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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
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Schedule TO
Tender Offer Statement under Section 14(d)(1) or 13(e)(4)
of the Securities Exchange Act OF 1934
(Amendment No. )
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter India Investment Fund, Inc.
(Name of Subject Company (issuer))
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter India Investment Fund, Inc.
(Names of Filing Persons (offeror and issuer))
Common Stock, Par Value $.01 Per Share
(Title of Class of Securities)
61745C 10 5
(CUSIP Number of Class of Securities)
Harold J. Schaaff, Jr.
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment Management Inc.
1221 Avenue of the Americas
New York, New York 10020
(212) 762-7188
(Name, address, and telephone number of person authorized to receive
notices and communications on behalf of filing persons)
with a copy to:
Leonard B. Mackey, Jr.
Clifford Chance Rogers & Wells LLP
200 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10166
Calculation of Filing Fee
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* Set forth the amount on which the filing fee is calculated and state how it
was determined.
/ / Check the box if any part of the fee is offset as provided by Rule
0-11(a)(2) and identify the filing with which the offsetting fee was
previously paid. Identify the previous filing by registration statement
number, or the Form or Schedule and the date of its filing.
Amount Previously Paid:
Form or Registration No.
Filing Party:
Date Filed:
/X/ Check the box if the filing relates solely to preliminary communications
made before the commencement of a tender offer.
Check the appropriate boxes below to designate any transactions to which the
statement relates:
/ / third-party tender offer subject to Rule 14d-1.
/X/ issuer tender offer subject to Rule 13e-4.
/ / going-private transactions subject to Rule 13-e-3.
/ / amendment to Schedule 13D under rule 13d-2.
Check the following box if the filing is a final amendment reporting the
results of the tender offer: / /
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Morgan Stanley Dean Witter India Investment Fund, Inc.
(For Immediate Release)
New York, New York, December 14, 2000 -- Morgan Stanley Dean Witter India
Investment Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") announced today that the Board of Directors
of the Fund has authorized the Fund to conduct a tender offer (the "Tender
Offer") during the first quarter of 2001 for up to 30% of the outstanding
shares of common stock of the Fund, at a price equal to 95% of the Fund's net
asset value per share ("NAV") on the last day of the tender period (or as
otherwise permitted by the rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC")).
The Tender Offer will be made and stockholders will be notified in
accordance with the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as
amended, and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, either by
publication or mailing or both. The offering documents will contain such
information as is prescribed by such laws and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder.
In connection with the Tender Offer and the Fund's annual distribution of
dividends to its stockholders, the Fund has temporarily suspended, as of
December 14, 2000, its purchases of shares in the open market pursuant to the
Fund's share repurchase program which was approved by the Board on July 1,
1998. Under this program, the Fund will purchase shares in the open market at
times and prices determined by management to be in the best interests of the
stockholders of the Fund. The Fund intends to resume its purchases of shares
pursuant to the repurchase program after the conclusion of the Tender Offer.
The Fund is a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company,
the shares of which are listed on the NYSE (IIF). The Fund's investment
objectives are long-term capital appreciation which it seeks to achieve by
investing primarily in equity securities of Indian issuers and by investing,
from time to time, in debt securities issued or guaranteed by Indian
governments or governmental entities. Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Investment
Management Inc. is the Fund's investment manager.
This announcement is not an offer to purchase or solicitation of an offer
to sell shares of the Fund. The offer is made only by the Offer for Cash and
the related Letter of Transmittal. Holders of Fund shares should read these
documents when they are available because they contain important information.
These and other filed documents will be available to investors for free both at
the website of the Securities and Exchange Commission and from the Fund. The
offer is not being made to, nor will tenders be accepted from or on behalf of,
holders of shares in any jurisdiction in which making or accepting the offer
would violate that jurisdiction's laws.
For further information, please contact Georgeson Shareholder
Communications Corporation, 17 State Street, New York, New York, at
800-223-2064.
