Dominion Citrus Income Fund Announces Special Distribution of Trust Units and Changes to the Board of Trustees

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Dec. 19, 2011) - Dominion Citrus Income Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:DOM.UN) today announced that the Board of Trustees has approved a special distribution of $0.0275 per unit, which shall be paid by a "distribution in kind" of trust units of the Fund, calculated with reference to the closing price of the Units on the Toronto Stock Exchange on January 13, 2012. The distribution will be paid on January 16, 2012 to Unitholders of record at the close of business on December 30, 2011.

The Fund further announces that it has completed changes to its Board of Trustees including the addition of Paul Scarafile as a Trustee and the appointment of Peter McLaughlin as Chairman of the Board of Trustees.

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About Dominion

Dominion is a diversified food company supplying fresh produce to a wide variety of customers in retail, foodservice and food distribution businesses. The Company provides procurement, processing, repacking, sorting, grading, warehousing and distribution services to its major domestic markets being Ontario and Québec. The Company also supplies products to customers in the United States. Dominion is a subsidiary of the Fund. The Fund is a publicly traded, unincorporated, open-ended limited purpose income trust. The trust units are listed on the TMX under the symbol DOM.UN. Dominion's website may be accessed at www.dominioncitrus.com.