New York, Jan. 30, 2017 — Newtek Business Services Corp. (“Newtek” or the “Company”) (NASDAQ:NEWT), an internally managed business development company (“BDC”), today announced the calculation of the dividend tax status for its dividends paid in 2016. The Company announced that approximately 53.0% of the regular quarterly cash dividends paid in 2016 will be taxed as ordinary income, 34.8% will be taxed as qualified dividends and 12.2% will be taxed as long-term capital gains.