Press Release
Year
End Financial Results
(For Release 4:00
p.m. EDT, May 7, 2001)
Toronto, May 7, 2001: Global Plus Income Trust announces results for the year ended December 31, 2000. Total results from financial operations amounted to a loss of $2.5 million or $0.52 per unit, which includes realized and unrealized capital gains and losses. Net assets decreased from $120.9 million to $105.1 million. Distributions to Unitholders amounted to $13.3 million or $2.75 per unit, which included special dividends of $0.25, $0.25, and $0.25 in March, September and December 2000, respectively.
The TrustÕs strategy is to invest the net proceeds from this offering in a diversified portfolio (the"Portfolio") consisting principally of common shares issued by corporations selected from the Standard & PoorÕs 100 Index and American Depository Receipts ("ADRs") of the top 100 corporations selected on the basis of market capitalization whose ADRs are trading on the New York Stock Exchange or NASDAQ. In addition, in order to provide further global investment opportunities, the Trust may, from time to time, invest up to a maximum of 25% of its net asset value in World Equity Benchmark Shares that seek to provide investment results that track the performance of a specific country index compiled by Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc. To generate additional returns above the dividend income earned on the portfolio, the Trust may from time to time, write covered call options in respect of all or part of the common shares in the Portfolio. In addition, the Trust may write cash covered put options in respect of securities in which the Trust is permitted to invest.
Unitholders of Global Plus Income Trust may elect to have their distributions re-invested into additional Units by enrolling in the TrustÕs Distribution Reinvestment Plan. Unitholders should contact their broker or the Plan Agent (Computer Share) to enroll in the plan.
The TrustÕs investment portfolio is managed by its investment manager, Mulvihill Capital Management Inc. Trust Units are listed on The Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GIP.UN.
Selected Financial
Information:
($ millions)
| Statement of Net Assets | 2000 | |
| Assets | $ 105.3 | |
| Liabilities | 0.2 | |
| Net
Assets (Unitholders Equity) |
$ 105.1 | |
| Statement of Financial Operations (from inception): | ||
| Income | $ 4.2 | |
| Expenses | 1.8 | |
| Net Investment Income | 2.4 | |
| Net Loss on Investments | (4.9) | |
| Total Results of Financial Operations | $ (2.5) | |
For further
information, contact:
John Mulvihill, President & CEO, Mulvihill Capital Management
Donald Biggs, Vice President, Mulvihill Capital Management
Global
Plus Income Trust
121 King Street West, Suite 2600
Toronto, Ontario M5H 3T9
(416) 681-3966 (800) 725-7172
premium@mulvihill.com
www.mulvihill.com
