TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - March 27, 2015) - Dominion Citrus Income Fund (TSX:DOM.UN) (the "Fund") and Dominion Citrus Limited (TSX:DMN.PR.A) ("DCL") announce that they have been served with a Notice that Solar Harvest Company Ltd. and Robert Fortune (the "Appellants"), holders of Series A preference shares in the capital of DCL, are appealing the order of the Honourable Justice Newbould of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice dated February 27, 2015 to the Divisional Court of Ontario (see press releases dated March 2, 2015 and November 7, 2014 for background). The Appellants are asking for a Declaration that the claims raised by them are not statute barred.
About Dominion Citrus
The Fund is a publicly traded, unincorporated, open-ended limited purpose income trust. On January 1, 2006, all of the common shares of DCL were exchanged for trust units of the Fund. The trust units are listed on the TSX under the symbol DOM.UN. The Series A preference shares of DCL are listed on the TSX under the symbol DMN.PR.A.
DCL is a diversified food company supplying fresh produce to a wide variety of customers in retail, foodservice and food distribution businesses. DCL provides procurement, processing, repacking, sorting, grading, warehousing and distribution services to its major domestic markets being Ontario and Quebec. DCL also supplies products to customers in the United States. The Fund's website may be accessed at www.dominioncitrus.com.