BMO Financial Group Announces Monthly Cash Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds
TORONTO, February 15, 2011 – BMO Financial Group today announced the February 2011 cash distributions for the 20 BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)* that pay monthly distributions. Unitholders of record at close of business on February 25, 2011, will receive cash distributions payable on March 7, 2011.
Details of the per-unit distribution amounts are as follows:
BMO ETF
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Ticker
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Cash Distribution per Unit ($)
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BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF
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ZFS
|
0.042
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BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF
|
ZFM
|
0.043
|
BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF
|
ZFL
|
0.058
|
BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF
|
ZPS
|
0.053
|
BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF
|
ZCS
|
0.057
|
BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF
|
ZCM
|
0.065
|
BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF
|
ZLC
|
0.072
|
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF
|
ZAG
|
0.055
|
BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF
|
ZRR
|
0.033
|
BMO High Yield
US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF
|
ZHY
|
0.108
|
BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF
|
ZEF
|
0.073
|
BMO 2013 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF
|
ZXA
|
0.057
|
BMO 2015 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF
|
ZXB
|
0.061
|
BMO 2020 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF
|
ZXC
|
0.066
|
BMO 2025 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF
|
ZXD
|
0.068
|
BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF
|
ZEB
|
0.048
|
BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF
|
ZUT
|
0.065
|
BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF
|
ZRE
|
0.085
|
BMO Monthly Income ETF
|
ZMI
|
0.075
|
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF
|
ZWB
|
0.129
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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., a portfolio manager 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 $412 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.
S&P � is a registered trademark 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. BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF is 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 in the BMO ETF.
Media Contacts:
Martha McInnis, Toronto, martha.mcinnis@bmo.com, (416) 867-3996
Sarah Bensadoun, Montr�al, sarah.bensadoun@bmo.com, (514) 877-1873
Laurie Grant, Vancouver, laurie.grant@bmo.com, (604) 665-7596