FHQ First Trust AlphaDEX US Technology Sector Index ETF

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 31, 2019.  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, 2020 to Unitholders of record on December 31, 2019 with an ex-dividend date of December 30, 2019. The effective record date for the reinvested distributions will be December 31, 2019.  Details for the per unit distribution amounts are shown below:

Fund Name	FundTicker	CashDistributionAmount ($)	ReinvestedDistributionAmount ($)
First Trust Value Line® Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FUD	0.0600	-
	FUD.A	0.0350	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ Emerging Market Dividend ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FDE	0.0400	-
	FDE.A	0.0300	-
First Trust Senior Loan ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FSL	0.0825	-
	FSL.A	0.0775	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ European Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	EUR	0.1200	-
	EUR.A	0.1050	-
First Trust Global Risk Managed Income Index ETF	ETP	0.0600	-
	ETP.A	0.0500	-
First Trust Tactical Bond Index ETF	FTB	0.0500	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Discretionary Sector Index ETF	FHD	0.1065	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Consumer Staples Sector Index ETF	FHC	0.1900	-
	FHC.F	0.1500	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Financial Sector Index ETF	FHF	0.1450	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Industrials Sector Index ETF	FHG	0.0450	-
	FHG.F	0.0310	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Materials Sector Index ETF	FHM	1.3800	-
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Technology Sector Index ETF	FHQ	0.0400	4.1500
	FHQ.F	0.0250	2.5000
First Trust AlphaDEX™ U.S. Utilities Sector Index ETF	FHU	0.1325	-
First Trust Dorsey Wright U.S. Sector Rotation Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)	FSR	-	2.2100
First Trust Canadian Capital Strength ETF	FST	0.1600	-
	FST.A	0.0550	-
First Trust Indxx Innovative Transaction and Process ETF	BLCK	0.2900	-
First Trust International Capital Strength ETF	FINT	0.2500	-
First Trust Cboe Vest U.S. Equity Buffer ETF-August (Hedged Units)	AUGB.F	-	1.4200

For further information, please contact:  FT Portfolios Canada Co.416-865-8065/877-622-5552