Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund Announces Treasury Offering

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Sept. 7, 2012) -

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Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund (TSX:SSF.UN) is pleased to announce it has filed a preliminary short form prospectus with respect to a treasury offering of Class A and Class U units. The offering price of the units will be determined so as to be non-dilutive to the net asset value per unit of existing unitholders as at the date that the final prospectus is filed. Class U units are designed for investors wishing to make their investment in US dollars.

The Fund's investment objectives are to (i) provide monthly tax-advantaged distributions consisting primarily of returns of capital; and (ii) preserve capital, in each case, through exposure, pursuant to the Forward Agreement, to an actively managed, diversified Portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate senior corporate debt instruments, including senior secured loans and other senior debt obligations of North American non-investment grade corporate borrowers. The Fund's distribution target is $0.05833 per Class A unit per month and US$0.05833 per Class U unit per month, consisting primarily of tax-efficient returns of capital. The Manager will hedge substantially all of the value of the portfolio attributable to the Class A units to the Canadian dollar. The value of the portfolio attributable to the Class U units will be unhedged.

Symphony Asset Management LLC acts as sub-advisor for SSF Trust in connection with the selection, purchase and sale of senior loans and other assets of the portfolio. Backed by an institutional-calibre integrated credit platform and supported by a 19-member team of experienced credit investment professionals, Symphony manages approximately US$7.8 billion focused on senior loans and has approximately US$10.7 billion in total assets under management, as at June 30, 2012. Funds sub-advised by Symphony have achieved the top one, five and ten-year performance rankings by Lipper as at June 30, 2012 for the senior loan asset class.

Symphony is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments LLC. As at June 30, 2012, Nuveen and its affiliates had a total of approximately US$212 billion of assets under management, and was the leading sponsor of US-listed closed-end funds according to Morningstar Fundamental Data, as measured by the number of funds (more than 125) and the amount of fund assets under management (approximately US$53 billion).

The syndicate of agents for the offering is being co-led by RBC Capital Markets and CIBC and includes BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., Macquarie Private Wealth Inc., Raymond James Ltd., GMP Securities L.P., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd., Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Manulife Securities Incorporated.

For further information, please contact your financial advisor, call our investor relations line at 416-642-9051, (toll-free at 1-866-642-6001) or visit our website at www.bromptongroup.com.

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Brompton Funds, a division of Brompton Group, is a leading and experienced closed-end fund manager. Brompton is focused on meeting the needs of investors by offering low cost, innovative products with client friendly terms and supported by strong corporate governance.

A preliminary prospectus containing important information relating to these securities has been filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in certain jurisdictions of Canada. The preliminary prospectus is still subject to completion or amendment. Copies of the preliminary prospectus may be obtained from any of the above-mentioned agents. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities until a receipt for the final prospectus has been issued.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investment funds. Please read the Fund's publicly filed documents which are available from SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

Certain statements contained in this news release constitute forward-looking information within the meaning of Canadian securities laws. Forward-looking information may relate to matters disclosed in this press release and to other matters identified in public filings relating to the Fund, to the future outlook of the Fund and anticipated events or results and may include statements regarding the future financial performance of the Fund. In some cases, forward-looking information can be identified by terms such as "may", "will", "should", "expect", "plan", "anticipate", "believe", "intend", "estimate", "predict", "potential", "continue" or other similar expressions concerning matters that are not historical facts. Actual results may vary from such forward-looking information.

The securities offered have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or any applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This press release does not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy securities nor will there be any sale of such securities in any state in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.