BMO Global Asset Management Announces Estimated Annual Reinvested Distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series

TORONTO, Nov. 18, 2022 /CNW/ -  BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc. today announced the estimated 2022 annual reinvested distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (BMO ETFs) and ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds (ETF Series)¹. These annual reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains and special income within the BMO ETFs and ETF Series, and are paid to unitholders, as required, to ensure that the BMO ETFs and ETF Series are not liable for ordinary income tax.

Unitholders of record at close of business on December 29, 2022 will receive the 2022 annual reinvested distributions. The final year-end distribution amounts, as well as the ongoing cash distribution amounts, are expected to be announced on December 19, 2022. The actual taxable amounts, including the tax characteristics, will be reported in 2023.

Please note that these are estimated annual reinvested distributions only and have been calculated based upon forward-looking information as of October 21, 2022². If the forward-looking information changes, the estimated annual reinvested distributions may also change.

These estimates are for the annual reinvested distributions only and do not include estimates of ongoing cash distribution amounts.

Details of the per-unit estimated annual reinvested distribution amounts are as follows:

BMO ETFs	Ticker	Estimated Reinvested Distribution ($)
BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF	ZAG	0.000
BMO Balanced ESG ETF	ZESG	0.048
BMO Balanced ETF	ZBAL	0.424
BMO BBB Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZBBB	0.000
BMO Canadian Dividend ETF	ZDV	0.506
BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF	ZWC	0.000
BMO Canadian MBS Index ETF	ZMBS	0.000
BMO MSCI China ESG Leaders Index ETF	ZCH	0.000
BMO Clean Energy Index ETF	ZCLN	0.363
BMO Conservative ETF	ZCON	0.000
BMO Core Plus Bond Fund ETF Series	ZCPB	0.000
BMO Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZCB	0.000
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF	ZWB	0.453
BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD ETF	ZWA	0.630
BMO Covered Call Technology ETF	ZWT	0.206
BMO Covered Call US Banks ETF	ZWK	0.547
BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF	ZWU	0.000
BMO Discount Bond Index ETF	ZDB	0.000
BMO Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZDJ	0.000
BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZEF	0.000
BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF	ZEB	1.452
BMO Equal Weight Global Base Metals Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZMT	0.000
BMO Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF	ZGD	0.491
BMO Equal Weight Industrials Index ETF	ZIN	1.414
BMO Equal Weight Oil & Gas Index ETF	ZEO	0.000
BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF	ZRE	1.229
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZUB	1.100
BMO Equal Weight US Banks Index ETF	ZBK	1.431
BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZUH	0.000
BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Index ETF	ZHU	0.000
BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF	ZUT	1.916
BMO ESG Corporate Bond Index ETF	ESGB	0.000
BMO ESG High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF	ESGH	0.000
BMO ESG High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ESGH.F	0.000
BMO ESG US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ESGF	0.000
BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call ETF	ZWP	0.000
BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF	ZWE	0.922
BMO Floating Rate High Yield ETF	ZFH	0.000
BMO Global Communications Index ETF	COMM	0.971
BMO Global Consumer Discretionary Hedged to CAD Index ETF	DISC	1.924
BMO Global Consumer Staples Hedged to CAD Index ETF	STPL	1.000
BMO Global High Dividend Covered Call ETF	ZWG	0.187
BMO Global Infrastructure Index ETF	ZGI	0.689
BMO Sustainable Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund ETF Series	ZMSB	1.018
BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund ETF Series	ZGSB	0.000
BMO Government Bond Index ETF	ZGB	0.000
BMO Growth ETF	ZGRO	0.344
BMO High Quality Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZQB	0.000
BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZHY	0.000
BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZJK	0.000
BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF (USD Units)	ZJK.U	0.000
BMO MSCI India ESG Leaders Index ETF	ZID	0.000
BMO International Dividend ETF	ZDI	0.000
BMO International Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF	ZDH	1.123
BMO Junior Gold Index ETF	ZJG	0.000
BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF	ZPR	0.000
BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZLC	0.000
BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF	ZFL	0.000
BMO Long Provincial Bond Index ETF	ZPL	0.000
BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ZTL.F	0.000
BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF	ZTL	0.000
BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (USD Units)	ZTL.U	0.000
BMO Low Volatility Canadian Equity ETF	ZLB	1.374
BMO Low Volatility Emerging Markets Equity ETF	ZLE	0.000
BMO Low Volatility International Equity ETF	ZLI	0.000
BMO Low Volatility International Equity Hedged to CAD ETF	ZLD	0.000
BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF (USD Units)	ZLU.U	0.733
BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF	ZLU	2.032
BMO Low Volatility US Equity Hedged to CAD ETF	ZLH	0.000
BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZCM	0.000
BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF	ZFM	0.000
BMO Mid Provincial Bond Index ETF	ZMP	0.000
BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZMU	0.000
BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZIC	0.000
BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (USD Units)	ZIC.U	0.000
BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF	ZTM	0.000
BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (USD Units)	ZTM.U	0.000
BMO Monthly Income ETF	ZMI	0.209
BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF	ZGQ	0.000
BMO MSCI Canada ESG Leaders Index ETF	ESGA	0.188
BMO MSCI Canada Value Index ETF	ZVC	0.000
BMO MSCI EAFE ESG Leaders Index ETF	ESGE	0.000
BMO MSCI EAFE Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZDM	2.499
BMO MSCI EAFE Index ETF	ZEA	0.000
BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF	ZEM	0.466
BMO MSCI Europe High Quality Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZEQ	1.269
BMO MSCI Fintech Innovation Index ETF	ZFIN	0.000
BMO MSCI Genomic Innovation Index ETF	ZGEN	0.000
BMO MSCI Global ESG Leaders Index ETF	ESGG	0.000
BMO MSCI Innovation Index ETF	ZINN	0.000
BMO MSCI Next Gen Internet Innovation Index ETF	ZINT	0.000
BMO MSCI Tech & Industrial Innovation Index ETF	ZAUT	0.000
BMO MSCI US High Quality Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ZUQ.F	0.000
BMO MSCI US High Quality Index ETF (USD Units)	ZUQ.U	1.250
BMO MSCI USA ESG Leaders Index ETF	ESGY	0.178
BMO MSCI USA ESG Leaders Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ESGY.F	0.000
BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF	ZUQ	1.850
BMO MSCI USA Value Index ETF	ZVU	0.227
BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZQQ	1.262
BMO NASDAQ 100 Equity Index ETF	ZNQ	0.900
BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Index ETF (USD Units)	ZNQ.U	0.423
BMO Premium Yield ETF	ZPAY	0.564
BMO Premium Yield ETF (Hedged to CAD)	ZPAY.F	0.000
BMO Premium Yield ETF (USD Units)	ZPAY.U	0.903
BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF	ZRR	0.225
BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZUE	0.000
BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (USD Units)	ZSP.U	0.284
BMO S&P 500 Index ETF	ZSP	0.340
BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF	ZMID	1.151
BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ZMID.F	0.000
BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (USD Units)	ZMID.U	1.241
BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF	ZSML	0.000
BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (Hedged to CAD)	ZSML.F	0.000
BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (USD Units)	ZSML.U	0.000
BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF	ZCN	0.679
BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF	ZCS	0.000
BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)	ZCS.L	0.180
BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF	ZFS	0.000
BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)	ZFS.L	0.100
BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF	ZPS	0.000
BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF (Accumulating Units)	ZPS.L	0.150
BMO Short-Term Bond Index ETF	ZSB	0.000
BMO Short-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZSU	0.000
BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF	ZTIP	0.000
BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ZTIP.F	0.550
BMO Short-Term US TIPS Index ETF (USD Units)	ZTIP.U	0.850
BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF	ZTS	0.000
BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (USD Units)	ZTS.U	0.000
BMO SIA Canadian Focused Equity Fund ETF Series	ZFC	1.249
BMO SIA North American Focused Equity Fund ETF Series	ZFN	1.978
BMO Tactical Dividend ETF Fund ETF Series	ZZZD	0.000
BMO US All Cap Equity Fund ETF Series	ZACE	0.000
BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (USD Accumulating Units)	ZUS.V	0.200
BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (USD Units)	ZUS.U	0.000
BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF	ZST	0.000
BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF (Accumulating Units)	ZST.L	0.450
BMO US Dividend ETF	ZDY	0.000
BMO US Dividend ETF (USD Units)	ZDY.U	0.000
BMO US Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF	ZUD	0.000
BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF	ZWH	0.083
BMO US High Dividend Covered Call ETF (USD Units)	ZWH.U	0.335
BMO US High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF	ZWS	0.000
BMO US Preferred Share Hedged to CAD Index ETF	ZHP	0.000
BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF	ZUP	0.000
BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF (USD Units)	ZUP.U	0.000
BMO US Put Write ETF	ZPW	0.000
BMO US Put Write ETF (USD Units)	ZPW.U	0.000
BMO US Put Write Hedged to CAD ETF	ZPH	0.000
BMO Women In Leadership Fund ETF Series	WOMN	0.000
BMO Brookfield Global Renewables Infrastructure Fund ETF Series	GRNI	0.000
BMO Brookfield Global Real Estate Tech Fund ETF Series	TOWR	0.000
BMO Balanced ETF (T6 Series)	ZBAL.T	0.160
BMO Canadian Bank Income Index ETF	ZBI	0.000
BMO Corporate Discount Bond ETF	ZCDB	0.000
BMO All-Equity ETF	ZEQT	0.398
BMO MSCI ACWI Paris Aligned Climate Equity Index ETF	ZGRN	0.000
BMO Japan Index ETF	ZJPN	0.000
BMO Japan Index ETF (Hedged Units)	ZJPN.F	0.000
BMO Monthly Income ETF (USD Units)	ZMI.U	0.212
BMO Money Market Fund ETF Series	ZMMK	0.000
BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF (US Dollar Units)	ZPR.U	0.000
BMO Short-Term Discount Bond ETF	ZSDB	0.000
BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF (US Dollar Units)	ZWB.U	0.000

¹ 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.

² Forward-looking information: This notice contains forward-looking statements with respect to the estimated annual distributions for the ETFs. By their nature, these forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual distributions to differ materially from those contemplated by the forward-looking statements. Material factors that could cause the actual distributions to differ from the estimated distributions include, but are not limited to: the actual amounts of distributions received by the ETFs; portfolio transactions; and subscription and redemption activity.

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 and ZDJ. ZWA and ZDJ are 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 and ZDJ.

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.F, ZMID.U, ZSML, ZSML.F, and ZSML.U. 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.

NASDAQ®, and NASDAQ-100 Index® Hedged to CAD and BMO NASDAQ 100 Equity Index ETF, 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 and BMO NASDAQ 100 Equity Index ETF.

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.

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BMO Global Asset Management is a brand name under which BMO Asset Management Inc. and BMO Investments Inc. operate.

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.

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.

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 $1.07 trillion as of July 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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