8-K

 

 

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: October 5, 2011

 

 

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)

26-0151301 (Co-Registrant)

(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation

or organization)

   (IRS Employer ID Number)

c/o Greenhaven Commodity Services, LLC

3340 Peachtree Road

Suite 1910

Atlanta, GA

   30326
(Address of principal executive offices)    (Zip Code)

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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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreements

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits

SIGNATURES

EXHIBIT INDEX

EX-10.1 Sixth Addendum to License Agreement

 

Item 1.01 Entry into Material Definitive Agreements.

On September 30, 2011, GreenHaven Commodity Services, LLC (“GCC”) (the Managing Owner of GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund and GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund) and Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC (as successor to Reuters America LLC) (“Reuters”) entered into a sixth addendum (the “Sixth Addendum”) to the License Agreement dated July 19, 2006 (as the same was amended thereafter by various addenda and extensions) (the “License Agreement”) to which GCC and Reuters are parties.

Under the Sixth Addendum, the parties agreed to extend the exclusivity period applicable to the License Agreement until October 1, 2012, 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 Sixth Addendum, attached hereto as Exhibit 10.1, which is incorporated herein by reference.

 

Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

(d) Exhibits

10.1 — Sixth Addendum to License Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011.


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: October 5, 2011


EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit

Number

  

Exhibit Title

10.1*    Sixth Addendum to License Agreement, dated as of September 30, 2011

 

* Filed herewith.