BlackRock, Inc. filed an amended beneficial ownership statement with the SEC on October 27, 2026, disclosing a 4.9% stake in iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF as of September 30, 2026.

Key Highlights

  • Reporting person: BlackRock, Inc., a Delaware-incorporated holding company, filed as Amendment No. 1 to a prior statement.
  • Aggregate beneficial ownership: 11,697,247 shares of iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF (CUSIP 46435G672).
  • Ownership percentage: 4.9% of the class, which the filing designates as 5 percent or less of a class.
  • Sole voting and dispositive power: BlackRock holds sole power to vote and to dispose of all 11,697,247 shares; shared voting and dispositive power are each reported as 0.
  • Event date: The date of the event requiring the filing is stated as September 30, 2026.
  • Signed by: Spencer Fleming, Managing Director of BlackRock, Inc., dated October 27, 2026.

BlackRock's Amended Ownership Position in an International Bond ETF

According to the filing, BlackRock, Inc., headquartered at 50 Hudson Yards, New York, NY 10001, reported beneficial ownership of 11,697,247 shares of common stock in iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF, whose principal executive offices are located at 400 Howard Street, San Francisco, CA 94105. The ETF is an exchange-traded fund focused on international aggregate bonds, and the issuer's shares carry CUSIP number 46435G672. BlackRock filed the statement in its capacity as a parent holding company, classified as type "HC" under SEC reporting rules.

The filing states that the reported holdings reflect securities beneficially owned, or deemed to be beneficially owned, by certain business units of BlackRock, Inc. and its subsidiaries and affiliates, described collectively as the "Reporting Business Units." The statement notes that it "does not include securities, if any, beneficially owned by other business units whose beneficial ownership of securities are disaggregated from that of the Reporting Business Units" in accordance with SEC Release No. 34-39538 dated January 12, 1998. The identities of the relevant subsidiaries through which the position is held are detailed in Exhibit 99 attached to the filing.

The filing further states that various persons have the right to receive or direct the receipt of dividends or sale proceeds from the reported shares, and that no single person's interest in those shares exceeds 5% of the total outstanding common shares. BlackRock certified that the securities "were acquired and are held in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired and are not held for the purpose of or with the effect of changing or influencing the control of the issuer."

What Was Disclosed

BlackRock, Inc. amended its beneficial ownership report to disclose a 4.9% stake totaling 11,697,247 shares in iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF, with all voting and dispositive power held solely by BlackRock as of September 30, 2026.