Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc.—Dividend Declaration, Fund Commentary and Statistics
July 13 2009 - 4:46PM
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Managed High Yield Plus Fund Inc. (the �Fund�) (NYSE:HYF), a
closed-end management investment company, today announced that the
Fund�s Board of Directors has declared a dividend from net
investment income of $0.0180 per share. The dividend is payable on
July 31, 2009 to shareholders of record as of July 23, 2009. The
ex-dividend date is July 21, 2009. Managed High Yield Plus Fund
Inc. seeks high income and, secondarily, capital appreciation,
primarily through investments in lower-rated, income producing debt
and related equity securities.
Fund Commentary for the month of June 2009 from UBS Global
Asset Management (Americas) Inc. (�UBS Global AM�), the Fund�s
investment advisor:
The market for US dollar-denominated high yield securities
showed modest gains during June, gaining�2.24% during the month, as
measured by the Merrill Lynch US High Yield Cash Pay Constrained
Index, the �Index.� The Index ended the month with a spread over
Treasury securities of 1073 basis points (i.e., 10.73%), which
represented a tightening of 80�basis points (i.e.,�0.80�%) for the
month. (Spread is the difference between the yield paid on US
Treasury bonds and higher-risk securities.)
As�in the past few months, distressed and CCC-rated issues
outperformed, gaining 5.8% and 6.5% for the month, while B and
BB-rated issues�gained 3.4% and 2.3%, respectively, as measured by
the Index. The financials sector also continued to outperform as
more clarity developed around the banking sector�s return to
health. Industries generally considered to be less-risky, including
healthcare and telecommunications, underperformed the market.
In June, the Fund�underperformed the Index�due�largely to an
underweight to�both CCC-rated issues and the�financials sector, as
well as an overweight to the gaming and telecommunications
sectors.
We recognize that there has been recent spread tightening, and
we understand that it may continue in the short-term if high yield
credit remains a more preferred asset class. However, we believe
the trend in high yield spreads could reverse if the market
refocuses on what remains a challenging economic environment for
many high yield companies.�In our view, considerable default risk
remains, and if consensus default rates materialize, high yield
returns could be negatively impacted.
Disclaimers Regarding Fund Commentary - The Fund
Commentary is intended to assist shareholders in understanding how
the Fund performed during the month noted. Views and opinions were
current as of the date of this press release. They are not
guarantees of performance or investment results and should not be
taken as investment advice. Investment decisions reflect a variety
of factors, and the Fund and UBS Global AM reserve the right to
change views about individual securities, sectors and markets at
any time. As a result, the views expressed should not be relied
upon as a forecast of the Fund�s future investment intent.
Portfolio statistics as of June 30, 20091 � � Top ten
holdings, including coupon and maturity � � Percentage of total
portfolio assets Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc., 9.750% 03/15/10 3.8%
Jacobs Entertainment, Inc., 9.750% 06/15/14 3.0% Coleman Cable,
Inc., 9.875% 10/01/12 3.0% Sungard Data Systems, Inc., 10.250%
08/15/15 2.8% Citizens Communications, 9.000% 08/15/31 2.5%
Stanadyne Corp., 10.000% 08/15/14 2.4% Cellu Tissue Holdings, Inc.,
11.500% 06/01/14 2.3% Pokagon Gaming Authority, 10.375% 06/15/14
2.2% Mobile Services/Storage Group, 9.750% 08/01/14 2.2% Exopack
Holding Corp., 11.250% 02/01/14 � � 2.2% Total 26.4% � Top five
industries Gaming 12.9% Buildings Materials 7.8% Paper/forest
products 7.5% Healthcare 5.7% Media-non cable � � 5.4% Total 39.3%
�
Credit quality2 Ba/BB and higher 16.3% B/B 55.9% Caa/CCC and lower
26.6% Equity/preferred 0.5% Cash equivalents � � 0.7% Total 100.0%
� Other characteristics Net asset value per share3 $1.72 Market
price per share3 $1.57 Weighted average maturity 6.3 Yrs Weighted
average modified duration4 3.7 Yrs Weighted average coupon5 8.4% �
�
Leverage6
20.6%
� �
Portfolio statistics as of June
30, 2009, concluded1
� Yields3 � � � NAV yield 12.56% Market yield 13.76% �
1 The Fund is actively managed, and its portfolio composition
will vary over time.
2 Credit quality ratings are from Moody�s, unless that rating is
unavailable. If so, the default credit quality rating will be from
Standard & Poor's; if that is unavailable, an internal rating
from UBS Global AM will be used. Standard & Poor's ("S&P")
is a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
3 Net asset value (NAV), market price and yields will fluctuate.
NAV yield is calculated by multiplying the current month�s dividend
by 12 and dividing by the month-end net asset value. Market yield
is calculated by multiplying the current month�s dividend by 12 and
dividing by the month-end market price.
4 Modified duration is the change in the price of a security,
expressed in years, expected in response to each 1% change in the
yield to maturity of the portfolio's holdings.
5 Weighted by par.
6 As a percentage of total assets. Leverage may vary.
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