Marret Asset Management announces distribution for Marret Multi-Strategy Income Fund

TORONTO, Jan. 8, 2015 /CNW/ - Marret Asset Management Inc. announced today that Marret Multi-Strategy Income Fund (TSX: MMF.UN), as part of its termination process, will pay an estimated distribution of approximately $8.2370 per unit to Class A unitholders of record on January 19, 2015 ("Distribution Record Date") with a payment date on January 22, 2015 (the "Payment Date"). In accordance with the applicable rules of the Toronto Stock Exchange ("TSX") the "due bill" trading procedures of the TSX will apply to the distribution. The units of the fund will trade on a "due bill" basis from two trading days prior to the Distribution Record Date (i.e., January 15, 2015) to the Payment Date, inclusively (the "due bill period"). Any trades that are executed on the TSX during the due bill period will be identified to ensure purchasers of the fund's units receive the entitlement to the distribution.

The units will commence trading on an ex-dividend basis on January 23, 2015, as of which date purchases of units will no longer have an attaching entitlement to the distribution. The due bill redemption date will be January 27, 2015.

About Marret Asset Management Inc.

Marret Asset Management Inc. specializes in fixed income and particularly in high-yield debt strategies. The experienced team of investment professionals is led by Barry Allan, President and Chief Investment Officer. He founded Marret in 2000, following a career at Altamira, Nesbitt Thomson and a Canadian chartered bank, and has over 30 years of experience in credit and fixed-income markets.

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SOURCE CI Investments Inc.

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