Company: HQL
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-034659
Chunk: 11

Company: abrdn Life Sciences Investors
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 11
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of the Fund so that the interests of shareholders of the Fund are well-served. In pursuit of this purpose, the Nominating Committee's responsibilities include the identification and nomination of new Trustees and the coordination of the annual self-assessment of the performance of the Board and the Fund's committee structure to ensure the effective functioning of each Board. The members of each Fund's Committee are Mr. Bailey, Ms. DiMartino, Ms. Goetz, Mr. Maher and Mr. Reit. Mr. Reit is the Chair of the Committee.

Each Nominating Committee makes nominations to fill vacancies for trustees of the Fund and submits such nominations to the full Board. No trustee may be elected by the Board or nominated by the Board for election by shareholders unless nominated by the Committee. In nominating candidates, each Nominating Committee will seek to identify candidates who can bring to the Board the skills, experience and judgment necessary to address the issues trustees of investment companies, and the Fund in particular, may confront in fulfilling their duties to fund shareholders. The Nominating Committees may, in their discretion, establish specific, minimum qualifications (including skills) that must be met by candidates and may take into account a wide variety of factors in considering prospective trustee candidates. The Nominating Committees generally consider the background, experience, qualifications, attributes, skills and diversity that a prospective trustee will bring to the Board. The Nominating Committees may also consider other factors or attributes as they may determine appropriate in their judgment. Each Nominating Committee believes that the significance of each candidate's background, experience, qualifications, attributes or skills must be considered in the context of the Board as a whole.

The Nominating Committees shall consider Trustee candidates from such sources it deems appropriate, including candidates recommended by shareholders of a Fund. In order for a Nominating Committee to consider shareholder recommendations, the candidate must (i) satisfy any minimum qualifications of the Fund for its trustees, including all qualifications provided under the Nominating Committee's Charter and in the Fund's organizational documents; (ii) not be an "interested persons" of the Fund as that term is defined in the 1940 Act; and (iii) must be "independent" as defined in the NYSE listing standards.

Each Fund's By-Laws require that each prospective trustee candidate have substantial expertise, experience or relationships relevant to the business of the Fund and a college degree or equivalent business experience. Each Fund's By-Laws also provide that a prospective trustee candidate shall not serve as a