0001104659-23-114695.txt : 20231106 0001104659-23-114695.hdr.sgml : 20231106 20231106153653 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001104659-23-114695 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 3 PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20231027 FILED AS OF DATE: 20231106 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20231106 REPORTING-OWNER: OWNER DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: Ferrari Sharon CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001478791 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 3 SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 811-06565 FILM NUMBER: 231379754 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1735 MARKET STREET STREET 2: 32ND FLOOR CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER NAME: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: Greenstein Sharon DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20091216 ISSUER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: abrdn Life Sciences Investors CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0000884121 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: UNKNOWN SIC - 0000 [0000] IRS NUMBER: 043147016 STATE OF INCORPORATION: PA FISCAL YEAR END: 0930 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1900 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 BUSINESS PHONE: 6177728515 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 1900 MARKET STREET STREET 2: SUITE 200 CITY: PHILADELPHIA STATE: PA ZIP: 19103 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: TEKLA LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 20141015 FORMER COMPANY: FORMER CONFORMED NAME: H&Q LIFE SCIENCES INVESTORS DATE OF NAME CHANGE: 19920929 3 1 tm2329670-27_3seq1.xml OWNERSHIP DOCUMENT X0206 3 2023-10-27 1 0000884121 abrdn Life Sciences Investors HQL 0001478791 Ferrari Sharon C/O ABRDN 1900 MARKET STREET, SUITE 200 PHILADELPHIA PA 19103 0 1 0 0 Treasurer and CFO Exhibit List: Exhibit 24 - Power of Attorney /s/ Lucia Sitar, by POA from Sharon Ferrari 2023-11-06 EX-24 2 tm2329670d27_ex24.htm EXHIBIT 24

 

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 Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., Aberdeen Asset Managers Limited, Aberdeen Asset Management 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 1st day of February 2018.

 

Signature: /s/ Sharon Ferrari  
Name:

Sharon Ferrari

  

 

 

 

 

SCHEDULE A

 

FUND NAME AND TICKER SYMBOL

 

1. ABERDEEN AUSTRALIA EQUITY FUND, INC. (IAF)
2. ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME FUND, INC. (FAX)
3. ABERDEEN GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC. (FCO)
4. ABERDEEN EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY INCOME FUND, INC. (AEF)
5. THE INDIA FUND, INC. (IFN)
6. ABERDEEN JAPAN EQUITY FUND, INC. (JEQ)
7. FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN GLOBAL OPPORTUNITY INCOME FUND (FAM)
8. FIRST TRUST/ABERDEEN EMERGING OPPORTUNITY FUND (FEO)
9. ABERDEEN INCOME CREDIT STRATEGIES FUND (ACP)
10. ABERDEEN ASIA-PACIFIC INCOME INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED (FAP)
11.   ABERDEEN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND (AWP)
12. ABERDEEN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AGD)
13. ABERDEEN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND (AOD)

 

INDIVIDUALS APPOINTED AS ATTORNEY-IN-FACT,WITH FULL POWER OF SUBSTITUTION AND RESUBSTITUTION

 

1. Jennifer Nichols
2. Lucia Sitar
3. Megan Kennedy
4. Alan Goodson
5. Jennifer Rogers
6. Joseph Andolina
7. Lisa Kupper
8. Katherine Corey
9. Robert Hepp
10. Jeffrey Cotton