SCITI ROCS Trust Declares Monthly Distribution

TORONTO, Aug. 17 /CNW/ - The Board of Directors of SCITI ROCS Limited in its capacity as Trustee for SCITI ROCS Trust (the "Trust") has declared a cash distribution of $0.060 per Trust Unit.

Record and payment dates are as follows:

    
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    Record Date            Payment Date       Distribution Amount/Trust Unit
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    August 31, 2010     September 15, 2010                $0.060
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Unitholders are entitled to receive monthly distributions as declared by the Trustee of the Trust. The Trustee generally intends to declare and pay monthly distributions to the extent of forecasted distributions to be received for a calendar quarter from the underlying portfolio, less the estimated operating expenses for the period.

The Trust is an investment trust whose investment portfolio consists of income funds, corporations and other entities that reflect the makeup of the 50 highest yielding members of the Scotia High Yielding Index on an approximately equal weight basis subject to a maximum weighting in any one sector of 25% in order to provide unitholders with a diversified and high yielding portfolio.

The units of the Trust are listed for trading on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol SCI.UN.

%SEDAR: 00021988E

For further information: Investor Relations, SCITI ROCS Limited, Trustee of SCITI ROCS, [phone], E-mail: [email protected], Web site: www.scotiamanagedcompanies.com