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Brompton Group has announced:

Brompton Funds Limited (the “Manager”) is pleased to announce that Brompton Oil Split Corp. (the “Company”) has filed a final prospectus in respect of its initial public offering up to a maximum of 6,000,000 Class A shares and 6,000,000 Preferred shares at a price of $10.00 per Preferred share and $15.00 per Class A share, for a maximum offering size of $150,000,000. This offering is expected to close on or about February 24, 2015.

The Company will invest in a portfolio (the “Portfolio”) of equity securities of at least 15 large capitalization North American oil and gas issuers selected by the Manager from the S&P 500 Index and the S&P/TSX Composite Index, giving consideration to, among other metrics, attractive valuation, growth prospects, profitability, liquidity, sustainability of dividends and a strong balance sheet. The Portfolio will be focused primarily on oil and gas issuers that have significant exposure to oil, and will initially include equities of the following oil and gas issuers:

ARC Resources Ltd.	Chevron Corporation	Occidental Petroleum Corporation
Canadian Natural Resources Limited	Encana Corporation	PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.
ConocoPhillips	EOG Resources Inc.	Suncor Energy Inc.
Crescent Point Energy Corp.	Husky Energy Inc.	Vermilion Energy Inc.
Cenovus Energy Inc.	Imperial Oil Limited	Exxon Mobil Corporation

The investment objectives for the Class A shares are to provide holders with regular monthly non-cumulative cash distributions targeted to be 8.0% per annum on the $15.00 issue price, and the opportunity for growth in net asset value. The investment objectives for the Preferred shares are to provide holders with fixed cumulative preferential quarterly cash distributions in the amount of 5.0% per annum on the $10.00 issue price, and to return the original issue price on the maturity date, March 31, 2020.

Brompton Funds Limited will be the manager and portfolio manager of the Company. The Manager currently manages 4 split-share funds with assets under management over $900 million. The portfolio management team will be led by Laura Lau, an award winning portfolio manager with over 20 years of experience in financial services, who has a proven track record in managing flow-through funds and resource assets. The team also includes Michael Clare, an experienced energy and flow-through portfolio manager who specializes in the analysis of crude oil and natural gas markets.

The syndicate of agents for the offering is being led by Scotiabank, CIBC and RBC Capital Markets and includes TD Securities Inc., BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. and Mackie Research Capital Corporation.

The issuance of the preliminary prospectus was reported on PrefBlog.

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