Blue Ribbon Income Fund

Portfolio Manager

Bloom Investment Counsel, Inc. (“Bloom”) was established in 1985 and specializes in the management of segregated investment portfolios for wealthy individuals, corporations, foundations, institutions and trusts. In addition to its conventional investment management business, Bloom currently manages specialty high-yield equity portfolios comprised of dividend-paying common equity securities, income trusts, and real estate investment trusts. Bloom currently provides investment management services to four TSX-listed, closed-end portfolios.

Growth of $10,000⁽¹⁾

Annual Compound Returns⁽¹⁾

Year-by-Year Returns

⁽¹⁾ Returns are for the periods ended May 31, 2023. The table above shows the past performance of the Fund. Past performance does not necessarily indicate how the Fund will perform in the future. The information shown is based on Net Asset Value per unit and assumes that cash distributions made by the Fund and deemed distributions based on the intrinsic value of the rights/warrants at approximately the exercise date of the rights/warrants in the periods shown were reinvested at Net Asset Value per unit in additional units of the Fund. The tables above show the Fund’s year-by-year and compound returns for each period indicated.

⁽²⁾ Period from September 16, 1997 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2022.

Returns for Blue Ribbon Income Fund (“RBN.UN”) are unaudited.  Certain returns for RBN.UN were calculated based on publicly available information and accounting records in each case prepared by a prior administrator of RBN.UN.

You will usually pay brokerage fees to your dealer if you purchase or sell units of the investment fund on the Toronto Stock Exchange or other alternative Canadian trading system (an “exchange”).  If the units are purchased or sold on an exchange, investors may pay more than the current net asset value when buying units of the investment fund and may receive less than the current net asset value when selling them. 

There are ongoing fees and expenses associated with owning units of an investment fund.  An investment fund must prepare disclosure documents that contain key information about the fund.  You can find more detailed information about the fund in the public filings available at www.sedar.com.  The indicated rates of return are the historical annual compounded total returns including changes in unit value and reinvestment of all distributions and does not take into account certain fees such as redemption costs or income taxes payable by any securityholder that would have reduced returns.  Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.