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Priority Income Fund Reaches 10 Year Anniversary and Announces 11.3% Annualized Total Cash Distribution Rate (on Class R Offering Price) with New “Bonus” and “Base” Common Shareholder Distributions for March through May 2024

NEW YORK, March 04, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Priority Income Fund, Inc. (“Priority Income Fund” or the “Fund”), which has now reached its 10th year anniversary as an important milestone, announced today that the Fund’s Board of Directors has declared monthly cash “base” and “bonus” common shareholder distributions for March 2024, April 2024 and May 2024.

The annualized total cash distribution is $1.34016 per share (11.3% annualized rate for Class R and 12.1% annualized rate for Class I), for distributions with record dates between March 5, 2024 and May 3, 2024 based on the current Class R offering price of $11.91 per common share and the current Class I offering price of $11.11 per common share.

The cash “base” distribution will have monthly record dates and will be payable monthly to common stockholders of record at the close of business each month. These declared distributions equal a weekly cash amount of $0.02014 per share of common stock (or $0.26182 on a quarterly basis) as follows:

Monthly Cash “Base”
Shareholder
Distribution
Record DatePayment DateTotal Amount 
($ per share)
March 2024March 5, 2024March 25, 2024$0.10070
April 2024April 3, 2024April 29, 2024$0.08056
May 2024May 3, 2024May 28, 2024$0.10070

These distributions represent the 123rd, 124th and 125th consecutive monthly “base” distributions paid by the Fund.

The Fund’s Board of Directors has also declared new monthly cash “bonus” distributions, as follows:

Quarterly Cash
“Bonus” Shareholder
Distribution
Record DatePayment DateAmount 
($ per share)
March 2024March 5, 2024March 25, 2024$0.016666
April 2024April 3, 2024April 29, 2024$0.024167
May 2024May 3, 2024May 28, 2024$0.024167

The March, April, and May cash “bonus” distributions represents the 42nd, 43rd, and 44th “bonus” distributions that the Fund has declared, which are now paid monthly starting January 2024.

The Fund has paid or declared cumulative cash distributions totaling $14.72 per common share since inception in January 2014 through May 2024.

The Fund is also pleased to announce the declaration of distributions on shares of the Fund’s 7.00% Series D Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series D”), 6.625% Series F Term Preferred Stock due 2027 (“Series F”), 6.250% Series G Term Preferred Stock due 2026 (“Series G”), 6.000% Series H Term Preferred Stock due 2026 (“Series H”), 6.125% Series I Term Preferred Stock due 2028 (“Series I”), 6.000% Series J Term Preferred Stock due 2028 (“Series J”), 7.000% Series K Cumulative Preferred Stock (“Series K”), and 6.375% Series L Term Preferred Stock due 2029 (“Series L”).

 Ex-Dividend DateRecord DatePayable DateDistribution
per Share
Series DMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.43750
Series FMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.41406
Series GMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.39063
Series HMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.37500
Series IMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.38281
Series JMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.37500
Series KMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.43750
Series LMarch 15, 2024March 18, 2024March 28, 2024$0.39844

Distributions shall first be treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income undistributed from the prior year, and then treated as a distribution of taxable investment company income for the current year. This treatment will not affect tax reporting to shareholders.

About Priority Income Fund
Priority Income Fund, Inc. is a registered closed-end fund that was created to acquire and grow an investment portfolio primarily consisting of senior secured loans or pools of senior secured loans known as collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”). Such loans will generally have a floating interest rate and include a first lien on the assets of the respective borrowers, which typically are private and public companies based in the United States. The Fund is managed by Priority Senior Secured Income Management, LLC, which is led by a team of investment professionals from the investment and operations team of Prospect Capital Management L.P. For more information, visit priorityincomefund.com.

About Prospect Capital Management L.P.
Prospect Capital Management L.P. (“Prospect”), headquartered in New York City, is an SEC-registered investment adviser that, along with its predecessors and affiliates, has more than 30-years of investing in and managing high-yielding debt and equity investments using both private partnerships and publicly traded closed-end structures. Prospect and its affiliates employ a team of over 100 professionals who focus on credit-oriented investments yielding attractive current income. Prospect, together with its affiliates, has $8.8 billion of assets under management as of December 31, 2023. For more information, call (212) 448-0702 or visit https://www.prospectcap.com.

About Preferred Capital Securities, LLC
Preferred Capital Securities, LLC (“PCS”) serves as the dealer-manager for Priority Income Fund, Inc. and has been a member of FINRA/SIPC since 2015. Formed in 2013, PCS is a boutique investment banking firm that distributes real estate and credit investment products in private and public structures through broker dealers and registered investment advisors. PCS has raised over $4.2 billion of capital as a wholesale distributor for various alternative investment strategies. For more information, visit http://www.pcsalts.com.

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Additional Information

Past performance is not indicative of future performance. Our distributions may exceed our earnings, and therefore, portions of the distributions that we make may be a return of the money that you originally invested and represent a return of capital to you for tax purposes. Such a return of capital is not immediately taxable, but reduces your tax basis in our shares, which may result in higher taxes for you even if your shares are sold at a price below your original investment.

Investors should consider the investment objective and policies, risk considerations, charges and ongoing expenses of an investment carefully before investing. The prospectus and summary prospectus contains this and other information relevant to an investment in the fund. Please read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before you invest or send money. To obtain a prospectus, please contact your investment representative or Investor Services at 866.655.3650.

Forward-Looking Statements
This press release may contain certain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995, including statements regarding the future performance of Priority Income Fund, Inc. Words such as “believes,” “expects,” “projects,” and “future” or similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. Any such statements, other than statements of historical fact, are highly likely to be affected by unknowable future events and conditions, including elements of the future that are or are not under the control of Priority Income Fund, Inc. and that Priority Income Fund, Inc. may or may not have considered; accordingly, such statements cannot be guarantees or assurances of any aspect of future performance. Actual developments and results are highly likely to vary materially from any forward-looking statements. Such statements speak only as of the time when made, and Priority Income Fund, Inc. undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

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