Deidre Downes

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund is a closed investment fund. It engages in seeking capital appreciation through investing in investment funds managed by third party investment managers who employ a return investment strategies in pursuit of attractive risk-adjusted returns consistent with the preservation of capital. The company was founded on May 12, 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

PGIM, Inc. is a SEC-registered investment advisor headquartered in Newark, New Jersey. The firm was founded in 1984 and is a direct subsidiary of PGIM Holding Co. LLC, ultimately owned by Prudential Financial, Inc. (NYSE: PRU). PGIM provides institutional clients with investment solutions worldwide. It is comprised of autonomous asset management businesses each specializing in a particular asset class with a focused investment approach: PGIM Institutional Advisory & Solutions (provides advisory services to institutional clients located in the US and outside of the US), PGIM Fixed Income (an adviser primarily focused on public fixed income investments), PGIM Real Estate (a provider of real estate investment advisory services) and PGIM Capital Group (a private fixed income investment adviser, also known as Prudential Capital Group).

Morgan Stanley India Investment Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek long-term capital appreciation through investments primarily in equity securities of Indian Issuers. The company was founded on December 22, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Debt Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company, whose investment objective is to produce current income. Its secondary objective is to seek capital appreciation through investments primarily in debt securities of government and government-related issuers. The company was founded on May 6, 1993 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Morgan Stanley China A Share Fund, Inc. is a closed-end management investment company. Its investment objective is to seek capital growth. The firm invests its assets in A-shares of Chinese companies listed on the Shanghai and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges, either by investing directly in A-shares through a licensed qualified foreign institutional investor or by gaining exposure to the A-share market through the use of derivatives. The company was founded on July 6, 2006 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Alternative Investment Partners Absolute Return Fund STS is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company, which invests substantially all its assets in private investment funds, commonly referred to as hedge funds that are managed by a select group of alternative managers. The company was founded on October 31, 2005 and is headquartered in West Conshohocken, PA.

Morgan Stanley Emerging Markets Domestic Debt Fund, Inc. is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The company's primary objective is to seek a high level of current income. It also has a secondary investment objective of long-term capital appreciation. The company was founded on January 25, 2007 and is headquartered in New York, NY.