Exhibit A Index Series iShares TrustDistribution Agreement • October 15th, 2012 • iSHARES TRUST
PARTICIPATION AGREEMENTParticipation Agreement • October 15th, 2012 • iSHARES TRUST • Delaware
THIS AGREEMENT, dated as of , among _________________, a [business trust/corporation] organized under the laws of the [Commonwealth/State] of ______________, on behalf of itself or its separate series listed on Schedule A, severally and not jointly (each, an “Investing Fund”, as defined below), iShares Trust and iShares U.S. ETF Trust, business trusts organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, and iShares, Inc., iShares MSCI Russia Capped Index Fund, Inc., iShares U.S. ETF Company, Inc. and iShares Sovereign Screened Global Bond Fund, Inc., corporations organized under the laws of the State of Maryland, each on behalf of its respective iShares series, severally and not jointly (each an “iShares Fund” and collectively the “iShares Funds”).
