Franklin Templeton Canada Announces Final December ETF Cash Distributions and Annual Reinvested Distributions

TORONTO, Dec. 30, 2021 /CNW/ - Franklin Templeton Canada today announced the final December 2021 cash distributions and the annual reinvested distributions for its ETFs available to Canadian investors. This is an update to the estimated December 2021 cash distributions and annual reinvested distributions previously announced on December 21, 2021.

Final December 2021 Cash Distributions

As detailed in the table below, unitholders of record on December 31, 2021 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable in Canadian dollars on January 10, 2022:

Fund Name	Ticker	Type	Final Cash Distribution Per Unit ($)	Payment Frequency
Franklin Brandywine Global Sustainable Income Optimiser Active ETF	FBGO	Active	0.138842	Monthly
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable Global Infrastructure Income Active ETF	FCII	Active	0.081294	Monthly
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable International Growth Active ETF	FCSI	Active	0.064563	Annually
Franklin Global Growth Active ETF	FGGE	Active	0.000000	Annually
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Global Equity Active ETF	FGSG	Active	0.151187	Annually
Franklin Innovation Active ETF	FINO	Active	0.067915	Annually
Franklin FTSE U.S. Index ETF	FLAM	Passive	0.112847	Quarterly
Franklin Liberty Core Balanced ETF	FLBA	Active	0.152566	Quarterly
Franklin FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF	FLCD	Passive	0.189536	Quarterly
Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF	FLCI	Active	0.053376	Monthly
Franklin Liberty Core Plus Bond ETF	FLCP	Active	0.038422	Monthly
Franklin LibertyQT International Equity Index ETF	FLDM	Smart Beta	0.334376	Semi-annually
Franklin LibertyQT Emerging Markets Index ETF	FLEM	Smart Beta	0.639356	Semi-annually
Franklin Liberty Global Aggregate Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLGA	Active	0.000000	Monthly
Franklin LibertyQT Global Dividend Index ETF	FLGD	Smart Beta	0.118068	Monthly
Franklin FTSE Japan Index ETF	FLJA	Passive	0.327794	Semi-annually
Franklin Liberty Risk Managed Canadian Equity ETF	FLRM	Active	0.147225	Quarterly
Franklin Liberty Short Duration Bond ETF	FLSD	Active	0.098277	Monthly
Franklin Liberty U.S. Investment Grade Corporate ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLUI	Active	0.068616	Monthly
Franklin FTSE Europe ex U.K. Index ETF	FLUR	Passive	0.003589	Semi-annually
Franklin LibertyQT U.S. Equity Index ETF	FLUS	Smart Beta	0.229219	Quarterly
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Emerging Markets Active ETF	FSEM	Active	0.049894	Annually

Final Annual Reinvested Distributions

The annual reinvested distributions, as applicable, will not be paid in cash but reinvested in additional units and reported as taxable distributions, with a corresponding increase in each unitholder's adjusted cost base of their units of the respective ETF. The additional ETF units will be immediately consolidated so that the number of units held by the unitholder, the outstanding units and the net asset value of the ETFs will not change as a result of the annual reinvested distribution. The annual reinvested distributions, as applicable, are expected to be capital gains in nature for each of the ETFs.

As detailed in the table below, unitholders of record on December 31, 2021 will receive a per-unit reinvested distribution payable in Canadian dollars on January 10, 2022:

Fund Name	Ticker	Type	Final Annual Reinvested Distribution Per Unit ($)
Franklin Brandywine Global Sustainable Income Optimiser Active ETF	FBGO	Active	0.000000
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable Global Infrastructure Income Active ETF	FCII	Active	0.248533
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable International Growth Active ETF	FCSI	Active	0.000738
Franklin Global Growth Active ETF	FGGE	Active	0.000000
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Global Equity Active ETF	FGSG	Active	0.621166
Franklin Innovation Active ETF	FINO	Active	0.004043
Franklin FTSE U.S. Index ETF	FLAM	Passive	0.224817
Franklin Liberty Core Balanced ETF	FLBA	Active	0.795117
Franklin FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF	FLCD	Passive	0.153924
Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF	FLCI	Active	0.000000
Franklin Liberty Core Plus Bond ETF	FLCP	Active	0.000000
Franklin LibertyQT International Equity Index ETF	FLDM	Smart Beta	0.000000
Franklin LibertyQT Emerging Markets Index ETF	FLEM	Smart Beta	0.000000
Franklin Liberty Global Aggregate Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLGA	Active	0.534614
Franklin LibertyQT Global Dividend Index ETF	FLGD	Smart Beta	0.240217
Franklin FTSE Japan Index ETF	FLJA	Passive	0.750421
Franklin Liberty Risk Managed Canadian Equity ETF	FLRM	Active	0.133695
Franklin Liberty Short Duration Bond ETF	FLSD	Active	0.000000
Franklin Liberty U.S. Investment Grade Corporate ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLUI	Active	0.749434
Franklin FTSE Europe ex U.K. Index ETF	FLUR	Passive	0.000000
Franklin LibertyQT U.S. Equity Index ETF	FLUS	Smart Beta	3.330820
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Emerging Markets Active ETF	FSEM	Active	0.000000

 The taxable amounts of cash and reinvested distributions for 2021, including the tax characteristics of the distributions, will be reported to brokers through CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. in early 2022.

Franklin Templeton's diverse and innovative ETF platform was built to provide better client outcomes for a range of market conditions and investment opportunities. The product suite offers active, smart beta and passive ETFs that span multiple asset classes and geographies. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.ca/etf.

About Franklin Templeton

Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN] is a global investment management organization with subsidiaries operating as Franklin Templeton and serving clients in over 165 countries. In Canada, the company's subsidiary is Franklin Templeton Investments Corp., which operates as Franklin Templeton Canada. Franklin Templeton's mission is to help clients achieve better outcomes through investment management expertise, wealth management and technology solutions. Through its specialist investment managers, the company brings extensive capabilities in equity, fixed income, multi-asset solutions and alternatives. With offices in more than 30 countries and approximately 1,300 investment professionals, the California-based company has over 70 years of investment experience and over US$1.5 trillion (over CAN$1.9 trillion) in assets under management as of November 30, 2021. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.ca and connect with Franklin Templeton on Twitter, Facebook and LinkedIn, and read the Beyond Bulls & Bears blog.

Commissions, management fees and expenses all may be associated with investments in ETFs. Investors should carefully consider an ETF's investment objectives and strategies, risks, fees and expenses before investing. The prospectus and ETF facts contain this and other information. Please read the prospectus and ETF facts carefully before investing. ETFs trade like stocks, fluctuate in market value and may trade at prices above or below the ETF's net asset value. Brokerage commissions and ETF expenses will reduce returns. ETFs are not guaranteed, their values change frequently, and past performance may not be repeated.

Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that may cause the actual distributions to differ materially from those contemplated by those statements.

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