Franklin Templeton Investments Canada Announces Cash Distributions for Certain Franklin LibertyShares® ETFs

TORONTO, March 12, 2018 /CNW/ - Franklin Templeton Investments Canada today announced the March 2018 cash distributions for Franklin Liberty Core Balanced ETF (FLBA), Franklin LibertyQT Global Dividend Index ETF (FLGD), Franklin Liberty Risk Managed Canadian Equity ETF (FLRM) and Franklin LibertyQT U.S. Equity Index ETF (FLUS); and the March, April and May 2018 cash distributions for Franklin Liberty Canadian Investment Grade Corporate ETF (FLCI).

For the March 2018 quarterly cash distributions of FLBA, FLGD, FLRM and FLUS, unitholders of record as of March 21, 2018 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable on March 29, 2018. This is detailed in the table below:

For the March 2018 monthly cash distributions of FLCI, unitholders of record as of March 21, 2018 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable on March 29, 2018.

For the April 2018 monthly cash distributions of FLCI, unitholders of record as of April 23, 2018 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable on April 30, 2018.

For the May 2018 monthly cash distributions of FLCI, unitholders of record as of May 23, 2018 will receive a per-unit cash distribution payable on May 31, 2018.

These monthly per-unit cash distributions of FLCI are detailed in the table below:

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Franklin Templeton Investments Corp. (known as Franklin Templeton Investments Canada) is a subsidiary of Franklin Resources, Inc. [NYSE:BEN]. Franklin Resources, Inc. is a global investment management organization operating as Franklin Templeton Investments, which provides global and domestic investment management to retail, institutional and sovereign wealth clients in over 170 countries. Through specialized teams, the company has expertise across all asset classes – including equity, fixed income, alternative and custom solutions. The company's more than 650 investment professionals are supported by its integrated, worldwide team of risk management professionals and global trading desk network. With offices in over 30 countries, the California-based company has 70 years of investment experience and over US$744 billion (C$955 billion) in assets under management as of February 28, 2018. For more information, please visit franklintempleton.ca.

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