TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 07/19/12 -- BMO Financial Group today announced the July 2012 cash distributions for the 23 BMO Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)(i) which pay monthly distributions. Unitholders of record at close of business on July 30, 2012 will receive cash distributions payable on August 8, 2012.
Details of the per unit distribution amounts are as follows:
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Cash
Distribution
per Unit
BMO ETFs: Ticker ($)
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BMO Short Federal Bond Index ETF ZFS 0.030
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BMO Mid Federal Bond Index ETF ZFM 0.041
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BMO Long Federal Bond Index ETF ZFL 0.050
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BMO Short Provincial Bond Index ETF ZPS 0.046
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BMO Short Corporate Bond Index ETF ZCS 0.046
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BMO Mid Corporate Bond Index ETF ZCM 0.060
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BMO Long Corporate Bond Index ETF ZLC 0.067
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BMO Aggregate Bond Index ETF ZAG 0.044
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BMO Real Return Bond Index ETF ZRR 0.028
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BMO High Yield US Corporate Bond Hedged to CAD Index
ETF ZHY 0.096
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BMO Emerging Markets Bond Hedged to CAD Index ETF ZEF 0.070
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BMO 2013 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF ZXA 0.041
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BMO 2015 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF ZXB 0.048
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BMO 2020 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF ZXC 0.060
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BMO 2025 Corporate Bond Target Maturity ETF ZXD 0.062
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BMO S&P/TSX Equal Weight Banks Index ETF ZEB 0.051
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BMO Equal Weight Utilities Index ETF ZUT 0.070
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BMO Equal Weight REITs Index ETF ZRE 0.083
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BMO Monthly Income ETF ZMI 0.062
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BMO Covered Call Canadian Banks ETF ZWB 0.088
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BMO Covered Call Utilities ETF ZWU 0.090
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BMO Covered Call Dow Jones Industrial Average Hedged
to CAD ETF ZWA 0.085
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BMO Canadian Dividend ETF ZDV 0.055
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Further information about BMO ETF Products can be found at www.bmo.com/etfs.
(i)BMO ETFs are administered and managed by BMO Asset Management Inc., an investment fund manager and portfolio manager and a separate legal entity from 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 $526 billion as at April 30, 2012, 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).
Contacts:
Media Contacts:
Amanda Robinson, Toronto
(416) 867-3996
amanda.robinson@bmo.com
Ronald Monet, Montreal
514-877-1873
ronald.monet@bmo.com
