TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - Dec. 20, 2017) -

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FT Portfolios Canada Co. ("First Trust") is pleased to announce cash and reinvested distributions for its Exchange Traded Funds (the "ETFs") listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange for the period ending December 29, 2017. Reinvested distributions generally represent realized capital gains and other income or special distributions received by the ETFs over and above cash distributions paid out during the year and are paid to unitholders, as required, to ensure the ETFs are not liable for ordinary income tax.

The cash distributions are payable on January 8, 2018 to Unitholders of record on December 29, 2017 with an ex-dividend date of December 28, 2017. The effective date for the reinvested distributions will be December 29, 2017. Details for the per unit distribution amounts are shown below:

Fund NameFund
 TickerCash
 Distribution
 Amount ($)Reinvested
 Distribution
 Amount ($)First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)FUD0.1094-FUD.A0.0965-First Trust AlphaDEX™ Emerging Market Dividend ETF (CAD-Hedged)FDE0.0500-FDE.A0.0350-First Trust Senior Loan ETF (CAD-Hedged)FSL0.0600-FSL.A0.0420-First Trust AlphaDEX™ European Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)EUR0.0700-EUR.A0.0485-First Trust Short Duration High Yield Bond ETF (CAD-Hedged)FSD0.09000.4284FSD.A0.06290.4410First Trust Global Risk Managed Income Index ETFETP0.0650-ETP.A0.0470-First Trust Tactical Bond Index ETFFTB0.0600-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Discretionary Sector Index ETFFHD0.0842-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Staples Sector Index ETFFHC0.3862-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Financial Sector Index ETFFHF0.0555-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Materials Sector Index ETFFHM0.9453-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Industrials Sector Index ETFFHG0.0250-First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Technology Sector Index ETFFHQ0.06500.1576FHQ.F-0.0508First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Utilities Sector Index ETFFHU0.11000.4766First Trust Dorsey Wright U.S. Sector Rotation Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)FSR0.37610.8439First Trust Canadian Capital Strength ETFFST0.0550-FST.A0.0200-

Contact Information:

FT Portfolios Canada Co.
416-865-8065/877-622-5552