Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred Income Fund Declares Special Year End Distribution

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TORONTO, Dec. 19, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: FFI.UN) For the year ended December 31, 2019, Flaherty & Crumrine Investment Grade Preferred Income Fund (the "Fund") estimates that it will generate income of approximately $0.02 per unit in excess of its previously announced distributions for the year. As a result, the Fund is pleased to announce a special cash distribution of $0.02 per unit to unitholders of record at the close of business on December 31, 2019. The special cash distribution will be paid on or before January 15, 2020.

Special year-end distributions have been paid by the Fund in eight of the last nine years as income also exceeded regular annual distributions during those years. The Fund has paid out $17.17 per unit in cash distributions since inception through to November 30, 2019.

Unitholders are reminded that the Fund offers a distribution reinvestment plan ("DRIP") which provides unitholders with the ability to automatically reinvest distributions and realize the benefits of compound growth of their investment. Unitholders can enroll in a DRIP program by contacting their investment advisor.

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