THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT of TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST Dated as of April 15, 2018 By and Between TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC as Sponsor and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY as Delaware Trustee
Exhibit 3.1
THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST
AND
of
Dated
as of April 15, 2018
By and
Between
TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC
as
Sponsor
and
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY
as
Delaware Trustee
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Page
Article I
DEFINITIONS; THE TRUST
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1
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Section
1.1
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Definitions
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6
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Section
1.2
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Name
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7
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Section
1.3
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Delaware Trustee; Business Offices
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7
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Section
1.4
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Declaration of Trust
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7
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Section
1.5
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Purposes and Powers
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7
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Section
1.6
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Tax Matters
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8
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Section
1.7
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General Liability of Shareholders
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11
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Section
1.8
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Legal Title
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11
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Section
1.9
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Series Trust
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11
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Article II
THE TRUSTEE
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12
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Section
2.1
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Term; Resignation
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12
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Section
2.2
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Powers
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12
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Section
2.3
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Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee
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12
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Section
2.4
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Indemnification
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13
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Section
2.5
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Successor Trustee
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13
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Section
2.6
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Liability of Trustee
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13
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Section
2.7
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Reliance; Advice of Counsel
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14
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Section
2.8
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Payments to the Trustee
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15
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Article III
SHARES; DEPOSITS
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15
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Section
3.1
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General
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15
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Section
3.2
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Establishment of Series, or Funds, of the Trust
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16
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Section
3.3
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Establishment of Classes and Sub-Classes
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17
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Section
3.4
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Offer of Limited Shares
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17
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Section
3.5
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Procedures for Creation and Issuance of Creation
Baskets
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17
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Section
3.6
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Book-Entry-Only System, Global Security
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19
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Section
3.7
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Assets
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22
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Section
3.8
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Liabilities of Funds
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22
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Section
3.9
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Voting Rights
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23
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Section
3.10
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Equality
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23
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Article IV
THE SPONSOR
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23
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Section
4.1
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Management of the Trust
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23
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Section
4.2
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Authority of Sponsor
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23
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Section
4.3
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Obligations of the Sponsor
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24
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Section
4.4
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General Prohibitions
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25
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Section
4.5
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Liability of Covered Persons
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26
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Section
4.6
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Fiduciary Duty
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26
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Section
4.7
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Indemnification of the Sponsor
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27
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Section
4.8
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Expenses and Limitations Thereon
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28
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Section
4.9
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Compensation to the Sponsor
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29
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Section
4.10
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Other Business of Shareholders
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29
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Section
4.11
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Withdrawal of the Sponsor
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30
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Section
4.12
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Authorization of Registration Statements
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30
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Section
4.13
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Litigation
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30
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Article V
TRANSFERS OF SHARES
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31
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Section
5.1
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Transfer of Limited Shares
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31
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Section
5.2
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Transfer of Sponsor’s Shares
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31
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Article VI
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
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30
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Section
6.1
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Capital Accounts
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30
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Section
6.2
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Allocations for Capital Account Purposes
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32
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Section
6.3
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Allocations of Profits and Losses for Tax Purposes
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33
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Section
6.4
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Tax Conventions
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33
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Section
6.5
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No Interest on Capital Account
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34
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Section
6.6
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Valuation
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34
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Section
6.7
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Distributions
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35
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Article VII
REDEMPTIONS
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35
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Section
7.1
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Redemption of Redemption Baskets
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35
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Section
7.2
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Other Redemption Procedures
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37
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Article VIII
LIMITED SHAREHOLDERS
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37
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Section
8.1
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No Management or Control; Limited Liability; Exercise of Rights
through DTC
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37
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Section
8.2
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Rights and Duties
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38 |
Section
8.3
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Limitation on Liability
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38
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Section
8.4
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Derivative Actions
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39
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Article IX
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND REPORTS
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40
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Section
9.1
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Books of Account
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40
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Section
9.2
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Reports to Shareholders
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40
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Section
9.3
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Calculation of Net Asset Value
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40
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Section
9.4
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Maintenance of Records
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40
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Section
9.5
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Certificate of Trust
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41
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Article X
FISCAL YEAR
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41
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Section
10.1
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Fiscal Year
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41
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Article XI
AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT; MEETINGS
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41
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Section
11.1
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Amendments to the Trust Agreement
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41
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Section
11.2
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Meetings of the Shareholders
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42
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Section
11.3
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Action Without a Meeting
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42
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Article XII
TERM
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43
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Section
12.1
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Term
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43
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Article XIII
TERMINATION
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43
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Section
13.1
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Events Requiring Dissolution of the Trust or any Fund
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43
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Section
13.2
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Distributions on Dissolution
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44
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Section
13.3
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Termination; Certificate of Cancellation
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44
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Article XIV
MERGER, CONSOLIDATION, INCORPORATION
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45
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Section
14.1
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Merger, Consolidation
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45
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Section
14.2
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Changes to Trust Agreement
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45
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Section
14.3
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Successor Trust
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45
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Article XV
POWER OF ATTORNEY
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45
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Section
15.1
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Power of Attorney Executed Concurrently
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45
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Section
15.2
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Effect of Power of Attorney
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46
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Section
15.3
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Limitation on Power of Attorney
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46
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Article XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
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47
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Section
16.1
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Governing Law
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47
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Section
16.2
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Provisions In Conflict With Law or Regulations
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47
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Section
16.3
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Construction
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48
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Section
16.4
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Notices
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48
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Section
16.5
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Counterparts
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48
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Section
16.6
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Binding Nature of Trust Agreement
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48
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Section
16.7
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No Legal Title to Trust Estate
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48
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Section
16.8
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Creditors
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48
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Section
16.9
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Integration
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48
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Section
16.10
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Goodwill; Use of Name
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48
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Exhibit A
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Form of
Global Certificate
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Exhibit
B
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Form of
Authorized Purchaser Agreement
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Exhibit
C
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Form of
Instrument Establishing Series or Class
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Third
AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST
AND TRUST
AGREEMENT
This
Third AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT of TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST (the
“Trust”) is made and
entered into as of the 15th day of April, 2018, by and between
TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC, a
Delaware limited liability company, as Sponsor, and WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware
banking corporation, as Delaware trustee.
WHEREAS, the Sponsor formed the Trust on
September 11, 2009 as a statutory trust organized in series,
pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act;
WHEREAS, the Sponsor and the Trustee
were parties to a Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the
Trust dated September 11, 2009 (the “Initial Trust
Agreement”), and are parties to an Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated
March 31, 2010, as amended by an instrument dated
June 16, 2010 establishing and designating additional series
of the Trust pursuant to Section 3.2(b) of such Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (together, the
“First Amended Trust
Agreement”), and are parties to an Amended and
Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated October 21,
2010 (the “Second
Amended Trust Agreement”);
WHEREAS, the Sponsor and the Trustee
desire to amend and restate the Second Amended Trust Agreement to
revise and/or clarify certain terms and conditions upon which the
Trust is administered, as hereinafter provided.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
agreements and obligations set forth herein and for other good and
valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are
hereby acknowledged, each party hereby agrees as
follows:
ARTICLE I
DEFINITIONS; THE
TRUST
Section
1.1 Definitions. As used in this Trust
Agreement, the following terms shall have the following meanings
unless the context otherwise requires:
“Adjusted Property” means
any property the book value of which has been adjusted as provided
by Section 6.1(d).
“Administrator” means any
Person from time to time engaged to provide administrative services
to the Trust pursuant to authority delegated by the
Sponsor.
“Affiliate” of a Person
means (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning,
controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the
outstanding voting securities of such Person, (ii) any Person
10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or
indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such
Person, (iii) any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling,
controlled by or under common control of such Person, (iv) any
employee, officer, director, member, manager or partner of such
Person, or (v) if such Person is an employee, officer,
director, member, manager or partner, any Person for which such
Person acts in any such capacity.
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“Authorized Purchaser
Agreement” means an agreement between the Sponsor (on
behalf of Trust) and a Participant, and accepted by the
Distributor, substantially in the form of Exhibit B hereto, as
it may be amended or supplemented from time to time in accordance
with its terms. “Basket” means a Creation
Basket or a Redemption Basket, as the context may
require.
“Book-Tax Disparity”
means, with respect to any property held by a Fund, as of any date
of determination, the difference between the book value of such
property (as initially determined under Section 6.4(b)(ii) in
the case of contributed property, and as adjusted from time to time
in accordance with Section 6.1(d)) and the adjusted basis
thereof for United States federal income tax purposes, as of such
date of determination.
“Business Day” means any
day other than a day when any of the Exchange, the New York Stock
Exchange, or the applicable Fund’s Futures Exchange is closed
for regular trading.
“Capital Account” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 6.1(a).
“Capital Contribution”
means, with respect to any Shareholder of a Fund, the amount of
money and the fair market value of any property (other than money)
contributed to the Fund by such Shareholder.
“CE Act” means the
Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.
“Certificate of Trust”
means that certain Certificate of Trust of the Trust filed with the
Secretary of State of the State of Delaware on September 11,
2009, as may be amended from time to time, pursuant to
Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute.
“CFTC” means the United
States Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an independent agency
with the mandate to regulate commodity futures and options in the
United States.
“Code” means the United
States Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.
“Commodity” means a traded
physical commodity.
“Commodity Contract” means
a contract for the purchase or sale of a Commodity or any other
contract whose value is determined by reference to the value of a
Commodity, one or more Commodities, including a Commodity-based
forward contract, futures contract, swap or option.
“Covered Person” means the
Trustee, the Sponsor and their respective Affiliates.
“Creation Basket” means a
basket of 100,000 Limited Shares of a Fund, or such greater or
lesser number of Limited Shares as the Sponsor may determine from
time to time for each Fund.
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“Creation Basket Deposit”
of a Fund means the Deposit made by a Participant in connection
with a Purchase Order and the creation of a Creation Basket in an
amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying (i) the
number of Creation Baskets set forth in the relevant Purchase Order
by (ii) the Net Asset Value Per Basket of a Fund calculated on
the Purchase Order Date.
“Delaware Trust Statute”
means the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, Chapter 38 of Title 12
of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended
from time to time.
“Deliver,”
“Delivered” or
“Delivery” means, when
used with respect to Shares, either (A) one or more book-entry
transfers of such Shares to an account or accounts at the
Depository designated by the Person entitled to such delivery for
further credit as specified by such Person or (B) if the
Depository ceases to make its book-entry settlement system
available for the Shares, execution and delivery at the
Trust’s principal office of one or more certificates
evidencing those Shares.
“Deposit” means the amount
of cash or other property contributed or agreed to be contributed
to the Trust by any Participant or by the Sponsor, as applicable,
in accordance with Article III hereof.
“Depository” means The
Depository Trust Company, New York, New York, or such other
depository of Limited Shares as may be selected by the Sponsor as
specified herein.
“Depository Agreement”
means the Letter of Representations relating to each Fund from the
Sponsor to the Depository pursuant to which the Depository will act
as securities depository for Limited Shares of each Fund, as the
same may be amended or supplemented from time to time.
“Distributor” means ALPS
Distributors, Inc. or any Person from time to time engaged to
provide distribution services or related services to the Trust
pursuant to authority delegated by the Sponsor.
“DTC” shall have the
meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.6(b).
“DTC Participants” shall
have the meaning assigned to such term in
Section 3.6(c).
“Event of Withdrawal”
means the filing of a certificate of dissolution or cancellation of
the Sponsor, the revocation of the Sponsor’s charter (and the
expiration of 90 days after the date of notice to the Sponsor of
revocation without a reinstatement of its charter), or the
provision of written notice by the Sponsor of its withdrawal as
Sponsor in accordance with Section 4.11(a) of this Trust
Agreement.
“Exchange” means NYSE
Arca, Inc. or, if the Limited Shares of any Fund shall cease to be
listed on such exchange and are listed on one or more other
exchanges, the exchange on which the Shares of such Fund are
principally traded, as determined by the Sponsor.
“Fiscal Year” shall have
the meaning assigned to such term in Article X
hereof.
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“Fund” means a Fund
established and designated as a series of the Trust as provided in
Section 3.2(a).
“Futures Exchange” means
the contract market or derivative transaction execution facility on
which futures contracts relating to the Commodity that is a
Fund’s principal investment focus are principally
traded.
“Global Security” means
the global certificate or certificates for each Fund issued to the
Depository as provided in the Depository Agreement, each of which
shall be in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit A.
“Indirect Participants”
shall have the meaning assigned to such term in Section 3.6
(c).
“Internal Revenue Service”
or “IRS” means the United
States Internal Revenue Service or any successor
thereto.
“Liquidating Trustee”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 13.2.
“Limited Shares” means
Shares other than Sponsor’s Shares.
“Limited Shareholders”
means Shareholders of Limited Shares.
“Net Asset Value” at any
time means the total assets in the Trust Estate of a Fund
including, but not limited to, all cash and cash equivalents, other
debt securities or other property, less total expenses and
liabilities of such Fund, each determined on the basis of generally
accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently
applied under the accrual method of accounting. The amount of any
distribution made pursuant to Article VI hereof shall be a
liability of such Fund from the day when the distribution is
declared until it is paid.
“Net Asset Value Per
Basket” means the product obtained by multiplying the
Net Asset Value Per Share of a Fund by the number of Shares
comprising a Basket at such time.
“Net Asset Value Per
Share” means the Net Asset Value of a Fund divided by
the number of Shares of a Fund outstanding on the date of
calculation.
“NFA” means the National
Futures Association.
“Order Cut-Off Time” means
such time as disclosed in the Prospectus by which orders for
creation or redemption of Baskets must be placed.
“Organization and Offering
Expenses” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 4.8(a)(ii).
“Participant” means a
Person that is a DTC Participant (as defined in
Section 3.6(c)) and has entered into an Authorized Purchaser
Agreement that, at the relevant time, is in full force and
effect.
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“Partnership
Representative” means the Sponsor or any successor in
its capacity as the “partnership representative” within
the meaning of Section 6223 of the Code (as amended by the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015) and any similar provisions of
applicable state, local or foreign law.
“Percentage Interest”
means, as to each Shareholder, the portion (expressed as a
percentage) of the total outstanding Shares held by such
Shareholder.
“Person” means any natural
person, or any partnership, limited liability company, trust,
estate, corporation, association or other legal entity, in its own
or any representative capacity.
“Prospectus” means the
final prospectus and disclosure document of the Trust, constituting
a part of the Registration Statement filed with the SEC and
declared effective thereby, as such prospectus may at any time and
from time to time be supplemented.
“Purchase Order” shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.5(a)(i).
“Purchase Order Date”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.5(a)(i).
“Reconstituted Trust”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 13.1(a).
“Redemption Basket” means
the minimum number of Limited Shares of a Fund that may be redeemed
pursuant to Section 7.1, which shall be the number of Limited
Shares of such Fund constituting a Creation Basket on the relevant
Redemption Order Date.
“Redemption Distribution”
means the cash or the combination of United States Treasury
securities, cash and/or cash equivalents or other securities·
or property to be delivered in satisfaction of a redemption of a
Redemption Basket as specified in Section 7.1(c).
“Redemption Order” shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 7.1(a).
“Redemption Order Date”
shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 7.1(b).
“Redemption Settlement
Date” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 7.1(d).
“Registration Statement”
means a registration statement filed with the SEC on Form S-1
or any successor form or any other SEC registration statement form
that the Trust may be permitted to use, as any such form may be
amended from time to time, pursuant to which the Trust registered
Limited Shares, as such Registration Statement may at any time and
from time to time be amended.
“SEC” means the United
States Securities and Exchange Commission.
“Shareholder” means, with
respect to any Share, the Person who owns the ultimate economic
beneficial interest in such Share and does not hold the Share as a
mere nominee or custodian for another Person.
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“Shares” means the units
of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the net assets of a
Fund.
“Sponsor” means Teucrium
Trading, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company which is
registered as a Commodity Pool Operator and controls the
investments and other decisions of the Funds, and any successor
thereto or any substitute therefore as provided
herein.
“Sponsor’s Shares”
means the shares issued by a Fund to the Sponsor pursuant to
Section 1.4, evidencing the Sponsor’s beneficial
interests in the net assets of such Fund.
“Suspended Redemption
Order” shall have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 7.1(d).
“Tax Matters Partner”
means the Sponsor or any successor in its capacity as the
“tax matters partner” designated to represent a Fund in
certain federal income tax matters pursuant to subchapter C of
chapter 63 of the Code prior to its amendment by the
Bipartisan Budget Act of 2015 or under any comparable provisions of
state, local or foreign law.
“Transaction Fee” shall
have the meaning assigned thereto in
Section 3.5(d).
“Trust” means Teucrium
Commodity Trust, the Delaware statutory trust formed pursuant to
the Certificate of Trust, the business and affairs of which are
governed by this Trust Agreement.
“Trust Agreement” means
this Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust
Agreement, including the instrument dated June 16, 2010
establishing and designating additional series of the Trust, as the
same may at any time or from time to time be amended.
“Trustee” means Wilmington
Trust Company, or any successor thereto as provided herein, acting
not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the
Trust.
“Trust Estate” means, with
respect to a Fund, all property and cash held by such
Fund.
“Unrealized Gain”
attributable to any property of a Fund means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of the fair market value of such
property as of such date of determination over the adjusted basis
of such property (as determined for purposes of
Section 6.1(d)) as of such date of determination.
“Unrealized Loss”
attributable to any property of a Fund means, as of any date of
determination, the excess, if any, of the adjusted basis of such
property (as determined for purposes of Section 6.1(d)) as of
such date of determination over the fair market value of such
property as of such date of determination.
Section
1.2 Name. The name of the Trust shall be
“Teucrium Commodity Trust” in which name the Trustee
and the Sponsor may engage in the business of the Trust, make and
execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and
xxx and be sued on behalf of the Trust.
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Section
1.3 Delaware Trustee; Business
Offices.
(a) The
sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware
banking corporation, with its principal place of business in the
State of Delaware, which is located at 0000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx Xxxxxx,
Xxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxx 00000-0000 or at such other address in the
State of Delaware as the Trustee may designate in writing to the
Sponsor. The Trustee shall receive service of process on the Trust
in the State of Delaware at the foregoing address. In the event
Wilmington Trust Company resigns or is removed as the Trustee,
another Person in the State of Delaware shall be the successor
Trustee.
(b) The
principal office of the Trust, and such additional offices as the
Sponsor may establish, shall be located at such place or places
inside or outside the State of Delaware as the Sponsor may
designate from time to time in writing to the Trustee and the
Shareholders. Initially, the principal office of the Trust shall be
at 000 Xxxxxx Xxxx Xxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxx 00000.
Section
1.4
Declaration of Trust. The
Trustee hereby acknowledges that pursuant to the Initial Trust
Agreement the Trust has received from the Sponsor the sum of $100
(100 U.S. dollars), which amount shall constitute consideration for
the Sponsor’s Shares in the Fund designated in
Section 3.2 hereof, which sum is held in a bank account in the
name of such Fund. The Sponsor agrees that upon the creation of any
additional Fund pursuant to this Trust Agreement it will pay an
appropriate amount to the Trustee as consideration for its Shares
in such Fund. The Trustee declares that it holds and will hold the
Trust Estate of each Fund so established, as Trustee, for the
benefit of the Fund’s Shareholders for the purposes of, and
subject to the terms and conditions set forth in, this Agreement;
provided that, at any time, the Sponsor may direct that all or a
portion of the Trust Estate of each Fund be held by a custodian of
behalf of the Trust. It is the intention of the Parties hereto to
create a statutory trust under the Delaware Trust Statute,
organized in series or Funds, and that this Trust Agreement shall
constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. Nothing in this
Trust Agreement shall be construed to make the Shareholders of any
Fund members of a limited liability company, joint stock
association, corporation or, except for tax purposes as provided in
Section 1.6, partners in a partnership. Effective as of the
date hereof, the Trustee and the Sponsor shall have all of the
rights, powers and duties set forth herein and, to the extent not
inconsistent with this Trust Agreement, in the Delaware Trust
Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.
The Trustee has filed the Certificate of Trust required by
Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute in connection with
the formation of the Trust under the Delaware Trust
Statute.
Section
1.5
Purposes and Powers. The
purpose and powers of the Trust and each Fund shall be: (a) to
implement the investment strategy of each Fund as contemplated by
the Prospectus; (b) to enter into any lawful transaction and
engage in any lawful activity in furtherance of or incidental to
the foregoing purposes; and (c) as determined from time to
time by the Sponsor, to engage in any other lawful business or
activity for which a statutory trust may be organized under the
Delaware Trust Statute. The Trust shall have all of the powers
specified in this Section 1.5 hereof, including, without
limitation, all of the powers which may be exercised by a Trustee
or Sponsor on behalf of the Trust under this Trust
Agreement.
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Section
1.6
Tax Matters.
(a) The
Sponsor, and each Limited Shareholder by virtue of its purchase of
Shares in a Fund, (i) express their intent that the Shares of
such Fund qualify under applicable tax law as interests in a
partnership, and (ii) agree to file U.S. federal, state and
local income, franchise and other tax returns in a manner that is
consistent with the treatment of such Fund as a partnership in
which each of the Shareholders thereof is a partner. The Tax
Matters Partner, the Partnership Representative and the
Shareholders (as appropriate) will make or refrain from making any
tax elections to the extent necessary to obtain treatment
consistent with the foregoing. The Sponsor shall not be liable to
any Person for the failure of any Fund to qualify as a partnership
under the Code or any comparable provision of the laws of any State
or other jurisdiction where such treatment is sought.
(b) The
Sponsor shall obtain a separate federal taxpayer identification
number for each Fund prior to the commencement of the Fund’s
operations. The Sponsor, at its expense, shall prepare or cause to
be prepared all federal, state, and local tax returns of a Fund for
each year for which such returns are required to be filed and shall
timely file or cause to be timely filed such returns and timely pay
or cause to be timely paid, out of the Trust Estate of such Fund,
any taxes, assessments or other governmental charges owing with
respect to the Fund. The Trustee and the Administrator shall
promptly notify the Sponsor if it becomes aware that any tax,
assessment or other governmental charge is due or claimed to be due
with respect to a Fund. The Sponsor shall deliver or cause to be
delivered to each Limited Shareholder of a Fund and the broker or
nominee through which a Limited Shareholder owns its Shares an IRS
Schedule K-1 and such other information, if any, with respect
to the Fund as may be necessary for the preparation of the federal
income tax or information returns of such Limited Shareholder,
including a statement showing the Limited Shareholder’s share
of the Fund’s items of income, gain, loss, expense, deduction
and credit for the Fiscal Year for federal income tax purposes, as
soon as practicable after the last day of the Fiscal Year but not
later than March 15 of the following year.
(c) Except
as provided herein, the Tax Matters Partner for taxable years
beginning prior to January 1, 2018 and the Partnership
Representative for taxable years beginning on or after January 1,
2018 may, in its sole discretion, cause a Fund to make, or refrain
from making, any tax elections that the Tax Matters Partner or the
Partnership Representative, as applicable, reasonably deems
necessary or advisable, including, but not limited to, an election
pursuant to Section 754 of the Code.
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(d) (i)
Each Limited Shareholder of a Share in a Fund, by its acceptance or
acquisition of a beneficial interest therein, agrees to furnish the
Sponsor with such representations, forms, documents or other
information as may be necessary to enable such Fund to comply with
its U.S. federal income tax reporting obligations in respect of
such Share, including an Internal Revenue Service Form W-9 (or
the substantial equivalent thereof) in the case of a Limited
Shareholder that is a United States person within the meaning of
the Code or an Internal Revenue Service Form W-8BEN or other
applicable form in the case of a Limited Shareholder that is not a
United States person. The Fund shall file any required forms with
applicable jurisdictions and, unless an exemption from withholding
and backup withholding tax is properly established by a Limited
Shareholder, shall remit amounts withheld with respect to the
Limited Shareholder to the applicable tax authorities. (ii) To the
extent that the Sponsor reasonably believes that the Fund is
required to withhold and pay over any amounts (including taxes,
interest, penalties, assessments or additions to tax) to any tax
authority with respect to distributions, allocations or adjustments
to any Limited Shareholder, the Fund may withhold such amounts and
treat the amounts withheld as distributions of cash to the Limited
Shareholder in the amount of the withholding and reduce the amount
of cash or other property otherwise distributable to such Limited
Shareholder. If an amount required to be withheld was not withheld,
the Fund may reduce subsequent distributions to such Limited
Shareholder by the amount of such required withholding. In the
event of any claimed over-withholding, Limited Shareholders shall
be limited to an action against the applicable jurisdiction. (iii)
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, the
Sponsor is authorized to take any action that may be required to
cause the Trust or Funds to comply with any withholding
requirements established under the Code or any other federal,
state, local or foreign law including pursuant to sections 1441,
1442, 1445 and 1446 of the Code. To the extent that the Trust or a
Fund is required or elects to withhold and pay over to any taxing
authority any amount resulting from the allocation, distribution or
adjustment of income to any Shareholder (including by reason of
section 1446 of the Code), the Sponsor may treat the amount
withheld as a distribution of cash to such Shareholder for purposes
of this Trust Agreement in the amount of such withholding. Any
increase or decrease in withholding tax incurred by the Trust or a
Fund resulting from the identity, nationality, residence or status
of a Shareholder shall be allocable to and reduce the distributions
of such Shareholder.
(e) By
its acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Share, a Limited
Shareholder waives all confidentiality rights, including all
confidentiality rights provided by Section 3406(f) of the Code
and Treasury Regulations section 31.3406(f)-1, with respect to any
representations, forms, documents or information, and any
information contained in such representations, forms or documents,
that the Shareholder provides, or has previously provided, to any
broker or nominee through which it owns its Shares, to the extent
such representations, forms, documents or information may be
necessary to enable the Fund to comply with its withholding tax and
backup withholding tax and information reporting obligations or to
satisfy any other legal requirements with respect to the Shares.
Furthermore, the parties hereto, and by its acceptance or
acquisition of a beneficial interest in a Share, a Limited
Shareholder, acknowledge and agree that any broker or nominee
through which a Limited Shareholder holds its Shares shall be a
third party beneficiary to this Trust Agreement for the purposes
set forth in this Section 1.6.
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(f)
(i) For
taxable years beginning before January 1, 2018, the Sponsor is
specifically authorized to act as the “Tax Matters
Partner” under the Code for each Fund and in any similar
capacity under state or local law. The Tax Matters Partner shall
have the authority without any further consent of Fund Shareholders
being required (except as specifically required herein) to make any
and all elections for federal, state, local, and foreign tax
purposes including any election, if permitted by applicable law:
(i) to make the election provided for in Code
Section 6231(a)(1)(B)(ii), (ii) to adjust the basis of
the Fund’s assets pursuant to Code Sections 754, 734(b)
and 743(b) or comparable provisions of state, local, or foreign
law, in connection with transfers of Shares and distributions;
(iii) to extend the statute of limitations for assessment of
tax deficiencies against the Shareholders with respect to
adjustments to the Fund’s federal, state, local, or foreign
tax returns; and (iv) to the extent provided in Code
Sections 6221 through 6231 and similar provisions of federal,
state, local, or foreign law, to represent the Fund and its
Shareholders before taxing authorities or courts of competent
jurisdiction in tax matters affecting the Fund or the Shareholders
in their capacities as Shareholders and to file any tax returns and
execute any agreements or other documents relating to or affecting
such tax matters, including agreements or other documents that bind
the Shareholders with respect to such tax matters or otherwise
affect the rights of the Fund and its Shareholders.
(ii) For
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2018, the Sponsor is
specifically authorized to act as the “Partnership
Representative” for each Fund (at the Fund’s expense)
and in any similar capacity under state, local or foreign law. In
its capacity as the Partnership Representative, the Sponsor shall
exercise any and all authority of the “partnership
representative” under the Code, including, without
limitation, the authority to make any available elections,
including an election under section 6226 of the Code to pass any
tax adjustment through to the persons who were Shareholders of the
relevant Fund in the year to which the adjustment relates, to
represent or otherwise act on behalf of the relevant Fund in any
examination of the Fund’s affairs by any taxing authority,
including resulting administrative and judicial proceedings, and to
bind the relevant Fund and its Shareholders with respect to any
applicable tax matters. The Partnership Representative may expend
funds for professional services and costs associated therewith,
which shall be borne by, or reimbursed by, the applicable Fund. To
the extent that a Fund or the Trust incurs any liability for tax
under section 6225 of the Code as the result of any “imputed
underpayment,” (A) the amount of such tax liability,
including any interest or penalties related thereto, shall be
allocated by the Sponsor among the Shareholders in an equitable
manner as determined by the Sponsor in its sole discretion and (B)
the amount of such tax liability allocated to a Shareholder in
accordance with (A) shall be treated as a withholding of tax
subject to Section 1.6(d) of this Trust Agreement. Each Shareholder
agrees to cooperate with the Partnership Representative and to do
or refrain from doing any and all things reasonably requested by
the Sponsor in its capacity as the Partnership Representative. This
obligation shall continue after such Shareholder transfers, redeems
or liquidates any or all of its Shares in a given Fund. Each
Shareholder (or former Shareholder) agrees to indemnify the
applicable Fund for any taxes (and related interest, penalties, or
other charges or expenses) payable by the Fund and attributable to
such Shareholder’s (or former Shareholder’s) interest
in the Fund, as reasonably determined by the Sponsor. No
Shareholder shall have any claim against the Trust, a Fund, the
Sponsor, or the Partnership Representative for any form of damages
or liability as a result of actions taken or remedies pursued by or
on behalf of the Fund in connection with a tax audit of a Fund. The
foregoing obligations shall survive the withdrawal of any
Shareholder and the dissolution and liquidation of the relevant
Fund, or both.
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(g) By
its acceptance of a beneficial interest in a Share of a Fund, a
Limited Shareholder agrees to the designation of the Sponsor as the
initial Tax Matters Partner of the Fund and the initial Partnership
Representative of the Fund. Each Shareholder agrees to take any
further action as may be required by regulation or otherwise to
effectuate such designation. The Tax Matters Partner or Partnership
Representative, as the case may be, of a Fund shall be authorized
to exercise all rights and responsibilities conferred upon a Tax
Matters Partner, or Partnership Representative, as the case may be
under the Code and the applicable Treasury Regulations with respect
to such Fund, including, without limitation: (i) handling all
audits and other administrative proceedings conducted by the IRS
with respect to the Fund; (ii) extending the statute of
limitations with respect to the Fund’s partnership tax
returns; (iii) entering into a settlement with the IRS with
respect to the Fund’s partnership items on behalf of those
Limited Owners having less than a 1% interest in the Fund; and
(iv) filing a petition or complaint with an appropriate U.S.
federal court for review of a final partnership administrative
adjustment.
(h) The
Sponsor shall maintain all books, records and supporting documents
that are necessary to comply with any and all aspects of its duties
under this Trust Agreement.
Section
1.7
General Liability of
Shareholders. Subject to Sections 1.6(f)(ii), 8.1 and
8.3 hereof, no Shareholder, other than the Sponsor to the extent
set forth above, shall have any personal liability for any
liability or obligation of the Trust or any Fund.
Section
1.8
Legal Title. Legal title to
all of the Trust Estate of each Fund shall be vested in the Trust
as a separate legal entity; provided, however, that where
applicable law in any jurisdiction requires any part of the Trust
Estate to be vested otherwise, the Sponsor may cause legal title to
the Trust Estate or any portion thereof to be held by or in the
name of the Sponsor or any other Person (other than a Limited
Shareholder) as nominee.
Section
1.9
Series Trust. The Trust is
a series trust pursuant to Sections 3804(a) and 3806(b)(2) of
the Delaware Trust Statute. The Shares of the Trust shall be
divided into series, each a Fund, as provided in
Section 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Trust Statute. Separate and
distinct records shall be maintained for each Fund and the assets
associated with a Fund shall be held in such separate and distinct
records (directly or indirectly, including a nominee or otherwise)
and accounted for in such separate and distinct records separately
from the assets of any other Fund. The use of the terms
“Trust”, “Fund” or “series” in
this Trust Agreement shall in no event alter the intent of the
parties hereto that the Trust and each Fund receive the full
benefit of the limitation on inter-series liability as set forth in
Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute.
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ARTICLE II
THE
TRUSTEE
Section
2.1
Term;
Resignation.
(a) The
Trust shall have only one trustee unless otherwise determined by
the Sponsor. Wilmington Trust Company has been appointed and hereby
agrees to serve as the Trustee of the Trust. The Sponsor is
entitled to appoint additional Trustees and remove any Trustee
without cause and appoint a successor Trustee in accordance with
the terms hereof at any time. The Trustee is appointed to serve as
the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware for the purpose
of satisfying the requirement of Section 3807(a) of the
Delaware Trust Statute that the Trust have at least one trustee
with a principal place of business in Delaware. It is understood
and agreed by the parties hereto that the Trustee shall have none
of the duties or liabilities of the Sponsor and shall have no
obligation to supervise or monitor the Sponsor or otherwise manage
the Trust.
(b) Any
Trustee of the Trust, including the current Trustee, may resign
upon 60 days’ prior written notice to the Sponsor and the
other Trustee(s), if any; provided, that such resignation
shall not become effective unless and until a successor Trustee
shall have been appointed by the Sponsor in accordance with
Section 2.5. If the Sponsor does not appoint a successor
trustee within such 60 day period, the Trustee may, at the expense
of the Trust, petition a court to appoint a successor trustee. Any
person into which the Trustee may be merged or with which it may be
consolidated, or any person resulting from any merger or
consolidation to which the Trustee shall be a party, or any person
which succeeds to all or substantially all of the corporate trust
business of the Trustee, shall be the successor Trustee under this
Declaration without the execution, delivery or filing of any paper
or instrument or further act to be done on the part of the parties
hereto, except as may be required by applicable law.
Section
2.2
Powers. Except to the
extent expressly set forth in Section 1.3(a) and this
Article II, the duty and authority to manage the business and
affairs of the Trust is hereby vested in the Sponsor, which duty
and authority the Sponsor may delegate as provided herein, all
pursuant to Section 3806(b)(7) of the Delaware Trust Statute.
The duties of the Trustee shall be limited to (i) accepting
legal process served on the Trust in the State of Delaware,
(ii) the execution of any certificates required to be filed
with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware which the
Trustee is required to execute under Section 3811 of the
Delaware Trust Statute, and (iii) any other duties
specifically allocated to the Trustee in the Trust Agreement. The
Trustee shall provide prompt notice to the Sponsor of its
performance of any of the foregoing. The Trustee shall not have any
implied rights, duties, obligations and liabilities with respect to
the business and affairs of the Trust or any Fund. The Sponsor
shall reasonably keep the Trustee informed of any actions taken by
the Sponsor with respect to the Trust that would reasonably be
expected to affect the rights, obligations or liabilities of the
Trustee hereunder or under the Delaware Trust Statute.
Section
2.3
Compensation and Expenses of the
Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the
Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor (including the Trust)
reasonable compensation for its services hereunder as set forth in
a separate fee agreement and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by
the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor (including the Trust)
for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in the
performance of its duties hereunder, including without limitation,
the reasonable compensation, out-of-pocket expenses and
disbursements of counsel and such other agents as the Trustee may
employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its
rights and duties hereunder.
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Section
2.4
Indemnification. Each of
the Sponsor and the Trust shall, whether or not any of the
transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, assume
liability for, and does hereby indemnify, protect, save and keep
harmless, the Trustee (in its capacity as Trustee and individually)
and its successors, assigns, legal representatives, officers,
directors, shareholders, employees, agents and servants (the
“Indemnified
Parties”) from and against any and all liabilities,
obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes (excluding any taxes
payable by the Trustee on or measured by any compensation received
by the Trustee for its services hereunder or any indemnity payments
received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section), claims, actions,
suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including reasonable legal
fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively,
“Expenses”), which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Parties
in any way relating to or arising out of the formation, operation
or termination of the Trust, the execution, delivery and
performance of any other agreements to which the Trust is a party
or the action or inaction of the Trustee hereunder or thereunder,
except for Expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful
misconduct of any of the Indemnified Parties. The indemnities
contained in this Section 2.4 shall survive the termination of
this Trust Agreement, the termination of the Trust or the removal
or resignation of the Trustee.
Section
2.5
Successor Trustee. Upon the
resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Sponsor shall appoint a
successor Trustee by delivering a written instrument to the
outgoing Trustee. Any successor Trustee must satisfy the
requirements of Section 3807(a) of the· Delaware Trust
Statute. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment
of a successor Trustee shall not become effective until a written
acceptance of appointment is delivered by the successor Trustee to
the outgoing Trustee and the Sponsor and any fees and expenses due
to the outgoing Trustee are paid. Following compliance with the
preceding sentence, the successor Trustee shall become fully vested
with all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the
outgoing Trustee under this Trust Agreement, with like effect as if
originally named as Trustee, and the outgoing Trustee shall be
discharged of its duties and obligations under this Trust
Agreement.
Section
2.6
Liability of Trustee.
Except as otherwise provided in this Article II, the Trustee
acts solely as trustee hereunder and not in its individual
capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Trustee by
reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and
any other agreement to which the Trust or any Fund is a party shall
look only to the appropriate Fund’s Trust Estate for payment
or satisfaction thereof; provided, however, that in no event is the
foregoing intended to affect or limit the liability of the Sponsor
as set forth in Section 1.7 hereof. The Trustee shall not be
liable or accountable hereunder to the Trust or to any other Person
or under any other agreement to which the Trust or any Fund is a
party, except that the Trustee shall be liable to the Trust and the
Shareholders for the Trustee’s own gross negligence or
willful misconduct. In particular, but not by way of
limitation:
(a) The
Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the validity
or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement, any agreement contemplated
hereunder, or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency,
value or validity of any Trust Estate or any Shares;
(b) The
Trustee shall not be liable for any actions taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in accordance with the instructions of
the Sponsor or the Liquidating Trustee;
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(c) The
Trustee shall not have any liability for the acts or omissions of
the Sponsor or its delegatees, any Limited Shareholder, the
Liquidating Trustee, or any other Person;
(d) The
Trustee shall not have any duty or obligation to supervise or
monitor the performance of, or compliance with this Trust Agreement
by, the Sponsor or its delegatees or any Participant;
(e) No
provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustee to
expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial
liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers
hereunder if the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for
believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity
against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or
provided to it;
(f) Under
no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for indebtedness
evidenced by or other obligations of the Trust or any Fund arising
under this Trust Agreement or any other agreements to which the
Trust or any Fund is a party; and
(g) Notwithstanding
anything contained herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be
required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than in the
State of Delaware if the taking of such action will
(i) require the consent or approval or authorization or order
of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or taking
of any action in respect of, any state or other governmental
authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of
Delaware, (ii) result in any fee, tax or other governmental
charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any political
subdivision thereof in existence as of the date hereof other than
the State of Delaware becoming payable by the Trustee or
(iii) subject the Trustee to personal jurisdiction, other than
in the State of Delaware, for causes of action arising from
personal acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by
the Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby.
Section
2.7
Reliance; Advice of
Counsel.
(a) The
Trustee is authorized to take such action or refrain from taking
such action under this Trust Agreement as it may be directed in
writing by or on behalf of the Sponsor or an Affiliate of the
Sponsor from time to time; provided, however, that the Trustee shall
not be required to take or refrain from taking any such action if
it shall have determined, or shall have been advised by counsel,
that such performance is likely to involve the Trustee in personal
liability or is contrary to the terms of this Trust Agreement or of
any document contemplated hereby to which the Trust or the Trustee
is a party or is otherwise contrary to law. If at any time the
Trustee determines that it requires or desires guidance regarding
the application of any provision of this Trust Agreement or any
other document, or regarding compliance with any direction received
by it hereunder, then the Trustee may deliver a notice to the
Sponsor requesting written instructions as to the course of action
desired by the Sponsor, and such instructions by or on behalf of
the Sponsor shall constitute full and complete authorization and
protection for actions taken and other performance by the Trustee
in reliance thereon. Until the Trustee has received such
instructions after delivering such notice, it may refrain from
taking any action with respect to the matters described in such
notice.
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(b) The
Trustee shall incur no liability to anyone in acting upon any
document reasonably believed by it to be genuine and reasonably
believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties. The
Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of
directors or other governing body of any corporate party as
conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by
such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any
fact or matter the manner of ascertainment of which is not
specifically prescribed herein, the Trustee may for all purposes
hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the Sponsor, as to such
fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full
protection to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be
taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.
(c) In
the exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the
performance of its duties and obligations under this Trust
Agreement, the Trustee (i) may act directly or, at the expense
of the Trust, through agents or attorneys, and the Trustee shall
not be liable for the default or misconduct of such agents or
attorneys if such agents or attorneys shall have been selected by
the Trustee with reasonable care, and (ii) may, at the expense
of the Trust, consult with counsel, accountants and other experts
selected by the Trustee with reasonable care. The Trustee shall not
be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by
it in accordance with the advice or opinion of any such counsel,
accountants or other experts.
Section
2.8
Payments to the Trustee.
Any amounts paid to the Trustee pursuant to this Article shall be
deemed not to be a part of any Fund’s Trust Estate
immediately after such payment. Any amounts owing to the Trustee
under this Trust Agreement shall constitute a claim against the
applicable Fund’s Trust Estate.
ARTICLE III
SHARES;
DEPOSITS
Section
3.1
General.
(a) The
Sponsor shall have the power and authority, without Limited
Shareholder approval, to establish and designate one or more
series, or Funds, and to issue Shares thereof, from time to time as
set forth in Section 3.2, as it deems necessary or desirable.
Each Fund shall be separate from all other Funds created as series
of the Trust in respect of the assets and liabilities allocated to
that Fund and shall represent a separate investment portfolio of
the Trust. The Sponsor shall have exclusive power to fix and
determine the relative rights and preferences as between the Shares
of the Funds as to right of redemption, special and relative rights
as to dividends and other distributions and on liquidation,
conversion rights, and conditions under which the Funds shall have
separate voting rights or no voting rights.
(b) The
Sponsor may, without Limited Shareholder approval, divide or
subdivide Shares of any Fund into two or more classes or
subclasses, Shares of each such class or subclass having such
preferences and special or relative rights and privileges as the
Sponsor may determine as provided in Section 3.3. The fact
that a Fund shall have been initially established and designated
without any specific establishment or designation of classes or
subclasses shall not limit the authority of the Sponsor to divide a
Fund and establish and designate separate classes or subclasses
thereof.
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(c) The
number of Shares authorized shall be unlimited, and the Shares so
authorized may be represented in part by fractional Shares,
calculated to four decimal places. From time to time, the Sponsor
may divide or combine the Shares of any Fund or class into a
greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate
beneficial interests in the Fund or class thereof. The Sponsor may
issue Shares of any Fund or class thereof for such consideration
and on such terms as it may determine (or for no consideration if
pursuant to a Share dividend or split-up), all without action or
approval of the Limited Shareholders. All Shares when so issued on
the terms determined by the Sponsor shall be fully paid and
nonassessable. The Sponsor may classify or reclassify any
unissued Shares or any Shares previously issued and reacquired of
any Fund or class thereof into one or more series or classes
thereof that may be established and designated from time to time.
The Sponsor may hold as treasury Shares, reissue for such
consideration and on such terms as it may determine, or cancel, at
its discretion from time to time, any Shares of any Fund or class
thereof reacquired by the Trust. Unless otherwise determined by the
Sponsor, treasury Shares shall not be deemed
cancelled.
(d) The
Shares of each Fund shall initially be divided into two classes:
Sponsor’s Shares and Limited Shares.
(e) No
certificates or other evidence of beneficial ownership of the
Shares will be issued.
(f) Every
Shareholder, by virtue of having purchased or otherwise acquired a
Share, shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed to be
bound by the terms of this Trust Agreement.
Section
3.2
Establishment of Series, or Funds,
of the Trust.
(a) Without
limiting the authority of the Sponsor set forth in
Section 3.2(b) to establish and designate any further series,
the Sponsor hereby establishes and designates one initial series,
or Fund, as follows:
Teucrium Corn
Fund
The
provisions of this Article III shall be applicable to the
above-designated Fund and any further Fund that may from time to
time be established and designated by the Sponsor as provided in
Section 3.2(b); provided, however, that such provisions may be
amended, varied or abrogated by the Sponsor with respect to any
Fund created after the initial formation of the Trust in the
written instrument creating such additional Fund.
(b) The
establishment and designation of any series, or Funds, other than
those set forth above shall be effective upon the execution by the
Sponsor of an instrument in substantially the form attached hereto
as Exhibit C setting forth such establishment and designation
and the relative rights and preferences of such series, or Funds,
or as otherwise provided in such instrument. At any time that there
are no Shares outstanding of any particular Fund previously
established and designated, the Sponsor may by an instrument
executed by it abolish that Fund and the establishment and
designation thereof. Each instrument referred to in this paragraph
shall have the status of an amendment to this Trust
Agreement.
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Section
3.3
Establishment of Classes and
Sub-Classes. The division of any series, or Funds, into two
or more classes or sub-classes of Shares thereof and the
establishment and designation of such classes or sub-classes of
Shares shall be effective upon the execution by the Sponsor of an
instrument in substantially the form attached hereto as
Exhibit C setting forth such division, and the establishment,
designation, and relative rights and preferences of such classes of
Shares, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. The relative
rights and preferences of the classes or sub-classes of Shares of
any Fund may differ in such respects as the Sponsor may determine
to be appropriate, provided that such differences are set forth in
the aforementioned instrument. At any time that there are no Shares
outstanding of any particular class or sub-class of Shares
previously established and designated, the Sponsor may by an
instrument executed by it abolish that class or sub-class of Shares
and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument
referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment
to this Trust Agreement.
Section
3.4
Offer of Limited Shares.
During the period commencing with the initial effective date of a
Fund’s Prospectus and ending no later than immediately prior
to the time Shares of the Fund begin trading on an Exchange, each
Fund shall offer Limited Shares to Participants in Creation Baskets
pursuant to SEC Rule 415 at an offering price per Limited Share
specified in the Fund’s Prospectus, provided that the
offering price per Creation Basket will not be less than $1 million
(1 million U.S. dollars). After such period, each Fund shall
continue to offer Limited Shares in Creation Baskets at the Net
Asset Value Per Basket of such Fund. The Sponsor shall make such
arrangements for the sale of the Limited Shares as it deems
appropriate. The offering shall be made on the terms and conditions
set forth in the Prospectus.
Section
3.5
Procedures for Creation and
Issuance of Creation Baskets.
(a) General.
The following procedures, as supplemented by the more detailed
procedures specified in an attachment to the Authorized Purchaser
Agreement for each Fund, which may be amended from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the Authorized Purchaser
Agreement (and any such amendment will not constitute an amendment
of this Trust Agreement), will govern the Trust with respect to the
creation and issuance of Creation Baskets. Subject to the
limitations upon and requirements for issuance of Creation Baskets
stated herein and in such procedures, the number of Creation
Baskets which may be issued by each Fund is unlimited.
(i) On
any Business Day, a Participant may submit to the Sponsor or its
designee a purchase order to subscribe for and agree to purchase
one or more Creation Baskets for the applicable Fund (such request
by a Participant, a “Purchase Order”) in the
manner provided in the Authorized Purchaser Agreement. Any Purchase
Order must be received by the Order CutOff Time on a Business
Day (the “Purchase
Order Date”). By placing a Purchase Order, a
Participant agrees to deposit cash or a combination of United
States Treasury securities, cash and/or cash equivalents or other
securities or property with the Trust. Failure to do so shall
result in the cancellation of the Purchase Order. The Sponsor or
its designee will process Purchase Orders only from Participants
with respect to which the Authorized Purchaser Agreement for the
Fund is in full force and effect. The Sponsor or its designee will
maintain and provide to Limited Shareholders upon request a current
list of the Participants for each Fund with respect to which the
Authorized Purchaser Agreement is in full force and
effect.
(ii) Any
Purchase Order is subject to rejection by the Sponsor or its
designee pursuant to Section 3.5(c). The Sponsor determines,
in its sole discretion or in consultation with the Administrator,
the requirements for securities that may be included in Creation
Basket Deposits and publishes, or its agent publishes on its
behalf, such requirements at the beginning of each Business
Day.
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(iii) After
accepting a Participant’s Purchase Order, the Sponsor or its
designee will issue and deliver Creation Baskets to fill a
Participant’s Purchase Order on the next Business Day
following the Purchase Order Date (or on such later Business Day,
not to exceed three Business Days after the Purchase Order Date, as
agreed to between the Participant and the Sponsor or its designee
when the Purchase Order is placed), but only if the Sponsor or its
designee has received (A) for its own account, the Transaction
Fee, and (B) for the account of the Trust, the Creation Basket
Deposit due from the Participant submitting the Purchase Order. The
Sponsor determines, in its sole discretion or in consultation with
the Administrator, the requirements for securities or instruments
that may be included in Deposits to create Baskets and publishes,
or its agent publishes on its behalf, such requirements as the
beginning of each Business Day. The Sponsor of its designee will
deliver (or cause to be delivered) a copy of the Prospectus to each
Participant prior to its execution and delivery of the Authorized
Purchaser Agreement and prior to accepting any Purchase
Order.
(b) Deposit
with the Depository. Upon issuing a Creation Basket for any
Fund pursuant to a Purchase Order, the Sponsor will cause the Trust
to deposit the Creation Basket with the Depository in accordance
with the Depository’s customary procedures, for credit to the
account of the Participant that submitted the Purchase
Order.
(c) Rejection.
For each Fund, the Sponsor or its designee shall have the absolute
right, but shall have no obligation, to reject any Purchase Order
or Creation Basket Deposit: (i) determined by the Sponsor not
to be in proper form; (ii) the acceptance of which would, in
the opinion of counsel to the Sponsor, be unlawful, (iii) if
circumstances outside the control of the Sponsor make it for all
practical purposes not feasible to process creations of Creation
Baskets; (iv) determined by the Sponsor not to be in the best
interest of the Limited Shareholders; or (v) for any other
reason set forth in the Authorized Purchaser Agreement entered into
with that Participant. The Sponsor shall not be liable to any
person by reason of the rejection of any Purchase Order or Creation
Basket Deposit.
(d) Transaction
Fee. For each Fund, a non-refundable transaction fee will be
payable by a Participant to the Sponsor for its own account in
connection with each Purchase Order pursuant to this
Section 3.5 and in connection with each Redemption Order of
such Participant pursuant to Section 7.1 (each a
“Transaction
Fee”). The Transaction Fee charged in connection with
each such creation and redemption shall be initially $1,000 (1,000
U.S. dollars), but may be changed as provided below. Even though a
single Purchase Order or Redemption Order may relate to multiple
Creation Baskets or Redemption Baskets, only a single Transaction
Fee will be due for each Purchase Order or Redemption Order for a
Fund. The Transaction Fee may subsequently be waived, modified,
reduced, increased or otherwise changed by the Sponsor, but will
not in any event exceed 0.1% of the Net Asset Value Per Basket of a
Fund at the time of creation of a Creation Basket or redemption of
a Redemption Basket, as the case may be. The Sponsor shall notify
the Depository of any agreement to change the Transaction Fee and
shall not implement any increase for redemptions of outstanding
Shares until thirty (30) days after the date of that
notice.
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(e) Global
Certificate Only. Certificates for Creation Baskets will not
be issued, other than the Global Security issued to the Depository.
So long as the Depository Agreement is in effect, Creation Baskets
will be issued and redeemed and Limited Shares will be transferable
solely through the book-entry systems of the Depository and the DTC
Participants and their Indirect Participants as more fully
described in Section 3.6.
(f) Replacement
of Depository. The Depository may determine to discontinue
providing its service with respect to Creation Baskets and Limited
Shares by giving notice to the Sponsor pursuant to and in
conformity with the provisions of the Depository Agreement and
discharging its responsibilities with respect thereto under
applicable law. Under such circumstances, the Sponsor shall take
action to find a replacement for the Depository to perform its
functions at a comparable cost and on terms acceptable to the
Sponsor or, if such a replacement is unavailable, to either
(i) terminate the Trust or specific Funds, as applicable, or
(ii) execute and deliver separate certificates evidencing
Shares registered in the names of the Limited Shareholders thereof,
with such additions, deletions and modifications to this Trust
Agreement and to the form of certificate evidencing Shares as the
Sponsor deems necessary or appropriate.
Section
3.6
Book-Entry-Only System, Global
Security.
(a) Global
Security. The Trust and the Sponsor will enter into the
Depository Agreement pursuant to which the Depository will act as
securities depository for Limited Shares of each Fund. Limited
Shares of each Fund will be represented by the Global Security
(which may consist of one or more certificates as required by the
Depository), which will be registered, as the Depository shall
direct, in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for the
Depository and deposited with, or on behalf of, the Depository. No
other certificates evidencing Limited Shares will be issued. The
Global Security for each Fund shall be in the form attached hereto
as Exhibit A or described therein and shall represent such
Limited Shares as shall be specified therein, and may provide that
it shall represent the aggregate amount of outstanding Limited
Shares of a Fund from time to time endorsed thereon and that the
aggregate amount of outstanding Limited Shares represented thereby
may from time to time be increased or decreased to reflect
creations or redemptions of Baskets. Any endorsement of a Global
Security to reflect the amount, or any increase or decrease in the
amount, of outstanding Limited Shares represented thereby shall be
made in such manner and upon instructions given by the Sponsor on
behalf of the Trust as specified in the Depository
Agreement.
(b) Legend.
Any Global Security issued to The Depository Trust Company or its
nominee shall bear a legend substantially to the following effect:
“Unless this certificate is presented by an authorized
representative of The Depository Trust Company, a New York
corporation (“DTC”), to the Trust or
its agent for registration of transfer, exchange, or payment, and
any certificate issued is registered in the name of Cede &
Co., or in such other name as is requested by an authorized
representative of DTC (and any payment is made to Cede &
Co., or to such other entity as is required by an authorized
representative of DTC), ANY TRANSFER, PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF
FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY PERSON IS WRONGFUL inasmuch as
the registered owner hereof, Cede & Co., has an interest
herein.”
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(c) The
Depository. The Depository has advised the Trust and the
Sponsor as follows: The Depository is a limited-purpose trust
company organized under the laws of the State of New York, a member
of the U.S. Federal Reserve System, a “clearing
corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform
Commercial Code, and a “clearing agency” registered
pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Securities
Exchange Act of 1934, as amended. The Depository was created to
hold securities of its participants (the “DTC Participants”) and to
facilitate the clearance and settlement of securities transactions
among the DTC Participants in such securities through electronic
book-entry changes in accounts of the DTC Participants, thereby
eliminating the need for physical movement of securities
certificates. DTC Participants include securities brokers and
dealers, banks, trust companies, clearing corporations, and certain
other organizations, some of whom (and/or their representatives)
own the Depository. Access to the Depository’s system is also
available to others such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust
companies that clear through or maintain a custodial relationship
with a DTC Participant, either directly or indirectly
(“Indirect
Participants”).
(d) Limited
Shareholders. As provided in the Depository Agreement, upon
the settlement date of any creation, transfer or redemption of
Limited Shares of a Fund, the Depository will credit or debit, on
its book-entry registration and transfer system, the number of
Limited Shares so created, transferred or redeemed to the accounts
of the appropriate DTC Participants. The accounts to be credited
and charged shall be designated by the Sponsor on behalf of each
Fund and each Participant, in the case of a creation or redemption
of Baskets. Ownership of beneficial interest in Limited Shares will
be limited to DTC Participants, Indirect Participants and persons
holding interests through DTC Participants and Indirect
Participants. Limited Shareholders will be shown on, and the
transfer of Limited Shares will be effected only through, in the
case of DTC Participants, the records maintained by the Depository
and, in the case of Indirect Participants and Limited Shareholders
holding through a DTC Participant or an Indirect Participant,
through those records or the records of the relevant DTC
Participants or Indirect Participants. Limited Shareholders are
expected to receive, from or through the broker or bank that
maintains the account through which the Limited Shareholder has
purchased Limited Shares, a written confirmation relating to their
purchase of Limited Shares.
(e) Reliance
on Procedures. Limited Shareholders will not be entitled to
have Limited Shares registered in their names, will not receive or
be entitled to receive physical delivery of certificates in
definitive form and will not be considered the record or registered
holder of Limited Shares under this Trust Agreement. Accordingly,
to exercise any rights of a holder of Limited Shares under the
Trust Agreement, a Limited Shareholder must rely on the procedures
of the Depository and, if such Limited Shareholder is not a DTC
Participant, on the procedures of each DTC Participant or Indirect
Participant through which such Limited Shareholder holds its
interests. The Trust and the Sponsor understand that under existing
industry practice, if the Trust or any Fund requests any action of
a Limited Sharesholder, or a Limited Shareholder desires to take
any action that the Depository or its nominee, as the record owner
of all outstanding Limited Shares of each Fund, is entitled to
take, (1) in the case of a Trust request, the Depository will
notify the DTC Participants regarding such request, such DTC
Participants will in turn notify each Indirect Participant holding
Limited Shares through it, with each successive Indirect
Participant continuing to notify each person holding Limited Shares
through it until the request has reached the Limited Shareholder,
and (2) in the case of a request or authorization to act being
sought or given by a Limited Shareholder, such request or
authorization is given by such Limited Shareholder and relayed back
to the Trust or such Fund through each Indirect Participant and DTC
Participant through which the Limited Shareholder’s interest
in the Limited Shares is held.
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(f) Communication
between the Trust and the Limited Shareholders. As described
above, the Trust and the Funds will recognize the Depository or its
nominee as the owner of all Limited Shares for all purposes except
as expressly set forth in this Trust Agreement. Conveyance of all
notices, statements and other communications to Limited
Shareholders will be effected as follows. Pursuant to the
Depository Agreement, the Depository is required to make available
to the Funds upon request and for a fee to be charged to the Funds
a listing of the Limited Share holdings of each DTC Participant.
The Trust or the Funds shall inquire of each such DTC Participant
as to the number of Limited Shareholders holding Limited Shares of
a Fund, directly or indirectly, through such DTC Participant. The
Trust or the Funds shall provide each such DTC Participant with
sufficient copies of such notice, statement or other communication,
in such form, number and at such place as such DTC Participant may
reasonably request, in order that such notice, statement or
communication may be transmitted by such DTC Participant, directly
or indirectly, to such Limited Shareholders. In addition, the Funds
shall pay to each such DTC Participant an amount as reimbursement
for the expenses attendant to such transmittal, all subject to
applicable statutory and regulatory requirements.
(g) Distributions.
Any distributions on Limited Shares pursuant to Section 6.7
shall be made to the Depository or its nominee, Cede &
Co., as the registered owner of all Limited Shares. The Trust and
the Sponsor expect that the Depository or its nominee, upon receipt
of any payment of distributions in respect of Limited Shares, shall
credit immediately DTC Participants’ accounts with payments
in amounts proportionate to their respective beneficial interests
in Limited Shares as shown on the records of the Depository or its
nominee. The Trust and the Sponsor also expect that payments by DTC
Participants to Indirect Participants and Limited Shareholders
holding Limited Shares through such DTC Participants and Indirect
Participants will be governed by standing instructions and
customary practices, as is now the case with securities held for
the accounts of customers in bearer form or registered in a
“street name,” and will be the responsibility of such
DTC Participants and Indirect Participants. None of the Trust, the
Funds, the Trustee or the Sponsor will have any responsibility or
liability for any aspects of the records relating to or notices to
Limited Shareholders, or payments made on account of beneficial
ownership interests in Limited Shares, or for maintaining,
supervising or reviewing any records relating to such beneficial
ownership interests or for any other aspect of the relationship
between the Depository and the DTC Participants or the relationship
between such DTC Participants and the Indirect Participants and
Limited Shareholders owning through such DTC Participants or
Indirect Participants or between or among the Depository, any
Limited Shareholder and any person by or through which such Limited
Shareholder is considered to own Limited Shares.
(h) Limitation
of Liability. Each Global Security to be issued hereunder is
executed and delivered solely on behalf of the Trust by the
Sponsor, as Sponsor, in the exercise of the powers and authority
conferred and vested in it by this Trust Agreement. The
representations, undertakings and agreements made on the part of
the Trust in each Global Security are made and intended not as
personal representations, undertakings and agreements by the
Sponsor or the Trustee, but are made and intended for the purpose
of binding only the Trust. Nothing in the Global Security shall be
construed as creating any liability on the Sponsor or the Trustee,
individually or personally, to fulfill any representation,
undertaking or agreement other than as provided in this Trust
Agreement.
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(i) Successor
Depository. If a successor to The Depository Trust Company
shall be employed as Depository hereunder, the Trust and the
Sponsor shall establish procedures acceptable to such successor
with respect to the matters addressed in this
Section 3.6.
Section
3.7
Assets. All consideration
received by a Fund for the issue or sale of Shares together with
such Fund’s Trust Estate in which such consideration is
invested, all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof,
including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or
liquidation of such assets, shall belong to each Fund for all
purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors of such Fund and
except as may otherwise be required by applicable tax laws, and
shall be so recorded upon the books of account of such
Fund.
Section
3.8
Liabilities of
Funds.
(a) The
Trust Estate belonging to each particular Fund shall be charged
with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that Fund and only
that Fund, and all expenses, costs, charges, indemnities and
reserves attributable to that Fund. Any general liabilities,
expenses, costs, charges, indemnities or reserves of the Trust
which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular
Fund shall be allocated and charged by the Sponsor to and among any
one or more of the Funds established and designated from time to
time in such manner and on such basis as the Sponsor in its sole
discretion deems fair and equitable. Each allocation of
liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Sponsor
shall be conclusive and binding upon all Shareholders for all
purposes. The Sponsor shall have full discretion, to the extent not
inconsistent with applicable law, to determine which items shall be
treated as income and which items as capital, and each such
determination and allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon
the Shareholders. Every written agreement, instrument or other
undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Fund
shall include a recitation limiting the obligation or claim
represented thereby to that Fund and its assets.
(b) Without
limiting the foregoing provisions of this Section 3.8, but
subject to the right of the Sponsor in its discretion to allocate
general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves as herein
provided, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses
(“Claims”) incurred,
contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular
Fund shall be enforceable against the assets of such Fund only, and
not against the assets of the Trust generally or of any other Fund.
Notice of this limitation on inter-series liabilities is set forth
in the Certificate of Trust of the Trust as filed in the Office of
the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the
Delaware Trust Statute, and upon the giving of such notice in the
Certificate of Trust, the statutory provisions of Section 3804
of the Delaware Trust Statute relating to limitations on
inter-series liabilities (and the statutory effect under
Section 3804 of setting forth such notice in the Certificate
of Trust) became applicable to the Trust and each Fund. Every
Share, note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or other
undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Fund
shall include a recitation limiting the obligation on the Shares
represented thereby to that Fund and its assets, but the absence of
such a provision shall not be construed as creating recourse to any
other Fund or any other person.
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(c) Any
agreement entered into by the Trust, any Fund, or the Sponsor, on
behalf of the Trust generally or any Fund, including, without
limitation, the Purchase Order entered into with each Participant,
will include language substantially similar to the language set
forth in Section 3.8(b).
Section
3.9
Voting Rights.
Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, on each matter
submitted to a vote of the Shareholders, each Shareholder shall be
entitled to a proportionate vote based upon the number of Shares,
or fraction thereof, standing in its name on the books of such Fund
in accordance with Section 3.6(g).
Section
3.10 Equality. Except as provided herein,
all Shares of a Fund shall represent an equal proportionate
beneficial interest in the assets of the Fund subject to the
liabilities of the Fund, and each Share shall be equal to each
other Share. The Sponsor may from time to time divide or combine
the Shares into a greater or lesser number of Shares without
thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interest in the
assets of the Fund or in any way affecting the rights of
Shareholders.
ARTICLE IV
THE
SPONSOR
Section
4.1 Management of the Trust. Pursuant to
Section 3806(b)(7) of the Delaware Trust Statute, the Trust
shall be managed by the Sponsor as an agent of the Trust and the
conduct of the Trust’s business shall be controlled and
conducted solely by the Sponsor in accordance with this Trust
Agreement.
Section
4.2
Authority of Sponsor. In
addition to and not in limitation of any rights and powers
conferred by law or other provisions of this Trust Agreement, and
except as limited, restricted or prohibited by the express
provisions of this Trust Agreement or the Delaware Trust Statute,
the Sponsor shall have and may exercise on behalf of the Trust, all
powers and rights necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to
effectuate and carry out the purposes, business and objectives of
the Trust, which shall include, without limitation, the
following:
(a) To
enter into, execute, deliver and maintain, and to cause the Trust
to perform its obligations under, contracts, agreements and any or
all other documents and instruments, and to do and perform all such
things as may be in furtherance of Trust purposes or necessary or
appropriate for the offer and sale of the Shares and the conduct of
Trust activities;
(b) To
establish, maintain, deposit into, sign checks and/or otherwise
draw upon accounts on behalf of the Trust with appropriate banking
and savings institutions, and execute and/or accept any instrument
or agreement incidental to the Trust’s business and in
furtherance of its purposes, any such instrument or agreement so
executed or accepted by the Sponsor in the Sponsor’s name
shall be deemed executed and accepted on behalf of the Trust by the
Sponsor;
(c) To
deposit, withdraw, pay, retain and distribute each Fund’s
Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any manner consistent with
the provisions of this Trust Agreement;
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(d) To
supervise the preparation and filing of the Registration Statement
and supplements and amendments thereto;
(e) To
adopt, implement or amend, from time to time, such disclosure and
financial reporting information gathering and control policies and
procedures as are necessary or desirable to ensure compliance with
applicable disclosure and financial reporting obligations under any
applicable securities laws;
(f) To
make any necessary determination or decision in connection with the
preparation of the Trust’s financial statements and
amendments thereto, and the Prospectus;
(g) To
prepare, file and distribute, if applicable, any periodic reports
or updates that may be required under the Securities Exchange Act
of 1934, the CE Act, or the rules and regulations
thereunder;
(h) To
pay or authorize the payment of distributions to the Shareholders
and expenses of each Fund;
(i) To
make any elections on behalf of the Trust and any Fund under the
Code, or any other applicable U.S. federal or state tax law as the
Sponsor shall determine to be in the best interests of the Trust or
the applicable Fund; and
(j) In
the sole discretion of the Sponsor, to admit an Affiliate or
Affiliates of the Sponsor as additional Sponsors.
Section
4.3
Obligations of the Sponsor.
In addition to the obligations expressly provided by the Delaware
Trust Statute or this Trust Agreement, the Sponsor
shall:
(a)
Devote such of its time to the business and affairs of the Trust as
it shall, in its discretion exercised in good faith, determine to
be necessary to conduct the business and affairs of the Trust for
the benefit of the Trust and the Limited Shareholders;
(b)
Execute, file, record and/or publish all certificates, statements
and other documents and do any and all other things as may be
appropriate for the formation, qualification and operation of the
Trust and for the conduct of its business in all appropriate
jurisdictions;
(c) Appoint
and remove independent public accountants to audit the accounts of
the Trust;
(d) Employ
attorneys to represent the Trust;
(e) Use
its best efforts to maintain the status of the Trust and each Fund
as a “statutory trust” for state law purpose and as a
“partnership” for U.S. federal income tax
purposes;
(f) Invest,
reinvest, hold uninvested, sell, exchange, write options on, lease,
lend and, subject to Section 4.4(b), pledge, mortgage and
hypothecate the Trust Estate of each Fund in accordance with the
purposes of the Trust and the Registration Statement.
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(g) Have
fiduciary responsibility for the safekeeping and use of the Trust
Estate, whether or not in the Sponsor’ s immediate possession
or control;
(h) Enter
into a Authorized Purchaser Agreement with each Participant and
discharge the duties and responsibilities of the Trust and the
Sponsor thereunder;
(i) For
each Fund, receive from Participants and process, or cause the
Distributor or other Fund service provider to process, properly
submitted Purchase Orders, as described in
Section 3.5(a)(i);
(j) For
each Fund, in connection with Purchase Order, receive Creation
Basket Deposits from Participants;
(k)
For each Fund, in connection with Purchase Order, deliver or cause
the delivery of Creation Baskets to the Depository for the account
of the Participant submitting a Purchase Order for which the
Sponsor has received the requisite Transaction Fee and the Trust
has received the requisite Deposit, as described in
Section 3.5(d);
(l) For
each Fund, receive from Participants and process, or cause the
Distributor or other Fund service provider to process, properly
submitted Redemption Orders, as described in Section 7.1(a),
or as may from time to time be permitted by
Section 7.2;
(m) For
each Fund, in connection with Redemption Orders, receive from the
redeeming Participant through the Depository, and thereupon cancel
or cause to be cancelled, Limited Shares corresponding to the
Redemption Baskets to be redeemed as described in Section 7.1,
or as may from time to time be permitted by
Section 7.2;
(n) Interact
with the Depository as required; and
(o) Delegate
those of its duties hereunder as it shall determine from time to
time to one or more Administrators or commodity trading or other
advisors.
Section
4.4
General Prohibitions. The
Trust and each Fund, as applicable, shall not:
(a) Borrow
money from or loan money to any Shareholder (including the
Sponsor);
(b)
Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage,
pledge, conditional sale or other title retention agreement,
charge, security interest or encumbrance, except (i) liens for
taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by
appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have
been established, (ii) deposits or pledges to secure
obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or
similar laws or under unemployment insurance, (iii) deposits
or pledges to secure contracts (other than contracts for the
payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal
bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary
course of business, (iv) mechanic’s,
warehousemen’s, carrier’s, workmen’s,
materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary
course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or
which are being contested in good faith, and for which appropriate
reserves have been established if required by generally accepted
accounting principles, and liens arising under ERISA, or
(v) the deposit of margin or collateral with respect to the
initiation and maintenance of Commodity Contract positions;
or
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(c) Operate
the Trust or a Fund in any manner so as to contravene the
requirements to preserve the limitation on inter-series liability
set forth in Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust
Statute.
Section
4.5
Liability of Covered
Persons. A Covered Person shall have no liability to the
Trust, any Fund, or to any Shareholder or other Covered Person for
any loss suffered by the Trust or any Fund which arises out of any
action or inaction of such Covered Person if such Covered Person,
in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the
best interest of the Trust or the applicable Fund and such course
of conduct did not constitute gross negligence or willful
misconduct of such Covered Person. Subject to the foregoing,
neither the Sponsor nor any other Covered Person shall be
personally liable for the return or repayment of all or any portion
of the capital or profits of any Shareholder or assignee thereof,
it being expressly agreed that any such return of capital or
profits made pursuant to this Trust Agreement shall be made solely
from the assets of the applicable Fund without any rights of
contribution from the Sponsor or any other Covered Person. A
Covered Person shall not be liable for the conduct or willful
misconduct of any Administrator or other delegatee selected by the
Sponsor with reasonable care, provided, however, that the Trustee
and its Affiliates shall not under any circumstances be liable for
the conduct or willful misconduct of the Sponsor or any
Administrator or other delegatee or any other Person selected by
the Sponsor to provide services to the Trust.
Section
4.6
Fiduciary
Duty.
(a)
To the extent that, at law (common or statutory) or in equity, the
Sponsor has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities
relating thereto to the Trust, the Funds, the Shareholders or to
any other Person, the Sponsor acting under this Trust Agreement
shall not be liable to the Trust, the Funds, the Shareholders or to
any other Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of
this Trust Agreement subject to the standard of care in
Section 4.5 herein. The provisions of this Trust Agreement, to
the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and
liabilities of the Sponsor otherwise existing at law or in equity,
are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and
liabilities of the Sponsor.
(b)
Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:
(i) whenever
a conflict of interest exists or arises between the Sponsor or any
of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Trust or any
Shareholder or any other Person, on the other hand; or
(ii) whenever
this Trust Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or
therein provides that the Sponsor shall act in a manner that is, or
provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust, any
Shareholder or any other Person,
the
Sponsor shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action
or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative
interest of each party (including its own interest) to such
conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and
burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted
industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted
accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by
the Sponsor, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or
provided by the Sponsor shall not constitute a breach of this Trust
Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty
or obligation of the Sponsor at law or in equity or
otherwise.
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(c) The
Sponsor and any Affiliate of the Sponsor may engage in or possess
an interest in other profit-seeking or business ventures of any
nature or description, independently or with others, whether or not
such ventures are competitive with the Trust and the doctrine of
corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply
to the Sponsor. If the Sponsor acquires knowledge of a potential
transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an
opportunity for the Trust, it shall have no duty to communicate or
offer such opportunity to the Trust, and the Sponsor shall not be
liable to the Trust or to the Shareholders for breach of any
fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that the Sponsor
pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to, another
Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to
the Trust. Neither the Trust nor any Shareholder shall have any
rights or obligations by virtue of this Agreement or the trust
relationship created hereby in or to such independent ventures or
the income or profits or losses derived therefrom, and the pursuit
of such ventures, even if competitive with the activities of the
Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Except to the
extent expressly provided herein, the Sponsor may engage or be
interested in any financial or other transaction with the Trust,
the Shareholders or any Affiliate of the Trust or the
Shareholders.
Section
4.7
Indemnification of the
Sponsor.
(a) The
Sponsor shall be indemnified by the Trust (or, in furtherance of
Section 3.8, by a Fund separately to the extent the matter in
question relates to a single Fund or disproportionately affects a
specific Fund in relation to other Funds) against any losses,
judgments, liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement of
any claims sustained by it in connection with its activities for
the Trust, provided that (i) the Sponsor was acting on behalf
of or performing services for the Trust and has determined, in good
faith, that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the
Trust and such liability or loss was not the result of gross
negligence, willful misconduct, or a breach of this Trust Agreement
on the part of the Sponsor and (ii) any such indemnification
will only be recoverable from the applicable Trust Estate or Trust
Estates. All rights to indemnification permitted herein and payment
of associated expenses shall not be affected by the dissolution or
other cessation to exist of the Sponsor, or the withdrawal,
adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Sponsor, or the
filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy under
Title 11 of the Bankruptcy Code by or against the
Sponsor.
(b) Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Section 4.7(a) above, the Sponsor shall
not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising
from or out of an alleged violation of U.S. federal or state
securities laws unless (i) there has been a successful
adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged
securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee and the
court approves the indemnification of such expenses (including,
without limitation, litigation costs), (ii) such claims have
been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent
jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves
the indemnification of such expenses (including, without
limitation, litigation costs) or (iii) a court of competent
jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a
particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the
settlement and related costs should be made.
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(c) The
Trust and the Funds shall not incur the cost of that portion of any
insurance which insures any party against any liability, the
indemnification of which is herein prohibited.
(d) Expenses
incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative
or criminal action suit or proceeding against the Sponsor shall be
paid by the Trust or the applicable Fund or Funds in advance of the
final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, if
(i) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or
services by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or any Fund or
Funds; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a party other
than the Trust; and (iii) the Sponsor undertakes to repay the
advanced funds with interest to the Trust or the applicable Fund or
Funds in cases in which it is not entitled to indemnification under
this Section 4.7.
(e) The
term “Sponsor” as used only in this Section 4.7
shall include, in addition to the Sponsor, any other Covered Person
performing services on behalf of the Trust or any Fund or Funds and
acting within the scope of the Sponsor’s authority as set
forth in this Trust Agreement.
(f) In
the event the Trust or any Fund is made a party to any claim,
dispute, demand or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss,
liability, damage, cost or expense as a result of or in connection
with any Limited Shareholder’s (or assignee’s)
obligations or liabilities unrelated to Trust business, such
Limited Shareholder (or assignees cumulatively) shall indemnify,
defend, hold harmless, and reimburse the Trust or Fund for all such
loss, liability, damage, cost and expense incurred, including
attorneys’ and accountants’ fees.
(g) The
payment of any amount pursuant to this Section 4.7 shall be
subject to Section 3.8 with respect to the allocation of
liabilities and other amounts, as appropriate, among the
Funds.
Section
4.8
Expenses and Limitations
Thereon.
(a)
The Sponsor or an Affiliate of the Sponsor shall be responsible for
the payment of all Organization Expenses incurred in connection
with the creation of the Trust or any Fund and the sale of
Shares.
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(ii) “Organization
Expenses” shall mean those expenses incurred in
connection with the formation, qualification and registration of
the Trust, any Fund and the Shares under applicable U.S. federal
and state law, and any other expenses actually incurred and,
directly or indirectly, related to the organization of the Trust or
any Fund or the offering of a Fund’s Shares prior to the time
such Shares begin trading on an Exchange, including, but not
limited to, expenses such as: (i) initial registration fees,
prepaid licensing fees, filing fees, escrow fees and taxes,
(ii) costs of preparing, printing (including typesetting),
amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing the Registration
Statement, the Exhibits thereto and the Prospectus for a Fund,
(iii) the costs of qualifying, printing, (including
typesetting), amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing
sales materials used in connection with the offering and issuance
of the Shares of a Fund, (iv) travel, telegraph, telephone and
other expenses in connection with the offering and issuance of the
Shares of a Fund, and (v) accounting, auditing and legal fees
(including disbursements related thereto) incurred in connection
therewith.
(b) Except
as set forth in Article II and Sections 4.8(a) and
4.8(c), all ongoing charges, costs and expenses of each
Fund’s operation shall be billed to and paid by the
applicable Fund. Such costs and expenses shall include, but not be
limited to: (i) brokerage and other fees and commissions
incurred in connection with the trading activities of the Funds;
(ii) expenses incurred in connection with registering
additional Shares of a Fund or offering Shares of a Fund after the
time any Shares of such Fund have begun trading on an Exchange;
(iii) the routine expenses associated with preparation of
monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports required by applicable
U.S. federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and
preparing, printing and mailing proxy statements and reports to
Shareholders; (iv) the payment of any distributions related to
redemption of Shares; (v) the Sponsor’s fee in
accordance with Section 4.9; (vi) payment for routine
services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants;
(vii) payment for routine accounting, bookkeeping, custody and
transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service
provider or by Affiliates of the Sponsor; (viii) postage and
insurance; (ix) costs and expenses associated with client
relations and services; (x) payment of all federal, state,
local or foreign taxes payable on the income, assets or operations
of the Fund and the preparation of all tax returns related thereto;
and (xi) extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited
to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any
indemnification related thereto).
(c) The
Sponsor or any Affiliate of the Sponsor may only be reimbursed for
the actual cost to the Sponsor or such Affiliate of any expenses
which it advances on behalf of a Fund for which payment a Fund is
responsible. In addition, payment to the Sponsor or such Affiliate
for indirect expenses incurred in performing services for the Funds
in its capacity as the Sponsor of the Trust, such as salaries and
fringe benefits of employees, officers and directors, rent or
depreciation, utilities and other administrative items generally
falling within the category of the Sponsor’s
“overhead,” is prohibited.
Section
4.9
Compensation to the
Sponsor. The Sponsor shall be entitled to compensation for
its services as Sponsor of the Trust as set forth in the
Prospectus, as the same may be amended or supplemented from time to
time.
Section
4.10
Other Business of
Shareholders. Except as otherwise specifically provided
herein, any of the Shareholders and any shareholder, officer,
director, member, manager, employee or other person holding a legal
or beneficial interest in an entity which is a Shareholder, may
engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of
every nature and description, independently or with others, and the
pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of
the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper.
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Section
4.11
Withdrawal of the
Sponsor.
(a) The
Sponsor may withdraw voluntarily as the Sponsor of the Trust only
upon ninety (90) days’ prior written notice to all Limited
Shareholders and the Trustee. If the Sponsor withdraws and a
successor Sponsor is selected in accordance with
Section 13.1(a)(ii), the withdrawing Sponsor shall pay all
expenses as a result of its withdrawal.
(b)
The Sponsor will not cease to be a Sponsor of the Trust merely upon
the occurrence of its making an assignment for the benefit of
creditors, filing a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, filing a
petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization,
arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or
similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, filing an
answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest material
allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of
this nature or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the
appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for itself or of
all or any substantial part of its properties.
(c) In
connection with any Event of Withdrawal, the Sponsor shall not
cease to be a Sponsor of the Trust, or to have the power to
exercise any rights or powers as a Sponsor, or to have liability
for the obligations of the Trust under Section 1.7 hereof,
until a substitute Sponsor, which shall carry on the business of
the Trust, has been admitted to the Trust or until the Trust has
been terminated in accordance with Section 13.1.
(d) To
the full extent permitted by law, nothing in this Trust Agreement
shall be deemed to prevent the merger of the Sponsor with another
corporation or other entity, the reorganization of the Sponsor into
or with any other corporation or other entity, the transfer of all
the capital stock of the Sponsor or the assumption of the rights,
duties and liabilities of the Sponsor by, in the case of a merger,
reorganization or consolidation, the surviving corporation or other
entity by operation of law or the transfer of the Sponsor’s
Shares to an Affiliate of the Sponsor. Without limiting the
foregoing, none of the transactions referenced in the preceding
sentence shall be deemed to be a voluntary withdrawal for purposes
of Section 4.11(a) or an Event of Withdrawal or assignment of
Shares for purposes of Section 5.2(a).
Section
4.12 Authorization of Registration
Statements. Each Limited Shareholder (or any permitted
assignee thereof) hereby agrees that the Sponsor, the Trust, and
the Trustee are authorized to execute, deliver and perform the
agreements, acts, transactions and matters contemplated hereby or
described in or contemplated by the Registration Statements on
behalf of the Trust without any further act, approval or vote of
the Limited Shareholders of the Funds, notwithstanding any other
provision of this Trust Agreement, the Delaware Trust Statute or
any applicable law, rule or regulation.
Section
4.13
Litigation. The Sponsor is
hereby authorized to prosecute, defend, settle or compromise
actions or claims at law or in equity as may be necessary or proper
to enforce or protect the Trust’s interests. The Sponsor
shall satisfy any judgment, decree or decision of any court, board
or authority having jurisdiction or any settlement of any suit or
claim prior to judgment or final decision thereon, first, out of
any insurance proceeds available therefor, next, out of the
Funds’ assets on a pro rata basis and, thereafter, out of the
assets (to the extent that it is permitted to do so under the
various other provisions of this Trust Agreement) of the
Sponsor.
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ARTICLE V
TRANSFERS OF
SHARES
Section
5.1
Transfer of Limited Shares.
A Limited Shareholder may not transfer his Shares or any part of
his right, title and interest in the capital or profits in any Fund
except as permitted in this Article V and any act in violation
of this Article V shall not be binding upon or recognized by
the Trust (regardless of whether the Sponsor shall have knowledge
thereof), unless approved in writing by the Sponsor. Limited
Shareholders that are not DTC Participants may transfer Limited
Shares by instructing the DTC Participant or Indirect Participant
holding the Limited Shares for such Limited Shareholder in
accordance with standard securities industry practice. Limited
Shareholders that are DTC Participants may transfer Limited Shares
by instructing the Depository in accordance with the rules of the
Depository and standard securities industry practice.
Section
5.2
Transfer of Sponsor’s
Shares. Upon the Sponsor ceasing to serve as Sponsor of the
Trust, the Sponsor’s Shares shall be purchased by the Trust
for a purchase price in cash equal to the Net Asset Value
thereof.
ARTICLE VI
CAPITAL ACCOUNTS,
DISTRIBUTIONS AND ALLOCATIONS
Section
6.1
Capital
Accounts.
(a) The
Sponsor or an Administrator shall establish on the books and
records of each Fund for each Shareholder a separate account (a
“Capital
Account”), which shall be determined in accordance
with the following provisions:
(i) A
Shareholder’s Capital Account shall be increased by such
Shareholder’s Capital Contributions to the Fund and by any
income or gain (including income and gain exempt from tax) computed
in accordance with Section 6.1(b) and allocated to such
Shareholder pursuant to Section 6.2.
(ii) A
Shareholder’s Capital Account shall be decreased by the
amount of cash distributed to such Shareholder pursuant to any
provision of this Agreement and by any expenses, deductions or
losses computed in accordance with Section 6.1(b) and
allocated to such Shareholder pursuant to
Section 6.2.
(b) For
purposes of computing the amount of any item of income, gain,
deduction, expense or loss to be reflected in a Shareholder’s
Capital Account, the determination, recognition and classification
of any such item shall be the same as its determination,
recognition and classification for federal income tax purposes
pursuant to Section 703(a) of the Code; provided, that:
(i) Items
described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code shall be treated
as items of deduction. All fees and other expenses incurred by the
Fund to promote the sale of (or to sell) a Share that can neither
be deducted nor amortized under Section 709 of the Code shall,
for purposes of Capital Account maintenance, be treated as items
described in Section 705(a)(2)(B) of the Code.
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(ii) Except
as otherwise provided in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(m), the
computation of all items of income, gain, loss and deduction shall
be made without regard to any election under Section 754 of
the Code.
(iii) In
computing income, gain, deduction, expense or loss for Capital
Account purposes, the amount of such item shall be determined
taking into account the book value of the Fund’s property, as
adjusted pursuant to Section 6.1(d).
(c) In
the event any Shareholder’s Shares are transferred in
accordance with the terms of this Agreement, the transferee shall
succeed to the Capital Account of such Shareholder to the extent
such Capital Account relates to the transferred
Shares.
(d) Consistent
with the provisions of Treasury Regulations section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(f), upon an issuance or redemption of Shares, in
connection with the dissolution, liquidation or termination of a
Fund, or otherwise as appropriate pursuant to generally accepted
industry accounting practices, the Capital Accounts of all
Shareholders of such Fund may, immediately prior to such issuance,
redemption, dissolution, liquidation, termination, or otherwise, be
adjusted (consistent with the provisions hereof) upwards or
downwards to reflect any Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss
attributable to Fund property, as if such Unrealized Gain or
Unrealized Loss had been recognized upon an actual sale of such
property, immediately prior to such issuance, redemption,
dissolution, liquidation, termination, or otherwise, and had been
allocated to the Shareholders at such time pursuant to
Section 6.2. Pursuant to Treasury Regulations section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(g),
appropriate adjustments shall be made to the book value of the
Fund’s property with Unrealized Gain or Unrealized Loss.
Proper adjustment shall be made to the amount of any Capital
Account adjustment under this Section 6.1(d) to take into
account any prior Capital Account adjustment under this
Section 6.1.
The
foregoing provisions and the other provisions of this Agreement
relating to the maintenance of Capital Accounts are intended to
comply with section 1.704-1(b) of the Treasury regulations, and
shall be interpreted and applied in a manner consistent with such
regulations. In the event the Sponsor shall determine that it is
prudent to modify the manner in which the Capital Accounts, or any
debits or credits thereto are computed in order to comply with such
regulations, it may make such modification. The Sponsor also shall
(i) make any adjustments that are necessary or appropriate to
maintain equality between the aggregate Capital Accounts of the
Shareholders and the amount of capital reflected on the
Fund’s balance sheet, as computed for book purposes, in
accordance with Treasury Regulations section
1.704-l(b)(2)(iv)(q) and
(ii) make any appropriate modifications in the event
unanticipated events might otherwise cause this Agreement not to
comply with Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b).
Section
6.2
Allocations for Capital Account
Purposes.
(a) For
purposes of maintaining Capital Accounts and in determining the
rights of the Shareholders among themselves, except as otherwise
provided in this Section 6.2 each item of income, gain, loss,
expense and deduction (computed in accordance with
Section 6.1(b)) shall be allocated to the Shareholders in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
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(b)
Pursuant to Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g),
items of depreciation, depletion, amortization and gain or loss
attributable to Adjusted Property that has a Book-Tax Disparity
shall be allocated among the Shareholders in accordance with
Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(iv)(g)(3).
(c) If
any Shareholder unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations
or distributions described in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items of the Fund’s income and gain
shall be specially allocated to such Shareholder in an amount and
manner sufficient to eliminate a deficit balance in its Capital
Account (after decreasing such Shareholder’s Capital Account
balance by the items described in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d)) created by such adjustments, allocations or
distributions as quickly as possible. This Section 6.2(c) is
intended to constitute a “qualified income offset”
within the meaning of Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d).
Section
6.3
Allocations of Profits and Losses
for Tax Purposes.
(a) For
U.S. federal income tax purposes, except as otherwise provided in
this Section 6.3, each item of income, gain, loss, deduction
and credit of a Fund shall be allocated among the Shareholders in
accordance with their respective Percentage Interests.
(b) In
an attempt to eliminate Book-Tax Disparities attributable to
Adjusted Property, items of income, gain, or loss shall be
allocated for U.S. federal income tax purposes among the
Shareholders under the principles of the remedial method of
Treasury Regulations section 1.704-3(d).
(c) If
any Shareholder unexpectedly receives any adjustments, allocations
or distributions described in Treasury Regulations section
1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(d), items
of income and gain shall be specially allocated to such Shareholder
in an amount and manner consistent with the allocations of income
and gain pursuant to Section 6.2(c).
Section
6.4
Tax
Conventions.
(a) For
purposes of Sections 6.1, 6.2, and 6.3, the Sponsor or
Administrator shall adopt such conventions as may be necessary,
appropriate or advisable in the Sponsor’s reasonable
discretion in order to comply with applicable law, including
Section 706 of the Code and the Treasury Regulations or
rulings promulgated thereunder. The Sponsor may revise, alter or
otherwise modify such conventions in accordance with the standard
established in the previous sentence.
(b) Unless
the Sponsor determines that another convention is necessary or
appropriate in the Sponsor’s reasonable discretion in order
to comply with applicable law, each Fund shall use the monthly
convention described in this Section 6.4(b).
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(i) All
issuances, redemptions and transfers of Shares or beneficial
interests therein shall be deemed to take place at a price (the
“single monthly
price”) equal to the value of such Share or beneficial
interest therein at the end of the Business Day during the month in
which the issuance, redemption or transfer takes place on which the
value of a Share is lowest. Accordingly, in determining Unrealized
Gain or Unrealized Loss and in making the adjustments provided for
by Section 6.1(d), the fair market value of all Fund property
immediately prior to the issuance, redemption or transfer of Shares
shall be deemed to be equal to the lowest value of such property
(as determined under Section 6.6) during the month in which
such Shares are issued or redeemed. In the event that the Fund
makes an election under Section 754 of the Code, adjustments
to be made under Sections 734(b) and 743(b) of the Code will
be made using the same monthly convention, including by reference
to the single monthly price.
(ii) All
property contributed to a Fund shall be deemed to have a value
equal to the value of such property (determined under principles
similar to those described in Section 6.6) on the date of such
contribution. All purchases and sales of property, however, shall
be treated as taking place at a price equal to the purchase or sale
price of the property, respectively.
(iii) In
general, each item of a Fund’s income, gain, expense, loss,
deduction and credit shall, for U.S. federal income tax purposes,
be determined for each calendar month during a taxable period based
on an interim closing of the books and shall be allocated solely
among the Shareholders recognized as shareholders of the Fund as of
the close of business on the last trading day of the preceding
calendar month. For this purpose, any transfer of a Share during a
calendar month shall be treated as being effective immediately
prior to the close of business on the last trading day of a
calendar month. Notwithstanding the foregoing, unless the Sponsor
determines that another method is necessary or appropriate in the
Sponsor’s reasonable discretion, gain or loss on a sale or
other disposition of all or a substantial portion of the assets of
a Fund (or, in the Sponsor’s sole discretion, other sales or
dispositions of assets if appropriate to more accurately allocate
such gain and loss to Shareholders in a manner that corresponds to
their economic gain and loss) shall be allocated to the
Shareholders of the Fund who own Shares as of the close of the day
in which such gain or loss is recognized for federal income tax
purposes.
(c)
The allocations pursuant to Section 6.4(b) are intended to
constitute a reasonable method of allocation in accordance with
Treasury Regulations section 1.706-1(c)(2)(ii) and to take into
account a Shareholder’s or Shareholders’ varying
interests during the taxable year of any issuance, redemption or
transfer of Shares or beneficial interests therein. Any person who
is the transferee of Shares shall be deemed to consent to the
methods of determination and allocation set forth in
Sections 6.3 and 6.4 as a condition of receiving such
Shares.
Section
6.5
No Interest on Capital
Account. No Shareholder shall be entitled to interest on its
Capital Account.
Section
6.6
Valuation.
(a) For
purposes of determining the Net Asset Value of a Fund, the Trust
will value all property at (A) its current market value, if
quotations for such property are readily available or (B) its
fair value, as reasonably determined by the Sponsor, if the current
market value cannot be determined.
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(b) The
Sponsor may (but is not required to) employ the services of, and
rely upon the reports of, a recognized pricing service. If the
Sponsor determines that the procedures in this Section are an
inappropriate basis for the valuation of the Trust’s assets,
it shall determine an alternative basis to be employed. The Sponsor
shall not be liable to any Person for any determination as to the
alternative basis for evaluation, provided that such determination
is made in good faith.
Section
6.7
Distributions.
(a) Distributions
on Shares of a Fund may be paid with such frequency as the Sponsor
may determine, which may be daily or otherwise, to the Shareholders
in accordance with Section 3.6(g) from such of the income and
capital gains, accrued or realized, from each Trust Estate, after
providing for actual and accrued liabilities. Such distributions
shall be made in cash or, at the sole discretion of the Sponsor, in
property.
(b) Distributions
from a Fund upon the occurrence of a redemption or upon
dissolution, liquidation or termination pursuant to
Sections 7.1 and 13.2 of this Trust Agreement will be in the
form of property and/or cash as determined by such sections, as
applicable; provided that amounts received by Shareholders in the
case of distributions upon dissolution, liquidation or termination
shall be in accordance with Capital Accounts as provided in
Treasury Regulations section 1.704-1(b)(2)(ii)(b).
(c) Notwithstanding
any provision to the contrary contained in this Trust Agreement, a
Fund shall not be required to make a distribution with respect to
Shares if such distribution would violate the Delaware Trust
Statute or any other applicable law. A determination that a
distribution is not prohibited under this Section 6.7 or the
Delaware Trust Statute shall be made by the Trust and, to the
fullest extent permitted by applicable law, may be based either on
financial statements prepared on the basis of accounting practices
and principles that are reasonable under the circumstances or on a
fair valuation or any other method that is reasonable under the
circumstances. Unless otherwise agreed to by the Shareholders, a
Shareholder shall be entitled only to the distributions expressly
provided for in this Trust Agreement.
(d) Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this Trust Agreement, the
Shareholders understand and acknowledge that a Shareholder (or its
agent) may be compelled to accept a distribution of any asset in
kind from the Fund despite the fact that the percentage of the
asset distributed to such Shareholder (or its agent) exceeds the
percentage of that asset which is equal to the percentage in which
such Shareholder shares in distributions from the
Trust.
ARTICLE VII
REDEMPTIONS
Section
7.1
Redemption of Redemption
Baskets. The following procedures, as supplemented by the
more detailed procedures specified in the attachment to the
applicable Authorized Purchaser Agreement, which may be amended
from time to time in accordance with the provisions of such
Authorized Purchaser Agreement (and any such amendment will not
constitute an amendment of this Trust Agreement), will govern the
Trust and the Funds with respect to the redemption of Redemption
Baskets.
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(a) On
any Business Day, a Participant with respect to which a Authorized
Purchaser Agreement is in full force and effect (as reflected on
the list maintained by the Sponsor pursuant to
Section 3.5(a)(i)) may redeem one or more Redemption Baskets
standing to the credit of the Participant on the records of the
Depository by delivering a request for redemption to the Sponsor or
its designee (such request, a “Redemption Order”) in the
manner specified in the procedures described in the attachment to
the Authorized Purchaser Agreement, as amended from time to time in
accordance with the provisions of the Authorized Purchaser
Agreement (and any such amendment will not constitute an amendment
of this Trust Agreement).
(b) To
be effective, a Redemption Order must be submitted on a Business
Day by the Order Cut-Off Time in form satisfactory to the Sponsor
(the Business Day on which the Redemption Order is so submitted,
the “Redemption
Order Date”). The Sponsor shall reject any Redemption
Order the fulfillment of which its counsel advises may be illegal
under applicable laws and regulations, and the Sponsor shall have
no liability to any person for rejecting a Redemption Order in such
circumstances.
(c) Subject
to deduction of any tax or other governmental charges due thereon,
the redemption distribution (“Redemption Distribution”)
shall consist of cash or a combination of United States Treasury
securities, cash and/or cash equivalents or other securities or
property in an amount equal to the product obtained by multiplying
(i) the number of Redemption Baskets set forth in the relevant
Redemption Order by (ii) the Net Asset Value Per Basket of a
Fund calculated on the Redemption Order Date. The Sponsor
determines, in its sole discretion or in consultation with the
Administrator, the requirements for securities and/or property that
may be included in Redemption Distributions and publishes, or its
agent publishes on its behalf, such requirements at the beginning
of each Business Day.
(d) On
the next Business Day following the Redemption Order Date (or on
such later Business Day, not to exceed three Business Days after
the Redemption Order Date, as agreed to between the Participant and
the Sponsor or its designee when the Redemption Order is placed)
(the “Redemption
Settlement Date”), if the account of the Distributor
or other appropriate Fund service provider at the Depository has
been credited with the Redemption Baskets being tendered for
redemption and the Sponsor has by such time received the
Transaction Fee, the Sponsor shall deliver the Redemption
Distribution through the Depository to the account of the
Participant as recorded on the book entry system of the Depository.
If by the close of business on such Redemption Settlement Date the
Sponsor has not received from a redeeming Participant all
Redemption Baskets comprising the Redemption Order, the Sponsor
will (i) settle the Redemption Order to the extent of whole
Redemption Baskets received from the Participant with the
Transaction Fee and (ii) keep the redeeming
Participant’s Redemption Order open until the first Business
Day following the Redemption Settlement Date as to the balance of
the Redemption Order (such balance, the “Suspended Redemption
Order”). If the Redemption Basket(s) comprising the
Suspended Redemption Order are credited to the Distributor’s
account at the Depository on such following Business Day, the
Redemption Distribution with respect to the Suspended Redemption
Order shall be paid in the manner provided in the second preceding
sentence. If by the close of business on the next Business Day
following Redemption Settlement Date, the Sponsor has not received
from the redeeming Participant all Redemption Baskets comprising
the Suspended Redemption Order, the Sponsor will settle the
Suspended Redemption Order to the extent of whole Redemption
Baskets then received and any balance of the Suspended Redemption
will be cancelled. Notwithstanding the foregoing, when and under
such conditions as the Sponsor may from time to time determine, the
Sponsor shall be authorized to deliver the Redemption Distribution
notwithstanding that a Redemption Basket has not been credited to
the Trust’s or the applicable account at the Depository if
the Participant has collateralized its obligation to deliver the
Redemption Basket on such terms as to which the Sponsor may, in its
sole discretion, from time to time agree.
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(e)
The Sponsor may, in its discretion, suspend the right of redemption
or postpone the Redemption Settlement Date for a Fund (i) for
any period during which the Exchange or the Fund’s Futures
Exchange is closed other than customary weekend or holiday
closings, or trading on the Exchange or the Fund’s Futures
Exchange is suspended or restricted; (ii) for any period
during which an emergency exists as a result of which delivery or
Redemption Distributions is not reasonably practicable; or
(iii) for such other period as the Sponsor determines to be
necessary for the protection of Shareholders. Neither the Sponsor
nor its designees will be liable to any person or in any way for
any loss or damages that may result from any such suspension or
postponement.
(f) Redemption
Baskets effectively redeemed pursuant to the provisions of this
Section 7.1 shall be cancelled by the Trust or the applicable
Fund in accordance with the Depository’s procedures, and no
longer be deemed outstanding for purposes of this Trust Agreement
and the Delaware Trust Statute.
Section
7.2 Other Redemption Procedures. The
Sponsor from time to time may, but shall have no obligation to,
establish procedures with respect to redemption of Limited Shares
in lot sizes smaller than the Redemption Basket and permitting the
Redemption Distribution to be in a form, and delivered in a manner,
other than that specified in Section 7.1.
ARTICLE VIII
LIMITED
SHAREHOLDERS
Section
8.1
No Management or Control; Limited
Liability; Exercise of Rights through DTC. The Limited
Shareholders of a Fund shall not participate in the management or
control of the Trust or the applicable Fund or the applicable
Fund’s business, shall not transact any business for the
Trust or any Fund and shall not have the power to sign for or bind
the Trust or any Fund, said power being vested solely and
exclusively in the Sponsor. Except as provided in Section 8.3
hereof, no Limited Shareholder of any Fund shall be bound by, or be
personally liable for, the expenses, liabilities or obligations of
the Trust, the applicable Fund or any other series Fund of the
Trust except to the extent of such Shareholder’s
proportionate share of the applicable Fund’s Trust Estate.
Except as provided in Section 8.3 hereof, each Limited Share
shall be fully paid and no assessment shall be made against any
Limited Shareholder. No salary shall be paid to any Limited
Shareholder in its capacity as such, nor shall any Limited
Shareholder have a drawing account or earn interest on its share of
a Fund’s Trust Estate. By the purchase and acceptance or
other lawful delivery and acceptance of Limited Shares, each
Limited Shareholder shall be deemed to be a beneficiary of the
applicable Fund and vested with beneficial undivided interest in
such Fund to the extent of the Limited Shares owned beneficially by
such Shareholder, subject to the terms and conditions of this Trust
Agreement. The rights under this Trust Agreement of any Shareholder
that is not a DTC Participant must be exercised by a DTC
Participant acting on behalf of such Shareholder in accordance with
the rules and procedures of the Depository, as provided in
Section 3.6.
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Section
8.2
Rights and Duties. The
Limited Shareholders shall have the following rights, powers,
privileges, duties and liabilities:
(a) The
Limited Shareholders shall have the right to obtain from the
Sponsor the reports and information as are set forth in
Article IX and the list of Participants contemplated by
Section 3.5(a)(i). The foregoing rights are in addition to,
and do not limit, other remedies available to Limited Shareholders
under U.S. federal or state law.
(b) The
Limited Shareholders shall receive the share of the distributions
provided for in this Trust Agreement in the manner and at the times
provided for in this Trust Agreement.
(c) Except
for the Limited Shareholders’ redemption rights set forth in
Article VII hereof, Limited Shareholders shall have the right
to demand the return of their capital only upon the dissolution and
winding up of the applicable Fund or the Trust and only to the
extent of funds available therefore. In no event shall a Limited
Shareholder be entitled to demand property other than cash unless
the Sponsor, as determined in its sole discretion, has specified
property for distribution to all Limited Shareholders. No Limited
Shareholder shall have priority over any other Limited Shareholder
either as to the return of capital or as to profits, losses or
distributions. No Limited Shareholder shall have the right to bring
an action for partition against the Trust or a Fund.
(d) Limited
Shareholders, voting together as a single class, or, if the
proposed change affects only certain Funds, of each affected Fund
voting separately as a class, may vote to (i) continue the
Trust as provided in Section 13.l(a), (ii) approve
amendments to this Trust Agreement as set forth in
Section 11.1 hereof, and (iii) terminate the Trust as
provided in Section 13.1(e). Unless otherwise specified in
this Trust Agreement or in Delaware of federal law or regulations
of rules on any exchange, any matter upon which the Shareholders
vote shall be approved by the affirmative vote of Limited
Shareholders holding Limited Shares representing at least a
majority (over 50%) of the outstanding Limited Shares of the Trust
or a Fund, as the case maybe.
Except
as expressly provided in this Trust Agreement, the Limited
Shareholders shall have no voting or other rights with respect to
the Trust or any Fund.
Section
8.3
Limitation on
Liability.
(a) Except
as provided in Sections 4.7(f), and 6.2 hereof, and as
otherwise provided under Delaware law, the Limited Shareholders
shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability
extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit
organized under the general corporation law of the State of
Delaware and no Limited Shareholder shall be liable for claims
against, or debts of the Trust or the applicable Fund in excess of
its Deposit or share of the applicable Fund’s Trust Estate
and undistributed profits. In addition, and subject to the
exceptions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the
Trust or the applicable Fund shall not make a claim against a
Limited Shareholder with respect to amounts distributed to such
Limited Shareholder or amounts received by such Limited Shareholder
upon redemption unless, under Delaware law, such Limited
Shareholder is liable to repay such amount.
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(b) The
Trust or the applicable Fund indemnifies to the full extent
permitted by law and the other provisions of this Trust Agreement,
and to the extent of the applicable Fund’s Trust Estate, each
Limited Shareholder and its agent or nominee against any claims of
liability asserted against such Limited Shareholder solely based on
its status as a Limited Shareholder of one or more Limited Shares
(other than for taxes for which such Limited Shareholder is liable
on income allocated under Section 6.3 hereof or Section
1.6(f)(ii)).
(c) Every
written note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or
undertaking made or issued by the Sponsor on behalf of the Trust or
a Fund shall give notice to the effect that the same was executed
or made by or on behalf of the Trust or the applicable Fund and
that the obligations of such instrument are not binding upon the
Limited Shareholders individually but are binding only upon the
assets and property of the applicable Fund, and no resort shall be
had to the Limited Shareholders’ personal property for
satisfaction of any obligation or claim thereunder, and appropriate
references may be made to this Trust Agreement and may contain any
further recital which the Sponsor deems appropriate, but the
omission thereof shall not operate to bind the Limited Shareholders
individually or otherwise invalidate any such note, bond, contract,
instrument, certificate or undertaking. Nothing contained in this
Section 8.3 shall diminish the limitation on the liability of
the Trust to the extent set forth in Section 3.7 and 3.8
hereof.
Section
8.4
Derivative
Actions.
(a) No
person who is not a Shareholder of a particular Fund shall be
entitled to bring any derivative action, suit or other proceeding
on behalf of the Trust with respect to such Fund. No Shareholder of
a Fund may maintain a derivative action on behalf of the Trust with
respect to such Fund unless holders of at least ten percent (10%)
of the outstanding Shares of such Fund join in the bringing of such
action.
(b) In
addition to the requirements set forth in Section 3816 of the
Delaware Trust Statute, a Shareholder may bring a derivative action
on behalf of the Trust with respect to a Fund only if the following
conditions are met: (i) the Shareholder or Shareholders must
make a pre-suit demand upon the Sponsor to bring the subject action
unless an effort to cause the Sponsor to bring such an action is
not likely to succeed; and a demand on the Sponsor shall only be
deemed not likely to succeed and therefore excused if the Sponsor
has a personal financial interest in the transaction at issue, and
the Sponsor shall not be deemed interested in a transaction or
otherwise disqualified from ruling on the merits of a Shareholder
demand by virtue of the fact that the Sponsor receives remuneration
for its service as the Sponsor or as a sponsor of one or more
companies that are under common management with or otherwise
affiliated with the Trust; and (ii) unless a demand is not
required under clause (i) of this paragraph, the Sponsor must
be afforded a reasonable amount of time to consider such
Shareholder request and to investigate the basis of such claim; and
the Sponsor shall be entitled to retain counsel or other advisors
in considering the merits of the request and may require an
undertaking by the Shareholders making such request to reimburse
the Trust for the expense of any such advisors in the event that
the Sponsor determines not to bring such action.
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ARTICLE IX
BOOKS OF ACCOUNT
AND REPORTS
Section
9.1
Books of Account. Proper
books of account for each Fund shall be kept and shall be audited
annually by an independent certified public accounting firm
selected by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, and there shall be
entered therein all transactions, matters and things relating to
each Fund’s business as are required by the CE Act and
regulations promulgated thereunder, and all other applicable rules
and regulations, and as are usually entered into books of account
kept by Persons engaged in a business of like character. The books
of account shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust and,
subject to Section 8.2(a), each Shareholder (or any duly
constituted designee of a Shareholder) shall have, at all times
during normal business hours, upon reasonable advance written
notice, access to and the right to inspect and copy the same (at
such Shareholder’s own cost) to the extent such access is
required under CFTC rules and regulations. Such books of account
shall be kept in accordance with, and the Trust shall report its
profits and losses on, the accrual method of accounting for
financial accounting purposes on a Fiscal Year basis as described
in Article X.
Section
9.2
Reports to Shareholders.
The Trust will furnish to DTC Participants for distribution to each
Fund’s Shareholders monthly and annual (as of the end of each
fiscal year) reports (in such detail) as are required to be
provided to Shareholders by the CFTC and the NFA. Monthly reports
will contain certain unaudited financial information regarding a
Fund, including the Fund’s NAV, and annual reports will
contain financial statements prepared by the Sponsor and audited by
an independent registered public accounting firm designated by the
Sponsor. The Sponsor will furnish to Fund Shareholders any other
reports or information which the Sponsor, in its discretion,
determines to be necessary or appropriate. In addition, it is
expected that the Trust will be required under SEC rules to file
quarterly and annual reports with the SEC, which need not be sent
to Fund Shareholders directly but will be publicly available
through the SEC. The Trust will post the same information that
would otherwise be provided in the Trust’s CFTC, NFA and SEC
reports on the Trust’s website.
Section
9.3
Calculation of Net Asset
Value. Net Asset Value of a Fund shall be calculated once
each Business Day at such time as the Sponsor shall determine from
time to time.
Section
9.4 Maintenance of Records. The Sponsor
shall maintain: (a) for a period of at least six Fiscal Years
all books of account required by Section 9.1 hereof, a list of
the names and last known address of, and number of Shares owned by,
all Shareholders of each Fund, a copy of the Certificate of Trust
and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed
copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate
has been executed, and copies of the Trust’s and Funds’
federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any;
and (b) for a period of at least six Fiscal Years, copies of
any effective written trust agreements, subscription agreements and
any financial statements of the Trust and the Funds. The Sponsor
may keep and maintain the books and records of the Trust and the
Funds in paper, magnetic, electronic or other format at the Sponsor
may determine in its sole discretion, provided the Sponsor uses
reasonable care to prevent the loss or destruction of such
records.
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Section
9.5
Certificate of Trust.
Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware Trust Statute or this
Trust Agreement, the Sponsor shall not be required to mail a copy
of any Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of
the State of Delaware to each Shareholder; however, such
certificates shall be maintained at the principal office of the
Trust and shall be available for inspection and copying by the
Shareholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement.
ARTICLE X
FISCAL
YEAR
Section
10.1 Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year of the
Trust shall be the calendar year. The first Fiscal Year of the
Trust shall commence on the date of filing of the Certificate of
Trust and end on the thirty-first day of December, 2009. If the
Trust terminates, the final Fiscal Year shall end on the date of
termination.
ARTICLE XI
AMENDMENT OF TRUST
AGREEMENT; MEETINGS
Section
11.1 Amendments to the Trust
Agreement.
(a) The
Sponsor may, without the approval of the Limited Shareholders,
amend or supplement this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that the Limited
Shareholders shall have the right to vote on any amendment
(i) if expressly required under Delaware or federal law or
regulations or rules of any exchange, (ii) submitted to them
by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, or (iii) if it would
impair the right of a Limited Shareholders to surrender baskets of
Shares and receive the amount of Trust property represented. The
Sponsor shall provide notice of any amendment to the Limited
Shareholders setting forth the substance of the amendment and its
effective date.
(b) Upon
amendment of this Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust shall
also be amended, if required by the Delaware Trust Statute, to
reflect such change.
(c) No
amendment shall be made to this Trust Agreement without the consent
of the Trustee if it reasonably believes that such amendment
adversely affects any of the rights, duties or liabilities of the
Trustee. At the expense of the Sponsor, the Trustee shall execute
and file any amendment to the Certificate of Trust if so directed
by the Sponsor or if such amendment is required in the opinion of
the Trustee.
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(d)
The Trustee shall be under no obligation to execute any amendment
to the Trust Agreement or to any agreement to which the Trust is a
party until it has received an instruction letter from the Sponsor,
in form and substance reasonably satisfactory to the Trustee
(i) directing the Trustee to execute such amendment,
(ii) representing and warranting to the Trustee that such
execution is authorized and permitted by the terms of the Trust
Agreement and (if applicable) such other agreement to which the
Trust is a party and does not conflict with or violate any other
agreement to which the Trust is a party and (iii) confirming
that such execution and acts related thereto are covered by the
indemnity provisions of the Trust Agreement in favor of the
Trustee; provided that the Trustee shall in no circumstance be
obligated to execute any agreement to which the Trust is a party if
the Sponsor may execute such Agreement on behalf of the
Trust.
(e) No
provision of this Trust Agreement may be amended, waived or
otherwise modified orally but only by a written instrument adopted
in accordance with this Section.
Section
11.2
Meetings of the
Shareholders. Meetings of the Shareholders may be called by
the Sponsor and will be called by it upon the written request of
Limited Shareholders holding at least 25% of the outstanding Shares
of all Funds or any Fund, as applicable. The Sponsor shall deposit
in the United States mail or electronically transmit written notice
to all Shareholders of the applicable Fund of the meeting and the
purpose of the meeting, which shall be held on a date, not less
than 30 nor more than 60 days after the date of mailing of said
notice, at a reasonable time and place. Where the meeting is being
called upon the written request of Limited Shareholders as set
forth in this Section 11.2, such written notice shall be
mailed or transmitted not more than 45 days after such written
request for a meeting was received by the Sponsor. Any notice of
meeting shall be accompanied by a description of the action to be
taken at the meeting and, if applicable, an opinion of independent
counsel as to the effect of such proposed action on the liability
of Limited Shareholders for the debts of the applicable Fund.
Shareholders may vote in person or by proxy at any such meeting.
The Sponsor shall be entitled to establish voting and quorum
requirements and other reasonable procedures for Shareholder
voting.
Section
11.3
Action Without a Meeting.
Any action required or permitted to be taken by Limited
Shareholders by vote may be taken without a meeting by written
consent setting forth the actions so taken. Such written consents
shall be treated for all purposes as votes at a meeting. If the
vote or consent of any Limited Shareholder to any action of the
Trust, any Fund or any Shareholder, as contemplated by this Trust
Agreement, is solicited by the Sponsor, the solicitation shall be
effected by notice to each Limited Shareholder given in the manner
provided in Section 16.4. Any vote or consent that has been
cast by a Limited Shareholder so solicited shall be deemed
conclusively to have been cast or granted as requested in the
notice of solicitation, whether or not the notice of solicitation
is actually received by that Limited Shareholder, unless the
Limited Shareholder expresses written objection to the vote or
consent by notice given in the manner provided in Section 16.4
below and actually received by the Trust within twenty (20) days
after the notice of solicitation is effected. The Sponsor and all
persons dealing with the Trust shall be entitled to act in reliance
on any vote or consent which is deemed cast or granted pursuant to
this Section and shall be fully indemnified by the Trust in so
doing. Any action taken or omitted in reliance on any such deemed
vote or consent of one or more Limited Shareholders shall not be
void or voidable by reason of timely communication made by or on
behalf of all or any of such Limited Shareholders in any manner
other than as expressly provided in Section 16.4.
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ARTICLE XII
TERM
Section
12.1 Term. The term for which the Trust is
to exist shall commence on the date of the filing of the
Certificate of Trust, and the Trust and any Fund shall terminate
pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII hereof or as
otherwise provided by law.
ARTICLE XIII
TERMINATION
Section
13.1
Events Requiring Dissolution of
the Trust or any Fund. The Trust or, as the case may be, any
Fund shall dissolve at any time upon the happening of any of the
following events:
(a) The
occurrence of an Event of Withdrawal, unless (i) at the time
there is at least one remaining Sponsor and that remaining Sponsor
carries on the business of the Trust or (ii) within 90 days of
such Event of Withdrawal, the affirmative vote or written consent
of Limited Shareholders in accordance with Section 8.2(d) or
Section 11.3 of this Trust Agreement is obtained to continue
the business of the Trust and to select, effective as of the date
of such selection, one or more successor Sponsors.
(b) The
occurrence of any event which would make unlawful the continued
existence of the Trust or any Fund, as the case may
be.
(c) In
the event of the suspension, revocation or termination of the
Sponsor’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the
CE Act, or membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA
(if, in either case, such registration is required under the CE Act
or the rules promulgated thereunder) unless at the time there is at
least one remaining Sponsor whose registration or membership has
not been suspended, revoked or terminated.
(d) The
Trust or any Fund, as the case may be, becomes insolvent or
bankrupt.
(e) Limited
Shareholders owning at least seventy-five percent (75%) of the
outstanding Limited Shares held in all Funds, voting together as a
single class, vote to dissolve the Trust, upon notice to the
Sponsor not less than ninety (90) days prior to the effective date
of termination.
(f) Upon
written notice to the Trustee and the Shareholders by the Sponsor
of its determination that the Trust’s or a Fund’s
aggregate net assets in relation to the operating expenses of the
Trust or such Fund make it unreasonable or imprudent to continue
the business of the Trust or such Fund, or, in the exercise of its
reasonable discretion.
(g) The
Trust is required to be registered as an investment company under
the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.
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(h) DTC
is unable or unwilling to continue to perform its functions, and a
comparable replacement is unavailable.
The
death, legal disability, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution, or
withdrawal of any Shareholder (as long as such Shareholder is not
the sole Shareholder of the Trust) shall not result in the
termination of the Trust or any Fund, and such Shareholder, his
estate, custodian or personal representative shall have no right to
withdraw or value such Shareholder’s Shares. Each Shareholder
(and any assignee thereof) expressly agrees that in the event of
his death, he waives on-behalf of himself and his estate, and he
directs the legal representative of his estate and any person
interested therein to waive the furnishing of any inventory,
accounting or appraisal of the assets of the applicable Fund and
any right to an audit or examination of the books of the applicable
Fund, except for such rights as are set forth in Article IX
hereof relating to the books of account and reports of the
applicable Fund.
Section
13.2 Distributions on Dissolution. Upon the
dissolution of the Trust or any Fund, the Sponsor (or in the event
there is no Sponsor, such person (the “Liquidating Trustee”) as
the majority in interest of the Shareholders may propose and
approve) shall take full charge of the Trust Estate. Any
Liquidating Trustee so appointed shall have and may exercise,
without further authorization or approval of any of the parties
hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the Sponsor under the
terms of this Trust Agreement, subject to all of the applicable
limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such
powers, and provided that the Liquidating Trustee shall not have
general liability for the acts, omissions, obligations and expenses
of the Trust or the Funds. Thereafter, in accordance with
Section 3808(e) or (g), as applicable, of the Delaware Trust
Statute, the business and affairs of the Trust or any Fund shall be
wound up and all assets shall be liquidated as promptly as is
consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds
therefrom shall be applied and distributed in the following order
of priority: (a) to the expenses of liquidation and
termination and to creditors, including Shareholders who are
creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in
satisfaction of liabilities of the Trust or the Funds (whether by
payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof)
other than liabilities for distributions to Shareholders, and
(b) to the Shareholders in accordance with their positive book
Capital Account balances, after giving effect to all contributions,
distributions and allocations for all periods.
Section
13.3 Termination; Certificate of
Cancellation. Following the dissolution and distribution of
the assets of all Funds, the Trust shall terminate and the Sponsor
or the Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, shall instruct the
Trustee to execute and cause such certificate of cancellation of
the Certificate of Trust pursuant to Section 3810(d) to be
filed, at the expense of the Trust pursuant to Section 13.2
hereof or of the Sponsor, in accordance with the Delaware Trust
Statute. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this
Trust Agreement, the existence of the Trust as a separate legal
entity shall continue until the filing of such certificate of
cancellation.
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ARTICLE XIV
MERGER,
CONSOLIDATION, INCORPORATION
Section
14.1 Merger, Consolidation. Notwithstanding
anything else herein, the Sponsor may, without Shareholder
approval, (i) cause the Trust to convert into or merge,
reorganize or consolidate with or into one or more trusts,
partnerships, limited liability companies, associations,
corporations or other business entities (or a series of any of the
foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including trusts,
partnerships, limited liability companies, associations,
corporations or other business entities created by the Sponsor to
accomplish such conversion, merger or consolidation),
(ii) cause the Shares to be exchanged under or pursuant to any
state or federal statute to the extent permitted by law,
(iii) cause the Trust to incorporate under the laws of a
state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United States,
(iv) sell or convey all or substantially all of the assets of
the Trust or any Fund to another Fund of the Trust or to another
trust, partnership, limited liability company, association,
corporation or other business entity (or a series of any of the
foregoing to the extent permitted by law) (including a trust,
partnership, limited liability company, association, corporation or
other business entity created by the Sponsor to accomplish such
sale and conveyance), organized under the laws of the United States
or of any state, commonwealth, possession or colony of the United
States, for adequate consideration as determined by the Sponsor
which may include the assumption of all outstanding obligations,
taxes and other liabilities, accrued or contingent of the Trust or
any affected Fund, and which may include Shares of such other Fund
of the Trust or shares of beneficial interest, stock or other
ownership interest of such trust, partnership, limited liability
company, association, corporation or other business entity (or
series thereof) or (v) at any time sell or convert into money
all or any part of the assets of the Trust or any Fund
thereof.
Section
14.2 Changes to Trust Agreement. Pursuant to
and in accordance with the provisions of Section 3815(f) of
the Delaware Trust Statute and notwithstanding anything to the
contrary contained in this Trust Agreement, but subject to
Sections 11.1(b) and 11.1(c), an agreement of merger or
consolidation approved by the Sponsor in accordance with
Section 14.1 may effect any amendment to the Trust Agreement
or effect the adoption of a new trust agreement of the Trust or
change the name of the Trust if the Trust is the surviving or
resulting entity in the merger or consolidation.
Section
14.3 Successor Trust. Notwithstanding
anything else herein, the Sponsor may, without Shareholder
approval, create one or more statutory or business trusts to which
all or any part of the assets, liabilities, profits or losses of
the Trust or any fund thereof may be transferred and may provide
for the conversion of Shares in the Trust or any Fund thereof into
beneficial interests in any such newly created trust or trusts or
any series or classes thereof.
ARTICLE XV
POWER OF
ATTORNEY
Section
15.1 Power of Attorney Executed
Concurrently. Each Limited Shareholder, by virtue of its
purchase of Shares in a Fund, irrevocably constitutes and appoints
the Sponsor and its officers, directors, and managers with full
power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and
agent for such Limited Shareholder with full power and authority to
act in his name and on his behalf in the execution, acknowledgment,
filing and publishing of Trust documents, including, but not
limited to, the following:
(a) Any
certificates and other instruments, including but not limited to,
any applications for authority to do business and amendments
thereto, which the Sponsor deems appropriate to qualify or continue
the Trust as a business or statutory trust in the jurisdictions in
which the Trust may conduct business, so long as such
qualifications and continuations are in accordance with the terms
of this Trust Agreement or any amendment hereto, or which may be
required to be filed by the Trust or the Shareholders under the
laws of any jurisdiction;
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(b) Any
instrument which may be required to be filed by the Trust under the
laws of any state or by any governmental agency, or which the
Sponsor deems advisable to file; and
(c) This
Trust Agreement and any documents which may be required to effect
an amendment to this Trust Agreement approved under the terms of
the Trust Agreement, and the continuation of the Trust, the
increase or decrease of the Global Security pursuant to
Section 3.6, or the termination of the Trust, provided such
continuation, increase, decrease or termination is in accordance
with the terms of this Trust Agreement.
Section
15.2
Effect of Power of
Attorney. The Power of Attorney granted by each Limited
Shareholder to the Sponsor:
(a) Is
a special, irrevocable Power of Attorney coupled with an interest,
and shall survive and not be affected by the death, disability,
dissolution, liquidation, termination or incapacity of the Limited
Shareholder;
(b) May
be exercised by the Sponsor for each Limited Shareholder by
facsimile signature and/or by a single signature of one of its
officers acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them;
and
(c) Shall
survive the delivery of an assignment by a Limited Shareholder of
the whole or any portion of his Limited Shares, as applicable,
except that where the records of a Direct Participant or Indirect
Participant reflect a transfer by a Limited Shareholder of its
Limited Shares that has otherwise been effectuated in accordance
with the provisions of this Trust Agreement, the Depository’s
procedures and the procedures of such Direct Participant or
Indirect Participant, as applicable, the Power of Attorney of the
assignor shall survive the delivery of such assignment for the sole
purpose of enabling the Sponsor to execute, acknowledge and file
any instrument necessary to effect such transfer.
Each
Limited Shareholder agrees to be bound by any representations made
by the Sponsor and by any successor thereto, determined to be
acting in good faith pursuant to such Power of Attorney and not
constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct.
Section
15.3 Limitation on Power of Attorney. The
Power of Attorney granted by each Limited Shareholder to the
Sponsor shall not authorize the Sponsor to act on behalf of Limited
Shareholders in any situation in which this Trust Agreement
requires the approval of Limited Shareholders unless such approval
has been obtained as required by this Trust Agreement. In the event
of any conflict between this Trust Agreement and any instruments
filed by the Sponsor or any new Sponsor pursuant to this Power of
Attorney, this Trust Agreement shall control.
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ARTICLE XVI
MISCELLANEOUS
Section
16.1 Governing Law. The validity and
construction of this Trust Agreement and all amendments hereto
shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and the
rights of all parties hereto and the effect of every provision
hereof shall be subject to and construed according to the laws of
the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws
provisions thereof; provided, however, that causes of action for
violations of U.S. federal or state securities laws shall not be
governed by this Section 16.1, and provided further, that the
parties hereto intend that the provisions hereof shall control over
any contrary or limiting statutory or common law of the State of
Delaware (other than the Delaware Trust Statute) and that, to the
maximum extent permitted by applicable law, there shall not be
applicable to the Trust, the Funds, the Trustee, the Sponsor, the
Shareholders or this Trust Agreement any provision of the laws
(statutory or common) of the State of Delaware (other than the
Delaware Trust Statute) pertaining to trusts which relate to or
regulate in a manner inconsistent with the terms hereof:
(a) the filing with any court or governmental body or agency
of trustee accounts or schedules of trustee fees and charges,
(b) affirmative requirements to post bonds for trustees,
officers, agents, or employees of a trust, (c) the necessity
for obtaining court or other governmental approval concerning the
acquisition, holding or disposition of real or personal property,
(d) fees or other sums payable to trustees, officers, agents
or employees of a trust, (e) the allocation of receipts and
expenditures to income or principal, (f) restrictions or
limitations on the permissible nature, amount or concentration of
trust investments or requirements relating to the titling, storage
or other manner of holding or investing of trust assets, or
(g) the establishment of fiduciary or other standards or
responsibilities or limitations on the acts or powers of trustees
or managers that are inconsistent with the limitations on liability
or authorities and powers of the Trustee or the Sponsor set forth
or referenced in this Trust Agreement. Section 3540 of Title
12 of the Delaware Code shall not apply to the Trust. The Trust
shall be of the type commonly called a “statutory
trust,” and without limiting the provisions hereof, as
determined from time to time by the Sponsor, the Trust may exercise
all powers that are ordinarily exercised by such a trust under
Delaware law. The Trust specifically reserves the right to exercise
any of the powers or privileges afforded to statutory trusts and
the absence of a specific reference herein to any such power,
privilege or action shall not imply that the Trust may not exercise
such power or privilege or take such actions.
Section
16.2
Provisions In Conflict With Law or
Regulations.
(a) The
provisions of this Trust Agreement are severable, and if the
Sponsor shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any one
or more of such provisions (the “Conflicting Provisions”)
are in conflict with the Code, the Delaware Trust Statute or other
applicable U.S. federal or state laws, the Conflicting Provisions
shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of this Trust
Agreement, even without any amendment of this Trust Agreement
pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that such
determination by the Sponsor shall not affect or impair any of the
remaining provisions of this Trust Agreement or render invalid or
improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination.
No Sponsor or Trustee shall be liable for making or failing to make
such a determination.
(b) If
any provision of this Trust Agreement shall be held invalid or
unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such holding shall not in any
manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable such provision in
any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Trust
Agreement in any jurisdiction.
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Section
16.3
Construction. In this Trust
Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, (a) words used in
the singular or in the plural include both the plural and singular
and words denoting any gender include all genders, (b) the word
“including” means including without limitation, (c)
references to a particular statute or regulation include all rules
and regulations thereunder and any successor statute, rule or
regulation, in each case as amended or otherwise modified from time
to time, and (d) unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the
word “or” shall not be exclusive (i.e.,
“or” shall mean “and/or”). The title and
headings of different parts are inserted for convenience and shall
not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Trust
Agreement.
Section
16.4
Notices. All notices or
communications under this Trust Agreement (other than requests for
redemption of Shares, notices of assignment, transfer, pledge or
encumbrance of Shares, and reports and notices by the Sponsor to
the Limited Shareholders) shall be in writing and shall be
effective upon personal delivery, or if sent by mail, postage
prepaid or by overnight courier, or if sent electronically, by
facsimile; and addressed, in each such case, to the address set
forth in the books and records of the Trust or the applicable Fund
or such other address as may be specified in writing, of the party
to whom such notice is to be given, and shall be effective upon the
deposit of such notice in the United States mail, upon deposit with
a representative of an overnight courier, or upon transmission and
electronic confirmation thereof, as the case may be. Notices of
assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance of Shares shall be
effective upon timely receipt by the Sponsor in writing. Requests
for redemption of Shares shall be effected in accordance with the
provisions of Article VII of this Trust
Agreement.
Section
16.5
Counterparts. This Trust
Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and all so
executed shall constitute one agreement, binding upon all of the
parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties are not
signatories to the original or the same counterpart.
Section
16.6 Binding Nature of Trust Agreement. The
terms and provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be binding upon
and inure to the benefit of the heirs, custodians, executors,
estates, administrators, personal representatives, successors and
permitted assigns of the respective Shareholders. For purposes of
determining the rights of any Shareholder or assignee hereunder,
the Trust and the Sponsor may rely upon the Trust and Fund records
as to who are Shareholders and permitted assignees, and all
Shareholders and assignees agree that the Trust, each Fund and the
Sponsor, in determining such rights, shall rely on such records and
that Shareholders and assignees shall be bound by such
determination.
Section
16.7
No Legal Title to Trust
Estate. Subject to the provisions of Section 1.8 in the case
of the Sponsor, the Shareholders shall not have legal title to any
part of the applicable Fund’s Trust Estate.
Section
16.8
Creditors. No creditors of
any Shareholders shall have any right to obtain possession of, or
otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to the
applicable Fund’s Trust Estate.
Section
16.9 Integration. This Trust Agreement
constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto
pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior
agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.
Section
16.10 Goodwill; Use of Name. No value shall
be placed on the name or goodwill of the Trust, which shall belong
exclusively to Teucrium Trading, LLC.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have
duly executed this Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust
and Trust Agreement as of the day and year first above
written.
WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as
Trustee
By: ______________________________
Name: Xxxxxx X.
Xxxx
Title: Vice President
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TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC, as
Sponsor
By: _______________________________
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title: Treasurer and
Secretary
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EXHIBIT A
FORM OF GLOBAL CERTIFICATE1
CERTIFICATE OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST
-Evidencing-
All Limited Shares
-in-
WITH RESPECT TO ONE
OF ITS SERIES
UNLESS
THIS CERTIFICATE IS PRESENTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF
THE DEPOSITORY TRUST COMPANY, A NEW YORK CORPORATION
(“DTC”), TO THE TRUST WITH
RESPECT TO THE FUND OR ITS AGENT FOR REGISTRATION OF TRANSFER,
EXCHANGE, OR PAYMENT, AND ANY CERTIFICATE ISSUED IS REGISTERED IN
THE NAME OF CEDE & CO. OR IN SUCH OTHER NAME AS IS
REQUESTED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC (AND ANY PAYMENT
IS MADE TO CEDE & CO. OR TO SUCH OTHER ENTITY AS IS
REQUIRED BY AN AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE OF DTC), ANY TRANSFER,
PLEDGE, OR OTHER USE HEREOF FOR VALUE OR OTHERWISE BY OR TO ANY
PERSON IS WRONGFUL INASMUCH AS THE REGISTERED OWNER HEREOF,
CEDE & CO., HAS AN INTEREST HEREIN.
This is
to certify that Cede & Co., is the owner and registered
holder of this Certificate evidencing the ownership of all issued
and outstanding Limited Shares (“Shares”), each of which
represents a fractional undivided Share of beneficial interest in
__________ Fund (the “Fund”), established and
designated as a series of the Teucrium Commodity Trust (the
“Trust”), a Delaware
statutory trust formed under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12
Del. C. § 3801 et seq.) pursuant to a Certificate of
Trust, dated as of and filed in the offices of the Secretary of
State of the State of Delaware on September 11, 2009, and a
Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust
Agreement, dated as of April 15, 2018, by and between Teucrium
Trading, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, as Sponsor, and
Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as
Trustee (hereinafter called the “Trust Agreement”), copies
of which are available at the principal offices of the
Trust.
At any
given time this Certificate shall represent all limited units of
beneficial interest in the Fund, which shall be the total number of
Limited Shares that are outstanding at such time. The Trust
Agreement provides for the deposit of cash or a combination of
United States Treasury securities, cash and/or cash equivalents or
other securities or property with the Fund from time to time and
the issuance by the Trust, with respect to the Fund, of additional
Creation Baskets representing the undivided units of beneficial
interest in the assets of the Trust. At the request of the
registered holder this Certificate may be exchanged for one or more
Certificates issued to the registered holder in such denominations
as the registered holder may request, provided, however, that, in
the aggregate, the Certificates issued to the registered holder
hereof shall represent all Shares outstanding at any given
time.
Exhibit A - Page
1
Each
Participant hereby grants and conveys all of its rights, title and
interest in and to the Fund to the extent of the undivided interest
represented hereby to the registered holder of this Certificate
subject to and in pursuance of the Trust Agreement, all the terms,
conditions and covenants of which are incorporated herein as if
fully set forth at length.
The
registered holder of this Certificate is entitled at any time upon
tender of this Certificate to the Fund, endorsed in blank or
accompanied by all necessary instruments of assignment and transfer
in proper form, at its principal office in the State of New York
and, upon payment of any tax or other governmental charges, to
receive at the time and in the manner provided in the Trust
Agreement, such holder’s ratable portion of the assets of the
Fund for each Redemption Basket tendered and evidenced by this
Certificate.
The
holder of this Certificate, by virtue of the purchase and
acceptance hereof, assents to and shall be bound by the terms of
the Trust Agreement, copies of which are on file and available for
inspection at reasonable times during business hours at the
principal office of the Trust, to which reference is made for all
the terms, conditions and covenants thereof.
The
Fund may deem and treat the person in whose name this Certificate
is registered upon the books of the Fund as the owner hereof for
all purposes and the Fund shall not be affected by any notice to
the contrary.
The
Trust Agreement permits the Sponsor, without the approval of the
Limited Shareholders, to amend or supplement the Trust Agreement;
provided,
however, that the
affirmative vote or written consent of Limited Shareholders holding
Limited Shares equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the
Trust’s outstanding Limited Shares or, if the proposed
amendment affects only certain Funds, of each affected Fund’s
outstanding Limited Shares, or such higher percentage as may be
required by applicable law, is required to approve any amendment
(i) if expressly required under Delaware or federal law or
regulations or rules of any exchange, (ii) submitted to them
by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, or (iii) if it would
impair the right of a Limited Shareholders to surrender baskets of
Shares and receive the amount of Trust property represented. The
Sponsor shall provide notice of any amendment to the Trust
Agreement to the Limited Shareholders setting forth the substance
of the amendment and its effective date. Any such vote, consent or
waiver by the holder of Limited Shares shall be conclusive and
binding upon such holder of Limited Shares and upon all future
holders of Limited Shares, and shall be binding upon any Limited
Shares, whether evidenced by a Certificate or held in
uncertificated form, issued upon the registration or transfer
hereof whether or not notation of such consent or waiver is made
upon this Certificate and whether or not the Limited Shares
evidenced hereby are at such time in uncertificated
form.
Exhibit A - Page
2
In
accordance with Section 3.8 of the Trust Agreement, the holder
of this Certificate agrees and consents (the “Consent”) to look solely
to the assets (the “Fund Assets”) of the Fund
and to the Sponsor and its assets for payment in respect of any
claim against or obligation of the Fund. The Fund Assets include
only those funds and other assets that are paid, held or
distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of the
Fund, including, without limitation, funds delivered to the Trust
for the purchase of Shares in the Fund.
The
Trust Agreement, and this Certificate, are executed and delivered
by Teucrium Trading, LLC, as Sponsor, in the exercise of the powers
and authority conferred and vested in it by the Trust Agreement.
The representations, undertakings and agreements made on the part
of the Trust in the Trust Agreement or the Fund in this Certificate
are made and intended not as personal representations, undertakings
and agreements by Teucrium Trading, LLC, but are made and intended
for the purpose of binding only the Trust. Nothing in the Agreement
or this Certificate shall be construed as creating any liability on
Teucrium Trading, LLC, individually or personally, to fulfill any
representation, undertaking or agreement other than as provided in
the Trust Agreement or this Certificate.
This
Certificate shall not become valid or binding for any purpose until
properly executed by the Sponsor pursuant to the Trust
Agreement.
Terms
not defined herein have the same meaning as in the Trust
Agreement.
IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, Teucrium Trading, LLC, as Sponsor, has caused this
Certificate to be executed in its name by the manual or facsimile
signature of one of its Authorized Officers.
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TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC, as
SponsorBy: Authorized OfficerDate: ____________,
2018
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Exhibit A - Page
3
EXHIBIT B
FORM OF AUTHORIZED PURCHASER AGREEMENT
This Teucrium Commodity Trust Authorized Purchaser Agreement (the
“Agreement”), dated as of __________________, is entered into by and among
Teucrium Commodity Trust (the “Trust”) with respect to
each of its series set forth on Exhibit A hereto (each, a
“Fund”), Teucrium Trading, LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company and the sponsor of the Trust (the
“Sponsor”), on behalf of itself and as sponsor of the
Trust, and [AUTHORIZED
PURCHASER], a [STATE/ TYPE OF ENTITY] (the “Authorized Purchaser”), and is
subject to acceptance by U.S. Bank,
N.A., (the
“Custodian”) and U.S. Bancorp Fund
Services, LLC (the “Administrator” and
“Transfer Agent”).
SUMMARY
The Sponsor serves in its capacity as Sponsor of the Trust pursuant
to an Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement
dated as of October 21, 2010 (the “Trust Agreement”).
The Administrator and Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the
“Distributor”) each serve as agents of the Sponsor
and/or the Trust for all purposes of this Agreement, and all
references to agreements, obligations or duties of the
Administrator, Transfer Agent, Custodian or Distributor herein
shall be deemed references to agreements, obligations or duties of
the Sponsor or the Trust acting through the relevant agent. As
provided in the Trust Agreement and described in each Fund’s
prospectus, as supplemented and amended from time to time (each a
“Prospectus”), common units of fractional undivided
beneficial interest in and ownership of a Fund (the
“Shares”) may be created or redeemed through the
Transfer Agent by the Authorized Purchaser in aggregations
of a specified number of Shares stated
in a Fund’s Prospectus and restated in Exhibit E hereto (each
aggregation, a “Creation Basket” or “Redemption
Basket,” respectively; collectively, “Baskets”).
Creation Baskets are offered only pursuant to the most recent
registration statement of the Trust with respect to a Fund, as
declared effective by the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
“SEC”) and as the same may be amended from time to time
thereafter (collectively, the “Registration
Statement”). Authorized Purchasers are the only persons that
may place orders to create and redeem Creation Baskets or
Redemption Baskets.
Capitalized terms used but not defined in this Agreement shall have
the meanings assigned to such terms in the relevant Prospectus. To
the extent there is a conflict between any provision of this
Agreement other than the indemnities provided in Section 10 and the
provisions of a Prospectus, the provisions of the Prospectus shall
control.
To give effect to the foregoing premises and in consideration of
the mutual covenants and agreements set forth below, the parties
hereto agree as follows:
Exhibit B - Page
1
Section 1. Order Placement.
To place an order for the creation or redemption of one or more
Baskets (except in the case of an Authorized Purchaser’s
initial order to purchase one or more Creation Baskets on the first
day the Baskets are to be offered and sold), an Authorized
Purchaser must follow the procedures for creation and redemption
referred to in Section 4 of this Agreement and attached to this
Agreement as Exhibit B (the “Procedures”).
Section 2. Status and Obligations of Authorized
Purchaser.
The Authorized Purchaser represents and warrants and covenants the
following:
(a)
The Authorized Purchaser is a participant of the Depository Trust
Company (“DTC”) (as such a participant, a “DTC
Participant”). If the Authorized Purchaser ceases to be a DTC
Participant, the Authorized Purchaser shall give prompt notice to
the Sponsor of such event, and this Agreement shall terminate
immediately as of the date the Authorized Purchaser ceased to be a
DTC Participant.
(b)
Unless Section 2(c) applies, the
Authorized Purchaser either (i) is registered as a broker-dealer
under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the
“Exchange Act”), and is a member in good standing of
the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”), or (ii) is exempt from being, or
otherwise is not required to be, licensed as a broker-dealer or a
member of FINRA, and in
either case is qualified to act as a broker or dealer in the states
or other jurisdictions where the nature of its business so
requires. The Authorized Purchaser will maintain any such
registrations, qualifications and membership in good standing and
in full force and effect throughout the term of this Agreement. The
Authorized Purchaser will comply with all applicable federal law,
the laws of the states or other jurisdictions concerned, and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder, including, but not
limited to those applicable to securities and commodities
transactions, and with the Constitution, By-Laws and Conduct Rules
of FINRA (if it is a FINRA member)
to the extent the foregoing relate to the Authorized
Purchaser’s transactions in, and activities with respect to
the Baskets. The Authorized Purchaser will not directly or
indirectly offer or sell Shares in or from any state or
jurisdiction where they may not lawfully be offered or
sold.
(c)
If the Authorized Purchaser is
offering or selling Shares in jurisdictions outside the several
states, territories and possessions of the United States, the
Authorized Purchaser will (i) observe the applicable laws of the
jurisdiction in which such offer and/or sale is made, (ii) comply
with the full disclosure requirements of the Securities Act of
1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) and the Commodities
Exchange Act (the “CEA”), and the rules and regulations
promulgated thereunder, and (iii) if the Authorized Purchaser is
not otherwise required to be registered, qualified or a member
of FINRA as set forth in Section 2(b) above, conduct its
business in accordance with the spirit of the FINRA Conduct
Rules, in each case to the extent the foregoing relate to the
Authorized Purchaser’s transactions in, and activities with
respect to the Baskets.
(d)
The Authorized Purchaser has written policies and procedures
reasonably designed to comply with the money laundering and related
provisions of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing
Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act
of 2001 (the “PATRIOT Act”), and the regulations
promulgated thereunder.
Exhibit B - Page
2
(e)
The Authorized Purchaser has the capability to send and receive
communications via an authenticated telecommunication facility to
and from the Sponsor and its agents, Foreside Fund Services, LLC,
the Custodian, Administrator and Transfer Agent. The Authorized
Purchaser shall confirm such capability to the satisfaction of the
Sponsor and the Distributor by the end of the Business Day (which
shall mean any day other than a day when any of the NYSE Arca, the
NYMEX or the New York Stock Exchange is closed for regular trading)
before placing its first order with the Distributor (whether such
order is to create or to redeem Baskets). If required by the
Distributor, the Administrator or the Custodian with respect to
authorized telecommunications by telephonic facsimile, the
Authorized Purchaser shall enter into a separate agreement with the
Distributor, the Administrator or the Custodian, as the case may
be, indemnifying such party with respect to its communications by
telephonic facsimile.
(f)
The Authorized
Purchaser represents, covenants and warrants that it will not
attempt to place a Redemption Order for the purpose of redeeming
any creation units unless it first ascertains that it or its
customer, as the case may be, owns outright or has full legal
authority and legal and beneficial right to tender for the
redemption the requisite number of fund shares, and that such fund
shares have not been loaned or pledged to another party, and are
not the subject of a repurchase agreement, securities lending
agreement or any other agreement that would preclude the delivery
of such fund shares to the Fund.
(g)
Because new Baskets can be created and Shares therein issued on an
ongoing basis, at any point during the life of the partnership, a
“distribution,” as such term is used in the 1933 Act,
may be occurring with respect to resales of these Shares. The
Authorized Purchaser is cautioned that some of its activities may
result in its being deemed a participant in a distribution in a
manner that would render it a statutory underwriter and subject it
to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the 1933
Act. The Authorized Purchaser should review the “Plan of
Distribution” portion of the Prospectus and consult with its
own counsel in connection with entering into this Agreement and
placing an Order (as defined in Section 4). In addition to
satisfying the prospectus delivery and disclosure requirements of
the 1933 Act, the Authorized Purchaser and any other participant in
the distribution of the Shares purchased by the Authorized
Purchaser also has the obligation to comply with the disclosure
delivery requirements under the CEA. To the extent the Authorized
Purchaser has distributed a preliminary Prospectus to prospective
investors, if the Authorized Purchaser has been notified by the
Sponsor of material changes made to that document as compared to
the final Prospectus, the Authorized Purchaser shall give notice to
any prospective investor who received the preliminary Prospectus of
such material change prior to consummating a sale.
Section 3. NSCC.
This Agreement is intended to set
forth certain premises and the procedures by which the Authorized
Purchaser may purchase and/or redeem (i) through the Continuous Net
Settlement (“CNS”) clearing processes of NSCC as such
processes have been enhanced to effect purchases and redemptions of
Units, such processes being referred to herein as the
“CNS
Clearing Process,” or
(ii) outside the CNS Clearing Process (i.e., through the manual
process of The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”)) (the “DTC Process”). In the case of the Teucrium Agricultural
Fund (“TAGS”), all Purchase Orders and Redemption
Orders must clear through the Continuous Net Settlement
(“CNS”) clearing processes of
NSCC.
Exhibit B - Page
3
Solely
with respect to Purchase Orders or Redemption Orders effected
through the CNS Clearing Process, the Authorized Purchaser, as a
DTC Participant, hereby authorizes the Transfer Agent to transmit
to the NSCC on behalf of the Authorized Purchaser such instructions
consistent with the instructions issued by the Authorized Purchaser
to the Transfer Agent. The Authorized Purchaser agrees to be bound
by the terms of such instructions issued by the Transfer Agent and
reported to NSCC as though such instructions were issued by the
Authorized Purchaser directly to NSCC.
Section 4. Orders.
(a)
All orders to create or redeem Baskets (except in the case of an
Authorized Purchaser’s initial order to purchase one or more
Creation Baskets on the first day the Baskets are to be offered and
sold) shall be made in accordance with the terms of the Prospectus,
this Agreement and the Procedures. Each party will comply with such
foregoing terms to the extent applicable to it. The Sponsor may
issue additional or other procedures from time to time relating to
the manner of creating or redeeming Baskets and the Authorized
Purchaser will comply with such procedures. The Authorized
Purchaser hereby consents to the use of recorded telephone lines;
provided that the Sponsor shall promptly provide or request from
the recording party copies of recordings of any such calls to the
Authorized Purchaser upon reasonable request by the Authorized
Purchaser unless such recordings have been erased or destroyed
prior to receipt of such request in the normal course of business
in accordance with the recording party’s general record
keeping policies and procedures. The Sponsor shall take such
actions as reasonably necessary to satisfy Authorized
Purchaser’s reasonable request for copies of
recordings.
(b)
The Authorized Purchaser acknowledges and agrees it is acting
solely as principal and not on behalf of any party for which it is
acting (whether such party is a customer or otherwise), and that
each order to create a Basket or Baskets (a “Purchase
Order”) and each order to redeem a Basket or Baskets (a
“Redemption Order,” and each Purchase Order and
Redemption Order, an “Order”) may not be withdrawn by
the Authorized Purchaser.
(c)
The Sponsor acting by itself or through the Administrator or the
Distributor shall have the absolute right, but shall have no
obligation, to reject any Purchase Order or Creation Basket Deposit
(as defined in Section 6) if:
(i)
the Sponsor determines that, due to position limits or otherwise,
investment alternatives that will enable a Fund to meet its
investment objective are not available to the Fund at that
time;
(ii)
it is determined by the Sponsor or the Distributor not to be in
proper form;
(iii)
the Sponsor believes that acceptance would have adverse tax
consequences to the Fund or its shareholders;
(iv)
the acceptance or receipt of a Creation Basket Deposit would, in
the opinion of counsel to the Sponsor, be unlawful;
Exhibit B - Page
4
(v)
circumstances outside the control of the Sponsor, the Distributor
or the Custodian make it for all practical purposes not feasible to
process creations of Creation Baskets, or
(vi)
there is a possibility that any or all
of the Benchmark component futures contracts of the relevant Fund
on the futures exchange from which the net asset value of a
particular fund is calculated will be priced at a daily price limit
restriction; provided, however,
if the Purchase Order is not rejected,
then the Sponsor may require the Authorized Purchaser to
enter into an exchange for risk (“EFR”) transaction in
accordance with CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX Rule 538 and ICE
Futures Rule 4, with quantities agreed by the Sponsor and the Authorized Purchaser in
advance, directly corresponding to the Purchase
Order.
None of the Sponsor, the Distributor or the Custodian shall be
liable to any person by reason of the rejection of any Purchase
Order or Creation Basket Deposit.
(d)
The Sponsor acting by itself or through the Administrator or the
Distributor may, in its sole discretion, reject any Redemption
Order if:
(i)
it is determined by the Sponsor or the Distributor not to be in
proper form;
(ii)
the fulfillment of which its counsel advises might be
unlawful;
(iii)
as a result of the redemption, the number of remaining outstanding
Shares would be reduced to fewer than the minimum number of Shares
as stated in a Fund’s Prospectus or otherwise displayed in
Exhibit E; or
(iv) there is a possibility that any or all of the
Benchmark component futures contracts of the relevant Fund on the
futures exchange from which the net asset value of a particular
fund is calculated will be priced at a daily price limit
restriction; provided, however,
if the Redemption Order is not
rejected, then the Sponsor may require the Authorized Purchaser to
enter into an EFR transaction in accordance with CME, CBOT,
NYMEX, and COMEX Rule 538 and ICE Futures Rule 4, with quantities agreed by the Sponsor and the
Authorized Purchaser in advance, directly corresponding to the
Redemption Order.
(e)
The Sponsor may reject a previously placed Purchase Order or a
Redemption Order at any time prior to the Order Cut-off Time,
if in the sole discretion of the Sponsor, the execution of such an
order would not be in the best interest of the Fund or its
shareholders.
Section 5. Fees.
In connection with each Order by an Authorized Purchaser to create
or redeem one or more Baskets, the Sponsor shall charge, and the
Authorized Purchaser shall pay to the Sponsor, the transaction fee
(the “Transaction Fee”) prescribed in the Prospectus
applicable to such creation or redemption and restated in Exhibit E
hereto. The Transaction Fee may be adjusted from time to time as
set forth in the Prospectus.
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5
Section 6. Authorized Persons.
Concurrently with the execution of this Agreement and as requested
in writing from time to time thereafter, the Authorized Purchaser
shall deliver to the Sponsor and the Administrator, notarized and
duly certified as appropriate by its secretary or other duly
authorized official, a certificate in the form of Exhibit C setting
forth the names and signatures of all persons authorized to give
instructions relating to activity contemplated hereby or by any
other notice, request or instruction given on behalf of the
Authorized Purchaser (each, an “Authorized Person”).
The Sponsor or the Administrator may accept and rely upon such
certificate as conclusive evidence of the facts set forth therein
and shall consider such certificate to be in full force and effect
until the Sponsor receives a superseding certificate bearing a
subsequent date. Upon the termination or revocation of authority of
any Authorized Person by the Authorized Purchaser, the Authorized
Purchaser shall give immediate written notice of such fact to the
Sponsor and the Transfer Agent, and such notice shall be effective
upon receipt by the Sponsor.
Section 7. Creation Procedures.
On any Business Day, an Authorized Purchaser may place an order
with the Transfer Agent to create one or more Creation Baskets of a
Fund in accordance with this Agreement and the Procedures. Purchase
Orders must be placed by the time specified in the applicable
Prospectus and restated in Exhibit E hereto (the “Order
Cutoff Time”) or the close of regular trading on the New York
Stock Exchange, whichever is earlier, except in the case of an
Authorized Purchaser’s initial order to purchase one or more
Creation Baskets of a Fund on the first day the Baskets of that
Fund are to be offered and sold, when such orders shall be placed
by 9:00 AM New York time on the day agreed to by the Sponsor
and the Authorized Purchaser. The day on which the Distributor
receives a valid Purchase Order is the Purchase Order
Date. By placing a
Purchase Order, an Authorized Purchaser agrees
to deposit cash as determined by the Sponsor with the
Custodian of the Fund. Failure
to consummate such a deposit shall result in the cancellation of
the Order.
Prior to the delivery of Baskets for a Purchase Order, the
Authorized Purchaser must also have submitted via CNS the
non-refundable transaction fee due for the Purchase
Order.
The total deposit required to create each basket (“Creation
Basket Deposit”) will be an amount of cash that is in the
same proportion to the total assets of the Fund (net of estimated
accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other liabilities) on the
date the Purchase Order is properly received as the number of
Shares to be created under the Purchase Order is in proportion to
the total number of Shares outstanding on the date the Purchase
Order is received. The Sponsor,
through the Transfer Agent, shall notify the Authorized Purchaser
of the amount of cash to be included in deposits to create Baskets
by e-mail or telephone correspondence and such amount is available
via the applicable Fund’s website.
An Authorized Purchaser who places a Purchase Order is responsible
for transferring to the Fund’s account with the Custodian the
required amount of cash by the end of the next Business Day
following the Purchase Order Date (T+1) or
as agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser, Sponsor, Distributor and
Transfer Agent in advance of when the Purchase Order is
placed; provided, however
the Authorized Purchaser placing a
Purchase Order for TAGS must transfer the required amount of cash
no later than the second Business Day following the Purchase Order
Date (T+2) or as agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser and the
Transfer Agent in advance of when the Purchase Order is placed.
Upon receipt of the deposit amount, the Administrator will cause
DTC to credit the number of Baskets ordered to the Authorized
Purchaser’s DTC account.
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6
Section 8. Redemption Procedures.
On any Business Day, an Authorized Purchaser may place an order
with the Transfer Agent to redeem one or more Redemption Baskets of
a Fund in accordance with this Section 8 and the Procedures.
Redemption Orders must be placed by the applicable Order Cutoff
Time or the close of regular trading on the New York Stock
Exchange, whichever is earlier. A Redemption Order so received is
effective on the date it is received in satisfactory form by the
Transfer Agent. The day on which the Transfer Agent receives a
valid Redemption Order is the “Redemption Order Date”.
By placing a Redemption Order, an Authorized Purchaser agrees
to deliver the Redemption
Basket to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the
Fund’s account with the Custodian not later than the end of
next Business Day following the effective date of the Redemption
Order (“Redemption
Distribution Date”) or the end of such later Business Day as
agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser and the Transfer Agent in
advance of when the Redemption Order is placed. Failure to
consummate such delivery shall result in the cancellation of the
order. Prior to the delivery of the redemption distribution for a
Redemption Order, the Authorized Purchaser must also have submitted
via CNS or such other means deemed acceptable by the Sponsor, the
non-refundable Transaction Fee due for the Redemption
Order.
The redemption distribution from a Fund consists of a transfer to
the redeeming Authorized Purchaser of an amount of cash with a
value that is in the same proportion to the total assets of the
Fund (net of estimated accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other
liabilities) on the date the Redemption Order is properly received
as the number of Shares to be redeemed under the Redemption Order
is in proportion to the total number of Shares outstanding on the
date the Order is received.
The redemption distribution due from the Fund is delivered to the
Authorized Purchaser on the Redemption Distribution Date if the
Fund’s DTC account has been credited with the Baskets to be
redeemed. If the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited
with all of the Baskets to be redeemed by the end of such date, the
redemption distribution is delivered to the extent of whole Baskets
received. Any remainder of the redemption distribution is delivered
on the next Business Day to the extent of remaining whole Baskets
received if the Fund receives the fee applicable to the extension
of the Redemption Distribution Date which the Sponsor may, from
time to time, determine and the remaining Baskets to be redeemed
are credited to the Fund’s DTC account on such next Business
Day. Any further outstanding amount of the Redemption Order shall
be cancelled. The Authorized Purchaser will indemnify the Sponsor
for any losses due to such cancellation, including, but not limited
to, the difference in price of investments sold as a result of the
Redemption Order and investments made to reflect that such order
has been cancelled. Pursuant to instruction from the Sponsor, the
Custodian may also deliver the redemption distribution
notwithstanding that the Baskets to be redeemed are not credited to
the Fund’s DTC account on the Redemption Distribution Date if
the Authorized Purchaser has collateralized its obligation to
deliver the Baskets through DTC’s book entry system on such
terms as the Sponsor may from time to time determine.
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7
The Sponsor may, in its discretion, suspend the right of
redemption, or postpone the Redemption Distribution Date, (1) for
any period during which the NYSE Arca, Inc. or the Chicago Board of
Trade is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings,
or trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. or the Chicago Board or Trade is
suspended or restricted, (2) for any period during which an
emergency exists as a result of which delivery, disposal or
evaluation of Treasuries is not reasonably practicable, or (3) for
such other period as the Sponsor determines to be necessary for the
protection of shareholders. None of the Sponsor, the Distributor,
or the Custodian will be liable to any person or in any way for any
loss or damages that may result from any such suspension or
postponement.
Section 9. Role of Authorized Purchaser.
(a)
The Authorized Purchaser acknowledges that, for all purposes of
this Agreement, the Authorized Purchaser is and shall be deemed to
be an independent contractor and has and shall have no authority to
act as agent for the Trust, the Distributor, the Administrator, the
Custodian or the Sponsor in any matter or in any
respect.
(b)
The Authorized Purchaser will, to the extent reasonably
practicable, make itself and its employees available, upon request,
during normal business hours to consult with the Sponsor and the
Administrator concerning the performance of the Authorized
Purchaser’s responsibilities under this Agreement; provided
that the Authorized Purchaser shall be under no obligation to
divulge or otherwise discuss any information that the Authorized
Purchaser believes (i) is confidential or proprietary in nature or
(ii) the disclosure of which to third parties would be
prohibited.
(c)
Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 9(b), the Authorized
Purchaser will maintain records of all sales of Creation Baskets
made by or through it and, upon reasonable request of the Sponsor,
except if prohibited by applicable law and subject to any privacy
obligations or other obligations arising under federal or state
securities laws it may have to its customers, will furnish the
Sponsor with the names and addresses of the purchasers of such
Creation Baskets and the number of Creation Baskets purchased if
and to the extent that the Sponsor has been requested to provide
such information to the Commodities Futures Trading Commission,
Securities Exchange Commission, Financial Industry Regulatory
Authority, or Internal Revenue Service (“Fund
Regulators”). For the avoidance of doubt, all such
information provided by the Authorized Purchaser shall be
Confidential Information (as defined in Section 19) and shall not
be used for any purpose other than to satisfy requests of Fund
Regulators.
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8
(d)
The Trust may from time to time be obligated to deliver
prospectuses, proxy materials, annual or other reports of a Fund or
other similar information (“Fund Documents”) to the
Fund’s shareholders. The Authorized Purchaser agrees (i)
subject to any privacy obligations or other obligations arising
under federal or state securities laws it may have to its
customers, to reasonably assist the Sponsor in ascertaining certain
information regarding sales of Creation Baskets made by or through
the Authorized Purchaser that is necessary for the Trust to comply
with such obligations upon written request of the Sponsor or (ii)
in lieu thereof, and at the option of the Authorized Purchaser, the
Authorized Purchaser may undertake to deliver Fund Documents to the
Authorized Purchaser’s customers that custody Shares with the
Authorized Purchaser, after receipt from the Trust of sufficient
quantities of such Fund Documents to allow mailing thereof to such
customers. The expenses associated with such transmissions shall be
borne by the Sponsor in accordance with usual custom and practice
in respect of such communications. The Sponsor agrees that the
names, addresses and other information concerning the Authorized
Purchaser’s customers are and shall remain the sole property
of the Authorized Purchaser, and none of the Sponsor, the Trust or
any of their respective affiliates shall use such names, addresses
or other information for any purposes except in connection with the
performance of their duties and responsibilities hereunder and
except to the extent necessary for the Fund to meet its regulatory
requirements as set forth in Section 8(c) and in this Section 8(d)
of the Agreement.
Section 10. Indemnification.
(a)
Indemnification of Authorized Purchaser. The Sponsor agrees to
indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Authorized Purchaser, its
partners, stockholders, members, directors, officers, employees,
affiliates, agents and any person who controls such persons within
the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the
Exchange Act, and the successors and assigns of all of the
foregoing persons (each a “Sponsor Indemnified
Person”), from and against any loss, damage, expense,
liability or claim (including reasonable attorney fees and the
reasonable cost of investigation) which the Authorized Purchaser or
any such person may incur under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act, the
CEA, the common law or otherwise, insofar as such loss, damage,
expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based
upon:
(1)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration
Statement as amended or supplemented) or in a Prospectus (the term
Prospectus for the purpose of this Section 10 being deemed to
include the Prospectus and the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented) or any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact required to be stated in either such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus or necessary to make the statements
made therein not misleading, except insofar as any such loss,
damage, expense, liability or claim arises out of or is based upon
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in and in conformity with information concerning the
Authorized Purchaser furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Authorized Purchaser to the Sponsor expressly for use in such
Registration Statement;
(2)
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
or breach by the Sponsor of any representation or warranty
contained in this Agreement;
(3)
the failure by the Sponsor, the Trust or their respective agents to
perform when and as required, any agreement, obligation, duty or
covenant contained herein; or
(4)
the failure by the Sponsor, the Trust or their respective agents to
comply with applicable laws and the rules and regulations of any
governmental entity or any self-regulatory organization to the
extent the foregoing relates to transactions in and activities with
respect to Baskets.
In no case is the indemnity of the Sponsor in favor of the
Authorized Purchaser and such other persons as are specified in
this Section 10(a) to be deemed to protect the Authorized Purchaser
and such persons against any liability to the Sponsor or the Fund
to which the Authorized Purchaser would otherwise be subject by
reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross negligence in the
performance of its duties or by reason of its reckless disregard of
its obligations and duties under this Agreement.
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9
If any action, suit or proceeding (each, a
“Proceeding”) is brought against a Sponsor Indemnified
Person or any such person in respect of which indemnity may be
sought against the Sponsor pursuant to the foregoing paragraph,
such Sponsor Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Sponsor
in writing of the institution of such Proceeding, provided,
however, that the omission to so notify the Sponsor shall not
relieve the Sponsor or the Trust from any liability which it may
have to the Sponsor Indemnified Person except to the extent that it
has been materially prejudiced by such failure and has not
otherwise learned of such Proceeding. The Sponsor Indemnified
Person shall have the right to employ its own counsel in any such
case and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by
the Sponsor and the Trust and paid as incurred (it being
understood, however, that the Sponsor shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any
local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related
Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the Sponsor
Indemnified Persons who are parties to such Proceeding), except for
the expenses and fees incurred with respect to matters that are not
indemnifiable in accordance with the preceding paragraph. A Sponsor
Indemnified Person shall give the Sponsor reasonable prior notice
of settlement of any Proceeding in respect of which indemnity may
be sought against the Sponsor pursuant to this Section 10(a),
provided, however that the omission to so notify the Sponsor shall
not relieve the Sponsor or the Trust from any liability which it
may have to the Sponsor Indemnified Person.
(b)
The Authorized Purchaser agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless each of the Trust, each Fund, the Sponsor and its
partners, stockholders, members, directors, officers, employees and
any person who controls the Sponsor within the meaning of Section
15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of the Exchange Act, and the
successors and assigns of all of the foregoing persons (each, an
“AP Indemnified Person”), from and against any loss,
damage, expense, liability or claim (including reasonable attorney
fees and the reasonable cost of investigation) which the AP
Indemnified Person may incur as a result of or in connection with
any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact
contained in and in conformity with information furnished in
writing by or on behalf of the Authorized Purchaser to the Sponsor
expressly for use in the Registration Statement (or in the
Registration Statementas amended or supplemented by any
post-effective amendment thereof) or in a Prospectus, or arises out
of or is based upon any omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact in connection with such information required to be
stated in such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or
necessary to make such information not
misleading.
The
Authorized Purchaser will also indemnify each AP Indemnified Person
from and against any loss, damage, expense, liability or claim
(including the reasonable cost of investigation) which such AP
Indemnified Person may incur as a result of or in connection with
any actions of an AP Indemnified Person in accordance with any
instructions by the Authorized Purchaser except in the case of any
loss, damage, expense, liability or claim resulting from the gross
negligence or willful misconduct of an AP Indemnified Person. In no
case is the indemnity of the Authorized Purchaser in favor of each
AP Indemnified Person to be deemed to protect the AP Indemnified
Person and such persons against any liability to the Authorized
Purchaser to which the AP Indemnified Person would otherwise be
subject by reason of willful misfeasance, bad faith or gross
negligence in the performance of its duties or by reason of its
reckless disregard of its obligations and duties under this
Agreement.
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10
If any Proceeding is brought against an AP Indemnified Person, such
AP Indemnified Person shall promptly notify the Authorized
Purchaser in writing of the institution of such Proceeding;
provided, however, that the omission to so notify the Authorized
Purchaser shall not relieve the Authorized Purchaser from any
liability which it may have to such AP Indemnified Person except to
the extent that it has been materially prejudiced by such failure
and has not otherwise learned of such Proceeding. The AP
Indemnified Person shall have the right to employ its own counsel
and the fees and expenses of such counsel shall be borne by the
Authorized Purchaser and paid as incurred (it being understood,
however, that the Authorized Purchaser shall not be liable for the
expenses of more than one separate counsel (in addition to any
local counsel) in any one Proceeding or series of related
Proceedings in the same jurisdiction representing the AP
Indemnified Persons who are parties to such Proceeding), except for
the expenses and fees incurred with respect to matters that are not
indemnifiable in accordance with the preceding paragraph. An AP
Indemnified Person shall give the Authorized Purchaser reasonable
prior notice of settlement of any Proceeding in respect of which
indemnity may be sought against the Authorized Purchaser pursuant
to this Section 10(b), provided, however that the omission to so
notify the Authorized Purchaser shall not relieve the Authorized
Purchaser from any liability which it may have to the AP
Indemnified Person.
(c)
The indemnity agreements contained in this Section 10 shall remain
in full force and effect regardless of any investigation made by or
on behalf of the Authorized Purchaser, its partners, stockholders,
members, directors, officers, employees and or any person
(including each partner, stockholder, member, director, officer or
employee of such person) who controls the Authorized Purchaser
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, or by or on behalf of each of the Sponsor, the
Trust, their partners, stockholders, members, directors, officers,
employees or any person who controls the Sponsor or the Trust
within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act or Section 20 of
the Exchange Act, and shall survive any termination of this
Agreement or the initial issuance and delivery of the Shares. The
Sponsor and the Authorized Purchaser agree promptly to notify each
other of the commencement of any Proceeding against it and, in the
case of the Sponsor, against any of the Sponsor’s officers or
directors in connection with the issuance and sale of the Shares,
or in connection with the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus.
Section 11.
(a)
Limitation
of Liability.
None of the Sponsor, the Authorized Purchaser, the Distributor, the
Administrator, or the Custodian, shall be liable to each other or
to any other person, including any party claiming by, through or on
behalf of the Authorized Purchaser, for any losses, liabilities,
damages, costs or expenses arising out of any mistake or error in
data or other information provided to any of them by each other or
any other person or out of any interruption or delay in the
electronic means of communications used by them.
(b)
Tax
Liability.
The Authorized Purchaser shall be responsible for the payment of
any transfer tax, sales or use tax, stamp tax, recording tax, value
added tax and any other similar tax or government charge applicable
to the creation or redemption of any Basket made pursuant to this
Agreement, regardless of whether or not such tax or charge is
imposed directly on the Authorized Purchaser. To the extent the
Sponsor or the Trust is required by law to pay any such tax or
charge, the Authorized Purchaser agrees to promptly indemnify such
party for any such payment, together with any applicable penalties,
additions to tax or interest thereon.
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11
(c)
Fund
and Shareholder Liability
In accordance with Section 3.8 of the Trust Agreement, the parties
hereto hereby agree and acknowledge that the Trust is a series
trust pursuant to Sections 3804(a) and 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware
Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq. and the Trust
has separately entered into this Agreement with respect to each
Fund. Accordingly, the obligations of the Trust with respect to
each Fund set forth in this Agreement are limited obligations with
respect to each Fund and the parties hereto hereby agree to look
solely to the assets of the particular Fund in satisfaction for
payment in respect of any claim against or obligation of such Fund
and not against the assets of the Trust generally or the assets of
any other Fund or series of the Trust. Further, in accordance with
Section 8.3(c) of the Trust Agreement, the parties hereto agree and
acknowledge that this Agreement is not binding upon the
Shareholders (as defined in the Trust Agreement) of the Trust
individually but is binding only upon the assets and property of
the applicable Funds as provided in the previous sentence and no
recourse shall be had to the Shareholders’ personal property
for satisfaction of any obligation or claim arising under or
relating to this Agreement.
Section 12. Acknowledgment.
The Authorized Purchaser acknowledges receipt of a copy of the
Prospectus and represents that it has reviewed and understands such
document.
Section 13. Effectiveness and Termination.
Upon the execution of this Agreement by the parties hereto, this
Agreement shall become effective in this form as of the date first
set forth above, and may be terminated at any time by any party
upon thirty (30) days prior written notice to the other parties
unless earlier terminated: (i) in accordance with Section 2(a);
(ii) upon notice to the Authorized Purchaser by the Sponsor in the
event of a breach by the Authorized Purchaser of this Agreement or
the procedures described or incorporated herein; or (iii) at such
time as the Trust is terminated. Termination of this Agreement as
to any Fund shall not constitute termination as to any other Fund
unless notice is given specifically as to such other
Fund.
Section 14. Marketing Materials; Representations Regarding Baskets;
Identification in Registration Statement.
(a)
The Authorized Purchaser represents, warrants and covenants that,
(i) without the written consent of the Sponsor, the Authorized
Purchaser will not make, or permit any of its representatives to
make, in connection with any sale or solicitation of a sale of
Baskets any representations concerning the Shares or the Sponsor,
the Trust, a Fund or any AP Indemnified Person other than
representations consistent with (A) the then-current Prospectus of
the Fund, (B) printed information approved by the Sponsor as
information supplemental to such Prospectus or (C) any promotional
materials or sales literature furnished to the Authorized Purchaser
by the Sponsor, and (ii) the Authorized Purchaser will not furnish
or cause to be furnished to any person or display or publish any
information or material relating to the Baskets, any AP Indemnified
Person, the Trust or a Fund that is not consistent with the
Fund’s then current Prospectus. Copies of the then-current
Prospectus of the Funds and any such printed supplemental
information will be supplied by the Sponsor to the Authorized
Purchaser in reasonable quantities upon request.
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12
(b)
The Authorized Purchaser agrees to comply with the prospectus and
disclosure delivery requirements of the federal securities and
commodities laws. In connection therewith, the Authorized Purchaser
will provide each prospective purchaser of a Fund with a copy of
the Fund’s Prospectus.
(c)
The Authorized Purchaser hereby agrees that for the term of this
Agreement the Sponsor or its agent, the Distributor, may deliver
the then-current Prospectus, and any supplements or amendments
thereto or recirculation thereof, to the Authorized Purchaser in
Portable Document Format (“PDF”) via electronic mail to
__________________ in lieu of delivering the Prospectus in paper
form. The Authorized Purchaser may revoke the foregoing agreement
at any time by delivering written notice to the Sponsor and,
whether or not such agreement is in effect, the Authorized
Purchaser may, at any time, request reasonable quantities of the
Prospectus, and any supplements or amendments thereto or
recirculation thereof, in paper form from the Sponsor or its agent,
the Distributor. The Authorized Purchaser acknowledges that it has
the capability to access, view, save and print material provided to
it in PDF and that it will incur no appreciable extra costs by
receiving the Prospectus in PDF instead of in paper form. The
Sponsor will, when requested by the Authorized Purchaser, make
available at no cost the software and technical assistance
necessary to allow the Authorized Purchaser to access, view and
print the PDF version of the Prospectus.
(d)
For as long as this Agreement is effective, the Authorized
Purchaser agrees to be identified as an authorized purchaser of a
Fund at the Sponsor’s discretion (i) in any section of the
Fund’s Prospectus included within the Registration Statement
as may be required by the SEC and (ii) on the Fund’s website.
Upon the termination of this Agreement as to any Fund, (i) during
the period prior to when the Sponsor qualifies and elects to file
on Form S-3, the Sponsor will remove such identification from the
Prospectus in the amendment of the Registration Statement next
occurring after the date of the termination of this Agreement and,
during the period after when the Sponsor qualifies and elects to
file on Form S-3/S-1, the Sponsor will promptly file a current
report on Form 8-K indicating the withdrawal of the Authorized
Purchaser as an authorized purchaser of the Fund and (ii) the
Sponsor will promptly update a Fund’s website to remove any
identification of the Authorized Purchaser as an authorized
purchaser of the Fund.
Section 15. Certain Covenants of the Sponsor.
The Sponsor, on its own behalf and on behalf of the Trust,
covenants and agrees:
(a)
to notify the Authorized Purchaser promptly of the happening of any
event during the term of this Agreement which could require the
making of any change in the Prospectus then being used so that the
Prospectus would not include an untrue statement of material fact
or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
therein, in the light of the circumstances under which they are
made, not misleading, and, during such time, to prepare and deliver
or otherwise make available, at the expense of each Fund, to the
Authorized Purchaser copies of such amendments or supplements to
such Prospectus as may be necessary to reflect any such change at
such time and in such numbers as necessary to enable the Authorized
Purchaser to comply with any obligation it may have to deliver such
revised, supplemented or amended Prospectus to
customers.
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13
(b)
to notify the Authorized Purchaser when a revised, supplemented, or
amended Prospectus is available and to deliver or otherwise make
available to the Authorized Purchaser copies of such revised,
supplemented or amended Prospectus at such time and in such numbers
as to enable the Authorized Purchaser to comply with any obligation
it may have to deliver such revised, supplemented or amended
Prospectus to customers, provided that as a general matter the
Sponsor will make such revised, supplemented or amended Prospectus
available to the Authorized Purchaser on or before its effective
date;
(c)
to deliver or caused to be delivered to the Authorized Purchaser
upon the request of the Authorized Purchaser (i) at the time of
filing of any pre-effective or post-effective amendment to the
Registration Statement or a new Registration Statement filed to
register additional Baskets in reliance on Rule 429 of the 1933
Act, if in any such case the Registration Statement or amendment
includes or incorporates by reference financial information not
previously included or incorporated by reference in a Registration
Statement or amendment, and (iii) at the time of effectiveness of
any such Registration Statement or amendment, letters dated such
dates and addressed to the Authorized Purchaser, containing
statements and information of the type ordinarily included in
accountants’ letters to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and other financial information contained in
or incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and
the Prospectus;
(d)
to deliver to the Authorized Purchaser (i) at the time of purchase
of the initial Basket of a Fund by the Fund’s initial
Authorize Purchaser, and (ii) if requested by the Authorized
Purchaser, at the time of purchase of the first Basket of a Fund
subsequent to the registration of additional Shares of the Fund, a
certification by a duly authorized officer of the Sponsor in
substantially the form attached hereto as Exhibit D. In addition,
any certificate signed by any officer of the Sponsor and delivered
to the Authorized Purchaser or counsel for the Authorized Purchaser
pursuant hereto shall be deemed to be a representation and warranty
by the Sponsor as to matters covered thereby to the Authorized
Purchaser;
(e)
to furnish directly or through the Administrator or the Distributor
to the Authorized Purchaser, (i) at the time of purchase of the
initial Basket of a Fund by the Fund’s initial Authorize
Purchaser, and (ii) at the time of purchase of the first Basket of
a Fund subsequent to the registration of additional Shares of the
Fund, such documents and certificates in the form as reasonably
requested; and
Section 16. Third Party Beneficiaries.
Each AP Indemnified Person, to the extent it is not a party to this
Agreement, is a third-party beneficiary of this Agreement and may
proceed directly against the Authorized Purchaser (including by
bringing proceedings against the Authorized Purchaser in its own
name) to enforce any obligation of the Authorized Purchaser under
this Agreement which directly or indirectly benefits such AP
Indemnified Person. Each Sponsor Indemnified Person, to the extent
it is not a party to this Agreement, is a third-party beneficiary
of this Agreement and may proceed directly against the Sponsor, the
Trust or their respective agents (including by bringing proceedings
against the Sponsor, the Trust or their respective agents in its
own name) to enforce any obligation of the Sponsor, the Trust or
their agents under this Agreement which directly or indirectly
benefits such Sponsor Indemnified Person.
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Section 17. Force Majeure.
No party to this Agreement shall incur any liability for any delay
in performance, or for the non-performance, of any of its
obligations under this Agreement by reason of any cause beyond its
reasonable control. This includes any act of God or war or
terrorism, any breakdown, malfunction or failure of transmission in
connection with or other unavailability of any wire, communication
or computer facilities, any transport, port, or airport disruption,
industrial action, acts and regulations and rules of any
governmental or supra-national bodies or authorities or regulatory
or self-regulatory organization or failure of any such body,
authority or organization for any reason, to perform its
obligations.
Section 18. Power of Attorney
(a) The
Authorized Purchaser, by virtue of its purchase of Units in a Fund,
irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Sponsor with full power of
substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for
the Authorized Purchaser in its capacity as a Unitholder of the
Fund with full power and authority to act in the Authorized
Purchaser’s name and on its behalf in the execution,
acknowledgment, filing and publishing of Trust documents,
including, but not limited to, the following:
(1)
Any
certificates and other instruments, including but not limited to,
any applications for authority to do business and amendments
thereto, which the Sponsor deems appropriate to qualify or continue
the Trust as a business or statutory trust in the jurisdictions in
which the Trust may conduct business, so long as such
qualifications and continuations are in accordance with the terms
of this Trust Agreement or any amendment hereto, or which may be
required to be filed by the Trust or the Unitholders under the laws
of any jurisdiction;
(2)
Any
instrument which may be required to be filed by the Trust under the
laws of any state or by any governmental agency, or which the
Sponsor deems advisable to file; and
(3)
The
Trust Agreement and any documents which may be required to effect
an amendment to the Trust Agreement approved under the terms of the
Trust Agreement, and the continuation of the Trust, the increase or
decrease of the Global Security pursuant to Section 3.6 of the
Trust Agreement, or the termination of the Trust, provided such
continuation, increase, decrease or termination is in accordance
with the terms of the Trust Agreement.
(b) The
Power of Attorney granted to the Sponsor by the Authorized
Purchaser in its capacity as a Unitholder:
(1)
Is
a special, irrevocable Power of Attorney coupled with an interest,
and shall survive and not be affected by the death, disability,
dissolution, liquidation, termination or incapacity of the
Authorized Purchaser as Unitholder;
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(2)
May
be exercised by the Sponsor for the Authorized Purchaser by
facsimile signature and/or by a single signature of one of its
officers acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them;
and
(3)
Shall
survive the delivery of an assignment by the Authorized Purchaser
of the whole or any portion of its Units, as applicable, except
that where the records of a Direct Participant or Indirect
Participant reflect a transfer by the Authorized Purchaser of its
Units that has otherwise been effectuated in accordance with the
provisions of the Trust Agreement, the Prospectus, the
Depository’s procedures and the procedures of such Direct
Participant or Indirect Participant, as applicable, the Power of
Attorney of the assignor shall survive the delivery of such
assignment for the sole purpose of enabling the Sponsor to execute,
acknowledge and file any instrument necessary to effect such
transfer.
(c) The
Authorized Purchaser in its capacity as a Unitholder agrees to be
bound by any representations made by the Sponsor and by any
successor thereto, determined to be acting in good faith pursuant
to such Power of Attorney and not constituting gross negligence or
willful misconduct.
(d) The
Power of Attorney granted to the Sponsor by the Authorized
Purchaser in its capacity as a Unitholder shall not authorize the
Sponsor to act on behalf of the Authorized Purchaser in its
capacity as a Unitholder in any situation in which the Trust
Agreement requires the approval of Unitholders unless such approval
has been obtained as required by the Trust Agreement. In the event
of any conflict between the Trust Agreement and any instruments
filed by the Sponsor or any new Sponsor pursuant to this Power of
Attorney, the Trust Agreement shall control.
Section 19. Miscellaneous.
(a)
Entire Agreement. This Agreement
(including any schedules and exhibits attached hereto and thereto)
contains all of the agreements among the parties hereto (and
thereto) with respect to the transactions contemplated hereby (and
thereby) and supersedes all prior agreements or understandings,
whether written or oral, among the parties with respect
thereto.
(b)
Amendment and Modification. This Agreement may be
amended, modified or supplemented only by a written instrument
executed by all the parties.
(c)
Successors and Assigns; Assignment. All the terms and provisions of
this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of
the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
This Agreement shall not be assigned by any party without the prior
written consent of the other parties and any assignment without
such consent shall be null and void.
(d)
Waiver of Compliance. Except as otherwise provided in this
Agreement, any failure of any of the parties to comply with any
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein may be waived
by the party entitled to the benefits thereof only by a written
instrument signed by the party granting such waiver, but any such
waiver, or the failure to insist upon strict compliance with any
obligation, covenant, agreement or condition herein, shall not
operate as a waiver of, or estoppel with respect to, any subsequent
or other failure or breach.
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(e)
Severability. The parties hereto desire that the provisions of this
Agreement be enforced to the fullest extent permissible under the
law and public policies applied in each jurisdiction in which
enforcement is sought. Accordingly, in the event that any provision
of this Agreement would be held in any jurisdiction to be invalid,
prohibited or unenforceable for any reason, such provision, as to
such jurisdiction, shall be ineffective, without invalidating the
remaining provisions of this Agreement or affecting the validity or
enforceability of such provision in any other jurisdiction.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, if such provision could be more
narrowly drawn so as not to be invalid, prohibited or unenforceable
in such jurisdiction, it shall, as to such jurisdiction, be so
narrowly drawn, without invalidating the remaining provisions of
this Agreement or affecting the validity or enforceability of such
provision in any other jurisdiction.
(f)
Notices. All notices, waivers, or other communications pursuant to
this Agreement shall be in writing and shall be deemed to be
sufficient if delivered personally, by facsimile (and, if sent by
facsimile, followed by delivery by nationally-recognized express
courier), sent by nationally-recognized express courier or mailed
by registered or certified mail (return receipt requested), postage
prepaid, to the parties at the following addresses (or at such
other address for a party as shall be specified by like
notice):
(1)
if
to Sponsor or the Trust, to:
Teucrium
Trading, LLC
x/x
Xxxx Xxxxx
000
Xxxxxxxxx Landing Drive
Unit 2004
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Unit 2004
Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
(2)
if
to the Authorized Purchaser, to:
[please
provide]
All such notices and other communications shall be deemed to have
been delivered and received (i) in the case of personal delivery or
delivery by facsimile or e-mail, on the date of such delivery if
delivered during business hours on a Business Day or, if not
delivered during business hours on a Business Day, the first
Business Day thereafter, (ii) in the case of delivery by
nationally-recognized express courier, on the first Business Day
following dispatch, and (iii) in the case of mailing, on the third
Business Day following such mailing.
(g)
Governing
Law; Jurisdiction.
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17
(1)
All
questions concerning the construction, interpretation and validity
of this Agreement and all transactions hereunder shall be governed
by and construed and enforced in accordance with the domestic laws
of the State of New York, without giving effect to any choice or
conflict of law provision or rule (whether in the State of New York
or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of the
laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of New
York will control the interpretation and construction of this
Agreement, even if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or
conflict of law analysis, the substantive law of some other
jurisdiction would ordinarily or necessarily apply.
(2)
Each
party irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the other
parties, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with
respect to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising
out of or in connection with this Agreement or any related
agreement may be brought in the courts of the State of New York and
hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the non-exclusive
jurisdiction of each such court in personam, generally and
unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for
itself and in respect of its properties, assets and revenues. Each
party irrevocably waives any immunity to jurisdiction to which it
may otherwise be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign
immunity, immunity to pre-judgment attachment and execution) in any
legal suit, action or proceeding against it arising out of or based
on this Agreement or any related agreement or the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby which is instituted in any court of
the State of New York.
The provisions of this Section 17(g) shall survive any termination
of this Agreement, in whole or in part.
(h)
No Partnership. Nothing in this Agreement is intended to, or will
be construed to constitute the Sponsor, the Trust or any Fund, on
the one hand, and the Authorized Purchaser or any of its
Affiliates, on the other hand, as partners or joint venturers; it
being intended that the relationship between them will at all times
be that of independent contractors.
(i)
Interpretation. The article and section headings contained in this
Agreement are solely for the purpose of reference, are not part of
the agreement of the parties and shall not in any way affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
(j)
No Strict Construction. The language used in this Agreement will be
deemed to be the language chosen by the parties to express their
mutual intent, and no rule of strict construction will be applied
against any party.
(k)
Counterparts; Facsimile Signatures. This Agreement may be executed
in two or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an
original but all of which together shall constitute one and the
same instrument. Facsimile counterpart signatures to this Agreement
shall be acceptable and binding.
(l)
Other Usages. The following usages shall apply in interpreting this
Agreement: (i) references to a governmental or quasi-governmental
agency, authority or instrumentality shall also refer to a
regulatory body that succeeds to the functions of such agency,
authority or instrumentality; and (ii) “including”
means “including, but not limited to.”
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18
Section 20. Confidentiality.
(a) The
Sponsor and the Trust (the “Sponsor Parties”) and the
Authorized Purchaser shall maintain in confidence, use only for the
purposes provided for in this Agreement, and not disclose to any
third party, without first obtaining the consent in writing of the
Authorized Purchaser (in the case of disclosure by the Sponsor
Parties) or the Sponsor (in the case of disclosure by the
Authorized Purchaser), any and all Confidential Information (as
defined below) receives from the other party; provided, however,
that either such party may disclose Confidential Information
received from the other such party to those of its internal and
external representatives as may be necessary for such party to
carry out its obligations under this Agreement.
“Confidential
Information” shall mean all information or data of a party or
its customers that is disclosed to or received by the other party,
whether orally, visually or in writing, in any form, including,
without limitation, information or data which relates to such
party’s business or operations, research and development,
marketing plans or activities, or actual or potential
products.
(b)
Notwithstanding the provisions of this Agreement to the contrary,
the Sponsor Parties shall have no liability to the Authorized
Purchaser and the Authorized Purchaser shall have no liability to
the Sponsor Parties for the disclosure or use of any Confidential
Information of the other party if the Confidential
Information:
(1)
is known to the party disclosing the Confidential Information (the
“Disclosing Party”) at the time of disclosure other
than as the result of a breach of this Section 19 by the Disclosing
Party;
(2)
has been or becomes publicly known, other than as the result of a
breach of this Section 19 by the Disclosing Party, or has been or
is publicly disclosed by the other party;
(3)
is received by Disclosing Party after the date of this Agreement
from a third party (unless such third party breaches an obligation
of confidentiality to the other party); or
(4)
is required to be disclosed by law or similar compulsion or in
connection with any legal proceeding or request for information on
behalf of a governmental authority or self-regulatory organization,
provided that the Disclosing Party shall promptly inform the other
party in writing of such requirement and that such disclosure shall
be limited to the extent so required.
(c)
The parties recognize and acknowledge that a breach or threatened
breach by a party of the provisions of this Section 19 may cause
irreparable and material loss and damage to a Sponsor Party or the
Authorized Purchaser, as the case may be, which cannot be
adequately remedied at law and that, accordingly, in addition to,
and not in lieu of, any damages or other remedy to which a
non-breaching party may be entitled, the issuance of an injunction
or other equitable remedy (without the requirement that a bond or
other security be posted) is an appropriate remedy for the
non-breaching party for any breach or threatened breach of the
obligations set forth in this Section 19.
(d)
The Sponsor Parties and the Authorized Purchaser agree that they
will use the same degree of care, but no less than a reasonable
degree of care, in safeguarding the Confidential Information of the
Authorized Purchaser and the Sponsor Parties, respectively, as they
use for their own Confidential Information of a similar nature. The
Sponsor Parties shall promptly notify the Authorized Purchaser in
writing of any misuse, misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure
of the Confidential Information of the Authorized Purchaser that
may come to the attention of a Sponsor Party. The Authorized
Purchaser shall promptly notify the Sponsor Parties in writing of
any misuse, misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure of the
Confidential Information of a Sponsor Party that may come to the
attention of the Authorized Purchaser.
(e)
Upon the termination of this Agreement, if requested in
writing by a Sponsor Party or the Authorized Purchaser, the Sponsor
Parties and the Authorized Purchaser shall, at the option of each
and to the extent permitted by law, promptly destroy or return to
the Authorized Purchaser and the Sponsor, respectively, all
Confidential Information received from the Authorized Purchaser and
the Sponsor Parties, all copies and extracts of such Confidential
Information and all documents or other media containing any such
Confidential Information.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the Authorized Purchaser and the Sponsor have
caused this Agreement to be executed by their duly authorized
representatives as of the date first set forth above.
TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC, on
behalf of itself and as Sponsor of each Fund of Teucrium Commodity
Trust
By:
_____________________________
Name: Xxxx Xxxxx
Title:
CEO
Address: 000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxx
0000, Xxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Telephone: 000-000-0000
[AUTHORIZED PURCHASER]
By:
_____________________________
Name:
Title:
CRD No.: __________________
NFA ID: __________________
Address:
Telephone:
Accepted by:
U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
By:
Name:
Title: Senior Vice President
Accepted by:
U.S. BANCORP FUND SERVICES, LLC
By:
Name:
Title: Executive Vice President
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EXHIBIT A
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
LIST OF SERIES
Teucrium Corn Fund
Teucrium Sugar Fund
Teucrium Wheat Fund
Teucrium Soybean Fund
Teucrium Agricultural Fund
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EXHIBIT B
TO AUTHORIZED PURCAHSER AGRREMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
PROCEDURES FOR PROCESSING
PURCHASE ORDERS AND REDEMPTION ORDERS
This Exhibit B
to the Authorized Purchaser Agreement
supplements the Prospectus with respect to the procedures to be
used in processing (1) a Purchase Order for the purchase of Shares
of Teucrium Commodity Trust in Creation Units of each Fund and a
(2) Redemption Order for the redemption of Shares of Teucrium
Commodity Trust in Creation Units of each Fund. Capitalized terms,
unless otherwise defined in this Exhibit
B, have the meanings attributed
to them in the Authorized Purchaser Agreement or the
Prospectus.
An
Authorized Purchaser is required to have signed the Authorized
Purchaser Agreement. Upon acceptance of the Agreement and execution
thereof by the Trust and in connection with the initial Purchase
Order submitted by the Authorized Purchaser, the Transfer Agent
will assign a PIN Number to each Authorized Person authorized to
act for an Authorized Purchaser. This will allow an Authorized
Purchaser through its Authorized Person(s) to place a Purchase
Order or Redemption Order with respect to the purchase or
redemption of Creation Units of Shares of a Fund of Teucrium
Commodity Trust.
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EXHIBIT B – PART A
TO AUTHORIZED PURCAHSER AGRREMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
TO PLACE A PURCHASE ORDER FOR
CREATION UNIT(S) OF SHARES OF ONE OR
MORE FUNDS OF TEUCRIUM
COMMODITY TRUST:
1.
PLACING A PURCHASE ORDER.
The
Authorized Purchaser (“AP”) submitting an order to
create shall submit such orders containing the information required
by the Transfer Agent in the following manner: (a) in writing
transmitted by facsimile (b) through Transfer Agent’s
electronic order entry system, as such may be made available and
constituted from time to time, the use of which shall be subject to
the terms and conditions of the Electronic Services Agreement,
incorporated herein by reference; or (c) by telephone to the
Administrator at the Transfer Agent according to the procedures set
forth below. The order so transmitted (either in writing or
electronic form) is hereinafter referred to as the
“Submission” or the “Purchase Order” as
applicable, and the Business Day on which a Submission is made is
hereinafter referred to as the “Transmittal Date”. NOTE
THAT IF THE TELEPHONIC METHOD OF SUBMITTING ORDERS IS USED, THE
TELEPHONE CALL IN WHICH THE SUBMISSION NUMBER IS ISSUED INITIATES
THE ORDER PROCESS BUT DOES NOT ALONE CONSTITUTE THE ORDER. AN ORDER
OR REQUEST IS ONLY COMPLETED AND PROCESSED UPON RECEIPT OF THE
SUBMISSION.
To
begin a telephonic Purchase Order, the Authorized Purchaser
(“AP”) must telephone Administrator or such other
number as the Distributor designates in writing to the AP. This
telephone call must be made by an Authorized Person of the AP and
answered by the Administrator before the applicable Order Cutoff
Time. Upon verifying the authenticity of the AP (as determined by
the use of the appropriate PIN Number), the Administrator will
request that the AP place the Purchase Order. To do so, the AP must
provide the appropriate ticker symbols when referring to each Fund.
After the AP has placed the Purchase Order, the Administrator will
read the Purchase Order back to the AP. The AP then must affirm
that the Purchase Order has been taken correctly by the
Administrator. If the AP affirms that Purchase Order has been taken
correctly, the Administrator will issue a confirmation number to
the AP. All orders may also be placed by the AP via the web by the
times described above.
A
Fund’s Order Cutoff Time will not be later than 5:30 p.m.
Eastern Standard Time. Purchase Orders for the Funds, if accepted,
will receive the next Business Day’s NAV per Creation Unit if
submitted before the applicable Order Cutoff Time.
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PLEASE NOTE: A PURCHASE
ORDER REQUEST IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL THE CONFIRMATION NUMBER IS
ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. WITH RESPECT TO EACH FUND, AN ORDER
FOR FUND SHARES CANNOT BE CANCELED BY THE AP AFTER
THE CONFIRMATION NUMBER HAS BEEN
ISSUED. INCOMING TELEPHONE
CALLS ARE QUEUED AND WILL BE HANDLED IN THE SEQUENCE RECEIVED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE AP SHOULD NOT HANG UP AND REDIAL.
CALLS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS AT THE
ORDER CUTOFF TIME ARE VALID AND THE ORDER WILL BE TAKEN. PLEASE
NOTE THAT "IN PROGRESS" IS DEFINED AS AN AP ACTUALLY SPEAKING WITH
THE ADMINISTRATOR. FOR CALLS THAT ARE PLACED BEFORE THE ORDER
CUTOFF TIME THAT ARE IN THE HOLDING QUEUE UNANSWERED AT OR AFTER
THE ORDER CUTOFF TIME, WILL BE VERBALLY DENIED. INCOMING CALLS THAT ARE
RECEIVED AFTER THE ORDER CUTOFF TIME WILL NOT BE
ANSWERED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. ALL TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE
RECORDED.
2.
RECEIPT OF TRADE CONFIRMATION.
Subject
to the conditions that a properly completed telephone Purchase
Order has been placed by the AP (either on its own or its
customer’s behalf) not later than the Order Cutoff Time, the
Distributor will accept the Purchase Order on behalf of the Trust
and will confirm in writing to the AP that its Purchase Order has
been accepted within 45 minutes after the designated Order Cutoff
time on the Business Day that the Purchase Order is received. Once
the Purchase Order has been approved by the Distributor, the
Distributor will sign or time-stamp the order and send that
Purchase Order to the Administrator.
3.
QUALITY ASSURANCE.
After
a confirmation number is issued by the Administrator to the AP, the
AP will fax a written version of the Purchase Order to the
Administrator. Upon receipt, the Administrator should immediately
telephone the AP if the Administrator believes that the Purchase
Order has not been completed correctly by the AP. In addition, the
Administrator will telephone the AP if the Administrator is in
non-receipt of the Purchase Order Form within 15 minutes after the
Purchase Order has been called into the Administrator.
4.
REJECTING OR SUSPENDING PURCHASE ORDERS.
The Sponsor or the Distributor reserve the
absolute right to reject acceptance of a Purchase Order if: (i) the
Sponsor determines that, due to position limits or otherwise,
investment alternatives that will enable a Fund to meet its
investment objective are not available to the Fund at that time;
(ii) it is determined by the Sponsor or the Distributor not to be
in proper form; (iii) the Sponsor believes that acceptance would
have adverse tax consequences to the Fund or its shareholders; (iv)
the acceptance or receipt of a Creation Basket Deposit would, in
the opinion of counsel to the Sponsor, be unlawful; (v) if
circumstances outside the control of the Sponsor, the Distributor
or the Custodian make it for all practical purposes not feasible to
process creations of Creation Baskets, or (vi) if there is a
possibility that any or all of the Benchmark component futures
contracts of the relevant Fund on the futures exchange from which
the net asset value of a particular fund is calculated will be
priced at a daily price limit restriction; provided, however,
if the Purchase Order is not rejected,
then the Sponsor may require the Authorized Purchaser to enter into
an exchange for risk (“EFR”) transaction in
accordance with CME, CBOT, NYMEX, and COMEX Rule 538 or ICE Futures
Rule 4, with quantities agreed by the
Sponsor and the Authorized Purchaser in advance, directly
corresponding to the Purchase Order.
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The Distributor shall notify the AP of
a rejection or revocation of any Purchase Order. The Distributor is
under no duty, however, to give notification of any specific
defects or irregularities in the delivery of the Creation Basket
Deposit nor shall the Distributor or the Trust incur any liability
for the failure to give any such notification. The Trust and Distributor may not revoke a
previously accepted Purchase Order, as defined in Section
2 of this Part.
The
Trust acknowledges its agreement to return to the AP or any party
for which it is acting any dividend, distribution or other
corporate action paid to the Trust in respect of any Deposit
Security that is transferred to Trust that, based on the valuation
of such Deposit Security at the time of transfer, should have been
paid to the AP or any party for which it is acting.
5.
CONTRACTUAL SETTLEMENT.
(a)
Through the CNS
Clearing Process :
(1) Except as provided below, the securities in
the Creation Basket Deposit (“Deposit Securities”) of
any domestic Fund must be delivered through the NSCC to a DTC
account maintained at the Custodian on or before the Domestic
Contractual Settlement Date (defined below). The AP must also make
available on or before the Domestic Contractual Settlement Date, by
means satisfactory to the Trust, immediately available or same day
funds estimated by the Trust to be sufficient to pay the cash
component of the Creation Basket Deposit (the “Cash
Component”), together with the applicable purchase
Transaction Fee. Any excess funds will be returned following
settlement of the issue of the Creation Unit of Shares of the
Trust. The “Domestic Contractual Settlement Date” is
the next Business Day following the Purchase Order Date (T + 1) or
such later Business Day, not to exceed two Business Days after the
Purchase Order Date, as agreed to between the AP and the Transfer
Agent when the Purchase Order is placed. Except as provided in the
next two paragraphs, a Creation Unit of Shares of any Fund will be
issued in accordance with the terms, conditions and
guarantees as set forth in CNS agreements to which the Custodian
and AP have entered into.
(2) The
Trust reserves the right to permit or require the substitution of
an amount of cash (i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount ) to be
added to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security with
respect to any domestic Fund which may not be available in
sufficient quantity for delivery or which may not be eligible for
transfer through the CNS Clearing Process, or which may not be
eligible for transfer through the systems of DTC and hence not
eligible for transfer through the CNS Clearing Process, additional
cost, if any, to acquire the omitted securities will be at the
expense of the AP.
(3) Any
settlement outside the CNS Clearing Process is subject to
additional requirements and fees as discussed in the
Prospectus.
(4) In
all cases for a Purchase Order placed with respect to TAGS,
contractual settlement must take place through the CNS Clearing
Process.
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25
(b)
Outside the CNS
Clearing Process :
(1) Except
as provided in the next two paragraphs, a Creation Unit of Shares
will not be issued until the transfer of good title to the Trust of
the Deposit Securities and the payment of the Cash Component
and the purchase Transaction Fee have been completed. When the Subcustodian confirms to the
Custodian that the required Deposit Securities (or, when permitted
in the sole discretion of the Trust, the cash value thereof) have
been delivered to the account of the relevant
Subcustodian, the
Custodian shall will cause the
delivery of the Creation Unit of Shares.
(2) The
Trust may in its sole discretion permit or require the substitution
of an amount of cash (i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount) to be added
to the Cash Component to replace any Deposit Security which may not
be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or for other
similar reasons. If the Trust notifies the Distributor that a
“cash in lieu” amount will be accepted, the Distributor
or Transfer Agent will notify the AP and the AP shall deliver, on
behalf of itself or the party on whose behalf it is acting, the
“cash in lieu” amount, with any appropriate adjustments
as advised by the Trust which may include any difference between
the actual cost to the Trust to acquire an omitted security and the
value of the security had the security been delivered in kind.
Additional amounts, if any, shall be included in the calculation of
the Cash Component to be received, any excess amounts will be
returned to the AP following settlement of the issue of the
Creation Unit of Shares.
(3) In
the event that a Creation Basket Deposit is incomplete on the
settlement date for a Creation Unit of Shares because certain or
all of the Deposit Securities are missing, the Trust may issue a
Creation Unit of Shares notwithstanding such deficiency in reliance
on the undertaking of the AP to deliver the missing Deposit
Securities as soon as possible. The parties hereto agree that the
delivery of such collateral shall be made in accordance with the
Cash Collateral Settlement Procedures, which such procedures shall
be provided to the AP by the Transfer Agent upon request.
The parties hereto further agree that Trust, acting in good faith, may purchase the
missing Deposit Securities at any time and the AP agrees to accept
liability for any shortfall between the cost to the Trust of
purchasing such securities and the
value of the collateral, which may be sold by the Trust at such
time, and in such manner, as the Trust may determine in its sole
discretion.
6.
CASH PURCHASES.
When, in the sole discretion of the Trust, cash purchases of
Creation Units of Shares are available or specified for a Fund,
such purchases shall be effected in essentially the same manner as
in-kind purchases thereof. In the case of a cash purchase or where
the cash equivalent value of one or more Deposit Securities is
being deposited in lieu of such Deposit Security, the AP must pay
the cash equivalent of the Deposit Securities it would otherwise be
required to provide through an in-kind purchase, plus the same Cash
Component required to be paid by an in-kind purchaser. In addition,
to offset the Trust’s brokerage, transaction, and other costs
associated with using the cash to purchase the requisite Deposit
Securities, the AP may be required to pay an additional Transaction
Fee or adjustment as advised by the Trust which may include any
difference between the actual cost to the Trust to acquire the
Deposit Securities and the value of the Deposit Securities had the
Deposit Securities been delivered. Such Transaction Fees and
additional amounts, if any, shall be included in the calculation of
the Cash Component to be received. Any excess amounts will be
returned to the AP following settlement of the issue of the
Creation Unit of Shares
7.
CUSTOM
BASKETS.
The
Trust has developed procedures for the creation and redemption of
Creation Baskets and Redemption Baskets using Deposit Securities
that differ from that published by NSCC as the then-existing
portfolio basket for the Fund (a “Custom Basket”). In
order for an AP to deliver or receive a Custom Basket to the
Transfer Agent and the Trust in connection with a Purchase Order or
Redemption Order rather than the basket of Deposit Securities
published by NSCC together with the Cash Component, any cash in
lieu amounts and any other cash fees, the Distributor, the Sponsor,
or Trust must notify the AP that the Fund would like to effect the
purchase or redemption through a Custom Basket and identify the
contents of the Custom Basket at or prior to the time the AP calls
with its Purchase Order or Redemption Order and the AP must agree
to deliver or receive the Custom Basket in connection with the
creation or redemption. Prior to trade date, the Transfer Agent
must notify NSCC of the Deposit Securities in the custom creation
basket.
Exhibit B - Page
26
EXHIBIT B -- PART B
TO AUTHORIZED PURCHASER AGREEMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
PROCEDURES TO PLACE A REDEMPTION ORDER FOR CREATION UNIT(S) OF
SHARES OF ONE OR MORE FUNDS OF TEUCRIUM COMMODITY
TRUST:
1.
PLACING A REDEMPTION ORDER.
The AP
submitting a request to redeem shall submit such requests
containing the information required by the Transfer Agent in the
following manner: (a) in writing transmitted by facsimile; (b)
through Transfer Agent’s electronic order entry system, as
such may be made available and constituted from time to time, the
use of which shall be subject to the terms and conditions of the
Electronic Services Agreement, incorporated herein by reference; or
(c) by telephone to the Transfer Agent Representative and the
Distributor, as applicable, according to the procedures set forth
below. The request so transmitted (either in writing or electronic
form) is hereinafter referred to as the “Submission” or
the “Redemption Order” as applicable, and the Business
Day on which a Submission is made is hereinafter referred to as the
“Transmittal Date”. NOTE THAT IF THE TELEPHONIC METHOD
OF REQUESTING A REDEMPTION IS USED, THE TELEPHONE CALL IN WHICH THE
REQUEST NUMBER IS ISSUED INITIATES THE REQUEST PROCESS BUT DOES NOT
ALONE CONSTITUTE THE REQUEST. A REQUEST IS ONLY COMPLETED AND
PROCESSED UPON RECEIPT OF THE SUBMISSION.
Redemption
Orders for Creation Units of Shares may be initiated only on days
that the Listing Exchange, the Chicago Board of Trade and the New
York Stock Exchange are open for trading. Redemption Orders may
only be made in whole Creation Units of Shares of each Fund. To
begin a telephonic Redemption Order, the AP must telephone the
Administrator. This telephone call must be made by an Authorized
Person of the AP and answered by the Administrator before the
applicable Order Cutoff Time. Upon verifying the authenticity of
the AP (as determined by the use of the appropriate PIN Number),
the Administrator will request that the AP place the Redemption
Order. To do so, the AP must provide the appropriate ticker symbols
when referring to a Fund. After the AP has placed the Redemption
Order, the Administrator will read the Redemption Order back to the
AP. The AP then must affirm that the Redemption Order has been
taken correctly by the Administrator. If the AP affirms that
Redemption Order has been taken correctly, the Administrator will
issue a confirmation number to the AP.
A
Fund’s Order Cutoff Time will not be later than 5:30 PM
Eastern Standard Time. Redemption Orders for the Funds, if
accepted, will receive the next Business Day’s NAV per
Creation Unit if submitted before the applicable Order Cutoff
Time.
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27
PLEASE NOTE: A
REDEMPTION ORDER REQUEST IS NOT COMPLETE UNTIL THE CONFIRMATION
NUMBER IS ISSUED BY THE ADMINISTRATOR. WITH RESPECT TO EACH FUND,
AN ORDER FOR FUND SHARES CANNOT BE CANCELED BY THE AP AFTER
THE CONFIRMATION NUMBER HAS BEEN
ISSUED. INCOMING TELEPHONE CALLS
ARE QUEUED AND WILL BE HANDLED IN THE SEQUENCE RECEIVED.
ACCORDINGLY, THE AP SHOULD NOT HANG UP AND REDIAL.
CALLS THAT ARE IN PROGRESS AT THE
CUTOFF TIME ARE VALID AND THE ORDER WILL BE TAKEN. PLEASE NOTE THAT
"IN PROGRESS" IS DEFINED AS AN AP ACTUALLY SPEAKING WITH AN
ADMINISTRATOR. FOR CALLS THAT ARE PLACED BEFORE THE CUTOFF TIME
THAT ARE IN THE HOLDING QUEUE UNANSWERED BY STAFF AT OR AFTER THE
CUTOFF TIME, WILL BE VERBALLY DENIED. INCOMING CALLS THAT ARE
RECEIVED AFTER THE CUTOFF TIME WILL NOT BE ANSWERED BY THE
ADMINISTRATOR. ALL TELEPHONE CALLS WILL BE
RECORDED.
2.
RECEIPT OF CONFIRMATION.
Subject
to the conditions that a duly completed telephone Redemption Order
is received by the Transfer Agent from the AP on behalf of itself
or another redeeming investor by the Order Cutoff Time, the
Transfer Agent will accept the Redemption Order on behalf of the
Trust. Once the Redemption Order has been accepted by the Transfer
Agent, the Transfer Agent will sign or time-stamp the order and
send the Redemption Order to the Distributor, and the Distributor
and will confirm in writing to the AP that its Redemption Order has
been accepted within 45 minutes after the designated Order Cutoff
Time on the Business Day the Redemption Order is
received.
3.
QUALITY
ASSURANCE.
(a) After
a confirmation number is issued by the Administrator to the AP, the
AP will fax a copy of the Redemption Order to the Administrator.
Upon receipt, the Administrator should immediately telephone the
AP, if the Administrator believes that the Redemption Order has not
been completed correctly by the AP. In addition, the Administrator
will telephone the AP if the Administrator is in non-receipt of the
Redemption Order Form within 15 minutes after the Redemption Order
has been called into the Administrator.
4.
REJECTING OR SUSPENDING REDEMPTION ORDERS.
The Sponsor or the Distributor reserve the absolute right to reject
acceptance of a Redemption Order if:
(i)
it is determined by the Sponsor or the Distributor not to be in
proper form;
(ii)
the fulfillment of which its counsel advises might be
unlawful;
(iii)
as a result of the redemption, the number of remaining outstanding
Shares would be reduced to fewer than the number of Shares as
otherwise stated in a Fund’s Prospectus and displayed on
Exhibit E to this agreement; or
(iv) there is a possibility that any or all of the
Benchmark component futures contracts of the relevant Fund on the
futures exchange from which the net asset value of a particular
fund is calculated will be priced at a daily price limit
restriction; provided, however,
if the Redemption Order is not
rejected, then the Sponsor may require the Authorized Purchaser to
enter into an EFR transaction in accordance with CME, CBOT,
NYMEX, and COMEX Rule 538 or ICE Futures Rule 4, with quantities agreed by the Sponsor and the
Authorized Purchaser in advance, directly corresponding to the
Redemption Order.
Exhibit B - Page
28
5.
TAKING DELIVERY OF REDEMPTION SECURITIES.
The
securities constituting the in-kind portion of a redemption
distribution (the “Redemption Securities”) will be
delivered to the appropriate account which must be indicated in the
AP’s Standing Redemption Instructions (see Part C of this
Exhibit B). An Authorized Person of the AP may amend the AP’s
Standing Redemption Instructions from time to time in writing to
the Administrator and the Trust in a form approved by the Trust. A
redeeming Beneficial Owner or the AP acting on behalf of such
Beneficial Owner must maintain appropriate securities
broker-dealer, bank or other custody arrangements to which account
such Redemption Securities will be delivered. Redemptions of Shares
for Redemption Securities will be subject to compliance with
applicable U.S. federal and state securities laws.
6.
CONTRACTUAL SETTLEMENT.
(a) Through
the CNS Clearing Process:
(1)
Except as provided below, the Shares of any Fund must be delivered
through the NSCC to a DTC account maintained at the applicable
custodian of any Fund on or before the Contractual Settlement Date
(defined below). The Trust will make available on the Domestic
Contractual Settlement Date, the Cash Component less the applicable
Transaction Fee. The “Contractual Settlement Date” with
respect to redemptions is the date upon which all of the required
Shares must be delivered to the Trust and the Redemption
Securities, any cash in lieu amounts and Cash Component less any
fees are delivered by the Trust to the AP ordinarily on the first
Business Day following the Redemption Order Date (T+1) or as agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser,
Sponsor, Distributor and Transfer Agent in advance of when the
Redemption Order is placed provided, however,
the Contractual Settlement Date with
respect to TAGS is the second Business Day following the Redemption
Order Date (T+2) or as agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser,
Sponsor, Distributor and Transfer Agent in advance of when the
Redemption Order is placed. Except as provided in the next
two paragraphs, the Redemption Securities and any cash component
will be delivered concurrently with the transfer of good title to
the Trust of the required number of Shares through the NSCC’s
CNS system.
(2) The
Trust reserves the right to permit or require the substitution of
an amount of cash (i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount ) to be
added to the Cash Component to replace any Redemption Security with
respect to a Fund which may not be available in sufficient quantity
for delivery or which may not be eligible for transfer through the
CNS Clearing Process, or which may not be eligible for transfer
through the systems of DTC and hence not eligible for transfer
through the CNS Clearing Process (discussed below). Any settlement
outside the CNS Clearing Process may be subject to additional
requirements and fees as discussed in the
Prospectus.
Exhibit B - Page
29
(3) If
the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited with all of the
Baskets to be redeemed by the end of the settlement date, the
redemption distribution is delivered to the extent of whole Baskets
received. Any remainder of the redemption distribution is delivered
on the next Business Day to the extent of remaining whole Baskets
received if the Fund receives the fee applicable to the extension
of the Redemption Distribution Date which the Sponsor may, from
time to time, determine and the remaining Redemption Baskets are
credited to the Fund’s DTC account on such next Business Day.
Any further outstanding amount of the Redemption Order shall be
cancelled. Pursuant to instruction from the Sponsor, the Trust may
deliver the redemption distribution notwithstanding a deficiency in
a Redemption Basket in reliance on the undertaking of the AP to
deliver the missing Shares as soon as possible. The parties hereto
agree that the delivery of such collateral shall be made in
accordance with the Cash Collateral Settlement Procedures, which
such procedures shall be provided to the AP by the Transfer Agent
upon request.
(4) In
all cases for a Redemption Order placed with respect to TAGS,
contractual settlement must take place through the CNS Clearing
Process.
(b) Outside
the CNS Clearing Process:
(1) Deliveries
of redemption distributions by the Funds generally will be made by
the end of the next Business Day or as agreed to by the Authorized
Purchaser, Sponsor, Distributor and Transfer Agent in advance;
provided, however, the delivery of the redemption distributions by
TAGS generally will be made by the end of the second Business Day
or as agreed to by the Authorized Purchaser, Sponsor, Distributor
and Transfer Agent in advance.
(2) Except
as provided in the next two paragraphs, the Deposit Securities will
not be delivered until the transfer of good title to the Trust of
the required Redemption Baskets of Shares has been
completed. When
the Custodian confirms that the required Shares (or, when permitted
in the sole discretion of the Trust, the cash collateral) have been
received by the account, the
Custodian will cause the delivery of the Redemption
Securities.
(4) The
Trust may in its sole discretion permit or require the substitution
of an amount of cash (i.e., a “cash in lieu” amount) to be added
to the Cash Component to replace any Redemption Security which may
not be available in sufficient quantity for delivery or for other
similar reasons. If the Trust notifies the Distributor that a
“cash in lieu” amount will be delivered, the
Distributor will notify the AP and the AP shall receive, on behalf
of itself or the party on whose behalf it is acting, the
“cash in lieu” amount, with any appropriate adjustments
as advised by the Trust. The AP may also elect to replace
any Redemption Securities with a “cash in lieu” amount
to the extent that the AP is not authorized to purchase the
particular Redemption Securities from the Fund or is not able to
sell the particular Redemption Securities in the secondary market,
consistent with restrictions in applicable law or the AP’s
internal policies and procedures.
Exhibit B - Page
30
(5) In
the event that the number of Shares is insufficient on the
Contractual Settlement Date, the Trust may deliver the Deposit
Securities notwithstanding such deficiency in reliance on the
undertaking of the AP to deliver the missing Shares as soon as
possible. The parties hereto agree that the delivery of such
collateral shall be made in accordance with the Cash Collateral
Settlement Procedures, which such procedures shall be provided to
the AP by the Transfer Agent upon request. When making a Redemption
Order, the Authorized Person understands and agrees that in the
event Shares are not transferred to the Fund in accordance with the
terms of the Prospectus, such Redemption Order may be rejected by
the Fund and the Authorized Person will be solely responsible for
all costs and losses and fees incurred by the Fund, Transfer Agent
or the Distributor related to such rejected Redemption
Order.
7.
CASH
REDEMPTIONS.
In
the event that, in the sole discretion of the Trust, cash
redemptions are permitted or required by the Trust, proceeds will
be paid to the AP redeeming Shares on behalf of the redeeming
investor as soon as practicable after the date of
redemption.
8.
STANDING REDEMPTION INSTRUCTIONS.
Part C
to this Exhibit B contains the
AP’s Standing Redemption Instructions, which include
information identifying the account(s) into which Deposit
Securities of each Fund and any other redemption proceeds should be
delivered by the Trust pursuant to a Redemption
Order.
Exhibit B - Page
31
EXHIBIT B -- PART C
TO AUTHORIZED PURCHASER AGREEMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
THE AP ACCOUNTS
FOR DELIVERY OF DEPOSIT SECURITIES
The accounts into which Teucrium Commodity Trust should deposit the
securities constituting the Deposit Securities of each Fund upon
redemption by the AP are set forth below:
Name of AP: __________________
Account Name: __________________
Account Number: __________________
Other Reference Number: __________________
Exhibit B - Page
32
EXHIBIT C
TO AUTHORIZED PURCAHSER AGRREMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
FORM OF CERTIFIED AUTHORIZED PERSONS
OF THE AUTHORIZED PURCHASER
The following are the names, titles and signatures of all persons
(each an “Authorized Person”) authorized to give
instructions relating to any activity contemplated by this
Agreement or any other notice, request or instruction on behalf of
the AP pursuant to this Agreement.
Name: __________________
Title: __________________
Signature: __________________
Name: __________________
Title: __________________
Signature: __________________
The undersigned, [name], [title], [company], does hereby certify
that the persons listed above have been duly elected to the offices
set forth beneath their names, that they presently hold such
offices, that they have been duly authorized to act as Authorized
Persons of this institution in its capacity as an AP pursuant to
the Agreement by and between Teucrium Commodity Trust, Teucrium
Trading, LLC and _______________________ as AP dated [date] and
that their signatures set forth above
are their own true and genuine signatures.
In witness whereof, the undersigned has hereby set his/her hand and
the seal of [company].
Date: _________________ ___________________
[name,
title]
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33
EXHIBIT D
TO AUTHORIZED PURCAHSER AGRREMENT FOR
TEUCRIUM COMMODITY TRUST
OFFICER’S CERTIFICATE
The undersigned, a duly authorized officer of Teucrium Trading,
LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
“Sponsor”), and pursuant to Section 15(d) of the
Teucrium Commodity Trust Authorized Purchaser Agreement (the
“Agreement”), dated as of _____________________, by and
among the Sponsor, Teucrium Commodity Trust and [Authorized
Purchaser], (“the Authorized Purchaser”), hereby
certifies that:
1.
Each
of the following representations and warranties of the Sponsor is
true and correct in all material respects as of the date
hereof:
(a)
the
Prospectus does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact
or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading; the
Registration Statement complies in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the Prospectus complies in all
material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act and any
statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
have been so described or filed; the conditions to the use of Form
S-1 or S-3, if applicable, have been satisfied; and the
Registration Statement does not contain an untrue statement of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading; provided, however, that the Sponsor makes no warranty
or representation with respect to any statement contained in the
Registration Statement or any Prospectus in reliance upon and in
conformity with information concerning the Authorized Purchaser and
furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Authorized Purchaser to
the Sponsor expressly for use in the Registration Statement or such
Prospectus;
(b)
the
Trust has been duly formed and is validly existing as a statutory
trust under the laws of the State of Delaware and each Fund has
been duly established as a series of the Trust, as described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and as described in the
Prospectus, and is authorized to issue and deliver, or to instruct
the Distributor to issue and deliver, the Baskets to the Authorized
Purchaser as described in the Prospectus;
(c)
the
Sponsor has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the
State of Delaware, with full power and authority to conduct its
business as described in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, and has all requisite power and authority to execute
and deliver this Agreement;
(d)
the
Sponsor is duly qualified and is in good standing in each
jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires such
qualification; and the Trust is not required to so qualify in any
jurisdiction;
Exhibit B - Page
34
(e)
the
outstanding Shares have been duly and validly issued and are fully
paid and non-assessable and free of statutory and contractual
preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and similar
rights;
(f)
the
Shares conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the
holders of the Shares will not be subject to personal liability by
reason of being such holders;
(g)
the
Sponsor is not in breach or violation of or in default under (nor
has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time or both
would result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default
under or give the holder of any indebtedness (or a person acting on
such holder’s behalf) the right to require the repurchase,
redemption or repayment of all or a part of such indebtedness
under) its constitutive documents, or any indenture, mortgage, deed
of trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of
indebtedness to which the Sponsor is a party or by which the
Sponsor or any of its properties may be bound or affected, and the
execution, delivery and performance of the Agreement, the issuance
and sale of Shares to the Authorized Purchaser hereunder and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby does not
conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a
default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of
time or both would result in any breach or violation of or
constitute a default under), respectively, the amended and restated
limited liability company agreement of the Sponsor, or any
indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement
or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract
or other agreement or instrument to which the Sponsor is a party or
by which, respectively, the Sponsor or any of its properties may be
bound or affected, or any federal, state, local or foreign law,
regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order applicable to
the Sponsor;
(h)
no
approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any
federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory
commission, board, body, authority or agency is required to be
obtained by the Sponsor, the Trust or a Fund in connection with the
issuance and sale of Creation Baskets to the Authorized Purchaser
hereunder or the consummation by the Sponsor or the Trust of the
transactions contemplated hereunder other than registration of the
Shares under the 1933 Act and the filing of the Prospectus with the
National Futures Association, and any necessary qualification under
the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in
which the Shares are being offered;
(i)
except
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i)
no person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the
Trust to issue or sell to it any Shares or other equity interests
of any Fund, and (ii) no person has the right to act as an
underwriter to the Trust in connection with the offer and sale of
the Shares, in the case of each of the foregoing clauses (i), and
(ii), whether as a result of the filing or effectiveness of the
Registration Statement or the sale of the Shares as contemplated
thereby or otherwise; no person has the right, contractual or
otherwise, to cause the Trust to register under the 1933 Act any
other equity interests of a Fund, or to include any such shares or
interests in the Registration Statement or the offering
contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the filing or
effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the
Shares as contemplated thereby or otherwise;
Exhibit B - Page
35
(j)
each
of the Sponsor and the Trust has all necessary licenses,
authorizations, consents and approvals and has made all necessary
filings required under any federal, state, local or foreign law,
regulation or rule, and has obtained all necessary authorizations,
consents and approvals from other persons, in order to conduct its
respective business; the Sponsor is not in violation of, or in
default under, or has not received notice of any proceedings
relating to revocation or modification of, any such license,
authorization, consent or approval or any federal, state, local or
foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment
applicable to the Sponsor;
(k)
all
legal or governmental proceedings, affiliate transactions,
off-balance sheet transactions, contracts, licenses, agreements,
leases or documents of a character required to be described in the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits
to the Registration Statement have been so described or filed as
required;
(l)
except
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus,
there are no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings
pending or threatened or contemplated to which the Sponsor or the
Trust, or (to the extent that is or could be material in the
context of the offering and sale of the Baskets to the Authorized
Purchaser) any of the Sponsor’s directors or officers, is or
would be a party or of which any of their respective properties are
or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any federal,
state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission,
board, body, authority or agency;
(m)
independent
external auditor, whose report on the audited financial statements
of each Fund is filed with the SEC as part of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus, are independent public accountants as
required by the 1933 Act;
(n)
the
audited financial statement(s) of any Fund included in the
Prospectus, together with the related notes and schedules, presents
fairly the financial position of such Fund as of the date indicated
and has been prepared in compliance with the requirements of the
1933 Act and in conformity with generally accepted accounting
principles; there are no financial statements (historical or pro
forma) that are required to be included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus that are not included as required; and
each of the Funds do not have any material liabilities or
obligations, direct or contingent (including any off-balance sheet
obligations), not disclosed in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
(o)
to
the reasonable belief of the Sponsor, each Fund is not and, after
giving effect to the offering and sale of the Shares, will not be
an “investment company” or an entity
“controlled” by an “investment company,” as
such terms are defined in the Investment Company Act;
(p)
(i)
except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, the Sponsor and the Fund own, or have obtained valid
and enforceable licenses for, or other rights to use, the
inventions, patent applications, patents, trademarks (both
registered and unregistered), tradenames, copyrights, trade secrets
and other proprietary information described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by them or
which are necessary for the conduct of their respective businesses
(collectively, “Intellectual Property”);
Exhibit B - Page
36
(ii)
except as set forth in the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there are
no third parties who have or will be able to establish rights to
any Intellectual Property, except for the ownership rights of the
owners of the Intellectual Property which is licensed to the
Sponsor or a Fund;
(iii)
to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there is no
infringement by third parties of any Intellectual Property owned or
licensed to the Sponsor or a Fund;
(iv)
to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there is no pending
or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the Sponsor’s or a Fund’s rights in or to
any Intellectual Property, and the Sponsor and the Trust are
unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any
such claim;
(v)
to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there is no pending
or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others
challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual
Property;
(vi)
to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there is no pending
or threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the
Sponsor or a Fund infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of
others, and the Sponsor and the Trust are unaware of any facts
which could form a reasonable basis for any such
claim;
(vii)
to the knowledge of the Sponsor or the Trust, there is no patent or
patent application that contains claims that interfere with the
issued or pending claims of any of the Intellectual Property owned
or licensed to the Sponsor or a Fund; and
(r)
all
tax returns required to be filed by the Sponsor have been filed,
and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether
imposed directly or through withholding) including any interest,
additions to tax or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to
be due from such entities have been paid; and no tax returns or tax
payments are due with respect to a Fund as of the date of this
Certificate;
(s)
the
Sponsor has not sent or received any communication regarding
termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or
agreements referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to,
the Registration Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal
has been threatened by the Sponsor or any other party to any such
contract or agreement;
(t)
on
behalf of each Fund, the Sponsor has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule
13a-14 and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act, giving effect to the
rules and regulations, and SEC staff interpretations (whether or
not public), thereunder); such disclosure controls and procedures
are designed to ensure that material information relating to each
Fund is made known to the Sponsor, and such disclosure controls and
procedures are effective to perform the functions for which they
were established; on behalf of each Fund, the Sponsor has disclosed
to the Funds’ auditors when and to the extent required: (i)
any significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal
controls which could adversely affect a Fund’s ability to
record, process, summarize, and report financial data; and (ii) any
fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other
employees who have a role in a Fund’s internal
controls;
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37
(u)
any
statistical and market-related data included in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources
that the Sponsor believes to be reliable and accurate, and the
Sponsor has obtained the written consent to the use of such data
from such sources to the extent required; and
(v)
neither
the Sponsor, nor any of the Sponsor’s directors, members,
officers, affiliates or controlling persons has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange
Act or otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of
any security or asset of a Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of
the Shares.
For purposes hereof, the term “ Registration Statement”
shall mean the Registration Statement as amended or supplemented
from time to time up to the date hereof, and the term
“Prospectus” shall mean the Prospectus as amended or
supplemented from time to time up to the date hereof.
2.
Each
of the obligations of the Sponsor to be performed by it on or
before the date hereof pursuant to the terms of the Agreement, and
each of the provisions thereof to be complied with by the Sponsor
on or before the date hereof, has been duly performed and complied
with in all material respects. Capitalized terms used, but not
defined herein shall have the meanings assigned to such terms in
the Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto, on behalf of the Sponsor,
subscribed my name this ___ day of ________, ____.
By:
________________________
Name:
Title:
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38
EXHIBIT E
CREATION AND REDEMPTION BASKETS
SHARE REQUIREMENTS, FEES
AND ORDER CUTOFF TIMES
Effective 5.1.16
The size of the Basket for each Fund is set forth in the Prospectus
for each Fund. For the Teucrium Corn Fund, Teucrium Soybean Fund,
Teucrium Sugar Fund, Teucrium Wheat Fund, and the Teucrium
Agricultural Fund (“CORN”, “SOYB”,
“CANE”, “WEAT”, and “TAGS”)
Baskets are 25,000 shares.
The amount of the “Transaction Fee” provided for in
Section 5 of this Agreement for each Fund is set forth in the
Prospectus for each Fund. As of the date referenced above, the
Transaction Fees are as set forth below:
CORN, WEAT, SOYB, CANE, and TAGS, (25,000 units per
basket)
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Creation
Fee
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$250
per order
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Redemption
Fee
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$250
per order
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As of the date of this agreement, the Order Cutoff Time for the
Teucrium Corn Fund, Teucrium Wheat Fund and Teucrium Soybean Fund
is 1:15 PM New York time, the Order Cutoff Time for the Teucrium
Sugar Fund, and the Teucrium Agricultural Fund is 12:00 PM New York
time.
These Basket sizes and Transaction Fees may be adjusted from time
to time as set forth in the Prospectus without amending this
Exhibit E.
There
are a minimum number of baskets and associated shares specified for
each Fund. Once the minimum number of baskets is reached, there can
be no more redemptions until there has been a creation basket. As
of the date above, the minimum levels are as follows:
CORN:
50,000 shares representing 2 baskets
SOYB:
50,000 shares representing 2 baskets
CANE:
50,000 shares representing 2 baskets
WEAT:
50,000 shares representing 2 baskets
TAGS:
50,000 shares representing 2 baskets
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EXHIBIT C
FORM OF INSTRUMENT ESTABLISHING SERIES OR CLASS
TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC
(A
DELAWARE LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY)
Instrument Establishing New Series of Teucrium Commodity
Trust
[DATE]
WHEREAS, Section 3.2(b) of the
Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement
(the “Trust Agreement”) of Teucrium Commodity Trust
(the “Trust”) provides that new series of the Trust may
be established and designated upon the execution by Teucrium
Trading, LLC (the “Company”), the Trust’s
sponsor, of an instrument setting forth such establishment and
designation and the relative rights and preferences of such
series;
WHEREAS, Section 4.6 of the Amended
and Restated Limited Liability Company Agreement of the Company
(the “LLC Agreement”) provides that the President of
the Company may do all such lawful acts and things as are not
required to be exercised or done by the members of the Company by
statute, by the LLC Agreement or by the Company’s certificate
of trust, and the establishment of new series is not so required to
be done by the Company’s members;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that, in
consideration of the foregoing, the Company hereby establishes and
designates the following [●] new series of the Trust (each a
“Fund” and, collectively, the
“Funds”):
[●];
and
FURTHER RESOLVED, that each Fund shall
have the rights and preferences of a Fund under the Trust
Agreement, including, without limitation, that each Fund shall own
those assets specified in Section 3.7 of the Trust Agreement
and be subject to the liabilities specified in Section 3.8 of
the Trust Agreement.
Executed by the
undersigned, the [TITLE] of TEUCRIUM TRADING, LLC, as of the date
first written above.
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TEUCRIUM
TRADING, LLC:
By: [NAME] [TITLE]
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