Harvest Announces Harvest Apple Enhanced High Income Shares ETF listing on the TSX
'Harvest is pleased to add this new offering to expand our suite of single-stock ETFs,' said Michael Kovacs, President and CEO of Harvest. 'The Harvest suite of single stock ETFs encompass widely held companies, and through our underlying covered call option strategies, can deliver high levels of monthly income for investors. For over 15 years, Harvest has been committed to bringing innovative growth and high-income investment opportunities to the Canadian market.'
Distribution Announcement
APLE will pay a variable monthly distribution and the first monthly distribution of $0.12 per Class A Unit will be paid on or about August 8, 2025 to unitholders of record on July 31, 2025 with an ex-dividend date of July 31, 2025.
Investment Objective
APLE will seek to provide Unitholders with (i) long-term capital appreciation by investing, directly or indirectly, on a levered basis, in the common stock of Apple Inc. ('Apple') and (ii) high monthly cash distributions.
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