Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund Reports Earnings

Federated Enhanced Treasury Income Fund

, a closed-end investment company, today announced earnings for the period ended Nov. 30, 2010. Launched on Jan. 29, 2010, the fund employs an integrated U.S. Treasury-based strategy with an option writing strategy and a duration management overlay in order to provide the potential for current income and total return. Since the fund's inception in January, FTT reported net investment income of $1.4 million or $0.15 per share. FTT made distributions of $10.3 million, or $1.08 per share of which $8.7 million, or $0.93 per share represented a return of capital. Net realized and unrealized losses were $0.9 million or $0.10 per share.