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BMO US Equity Buffer Hedged to CAD ETF – October seeks to provide unitholders with income and appreciation (before fees, expenses and taxes) that matches to the extent possible the return of a Reference Index designed to measure the large-cap segment of the US equity market (the “Reference Index”) up to a cap (before fees, expenses and taxes), while providing a buffer against the first 15% (before fees, expenses and taxes) of a decrease in the market price of the Reference Index, over a period of approximately one year from the first business day of October of each year to on or about the last business day of September of the following year, referred to as the Target Outcome Period. The current Reference Index is the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index. In order to seek to achieve its investment objectives, BMO US Equity Buffer Hedged to CAD ETF – October will primarily invest in BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF (the “Reference ETF”). BMO US Equity Buffer Hedged to CAD ETF – October may also invest in Converge Options that reference the price return of the Reference ETF to employ a “target outcome strategy”. Target outcome strategies seek to produce predetermined investment outcomes based upon the performance of the Reference ETF during the applicable Target Outcome Period. The predetermined outcomes sought by BMO US Equity Buffer Hedged to CAD ETF – October, which include a buffer against the first 15% (before fees, expenses and taxes) of decrease in the market price of Reference ETF and a predetermined upside cap (before fees, expenses and taxes), are based on the return of the Reference ETF over the Target Outcome Period. Each Target Outcome Period will be a period of approximately one year from the first business day of October of each year to on or about the last business day of September of the following year. The Reference ETF, BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF, seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of a broad U.S. stock market index, net of expenses. Currently, BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF seeks to replicate the performance of the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index. The investment strategy of BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF is currently to obtain exposure to the performance of the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index by investing in assets such as ETFs, mutual funds or other investment funds, ADRs or derivative instruments. Currently, BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF primarily invests in BMO S&P 500 Index ETF and uses derivative instruments to hedge back to the Canadian dollar. As an alternative to or in conjunction with primarily investing in assets such as ETFs, mutual funds or other investment funds, ADRs or derivative instruments, BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF may invest in and hold the constituent securities of the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index. The Manager may also use a sampling methodology in selecting investments for BMO S&P 500 Hedged to CAD Index ETF to obtain exposure to the performance of the S&P 500 Hedged to Canadian Dollars Index.

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