This Amendment No. 3 to Schedule 13D (this “Amendment No. 3”) should be read in conjunction with the Schedule 13D filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on December 1, 2010 (the “Original Schedule 13D”), by City of London Investment Group PLC (“City of London”) and City of London Investment Management Company Limited relating to the shares of common stock (the “Shares”), of THE SINGAPORE FUND, INC. (the “Fund”), and with the Amendments No. 1 and 2 filed on December 13, 2010 and January 3, 2011, respectively. This Amendment No. 3 amends Items 3, 4 and 5 of the Original Schedule 13D by disclosing transactions resulting in an increase to the aggr egate amount of shares beneficially owned by City of London. All other information in the Original Schedule 13D remains in effect. All capitalized terms used herein and not otherwise defined shall have the meanings ascribed thereto in the Original Schedule 13D.
Item 3. Source and Amount of Funds or Other Considerations.
The response set forth in Item 3 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows:
Beneficial ownership of the Shares to which this statement relates was acquired by the Reporting Persons with invested capital of the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts. The aggregate purchase price of the 2,589,282 Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons was $30,581,536, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 208,826 Shares owned directly by EWF was $2,460,433, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 299,051 Shares owned directly by BMI was $3,829,170, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 241,760 Shares owned directly by IEM was $3,682,711, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 299,051 Shares own ed directly by FREE was $4,175,809, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 6,185 Shares owned directly by PLUS was $81,504, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 290,471 Shares owned directly by GEM was $2,276,988, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 421 Shares owned directly by GFM was $5,548, inclusive of brokerage commissions. The aggregate purchase price of the 1,243,517 Shares owned directly by the Segregated Accounts was $14,069,373, inclusive of brokerage commissions.
Item 4. Purpose of Transaction.
The response set forth in Item 4 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended and supplemented as follows:
On December 30, 2010 the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts elected to receive 154,878.88 and 136,854.74 shares, respectively, of The Singapore Fund, Inc. (SGF US) as payment for the fund’s end of year distribution of $1.85 per share. Accordingly, the City of London Funds and Segregated Accounts elected shares were delivered on January 6, 2011. Subsequent to receiving the elected shares, BMI, GEM and FREE initiated sale transactions to reduce their respective percentage holdings of the Shares. The overall result of the dividend share distribution and the subsequent sales was a 1.12% increase of City of London’s beneficial ownership of Shares.
Item 5. Interests in Securities of the Issuer.
The response set forth in Item 5 of the Schedule 13D is hereby amended as follows:
(a) | and (b). As of the date hereof, CLIG, through its control of CLIM, and CLIM, in its capacity as investment adviser to the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts, have voting and dispositive power with respect to all 2,589,282 Shares owned directly by the City of London Funds and the Segregated Accounts, representing approximately 25.97% of the 9.968 million Shares outstanding as of January 31, 2011, as reported by the Fund. As of the date hereof, EWF, IEM, BMI, FREE, PLUS,GEM, GFM and the Segregated Accounts owned directly 208,826; 241,760; 299,051; 299,051; 6,185; 290,471; 421 and 1,243,517 Shares, respectively, representing approximately 2.09%, 2.43%, 3.00%, 3.00%, 0.06%, 2.91%, 0.001% and 12.47%, respectively, of the 9.968 million Shares outstanding as of January 31, 2011. |
(c) | Information with respect to all transactions in the Shares beneficially owned by the Reporting Persons that were effected during the past 60 days is set forth below: |