Highland Funds Announces Posting of Webcast: Highland Funds 3Q09 General Credit Market Update

DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Highland Capital Management, L.P. (“Highland”) is pleased to announce the availability of an informative webcast consisting of the 3^rd Quarter 2009 General Credit Market update.

On the General Credit Market update, Highland provides a summary of the Senior Bank Loan and High Yield Bond markets for the third quarter of 2009 and outlook on those markets.

The pre-recorded webcast is posted on the homepage of our website, www.highlandfunds.com.

Alternatively the webcast can be accessed through the below link:

Highland Funds 3Q09 General Credit Market Update: https://www.livemeeting.com/cc/vcmeeting/view?id=FZTW2C-1

In order to access the webcast, click the above link and enter your name (no “Recording Key” is needed). You can view either the high fidelity version or Microsoft Media Player enabled version by selecting the icon for the respective technology.

There will be separate fund specific webcasts consisting of a Highland Floating Rate Fund & Highland Floating Rate Advantage Fund update, and a Highland Long/Short Equity Fund update. Notices will be sent once each webcast has been posted to the website, with specific instructions on where they can be located. To receive these and future notifications, please select email subscription along the navigation bar at www.highlandfunds.com, fill out the required fields, and select “Save.” For more information please call 877.665.1287.

About Highland Funds

Highland Funds is managed by Highland Capital Management, L.P. Based in Dallas, Texas, with offices in New York, Singapore, and an affiliate in London, Highland is an investment adviser registered with the SEC, specializing in credit and alternative investment strategies.

Highland Funds consists of a number of distinct registered investment companies falling into three types: open-end “mutual” funds; closed-end “interval” funds; and traditional closed-end funds.

This press release may contain forward-looking statements describing future plans and objectives. These forward-looking statements, as well as future oral and written statements by the management of Highland Funds, are subject to various risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results and conditions to differ materially from those projected, including the uncertainties associated with the timing of transaction closings, changes in interest rates, availability of transactions, the future operating results of our portfolio companies, changes in regional, national, or international economic conditions and their impact on the industries in which we invest, or changes in the conditions of the industries in which we invest, and other factors enumerated in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”).

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Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges and expenses of the Highland Funds carefully before investing. Please call 1.877.665.1287 or visit www.highlandfunds.com for more information on the Funds. Please read the prospectus carefully before you invest.

Securities may be offered through NexBank Securities, Inc., an affiliate of Highland Capital Management, L.P. NexBank Securities, Inc. is a FINRA member firm.