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Sales information
You may qualify for a reduction or waiver of sales charges on the offering price. To receive the reduced or waived sales charge, you must inform Customer Service or your broker or other intermediary at the time of your purchase that you qualify for such a reduction or waiver. If you do not inform Customer Service or your intermediary that you are eligible for a reduced or waived sales charge, you may not receive the discount or waiver that you are entitled to.
You may have to produce evidence that you qualify for a reduced sales charge or waiver before you will receive it. Please refer to your prospectus for additional information on reduced or waived sales charges.
Class A Shares
Class A shares may be most appropriate for investors who want lower fund expenses or those who qualify for reduced front-end sales charges or a waiver of sales charges.
Front-End Sales Charges for Class A Shares (of the Equity and Property Series)
| Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as % of | Dealer Commission as % of Offering Price |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Offering Price |
Amount Invested (approximately) |
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| Less than $50,000 | 5.75% | 6.10% | 5.00% |
| $50,000 up to $100,000 | 4.75 | 4.99 | 4.00 |
| $100,000 up to $250,000 | 3.50 | 3.63 | 3.00 |
| $250,000 up to $500,000 | 2.50 | 2.56 | 2.00 |
| $500,000 up to $1 million | 2.00 | 2.04 | 1.75 |
| $1 million or more | None | None | None* |
Front-End Sales Charges for Class A Shares of the abrdn Emerging Markets Debt Fund and abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund
| Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as % of | Dealer Commission as % of Offering Price |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Offering Price |
Amount Invested (approximately) |
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| Less than $100,000 | 3.00% | 3.10% | 2.50% |
| $100,000 up to $250,000 | 2.50 | 2.56 | 2.00 |
| $250,000 up to $1 million | 2.00 | 2.04 | 1.75 |
| $1 million or more | None | None | None* |
| *Dealer may be eligible for a finders fee as described in “Purchasing Class A Shares without a Sales Charge” below. | |||
Front-End Sales Charges for Class A Shares of the abrdn Intermediate Municipal Income Fund and abrdn Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund
| Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as % of | Dealer Commission as % of Offering Price |
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|---|---|---|---|
| Offering Price |
Amount Invested (approximately) |
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| Less than $100,000 | 2.50% | 2.56% | 2.00% |
| $100,000 up to $250,000 | 2.00 | 2.04 | 1.75 |
| $250,000 or more | None | None | None* |
| *Dealer may be eligible for a finders fee as described in “Purchasing Class A Shares without a Sales Charge” below. | |||
Sales Charges for A1 Shares of the abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund
| Amount of Purchase | Sales Charge as % of Offering Price |
Amount Invested (Approximately) |
Dealer Commission |
|---|---|---|---|
| less than $250,000 | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% |
| $250,000 or more | None | None | None |
| * Dealer may be eligible for a finders fee as described in “Purchasing Class A Shares without a Sales Charge” when purchasing shares of the abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A1. The abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A does not pay finder’s fees. There are no front-end sales charges for Class A Shares of abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund. | |||
Contingent Deferred Sales Charge on Certain Redemptions of Class A Shares
| Funds Purchased | Amount of Purchase | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| $1 Million up to $4 Million | $4 Million up to $25 Million | $25 Million or More | |
| abrdn Funds Equity Series, Asset Allocation Series, Property Series, abrdn Emerging Markets Debt Fund, and abrdn Global Absolute Return Strategies Fund | 1.00% | 0.50% | 0.25% |
| Funds Purchased | Amount of Purchase | ||
| $250,000 up to $4 Million | $4 Million up to $25 Million | $25 Million or More | |
| abrdn Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund (Formerly High Yield Municipal Income Fund) and abrdn Intermediate Municipal Income Fund (Formerly Tax Free Income Fund) | 0.75% | 0.50% | 0.25% |
| abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A1 Shares | 0.25% | 0.25% | 0.25% |
| A shareholder may be subject to a CDSC if he or she redeems Class A shares within 18 months of the date of purchase (within 12 months of purchase for the abrdn Short Duration High Yield Municipal Fund, abrdn Intermediate Municipal Income Fund, and abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A1 Shares). Any CDSC is based on the original purchase price or the current market value of the shares being redeemed, whichever is less. If you redeem a portion of your shares, shares that are not subject to a CDSC are redeemed first, followed by shares that you have owned the longest. This minimizes the CDSC you pay. Please see "Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges-Class A and Class C Shares" in the fund's prospectus for a list of situations where a CDSC is not charged. If you purchase more than one abrdn Fund and subsequently redeem those shares, the amount of the CDSC is based on the specific combination of abrdn Funds purchased and is proportional to the amount you redeem from each abrdn Fund. The maximum CDSC applicable to abrdn U.S. Small Cap Equity Fund Class A purchases made prior to May 1, 2017 is 0.50%. Effective May 1, 2017, the maximum CDSC is 1.00%. Unless you are otherwise eligible to purchase Class A shares without a sales charge, a CDSC at the rate in effect at the time the shares were purchased will be charged on Class A shares redeemed within 18 months of purchase if you paid no sales charge on the original purchase and a finder’s fee was paid. The abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A does not pay Finder’s Fees. Please note if you exchange abrdn Funds Class A shares that are subject to a CDSC into the abrdn Ultra Short Municipal Income Fund Class A, and then redeem those shares within 12 or 18 months of the original purchase (depending on the abrdn Fund), the CDSC applicable to the original purchase is charged. |
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Class C shares
Class C shares may be appropriate if you are uncertain how long you will hold your shares. If you redeem your Class C shares within the first year after you purchase them you must pay a CDSC of 1%.
For Class C shares, the CDSC is based on the original purchase price or the current market value of the shares being redeemed, whichever is less.
If you redeem a portion of your shares, shares that are not subject to a CDSC are redeemed first, followed by shares that you have owned the longest. This minimizes the CDSC that you pay. See "Waiver of Contingent Deferred Sales Charges-Class A and Class C Shares" in the fund's prospectus for a list of situations where a CDSC is not charged.
The Fund’s distributor or Adviser may compensate broker-dealers and financial intermediaries for sales of Class C shares from its own resources at the rate upto 1.00% of sales of Class C shares.