Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. Increases Monthly Distributions.BOULDER, Colo. -- The Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BIF BIF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Burundi Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) (the "Fund") announced today that its Board of Directors has declared monthly common stock distributions of $0.115 per share for the months of February, March and April, 2007. This is a 15% increase in the dividend over the prior distribution rate of $0.10 per month. The managed distribution policy was approved by stockholders in May 2006. The $0.115 monthly dividend (or $1.38 per year) is 13.3% of the Fund's current market price and 14.6% of the Fund's most recent net asset value (NAV See navigation system and navigation bar. ), both on an annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. basis. Management expects that the dividends paid for February, March and April, will consist entirely of a return of capital to stockholders. However, this could change at any time. A "return of capital" represents a return of a stockholder's original investment in the Fund's shares and it is not taxable. It should not be confused with a dividend yield. An IRS An abbreviation for the Internal Revenue Service, a federal agency charged with the responsibility of administering and enforcing internal revenue laws. Form 1099-DIV Form 1099-DIV A form sent to investors by investment fund companies. The form is a record of all taxable capital gains and dividends paid to an investor, including those that have been re-invested in a given taxation year. will be sent to stockholders after the year-end indicating the tax characteristic of the distributions they received and exactly how much is net investment income, ordinary income, capital gains, if any, and return of capital, if any. The Fund does not expect that distributions will include any capital gain component. However, it is possible that a portion of the distributions will represent capital gains earned by the Fund but offset by capital loss carry-forwards, which will be taxable at ordinary income tax rates. To the extent stockholders receive a return of capital, they will be required to adjust their cost basis by the same amount upon the sale of their Fund shares. Stockholders should seek their own tax advice regarding the reporting of income and the gain or loss on the sale of the Fund's shares. The February distribution will be payable February 28, 2007, to holders of record on February 21, 2007; the March distribution will be payable March 30, 2007, to holders of record as of March 23, 2007; and, the April distribution will be payable April 30, 2007, to holders of record as of April 23, 2007. Boulder Growth & Income Fund, Inc. is a closed-end, non-diversified management investment company traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the trading symbol Trading symbol See: Ticker symbol "BIF". As of Friday, February 2, 2007, the Fund's net asset value was $9.45 per share and the closing market price was $10.30, which was a 9.0% premium to its net asset value. The Fund's website is www.boulderfunds.net. |
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