Adjournment of Annual Stockholder Meeting Regarding Proposal Submitted to Stockholders
09 November 2009 - 10:18PM
PR Newswire (US)
NEW YORK, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Spain Fund, Inc.
(the "Fund" -- NYSE: SNF) announced that the Annual Meeting held
today to consider three Proposals has been adjourned until December
8, 2009 to allow additional time for the solicitation of proxies.
Two of the three Proposals submitted to stockholders at the Annual
Meeting were approved by stockholders. These Proposals were for the
election of Directors ("Proposal 1") and the modification of the
Fund's investment objective and reclassification of the objective
as non-fundamental ("Proposal 2"). The third Proposal, which was
not approved, related to the amendment or elimination of certain
fundamental investment policies of the Fund ("Proposal 3"). The
reconvened Annual Meeting will be held at 1345 Avenue of the
Americas, 8th Floor, New York, New York, at 3:30 P.M., Eastern
Time. Only stockholders of record on September 21, 2009 will be
entitled to vote at the reconvened Annual Meeting. The change to
the Fund's investment objective and a related change in its name to
"The Ibero-America Fund, Inc.", which was approved by the Fund's
Board of Directors, will not become effective unless the
stockholders of the Fund approve the changes to the fundamental
policies of the Fund submitted to stockholders in Proposal 3 at the
upcoming reconvened Annual Meeting or any adjournment thereof. The
Fund is a closed-end U.S.-registered management investment company
advised by AllianceBernstein L.P. with assets of approximately
$71.41 million. DATASOURCE: The Spain Fund, Inc. CONTACT:
Shareholder Contact, 1-800-221-5672
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