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LMAX

Hamilton Healthcare YIELD MAXIMIZER™ ETF

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LMAX has paid 30 distributions since 2024-02-28, totalling $4.4911 per unit, without missing a scheduled month. 92.4% of its 2025 distribution was return of capital rather than income. The monthly rate has been reduced 12 times, to $0.1420 per unit. Since 2024-02-07 the unit price has returned -11.3%, against a total return of +20.3% with distributions reinvested.

Price $14.16
Per month $0.1420
Per year $1.71
Yield 12.11%

Price vs total return

Three outcomes from the same holding: the unit price alone, the price plus distributions kept as cash, and the price with every distribution reinvested. The gap between the top two lines is compounding.

Reinvested Taken as cash Price only 2024-02-07 — 2026-08-10
$1,000 invested at inception would now be
Price only $887
Taking the cash $1,168
Reinvested $1,203
and would now pay you, per month
Taking the cash · 62 units $8.80 -3% vs $9.09 at the start
Reinvested · 84 units $11.93 +31% vs $9.09 at the start

Reinvesting turned 1.36× the units, while the rate per unit moved -3%. Income is the two multiplied, which is why it can rise through a cut. Note the unit price fell over this period, so each reinvested distribution bought more units of something worth less — that flatters the unit count, not the fund.

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Price return -11.3% Unit price alone, since 2024-02-07
Distributions as cash +16.8% $4.49 paid, held as cash
Total return (DRIP) +20.3% 1 unit becomes 1.3568
Distribution trend -7.3% Last 12 payments vs the 12 before

Reinvestment assumes each distribution buys more units at the closing price on its pay date, with no commission and fractional units allowed — a real DRIP rounds down to whole units, so the totals are a slight overstatement. Unit counts are shown rounded down, and the monthly income is calculated on them. Before tax throughout. LMAX has reduced its payment 12 times since inception.

Fund details

Issuer Hamilton ETFs
Sector Healthcare
Exchange TSX
Inception 2024-02-06
Distributions Monthly
Risk rating Medium
Currency CAD
Currency hedging Unhedged
Management fee 0.65%
Return of capital 92%
Fund assets $225.1M

Tax character 2025

How a year's distributions broke down, per unit. Published after year end — the most recent year available is an estimate for the current one, not a statement about it.

Component Per unit Share
Eligible dividends $0.00000 0.0%
Capital gains $0.00000 0.0%
Other income $0.00000 0.0%
Foreign income $0.18079 10.2%
Foreign tax withheld $-0.04485 -2.5%
Return of capital $1.64406 92.4%
Total distribution $1.78000 100%

92% of this distribution was return of capital — untaxed on receipt, but it reduces your cost base. What that means.

What this costs you in tax, by province

Distribution history

The last year of payments. 30 in total since 2024-02-28, worth $4.4911 per unit. Entitlement is set on the ex-date, not the pay date.

Ex-date Paid Amount
2026-07-31 2026-08-10 $0.1420
2026-06-30 2026-07-08 $0.1410
2026-05-29 2026-06-05 $0.1400
2026-04-30 2026-05-07 $0.1440
2026-03-31 2026-04-08 $0.1440
2026-02-27 2026-03-06 $0.1460
2026-01-30 2026-02-06 $0.1440
2025-12-31 2026-01-08 $0.1420
2025-11-28 2025-12-05 $0.1430
2025-10-31 2025-11-07 $0.1420
2025-09-29 2025-10-07 $0.1420
2025-08-29 2025-09-08 $0.1450
All 30 payments, by year and every rate change

Holdings

ABBV AbbVie Inc. 5.9%
UNH UnitedHealth Group Incorporated 5.9%
CVS CVS Health Corp 5.9%
LLY Eli Lilly and Company 5.8%
TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. 5.8%
BMY Bristol-Myers Squibb Company 5.5%
AMGN Amgen Inc. 5.3%
JNJ Johnson & Johnson 5.3%
MRK Merck & Co., Inc. 5.3%
ABT Abbott Laboratories 5.1%
All 22 holdings, with allocation

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Prices as at 2026-08-10. Distributions and fund details as published by Hamilton ETFs. Not a recommendation and not tax advice — see the disclaimer.