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Global Small Cap Fund makes announcement.


NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 1996--Global Small Cap Fund Inc. (AMEX AMEX

See: American Stock Exchange
: GSG GSG Grenzschutzgruppe (German: Border Protection Unit; anti-terrorist group)
GSG Global Scenario Group
GSG Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.
GSG Gunslinger Girl (anime)
GSG Ground-Signal-Ground
) is a closed-end management company Closed-End Management Company

An investment-management company that sells a limited number of shares to investors on an exchange by way of an initial public offering. For investors to sell the shares they purchased from the closed-end management company, there must be buyers
 seeking long-term Long-term

Three or more years. In the context of accounting, more than 1 year.


long-term

1. Of or relating to a gain or loss in the value of a security that has been held over a specific length of time. Compare short-term.
 capital appreciation by investing primarily in equity securities of small capitalization capitalization n. 1) the act of counting anticipated earnings and expenses as capital assets (property, equipment, fixtures) for accounting purposes. 2) the amount of anticipated net earnings which hypothetically can be used for conversion into capital assets.  companies located throughout the world, including, but not limited to, Asia, Europe Europe (yr`əp), 6th largest continent, c.4,000,000 sq mi (10,360,000 sq km) including adjacent islands (1992 est. pop. 512,000,000). , the Far East, the Middle East, North Africa, and the Americas A·mer·i·cas   , the

See America.
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Portfolio Composition (February 29, 1996)
Regional Composition (As a % of net assets)


Continental Europe                      40.5%
    Sweden                       8.4
    France                       6.7
    Germany                      5.2
    Austria                      3.9
    Norway                       4.0
    The Netherlands              3.7
    Other                        8.6
Pacific Region (excluding Japan)        22.4
United States                           17.1
United Kingdom                           8.5
Latin America                            4.8
Japan                                    3.9
Other                                    2.7


Top Ten Holdings (As a % of net assets)


SGL Carbon                       3.4%    Giordano International 2.5%
IHC Caland                       3.2     Autoliv AB             2.5
Transocean AS                    3.1     Astra International    2.4
Technip                          3.1     Cordiant               2.3
Industrias Penoles               2.6     M.C. Packaging         2.3




Sector Allocation (As a % of net assets)


Services                        24.3%    Materials              9.6%
Consumer Goods                  22.5     Energy                 7.2
Capital Equipment               14.1     Cash                   2.9
Finance                          9.7     Mult. Industry         0.5
                                         Other                  9.19


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