O'Leary Hard Asset Income Fund successfully closes its $100 million IPO -
OHA.un is trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange

MONTREAL, Oct. 20 /CNW/ - O'Leary Funds Management LP (the "Manager") is pleased to announce that the O'Leary Hard Asset Income Fund (the "Fund") has closed today its initial public offering (the "Offering") of 8,335,000 units at a price of $12.00 per unit for aggregate gross proceeds of $100 million. The Fund has granted the agents an over-allotment option exercisable in whole or in part for a period of 30 days following the closing of the Offering to acquire up to an additional 1,250,250 units.

The Fund is an investment trust governed by the laws of the Province of Ontario and was created to invest in Canada and globally primarily in publicly-traded dividend-paying equity securities of issuers owning or controlling significant tangible assets in industry sectors including real estate, pipelines, power utilities, transportation and telecommunications at the time of investment and having market capitalizations of at least $1 billion, as well as corporate bonds, including non-investment grade bonds, convertible debt securities and preferred shares.

The Fund's investment objectives are (i) to maximize total return for holders of Units of the Fund ("Unitholders"), consisting of interest and dividend income and capital appreciation; and (ii) to provide Unitholders with monthly distributions initially targeted to be $0.065 per Unit ($0.78 per annum representing an annual cash distribution of 6.5% 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.

On or about October 31, 2012, the Fund will become an open-end mutual fund, the Units of the Fund will be delisted and the Units will become redeemable at their net asset value per Unit on a daily basis.

The syndicate of agents is co-led by CIBC World Markets Inc. and RBC Capital Markets and includes National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., Macquarie Private Wealth Inc., GMP Securities L.P., HSBC Securities (Canada) Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Wellington West Capital Markets Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Dundee Securities Corporation, Mackie Research Capital Corporation, Desjardins Securities 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 September 28, 2010.

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