EX-99.17.a
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YOUR VOTE IS IMPORTANT NO MATTER HOW MANY SHARES YOU OWN. PLEASE CAST YOUR PROXY VOTE TODAY!
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ABERDEEN GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
PROXY FOR A SPECIAL MEETING OF SHAREHOLDERS TO BE HELD ON OCTOBER 11, 2016
The undersigned hereby appoints Alan Goodson, Megan Kennedy, Jennifer Nichols, Lucia Sitar and Jeffrey Cotton as Proxy of the undersigned, with full power of substitution, and hereby authorizes any of them to vote on behalf of the undersigned all shares of the Fund listed on the following page that the undersigned is entitled to vote at the Special Meeting of Shareholders of the Fund to be held at [ ] a.m. , Eastern Time, on October 11, 2016 at the offices of Aberdeen Asset Management Inc., 1735 Market Street, 32 Floor, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19103 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof, as fully as the undersigned would be entitled to vote if personally present. In their discretion, the proxies, and each of them, also are authorized to vote upon any other business that may properly come before the Shareholder Meeting or any adjournment(s) or postponement(s) thereof.
THIS PROXY CARD IS VALID ONLY WHEN SIGNED AND DATED. PLEASE SIGN, DATE AND RETURN PROMPTLY IN THE ENCLOSED ENVELOPE IF YOU ARE NOT VOTING BY TELEPHONE OR INTERNET.
Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for this Special Meeting of Shareholders to Be Held on October 11, 2016 and the Proxy Statement for this meeting are available at: [ ]
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PROXY CARD
[PROXY ID NUMBER HERE]
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[BAR CODE HERE]
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[CUSIP HERE]
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ABERDEEN GLOBAL NATURAL RESOURCES FUND
YOUR SIGNATURE IS REQUIRED FOR YOUR VOTE TO BE COUNTED. This proxy must be signed exactly as your name(s) appears hereon. If as an attorney, executor, guardian or in some representative capacity or as an officer of a corporation, please add titles as such. Joint owners must each sign. |
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This proxy card will be voted as instructed. If no specification is made, the proxy card will be voted “FOR” the proposals.
THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDS THAT YOU VOTE “FOR” THE PROPOSALS.
TO VOTE, MARK CIRCLES BELOW IN BLUE OR BLACK INK AS FOLLOWS. Example: ·
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1. | to approve an Agreement and Plan of Reorganization which contemplates the reorganization of the Aberdeen Global Natural Resources Fund a series of Aberdeen Funds, (the “Target Fund”) into the Aberdeen Global Equity Fund, a series of Aberdeen Funds (the “Acquiring Fund”), and provides that the Target Fund will transfer all of its assets and liabilities to the Acquiring Fund in exchange for shares of certain classes of the Acquiring Fund, which shares will be distributed to the shareholders of the corresponding class of the Target Fund in complete liquidation and dissolution of the Target Fund |
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THANK YOU FOR VOTING
[PROXY ID NUMBER HERE]
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[BAR CODE HERE]
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[CUSIP HERE]
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