Calamos Announces Redemption Dates of Auction Rate Preferred Securities for Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (CHY)

- Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund to redeem all $80 Million of its outstanding Auction Rate Preferred Securities (ARPS). - After this step, ARPS redemptions for three of Calamos' five closed-end funds (CHY, CSQ and CGO) will be complete. - Redemption dates for the last two funds are expected to be announced shortly.


NAPERVILLE, Ill., July 6  /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Calamos Investments announced today redemption dates for all outstanding Auction Rate Preferred Securities (ARPS) for the Calamos Convertible and High Income Fund (NYSE: CHY). Series, CUSIP and redemption date specifics are shown in the table below:

       Series            CUSIP        Redemption Date
         M             12811P207      July 21, 2009
         TU            12811P306      July 22, 2009
         W             12811P405      July 23, 2009
         TH            12811P504      July 24, 2009
         F             12811P603      July 27, 2009
         A             12811P702      July 23, 2009



Calamos filed a Rule 23c-2 notice on July 6, 2009 which details the redemption dates for the CHY ARPS. The filing can be found on the SEC website at: http://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1222719/000095012309020196/c52202nv23cv 2.htm

On May 19, 2009, Calamos announced that it had received Board approval and intends to complete refinancing of all outstanding auction rate preferred securities for the Calamos Closed End Funds. Calamos will release details surrounding the timing of the refinancing of the last two funds and their respective series shortly. Currently, the company anticipates that redemptions will occur over the course of the next few months.

About Calamos Asset Management, Inc.

Calamos Asset Management, Inc. is a globally diversified investment firm offering equity, fixed-income, convertible and alternative investment strategies, among others. The firm serves institutions and individuals around the world via separately managed accounts and a family of open-end and closed-end funds, providing a risk-managed approach to capital appreciation and income-producing strategies. For more information, visit http://www.calamos.com/

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DATASOURCE: Calamos Asset Management, Inc.



CONTACT:  Scott Henderson, Associate Vice President of Calamos

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Web Site:  http://www.calamos.com/ 

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