Voya International High Dividend Equity Income Fund (IID)
Filed: 6 Aug 07, 12:00am
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 6, 2007
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
FORM 8-A
For Registration of Certain Classes of Securities
Pursuant to Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
ING International High Dividend Equity Income Fund
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 26-0474363 | |
| (State of Incorporation) | (IRS Employer Identification Number) |
7337 East Doubletree Ranch Road Scottsdale, AZ | 85258 | |
| (Address of principal executive offices) | (Zip Code) |
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(c), check the following box. x
If this Form relates to the registration of a class of securities pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Exchange Act and is effective pursuant to General Instruction A.(d), check the following box. ¨
Securities Act registration statement file number to which this form relates: 333-142112
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
Title of Each Class | Name of Each Exchange on Which Each Class is to be Registered | |
| Common shares of beneficial interest, $0.01 Par Value Per Share | New York Stock Exchange |
Securities to be registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:
None
(Title of class)
| Item 1. | Description of Registrant’s Securities to be Registered |
The securities to be registered hereby are shares of beneficial interest (the“Shares”) of ING International High Dividend Equity Income Fund (the“Fund”). The description of the Shares contained in the section entitled “Description of Shares” in the Prospectus included in the Fund’s Registration Statement on Form N-2 (File Nos. 333-142112 and 811-22051), filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on April 13, 2007, as amended from time to time (the“Registration Statement”), is hereby incorporated by reference herein. Any form of prospectus or prospectus supplement to the Registration Statement that includes such descriptions and that are subsequently filed are hereby also incorporated by reference herein.
| Item 2. | Exhibits |
Pursuant to the Instructions as to Exhibits, no exhibits are filed herewith or incorporated herein by reference.
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SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of Section 12 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereto duly authorized, on the 6th day of August, 2007.
| ING INTERNATIONAL HIGH DIVIDEND EQUITY INCOME FUND | ||
| By: | /s/ Shaun P. Mathews | |
Shaun P. Mathews President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
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