NEW YORK, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Priority Income Fund, Inc., announced today that its board of directors has declared a bonus distribution of $0.1125 per share of common stock. The bonus distribution is payable on March 30, 2015, to stockholders of record at the close of business on March 27, 2015. This bonus distribution is independent from monthly distributions, which are declared separately. The fund's annualized distribution rate for Class R shares was 9.06 percent as of December 31, 2014.
"Priority Income Fund's strong performance continues to generate taxable income that supports this bonus distribution," said Robert J. Klein, a managing director of Prospect Capital Management LLC.
About Priority Income Fund
Priority Income Fund, Inc., is a registered investment program cosponsored by Prospect Capital Management LLC (Prospect) and Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC (Behringer). Priority Income Fund was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of senior secured loans or pools of senior secured loans known as collateralized loan obligations (CLOs). Such loans will generally have a floating interest rate and include a first lien on the assets of the respective borrowers, which typically are private and public companies based in the United States. For more information, visit priority-incomefund.com.
About Prospect Capital Management LLC
Headquartered in New York City, Prospect is an SEC-registered investment advisor that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has a more than 25-year history of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of approximately 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect has approximately $7.2 billion of capital under management (including undrawn credit facilities). For more information, call 212.448.0702 or visit prospectcapitalmanagement.com.
About Behringer Harvard Holdings, LLC
Behringer creates, manages and distributes specialized investments through a multimanager approach that presents unique options for allocating capital, managing risk and diversifying assets. Investments sponsored and managed by the Behringer group of companies have invested into more than $11 billion in assets. For more information, call toll-free 866.655.3600 or visit behringerinvestments.com.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as "believes," "expects," "projects," and "future," or similar expressions, are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc., and that Priority Income Fund, Inc., may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially from any forward-looking statements. Such statements speak only as of the time when made, and Priority Income Fund, Inc., undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Kellie Richter David Nesmith
Behringer for Richards Partners for
Priority Income Fund, Inc. Priority Income Fund, Inc.
krichter@behringermail.com david_nesmith@richards.com
214.655.1600 214.891.2864
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SOURCE Priority Income Fund, Inc.
