HISTORICAL PERFORMANCEPast performance information on each Fund will be detailed in <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong>’s simplified prospectus which is available from theregistered office of <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong>.44 <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong> PROSPECTUS – April 2009
Appendix A – Investment RestrictionsINVESTMENT POWERS AND RESTRICTIONS<strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong> has the following investment powers and restrictions:I. <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong> may invest in:a) Transferable Securities and Money Market Instruments admitted to or dealt in on an Eligible Marketb) recently issued Transferable Securities and Money Market Instruments, provided that the terms of issue include an undertakingthat application will be made for admission to official listing on a Eligible Market and such admission is secured within one yearof the issue;c) units of UCITS and/or other UCIs, whether situated in an EU Member State or not, provided that:- such other UCIs have been authorised under the laws which provide that they are subject to supervision considered bythe Luxembourg supervisory authority to be equivalent to that laid down in Community law, and that cooperation betweenauthorities is sufficiently ensured,- the level of protection for unitholders in such other UCIs is equivalent to that provided for unitholders in a UCITS, and inparticular that the rules on asset segregation, borrowing, lending, and uncovered sales of Transferable Securities and MoneyMarket Instruments are equivalent to the requirements of directive 85/611/EEC, as amended,- the business of such other UCIs is reported in half-yearly and annual reports to enable an assessment of the assets andliabilities, income and operations over the reporting period,- no more than 10% of the assets of the UCITS or of the other UCIs, whose acquisition is contemplated, can, according to theirconstitutional documents, in aggregate, be invested in units of other UCITS or other UCIs;d) deposits with credit institutions which are repayable on demand or have the right to be withdrawn, and maturing in no morethat 12 months, provided that the credit institution has its registered office in an EU member state or, if the registered office ofthe credit institution is situated in a non-EU member state that it is subject to prudential rules considered by the Luxembourgsupervisory authority as equivalent to those laid down in Community law;e) financial derivative instruments, including equivalent cash-settled instruments, dealt in on an Eligible Market and/or financialderivative instruments dealt in over-the-counter (“OTC derivatives”), provided that:- the underlying consists of instruments covered by this section (I), financial indices, interest rates, foreign exchange rates orcurrencies, in which the Fund may invest according to its investment objective;- the counterparties to OTC derivative transactions are institutions subject to prudential supervision, and belonging to thecategories approved by the Luxembourg supervisory authority;- the OTC derivatives are subject to reliable and verifiable valuation on a daily basis and can be sold, liquidated or closed by anoffsetting transaction at any time at their fair value at <strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong>’s initiative;and/orf) Money Market Instruments other than those dealt in on an Eligible Market, if the issue or the issuer of such instruments arethemselves regulated for the purpose of protecting investors and savings, and provided that such instruments are:- issued or guaranteed by a central, regional or local authority or by a central bank of an EU Member State, the European CentralBank, the EU or the European Investment Bank, a non-EU Member State or, in case of a Federal State, by one of the membersmaking up the federation, or by a public international body to which one or more EU Member States belong, or- issued by an undertaking any securities of which are dealt in on Eligible Markets, or- issued or guaranteed by an establishment subject to prudential supervision, in accordance with criteria defined by theCommunity law, or by an establishment which is subject to and complies with prudential rules considered by the Luxembourgsupervisory authority to be at least as stringent as those laid down by Community law, or- issued by other bodies belonging to the categories approved by the Luxembourg supervisory authority provided thatinvestments in such instruments are subject to investor protection equivalent to that laid down in the first, the second or thethird indent and provided that the issuer is a company whose capital and reserves amount to at least ten million euro (Euro10,000,000) and which presents and publishes its annual accounts in accordance with the fourth directive 78/660/EEC, is anentity which, within a group of companies which includes one or several listed companies, is dedicated to the financing of thegroup or is an entity which is dedicated to the financing of securitisation vehicles which benefit from a banking liquidity line.<strong>Aberdeen</strong> <strong>Global</strong> <strong>IV</strong> PROSPECTUS – April 2009 45
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