AGREEMENT OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP OF UNITED STATES BRENT OIL FUND, LP
Exhibit
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AGREEMENT
OF LIMITED PARTNERSHIP
OF
UNITED
STATES XXXXX OIL FUND, LP
This
Agreement of Limited Partnership of United States Xxxxx Oil Fund, LP is entered
into on September 2, 2009 (this “Agreement”), by and
between United States Commodity Funds LLC, a Delaware limited liability company,
as general partner (the “General Partner”), and
Xxxxxxxxxx Holdings, Inc., a Delaware corporation, as limited partner (the
“Organizational
Limited Partner”).
The
General Partner and the Organizational Limited Partner hereby form a limited
partnership pursuant to and in accordance with the Delaware Revised Uniform
Limited Partnership Act (6 Del.C. §17-101 et seq.), as amended
from time to time (the “Act”), and hereby
agree as follows:
1. Name. The
name of the limited partnership is United States Xxxxx Oil Fund, LP (the “Partnership”).
2. Purpose. The
Partnership is formed for the object and purpose of, and the nature of the
business to be conducted and promoted by the Partnership is, engaging in any
lawful act or activity for which limited partnerships may be formed under the
Act and engaging in any and all activities necessary or incidental to the
foregoing.
3. Registered
Office. The registered office of the Partnership in the State
of Delaware is 0000 Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000,
County of New Castle.
4. Registered
Agent. The name and address of the registered agent of the
Partnership in the State of Delaware is the Corporation Service Company, 0000
Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000, Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000.
5. Partners. The
names and the business, residence or mailing addresses of the General Partner
and the Organizational Limited Partner are as follows:
General
Partner:
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United
States Commodity Funds LLC
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0000
Xxxxxx Xxx Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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Organizational Limited
Partner:
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Xxxxxxxxxx
Holdings, Inc.
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Xxxxx Xxxx, Xxxxx 000
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Xxxxxxxxxx,
XX 00000
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6. Powers. The
powers of the General Partner include all powers, statutory and otherwise,
possessed by general partners under the laws of the State of
Delaware. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Agreement, the
General Partner is authorized to execute and deliver any document on behalf of
the Partnership without any vote or consent of any other partner.
7. Dissolution. The
Partnership shall dissolve, and its affairs shall be wound up if (a) all of the
partners of the Partnership approve in writing, (b) an event of withdrawal of a
general partner has occurred under the Act, or (c) an entry of a decree of
judicial dissolution has occurred under § 17-802 of the Act; provided, however, the
Partnership shall not be dissolved or required to be wound up upon an event of
the withdrawal of a general partner described in the immediately preceding
clause (b) if (i) at the time of such event of withdrawal, there is at least one
(1) other general partner of the Partnership who carries on the business of the
Partnership (any remaining general partner being hereby authorized to carry on
the business of the Partnership), or (ii) within ninety (90) days after the
occurrence of such event of withdrawal, all remaining partners agree in writing
to continue the business of the Partnership and to the appointment, effective as
of the date of the event of withdrawal, of one (1) or more additional general
partners of the Partnership.
8. Capital
Contributions. The partners of the Partnership shall
contribute the following amounts, in cash, and no other property, to the
Partnership within 30 days following the date hereof:
General
Partner:
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United
States Commodity Funds LLC
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$
20.00
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Organizational Limited
Partner:
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Xxxxxxxxxx
Holdings, Inc.
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$
980.00
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9. Additional
Contributions: No partner of the Partnership is required to
make any additional capital contribution to the Partnership.
10. Allocation of Profits and
Losses. The Partnership’s profits and losses shall be
allocated 2% to the General Partner and 98% to the Organizational Limited
Partner.
11. Distributions. Distributions
shall be made to the partners of the Partnership at the times and in the
aggregate amounts determined by the General Partner. Such
distributions shall be allocated among the partners of the Partnership in the
same proportion as their then capital account balances.
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12. Assignments.
(a) The Organizational Limited Partner may
assign all or any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership and may
withdraw from the Partnership only with the consent of the General
Partner.
(b) The General Partner may assign all or
any part of its partnership interest in the Partnership and may withdraw from
the Partnership without the consent of the Organizational Limited
Partner.
13. Withdrawal. Except
to the extent set forth in Section 12, no right is given to any partner of the
Partnership to withdraw from the Partnership.
14. Admission of
Partners.
(a) The
Organizational Limited Partner is admitted as a limited partner of the
Partnership, upon execution and delivery of a counterpart of this
Agreement.
(b) The
General Partner is admitted as a general partner of the Partnership, upon
execution and delivery of a counterpart of this Agreement.
(c) One or
more additional or substitute limited partners of the Partnership may be
admitted to the Partnership with only the consent of the General
Partner.
(d) One or
more additional or substitute general partners of the Partnership may be
admitted to the Partnership with only the consent of the General
Partner.
15. Liability of Organizational
Limited Partner. The Organizational Limited Partner shall not
have any liability for the obligations or liabilities of the Partnership except
to the extent required by the Act.
16. Governing
Law. This Agreement and all rights and remedies hereunder
shall be governed by, and construed under, the laws of the State of Delaware,
without regard to any laws that might otherwise govern under applicable
principles of conflict of laws.
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IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, intending to be legally bound hereby, have
duly executed this Agreement of Limited Partnership on this __ day of September,
2009.
GENERAL PARTNER: | |||
United States Commodity Funds LLC | |||
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By:
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Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
President
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ORGANIZATIONAL
LIMITED PARTNER:
Xxxxxxxxxx
Holdings, Inc.
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By:
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Xxxxxxxx
X. Xxxxxx
President
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