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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.: The New America High Income Fund, Inc. Declares Special Dividend

^{Published on 2008-12-19 13:49:34, Last Modified on 2008-12-19 13:49:52 - Market Wire}
 

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.