Company: HQL
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form Type: DEF 14A
Source: 0001104659-25-034659
Chunk: 3

Company: abrdn Life Sciences Investors
Filing Date: 2025-04-14
Form: DEF 14A
Chunk 3
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 Market Street, Suite 200
Philadelphia, PA 19103 JOINT PROXY STATEMENT For the Annual Meetings of Shareholders
each to be held on May 28, 2025 This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by each Fund's Board of Trustees (each, a "Board," and collectively, the "Boards," with members of each Board being referred to as "Trustees") to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each Fund (each, a "Meeting," and collectively, the "Meetings") and at any adjournments or postponements thereof to be held at the offices of abrdn Inc., located at 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103 on the following dates and at the following times:

| abrdn Healthcare Investors (NYSE: HQH)          
 abrdn Life Sciences Investors (NYSE: HQL)       |     | May 28, 2025 
 May 28, 2025 |     | 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time 
 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time |
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| abrdn Healthcare Opportunities Fund (NYSE: THQ) |     | May 28, 2025 |     | 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time |
| abrdn World Healthcare Fund (NYSE: THW)         |     | May 28, 2025 |     | 12:30 p.m. Eastern Time |

A Notice of Annual Meetings of Shareholders and a proxy card (the "Proxy Card") accompany this Joint Proxy Statement. This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed on or about April 14, 2025 to shareholders of record as of April 7, 2025. The purpose of each Meeting is to consider and act upon the following proposals (each a "Proposal"), as applicable to each Fund: HQH — To elect two Class C Trustees to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until such Trustee's successor is duly elected and qualified. HQL — To elect two Class C Trustees to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until such Trustee's successor is duly elected and qualified. THQ — To elect two Class B Trustees to serve until the 2028 Annual Meeting of Shareholders or until such Trustee's successor is duly elected and qualified. THW — To elect