The New America High Income Fund, Inc. Results of 2024 Annual Meeting
21 November 2024 - 9:00AM
The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (NYSE: HYB)
announced today that shareholders of the Fund have approved a
proposal to reorganize the Fund into the T. Rowe Price High Yield
Fund (the “T. Rowe Price Fund”), a separate series of the T. Rowe
Price High Yield Fund, Inc. (the "Reorganization").
The Reorganization is currently expected to
become effective following the close of business of the New York
Stock Exchange on Friday, February 21, 2025 (the "Closing Date"),
subject to satisfaction of customary closing conditions. Upon the
closing of the Reorganization, shareholders of the Fund will become
holders of Investor Class shares of the T. Rowe Price Fund. In
order to facilitate the Reorganization, trading in shares of the
Fund is expected to be halted prior to the Closing Date.
Shareholders of the Fund also approved the
election of Joseph L. Bower, Stuart A. McFarland, Marguerite A.
Piret, Luis M. Viceira and Ellen E. Terry.
About the Fund
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,
2024, T. Rowe Price and its affiliates managed approximately $1.63
trillion of assets, including approximately $20 billion of
“high yield: investments. T. Rowe Price has provided investment
advisory services to investment companies since 1937.
This press release is for informational purposes
only and is not intended to, and does not, constitute an offer to
purchase or sell shares of the Fund or the T. Rowe Price Fund.
Additional information about the Fund and the T. Rowe Price Fund,
including performance and portfolio characteristic information, is
available at www.newamerica-hyb.com or www.troweprice.com,
respectively.
Statements in this press release that are not
historical facts may be forward-looking statements, as defined by
the U.S. securities laws. You should exercise caution in
interpreting and relying on forward-looking statements because they
are subject to uncertainties and other factors that may be beyond
the Fund’s control and could cause actual results to differ
materially from those set forth in the forward-looking
statements.
Contact: Ellen E.
Terry, PresidentTelephone: 617-263-6400www.newamerica-hyb.co
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