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Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series

12/18 16:23 CST

BMO Global Asset Management Announces Cash Distributions for Certain BMO Exchange Traded Funds and ETF Series TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2020

TORONTO, Dec. 18, 2020 /CNW/ - BMO Asset Management Inc. today announced the December 2020 cash distributions for BMO Exchange Traded Funds (BMO ETFs) and ETF Series of the BMO Mutual Funds (ETF Series) that distribute monthly, quarterly and annually. Unitholders of record of the BMO ETFs and ETF Series at the close of business on December 30th, 2020 will receive cash distributions payable on January 5th, 2021.

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

Cash Monthly Distributions TickerDistribution per Unit ($)

BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF ZAG 0.040

BMO Discount Bond Index ETF ZDB 0.030

BMO Ultra Short-Term Bond ETF ZST 0.110

BMO Ultra Short-Term US Bond ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZUS.U 0.100

BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF ZFS 0.022

BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF ZFM 0.028

BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF ZFL 0.043

BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF ZRR 0.032

BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF ZPS 0.032

BMO Mid Provincial Bond Index ETF ZMP 0.034

BMO Long Provincial Bond Index ETF ZPL 0.045

BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF ZCS 0.035

BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF ZCM 0.046

BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF ZLC 0.065

BMO Short-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ZSU 0.060 ETF

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF ZIC 0.058

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar ZIC.U 0.045 Units)

BMO Mid-Term US IG Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETFZMU 0.045

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZHY 0.060

BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Index ETF ZJK 0.095

BMO Floating Rate High Yield ETF ZFH 0.055

BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZEF 0.055

BMO Laddered Preferred Share Index ETF ZPR 0.045

BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF ZUP 0.120

BMO US Preferred Share Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZUP.U 0.120

BMO US Preferred Share Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZHP 0.130

BMO Monthly Income ETF ZMI 0.055

BMO Canadian High Dividend Covered Call ETF ZWC 0.110

BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF ZWB 0.085

BMO Covered Call US Banks ETF ZWK 0.180

BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF ZWU 0.080

BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged to ZWA 0.120 CAD ETF

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 Europe High Dividend Covered Call ETF ZWP 0.100

BMO Europe High Dividend Covered Call Hedged to CAD ETF ZWE 0.115

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 Canadian Dividend ETF ZDV 0.065

BMO US Dividend ETF ZDY 0.090

BMO US Dividend ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZDY.U 0.070

BMO US Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF ZUD 0.065

BMO International Dividend ETF ZDI 0.070

BMO International Dividend Hedged to CAD ETF ZDH 0.120

BMO Equal Weight Banks Index ETF ZEB 0.100

BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF ZUT 0.070

BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF ZRE 0.090

BMO Global High Dividend Covered Call ETF ZWG 0.160

BMO Canadian MBS Index ETF ZMBS 0.040

BMO Premium Yield ETF ZPAY 0.150

BMO Premium Yield ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZPAY.U0.150

BMO Premium Yield ETF (Hedged Units) ZPAY.F0.150

Cash Quarterly Distributions TickerDistribution per Unit ($)

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 0.350

BMO MSCI All Country World High Quality Index ETF ZGQ 0.130

BMO MSCI Europe High Quality Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZEQ 0.120

BMO Low Volatility International Equity Hedged to CAD ETFZLD 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 0.270

BMO MSCI USA Value Index ETF ZVU 0.140

BMO Low Volatility US Equity Hedged to CAD ETF ZLH 0.150

BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZLU.U 0.150

BMO Low Volatility US Equity ETF ZLU 0.200

BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF ZUQ 0.140

BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZUE 0.200

BMO S&P 500 Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZSP.U 0.230

BMO S&P 500 Index ETF ZSP 0.220

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 0.240

BMO S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF ZCN 0.190

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 ZTL.U 0.350 Units)

BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF ZTL 0.350

BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar ZTM.U 0.260 Units)

BMO Mid-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF ZTM 0.260

BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF (U.S. Dollar ZTS.U 0.230 Units)

BMO Short-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETF ZTS 0.230

BMO Government Bond Index ETF ZGB 0.310

BMO Global Strategic Bond Fund - ETF Series ZGSB 0.350

BMO Global Multi-Sector Bond Fund - ETF Series ZMSB 0.220

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 0.100

BMO Global Consumer Staples Hedged to CAD Index ETF STPL 0.120

BMO Global Consumer Discretionary Hedged to CAD Index ETFDISC 0.080

BMO ESG Corporate Bond Index ETF ESGB 0.220

BMO ESG US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF ESGF 0.220

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 0.100

BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZMID.U0.100

BMO S&P US Mid Cap Index ETF (Hedged Units) ZMID.F0.100

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF ZSML 0.100

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (U.S. Dollar Units) ZSML.U0.100

BMO S&P US Small Cap Index ETF (Hedged Units) ZSML.F0.100

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 0.100

BMO MSCI USA High Quality Index ETF (Hedged Units) ZUQ.F 0.100

Cash

Annual Distributions: Ticker Distribution

per Unit ($)

BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Index ETF ZNQ 0.250

BMO Nasdaq 100 Equity Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZQQ 0.380

BMO SIA Focused Canadian Equity Fund - ETF Series ZFC 0.635

BMO SIA Focused North American Equity Fund - ETF Series ZFN 0.205

BMO Women In Leadership Fund - ETF Series WOMN 0.000

BMO MSCI Emerging Markets Index ETF ZEM 0.400

BMO Low Volatility Emerging Markets Equity ETF ZLE 0.450

BMO China Equity Index ETF ZCH 0.170

BMO India Equity Index ETF ZID 0.035

BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Index ETF ZHU 0.150

BMO Equal Weight US Health Care Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZUH 0.270

BMO Equal Weight Global Base Metals Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZMT 0.520

BMO Equal Weight Global Gold Index ETF ZGD 0.130

BMO Junior Gold Index ETF ZJG 0.000

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

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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.

Commissions, management fees and expenses (if applicable) all may be associated with investments in BMO ETFs. Please read the ETF Facts or prospectus of the relevant BMO ETF before investing. BMO ETFs 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 of the BMO Mutual Funds, please see the specific risks set out in the prospectus. BMO ETFs 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 a leading ETF provider in Canada for 11 years, with 96 mandates and 30 per cent market share in Canada. 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 award-winning active mutual funds.

About BMO Financial GroupServing 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 $949 billion as of October 31, 2020, 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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