Horizons ETFs Completes Rebalance of its Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF

HMMJ adds 10 new stocks as part of this latest quarterly rebalancing

TORONTO, March 19, 2018 /CNW/ - Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ("Horizons ETFs") completed the quarterly rebalance of the constituent holdings of the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF ("HMMJ") on March 16, 2018. As a result, 10 new companies have been added to HMMJ's portfolio. 

HMMJ was the first and is the world's largest ETF offering direct exposure to North American-listed securities that are involved with marijuana bioengineering and production.

The HMMJ portfolio recently expanded to include the following constituents:

HMMJ is an index (or passively managed) ETF, which seeks to replicate, to the extent possible, the performance of the North American Marijuana Index (the "Index"), net of expenses. The Index is designed to provide exposure to the performance of a basket of North American publicly listed life sciences companies with significant business activities in the marijuana industry. The Index selects from a current universe of companies that have operations that may include one or more of biopharmaceuticals, medical manufacturing, distribution, bio-products and other ancillary businesses related to the marijuana industry.

"One of the key benefits of HMMJ is its diversification – providing access to a broad cross-section of stocks involved in the marijuana sector. It's exciting to see an increase in the number of investable companies that qualify to be included in HMMJ's portfolio," said Steve Hawkins, President and Co-CEO of Horizons ETFs. "As we move closer to the Canadian government legalizing the recreational use of marijuana, we continue to watch the Cannabis sector rapidly grow in size and breadth."

Rebalancing of the Index, and consequently HMMJ, occurs each calendar quarter. At that point, all stocks eligible for inclusion in the Index are weighted by their respective market capitalization. However, no single stock can exceed 10% of the weight of the Index at the rebalance date.  The holdings of HMMJ and its current portfolio weights are regularly updated on our website at www.HorizonsETFs.com/HMMJ.

It is important to note that HMMJ may not hold all of the constituent names in the Index. HMMJ's manager, through the use of a stratified sampling strategy, may invest in securities that closely match the investment characteristics of the Index, and are consistent with HMMJ's investment objective and strategy.

About Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. ( www.HorizonsETFs.com )
Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. is an innovative financial services company and offers one of the largest suites of exchange traded funds in Canada. The Horizons ETFs product suite includes a broadly diversified range of solutions for investors of all experience levels to meet their investment objectives in a variety of market conditions. Horizons ETFs currently has approximately $10 billion of assets under management and 82 ETFs listed on major Canadian stock exchanges. Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. is a member of the Mirae Asset Global Investments Group.

About Solactive ( www.solactive.com )
Solactive AG is an innovative index provider that focuses on the development, calculation and distribution of tailor-made indices over all asset classes. The company was established in 2007 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany. Over 350 international clients, including major investment banks, ETF providers and asset managers have embraced Solactive's mutually attractive investment ideas. As at March 2018, more than 350 ETFs are linked to Solactive's indices and over USD $100 billion is invested in products linked to indices calculated by Solactive.

Horizons ETFs is a member of Mirae Asset Global Investments. Commissions, management fees, expenses and applicable sales taxes all may be associated with an investment in the Horizons Marijuana Life Sciences Index ETF managed by Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc. (the "ETF"). The ETF is not guaranteed, its value changes frequently and past performance may not be repeated. The Prospectus contains important detailed information about the ETF. Please read the Prospectus before investing. 

HMMJ is not sponsored, promoted, sold or supported in any other manner by Solactive AG nor does Solactive AG offer any express or implicit guarantee or assurance either with regard to the results of using the Index and/or Index trade name or the Index Price at any time or in any other respect. The Index is calculated and published by Solactive AG. Solactive AG uses its best efforts to ensure that the Index is calculated correctly. Irrespective of its obligations towards the Issuer, Solactive AG has no obligation to point out errors in the Index to third parties including but not limited to investors and/or financial intermediaries of the financial instrument. Neither publication of the Index by Solactive AG nor the licensing of the Index or Index trade name for the purpose of use in connection with the financial instrument constitutes a recommendation by Solactive AG to invest capital in HMMJ nor does it in any way represent an assurance or opinion of Solactive AG with regard to any investment in HMMJ.

SOURCE Horizons ETFs Management (Canada) Inc.

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