Abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund : Proxy Statement (04/17/2023)

ABRDN GLOBAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND ("AGD") ABRDN TOTAL DYNAMIC DIVIDEND FUND ("AOD")

ABRDN GLOBAL PREMIER PROPERTIES FUND ("AWP")

(each, a "Fund" and collectively, the "Funds")

1900 Market Street, Suite 200

Philadelphia, PA 19103

JOINT PROXY STATEMENT

For the Annual Meetings of Shareholders

each to be held on May 25, 2023

This Joint Proxy Statement is furnished in connection with the solicitation of proxies by each Fund's Board of Trustees (each, a "Board," and collectively, the "Boards," with members of each Board being referred to as "Trustees") to be voted at the Annual Meeting of Shareholders of each Fund (each, a "Meeting," and collectively, the "Meetings") to be held at the offices of abrdn Inc., located at 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103 on Thursday, May 25, 2023 and at any adjournments or postponements thereof. A Notice of Annual Meetings of Shareholders and a proxy card (the "Proxy Card") accompany this Joint Proxy Statement. This Joint Proxy Statement is first being mailed on or about April 15, 2023 to shareholders of record as of April 10, 2023.

The purpose of each Meeting is to consider and act upon the following proposals (each a "Proposal"), as applicable to each Fund:

AGD - To elect two Class III Trustees to serve for a three-year term.

AOD - To elect two Class III Trustees to serve for a three-year term.

AWP - To elect two Class III Trustees to serve for a three-year term.

All properly executed proxies received prior to a Meeting will be voted at that Meeting, or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, in accordance with the instructions marked on the Proxy Card. Unless instructions to the contrary are marked on the Proxy Card, proxies received will be voted "FOR" each Proposal. The persons named as proxy holders on the Proxy Card will vote in their discretion on any other matters that may properly come before each Meeting or any adjournments or postponements thereof. Any proxy may be revoked at any time prior to its exercise by submitting a properly executed, subsequently dated Proxy Card, giving written notice to Megan Kennedy, Secretary of the Fund(s), 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or by attending a Meeting and voting in person. Shareholders may authorize proxy voting by using the enclosed Proxy Card along with the enclosed envelope with pre-paid postage. Shareholders may also authorize proxy voting by telephone or through the Internet by following the instructions contained on the Proxy Card. Shareholders do not have dissenter's rights of appraisal in connection with any of the matters to be voted on by the shareholders at each Meeting.

In order to transact business at the Meetings, a "quorum" must be present for each Meeting. Under each Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, a quorum is constituted by the presence in person or by proxy of the holders of a majority of the outstanding shares of the respective Fund on the record date. Abstentions and broker non-votes (i.e., proxies from brokers or nominees indicating that they have not received instructions from the beneficial owners on an item for which the brokers or nominees do not have discretionary power to vote) will be treated as present for determining whether a quorum is present with respect to a particular matter at a Meeting.

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The election of a Trustee to a Board requires the affirmative vote of a plurality of the shares entitled to vote for the election of any Trustee present or represented by proxy at a Meeting with a quorum present. Under a plurality vote, the nominees who receive the highest number of votes will be elected even if they receive less than a majority of the votes. For purposes of the election of Trustees, abstentions and broker non-votes will be counted as shares present for quorum purposes, but will not be treated as votes cast. Abstentions and broker non-votes, therefore, will have no effect on the election of the Trustees. All properly executed proxies received prior to the Meetings will be voted, at the Meetings or at any adjournments or postponements thereof, in accordance with the instructions marked thereon. Proxies received prior to the Meetings on which no vote is indicated will be voted "FOR" the election of the Trustees.

Brokers holding shares of a Fund in "street name" for the benefit of their customers and clients will request the instructions of such customers and clients on how to vote their shares before the Meetings. Under the rules of the New York Stock Exchange ("NYSE"), such brokers may, for certain "routine" matters, grant discretionary authority to the proxies designated by a Board to vote if no instructions have been received from their customers and clients prior to the date specified in the brokers' request for voting instructions. Each Proposal is a "routine" matter and accordingly beneficial owners who do not provide proxy instructions or who do not return a proxy card may have their shares voted by broker-dealer firms in favor of the Proposal.

The chair of a Meeting shall have the power to adjourn the Meeting without further notice other than announcement at that Meeting. Each Board of Trustees also has the power to postpone a Meeting to a later date and/or time in advance of the Meeting. Abstentions and broker non-votes will have the same effect at any adjourned or postponed meeting as noted above. Any business that might have been transacted at a Meeting may be transacted at any such adjourned or postponed session(s) at which a quorum is present.

Written notice of an adjournment of a Meeting, stating the place, date and hour thereof, shall be given to each shareholder entitled to vote thereat at least ten (10) days prior to the Meeting, if the Meeting is adjourned to a date more than one hundred thirty (130) days after the original Record Date set for the Meeting.

We will admit to each Meeting (1) all shareholders of record on April 10, 2023 (the "Record Date"), (2) persons holding proof of beneficial ownership on the Record Date, such as a letter or account statement from the person's broker, (3) persons who have been granted proxies, and (4) such other persons that we, in our sole discretion, may elect to admit. To gain admittance, if you are a shareholder of record or a proxy holder of a shareholder of record, you must bring a form of personal identification to the Meeting, where your name will be verified against our shareholder list. If a broker or other nominee holds your shares and you plan to attend a Meeting, you should bring a recent brokerage statement showing your ownership of the shares, as well as a form of personal identification. If you are a beneficial owner and plan to vote at a Meeting, you should also bring a proxy card from your broker.

Each Board has fixed the close of business on April 10, 2023 as the Record Date for the determination of shareholders entitled to notice of, and to vote at, each Meeting and at any adjournment or postponement thereof.

Each Fund has one class of shares, no par value per share. Each share of a Fund is entitled to one vote at the Meeting, and fractional shares are entitled to a proportionate share of one vote. On the Record Date, the following number of shares of each Fund were issued and outstanding:

AGD 24,865,080.973

AOD 105,430,998.798

AWP 85,407,951.368

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Important Notice Regarding the Availability of Proxy Materials for the Meetings to Be Held on Thursday, May 25, 2023: The Proxy Materials and each Fund's most recent annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 are available on the Internet at https://www.abrdnagd.com(for AGD) https://www.abrdnaod.com(for AOD) and https://www.abrdnawp.com(for AWP). Each Fund will furnish, without charge, a copy of its annual report for the fiscal year ended October 31, 2022 and any more recent reports, to any Fund shareholder upon request. To request a copy, please write to the Funds c/o abrdn Inc., 1900 Market Street, Suite 200, Philadelphia, PA 19103, or call 1-800-522-5465. You may also call for information on how to obtain directions to be able to register to attend a Meeting.

The Election of two Class III Trustees

Pursuant to each Fund's Agreement and Declaration of Trust, each Board is divided into three classes, as nearly equal in number as possible, each of which will serve for three years, with one class being elected each year. If elected, each nominee is entitled to hold office until a Fund's annual meeting of shareholders in the year noted below or until his or her successor is elected and qualifies. Trustees who are deemed "interested persons" (as that term is defined in Section 2(a)(19) of the 1940 Act), of a Fund, the Fund's investment adviser, abrdn Investments Limited ("abrdn Ltd." or the "Investment Adviser") or, with respect to abrdn Global Premier Properties Fund, the Fund's investment sub-adviser, abrdn Inc. (the "Sub-Adviser"), are referred to in this Joint Proxy Statement as "Interested Trustees." Trustees who are not interested persons, as described above, are referred to in this Joint Proxy Statement as "Independent Trustees."

Each Board, including the Independent Trustees, upon the recommendation of such Board's Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, which is composed entirely of Independent Trustees, has nominated the following nominees as Class III Trustees to its Board:

The nominees have indicated an intention to serve if elected and have consented to be named in this Joint Proxy Statement.

It is the intention of the persons named as proxies on the enclosed Proxy Card(s) to vote "FOR" the election of the nominees for each Class III Trustee to serve for a three-year term. Each Board knows of no reason why the nominees would be unable to serve, but in the event of any such inability, the proxies received will be voted for such substituted nominees as such Board may recommend.

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