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Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. " Distribution Characteristics for November 2008

^{Published on 2008-11-29 06:28:16 - Market Wire}
 

NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE: SGL), a non-diversified, closed-end management investment company seeking a high level of current income as a primary objective and capital appreciation as a secondary objective through investments in US and foreign debt securities, today announced its distribution characteristics for the month of November 2008.

On November 10, 2008, the Fund's Board of Directors declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.0629 per share. This distribution is payable November 28, 2008 to shareholders of record as of November 20, 2008. The ex-dividend date was November 18, 2008.

The Fund adopted a managed distribution policy in May 1998, which was revised effective January 2000 and again in May 2005. Pursuant to the policy as currently in effect, the Fund makes regular monthly distributions at an annualized rate equal to 8% of the Fund's net asset value, as determined as of the last day on which the New York Stock Exchange is open for trading during the first week of that month. The Fund's Board will reassess no less frequently than annually the annualized percentage of net assets at which the Fund's monthly distributions will be made. The Fund's Board may change or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time; any such change or termination may have an adverse effect on the market price for the Fund's shares.

To the extent that the Fund's taxable income in any fiscal year exceeds the aggregate amount distributed based on a fixed percentage of its net asset value, the Fund would make an additional distribution in the amount of that excess near the end of the fiscal year. To the extent that the aggregate amount distributed by the Fund based on a fixed percentage of its net asset value exceeds its current and accumulated earnings and profits, the amount of that excess would constitute a return of capital or net realized capital gains for tax purposes.

Based on information available at this time, the Fund estimates that net investment income, excluding short-term capital gains, is the source of approximately 74% of the November distribution of $0.0629 per share, and 26% represents a return of capital. Additionally, the characteristics of the regular monthly aggregate distributions of $0.8967 per share for the Fund's current fiscal period which began on December 1, 2007 through November 30, 2008, are as follows: 4% represents long-term capital gain, and it is currently estimated that net investment income is the source of approximately 80% of such distributions, and short-term capital gains is the source of approximately 16% of such distributions. The foregoing estimates are however, subject to change.

The actual sources of the Fund's distributions may be net investment income, net realized capital gains, return of capital or a combination of the foregoing and may be subject to retroactive recharacterization at the end of the Fund's fiscal year based on tax regulations. The actual amounts attributable to each of these sources will be reported to shareholders next January on Form 1099-DIV.

As of October 31, 2008, the Fund had estimated distributions in excess of net investment income of $1,903,330.