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TORONTO, December 17, 2010 – BMO Financial Group today announced the 2010 annual reinvested distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)*. These annual reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains within the ETFs or special dividends received by the ETFs.
Unitholders of record at close of business on December 30, 2010, will receive the 2010 reinvested distributions. The actual taxable amounts, including the tax characteristics, will be reported in early 2011.
Please note that the quarterly cash distributions will be reported separately and may be applicable for some ETFs making annual reinvested distributions.
Details of the per unit reinvested distribution amounts are as follows:
|
BMO ETF |
Ticker |
Reinvested Distribution ($) |
|
BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF |
ZFS |
0 |
|
BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF |
ZFM |
0.003572 |
|
BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF |
ZFL |
0.025422 |
|
BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF |
ZPS |
0 |
|
BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF |
ZCS |
0 |
|
BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF |
ZCM |
0.006583 |
|
BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF |
ZLC |
0.010546 |
|
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF |
ZAG |
0.00435 |
|
BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF |
ZRR |
0.061590 |
|
BMO High Yield |
ZHY |
0.191171 |
|
BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZEF |
0.156207 |
|
BMO Dow Jones |
ZCN |
0 |
|
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF |
ZEB |
0.024669 |
|
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF |
ZEO |
0 |
|
BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF |
ZUT |
0.020904 |
|
BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF |
ZRE |
0.011151 |
|
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF |
ZJG |
0 |
|
BMO Junior Oil Index ETF |
ZJO |
0.313467 |
|
BMO Junior Gas Index ETF |
ZJN |
0.206121 |
|
BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZDJ |
0.115040 |
|
BMO US Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZUE |
0.167814 |
|
BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZQQ |
0 |
|
BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZUH |
0.301782 |
|
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZUB |
0.150511 |
|
BMO International Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZDM |
0 |
|
BMO Emerging Markets Equity Index ETF |
ZEM |
0 |
|
BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF |
ZGI |
0.099508 |
|
BMO |
ZCH |
0 |
|
BMO |
ZID |
0 |
|
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Global Base Metals Hedged to CAD Index ETF |
ZMT |
0.376584 |
Further information about BMO ETF products can be found at www.bmo.com/etfs.
*BMO ETFs are managed and administered by BMO Asset Management Inc., an investment counsel firm and a separate legal entity from the Bank of Montreal.
About BMO Financial Group
Established in 1817 as Bank of Montreal, BMO Financial Group is a highly-diversified North American financial services organization. With total assets of $409 billion as at October 31, 2010, and more than 38,000 employees, BMO Financial Group provides a broad range of retail banking, wealth management and investment banking products and solutions.
The “Dow Jones”-branded indexes underlying BMO's ETFs are products of Dow Jones Indexes, the marketing name and a licensed trademark of CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME"), and have been licensed for use. The Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure IndexSM is published by Dow Jones Indexes pursuant to an agreement between CME and Brookfield Asset Management Inc. (“Brookfield”), and has been licensed for use. “Dow Jones,” “Dow Jones Industrial Average”, "Dow Jones Indexes", “Brookfield”, and “Dow Jones Brookfield Global Infrastructure Index” are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC ("Dow Jones") and/or or Brookfield or its affiliates, as the case may be, have been licensed to CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME") and sublicensed for use by BMO Asset Management Inc. (“BMO”). “Titans” is a service mark of CME and has been licensed for use by BMO. The BMO ETFs based on CME's indexes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by CME, Dow Jones, Brookfield or their respective affiliates and CME, Dow Jones, Brookfield and their respective affiliates make no representation regarding the advisability of investing in such ETFs.
Standard & Poor's and S&P are registered trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC (“S&P”) and TSX is a trademark of Toronto Stock Exchange (“TSX”). These trademarks have been licensed for use by Bank of Montreal. The BMO ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P or TSX, and S&P and TSX make no representation, warranty or condition regarding the advisability of buying, selling or holding units of the BMO ETFs.
Nasdaq� is a registered trademark of The NASDAQ OMX Group, Inc. and has been licensed for use by BMO Asset Management Inc. for certain purposes. The BMO ETF based on the Nasdaq index is not issued, endorsed, sold or promoted by Nasdaq. NASDAQ MAKES NO WARRANTIES AND BEARS NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO THE BMO ETF.
Media Contacts:
Nini Krishnappa, Toronto, nini.krishnappa@bmo.com, (416) 867-3996
Sarah Bensadoun, Montr�al, sarah.bensadoun@bmo.com, (514) 877-8224
Laurie Grant, Vancouver, laurie.grant@bmo.com, (604) 665-7596