Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund Files Final Prospectus
September 19 2012 - 4:22PM
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(TSX:SSF.UN) Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund is pleased to announce that
it has filed a final prospectus with respect to a treasury offering of units,
with a maximum offering size of $56,045,000 (5,500,000 units). The Class A units
will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the existing symbol
SSF.UN. The Class U units are convertible into Class A units. The Class A and
Class U units are being offered at a price of $10.19 and US$10.19, respectively.
The offering price of the units was determined so as to be non-dilutive to the
most recently calculated net asset value per unit of the applicable class prior
to the filing of the final prospectus.
The Fund's investment objectives are to (i) provide monthly tax-advantaged
distributions consisting primarily of returns of capital; and (ii) preserve
capital, in each case, through exposure, pursuant to a forward agreement, to an
actively managed, diversified portfolio consisting primarily of floating rate
senior corporate debt instruments, including senior secured loans and other
senior debt obligations of North American non-investment grade corporate
borrowers. The Fund's distribution target is $0.05833 per Class A unit per month
and US$0.05833 per Class U unit per month, consisting primarily of tax-efficient
returns of capital. The Manager hedges substantially all of the value of the
portfolio attributable to the Class A units to the Canadian dollar. The value of
the portfolio attributable to the Class U units is unhedged.
Symphony Asset Management LLC acts as sub-advisor for SSF Trust in connection
with the selection, purchase and sale of senior loans and other assets of the
portfolio. Backed by an institutional-calibre integrated credit platform and
supported by a 19-member team of experienced credit investment professionals,
Symphony manages approximately US$7.8 billion focused on senior loans and has
approximately US$10.7 billion in total assets under management, as at June 30,
2012. Funds managed by Nuveen and sub-advised by Symphony have achieved the top
one, five and ten-year performance rankings by Lipper as at June 30, 2012 for
the senior loan asset class.
Symphony is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Nuveen Investments Inc. As at June 30,
2012, Nuveen and its affiliates had a total of approximately US$212 billion of
assets under management, and was the leading sponsor of US-listed closed-end
funds according to Morningstar Fundamental Data, as measured by the number of
funds (more than 125) and the amount of fund assets under management
(approximately US$53 billion).
The syndicate of agents for the offering is being co-led by RBC Capital Markets
and CIBC and includes BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., Scotia
Capital Inc., TD Securities Inc., GMP Securities L.P., Macquarie Private Wealth
Inc., Raymond James Ltd., Desjardins Securities Inc., Dundee Securities Ltd.,
Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Manulife Securities Incorporated.
For further information, please contact your financial advisor, call our
investor relations line at 416-642-9051, (toll-free at 1-866-642-6001) or visit
our website at www.bromptongroup.com.
About Brompton Funds
Brompton Funds, a division of Brompton Group, is a leading and experienced
closed-end fund manager. 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.
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. The prospectus contains important
detailed information about the securities being offered. Copies of the
prospectus may be obtained from any of the above-mentioned agents. Investors
should read the prospectus before making an investment decision.
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