UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 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): August 23, 2021
UNITED STATES COMMODITY INDEX FUNDS TRUST
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
| Delaware | 001-34833 | 27-1537655 |
| (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)
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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:
| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered: | ||
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (§230.405 of this chapter) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (§240.12b-2 of this chapter).
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Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On August 23, 2021, the United States Commodity Index Funds Trust (the “Registrant”) entered into separate Commodity Futures Customer Agreements (each, an “Agreement”) with Marex North America, LLC (“MNA”) for each of the United States Commodity Index Fund (“USCI”) and the United States Copper Index Fund (“CPER”). Pursuant to each Agreement, MNA will serve as a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) for each of USCI and CPER.. Each Agreement requires MNA to provide services to USCI or CPER, as applicable, in connection with the purchase and sale of commodity futures contracts and other commodity-related investments that may be purchased or sold by or through MNA for the account of USCI or CPER, as applicable.
The foregoing description of each Agreement is not complete and is qualified in its entirety by reference to the full text of the Agreement, which are substantially the same, and the Form of Commodity Futures Customer Agreement, 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 |
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 COMMODITY INDEX FUNDS TRUST | |||
| By: | United States Commodity Funds LLC, its sponsor | ||
| Date: | August 24, 2021 | By: | /s/ Stuart P. Crumbaugh |
| Name: | Stuart P. Crumbaugh | ||
| Title: | Chief Financial Officer | ||
