Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. Announces Board Approval of Change in Dividend Reinvestment Policy
Rhea-AI Summary
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund (NASDAQ: HERZ) announced Board-approved changes to its Dividend Reinvestment Plan, effective 30 days after shareholder notification. The key modification allows the Fund to issue new shares to Plan participants regardless of whether the stock trades at a premium or discount to NAV, eliminating the previous requirement to purchase shares on the open market when trading below NAV.
The amended Plan will price reinvested distributions at 95% of the market price at close of trading on the NASDAQ Capital Market, or if no sales occur, using the average of closing bid and ask quotations.
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- Potential share dilution when new shares are issued below NAV
- Elimination of open market purchases requirement when trading below NAV could impact market price support
MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 16, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: HERZ) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund’s Board of Directors (“Board”) approved amendments to the Fund’s Dividend Reinvestment Plan (the “Plan”), on May 8, 2025. The changes to the Plan will become effective thirty (30) days from the date that notice is mailed to shareholders of the Fund.
The amendments make a number of changes to the Plan to align the terms with more recently adopted dividend reinvestment plans of similar funds in our industry. Such changes include a modification that allows the Fund to issue new shares to Plan participants regardless of whether the Fund’s common stock is trading at a premium or discount to the Fund’s NAV. The prior plan required the Fund to purchase shares on the open marketing in cases where the market price of the common stock is trading at a price below NAV.
In addition, the Plan, as amended, determines the number of shares to be received when distributions are reinvested by dividing the amount of the distribution by
The Fund encourages its shareholders to carefully review the Plan to determine whether they would like to remain or become a Plan participant.
About Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc.
Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, Inc. (the “Advisor”), founded in 1984, is an SEC registered investment advisor, specializing in investment analysis and account management in closed-end funds.
More information about the advisor can be found at www.herzfeld.com.
Past performance is no guarantee of future performance. An investment in the Fund is subject to certain risks, including market risk. In general, shares of closed-end funds often trade at a discount from their net asset value and at the time of sale may be trading on the exchange at a price which is more or less than the original purchase price or the net asset value. An investor should carefully consider the Fund’s investment objective, risks, charges and expenses. Please read the Fund’s disclosure documents before investing.
Forward-Looking Statements
This press release, and other statements that the Advisor or the Fund may make, may contain forward looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act, with respect to the Fund’s or the Advisor’s future financial or business performance, strategies or expectations. Forward-looking statements are typically identified by words or phrases such as “trend,” “potential,” “opportunity,” “pipeline,” “believe,” “comfortable,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “current,” “intention,” “estimate,” “position,” “assume,” “outlook,” “continue,” “remain,” “maintain,” “sustain,” “seek,” “achieve,” and similar expressions, or future or conditional verbs such as “will,” “would,” “should,” “could,” “may” or similar expressions. The Advisor and the Fund caution that forward-looking statements are subject to numerous assumptions, risks and uncertainties, which change over time. Forward-looking statements speak only as of the date they are made, and the Advisor and the Fund assume no duty to and do not undertake to update forward-looking statements. Actual results could differ materially from those anticipated in forward-looking statements and future results could differ materially from historical performance. With respect to the Fund, the following risk factors, among others, could cause actual events to differ materially from forward-looking statements or historical performance: (1) portfolio fair value risk; (2) potential conflicts of interest risk; (3) collateralized loan obligation risk; (4) covenant-lite loans risk; (5) subordinated securities risk; (6) high yield investment risk; (7) default risk; (8) non-diversification risk; (9) leverage risk; (10) reliance on senior management personnel of the Adviser risk; (11) liquidity risk; (12) risks related to the Adviser’s incentive fee; (13) market risks; (14) inflation risk; (15) interest rate risk; (16) regulatory risk; (17) credit spread risk; (18) prepayment risk; (19) volatility risk; (20) equity risk; (21) foreign exchange rate risk; and (22) cybersecurity risk. Annual and Semi-Annual Reports and other regulatory filings of the Fund with the SEC are accessible on the SEC’s website at www.sec.gov and on the Advisor’s website at www.herzfeld.com/herz, and may discuss these or other factors that affect the Fund. The information contained on the Advisor’s website is not a part of this press release.
Contact:
Thomas Morgan
Chief Compliance Officer
Herzfeld Credit Income Fund, Inc.
1-305-777-1660
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