BlackRock® Canada Announces Adjournment of Special Meetings of the Unitholders of the iShares Balanced Income CorePortfoliotm Index ETF and iShares Balanced Growth CorePortfoliotm Index ETF

TORONTO, Dec. 03, 2018 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- BlackRock Asset Management Canada Limited ("BlackRock Canada"), an indirect, wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc. ("BlackRock") (NYSE:BLK) and manager of the iShares Balanced Income CorePortfoliotm Index ETF ("CBD") and iShares Balanced Growth CorePortfoliotm Index ETF ("CBN", and together with CBD, the "iShares Funds") announces that, as the quorum requirements with respect to the special meetings of the unitholders of the iShares Funds to be held on December 3, 2018 (the "Meetings") were not satisfied, the Meetings have been adjourned. The adjourned Meetings have been scheduled for 8:30 a.m. (Toronto time) on December 7, 2018 at Suite 6300, 1 First Canadian Place, 100 King Street West, Toronto, Ontario, M5X 1B8. At the adjourned Meetings, the business of the Meetings will be transacted by those unitholders of each iShares Fund present in person or represented by proxy.

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About iShares

iShares® unlocks opportunity across markets to meet the evolving needs of investors. With more than twenty years of experience, a global line-up of 800+ exchange traded funds (ETFs) and US$1.8 trillion in assets under management as of September 30, 2018, iShares continues to drive progress for the financial industry. iShares funds are powered by the expert portfolio and risk management of BlackRock, trusted to manage more money than any other investment firm.¹

¹ Based on US$6.44 trillion in AUM as of 9/30/18.

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