The India Fund, Inc. Announces Expiration Of Semi-Annual Repurchase Offer

The India Fund, Inc. (NYSE: IFN; the “Fund”) announced the expiration of the Fund’s semi-annual repurchase offer for shares of its common stock. The repurchase offer and withdrawal rights expired on Friday, September 16, 2011. The Fund offered to repurchase up to 5% of the outstanding shares of its common stock for cash at a price approximately equal to net asset value as of September 23, 2011. As of Friday, September 16, 2011, 42,991,523.09 Fund shares were outstanding. The repurchase amount of 5% of Fund shares represents approximately 2,149,576.15 shares outstanding. The preliminary count by BNY Mellon Investment Servicing (U.S.) Inc., the Fund’s transfer agent, indicated that approximately 6,988,825 shares (approximately 16.256 % of the Fund’s outstanding shares) were validly tendered and not withdrawn prior to the expiration of the Fund’s repurchase offer. This determination is subject to final confirmation and the proper delivery of all shares tendered and not withdrawn, including shares tendered pursuant to the guaranteed delivery procedure. 347,351 shares are estimated to be subject to this guarantee. Since more than 5% of the Fund’s outstanding shares were tendered, it is required that Fund shares tendered be accepted on a pro-rata basis. It is expected that approximately 30.940 % of the non-odd lot shares tendered will be accepted for payment. Shares will be repurchased for cash at a price equal to their net asset value as of the close of regular trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) on September 23, 2011, subject to a repurchase fee of 2% of net asset value per share, which will be deducted from the repurchase price.

The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company that seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing primarily in Indian equity securities. The Fund conducts semi-annual repurchase offers and is traded on the NYSE under the trading symbol “IFN.”

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