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(a)
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At
the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser under
the Authorized Purchaser Agreement, the Registration Statement shall have
become effective and no stop order of the SEC with respect thereto has
been issued and no proceedings for such purpose have been instituted or,
to the General Partner’s knowledge after due inquiry, is contemplated by
the SEC; any Preliminary Prospectus provided to prospective investors, at
the time of filing thereof, complied in all material respects to the
requirements of the 1933 Act; the Registration Statement complies and will
comply when it becomes effective and at the time of purchase of a Creation
Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, in all material respects with the
requirements of the 1933 Act and the Prospectus will comply, as of its
date and at the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized
Purchaser, in all material respects with the requirements of the 1933 Act
and any statutes, regulations, contracts or other documents that are
required to be described in the Registration Statement or the Prospectus
or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement have been and
will be so described or filed; the conditions to the use of Form S-1 have
been satisfied; the Registration Statement does not and will not when it
becomes effective and at the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an
Authorized Purchaser contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading and the Prospectus will not,
as of its date and at the time of purchase of the Creation Baskets by the
Authorized Purchaser, contain an untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary
to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which
they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that the General
Partner makes no warranty or representation with respect to any statement
contained in any Preliminary Prospectus, the Registration Statement or any
Prospectus in reliance upon and in conformity with information concerning
the Marketing Agent and furnished in writing by or on behalf of the
Marketing Agent to the General Partner expressly for use in the
Registration Statement or such Prospectus; and the General Partner has not
distributed nor will distribute any offering material in connection with
the offering or creation of the Baskets by the Authorized Purchaser other
than any Preliminary Prospectus provided to prospective investors, the
Registration Statement or the
Prospectus;
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(b)
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as
of the date of this Agreement, and as of the time of purchase of a
Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, respectively, the statement of
financial position as set forth in the section of the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus entitled “Financial Condition of USBO”
accurately reflects the financial condition of the Fund as of the date
specified in such statement of financial
position;
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(c)
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at
the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, the
Fund has been duly formed and is validly existing as a limited partnership
under the laws of the State of Delaware, as described in the Registration
Statement and the Prospectus;
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(d)
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the
General Partner has been duly organized and is validly existing as a
limited liability company in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, with full power and authority to conduct its business as
described in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and has all
requisite power and authority to execute and deliver this
Agreement;
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(e)
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each
of the Fund and the General Partner is duly qualified and is in good
standing in each jurisdiction where the conduct of its business requires
such qualification;
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(f)
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at
the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, the
Units in a Creation Basket will have been duly and validly authorized and,
when issued and delivered against payment therefor, will be duly and
validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable and free of statutory and
contractual preemptive rights, rights of first refusal and similar
rights;
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(g)
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at
the time of purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, the
Units will conform in all material respects to the description thereof
contained in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus and the holders
of the Units will not be subject to Personal liability by reason of being
such holders, except as set forth in the Partnership Agreement as in
effect at that time;
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(h)
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this
Agreement has been duly authorized, executed and delivered by the General
Partner and constitutes the valid and binding obligations of the General
Partner, enforceable against the General Partner in accordance with its
terms;
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(i)
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the
General Partner is not in breach or violation of or in default under (nor
has any event occurred which with notice, lapse of time or both would
result in any breach or violation of, constitute a default under or give
the holder of any indebtedness (or a Person acting on such holder’s
behalf) the right to require the repurchase, redemption or repayment of
all or a part of such indebtedness) its respective constitutive documents,
or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, bank loan or credit agreement
or other evidence of indebtedness, or any license, lease, contract or
other agreement or instrument to which the General Partner is a party or
by which any of them or any of their properties may be bound or affected,
and the execution, delivery and performance of this Agreement, the
issuance and sale of Units in Creation Baskets to the Authorized Purchaser
and the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereby will not
conflict with, result in any breach or violation of or constitute a
default under (nor constitute any event which with notice, lapse of time
or both would result in any breach or violation of or constitute a default
under), respectively, the amended and restated limited liability company
agreement of the General Partner, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of
trust, bank loan or credit agreement or other evidence of indebtedness, or
any license, lease, contract or other agreement or instrument to which the
General Partner is a party or by which, respectively, the General Partner
or any of its properties may be bound or affected, or any federal, state,
local or foreign law, regulation or rule or any decree, judgment or order
applicable to the General Partner;
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(j)
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no
approval, authorization, consent or order of or filing with any federal,
state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission, board,
body, authority or agency is required in connection with the issuance and
sale of the Units other than registration of the Units under the 1933 Act
and the registration of the General Partner as a Commodity Pool Operator
with the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) under the Commodities
Exchange Act (the “CEA”) and the filing of the Prospectus with the NFA,
which has been or will be effected, and any necessary qualification under
the securities or blue sky laws of the various jurisdictions in which the
Units are being offered or any requirements for listing under the rules
and regulations of the NYSE Arca, Inc. (“NYSE
Arca”);
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(k)
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except
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus (i) no
Person has the right, contractual or otherwise, to cause the Fund to issue
or sell to it any Units or other equity interests of the Fund, and (ii) no
Person has the right to act as an underwriter or as a financial advisor to
the Fund in connection with the offer and sale of the Units, in the case
of each of the foregoing clauses (i), and (ii), whether as a result of the
filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the
Units as contemplated thereby or otherwise; no Person has the right,
contractual or otherwise, to cause the General Partner on behalf of the
Fund or the Fund to register under the 1933 Act any other equity interests
of the Fund, or to include any such units or interests in the Registration
Statement or the offering contemplated thereby, whether as a result of the
filing or effectiveness of the Registration Statement or the sale of the
Units as contemplated thereby or
otherwise;
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(l)
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the
General Partner has all necessary licenses, authorizations, consents and
approvals and has made all necessary filings required under any federal,
state, local or foreign law, regulation or rule, and has obtained all
necessary authorizations, consents and approvals from other Persons, in
order to conduct its respective business; the General Partner is not in
violation of, or in default under, or has received notice of any
proceedings relating to revocation or modification of, any such license,
authorization, consent or approval or any federal, state, local or foreign
law, regulation or rule or any decree, order or judgment applicable to the
General Partner;
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(m)
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all
legal or governmental proceedings, affiliate transactions, off-balance
sheet transactions, contracts, licenses, agreements, leases or documents
of a character required to be described in the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus or to be filed as exhibits to the Registration Statement
have been so described or filed as
required;
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(n)
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except
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, there are
no actions, suits, claims, investigations or proceedings pending or
threatened or, to the General Partner’s knowledge after due inquiry,
contemplated to which the General Partner, or (to the extent that is or
could be material in the context of the offering and sale of the Baskets
to the Authorized Purchaser) any of the General Partner’s directors or
officers, is or would be a party or of which any of their respective
properties are or would be subject at law or in equity, before or by any
federal, state, local or foreign governmental or regulatory commission,
board, body, authority or agency;
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(o)
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Spicer
Jeffries LLP, whose report on the audited financial statements of the Fund
is filed with the Commission as part of the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus, are independent public accountants as required by the 1933
Act;
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(p)
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the
audited financial statements included in the Prospectus, together with the
related notes and schedules, present fairly the financial position of the
Fund as of the date indicated and have been prepared in compliance with
the requirements of the 1933 Act and in conformity with generally accepted
accounting principles; there are no financial statements (historical or
pro forma) that are required to be included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus that are not included as required; and the Fund does
not have any material liabilities or obligations, direct or contingent
(including any off-balance sheet obligations), not disclosed in the
Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
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(q)
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Subsequent
to the respective dates as of which information is given in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus, and prior to the purchase by
the Authorized Purchaser of the Baskets, there has not been (i) any
material adverse change, (ii) any transaction which is material to the
General Partner or the Fund taken as a whole, (iii) any obligation, direct
or contingent (including any off-balance sheet obligations), incurred by
the General Partner, which is material to the Fund, (iv) any change in the
outstanding indebtedness of the General Partner or the Fund, or (v) any
dividend or distribution of any kind declared, paid or made on the
Units;
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(r)
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the
Fund is not and, after giving effect to the offering and sale of the
Baskets, will not be an “investment company” or an entity “controlled” by
an “investment company,” as such terms are defined in the Investment
Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company
Act”);
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(s)
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except
as set forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, the General
Partner and the Fund own, or have obtained valid and enforceable licenses
for, or other rights to use, the inventions, patent applications, patents,
trademarks (both registered and unregistered), tradenames, copyrights,
trade secrets and other proprietary information described in the
Registration Statement and the Prospectus as being owned or licensed by
them or which are necessary for the conduct of their respective
businesses, (collectively, “Intellectual Property”); (i) except as set
forth in the Registration Statement and the Prospectus, to the knowledge
of the General Partner or the Fund, there are no third parties who have or
will be able to establish rights to any Intellectual Property, except for
the ownership rights of the owners of the Intellectual Property which is
licensed to the General Partner or the Fund; (ii) to the knowledge of the
General Partner or the Fund, there is no infringement by third parties of
any Intellectual Property; (iii) there is no pending or, to the knowledge
of the General Partner or the Fund, threatened action, suit, proceeding or
claim by others challenging the General Partner’s or the Fund’s rights in
or to any Intellectual Property, and the General Partner and the Fund are
unaware of any facts which could form a reasonable basis for any such
claim; (iv) there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the General
Partner or the Fund, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by
others challenging the validity or scope of any Intellectual Property; (v)
there is no pending or, to the knowledge of the General Partner or the
Fund, threatened action, suit, proceeding or claim by others that the
General Partner or the Fund infringes or otherwise violates any patent,
trademark, copyright, trade secret or other proprietary rights of others,
and the General Partner and the Fund are unaware of any facts which could
form a reasonable basis for any such claim; (vi) to the knowledge of the
General Partner or the Fund, there is no patent or patent application that
contains claims that interfere with the issued or pending claims of any of
the Intellectual Property; and (vii) to the knowledge of the General
Partner or the Fund, there is no prior art that may render any patent
application licensed to the General Partner
unpatentable;
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(t)
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all
tax returns required to be filed by the General Partner have been filed,
and all taxes and other assessments of a similar nature (whether imposed
directly or through withholding) including any interest, additions to tax
or penalties applicable thereto due or claimed to be due from such
entities have been paid; and no tax returns or tax payments are due with
respect to the Fund as of the date of this
Agreement;
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(u)
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the
General Partner has not sent or received any communication regarding
termination of, or intent not to renew, any of the contracts or agreements
referred to or described in, or filed as an exhibit to, the Registration
Statement, and no such termination or non-renewal has been threatened by
the General Partner or any other party to any such contract or
agreement;
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(v)
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on
behalf of the Fund, the General Partner has established and maintains
disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Rule 13a-14
and 15d-14 under the Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange
Act”), giving effect to the rules and regulations, and SEC staff
interpretations thereunder)); such disclosure controls and procedures are
designed to ensure that material information relating to the Fund, is made
known to the General Partner, and such disclosure controls and procedures
are effective to perform the functions for which they were established; on
behalf of the Fund, the General Partner has been advised of: (i) any
significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls
which could adversely affect the Fund’s ability to record, process,
summarize, and report financial data; and (ii) any fraud, whether or not
material, that involves management or other employees who have a role in
the Fund’s internal controls; and any material weaknesses in internal
controls have been identified for the Fund’s
auditors;
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(w)
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any
statistical and market-related data included in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus are based on or derived from sources that the General
Partner believes to be reliable and accurate, and the General Partner has
obtained the written consent to the use of such data from such sources to
the extent required; and
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(x)
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neither
the General Partner, nor any of the General Partner’s directors, members,
officers, affiliates or controlling Persons has taken, directly or
indirectly, any action designed, or which has constituted or might
reasonably be expected to cause or result in, under the Exchange Act or
otherwise, the stabilization or manipulation of the price of any security
or asset of the Fund to facilitate the sale or resale of the Units; and to
the General Partner’s knowledge after due inquiry, there are no
affiliations or associations between any member of the NYSE Arca and any
of the General Partner’s officers, directors or 5% or greater
securityholders, except as may be set forth in the Registration Statement
and the Prospectus.
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§
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.06%
on the Fund’s assets up to
$3,000,000,000
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§
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.04%
on the Fund’s assets in excess of
$3,000,000,000
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(a)
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to
furnish such information as may be required and otherwise to cooperate in
qualifying the Units for offering and sale under the securities or blue
sky laws of such states and foreign jurisdictions as the Marketing Agent
may reasonably designate and to maintain such qualifications in effect so
long as the Marketing Agent may request during the term of this Agreement;
provided that the Fund shall not be required to qualify as a foreign
corporation or to consent to the service of process under the laws of any
such jurisdiction (except service of process with respect to the offering
and sale of the Units); and to promptly advise the Marketing Agent of the
receipt by the General Partner or the Fund of any notification with
respect to the suspension of the qualification of the Units for sale in
any jurisdiction or the initiation or threatening of any proceeding for
such purpose;
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(b)
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to
take all necessary action to register the Units under the 1933 Act in
order to sell the initial Creation Basket and take, from time to time,
such steps, including payment of the related filing fees, as may be
necessary to register additional Units under the 1933 Act to the end that
all Units sold in additional Creation Baskets will be properly registered
under the 1933 Act and to keep the Registration Statement effective and
current during the term of this
Agreement;
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(c)
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to
make available to the Marketing Agent, as soon as practicable after the
Registration Statement becomes effective, and thereafter from time to
time, furnish to the Marketing Agent, as many copies of the Prospectus (or
of the Prospectus as amended or supplemented if any amendments or
supplements have been made thereto after the effective date of the
Registration Statement) as the Marketing Agent may request for the
purposes contemplated by the 1933
Act;
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(d)
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to
advise the Marketing Agent promptly and, if requested by the Marketing
Agent, to confirm such advice in writing when the Registration Statement
and any post-effective amendment thereto has become effective, and upon
receipt of request from the Marketing Agent therefore, to file a
post-effective amendment removing any reference to the Marketing Agent
thereunder;
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(e)
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to
prepare, at the expense of the Fund, such amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and to file such amendments or
supplements with the Commission, when and as required, by the 1933 Act,
the Exchange Act, and the rules and regulations of the Commission
thereunder, including if requested by the Marketing Agent; to advise the
Marketing Agent promptly of any proposal to amend or supplement the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus and to provide the Marketing
Agent and the Marketing Agent’s counsel with copies of any such documents
for review and comment within a reasonable amount of time prior to any
proposed filing and to file no such amendment or supplement to which the
Marketing Agent or its counsel shall reasonably object in writing; and to
advise the Marketing Agent promptly, confirming such advice in writing, of
any request by the Commission for amendments or supplements to the
Registration Statement or the Prospectus or for additional information
with respect thereto, or of notice of institution of proceedings for, or
the entry of a stop order suspending the effectiveness of the Registration
Statement and, if the Commission should enter a stop order suspending the
effectiveness of the Registration Statement, to use its best efforts to
obtain the lifting or removal of such order as soon as
possible;
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(f)
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to
file promptly all reports and any information statement required to be
filed by the Fund with the Commission in order to comply with the Exchange
Act and the CEA subsequent to the date of the Prospectus and for so long
as the term of this Agreement; and to provide the Marketing Agent and the
Marketing Agent’s counsel with a copy of such reports and statements and
other documents to be filed by the Fund pursuant to Section 13, 14 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding filings under Rule 12b-25) and under
17 C.F.R. §4.22 during such period for review and comment within a
reasonable amount of time prior to any proposed filing and to file no such
amendment or supplement to which the Marketing Agent or its counsel shall
reasonably object in writing;
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(g)
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if
necessary or appropriate, to file a registration statement pursuant to
Rule 462(b) under the 1933 Act;
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(h)
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to
advise the Marketing Agent promptly of the happening of any event during
the term of this Agreement which could require the making of any change in
the Prospectus then being used so that such Prospectus would not include
an untrue statement of material fact or omit to state a material fact
necessary to make the statements therein, in the light of the
circumstances under which they are made, not misleading, and, during such
time, to prepare and furnish, at the expense of the Fund, to the Marketing
Agent promptly such amendments or supplements to such Prospectus as may be
necessary to reflect any such
change;
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(i)
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to
furnish to the holders of the Fund’s Units as soon as practicable after
the end of each fiscal year an annual report (including a balance sheet
and statements of income and cash flow of the Fund for such fiscal year,
accompanied by a copy of the certificate or report thereon of nationally
recognized independent certified public
accountants);
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(j)
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to
furnish to the Marketing Agent a copy of the Registration Statement, as
initially filed with the Commission, and of all amendments thereto
(including all exhibits thereto);
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(k)
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to
(1) furnish to the Marketing Agent promptly during the term of this
Agreement (i) copies of any reports, proxy statements, or other
communications which are sent to the holders of the Fund’s Units or shall
from time to time publish or publicly disseminate, (ii) copies of all
annual, quarterly and current reports filed with the Commission on Forms
10-K, 10-Q and 8-K, or such other similar forms as may be designated by
the Commission, (iii) copies of documents or reports filed with the NYSE
Arca, (iv) copies of documents or reports filed with the NFA and with the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission, and (v) such other information as
the Marketing Agent may reasonably request regarding the Fund; and (2)
make available for inspection by the Marketing Agent, its attorneys,
accountants and other advisors or agents, all financial and other records,
pertinent corporate documents and properties, and cause the officers,
directors and employees of the General Partner and independent accountants
to supply all information reasonably requested by the Marketing Agent, its
attorneys, accountants and other advisors and
agents;
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(l)
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to
use its best efforts to cause the Units to be listed on the NYSE
Arca;
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(m)
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to
furnish to the Marketing Agent (i) at the time of the purchase of the
initial Creation Basket by the Initial Authorized Purchaser and
(ii) at such other times as the Marketing Agent reasonably
requests, which may include when the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus is amended or supplemented, and an opinion of Sutherland Asbill
& Brennan LLP, counsel for the General Partner, addressed to the
Marketing Agent and substantially in the form attached hereto as Exhibit
B;
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(n)
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to
cause Spicer Jeffries LLP to deliver to the Marketing Agent (i) at the
time of the effectiveness of the purchase of the Baskets by the Authorized
Purchaser and (ii) at each time (A) the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus is amended or supplemented by the filing of a post-effective
amendment, (B) a new Registration Statement is filed to register
additional Units in reliance on Rule 429, and there is financial
information incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement or
the Prospectus, letters dated such dates and addressed to the Marketing
Agent, containing statements and information of the type ordinarily
included in accountants’ letters to underwriters with respect to the
financial statements and other financial information contained in or
incorporated by reference into the Registration Statement and the
Prospectus;
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(o)
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to
deliver to the Marketing Agent (i) at the time of the effectiveness of the
purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser, (ii) at each
time the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or
supplemented, (iii) at each time the Registration Statement or the
Prospectus files any report, statement or other document pursuant to
Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act (excluding filings required by
Rule 12b-25), and (iv) at such other times as the Marketing Agent
reasonably requests, an officer’s certificate in the form attached as
Exhibit D hereto;
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(p)
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to
furnish to the Marketing Agent (i) at the time of the effectiveness of the
purchase of a Creation Basket by an Authorized Purchaser and (ii) at each
time (A) the Registration Statement or the Prospectus is amended or
supplemented, (iii) at each time the Fund files any report, statement or
other document pursuant to Section 13, 14 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act
(excluding filings required by Rule 12b-25), and (iv) at such other times
as the Marketing Agent reasonably requests, such other documents and
certificates as of such dates as the Marketing Agent may reasonably
request; and
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(q)
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to
cause the Fund to file a supplement to the Registration Statement no less
frequently than once per calendar quarter on or about the same time that
the Fund files a quarterly or annual report pursuant to Section 13 or
15(d) of the Exchange Act (including the information contained in such
report), until such time as the Fund’s reports filed pursuant to Section
13 or 15(d) of the Exchange Act are incorporated by reference in the
Registration Statement.
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(a)
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The
General Partner and the Marketing Agent will develop the Fund and its
marketing plan prior to the effective date of the Registration Statement
in accordance with the provisions of this Section 6.1 and the marketing
strategy as described in Exhibit C.
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(b)
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The
General Partner and the Marketing Agent will use commercially reasonable
efforts to commit sufficient resources to finalize the Registration
Statement and the governing documents of the Fund and the Fund’s service
providers, communicate with the Commission to obtain approval of the
Registration Statement and communicate with the NYSE Arca to obtain
approval of the listing of the Units on the NYSE
Arca.
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(a)
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The
General Partner and the Marketing Agent will market the Fund and the Units
on an ongoing basis after the Registration Statement is declared effective
and the Units have been listed on the NYSE Arca in accordance with the
provisions of this Section 6.2.
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(b)
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Subject
to necessary regulatory approvals and compliance with all applicable legal
and regulatory requirements, the Marketing Agent
shall:
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(i)
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in
good faith, and subject to existing market conditions, use
commercially-reasonable efforts to market the Fund;
and
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(ii)
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include
Brent oil in strategic and tactical research of the Marketing
Agent.
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(c)
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The
Marketing Agent shall provide the General Partner with copies of all
written marketing materials distributed by it connected with the
Fund.
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(d)
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The
Marketing Agent shall process orders for Baskets as set forth in the
Authorized Purchaser Agreement.
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(a)
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In
order to oversee the pre-launch development and post-launch performance of
the Fund on a regular basis, the parties
shall:
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(i)
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conduct
at least once each calendar quarter in which the annual review described
in clause (ii) below is not conducted, a review of the performance of the
Fund, with such review to include the senior management of the General
Partner and the senior management of the Marketing Agent and to cover such
topics as asset growth/decline, sales strategy, new business efforts, new
product initiatives and stock exchange trading activity;
and
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(ii)
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conduct
at least once each calendar year, a review of the overall performance of
the Fund, which will include a review of the most recent quarterly period,
with such review to include the chief executive officer of the General
Partner and senior management of the Marketing Agent and to cover such
topics as strategic direction and new business
initiatives.
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(b)
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Prior
to each of the quarterly and annual reviews which will take place pursuant
to this Section 6.3, the General Partner and the Marketing Agent will
jointly prepare and circulate among the parties, a report covering the
quarterly or annual period which is the subject of each review, with such
report to cover such topics described
above.
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(a)
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any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained
in the Registration Statement (or in the Registration Statement as amended
or supplement) or in a Prospectus (the term Prospectus for the purpose of
this Section 7 being deemed to include the Prospectus and the Prospectus
as amended or supplemented), or arises out of or is based upon any
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact required to be
stated in either such Registration Statement or such Prospectus or
necessary to make the statements made therein not misleading, except
insofar as any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim arises out
of or is based upon any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a
material fact contained in and in conformity with information concerning
the Marketing Agent furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Marketing
Agent to the General Partner expressly for use in such Registration
Statement or such Prospectus;
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(b)
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any
untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or breach
by the General Partner of any representation or warranty contained in
Section 2 hereof or in any certificate delivered by the General Partner
pursuant to paragraph (o) of Section 5.1
hereof;
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(c)
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the
failure by the General Partner to perform when and as required any
agreement or covenant contained
herein;
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(d)
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any
untrue statement of any material fact contained in any audio or visual
materials provided by the General Partner or based upon written
information furnished by or on behalf of the General Partner including,
without limitation, slides, videos, films or tape recordings used in
connection with the marketing of the
Units;
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(e)
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the
Marketing Agent’s performance of its duties under this Agreement except in
the case of this clause (e), for any loss, damage, expense, liability or
claim resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the
Marketing Agent; provided, however, that the indemnity agreement contained
in clause (a) above with respect to any amended Preliminary Prospectus
shall not inure to the benefit of the Marketing Agent (or to the benefit
of any Person controlling the Marketing Agent) from whom the Person
asserting any such loss, damage, expense, liability or claim purchased the
Units which is the subject thereof if the Prospectus corrected any such
alleged untrue statement or omission in any case where the Marketing Agent
was required to send or give a copy of the Prospectus to such Person by
the 1933 Act, the General Partner had notified the Marketing Agent of the
amendment or supplement prior to the sending of the written confirmation
of sale and the Marketing Agent failed to send or give a copy of the
Prospectus to such Person, unless the failure is the result of
noncompliance by the General Partner with paragraph (c) of Section 5.1
hereof.
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(a)
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The
General Partner and the Marketing Agent shall during the Term and for one
(1) year thereafter maintain in confidence, use only for the purposes
provided for in this Agreement, and not disclose to any third party,
without first obtaining the other party’s consent in writing, any and all
Confidential Information (as defined below) such party receives from the
other party; provided, however, that either party may disclose
Confidential Information received from the other party to those of its
Representatives as may be necessary for such party to carry out its
obligations under this Agreement.
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“Confidential
Information” shall mean all information or data of a party that is
disclosed to or received by the other party, whether orally, visually or
in writing, in any form, including, without limitation, information or
data which relates to such party’s business or operations, research and
development, marketing plans or activities, or actual or potential
products.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding
the provisions of this Agreement to the contrary, a party shall have no
liability to the other party for the disclosure or use of any Confidential
Information of the other party if the Confidential
Information:
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(i)
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is
known to such party at the time of disclosure other than as the result of
a breach of this Section 9 by such
party;
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(ii)
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has
been or becomes publicly known, other than as the result of a breach of
this Section 9 by such party, or has been or is publicly disclosed by the
other party;
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(iii)
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is
received by such party after the date of this Agreement from a third party
(unless such third party breaches an obligation of confidentiality to the
other party); or
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(iv)
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is
required to be disclosed by Law or similar compulsion or in connection
with any legal proceeding, provided that such party shall promptly inform
the other party in writing of such requirement and that such disclosure
shall be limited to the extent so required and, except to the extent
prohibited by Law, such party shall reasonably cooperate with the other
party (at the expense of the other party) in seeking a protective order or
other suitable confidentiality
protections.
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(c)
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The
parties recognize and acknowledge that a breach or threatened breach by a
party of the provisions of this Section 9 may cause irreparable and
material loss and damage to the other party which cannot be adequately
remedied at law and that, accordingly, in addition to, and not in lieu of,
any damages or other remedy to which the non-breaching party may be
entitled, the issuance of an injunction or other equitable remedy (without
the requirement that a bond or other security be posted) is an appropriate
remedy for the non-breaching party for any breach or threatened breach of
the obligations set forth in this Section
9.
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(d)
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Each
party agrees that it will use the same degree of care, but no less than a
reasonable degree of care, in safeguarding the Confidential Information of
the other party as it uses for its own Confidential Information of a
similar nature. Each party shall promptly notify the other party in
writing of any misuse, misappropriation or unauthorized disclosure of the
Confidential Information of the other party which may come to such party’s
attention.
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(e)
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Upon
the termination of this Agreement, if requested in writing by a party, the
other party shall, at such party’s option, promptly destroy or return to
the party all Confidential Information received from the other party, all
copies and extracts of such Confidential Information and all documents or
other media containing any such Confidential
Information.
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(a)
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if
to General Partner, to:
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(b)
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if
to the Marketing Agent, to:
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(a)
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All
questions concerning the construction, interpretation and validity of this
Agreement shall be governed by, and construed and enforced in accordance
with, the domestic laws of the State of New York, without giving effect to
any choice or conflict of law provision or rule (whether in the State of
New York or any other jurisdiction) that would cause the application of
the laws of any jurisdiction other than the State of New York. In
furtherance of the foregoing, the internal law of the State of New York
will control the interpretation and construction of this Agreement, even
if under such jurisdiction’s choice of law or conflict of law analysis,
the substantive law of some other jurisdiction would ordinarily or
necessarily apply.
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(b)
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Each
party irrevocably consents and agrees, for the benefit of the other
parties, that any legal action, suit or proceeding against it with respect
to its obligations, liabilities or any other matter arising out of or in
connection with this Agreement may be brought in the courts of the State
of New York and hereby irrevocably consents and submits to the
non-exclusive jurisdiction of each such court in Personam, generally and
unconditionally with respect to any action, suit or proceeding for itself
and in respect of its properties, assets and revenues. Each party
irrevocably waives any immunity to jurisdiction to which it may otherwise
be entitled or become entitled (including sovereign immunity, immunity to
pre-judgment attachment and execution) in any legal suit, action or
proceeding against it arising out of or based on this Agreement or the
transactions contemplated hereby or thereby which is instituted in any
court of the State of New York.
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(a)
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ALPS
senior management will:
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Develop
an overall strategic sales and marketing plan with the National Accounts
Manager of ALPS, the Fund and the General
Partner.
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Supervise
sales related activities.
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Participate
in field sales activities.
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(b)
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ALPS
will provide a dedicated National Accounts Manager on a full-time basis
who will:
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Implement
a tactical sales strategy.
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Establish
home office contacts with targeted
broker/dealers.
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Develop
product education presentations.
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Conduct
product education presentations with fee based financial
advisors.
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Attend
major fee based advisor
conferences.
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(c)
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ALPS
will provide two shared External Wholesalers who
will:
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Assist
the National Accounts Manager in implementing the tactical sales
strategy.
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Establish
regional relationships with wire houses and fee based
advisors.
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Deliver
product education presentations.
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Conduct
product education presentations with wire house brokers and fee based
financial advisors.
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Attend
major fee based advisor
conferences.
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(d)
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ALPS
will provide one shared Internal Wholesaler who
will:
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Support
the National Accounts Manager’s and Wholesaler’s field
activities.
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Telemarket
to independent financial planners.
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Coordinate
conference participation.
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Attend
various conferences.
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(e)
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ALPS
will provide resources from its call center
to:
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Place
outbound follow-up calls on 100% of phone and internet requests for
information.
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Receive
creation/redemption calls and communicate with authorized purchasers,
advisors and the custodian.
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Transfer
“hot” advisor leads to Internal
Wholesaler.
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Support
a dedicated Fund toll-free line for
advisors.
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(f)
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ALPS
will provide marketing staff
to:
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Write,
design and produce FINRA approved sales and marketing
materials.
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Create
FINRA approved seminars and product
presentations.
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Coordinate
advisor specific advertising with the advertising
agency.
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Manage
marketing budget.
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Create
and maintain website.
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