Unassociated Document
UNITED
STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
Washington, D.C.
20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT
REPORT
Pursuant
to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of
1934
January
19, 2011
Date
of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
The Taiwan Fund,
Inc.
(Exact
Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)
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Delaware
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811-04893
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042942862
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(State
or Other Jurisdiction
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(Commission
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(IRS
Employer
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of
Incorporation)
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File
Number)
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Identification
Number)
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c/o
State Street Bank and Trust Company,
2 Avenue
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02206-5049
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Lafayette,
PO Box 5049, Boston, MA
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(Zip
Code)
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(Address
of Principal Executive Offices)
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1-(877) 636-9242
(Registrant’s
telephone number, including area code)
Check the
appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously
satisfy the filing obligation of the Registrant under any of the following
provisions:
o Written communications
pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)
o Soliciting material
pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14a-12)
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.14d-2(b))
o Pre-commencement
communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR
240.13e-4(c))
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
Item 5.02
Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment
of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.
SIGNATURES
Section
(b)
Ms.
Elizabeth A. Watson resigned as the Secretary of the Registrant on January 19,
2011.
Section
(c)(1)
Ms.
Tracie A. Coop was appointed Secretary of the Registrant on January 19,
2011.
Section
(c)(2)
Ms. Coop
is 34 years of age. No other arrangements or understandings with the
officer and the registrant exist except the arrangements or understandings
related to the officer acting solely in the capacity of her
office. No family relationships exist between Ms. Coop and any
director, officer or any other person nominated or chosen by the Registrant to
become an officer.
Ms.
Coop’s business experience during the past five years is as follows: Vice
President and Senior Counsel, State Street Bank and Trust Company 10/2007 –
present; Associate Counsel and Manager, Natixis Asset Management Advisors L.P.,
2006-2007; Associate Counsel, Natixis Asset Management Advisors L.P.,
2005-2006. None of the listed employers are affiliated to the
Registrant.
Ms. Coop
has not engaged in any transactions since the beginning of the Registrant's last
fiscal year, or any currently proposed transaction, in which the Registrant was
or is to be a participant and the amount involved exceeds $120,000, and in which
she was related person with a direct or indirect material interest.
Section
(c)(3)
There is
no material plan, contract or arrangement (whether or not written) to which a
Ms. Coop is a party or in which she participates that is entered into or
material amendment in connection with the triggering event or any grant or award
to Ms. Coop or modification thereto, under any such plan, contract or
arrangement in connection with any such event.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant
to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has
duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto
duly authorized.
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The
China Fund, Inc.
(Registrant)
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Dated:
January 25, 2011
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/s/ Tracie A.
Coop____
Name:
Tracie A. Coop
Title: Secretary
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