Michael Pignataro

Chile Fund Inc. is a close-ended equity mutual fund launched and advised by Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC. The fund primarily invests in the public equity markets of Chile. It invests in companies operating across diversified industries. The Chile Fund, Inc. (the Fund) is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company. The Chile Fund, Inc. invests in industries, such as airlines, beverages, multiline retail, commercial banks, commercials, paper and forest products and electric utilities.

The Emerging Markets Telecommunications Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company. The Fund invests in wireless telecommunications services and diversified telecommunication services sectors. It invests in countries, such as Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, Middle East, North America and other countries. Credit Suisse Asset Management, LLC serves as the Fund's investment adviser. The Company is headquartered in New York.

The Indonesia Fund, Inc. is a closed-end non-diversified management investment company. The Fund seeks capital appreciation as a primary objective and income as a secondary objective by investing primarily in Indonesian securities. The Fund invests in securities of foreign countries and governments. The Fund invests in sectors such as automobiles, commercial banks, construction materials, diversified telecommunication services, oil, gas & consumable fuels and machinery. Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (Credit Suisse LLC) served as the Fund's investment adviser until April 30, 2009. The Fund's administrator is Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. Aberdeen Asset Management Asia Limited serves as the Fund's investment adviser

The Latin America Equity Fund, Inc. (formerly known as The Latin America Investment Fund, Inc.) (the 'Company'), a corporation organized under the laws of the state of Maryland, confirms its agreement with Aberdeen Asset Management Investment Services Limited (the 'Adviser'), a corporation organized under the laws of United Kingdom

First Israel Fund, Inc. is a closed ended mutual fund. The Fund may invest up to 80% of its total assets in 'Asian debt securities', and may be denominated in an Asian Country currency or in Australian, New Zealand or U.S. dollars.

The New Ireland Fund, Inc. is a closed-end investment company. The Fund objective is to achieve long-term capital appreciation through investment in equity securities of Irish companies. The company was founded on December 14, 1989 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Founded in 1999, Credit Suisse Asset Management LLC (CSAM) is a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (NYSE: CS), a publicly owned foreign bank holding company based in Switzerland.

Credit Suisse High Yield Bond Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment fund, which engages in seeking high current income investment. It seeks to deliver attractive returns from U.S. high yield bond markets to investors. The firm’s investment strategy is to maximize total return from monetizing macroeconomic themes and exploiting sector and issuer performance and rating dispersion. The company was founded on April 24, 1998 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Credit Suisse Asset Management Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-ended fund, which engages in investing in the fixed income markets and companies operating across diversified industries. It seeks current income consistent with the preservation of capital by investing primarily in fixed-income securities. The company was founded on February 11, 1987 and is headquartered in New York, NY.