AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES LENDING AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
Exhibit (h)(8)(a)
AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES LENDING AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDMENT TO SECURITIES LENDING AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT (“Amendment”) is made effective as of December 14, 2021 (the “Effective Date”), by and between THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, (“Bank”), and INDEXIQ ETF TRUST (the “Client”), with respect to each of the funds identified on Attachment 1 to the Agreement (as defined below), as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time (each a “Lender” and collectively the “Lenders”).
WHEREAS, the Client and Bank have entered into a certain Securities Lending Authorization Agreement dated as of February 13, 2012 (as amended, modified or supplemented from time to time, the “Agreement”); and
WHEREAS, the Client and Bank desire to amend the Agreement in certain respects as hereinafter provided:
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto, each intending to be legally bound, do hereby agree as follows:
1. From and after the Effective Date, the Agreement is hereby amended by deleting Attachment 1 therefrom in its entirety and substituting in lieu thereof a new Attachment 1 identical to that which is attached hereto as Exhibit A.
2 Except as expressly amended hereby, all of the provisions of the Agreement shall continue in full force and effect; and are hereby ratified and confirmed in all respects. Upon the effectiveness of this Amendment, all references in the Agreement to “this Agreement” (and all indirect references such as “herein”, “hereby”, “hereunder” and “hereof”) shall be deemed to refer to the Agreement as amended by this Amendment.
3. This Amendment may be executed in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be an original, but all of which shall constitute but one agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties have executed this Amendment as of the date set forth above.
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | INDEXIQ ETF TRUST | ||
| By: | /s/ Xxxxx Xx | By: | /s/ Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
| Name: | Xxxxx Xxx | Name: | Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx |
| Title: | Director, Securities Finance | Title: | Executive Vice President |
| THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON | |||
| By: | /s/ Xxxx Xxxx | ||
| Name: | Xxxx Xxxx | ||
| Title: | Director, Securities Finance | ||
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EXHIBIT A
to
SECURITIES LENDING AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
which
Amendment is made and effective as of December 14, 2021, by and between
THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (“Bank”) and INDEXIQ ETF TRUST (the “Client
ATTACHMENT 1
to
SECURITIES LENDING AUTHORIZATION AGREEMENT
dated February 13, 2012
by
and between THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON (“Bank”) and INDEXIQ ETF TRUST
(the “Client”), with
respect to each of the funds identified therein, as amended, modified or supplemented
from time to time (each a “Lender”
and collectively the “Lenders”) (the “Agreement”)
LIST OF LENDERS
The following is the list of the “Lenders” referred to in the Securities Lending Authorization Agreement dated February 13, 2012, by and between THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON and the INDEXIQ ETF TRUST, as Client.
| Lender | Ticker | CUSIP | EIN # | BNY Acct # | Inception Date |
| IQ Hedge Multi - Strategy Tracker ETF | QAI | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 263076 | 3/25/2009 |
| IQ Hedge Macro Tracker ETF | MCRO | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 263073 | 6/9/2009 |
| IQ Merger Arbitrage ETF | MNA | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 212156 | 11/17/2009 |
| IQ Global Resources ETF | GRES | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 212157 | 10/27/2009 |
| IQ Real Return ETF | CPI | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 212154 | 10/27/2009 |
| IQ US Real Estate Small Cap ETF | ROOF | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 261571 | 6/14/2011 |
| IQ Hedge Market Neutral Tracker ETF | QMN | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 263075 | 10/4/2012 |
| IQ Hedge Long/Short Tracker ETF | QLS | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 177329 | 2/16/2015 |
| IQ Hedge Event-Driven Tracker ETF | QED | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 177330 | 2/16/2015 |
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| Lender | Ticker | CUSIP | EIN # | BNY Acct # | Inception Date |
| IQ 50 Percent Hedged FTSE International ETF | HFXI | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 447594 | 7/16/2015 |
| IQ S&P High Yield Volatility Bond ETF | HYLV | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 358306 | 2/15/2017 |
| IQ Xxxxxxx U.S. Small Cap ETF | CSML | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 657250 | 5/15/2017 |
| IQ Xxxxxxx U.S Large Cap ETF | CLRG | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 198801 | 12/13/2017 |
| IQ 500 International ETF | IQIN | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 478995 | 12/13/2018 |
| IQ Candriam ESG US Equity ETF | IQSU | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 139522 | 12/17/2019 |
| IQ Candriam ESG International Equity ETF | IQSI | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 139473 | 12/17/2019 |
| IQ Healthy Hearts ETF | XXXX | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 156481 | 1/12/2021 |
| IQ MacKay ESG Core Plus Bond ETF | ESGB | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 943872 | 6/18/2021 |
| IQ Engender Equality ETF | EQUL | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 465824 | 10/07/21 |
| IQ Cleaner Transport ETF | CLNR | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 465826 | 10/07/21 |
| IQ Clean Oceans ETF | OCEN | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 465852 | 10/07/21 |
| IQ U.S. Large Cap R&D Leaders ETF | LRND | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 222959 | 12/14/21 |
| IQ U.S. Mid Cap R&D Leaders ETF | MNRD | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 222961 | 12/14/21 |
| IQ Global Equity R&D Leaders ETF | WRND | 00000X000 | 00-0000000 | 222963 | 12/14/21 |
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