Bloom Select Income Fund announces an Equity Buyback
May 09, 2013
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Bloom Select Income Fund (TSX:BLB.UN) filed a Notice of Intention and received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange to commence a normal course issuer bid on May 10, 2013. Under the bid, the fund will repurchase up to 516,641 units, representing approximately 10% of the public float of 5,166,413 units. All purchases will be made through the facilities of the TSX in accordance with its rules and policies.
All units purchased by the fund pursuant to the bid will be cancelled. The fund will not purchase in any given 30 day period, in the aggregate, more than 105,452 units, being 2% of the issued and outstanding units. Bloom Investment Counsel, Inc., the manager of the fund, believes that such purchases are in the best interests of the fund and are a desirable use of the fund's resources.
The bid will commence on May 14, 2013 and will expire on May 13, 2014.
Bloom Select Income Fund (the Fund) is a Canada-based closed-end investment trust. The Fund's investment objectives are to provide unitholders with an investment in an actively managed portfolio consisting primarily of Canadian equity securities that exhibit low volatility at the time of investment, monthly cash distributions that have a component of Canadian eligible dividends, and the opportunity for capital appreciation. The Fund's portfolio consists primarily of Canadian equities, income trusts, and real estate investment trusts. The Fund's portfolio includes investments in various sectors, such as energy infrastructure, industrials, consumer discretionary, utilities, telecommunication services, materials, consumer staples, oil and gas distribution, cash and cash equivalent, financials and real estate. Bloom Investment Counsel, Inc. serves as the manager and trustee of the Fund.
BLOOM SELECT INCOME FUND 
