WesternOne Equity Income Fund Announces Cash Distribution for September 2010

VANCOUVER, Sept. 21 /CNW/ - WesternOne Equity Income Fund ("WesternOne Equity") (TSX: WEQ.UN, WEQ.DB and WEQ.DB.B) today announced that its Board of Trustees has approved a cash distribution of $0.05 per trust unit for the month of September 2010 (equivalent to $0.60 per trust unit on an annualized basis). This distribution will be paid on October 15, 2010 to unitholders of record at the close of business on September 30, 2010.

The policy of WesternOne Equity is to pay cash distributions on or about the 15th day of each month to unitholders of record on the last business day of the preceding month.

In addition, WesternOne Equity today announced that after completing the due diligence process, it will not be proceeding with the purchase of the assets of an engineered scaffold business in Alberta previously described in its August 3, 2010 news release.

    
    About WesternOne Equity
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WesternOne Equity seeks to acquire equipment, fuel distribution and infrastructure related businesses located primarily in the Western Canadian provinces of British Columbia, Alberta and Saskatchewan, in order to generate stable and growing distributions to its unitholders as well as to achieve overall capital appreciation.

Additional information about WesternOne Equity is available at www.weq.ca or www.sedar.com

THE TORONTO STOCK EXCHANGE HAS NOT REVIEWED AND DOES NOT ACCEPT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE ADEQUACY OR THE ACCURACY OF THIS RELEASE.

For further information: Andrew Greig, Manager of Investor Relations, WesternOne Equity Income Fund, Suite 910, 925 West Georgia Street, Vancouver, BC V6C 3L2, Phone: [phone], E-mail: [email protected], www.weq.ca