Strategic Global Income Fund, Inc. (the “Fund”) (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 March 2009.
On March 16, 2009, the Fund's Board of Directors declared a regular
monthly distribution of $0.0615 per share. This distribution is payable
March 31, 2009 to shareholders of record as of March 26, 2009. The
ex-dividend date was March 24, 2009.
The Fund adopted a managed distribution policy in May 1998, which was
revised effective January 2000 and again in May 2005. Pursuant to the
policy as currently in effect, the Fund makes regular monthly
distributions at an annualized rate equal to 8% of the Fund’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. The
Fund’s Board receives recommendations from UBS Global Asset Management
(Americas) Inc., the Fund’s investment advisor, periodically and no less
frequently than annually will reassess the annualized percentage of net
assets at which the Fund’s monthly distributions will be made. The
Fund’s Board may change or terminate the managed distribution policy at
any time; any such change or termination may have an adverse effect on
the market price for the Fund’s shares.
To the extent that the Fund’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.
Based on information available at this time, the Fund estimates that net
investment income, excluding short-term capital gains, is the source of
approximately 68% of the March distribution of $0.0615 per share, and
32% represents short-term capital gain distributions. Additionally, for
the Fund’s current fiscal period which began on December 1, 2008 through
March 31, 2009, it is currently estimated that net investment income is
the source of approximately 81% of your regular monthly aggregate
distributions of $0.2483 per share, and short-term capital gains is the
source of approximately 19% of your regular monthly aggregate
distributions. These are only estimates, however, and are subject to
change.
The actual sources of the Fund's distributions may be net investment
income, net realized capital gains, return of capital or a combination
of the foregoing and may be subject to retroactive recharacterization at
the end of the Fund's fiscal year based on tax regulations. The actual
amounts attributable to each of these sources will be reported to
shareholders next January on Form 1099-DIV.
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