Amendment to Index License Agreement for Funds, dated as of May 20, 2010



 Exhibit 10.59 
 WFNIA/CA 
 AMD_00246 

AMENDMENT 
 Date of
Amendment: May 20, 2010 
 AMENDMENT to the Index License Agreement for Funds (the “Agreement”), dated as
of March 18, 2000, by and between MSCI Inc. (f/k/a Morgan Stanley Capital International Inc.) (“MSCI”) 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 MSCI ACWI ex USA Financials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Energy Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Industrials Index, MSCI ACWI
ex USA Materials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Staples Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Discretionary Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Telecommunication Services Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Health Care Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Utilities Index, and MSCI ACWI ex
USA Information Technology Index. For the avoidance of doubt, the terms contained in Exhibit B of the Agreement, including, but not limited to the requirement that all Funds be listed on an U.S. domiciled stock exchange only, shall apply to all
Funds based on the MSCI ACWI ex USA Financials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Energy Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Industrials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Materials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Staples Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Discretionary Index, MSCI
ACWI ex USA Telecommunication Services Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Health Care Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Utilities Index, and MSCI ACWI ex USA Information Technology Index. 


For the avoidance of doubt, the license fees set forth in the Agreement, as amended, shall apply with respect to all Funds based on the
MSCI ACWI ex USA Financials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Energy Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Industrials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Materials Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Staples Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Consumer Discretionary Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA
Telecommunication Services Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Health Care Index, MSCI ACWI ex USA Utilities Index, and MSCI ACWI ex USA Information Technology Index. 
  

	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:

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	 	MD	 		 	Title	 	Executive Director

  

			
	 LICENSEE:

BlackRock Institutional Trust Company, N.A.

		
	By	 	/s/ Mark Roberts
		
	Name    	 	 Mark Roberts

		 	(printed)
		
	Title	 	Director