Goldman Sachs U.S. Income Builder Trust Closes Over-Allotment

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - July 15, 2014) -

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Brompton Funds Limited (the "Manager") is pleased to announce that Goldman Sachs U.S. Income Builder Trust (the "Fund") GSB has completed the issuance of a further 165,000 Class A Units at $10.00 per unit for total gross proceeds of approximately $1.7 million. This issuance was pursuant to the exercise of the over-allotment option granted to the agents in connection with the Fund's recently completed initial public offering. With the exercise of the over-allotment option, total gross proceeds raised by the Fund pursuant to the initial public offering are approximately $88.6 million. The Class A Units trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol GSB.UN. The Class U Units are designed for investors wishing to make their investment in U.S. dollars and are not listed on a stock exchange but may be converted into Class A Units on a weekly basis.

The investment objectives of the Fund are to seek to provide (i) income; and (ii) capital appreciation, in each case, through investing in an actively managed, diversified portfolio comprised primarily of U.S. fixed income and equity securities. Goldman Sachs Asset Management, L.P. ("GSAM") has been retained as the sub-adviser of the Fund. GSAM will draw on its deep research capabilities and global team of investment professionals from its Global Fixed Income and Fundamental Equity Groups to select investments for the portfolio. The Fund has a baseline allocation to fixed income securities of 60% and to equity securities of 40%. In seeking to meet its investment objectives, the Fund has the flexibility to opportunistically tilt the allocation of total assets to fixed income and equity securities up to 15% above or below the baseline allocation. GSAM expects to actively manage the duration of the portfolio's fixed income positions, with a view to reducing the interest rate sensitivity of the portfolio's fixed income positions during periods of rising interest rates and extending duration when it anticipates that interest rates are trending lower.

The syndicate of agents for the offering was led by RBC Capital Markets and CIBC and includes TD Securities Inc., Scotiabank, BMO Capital Markets, National Bank Financial Inc., GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., Canaccord Genuity Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Industrial Alliance Securities Inc., Mackie Research Capital Corporation and Manulife Securities Incorporated.

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About Goldman Sachs Asset Management

GSAM is the asset management arm of The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. GS, which manages $956 billion as of March 31, 2014. GSAM has been providing discretionary investment advisory services since 1988 and has investment professionals in all major financial centers around the world. The company offers investment strategies across a broad range of asset classes to institutional and individual clients globally. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm that provides a wide range of financial services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial institutions, governments and high-net-worth individuals.

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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.

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