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 (Date of earliest event reported): December 15, 2017
United States Oil Fund, LP |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Delaware | 001-32834 |
20-2830691 |
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(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
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1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1530 Oakland, California 94612 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 522-9600 |
| N/A |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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| Emerging growth company | o |
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Item 5.03. Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year
The Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership of the United States Oil Fund, LP (“USO”) was entered into on December 15, 2017 and amends certain tax provisions. In particular, USO is adjusting the manner in which it applies the monthly allocation convention of profits and losses for shareholders as of January 1, 2018 in conformity with applicable Treasury regulations governing the allocation of profits and losses. The change to the monthly allocation convention and the other changes are reflected in Supplement 2 to the Prospectus dated February 28, 2017, in the updated sections entitled “Allocations of USO’s Profit and Loss.” located under “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT USO, ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND INVESTMENTS”; “U.S. Federal Income Tax Considerations”; “U.S. Shareholders”; “Tax Consequences of Ownership of Shares” and the new section “Tax Agent” located under “ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ABOUT USO, ITS INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE AND INVESTMENTS,” immediately following the section entitled “Backup Withholding.”
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
| Exhibit 3.2 | Seventh Amended and Restated Agreement of Limited Partnership. |
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 Oil Fund, LP | |||
| By: | United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner | ||
| Date: December 15, 2017 | By: | /s/ John P. Love | |
| Name: John P. Love | |||
| Title: President (Principal Executive Officer) | |||