3)
|
|
Interested Director
|
|
Higgins
|
|
$
|
903
|
|
|
$
|
863
|
|
|
$
|
176
|
|
|
$
|
281
|
|
|
$
|
1,158
|
|
|
$
|
554
|
|
|
$
|
38
|
|
|
$
|
38
|
|
|
$
|
86
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
297
|
|
|
$
|
123
|
|
|
$
|
237
|
|
|
$
|
151
|
|
|
$
|
200,000
|
|
|
Takian
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
0
|
|
|
Independent Director
(1)
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Bouic
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
Bowman
(2)
|
|
$
|
983
|
|
|
$
|
939
|
|
|
$
|
191
|
|
|
$
|
306
|
|
|
$
|
1,726
|
|
|
$
|
603
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
324
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
258
|
|
|
$
|
164
|
|
|
$
|
215,000
|
|
|
Bozic
|
|
$
|
1,039
|
|
|
$
|
992
|
|
|
$
|
202
|
|
|
$
|
323
|
|
|
$
|
1,822
|
|
|
$
|
637
|
|
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
141
|
|
|
$
|
273
|
|
|
$
|
174
|
|
|
$
|
230,000
|
|
|
Descroizilles
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
Dennis
|
|
$
|
984
|
|
|
$
|
939
|
|
|
$
|
191
|
|
|
$
|
306
|
|
|
$
|
1,726
|
|
|
$
|
603
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
324
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
258
|
|
|
$
|
164
|
|
|
$
|
215,000
|
|
|
Hazareesing
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
13,250
|
|
|
Johnson
|
|
$
|
1,174
|
|
|
$
|
1,122
|
|
|
$
|
228
|
|
|
$
|
365
|
|
|
$
|
2,026
|
|
|
$
|
720
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
49
|
|
|
$
|
111
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
387
|
|
|
$
|
159
|
|
|
$
|
308
|
|
|
$
|
196
|
|
|
$
|
260,000
|
|
|
Kearns
(2)
|
|
$
|
1,241
|
|
|
$
|
1,186
|
|
|
$
|
241
|
|
|
$
|
386
|
|
|
$
|
2,178
|
|
|
$
|
762
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
52
|
|
|
$
|
118
|
|
|
$
|
11,250
|
|
|
$
|
409
|
|
|
$
|
169
|
|
|
$
|
326
|
|
|
$
|
208
|
|
|
$
|
286,250
|
|
|
Klein
|
|
$
|
984
|
|
|
$
|
939
|
|
|
$
|
191
|
|
|
$
|
306
|
|
|
$
|
1,726
|
|
|
$
|
603
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
324
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
258
|
|
|
$
|
164
|
|
|
$
|
215,000
|
|
|
Nugent
|
|
$
|
1,806
|
|
|
$
|
1,725
|
|
|
$
|
351
|
|
|
$
|
561
|
|
|
$
|
3,169
|
|
|
$
|
1,108
|
|
|
$
|
75
|
|
|
$
|
76
|
|
|
$
|
171
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
595
|
|
|
$
|
245
|
|
|
$
|
474
|
|
|
$
|
302
|
|
|
$
|
400,000
|
|
|
Reed
(2)
|
|
$
|
983
|
|
|
$
|
939
|
|
|
$
|
191
|
|
|
$
|
306
|
|
|
$
|
1,726
|
|
|
$
|
603
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
41
|
|
|
$
|
93
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
$
|
324
|
|
|
$
|
134
|
|
|
$
|
258
|
|
|
$
|
164
|
|
|
$
|
215,000
|
|
|
Reid
|
|
$
|
1,039
|
|
|
$
|
992
|
|
|
$
|
202
|
|
|
$
|
323
|
|
|
$
|
1,822
|
|
|
$
|
637
|
|
|
$
|
43
|
|
|
$
|
44
|
|
|
$
|
98
|
|
|
$
|
11,250
|
|
|
$
|
342
|
|
|
$
|
141
|
|
|
$
|
273
|
|
|
$
|
174
|
|
|
$
|
241,250
|
|
|
(1)
Includes all amounts paid for serving as director of the funds as well as serving as Chairperson of the Boards or a Chairperson of a Committee or Sub-Committee.
(2)
The amounts shown in this column represent the aggregate compensation before deferral with respect to the Funds' fiscal years, respectively. The following Directors deferred compensation from APF, RNE, MSD, MSF, MGB, MSY, LDF, MAY, TTF and TKF during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 with regard to EDD, FDD and TKF): Mr. Bowman, $5,803; Mr. Kearns, $3,658; Mr. Reed, $5,803.
(3)
The amounts shown in this column represent the aggregate compensation paid by all of the funds in the Fund Complex as of December 31, 2008 before deferral by the Directors under the DC Plan. As of December 31, 2008, the value (including interest) of the deferral accounts across the Fund Complex for Messrs. Bowman, Kearns, Reed and Reid pursuant to the deferred compensation plan was $397,110, $761,543, $332,876 and $474,242, respectively. Because the funds in the Fund Complex have different fiscal year ends, the amounts shown in this column are presented on a calendar year basis.
The election of the nominees for election as Directors of each Fund requires the affirmative vote of a majority of the votes cast at a meeting at which a quorum is present. Under each Fund's By-Laws, except for TTF, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast a majority of the votes entitled to be cast thereat shall constitute a quorum. Under the By-Laws of TTF, the presence in person or by proxy of stockholders entitled to cast one-third of the votes entitled to be cast thereat shall constitute a quorum. For this purpose, abstentions will be counted in determining whether a quorum is present at the Meeting, but will not be counted as votes cast at the Meeting.
The Board of Directors of each Fund recommends that you vote "FOR" the election of the nominees as Directors for that Fund set forth above.
18
SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS
As of April 13, 2009, the aggregate number of shares of each Fund owned by the Funds' officers and Directors as a group was less than one percent of each Fund's outstanding shares. To the knowledge of the management of each Fund, the following persons owned beneficially more than 5% of the noted Fund's outstanding shares at April 13, 2009. This information is based on publicly available Schedule 13D and 13G disclosures filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
Fund
|
|
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Amount and Nature
of Beneficial Ownership
|
|
Percent of Class
|
|
APF
|
|
1607 Capital Partners, LLC
4991 Lake Brook Dr., Suite 125
Glen Allen, Virginia 23060
|
|
4,386,837 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(1)
|
|
|
13.17
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
100
Amica Way
Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865
|
|
2,855,847 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(2)
|
|
|
8.58
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Wachovia Corporation
One Wachovia Center
Charlotte, North Carolina 28288-0137
|
|
2,282,678 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(3)
|
|
|
6.53
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Yale University
Investments Office
230
Prospect Street
New Haven, Connecticut 06511-2107
|
|
3,006,755 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(4)
|
|
|
8.30
|
%
|
|
|
CAF
|
|
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
|
|
1,864,914 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(5)
|
|
|
14.23
|
%
|
|
|
RNE
|
|
City of London Investment Group PLC and City of London Investment Management Company Limited
77 Gracechurch Street, London
England EC3V 0AS
|
|
633,658 shares with shared voting power and shared dispositive power
(6)
|
|
|
15.39
|
%
|
|
|
MSD
|
|
First Trust Portfolios L.P.
First Trust Advisors L.P.
The Charger Corporation
120 East Liberty Drive, Suite 400
Wheaton, Illinois 60187
|
|
1,544,370 shares with shared voting power and shared dispositive power
(7)
|
|
|
7.0
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163
|
|
1,412,227 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power, 1,746 shares with shared voting power and 4,121 shares with shared dispositive power
(8)
|
|
|
6.6
|
%
|
|
|
MSF
|
|
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
|
|
2,405,501 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(9)
|
|
|
13.86
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
City of London Investment Group PLC and City of London Investment Management Company Limited
77 Gracechurch Street, London
England EC3V 0AS
|
|
1,500,152 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(10)
|
|
|
8.67
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Amica Mutual Insurance Company
100
Amica Way
Lincoln, Rhode Island 02865
|
|
1,001,497 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(11)
|
|
|
5.79
|
%
|
|
|
19
Fund
|
|
Name and Address
of Beneficial Owner
|
|
Amount and Nature
of Beneficial Ownership
|
|
Percent of Class
|
|
MSY
|
|
Bulldog Investors General Partnership
60
Heritage Drive
Pleasantville, New York 10570
|
|
1,711,826 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(12)
|
|
|
14.64
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Bulldog Investors, Phillip Goldstein and Andrew Dakos
Park 80 West, Plaza Two
Saddlebrook, New Jersey 07663
|
|
750,348 shares with sole voting power and 899,473 shares with sole dispositive power
(13)
|
|
|
7.69
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Wells Fargo & Company
420 Montgomery Street
San Francisco, California 94163
|
|
626,232 shares with sole voting power and 626,217 shares with sole dispositive power
(14)
|
|
|
5.37
|
%
|
|
|
LDF
|
|
City of London Investment Group PLC and City of London Investment Management Company Limited
77 Gracechurch Street, London
England EC3V 0AS
|
|
900,210 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(15)
|
|
|
11.13
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
|
|
555,920 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(16)
|
|
|
6.88
|
%
|
|
|
MAY
|
|
City of London Investment Group PLC and City of London Investment Management Company Limited
77 Gracechurch Street, London
England EC3V 0AS
|
|
2,377,938 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(17)
|
|
|
24.64
|
%
|
|
|
|
|
Lazard Asset Management LLC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, New York 10112
|
|
784,260 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(18)
|
|
|
8.13
|
%
|
|
|
TTF
|
|
City of London Investment Group PLC and City of London Investment Management Company Limited
77 Gracechurch Street, London
England EC3V 0AS
|
|
3,749,207 shares with sole voting power and sole dispositive power
(19)
|
|
|
23.59
|
%
|
|
|
TKF
|
|
The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund
United Nations, New York 10017
|
|
650,000 shares with shared voting power and shared dispositive power
(20)
|
|
|
9.23
|
%
|
|
|
(1)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 17, 2009.
(2)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 11, 2009.
(3)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on April 10, 2008.
(4)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on January 24, 2003.
(5)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on February 10, 2009.
(6)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on April 9, 2009.
(7)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on January 23, 2009.
(8)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on January 27, 2009.
(9)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on February 10, 2009.
(10)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on January 30, 2009.
(11)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 11, 2009.
(12)
Based on a Schedule 13D filed with the Commission on July 15, 2008.
(13)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on January 28, 2008.
(14)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on January 29, 2009.
(15)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on January 9, 2009
(16)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on February 10, 2009.
(17)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on January 30, 2009.
(18)
Based on a Schedule 13G filed with the Commission on February 10, 2009.
(19)
Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on February 9, 2009.
(20)
Fiduciary Trust Company International shares voting and dispositive power with respect to 650,000 shares with its client, The United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund. Based on a Schedule 13G/A filed with the Commission on February 3, 1997.
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SECTION 16(A) BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP REPORTING COMPLIANCE
Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act requires that each Fund's executive officers and Directors, and beneficial owners of more than 10% of its shares, make certain filings on a timely basis under Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act. Based solely on a review of copies of such reports of ownership furnished to the Funds, the Funds believe that during the past fiscal year all of its officers, directors and greater than 10% beneficial holders complied with all applicable filing requirements.
AUDIT COMMITTEE REPORTS AND AUDITOR FEES
Report of the Audit Committee (all Funds except IIF)
At a meeting held on February 24-25, 2009, the Board of Directors of each Fund, including a majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons," as defined under the 1940 Act, of the Fund acting on the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Fund, selected Ernst & Young LLP to act as independent accountants for each Fund for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009 (October 31, 2009 for EDD, FFD and TKF). Each Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from Ernst & Young LLP required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's Ethics and Independence Rule 3526 and has discussed with Ernst & Young LLP its independence with respect to each Fund. Each Fund knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of Ernst & Young LLP in the Fund.
Each Fund's financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 for EDD, FFD and TKF) were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The Audit Committee of each Fund has reviewed and discussed the audited financial statements of the Fund with management of the Fund. The Audit Committee of each Fund has further discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, AU Section 380). Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee of each Fund recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 for EDD, FFD and TKF) be included in the Fund's most recent annual report to stockholders and the Fund's annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
|
|
Joseph J. Kearns, Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Michael E. Nugent, Member of the Audit Committee
W. Allen Reed, Member of the Audit Committee
|
|
|
Report of the Audit Committee of IIF only
At a meeting held on February 25, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Fund, including a majority of the Directors who are not "interested persons," as defined under the 1940 Act, of the Fund acting on the recommendation of the Audit Committee of the Fund, selected Ernst & Young LLP to act as independent accountants for the Fund for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2009. The Audit Committee has received the written disclosures and the letter from Ernst & Young LLP required by Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's Ethics and Independence Rule 3526 and has discussed with Ernst & Young LLP its independence with respect to the Fund. The Fund knows of no direct financial or material indirect financial interest of Ernst & Young LLP in the Fund.
The Fund's financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 were audited by Ernst & Young LLP. The Audit Committee of the Fund has reviewed and discussed the audited financial
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statements of the Fund with management of the Fund. The Audit Committee of the Fund has further discussed with Ernst & Young LLP the matters required to be discussed by Statement on Auditing Standards No. 61 (Codification of Statements on Auditing Standards, AU Section 380). Based on the foregoing review and discussions, the Audit Committee of the Fund recommended to the Board of Directors that the audited financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 be included in the Fund's most recent annual report to stockholders and the Fund's annual report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
|
|
Joseph J. Kearns, Chairperson of the Audit Committee
Gaetan Bouic, Member of the Audit Committee
Ravindranath Santosh Kumar Hazareesing, Member of the
Audit Committee
Fergus Reid, Member of the Audit Committee
M.J. Marcel Vivian Descroizilles, Member of the Audit Committee
|
|
|
Audit Fees
The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP in connection with the annual audit of each Fund's financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 (October 31, 2008 and 2007 for EDD, FFD and TKF) are set forth below:
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
APF
|
|
$
|
70,200
|
|
|
$
|
64,400
|
|
|
CAF
|
|
$
|
66,600
|
|
|
$
|
42,750
|
|
|
RNE
|
|
$
|
82,000
|
|
|
$
|
75,200
|
|
|
MSD
|
|
$
|
88,700
|
|
|
$
|
81,400
|
|
|
EDD*
|
|
$
|
86,800
|
|
|
$
|
75,000
|
|
|
MSF
|
|
$
|
93,900
|
|
|
$
|
104,500
|
|
|
FFD**
|
|
$
|
80,000
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
MGB
|
|
$
|
57,800
|
|
|
$
|
53,000
|
|
|
MSY
|
|
$
|
57,200
|
|
|
$
|
52,500
|
|
|
IIF
|
|
$
|
106,900
|
|
|
$
|
116,400
|
|
|
LDF
|
|
$
|
82,000
|
|
|
$
|
75,200
|
|
|
MAY
|
|
$
|
53,800
|
|
|
$
|
40,200
|
|
|
TTF
|
|
$
|
53,800
|
|
|
$
|
40,200
|
|
|
TKF
|
|
$
|
50,700
|
|
|
$
|
46,500
|
|
|
* EDD began operations on April 24, 2007.
** FFD began operations on August 23, 2008.
Audit-Related Fees
There were no fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP related to the annual audit of a Fund's financial statements for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008and 2007 (October 31, 2008 and 2007 for EDD, FFD and TKF), except for APF which paid audit-related fees in the amount of $8,000 and $7,926, respectively, for the translation of financial statements for certain foreign regulatory filing requirements.
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Tax Fees
The aggregate fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP in connection with tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning for each Fund for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 (October 31, 2008 and 2007 for EDD, FFD and TKF) are set forth below, which represent fees paid for the review of the Federal, state and local tax returns for each Fund.
|
|
2008
|
|
2007
|
|
APF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
CAF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
RNE
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
MSD
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
EDD*
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
FFD**
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
|
N/A
|
|
|
MSF
|
|
$
|
3,920
|
|
|
$
|
3,600
|
|
|
MGB
|
|
$
|
3,920
|
|
|
$
|
3,600
|
|
|
MSY
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
IIF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
LDF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
MAY
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
TTF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
TKF
|
|
$
|
3,380
|
|
|
$
|
3,100
|
|
|
* EDD began operations on April 24, 2007.
** FFD began operations on August 23, 2008.
All Other Fees
Other than fees of $25,500 billed to FFD in connection with its organizational meeting and the fees listed above, there were no fees billed by Ernst & Young LLP for any other products and services not set forth above for each Fund for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 (October 31, 2008 and 2007 for EDD, FFD and TKF).
Audit Committee Pre-approval
Each Fund's Audit Committee's policy is to review and pre-approve all auditing and non-auditing services to be provided to the Fund by the Fund's independent auditors. The Audit Committee Audit and Non-Audit Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures requires each Fund's Audit Committee to either generally pre-approve certain services without consideration of specific case-by-case services, or requires the specific pre-approval of services by the Audit Committee or its delegate. Under the Policy, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee if it is to be provided by the independent auditors. Any services that are generally pre-approved may require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee if the services exceed pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts. All of the audit, audit-related and the tax services described above for which Ernst & Young LLP billed each of the Funds fees for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008 (October 31, 2008 for EDD, FFD and TKF) were pre-approved by the Audit Committee.
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Aggregate Non-Audit Fees paid by the Adviser and Affiliated Entities
The aggregate fees billed for professional services rendered by Ernst & Young LLP for all other services provided to the Adviser and to any entities controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Adviser for the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008, and 2007 (October 31, 2008 and 2007 for EDD, FFD and TKF) amounted to $1,088,685 and $1,002,090, respectively. Such services for the 2008 and 2007 fiscal years included: (i) audit-related fees of $742,276 and $731,800, respectively, for the issuance of a report under Statement on Accounting Standards No. 70 titled "Reports on the Processing of Transactions by Service Organizations" and (ii) all other fees of $346,409 and $270,290, respectively, related to services such as performance attestation.
The Audit Committee of each Fund has considered whether the provision of non-audit services and the provision of services to affiliates of the Adviser is compatible with maintaining the independence of Ernst & Young LLP.
Representatives from Ernst & Young LLP are not expected to be present at the Meeting. Ernst & Young LLP will have the opportunity to make a statement if they desire to do so and representatives from Ernst & Young LLP are expected to be available by telephone to respond to appropriate questions.
OTHER MATTERS
No business other than as set forth herein is expected to come before any Meeting, but should any other matter requiring a vote of stockholders arise, including any question as to an adjournment of the Meeting, the persons named in the enclosed Proxy Card(s) will vote thereon according to their best judgment in the interests of the Fund.
STOCKHOLDER PROPOSALS FOR 2010 ANNUAL MEETING
A stockholder's proposal intended to be presented at a Fund's Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2010 must be received by such Fund on or before January 6, 2010 in order to be included in the Fund's proxy statement and Proxy Card relating to that meeting. Any stockholder who desires to bring a proposal at a Fund's Annual Meeting of Stockholders in 2010, without including such proposal in the Fund's proxy statement, must deliver written notice thereof to the Secretary of such Fund not before March 18, 2010 and not later than April 17, 2010, in the manner and form required by that Fund's By-Laws. Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its By-Laws to any stockholder of such Fund requesting such By-Laws. Requests for a Fund's By-Laws should be made in writing to the respective Fund, c/o Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc., 522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036.
MARY E. MULLIN
Secretary
Dated: May 7, 2009
Stockholders of a Fund who do not expect to be present at the Meeting for that Fund and who wish to have their shares voted are requested to vote their shares over the Internet, by telephone or by dating and signing the enclosed Proxy Card for the Fund and returning it in the enclosed envelope. No postage is required if mailed in the United States.
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EXHIBIT A
CHARTER
OF THE
AUDIT COMMITTEE
OF THE
MORGAN STANLEY RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
ADOPTED ON JULY 31, 2003
AND
AS AMENDED AND RESTATED ON FEBRUARY 20, 2007
AND
AS FURTHER AMENDED ON FEBRUARY 24, 2009
The Boards of Directors/Trustees (collectively, the "Board") of the investment companies (each a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds") advised or managed by Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc., Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc. and Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP (collectively the "Adviser") listed on the attached Exhibit A has adopted and approved this charter for the audit committee of the Board (the "Audit Committee").
(1)
1.
Structure And Membership of the Audit Committee
1.01.
Independent Directors and Trustees
Each member of the Audit Committee shall be an independent director or trustee. A person shall be considered to be independent if he or she: (a) is independent as defined in New York Stock Exchange Listed Company Standard 303.01 (2) and (3); (b) is not an "interested person" as defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the Investment Company Act of 1940; and (c) does not accept, directly or indirectly, any consulting, advisory or other compensatory fee from any of the Funds or their investment advisor or any affiliated person of the advisor, other than fees from the Funds for serving as a member of the Board or Committees of the Board.
The Audit Committee shall consist of not less than two members of the Board.
The Audit Committee shall have a Chairperson. The Chairperson or his/her designee shall set the agenda for, and preside at, each meeting of the Audit Committee and shall engage in such other activities on behalf of the Audit Committee as shall be determined from time to time by the Audit Committee.
The Chairperson and members of the Audit Committee shall be appointed by the Governance Committee of the Funds in consultation with the Board.
1.02.
Financially Literate
Each member of the Audit Committee shall be "financially literate," as such term is interpreted by the Board in its business judgment.
(1)
Solely for the sake of clarity and simplicity, this Charter has been drafted as if there is a single Committee and a single Board. The terms "Committee," "Directors/Trustees" and "Board" mean the Committee, Directors/Trustees and the Board of each Fund, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. The Committee, Directors/Trustees and the Board of each Fund, however, shall act separately and in the best interests of its respective Fund.
Exhibit A-1
1.03.
Audit Committee Financial Expert
The Audit Committee shall determine whether at least one member of the Audit Committee is an "audit committee financial expert," as that term is defined in the General Instructions of Form N-SAR, sub-item 102P3(b)(6).
2.
Auditor Independence
An independent public accounting firm may serve as a Fund's auditor (the "Auditor") only if it complies with all of the independence requirements set forth in Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board's ("PCAOB") Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, subject to such exceptions, not prohibited by law, as the Audit Committee may allow. The Auditor shall: (i) at least annually, submit to the Audit Committee a certification of its independence, delineating all relationships between the Auditor and the Fund, consistent with Rule 2-01 of Regulation S-X under the Securities Act of 1933 and the PCAOB's Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, and (ii) actively engage in a dialogue with the Audit Committee with respect to any disclosed relationships or services that may affect the objectivity and independence of such independent accountants, including relationships with or services provided to the Fund's other service providers.
3.
Registration with PCAOB
The Auditor must be registered with the PCAOB.
4.
Regulatory Action
Promptly upon initiation against it of any inquiry or investigation by a governmental authority the Auditor shall provide information to the Audit Committee regarding any material issues raised in such inquiry or investigation and any steps taken to deal with them.
5.
Duties and Powers of Audit Committee
5.01.
The Audit Committee shall have the duty and power to:
make recommendations to the Board regarding selection of the Auditor;
oversee and evaluate the work of the Auditor;
require the Auditor to report directly to the Audit Committee;
determine the compensation of the Auditor for audit and non-audit services provided to the Funds and decide whether to continue to retain the services of the Auditor or to terminate them;
pre-approve all audit, non-audit and attest services provided to the Funds and any non-audit services provided to the investment adviser of the Funds or to any other entity in the Fund Complex as required by the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (the "SOX Act") and rules promulgated by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") under the SOX Act, or establish policies and procedures pursuant to which any of such services is pre-approved (which are attached hereto as Appendix B); provided that such policies and procedures are detailed as to the particular service and do not delegate any of the Audit Committee's responsibilities to management but may delegate pre-approval authority to one or more of its members (except with respect to the annual audit of each Fund required by the Securities Exchange Act of 1934); and provided further, that pre-approval of services may be waived pursuant to a de minimis exception allowed by SEC rules, as construed by the Board's independent counsel;
Exhibit A-2
consider whether any services rendered by the Auditor to the investment adviser and other entities in the Fund Complex, which were not pre-approved, are compatible with maintaining the Auditor's independence;
review the written certification regarding the independence requirements applicable to the Auditor as set forth in section 2 above to satisfy itself that the Auditor is independent under the standards set forth therein;
require the Auditor to report quarterly to the Audit Committee: (a) all critical accounting policies and practices; (b) any changes in accounting or auditing procedures, principles, practices, standards or financial reporting; (c) any alternative treatments of financial information within generally accepted accounting principles that the Auditor has discussed with management, the ramifications of the use of any such alternative treatment or disclosure, and the treatment preferred by the Auditor; (d) any material issues raised by the most recent internal quality-control review, PCAOB or peer review, of the Auditor, or by inquiry or investigation by governmental or professional authorities, within the preceding five years, respecting one or more independent audits carried out by the Auditor, and any steps taken to deal with any such issue; (e) any other written communications between the Auditor and management, including any management letter or schedule of unadjusted differences; and (f) all non-audit services provided to a non-Fund entity in the Fund Complex which were not pre-approved and associated fees; provided that, if the report is not made within 90 days of the filing of a Fund's financial statements with the SEC, the Auditor shall provide an update of any changes;
review and discuss with the Auditor: (a) matters required to be communicated by the Auditor to the Audit Committee pursuant to the Statement of Auditing Standards Nos. 61 and 90 and any other standards established by the PCAOB; including, without limitation, any adjustment to a Fund's financial statements recommended by the Auditor, or any other results of any audit; (b) any problems or difficulties encountered in the course of the audit; and (c) any areas of substantial risk in accurate reporting of financial results and operations of the Funds;
review arrangements for annual and special audits and the scope of such audits with the Fund's independent accountants;
review and discuss the Fund's audited financial statements with Fund management;
review final drafts of closed-end Fund annual financial statements, discuss with management and the Auditor and decide whether to recommend that the statements, with or without any revisions, be included in the Fund's annual report;
to cause to be prepared and to review and submit any report, including any recommendation of the Audit Committee, required by SEC rules to be included in the Fund's proxy statement;
review legal and regulatory matters presented by counsel and the Fund's Auditor that may have a material impact on the Fund's financial statements;
consider with the Auditor their comments with respect to the quality and adequacy of the Fund's accounting and financial reporting policies, practices and internal controls and management's responses thereto, including, without limitation, the effect on the Fund of any recommendation of changes in accounting principles or practices by management or the Auditor;
receive reports from the principal executive officer and the principal financial officer, or persons performing similar functions, regarding: (i) all significant deficiencies in the design or operation of
Exhibit A-3
a Fund's internal controls that could adversely affect the Fund's ability to record, process, summarize, and report financial data and have identified for the Auditor any material weaknesses in internal controls; (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, that involves Fund management or other employees who have a significant role in the Fund's internal controls; and (iii) whether or not there were significant changes in the Fund's internal controls or in other factors that could significantly affect the Fund's internal controls subsequent to the date of their evaluation, including any corrective actions with regard to significant deficiencies and material weaknesses;
establish procedures for the confidential, anonymous submission by employees and officers of the Funds or their affiliates of concerns or complaints regarding any accounting, internal audit controls or audit matter and the retention of records related to the retention and treatment of such concerns in accordance with the requirements of the SOX Act;
be informed of any (a) disagreements and (b) resolutions to such disagreements between management of a Fund and the Fund's Auditor regarding financial reporting;
require inside and outside counsel to report to the Audit Committee evidence of any material violation of securities law or breach of fiduciary duty or similar violation by a Fund or any agent of a Fund; and
perform such other functions consistent with this Audit Committee Charter, the Fund's Articles of Incorporation, the Fund's Declaration of Trust, the Fund's By-laws, or the Fund's partnership agreement, as applicable, and applicable law, as the Audit Committee or the Board deems necessary or appropriate.
5.02.
Valuation
develop a sufficient knowledge of the valuation process and of the Adviser's Valuation and Liquidity Procedures (the "Pricing Procedures") in order to carry out its responsibilities;
review information provided by the Adviser or other advisers regarding industry developments in connection with valuation and pricing. The Committee may make recommendations to the Board of the Funds with respect to the Pricing Procedures based upon such review;
review minutes of all monthly Adviser Valuation Committee and all Adviser Ad Hoc Valuation Committee meetings;
review the reports described in the Pricing Procedures and other information from the Adviser Valuation Committee and Adviser Ad Hoc Valuation Committee regarding fair value determinations made pursuant to the Pricing Procedures. The Committee shall report to and make recommendations to the Board of the Funds in connection with such reports;
review and recommend to the Board any proposed amendments to the Pricing Procedures;
meet at least annually to review the pricing procedures and methodologies utilized in the valuation of portfolio securities of the Funds; and
review, as the Committee is informed by the Adviser, (a) any material changes in the pricing services and/or methodology utilized by a pricing service retained by the Funds and/or (b) any issue or significant problems that may have arisen.
Exhibit A-4
5.03.
Authority to Engage Independent Counsel and Advisers
The Audit Committee is authorized to: (a) engage independent counsel, which may also be counsel to the Funds' independent Directors/Trustees, and other advisers, as it determines to be necessary to carry out its duties; and (b) require the Funds to provide appropriate funding, as determined by the Audit Committee, for payment of compensation to the Auditor, the independent counsel and other advisers.
5.04.
Scope of Audit Committee Responsibility
In fulfilling their responsibilities under this Audit Committee Charter, it is recognized that members of the Audit Committee are not full-time employees of the Fund. As such, it is not the duty or responsibility of the Audit Committee or its members to conduct "field work" or other types of auditing or accounting reviews or procedures. Each member of the Audit Committee shall be entitled to rely on (i) the integrity of those persons and organizations inside and outside the Fund from which the Audit Committee receives information and (ii) the accuracy of the financial, valuation and other information provided to the Audit Committee by such persons or organizations, absent actual knowledge to the contrary (which actual knowledge shall be promptly reported to the Board).
Fund management is responsible for maintaining appropriate systems for accounting. The Auditor is responsible for conducting a proper audit of each Fund's financial statements and is ultimately accountable to the Audit Committee.
6.
Meetings of the Audit Committee
The Audit Committee shall meet independently at each regularly scheduled Board meeting and at such other times as deemed appropriate by the Audit Committee but no less frequently than quarterly, including to approve the scope of the proposed audit of a Fund's financial statements by the Auditors and to review the report of the Auditors following such audit. Members of the Audit Committee may participate in a meeting of the Audit Committee by means of conference call or similar communications equipment by means of which all persons participating in such meeting can hear each other.
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Interim Actions by the Audit Committee
From time to time, the Audit Committee may delegate to the Chairperson or other designated Audit Committee member the responsibility to act, on an interim basis between meetings of the Audit Committee or Board, on audit and valuation related matters, including specifically, approval of annual financial statements, provided that the Audit Committee or Board is not required by this Charter or law to take such actions or is not prevented by this Charter or law from delegating such actions. Interim actions may be taken by written consent of the Audit Committee. All other interim actions by the Chairperson or his/her designee will be submitted for ratification at the next meeting of the Audit Committee.
8.
Minutes of Meetings; Reporting the Board
The Audit Committee shall cause to be made and kept minutes of its meetings. The Audit Committee shall report to the Board its activities, findings and recommendations.
9.
Review of Charter
The Audit Committee shall review this Audit Committee Charter at least annually, and shall recommend any changes to the Board. This Audit Committee Charter may be amended only by the Board, with the approval of a majority of the independent Directors/Trustees.
Exhibit A-5
APPENDIX A
AUDIT COMMITTEE
AUDIT AND NON-AUDIT SERVICES
PRE-APPROVAL POLICY AND PROCEDURES
OF THE
MORGAN STANLEY RETAIL AND INSTITUTIONAL FUNDS
AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED JULY 23, 2004,
(2)
(5)
Statement of Principles
The Audit Committee of the Board is required to review and, in its sole discretion, pre-approve all Covered Services to be provided by the Independent Auditors to the Fund and Covered Entities in order to assure that services performed by the Independent Auditors do not impair the auditor's independence from the Fund.
The SEC has issued rules specifying the types of services that an independent auditor may not provide to its audit client, as well as the audit committee's administration of the engagement of the independent auditor. The SEC's rules establish two different approaches to pre-approving services, which the SEC considers to be equally valid. Proposed services either: may be pre-approved without consideration of specific case-by-case services by the Audit Committee ("
general pre-approval
"); or require the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee or its delegate ("
specific pre-approval
"). The Audit Committee believes that the combination of these two approaches in this Policy will result in an effective and efficient procedure to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors. As set forth in this Policy, unless a type of service has received general pre-approval, it will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval authority has been delegated) if it is to be provided by the Independent Auditors. Any proposed services exceeding pre-approved cost levels or budgeted amounts will also require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee.
The appendices to this Policy describe the Audit, Audit-related, Tax and All Other services that have the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The term of any general pre-approval is 12 months from the date of pre-approval, unless the Audit Committee considers and provides a different period and states otherwise. The Audit Committee will annually review and pre-approve the services that may be provided by the Independent Auditors without obtaining specific pre-approval from the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will add to or subtract from the list of general pre-approved services from time to time, based on subsequent determinations.
The purpose of this Policy is to set forth the policy and procedures by which the Audit Committee intends to fulfill its responsibilities. It does not delegate the Audit Committee's responsibilities to pre-approve services performed by the Independent Auditors to management.
The Fund's Independent Auditors have reviewed this Policy and believes that implementation of the Policy will not adversely affect the Independent Auditors' independence.
(2)
This Audit Committee Audit and Non-Audit Services Pre-Approval Policy and Procedures (the "
Policy
"), adopted as of the date above, supersedes and replaces all prior versions that may have been adopted from time to time.
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(6)
Delegation
As provided in the Act and the SEC's rules, the Audit Committee may delegate either type of pre-approval authority to one or more of its members. The member to whom such authority is delegated must report, for informational purposes only, any pre-approval decisions to the Audit Committee at its next scheduled meeting.
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Audit Services
The annual Audit services engagement terms and fees are subject to the specific pre-approval of the Audit Committee. Audit services include the annual financial statement audit and other procedures required to be performed by the Independent Auditors to be able to form an opinion on the Fund's financial statements. These other procedures include information systems and procedural reviews and testing performed in order to understand and place reliance on the systems of internal control, and consultations relating to the audit. The Audit Committee will approve, if necessary, any changes in terms, conditions and fees resulting from changes in audit scope, Fund structure or other items.
In addition to the annual Audit services engagement approved by the Audit Committee, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to other Audit services, which are those services that only the Independent Auditors reasonably can provide. Other Audit services may include statutory audits and services associated with SEC registration statements (on Forms N-1A, N-2, N-3, N-4, etc.), periodic reports and other documents filed with the SEC or other documents issued in connection with securities offerings.
The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit services in Appendix B.1. All other Audit services not listed in Appendix B.1 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
(8)
Audit-related Services
Audit-related services are assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Fund's financial statements and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities or that are traditionally performed by the Independent Auditors. Because the Audit Committee believes that the provision of Audit-related services does not impair the independence of the auditor and is consistent with the SEC's rules on auditor independence, the Audit Committee may grant general pre-approval to Audit-related services. Audit-related services include, among others, accounting consultations related to accounting, financial reporting or disclosure matters not classified as "Audit services"; assistance with understanding and implementing new accounting and financial reporting guidance from rulemaking authorities; agreed-upon or expanded audit procedures related to accounting and/or billing records required to respond to or comply with financial, accounting or regulatory reporting matters; and assistance with internal control reporting requirements under Forms N-SAR and/or N-CSR.
The Audit Committee has pre-approved the Audit-related services in Appendix B.2. All other Audit-related services not listed in Appendix B.2 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
(9)
Tax Services
The Audit Committee believes that the Independent Auditors can provide Tax services to the Fund and, to the extent they are Covered Services, the Covered Entities, such as tax compliance, tax planning and tax advice without impairing the auditor's independence, and the SEC has stated that the Independent Auditors may provide such services.
A-2
Pursuant to the preceding paragraph, the Audit Committee has pre-approved the Tax Services in Appendix B.3. All Tax services in Appendix B.3 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
(10)
All Other Services
The Audit Committee believes, based on the SEC's rules prohibiting the Independent Auditors from providing specific non-audit services, that other types of non-audit services are permitted. Accordingly, the Audit Committee believes it may grant general pre-approval to those permissible non-audit services classified as All Other services that it believes are routine and recurring services, would not impair the independence of the auditor and are consistent with the SEC's rules on auditor independence.
The Audit Committee has pre-approved the All Other services in Appendix B.4. Permissible All Other services not listed in Appendix B.4 must be specifically pre-approved by the Audit Committee (or by any member of the Audit Committee to which pre-approval has been delegated).
(11)
Pre-Approval Fee Levels or Budgeted Amounts
Pre-approval fee levels or budgeted amounts for all services to be provided by the Independent Auditors will be established annually by the Audit Committee. Any proposed services exceeding these levels or amounts will require specific pre-approval by the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee is mindful of the overall relationship of fees for audit and non-audit services in determining whether to pre-approve any such services.
(12)
Procedures
All requests or applications for services to be provided by the Independent Auditors that do not require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Fund's Chief Financial Officer and must include a detailed description of the services to be rendered. The Fund's Chief Financial Officer will determine whether such services are included within the list of services that have received the general pre-approval of the Audit Committee. The Audit Committee will be informed on a timely basis of any such services rendered by the Independent Auditors. Requests or applications to provide services that require specific approval by the Audit Committee will be submitted to the Audit Committee by both the Independent Auditors and the Fund's Chief Financial Officer, and must include a joint statement as to whether, in their view, the request or application is consistent with the SEC's rules on auditor independence.
The Audit Committee has designated the Fund's Chief Financial Officer to monitor the performance of all services provided by the Independent Auditors and to determine whether such services are in compliance with this Policy. The Fund's Chief Financial Officer will report to the Audit Committee on a periodic basis on the results of its monitoring. Both the Fund's Chief Financial Officer and management will immediately report to the chairman of the Audit Committee any breach of this Policy that comes to the attention of the Fund's Chief Financial Officer or any member of management.
(13)
Additional Requirements
The Audit Committee has determined to take additional measures on an annual basis to meet its responsibility to oversee the work of the Independent Auditors and to assure the auditor's independence from the Fund, such as reviewing a formal written statement from the Independent Auditors delineating all relationships between the Independent Auditors and the Fund, consistent with the PCAOB's Ethics and Independence Rule 3526, and discussing with the Independent Auditors its methods and procedures for ensuring independence.
A-3
(14)
Covered Entities
Covered Entities include the Fund's investment adviser(s) and any entity controlling, controlled by or under common control with the Fund's investment adviser(s) that provides ongoing services to the Fund(s). Beginning with non-audit service contracts entered into on or after May 6, 2003, the Fund's audit committee must pre-approve non-audit services provided not only to the Fund but also to the Covered Entities if the engagements relate directly to the operations and financial reporting of the Fund. This list of Covered Entities would include:
Morgan Stanley Retail Funds
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Morgan Stanley DW Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited
Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company
Morgan Stanley Services Company, Inc.
Morgan Stanley Distributors Inc.
Morgan Stanley Trust FSB
Morgan Stanley Institutional Funds
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Advisors Inc.
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Limited
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Private Limited
Morgan Stanley Asset & Investment Trust Management Co., Limited
Morgan Stanley Investment Management Company
Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated
Morgan Stanley Distribution, Inc.
Morgan Stanley AIP GP LP
Morgan Stanley Alternative Investment Partners LP
Morgan Stanley Services Co.
A-4
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STANLEY INDIA
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Proxy
MORGAN STANLEY INDIA INVESTMENT FUND, INC.
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The
undersigned hereby appoints Stefanie V. Chang Yu and Mary E. Mullin and each of
them or their respective designees, with full power of substitution and
revocation, as proxies to represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held at the offices of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.,
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036 on June 17, 2009 at 9:10 a.m.
New York City time, and at any and all adjournments thereof (the Meeting), to
vote all stock of Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. (the Fund)
which the undersigned would be entitled to vote, with all powers the
undersigned would possess if personally present, in accordance with the
instructions indicated herein.
This proxy is
solicited on behalf of the Board of Directors of the Fund.
This
proxy, when properly executed, will be voted in accordance with the
instructions marked by the undersigned on the reverse side.
If no specification is made, this proxy will be voted
FOR all of the nominees listed herein and in the discretion of the proxies
upon such other business as may properly come before the Meeting.
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vote, date and sign on the reverse side and return promptly in the enclosed
envelope. Your signature and return of this proxy card acknowledges receipt of
the accompanying Notice of Meeting and Proxy Statement for the Meeting to be
held on June 17, 2009.
MORGAN
STANLEY
[ ]
FUND, INC.
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MORGAN STANLEY [ ]
FUND, INC.
NOTICE
OF ANNUAL MEETING OF STOCKHOLDERS
The
undersigned hereby appoints Stefanie V. Chang Yu and Mary E. Mullin and each of
them or their respective designees, with full power of substitution and
revocation, as proxies to represent the undersigned at the Annual Meeting of
Stockholders to be held at the offices of Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc.,
522 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York 10036 on June 17, 2009 at [ ]
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Meeting), to vote all stock of Morgan Stanley [ ]
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