Cohen & Steers Utility Fund, Inc. Announces Dividend NEW YORK, March 8 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Board of Directors of Cohen & Steers Utility Fund, Inc. today declared the regular quarterly distribution payable on March 18, 2005 to shareholders of record March 17, 2005, with an ex-dividend date of March 18, 2005*. The dividend amount payable to each class of shares is as follows: Class A Shares (NASDAQ Symbol: CSUAX, Cusip No.: 19248B107) - $0.085 per share regular quarterly dividend. Class B Shares (NASDAQ Symbol: CSUBX, Cusip No. 19248B206) - $0.065 per share regular quarterly dividend. Class C Shares (NASDAQ Symbol: CSUCX, Cusip No. 19248B305) - $0.065 per share regular quarterly dividend. Class I Shares (NASDAQ Symbol: CSUIX, Cusip No. 19248B404) - $0.095 per share regular quarterly dividend. * Please note that the distributions paid by the fund to shareholders are subject to recharacterization for tax purposes. The final tax treatment of these distributions is reported to shareholders on their 1099-DIV forms, which are mailed to shareholders after the close of each fiscal year. DATASOURCE: Cohen & Steers Utility Fund, Inc. CONTACT: John J. McCombe, executive vice president, Cohen & Steers Capital Management, Inc., +1-212-832-3232 Web site: http://www.cohenandsteers.com/

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