Brompton Funds Declare Distributions

TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 10/20/09 -- Brompton Funds (TSX: AOG.UN)(TSX: AV.UN)(TSX: FFI.UN)(TSX: MBB.UN) announces monthly distributions for record dates in October to December 2009 for each of the following funds:

                                                                      Amount
Fund Name                                                Ticker     Per Unit
---------                                                ------    ---------
Brompton Advantaged Oil & Gas Income Fund                AOG.UN    $  0.0325
Brompton Advantaged VIP Income Fund                       AV.UN    $    0.07
Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Fixed Income Fund   FFI.UN    $    0.08
Manulife Brompton Advantaged Bond Fund                   MBB.UN    $ 0.05833

Record Dates and Payment Dates are as follows:

Record Date          Payment Date
-----------          ------------
October 30, 2009     November 13, 2009
November 30, 2009    December 14, 2009
December 31, 2009    January 15, 2010

Manulife Brompton Advantaged Bond Fund announces a distribution in the amount of $0.05833 per Class F Unit for the above noted record and payment dates.

For additional information concerning the Funds, please call our investor relations line at 416-642-9051 (toll-free at 1-866-642-6001) or visit our website at www.bromptongroup.com.

Commissions, trailing commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investment funds. Please read the fund's publicly filed documents which are available from SEDAR at www.sedar.com. Investment funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.