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BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series

TORONTO, March 22, 2022 /CNW/ - BMO Global Asset Management today announced the March 2022 cash distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (BMO ETFs) and ETF Series units of the BMO Mutual Funds (ETF Series) that distribute monthly and quarterly. Unitholders of record of the BMO ETFs and ETF Series at the close of business on March 30, 2022 will receive cash or reinvested distributions payable on April 4, 2022.

Unitholders of record of ETF Series (ZMMK) of BMO Money Market Fund, at the close of business on March 29, 2022 will receive cash distributions payable on April 4, 2022.

Details of the per unit cash distribution amount are as follows:

Monthly Distributions

Ticker 

Distributions

BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF

ZAG

0.040

BMO Canadian Dividend ETF

ZDV

0.070

BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF

ZWC

0.100

BMO Canadian MBS Index ETF

ZMBS

0.040

BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF

ZWB

0.110

BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF

ZWA

0.100

BMO Covered Call Technology ETF

ZWT

0.130

BMO Covered Call US Banks ETF

ZWK

0.170

BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF

ZWU

0.080

BMO Discount Bond Index ETF

ZDB

0.030

BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZEF

0.050

BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF

ZEB

0.120

BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF

ZRE

0.090

BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF

ZUT

0.075

BMO ESG High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF

ESGH

0.120

BMO ESG High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ESGH.F

0.120

BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call ETF

ZWP

0.095

BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF

ZWE

0.110

BMO Floating Rate High Yield ETF

ZFH

0.055

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZHY

0.060

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZJK

0.090

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZJK.U

0.090

BMO International Dividend ETF

ZDI

0.065

BMO International Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF

ZDH

0.070

BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF

ZPR

0.045

BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZLC

0.065

BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF

ZFL

0.043

BMO Long Provincial Bond Index ETF

ZPL

0.045

BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZCM

0.046

BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF

ZFM

0.028

BMO Mid Provincial Bond Index ETF

ZMP

0.034

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZMU

0.045

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZIC

0.055

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZIC.U

0.045

BMO Monthly Income ETF

ZMI

0.060

BMO Premium Yield ETF

ZPAY

0.160

BMO Premium Yield ETF (Hedged Units)

ZPAY.F

0.160

BMO Premium Yield ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZPAY.U

0.160

BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF

ZRR

0.080

BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZCS

0.035

BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF

ZFS

0.022

BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF

ZPS

0.032

BMO Short-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZSU

0.035

BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF

ZST

0.070

BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZUS.U

0.060

BMO US Dividend ETF

ZDY

0.080

BMO US Dividend ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZDY.U

0.065

BMO US Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF

ZUD

0.060

BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF

ZWH

0.110

BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZWH.U

0.115

BMO US High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF

ZWS

0.105

BMO US Preferred Share Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZHP

0.110

BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF

ZUP

0.110

BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZUP.U

0.110

BMO US Put Write ETF

ZPW

0.095

BMO US Put Write ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZPW.U

0.095

BMO US Put Write Hedged to CAD ETF

ZPH

0.100

BMO Global High Dividend Covered Call ETF

ZWG

0.170

BMO Money Market Fund ETF Series

ZMMK

0.005

BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZWB.U

0.150

BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZPR.U

0.080

BMO Monthly Income ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZMI.U

0.110

BMO Balanced ETF (T6 Payout Series)

ZBAL.T

0.150

 

Quarterly Distributions

Ticker

Distributions

BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF

ZGI

0.330

BMO Equal Weight US Banks Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZUB

0.170

BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF

ZBK

0.170

BMO Equal Weight Industrials Index ETF

ZIN

0.160

BMO Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF

ZEO

0.450

BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF

ZGQ

0.140

BMO MSCI Europe High Quality Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZEQ

0.140

BMO Low Volatility International Equity Hedged to CAD ETF

ZLD

0.150

BMO Low Volatility International Equity ETF

ZLI

0.160

BMO MSCI EAFE Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZDM

0.150

BMO MSCI EAFE Index ETF

ZEA

0.130

BMO Tactical Dividend ETF Fund – ETF Series

ZZZD

0.300

BMO MSCI USA Value Index ETF

ZVU

0.160

BMO Low Volatility US Equity Hedged to CAD ETF

ZLH

0.170

BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZLU.U

0.180

BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF

ZLU

0.220

BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF

ZUQ

0.130

BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZUE

0.200

BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZSP.U

0.160

BMO S&P 500 Index ETF

ZSP

0.200

BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZDJ

0.210

BMO MSCI Canada Value Index ETF

ZVC

0.160

BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF

ZLB

0.260

BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF

ZCN

0.210

BMO Growth ETF

ZGRO

0.220

BMO Balanced ETF

ZBAL

0.220

BMO Conservative ETF

ZCON

0.220

BMO Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZCB

0.400

BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZTL.U

0.350

BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF

ZTL

0.350

BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZTM.U

0.250

BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF

ZTM

0.230

BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZTS.U

0.230

BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF

ZTS

0.210

BMO Government Bond Index ETF

ZGB

0.310

BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund – ETF Series

ZGSB

0.300

BMO Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund – ETF Series

ZMSB

0.250

BMO Core Plus Bond Fund – ETF Series

ZCPB

0.200

BMO Short-Term Bond Index ETF

ZSB

0.300

BMO Global Communications Index ETF

COMM

0.120

BMO Global Consumer Staples Hedged to CAD Index ETF

STPL

0.140

BMO Global Consumer Discretionary Hedged to CAD Index ETF

DISC

0.070

BMO ESG Corporate Bond Index ETF

ESGB

0.220

BMO ESG US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ESGF

0.230

BMO MSCI Canada ESG Leaders Index ETF

ESGA

0.250

BMO MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index ETF

ESGE

0.210

BMO MSCI Global ESG Leaders Index ETF

ESGG

0.150

BMO MSCI USA ESG Leaders Index ETF

ESGY

0.120

BMO Balanced ESG ETF

ZESG

0.180

BMO BBB Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZBBB

0.240

BMO High Quality Corporate Bond Index ETF

ZQB

0.190

BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF

ZMID

0.110

BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZMID.U

0.110

BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ZMID.F

0.110

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF

ZSML

0.110

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZSML.U

0.110

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ZSML.F

0.110

BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ZTL.F

0.290

BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZUQ.U

0.090

BMO MSCI USA High Quality ETF (Hedged Units)

ZUQ.F

0.090

BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF

ZTIP

0.030

BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ZTIP.F

0.030

BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units)

ZTIP.U

0.030

BMO MSCI USA ESG Leaders Index ETF (Hedged Units)

ESGY.F

0.110

BMO Japan Index ETF

ZJPN

0.120

BMO Japan Index Hedged to CAD Index ETF

ZJPN.F

0.120

BMO MSCI ACWI Climate Paris Aligned Equity Index ETF

ZGRN

0.110

BMO Short-Term Discount Bond ETF

ZSDB

0.120

BMO Corporate Discount Bond ETF

ZCDB

0.160

BMO Canadian Bank Income Index ETF

ZBI

0.030

BMO All-Equity ETF

ZEQT

0.220

BMO Brookfield Global Renewables Infrastructure Fund - ETF Series

GRNI

0.160

BMO Brookfield Global Real Estate Tech Fund - ETF Series

TOWR

0.120

 

The following quarterly distributions, if any, generally represent net income and net realized capital gains within the BMO ETFs and are distributed and automatically reinvested in additional Accumulating Units of the applicable BMO ETF which are consolidated immediately.

 

Quarterly Distributions

 

Ticker

Reinvested
Distribution
per Unit ($)

BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)

ZCS.L

0.160

BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)

ZFS.L

0.100

BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)

ZPS.L

0.150

BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Accumulating Units)

ZST.L

0.200

BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (USD Accumulating Units)

ZUS.V

0.200

Further information about BMO ETFs and ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds can be found at www.bmo.com/etfs.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average Index CAD Hedged is a product of Dow Jones Opco, LLC

("Dow Jones Opco"), a subsidiary of S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, and has been licensed for use.

"Dow Jones®" and "Industrial Average Index CAD Hedged" are service marks of Dow Jones Trademark Holdings, LLC ("Dow Jones"), and have been licensed to Dow Jones Opco and sublicensed by BMO Asset Management Inc. in connection with ZWA. ZWA is not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by Dow Jones Opco, Dow Jones and their respective affiliates, and they make no representation regarding the advisability of trading or investing in ZWA.

S&P®, S&P/TSX Capped Composite®, S&P 500® are trademarks of Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC ("S&P"). "TSX" is a trademark of TSX Inc. These trademarks have been licensed for use by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC and sublicensed to BMO Asset Management Inc. in connection with ZCN, ZUE, ZSP, ZSP.U, ZMID, ZMID.U, ZMID.F, ZSML, ZSML.U and ZSML.F. These BMO ETFs are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by S&P Dow Jones LLC, S&P, TSX, or their respective affiliates and S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, S&P, TSX and their affiliates make no representation regarding the advisability of trading or investing in such BMO ETFs.

The BMO ETFs or securities referred to herein are not sponsored, endorsed or promoted by MSCI Inc. ("MSCI"), and MSCI bears no liability with respect to any such BMO ETFs or securities or any index on which such BMO ETFs or securities are based. The prospectus of the BMO ETFs contains a more detailed description of the limited relationship MSCI has with BMO Asset Management Inc. and any related BMO ETFs.

NASDAQ®, and NASDAQ-100 Index® Hedged to CAD, are registered trademarks of Nasdaq, Inc. (which with its affiliates is referred to as the "Corporations") and are licensed for use by BMO Asset Management Inc. BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF has not been passed on by the Corporations as to their legality or suitability and is not issued, endorsed, sold, or promoted by the Corporations. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTIES AND BEAR NO LIABILITY WITH RESPECT TO the BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF.

BMO Global Asset Management is a brand name that comprises BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc.

Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investments in BMO ETFs and ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds.  Please read the ETF facts or prospectus of the relevant BMO ETF or ETF Series before investing.  The indicated rates of return are the historical compounded total returns including changes in share or unit value and the reinvestment of all dividends or distributions and do not take into account the sales, redemption, distribution, optional charges or income tax payable by the unitholder that would have reduced returns BMO ETFs and ETF Series are not guaranteed, their values change frequently and past performance may not be repeated.

For a summary of the risks of an investment in the BMO ETFs or ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds, please see the specific risks set out in the prospectus.  BMO ETFs and ETF Series trade like stocks, fluctuate in market value and may trade at a discount to their net asset value, which may increase the risk of loss. Distributions are not guaranteed and are subject to change and/or elimination. 

BMO ETFs are managed by BMO Asset Management Inc., which is an investment fund manager and a portfolio manager, and a separate legal entity from Bank of Montreal. ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds are managed by BMO Investments Inc., which is an investment fund manager and a separate legal entity from Bank of Montreal.

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About BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)

BMO Exchange Traded Funds has been an ETF provider in Canada for more than 11 years, with over 100 strategies, over 25 per cent market share in Canada1, and $80.6 billion in assets under management. BMO ETFs are designed to stay ahead of market trends and provide compelling solutions to help advisors and investors. This includes a comprehensive suite of ETFs developed in Canada for Canadians, such as cost effective core equity ETFs following market leading indexes, and a broad range of fixed income ETFs; solution-based ETFs responding to client demand; and innovation with smart beta ETFs, as well as combining active and passive investing with ETF series of active mutual funds.

1Morningstar, December 2021

About BMO Financial Group 

Serving customers for 200 years and counting, BMO is a highly diversified financial services provider - the 8th largest bank, by assets, in North America. With total assets of $1.02 trillion as of January 31, 2022, and a team of diverse and highly engaged employees, BMO provides a broad range of personal and commercial banking, wealth management and investment banking products and services to more than 12 million customers and conducts business through three operating groups: Personal and Commercial Banking, BMO Wealth Management and BMO Capital Markets.

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