Annex A
The iShares® Ethereum Trust ETF
All information contained in this pricing supplement regarding the iShares® Ethereum Trust ETF (the "ETHA Fund") has been derived
from publicly available information, without independent verification. This information reflects the policies of, and is subject to change
by, the sponsor of the ETHA Fund, iShares Delaware Trust Sponsor LLC ("iShares Delaware"), an indirect subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc.
BlackRock Fund Advisors, a California corporation that is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BlackRock, Inc., is the trustee of the ETHA
Fund. The Bank of New York Mellon is the cash custodian of the ETHA Fund and Coinbase Custody Trust Company, LLC is the ether
custodian of the ETHA Fund. The ETHA Fund is an investment trust that trades on The Nasdaq Stock Market under the ticker symbol
"ETHA."
The ETHA Fund seeks to reflect generally the performance of the price of ether before the payment of its expenses and liabilities. The
assets of the ETHA Fund consist primarily of ether held by the ether custodian on behalf of the ETHA Fund. The ETHA Fund issues
blocks of shares in exchange for deposits of ether or cash. The shares of the ETHA Fund are intended to constitute a simple and cost-
effective means of making an investment similar to an investment in ether. The shares of the ETHA Fund represent units of fractional
undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the ETHA Fund. The ETHA Fund is a passive investment vehicle that does not seek
to generate returns beyond tracking the price of ether and the sponsor of the ETHA Fund does not actively manage the ether held by
the ETHA Fund. The trustee of the ETHA Fund sells ether held by the ETHA Fund to pay the ETHA Fund's expenses on an as-needed
basis irrespective of then-current ether prices.
Currently, the ETHA Fund's only ordinary recurring expense is expected to be iShares Delaware's fee, which is accrued daily at an
annualized rate equal to 0.25% of the net asset value of the ETHA Fund and is payable at least quarterly in arrears. The trustee of the
ETHA Fund will, when directed by iShares Delaware, and, in the absence of such direction, may, in its discretion, sell ether in such
quantity and at such times as may be necessary to permit payment of iShares Delaware's fee and of expenses or liabilities of the ETHA
Fund not assumed by iShares Delaware. As a result of the recurring sales of ether necessary to pay the ETHA Fund sponsor's fee and
the ETHA Fund expenses or liabilities not assumed by the ETHA Fund sponsor, the net asset value of the ETHA Fund and,
correspondingly, the fractional amount of ether represented by each share will decrease over the life of the ETHA Fund. New deposits
of ether, received in exchange for additional new issuances of shares by the ETHA Fund, do not reverse this trend.
Information provided to or filed with the SEC by the ETHA Fund pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, can be located by reference to SEC file numbers 333-275583 and 001-42166, respectively,
through the SEC's website at http://www.sec.gov. The ETHA Fund is not a mutual fund or any other type of investment company within
the meaning of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and is not subject to regulation thereunder. The ETHA Fund is not
a commodity pool for purposes of the Commodity Exchange Act of 1936, as amended, and is not subject to regulation thereunder, and
iShares Delaware is not subject to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission as a commodity pool operator or a
commodity trading advisor.
Ether
Ether is a digital asset, the ownership and behavior of which are determined by participants in an online, peer-to-peer network that
connects computers that run publicly accessible, or "open source," software that follows the rules and procedures governing the
ethereum network. The value of ether, like the value of other digital assets, is not backed by any government, corporation or other
identified body. Ownership and the ability to transfer or take other actions with respect to ether are protected through public-key
cryptography. The supply of ether is constrained or formulated by its protocol instead of being explicitly delegated to an identified body
(e.g., a central bank) to control. Unlike certain digital assets, such as bitcoin, there is no hard cap on the supply of ether. Units of
ether, called tokens, are treated as fungible. Ether and certain other types of digital assets are often referred to as digital currencies or
cryptocurrencies. No single entity owns or operates the ethereum network, the infrastructure of which is collectively maintained by (1) a
decentralized group of participants who run computer software that results in the recording and validation of transactions (commonly
referred to as "validators"), (2) developers who propose improvements to the ethereum network's underlying protocol and the software
that enforces the protocol and (3) users who choose what ethereum network software to run.
Ether was released in 2015 and, as a result, there is little data on its long-term investment potential. Ether is not backed by a
government-issued legal tender or any other currency or asset. Ether is "stored" or reflected on a digital transaction ledger commonly
known as a "blockchain." A blockchain is a type of shared and continually reconciled database, stored in a decentralized manner on
the computers of certain users of the digital asset. The ethereum network has undergone a number of significant changes since its
release, including the transition from a proof-of-work consensus mechanism (where network participants engaged in prescribed,
complex mathematical calculations to add blocks containing transactions to the blockchain) to a proof-of-stake consensus mechanism.