Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund Completes Merger With Brompton Wellington Square Investment Grade CLO ETF

TORONTO, Jan. 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- (TSX: SSF.UN; BBBB; BBBB.U) Brompton Funds Limited (the "Manager"), the manager of Symphony Floating Rate Senior Loan Fund ("SSF") is pleased to announce the completion of the merger (the "Merger") of SSF into Brompton Wellington Square Investment Grade CLO ETF ("BBBB" and together with SSF, the "Funds") effective January 13, 2026. The Merger was approved at a special meeting of unitholders of SSF held on November 17, 2025.

The Merger was implemented using exchange ratios based on the relative net asset value ("NAV") per unit of the class A units and class U units of SSF and the CAD units and USD units of BBBB, respectively, as at the close of business on January 12, 2026 as provided below.

Unitholders of SSF are not required to take any action in order to be recognized as unitholders of BBBB.

CAD units and USD units of BBBB will continue to trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange (the "TSX") under the symbols "BBBB" and "BBBB.U" following the Merger.

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