Scotia Global Asset Management announces final year-end reinvested distributions for the Scotia ETFs

Scotia Global Asset Management today announced the final year-end reinvested distributions for the Scotia ETFs listed on Cboe Canada for the 2025 tax year. Unitholders of record on December 30, 2025 will receive the reinvested distributions for the respective ScotiaETFs on January 7, 2026.

These are final year-end distributions which will be reinvested in additional units of the respective Scotia ETFs and do not include any cash distribution amounts for December. The additional units will be immediately consolidated so that the number of units outstanding following the distribution will equal the number of units outstanding prior to the distribution.

The actual taxable amounts of reinvested distributions for 2025, including the tax characteristics of the distributions, will be reported to CDS Clearing and Depository Services Inc. in early 2026. Securityholders can contact their brokerage firm for this information.

The final reinvested distribution amounts per unit are:

Scotia ETF name Ticker Final reinvested symbol distribution per unit ($)Scotia Canadian Bond Index Tracker ETF SITB 0.00000Scotia Canadian Large Cap Equity Index Tracker ETF SITC 0.00000Scotia Emerging Markets Equity Index Tracker ETF SITE 0.10980Scotia International Equity Index Tracker ETF SITI 0.00000Scotia Responsible Investing Canadian Bond Index ETF SRIB 0.06030Scotia Responsible Investing Canadian Equity Index ETF SRIC 2.10700Scotia Responsible Investing International Equity Index ETF SRII 0.75380Scotia Responsible Investing U.S. Equity Index ETF SRIU 1.48930Scotia U.S. Equity Index Tracker ETF SITU 0.00000

For more information on the Scotia ETFs, please visit the Scotia Exchange Traded Funds (ETF) website.

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