Deans Knight Income Corporation Announces Third Quarter 2013 Operating Update (Unaudited) and Proposal to Extend its Termination Date

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - Nov 5, 2013) - Deans Knight Income Corporation (the "Company") (DNC.TO) is pleased to provide an operational update of the Company and the Company's quarterly portfolio disclosure for the nine months ended September 30, 2013.

Further, the Company announces that a special meeting (the "Meeting") of holders (the "Shareholders") of voting common shares (the "Shares") of the Company will be held on December 16, 2013 at 10:00 a.m. (Vancouver time) at the offices of the Deans Knight Capital Management, located at 999 West Hastings, Suite 1500, Vancouver, British Columbia. The purpose of the Meeting is to seek Shareholder approval to extend the term of the Company for up to a further two-year period (the "Proposed Extension").

Highlights during the Quarter:

  • At September 30, 2013, the net asset value ("NAV") of the Company was $12.59 per Share.

  • Net investment income(1) for the nine months ended September 30, 2013 was $5.36 million, or $0.5091 per Share.

  • The Company paid dividends of $0.5247 per share on all of its outstanding voting and non-voting common shares (collectively, the "Shares") for the nine months ended September 30, 2013. This equated to approximately 103% of net investment income for that period.

  • Cash and cash equivalents in the Company at September 30, 2013 totaled $26.38 million, or 19.90% of the NAV.

(1) The Company calculates net investment income as interest income less the on-going operating costs of the Company, and excluding any realized capital gains and losses and any income or loss not derived from debt securities.

Meeting of the Shareholders - Proposed Extension of the term of the Company

The purpose of the Meeting is to consider and, if thought advisable, to approve a special resolution (the "Special Resolution") authorizing an amendment to the Company's articles of incorporation ("Articles") to extend the term of the Company for up to a further two-year period. The Company's current termination date is April 30, 2014, and the Proposed Extension, if approved, would extend that date to April 30, 2016 or such earlier date as the Company deems appropriate on not less than 30 days' notice to Shareholders. In order to become effective, the Proposed Extension must be approved by 66 2/3% of the votes cast by a quorum of Shareholders present in person or by proxy at the Meeting.

The Company is seeking the Extension in order to give the Company time to conclude the ongoing audit by the Canada Revenue Agency (the "CRA") before redeeming the Voting Common Shares and terminating the Company in accordance with the current Articles. The CRA's audit includes an examination of whether the Company is entitled to deduct non-capital losses and other tax attributes in the years under audit, which the Company has carried forward from previous taxation years. There is no guarantee that the CRA will allow the Company to deduct some, or all, of the non-capital losses or other tax attributes as claimed in its income tax filings. Should the CRA assess any additional tax on the basis that the Company is not entitled to deduct the non-capital losses and other tax attributes, the Company estimates that it would be subject to additional income tax and arrears interest of approximately $21,500,000, or $2.04 per share. The Company has consulted with its advisors and remains of the view that its tax filing position is appropriate, and plans to vigorously defend its position if and when the CRA issues any assessment of additional tax.