BlackRockÂ® Canada Announces Final Special Cash Distributions for iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio (formerly iShares Balanced Income CorePortfolioâ„¢ Index ETF) and iShares Core Growth ETF Portfolio (formerly iShares Balanced Growth CorePortfolioâ„¢ In

Dec 21, 2018

TORONTO, Dec. 21, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the final special cash distribution for iShares Core Balanced ETF Portfolio (formerly iShares Balanced Income CorePortfolio™ Index ETF) (“XBAL/CBD¹”) and iShares Core Growth ETF Portfolio (formerly iShares Balanced Growth CorePortfolio™ Index ETF) (“XGRO/CBN²”, and together with XBAL/CBD¹, the “iShares Funds”). This special cash distribution is a result in the realization of net capital gains for each iShares Fund and will be incremental to the normal year-end distributions of each iShares Fund as described in the prospectus of the iShares Funds under “Distribution Policy—Year-end Distributions”. This special cash distribution is in connection with the approved proposed changes to the fundamental investment objective of each iShares Fund and certain related matters which were previously announced on December 7, 2018. Unitholders that have elected to participate in the iShares Funds’ distribution reinvestment plan should note that these distributions will not be eligible for the plan. Unitholders of record of an iShares Fund on December 27, 2018 will receive cash distributions payable in respect of that fund on December 31, 2018.

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