Market Opens

Michael Kovacs, Founder and Chief Executive Officer, Harvest ETFs (“Harvest” or the “Company”) and his team, joined Graham MacKenzie, Managing Director, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the launch of their eleven new Harvest High Income Shares™ ETFs: Harvest Agnico Eagle Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: AEME), Harvest BCE Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: BCEE), Harvest Cameco Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: CCOE), Harvest CNQ Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: CNQE), Harvest Enbridge Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: ENBE), Harvest Royal Bank Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: RYHE), Harvest Shopify Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: SHPE), Harvest Suncor Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: SUHE), Harvest TD Bank Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: TDHE), Harvest TELUS Enhanced High Income Shares ETF (TSX: TEHE), Harvest Canadian High Income Shares ETF (TSX: HHIC). The expansion of the Harvest High Income Shares ETF suite now includes 10 Canadian companies: Shopify, Royal Bank, TD Bank, TELUS, BCE, Cameco, CNQ, Enbridge, Suncor, and Agnico Eagle. The expanded suite also includes the Harvest Canadian High Income Shares ETF (TSX: HHIC), a portfolio of TSX-listed equities that combines the benefits of income generation with exposure to Canada’s best businesses across various sectors. “We are excited to provide Canadian investors the domestic exposure they want with Harvest Canadian High Income Shares™,” said Michael Kovacs. “A timely and valuable addition to Canada’s largest and leading single stock ETF suite.” Harvest ETFs designs portfolios for investors seeking high income and growth opportunities. We built our reputation on offering ETF portfolios that seek to provide stable, predictable, and reliable income by focusing on large, value-driven businesses that are sector leaders with strong fundamentals. In 2024, we introduced the Harvest High Income Shares™ ETF lineup, which provides exposure to top companies with the aim to generate high monthly income while capturing potential growth through single-stock ownership.

Yuval Levy, Chairman of Eshbal Functional Food Inc. and Tomer Bar-Meir, Chief Executive Officer of Eshbal Functional Food Inc. (“Eshbal” or the “Company”) (TSXV: ESBL), joined Yossi Boker, Head of Business Development, TMX Group, to open the market from Kibutz Maanit in Israel and celebrate the Company's new listing on TSX Venture Exchange. Founded in Israel, Eshbal develops and manufactures functional and better-for-you foods that combine health, taste, and nutrition. Eshbal’s flagship product is a gluten-free, vegan pita bread. With local production set to launch soon in the U.S.A. and North America, Eshbal is preparing to introduce its products to the North American market as the next step in its growth strategy. Backed by years of food manufacturing expertise and innovation and leveraging its recent financing round and its positive Q2 2025 financial results, Eshbal is focused on expansion and long-term value creation for shareholders.

John McKenzie, Chief Executive Officer, TMX Group, Luc Fortin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Montreal Exchange and Global Head of Trading, TMX Group, and Kevin Sampson, President, The Canadian Depository for Securities Limited (CDS), along with members of CDS, closed the market to celebrate the completion of the complex Post Trade Modernization initiative. On April 28, 2025, CDS implemented upgrades to its foundational clearing technology, which included the replacement of certain legacy systems related to clearing and settlement, as well as depository and entitlement payments. "Post trade modernization represents a game-changer for Canada's equities, fixed income and OTC clearinghouse and a key milestone in the evolution of TMX," said John McKenzie, CEO, TMX Group. "The launch of the new platform advances our core technology capability and ultimately strengthens Canada's ability to compete for global investment. TMX's investment in clearing technology also delivers on our enterprise wide commitment to ensuring these critical systems are efficient, resilient and adaptive. Above all, we are grateful for the contribution of our stakeholders in helping to vault Canada's markets to the front of the global pack."

Nilesh Patel, Head of Distribution, Canada, First Trust Canada (“First Trust” or the “Company”), joined Keith Wu, Head, Exchange Traded Products, Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX), to open the market and celebrate the launch of the Company’s new First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF (TSX: FTLS). The First Trust Long/Short Equity ETF is a cost effective strategy that seeks to mitigate large drawdowns while still focusing on growth and managing tax efficiency. It seeks to provide investors with long-term total return by investing in both a long and short portfolio of U.S. exchange listed equity securities and index futures contracts. First Trust Canada is the trustee, manager and promoter of the First Trust ETFs. First Trust Canada and its affiliates First Trust Advisors L.P. (“FTA”), portfolio advisor to the First Trust ETFs, an Ontario Securities Commission registered portfolio manager and U.S. Securities and Exchange commission registered investment advisor, and First Trust Portfolios L.P., a FINRA registered broker-dealer, are privately held companies that provide a variety of investment services. FTA has collective assets under management or supervision of approximately US $282 billion as of July 31, 2025 through exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, mutual funds and separate managed accounts.