-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, QNJDGof8xKtl2aJPKhhifcWHWOmCdcTHVnyX+CSee2UbpLp2dlwisBIRvUrq2Ogl gMw2I689ppDPiRtsJ5SRNw== 0000950123-09-047650.txt : 20091001 0000950123-09-047650.hdr.sgml : 20091001 20091001151317 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950123-09-047650 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20090930 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20091001 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20091001 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001379606 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6221] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33909 FILM NUMBER: 091098469 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GREENHAVEN COMMODITY SERVICES STREET 2: 3340 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 1910 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-845-8103 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GREENHAVEN COMMODITY SERVICES STREET 2: 3340 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 1910 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001379527 IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 001-33908 FILM NUMBER: 091098470 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GREENHAVEN COMMODITY SERVICES STREET 2: 3340 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 1910 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 BUSINESS PHONE: 800-845-8103 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O GREENHAVEN COMMODITY SERVICES STREET 2: 3340 PEACHTREE ROAD, SUITE 1910 CITY: ATLANTA STATE: GA ZIP: 30326 8-K 1 g20701e8vk.htm FORM 8-K e8vk
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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: September 30, 2009
GREENHAVEN CONTINUOUS COMMODITY INDEX FUND
(Registrant)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

GREENHAVEN CONTINUOUS COMMODITY INDEX MASTER FUND
(Rule 140 Co-Registrant)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
     
Delaware   26-0151234 (Registrant)
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or   26-0151301 (Co-Registrant)
organization)   (IRS Employer ID Number)
     
c/o Greenhaven Commodity Services, LLC   30346
3340 Peachtree Road   (Zip Code)
Suite 1910    
Atlanta, GA    
(Address of principal executive offices)    
001-33908
001-33909

(Commission File Number)
(404) 239-7942
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrants under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):
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o     Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))
 
 

 


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Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
SIGNATURES
EXHIBIT INDEX
EX-10.1


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Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.
On September 30, 2009, GreenHaven Commodity Services, LLC (“GCS”) (the Managing Owner of GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund and GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund) and Reuters America LLC, a Thomson Reuters company (“Reuters”) entered into a fourth addendum (the “Fourth Addendum”) to the License Agreement between GCS and Reuters dated July 19, 2006 (with previous addenda dated October 11, 2006, September 18, 2007 and July 7, 2008).
Under the Fourth Addendum, the parties agreed, among other items, to (i) amend the fees payable by GCS under the License Agreement, and (ii) extend the exclusivity period applicable to the License Agreement, subject to Reuters’ right to terminate such exclusivity at any time upon the occurrence of certain specified events.
The foregoing description is qualified in its entirety by the complete form of Fourth Addendum, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d) Exhibits
10.1 —
Fourth Addendum to License Agreement, dated September 30, 2009

 


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SIGNATURES
     Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, each registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
         
  GREENHAVEN CONTINUOUS COMMODITY INDEX FUND

By Greenhaven Commodity Services, LLC, the Managing
Owner

 
 
  By:   /s/ Ashmead Pringle    
    Name:   Ashmead Pringle   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
  GREENHAVEN CONTINUOUS COMMODITY INDEX MASTER FUND

By Greenhaven Commodity Services, LLC, the Managing
Owner

 
 
  By:   /s/ Ashmead Pringle    
    Name:   Ashmead Pringle   
    Title:   Chief Executive Officer   
 
Date: September 30, 2009

 


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EXHIBIT INDEX
     
Exhibit    
Number   Exhibit Title
 
   
10.1*
  Fourth Addendum to License Agreement, dated September 30, 2009
 
*   Filed herewith.

 

EX-10.1 2 g20701exv10w1.htm EX-10.1 exv10w1
Exhibit 10.1
`FOURTH ADDENDUM TO LICENSE AGREEMENT
This fourth addendum (“Fourth Addendum”) is entered into this 30th day of September, 2009 by and between Reuters America LLC, a Thomson Reuters company (hereinafter “Reuters”) and GreenHaven Commodity Services, LLC (as assigned from GreenHaven, LLC) (“GCS”). This Fourth Addendum is entered into to modify the License Agreement between Reuters and GCS dated July 19th, 2006, with addendum dated October 11, 2006 (“First Addendum”), addendum dated September 18, 2007 (“Second Addendum”) and addendum dated July 7, 2008 (“Third Addendum”) (collectively the “Agreement”).
1.   For each month starting with October, 2008 and continuing until the end of the exclusive period, GCS shall pay a fee equal to 0.100% (10 basis points) per annum US, or foreign currency equivalent, invested in the Products based upon the average daily official closing amount of invested assets as specified in Section 3(b)(iii). These payments are over and above the non-exclusive fees due under the Agreement. Any payments already made shall be non-refundable and any payments which are past due shall be paid immediately. In the event GCS is late in making any payments, all exclusivity under this license arrangement shall immediately lapse.
 
2.   The exclusivity period specified in Section 1 of the First Addendum shall be extended from October 1, 2009 to October 1, 2010, subject to Reuters right to terminate the exclusivity at any time in the event any of any of the following:
a. The US, or foreign currency equivalent, invested in the Products based upon the average daily official closing amount of invested assets as specified in Section 3(b)(iii) is less than $90mm on December 31, 2009,
b. The US, or foreign currency equivalent, invested in the Products based upon the average daily official closing amount of invested assets as specified in Section 3(b)(iii) is less than $95mm on March 31, 2010, or
c. The US, or foreign currency equivalent, invested in the Products based upon the average daily official closing amount of invested assets as specified in Section 3(b)(iii)is less than $100mm on June 30, 2010,
3.   Except as expressly modified by this Forth Addendum, the terms of the Agreement, and any appendices or addenda thereto, shall remain in full force and effect. In the event of any inconsistencies between the terms of the Agreement or any prior addenda, and this Forth Addendum, the terms of this Addendum shall prevail and control.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed or caused to be executed this Addendum as of the date set forth below.

 


 

Accepted by:
                 
Reuters America LLC, a Thomson Reuters
company
  GreenHaven Commodity Services, LLC  
 
               
By:
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Name:
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