Taylor North American Equity Opportunities Fund Closes Treasury Offering

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Nov. 7, 2013) -

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North American Equity Opportunities Fund (the "Fund") (TSX:TOF.UN) is pleased to announce the completion of its treasury offering of 2.46 million units for total gross proceeds of approximately $31.8 million. The Fund's units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol TOF.UN.

The syndicate of agents for the offering was led by CIBC and RBC Capital Markets, and included Scotiabank, BMO Capital Markets, GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., TD Securities Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd., Mackie Research Capital Corporation, Macquarie Private Wealth Inc. and Manulife Securities Incorporated.

About Taylor North American Equity Opportunities Fund

The investment objective of the Fund is to seek long-term capital appreciation by investing in an actively managed portfolio consisting primarily of North American publicly-listed equity securities. Up to 25% of the portfolio may be invested outside of North America. The Fund's distribution target is currently $0.0520 per unit per month ($0.6240 per annum, or approximately 4.8% per annum of the offering price per unit). The portfolio manager actively manages currency exposures.

Unitholders are reminded that the Fund offers a distribution reinvestment plan ("DRIP") which provides unitholders with the ability to automatically reinvest their distributions and realize the benefits of compound growth of their investment. Unitholders can enroll in the DRIP program by contacting their investment advisor.

About Brompton Funds

Brompton Funds, a division of Brompton Group, is an experienced investment fund manager operating since 2002. 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. For further information, please contact your investment advisor, call Brompton's investor relations line at 416-642-6000, toll-free at 1-866-642-6001, email info@bromptongroup.com or visit our website at www.bromptongroup.com.

About Taylor Asset Management

Taylor Asset Management Inc. is an independent investment management firm, founded by award-winning portfolio manager David Taylor to meet the needs of individual and institutional investors. Mr. Taylor was previously the lead equity portfolio manager for several funds from late 2002-2011 which won 15 Lipper Awards, and also won Morningstar Canada's Best Canadian Equity Fund award for 2006, 2009, and 2010. The firm's research-intensive, risk-sensitive, fundamentals-based investment process focuses on identifying securities that are undervalued to develop portfolios that deliver strong long-term growth consistent with core investments.
www.taylorassetmanagement.com.

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 news 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 news 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.

This offering is only made by prospectus. A final prospectus containing important detailed information about the securities being offered has been filed. Copies of the prospectus may be obtained from any of the above-mentioned agents. Investors should read the prospectus before making an investment decision.