BlackRock® Canada Announces May Cash Distributions for the iShares® ETFs

TORONTO, May 13, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the May 2026 cash distributions for the iShares ETFs listed on the TSX or Cboe Canada which pay on a monthly basis, as well as iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF (XIU) and iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF (XRB). Unitholders of record of the applicable iShares ETF, with exception of XRB, on May 21, 2026 will receive cash distributions payable in respect of that iShares ETF on May 29, 2026. Unitholders of record of XRB on June 1, 2026 will receive cash distributions on June 4, 2026.

Details regarding the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:

Fund NameFund TickerCash Distribution Per UnitiShares 1-10 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETFCBH$0.051iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETFCBO$0.053iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETFCDZ$0.115iShares Equal Weight Banc & Lifeco ETFCEW$0.066iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Government Bond Index ETFCLF$0.033iShares 1-10 Year Laddered Government Bond Index ETFCLG$0.037iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Preferred Share Index ETFCPD$0.061iShares US Dividend Growers Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)CUD$0.089iShares Convertible Bond Index ETFCVD$0.078iShares Global Monthly Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)CYH$0.072iShares Canadian Financial Monthly Income ETFFIE$0.040iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETFXAGG$0.122iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF(1)XAGG.U$0.089iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XAGH$0.105iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETFXBB$0.081iShares Core Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETFXCB$0.070iShares ESG Advanced Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETFXCBG$0.127iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETFXCBU$0.127iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF(1)XCBU.U$0.092iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETFXDG$0.076iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF(1)XDG.U$0.055iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XDGH$0.063iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETFXDIV$0.117iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETFXDU$0.067iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETF(1)XDU.U$0.049iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XDUH$0.058iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETFXDV$0.191iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XEB$0.058iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETFXEI$0.117iShares Core Canadian 15+ Year Federal Bond Index ETFXFLB$0.116iShares Flexible Monthly Income ETFXFLI$0.175iShares Flexible Monthly Income ETF(1)XFLI.U$0.128iShares Flexible Monthly Income ETF (CAD-Hedged)XFLX$0.169iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETFXFN$0.167iShares Floating Rate Index ETFXFR$0.042iShares Core Canadian Government Bond Index ETFXGB$0.050iShares Global Government Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XGGB$0.042iShares Canadian HYBrid Corporate Bond Index ETFXHB$0.076iShares U.S. High Dividend Equity Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XHD$0.080iShares U.S. High Dividend Equity Index ETFXHU$0.077iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XHY$0.084iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XIG$0.070iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XIGS$0.128iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETFXIU$0.272iShares Core Canadian Long Term Bond Index ETFXLB$0.062iShares S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XPF$0.068iShares High Quality Canadian Bond Index ETFXQB$0.054iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETFXRB$0.262iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index ETFXRE$0.057iShares ESG Aware Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETFXSAB$0.050iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETFXSB$0.069iShares Conservative Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETFXSC$0.053iShares Conservative Strategic Fixed Income ETFXSE$0.055iShares Core Canadian Short Term Corporate Bond Index ETFXSH$0.063iShares ESG Advanced 1-5 Year Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETFXSHG$0.123iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETFXSHU$0.160iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF(1)XSHU.U$0.116iShares Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETFXSI$0.057iShares Core Canadian Short-Mid Term Universe Bond Index ETFXSMB$0.103iShares ESG Aware Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETFXSTB$0.047iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XSTH$0.200iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETFXSTP$0.228iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETF(1)XSTP.U$0.167iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged)XTLH$0.118iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETFXTLT$0.187iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETF(1)XTLT.U$0.136iShares Diversified Monthly Income ETFXTR$0.040iShares S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index ETFXUT$0.087

(1) Distribution per unit amounts are in U.S. dollars for XAGG.U, XCBU.U, XDG.U, XDU.U, XFLI.U, XSHU.U, XSTP.U and XTLT.U

Estimated May Cash Distributions for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF

The May cash distributions per unit for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF are estimated to be as follows:

Fund NameFund TickerEstimated Cash Distribution Per UnitiShares Premium Money Market ETFCMR$0.077

BlackRock Canada expects to issue a press release on or about May 20, 2026, which will provide the final amounts for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF.

May Reinvested Distributions for the iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF

Fund NameFund TickerReinvested Distribution Per UnitiShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETFXRB$0.33710

The distributions are for the reinvested distributions, which are typically reinvested in additional units of the respective funds, and do not include ongoing semi-annual cash distribution amounts. The additional units will be immediately consolidated with the previously outstanding units such that the number of outstanding units following the distribution will equal the number of units outstanding prior to the distribution.

Further information on the iShares ETFs can be found at http://www.blackrock.com/ca.

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