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Pat, what is your view on Chemtrade Logistics? It is an income trust paying a high yield. I heard that this income trust will be able to continue to operate as a trust and not have to become a corporation in 2011? Is this correct?

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Chemtrade Logistics Income Fund, $13.91, symbol CHE.UN on Toronto (Units outstanding: 30.7 million; Market cap: $426.6 million; www.chemtradelogistics.com), is one of North America’s largest suppliers of sulphuric acid, sulphur, liquid sulphur dioxide and sodium hydrosulphite. It also supplies sodium chlorate, phosphorous pentasulphide and zinc oxide. In addition to selling chemicals, Chemtrade processes spent acid. Chemtrade first sold units to the public for $10 each, and began trading on Toronto in July 2001. Chemtrade has three divisions: The Sulphur Products and Performance Chemicals division supplies about 59% of the fund’s revenue. Pulp Chemicals accounts for 10% of Chemtrade’s revenue, and the International division supplies the remaining 31%. This division removes and markets sulphur and sulphuric acid outside of North America. Removal services are important for certain companies, such as oil refineries and base-metal processors. That’s because they create sulphur by-products during their processing activities. In order to meet environmental regulations, they must recover these by-products or they could be forced to…