BMO and REX Shares Launch MicroSectors™ 3× Long and -3× Short Artificial Intelligence (AI) ETNs (NYSE Arca: AIQU, AIQD)

NEW YORK, June 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ - Bank of Montreal ("BMO") and REX Shares, LLC ("REX") announced today the launch of the following Exchange Traded Notes ("ETNs") issued by BMO: ETN Title Ticker Exposure Type MicroSectors™ 3× Long Artificial Intelligence (AI) ETNs due May 30, 2046 AIQU 3× (long) MicroSectors™ -3× Short Artificial Intelligence (AI) ETNs due May 30, 2046 AIQD -3× (short) The ETNs will start trading tomorrow on the NYSE Arca, Inc. under the applicable ticker symbol identified above. Each series of ETNs is intended to offer sophisticated investors three times leveraged long or short, as applicable, participation in the daily performance of the BITA AI Leaders Select NTR US Index (the "Index"), before taking into account fees, charges and the decay effect caused by the daily resetting of the leverage.