TORONTO, April 15 /CNW/ - Middlefield Group is pleased to announce that
a distribution of $0.075 per trust unit will be payable on May 13, 2005 to
COMPASS Income Fund unitholders of record on April 30, 2005. The total return
for COMPASS for the one year ending February 28, 2005, based on its net asset
value, was 23.0%.
The asset class weightings for the COMPASS Investment Portfolio as at
March 31, 2005 were:
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Asset Class Portfolio Weighting
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Business Trusts 41.3%
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Real Estate Investment Trusts 26.4%
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Power and Pipeline Trusts 21.8%
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Oil and Gas Royalty Trusts 9.7%
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Cash 0.8%
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The Fund's Distribution Reinvestment Plan allows unitholders to
automatically reinvest monthly distributions in additional units of the Fund.
This feature provides unitholders with an excellent opportunity to benefit
from compounding by investing distributions at a high reinvestment rate. The
Plan also allows participants to purchase additional units for cash. The
optional cash purchases require a minimum of $100 per payment. Please contact
your investment advisor or Middlefield to enroll in the Plan.
The trust units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol
CMZ.UN.
This press release contains forward looking information. Actual future
results may differ materially. The risks, uncertainties and other factors that
could influence actual results are described in the COMPASS annual report to
unitholders and other documents filed with regulatory authorities.
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