Helios High Yield Fund: Special Dividend Declaration

NEW YORK, NEW YORK -- (MARKET WIRE) -- 12/13/11 -- Helios High Yield Fund (NYSE: HHY) (the "Fund") today announced that its Board of Trustees declared a special dividend of $0.04 per share, payable on December 29, 2011 to shareholders of record on December 28, 2011. The ex-dividend date is December 23, 2011. In order to be compliant with federal tax requirements, the special dividend will be paid from the Fund's undistributed net investment income.

Dividends may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital.

Helios High Yield Fund is managed by Brookfield Investment Management Inc., a global investment manager focused on specialized equity and fixed income securities investments. The firm is a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a global alternative asset manager with approximately $150 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2011 and over 100 years of history in owning and operating assets with a focus on real estate, infrastructure, power and private equity. Brookfield Investment Management Inc. is an SEC-registered investment advisor and with its affiliates, had approximately $21 billion in assets under management as of September 30, 2011. Headquartered in New York, the firm maintains offices and investment teams in Chicago, Boston, London, Hong Kong, Sydney, and Toronto.

The Fund uses its web site as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding the Fund is routinely posted on and accessible at www.brookfieldim.com.

Contacts:
COMPANY CONTACT
Helios High Yield Fund
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor, New York, NY 10281-1010
(800) 497-3746
[email protected]

Source: Helios High Yield Fund and Brookfield Investment Management Inc.