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The New America High Income Fund, Inc. Declares Special Dividend
| Source: The New America High Income Fund, Inc.
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - December 19, 2008) - The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund")(NYSE : HYB ) announced today that it will pay a special dividend of
$.013 per share on the company's common stock on January 9, 2009 to common
shareholders of record as of the close of business on December 31, 2008.
The ex-dividend date will be December 29th. The special dividend payment
will be made in lieu of an ordinary January dividend.
The New America High Income Fund, Inc. is a diversified, closed-end
management investment company with a leveraged capital structure. The
Fund's investment adviser is T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. ("T. Rowe
Price"). As of September 30, 2008 T. Rowe Price and its affiliates managed
approximately $345 billion of assets, including approximately $10.4 billion
of "high yield" investments. T. Rowe Price has provided investment advisory
services to investment companies since 1937.