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Fri, July 30, 2010 Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. a" Distribution Characteristics for July 2010
NEW YORK--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. (the aFunda) (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 July 2010.
The following notice was sent to shareholders today:
STRATEGIC GLOBAL INCOME FUND, INC. c/o UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc. 1285 Avenue of the Americas New York, NY10019 | ||
DISTRIBUTION NOTICE July 2010 | ||
| The purpose of this document is to provide you with information that is required to be sent to you as well as additional information that may be of interest to at least some investors. | ||
On July 12, 2010, the Fund's Board of Directors declared a regular monthly distribution of $0.0673 per share. This distribution is payable on July 30, 2010 to shareholders of record as of July 22, 2010. The ex-distribution date was July 20, 2010. | ||
The Fund adopted a managed distribution policy (aPolicya) in May 1998. Pursuant to the Policy as currently in effect, the Fund makes regular monthly distributions at an annualized rate equal to 7% of the Funda™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. (Pursuant to the Policy with respect to distributions paid from June 2005 through July 2009, the annualized rate had been 8%.) The Funda™s Board receives recommendations from UBS Global Asset Management (Americas) Inc., the Funda™s investment advisor, periodically and no less frequently than annually will reassess the annualized percentage of net assets at which the Funda™s monthly distributions will be made. The Funda™s Board may change or terminate the managed distribution policy at any time without prior notice to Fund shareholders; any such change or termination may have an adverse effect on the market price for the Funda™s shares. | ||
To the extent that the Funda™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. A return of capital may occur, for example, when some or all of the money that shareholders invested in the Fund is deemed to be paid back to shareholders. A return of capital distribution does not necessarily reflect the Funda™s investment performance and should not be confused with ayielda or aincome.a | ||
For the current fiscal year which ends on November 30, 2010 (December 1, 2009 to July 31, 2010) the Fund has made eight (8) regular monthly distributions which in aggregate equal $0.5496 per share. The source(s) of the distributions paid during the month and current fiscal year are estimated as follows: |
| Estimated Source(s) of Regular Monthly Distributions*: | |||||||||||||
| Estimated Allocations | |||||||||||||
| Distribution(s) | Net Investment | Net Realized Short- | Net Realized Long- | Return of | |||||||||
| Income | Term Capital Gains | Term Capital Gains | Capital | ||||||||||
| Current Month | $0.0673 | $0.0337 (50%) | $0.0181 (27%) | -- (0%) | $0.0155 (23%) | ||||||||
| YTD** | $0.5496 | $0.3682 (67%) | $0.1704 (31%) | -- (0%) | $0.0110 (2%) | ||||||||
* The Fund also had a short-term capital gains distribution of $0.0402 per share during the current fiscal year. ** Fiscal year-to-date | |||||||||||||
The Fund periodically issues notices to shareholders and press releases estimating the source characteristics of its monthly distributions. The amounts and sources reported in these materials are only estimates and are not being provided for tax reporting purposes. The actual amounts and sources of the amounts for accounting and tax reporting purposes will depend upon the Funda™s investment experience during the remainder of its fiscal year and may be subject to retroactive changes based on tax regulations. The Fund sends shareholders a Form 1099-DIV (or a financial intermediary should provide a shareholder with similar information) for the calendar year that will tell shareholders how to report these distributions for federal income tax purposes.
If you chose to receive your distributions in cash, a check should have been sent to you or a credit should have been made on your financial intermediary or Fund account statement. If you chose to reinvest your distributions, that statement (or a subsequent one) should indicate the additional shares purchased for your account in full and fractional shares of the Fund's common stock.
You should not draw any conclusions about the Funda™s investment performance from the amount of the monthly distribution or from the terms of the Funda™s managed distribution policy.
If you would like to change your distribution option, please write or call your broker or, if you hold shares directly with the Fund, the Fund's distribution disbursing agent, BNY Mellon Investment Servicing, at 1-800-331-1710. For more information about the Fund, please contact: UBS Global Asset Management Closed-End Funds Desk, 888-793 8637
CUSIP: 862719101
Please find below additional information regarding the Funda™s performance. Please note that this information is primarily based on the Funda™s net asset value based performance, not its market price based performance. Market price based performance for various periods is included in the Funda™s most recent report to shareholders and is different.
Fund Performance and Distribution Rate Information: | |||||
| Fiscal Year-to-date 12/01/2009 to 06/30/2010 | |||||
| Year-to-date Cumulative Net Asset Value Return 1 | 0.50% | ||||
| Cumulative Distribution Rate2 | 4.55% | ||||
| Preceding Five-Year Period 07/01/2005 to 06/30/2010 | |||||
| 5 Years Average Annual Total Net Asset Value Return 1 | 7.56% | ||||
| Average Annual Distribution Rate3 | 8.03% | ||||
| Current Annualized Distribution Rate4 | 7.03% |
| 1 The Funda™s net asset value (aNAVa) returns assume, for illustration only, that dividends and other distributions, if any, were reinvested at the NAV on the payable dates. |
| 2 Cumulative Distribution Rate for the Funda™s fiscal period (December 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010) measured on the dollar value of distributions in the year-to-date period as a percentage of the Funda™s NAV as of June 30, 2010. |
| 3 Average Annual Distribution Rate is the simple arithmetic average of the Annual Distribution Rates for the preceding five-year period. The Annual Distribution Rates are calculated by taking the total distributions paid during the period divided by average daily NAV for the period. |
| 4 The Current Annualized Distribution Rate is the current monthly distribution rate annualized as a percentage of the Funda™s NAV as of June 30, 2010. |
| Please refer to the chart below for information about the Funda™s historical NAVs, change in NAVs, total returns, and distributions paid. Performance data assumes reinvestment of distributions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Fiscal | Average | End of Period | Net Investment Income | Short-Term | Long-Term & Mid-Term | Return | Total | |||||||||||||||
| Year | Daily | NAV | Distribution | Distributions | Distributions | Distributions | of | Distributions | ||||||||||||||
| ending | NAV for | Per | Change | Total | Rate 2 | Paid | Paid | Paid | Capital | Paid | ||||||||||||
| Nov 30 | Period | Share | in NAV | Returns | ||||||||||||||||||
| Nov-05 | $12.10 | $11.47 | -12.58% | 1.85% | 15.75% | 0.9397 | 0.3109 | 0.4719 | 0.1834 | 1.9059 | ||||||||||||
| Nov-06 | $11.63 | $11.85 | 3.31% | 11.89% | 8.01% | 0.7237 | 0.1387 | 0.0695 | - | 0.9319 | ||||||||||||
| Nov-07 | $11.55 | $11.40 | -3.80% | 4.22% | 8.01% | 0.6089 | 0.0935 | 0.2232 | - | 0.9256 | ||||||||||||
| Nov-08 | $11.11 | $9.34 | -18.07% | -10.52% | 8.78% | 0.8635 | - | 0.1117 | - | 0.9752 | ||||||||||||
| Nov-09 | $10.30 | $11.94 | 27.84% | 37.82% | 7.55% | 0.7781 | - | - | - | 0.7781 | ||||||||||||
| June-101 | $11.83 | $11.48 | -3.85% | 0.50% | 4.42% | - | 0.0402 | - | - | 0.5225 | ||||||||||||
Since Inception (February 3, 1992) Annualized Total Return | 8.31% |
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| 1 | 2010 figures are fiscal year to date, December 1, 2009 through June 30, 2010, and this period's final distribution characterization will not be completed until January 2011. | |||||||||||||||||||||
| 2 | Distribution rate calculated by taking the total distributions paid within the period divided by average daily NAV for the period. | |||||||||||||||||||||
