BlackRock® Canada Announces a Special Distribution for the iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF

TORONTO, Nov. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (“BlackRock”) (NYSE: BLK), today announced that the iShares Canadian Real Return Bond Index ETF (XRB) (the “iShares ETF”) expects to make a special distribution to unitholders in December 2026.

The iShares ETF seeks to provide income by replicating, to the extent possible, the performance of the FTSE Canada Real Return Bond Index, net of expenses. In November 2022, the Government of Canada announced that it would cease issuance of real return bonds immediately, with all existing real return bonds to remain outstanding until maturity. Accordingly, the proceeds received by the iShares ETF on the maturity of those real return bonds cannot be reinvested in newly issued Government of Canada real return bonds. The special distribution is being made as a result of real return bonds held by the iShares ETF maturing in December 2026.