UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported):June 9, 2020
UNITED STATES GASOLINE FUND, LP
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-33975 | 20-8837263 | ||
| (State or other jurisdiction | (Commission File Number) | (I.R.S. Employer | ||
| of incorporation) | Identification No.) |
1850 Mt. Diablo Boulevard, Suite 640
Walnut Creek, California 94596
(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)
(510) 522-9600
Registrant's telephone number,
including area code
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class: | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered: | ||
| Shares of United States Gasoline Fund, LP | UGA | NYSE Arca, Inc. |
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On June 5, 2020, the United States Gasoline Fund, LP (the “Registrant”) entered into a Customer Agreement (the “Agreement”) with E D & F Man Capital Markets Inc. (“MCM”) to serve as a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) for the Registrant. The Agreement requires MCM to provide services to the Registrant, in connection with the purchase and sale of oil futures contracts and other oil-related investments that may be purchased or sold by or through MCM for the Registrant’s account. Under the Agreement, the Registrant pays MCM commissions for executing and clearing trades on behalf of the Registrant. As a result, MCM will serve as an FCM for the Registrant along with (1) RBC Capital Markets, LLC (“RBC”), which provides such services pursuant to a Futures and Cleared Derivatives Transactions Customer Account Agreement dated as of October 8, 2013, and (2) RCG Division of Marex Spectron (“RCG”), which provides such services pursuant to a Commodity Futures Customer Agreement dated as of May 28, 2020.
The foregoing description of the Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1 and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits
(d) Exhibits.
Exhibit No. | Description | |
| 10.1 | Form of Customer Agreement |
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| UNITED STATES GASOLINE FUND, LP | ||
| By: | United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner | |
| By: | /s/ John P. Love | |
Date: June 9, 2020 | ||
| Name: | John P. Love | |
| Title: | President and Chief Executive Officer | |
