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The New America High Income Fund, Inc. Declares Dividend
| Source: The New America High Income Fund, Inc.
BOSTON, MA--(Marketwire - January 29, 2009) - The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the
"Fund") (NYSE : HYB ) announced today that it will pay a dividend of $.065 per
share on the company's common stock on February 27, 2009 to common
shareholders of record as of the close of business on February 13th. The
ex-dividend date will be February 11th. The dividend payment reflects an
adjustment for the recent 1-for-5 reverse stock split of the Fund's common
stock.
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.