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Service Providers and Related Party Agreements
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2019
Related Party Transactions [Abstract]  
Service Providers and Related Party Agreements
(2) Service Providers and Related Party Agreements
(a)
Trustee.
Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, is the sole trustee of each of the Funds (the “Trustee”). The Trustee is unaffiliated with the Managing Owner. Under the Fund’s Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2006 and as amended January 4, 2016 (as amended, the “Fund Trust Agreement”), and the Master Fund’s Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2006 and as amended July 29, 2007 and January 4, 2016 (as amended, the “Master Fund Trust Agreement” and collectively with the Fund Trust Agreement, the “Trust Agreements”), the Trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of each of the Funds. The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Funds in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Funds, the Managing Owner or the Shareholders. The Trustee’s principal offices are located in Wilmington, Delaware.
(b)
Managing Owner.
WisdomTree Commodity Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the managing owner and commodity pool operator of each of the Funds. The Trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive power and authority to manage the business and affairs of each of the Funds. The Managing Owner’s principal offices are located in New York, New York.
(c)
Sub-Adviser.
Greenhaven Advisors LLC is the
sub-adviser
and commodity trading adviser of each of the Funds. The
Sub-Adviser,
under authority delegated by the Managing Owner, is responsible for selecting Commodity Brokers and reallocating assets within the Portfolio with a view to achieving the Funds’ investment objective. The
Sub-Adviser’s
principal offices are located in Atlanta, Georgia.
(d)
Commodity Broker.
A variety of executing brokers may execute transactions in Commodity Futures on behalf of the Master Fund. Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (the “Commodity Broker”) is the Master Fund’s commodity broker to which the executing brokers
give-up
all such transactions. In its capacity as the clearing broker, the Commodity Broker may execute and clear each of the Master Fund’s futures transactions. The Commodity Broker’s principal offices are located in New York, New York.
(e)
Administrator.
State Street Bank and Trust Company (the “Administrator”) is the administrator of the Funds and has entered into an Administration Agreement in connection therewith. The Administrator also serves as custodian of the Funds pursuant to a Master Custodian Agreement, and transfer agent of the Funds pursuant to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement. The Administrator performs certain services necessary for the operation and administration of the Funds (other than making investment decisions), including calculations of the Master Fund’s Net Asset Value and accounting and other administrative services. The Administrator retains certain financial books and records, including: fund accounting records, ledgers with respect to assets, liabilities, capital, income and expenses, the registrar, transfer journals and related details and trading and related documents received from futures commission merchants. The Administrator has an office in Boston, Massachusetts.
(f)
Distributor.
Foreside Fund Services LLC is the Funds’ distributor (the “Distributor”) pursuant to a Distribution Services Agreement. The Distributor assists the Managing Owner and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to the creation and redemption of Baskets, including assisting in matters associated with receiving and processing orders from Authorized Participants to create and redeem Baskets, coordinating the processing of such orders and related functions and duties. The Distributor has an office in Portland, Maine.  
(g)
Authorized Participant.
The Fund creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Baskets of 50,000 Shares. Authorized Participants are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem Baskets. Each Authorized Participant must (i) be a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant, such as a bank or other financial institution that is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions, (ii) be a participant in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and (iii) have entered into a “Participant Agreement.” The Participant Agreement sets forth the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the delivery of cash required for such creations or redemptions. The current Authorized Participants are J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated.