Form 3 - Initial statement of beneficial ownership of securities
December 22 2023 - 2:13PM
Edgar (US Regulatory)
Exhibit 24
POWER OF ATTORNEY
Know all by these presents, that the undersigned hereby constitutes
and appoints the individuals named on Schedule A attached hereto and as may be amended from time to time, or any of them signing singly,
with full power of substitution and resubstitution, as the undersigned’s true and lawful attorneys-in-fact to:
1. as may be required, prepare,
execute in the undersigned’s name and on the undersigned’s behalf, and submit to the United States Securities and Exchange Commission
(the “SEC”) a Form ID, including amendments thereto, and any other documents necessary or appropriate to obtain codes and passwords
enabling the undersigned to make electronic filings with the SEC of reports required by Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of
1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or any rule or regulation of the SEC;
2. execute for and on behalf
of the undersigned, in the undersigned’s capacity as a reporting person pursuant to Section 16 of the Exchange Act, and the rules thereunder
of the applicable registered investment companies (and any successor companies) listed on Schedule A attached hereto, as amended from
time to time, and any other registered investment company affiliated with or established by abrdn Inc., abrdn Investments Limited, abrdn
Asia Limited or their affiliates, for which the undersigned becomes a Section 16 reporting person (each, a “Fund”), Forms 3,
4 and 5 in accordance with Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act;
3. do and perform any and
all acts for and on behalf of the undersigned that may be necessary or desirable to complete and execute any such Form 3, 4 or 5 and timely
file such form with the SEC and any stock exchange or similar authority; and
4. take any other action
of any type whatsoever in connection with the foregoing that, in the opinion of any of such attorneys-in-fact, may be of benefit to,
in the best interest of, or legally required by, the undersigned, it being understood that the documents executed by any of such attorneys-in-fact
on behalf of the undersigned pursuant to this Power of Attorney shall be in such form and shall contain such terms and conditions as
any of such attorneys-in-fact may approve in the discretion of any of such attorneys-in-fact.
The undersigned hereby grants to each such
attorney-in-fact full power and authority to do and perform any and every act and thing whatsoever requisite, necessary, or proper to
be done in the exercise of any rights and powers herein granted, as fully to all intents and purposes as the undersigned might or could
do if personally present, with full power of substitution or revocation, hereby ratifying and confirming all that any of such attorneys-in-fact,
or the substitute or substitutes of any of such attorneys-in-fact, shall lawfully do or cause to be done by virtue of this Power of Attorney
and the rights and powers herein granted. The undersigned acknowledges that the foregoing attorneys-in-fact, in serving in such capacity
at the request of the undersigned, are not assuming, nor is any Fund assuming, any of the undersigned’s responsibilities to comply with
Section 16 of the Exchange Act.
This Power of Attorney shall remain in full force and effect until the undersigned is no longer required
to file Forms 3, 4 and 5 with respect to the undersigned’s holdings of and transactions in securities issued by any Fund, unless earlier
revoked by the undersigned in a signed writing delivered to the foregoing attorneys-in-fact.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned has caused this Power of Attorney
to be executed as of this 15th day of December 2023.
Signature: |
/s/ Ben Ritchie |
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Name: |
Ben Ritchie |
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SCHEDULE A
FUND NAME AND TICKER SYMBOL
1. ABRDN AUSTRALIA EQUITY
FUND, INC. (IAF)
2. ABRDN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME
FUND, INC. (FAX)
3. ABRDN GLOBAL INCOME FUND,
INC. (FCO)
4. ABRDN EMERGING MARKETS
EQUITY INCOME FUND, INC. (AEF)
5. THE INDIA FUND, INC. (IFN)
6. ABRDN JAPAN EQUITY FUND,
INC. (JEQ)
7. FIRST TRUST/ABRDN GLOBAL
OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND (FAM)
8. ABRDN INCOME CREDIT STRATEGIES
FUND (ACP)
9. ABRDN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME
FUND VCC (FAP)
10. ABRDN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES
FUND (AWP)
11. ABRDN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND
FUND (AGD)
12. ABRDN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND
FUND (AOD)
13. ABRDN GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE
INCOME FUND (ASGI)
14. ABRDN NATIONAL MUNICIPAL
INCOME FUND (VFL)
15. ABRDN HEALTHCARE INVESTORS
(HQH)
16. ABRDN LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS
(HQL)
17. ABRDN HEALTHCARE OPPORTUNITIES
FUND (THQ)
INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT, WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION
AND RESUBSTITUTION
1. Lucia Sitar
2. Megan Kennedy
3. Katherine Corey
4. Andrew Kim
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