Franklin Templeton Canada Announces November ETF Cash Distributions and Estimated Annual Reinvested Distributions

TORONTO, Nov. 8, 2021 /CNW/ - Franklin Templeton Canada today announced the November 2021 cash distributions and the estimated annual reinvested distributions for certain ETFs available to Canadian investors.

As detailed in the table below, unitholders of record as of November 16, 2021 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable on November 23, 2021.

Fund Name	Ticker	Type	Cash Distribution Per Unit ($)	Payment Frequency
Franklin Brandywine Global Sustainable Income Optimiser Active ETF	FBGO	Active	0.027384	Monthly
Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF	FLCI	Active	0.055000	Monthly
Franklin Liberty Core Plus Bond ETF	FLCP	Active	0.040000	Monthly
Franklin Liberty Global Aggregate Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLGA	Active	0.040021	Monthly
Franklin LibertyQT Global Dividend Index ETF	FLGD	Smart Beta	0.050000	Monthly
Franklin Liberty Short Duration Bond ETF	FLSD	Active	0.030000	Monthly
Franklin Liberty U.S. Investment Grade Corporate ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLUI	Active	0.075515	Monthly

Estimated Annual Reinvested Distributions

Unitholders of record on December 31, 2021 will receive a per-unit reinvested distribution payable on January 10, 2022. These annual reinvested distributions, detailed in the chart below, are estimates only as of September 30, 2021. The final year-end distribution amounts will be announced on December 21, 2021.

Fund Name	Ticker	Type	Estimated Annual Reinvested Distribution Per Unit ($)
Franklin Brandywine Global Sustainable Income Optimiser Active ETF	FBGO	Active	0.00
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable Global Infrastructure Income Active ETF	FCII	Active	0.00
Franklin ClearBridge Sustainable International Growth Active ETF	FCSI	Active	0.00
Franklin Global Growth Active ETF	FGGE	Active	0.00
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Global Equity Active ETF	FGSG	Active	0.00
Franklin Innovation Active ETF	FINO	Active	0.00
Franklin FTSE U.S. Index ETF	FLAM	Passive	0.00
Franklin Liberty Core Balanced ETF	FLBA	Active	0.56
Franklin FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF	FLCD	Passive	0.28
Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF	FLCI	Active	0.00
Franklin Liberty Core Plus Bond ETF	FLCP	Active	0.00
Franklin LibertyQT International Equity Index ETF	FLDM	Smart Beta	0.00
Franklin LibertyQT Emerging Markets Index ETF	FLEM	Smart Beta	0.00
Franklin Liberty Global Aggregate Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLGA	Active	1.71
Franklin LibertyQT Global Dividend Index ETF	FLGD	Smart Beta	0.00
Franklin FTSE Japan Index ETF	FLJA	Passive	0.00
Franklin Liberty Risk Managed Canadian Equity ETF	FLRM	Active	0.18
Franklin Liberty Short Duration Bond ETF	FLSD	Active	0.00
Franklin Liberty U.S. Investment Grade Corporate ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FLUI	Active	2.97
Franklin FTSE Europe ex U.K. Index ETF	FLUR	Passive	0.00
Franklin LibertyQT U.S. Equity Index ETF	FLUS	Smart Beta	0.00
Franklin Martin Currie Sustainable Emerging Markets Active ETF	FSEM	Active	0.00

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.

The actual 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 September 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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