Horizons ETFs Confirms 2014 Annual Capital Gains Distributions

TORONTO, Dec. 31, 2014 /CNW/ - Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. (collectively "Horizons ETFs") confirmed today the annual distribution of capital gains to unitholders of certain of the exchange traded funds that Horizons ETFs manages (the "ETFs") for the 2014 tax year as indicated in the table below. Please note that this is an update to the estimated annual capital gains distributions previously announced on December 18 and 19, 2014.  Any ETFs that were previously estimated to have a nil capital gains distribution are confirmed as such.

Each of the ETFs is required to distribute any net income and capital gains that they have earned in the year. The annual capital gains distributions will not be paid in cash but will be reinvested and reported as taxable distributions and will be used to increase each unitholder's adjusted cost base for the respective ETF. The capital gains distributions will be reinvested automatically in additional units of the respective ETFs and immediately consolidated so that the number of units held by the unitholder, the units outstanding of the ETFs, and the net asset value of the ETFs, will not change as a result of the capital gains distributions. These amounts are for the annual capital gains distributions and do not include the regular monthly or quarterly cash distributions, as applicable, announced on December 18 and 19, 2014.

The ex-dividend date for these distributions was December 29, 2014, for all unitholders of record on December 31, 2014.  In early 2015, the tax characteristics of all distributions for 2014 for the ETFs will be reported to brokers via the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS). 

ETF Name	Ticker Symbol	Final Confirmed Annual Capital Gains per Unit	Estimated Annual Capital Gains per Unit announced on Dec. 18/19, 2014
Horizons Active Corporate Bond ETF	HAB	$0.05485	$0.05498
	HAB.A	$0.05018	$0.05035
Horizons Seasonal Rotation ETF	HAC	$0.57103	$0.57103
	HAC.A	$0.44435	$0.44435
Horizons Active Cdn Dividend ETF	HAL	$0.03915	$0.03915
	HAL.A	$0.02906	$0.02906
Horizons Active Global Dividend ETF	HAZ	$0.28843	$0.29197
	HAZ.A	$0.27712	$0.28132
Horizons Enhanced Income US Equity (USD) ETF^(1)	HEA.U	$1.02667	$1.02667
	HEA	$1.02667	$1.02667
	HEA.V	$1.01880	$1.01880
	HEA.A	$1.01880	$1.01880
Horizons Morningstar Hedge Fund Index ETF	HHF	$0.55900	$0.55900
	HHF.A	$0.43638	$0.43638

⁽¹⁾  Distributions for Horizons Enhanced Income US Equity (USD) ETF are declared and paid in U.S. dollars, including those listed under the Canadian dollar traded tickers HEA and HEA.A.  The approximate Canadian dollar equivalent distribution rates for HEA and HEA.A are $1.19125 per unit and $1.18211 per unit, respectively. For unitholders who hold Canadian dollar traded HEA and HEA.A, distribution payments will typically be converted to Canadian dollars by the unitholder's account holder.

About Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (www.HorizonsETFs.com)

Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and its affiliate AlphaPro Management Inc. are innovative financial services companies offering the Horizons ETFs family of exchange-traded funds. The Horizons ETFs family includes a broadly diversified range of investment tools with solutions for investors of all experience levels to meet their investment objectives in a variety of market conditions. With more than $4.6 billion in assets under management as of November 30, 2014, and 72 ETFs listed on the TSX, the Horizons ETFs family makes up one of the largest families of ETFs in Canada. Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. and AlphaPro Management Inc. are members of the Mirae Asset Financial Group.

SOURCE: Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.

Martin Fabregas, Investor Relations, [phone] or 1-866-641-5739.