TRANSFER AGENCY AND SERVICE AGREEMENTTransfer Agency and Service Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of the 6th day of March, 2017, by and between GRANITESHARES ETF TRUST (hereinafter the “Trust”) on behalf of each series of the Trust listed on Appendix A hereto as updated from time to time (each, a “Fund,” and collectively, the “Funds”), having its principal office and place of business at 30 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York, 10007 and THE BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business having its principal office and place of business at One Wall Street, New York, New York 10286 (the “Bank”).
ETF DISTRIBUTION AGREEMENTEtf Distribution Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • Delaware
This Distribution Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made this 20 day of January 2017, by and between GraniteShares ETF Trust, a Delaware Statutory Trust (the “Trust”) having its principal place of business at 30 Vesey Street 9th Floor, New York, New York 10007, and Foreside Fund Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Distributor”) having its principal place of business at Three Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, ME 04101.
FORM OF AUTHORIZED PARTICIPANT AGREEMENT GRANITESHARES ETF TRUSTAuthorized Participant Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • New York
This Authorized Participant Agreement (the “Agreement”) is entered into by and between Foreside Fund Services, LLC (the “Distributor”) and __________ (the “Participant”) and is subject to acceptance by [Name of Transfer Agent/Index Receipt Agent] (the “[Transfer Agent/Index Receipt Agent]”), and is further subject to acknowledgement and agreement by GraniteShares ETF Trust (the “Trust”), a series trust offering a number of portfolios of securities (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), solely with respect to Sections 4(c) and 12(c) herein. Capitalized terms used but not defined herein are defined in the current prospectus for each Fund as it may be supplemented or amended from time to time, and included in the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A, as it may be amended from time to time, or otherwise filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) (together with such Fund’s Statement of Additional Information incorporated therein, the “Prospectus”).
INVESTMENT ADVISORY AGREEMENTInvestment Advisory Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • Delaware
This Agreement is made and entered into as of April 25, 2017, by and between GraniteShares ETF Trust, a Delaware trust (the “Trust”), on behalf of each fund set forth on Appendix A, each a series of shares of the Trust (each a “Fund” and collectively the “Funds”), and GraniteShares Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Adviser”).
CUSTODY AGREEMENTCustody Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • New York
AGREEMENT, dated as of March 6, 2017 between GraniteShares ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, having its principal office and place of business at 30 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York, 10007 (the “Trust”) on behalf of each series of each Series of the Trust listed in Schedule 2 hereto as updated from time to time (each, a “Fund” and collectively, the “Funds”) and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business, having its principal office and place of business at 225 Liberty Street, New York, New York 10286 (“Custodian”).
FUND ADMINISTRATION AND ACCOUNTING AGREEMENTFund Administration and Accounting Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust • New York
THIS AGREEMENT is made as of March 6, 2017 by and between GraniteShares ETF Trust (hereinafter the “Trust”), on behalf of each series of the Trust listed on Appendix A hereto as updated from time to time (each a “Fund”, and collectively the “Funds”) having its principal office and place of business at 30 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10007 and The Bank of New York Mellon, a New York corporation authorized to do a banking business (“BNY Mellon”).
FORM OF INITIAL CAPITAL AGREEMENTInitial Capital Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust
THIS INITIAL CAPITAL AGREEMENT is entered into as of April 21, 2017 by and between GraniteShares Advisors LLC, with its principal office at 30 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York 10007 (“Purchaser”), and GraniteShares ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust, with its principal office at 30 Vesey Street, 9th Floor, New York, New York (the “Trust”).
EXPENSE LIMITATION AGREEMENT GRANITESHARES ETF TRUSTExpense Limitation Agreement • May 5th, 2017 • GraniteShares ETF Trust
This Agreement is made and entered into effective as of April 25, 2017, by and between the GraniteShares Bloomberg Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF (the “BCOM Fund”) and the GraniteShares S&P GSCI Commodity Broad Strategy No K-1 ETF (the “GSCI Fund” and, collectively with the BCOM Fund, the “Funds,” and each, a “Fund”), each a series of shares of GraniteShares ETF Trust, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), and GraniteShares Advisors LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Advisor”).
