UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM N-CSR

 

CERTIFIED SHAREHOLDER REPORT OF REGISTERED
MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANIES

 

Investment Company Act file number

 811-05399

 

THE NEW AMERICA HIGH INCOME FUND, INC.

(Exact name of registrant as specified in charter)

 

33 Broad Street, Boston, MA

 

02109

(Address of principal executive offices)

 

(Zip code)

 

Ellen E. Terry

33 Broad Street

Boston, MA 02109

(Name and address of agent for service)

 

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:

(617) 263-6400

 

 

Date of fiscal year end:

December 31, 2014

 

 

Date of reporting period:

July 1, 2014 to December 31, 2014

 

 



 

Item 1.           Report to Stockholders

 



February 12, 2015

Dear Shareholder,

We are pleased to report to our shareholders on the results of The New America High Income Fund (the "Fund") for the year ended December 31, 2014. The Fund's net asset value per share (the "NAV") ended the period at $10.09. The market price for the Fund's shares was $8.94 on December 31, 2014. In 2014, the Fund paid common stock dividends totaling $0.835 per share, including a special dividend of $.12 per share. The dividend yield for the year ended December 31, 2014 on a share of common stock purchased at year-end 2013 was approximately 8.7%. However, there is no certainty that the monthly dividend will continue at the current level of $.065 per share per month. The common stock dividend can be affected by portfolio results, the cost and amount of leverage, market conditions, and operating expenses, among other factors.

As discussed below in detail by the Fund's investment advisor, the markets experienced greater volatility in the second half of the year than in recent years. Market analysts continue to watch for a change in Federal Reserve policy. We cannot know for certain when interest rates will increase, but at some point the very low interest rate environment of recent years will change and interest rates will return to more historically typical, higher levels. While our investment advisor believes that high yield market fundamentals at year-end were relatively attractive, we cannot rule out the possibility that an increase in rates may result in some downward pressure on prices for high yield debt and increased volatility as the market factors in the impact.

At year-end, the Fund had borrowed $90 million through its credit facility (the "Facility") with The Bank of Nova Scotia. The Facility, which has a one year term and a maximum aggregate borrowing capacity of $100 million, was extended in October for an additional year. Amounts borrowed under the Facility bear interest at an adjustable rate based on a margin above LIBOR. As a consequence, in the current interest rate environment the 1.06% interest rate on the Facility at December 31, 2014 offered an attractive spread relative to the year-end weighted average current yield of 7.05% on the Fund's portfolio. The Fund's leverage contributed approximately 23% of the common stock dividend in 2014. An increase in the cost of the leverage or reduction in the portfolio's yield will reduce the spread and may reduce the income available for the common stock dividend. We remind our shareholders that leverage increases the total return to the common shareholders in favorable markets while the opposite is true in unfavorable markets.

   

Total Returns for the Periods Ending December 31, 2014

 
   

1 Year

 

3 Years Cumulative

 
New America High Income Fund
(Stock Price and Dividends)*
   

1.02

%

   

14.15

%

 
New America High Income Fund
(NAV and Dividends)
   

3.99

%

   

37.29

%

 
Lipper Closed-End Fund Leveraged
High Yield Average (NAV and Dividends)
   

2.40

%

   

37.62

%

 

Credit Suisse High Yield Index

   

1.86

%

   

25.65

%

 

Citigroup 10 Year Treasury Index

   

10.72

%

   

6.35

%

 

Sources: Credit Suisse, Citigroup, Lipper Inc., The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Past performance is no guarantee of future results. Total return assumes the reinvestment of dividends.

The Credit Suisse High Yield Index and Citigroup 10 Year Treasury Index are unmanaged indices. Unlike the Fund, the indices have no trading activity, expenses or leverage.

*  Because the Fund's shares may trade at either a discount or premium to the Fund's net asset value per share, returns based upon the stock price and dividends will tend to differ from those derived from the underlying change in net asset value and dividends.


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Market Review

Following a long absence, volatility resurfaced across global financial markets in recent months, pressuring high yield bond prices in its aftermath. The high yield market, as measured by the Credit Suisse High Yield Index, declined approximately 1.59% in the fourth quarter and 3.50% for the final six months of 2014, nearly offsetting the 5.55% result enjoyed in the first half of the year. Nonetheless, the asset class managed to deliver a 1.86% gain for the full year, its sixth consecutive positive annual result.

A steady drumbeat of disappointing news, from the outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus to ongoing geopolitical tensions, a drastic decline in commodity prices and mounting concerns around economic activity in Europe and China all weighed on investor sentiment. Additionally, investors continued to anticipate that the U.S. Federal Reserve would reverse their stimulative course and engineer tighter monetary policy in 2015.

Among industries carrying sub-investment grade ratings, the energy sector was, by far, the worst-performing for 2014, with many energy bonds suffering as a result of the precipitous decline in oil prices. Metals and mining credits also significantly underperformed the broader high yield market. Brent crude fell roughly 40% during the fourth quarter, reaching its lowest levels since 2009. The weak performance of energy and metals and mining names had a substantial impact on the below investment-grade market overall, as these sectors now represent a 20% (or more) weighting in major high yield indexes. Oil prices have faced downward pressure from several factors recently, especially increased production in North America. The prospects for slowing demand in China and OPEC's decision to leave production goals unchanged exacerbated the price declines for crude and related commodities.

From a quality perspective, BB-rated credits were the best performing issues, receiving a boost from falling U.S. Treasury yields and investors' general preference for higher-rated bonds in the face of increased volatility.

According to J.P. Morgan, nearly $70 billion of new high yield bond issues came to market in the final quarter of the year. Though a decline from the prior two quarters, likely attributable to increased turbulence and seasonal factors, the $355.7 billion of bonds issued in 2014 is still elevated from a historical perspective. Merger and acquisition activity accounted for a growing percentage of total new issuance proceeds as the year progressed, with most of these transactions strategic in nature and seemingly reasonable from a leverage standpoint.

Similar to the situation earlier this year involving TXU, Caesar's Entertainment, another large bond and loan issuer, missed a December coupon payment on its operating company debt and entered a 30-day grace period. If this company officially defaults, it will have a meaningful impact on the overall default rate for the asset class. Our view is that this was largely expected by market participants and that any associated contagion stemming from this bankruptcy would likely be limited in 2015.

Strategy Review

In the fourth quarter, the energy sector was a major area of focus for market participants as oil price declines intensified. Our high yield team has monitored the mounting supply and demand imbalances in the global oil market for quite some time and reflected a cautious view in the Fund's portfolio by maintaining an underweight allocation to the energy sector relative to the benchmark and selecting what we considered to be higher quality credits. As a surge of low-coupon energy bonds hit the primary market in recent years, we determined, in many cases, that


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the Fund was not being compensated for the risks and chose not to participate in a high percentage of new deals. This high level of selectivity proved prescient in the final months of the year as many energy bonds traded down dramatically, in some cases as much as 40%, or more. The combination of an underweight allocation versus the benchmark and a preference for higher quality credits in the energy sector was a major contributor to the Fund's positive relative performance results for the three-month and one-year periods.

We further decreased the Fund's exposure to energy and metals and mining-related credits in the fourth quarter. This should leave the Fund well positioned to capitalize on dislocations once these sectors stabilize. As for the remaining commodity-related names in the portfolio, we have focused on select sub-industries, picking issuers that are diversified by production source, have lower operating costs, and are hedged against low commodity prices. The Fund also holds positions in some energy credits that we believe have the potential to be upgraded to investment grade or profit from further industry consolidation.

In our view, there are areas of the market that are poised to benefit from lower commodity prices, particularly consumer-related sectors like retail and companies that use oil as a key input. High yield airline companies, including American Airlines and UAL, have received a boost based on expectations that lower fuel costs will lead to increased margins. Similarly, refiners and chemical companies are enjoying lower input costs. The portfolio's European high yield names have held up relatively well, despite disappointing economic activity in that region, partly because this segment of the market has limited exposure to energy and metals companies.

Outlook

While market conditions have been challenging over the last several months, valuations are far more inviting entering 2015 than they have been in years. Aside from the uncertainty emanating from the energy sector, the fundamentals underpinning the companies in the high yield market appear solid. Issuers have repaired their balance sheets, reduced capital costs and extended maturities through refinancing activity over the past several years.

Investor demand for high yield bonds is likely to persist in the current low interest rate environment, despite the price pullback investors endured as 2014 came to a close. As always, our team strives to deliver high current income through a commitment to diligent credit research and risk-conscious investing.

Sincerely,

 

 
Ellen E. Terry
President
The New America High Income Fund, Inc.
  Paul A. Karpers
Vice President
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
 

The views expressed in this update are as of the date of this letter. These views and any portfolio holdings discussed in the update are subject to change at any time based on market or other conditions. The Fund and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. disclaim any duty to update these views, which may not be relied upon as investment advice. In addition, references to specific companies' securities should not be regarded as investment recommendations or indicative of the Fund's portfolio as a whole.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Industry Summary
December 31, 2014
  As a Percent of
Total Investments
 

Energy

   

10.86

%

 

Financial

   

8.60

%

 

Cable Operators

   

7.86

%

 

Health Care

   

7.48

%

 

Services

   

6.27

%

 

Wireless Communications

   

5.73

%

 

Broadcasting

   

5.40

%

 

Metals & Mining

   

4.67

%

 

Automotive

   

4.53

%

 

Information Technology

   

3.88

%

 

Container

   

2.63

%

 

Chemicals

   

2.50

%

 

Building & Real Estate

   

2.48

%

 

Other Telecommunications

   

2.38

%

 

Utilities

   

2.35

%

 

Gaming

   

2.33

%

 

Manufacturing

   

2.28

%

 

Airlines

   

2.24

%

 

Retail

   

2.13

%

 

Entertainment & Leisure

   

2.00

%

 

Consumer Products

   

1.96

%

 

Food/Tobacco

   

1.80

%

 

Building Products

   

1.50

%

 

Forest Products

   

1.43

%

 

Satellites

   

1.27

%

 

Supermarkets

   

0.69

%

 

Publishing

   

0.63

%

 

Transportation

   

0.50

%

 

Aerospace & Defense

   

0.49

%

 

Lodging

   

0.41

%

 

Real Estate Investment Trust Securities

   

0.36

%

 

Restaurants

   

0.36

%

 

Total Investments

   

100.00

%

 
Moody's Investors Service Ratings (1)
December 31, 2014 (Unaudited)
  As a Percent of
Total Investments
 

Baa2

   

0.09

%

 

Baa3

   

0.78

%

 

Total Baa

   

0.87

%

 

Ba1

   

5.78

%

 

Ba2

   

8.28

%

 

Ba3

   

13.41

%

 

Total Ba

   

27.47

%

 

B1

   

17.02

%

 

B2

   

12.70

%

 

B3

   

19.90

%

 

Total B

   

49.62

%

 

Caa1

   

13.63

%

 

Caa2

   

5.44

%

 

Caa3

   

0.35

%

 

Total Caa

   

19.42

%

 

Ca

   

0.35

%

 

Unrated

   

1.30

%

 

Equity

   

0.97

%

 

Total Investments

   

100.00

%

 

(1)  SOURCE: Moody's Investors Service, Inc. This table compiles the ratings assigned by Moody's to the Fund's holdings.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — 129.65% (b)(d)

     

Aerospace & Defense — .64%

     

$

475

    Ducommun, Inc., Senior Notes,
9.75%, 07/15/18
 

B3

 

$

509

   
 

500

    Esterline Technologies,
Senior Notes,
7%, 08/01/20
 

Ba2

   

526

   
 

150

    Kratos Defense and Security
Solutions, Inc., Senior Notes,
7%, 05/15/19
 

Caa1

   

128

   
 

350

    Transdigm, Inc., Subordinated Notes,
6.50%, 07/15/24
 

Caa1

   

351

   
     

1,514

   

Airlines — 2.93%

     
 

475

    Air Canada, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 04/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

496

   
 

675

    Allegiant Travel Company,
Senior Notes,
5.50%, 07/15/19
 

B1

   

687

   
 

1,100

    American Airlines, Senior Notes,
5.50%, 10/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

1,119

   
 

132

    American Airlines, Senior Notes,
5.625%, 01/15/21 (g)
 

(e)

   

135

   
 

130

    United Airlines, Senior Notes,
4.625%, 03/03/24
 

(e)

   

128

   
 

700

    United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 12/01/20
 

B3

   

719

   
 

1,525

    United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 07/15/26
 

B3

   

1,472

   
 

175

    United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 07/15/28
 

B3

   

167

   
 

575

    United Continental Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 06/01/18
 

B3

   

607

   
 

1,325

    US Airways, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.125%, 06/01/18
 

B3

   

1,381

   
     

6,911

   

Automotive — 5.93%

     
 

125

    Affinia Group, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 05/01/21
 

Caa2

   

128

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

725

    Allison Transmission, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.125% 05/15/19 (g)
 

B2

 

$

759

   
 

175

    American Axle and Manufacturing,
Inc., Senior Notes,
5.125%, 02/15/19
 

B2

   

178

   
 

350

    American Axle and Manufacturing,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 03/15/21
 

B2

   

368

   
 

375

    American Axle and Manufacturing,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.625%, 10/15/22
 

B2

   

399

   
 

600

    Chrysler Group LLC, Senior Notes,
8%, 06/15/19
 

B1

   

635

   
 

3,700

    Chrysler Group LLC, Senior Notes,
8.25%, 06/15/21
 

B1

   

4,098

   
 

700

    Dana Holding Corporation,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 09/15/21
 

B2

   

719

   
 

550

    Gestamp Fund Lux S.A.,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 05/31/20 (g)
 

B1

   

555

   
 

450

    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 03/01/21
 

B1

   

479

   
 

550

    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 08/15/20
 

B1

   

583

   
 

200

    Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company,
Senior Notes,
8.75%, 08/15/20
 

B1

   

232

   
 

350

    Group 1 Automotive, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5%, 06/01/22 (g)
 

B1

   

342

   
 

1,025

    Jaguar Land Rover Automotive Plc,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 02/01/23 (g)
 

Ba2

   

1,079

   
 

675

    MPG Holdco Inc., Senior Notes,
7.375%, 10/15/22 (g)
 

B3

   

695

   
 

350

    Navistar International Group,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 11/01/21
 

B3

   

343

   
 

275

    Nexteer Automotive Group Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 11/15/21 (g)
 

Ba1

   

275

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

400

    Penske Auto Group, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 10/01/22
 

B1

 

$

414

   
 

270

    Pittsburgh Glass Works, LLC,
Senior Notes,
8%, 11/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

284

   
 

275

    Schaeffler Finance B.V.,
Senior Notes,
6.25%, 11/15/19 (g)
 

B1

   

287

   
 

475

    Schaeffler Finance B.V.,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 08/15/18 (g)
 

B1

   

496

   
 

325

    Sonic Automotive, Inc.,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
5%, 05/15/23
 

B2

   

315

   
 

300

    Sonic Automotive, Inc.,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
7%, 07/15/22
 

B2

   

323

   
     

13,986

   

Broadcasting — 7.07%

     
 

1,075

    AMC Networks, Inc., Senior Notes,
4.75%, 12/15/22
 

B1

   

1,043

   
 

725

    CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 02/15/22 (g)
 

B1

   

735

   
 

250

    CBS Outdoor Americas Capital LLC,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 02/15/24 (g)
 

B1

   

253

   
 

75

    Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.50%, 11/15/22
 

B1

   

76

   
 

850

    Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.50%, 11/15/22
 

B1

   

876

   
 

75

    Clear Channel Worldwide Holdings,
Inc., Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.625%, 03/15/20
 

B3

   

78

   
 

350

    Gannett Co., Inc., Senior Notes,
5.125%, 10/15/19
 

Ba1

   

359

   
 

900

    Gannett Co., Inc., Senior Notes,
6.375%, 10/15/23
 

Ba1

   

958

   
 

650

    IHeart Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9%, 12/15/19
 

Caa1

   

642

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

800

    IHeart Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
10%, 01/15/18
 

Ca

 

$

686

   
 

357

    IHeart Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
14%, 02/01/21 (c)
 

Ca

   

293

   
 

325

    Lamar Media Corporation,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
5.875%, 02/01/22
 

B1

   

338

   
 

350

    Lin Television Corporation,
Senior Notes,
8.375%, 04/15/18
 

B3

   

366

   
 

950

    MDC Partners, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 04/01/20 (g)
 

B3

   

973

   
 

525

    Media General Financing Sub,
Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 11/15/22 (g)
 

B3

   

521

   
 

400

    Polish Television Holding B.V.,
Senior Notes,
11%, 01/15/21 (g)(EUR)
 

(e)

   

572

   
 

600

    Sinclair Television Group, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 10/01/22
 

B1

   

609

   
 

1,475

    Sirius XM Radio, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 08/01/21 (g)
 

B1

   

1,512

   
 

725

    Starz LLC, Senior Notes,
5%, 09/15/19
 

Ba2

   

729

   
 

375

    Townsquare Radio LLC,
Senior Notes,
9%, 04/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

399

   
 

2,425

    Univision Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.125%, 05/15/23 (g)
 

B2

   

2,473

   
 

300

    Univision Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 09/15/22 (g)
 

B2

   

322

   
 

1,750

    Univision Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 05/15/21 (g)
 

Caa2

   

1,864

   
     

16,677

   

Building & Real Estate — 3.24%

     
 

500

    CCRE Company, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 02/15/18 (g)
 

B1

   

522

   
 

350

    Greystar Real Estate Partners, LLC,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 12/01/22 (g)
 

B2

   

357

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

1,175

    Howard Hughes Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 10/01/21 (g)
 

Ba3

 

$

1,228

   
 

1,550

    Jefferies LoanCore LLC,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 06/01/20 (g)
 

B2

   

1,422

   
 

600

    KB Home, Senior Notes,
8%, 03/15/20
 

B2

   

655

   
 

325

    Ladder Capital Finance
Holdings LLLP, Senior Notes,
5.875%, 08/01/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

310

   
 

400

    Ladder Capital Finance
Holdings LLLP, Senior Notes,
7.375%, 10/01/17
 

Ba3

   

415

   
 

450

    Realology Group LLC, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 12/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

436

   
 

125

    Realology Group LLC, Senior Notes,
9%, 01/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

138

   
 

550

    RPG Byty s.r.o., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 05/01/20 (g)(EUR)
 

Ba2

   

679

   
 

675

    William Lyon Homes, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 08/15/22 (g)
 

B3

   

678

   
 

750

    William Lyon Homes, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 11/15/20
 

B3

   

806

   
     

7,646

   

Building Products — 1.97%

     
 

350

    Associated Materials, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9.125%, 11/01/17
 

Caa1

   

288

   
 

450

    Builders First Source, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.625%, 06/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

459

   
 

650

    Building Materials Holding
Corporation, Senior Notes,
9%, 09/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

679

   
 

575

    Nortek, Inc., Senior Notes,
8.50%, 04/15/21
 

Caa1

   

617

   
 

650

    Nortek, Inc., Senior Notes,
10%, 12/01/18
 

Caa1

   

681

   
 

375

    RSI Home Products, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 03/01/18 (g)
 

B1

   

390

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

275

    Springs Industries, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.25%, 06/01/21
 

B2

 

$

269

   
 

850

    Summit Materials LLC, Senior Notes,
10.50%, 01/31/20
 

Caa1

   

941

   
 

175

    USG Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.875%, 11/01/21 (g)
 

B1

   

177

   
 

125

    USG Corporation, Senior Notes,
9.75%, 01/15/18
 

Caa1

   

143

   
     

4,644

   

Cable Operators — 10.29%

     
 

750

    Altice Financing S.A., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 05/15/22 (g)
 

B3

   

750

   
 

875

    Altice Financing S.A., Senior Notes,
9%, 06/15/23 (g)(EUR)
 

B3

   

1,165

   
 

675

    Altice Financing S.A., Senior Notes,
9.875%, 12/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

720

   
 

500

    B Communications Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
7.375%, 02/15/21 (g)
 

(e)

   

528

   
 

475

    Block Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 02/01/20 (g)
 

B1

   

484

   
 

75

    CCO Holdings, LLC, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 03/15/21
 

B1

   

75

   
 

725

    CCO Holdings, LLC, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 09/30/22
 

B1

   

725

   
 

325

    CCO Holdings, LLC, Senior Notes,
5.75%, 09/01/23
 

B1

   

328

   
 

2,350

    CCO Holdings, LLC, Senior Notes,
6.625%, 01/31/22
 

B1

   

2,503

   
 

525

    CCOH Safari, Senior Notes,
5.50%, 12/01/22
 

B1

   

531

   
 

650

    Cequel Communications Holdings I,
LLC, Senior Notes,
5.125%, 12/15/21 (g)
 

B3

   

632

   
 

1,775

    Cequel Communications Holdings I,
LLC, Senior Notes,
6.375%, 09/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

1,846

   
 

900

    CSC Holdings, LLC, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 11/15/21
 

Ba2

   

992

   
 

800

    Dish DBS Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.125%, 05/01/20
 

Ba3

   

808

   
 

525

    Dish DBS Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.875%, 07/15/22
 

Ba3

   

537

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
7



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

325

    Dish DBS Corporation, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 06/01/21
 

Ba3

 

$

349

   
 

550

    LGE Holdco VI B.V., Senior Notes,
7.125%, 05/15/24 (g) (EUR)
 

B3

   

732

   
 

800

    Mediacom Broadband LLC,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 04/01/23
 

B3

   

819

   
 

1,675

    Netflix, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 02/01/21
 

Ba3

   

1,746

   
 

500

    Netflix, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 03/01/24 (g)
 

Ba3

   

519

   
 

900

    Numericable Group, S.A.,
Senior Notes,
6.25%, 05/15/24 (g)
 

Ba3

   

907

   
 

425

    United Group BV, Senior Notes,
7.875%, 11/15/20 (g) (EUR)
 

B2

   

546

   
 

900

    Unitymedia Hessen GmbH &
Company, Senior Notes,
5%, 01/15/25 (g)
 

B3

   

898

   
 

675

    Unitymedia Kabel BW GmbH,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 01/15/25 (g)
 

B3

   

697

   
 

475

    UPCB Finance Limited,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 01/15/22 (g)
 

Ba3

   

517

   
 

550

    UPCB Finance Limited,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 11/15/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

602

   
 

575

    Videotron Ltee., Senior Notes,
5%, 07/15/22
 

Ba2

   

585

   
 

375

    Virgin Media Finance, Plc,
Senior Note,
6%, 10/15/24 (g)
 

B2

   

394

   
 

700

    VTR Finance B.V., Senior Notes,
6.875%, 01/15/24 (g)
 

B1

   

719

   
 

175

    WaveDivision Holdings, LLC,
Senior Notes,
8.125%, 09/01/20 (g)
 

B3

   

186

   
 

550

    Wide Open West Finance, LLC,
Senior Notes,
10.25%, 07/15/19
 

Caa1

   

575

   
 

800

    Wide Open West Finance, LLC,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
13.375%, 10/15/19
 

Caa1

   

841

   
     

24,256

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

Chemicals — 3.28%

     

$

300

    Axalta Coating Systems Dutch
Holding B B.V., Senior Notes,
7.375%, 05/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

 

$

317

   
 

475

    Ciech Group Financing,
Senior Notes,
9.50%, 11/30/19 (g)(EUR)
 

B1

   

634

   
 

790

    Consolidated Energy Finance,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 10/15/19 (g)
 

B2

   

772

   
 

450

    W.R. Grace & Company Conn.,
Senior Notes,
5.125%, 10/01/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

461

   
 

1,050

    Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 04/15/20
 

B3

   

1,021

   
 

1,075

    Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.875%, 02/01/18
 

Caa2

   

957

   
 

350

    Ineos Group Holdings S.A.,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 08/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

335

   
 

975

    Momentive Performance
Materials, Inc.,
Senior Secured Notes,
3.88%, 10/24/21
 

(e)

   

824

   
 

975

    Momentive Performance
Materials, Inc.,
Senior Secured Notes,
8.875%, 10/15/20 (a)(f) ESC
 

(e)

   

0

   
 

425

    PolyOne Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 03/15/23
 

Ba3

   

426

   
 

1,225

    PQ Corporation, Senior Notes,
8.75%, 05/01/18 (g)
 

Caa1

   

1,268

   
 

425

    Rayonier Ameircan Products, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.50%, 06/01/24 (g)
 

Ba3

   

351

   
 

350

    Trinseo Materials Operating S.C.A.,
Senior Notes,
8.75%, 02/01/19
 

B2

   

355

   
     

7,721

   

Consumer Products — 2.56%

     
 

525

    24 Hour Holdings III LLC,
Senior Notes,
8%, 06/01/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

420

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
8



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

1,325

    Activision Blizzard, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 09/15/21 (g)
 

Ba2

 

$

1,395

   
 

350

    Activision Blizzard, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 09/15/23 (g)
 

Ba2

   

377

   
 

160

    Avon Products, Inc., Senior Notes
4.60%, 03/15/20
 

Baa3

   

145

   
 

750

    Hanesbrands, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.375%, 12/15/20
 

Ba2

   

797

   
 

275

    Levi Strauss & Co., Senior Notes,
6.875%, 05/01/22
 

Ba3

   

298

   
 

325

    Pantry, Inc., Senior Notes,
8.375%, 08/01/20
 

Caa1

   

356

   
 

575

    Quicksilver Inc., Senior Notes,
10%, 08/01/20
 

Caa2

   

397

   
 

225

    Spectrum Brands Escrow,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 11/15/20
 

B3

   

235

   
 

650

    Spectrum Brands Escrow,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 11/15/22
 

B3

   

691

   
 

700

    Sun Products, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 03/15/21 (g)
 

Caa2

   

592

   
 

325

    Wolverine World Wide, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 10/15/20
 

Ba3

   

340

   
     

6,043

   

Container — 3.45%

     
 

375

    AEP Industries, Inc., Senior Notes,
8.25%, 04/15/19
 

B3

   

386

   
 

365

    Ardagh Finance Holdings S.A.,
Senior Notes,
8.625%, 06/15/19 (c)(g)
 

Caa2

   

361

   
 

200

    Ardagh Packaging Finance plc,
Senior Notes,
6.25%, 01/31/19 (g)
 

Caa1

   

197

   
 

578

    Ardagh Packaging Finance plc,
Senior Notes,
7%, 11/15/20 (g)
 

Caa1

   

581

   
 

400

    Beverage Packaging Holdings
(Lux) II S.A., Senior Notes,
5.625%, 12/15/16 (g)
 

Caa2

   

393

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

650

    Beverage Packaging Holdings
(Lux) II S.A.,
Senior Subordinated Notes
6%, 06/15/17 (g)
 

Caa2

 

$

637

   
 

275

    Bormioli Rocco Holdings,
Senior Notes,
10%, 08/01/18 (g) (EUR)
 

B3

   

319

   
 

700

    Consolidated Container
Company LLC, Senior Notes,
10.125%, 07/15/20 (g)
 

Caa2

   

658

   
 

400

    Exopack Holding Corporation,
Senior Notes,
10%, 06/01/18 (g)
 

Caa2

   

421

   
 

350

    Greif Inc., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 08/01/19
 

Ba2

   

396

   
 

525

    Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 02/15/21
 

Caa2

   

539

   
 

1,350

    Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9%, 04/15/19
 

Caa2

   

1,390

   
 

900

    Reynolds Group Issuer, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9.875%, 08/15/19
 

Caa2

   

949

   
 

625

    Sealed Air Corporation,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 04/01/23 (g)
 

B1

   

634

   
 

249

    Tekni Plex, Inc., Senior Notes,
9.75%, 06/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

270

   
     

8,131

   

Energy — 14.10%

     
 

750

    American Energy — Permian Basin,
Senior Notes,
6.732%, 08/01/19 (g)
 

Caa1

   

555

   
 

375

    Antero Resources Finance
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.125%%, 12/01/22 (g)
 

B1

   

354

   
 

825

    Antero Resources Finance
Corporation, Senior Notes,
6%, 12/01/20
 

B1

   

827

   
 

1,025

    Atlas Pipeline Partners, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 08/01/23
 

B2

   

1,028

   
 

175

    Bill Barrett Corporation, Senior Notes,
7%, 10/15/22
 

B2

   

141

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
9



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

1,275

    Bill Barrett Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.625%, 10/01/19
 

B2

 

$

1,160

   
 

875

    Bonanza Creek Energy, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 02/01/23
 

B3

   

682

   
 

925

    CGG SA, Senior Notes,
6.875%, 01/15/22
 

B1

   

703

   
 

200

    CGG SA, Senior Notes,
6.50%, 06/01/21
 

B1

   

152

   
 

50

    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 06/15/21
 

Ba1

   

50

   
 

150

    Chesapeake Energy Corp.,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 03/15/23
 

Ba1

   

155

   
 

425

    Compressco Partners, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 08/15/22 (g)
 

B2

   

366

   
 

1,825

    Concho Resources, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.50%, 04/01/23
 

Ba3

   

1,834

   
 

300

    Concho Resources, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 01/15/21
 

Ba3

   

316

   
 

700

    Denbury Resources, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.50%, 05/01/22
 

B1

   

641

   
 

200

    Exterran Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 04/01/21
 

B1

   

178

   
 

675

    Exterran Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 10/01/22 (g)
 

B1

   

587

   
 

925

    Ferrellgas, L.P., Senior Notes,
6.50%, 05/01/21
 

B2

   

907

   
 

250

    Ferrellgas, Partners L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 01/15/22
 

B2

   

246

   
 

675

    Jupiter Resources, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 10/01/22 (g)
 

B3

   

506

   
 

900

    Laredo Petroleum, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.375%, 05/01/22
 

B2

   

846

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

1,675

    MarkWest Energy Partners, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
4.50%, 07/15/23
 

Ba3

 

$

1,616

   
 

325

    McDermott International,
Senior Notes,
8%, 05/01/21 (g)
 

B1

   

228

   
 

675

    Memorial Resource Development
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.875%, 07/01/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

604

   
 

625

    Newfield Exploration Company,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
5.75%, 01/30/22
 

Ba1

   

622

   
 

75

    Newfield Exploration Company,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 07/01/24
 

Ba1

   

74

   
 

400

    NuStar Logistics, L.P., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 02/01/21
 

Ba1

   

432

   
 

100

    Pacific Rubiales Energy
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.125%, 03/28/23 (g)
 

Ba2

   

79

   
 

575

    Pacific Rubiales Energy
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.625%, 01/29/25 (g)
 

Ba2

   

450

   
 

500

    Parker Drilling Company,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 07/15/22
 

B1

   

375

   
 

1,100

    Parsley Energy LLC, Senior Notes
7.50%, 2/15/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

1,048

   
 

1,400

    PDC Energy, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 10/15/22
 

B3

   

1,330

   
 

650

    Penn Virginia Corporation,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 04/15/19
 

Caa1

   

507

   
 

800

    Penn Virginia Corporation,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 05/01/20
 

Caa1

   

640

   
 

125

    Penn Virginia Resource,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 05/15/21
 

Ba3

   

126

   
 

675

    Precision Drilling Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 11/15/20
 

Ba1

   

607

   
 

700

    Range Resources Corporaiton,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
5%, 03/15/23
 

Ba2

   

702

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
10



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

450

    Regency Energy Partners, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 03/01/22
 

Ba3

 

$

442

   
 

1,375

    Rosetta Resources, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 06/01/24
 

B1

   

1,224

   
 

350

    Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 04/15/23
 

Ba3

   

345

   
 

250

    Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.25%, 03/15/22
 

Ba3

   

254

   
 

300

    Sabine Pass LNG, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 11/01/20
 

B1

   

305

   
 

900

    Seven Generations Energy Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 05/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

864

   
 

875

    Seventy Seven Energy Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 07/15/22
 

B2

   

516

   
 

975

    SM Energy Company, Senior Notes,
5%, 01/15/24
 

Ba2

   

848

   
 

325

    SM Energy Company, Senior Notes,
6.50%, 11/15/21
 

Ba2

   

315

   
 

650

    SM Energy Company, Senior Notes,
6.50%, 01/01/23
 

Ba2

   

627

   
 

225

    SM Energy Company, Senior Notes,
6.625%, 02/15/19
 

Ba2

   

222

   
 

1,450

    Targa Resources Partners L.P.,
Senior Notes,
4.25%, 11/15/23
 

Ba2

   

1,334

   
 

800

    Targa Resources Partners L.P.,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 05/01/23
 

Ba2

   

776

   
 

1,375

    Tervita Corporation, Senior Notes,
8%, 11/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

1,191

   
 

675

    Tervita Corporation, Senior Notes,
10.875%, 02/15/18 (g)
 

Caa2

   

417

   
 

300

    Western Refining, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 04/01/21
 

B3

   

293

   
 

100

    WPX Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.25%, 09/15/24
 

Ba1

   

93

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

1,525

    WPX Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
6%, 01/15/22
 

Ba1

 

$

1,495

   
     

33,235

   

Entertainment & Leisure — 2.62%

     
 

525

    Cedar Fair LP, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 03/15/21
 

B1

   

534

   
 

500

    DreamWorks Animation SKG, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 08/15/20 (g)
 

Ba3

   

515

   
 

350

    National CineMedia LLC,
Senior Notes,
6%, 04/15/22
 

Ba2

   

350

   
 

500

    NCL Corporation, Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 11/15/19 (g)
 

B2

   

504

   
 

200

    Regal Entertainment Group,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 06/15/23
 

B3

   

188

   
 

2,400

    Regal Entertainment Group,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 03/15/22
 

B3

   

2,292

   
 

675

    Six Flags Entertainment
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 01/15/21 (g)
 

B3

   

675

   
 

672

    WMG Acquisition Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6%, 01/15/21 (g)
 

B1

   

655

   
 

525

    WMG Acquisition Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 04/15/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

461

   
     

6,174

   

Financial — 10.58%

     
 

600

    Aircastle Limited, Senior Notes,
6.25%, 12/01/19
 

Ba3

   

634

   
 

619

    Ally Financial, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.50%, 09/15/20
 

B1

   

726

   
 

625

    American Capital Ltd., Senior Notes,
6.50%, 09/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

653

   
 

375

    A S Company, Senior Notes,
7.875%, 12/15/20 (g)
 

Caa2

   

383

   
 

450

    CIT Group, Inc., Senior Notes,
5%, 08/15/22
 

Ba3

   

459

   
 

2,075

    CIT Group, Inc., Senior Notes,
5%, 08/01/23
 

Ba3

   

2,122

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
11



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

325

    CIT Group, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 05/15/20
 

Ba3

 

$

342

   
 

475

    CNO Financial Group Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 10/01/20 (g)
 

Ba2

   

501

   
 

1,200

    Discover Financial Services,
Senior Notes,
10.25%, 07/15/19
 

Ba1

   

1,507

   
 

525

    E*Trade Financial Corporation,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 11/15/22
 

Ba3

   

534

   
 

350

    General Motors Financial Company,
Inc., Senior Notes,
3.25%, 05/15/18
 

Ba1

   

351

   
 

200

    General Motors Financial Company,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 06/01/18
 

Ba1

   

227

   
 

825

    Harbinger Group, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.875%, 07/15/19
 

Ba3

   

877

   
 

600

    Hub International Limited,
Senior Notes,
7.875%, 10/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

597

   
 

650

    Icahn Enterprises, Senior Notes,
4.875%, 03/15/19
 

Ba3

   

650

   
 

1,200

    Icahn Enterprises, Senior Notes,
6%, 08/01/20
 

Ba3

   

1,233

   
 

300

    International Lease Finance
Corporation, Senior Notes,
8.875%, 09/01/17
 

Ba2

   

338

   
 

525

    iStar Financial, Inc., Senior Notes,
5%, 07/01/19
 

B2

   

512

   
 

525

    iStar Financial, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.125%, 02/15/18
 

B2

   

553

   
 

425

    MSCI, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.25%, 11/15/24 (g)
 

Ba1

   

441

   
 

525

    National Financial Partnership,
Senior Notes,
9%, 07/15/21 (g)
 

Caa2

   

550

   
 

975

    Nationstar Mortgage LLC,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 07/01/21
 

B2

   

887

   
 

475

    Navient Corporation, Senior Notes,
5%, 10/26/20
 

Ba3

   

469

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

400

    Neuberger Berman Group LLC,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 03/15/20 (g)
 

Baa3

 

$

416

   
 

425

    Neuberger Berman Group LLC,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 03/15/22 (g)
 

Baa3

   

448

   
 

925

    OneMain Financial Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 12/15/19 (g)
 

B2

   

946

   
 

1,150

    Provident Funding Associates, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 06/15/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

1,113

   
 

225

    Provident Funding Associates, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
10.125%, 02/15/19 (g)
 

Ba3

   

238

   
 

325

    Sberbank, Senior Notes,
6.125%,0 2/07/22 (g)
 

Baa2

   

286

   
 

420

    Sberbank, Subordinated Notes,
5.125%, 10/29/22 (g)
 

Ba1

   

322

   
 

350

    Sberbank, Subordinated Notes,
5.50%, 02/26/24 (g)
 

(e)

   

256

   
 

500

    Springleaf Finance Corporation,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 12/15/19
 

B2

   

491

   
 

1,350

    Synovus Financial Corporation,
Subordinate Notes,
5.125%, 06/15/17
 

B1

   

1,374

   
 

525

    Synovus Financial Corporation,
Senior Notes,
7.875%, 02/15/19
 

Ba3

   

584

   
 

200

    Towergate Finance plc,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 02/15/18 (g)(GBP)
 

Caa2

   

278

   
 

250

    Towergate Finance plc,
Senior Notes,
10.50%, 02/15/19 (g)(GBP)
 

Ca

   

109

   
 

1,100

    USI Inc., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 01/15/21 (g)
 

Caa2

   

1,081

   
 

1,600

    Walter Investment Management
Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.875%, 12/15/21
 

B3

   

1,448

   
     

24,936

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
12



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

Food/Tobacco — 2.36%

     

$

525

    Big Heart Pet Brands, Senior Notes,
7.625%, 02/15/19
 

Caa1

 

$

517

   
 

326

    Bumble Bee Acquistion Company,
Senior Notes,
9%, 12/15/17 (g)
 

B3

   

343

   
 

600

    Constellation Brands, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6%, 05/01/22
 

Ba1

   

661

   
 

750

    Cott Beverages, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 07/01/22 (g)
 

B3

   

688

   
 

425

    Cott Beverages, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 01/01/20 (g)
 

B3

   

429

   
 

200

    Darling Escrow Corporation,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 01/15/22
 

B1

   

197

   
 

200

    Diamond Foods, Inc., Senior Notes,
7%, 03/15/19 (g)
 

Caa2

   

206

   
 

255

    JBS Investments GMBH,
Senior Notes,
7.75%, 10/28/20 (g)
 

(e)

   

260

   
 

450

    JBS USA, LLC, Senior Notes,
5.875%, 07/15/24 (g)
 

Ba3

   

442

   
 

300

    Post Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
6%, 12/15/22 (g)
 

B2

   

281

   
 

325

    Post Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 12/01/21 (g)
 

B2

   

318

   
 

425

    Post Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.375%, 02/15/22
 

B2

   

427

   
 

425

    Shearers Food, Inc., Senior Notes,
9%, 11/01/19 (g)
 

B1

   

465

   
 

325

    Whitewave Foods Company,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 10/01/22
 

B1

   

334

   
     

5,568

   

Forest Products — 1.88%

     
 

180

    Ainsworth Lumber Company Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
7.50%, 12/15/17 (g)
 

B1

   

186

   
 

425

    Boise Cascade LLC, Senior Notes,
6.375%, 11/01/20
 

B1

   

446

   
 

925

    Cascades, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.875%, 01/15/20
 

Ba3

   

960

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

650

    P.H. Glatfelter Company,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 10/15/20
 

Ba1

 

$

661

   
 

325

    Graphic Packaging International,
Inc., Senior Notes,
4.75%, 04/15/21
 

Ba3

   

327

   
 

625

    Mercer International, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 12/01/19 (g)
 

B2

   

631

   
 

350

    Mercer International, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.75%, 12/01/22 (g)
 

B2

   

355

   
 

575

    Potlach Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.50%, 11/01/19
 

Baa3

   

653

   
 

200

    Sappi Papier Holding GmbH,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 04/15/21 (g)
 

Ba2

   

205

   
     

4,424

   

Gaming — 3.05%

     
 

75

    Boyd Gaming Corporation,
Senior Notes,
9%, 07/01/20
 

B3

   

77

   
 

625

    Cirsa Funding Luxembourg S.A.,
Senior Notes,
8.75%, 05/15/18 (g)(EUR)
 

B3

   

778

   
 

900

    Graton Economic Development
Authority, Senior Notes,
9.625%, 09/01/19 (g)
 

B2

   

981

   
 

825

    MGM Resorts International,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 12/15/21
 

B3

   

864

   
 

625

    MGM Resorts International,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 10/01/20
 

B3

   

656

   
 

375

    Peninsula Gaming, LLC,
Senior Notes,
8.375%, 02/15/18 (g)
 

Caa1

   

389

   
 

825

    Pinnacle Entertainment, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.50%, 04/15/21
 

B2

   

860

   
 

625

    Quapaw Downstream Development
Authority, Senior Notes,
10.50%, 07/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

580

   
 

289

    Rivers Pittsburgh Borrower, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
9.50%, 06/15/19 (g)
 

B3

   

306

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
13



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

275

    Safari Holding Verwaltungs GmbH,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 02/15/21 (g)(EUR)
 

B2

 

$

337

   
 

500

    Scientific Games International Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 01/01/22 (g)
 

Ba3

   

506

   
 

825

    Station Casinos LLC, Senior Notes,
7.50%, 03/01/21
 

Caa1

   

846

   
     

7,180

   

Health Care — 9.79%

     
 

275

    Aviv Healthcare Properties Ltd.
Partnership, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 02/15/19
 

Ba3

   

286

   
 

500

    Capella Healthcare, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9.25%, 07/01/17
 

B3

   

520

   
 

725

    Capsugel S.A., Senior Notes,
7%, 05/15/19 (g)
 

Caa1

   

736

   
 

850

    CHS/Community Health Systems,
Inc., Senior Notes,
5.125%, 08/01/21
 

Ba2

   

886

   
 

1,600

    CHS/Community Health Systems,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.875%, 02/01/22
 

B3

   

1,696

   
 

725

    CHS/Community Health Systems,
Inc., Senior Notes,
7.125%, 07/15/20
 

B3

   

769

   
 

475

    CHS/Community Health Systems,
Inc., Senior Notes,
8%, 11/15/19
 

B3

   

507

   
 

750

    Crimson Merger, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.625%, 05/15/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

671

   
 

975

    Fresenius Medical Care US
Finance II, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.625%, 07/31/19 (g)
 

Ba2

   

1,043

   
 

250

    Fresenius Medical Care US
Finance II, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 01/31/22 (g)
 

Ba2

   

271

   
 

525

    HCA Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 02/15/21
 

B2

   

560

   
 

1,375

    HCA, Inc., Senior Notes,
7.50%, 02/15/22
 

B2

   

1,568

   
 

475

    Iasis Healthcare Capital
8.375%, 05/15/19
 

Caa1

   

501

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

400

    Jaguar Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
9.375%, 10/15/17 (g)
 

Caa1

 

$

409

   
 

700

    Jaguar Holdings, Inc., Senior Notes,
9.50%, 12/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

744

   
 

75

    JLL/Delta Dutch Newco B.V.,
Senior Notes,
7.50%, 02/01/22 (g)
 

Caa2

   

76

   
 

650

    Kindred Healthcare, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8%, 01/15/20 (g)
 

B2

   

691

   
 

625

    Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Senior Notes,
10.50%, 11/01/18
 

B3

   

684

   
 

275

    Kinetic Concepts, Inc., Senior Notes,
12.50%, 11/01/19
 

Caa1

   

305

   
 

525

    Medi Partenaires SAS, Senior Notes,
7%, 05/15/20 (g) (EUR)
 

B2

   

672

   
 

250

    MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 02/15/22
 

Ba1

   

268

   
 

525

    MPT Operating Partnership, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 05/01/21
 

Ba1

   

562

   
 

675

    Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 03/15/24
 

Ba1

   

719

   
 

625

    Opal Acquisition, Inc., Senior Note,
8.875%, 12/15/21 (g)
 

Caa2

   

634

   
 

300

    Par Pharmaceutical, Senior Notes,
7.375%, 10/15/20
 

Caa1

   

314

   
 

120

    Pinnacle Merger, Senior Notes,
9.50%, 10/01/23 (g)
 

Caa1

   

130

   
 

600

    Select Medical Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 06/01/21
 

B3

   

610

   
 

1,100

    Tenet Healthcare Corporation,
Senior Notes,
4.50%, 04/01/21
 

Ba2

   

1,103

   
 

525

    Tenet Healthcare Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6%, 10/01/20
 

Ba2

   

564

   
 

250

    Truven Health Analytics,
Senior Notes,
10.625%, 06/01/20
 

Caa2

   

245

   
 

200

    Truven Health Analytics,
Senior Notes,
10.625%, 06/01/20 (g)
 

Caa2

   

196

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
14



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

850

    Universal Hospital Services, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.625%, 08/15/20
 

B3

 

$

729

   
 

1,900

    Valeant Pharmaceuticals
International, Senior Notes,
6.375%, 10/15/20 (g)
 

B1

   

1,985

   
 

825

    Valeant Pharmaceuticals
International, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 08/15/18 (g)
 

B1

   

877

   
 

525

    Wellcare Health Plans, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 11/15/20
 

Ba2

   

543

   
     

23,074

   

Information Technology — 5.08%

     
 

600

    Alcatel Lucent USA, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 11/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

630

   
 

400

    Alcatel Lucent USA, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.875%, 01/01/20 (g)
 

B3

   

435

   
 

1,000

    Ancestry.com Inc., Senior Notes,
9.625%, 10/15/18 (g)
 

Caa1

   

980

   
 

425

    Ancestry.com Inc., Senior Notes,
11%, 12/15/20
 

B3

   

474

   
 

600

    Bankrate, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.125%, 08/15/18 (g)
 

B2

   

561

   
 

650

    BMC Software Finance, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.125%, 07/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

611

   
 

150

    Dell, Inc., Senior Notes,
4.625%, 04/01/21
 

B1

   

145

   
 

375

    Dell, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.65%, 04/15/18
 

B1

   

395

   
 

500

    Dell, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 06/15/19
 

B1

   

529

   
 

875

    Denali Borrower, Senior Notes,
5.625%, 10/15/20 (g)
 

Ba2

   

910

   
 

800

    Eagle Midco Inc., Senior Notes,
9%, 06/15/18 (g)
 

Caa1

   

818

   
 

500

    Epicor Software Corporation,
Senior Notes,
8.625%, 05/01/19
 

B3

   

530

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

650

    Goodman Networks, Inc.,
Senior Secured Notes,
12.125%, 07/01/18
 

B3

 

$

671

   
 

1,350

    iGATE Corporation, Senior Notes,
4.75%, 04/15/19
 

B1

   

1,350

   
 

1,000

    Infor Software Parent, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.125%, 05/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

985

   
 

650

    Infor US, Inc., Senior Notes,
9.375%, 04/01/19
 

Caa1

   

699

   
 

400

    NXP B.V., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 02/15/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

420

   
 

450

    NXP B.V., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 03/15/23 (g)
 

Ba3

   

473

   
 

350

    Zebra Technologies Corporation,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 10/15/22 (g)
 

B2

   

370

   
     

11,986

   

Lodging — .53%

     
 

850

    Hilton Worldwide Finance,
Senior Notes,
5.625%, 10/15/21
 

B3

   

886

   
 

375

    Playa Resorts Holding B.V.,
Senior Notes,
8%, 08/15/20 (g)
 

Caa1

   

374

   
     

1,260

   

Manufacturing — 2.98%

     
 

850

    Accudyne Industries Borrower
S.C.A., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 12/15/20 (g)
 

Caa1

   

803

   
 

675

    Apex Tool Group, Senior Notes,
7%, 02/01/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

579

   
 

400

    CNH Capital LLC, Senior Notes,
3.625%, 04/15/18
 

Ba1

   

394

   
 

900

    CNH Capital LLC, Senior Notes,
6.25%, 11/01/16
 

Ba1

   

943

   
 

250

    Columbus McKinnon Corporation,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.875%, 02/01/19
 

B1

   

260

   
 

1,200

    Gardner Denver Inc., Senior Notes,
6.875%, 08/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

1,152

   
 

400

    Manitowoc Company, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 10/15/22
 

B2

   

407

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
15



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

300

    Manitowoc Company, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 11/01/20
 

B2

 

$

325

   
 

301

    Mcron Finance Sub LLC,
Senior Notes,
8.375%, 05/15/19 (g)
 

B1

   

319

   
 

600

    Milacron LLC, Senior Notes,
7.75%, 02/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

612

   
 

1,000

    Terex Corporation, Senior Notes,
6%, 5/15/21
 

B2

   

1,020

   
 

200

    Terex Corporation, Senior Notes,
6.50%, 04/01/20
 

B2

   

210

   
     

7,024

   

Metals & Mining — 6.11%

     
 

900

    AK Steel Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.625%, 10/01/21
 

Caa1

   

828

   
 

850

    AK Steel Corporation, Senior Notes,
8.375%, 04/01/22
 

Caa1

   

786

   
 

300

    Aleris International, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.625%, 02/15/18
 

B2

   

303

   
 

600

    Aleris International, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.875%, 11/01/20
 

B2

   

606

   
 

175

    ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes,
6%, 03/01/21
 

Ba1

   

181

   
 

225

    ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 02/25/22
 

Ba1

   

239

   
 

500

    ArcelorMittal, Senior Notes,
10.35%, 06/01/19
 

Ba1

   

601

   
 

625

    BlueScope Steel (Finance) Limited,
Senior Notes,
7.125%, 05/01/18 (g)
 

Ba3

   

648

   
 

1,200

    Consol Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 04/15/22 (g)
 

B1

   

1,119

   
 

550

    Consol Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
8.25%, 04/01/20
 

B1

   

573

   
 

675

    Eldorado Gold Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 12/15/20 (g)
 

Ba3

   

656

   
 

975

    First Quantum Minerals Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
7.25%, 05/15/22 (g)
 

B1

   

882

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

725

    Foresight Energy LLC, Senior Notes,
7.875%, 08/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

 

$

716

   
 

675

    Lundin Mining Corporation,
Senior Notes,
7.50%, 11/01/20 (g)
 

Ba2

   

665

   
 

400

    Murray Energy Corporation,
Senior Notes,
8.625%, 06/15/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

382

   
 

450

    Murray Energy Corporation,
Senior Notes,
9.50%, 12/05/20 (g)
 

(e)

   

450

   
 

425

    Novelis, Inc., Senior Notes,
8.75%, 12/15/20
 

B2

   

452

   
 

675

    Nyrstar Netherlands Holdings B.V.,
Senior Notes,
8.50%, 09/15/19 (g) (EUR)
 

B3

   

818

   
 

775

    Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes,
9%, 10/15/17
 

Caa2

   

796

   
 

769

    Ryerson Inc., Senior Secured Notes,
11.25%, 10/15/18
 

Caa3

   

819

   
 

225

    Steel Dynamics, Senior Notes,
5.125%, 10/01/21 (g)
 

Ba2

   

229

   
 

450

    SunCoke Energy Partners, L.P.,
Senior Notes,
7.375%, 02/01/20 (g)
 

B1

   

468

   
 

75

    United States Steel Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.875%, 04/01/21
 

B1

   

77

   
 

500

    Vedanta Resources Plc,
Senior Notes,
6%, 01/31/19 (g)
 

Ba3

   

490

   
 

625

    Vedanta Resources Plc,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 06/07/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

619

   
     

14,403

   

Other Telecommunications — 3.12%

     
 

1,300

    Century Link, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.625%, 04/01/20
 

Ba2

   

1,358

   
 

375

    Century Link, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.45%, 06/15/21
 

Ba2

   

405

   
 

1,325

    DuPont Fabros Technology L.P.,
Senior Notes,
5.875%, 09/15/21
 

Ba1

   

1,351

   
 

250

    Earthlink Inc., Senior Notes,
7.375%, 06/01/20
 

Ba3

   

253

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

600

    Equinix, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 04/01/23
 

B1

 

$

600

   
 

475

    Equinix, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 01/01/22
 

B1

   

475

   
 

250

    Equinix, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 01/01/25
 

B1

   

253

   
 

200

    Level 3 Communications, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.875%, 06/01/19
 

Caa2

   

212

   
 

75

    Level 3 Financing, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 06/01/20
 

B3

   

79

   
 

650

    Level 3 Financing, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.625%, 07/15/20
 

B3

   

704

   
 

375

    Play Topco S.A., Senior Notes,
7.75%, 02/28/20 (c)(g) (EUR)
 

Caa1

   

461

   
 

700

    Telecom Italia, Senior Notes,
6.375%, 06/24/19 (GBP)
 

Ba1

   

1,197

   
     

7,348

   

Publishing — .83%

     
 

599

    Dex Media Inc.,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
14%, 01/29/17 (c)
 

Caa3

   

257

   
 

250

    Harland Clarke Holdings
Corporation, Senior Notes,
6.875%, 03/01/20 (g)
 

B1

   

243

   
 

525

    Time, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.75%, 04/15/22 (g)
 

B1

   

508

   
 

875

    Trader Corporation, Senior Notes,
9.875%, 08/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

943

   
     

1,951

   

Real Estate Investment Trust Securities — .47%

     
 

1,100

    CBRE Services, Inc., Senior Notes,
5%, 03/15/23
 

Ba1

   

1,119

   

Restaurants — .47%

     
 

350

    1011778 B.C. United Liability
Company, Senior Notes,
6%, 04/01/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

359

   
 

575

    P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
10.25%, 06/30/20 (g)
 

Caa1

   

574

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

175

    Seminole Hard Rock Entertainment
Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 05/15/21 (g)
 

B2

 

$

173

   
     

1,106

   

Retail — 2.78%

     
 

275

    Academy Ltd., Senior Notes,
9.25%, 08/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

288

   
 

275

    DBP Holding Corporation,
Senior Notes,
7.75%, 10/15/20 (g)
 

Caa2

   

234

   
 

700

    Guitar Center Inc., Senior Notes,
6.50%,04/15/19 (g)
 

B3

   

607

   
 

400

    Magnolia S.A., Senior Notes,
9%, 08/01/20 (g)(EUR)
 

B2

   

465

   
 

375

    Matalan Finance Plc, Senior Notes,
6.875%, 06/01/19 (g)(GBP)
 

B2

   

560

   
 

300

    Michaels Stores, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 12/15/20 (g)
 

B3

   

302

   
 

650

    New Look Bondco I plc, Senior Notes,
8.375%, 05/14/18 (g)
 

B1

   

683

   
 

400

    99 Cents Only Stores, Senior Notes,
11%, 12/15/19
 

Caa1

   

423

   
 

650

    PC Nextco Holdings, LLC,
Senior Notes,
8.75%, 08/15/19
 

Caa2

   

657

   
 

1,200

    J.C. Penney Corporation, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.125%, 10/01/19
 

Caa2

   

1,056

   
 

325

    The Men's Warehouse, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7%, 07/01/22 (g)
 

B2

   

332

   
 

925

    William Carter, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 08/15/21
 

Ba2

   

953

   
     

6,560

   

Satellites — 1.67%

     
 

775

    Hughes Satellite Systems, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
6.50%, 06/15/19
 

Ba3

   

831

   
 

775

    Hughes Satellite Systems, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
7.625%, 06/15/21
 

B3

   

854

   
 

1,275

    Intelsat Jackson Holdings Ltd.,
Senior Notes,
5.50%, 08/01/23
 

B3

   

1,265

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
17



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

$

475

    Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A.,
Senior Notes,
6.625%, 12/15/22
 

Caa1

 

$

488

   
 

100

    Intelsat (Luxembourg) S.A.,
Senior Notes,
7.75%, 6/01/21
 

Caa2

   

100

   
 

375

    ViaSat, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.875%, 06/15/20
 

B2

   

390

   
     

3,928

   

Services — 8.20%

     
 

550

    Alliance Data Systems Company,
Senior Notes,
5.375%, 08/01/22 (g)
 

(e)

   

542

   
 

350

    Aramark Holdings, Senior Notes,
5.75%, 03/15/20
 

B3

   

361

   
 

250

    Ashtead Capital Inc., Senior Notes,
6.50%, 07/15/22 (g)
 

Ba3

   

268

   
 

500

    Aston Escrow Corporation,
Senior Notes,
9.50%, 08/15/21 (g)
 

B3

   

462

   
 

425

    Blueline Rental Finance,
Senior Notes,
7%, 02/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

436

   
 

200

    Brakes Capital, Senior Notes,
7.125%, 12/15/18 (g) (GBP)
 

B3

   

309

   
 

750

    CDW Corporation,
Senior Secured Notes,
6%, 08/15/22
 

B3

   

780

   
 

325

    Clean Harbors, Incorporated,
Senior Notes,
5.125%, 06/01/21
 

Ba2

   

326

   
 

250

    Clean Harbors, Incorporated,
Senior Notes,
5.25%, 08/01/20
 

Ba2

   

251

   
 

700

    Corelogic Inc., Senior Notes,
7.25%, 06/01/21
 

B1

   

733

   
 

250

    Corrections Corporation of America,
Senior Notes,
4.625%, 05/01/23
 

Ba1

   

241

   
 

650

    Dycom Investments Inc.,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
7.125%, 01/15/21
 

Ba3

   

683

   
 

450

    Europcar Groupe SA, Senior Notes,
11.50%, 05/15/17 (g)(EUR)
 

Caa1

   

610

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

1,186

    First Data Corporation,
Senior Notes,
6.75%, 11/01/20 (g)
 

B1

 

$

1,272

   
 

3,175

    First Data Corporation,
Senior Notes,
12.625%, 01/15/21
 

Caa1

   

3,762

   
 

175

    FTI Consulting Inc., Senior Notes,
6%, 11/15/22
 

Ba2

   

180

   
 

475

    FTI Consulting Inc., Senior Notes,
6.75%, 10/01/20
 

Ba2

   

498

   
 

300

    H&E Equipment Services,
Senior Notes,
7%, 09/01/22
 

B3

   

309

   
 

725

    HD Supply, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.25%, 12/15/21 (g)
 

B1

   

738

   
 

350

    Igloo Holdings Corporation,
Senior Notes,
8.25%, 12/15/17 (g)
 

Caa2

   

353

   
 

215

    Interline Brands Inc., Senior Notes,
10%, 11/15/18
 

Caa2

   

225

   
 

400

    Iron Mountain Europe Plc,
Senior Notes,
6.125%, 09/15/22 (g) (GBP)
 

Ba2

   

639

   
 

1,175

    Laureate Education, Inc.,
Senior Ntoes,
9.75%, 09/01/19 (g)
 

Caa1

   

1,219

   
 

825

    Lender Processing Services, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
5.75%, 04/15/23
 

Baa3

   

872

   
 

150

    Loxam SAS,
Senior Subordinated Notes,
7%, 07/23/22 (g)(EUR)
 

(e)

   

164

   
 

375

    Outerwall, Inc., Senior Notes,
5.875%, 06/15/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

351

   
 

925

    Outerwall, Inc., Senior Notes,
6%, 03/15/19
 

Ba3

   

906

   
 

900

    Safway Group Holding LLC,
Senior Notes,
7%, 05/15/18 (g)
 

B3

   

855

   
 

250

    Transunion Holding Company, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
8.125%, 06/15/18
 

Caa1

   

256

   
 

700

    United Rentals of North America,
Inc., Senior Notes,
6.125%, 06/15/23
 

B1

   

737

   
     

19,338

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
18



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

CORPORATE DEBT SECURITIES — continued

     

Supermarkets — .91%

     

$

550

    BI-LO Holding Finance, LLC,
Senior Notes,
9.25%, 02/15/19 (g)
 

B3

 

$

506

   
 

1,300

    Rite Aid Corporation, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 06/15/21
 

Caa1

   

1,339

   
 

275

    Rite Aid Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.70%, 02/15/27
 

Caa1

   

299

   
     

2,144

   

Transportation — .66%

     
 

1,250

    Aguila 3 S.A., Senior Notes,
7.875%, 01/31/18 (g)
 

B2

   

1,225

   
 

325

    Watco Companies, LLC,
Senior Notes,
6.375%, 04/01/23 (g)
 

B3

   

325

   
     

1,550

   

Utilities — 3.07%

     
 

775

    AES Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.50%, 03/15/24
 

Ba3

   

787

   
 

875

    Calpine Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.375%, 01/15/23
 

B3

   

886

   
 

675

    Dynergy Finance, Senior Notes,
6.75%, 11/01/19 (g)
 

B3

   

685

   
 

1,650

    Energy Future Intermediate
Holding Company,
10%, 12/01/20 (a) ESC
 

(e)

   

153

   
 

850

    GenOn Escrow Corporation,
Senior Notes,
9.50%, 10/15/18
 

B3

   

846

   
 

2,325

    NRG Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 07/15/22
 

B1

   

2,377

   
 

350

    NRG Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 05/01/24 (g)
 

B1

   

355

   
 

550

    NRG Energy, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.625%, 03/15/23
 

B1

   

569

   
 

575

    NRG Yield Inc., Senior Notes,
5.375%, 08/15/24 (g)
 

Ba1

   

584

   
     

7,242

   

Wireless Communications — 7.03%

     
 

775

    Arqiva Broadcasting, Senior Notes,
9.50%, 03/31/20 (g)(GBP)
 

B3

   

1,324

   
Principal
Amount/Units
      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

$

950

    Crown Castle International
Corporation, Senior Notes,
5.25%, 01/15/23
 

B1

 

$

967

   
 

625

    Digicel Limited, Senior Notes,
6%, 04/15/21 (g)
 

B1

   

591

   
 

450

    Digicel Group Limited,
Senior Notes,
7.125%, 04/01/22 (g)
 

Caa1

   

427

   
 

100

    Matterhorn Mobile S.A.,
Senior Notes,
7.75%, 02/15/20 (g)(EUR)
 

Caa1

   

126

   
 

205

    Millicom International Cellular
S.A., Senior Notes,
6.625%, 10/15/21 (g)
 

Ba2

   

213

   
 

200

    Sable International Finance Limited,
Senior Notes,
8.75%, 02/01/20 (g)
 

Ba2

   

217

   
 

2,850

    Sprint Corporation, Senior Notes,
7.125%, 06/15/24
 

B2

   

2,658

   
 

1,425

    Sprint Nextel Corporation,
Senior Notes,
11.50%, 11/15/21
 

B2

   

1,735

   
 

675

    Syniverse Holdings, Inc.,
Senior Notes,
9.125%, 01/15/19
 

Caa1

   

705

   
 

2,050

    T-Mobile, USA, Inc., Senior Notes,
6%, 03/01/23
 

Ba3

   

2,065

   
 

1,350

    T-Mobile, USA, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.25%, 04/01/21
 

Ba3

   

1,380

   
 

725

    T-Mobile, USA, Inc., Senior Notes,
6.633%, 04/28/21
 

Ba3

   

740

   
 

305

    Vimpelcom Holdings, Senior Notes,
5.20%, 02/13/19 (g)
 

Ba3

   

247

   
 

550

    Vimpelcom Holdings, Senior Notes,
7.504%, 03/01/22 (g)
 

Ba3

   

446

   
 

650

    Vimpelcom Holdings, Senior Notes,
7.748%, 02/02/21 (g)
 

Ba3

   

537

   
 

700

    Wind Acquistion Holdings Finance
S.A., Senior Notes,
4.75%, 07/15/20 (g)
 

Ba3

   

664

   
 

1,625

    Wind Acquistion Holdings Finance
S.A., Senior Notes,
7.375%, 04/23/21 (g)
 

Caa1

   

1,524

   
     

16,566

   
    Total Corporate Debt Securities
(Total cost of $308,269)
       

305,645

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
19



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Schedule of Investments — December 31, 2014 — Continued (Dollar Amounts in Thousands)

Shares

      Moody's
Rating
(Unaudited)
  Value
(Note 1)
 

PREFERRED STOCK — 1.27% (b)(d)

     

Energy — .11%

     
 

4,079

    Penn Virginia Corporation,
Convertible, 6% (g)
 

(e)

 

$

270

   

Financial — .69%

     
 

1,625

   

Ally Financial, Inc., 7% (g)

 

B3

   

1,624

   

Wireless Communications — .47%

     
 

2,207

    American Tower Corporation,
Convertible, 5.25%
 

(e)

   

254

   
 

7,000

    Crown Castle International Corp.,
Convertible, 4.50%
 

(e)

   

721

   
 

2,476

    T-Mobile, USA, Inc.,
Convertible, 5.50%
 

(e)

   

131

   
     

1,106

   
    Total Preferred Stock
(Total cost of $2,876)
           

3,000

   
    TOTAL INVESTMENTS —
130.92% (d)
(Total cost of $311,145)
           

308,645

   
    CASH AND OTHER ASSETS
LESS LIABILITIES — (30.92)% (d)
   

     

(72,903

)

 
       

NET ASSETS — 100.00%

     

$

235,742

   

(a) Denotes income is not being accrued and/or issuer is in bankruptcy proceedings.

(b) All of the Fund's investments and other assets are pledged as collateral in accordance with a credit agreement with The Bank of Nova Scotia.

(c) Pay-In-Kind

(d) Percentages indicated are based on total net assets to common shareholders of $235,742.

(e) Not rated.

(f) Represents Level 3 security. See Note 1.

(g) Securities are exempt from registration under Rule 144A of the Securities Act of 1933. Such securities may be resold, normally to qualified institutional buyers in transactions exempt from registration. Unless otherwise noted, 144A Securities are deemed to be liquid. See Note 1of the Note to Schedule of Investments for valuation policy. Total market value of Rule 144A securities amounted to $130,368 as of December 31, 2014.

(EUR)  Euro

(GBP)  British Pound

ESC  Escrow Cusip. Represents a beneficial interest to account for possible future payments by the company. Interest rate and maturity date are those of the original security.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
20




The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Statement of Assets and Liabilities
December 31, 2014

(Dollars in thousands, except shares and per share amounts)

Assets:

 
INVESTMENTS IN SECURITIES, at value (Identified
cost of $311,145 see Schedule of Investments
and Note 1)
 

$

308,645

   
CASH    

14,397

   

RECEIVABLES:

 
Investment securities sold    

135

   
Interest and dividends    

5,570

   
PREPAID EXPENSES    

110

   
UNREALIZED GAIN ON CURRENCY AND
FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS (Notes 1 and 7)
   

390

   

Total assets

 

$

329,247

   

Liabilities:

 

CREDIT AGREEMENT (Note 4)

 

$

90,000

   

PAYABLES:

 
Investment securities purchased    

254

   
Dividend on common stock    

2,931

   

Interest on loan (Note 4)

   

58

   
ACCRUED EXPENSES (Note 3)    

250

   
UNREALIZED LOSS ON CURRENCY AND
FORWARD CURRENCY EXCHANGE
CONTRACTS (Notes 1 and 7)
   

12

   

Total liabilities

 

$

93,505

   

Net Assets

 

$

235,742

   

Represented By:

 

COMMON STOCK:

 
$0.01 par value, 40,000,000 shares authorized,
23,368,918 shares issued and outstanding
 

$

234

   
CAPITAL IN EXCESS OF PAR VALUE    

268,519

   
UNDISTRIBUTED NET INVESTMENT INCOME/
(LOSS) (Note 2)
   

(69

)

 
ACCUMULATED NET REALIZED LOSS FROM
SECURITIES TRANSACTIONS (Note 2)
   

(30,820

)

 
NET UNREALIZED DEPRECIATION ON
INVESTMENTS AND FORWARD
CURRENCY EXCHANGE CONTRACTS
   

(2,122

)

 
Net Assets Applicable To Common Stock
(Equivalent to $10.09 per share, based on
23,368,918 shares outstanding)
 

$

235,742

   

Statement of Operations
For the Year Ended
December 31, 2014
(Dollars in thousands)

Investment Income: (Note 1)  

Interest income

 

$

22,262

   
Dividend income    

150

   
Other income    

71

   

Total investment income

 

$

22,483

   

Expenses:

 

Cost of leverage:

 

Interest expense (Note 4)

 

$

1,000

   
Loan fees (Note 4)    

10

   

Total cost of leverage

 

$

1,010

   

Professional services:

 

Investment Advisor (Note 3)

 

$

1,185

   

Legal

   

326

   
Custodian and transfer agent    

322

   
Audit    

57

   

Total professional services

 

$

1,890

   

Administrative:

 
General administrative (Note 6)  

$

440

   
Directors    

283

   
Insurance    

143

   

Miscellaneous

   

42

   
Shareholder communications    

40

   
NYSE    

25

   

Total administrative

 

$

973

   

Total expenses

 

$

3,873

   

Net investment income

 

$

18,610

   

Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investment Activities:

 

Realized gain on investments and currencies, net

 

$

3,428

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation)
on investments and other financial instruments
 

$

(14,071

)

 

Net loss on investments

 

$

(10,643

)

 
Net increase in net assets resulting
from operations
 

$

7,967

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
21



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Statements of Changes in Net Assets (Dollars in thousands, except shares and per share amounts)

    For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2014
  For the
Year Ended
December 31,
2013
 

From Operations:

 

Net investment income

 

$

18,610

   

$

19,478

   
Realized gain on investments and currencies, net    

3,428

     

7,454

   
Change in net unrealized appreciation/(depreciation) on investments and other
financial instruments
   

(14,071

)

   

(4,646

)

 

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

 

$

7,967

   

$

22,286

   

From Fund Share Transactions:

 
Net asset value of 43,738 shares issued to common stockholders for reinvestment of
dividends in 2013.
   

     

468

   

Distributions to Common Stockholders:

 

From net investment income ($.84 and $.86 per share in 2014 and 2013, respectively)

 

$

(19,513

)

 

$

(20,097

)

 

Total net increase (decrease) in net assets

 

$

(11,546

)

 

$

2,657

   

Net Assets Applicable to Common Stock:

 

Beginning of period

 

$

247,288

   

$

244,631

   
End of period (Including $(69) and $(1,049) of undistributed net investment income/(loss)
at December 31, 2014 and December 31, 2013, respectively)
 

$

235,742

   

$

247,288

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
22



The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios
For Each Share of Common Stock Outstanding Throughout the Period

 

For the Years Ended December 31,

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

NET ASSET VALUE:

 
Beginning of period  

$

10.58

   

$

10.49

   

$

9.58

   

$

10.17

   

$

9.44

   

NET INVESTMENT INCOME

   

.80

     

.83

     

.93

     

1.03

     

1.06

   
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAIN (LOSS) ON INVESTMENTS AND
OTHER FINANCIAL INSTRUMENTS
   

(.45

)

   

.12

     

.96

     

(.57

)

   

.73

   
DISTRIBUTIONS FROM NET INVESTMENT INCOME RELATED TO
PREFERRED STOCK: (b)
   

     

     

(.01

)

   

(.01

)

   

(.03

)

 

TOTAL FROM INVESTMENT OPERATIONS

   

.35

     

.95

     

1.88

     

.45

     

1.76

   

DISTRIBUTIONS TO COMMON SHAREHOLDERS:

 
From net investment income    

(.84

)

   

(.86

)

   

(.97

)

   

(1.04

)

   

(1.03

)

 
TOTAL DISTRIBUTIONS    

(.84

)

   

(.86

)

   

(.97

)

   

(1.04

)

   

(1.03

)

 

NET ASSET VALUE:

 
End of period  

$

10.09

   

$

10.58

   

$

10.49

   

$

9.58

   

$

10.17

   

PER SHARE MARKET VALUE:

 
End of period  

$

8,94

   

$

9.65

   

$

10.45

   

$

10.21

   

$

9.96

   
TOTAL INVESTMENT RETURN†    

1.02

%

   

.73

%

   

12.18

%

   

13.61

%

   

22.02

%

 

  †  Total investment return is calculated assuming a purchase of $1,000 of common stock at the current market value on the first day and a sale at the current market value on the last day of each year reported. Dividends and distributions are assumed for purposes of this calculation to be reinvested at prices obtained under the dividend reinvestment plan. This calculation does not reflect brokerage commissions.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Financial Highlights
Selected Per Share Data and Ratios
For Each Share of Common Stock Outstanding Throughout the Period — Continued

   

For the Years Ended December 31,

 
   

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD, APPLICABLE TO
COMMON STOCK (a)
 

$

235,742

   

$

247,288

   

$

244,631

   

$

221,656

   

$

234,624

   
NET ASSETS, END OF PERIOD, APPLICABLE TO
PREFERRED STOCK (a)(b)
   

     

     

   

$

85,425

   

$

85,425

   
TOTAL NET ASSETS APPLICABLE TO COMMON AND PREFERRED
STOCK, END OF PERIOD (a)(b)
 

$

235,742

   

$

247,288

   

$

244,631

   

$

307,081

   

$

320,049

   

EXPENSE RATIOS:

 
Ratio of interest expense to average net assets*    

.40

%

   

.43

%

   

.06

%

   

     

   
Ratio of preferred and other leverage expenses to
average net assets*
   

     

     

.04

%

   

.04

%

   

.05

%

 
Ratio of operating expenses to average net assets*    

1.14

%

   

1.23

%

   

1.38

%

   

1.42

%

   

1.92

%

 
RATIO OF TOTAL EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS*    

1.54

%

   

1.66

%

   

1.48

%

   

1.46

%

   

1.97

%

 
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS*    

7.41

%

   

7.82

%

   

9.07

%

   

10.10

%

   

10.66

%

 
RATIO OF TOTAL EXPENSES TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS APPLICABLE
TO COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK (b)
   

     

     

1.13

%

   

1.07

%

   

1.43

%

 
RATIO OF NET INVESTMENT INCOME TO AVERAGE NET ASSETS
APPLICABLE TO COMMON AND PREFERRED STOCK (b)
   

     

     

6.94

%

   

7.41

%

   

7.76

%

 
PORTFOLIO TURNOVER RATE    

48.26

%

   

63.65

%

   

69.91

%

   

58.91

%

   

79.02

%

 

  (a)  Dollars in thousands.

  (b)  In November 2012, the preferred stock was redeemed.

  *  Ratios calculated on the basis of expenses and net investment income applicable to the common shares relative to the average net assets of the common stockholders only.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Information Regarding
Senior Securities

   

As of December 31,

 

 

2014

 

2013

 

2012

 

2011

 

2010

 

TOTAL AMOUNT OUTSTANDING:

 

Preferred Stock

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

85,425,000

   

$

85,425,000

   

Credit Agreement

 

$

90,000,000

   

$

100,000,000

   

$

85,425,000

     

     

   
ASSET COVERAGE:  

Per Preferred Stock Share (1)

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

89,869

   

$

93,664

   

Per $1,000 borrowed under Credit Agreement (2)

 

$

3,619

   

$

3,473

   

$

3,864

     

     

   
Credit Agreement Asset Coverage (3)    

362

%

   

347

%

   

386

%

   

     

   

INVOLUNTARY LIQUIDATION PREFERENCE:

 

Per Preferred Stock Share (4)(5)

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

25,000

   

$

25,000

   

LIQUIDATION VALUE:

 

Per Preferred Stock Share (4)(5)

 

$

   

$

   

$

   

$

25,000

   

$

25,000

   

  (1)  Calculated by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities from the Fund's total assets and dividing such amount by the number of preferred shares outstanding.

  (2)  Calculated by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities excluding the amount borrowed under the credit facility, from the Fund's total assets and dividing such amount by the amount borrowed under the credit facility, (per $1,000 of amount borrowed).

  (3)  Calculated by subtracting the Fund's total liabilities excluding the amount borrowed under the credit facility, from the Fund's total assets and dividing such amount by the amount borrowed under the credit facility.

  (4)  Plus accumulated and unpaid dividends.

  (5)  In November 2012, the Fund redeemed all outstanding shares of its preferred stock at the liquidation preference per share of $25,000.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Statement of Cash Flows (Dollars in thousands)

  For the
Year
Ended
December 31,
2014
 
Cash Flows From Operating Activities:  

Purchases of portfolio securities

 

$

(1,978,784

)

 

Sales and maturities of portfolio securities

   

2,001,559

   

Interest and dividends received

   

23,345

   

Other income

   

69

   

Operating expenses paid

   

(3,885

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

42,304

   

Cash Flows From Financing Activities:

 

Credit facility reduction

   

(10,000

)

 

Common stock dividends

   

(20,101

)

 

Net cash used by financing activities

 

$

(30,101

)

 

Net Increase in Cash

 

$

12,203

   

Cash at Beginning of Period

   

2,194

   

Cash at End of Period

 

$

14,397

   
Reconciliation of Net Increase in Net Assets Resulting from Operations
to Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities:
 

Purchases of portfolio securities

 

$

(1,978,784

)

 

Sales and maturities of portfolio securities

   

2,001,559

   

Net increase in net assets resulting from operations

   

7,967

   

Amortization of interest

   

367

   
Net realized gain on investments and currencies    

(3,428

)

 

Change in net unrealized depreciation on investments and other financial instruments

   

14,071

   

Decrease in interest and dividend receivable

   

565

   
Increase in prepaid expenses    

(11

)

 

Decrease in accrued expenses and other payables

   

(2

)

 

Net cash provided by operating activities

 

$

42,304

   

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these financial statements.
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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2014

(1) Significant Accounting and Other Policies

The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (the Fund) was organized as a corporation in the state of Maryland on November 19, 1987 and is registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission as a diversified, closed-end investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. The Fund follows the investment company accounting and reporting guidance of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standard Codification Topic 946 "Financial Services Investment Companies". The Fund commenced operations on February 26, 1988. The investment objective of the Fund is to provide high current income while seeking to preserve stockholders' capital through investment in a professionally managed, diversified portfolio of "high yield" fixed-income securities.

The Fund invests primarily in fixed maturity corporate debt securities that are rated less than investment grade. Risk of loss upon default by the issuer is significantly greater with respect to such securities compared to investment grade securities because these securities are generally unsecured and are often subordinated to other creditors of the issuer and because these issuers usually have high levels of indebtedness and are more sensitive to adverse economic conditions, such as a recession, than are investment grade issuers. In some cases, the collection of principal and timely receipt of interest is dependent upon the issuer attaining improved operating results, selling assets or obtaining additional financing.

The Fund may focus its investments in certain industries, subjecting it to greater risk than a Fund that is more diversified. See the schedule of investments for information on individual securities as well as industry diversification and credit quality ratings.

The Fund's financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States for investment companies that require the management of the Fund to, among other things, make estimates and assumptions that affect the

reported amounts of assets and liabilities, the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements, and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting periods. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

The following is a summary of significant accounting policies consistently followed by the Fund, which are in conformity with those generally accepted in the investment company industry.

(a)  Valuation of Investments—Except as otherwise described below, the Fund's investments are valued based on evaluated bid prices provided by an independent pricing service. Independent pricing services provide prices based primarily on quotations from dealers and brokers, market transactions, data accessed from quotations services, offering sheets obtained from dealers and various relationships among similar securities. Investments whose primary market is on an exchange are valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation. Short-term investments with original maturities of 60 days or less are stated at amortized cost, which approximates the fair value of such investments. Following procedures approved by the Board of Directors, investments for which market prices are not yet provided by an independent pricing service (primarily newly issued fixed-income corporate bonds and notes) shall be valued at the most recently quoted bid price provided by a principal market maker for the security. Other investments for which market quotations are not readily available are valued in good faith at fair value using methods approved by the Board of Directors. Fair value measurement is further discussed in section (f) of this footnote.

(b)  Foreign Currency—Investment securities and other assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollar amounts at the date of valuation. Purchases and sales of investment securities and income and expense items denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U. S. dollar amounts on the respective dates of such transactions.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

The Fund does not isolate that portion of the results of operations resulting from changes in foreign exchange rates on investments from the fluctuations arising from changes in market prices of securities held. Such fluctuations are included with the net realized and unrealized gain or loss from investments.

Reported net realized foreign exchange gains or losses arise from sales of foreign currencies, currency gains or losses realized between the trade and settlement dates on securities transaction, and the difference between the amounts of dividends, interest and foreign withholding taxes recorded on the Fund's books and the U.S. dollar equivalent of the amounts actually received or paid. Net unrealized foreign exchange gains and losses arise from changes in the fair values of assets and liabilities, other than investments in securities at fiscal period end, resulting from changes in exchange rates.

(c)  Foreign Currency Forward Exchange Contracts—The Fund may enter into foreign currency forward exchange contracts to hedge against foreign currency exchange rate risks on its non-U.S. dollar denominated investment securities. When entering into a forward currency contract, the Fund agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed upon price on an agreed future date. The Fund's net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the statement of assets and liabilities. Realized and unrealized gains and losses are included in the statement of operations. These instruments involve market risk, credit risk or both kinds of risks, in excess of the amount recognized in the statement of assets and liabilities. Risks arise from the possible inability of counterparties to meet the terms of their contracts and from movement in currency and securities values and interest rates.

(d)  Securities Transactions and Net Investment Income—Securities transactions are recorded on trade

date. Realized gains or losses on sales of securities are calculated on the identified cost basis. Interest income is accrued on a daily basis. Discount on short-term investments is amortized to investment income. Premiums or discounts on corporate debt securities are amortized based on the interest method for financial reporting purposes. All income on original issue discount and step interest bonds is accrued based on the effective interest method. The Fund does not amortize market premiums or discounts for tax purposes. Dividend payments received in the form of additional securities are recorded on the ex-dividend date in an amount equal to the value of the security on such date.

(e)  Federal Income Taxes—It is the Fund's policy to comply with the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, applicable to regulated investment companies and to distribute substantially all of its taxable income to its shareholders each year. Accordingly, no federal income tax provision is required.

(f)  Fair Value Measurement—The Fund applies ASC 820 "Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures". This standard establishes the definition of fair value, sets out a framework for measuring fair value and requires additional disclosures about fair value measurements.

The three levels of the fair value hierarchy under ASC 820 are described below:

Level 1—Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities that the Fund has the ability to access.

Level 2—Observable inputs other than quoted prices included in level 1 that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. These inputs may include quoted prices for the identical instrument on an inactive market, prices for similar instruments, interest rates, prepayment speeds, credit risk, yield curves, default rates and similar data.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

Level 3—Unobservable inputs for the asset or liability, to the extent relevant observable inputs are not available, representing the Fund's own assumptions about the assumptions a market participant would use in valuing the asset or liability, and would be based on the best information available.

The availability of observable inputs can vary from security to security and is affected by a wide variety of factors, including, for example, the type of security, whether the security is new and not yet established in the marketplace, the liquidity of markets, and other characteristics particular to the security. To the extent that valuation is based on models or inputs that are less observable or unobservable in the market, the determination of fair value requires more judgment. Accordingly, the degree of judgment exercised in determining fair value is greatest for instruments categorized in level 3.

The inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, for disclosure purposes, the level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement falls in its entirety, is determined based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

The inputs or methodology used for valuing securities are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

A description of the valuation techniques applied to the Fund's major asset and liability categories is as follows.

Debt securities (corporate, convertible & bank debt). The fair value of debt securities is provided by independent pricing services using quotations from dealers and brokers, market transactions, data from quotations services, offering sheets and various relationships between securities. While most corporate bonds are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy, there may be instances where less observable inputs necessitate a level 3 categorization.

Equity securities (preferred and common stock). Equity securities for which the primary market is on an exchange will be valued at the last sale price on the day of valuation and are categorized in level 1 of the fair value hierarchy. Other equity securities traded in inactive markets or valued by independent pricing services using methods similar to debt securities are categorized in level 2. The fair value of equity securities in which observable inputs are unavailable are categorized in level 3.

Short-term investments. Short-term investments are valued using amortized cost, which approximates fair value. To the extent the inputs are observable and timely the values would be categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

Forwards are valued at the unrealized gain or loss on the contract as measured by the difference between the forward exchange rates at the date of entry into the contract and the forward rates at the reporting date. Forwards are categorized in level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

The following is a summary of the inputs used as of December 31, 2014 in valuing the Fund's investments:

   

Level 1

 

Level 2

 

Level 3

 

Total Value

 
    Quoted
Prices

(000's)
  Significant
Observable
Inputs
(000's)
  Significant
Unobservable
Inputs
(000's)
 

(000's)

 

Investments

 

Debt Securities*

 

$

   

$

305,645

   

$

   

$

305,645

   

Preferred Stock

 

Energy

   

     

270

     

     

270

   

Financial

   

     

1,624

     

     

1,624

   
Wireless
Communications
   

1,106

     

     

     

1,106

   

Total Investments

 

$

1,106

   

$

307,539

   

$

   

$

308,645

   
Forward Currency
Exchange
Contracts
 

$

   

$

388

   

$

   

$

388

   

*  Debt Securities — All are level 2. Type of debt and industries are shown on the Schedule of Investments.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

The Fund owned one Level 3 security at December 31, 2014. This security appears under Corporate Debt Securities, Chemicals and has a value of zero. The value was determined by the Valuation Committee of the Fund's investment Advisor, T. Rowe Price, under procedures approved by the Board of Directors. The techniques used to arrive at this valuation have taken into account the interim non-tradable position and the uncertainty surrounding the remaining distribution(s), if any. The security will continue to be valued at zero until a distribution has been determined, the occurrence of company-specific or industry events, or other market factors suggest the value should be changed.

The following is a reconciliation of Fund investments using Level 3 inputs for the period:

    Equity
Securities
 

Balance, December 31, 2013

 

$

   

Sales

   

   

Change in unrealized appreciation (depreciation)

   

   

Realized gain (loss)

   

   

Transfers to Level 3 from Level 2

   

   

Balance, December 31, 2014

 

$

   

Level 1 and Level 2 assets are evaluated on a quarterly basis for changes in listings or delistings on national exchanges.

Transfers between levels are recognized at the value at the end of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2014, the Fund recognized one transfer from Level 1 to Level 2 amounting to $270,000.

(2) Tax Matters and Distributions

At December 31, 2014, the total cost of securities (including temporary cash investments) for federal income tax purposes was approximately $311,687,000. Aggregate gross unrealized gain on securities in which there was an excess of value over tax cost was approximately $6,908,000. Aggregate gross unrealized loss

on securities in which there was an excess of tax cost over value was approximately $9,950,000. Net unrealized loss on investments for tax purposes at December 31, 2014 was approximately $3,042,000.

At December 31, 2014, the Fund had approximate capital loss carryovers available to offset future capital gains, if any, to the extent provided by regulations:

Carryover Available

 

Expiration Date

 

$

2,073,000

   

December 31, 2016

 
 

26,830,000

   

December 31, 2017

 

$

28,903,000

           

It is the policy of the Fund to reduce future distributions of realized gains to shareholders to the extent of the unexpired capital loss carry forward.

The tax character of distributions paid to common shareholders in 2014 and 2013 of approximately $19,513,000 and $20,097,000, respectively, was from ordinary income.

As of December 31, 2014, the components of distributable earnings on a tax basis were approximately:

Undistributed Ordinary income

 

$

843,000

   
Unrealized Loss    

(2,664,000

)

 

Capital Losses Carry Forward

   

(28,903,000

)

 
Investments and Currencies
Loss Deferrals
   

(2,287,000

)

 
   

$

(33,011,000

)

 

The difference between components of distributable earnings on a tax basis and the amounts reflected in the Statement of Assets and Liabilities are primarily due to market discount adjustments, wash sales and post-October losses. The Fund has recorded several reclassifications in the capital accounts to present undistributed net investment income and accumulated net realized losses on a tax basis. These reclassifications have no impact on the net asset value of the Fund. For the year


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

ended December 31, 2014, permanent differences between book and tax accounting have been reclassified as follows:

Increase (decrease) in:

Undistributed net investment income

 

$

1,881,000

   

Capital in excess of par value

 

$

91,000

   
Accumulated net realized loss from
securities transactions
 

$

(1,972,000

)

 

Distributions on common stock are declared based upon annual projections of the Fund's investment company taxable income. The Fund records all dividends and distributions payable to shareholders on the ex-dividend date and declares and distributes income dividends monthly.

The Fund is required to amortize market discounts and premiums for financial reporting purposes. This results in additional interest income in some years and decreased interest income in others for financial reporting purposes only. The Fund does not amortize market discounts or premiums for tax purposes. Therefore, the additional or decreased interest income for financial reporting purposes does not result in additional or decreased common stock dividend income.

The Fund recognizes the tax benefits of uncertain tax positions only where the position is "more likely than not" to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. Management has analyzed the Fund's tax positions, and has concluded that no liability for unrecognized tax benefits should be recorded related to uncertain tax positions taken on returns filed for open tax years 2011-2013, or expected to be taken in the Fund's 2014 tax returns. The Fund is not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will change materially in the next twelve months.

(3) Investment Advisory Agreement

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (T. Rowe Price), the Fund's Investment Advisor, earned approximately $1,185,000 in management fees during the year ended December 31, 2014. Management fees paid by the Fund to T. Rowe Price were calculated at 0.50% on the first $50,000,000 of the Fund's average weekly net assets, 0.40% on the next $50 million and 0.30% on average weekly net assets in excess of $100 million. T. Rowe Price's fee is calculated based on assets attributable to the Fund's common stock and senior securities. At December 31, 2014, the fee payable to T. Rowe Price was approximately $97,000, which was included in accrued expenses on the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities.

(4) Bank Credit Agreement

The Fund has a credit agreement with The Bank of Nova Scotia pursuant to which the Fund may borrow up to an aggregate amount of $100,000,000. On May 14, 2013 the Fund borrowed an additional $14,575,000 to draw fully upon the credit facility and on May 9, 2014 reduced it by $10,000,000. The Fund extended the term of the facility to October 2015. Amounts borrowed under the credit facility bear interest at an adjustable rate based on a margin above LIBOR. The rate paid on these borrowings is approximately 1.06% and will be in effect until January 9, 2015 at which time the rate will be reset. For the year ended December 31, 2014 the weighted average rate on the loan was approximately 1.06% and the maximum amount borrowed during the period was $100,000,000. On December 31, 2014 the total amount outstanding on the loan was $90,000,000.

The Fund pays a commitment fee to The Bank of Nova Scotia at a rate of .15% per annum for any unused portion of borrowings not to exceed $100,000,000. For the year ended December 31, 2014 the Fund paid approximately $10,000 for this commitment.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

The Fund has granted to The Bank of Nova Scotia a security interest in the investments and other assets of the Fund in accordance with the Credit Agreement.

(5) Purchases and Sales of Securities

Purchases and proceeds of sales or maturities of long-term securities during the year ended December 31, 2014 were approximately:

Cost of purchases

 

$

158,702,000

   

Proceeds of sales or maturities

 

$

180,243,000

   

(6) Related Party Transactions

The Fund paid approximately $203,000 during the year ended December 31, 2014 to an officer of the Fund for the provision of certain administrative services.

(7) Derivative Contracts (Currency Amounts in Thousands)

Forward Currency Exchange Contracts—As of December 31, 2014 the Fund had forward currency exchange contracts outstanding as follows:

Counterparty  
Settlement
Date
 
Receive
(Deliver)
 

Asset(1)
 

Liability(1)
  Unrealized
Appreciation
(Depreciation)
 
Deutsche Bank  

1/9/15

 

GBP

(2,939

)

 

$

4,718

   

$

4,581

   

$

137

   
HSBC  

1/9/15

 

GBP

(85

)    

137

   

133

   

4

   
State Street Bank  

1/9/15

 

GBP

178

   

278

   

280

   

(2

)

 
State Street Bank  

1/9/15

 

GBP

(30

)    

47

   

47

   

   
Bank of America  

3/12/15

 

EUR

(7,829

)    

9,728

   

9,479

   

249

   
Net unrealized gain on open forward currency exchange contracts  

$

388

   

(1)  Forward currency exchange contracts are not shown gross on the statement of assets and Liabilities. The net exposure is reflected.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
December 31, 2014

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments—The fair value of derivative instruments as of December 31, 2014 was as follows:

  Asset Derivatives
December 31, 2014
 

  Statement of Assets
and Liabilities Location
  Fair
Value
 
Forward currency contracts
 
 
 
  Unrealized gain
on currency and
forward currency
exchange contracts
 

$

390

   

 
 
 
  Unrealized loss
on currency and
forward currency
exchange contracts
   

(2

)

 

The effect of derivative instruments that are included on the Statement of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2014 was as follows:

Amount of Realized Gain on Derivatives

 
    Realized gain on
investments and
currencies, net
 

Forward currency contracts

 

$

1,390

   

Change in Unrealized Depreciation on Derivatives

 
    Change in
net unrealized
appreciation
(depreciation) on
investments and other
financial instruments
 

Forward currency contracts

 

$

542

   

(8) Subsequent Events

The Fund has evaluated the need for additional disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. Based on this evaluation, no adjustments were required to the financial statements as of December 31, 2014.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm

The Board of Directors and Shareholders
The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

We have audited the accompanying statement of assets and liabilities, including the schedule of investments, of The New America High Income Fund, Inc., as of December 31, 2014, and the related statements of operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the statement of changes in net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Fund's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (US). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund's internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our procedures included confirmation of securities owned as of December 31, 2014, by correspondence with the custodian and brokers, or by other appropriate auditing procedures where brokers did not reply to our confirmation request. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of The New America High Income Fund, Inc. as of December 31, 2014, the results of its operations and cash flows for the year then ended, the changes in its net assets for each of the two years in the period then ended, and the financial highlights for each of the five years in the period then ended, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

  TAIT, WELLER & BAKER LLP

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
February 20, 2015


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
Supplemental Information
(Unaudited)

Availability of Portfolio Holdings

The Fund provides a complete schedule of its portfolio holdings quarterly. The lists of holdings as of the end of the second and fourth quarters appear in the Fund's semi-annual and annual reports to shareholders, respectively. The schedules of portfolio holdings as of the end of the first and third quarters are filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on Form N-Q (the "Forms") within 60 days of the end of the first and third quarters. Shareholders can look up the Forms on the SEC's web site at www.sec.gov. The Forms may also be reviewed and copied at the SEC's public reference room in Washington, D.C. You may call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information about the SEC's web site and their public reference room. In addition, the Forms may be reviewed on the Fund's web site at www.newamerica-hyb.com.

Compliance with CFTC Regulation of Transactions in Commodity Interests

The Fund does not currently intend to engage in transactions in commodity interests such as futures contracts, options on futures contracts, and swaps. However, the Fund may in the future enter into interest rate transactions, such as swaps, caps, collars and floors for the purpose or with the effect of hedging its portfolio and/or its payment obligations with respect to senior securities. In addition, the Fund has reserved the right, subject to the approval of the Board of Directors, to purchase and sell financial futures contracts and options on such futures contracts for the purpose of hedging its portfolio securities (or portfolio securities which it expects to acquire) against anticipated changes in prevailing interest rates. To the extent it engages in transactions in commodity interests, the Fund expects their use to be limited such that the Fund may claim the exclusion from the definition of the term "commodity pool operator" available under Regulation 4.5 of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission under the Commodity Exchange Act, and will not therefor be subject to regulation as a pool operator under the Commodity Exchange Act.

Common Stock Transactions

The Fund may purchase shares of its Common Stock in the open market when the Common Stock trades at a discount to net asset value or at other times if the Fund determines such purchases are advisable. There can be no assurance that the Fund will take such action in the event of a market discount to net asset value or that Fund purchases will reduce a discount.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
Supplemental Information
(Unaudited)

Information About the Review and Approval of the Fund's Investment Advisory Agreement

On October 23, 2014, the Board of Directors, including all of the Directors who are not "interested persons" of the Fund (the "Independent Directors") within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, approved the continuation of the Advisory Agreement with the Adviser. In considering this action, the Directors requested and reviewed a variety of materials relating to the Fund and the Adviser, including information on the Adviser's organization, operations and personnel, services the Adviser provides to the Fund, the Adviser's investment management practices, the Adviser's fees and profitability, the Adviser's compliance programs, and the performance of the Fund relative to other closed-end high yield debt funds, the Adviser's other high yield debt clients and various high yield debt market indices, among other matters. The Directors also took into account performance, portfolio management, organizational and other information regarding the Fund and the Adviser provided to them by the Adviser and the Fund's personnel on an ongoing basis in connection with meetings of the Board and otherwise.

Nature, Extent and Quality of Services. In considering the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Directors reviewed information relating to various aspects of the Adviser's operations and personnel, including financial condition, portfolio management and other professional staff, organizational and management structure, trade placement policies and compliance practices. In the course of their deliberations regarding the Advisory Agreement, the Directors evaluated, among other things: (a) the services rendered by the Adviser in the past; (b) the qualifications and experience of the Adviser's personnel; and (c) the Adviser's compliance programs. The Directors also took into account the financial condition of the Adviser with respect to its ability to provide the services required under the Advisory Agreement. After consideration of the foregoing, the Directors concluded that: (1) the Adviser is a large, well-capitalized organization with substantial resources and personnel; (2) the Adviser has demonstrated that it possesses the capability and resources to perform the duties required of it under the Advisory Agreement; (3) the Adviser's personnel are qualified to manage the Fund's assets in accordance with its investment objectives and policies; (4) the Adviser's disciplined but flexible investment approach is appropriate for the Fund; (5) the Adviser has demonstrated an appropriate awareness of the special requirements associated with the Fund's leveraged structure; and (6) the Adviser maintains appropriate compliance programs.

Fund Performance. In evaluating Fund performance, the Directors considered (a) the Fund's performance relative to the performance of other leveraged closed-end high yield debt funds, (b) the Fund's performance relative to the performance of various third-party indices for registered high yield debt funds, (c) the Fund's performance relative to the performance of a composite designed to present the aggregate investment results for the high yield debt mandates managed by the Adviser, and (d) the Fund's performance relative to the performance of various third-party indices for the high yield debt market. The Directors also took note of the conditions in the high yield debt market during the period since the Adviser was retained, the Adviser's responsiveness to the Board's emphasis on maintaining dividend stability, and the limitations imposed on portfolio management by (i) the asset coverage requirements for the Fund's credit facility and (ii) the diversification and asset coverage requirements associated with the credit rating for the Fund's auction term preferred stock during the period when the preferred stock was outstanding. On the basis of the foregoing, among other considerations associated with the Fund's performance, the Directors concluded that the Fund's performance has been reasonable given the investment/risk profile the Fund has sought to maintain and conditions in the high yield debt market.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Notes to Financial Statements — Continued
Supplemental Information
(Unaudited)

Costs of Services/Adviser Profitability. The Directors determined that information relating to the cost to the Adviser of the services it provides under the Advisory Agreement and the profitability to the Adviser of its relationship with the Fund were not relevant to their consideration of the Advisory Agreement's continuation. During all relevant time periods there has been no affiliation or other relationship between Fund personnel or the Directors on one hand and the Adviser on the other hand, that would compromise the independence of Fund personnel and the Directors from the Adviser in negotiating the terms of, and the fee rate to be paid under, the Advisory Agreement. Fallout benefits to the Adviser from its relationship with the Fund were not a consideration in the Directors' deliberations as the Adviser did not appear to receive any material benefit from the Fund other than its advisory fees.

Economies of Scale. Given the Fund's advisory fee structure under the Advisory Agreement (which provides for breakpoints), and the Fund's current and anticipated size, the Directors concluded that the Fund's advisory fee adequately reflects any economies of scale the Adviser might enjoy in managing the Fund.

Advisory Fee. In considering the fee payable to the Adviser under the Advisory Agreement, the Directors reviewed information relating to the fees paid by the two other registered funds with a high yield debt mandate comparable to the Fund's that are managed by the Adviser (a retail open-end fund and an institutional open-end fund, each sponsored by the Adviser), the Adviser's other fee schedules for client accounts focused on high yield debt, and data from Lipper Inc. on advisory fees paid by other funds in the Lipper CEFHY Leveraged Index. The Directors concluded that, in light of the nature, extent and quality of the services provided by the Adviser, the Fund's performance, and the other considerations noted above with respect to the Adviser, the Fund's advisory fee is reasonable.

Based on the above-mentioned factors and their related conclusions, with no single factor or conclusion being determinative and with each Director not necessarily attributing the same weight to each factor, the Directors concluded that approval of the Advisory Agreement would be in the interests of the Fund and its shareholders. Accordingly, on October 23, 2014, the Directors, including all of the Independent Directors, voted to approve continuation of the Advisory Agreement.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Directors

Robert F. Birch
Joseph L. Bower
Bernard J. Korman
Stuart A. McFarland
Marguerite A. Piret
Oleg M. Pohotsky
Ellen E. Terry

Officer

Ellen E. Terry – President, Treasurer, Secretary

Investment Advisor

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc.
100 E. Pratt Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202

Administrator

The New America High Income Fund, Inc.
33 Broad Street
Boston, MA 02109
(617) 263-6400

Custodian

State Street Corporation
One Lincoln Street
Boston, MA 02111

Independent Registered Public Accountants

Tait, Weller & Baker LLP
1818 Market Street
Philadelphia, PA 19103

Transfer Agent

American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038
(866) 624-4105
Web site: www.amstock.com

Listed: NYSE
Symbol: HYB
Web site: www.newamerica-hyb.com


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Information About the Fund's Directors and Officers — February 12, 2015

Independent Directors

Name,
Address1, and
Date of Birth
  Term of Office2
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years (and Other Relevant
Experience, Attributes and Skills)3
  Other Directorships
Held by Director
 
Joseph L. Bower
DOB: 09/21/38
  Director
since 1988
 

Professor, Harvard Business School 1963-2014 – as Donald K. David Professor of Business Administration 1986-2007; Baker Foundation Professor 2007-2014; and Donald K. David Professor Emeritus since July 2014. Senior Associate Dean, Chair of the Doctoral Programs, Chair of the General Management Area, Chair of the General Manager and Corporate Leader Programs, Consultant on leadership, strategy, and organizational development.

 

Director of Anika Therapeutics since 1992, Brown Shoe 1982-2012, and Loews Corporation since 2002. Life Trustee of New England Conservatory of Music

 
Bernard J. Korman
DOB: 10/13/31
  Director
since 1987
 

Chairman of the Board of Directors of Philadelphia Health Care Trust (non-profit corporation supporting healthcare delivery, education and research) (1995-2010); Director of Medical Nutrition USA, INC (develops and distributes nutritional products) (2004-2010);

 

Director of Omega Healthcare Investors, Inc. (real estate investment trust) since 1993.

 
Stuart A. McFarland
DOB: 04/05/47
  Director
since 2013
 

Managing Partner, Federal City Capital Advisors, LLC since 1997; Chairman, Federal City Bancorp (2004-2007); Director, Brandywine Funds (2001-2013); President and CEO, Pedestal Inc. (internet enabled mortgage securities exchange) (1999-2003); EVP and General Manager, GE Capital Mortgage Services (1990-1996); President and CEO, GE Capital Asset Management Corporation (1990-1996); President and CEO, Skyline Financial Services Corp. (1988-1990) President and CEO, National Permanent Federal Savings Bank (1986-1988). Executive Vice President – Operations and Chief Financial Officer with Federal National Mortgage Association Fannie Mae (Fannie Mae) (1980-1985); and President and Director, Ticor Mortgage Insurance Company (1972-1980).

 

Director, Brookfield Funds (5 funds) since 2008; Director, United Guaranty Corporation since 2011; Director, Newcastle Investment Corp. (real estate investment trust) since 2002; Director New Senior Investment Group since 2014.

 
Marguerite A. Piret
DOB: 5/10/48
  Director
since 2004
 

President and Chief Executive Officer of Newbury, Piret & Company, Inc. (an investment bank) (1981-Present); Member, Board of Governors, Investment Company Institute (1996-2004).

 

Trustee of Pioneer Funds (51 funds) since 1980.

 


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Information About the Fund's Directors and Officers — February 12, 2015 — Continued

Name,
Address1, and
Date of Birth
  Term of Office2
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years (and Other Relevant
Experience, Attributes and Skills)3
  Other Directorships
Held by Director
 
Oleg M. Pohotsky
DOB: 3/28/47
  Director
since 2013
 

Consultant and Managing Partner, Right Bank Partners (corporate governance and strategy consultancy) since 2002; SVP and Director of Mergers and Acquisitions, First Albany Bank (1991-2002); General Partner, Strategic Capital Associates (1989-1991).

 

Director, Avangardco Investments Public Holdings (agricultural production) since 2011; Advisor, Board of Advisors, Kaufman & Co. LLC (investment banking) since 2007; Trustee since 2000 and Chairman since 2012 of Tekla Healthcare Investors and Tekla Life Sciences Investors and Tekla Healthcare Opportunities Fund.

 

Interested Directors and Officers

Name,
Address1, and
Date of Birth
  Term of Office2
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years (and Other Relevant
Experience, Attributes and Skills)3
  Other Directorships
Held by Director
 
Robert F. Birch4
DOB: 3/12/36
  Lead Director
Since 2013
Director
since 1992
  President of The New America High Income Fund, Inc. (1992-April 2013), Director of Brookfield/Helios Funds (1998-2011); Director of Brandywine Funds (2001-2008); Chairman of Board and Co-Founder of The China Business Group, Inc. (strategic management consulting firm) (1995-2008); Director and Strategic Planning Consultant at Dewe Rogerson, Ltd. (1992-1998) (public relations firm); Director and Chief Executive Officer of Memtek Corporation (manufacturer of capital equipment to treat liquid toxic waste) (1989-1992); President and Chief Executive Officer of Gardner and Preston Moss, Inc. (investment management firm) (1969-1987); Manager at Arthur Andersen and Company (audit and management consulting) (1960-1968).  

 

 


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

Information About the Fund's Directors and Officers — February 12, 2015 — Continued

Name,
Address1, and
Date of Birth
  Term of Office2
and Length of
Time Served
  Principal Occupation(s) During
Past 5 Years (and Other Relevant
Experience, Attributes and Skills)3
  Other Directorships
Held by Director
 
Ellen E. Terry4 DOB: 4/9/59   Director
Since 2014
 

President of the New America High Income Fund, Inc. since April 2013; Treasurer of the Fund since 1991; and Chief Compliance Officer of the Fund since 2004. She served as Vice President of the Fund from 1992 to April 2013.

 

 

 

  1  The address for each Director is c/o The New America High Income Fund, Inc., 33 Broad Street, Boston, MA 02109.

  2  Each Director serves as such until the next annual meeting of the Fund's stockholders and until the Director's successor shall have been duly elected and qualified.

  3  The information reported includes the principal occupation during the last five years for each Director and other information relating to the professional experiences, attributes and skills relevant to each Director's qualifications to serve as a Director.

  4  The Fund has elected to treat Mr. Birch as an interested person of the Fund within the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the "1940 Act") on the basis of his past service as President of the Fund, which ended April 2013. Ms. Terry is an interested person of the Fund on the basis of her positions with the Fund.


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The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

PRIVACY POLICY

The New America High Income Fund Inc., (the "Fund") receives nonpublic personal information about individuals from the following sources:

• Information the Fund receives from an individual who chooses to register Fund shares in the individual's own name (a "registered holder") as provided on applications, forms, and otherwise;

• Information generated by a registered holder's Fund transaction and other account activity; and

• Information provided by individuals who make inquiries to the Fund via letter, E-mail or phone call ("correspondents")

The Fund does not disclose any nonpublic personal information about registered holders, former registered holders or correspondents to anyone, except as required by law or allowed under certain limited federal privacy law exceptions that relate, for example, to the maintenance and servicing of the Fund relationship. The Fund limits access to nonpublic personal information about these individuals to those Fund employees and third-party service providers who need the information in connection with Fund-related activities the Fund has asked them to perform. The Fund also maintains physical, electronic, and procedural safeguards that comply with federal standards to protect the security of registered holders' and correspondents' nonpublic personal information.


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American Stock Transfer & Trust Company
59 Maiden Lane
New York, NY 10038

The New
America
High Income
Fund, Inc.

Annual

Report

December 31, 2014




 

ITEM 2. CODE OF ETHICS.

 

As of December 31, 2003, the Fund has adopted a code of ethics, as defined in Item 2 of Form N-CSR, that applies to its Principal Executive Officer, Principal Financial Officer/Chief Financial Officer, Principal Accounting Officer, Vice President, Treasurer and Manager of Accounting and Compliance.  During the period covered by this report, there were no amendments to or waivers granted under the Code of Ethics.  The code of ethics is attached as an exhibit to this report and posted on the Fund’s web site at www.newamerica-hyb.com.

 

ITEM 3. AUDIT COMMITTEE FINANCIAL EXPERT.

 

The Fund’s Audit Committee is comprised solely of Directors who are “independent” as such term has been defined by the Securities and Exchange Commission in regulations implementing Section 407 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act.  The Board of Directors (a) has determined that each member of the Audit Committee is “financially literate” and has “accounting or related financial management experience” as these terms are used in the corporate governance standards of the New York Stock Exchange and (b) believes that each has substantial experience relating to the review of financial statements and the operations of audit committees.  In addition, the Board of Directors has determined that based upon their review of her experience and education, Ms. Piret qualifies as an “audit committee financial expert”, as that term has been defined by the instructions to this Item.

 

ITEM 4. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTANT FEES AND SERVICES.

 

Tait, Weller & Baker LLP (“Tait, Weller”) served as independent public accountants for the Fund for the years ended December 31, 2013 and December 31, 2012. The services provided by Tait, Weller consisted of the examination of the Fund’s annual financial statements, assistance and consultation in connection with SEC filings, and review of tax and certain compliance matters on behalf of the Fund.

 

Audit Fees. For fiscal 2014, the aggregate fees billed by Tait, Weller in connection with the audit of the Fund’s 2014 financial statements and review of the 2014 semi-annual financial statements totaled $49,300. Those fees for fiscal 2013 were $48,200.

 

Audit-Related Fees.  In fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2013, Tait, Weller did not bill the Fund for any assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit and review of the Fund’s financial statements.

 

Tax Fees. For fiscal 2014, the aggregate fees billed by Tait, Weller for its professional services related to preparation of the Fund’s federal and state tax returns, review of excise distributions, and testing of quarterly asset diversification totaled $7,300. For fiscal 2013 those fees were $7,300.

 

All Other Fees. Tait Weller did not bill for any products or services except as noted above, in fiscal 2014 or 2013.

 

Tait, Weller did not provide any non-audit services to T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. (“Price Group”), the parent company of the Fund’s investment adviser, or any of Price Group’s subsidiaries in 2014 or 2013.

 

ITEM 5. AUDIT COMMITTEE OF LISTED REGISTRANTS.

 

The Board of Directors has an Audit Committee, which consists of all the independent Directors. The Audit Committee is presently comprised of Mr. Bernard J. Korman, Mr. Stuart Mc Farland, Ms. Marguerite Piret, Mr. Oleg Pohotsky and Professor Joseph L. Bower.

 

ITEM 6.

 

This schedule is included as part of the Report to Shareholders filed under Item 1 of this Form.

 



 

Item 7 - Disclosure of Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures for Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

T. ROWE PRICE ASSOCIATES, INC.

T. ROWE PRICE INTERNATIONAL LTD

T. ROWE PRICE (CANADA), INC

T. ROWE PRICE HONG KONG LIMITED

T. ROWE PRICE SINGAPORE PRIVATE LTD.

 

PROXY VOTING POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

RESPONSIBILITY TO VOTE PROXIES

 

T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., T. Rowe Price International Ltd, T. Rowe Price (Canada), Inc., T. Rowe Price Hong Kong Limited, and T. Rowe Price Singapore Private Ltd. (collectively, “T. Rowe Price”) recognize and adhere to the principle that one of the privileges of owning stock in a company is the right to vote in the election of the company’s directors and on matters affecting certain important aspects of the company’s structure and operations that are submitted to shareholder vote. As an investment adviser with a fiduciary responsibility to its clients, T. Rowe Price analyzes the proxy statements of issuers whose stock is owned by the U.S.-registered investment companies which it sponsors and serves as investment adviser (“Price Funds”) and by common trust funds, offshore funds, institutional and private counsel clients who have requested that T. Rowe Price be involved in the proxy process. T. Rowe Price has assumed the responsibility for voting proxies on behalf of the T. Rowe Price Funds and certain counsel clients who have delegated such responsibility to T. Rowe Price. In addition, T. Rowe Price makes recommendations regarding proxy voting to counsel clients who have not delegated the voting responsibility but who have requested voting advice. T. Rowe Price reserves the right to decline to vote proxies in accordance with client-specific voting guidelines.

 

T. Rowe Price has adopted these Proxy Voting Policies and Procedures (“Policies and Procedures”) for the purpose of establishing formal policies and procedures for performing and documenting its fiduciary duty with regard to the voting of client proxies. This document is updated annually.

 

Fiduciary Considerations. It is the policy of T. Rowe Price that decisions with respect to proxy issues will be made in light of the anticipated impact of the issue on the desirability of investing in the portfolio company from the viewpoint of the particular client or Price Fund. Proxies are voted solely in the interests of the client, Price Fund shareholders or, where employee benefit plan assets are involved, in the interests of plan participants and beneficiaries. Our intent has always been to vote proxies, where possible to do so, in a manner consistent with our fiduciary obligations and responsibilities. Practicalities and costs involved with international investing may make it impossible at times, and at other times disadvantageous, to vote proxies in every instance.

 

Other Considerations. One of the primary factors T. Rowe Price considers when determining the desirability of investing in a particular company is the quality and depth of its

 

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management. We recognize that a company’s management is entrusted with the day-to-day operations of the company, as well as its long-term direction and strategic planning, subject to the oversight of the company’s board of directors. Accordingly, our proxy voting guidelines are not intended to substitute our judgment for management’s with respect to the company’s day-to-day operations. Rather, our proxy voting guidelines are designed to promote accountability of a company’s management and board of directors to its shareholders; to align the interests of management with those of shareholders; and to encourage companies to adopt best practices in terms of their corporate governance. In addition to our proxy voting guidelines, we rely on a company’s disclosures, its board’s recommendations, a company’s track record, country-specific best practices codes, our research providers and, most importantly, our investment professionals’ views, in making voting decisions.

 

ADMINISTRATION OF POLICIES AND PROCEDURES

 

Proxy Committee. T. Rowe Price’s Proxy Committee (“Proxy Committee”) is responsible for establishing positions with respect to corporate governance and other proxy issues, including those involving corporate social responsibility issues. Certain delegated members of the Proxy Committee also review questions and respond to inquiries from clients and mutual fund shareholders pertaining to proxy issues. While the Proxy Committee sets voting guidelines and serves as a resource for T. Rowe Price portfolio management, it does not have proxy voting authority for any Price Fund or counsel client. Rather, this responsibility is held by the Chairperson of the Price Fund’s Investment Advisory Committee or counsel client’s portfolio manager.

 

Global Proxy Services Group. The Global Proxy Services Group is responsible for administering the proxy voting process as set forth in the Policies and Procedures.

 

Proxy Administrator. The Global Proxy Services Group will assign a Proxy Administrator who will be responsible for ensuring that all meeting notices are reviewed and important proxy matters are communicated to the portfolio managers for consideration.

 

Global Corporate Governance Analyst. Our Global Corporate Governance Analyst is responsible for reviewing the proxy agendas for all upcoming meetings and making company-specific recommendations to our global industry analysts and portfolio managers with regard to the voting decisions in their portfolios.

 

HOW PROXIES ARE REVIEWED, PROCESSED AND VOTED

 

In order to facilitate the proxy voting process, T. Rowe Price has retained Institutional Shareholder Services (ISS) as an expert in the proxy voting and corporate governance area. ISS specializes in providing a variety of fiduciary-level proxy advisory and voting services. These services include voting recommendations as well as vote execution, reporting, auditing and consulting assistance for the handling of proxy voting responsibility. In order to reflect T. Rowe Price’s issue-by-issue voting guidelines as approved each year by the Proxy Committee, ISS maintains and implements a custom voting policy for the Price Funds and other client accounts.

 

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From time to time, T. Rowe Price may also obtain certain proxy voting research from Glass, Lewis & Co., LLC.

 

Meeting Notification

 

T. Rowe Price utilizes ISS’s voting agent services to notify us of upcoming shareholder meetings for portfolio companies held in client accounts and to transmit votes to the various custodian banks of our clients. ISS tracks and reconciles T. Rowe Price holdings against incoming proxy ballots. If ballots do not arrive on time, ISS procures them from the appropriate custodian or proxy distribution agent. Meeting and record date information is updated daily, and transmitted to T. Rowe Price through Proxy Exchange, ISS’s web-based application.

 

Vote Determination

 

Each day, ISS delivers into T. Rowe Price’s proprietary proxy research platform a comprehensive summary of upcoming meetings, proxy proposals, publications discussing key proxy voting issues, and custom vote recommendations to assist us with proxy research and processing. The final authority and responsibility for proxy voting decisions remains with T. Rowe Price. Decisions with respect to proxy matters are made primarily in light of the anticipated impact of the issue on the desirability of investing in the company from the perspective of our clients.

 

Portfolio managers may decide to vote their proxies consistent with the Policies and Procedures, as set by the Proxy Committee, and instruct our Proxy Administrator to vote all proxies accordingly. Alternatively, portfolio managers may request to review the vote recommendations and sign off on all proxies before the votes are cast, or they may choose only to sign off on those votes cast against management. The portfolio managers are also given the option of reviewing and determining the votes on all proxies without utilizing the vote guidelines of the Proxy Committee. In all cases, the portfolio managers may elect to receive current reports summarizing all proxy votes in their client accounts. Portfolio managers who vote their proxies inconsistent with T. Rowe Price guidelines are required to document the rationale for their votes. The Proxy Administrator is responsible for maintaining this documentation and assuring that it adequately reflects the basis for any vote which is cast contrary to our proxy voting guidelines.

 

T. Rowe Price Voting Policies

 

Specific proxy voting guidelines have been adopted by the Proxy Committee for all regularly occurring categories of management and shareholder proposals. A detailed set of proxy voting guidelines is available on the T. Rowe Price website, www.troweprice.com. The following is a summary of our guidelines on the most significant proxy voting topics:

 

Election of Directors — For U.S. companies, T. Rowe Price generally supports slates with a majority of independent directors. However, T. Rowe Price may vote against outside directors who do not meet our criteria relating to their independence, particularly when they serve on key board committees, such as compensation and nominating committees, for which we believe that all directors should be independent.  Outside of the U.S., we expect companies to adhere to the

 

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minimum independence standard established by regional corporate governance codes. At a minimum, however, we believe boards in all regions should include a blend of executive and non-executive members, and we are likely to vote against senior executives at companies without any independent directors. We also vote against directors who are unable to dedicate sufficient time to their board duties due to their commitments to other boards. We may vote against certain directors who have served on company boards where we believe there has been a gross failure in governance or oversight. Additionally, we may vote against compensation committee members who approve excessive executive compensation or severance arrangements. We support efforts to elect all board members annually because boards with staggered terms lessen directors’ accountability to shareholders and act as deterrents to takeover proposals. To strengthen boards’ accountability, T. Rowe Price supports proposals calling for a majority vote threshold for the election of directors and we may withhold votes from an entire board if they fail to implement shareholder proposals that receive majority support.

 

Anti-Takeover, Capital Structure and Corporate Governance Issues — T. Rowe Price generally opposes anti-takeover measures since they adversely impact shareholder rights and limit the ability of shareholders to act on potential value-enhancing transactions. Such anti-takeover mechanisms include classified boards, supermajority voting requirements, dual share classes, and poison pills. When voting on capital structure proposals, T. Rowe Price will consider the dilutive impact to shareholders and the effect on shareholder rights. We may support shareholder proposals that call for the separation of the Chairman and CEO positions if we determine that insufficient governance safeguards are in place at the company.

 

Executive Compensation Issues — T. Rowe Price’s goal is to assure that a company’s equity-based compensation plan is aligned with shareholders’ long-term interests. We evaluate plans on a case-by-case basis, using a proprietary, scorecard-based approach that employs a number of factors, including dilution to shareholders, problematic plan features, burn rate, and the equity compensation mix. Plans that are constructed to effectively and fairly align executives’ and shareholders’ incentives generally earn our approval. Conversely, we oppose compensation packages that provide what we view as excessive awards to few senior executives, contain the potential for excessive dilution relative to the company’s peers, or rely on an inappropriate mix of options and full-value awards. We also may oppose equity plans at any company where we deem the overall compensation practices to be problematic. We generally oppose efforts to reprice options in the event of a decline in value of the underlying stock unless such plans appropriately balance shareholder and employee interests. For companies with particularly egregious pay practices such as excessive severance packages, executives with outsized pledged/hedged stock positions, executive perks, and bonuses that are not adequately linked to performance, we may vote against compensation committee members. We analyze management proposals requesting ratification of a company’s executive compensation practices (“Say-on-Pay” proposals) on a case-by-case basis, using a proprietary scorecard-based approach that assesses the long-term linkage between executive compensation and company performance as well as the presence of objectionable structural features in compensation plans. With respect to the frequency in which companies should seek advisory votes on compensation, we believe shareholders should be offered the opportunity to vote annually. Finally, we may withhold votes from compensation committee members or even the entire board if we have cast votes against a company’s “Say-on-Pay” vote in consecutive years.

 

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Mergers and Acquisitions — T. Rowe Price considers takeover offers, mergers, and other extraordinary corporate transactions on a case-by-case basis to determine if they are beneficial to shareholders’ current and future earnings stream and to ensure that our Price Funds and clients are receiving fair consideration for their securities. We generally oppose proposals for the ratification of executive severance packages (“Say on Golden Parachute” proposals) in conjunction with merger transactions because we believe these arrangements are, by and large, unnecessary, and they reduce the alignment of executives’ incentives with shareholders’ interests.

 

Corporate Social Responsibility Issues — Vote recommendations for corporate responsibility issues are generated by the Global Corporate Governance Analyst using ISS’s proxy research and company reports. T. Rowe Price generally votes with a company’s management on social, environmental and corporate responsibility issues unless the issue has substantial investment implications for the company’s business or operations which have not been adequately addressed by management. T. Rowe Price supports well-targeted shareholder proposals on environmental and other public policy issues that are particularly relevant to a company’s businesses.

 

Global Portfolio Companies — ISS applies a two-tier approach to determining and applying global proxy voting policies. The first tier establishes baseline policy guidelines for the most fundamental issues, which span the corporate governance spectrum without regard to a company’s domicile. The second tier takes into account various idiosyncrasies of different countries, making allowances for standard market practices, as long as they do not violate the fundamental goals of good corporate governance. The goal is to enhance shareholder value through effective use of the shareholder franchise, recognizing that application of policies developed for U.S. corporate governance issues are not appropriate for all markets. The Proxy Committee has reviewed ISS’s general global policies and has developed international proxy voting guidelines which in most instances are consistent with ISS recommendations.

 

Fixed Income, Index and Passively Managed Accounts — Proxy voting for fixed income, index and other passively-managed portfolios is administered by the Proxy Services Group using T. Rowe Price’s policies as set by the Proxy Committee. If a portfolio company is held in both an actively managed account and an index account, the index account will default to the vote as determined by the actively managed proxy voting process. In addition, fixed income accounts will generally follow the proxy vote determinations on security holdings held by our equity accounts unless the matter is specific to a particular fixed income security (i.e., consents, restructurings, reorganization proposals).

 

Divided Votes — In situations where a decision is made which is contrary to the policies established by the Proxy Committee, or differs from the vote for any other client or Price Fund, the Proxy Services Group advises the portfolio managers involved of the divided vote. The persons representing opposing views may wish to confer to discuss their positions. In such instances, it is the normal practice for the portfolio manager to document the reasons for the vote if it is against our proxy voting guidelines. The Proxy Administrator is responsible for assuring that adequate documentation is maintained to reflect the basis for any vote which is cast in opposition to our proxy voting guidelines.

 

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Shareblocking — Shareblocking is the practice in certain foreign countries of “freezing” shares for trading purposes in order to vote proxies relating to those shares. In markets where shareblocking applies, the custodian or sub-custodian automatically freezes shares prior to a shareholder meeting once a proxy has been voted. Shareblocking typically takes place between one and fifteen (15) days before the shareholder meeting, depending on the market. In markets where shareblocking applies, there is a potential for a pending trade to fail if trade settlement takes place during the blocking period. T. Rowe Price’s policy is generally to abstain from voting shares in shareblocking countries unless the matter has compelling economic consequences that outweigh the loss of liquidity in the blocked shares.

 

Securities on Loan — The Price Funds and our institutional clients may participate in securities lending programs to generate income. Generally, the voting rights pass with the securities on loan; however, lending agreements give the lender the right to terminate the loan and pull back the loaned shares provided sufficient notice is given to the custodian bank in advance of the voting deadline. T. Rowe Price’s policy is generally not to vote securities on loan unless the portfolio manager has knowledge of a material voting event that could affect the value of the loaned securities. In this event, the portfolio manager has the discretion to instruct the Proxy Administrator to pull back the loaned securities in order to cast a vote at an upcoming shareholder meeting.

 

Monitoring and Resolving Conflicts of Interest

 

The Proxy Committee is also responsible for monitoring and resolving potential material conflicts between the interests of T. Rowe Price and those of its clients with respect to proxy voting. We have adopted safeguards to ensure that our proxy voting is not influenced by interests other than those of our fund shareholders. While membership on the Proxy Committee is diverse, it does not include individuals whose primary duties relate to client relationship management, marketing, or sales. Since T. Rowe Price’s voting guidelines are predetermined by the Proxy Committee, application of the guidelines by fund portfolio managers to vote fund proxies should in most instances adequately address any potential conflicts of interest. However, consistent with the terms of the Policies and Procedures, which allow portfolio managers to vote proxies opposite our general voting guidelines, the Proxy Committee regularly reviews all such proxy votes that are inconsistent with the proxy voting guidelines to determine whether the portfolio manager’s voting rationale appears reasonable. The Proxy Committee also assesses whether any business or other material relationships between T. Rowe Price and a portfolio company (unrelated to the ownership of the portfolio company’s securities) could have influenced an inconsistent vote on that company’s proxy.

 

Issues raising potential conflicts of interest are referred to designated members of the Proxy Committee for immediate resolution prior to the time T. Rowe Price casts its vote. With respect to personal conflicts of interest, T. Rowe Price’s Code of Ethics and Conduct requires all employees to avoid placing themselves in a “compromising position” in which their interests may conflict with those of our clients and restrict their ability to engage in certain outside

 

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business activities. Portfolio managers or Proxy Committee members with a personal conflict of interest regarding a particular proxy vote must recuse themselves and not participate in the voting decisions with respect to that proxy.

 

Specific Conflict of Interest Situations - Voting of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc. common stock (sym: TROW) by certain T. Rowe Price Index Funds will be done in all instances in accordance with T. Rowe Price policy, and votes inconsistent with policy will not be permitted. In addition, T. Rowe Price has voting authority for proxies of the holdings of certain Price Funds that invest in other Price Funds. In cases where the underlying fund of an investing Price Fund, including a fund-of-funds, holds a proxy vote, T. Rowe Price will mirror vote the fund shares held by the upper-tier fund  in the same proportion as the votes cast by the shareholders of the underlying funds (other than the T. Rowe Price Reserve Investment Funds).

 

REPORTING, RECORD RETENTION AND OVERSIGHT

 

The Proxy Committee, and certain personnel under the direction of the Proxy Committee, perform the following oversight and assurance functions, among others, over T. Rowe Price’s proxy voting: (1) periodically samples proxy votes to ensure that they were cast in compliance with T. Rowe Price’s proxy voting guidelines; (2) reviews, no less frequently than annually, the adequacy of the Policies and Procedures to make sure that they have been implemented effectively, including whether they continue to be reasonably designed to ensure that proxies are voted in the best interests of our clients; (3) performs due diligence on whether a retained proxy advisory firm has the capacity and competency to adequately analyze proxy issues, including the adequacy and quality of the proxy advisory firm’s staffing and personnel and its policies; and (4) oversees any retained proxy advisory firms and their procedures regarding their capabilities to (i) produce proxy research that is based on current and accurate information and (ii) identify and address any conflicts of interest and any other considerations that we believe would be appropriate in considering the nature and quality of the services provided by the proxy advisory firm.

 

Vote Summary Reports will be generated for each client that requests T. Rowe Price to furnish proxy voting records. The report specifies the portfolio companies, meeting dates, proxy proposals, and votes which have been cast for the client during the period and the position taken with respect to each issue. Reports normally cover quarterly or annual periods and are provided to clients upon request.

 

T. Rowe Price retains proxy solicitation materials, memoranda regarding votes cast in opposition to the position of a company’s management, and documentation on shares voted differently. In addition, any document which is material to a proxy voting decision such as the T. Rowe Price proxy voting guidelines, Proxy Committee meeting materials, and other internal research relating to voting decisions will be kept. All proxy voting materials and supporting documentation are retained for six years (except for proxy statements available on the SEC’s EDGAR database).

 

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Item 8. Portfolio Managers of Closed-End Management Investment Companies

 

Item 8(a)(1)

 

The New America High Income Fund (the “Fund”) is managed by an Investment Advisory Committee chaired by Paul A. Karpers.  Mr. Karpers has day-to-day responsibility for managing the Fund and works with the Committee in developing and executing the Fund’s investment program. Mr. Karpers has been chairman of the Committee since 2005.  He has served as portfolio manager throughout the past five years.  His biography is as follows:

 

Paul A. Karpers, CFA

 

Paul Karpers is a vice president of T. Rowe Price Group, Inc., and T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc., and a high yield portfolio manager in the Fixed Income Division.  He is chairman of the Investment Advisory Committee of the T. Rowe Price Institutional High Yield Fund. Prior to joining the firm in 1994, Paul was with the Vanguard Group in Philadelphia. He earned a B.S. in finance from LaSalle University and an M.B.A. with concentrations in finance and information systems from New York University. Paul also has earned his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and is a member of the CFA Institute and the Baltimore CFA Society.

 



 

Item 8(a)(2)

 

Other Accounts:

 

Paul Karpers:

 

 

 

Number of
Accounts

 

TOTAL Assets

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

·   registered investment companies:

 

4

 

$

2,756.5 million

 

·   other pooled investment vehicles:

 

2

 

$

1,732.5 million

 

·   other accounts:

 

6

 

$

1,636.7 million

 

 

As of 12/31/2014.

 

None of the accounts listed above have performance-based fees.

 

Conflicts of Interest

 

Portfolio managers at T. Rowe Price typically manage multiple accounts.  These accounts may include, among others, mutual funds, separate accounts (assets managed on behalf of institutions such as pension funds, colleges and universities, foundations), offshore funds, and commingled trust accounts.  Portfolio managers make investment decisions for each portfolio based on the investment objectives, policies, practices and other relevant investment considerations that the managers believe are applicable to that portfolio.  Consequently, portfolio managers may purchase (or sell) securities for one portfolio and not another portfolio.   T. Rowe Price and its affiliates have adopted brokerage and trade allocation policies and procedures which they believe are reasonably designed to address any potential conflicts associated with managing multiple accounts for multiple clients.  Also, as disclosed under the section below, the portfolio managers’ compensation is determined in the same manner with respect to all portfolios managed by the portfolio manager.

 

T. Rowe Price funds may, from time to time, own shares of Morningstar, Inc. Morningstar is a provider of investment research to individual and institutional investors, and publishes ratings on mutual funds, including the Price Funds. T.

 



 

Rowe Price manages the Morningstar retirement plan and T. Rowe Price and its affiliates pay Morningstar for a variety of products and services. In addition, Morningstar may provide investment consulting and investment management services to clients of T. Rowe Price or its affiliates.

 

Item 8(a)(3)

 

Compensation:

 

Portfolio manager compensation consists primarily of a base salary, a cash bonus, and an equity incentive that usually comes in the form of a stock option grant. Occasionally, portfolio managers will also have the opportunity to participate in certain investment partnerships. Compensation is variable and is determined based on the following factors.

 

Investment performance over 1-, 3-, 5-, and 10-year periods is the most important input. The weightings for these time periods are generally balanced and are applied consistently across similar strategies. T. Rowe Price (and Price Hong Kong, Price Singapore, and T. Rowe Price International, as appropriate), evaluate performance in absolute, relative, and risk-adjusted terms. Relative performance and risk-adjusted performance are typically determined with reference to the broad-based index (e.g., S&P 500) and the Lipper index (e.g., Large-Cap Growth) set forth in the total returns table in the fund’s prospectus, although other benchmarks may be used as well. Investment results are also measured against comparably managed funds of competitive investment management firms. The selection of comparable funds is approved by the applicable investment steering committee and is the same as the selection presented to the directors of the Price Funds in their regular review of fund performance. Performance is primarily measured on a pretax basis though tax efficiency is considered.

 

Compensation is viewed with a long-term time horizon. The more consistent a manager’s performance over time, the higher the compensation opportunity. The increase or decrease in a fund’s assets due to the purchase or sale of fund shares is not considered a material factor. In reviewing relative performance for fixed-income funds, a fund’s expense ratio is usually taken into account. Contribution to T. Rowe Price’s overall investment process is an important consideration as well. Leveraging ideas and investment insights across the global investment platform, working effectively with and mentoring others, and other contributions to our clients, the firm or our culture are important components of T. Rowe Price’s long-term success and are highly valued.

 

All employees of T. Rowe Price, including portfolio managers, participate in a 401(k) plan sponsored by T. Rowe Price Group. In addition, all employees are eligible to purchase T. Rowe Price common stock through an employee stock purchase plan that features a limited corporate matching contribution. Eligibility for and participation in these plans is on the same basis for all employees. Finally, all vice presidents of T. Rowe Price Group, including all portfolio managers, receive supplemental medical/hospital reimbursement benefits.

 



 

This compensation structure is used for all portfolios managed by the portfolio manager.

 



 

Item 8(a)(4)

 

Ownership of Securities

 

Portfolio Manager

 

Fund

 

Dollar Range of Equity
Securities
Beneficially Owned*

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Paul A. Karpers

 

New America High Income Fund

 

$50,000 - $100,000

 

 


* As of 12/31/2014.

 

Item 8(b) — Not applicable.

 



 

ITEM 9. PURCHASE OF EQUITY SECURITIES BY CLOSED-END MANAGEMENT INVESTMENT COMPANY AND AFFILIATED PURCHASERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 10. SUBMISSION OF MATTERS TO A VOTE OF SECURITY HOLDERS.

 

Not applicable.

 

ITEM 11. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES.

 

(a) The Fund’s principal executive officer and principal financial officer concluded that the Fund disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 30a-3(c) under the 1940 Act) provide reasonable assurances that information required to be disclosed by the Fund on Form N-CSR is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the required time periods and that information required to be disclosed by the Fund in the reports that it files or submits on Form N-CSR is accumulated and communicated to the Fund’s management, including its principal executive and principal financial officers, as appropriate to allow timely decisions regarding required disclosure, based on their evaluation of the disclosure controls and procedures as of a date within 90 days of the filing date of this report.

 

(b) There was no change in the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rule 30a-3(d) under the 1940 Act) that occurred during the Fund’s second fiscal quarter of the period that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 12. EXHIBITS.

 

(a)(1)

 

The Code of Ethics.

 

 

 

(a)(2)

 

The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(a) under the 1940 Act.

 

 

 

(a)(3)

 

Not applicable.

 

 

 

(b)

 

The certifications required by Rule 30a-2(b) under the 1940 Act.

 



 

SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

The New America High Income Fund, Inc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

By:

 /s/ Ellen E. Terry

 

Name:

 Ellen E. Terry

 

Title:

 President

 

Date:

 March 6, 2015

 

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ellen E. Terry

 

Name:

  Ellen E. Terry

 

Title:

  President

 

Date:

  March 6, 2015

 

 

 

By:

/s/ Ellen E. Terry

 

Name:

  Ellen E. Terry

 

Title:

  Treasurer

 

Date:

  March 6, 2015