Exhibit 10.13
AMENDMENT
Date of Amendment:September 30, 2009
AMENDMENT to the Index License Agreement for Funds (the “Agreement”), dated as of March 18, 2000, by and between MSCI Inc. (“MSCI”) a Delaware corporation, and Barclays Global Investors, N.A. (“Licensee”). Capitalized terms used herein but not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed in the Agreement.
1. | Exhibit B is hereby amended to allow the funds to be additionally listed and traded on the ******** domiciled stock or securities exchanges (herein referred to as the *********** Listed Funds”). All Listed Funds must be issued, sold and traded on a public basis in accordance with applicable ********** securities law. All other terms and restrictions contained in Exhibit B shall apply to the *********** Listed Funds. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in Exhibit A, the *********** Listed Funds may only be based on the following Indexes: |
Fund Name | Fund Symbol | MSCI Index Name | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index | ||
iShares MSCI *********** Index Fund | *** | MSCI *********** Index |
For the avoidance of doubt, the license fees set forth in the Agreement, as amended, shall apply with respect to all *********** Listed Funds. For clarity, there shall be no separate licensee fees for the *********** Listed Funds but any additional assets from the *********** Listed Funds shall be included in the average daily net assets of the applicable Funds for purposes of calculating license fees.
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 will control. No right or license of any kind is granted to Licensee except as expressly provided in the Agreement and this Amendment. |
3. | 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 | MSCI Inc. | |||||||
By | /s/ Greg Friedman | By | /s/ Paul Friedman | |||||
Name | Greg Friedman | Name | Paul Friedman | |||||
(printed) | (printed) | |||||||
Title | Managing Director | Title | Vice President | |||||
Date | 10/9/09 | Date | 10/9/09 | |||||
By | /s/ Mark Roberts | |||||||
Name | Mark Roberts | |||||||
(printed) | ||||||||
Title | Principal | |||||||
Date | 10/9/09 |