Mr. Paul MacDonald reports

HARVEST ANNOUNCES LISTING OF TWO NEW PREMIUM YIELD SOLUTIONS ON THE TSX

Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. has completed the initial offering of Class A units of the Harvest Premium Yield Canadian Bank ETF and Class A units of the Harvest Premium Yield Enhanced ETF pursuant to a prospectus dated Jan. 8, 2026, filed with the securities regulatory authorities in all of the Canadian provinces and territories. The Class A units of the Harvest Premium Yield Canadian Bank ETF will commence trading on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX) today under the following ticker symbol: HPYB: TSX. The Class A units of the Harvest Premium Yield Enhanced ETF will commence trading on the TSX today under the following ticker symbol: HPYE: TSX.

"Harvest is excited to launch our Premium Yield ETF lineup, which will be the first Harvest ETFs to pay twice monthly that use both covered call and put options for income generation and downside volatility mitigation," said Paul MacDonald, president and co-chief investment officer of Harvest. "HPYB and HPYE complement our extensive and innovative core equity income ETF offerings."

Distribution announcement

HPYB will pay a semi-monthly distribution of seven cents per Class A unit and the first semi-monthly distribution will be paid on or about Feb. 6, 2026, to unitholders of record on Jan. 30, 2026, with an ex dividend date of Jan. 30, 2026, and the next semi-monthly distribution of seven cents per Class A unit will be paid on or about Feb. 19, 2026, to unitholders of record on Feb. 13, 2026, with an ex dividend date of Feb. 13, 2026.

HPYE will pay a semi-monthly distribution of seven cents per Class A unit and the first semi-monthly distribution will be paid on or about Feb. 6, 2026, to unitholders of record on Jan. 30, 2026, with an ex dividend date of Jan. 30, 2026, and the next semi-monthly distribution of seven cents per Class A unit will be paid on or about Feb. 19, 2026, to unitholders of record on Feb. 13, 2026, with an ex dividend date of Feb. 13, 2026.

Investment objectives

HPYB will seek to provide unitholders with (i) the opportunity for capital appreciation by investing, directly or indirectly, on a levered basis, in a portfolio of equity securities of Canadian banks; (ii) regular cash distributions; and (iii) lower overall volatility of portfolio returns than would otherwise be experienced by owning the securities held by HPYB, directly. To achieve lower overall volatility of portfolio returns and generate monthly premiums, HPYB will write covered call and/or covered put options on the equity securities held in its portfolio. The level of option writing may vary based on market volatility and other factors.

HPYE will seek to provide unitholders with (i) the opportunity for capital appreciation by investing, directly or indirectly, on a levered basis, in a portfolio of equity securities that are listed on a recognized North American stock exchange and have a market capitalization of at least $10-billion (U.S.) at the time of investment; (ii) regular cash distributions; and (iii) lower overall volatility of portfolio returns than would otherwise be experienced by owning the equity securities directly. To achieve lower overall volatility of portfolio returns and generate monthly premiums, HPYE will write covered call and/or covered put options on the equity securities held in its portfolio. The level of option writing may vary based on market volatility and other factors.

About Harvest Portfolios Group Inc.

Founded in 2009, Harvest is an independent Canadian investment fund manager managing over $10-billion in assets for Canadian investors. At Harvest ETFs, it believes that investors can build and preserve wealth through the long-term ownership of high-quality businesses. This fundamental philosophy is at the core of the company's investment approach across its range of ETFs (exchange-traded funds). The company's core offerings centre around covered call strategies, available in many variations: equity, enhanced, premium yield, fixed income, multiasset, specialty, digital assets and single-stock ETFs.