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Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. Monthly Dividend Declaration

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Press Release Source: Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. On Friday September 4, 2009, 4:15 pm EDT

NEW YORK, NEW YORK--(Marketwire - 09/04/09) - Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. (the "Fund") (NYSE:HTR - News) today announced that its Board of Directors declared a monthly dividend of $0.0475 per share, payable on September 24, 2009 to stockholders of record on September 16, 2009. The ex-dividend date is September 14, 2009. Based on the NYSE closing price of $5.15 on September 3, 2009, the Fund's yield was 11.07%. As of August 31, 2009, the Fund's average duration, as measured on a net asset basis, was 3.5 years.

Dividends may include net investment income, capital gains and/or return of capital. The dividend yield referenced above is calculated as the annualized amount of the most recent monthly dividend declared divided by the stated stock price.

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               Portfolio of Investments as of August 31, 2009
             Sector Allocation as a Percentage of Total Assets

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Agency Mortgage-Backed Securities ("MBS")                               41%
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High Yield Corporate Bonds                                              15%
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Non-Agency Residential MBS                                              13%
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Commercial MBS                                                          12%
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Asset-Backed Securities                                                 12%
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U.S. Treasury Securities                                                 3%
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Cash                                                                     4%
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              Credit Allocation as a Percentage of Total Assets

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U.S. Government / Agency and AAA Rated                                  54%
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AA Rated                                                                 5%
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A Rated                                                                  3%
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BBB Rated                                                                5%
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Below-Investment Grade                                                  33%
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The Fund uses its web site as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding the Fund is routinely posted on and accessible at www.hyperionbrookfield.com/strategies/retail_funds.htm.

Helios Total Return Fund, Inc. is managed by Hyperion Brookfield Asset Management, Inc., a registered investment advisor headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1989 to provide relative value driven fixed income investment strategies, such as core fixed income, high yield, and specialized MBS. Hyperion Brookfield manages approximately $16 billion as of June 30, 2009 for a client base that includes pension funds, financial institutions, mutual funds, closed-end funds, insurance companies and foundations. Hyperion Brookfield is a subsidiary of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., a global asset manager focused on property, power and other infrastructure assets with approximately $80 billion of assets under management as of June 30, 2009.

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Helios Total Return Fund, Inc.
Three World Financial Center
200 Vesey Street, 10th Floor
New York, NY 10281-1010
1-800 HYPERION

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