The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. Pays Quarterly Distribution

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MIAMI BEACH, Fla., July 15, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The Herzfeld Caribbean Basin Fund, Inc. (NASDAQ: CUBA) (the “Fund”) today announced that the Fund has made the following distribution pursuant to the Fund’s Managed Distribution Policy (the “Policy”):

Declaration Date

Ex-Date

Record Date

Payment Date

Per Share

05/23/2024

06/03/2024

06/03/2024

07/15/2024

$0.135375

The distribution for stockholders has been paid in cash or shares of the Fund’s common stock at the election of stockholders. The total amount of cash distributed to all stockholders was limited to 20% of the total distribution to be paid, excluding any cash paid for fractional shares. The remainder of the distribution (approximately 80%) was paid in the form of shares of the Fund’s common stock. The exact distribution of cash and stock to any given stockholder was dependent upon his/her election as well as elections of other stockholders, subject to the pro-rata limitation.

The price used to calculate the number of shares to be issued in lieu of cash is $2.3329, which was determined using the volume weighted average price per share of the Fund on June 27, 28 and July 1, 2024. The total amount of cash and shares distributed under the Policy was as follows:

Total Cash

Total Shares

$428,251.23

734,080.00

Stockholders who elected to receive the distribution solely in shares of common stock and stockholders who did not make an election will receive approximately 0.058 shares of common stock for each share of common stock they owned on the record date of June 3, 2024. Holders of approximately 23.26% of the Company’s common stock elected to receive only stock or did not make an election.

Stockholders electing to receive the distribution in all cash will receive cash in the amount of $0.03529 per common share, or approximately 26.07% of the $0.135375 distribution, and $0.100009 shares of common stock, or approximately 73.93% of the total distribution for each share of common stock they owned on the record date of June 3, 2024. Cash in lieu of fractional shares will be issued, if applicable. Total outstanding shares of the Company’s common stock following the distribution will be approximately 16,548,313.

The primary purpose of the Policy is to provide stockholders with a constant, but not guaranteed, fixed minimum rate of distribution each quarter. The Policy as originally adopted set quarterly distributions at an annual rate of 15% of the Fund’s NAV as of a date determined by the Fund’s Board of Directors (the “Board”). In May 2024, the Board amended the Policy to maintain the 15% annual rate of distribution, but at quarterly, semi-annual or annual periods of distribution to be reviewed by the Board each quarter. The purpose of the modification is to allow the Fund to maintain its 15% annual distribution of NAV, but provide flexibility in determining the timing of those distributions in order to account for required year-end regulatory distributions of capital gains necessary to maintain the Fund’s tax-free status. The Fund has capital gains as of June 28, 2024 of approximately $1.8 million.