AMENDMENT
EX-10.58 20 dex1058.htm AMENDMENT TO INDEX LICENSE AGREEMENT FOR FUNDS, DATED AS OF MAY 24, 2010 Amendment to Index License Agreement for Funds, dated as of May 24, 2010
Exhibit 10.58
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.
WFNIA/CA
AMD_00283
AMENDMENT
Date of Amendment: May 24, 2010
AMENDMENT to the Index License Agreement for Funds (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 18, 2000, by and between MSCI Inc. 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 following additional indices: |
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| 2. | Notwithstanding section 9(a) of the Agreement, MSCI Inc acknowledges and agrees that the Funds based on the foregoing MSCI Genocide Free Index may be named as follows by Licensee: |
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| 3. | 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 will control. No right or license of any kind is granted to Licensee except as expressly provided in the Agreement and 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. |
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | MSCI INC. | |||||||
| By | /s/ D. Wojnar | By | /s/ Paul Friedman | |||||
| Name | D. Wojnar | Name | Paul Friedman | |||||
| (printed) | (printed) | |||||||
| Title | Managing Director | Title | Executive Director | |||||
| BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. | ||
| By | /s/ Mark Roberts | |
| Name | Mark Roberts | |
| (printed) | ||
| Title | Director | |
