Middlefield Healthcare & Life Sciences Dividend Fund (TSX:LS.UN) announces a share repurchase program. Under the normal course issuer bid, the company will repurchase up to 1,016,000 units, representing 9.96% of its issued and outstanding share capital. The shares purchased under the bid will be cancelled. The company has also received approval from the Toronto Stock Exchange for the bid. The bid will run for a period of 12 months commencing on August 4, 2017 and will terminate on August 3, 2018.