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BROMPTON ANNOUNCES THE LAUNCH OF TWO NEW ETFS: BROMPTON UTILITIES & INFRASTRUCTURE HIGHPAY ETF AND BROMPTON U.S. EQUITY HIGHPAY ETF AND DECLARES DISTRIBUTIONS

Brompton Utilities & Infrastructure HighPay ETF (PAYI) and Brompton U.S. Equity HighPay ETF (PAYU) will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange today.

A final prospectus dated July 8, 2026, was filed with the securities regulatory authorities in each province and territory in Canada.

Brompton Utilities & Infrastructure HighPay ETF invests in an actively managed portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities of leading utilities and infrastructure companies.

Brompton U.S. Equity HighPay ETF invests in an actively managed portfolio consisting primarily of equity securities of leading U.S. companies.

Each ETF (exchange-traded fund) seeks to provide:

• Enhanced income: high income from dividends and covered call option writing;
• Twice-monthly distributions: cash distributions payable to unitholders on a semi-monthly basis;
• Modest leverage: employs a target leverage of approximately 25 per cent of NAV (net asset value) to enhance yield and capital growth potential;
• Competitive active management fee: 0.60 per cent.

The manager has assigned each ETF a risk rating of "medium." For further details, please refer to the ETF facts documents, available on SEDAR+ or on the ETFs' home pages.

In addition, the ETFs announce distributions payable on Aug. 11, 2026, for unitholders of record on July 31, 2026 as follows.

                                                    Ticker    Amount per unit

Brompton Utilities & Infrastructure HighPay ETF       PAYI              $0.16
Brompton U.S. Equity HighPay ETF                      PAYU              $0.20

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