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Form N-23C-1
Report for Calendar month Ending December 31, 2000
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Swiss Helvetia Fund, Inc.
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Approximate asset value
Number of or approximate asset Name of
Date of each Identification of shares Price per coverage per share at Seller or of
transaction each security purchased share time of purchase Sellers Broker
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Swiss Helvetia
Fund-(Cusip-
12/26/00 870875101) 11,000 13.5625 17.31 NYSE
12/27/00 (same) 16,400 13.9943 17.47 NYSE
12/29/00 (same) 100,000 14.616 17.92 NYSE
Total 127,400
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