Item G.1.b.i. material amendments to organizational documents.
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AMENDMENT TO THE
AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST
OF
ABERDEEN STANDARD GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME FUND
This Amendment dated June 10, 2022 (the “Amendment”) to the AMENDED AND RESTATED AGREEMENT AND DECLARATION OF TRUST, as amended and restated on June 18, 2020, of the Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund (the “Trust”) by the Trustees hereunder.
WITNESSETH THAT:
WHEREAS, the Trustees desire to amend Article II of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust, dated June 18, 2022, in its entirety in order to reflect a change in the name of the Trust as follows, effective June 30, 2022:
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Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund |
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abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund |
NOW THEREFORE BE IT, that Article II of the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust shall be restated in its entirety as follows, effective June 30, 2022:
ARTICLE II
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The name of the Trust is abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund (the “Trust”). Under circumstances in which the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board of Trustees” or “Board”; each Trustee of the Trust is hereinafter referred to as a “Trustee”) determines that the use of the name of the Trust is not practicable, the Trust may use any other designation or name for the Trust.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being all or a majority of the Trustees, have set their hand and seal, for themselves and their assigns, unto this Amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust of Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund, all as of the day and year first above written. This Amendment to the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust may be executed in any number of counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original, but all such counterparts together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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/s/ John Sievwright |
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John Sievwright |
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/s/ P. Gerald Malone |
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P. Gerald Malone |
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/s/ Todd Reit |
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Todd Reit |
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/s/ Nancy Yao Maasbach |
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Nancy Yao Maasbach |
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/s/ Stephen Bird |
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Stephen Bird |
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ABERDEEN STANDARD GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME FUND
CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT
Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund, a Maryland statutory trust (the “Trust”), having its principal office in Baltimore, Maryland, hereby certifies to the State Department of Assessments and Taxation of Maryland that:
FIRST: The Certificate of Trust of the Trust (the “Certificate”) is hereby amended to change the name of the Trust to “abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund”.
SECOND: The amendment to the Certificate as hereinabove set forth has been duly approved by the trustees of the Trust, as permitted by the Maryland Statutory Trust Act and as required by the governing instrument of the Trust.
THIRD: This Certificate of Amendment shall be effective at 12:01 a.m. on June 30, 2022.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Trust has caused these presents to be signed in its name and on its behalf by all of its Trustees on this 10th day of June, 2022.
ABERDEEN STANDARD GLOBAL INFRASTRUCTURE INCOME FUND
By:
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/s/ John Sievwright |
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John Sievwright |
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/s/ P. Gerald Malone |
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P. Gerald Malone |
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/s/ Todd Reit |
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Todd Reit |
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/s/ Nancy Yao Maasbach |
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Nancy Yao Maasbach |
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/s/ Stephen Bird |
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Stephen Bird |
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THE UNDERSIGNED, the Vice President of Aberdeen Standard Global Infrastructure Income Fund, who executed on behalf of the Trust the foregoing Certificate of Amendment of which this certificate is made a part, hereby acknowledges in the name and on behalf of said Trust the foregoing Certificate of Amendment to be the statutory trust act of said Trust and hereby certifies that to the best of his knowledge, information and belief the matters and facts set forth therein with respect to the authorization and approval thereof are true in all material respects under the penalties of perjury.
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/s/ Robert Hepp |
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Robert Hepp Vice President |
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/s/ Megan Kennedy |
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Megan Kennedy Secretary |
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Item G.1.b.iv. Information called for by Item 405 of Regulation S-K:
Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports
Section 16(a) of the 1934 Act and Section 30(h) of the 1940 Act, as applied to the Fund, require the Fund's officers and Trustees, certain officers and directors of the investment advisers, affiliates of the investment advisers, and persons who beneficially own more than 10% of the Fund's outstanding securities to electronically file reports of ownership of the Fund's securities and changes in such ownership with the SEC and the NYSE.
Based solely on the Fund’s review of such forms filed on EDGAR or written representations from reporting persons that all reportable transactions were reported, to the knowledge of the Fund, during the fiscal period ended September 30, 2022, the Fund’s officers, Trustees and greater than 10% owners timely filed all reports they were required to file under Section 16(a), except that: (i) Robert Hepp and Andrew Kim each filed a late Form 3 filing following their respective appointments as Vice Presidents of the Fund; and (ii) Grant Hotson and Neil Slater each filed a late Form 3 filing following their respective appointments as directors of the fund’s investment manager.
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the
Shareholders and Board of Trustees
abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund:
In planning and performing our audit of the consolidated financial statements of abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund (the Fund) as of and for the year ended September 30, 2022, in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States), we considered the Fund's internal control over financial reporting, including controls over safeguarding securities, as a basis for designing our auditing procedures for the purpose of expressing our opinion on the consolidated financial statements and to comply with the requirements of Form N-CEN, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
Management of the Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting. In fulfilling this responsibility, estimates and judgments by management are required to assess the expected benefits and related costs of controls. A company's internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A company's internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (2) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the company's assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
A deficiency in internal control over financial reporting exists when the design or operation of a control does not allow management or employees, in the normal course of performing their assigned functions, to prevent or detect misstatements on a timely basis. A material weakness is a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting, such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the company’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis.
Our consideration of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting was for the limited purpose described in the first paragraph and would not necessarily disclose all deficiencies in internal control that might be material weaknesses under standards established by the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). However, we noted no deficiencies in the Fund's internal control over financial reporting and its operation, including controls over safeguarding securities, that we consider to be a material weakness as defined above as of September 30, 2022.
This report is intended solely for the information and use of the management and the Board of Trustees of abrdn Global Infrastructure Income Fund and the Securities and Exchange Commission and is not intended to be and should not be used by anyone other than these specified parties.
/s/ KPMG LLP
Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania
November 25, 2022