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(f) The maximum you can invest monthly throughan ISA is £890 per month, for the current tax year2011/2012, if investing for 12 months in a stocks andshares ISA.Cheques must be drawn on a UK bank/building society accountin sterling. If your subscription is returned by your bankers asunpaid (for any reason), and settlement is not made within afurther seven days, we have the right to revoke your contractand claim from you any shortfall.10. TRANSFER OF SHARESInstructions to switch Funds may be placed by telephone, faxor in writing. Contact details can be found on the inside coverof the Simplified Prospectus.Non-ISA Register Shareholdersi. Shares may be transferred to another person by sending acompleted stock transfer form to us. Stock transfer formscan be obtained by contacting the Customer ServicesDepartment, contact details of which can be found on theinside cover of the Simplified Prospectus.ISA Register Shareholdersi. You have the right at any time to transfer your ISA toanother ISA Manager. If you wish to do this you mustsubmit to us a written instruction together with a letterof acceptance from your new ISA Manager. You maystipulate the period in which the transfer should becompleted. In any such case this period should not be lessthan 30 days. We only make the transfer in cash (ratherthan as Shares) following the sale of all Shares held thatyou wish to transfer.ii. In accordance with the ISA Regulations, if you wish totransfer:(a) an ISA for the current year, the transfer must bemade in respect of all the subscriptions made by youthat year; or(b) an ISA opened in respect of previous years, you maymake a transfer of the Account either in whole orin part.11. CANCELLATION RIGHTSIf you have received advice from a financial adviser you willhave the right to cancel within 14 days of receiving fromus a notice of your right to cancel. You cannot claim fullreimbursement if the purchase price of your investment fallsbefore we receive written confirmation that you wish to cancel.An amount equivalent to the fall in the price of the Shares, upto the date we receive such written confirmation from you, willbe deducted.12. LEGAL TITLE AND OWNERSHIPNon-ISA Register Shareholdersi. The title to registered Shares is evidenced by entry on theRegister. Details of your entry on the Register are availableon request.ISA Register Shareholdersi. Any investments made through an ISA will be, and mustremain, in your beneficial ownership and must not be usedas security for a loan. Documents evidencing title to theinvestments will be held either by us or as we shall direct.ii. The title to all ISA investments will be registered jointly inour name and your own.iii. If you so request we will arrange for you to be able toattend Shareholders’ meetings; vote; and receive, inaddition to the Annual Report and Accounts (see clause 13below), any other information issued to Shareholders inthe Company.iv. We will satisfy ourselves that any person to whomwe delegate any of our functions or responsibilitiesis competent to carry out those functions andresponsibilities.v. Certificates are not issued for any of our Funds.vi. We will maintain all such records relating to your Account,make such returns to the HM Revenue & Customs for thepurposes of taxation, and provide all taxation details toyou, as may be required under the ISA Regulations.13. DOCUMENTS YOU RECEIVEAnnual reports and interim reports for the Funds are sentto you (or the first named Shareholder in the case of jointShareholders). Copies of the most recent annual and halfyearlyaccounts may be inspected at, and copies obtained fromus. They may also be inspected at the Company’s Depositary’soffice during ordinary office hours or on the Aberdeen website.Non-ISA Register Shareholders:i. In the case of a purchase of Shares we will send you acontract note confirming details of your investment.Contract notes are not sent in the case of Regular SavingsFacilities.ii. Where there is any outstanding information in respect ofany application to purchase Shares, you may also receivea registration form which should be completed andreturned with your remittance, if outstanding.iii. You will also receive half yearly statements prepared asat 5 April and 5 October each year, and issued withintwenty-five business days. This statement will be preparedin accordance with the FSA Rules, and will show details ofall transactions effected during the previous six months,and include a valuation of your Account based on thesingle mid prices for OEICs, though will not include incomedistributions where Funds are priced ex-distribution.28 Aberdeen UK OEIC Fund Range Simplified Prospectus, August 2011
ISA Shareholders:i. We will acknowledge, in writing, your application to openan ISA or your request to transfer an ISA to us.ii. When you make an ad-hoc cash subscription to an ISAor in the case of the purchase of Shares following thetransfer to us of your ISA, we will send you a contractnote or acknowledgement of receipt of the first monthlypayment.iii. You will also receive a half-yearly statement preparedas at 5 April and 5 October each year, and issued withintwenty-five business days. This statement will beprepared in accordance with the FSA Rules, and will showdetails of all transactions effected during the previoussix months, and include a valuation of your Accountbased on the single mid prices for OEICs, though will notinclude income distributions where Funds are priced exdistribution.We may produce a consolidated statementcovering all ISAs that are held with us.iv. We will notify you if, by reason of any failure to satisfy theprovisions of the ISA Regulations, your Account has, orwill, become void.14. FEES & CHARGESFees and charges are as set out in the Prospectus andSimplified Prospectus.We reserve the right to discount or waive any charge in wholeor in part.ISA Register ShareholdersThere is no separate ISA charge. An Initial Charge on thepurchase of Shares is applied as detailed in the SimplifiedProspectus and Prospectus. However, we reserve the rightto introduce an additional charge in the future to cover anyadditional expenses incurred by us as a result of significantregulatory change. In any event no such charge will beintroduced without giving you 60 days’ written notice, and thischarge will not apply for the remainder of the tax year in whichnotice is given. If you are unhappy with the introduction ofsuch a charge you have the right to terminate this contract inaccordance with clause 21 below.15. COMMISSIONIf you make an investment through a financial adviser we willusually pay commission which will be detailed in contractnotes (or in the case of regular savers in periodic statements).You should inform us if your financial adviser changes toenable us to keep our records up to date.16. INCOMEi. If reinvestment of distributions is requested, theinvestment will be switched from income shares to theequivalent accumulation shares at no cost to you. Wherea reinvestment mandate is already held the distributionwill be reinvested in the same shareclass with no Initialii.Charge.If you terminate, or transfer your Account, any incomeaccruing will be paid as soon as practicable after receiptby us.ISA Register ShareholdersWhere you transfer an ISA to us we reserve the right to rejectincome distributions paid by your old ISA Manager afterthe date of transfer where these are less than £20. In thesecircumstances, the distribution cheque will be returned to yourold ISA Manager for re-issue directly to yourself.17. SUSPENSION OF DEALINGS IN A FUNDWith the prior approval of the Depositary, or if the Depositaryso requires, and if there is good reason in the interests of theShareholders or potential Shareholders, the issue, cancellation,purchase and sale of shares may be suspended for a period ofup to 28 days.Dealings in Shares in the relevant Fund will commence on thenext Valuation Point following the end of the suspension at theShare price calculated at that Valuation Point.Where any such suspension occurs, then, for ISAs, the timesstipulated under which a transfer or withdrawal is to takeplace, as set out in clauses 20 and 21 below, may be extendedto 7 days after the end of such suspension.18. VOTING RIGHTSYou will be invited to exercise voting rights in respect of anyShares held. You are entitled to attend Shareholder meetingsin person. At a meeting of Shareholders, on a show of hands,every Shareholder who is present in person or by properlyauthorised representative, has one vote. On a poll vote, aShareholder may vote either in person or by proxy. There willbe no annual general meetings for the Company.19. DEATHShares in the Funds form part of your estate and, on productionof the Death Certificate and Grant of Probate or Letters ofAdministration, Shares can be sold or re-registered in the nameof the executors, administrators of the estate, beneficiary or inthe name of the surviving Shareholder. Your ISA Account willcease to attract any tax benefits, and the assets will be held byus awaiting instructions from your personal representatives,who may direct that the Shares be sold or that they beregistered in the names of the appropriate beneficiaries, subjectto any restrictions relating to minimum holdings.20. SELLINGShares will be sold at the price calculated in accordance withthe FSA Rules as at the next regular Valuation Point afterreceiving valid instructions as follows:An instruction to sell may be accepted by post or fax dealing –for both ISA and non-ISA Shareholders , provided that:Aberdeen UK OEIC Fund Range Simplified Prospectus, August 2011 29
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