MASTER SERVICES AGREEMENT Between Each BTC Recipient Listed in Exhibit A And State Street Bank and Trust Company Dated as of April 21, 2011Master Services Agreement • December 21st, 2011 • iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc. • New York
This Master Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), is made and entered into on this 21st day of April, 2011 (“Effective Date”) by and between State Street Bank and Trust Company, Commonwealth of Massachusetts, with a principal office located at 1 Lincoln Street, Boston, MA 02111 (“State Street”) and each of the entities set forth in Exhibit A (each, a “BTC Recipient”). Except as specifically stated, each BTC Recipient executing this Agreement and one or more Service Modules will be obligating itself only with respect to itself, and not with respect to any other entity. References to a “Party” herein refer to either State Street or the applicable BTC Recipient or BTC Recipients, and references to the “Parties” herein refer to both State Street and the applicable BTC Recipient or BTC Recipients. This Agreement consists of the general terms and conditions below and all Exhibits attached hereto.
SERVICE MODULE FOR CUSTODIAL SERVICES between BTC RECIPIENTS and STATE STREETService Module for Custodial Services • December 21st, 2011 • iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc.
This Service Module for Custodial Services (the “Service Module”), dated as of the 21st day of April, 2011 (the “Service Module Effective Date”), is made and entered into by and between the BTC Recipients listed in Exhibit A (the “BTC Recipients”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Each BTC Recipient (acting for itself) and State Street are collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”
AMENDED AND RESTATED SECURITIES LENDING AGENCY AGREEMENTSecurities Lending Agency Agreement • January 28th, 2011 • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. • California
AGREEMENT, dated as of October 15, 2010, between iShares, Inc., a Maryland corporation, iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc., a Maryland corporation, iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. a Maryland corporation, and iShares Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (each singly and together, the “Company”), acting on behalf of the funds listed on Schedule A hereto and any future series or portfolio of the Company (each, a “Fund”), and BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A., a national banking association (“BTC”) and its successors.
SERVICE MODULE FOR TRANSFER AGENCY SERVICES between EACH BTC RECIPIENT and STATE STREETTransfer Agency Service Module • December 21st, 2011 • iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc.
This Transfer Agency Service Module (the “Transfer Agency Service Module”), dated as of the 21st day of April, 2011 (the “Transfer Agency Service Module Effective Date”), is made and entered into by and between the BTC Recipients listed in Exhibit A (each a “BTC Recipient”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). BTC Recipients and State Street are collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”
SERVICE MODULE FOR FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING SERVICES between BTC RECIPIENTS and STATE STREETFund Administration and Accounting Services Module • December 21st, 2011 • iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc.
This Fund Administration and Accounting Services Module (the “Fund Administration and Accounting Services Module”), dated as of the 21st day of April, 2011 (the “Fund Administration and Accounting Services Module Effective Date”), is made and entered into by and between those BTC Recipients listed in Exhibit A (the “BTC Recipients”) and State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street”). Each BTC Recipient (acting for itself) and State Street are collectively referred to as the “Parties” and individually as a “Party.”
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • January 28th, 2011 • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. • New York
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENT, dated June 16, 2010, between iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. (the “Company”) a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, and BlackRock Fund Advisors a corporation organized under the laws of the State of California (the “Adviser”).
DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENT iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. San Francisco, California 94105 June 16, 2010Distribution Agreement • January 28th, 2011 • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. • New York
This is to confirm that, in consideration of the agreements hereinafter contained, the above-named investment company (the “Fund”) has agreed that you shall be, for the period of this agreement, the distributor of shares of each Index Series of the Fund set forth on Exhibit A hereto, as such Exhibit may be revised from time to time (each, an “Index Series”). For purposes of this agreement the term “Shares” shall mean the authorized shares of the relevant Index Series.
SUBLICENSE AGREEMENTSublicense Agreement • January 28th, 2011 • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. • New York
This Sublicense Agreement (the “Agreement”) is effective as of June 16, 2010, by and between BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A. a national banking association organized under the laws of the United States (“BTC”) and iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc., a corporation established under the laws of the State of Maryland (“iShares”).
Master Securities Loan Agreement Dated as of: Between: and (each individually and not collectively)Loan Agreement • January 28th, 2011 • iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small Cap Index Fund, Inc. • New York
