BlackRock® Canada Announces Final December Cash Distributions for the iShares® ETFs

TORONTO, Dec. 27, 2019 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the final December cash distributions for the iShares ETFs listed on the TSX or NEO, with the exception of the iShares Premium Money Market ETF (“CMR”). Final cash distributions for CMR will be confirmed in a press release to be issued on or about December 30, 2019. Unitholders of record of a fund on December 31, 2019 will receive cash distributions payable in respect of that fund on January 6, 2020.
Details regarding the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:(1) Distribution per unit amounts are USD for XAW.U, XDG.U, XDU.U, XEC.U, XEF.U, XFS.U, XMC.U, XMU.U, XUS.U, and XUU.U
(2) DXZ had a 3:1 unit split for Record Date December 16, 2019. The cash distribution per unit is post unit split.
Further information on the iShares Funds can be found at http://www.blackrock.com/ca.