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Item 1.01. Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
On April 28, 2025, United States Commodity Funds LLC (“USCF”) entered into the First Amendment to the Amended and Restated Licensing Agreement, with SummerHaven Index Management, LLC (“SHIX”), amending the Amended and Restated Licensing Agreement by and between USCF, SHIX, and solely with respect to Section 3(g)(iii), SummerHaven Investment Management, LLC (“SHIM”), entered into as of May 1, 2018, as amended from time to time (the “Licensing Agreement”). Under the Licensing Agreement, SHIX grants to USCF, and certain funds that are sponsored by USCF, a license to use certain proprietary indexes for the management of the funds, as well as the use of certain names and marks, including the SummerHaven Copper Index. Pursuant to the First Amendment to the Licensing effective retroactively as of January 17, 2025 (the “Amendment”), the parties have agreed to amend the Licensing Agreement to provide that USCF consents to the licensing by SHIX of the SummerHaven Copper Index and the service mark “SCI” to Tidal Investments LLC or one of its related entities. All other terms and conditions of the Licensing Agreement shall remain in full force and effect.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
Exhibit 10.1 First Amendment to Amended and Restated Licensing 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 sponsor | ||
| Date: | April 29, 2025 | By: | /s/ John P. Love |
| Name: | John P. Love | ||
| Title: | Chief Executive Officer | ||