NEW YORK, NY—December 3, 2010—Helios Advantage Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: HAV), Helios High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: HIH), Helios Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: HMH) and Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE: HSA) (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”) today announced that their Boards of Directors declared their monthly dividends.
Helios Advantage Income Fund, Inc. declared a monthly dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on December 23, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2010. Based on the NYSE closing price of $7.88 on December 2, 2010, the Fund's annualized dividend yield is 9.14%.
Helios High Income Fund, Inc. declared a monthly dividend of $0.06 per share, payable on December 23, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2010. Based on the NYSE closing price of $7.39 on December 2, 2010, the Fund's annualized dividend yield is 9.74%.
Helios Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. declared a monthly dividend of $0.04 per share, payable on December 23, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2010. Based on the NYSE closing price of $5.13 on December 2, 2010, the Fund’s annualized dividend yield is 9.36%.
Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc. declared a monthly dividend of $0.04 per share, payable on December 23, 2010 to stockholders of record on December 17, 2010. Based on the NYSE closing price of $5.46 on December 2, 2010, the Fund’s annualized dividend yield is 8.79%.
Dividends may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The dividend yield referenced above is calculated as the annualized amount of the most recent monthly dividend declared divided by the stated stock price.
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Helios Advantage Income Fund, Inc., Helios High Income Fund, Inc., Helios Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc. and Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc. are managed by Brookfield Investment Management Inc., an SEC-registered investment advisor specializing in core fixed income, high yield, structured products (Commercial MBS, Residential MBS and ABS) as well as global REITs and listed infrastructure securities. Headquartered in New York, the firm had approximately $23 billion of assets under management* as of September 30, 2010. Brookfield Investment Management Inc. is a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a global asset manager focused on property, power and other infrastructure assets with approximately $100 billion of assets under management as of September 30, 2010.
* Includes assets managed through AMP Capital Brookfield Pty Limited.
COMPANY CONTACT
Helios Advantage Income Fund, Inc.
Helios High Income Fund, Inc.
Helios Multi-Sector High Income Fund, Inc.
Helios Strategic Income Fund, Inc.
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10281-1010
(800) 497-3746
funds@brookfield.com