*
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|
The
Taiwan China Strategy Index is a custom index calculated by MSCI
for, and
as requested by, Taiwan Greater China Fund. To calculate this Index
MSCI
starts with the MSCI Taiwan Index and then excludes those securities
selected by Taiwan Greater China Fund on a quarterly basis based
on Taiwan
Greater China Fund’s screening criteria. MSCI has no role in developing,
reviewing or approving Taiwan Greater China Fund’s investing criteria or
the list of companies excluded from the MSCI Taiwan Index by Taiwan
Greater China Fund to create the Taiwan China Strategy
Index.
|
**
|
R2
is a measure of the correlation between the dependent and independent
variables in a regression analysis. In this report, it measures the
extent
to which the Fund’s movements can be explained by movements in a benchmark
index. The measurement ranges from 0 to 1, where 1 indicates that
all
movements of the Fund can be explained by movements in the
index.
|
***
|
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Neither
Barra, any of its affiliates or any other person involved in or related
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affiliates or any other person involved in or related to compiling,
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indirect, special, incidental, punitive, consequential or any other
damages (including, without limitation, lost profits) even if notified
of,
or if it might otherwise have anticipated, the possibility of such
damages.
|
Industry
|
U.S.
$ Value
|
Percent
of
Net
Assets
|
|||||
Computer
Systems & Hardware
|
22,290,086
|
19.21
|
%
|
||||
Semiconductors
|
18,450,181
|
15.90
|
|||||
Plastics
|
15,030,021
|
12.95
|
|||||
Electronic
Components
|
12,912,414
|
11.13
|
|||||
Flat-Panel
Displays
|
12,537,087
|
10.80
|
|||||
Computer
Peripherals/ODM
|
6,583,806
|
5.67
|
|||||
Steel
|
6,199,090
|
5.34
|
|||||
Food
|
5,775,559
|
4.98
|
|||||
Cement
|
4,211,860
|
3.63
|
|||||
Other
|
3,173,611
|
2.74
|
|||||
Electronics/Other
|
1,794,686
|
1.55
|
|||||
Transportation
|
1,525,968
|
1.32
|
|||||
Rubber
|
1,415,798
|
1.22
|
|||||
Textiles
|
1,244,913
|
1.07
|
|||||
Glass,
Paper & Pulp
|
928,963
|
0.80
|
|||||
Electrical
& Machinery
|
763,613
|
0.66
|
|||||
Communications
Equipment
|
761,876
|
0.66
|
|||||
Chemicals
|
405,192
|
0.35
|
|||||
Retailing
|
347,858
|
0.30
|
|||||
Short-Term
Securities
|
15,249,446
|
13.14
|
|||||
Liabilities,
Net of Other Assets
|
(15,570,972
|
)
|
(13.42
|
)
|
|||
Net
Assets
|
$
|
116,031,056
|
100.00
|
COMMON
STOCK — 100.28%
|
||||||||
Cement
— 3.63%
|
%
of
Net
Assets
|
U.S.
Dollar
Value
|
||||||
1,199,996
|
shs.
|
Asia
Cement Corp.
|
1.51
|
$
|
1,753,709
|
|||
1,771,726
|
Taiwan
Cement Corp.
|
2.12
|
2,458,151
|
|||||
4,211,860
|
||||||||
Chemicals
— 0.35%
|
||||||||
373,352
|
Eternal
Chemical Co., Ltd.
|
0.35
|
405,192
|
|||||
Communications
Equipment — 0.66%
|
||||||||
130,129
|
D-Link
Corporation
|
0.20
|
229,894
|
|||||
98,913
|
Gemtek
Technology
|
0.15
|
169,562
|
|||||
61,000
|
Zinwell
Corporation
|
0.17
|
203,120
|
|||||
122,580
|
Zyxel
Communications Corp.
|
0.14
|
159,300
|
|||||
761,876
|
||||||||
Computer
Peripherals/ODM — 5.67%
|
||||||||
346,000
|
Foxconn
International Holdings, Ltd.
|
0.67
|
777,075
|
|||||
93,384
|
High
Tech Computer Corp.
|
1.49
|
1,724,641
|
|||||
1,338,600
|
Lite-on
Technology Corp.
|
2.01
|
2,335,967
|
|||||
870,943
|
Mitac
International Corp.
|
0.74
|
855,261
|
|||||
605,202
|
*
|
Qisda
Corp.
|
0.57
|
668,010
|
||||
178,469
|
Teco
Image Systems Co., Ltd.
|
0.19
|
222,852
|
|||||
6,583,806
|
||||||||
Computer
Systems & Hardware — 19.21%
|
||||||||
416,839
|
Acer
Inc.
|
0.70
|
816,097
|
|||||
96,411
|
Advantech
Co., Ltd.
|
0.19
|
219,670
|
|||||
1,898,544
|
Asustek
Computer Inc.
|
4.91
|
5,701,369
|
|||||
346,318
|
(a)
|
Compal
Electronics Inc.
|
0.33
|
379,056
|
||||
1,980,549
|
Hon
Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
|
10.63
|
12,334,923
|
|||||
453,850
|
Inventec
Co., Ltd.
|
0.23
|
263,069
|
|||||
732,193
|
Quanta
Computer Inc.
|
0.90
|
1,039,572
|
|||||
826,357
|
Wistron
Corp.
|
1.32
|
1,536,330
|
|||||
22,290,086
|
||||||||
Electrical
& Machinery — 0.66%
|
||||||||
519,000
|
Teco
Electric & Machinery Co., Ltd.
|
0.22
|
259,228
|
|||||
1,220,837
|
Walsin
Lihwa Corp.
|
0.44
|
504,385
|
|||||
763,613
|
||||||||
Electronic
Components — 11.13%
|
||||||||
152,191
|
A-DATA
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
0.26
|
297,963
|
|||||
382,433
|
Catcher
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
1.92
|
2,228,521
|
|||||
1,112,245
|
Delta
Electronics Inc.
|
3.28
|
3,806,475
|
|||||
100,304
|
Epistar
Corp.
|
0.37
|
429,865
|
|||||
301,143
|
(a)
|
Foxconn
Technology Co., Ltd.
|
2.11
|
2,451,186
|
||||
94,000
|
Kinsus
Interconnect Technology Corp.
|
0.25
|
295,616
|
|||||
22,253
|
Motech
Industry Co., Ltd.
|
0.18
|
204,115
|
|||||
124,250
|
Shin
Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
|
0.66
|
762,340
|
|||||
234,380
|
Tripod
Technology Corp.
|
0.73
|
845,485
|
|||||
589,820
|
Unimicron
Technology Corp.
|
0.89
|
1,036,559
|
|||||
1,577,000
|
Yageo
Corp.
|
0.48
|
554,289
|
|||||
12,912,414
|
Electronics/Other
— 1.55%
|
%
of
Net
Assets
|
U.S.
Dollar
Value
|
||||||
126,000
|
shs.
|
Lumax
International Corp., Ltd.
|
0.24
|
274,656
|
||||
608,650
|
Synnex
Technology International Corp.
|
1.31
|
1,520,030
|
|||||
1,794,686
|
||||||||
Flat-Panel
Displays — 10.80%
|
||||||||
3,948,132
|
AU
Optronics Corp.
|
6.66
|
7,729,740
|
|||||
872,664
|
(a)
|
Chi
Mei Optoelectronics Corp.
|
|
1.05
|
1,224,216
|
|||
4,221,951
|
(a)
*
|
Chunghwa
Picture Tubes, Ltd.
|
|
1.26
|
1,464,419
|
|||
624,712
|
(a)
|
Innolux
Display Corp.
|
1.83
|
2,118,712
|
||||
12,537,087
|
||||||||
Food
— 4.98%
|
||||||||
310,000
|
Great
Wall Enterprises Co.
|
0.30
|
344,083
|
|||||
1,464,000
|
(a)
|
Tingyi
(Cayman Islands) Holdings Corp.
|
|
2.01
|
2,327,101
|
|||
2,293,560
|
(a)
|
Uni-President
Enterprise Corp.
|
2.67
|
3,104,375
|
||||
5,775,559
|
||||||||
Glass,
Paper & Pulp — 0.80%
|
||||||||
638,208
|
Taiwan
Glass Ind. Corp.
|
0.60
|
694,603
|
|||||
625,617
|
Yuen
Foong Yu Paper Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
0.20
|
234,360
|
|||||
928,963
|
||||||||
Plastics
— 12.95%
|
||||||||
925,299
|
Formosa
Chemicals & Fiber Corp.
|
2.04
|
2,367,880
|
|||||
1,299,983
|
Formosa
Plastics Corp.
|
3.15
|
3,651,367
|
|||||
3,398,319
|
Nan
Ya Plastics Corp.
|
7.76
|
9,010,774
|
|||||
15,030,021
|
||||||||
Retailing
— 0.30%
|
||||||||
104,000
|
Far
Eastern Department Store Co., Ltd.
|
0.11
|
125,856
|
|||||
84,512
|
President
Chain Store Corp.
|
0.19
|
222,002
|
|||||
347,858
|
||||||||
Rubber
— 1.22%
|
||||||||
866,415
|
Cheng
Shin Rubber Ind. Co., Ltd.
|
1.22
|
1,415,798
|
|||||
Semiconductors
— 15.90%
|
||||||||
2,836,704
|
Advanced
Semiconductor Engineering Inc.
|
2.45
|
2,842,476
|
|||||
485,040
|
Inotera
Memories Inc.
|
0.33
|
384,335
|
|||||
448,320
|
(a)
|
MediaTek
Inc.
|
5.01
|
5,819,286
|
||||
118,197
|
(a)
|
Novatek
Microelectronics Corp.
|
0.39
|
451,885
|
||||
432,341
|
(a)
|
Powerchip
Semiconductor Corp.
|
0.16
|
183,952
|
||||
70,750
|
Powertech
Technology Inc.
|
0.22
|
251,946
|
|||||
1,072,000
|
(a)
|
ProMOS
Technologies Inc.
|
0.25
|
287,550
|
||||
70,025
|
Realtek
Semiconductor Corp.
|
0.21
|
242,888
|
|||||
498,518
|
Siliconware
Precision Industries Co., Ltd.
|
0.77
|
896,084
|
|||||
2,982,526
|
Taiwan
Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
4.91
|
5,701,320
|
|||||
2,234,902
|
United
Microelectronics Corp.
|
1.20
|
1,388,459
|
|||||
18,450,181
|
Steel
— 5.34%
|
%
of
Net
Assets
|
U.S.
Dollar
Value
|
||||||
4,477,933
|
China
Steel Corp.
|
5.17
|
6,005,737
|
|||||
117,000
|
Tung
Ho Steel Enterprise Corp.
|
0.17
|
193,353
|
|||||
6,199,090
|
||||||||
Textiles
— 1.07%
|
||||||||
1,061,170
|
Far
Eastern Textile, Ltd.
|
1.07
|
1,244,913
|
|||||
Transportation
— 1.32%
|
||||||||
324,000
|
U-Ming
Marine Transport Corp.
|
0.77
|
885,071
|
|||||
828,162
|
Yang
Ming Marine Transport Corp.
|
0.55
|
640,897
|
|||||
1,525,968
|
||||||||
Other
— 2.74%
|
||||||||
127,000
|
Giant
Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
0.25
|
284,276
|
|||||
82,530
|
Johnson
Health Tech Co., Ltd.
|
0.17
|
200,511
|
|||||
538,000
|
Merida
Industry Co., Ltd.
|
0.86
|
991,934
|
|||||
1,020,350
|
Pou
Chen Corp.
|
0.82
|
956,362
|
|||||
174,000
|
Yue
Yuen Industrial Holdings, Ltd.
|
0.54
|
624,539
|
|||||
90,000
|
Yung
Chi Paint & Varnish Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
|
0.10
|
115,989
|
|||||
3,173,611
|
||||||||
TOTAL
COMMON STOCK (COST $89,406,499)
|
116,352,582
|
|||||||
SHORT-TERM
SECURITIES — 13.14%†
|
||||||||
Mutual
Fund — 9.37%
|
||||||||
AIM
Liquid Assets Portfolio, 4.726%,‡
|
4.67
|
5,421,086
|
||||||
AIM
Prime Portfolio, 4.872%,‡
|
4.70
|
5,449,260
|
||||||
10,870,346
|
||||||||
Time
Deposit — 3.77%
|
||||||||
Wachovia
- London, 2.63%, Due 01/02/08
|
0.18
|
214,675
|
||||||
Wells
Fargo - Grand Cayman, 2.63%, Due 01/02/08‡
|
3.59
|
4,164,425
|
||||||
4,379,100
|
||||||||
TOTAL
SHORT-TERM SECURITIES
|
||||||||
(COST
$15,249,446)
|
15,249,446
|
|||||||
TOTAL
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES AT FAIR VALUE
|
||||||||
(COST
$104,655,945)
|
113.42
|
131,602,028
|
||||||
LIABILITIES
(NET OF OTHER ASSETS)
|
(13.42
|
)
|
(15,570,972
|
)
|
||||
NET
ASSETS
|
100.00
|
$ |
116,031,056
|
(a)
|
All
or a portion of the security is out on
loan.
|
*
|
Non-income
producing: These stocks did not pay a cash dividend during the past
year.
|
†
|
Inclusive
of all short-term holdings, including collateral received from securities
lending activities. Not including such collateral, the percentage
of
portfolio holdings would be 0.18%.
|
‡
|
Represents
investment of collateral received from securities lending
transactions.
|
Investments
in securities at fair value (Market value of securities on
loan—$12,086,417)
|
||||
(Notes
2B, 2C, 2D, 3 and 7):
|
||||
Common
Stock (cost — $89,406,499)
|
$
|
116,352,582
|
||
Short-term
securities (cost — $214,675)
|
214,675
|
|||
Investment
of cash collateral from securities loaned (cost -
$15,034,771)
|
15,034,771
|
|||
Total
investment in securities at fair value (cost —
$104,655,945)
|
131,602,028
|
|||
Cash
|
45
|
|||
Foreign
cash (cost — $197,186)
|
197,610
|
|||
Receivable
|
44,044
|
|||
Prepaid
expenses and other assets
|
71,361
|
|||
Total
assets
|
131,915,088
|
|||
Liabilities
|
||||
Payable
for cash collateral for securities loaned
|
15,034,771
|
|||
Accrued
employee bonus
|
329,000
|
|||
Professional
fees payable
|
208,223
|
|||
Accrued
management fee (Note 4)
|
121,000
|
|||
Administration
fee payable (Note 5)
|
62,794
|
|||
Shareholder
communication fees payable
|
54,300
|
|||
Trustee
fees and expense payable
|
37,039
|
|||
Custodian
fee payable (Note 6)
|
29,936
|
|||
Other
accrued expenses
|
6,969
|
|||
Total
liabilities
|
15,884,032
|
|||
Net
assets
|
$
|
116,031,056
|
||
Components
of net assets
|
||||
Par
value of shares of beneficial interest (Note 8)
|
$
|
144,738
|
||
Additional
paid-in capital (Note 8)
|
173,940,051
|
|||
Accumulated
net investment income
|
50,763,399
|
|||
Accumulated
net realized loss on investments and foreign currency
transactions
|
(96,897,582
|
)
|
||
Unrealized
net appreciation on investments (Note 7)
|
26,946,083
|
|||
Cumulative
translation adjustment (Note 2G)
|
(38,865,633
|
)
|
||
Net
assets
|
$
|
116,031,056
|
||
Net
asset value per share (14,473,760 shares issued and outstanding,
par value
$0.01)
|
$
|
8.02
|
Investment
income (Note 2B, 2C, 2D)
|
||||
Dividends
|
$
|
3,930,010
|
||
Interest
|
4,904
|
|||
Securities
lending income
|
48,821
|
|||
|
3,983,735
|
|||
Republic
of China taxes (Note 2I)
|
(878,650
|
)
|
||
3,105,085
|
||||
Expenses
|
||||
Management
fee (Note 4)
|
399,047
|
|||
Portfolio
management expenses:
|
||||
Personnel
expenses
|
872,866
|
|||
Research
expenses
|
128,813
|
|||
Rental
expenses
|
48,345
|
|||
Travel
expenses
|
6,575
|
|||
Other
expenses
|
29,138
|
|||
|
1,484,784
|
|||
Shareholder
communication expenses
|
274,519
|
|||
Trustee
fees and expenses
|
195,414
|
|||
Custodian
fee (Note 6)
|
179,972
|
|||
Audit
and tax fee
|
169,051
|
|||
Legal
fees and expenses
|
167,821
|
|||
Administrative
fee (Note 5)
|
128,734
|
|||
Insurance
expenses
|
80,942
|
|||
Other
expenses
|
82,384
|
|||
|
2,763,621
|
|||
Net
investment gain
|
341,464
|
|||
Net
realized and unrealized gain (loss) on investments and foreign currencies
(Notes 2F and 7)
|
||||
Net
realized gain on:
|
||||
investments
(excluding short-term securities)
|
13,992,967
|
|||
foreign
currency transactions
|
3,000
|
|||
Net
realized gain on investments and foreign currency
transactions
|
13,995,967
|
|||
Net
changes in unrealized appreciation /depreciation on:
|
||||
investments
|
(7,648
|
)
|
||
translation
of assets and liabilities in foreign currencies
|
(96,960
|
)
|
||
Net
realized and unrealized gain from investments and foreign
currencies
|
13,891,359
|
|||
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
$
|
14,232,823
|
2007
|
2006
|
||||||
Net
increase/decrease in net assets resulting from
operations
|
|||||||
Net
investment income
|
$
|
341,464
|
$
|
232,599
|
|||
Net
realized gain on investments and foreign currency
transactions
|
13,995,967
|
5,454,909
|
|||||
Unrealized
appreciation/depreciation on investments
|
(7,648
|
)
|
14,977,468
|
||||
Unrealized
depreciation on translation of assets and liabilities in foreign
currencies
|
(96,960
|
)
|
(607,703
|
)
|
|||
Net
increase in net assets resulting from operations
|
14,232,823
|
20,057,273
|
|||||
Capital
share transactions:
|
|||||||
Cost
of semi-annual repurchase offer (Note 8B)
|
(11,593,032
|
)
|
(11,029,814
|
)
|
|||
Net
assets, beginning of year
|
113,391,265
|
104,363,806
|
|||||
Net
assets, end of year
|
$
|
116,031,056
|
$
|
113,391,265
|
Years
Ended December 31,
|
||||||||||||||||
2007
|
2006
|
2005
|
2004
|
2003
|
||||||||||||
Per
share operating performance:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
asset value, beginning of year
|
7.07
|
5.87
|
5.37
|
5.13
|
4.37
|
|||||||||||
Net
investment income (loss)
|
0.02
|
0.01
|
0.05
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.02
|
)
|
|||||||||
Net
realized and unrealized gain / loss on investments (a)
|
0.92
|
1.21
|
0.65
|
(0.24
|
)
|
0.73
|
||||||||||
Net
realized and unrealized appreciation / depreciation on translation
of
foreign currencies (a)
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.03
|
)
|
(0.25
|
)
|
0.26
|
0.11
|
||||||||
Total
from investment operations
|
0.93
|
1.19
|
0.45
|
0.01
|
0.82
|
|||||||||||
Distributions
to Shareholders from:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
investment income*
|
—
|
—
|
—
|
(0.01
|
)
|
(0.06
|
)
|
|||||||||
Capital
Stock Transactions:
|
||||||||||||||||
Share
Tender Offer/Repurchase
|
0.02
|
(b)
|
0.01
|
0.05
|
0.24
|
—
|
||||||||||
Net
asset value, end of year
|
8.02
|
7.07
|
5.87
|
5.37
|
5.13
|
|||||||||||
Per
share market price, end of year
|
7.23
|
6.61
|
5.30
|
4.90
|
4.75
|
|||||||||||
Total
investment return (%):
|
||||||||||||||||
Based
on Trust’s market price
|
9.38
|
24.72
|
8.16
|
3.42
|
18.79
|
|||||||||||
Based
on Trust’s net asset value
|
13.44
|
20.44
|
9.31
|
4.94
|
18.75
|
|||||||||||
U.S.
$ return of Taiwan Stock Exchange Index**
|
9.23
|
20.35
|
3.03
|
11.69
|
35.32
|
|||||||||||
Ratios
and supplemental data:
|
||||||||||||||||
Net
assets, end of year (in thousands)
|
116,031
|
113,391
|
104,364
|
116,467
|
167,801
|
|||||||||||
Ratio
of expenses to average net assets (%)
|
2.30
|
2.55
|
2.12
|
2.79
|
2.57
|
|||||||||||
Ratio
of net investment income (loss) to average net assets (%)
|
0.28
|
0.22
|
0.99
|
(0.27
|
)
|
(0.44
|
)
|
|||||||||
Portfolio
turnover ratio (%)
|
26
|
24
|
16
|
137
|
78
|
(a)
|
Cumulative
effect of change in accounting principle resulted in a $0.06 reduction
in
realized gain/loss on investments and foreign currency transactions
and a
$0.06 increase in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments
and
foreign currency translation during
2004.
|
(b)
|
Based
on average shares outstanding at each month
end.
|
*
|
See
Note 2H for information concerning the Trust’s distribution
policy.
|
**
|
Returns
for the Taiwan Stock Exchange Index are not total returns and reflect
only
changes in share price, and do not assume that cash dividends were
reinvested. The Taiwan Stock Exchange Index is calculated by the
Taiwan
Stock Exchange Corp.
|
Undistributed
net investment income
|
$
|
1
|
||
Accumulated
capital and other losses
|
(96,785,201
|
|
||
Unrealized
appreciation (depreciation)
|
25,350,967
|
|||
|
$ | (71,434,233 |
)
|
(i)
|
Elect
two trustees, each to serve for a term expiring on the date of
the 2010
Annual Meeting of Shareholders or the special meeting in lieu
thereof.
|
(ii)
|
Consider
whether to approve a new investment advisory agreement between the
Trust
and Nanking Road Capital Asset Management,
LLC.
|
(iii)
|
Consider
whether to approve the conversion of the Trust from a closed end
investment company to an open end investment
company.
|
|
||
Nominees
to the Board of Trustees
|
||
|
For
|
Withheld
|
David
N. Laux
|
10,568,120
|
103,809
|
Pedro-Pablo
Kuczynski
|
10,568,799
|
103,130
|
Frederick
C. Copeland, Jr., Robert P. Parker, Edward B. Collins and Tsung-Ming
Chung, whose terms did not expire in 2007, remain
trustees.
|
|
||
Approval
of Investment Advisory Agreement
|
||
For
|
Against
|
Withheld/Abstain
|
7,401,079
|
700,290
|
22,240
|
Approval
of Conversion from a Closed-End Investment Company to an Open-End
Investment Company
|
||
For
|
Against
|
Withheld/Abstain
|
1,685,558
|
6,408,172
|
29,878
|
Board
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement
(unaudited)
|
Board
Approval of Investment Advisory Agreement (unaudited)
(continued)
|
Name
(Age) and
Address
|
Position(s)
Held
with the
Trust
|
Term
of Office and
Length
of Time
Served
|
Principal
Occupation(s)
During
the Past
Five
Years
|
Other
Directorships
Held
by
Director
|
|||
Non-Interested
Trustees
|
|||||||
Tsung-Ming
Chung (5 8)
4F,
No.1, Lane 21, Hsing-Hua Road
Kwei-Shan
Industr ial Zone,
Taoyuan,
Taiwan, R.O.C.
|
Trustee
and Audit Committee Member
|
Trustee
since 2006 and until
the 2009 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders or special
meeting in lie u thereof
|
Chair
man and Chief Executive Officer, Dynapak
International Technology Corp; Chair
man, Systems and Chips, Inc.; Director,
Arima Group (technology)
|
Director,
Far Eastern International Bank;
Director and Chair man of Audit Commit
tee, Taiwan Mobile Co.; Dir ector and
Audit Committee Chairman, SMIC
|
|||
Edward
B. Collins (6 5)
765
Market St.
Suite
31A, San Francisco,
California
94103 U.S.A.
|
Trustee
and Audit Committee Member
|
Trustee
since 2000 and until the 2009
Annual Meeting of Shareholders
or special meeting
in lieu thereof
|
Managing
Director, ChinaVest Group (venture
capital investment) , since prior to 2000
|
Director,
Mediostream, since 2001; Chairman,
California Bank of Commerce, since
2006; Partner McCutchen, Doyle, Brown
& Enersen (law firm), 1987-95
|
|||
Frederick
C. Copeland, Jr . (66)
11
Deer Ridge Road
Avon,
Connecticut 06001
U.S.A.
|
Trustee
and Vice
Chairman
|
Trustee
since May 2004 and
until the 2008 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders or
special meeting in
lieu thereof
|
Vice
Chairman, Director, Chairman of Executive
Committee, Far East National
Bank since 2004; Principal, Deer Ridge
Associates, LLC (financial consulting), 2001-2006
|
Director,
Mercantile Commerce Bank Holding,
since 2007; Director, Mercantile Commerce
Bank, since 2007; President, Chief Executive
Officer and Chief Operating Officer, Aetna
International (insurance), from 1995 to 2001;
Executive Vice President, Aetna, In c. (insurance),
from 1997 to 2001; Chairman, President
and Chief Executive Officer, Fleet Bank,
N.A ., 1993-1995; President and Chief Executive
Officer, Citibank Canada Ltd ., 1987- 1993;
Taiwan Country Head, Citibank, 1983-1987
|
|||
Pedro
-Pablo Kuczynski (69)
2665
Bayshore Dr.
Suite
715, Mia mi
Florida,
33133 U.S.A .
|
Trustee
and Chair
man
|
Until
the 2010 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders or special
meeting in lie u thereof;
and Chairman since
August 2007
|
Senior
Advisor and Partner, The Rohatyn Group (emerging markets
manager), since 2007; Prime Minister of Peru, from from
2005-2006; Minister of Economy of Peru, 2004-2005 Minister
of Economy of Peru, 2001-2002; Partner and CEO, Latin
America Enterprise Fund (private equity), 1995-2001
|
Chairman
and Director, Advanced Metallurgical
Group (“AMG, N.V.”), since
2007; Director, Ternium Inc., since
2007
|
|||
David
N. Laux (80)
The
Hampshire, Apt. 701
1101
N. Elm St.
Greensboro,
NC 27401 U.S.A.
|
Trustee
|
Until
the 2010 Annual Meeting
of Shareholders or
special meeting in lieu thereof; and Chairman from July
2004-August 2007
|
Chair
man, Great Dads (non- profit), 2004- 2006; President, US-Taiwan
Business Forum, from 2000 to 2005; Director International
Foundation, 2001-2007; Director, US
- Taiwan Business Council, 2000-present
|
President,
US-ROC (Taiwan) Business Council,
1990-2000; Chairman and Managing
Director, American Institute in
Taiwan, 1987-90; Director of Asian Affair
s, National Security Council, The White
House, 1982-86
|
|||
Robert
P. Parker (66)
101
California Street
Suite
2830 San Francisco,
California
94111 U.S.A.
|
Trustee
and Audit Committee Member
|
Trustee
since 1998 and until the 2008 Annual
Meeting of Shareholders or special
meeting in lie u thereof; and Chairman
from February - July 2004
|
Chair
man, Parker Price Venture Capital, Inc. (formerly
known as Allegro Capital, In c.) , since
prior to 2000
|
Director,
NexFlash Technologies, Inc., 2001-
2005 Partner, McCutchen, Doyle , Brown
& Enersen (law firm), 1988-
97
|
|||
Non-Trustee
Officers
|
|||||||
Steven
R. Champion (62)
111
Gilett Street
Hartford,
CT 06105 U.S.A.
|
President,
Chief Executive
Officer and
Portfolio Manager
|
Since
February 2004
|
Executive
Vice President, Bank of Hawaii , 2001-2003;
Chief In vestment Officer, Aetna International, from
prior to 2000 to 2001
|
Director,
Connecticut Choral
Artists, Inc. , since
2007
|
|||
Cheryl
Chang (43)
111
Gilett Street
Hartford,
CT 06105 U.S.A.
|
Secretary, Treasurer
and Chief
Financial Officer
|
Since
June 2004
|
Senior
Manager, KPMG (Taipei Office), from
prior to 2000 to 2004; Assurances and and
Advisory Unit of International Practice Group, KPMG
(Taipei Office), 2000-2004
|
None
|
(a)
AUDIT FEES:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
REGISTRANT
|
|
INVESTMENT
ADVISOR
|
FY
2006
|
$32,655
|
|
$0
|
FY
2007
|
$18,833
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
|
(b)
AUDIT-RELATED FEES:
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
REGISTRANT
|
|
INVESTMENT
ADVISOR
|
FY
2006
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
FY
2007
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
|
(c)
TAX FEES
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
REGISTRANT
|
|
INVESTMENT
ADVISOR
|
FY
2006
|
$29,475
|
|
$0
|
FY
2007
|
$4,037
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
|
(d)
ALL OTHER FEES
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
REGISTRANT
|
|
INVESTMENT
ADVISOR
|
FY
2006
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
FY
2007
|
$0
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
|
|
|||
|
|
|
|
|
REGISTRANT
|
|
INVESTMENT
ADVISOR
|
FY
2006
|
$29,475
|
|
$0
|
FY
2007
|
$4,037
|
|
$0
|
|
|
|
|
Period
|
(a)
Total
Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased
|
(b)
Average
Price Paid per Share (or Unit)
|
(c)
Total
Number of Shares (or Units) Purchased as Part of Publicly Announced
Plans
or Programs
|
(d)
Maximum
Number (or Approximate Dollar Value) of Shares (or Units) that May
Yet Be
Purchased Under the Plans or Programs
|
January
1
To
January
31
|
|
|
|
|
February
1
To
February
29
|
|
|
|
|
March
1
to
March
31
|
|
|
|
|
April
1
to
April
30
|
|
|
|
|
May
1
to
May
31
|
|
|
|
|
June
1
to
June
30
|
(1)
801,870
|
$7.76
|
(1)
801,870
|
(2)
0
|
July
1
to
July
31
|
|
|
|
|
August
1
to
August
31
|
|
|
|
|
September
1
to
September
30
|
|
|
|
|
October
1
to
October
31
|
|
|
|
|
November
1
to
November
30
|
|
|
|
|
December
1
to
December
31
|
(1)
761,776
|
$7.05
|
(1)
761,776
|
(2)
0
|
(1)
|
Semi-Annual
repurchase offer.
|
(2) |
Fund
may repurchase up to 2,179,932 shares under its repurchase program
commenced November 1, 2004. The repurchase program does not have
an
expiration date. As of December 31, 2007, 125,032 shares may be purchased
under the repurchase program.
|