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BlackRock® Canada Announces August Cash Distributions for the iShares® ETFs
Source: Nasdaq GlobeNewswire / 21 Aug 2023 06:55:00 America/Chicago
TORONTO, Aug. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited (“BlackRock Canada”), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. (NYSE: BLK), today announced the August 2023 cash distributions for the iShares ETFs listed on the TSX or Cboe Canada which pay on a monthly basis as well as XIU. Unitholders of record of a fund on August 28, 2023, will receive cash distributions payable in respect of that fund on August 31, 2023.
Details regarding the “per unit” distribution amounts are as follows:
Fund Name Fund
TickerCash
Distribution
Per Unit ($)iShares 1-10 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETF CBH 0.047 iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Corporate Bond Index ETF CBO 0.043 iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Dividend Aristocrats Index ETF CDZ 0.098 iShares Equal Weight Banc & Lifeco ETF CEW 0.055 iShares 1-5 Year Laddered Government Bond Index ETF CLF 0.032 iShares 1-10 Year Laddered Government Bond Index ETF CLG 0.037 iShares S&P/TSX Canadian Preferred Share Index ETF CPD 0.053 iShares US Dividend Growers Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) CUD 0.083 iShares Convertible Bond Index ETF CVD 0.073 iShares Global Monthly Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) CYH 0.077 iShares Canadian Financial Monthly Income ETF FIE 0.040 iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF XAGG 0.079 iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF(1) XAGG.U 0.060 iShares U.S. Aggregate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XAGH 0.082 iShares Core Canadian Universe Bond Index ETF XBB 0.072 iShares Core Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF XCB 0.061 iShares ESG Advanced Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF XCBG 0.100 iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF XCBU 0.117 iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF(1) XCBU.U 0.089 iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF XDG 0.057 iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF(1) XDG.U 0.043 iShares Core MSCI Global Quality Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XDGH 0.062 iShares Core MSCI Canadian Quality Dividend Index ETF XDIV 0.101 iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETF XDU 0.053 iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETF(1) XDU.U 0.040 iShares Core MSCI US Quality Dividend Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XDUH 0.050 iShares Canadian Select Dividend Index ETF XDV 0.110 iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XEB 0.050 iShares S&P/TSX Composite High Dividend Index ETF XEI 0.105 iShares Core Canadian 15+ Year Federal Bond Index ETF XFLB 0.109 iShares S&P/TSX Capped Financials Index ETF XFN 0.152 iShares Floating Rate Index ETF XFR 0.084 iShares Core Canadian Government Bond Index ETF XGB 0.045 iShares Global Government Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XGGB 0.033 iShares Canadian HYBrid Corporate Bond Index ETF XHB 0.068 iShares U.S. High Dividend Equity Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XHD 0.078 iShares U.S. High Dividend Equity Index ETF XHU 0.068 iShares U.S. High Yield Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XHY 0.077 iShares U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XIG 0.060 iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XIGS 0.072 iShares S&P/TSX 60 Index ETF XIU 0.245 iShares Core Canadian Long Term Bond Index ETF XLB 0.062 iShares S&P/TSX North American Preferred Stock Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XPF 0.065 iShares High Quality Canadian Bond Index ETF XQB 0.047 iShares S&P/TSX Capped REIT Index ETF XRE 0.062 iShares ESG Aware Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF XSAB 0.043 iShares Core Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF XSB 0.058 iShares Conservative Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETF XSC 0.057 iShares Conservative Strategic Fixed Income ETF XSE 0.042 iShares Core Canadian Short Term Corporate Bond Index ETF XSH 0.050 iShares ESG Advanced 1-5 Year Canadian Corporate Bond Index ETF XSHG 0.093 iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF XSHU 0.067 iShares 1-5 Year U.S. IG Corporate Bond Index ETF(1) XSHU.U 0.051 iShares Short Term Strategic Fixed Income ETF XSI 0.057 iShares ESG Aware Canadian Short Term Bond Index ETF XSTB 0.036 iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XSTH 0.082 iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETF XSTP 0.087 iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond Index ETF(1) XSTP.U 0.065 iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETF (CAD-Hedged) XTLH 0.086 iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETF XTLT 0.096 iShares 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index ETF(1) XTLT.U 0.073 iShares Diversified Monthly Income ETF XTR 0.040 iShares S&P/TSX Capped Utilities Index ETF XUT 0.081 (1) Distribution per unit amounts are in U.S. dollars for XAGG.U, XCBU.U, XDG.U, XDU.U, XSHU.U, XSTP.U, XTLT.U
Estimated August Cash Distributions for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF
The August cash distributions per unit for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF are estimated to be as follows:
Fund Name Fund
TickerEstimated
Cash
Distribution
Per Unit ($)iShares Premium Money Market ETF CMR 0.219
BlackRock Canada expects to issue a press release on or about August 25, 2023, which will provide the final amounts for the iShares Premium Money Market ETF.Further information on the iShares Funds can be found at http://www.blackrock.com/ca.
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