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| EX-3.2 - United States Commodity Index Funds Trust | i17555_ex3-2.htm |
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): December 15, 2017
UNITED STATES COMMODITY INDEX FUNDS TRUST |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Delaware | 001-34833 |
27-1537655 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1530 Oakland, California 94612 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 522-9600 |
| N/A |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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| Emerging growth company | o |
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
The Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the United States Commodity Index Funds Trust was entered into on December 15, 2017 and addresses the operation of the monthly allocation convention of profits and losses for shareholders of each of the funds which are series of the United States Commodity Index Funds Trust and clarifies the application of the section 754 election, as discussed in the Prospectus for each such fund. These changes are reflected in Supplement 2 to the Prospectuses dated April 28, 2017, for each of the United States Commodity Index Fund (“USCI”), United States Agriculture Index Fund (“USAG”), and United States Copper Index Fund (“CPER”), respectively, in the updated sections entitled “Monthly Conventions for Allocations of [USCI/USAG/CPER]’s Profit and Loss and Capital Account Restatement.” and “Section 754 election,” located under “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT [USCI/USAG/CPER], ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND INVESTMENTS”; “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”; “U.S. Shareholders”; “Tax Consequences of Ownership of Shares”; and the new section “Tax Agent” located under “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT [USCI/USAG/CPER], ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND INVESTMENTS,” immediately following the section entitled “Backup Withholding.”
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit 3.2 | Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust 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 Commodity Index Funds Trust | |||
| By: | United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner | ||
| Date: December 15, 2017 | By: | /s/ John P. Love | |
| Name: John P. Love | |||
| Title: President (Principal Executive Officer) | |||