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    BMO Financial Group Announces Monthly Cash Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds

    TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - Jan. 19, 2012) - BMO Financial Group today announced the January 2012 cash distributions for the 23 BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)* which pay monthly distributions. Unitholders of record at close of business on January 30, 2012 will receive cash distributions payable on February 7, 2012.

    Details of the per unit distribution amounts are as follows:


    BMO ETFs:
     
    Ticker
      Cash
    Distribution
    per Unit ($)
    BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF   ZFS   0.032
    BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF   ZFM   0.042
    BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF   ZFL   0.051
    BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF   ZPS   0.048
    BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF   ZCS   0.048
    BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF   ZCM   0.061
    BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF   ZLC   0.068
    BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF   ZAG   0.045
    BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF   ZRR   0.028
    BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF   ZHY   0.098
    BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF   ZEF   0.072
    BMO 2013 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF   ZXA   0.042
    BMO 2015 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF   ZXB   0.053
    BMO 2020 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF   ZXC   0.061
    BMO 2025 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF   ZXD   0.063
    BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF   ZEB   0.051
    BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF   ZUT   0.070
    BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF   ZRE   0.086
    BMO Monthly Income ETF   ZMI   0.063
    BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF   ZWB   0.095
    BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF   ZWU   0.090
    BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF   ZWA   0.076
    BMO Canadian Dividend ETF   ZDV   0.057

    Further information about BMO ETF Products can be found at www.bmo.com/etfs.

    *BMO ETFs are administered and managed by BMO Asset Management Inc., an investment fund manager and portfolio manager and a separate legal entity from the Bank of Montreal.

    Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investments in exchange traded funds. Please read the prospectus before investing. The funds are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

    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 $477 billion as at October 31, 2011, and more than 47,000 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 ETFs.

    The Dow Jones Industrial Average(SM) is a product of Dow Jones Indexes, a licensed trade-mark of CME Group Index Services LLC ("CME"), and has been licensed for use. "Dow Jones®", "Dow Jones Industrial Average(SM)", "Dow Jones Canada Titan 60" and "Titans" are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC ("Dow Jones")and have been licensed for use for certain purposes. BMO ETFs based on Dow Jones indexes are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones, CME or their respective affiliates and none of them makes any representation regarding the advisability of investing in such product(s).

     
    For further information:
    Media Contacts:
    Amanda Robinson, Toronto
    (416) 867-3996
    amanda.robinson@bmo.com

    Sarah Bensadoun, Montreal
    (514) 877-8224
    sarah.bensadoun@bmo.com