Tech Achievers Growth & Income Fund Announces Exchange Ratios

TORONTO, ONTARIO--(Marketwired - April 24, 2015) - Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. (the "Manager"), on behalf of Tech Achievers Growth & Income Fund (the "Fund") is pleased to announce the exchange ratios for the exchange offer by the Fund (the "Exchange Option") being made under the preliminary prospectus of the Fund dated March 30, 2015.

The Fund's investment objectives are to provide Unitholders with (i) the opportunity for capital appreciation; (ii) monthly cash distributions; and (iii) lower overall volatility of Portfolio returns than would otherwise be experienced by owning Equity Securities of Technology Achievers directly.

The Fund will invest in an equally-weighted Portfolio of Equity Securities of 20 Technology Issuers, which are issuers listed on a North American stock exchange that are included in the information technology, health care equipment, health care technology, wireless telecommunication services or electrical components and equipment sub-sectors of the Global Industry Classification Standards and whose underlying business includes, but is not limited to, the provision of technology related goods and services and that at the time of investment (i) have a market capitalization of at least US$10 billion, and (ii) have options in respect of their Equity Securities listed on a recognized options exchange.

In order to seek to generate additional returns, Highstreet Asset Management Inc. (the "Options Advisor") may sell call options each month on up to 33% of each of the Equity Securities held in the Portfolio.

The Manager will be responsible for the execution of the Fund's overall investment strategy, including managing the composition of the Portfolio.

The indicative distribution amount will be $0.0583 per Unit per month ($0.70 per annum), representing an annual cash distribution of 7% based on the per Unit issue price.

The Exchange Ratio was determined by dividing the volume weighted average trading price of such securities on the TSX or other applicable exchange during the Pricing Period, as adjusted to reflect distributions declared by the applicable Exchange Issuer that will not be received by the Fund, by $10.00. For issuers that only trade in U.S. dollars, the U.S. dollar amount was converted to Canadian dollars using the Reference Exchange Rate on April 24, 2015. Holders of securities of Exchange Eligible Issuers who deposited such securities pursuant to the Exchange Option will continue to be holders of record up to but not including the date of the closing of the offering of Units and will be entitled to receive distributions in respect of such securities of Exchange Eligible Issuers that are declared up to but not including such date. The Exchange Ratios were rounded down to four decimal places. Fractional Units will not be issued by the Fund. Allocation of cash in respect of fractional Units to purchasers who have authorized the deposit of Exchange Eligible Securities through CDS will be at the discretion of the CDS Participant.

The table below sets out the name of the Exchange Eligible Security, TSX ticker symbol, CUSIP number, ISIN, the volume weighted average trading price during the Pricing Period adjusted for dividends and the Exchange Ratio.

Exchange Eligible Securities	Ticker Symbol	CUSIP Number	ISIN	Volume Weighted Average Trading Price in CAD $	Exchange Ratio
US Companies
Adobe Systems Incorporated	ADBE	00724F101	US00724F1012	92.5729	9.2573
Agilent Technologies, Inc.	A	00846U101	US00846U1016	51.8941	5.1894
Analog Devices, Inc.	ADI	032654105	US0326541051	76.7138	7.6714
Apple Inc.	AAPL	037833100	US0378331005	157.1344	15.7134
Autodesk, Inc.	ADSK	052769106	US0527691069	76.0275	7.6027
Boston Scientific Corporation	BSX	101137107	US1011371077	22.3738	2.2374
Broadcom Corporation	BRCM	111320107	US1113201073	55.5452	5.5545
Cisco Systems, Inc.	CSCO	17275R102	US17275R1023	34.9249	3.4925
Corning Incorporated	GLW	219350105	US2193501051	27.4448	2.7445
EMC Corporation	EMC	268648102	US2686481027	32.6897	3.2690
Facebook, Inc.	FB	30303M102	US30303M1027	101.7716	10.1772
Google Inc.	GOOGL	38259P508	US38259P5089	687.7286	68.7729
Hewlett-Packard Company	HPQ	428236103	US4282361033	40.6466	4.0647
International Business Machines Corporation	IBM	459200101	US4592001014	205.1811	20.5181
Intel Corporation	INTC	458140100	US4581401001	38.9836	3.8984
Intuit Inc.	INTU	461202103	US4612021034	122.2941	12.2294
Intuitive Surgical, Inc.	ISRG	46120E602	US46120E6023	629.2119	62.9212
Micron Technology, Inc.	MU	595112103	US5951121038	35.6552	3.5655
Microsoft Corporation	MSFT	594918104	US5949181045	55.1060	5.5106
Motorola Solutions, Inc.	MSI	620076307	US6200763075	74.2393	7.4239
NetApp, Inc.	NTAP	64110D104	US64110D1046	43.9802	4.3980
NVIDIA Corporation	NVDA	67066G104	US67066G1040	26.8920	2.6892
Oracle Corporation	ORCL	68389X105	US68389X1054	52.6645	5.2664
QUALCOMM Incorporated	QCOM	747525103	US7475251036	82.9232	8.2923
Red Hat, Inc.	RHT	756577102	US7565771026	92.9531	9.2953
salesforce.com, inc.	CRM	79466L302	US79466L3024	82.9667	8.2967
SanDisk Corporation	SNDK	80004C101	US80004C1018	82.8204	8.2820
St. Jude Medical, Inc.	STJ	790849103	US7908491035	89.6445	8.9644
Stryker Corporation	SYK	863667101	US8636671013	117.6934	11.7693
Symantec Corporation	SYMC	871503108	US8715031089	29.8281	2.9828
Texas Instruments Incorporated	TXN	882508104	US8825081040	66.3707	6.6371
T-Mobile US, Inc.	TMUS	872590104	US8725901040	41.6072	4.1607
Twitter, Inc.	TWTR	90184L102	US90184L1026	62.6084	6.2608
Yahoo! Inc.	YHOO	984332106	US9843321061	53.6204	5.3620
Canadian Companies
BCE Inc.	BCE	05534B760	CA05534B7604	54.4790	5.4479
Blackberry Limited	BB	09228F103	CA09228F1036	12.3546	1.2355
Bombardier Inc.	BBD/B	097751200	CA0977512007	2.5710	0.2571
Celestica Inc.	CLS	15101Q108	CA15101Q1081	14.6916	1.4692
CGI Group Inc.	GIB/A	39945C109	CA39945C1095	55.6948	5.5695
Constellation Software Inc.	CSU	21037X100	CA21037X1006	491.2467	49.1247
DH Corporation	DH	23290R101	CA23290R1010	42.1516	4.2152
Magna International Inc.	MG	559222401	CA5592224011	64.3588	6.4359
Manitoba Telecom Services Inc.	MBT	563486109	CA5634861093	25.9793	2.5979
Open Text Corporation	OTC	683715106	CA6837151068	69.2277	6.9228
Rogers Communications Inc.	RCI/B	775109200	CA7751092007	43.2042	4.3204
Shaw Communications Inc.	SJR/B	82028K200	CA82028K2002	27.3215	2.7321
Sierra Wireless, Inc.	SW	826516106	CA8265161064	45.4541	4.5454
TELUS Corporation	T	87971M103	CA87971M1032	42.6504	4.2650
The Descartes Systems Group Inc.	DSG	249906108	CA2499061083	19.5462	1.9546
Thomson Reuters Corporation	TRI	884903105	CA8849031056	50.0786	5.0079
Valeant Pharmaceuticals International, Inc.	VRX	91911K102	CA91911K1021	254.2672	25.4267
Funds
iShares Core S&P 500 Index ETF(CAD- Hedged)	XSP	46428J105	CA46428J1057	24.3888	2.4389
iShares Core S&P/TSX Capped Composite Index ETF	XIC	46430J101	CA46430J1012	24.2278	2.4228
iShares Global Tech ETF	IXN	464287291	US4642872919	121.4708	12.1471
iShares North American Tech ET	IGM	464287549	US4642875490	129.5705	12.9570
iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF	XIU	46428D108	CA46428D1087	22.5926	2.2593
iShares S&P/TSX Capped Information Technology Index ETF	XIT	46428N106	CA46428N1069	13.3057	1.3306
iShares US Technology ETF	IYW	464287721	US4642877215	131.7163	13.1716
Vanguard Information Technology ETF	VGT	92204A702	US92204A7028	132.8351	13.2835
Vanguard S&P 500 Index ETF	VFV	92205Y105	CA92205Y1051	45.7058	4.5706

The syndicate of agents for the Offering is being co-led by BMO Capital Markets, CIBC and Scotiabank, and includes National Bank Financial Inc., Canaccord Genuity Corp., GMP Securities L.P., Raymond James Ltd., Dundee Securities Ltd., PI Financial Corp., Desjardins Securities Inc., Global Securities Corporation and Industrial Alliance Securities Inc. (collectively, the "Agents").

Certain statements included in this news release constitute forward-looking statements, including, but not limited to, those identified by the expressions "expect", "intend", "will" and similar expressions to the extent they relate to the Fund, the Manager and/or the Options Advisor. The forward-looking statements are not historical facts but reflect the Fund's, the Manager's, and/or the Options Advisor's current expectations regarding future results or events. These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results or events to differ materially from current expectations. Although the Fund, the Manager, and/or the Options Advisor believes that the assumptions inherent in the forward-looking statements are reasonable, forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and, accordingly, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on such statements due to the inherent uncertainty therein. The Fund, the Manager and/or the Options Advisor undertakes no obligation to update publicly or otherwise revise any forward-looking statement or information whether as a result of new information, future events or other such factors which affect this information, except as required by law.

A preliminary prospectus dated March 30, 2015 (the "Prospectus") containing important information relating to these securities has been filed with securities commissions or similar authorities in each of the provinces and territories of Canada. The Prospectus is still subject to completion or amendment. Copies of the Prospectus may be obtained from any of the Agents. There will not be any sale or any acceptance of an offer to buy the securities until a receipt for the final prospectus has been issued.

All capitalized terms noted herein but not defined are as defined in the Prospectus.

For further information: please contact Paul MacDonald at Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. at pmacdonald@harvestportfolios.com or at 1-866-998-8298; visit Harvest Portfolios Group Inc. online at www.harvestportfolios.com; or for additional information or a copy of the Prospectus, please contact your registered financial advisor.