Energy Income Fund Announces that the Maximum Number of Units Redeemable for the 2012 Annual Redemption Has Been Reached

TORONTO, Oct. 18, 2012 /CNW/ - Crown Hill Capital Corporation, the Manager and Trustee of Energy Income Fund (the "Trust"), announced today that the Trust has purchased 752,700 units for cancellation under its Normal Course Issuer Bid program between November 30, 2011 and October 17, 2012. Pursuant to subsection 6.25(7) of the Declaration of Trust, on an annual basis the maximum number of Trust units redeemable in a year pursuant to the Annual Redemption will be 10% of the Public Float of the Trust as determined on the first business day of a calendar year less the number of Trust units purchased for cancellation by the Trust during the preceding twelve (12) month period (the "Maximum Redemption Amount"). The public float as determined on January 3, 2012 was 7,437,656 units, therefore 10% of the public float was 743,766 units. The Maximum Redemption Amount for the 2012 Annual Redemption on November 29, 2012 has been reached and therefore there will be no additional units redeemable under the annual redemption privilege for this year.  The Trust provides liquidity and market price support for unitholders through purchases in the open market via normal course issuer bids rather than through a redemption of units.  The Trust will continue to purchase units under the normal course issuer bid to provide liquidity to unitholders.

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SOURCE: Energy Income Fund

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