Tree Island Completes Renegotiation of Forbearance and Payment Agreements

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwire - March 10, 2011) -

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Tree Island Wire Income Fund ("Tree Island" or the "Fund") (TSX:TIL.UN) announced today that, through its operating subsidiaries, it has entered into Amended Forbearance and Payment Agreements with the Fund's long term debtors pursuant to which the Fund has restructured approximately $35.8 million of debt. The Amendment reduces the monthly payments due in 2011 to the same amount as that paid in 2010, extends the term of the Forbearance Agreements for one year until December 31, 2014 and reduces the remaining payments accordingly.

Fund Profile

The Fund was launched on November 12, 2002, with the completion of an Initial Public Offering. The Fund holds a 100% ownership interest in Tree Island Industries Ltd. (the "Company"). The Fund's performance depends entirely on the performance of the Company.

Tree Island Profile

Headquartered in Richmond, British Columbia, Tree Island Industries Ltd. produces wire products for a diverse range of construction, agricultural, manufacturing and industrial applications. Its products include bright wire, stainless steel wire and galvanized wire; a broad array of fasteners, including packaged, collated and bulk nails; stucco reinforcing products, engineered structural mesh, fencing and other fabricated wire products. The Company markets these products under the Tree Island and TI Imports brand names. Tree Island also owns and operates a Hong Kong-based company that helps source products internationally for the Company and its customers.

Forward-Looking Statements

This press release includes forward-looking information with respect to the Fund and the company, including their business, operations and strategies, as well as financial performance and conditions. The use of forward-looking words such as, "may", "will", "expect" or similar variations generally identify such statements. Any statements that are contained herein that are not statements of historical fact may be deemed to be forward-looking statements. Although management believes that expectations reflected in forward-looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties including the risks and uncertainties discussed under the heading "Risk Factors" in the Fund's annual information form and management discussion and analysis for update date.

Forward-looking statements, by their nature, necessarily involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those contemplated by the statements. Such risks and uncertainties include, but are not limited to: general economic conditions and markets and, in particular, the potential impact of the current economic downturn, risks associated with operations such as competition, dependence on the construction industry, market conditions for the company's products, supplies of and costs for its raw materials, dependence on key personnel, labour relations, regulatory matters, environmental risks, the successful execution of acquisition and integration strategies and other strategic initiatives, foreign exchange fluctuations, the effect of leverage and restrictive covenants in financing arrangements, the cost and availability of capital, the possibility of deterioration in working capital position, the impact on liquidity if the Fund were to go offside of covenants in its debt facilities, the impact that changes in supplier payment terms or slow payment of accounts receivable could have on liquidity, product liability, the ability to obtain insurance, energy cost increases, changes in tax legislation, other legislation and governmental regulation, changes in accounting policies and practices, operations in a foreign country, and other risks and uncertainties set forth in the Fund's publicly filed materials.

This press release has been reviewed by the Fund's Board of Trustees and its Audit Committee, and contains information that is current as of the date of this press release, unless otherwise noted. Events occurring after that date could render the information contained herein inaccurate or misleading in a material respect. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on this forward-looking information and management of the Fund undertakes no obligation to update publicly or revise any forward-looking information, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise except as required by applicable securities laws.