DAVIS + HENDERSON ANNOUNCES DIVESTITURE AND RESTRUCTURING TO ACHIEVE FURTHER BUSINESS INTEGRATION

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TORONTO, Oct 7 /CNW/ - Davis + Henderson Income Fund ("D+H") today announced that it has sold a non-strategic part of its contact centre operations, and that in support of its company-wide integration activities following last year's acquisition of Resolve Outsourcing Income Fund ("Resolve"), it intends to record an unrelated restructuring charge.

Divestiture

In a transaction that closed today, D+H has sold the operations of its Charlottetown-based contact centre business to Atelka Inc. of Montreal. Originally acquired in 2009 as part of the Resolve acquisition, this operation primarily served non-core markets for D+H. Total annual revenues from the divested business are under $20 million, or less than 3% of D+H's consolidated annualized revenues. While financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed, the business was sold for an amount approximately equal to its book value, excluding transaction fees and other transition costs.  D+H and the buyer have entered into a transition services agreement in order to facilitate the movement of certain staff activities and operations that are presently integrated within other D+H service areas. This operation, and the related transition activities, will be accounted for in D+H's third quarter results as a discontinued business.

"By completing the divestiture now to Atelka, we are selling a solid business to a company that specializes in serving leading telecom companies and retailers," said Gerrard Schmid, President and Chief Operating Officer for D+H.  "Accordingly, we believe this is a positive development for D+H, Atelka, and for the customers and employees of the Charlottetown operations." 

Restructuring

To further advance its corporate-wide integration and transformation activities, D+H expects to record a restructuring charge in the $7-9 million range. These activities are designed to better position the business going forward to serve customers and improve the effectiveness, efficiency and scalability of its operations. Approximately $2 million of the restructuring charge will be recorded in the third quarter of 2010 with the balance recorded in the fourth quarter. The annualized savings associated with these initiatives are expected to be $3-4 million and will be achieved by the end of 2012.

"With organic initiatives and the completion of four acquisitions over the past four years, D+H has significantly expanded its service offerings and its operations while realizing considerable synergistic savings from the elimination of management duplication and centralization of corporate functions," said Bob Cronin, Chief Executive Officer of D+H. "These accomplishments were achieved even though our service areas primarily operated as distinct units. In order to fully capitalize on our opportunity, we must continue to position the business to be even more operationally effective. For example, we are presently bringing six hundred of our technology people, who until now have been spread over five locations, together into one location.  We believe it is initiatives like this that will significantly enhance effectiveness for our customers and continue to create value for our owners."

About Davis + Henderson

Founded in 1875, Davis + Henderson provides innovative programs, technology products, and technology based business services to customers in the financial services industry who offer deposit, lending, insurance and wealth management products to consumers and businesses. Davis + Henderson Income Fund is listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol DHF.UN. Further information can be found in the disclosure documents filed by Davis + Henderson Income Fund with the securities regulatory authorities, available at www.sedar.com.

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