AOD - abrdn Total Dynamic Dividend Fund
A closed-end fund run by abrdn. Invests in shares. Listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
Is anyone targeting this fund?
Not right now - Saba was in this fund until Dec 6, 2024 and has since sold down.
Is the fund doing anything you need to act on?
Nothing right now.
What this means for you
Saba owned more than 5% of this fund and has since sold down below that level, so it no longer has to report its holding.
Nothing is required of you. If a large investor buys in again, the notice appears here the day it is filed.
What happened, and when
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Aug 25, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
Original document → -
Aug 7, 2026
The fund said it may sell new shares.
Original document → -
Dec 6, 2024
Saba sold down below 5% and stopped reporting.
Original document → -
Aug 2, 2024
Saba now owns 5.4%. It has said it may push for changes.
Original document →
About this fund
- Run by abrdn Investments Limited. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Size: about $1.11 billion of holdings, as of April 30, 2026. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Borrowing: the fund borrows about 3% on top of its own money, as of April 30, 2026. Borrowed money makes gains and losses bigger. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- Costs: 1% a year in management fees; 1.2% a year in total, including interest on borrowed money. Fiscal year ended Oct 31, 2025. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- Payouts: last fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025) the fund paid $1.32 a share. $0.72 of that was income; $0.60 was your own money back, not income. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- Value of holdings per share at the last fiscal year end (Oct 31, 2025): $10.05. The shares traded at $9.59, about 4.6% below that. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's yearly report. Original document →
- How the holdings did: up 5.4% over the last three months we have (Feb-April 2026), before the share price is taken into account. Over the last 12 months: +39.9%. As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
- How the holdings did over the fiscal year (ended Oct 31, 2025): the value of the holdings returned +17.9%. How the share price did: the shares returned +29.5% over the same year, counting payouts and the change in the market price. As of Oct 31, 2025, from the fund's annual report. Original document →
- First reported to the regulator in 2006.
What the fund holds
Mostly shares (97%), the rest preferred shares. About 50% issued in the U.S.
- Alphabet - 4%
- Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing - 3.9%
- Broadcom - 3.8%
- Samsung Electronics - 3.4%
- Apple - 2.9%
- Microsoft - 2.8%
- Engie SA - 2.3%
- ASML Holding NV - 1.8%
- Muenchener Rueckversicherungs-Gesellschaft AG in Muenchen - 1.7%
- TotalEnergies SE - 1.6%
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- JPMorgan Chase & - 1.5%
- ING Groep NV - 1.5%
- Rio Tinto PLC - 1.5%
- Tencent Holdings - 1.4%
- Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group - 1.4%
- Williams Cos Inc/The - 1.4%
- AstraZeneca PLC - 1.4%
- Cisco Systems - 1.4%
- MetLife - 1.4%
- NXP Semiconductors NV - 1.4%
- Goldman Sachs Group Inc/The - 1.3%
- Contemporary Amperex Technology - 1.3%
- Hon Hai Precision Industry - 1.3%
- Target - 1.3%
- Lowe's Cos - 1.3%
As of April 30, 2026, from the fund's quarterly holdings report. Original document →
Details: all notices, events and fund facts
| Date | Investor | Stake | Type of notice |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dec 6, 2024 | Saba | 4.2% | Sold down below 5% |
| Aug 2, 2024 | Saba | 5.4% | May push for changes |
| Date | What | Deadline | Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
| Aug 7, 2026 | May sell new shares | none | Original document → |
- Run by
- abrdn Investments Limited
- Fund family
- ABERDEENCF
- Exchange
- New York Stock Exchange
- Regulator's file number
- 811-21980
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Fiscal year end
- Oct 31, 2025
- Number of holdings
- 86
- Preferred share classes
- none
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