SEC Contract Filing

Filing Date: 2022-02-11

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<p style="margin-bottom:0pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;font-size:10pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">CERTAIN IDENTIFIED INFORMATION HAS BEEN EXCLUDED FROM THIS EXHIBIT BECAUSE IT IS NOT MATERIAL AND IS OF THE TYPE THAT THE COMPANY TREATS AS PRIVATE OR CONFIDENTIAL. *** INDICATES THAT INFORMATION HAS BEEN REDACTED.</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">THIS AMENDMENT (this &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Amendment</font>&#8221;) dated as of December 9, 2021 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Amendment Effective Date</font>&#8221;) is made to the Previous Amendment (as defined below) by and between MSCI ESG Research LLC (&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">MSCI</font>&#8221;) and BlackRock Fund Advisors (&#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Licensee</font>&#8221;).&nbsp;&nbsp;Capitalized terms used but not defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Previous Amendment or the Agreement (as defined below), as the case may be.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, MSCI and Licensee entered into Amendment No.&#160;3 (internal MSCI reference number: AMD_00246382.0) dated as of July 1, 2018 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Previous Amendment</font>&#8221;), which amends the Index License Agreement for Funds (internal MSCI reference number: IXF_00040) dated as of March&#160;18, 2000 (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Agreement</font>&#8221;) by and between MSCI and Licensee; and</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">WHEREAS, on a date which is expected to occur on or about ********* (the &#8220;<font style="text-decoration:underline;">Conversion Date</font>&#8221;), Licensee wishes to change the name of the Fund from the <font style="color:#auto;">iShares Global Green Bond ETF</font> to the <font style="color:#auto;">iShares USD Green Bond ETF and to </font>replace the Bloomberg MSCI Global Green Bond Select (USD Hedged) Index (previously known as the Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Green Bond Select (USD Hedged) Index) with the Bloomberg MSCI USD Green Bond Select Index as the underlying index for the Fund.</p>
<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;text-indent:0%;color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;">NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein, each of MSCI and Licensee hereby agree to amend the Previous Amendment as follows:</p>
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<p style="text-align:justify;margin-bottom:12pt;margin-top:0pt;font-weight:normal;font-style:normal;color:#auto;text-transform:none;font-variant: normal;letter-spacing:0pt;font-family:MNYYWU+TimesNewRoman;font-size:12pt;"><font style="Background-color:#auto;text-decoration:none;"></font><font style="color:#000000;font-size:11pt;font-family:Times New Roman;">Commencing on the Conversion Date, Section&#160;1 of the Previous Amendment is hereby amended so that all references to the &#8220;Bloomberg Barclays MSCI Global Green Bond Select (USD Hedged) Index&#8221; shall be deleted and replaced with the following index: &#8220;Bloomberg MSCI USD Green Bond Select Index&#8221;. </font></p></td></tr></table></div>
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