Dominion Citrus Income Fund (TSX:DOM.UN) Announces the Appointment of Michael Blair as a Trustee of Dominion Citrus Income Fund

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Oct. 13, 2015) - Dominion Citrus Income Fund (TSX:DOM.UN) ("DCIF", the "Fund") announces Michael F. Blair has been appointed to the Board of Trustees of DCIF effective immediately. At a meeting of Board of Trustees of DCIF held on October 12, 2015, the Board decided to increase the size of the Board of Trustees from three (3) to four (4) as permitted by Section 8.2 (b) of the Deed of Trust which governs Dominion Citrus Income Fund, Mr. Blair was appointed to be the fourth Trustee, to hold office until the next annual meeting of unitholders of the Fund.

About Dominion

The Fund is a publicly traded, unincorporated, open-ended limited purpose income trust. On January 1, 2006, all of the common shares of Dominion Citrus Limited ("DCL") were exchanged for trust units of the Fund. The trust units are listed on the TSX under the symbol DOM.UN. The Series A preference shares of DCL are listed on the TSX under the symbol DMN.PR.A.

Dominion is a diversified food company supplying fresh produce to a wide variety of customers in retail, foodservice and food distribution businesses. Dominion provides procurement, processing, repacking, sorting, grading, warehousing and distribution services to its major domestic markets being Ontario and Québec. Dominion also supplies products to customers in the United States. The Fund's website may be accessed at www.dominioncitrus.com.

Cautionary Statement Regarding Forward-Looking Information and Statements

Certain statements contained in this press release contain "forward-looking information" pursuant to Canadian securities laws ("forward-looking statements"). Forward-looking statements relate to future events or the DCIF's or DCL's future performance, including the exercise of the Option, redemption of Notes and the ability of DCL to make interest payments. All statements other than statements of historical fact are forward-looking statements. The use of any of the words "anticipate", "plan", "contemplate", "continue", "estimate", "expect", "intend", "propose", "might", "may", "will", "shall", "project", "should", "could", "would", "believe", "predict", "forecast", "pursue", "potential" and "capable" and similar expressions are intended to identify forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements may be affected by the risks and uncertainties in DCIF's and DCL's business, including those described in DCIF's most recent annual information form filed on SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Any forward-looking statements speak only as of the date of this press release, and DCIF assumes no obligation to update or revise any forward-looking statement to reflect events or circumstances arising after the date of this press release except as required by applicable securities laws.