Top 10 Canadian Financial Trust Announces Quarterly Distribution, Payable on September 30, 2016

Top 10 Canadian Financial Trust (the Fund) is a closed-end investment trust. The Fund's investment objectives are to provide unitholders with a stable stream of quarterly cash distributions in an amount targeted to be approximately 7.5% of the net asset value per unit and to return over $15.60 per unit to unitholders upon termination of the Fund. The Fund invests in a portfolio of securities consisting of common equity securities of the Canadian banks and the Canadian life insurance companies. The Fund may also invest in public investment funds, including exchange-traded funds and other Strathbridge Funds (provided that approximately 15% of the net asset value of the Fund may be invested in securities of other Strathbridge Funds) that provide exposure to such securities. It employs an investment strategy, Strathbridge Selective Overwriting (SSO). It invests in financials, cash and other assets. Strathbridge Asset Management Inc. (Strathbridge) is the investment manager of the Fund.