O'Leary Funds successfully raises an additional $1.8 million for total gross proceeds of $25.8 million, as the Over-Allotment Option is exercised by the Agents

MONTREAL, Feb. 10, 2012 /CNW/ - O'Leary Funds Management LP (the "Manager") is pleased to announce that the O'Leary Canadian Diversified Income Fund (the "Fund") successfully issued an additional 150,000 Units pursuant to the exercise by the Agents of their Over-Allotment Option. Total gross proceeds are now $25.8 million. The Units are trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol: ODI.un.

The Fund was created to invest in investment grade and high yield corporate bonds and dividend-paying equity securities primarily of large and mid-cap Canadian issuers, and to a lesser extent of dividend-paying equity securities of large-cap U.S. issuers.

The Fund's investment objectives are: (i) to provide holders of Units with monthly distributions; and (ii) to preserve capital.

The Fund is an investment trust governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario.  The initial monthly distributions are targeted to be $0.06 per Unit ($0.72 per annum representing an annual cash distribution of 6.0% based on the $12.00 per Unit issue price).

The Manager has retained Stanton Asset Management Inc. (the "Portfolio Advisor") to provide investment advisory services to the Fund. The Portfolio Advisor is a Canadian investment firm focused on global investment opportunities, and is also the manager of a variety of specialized funds.

The syndicate of agents was co-led by CIBC and RBC Capital Markets, and included National Bank Financial Inc., BMO Capital Markets, Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., Macquarie Private Wealth Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corp., GMP Securities L.P., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd., Mackie Research Capital Corporation, Manulife Securities Incorporated and MGI Securities Inc. (collectively, the "Agents").

Certain statements included in this news release constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, those identified by the expressions "expect", "intend", "will" and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Fund. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the Manager's current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Although the Manager believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The Manager undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement or information whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law.

All capital terms noted herein but not defined are as per the prospectus dated December 21, 2011.

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