AMENDMENT
Exhibit 10.70
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. *********** INDICATES OMITTED MATERIAL THAT IS
THE SUBJECT OF A CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUEST FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION. THE OMITTED MATERIAL HAS BEEN FILED SEPARATELY WITH THE COMMISSION.
A.N.: 130339
AMD_00079616.0
AMENDMENT
Date of Amendment: August 20, 2012
AMENDMENT to the Index License Agreement for Funds (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 18, 2000, by and between MSCI Inc. (f/k/a Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.) (“MSCI”) and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. (formerly known as Barclays Global Investors, N.A.) (“Licensee”), as previously amended. Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed in the Agreement.
| 1. | Exhibit A of the Agreement is hereby amended to add the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms contained in Exhibit B of the Agreement shall apply to all Funds based on the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index; provided that in addition to listing and trading the Funds on an U.S. domiciled exchange, Funds based on the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index also may be listed and traded on stock or security exchanges domiciled in: |
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License Fees set forth in the Agreement, as amended, shall apply with respect to all Funds based on the MSCI Belgium IMI 25/50 Index. All listed Funds must be issued, sold and traded on a public basis in accordance with the applicable securities law. All other terms and restrictions contained in Exhibit B shall apply.
| 2. | This Amendment is intended to amend and operate in conjunction with the Agreement and together this Amendment and the Agreement constitute the complete and exclusive statement of the agreement between the parties and supersede in full all prior proposals and understandings, oral or written, relating to the subject matter hereof. To the extent that any terms of this Amendment conflict with any terms of the Agreement, the terms of this Amendment shall control. No right or license of any kind is granted to Licensee except as expressly provided in the Agreement and this Amendment. |
| 3. | MSCI may terminate this Amendment with respect to the Index in the event that Licensee does not list a Fund based on the Index on an exchange within 1 year of the date of this Amendment. |
| 4. | This Amendment shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York without regard to its conflict or choice of laws principles. |
| LICENSEE: BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | MSCI INC. | |||||
| By | /s/ Timothy M. Meyer | By | /s/ Richard Napolitano | |||
| Name | Timothy M. Meyer (printed) | Name | Richard Napolitano (printed) | |||
| Title | Managing Director | Title | Global Controller | |||
| LICENSEE: BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | ||||||
| By | /s/ Jenni Lee | |||||
| Name | Jenni Lee (printed) | |||||
| Title | Director | |||||
