ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I - Annual Report: 2016 (Form 10-K)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.

or

for the transition period from              to             .

Commission file number: 001-36851

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

30 Maple Street - Suite 2

Summit, NJ 07901

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip code)

(844-383-6477)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: None

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act. ¨ Yes   x No

Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act. ¨ Yes   x No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. x Yes   ¨ No

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). x Yes   ¨ No

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K (§229.405 of this chapter) is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K. ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company.  See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act.

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). ¨ Yes   x No

The aggregate market value of the registrant’s shares held by non-affiliates of the registrant as of June 30, 2016 was: $12,287,000.

The registrant had 450,040 outstanding shares as of September 1, 2016.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I

Table of Contents

Part I

The Trust and the Fund

The Sit Rising Rate ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (the “Trust”), is an exchange traded fund that issues shares that trade on the NYSE Arca stock exchange (“NYSE Arca”). The Fund commenced investment operations on February 19, 2015. The Trust was established on July 23, 2014 and is organized as a series trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Fund is currently the sole series of the Trust. Additional series may be designated in the future.

The principal office of the Trust and Fund is located at 30 Maple Street - Suite 2, Summit, NJ 07901. The telephone number is (844) 383-6477.

The Fund’s Investment Objective

The Fund’s investment objective is to profit from rising interest rates by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting of exchange traded futures contracts and options on futures on 2, 5 and 10 year U.S. Treasury securities (“Treasury Instruments”) weighted to achieve a targeted negative 10 year average effective portfolio duration (the “Benchmark Component Instruments”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in the Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the Benchmark Portfolio. The Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC (“Sit”), which also serves as the Fund’s commodity trading advisor. The Benchmark Portfolio will be rebalanced, reconstituted, or both, monthly (typically on the 15^th of each month, or on the next business day if the 15^th is a holiday, weekend, or other day on which the national stock exchanges are closed) to maintain a negative 10 year average effective duration. The Benchmark Portfolio and the Fund will each maintain a short position in Treasury Instruments. The Fund does not use futures contracts or options to obtain leveraged investment results. The Fund will not invest in swaps or other over-the-counter derivative instruments.

The Sponsor

The Fund is managed and controlled by ETF Managers Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”), a single member limited liability company that was formed in the state of Delaware on June 12, 2014. The Fund pays the Sponsor a management fee (the “Management Fee”). The Sponsor maintains its main business office at 30 Maple Street - Suite 2, Summit, NJ 07901. The Sponsor’s telephone number is (844) 383-6477.

The Fund is a “commodity pool” as defined by the Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”). Consequently, the Sponsor has registered as a commodity pool operator (“CPO”) with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and is a member of the National Futures Association (“NFA”).

The Sponsor is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Exchange Traded Managers Group LLC (“ETFMG”), a limited liability company domiciled and headquartered in New Jersey. 

The Commodity Trading Advisor

Sit serves as the Fund’s commodity trading advisor (“CTA”). Sit is a Delaware limited liability company and a subsidiary of Sit Investment Associates, Inc. Sit Investment Associates, Inc. was founded in July 1981 by Eugene C. Sit and is a Minnesota corporation.

Sit is registered as a CTA with the CFTC and is a member of the NFA.

Sit provides its services to the Fund under a Licensing and Services Agreement with the Sponsor. Under this agreement, Sit has agreed to compose and maintain the Benchmark Portfolio and license to the Sponsor the use of the Benchmark Portfolio.

Significant Shareholders

Prior to the Fund commencing operations, Sit made an initial investment of $5,000,000 in exchange for 200,000 shares of the Fund. As of June 30, 2016, Sit was the Fund’s primary shareholder. The shares purchased by Sit are redeemable by Sit on the same terms and conditions as those applicable to firms authorized to purchase and redeem Fund shares. If Sit were to redeem its shares before the Fund sells sufficient additional shares, such sale could have a material adverse affect on the Fund and its shareholders, including its ability to achieve its investment objective.

Investing Strategy 

The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in the Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the Benchmark Portfolio. The weighting of the Treasury Instruments constituting the Benchmark Component Instruments will be based on each maturity’s duration contribution. The expected range for the duration weighted percentage of the 2 year and 5 year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 30% to 70%. The expected range for the duration weighted percentage of the 10 year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 5% to 25%.

The relative weightings of the Benchmark Component Instruments will be shifted between maturities when there are material changes in the shape of the yield curve, for example, if the Federal Reserve began raising short term interest rates more than long term interest rates. In such an instance, Sit, which maintains the Benchmark Portfolio, will increase the weightings of the 2 year and reduce the weighting in the 10 year maturity Treasury Instruments. Conversely, Sit will do the opposite if the Federal Reserve began raising long term interest rates more than short term interest rates. Reconstitution, rebalancing, or both, each will occur monthly as discussed above or if there are radical changes in the yield curve such that effective duration is outside of a range from negative nine to negative 11-year average effective duration, in which case Sit will adjust the maturities of the Treasury Instruments before the next expected monthly reconstitution.

The Sponsor anticipates that approximately 5% to 15% of the Fund’s assets will be used as payment for or collateral for Treasury Instruments. The Fund will post margin from such assets to its futures commission merchant (“FCM”), SG Americas Securities, LLC, in an amount equal to the margin required by the relevant exchange, and transfer to its FCM any additional amounts that may be separately required by the FCM. When establishing positions in Treasury Instruments, the Fund will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 3% to 10% of the value of each Treasury Instrument position at the time it is established. These margin requirements are subject to change from time to time by the exchange or the FCM. On a daily basis, the Fund will be obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement level of its Treasury Instruments positions. Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM will be held at the Fund’s custodian in cash or cash equivalents.

The Benchmark Portfolio will consist of the Benchmark Component Instruments and rebalanced, reconstituted, or both to maintain a negative average effective portfolio duration of approximately 10 years. Duration is a measure of estimated price sensitivity relative to changes in interest rates. Portfolios with longer durations are typically more sensitive to changes in interest rates. For example, if interest rates rise by 1%, the market value of a security with an effective duration of 5 years would decrease by 5%, with all other factors being constant, and likewise, if interest rates decline by 1%, the market value of a security with an effective duration of negative 5 years would increase by 5%, with all other factors being constant. Duration estimates are based on assumptions by Sit and are subject to a number of limitations. Duration is a more accurate estimate of price sensitivity provided interest rate changes are small and occur equally in short-term and long-term securities. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. The risk of a decrease in value is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.

The Fund will incur certain expenses in connection with its operations. The Fund will hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S. Treasuries or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities for direct investment or as collateral for the Treasury Instruments and for other liquidity purposes and to meet redemptions that may be necessary on an ongoing basis. These expenses and income from the cash and cash equivalent holdings may cause imperfect correlation between changes in the Fund’s NAV and changes in the Benchmark Portfolio, because the Benchmark Portfolio does not reflect expenses or income.

Sit expects that it will generally seek to close out its positions in Treasury futures contracts prior to such contracts maturing and enter into new positions in Treasury futures contracts. In connection with this process, natural market forces may affect the Fund’s NAV positively or negatively. This is because each time the Fund seeks to rebalance or reconstitute its positions, even absent movement in the underlying Treasury securities, the prices of new futures and option prices may be higher or lower than the prices of those that were closed out. Such differences in price, barring a movement in the price of the underlying security, will constitute “roll yield” and may inhibit the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Several factors may determine the total return from investing in a futures contract position. One factor that impacts the total return, which will result from investing in near month futures contracts and “rolling” those contracts forward each month, is the price relationship between the current near month contract and the next month contract. Among other such factors, when the Fund purchases an option that expires “out of the money,” the Fund will realize a loss. Additionally, the Fund may not be able to invest its assets in futures and options contracts having an aggregate notional amount exactly equal to that which is required to achieve a negative 10 year average effective duration. For example, as standardized contracts, U.S. Treasury futures contracts are denominated in specific dollar amounts, and the Fund’s NAV and the proceeds from the sale of a Creation Basket are unlikely to be an exact multiple of the amounts of those contracts. As a result, in such circumstances, the Fund may be better able to achieve the exact amount of exposure desired through the use of other investments.

Sit will close existing positions when it determines it would be appropriate to do so and reinvest the proceeds in other positions. Positions may also be closed out to meet orders for Redemption Baskets. 

The Benchmark Portfolio

The Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Sit and will be rebalanced, reconstituted, or both, monthly (typically on the 15th of each month or on the next business day if the 15th is a holiday, weekend, or other day on which the national exchanges are closed) to maintain a negative 10 year average effective duration. The Benchmark Portfolio and the Fund will each maintain a short position in Treasury Instruments. The Fund does not use futures contracts or options to obtain leveraged investment results. The Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the Benchmark Portfolio as of June 30, 2016 include:

The Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the Benchmark Portfolio and anticipated rebalancing dates, as well as the daily holdings of the Fund, are available on the Fund’s website at www.risingrateetf.com.

Futures Contracts

The Fund enters into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of the Benchmark Portfolio. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future cash settlement of a specified quantity and type of the underlying treasury security at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller of a treasury futures contract may generally be satisfied by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. The initial margin is segregated as cash held by broker, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition, and is restricted as to its use. Pursuant to the futures contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing a futures transaction.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically treasury price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts include imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default. 

The Fund’s Trading Policies

Liquidity

The Fund invests principally in exchange traded futures and options on futures on U.S. Treasuries that, in the opinion of the Sponsor, are traded in sufficient volume to permit the ready taking of orders and liquidation of positions in these financial instruments.

Borrowings

Borrowings are not undertaken by the Fund.

Service Providers

Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant, and Transfer Agent

U.S. Bank, a national banking association, with its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provides custody and fund accounting to the Trust and Fund. Its affiliate, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, is the transfer agent (“Transfer Agent”) for Fund shares and administrator for the Fund (“Administrator”). It performs certain administrative and accounting services for the Fund and prepares certain SEC, NFA and CFTC reports on behalf of the Fund. (U.S. Bank and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services are referred to collectively hereinafter as “U.S. Bank”).

Distributor

Effective December 1, 2015, ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) provides statutory and wholesaling distribution services to the Fund. The Fund pays an annual fee for such distribution services and related administrative services equal to $15,000 plus 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, payable monthly. This fee has two components, with a portion of the fee paid to ALPS Distributors, Inc. for the statutory distribution services and a portion paid to the Sponsor for the related administrative services. Pursuant to the Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. The Distributor also assists with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

Esposito Securities LLC (“Esposito”) provided statutory and wholesaling distribution services to the Fund through November 30, 2015. The Fund paid Esposito an annual fee for such distribution services, equal to 0.02% of Fund average daily net assets, with a minimum of $15,000 payable annually. Pursuant to the Distribution Services Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and Esposito, the former distributor assisted the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. Esposito also assisted with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

In no event will the aggregate compensation paid to the Distributor and any affiliate of the Sponsor for distribution-related services in connection with the offering of shares exceed ten percent (10%) of the gross proceeds of the offering. The Distributor’s principal business address is 62515 Collection Center Drive, Chicago, Illinois 60693.

Trustee

Wilmington Trust Company (the “Trustee”), a Delaware banking corporation, is the sole trustee of the Trust. The Trustee has only nominal duties and liabilities to the Trust. Under the Trust Agreement, the Trustee has the right to be indemnified for any liability or expense it incurs without its gross negligence, willful misconduct, or a breach of the Trust Agreement.

Futures Commission Merchant

SG Americas Securities, LLC (“SGAS”) serves as the Fund’s clearing broker to execute and clear the Fund’s futures and options transactions and provide other brokerage-related services. SGAS is a futures commission merchant and broker dealer registered with the CFTC and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), and is a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”). SGAS is a clearing member of all principal futures exchanges located in the United States as well as a member of the Chicago Board Options Exchange, International Securities Exchange, New York Stock Exchange, Options Clearing Corporation, and Government Securities Clearing Corporation. The Fund has estimated that it will pay 0.126% of the Fund’s NAV in brokerage fees for execution and clearing services on behalf of the Fund.

SGAS is headquartered at 245 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10167 with branch offices in Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles, California (securities only); and Montreal, Canada (futures only).

On January 2, 2015, Newedge USA, LLC (“Newedge USA”) merged with and into SGAS, with the latter as the surviving entity.

In January 2012, Newedge USA settled, without admitting or denying the allegations, a disciplinary action brought by the CFTC alleging that Newedge USA failed to file accurate and timely reports to the CFTC and failed to report certain large trader information to the CFTC. Newedge USA paid a $700,000 civil penalty to settle this matter. In addition, the CFTC Order required Newedge USA to timely submit accurate position reports and notices, and to implement and maintain procedures to prevent and detect reporting violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations.

In July 2013, Newedge USA settled, without admitting or denying the allegations, a matter brought by FINRA, on its behalf and on behalf of NYSE/NYSE ARCA, BATS and NASDAQ exchanges, involving rules and regulations pertaining to supervision of equities direct market access and sponsored access business, Regulation SHO and books and records retention. In connection with this matter, Newedge USA paid a fine of $9,500,000. In addition, Newedge USA agreed to retain an independent consultant to review its policies, systems, procedures and training relating to these areas and to implement the recommendation of such consultant based on its review and written reports.

In February 2015, SGAS, as successor to Newedge USA, settled, without admitting or denying the allegations, a matter brought by CME Group alleging that on multiple occasions between 2010 and 2012, Newedge USA employees executed certain customers’ orders as EFRPs, instead of on CME Group’s GLOBEX platform. The settlement also included allegations that EFRPs were non bona fide and/or inadequately documented. In connection with this matter, SGAS paid a fine of $1,100,000 to Comex and $650,000 to NYMEX.

In October 2015, SGAS, as successor to Newedge USA, settled, without admitting or denying the allegations, a matter brought by ICE Futures U.S. that was based on alleged failures by Newedge USA to report an open interest in three energy futures contracts in accordance with the rules of the exchange over a period of approximately twenty-two business days in May and June 2014. In connection with this matter, SGAS paid a fine of $100,000.

Beginning in late 2013, the SEC reviewed transactions by SGAS’s Non-Agency Mortgage Desk in which SGAS bought baskets of securities from a counterparty and sold the securities back to the same counterparty, and also reviewed communications with counterparties regarding certain riskless principal trades.  The SEC reviewed transactions that occurred between approximately December 2011 and June 2013.  SGAS cooperated with the investigation and disciplined the trader involved and her supervisor.  In December 2015, SGAS paid $1,011,093 to settle the matter, consisting of a $800,000 fine and $211,093 in disgorgement including interest.

In June 2016, SGAS, as successor to Newedge USA, settled, without admitting or denying the allegations, a matter brought by the Chicago Board of Trade alleging that on six days between November 2013 and January 2014, three traders for Newedge (one employed by Newedge and two by its Canadian affiliate) entered into separate transactions with third parties prior to consummating the block trade with the counterparty in violation of CBOT Rules 432.W. and 526. The settlement included a fine in the amount of $100,000 and a disgorgement of profits in the amount of $19,502.

Other than the foregoing proceedings, which did not have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition of SGAS, there have been no material administrative, civil or criminal actions brought, pending or concluded against SGAS or its principals in the past five years.

Neither SGAS nor any affiliate, officer, director or employee thereof have passed on the merits of the Prospectus or offering, or give any guarantee as to the performance or any other aspect of the Trust or the Fund.

SGAS is not affiliated with the Fund or the Sponsor. Therefore, the Sponsor and the Fund do not believe that the Fund has any conflicts of interest with SGAS or its trading principals arising from their acting as the Fund’s FCM.

Other than the foregoing proceedings, which did not have a material adverse effect upon the financial condition of SGAS, there have been no material administrative, civil or criminal actions brought, pending or concluded against SGAS or its principals in the past five years.

Neither SGAS nor any affiliate, officer, director or employee thereof has passed on the merits of the Prospectus or offering, or given any guarantee as to the performance or any other aspect of the Trust or the Fund.

SGAS is not affiliated with the Fund or the Sponsor. Therefore, the Sponsor and the Fund do not believe that the Fund has any conflicts of interest with SGAS or its trading principals arising from their acting as the Fund’s FCM.

Legal Counsel

Sullivan & Worcester LLP serves as legal counsel to the Trust and the Fund.

Fees of the Fund

Management and CTA Fees

The Fund pays the Sponsor a management fee (the “Sponsor Fee”), monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to the greater of 0.15% per annum of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets or $75,000 effective February 20, 2016, ($56,250 prior to February 20, 2016.) The Sponsor Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services to the Fund. The Fund also pays Sit a license and service fee (the “CTA Fee”) monthly in arrears, for the use of the Benchmark Portfolio in an amount equal to 0.50% per annum effective January 27, 2016 (0.35% prior to January 27, 2016) of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

As of February 19, 2015, Sit has agreed to waive its license and services fee and the Sponsor has voluntarily agreed to assume the remaining expenses of the Fund so that Fund expenses do not exceed an annual rate of 1.50%, excluding brokerage commissions, of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Cap”). The assumption of expenses and waiver of the license and services fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Sit, respectively, through February 1, 2017. If after that date, the Sponsor and/or Sit no longer assumed expenses or waived the license and service fee, respectively, the Fund could be adversely impacted, including its ability to achieve its investment objective.

The waiver of the license and service fee, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $58,846 and $7,515 for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively. The Fund currently accrues its daily expenses up to the Expense Cap. At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible for the payment of, the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund which aggregated $546,307 and $229,751, of which $258,585 and $185,816 was absorbed by the Sponsor, for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively.

Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant, and Transfer Agent

For the first year of services, the Fund has agreed to pay U.S. Bank or U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, as the case may be, 0.05% of assets under management (“AUM”), with a $45,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with a minimum of $4,800 for custody services. Effective February 19, 2016, the Fund has agreed to pay U.S. Bank or U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, as the case may be, 0.05% of assets under management (“AUM”), with a $50,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with a minimum of $4,800 for custody services.

Distributor

The Fund pays an annual fee for such distribution services and related administrative services equal to $15,000 plus 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, payable monthly. This fee has two components, with a portion of the fee paid to ALPS Distributors, Inc. for the statutory distribution services and a portion paid to the Sponsor for the related administrative services. Pursuant to the Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. The Distributor also assists with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

The Distributor is paid a minimum annual fee of $15,000 by the Fund of the Fund’s average monthly net asset value. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015 the Fund incurred $17,117 and $5,425, respectively, in distribution fees and services which is included in the Statements of Operations.

Futures Commission Merchant

The Fund pays respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give–up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities in CFTC regulated investments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis.

The Sponsor does not expect brokerage commissions and fees to exceed 0.126% of the net asset value of the Fund for execution and clearing services on behalf of the Fund, although the actual amount of brokerage commissions and fees in any year or any part of any year may be greater. The effects of trading spreads, financing costs associated with financial instruments, and costs relating to the purchase of U.S. Treasury Instruments or similar high credit quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities are not included in the forgoing analysis. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund incurred $27,382 and $4,171, respectively, in Brokerage Commissions and fees as disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

Other Fees

The Fund will be responsible for its Other Expenses, including professional services (e.g., outside auditor’s fees and legal fees and expenses), tax and shareholder information return preparation, regulatory compliance, and other services provided by affiliated and non-affiliated service providers. The amount of such Other Expenses is estimated to be .85% annually through February 1, 2017 due to the Expense Cap. After such date, the Expense Cap may be terminated and the Fund’s Other Expenses could be higher, perhaps significantly higher.

Form of Shares

Registered Form

Fund shares are issued in registered form in accordance with the Trust Agreement. US Bank has been appointed registrar and transfer agent for the purpose of transferring shares in certificated form. US Bank keeps a record of all limited partners and holders of the shares in certificated form in the registry (the “Register”). The Sponsor recognizes transfers of shares in certificated form only if done in accordance with the Trust Agreement. The beneficial interests in such shares are held in book-entry form through participants and/or accountholders in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”).

Book Entry

Individual certificates are not issued for the shares. Instead, shares are represented by one or more global certificates, which are deposited by the Administrator with, or on behalf of, DTC and registered in the name of Cede & Co., as nominee for DTC. The global certificates evidence all of the shares outstanding at any time. Shareholders are limited to (1) participants in DTC such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies (“DTC Participants”), (2) banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies who maintain, either directly or indirectly, a custodial relationship with, or clear through, a DTC Participant (“Indirect Participants”), and (3) persons holding interests in the shares through DTC Participants or Indirect Participants, in each case who satisfy the requirements for transfers of shares.

Shareholders will be shown on, and the transfer of Shares will be effected only through, in the case of DTC Participants, the records maintained by the Depository and, in the case of Indirect Participants and Shareholders holding through a DTC Participant or an Indirect participant, through those records or the records of the relevant DTC Participants or Indirect participants. Shareholders are expected to receive, from or through which the Shareholder has purchased Shares, a written confirmation relating to their purchase of Shares.

DTC

DTC is a limited purpose trust company organized under the laws of the State of New York and is a member of the Federal Reserve System, a “clearing corporation” within the meaning of the New York Uniform Commercial Code and a “clearing agency” registered pursuant to the provisions of Section 17A of the Exchange Act. DTC holds securities for DTC Participants and facilitates the clearance and settlement of transactions between DTC Participants through electronic book-entry changes in accounts of DTC Participants.

Calculating NAV

The Fund’s NAV is calculated by:

The Administrator calculates the NAV of the Fund once each NYSE Arca trading day. The NAV for a particular trading day is released after 4:00 p.m. New York time. Trading during the core trading session on the NYSE Arca typically closes at 4:00 p.m. New York time. The Administrator uses the CME closing price (determined at the earlier of the close of the CME or 2:30 p.m. New York time) for the contracts traded on the CME, but calculates or determines the value of all other Fund investments using market quotations, if available, or other information customarily used to determine the fair value of such investments as of the earlier of the close of the NYSE Arca or 4:00 p.m. New York time, in accordance with the current Administrative Agency Agreement among U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, the Fund and the Sponsor. “Other information” customarily used in determining fair value includes information consisting of market data in the relevant market supplied by one or more third parties including, without limitation, relevant rates, prices, yields, yield curves, volatilities, spreads, correlations or other market data in the relevant market; or information of the types described above from internal sources if that information is of the same type used by the Fund in the regular course of its business for the valuation of similar transactions. The information may include costs of funding, to the extent costs of funding are not and would not be a component of the other information being utilized. Third parties supplying quotations or market data may include, without limitation, dealers in the relevant markets, end-users of the relevant product, information vendors, brokers and other sources of market information.

In addition, in order to provide updated information relating to the Fund for use by investors and market professionals, the NYSE Arca calculates and disseminates throughout the core trading session on each trading day an updated indicative fund value. The indicative fund value is calculated by using the prior day’s closing NAV per share of the Fund as a base and updating that value throughout the trading day to reflect changes in the most recently reported trade price for the futures and options held by the Fund traded on the CME. The indicative fund value share basis disseminated during NYSE Arca core trading session hours should not be viewed as an actual real time update of the NAV, because the NAV is calculated only once at the end of each trading day based upon the relevant end of day values of the Fund’s investments.

The indicative fund value is disseminated on a per share basis every 15 seconds during regular NYSE Arca core trading session hours of 9:30 a.m. New York time to 4:00 p.m. New York time. The normal trading hours of the CME are 10:00 a.m. New York time to 2:30 p.m. New York time. This means that there is a gap in time at the beginning and the end of each day during which the Fund’s shares are traded on the NYSE Arca, but real-time CME trading prices for contracts traded on the CME are not available. During such gaps in time the indicative fund value will be calculated based on the end of day price of such contracts from the CME’s immediately preceding trading session. In addition, other investments and U.S. Treasuries held by the Fund will be valued by the Administrator, using rates and points received from client-approved third party vendors (such as Reuters and WM Company) and advisor quotes. These investments will not be included in the indicative fund value.

The NYSE Arca disseminates the indicative fund value through the facilities of CTA/CQ High Speed Lines. In addition, the indicative fund value is published on the NYSE Arca’s website and is available through on-line information services such as Bloomberg and Reuters.

Dissemination of the indicative fund value provides additional information that is not otherwise available to the public and is useful to investors and market professionals in connection with the trading of the Fund shares on the NYSE Arca. Investors and market professionals are able throughout the trading day to compare the market price of the Fund and the indicative fund value. If the market price of the Fund shares diverges significantly from the indicative fund value, market professionals will have an incentive to execute arbitrage trades. For example, if the Fund appears to be trading at a discount compared to the indicative fund value, a market professional could buy the Fund shares on the NYSE Arca and take the opposite position in Treasury Instruments. Such arbitrage trades can tighten the tracking between the market price of the Fund and the indicative fund value and thus can be beneficial to all market participants.

Creation and Redemption of Shares

The Fund creates and redeems shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Baskets or Redemption Baskets. The creation and redemption of baskets are only made in exchange for delivery to the Fund or the distribution by the Fund of the amount of Treasuries and any cash represented by the baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which is based on the combined NAV of the number of shares included in the baskets being created or redeemed determined as of 4:00 p.m. New York time on the day the order to create or redeem baskets is properly received.

Authorized Participants are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem baskets. Authorized Participants must be (1) registered broker-dealers or other securities market participants, such as banks and other financial institutions, that are not required to register as broker-dealers to engage in securities transactions described below, and (2) DTC Participants. To become an Authorized Participant, a person must enter into an Authorized Participant Agreement with the Sponsor. The Authorized Participant Agreement provides the procedures for the creation and redemption of baskets and for the delivery of the Treasuries and any cash required for such creation and redemptions. The Authorized Participant Agreement and the related procedures attached thereto may be amended by the Fund, without the consent of any limited partner or shareholder or Authorized Participant. Authorized Participants will pay a transaction fee of $500 to the Custodian for each order they place to create or redeem one or more baskets. Authorized Participants who make deposits with the Fund in exchange for baskets receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation or inducement of any kind from either the Fund or the Sponsor, and no such person will have any obligation or responsibility to the Sponsor or the Fund to effect any sale or resale of shares.

Certain Authorized Participants are expected to be capable of participating directly in the Treasury market and the related derivatives market. In some cases, Authorized Participants or their affiliates may from time to time buy or sell Treasuries and related derivatives and may profit in these instances. The Sponsor believes that the size and operation of the Treasury market make it unlikely that an Authorized Participant’s direct activities in such markets will significantly affect the price of Treasuries, related derivatives or the price of the shares.

Each Authorized Participant is required to be registered as a broker-dealer under the Exchange Act and be a member in good standing with FINRA, or exempt from being or otherwise not required to be registered as a broker-dealer or a member of FINRA, and qualified to act as a broker or dealer in the states or other jurisdictions where the nature of its business so requires. Certain Authorized Participants may also be regulated under federal and state banking laws and regulations. Each Authorized Participant has its own set of rules and procedures, internal controls and information barriers as it determines is appropriate in light of its own regulatory regime.

Under the Authorized Participant Agreement, the Sponsor has agreed to indemnify the Authorized Participants against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, and to contribute to the payments the Authorized Participants may be required to make in respect of those liabilities.

Creation Procedures

On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Distributor to create one or more baskets. For purposes of processing purchase and redemption orders, a “business day” means any day other than a day when any of the NYSE Arca, the CME or the New York Stock Exchange is closed for regular trading. Purchase orders must be placed by 12:00 p.m. New York time or the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca, whichever is earlier. The day on which the Distributor receives a valid purchase order is referred to as the purchase order date. By placing a purchase order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deposit U.S. Treasuries, cash or a combination of U.S. Treasuries and cash, as described below. Prior to the delivery of baskets for a purchase order, the Authorized Participant must also have wired to the Custodian the non-refundable transaction fee due for the purchase order.

The manner by which creations are made is dictated by the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement. By placing a purchase order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deposit U.S. Treasuries, cash, or a combination of U.S. Treasuries and cash with the Custodian of the Fund. If an Authorized Participant fails to so deposit, the order shall be cancelled.

Determination of Required Deposits

The total deposit required to create each basket (“Creation Basket Deposit”) is the amount of U.S. Treasuries and/or cash that is in the same proportion to the total assets of the Fund (net of estimated accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other liabilities) on the purchase order date as the number of shares to be created under the purchase order is in proportion to the total number of shares outstanding on the purchase order date. The Sponsor determines, directly in its sole discretion or in consultation with the Administrator, the requirements for U.S. Treasuries and the amount of cash, including the maximum permitted remaining maturity of a Treasury and proportions of each Treasury and cash that may be included in deposits to create baskets. The Distributor will publish such requirements at the beginning of each business day. The amount of cash deposit required is the difference between the aggregate market value of the U.S. Treasuries required to be included in a Creation Basket Deposit as of 4:00 p.m. New York time on the date the order to purchase is properly received and the total required deposit.

Delivery of Required Deposits

An Authorized Participant who places a purchase order is responsible for transferring to the Fund’s account with the Custodian the required amount of U.S. Treasuries and cash by the end of the third business day following the purchase order date. Upon receipt of the deposit amount, the Administrator directs DTC to credit the number of shares represented by the baskets ordered to the Authorized Participant’s DTC account on the third business day following the purchase order date. The expense and risk of delivery and ownership of U.S. Treasuries until such U.S. Treasuries have been received by the Custodian on behalf of the Fund is borne solely by the Authorized Participant.

Because orders to purchase baskets must be placed by 12:00 p.m., New York time, but the total payment required to create a basket during the continuous offering period will not be determined until after 4:00 p.m., New York time, on the date the purchase order is received, Authorized Participants will not know the total amount of the payment required to create a basket at the time they submit an irrevocable purchase order for the basket. The Fund’s NAV and the total amount of the payment required to create a basket could rise or fall substantially between the time a purchase order is submitted and the time the amount of the purchase price in respect thereof is determined.

Rejection of Purchase Orders

The Sponsor acting by itself or through the Distributor shall have the absolute right but no obligation to reject a purchase order or a Creation Basket Deposit if:

None of the Sponsor, Distributor or Custodian will be liable for the rejection of any purchase order or Creation Basket Deposit.

Redemption Procedures

The procedures by which an Authorized Participant can redeem one or more baskets mirror the procedures for the creation of baskets. On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Distributor to redeem one or more baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 12:00 p.m. New York time or the close of regular trading on the NYSE Arca, whichever is earlier. A redemption order so received will be effective on the date it is received in satisfactory form by the Distributor. The redemption procedures allow Authorized Participants to redeem baskets and do not entitle an individual shareholder to redeem any shares in an amount less than a Redemption Basket, or to redeem baskets other than through an Authorized Participant.

By placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to deliver the baskets to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Fund, as described below. Prior to the delivery of the redemption distribution for a redemption order, the Authorized Participant must also have wired to the Fund’s account at the Custodian the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

The manner by which redemptions are made is dictated by the terms of the Authorized Participant Agreement. By placing a redemption order, an Authorized Participant agrees to (1) deliver the Redemption Basket to be redeemed through DTC’s book-entry system to the Fund’s account with the Custodian not later than 3:00 p.m. New York time on the third business day following the effective date of the redemption order (“Redemption Distribution Date”), and (2) if required by the Sponsor in its sole discretion, enter into or arrange for a block trade, an exchange for related position, or any other transaction (through itself or a designated acceptable broker) with the Fund for the sale of a number and type of futures contracts at the closing settlement price for such contracts on the Redemption Order Date. If an Authorized Participant fails to consummate (1) and (2) above, the order shall be cancelled. The number and type of contracts specified shall be determined by the Sponsor, in its sole discretion, to meet the Fund’s investment objective and shall be sold as a result of the Authorized Participant’s redemption of shares.

Determination of Redemption Distribution

The redemption distribution from the Fund consists of a transfer to the redeeming Authorized Participant of an amount of U.S. Treasuries and/or cash that is in the same proportion to the total assets of the Fund (net of estimated accrued but unpaid fees, expenses and other liabilities) on the date the order to redeem is properly received as the number of shares to be redeemed under the redemption order is in proportion to the total number of shares outstanding on the date the order is received. The Sponsor, directly or in consultation with the Administrator, determines the requirements for U.S. Treasuries and the amounts of cash, including the maximum permitted remaining maturity of a Treasury, and the proportions of U.S. Treasuries and cash that may be included in distributions to redeem baskets. The Distributor will publish an estimate of the redemption distribution value per basket as of the beginning of each business day.

Delivery of Redemption Distribution

The redemption distribution due from the Fund will be delivered to the Authorized Participant by 3:00 p.m. New York time on the third business day following the redemption order date if, by 3:00 p.m. New York time on such third business day, the Fund’s DTC account has been credited with the shares represented by the baskets to be redeemed. If the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited with all of the shares represented by the baskets to be redeemed by such time, the redemption distribution will be delivered to the extent of whole baskets received. Any remainder of the redemption distribution will be delivered on the next business day to the extent of remaining shares represented by the whole baskets received if the Fund receives the fee applicable to the extension of the redemption distribution date which the Sponsor may, from time to time, determine and the remaining baskets to be redeemed are credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 3:00 p.m. New York time on such next business day. Any further outstanding amount of the redemption order will be cancelled. Pursuant to information from the Sponsor, the Custodian will also be authorized to deliver the redemption distribution notwithstanding that the baskets to be redeemed are not credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 3:00 p.m. New York time on the third business day following the redemption order date if the Authorized Participant has collateralized its obligation to deliver the baskets through DTC’s book entry-system on such terms as the Sponsor may from time to time determine.

Suspension or Rejection of Redemption Orders

The Sponsor may, in its discretion, suspend the right of redemption, or postpone the redemption settlement date, (1) for any period during which the NYSE Arca or the CME is closed other than customary weekend or holiday closings, or trading on the NYSE Arca or the CME is suspended or restricted, (2) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which delivery, disposal or evaluation of U.S. Treasuries is not reasonably practicable, or (3) for such other period as the Sponsor determines to be necessary for the protection of the limited partners or shareholders. For example, the Sponsor may determine that it is necessary to suspend redemptions to allow for the orderly liquidation of the Fund’s assets at an appropriate value to fund a redemption. If the Sponsor has difficulty liquidating its positions, e.g., because of a market disruption event in the futures markets or a suspension of trading by the exchange where the futures contracts are listed, it may be appropriate to suspend redemptions until such time as such circumstances are rectified. None of the Sponsor, the Distributor, the Administrator, or the Custodian will be liable to any person or in any way for any loss or damages that may result from any such suspension or postponement. Redemption orders must be made in whole baskets. The Sponsor will reject a redemption order if the order is not in proper form as described in the Authorized Participant Agreement or if the fulfillment of the order, in the opinion of its counsel, might be unlawful. The Sponsor may also reject a redemption order if the number of shares being redeemed would reduce the remaining outstanding shares to 100,000 shares (minimum NYSE Arca listing requirement) or less, unless the Sponsor has reason to believe that the placer of the redemption order does in fact possess all the outstanding shares and can deliver them.

Creation and Redemption Transaction Fee

To compensate the Fund for its expenses in connection with the creation and redemption of baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay a transaction fee to the Custodian of $500 per order to create or redeem baskets, regardless of the number of baskets in such order. An order may include multiple baskets. The transaction fee may be reduced, increased or otherwise changed by the Sponsor. The Sponsor will notify DTC of any change in the transaction fee and will not implement any increase in the fee for the redemption of baskets until 30 days after the date of the notice.

Tax Responsibility

Authorized Participants are responsible for any transfer tax, sales or use tax, stamp tax, recording tax, value added tax or similar tax or governmental charge applicable to the creation or redemption of baskets, regardless of whether or not such tax or charge is imposed directly on the Authorized Participant, and agree to indemnify the Sponsor and the Fund if they are required by law to pay any such tax, together with any applicable penalties, additions to tax and interest thereon.

Secondary Market Transactions

As noted, the Fund creates and redeems shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Baskets or Redemption Baskets. The creation and redemption of baskets are only made in exchange for delivery to the Fund or the distribution by the Fund of the amount of U.S. Treasuries and cash represented by the baskets being created or redeemed, the amount of which will be based on the aggregate net asset value (NAV) of the number of shares included in the baskets being created or redeemed determined on the day the order to create or redeem baskets is properly received.

As discussed above, Authorized Participants are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem baskets. Authorized Participants must be registered broker-dealers or other securities market participants, such as banks and other financial institutions that are not required to register as broker-dealers to engage in securities transactions. An Authorized Participant is under no obligation to create or redeem baskets, and an Authorized Participant is under no obligation to offer to the public shares of any baskets it does create. Authorized Participants that do offer to the public shares from the baskets they create will do so at per share offering prices that are expected to reflect, among other factors, the trading price of the shares on the NYSE Arca, the NAV of the Fund at the time the Authorized Participant purchased the Creation Baskets and the NAV of the shares at the time of the offer of the shares to the public, the supply of and demand for shares at the time of sale, and the liquidity of the futures contract market and the market for Treasury Investments. The prices of shares offered by Authorized Participants are expected to fall between the Fund’s NAV and the trading price of the shares on the NYSE Arca at the time of sale.

Shares initially comprising the same basket but offered by Authorized Participants to the public at different times may have different offering prices. An order for one or more baskets may be placed by an Authorized Participant on behalf of multiple clients. Authorized Participants that make deposits with the Fund in exchange for baskets receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation or inducement of any kind from either the Fund or the Sponsor, and no such person has any obligation or responsibility to the Sponsor or the Fund to effect any sale or resale of shares.

Shares trade in the secondary market on the NYSE Arca. Shares may trade in the secondary market at prices that are lower or higher relative to their NAV per share. The amount of the discount or premium in the trading price relative to the NAV per share may be influenced by various factors, including the number of investors who seek to purchase or sell shares in the secondary market and the liquidity of the futures contracts market and the market for Treasury Investments. While the shares trade during the core trading session on the NYSE Arca until 4:00 p.m. New York time, liquidity in the market for Treasury Instruments may be reduced after the close of the CME at 2:30 p.m. New York time. As a result, during this time, trading spreads, and the resulting premium or discount, on the shares may widen.

Regulatory Environment

The regulation of futures markets, futures contracts, and futures exchanges has historically been comprehensive. The CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency including, for example, the retroactive implementation of speculative position limits, increased margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading.

The regulation of commodity interest transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to ongoing modification by governmental and judicial action. Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional investment pools that are publicly distributed in the United States. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes within the United States altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in the Fund, or the ability of the Fund to continue to implement its investment strategy. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Fund is impossible to predict but could be substantial and adverse.

The CFTC possesses exclusive jurisdiction to regulate the activities of commodity pool operators and has adopted regulations with respect to the activities of those persons and/or entities. Under the CEA, a registered CPO, such as the Sponsor, is required to make annual filings with the CFTC describing its organization, capital structure, management and controlling persons. In addition, the CEA authorizes the CFTC to require and review books and records of, and documents prepared by, registered CPOs. Pursuant to this authority, the CFTC requires CPOs to keep accurate, current and orderly records for each pool that they operate. The CFTC may suspend the registration of a commodity pool operator (1) if the CFTC finds that the operator’s trading practices tend to disrupt orderly market conditions, (2) if any controlling person of the operator is subject to an order of the CFTC denying such person trading privileges on any exchange, and (3) in certain other circumstances. Suspension, restriction or termination of the Sponsor’s registration as a commodity pool operator would prevent it, until that registration were to be reinstated, from managing the Fund, and might result in the termination of the Fund if a successor sponsor is not elected pursuant to the Trust Agreement.

The Fund’s investors are afforded prescribed rights for reparations under the CEA. Investors may also be able to maintain a private right of action for violations of the CEA. The CFTC has adopted rules implementing the reparation provisions of the CEA, which provide that any person may file a complaint for a reparations award with the CFTC for violation of the CEA against a floor broker or an FCM, introducing broker, commodity trading advisor, CPO, and their respective associated persons.

Pursuant to authority in the CEA, the NFA has been formed and registered with the CFTC as a registered futures association. At the present time, the NFA is the only self-regulatory organization for commodity interest professionals, other than futures exchanges. The CFTC has delegated to the NFA responsibility for the registration of CPOs and FCMs and their respective associated persons. The Sponsor and the Fund’s clearing broker are members of the NFA. As such, they will be subject to NFA standards relating to fair trade practices, financial condition and consumer protection. The NFA also arbitrates disputes between members and their customers and conducts registration and fitness screening of applicants for membership and audits of its existing members. Neither the Trust nor the Fund is required to become a member of the NFA.

The regulations of the CFTC and the NFA prohibit any representation by a person registered with the CFTC or by any member of the NFA, that registration with the CFTC, or membership in the NFA, in any respect indicates that the CFTC or the NFA has approved or endorsed that person or that person’s trading program or objectives. The registrations and memberships of the parties described in this summary must not be considered as constituting any such approval or endorsement. Likewise, no futures exchange has given or will give any similar approval or endorsement.

Futures exchanges in the United States are subject to varying degrees of regulation under the CEA depending on whether such exchange is a designated contract market, exempt board of trade or electronic trading facility. Clearing organizations are also subject to the CEA and the rules and regulations adopted thereunder as administered by the CFTC. The CFTC’s function is to implement the CEA’s objectives of preventing price manipulation and excessive speculation and promoting orderly and efficient commodity interest markets. In addition, the various exchanges and clearing organizations themselves exercise regulatory and supervisory authority over their member firms.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) was enacted in response to the economic crisis of 2008 and 2009 and it significantly altered the regulatory regime to which the securities and commodities markets are subject. To date, the CFTC has issued proposed versions of all of the rules it is required to promulgate under the Dodd-Frank Act, and it continues to issue proposed versions of additional rules that it has authority to promulgate. The provisions of the law include the requirement that position limits be established on a wide range of commodity interests, including agricultural, energy, and metal-based commodity futures contracts, options on such futures contracts and cleared and uncleared swaps that are economically equivalent to such futures contracts and options; new registration and recordkeeping requirements for swap market participants; capital and margin requirements for “swap dealers” and “major swap participants,” as determined by the law and applicable regulations; and the mandatory use of clearinghouse mechanisms for sufficiently standardized swap transactions that were historically entered into in the over-the-counter market.

In addition to the rules and regulations imposed under the Dodd-Frank Act, certain participants that are European banks may also be subject to European Market Infrastructure Regulation. These regulations have not yet been fully implemented.

Current rules and regulations under the Dodd-Frank Act require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal monitoring and controls, capital and liquidity standards, customer disclosures and auditing and examination programs for FCMs. The rules are intended to afford greater assurances to market participants that customer segregated funds and secured amounts are protected, customers are provided with appropriate notice of the risks of futures trading and of the FCMs with which they may choose to do business, FCMs are monitoring and managing risks in a robust manner, the capital and liquidity of FCMs are strengthened to safeguard the continued operations and the auditing and examination programs of the CFTC and the self-regulatory organizations are monitoring the activities of FCMs in a thorough manner.

The effect of future regulatory change on the Fund, and the exact timing of such changes, is impossible to predict but it may be substantial and adverse. Specifically, the law, the rules that have been promulgated thereunder, and the rules that are expected to be promulgated may negatively impact the ability of the Fund to meet its investment objectives, either through position limits or requirements imposed on it and/or on their counterparties. In particular, new position limits imposed on a Fund or any counterparties may impact the ability of that Fund to invest in a manner that most efficiently meets its investment objective. New requirements, including capital imposed on the counterparties of a Fund may increase the cost of that Fund’s investments and doing business.

In addition, considerable regulatory attention has recently been focused on non-traditional publicly distributed investment pools such as the Fund. Furthermore, various national governments have expressed concern regarding the disruptive effects of speculative trading in certain commodity markets and the need to regulate the derivatives markets in general. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Fund is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Management believes that as of June 30, 2016 it had fulfilled in a timely manner all Dodd-Frank reporting requirements, both historical and on-going, for the categories under which the firm operates and is registered.

SEC Reports

The Trust makes available, free of charge, on its website, its annual reports on Form 10-K, its quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, its current reports on Form 8-K and amendments to these reports filed or furnished pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Exchange Act as soon as reasonably practicable after these forms are filed with, or furnished to, the SEC. These reports are also available from the SEC though its website at: www.sec.gov.

CFTC Reports

The Trust also makes available, on its website, its monthly reports and its annual reports required to be prepared and filed with the NFA under the CFTC regulations.

Not required for smaller reporting companies.  

Not applicable.

Not applicable.

Although the Fund may, from time to time, be involved in litigation arising out of its operations in the normal course of business or otherwise, the Fund is currently not a party to any pending material legal proceedings.

Not applicable.

Part II

Price Range of Shares

The Fund’s shares have traded on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “RISE” since February 19, 2015.

The following tables set forth, for the calendar quarters indicated, the range of reported high and low sales prices per Share, as reported on the NYSE Arca:

As of June 30, 2016 the Fund had approximately 155 holders of shares.

Dividends

The Fund has not made and does not currently intend to make cash distributions to its shareholders.

Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Fund does not purchase shares directly from its shareholders. The following table summarizes the redemptions by Authorized Participants for the period from April 1, 2016 through June 30, 2016. Authorized Participants did not redeem any baskets during the period from April 1, 2015 through June 30, 2015.

Not required for small reporting companies.

The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and the notes thereto of the Trust and the Fund included elsewhere in this annual report on Form 10-K. 

This information should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes included in Item 8 of this Annual Report (the “Report”). The discussion and analysis which follows may contain trend analysis and other forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 which reflect our current views with respect to future events and financial results. Words such as “anticipate,” “expect,” “intend,” “plan,” “believe,” “seek,” “outlook” and “estimate,” as well as similar words and phrases, signify forward-looking statements. ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I’s forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future results and conditions, and important factors, risks and uncertainties may cause our actual results to differ materially from those expressed in our forward-looking statements.

You should not place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements. Except as expressly required by the Federal securities laws, ETF Managers Capital, LLC undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements or the risks, uncertainties or other factors described in this Report, as a result of new information, future events or changed circumstances or for any other reason after the date of this Report.

Overview

The Trust is a Delaware statutory trust formed on July 23, 2014. It is a series trust consisting of one series: Sit Rising Rate ETF (the “Fund”). The Fund issues common units, called the “shares,” representing fractional undivided beneficial interests in the Fund. The Trust and the Fund operate pursuant to the Trust’s Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”).

The Sponsor has the power and authority to establish and designate one or more series and to issue shares thereof, from time to time as it deems necessary or desirable.  The Sponsor has exclusive power to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences as between the shares of any series as to the right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and other distributions and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the series shall have separate voting rights or no voting rights. The term for which the Trust is to exist commenced on the date of the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and the Trust, the Fund and any additional series created in the future will exist in perpetuity, unless earlier terminated in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement.  Separate and distinct records are maintained for each Fund and the assets associated with a Fund are held in such separate and distinct records (directly or indirectly, including a nominee or otherwise) and accounted for in such separate and distinct records separately from the assets of any other series.  The Fund and each future series will be separate from all other such series in respect of the assets and liabilities allocated to that Fund and separate series and will represent a separate investment portfolio of the Trust.

The sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust, N.A. (the “Trustee”), and the Trustee serves as the Trust’s corporate trustee as required under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (“DSTA”).  The Trustee’s principal offices are located at 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890. The Trustee is unaffiliated with the Sponsor.  The rights and duties of the Trustee and the Sponsor with respect to the offering of the Shares and Fund management and the shareholders are governed by the provisions of the DSTA and by the Trust Agreement.

On January 29, 2015, the initial Form S-1 for the Fund was declared effective by the SEC. On January 8, 2015, 4 Creation Baskets for the Fund were issued representing 200,000 shares and $5,000,000. The Fund Shares began trading on the New York Stock Exchange (“NYSE”) Arca on February 19, 2015.

The Fund is designed and managed to track the performance of the Benchmark Portfolio, consisting of exchange traded futures contracts and options on futures on Treasury Instruments weighted to achieve a targeted negative 10 year average effective portfolio duration.

Results of Operations

The Fund commenced investment operations on February 19, 2015 at $25.00 per Share. The Shares have been trading on the NYSE Arca since February 19, 2015 under the symbol “RISE”.

The Fund seeks to track the daily return of the Index, over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Fund’s interest income from its holdings of United States Treasury Obligations, options and futures, and, if applicable, other high credit quality short-term fixed income securities over the expenses of the Fund.

The following graphs illustrate changes in (i) the price of the Shares (as reflected by the graphs “Comparison of Per Share RISE NAV to RISE Market Value for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015” and “Comparison of Per Share RISE NAV to RISE Market Value for the Year Ended June 30, 2016 and the Period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015”) and (ii) the Fund’s NAV (as reflected by the graphs “Comparison of RISE NAV to Benchmark Index for the Three Months Ended June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015” and “Comparison of RISE NAV to Benchmark Index for the Year Ended June 30, 2016 and for the Period From February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015”).

The Index is frictionless, in that it does not take into account fees or expenses associated with investing in the Fund. The performance of the Fund involves friction, in that fees and expenses impose a drag on performance.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The per Share market value of RISE and its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2016.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The per Share market value of RISE and its NAV tracked closely for the three months ended June 30, 2015.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The per Share market value of RISE and its NAV tracked closely for the year ended June 30, 2016.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The per Share market value of RISE and its NAV tracked closely for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The graph above compares the RISE NAV with the benchmark portfolio value for the three months ended June 30, 2016. The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark. The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The graph above compares the RISE NAV with the benchmark portfolio value for the three months ended June 30, 2015. The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark. The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The graph above compares the RISE NAV with the benchmark portfolio value for the year ended June 30, 2016. The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark. The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses.

NEITHER THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF THE FUND NOR THE PRIOR INDEX LEVELS AND CHANGES, POSITIVE OR NEGATIVE, SHOULD BE TAKEN AS AN INDICATION OF THE FUND’S FUTURE PERFORMANCE.

The graph above compares the RISE NAV with the benchmark portfolio value for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015. The difference in the NAV price and the benchmark value often results in the appearance of a NAV discount to the benchmark. The difference is related to the cumulative impact on NAV of the Fund’s expenses.

FOR THE YEAR ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Fund Share Price Performance

During the year ended June 30, 2016, the NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-8.56%) from $24.43 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2015, to $22.34 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2016. The share price high and low for the year ended June 30, 2016 and related change from the closing share price on June 30, 2015 was as follows: shares traded from a high of $24.61 per share (+0.74%) on December 2, 2015 to a low of $20.67 per share (-15.39%) on February 18, 2016.

Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance

For the year ended June 30, 2016, the net asset value of each share decreased (-7.88%) from $24.24 per share to $22.33 per share. Losses in the futures and options contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the year ended June 30, 2016.

Net loss for the year ended June 30, 2016, was $1,428,833, resulting from net realized losses on futures and options contracts of $942,375, net unrealized losses on futures and options contracts of $278,195, and the net investment loss of $208,263.

FOR THE PERIOD FROM FEBRUARY 19, 2015 TO JUNE 30, 2015

Fund Share Price Performance

During the period from February 19, 2015 (commencement of Shares trading on the NYSE Arca) to June 30, 2015, the NYSE Arca market value of each share decreased (-2.12%) from $24.96 per share, representing the initial trade on February 20, 2015, to $24.43 per share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2015. The share price high and low for the period from February 20, 2015 to June 30, 2015 and related change from the initial share price on February 20, 2015 was as follows: shares traded from a high of $25.17 per share (+0.84%) on March 6, 2015 to a low of $24.09 per share (-3.49%) on April 17, 2015.

Fund Share Net Asset Value Performance

For the period from February 19, 2015 (commencement of investment operations) to June 30, 2015, the net asset value of each share decreased (-3.04%) from $25.00 per share to $24.24 per share. For the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015 losses in the futures and options contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per share during the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015.

Net loss for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, was $185,163, resulting from net realized losses on futures and options contracts of $145,954, net unrealized losses on futures and options contracts of $2,789, and the net operating loss of $36,420.

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2016

Fund Share Price Performance

During the three months ended June 30, 2016, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share decreased (-3.09%) from $23.03 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2016, to $22.34 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2016. The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30, 2016 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2016 was as follows: Shares traded from a high of $23.28 per Share (+1.09%) on May 27, 2016 and May 24, 2016 to a low of $22.28 per Share (-3.26%) on June 28, 2016.

Fund Share Net Asset Performance

For the three months ended June 30, 2016, the net asset value of each Share decreased (-3.10%) from $22.94 per Share to $22.33 per Share. For the three months ended June 30, 2015, losses in the futures and options contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the period.

Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2016, was $432,976, resulting from net realized losses on futures and options contracts of $215,691, net unrealized losses on futures and options contracts of $150,292, and the net operating loss of $66,993.

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED JUNE 30, 2015

Fund Share Price Performance

During the three months ended June 30, 2015, the NYSE Arca market value of each Share increased (+0.45%) from $24.32 per Share, representing the closing price on March 31, 2015, to $24.43 per Share, representing the closing price on June 30, 2015. The Share price high and low for the three months ended June 30, 2015 and related change from the closing Share price on March 31, 2015 was as follows: Shares traded from a high of $24.70 per Share (+1.56%) on June 5, 2015 to a low of $24.09 per Share (-0.95%) on April 17, 2015.

Fund Share Net Asset Performance

For the three months ended June 30, 2015, the net asset value of each Share decreased (-0.12%) from $24.27 per Share to $24.24 per Share. For the three months ended June 30, 2015, losses in the futures and options contracts and Fund expenses resulted in the overall decrease in the NAV per Share during the period.

Net loss for the three months ended June 30, 2015, was $6,896, resulting from net realized losses on futures and options contracts of $134,558, net unrealized gains on futures and options contracts of $153,242, and the net operating loss of $25,580.

Critical Accounting Policies

The Fund’s critical accounting policies are as follows:

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in accordance with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates. The Fund’s application of these policies involves judgments and the use of estimates. Actual results may differ from the estimates used and such differences could be material. The Fund holds a significant portion of its assets in futures contracts and a money market fund, which are held at fair value.

The Fund calculates its net asset value as of the NAV Calculation Time as described above.

The values which are used by the Fund for its Treasury Instruments are provided by its commodity broker who uses market prices when available. In addition, the Fund estimates interest income on a daily basis using prevailing rates earned on its cash and cash equivalents. These estimates are adjusted to the actual amount received on a monthly basis and the difference, if any, is not considered material.

Credit Risk

When the Fund enters into Benchmark Component Instruments, it will be exposed to the credit risk that the counterparty will not be able to meet its obligations. For purposes of credit risk, the counterparty for the Benchmark Component Instruments traded on the CME and other futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with those exchanges. In general, clearinghouses are backed by their members who may be required to share in the financial burden resulting from the nonperformance of one of their members, which should significantly reduce credit risk. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearinghouse, or their financial backers will satisfy their obligations to the Fund.

The Sponsor will attempt to minimize certain of these market and credit risks by normally:

CEA requires all FCMs, such as the Fund’s clearing broker, to meet and maintain specified fitness and financial requirements, to segregate customer funds from proprietary funds and account separately for all customers’ funds and positions, and to maintain specified books and records open to inspection by the staff of the CFTC. The CFTC has similar authority over introducing brokers, or persons who solicit or accept orders for commodity interest trades but who do not accept margin deposits for the execution of trades. The CEA authorizes the CFTC to regulate trading by FCMs and by their officers and directors, permits the CFTC to require action by exchanges in the event of market emergencies, and establishes an administrative procedure under which customers may institute complaints for damages arising from alleged violations of the CEA. The CEA also gives the states powers to enforce its provisions and the regulations of the CFTC.

On November 14, 2013, the CFTC published final regulations that require enhanced customer protections, risk management programs, internal monitoring and controls, capital and liquidity standards, customer disclosures and auditing and examination programs for FCMs. The rules are intended to afford greater assurances to market participants that customer segregated funds and secured amounts are protected, customers are provided with appropriate notice of the risks of futures trading and of the FCMs with which they may choose to do business, FCMs are monitoring and managing risks in a robust manner, the capital and liquidity of FCMs are strengthened to safeguard the continued operations and the auditing and examination programs of the CFTC and the self-regulatory organizations are monitoring the activities of FCMs in a thorough manner.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Fund does not anticipate making use of borrowings or other lines of credit to meet its obligations. The Fund meets its liquidity needs in the normal course of business from the proceeds of the sale of its investments or from the cash, cash equivalents and/or the collateralizing Treasury Instruments that it holds. The Fund’s liquidity needs include: redeeming its shares, providing margin deposits for existing Benchmark Component Instruments, the purchase of additional Benchmark Component Instruments, and paying expenses.

The Fund generates cash primarily from (i) the sale of Creation Baskets and (ii) interest earned on cash, cash equivalents and their investments in collateralizing Treasury Securities. Generally, all of the net assets of the Fund are allocated to trading in Benchmark Component Instruments. Most of the assets of the Fund are held in Treasury Instruments, cash and/or cash equivalents that could or are used as margin or collateral for trading in Benchmark Component Instruments. The percentage that such assets bear to the total net assets will vary from period to period as the market values of the Benchmark Component Instruments change. Interest earned on interest-bearing assets of the Fund is paid to the Fund.

The investments of the Fund in Benchmark Component Instruments could be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. Such conditions could prevent the Fund from promptly liquidating a position in Benchmark Component Instruments.

Market Risk

Trading in Benchmark Component Instruments such as futures contracts will involve the Fund entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell specific amounts of instruments at a specified date in the future. The gross or face amount of the contracts is expected to significantly exceed the future cash requirements of the Fund as the Fund intends to close out any open positions prior to the contractual expiration date. As a result, the Fund’s market risk is the risk of loss arising from the decline in value of the contracts, not from the need to make delivery under the contracts. The Fund considers the “fair value” of derivative instruments to be the unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with the commitment by the Fund to purchase a specific contract will be limited to the aggregate face amount of the contacts held.

The exposure of the Fund to market risk will depend on a number of factors including the markets for the specific instrument, the volatility of interest rates and foreign exchange rates, the liquidity of the instrument-specific interest market and the relationships among the contracts held by the Fund.

Off Balance Sheet Financing

As of June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, neither the Trust nor the Fund has any loan guarantees, credit support or other off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions relating to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund. While the exposure of the Fund under these indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, they are not expected to have a material impact on the financial positions of the Fund.

Redemption Basket Obligation

Other than as necessary to meet the investment objective of the Fund and pay the contractual obligations described below, the Fund will require liquidity to redeem Redemption Baskets. The Fund intends to satisfy this obligation through the transfer of cash of the Fund (generated, if necessary, through the sale of Treasury Instruments) in an amount proportionate to the number of Shares being redeemed.

Contractual Obligations

The primary contractual obligations of the Fund are with the Sponsor and certain other service providers. The Fund pays the Sponsor a management fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to 0.15% per annum of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Sponsor Fee”). The Sponsor Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services to the Fund. The Fund also pays Sit a license and service fee monthly in arrears in an amount equal to 0.50% per annum of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets.

The Fund is also responsible for all ongoing fees, costs and expenses of its operation, including (i) brokerage and other fees and commissions incurred in connection with the trading activities of the Fund; (ii) expenses incurred in connection with registering additional shares of the Fund or offering shares of the Fund; (iii) the routine expenses associated with the preparation and, if required, the printing and mailing of monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports required by applicable U.S. federal and state regulatory authorities, Trust meetings and preparing, printing and mailing proxy statements to shareholders; (iv) the payment of any distributions related to redemption of shares; (v) payment for routine services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants; (vi) payment for routine accounting, bookkeeping, custodial and transfer agency services, whether performed by an outside service provider or by affiliates of the Sponsor; (vii) postage and insurance; (viii) costs and expenses associated with client relations and services; (ix) costs of preparation of all federal, state, local and foreign tax returns and any taxes payable on the income, assets or operations of the Fund; and (x) extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto). The Sponsor has agreed to cap the management fee and Other Expenses (which term excludes brokerage fees, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses) of the Fund at 1.50% per annum of the daily net assets of the Fund until February 1, 2018.

While the Sponsor has agreed to pay registration fees to the SEC and any other regulatory agency in connection with the offer and sale of the shares offered through the Fund’s prospectus, the legal, printing, accounting and other expenses associated with such registration, and the initial fee of $5,000 for listing the shares on the NYSE Arca, the Fund will be responsible for any registration fees and related expenses incurred in connection with any future offer and sale of shares of the Fund in excess of those offered through its prospectus.

Any general expenses of the Trust will be allocated among the Fund and any other series of the Trust as determined by the Sponsor in its sole and absolute discretion. The Trust is also responsible for extraordinary expenses, including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto. The Trust and/or the Sponsor may be required to indemnify the Trustee, Distributor or Administrator under certain circumstances.

The parties cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these arrangements for future periods as the NAV and trading levels to meet investment objectives for the Fund will not be known until a future date. These agreements are effective for a specific term agreed upon by the parties with an option to renew, or, in some cases, are in effect for the duration of each Fund’s existence. The parties may terminate these agreements earlier for certain reasons listed in the agreements. 

Not applicable to Smaller Reporting Companies.

 ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Statements of Financial Condition

June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2016

* Annualized seven-day yield as of June 30, 2016

(a)    $542,087 of cash is pledged as collateral for futures contracts and written options

Written Option Contracts

June 30, 2016

Short Futures Contracts

June 30, 2016

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Schedule of Investments

June 30, 2015

Written Option Contracts

June 30, 2015

Short Futures Contracts

June 30, 2015

See accompanying notes to financial statements

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Statements of Operations

For the Year ended June 30, 2016 and for the Period

from February 19, 2015* to June 30, 2015

* Commencement of investment operations.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Statements of Changes in Shareholders’ Capital

For the Year ended June 30, 2016 and for the Period from

February 19, 2015* to June 30, 2015

*Commencement of investment operations.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Statements of Cash Flows

For the Year ended June 30, 2016 and for the Period from

February 19, 2015* to June 30, 2015

* Commencement of investment operations.

Certain amounts for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015 have been reclassified to permit comparison between years.

See accompanying notes to financial statements.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(1) Organization

SIT RISING RATE ETF (the “Fund”), a series of the ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (a Delaware statutory trust formed on July 23, 2014), commenced investment operations on February 19, 2015. The Fund offers common units of beneficial interest (the “Shares”) only to certain eligible financial institutions (the “Authorized Participants”) in one or more blocks of 50,000 Shares (a “Creation Basket”). ETF Managers Capital LLC (the “Sponsor”), a Delaware limited liability company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Exchange Traded Managers Group LLC, serves as the managing owner and commodity pool operator of the Fund. The Sponsor seeded the Fund with a capital contribution of $1,000 in exchange for 40 Shares (Founders Shares) at the initial issuance price of $25.00 per share on September 26, 2014. Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC (“Sit”) is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” and acts as such for the Fund. On January 8, 2015, Sit increased the seeding of the Fund with a capital contribution of $5,000,000 at the initial issuance price of $25.00 per share. From September 26, 2014 through February 18, 2015 the Fund had no operating activities and as a result the financial statement disclosures related to the prior period have been omitted.

The Fund commenced investment operations on February 19, 2015. The Fund commenced trading on the NYSE Arca, Inc. (the “NYSE Arca”) on February 19, 2015 and trades under the symbol “RISE”.

Sit is paid a fee equal to 0.50% per annum effective January 27, 2016 for its services as the commodity trading advisor to the Fund, payable by the Fund. Sit is a subsidiary of Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

The Fund’s investment objective is to profit from rising interest rates by tracking the performance of a portfolio (the “Benchmark Portfolio”) consisting of exchange traded futures contracts and options on futures on 2, 5 and 10 year U.S. Treasury securities (“Treasury Instruments”) weighted to achieve a targeted negative 10 year average effective portfolio duration (the “Benchmark Component Instruments”). The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in the Benchmark Component Instruments currently constituting the Benchmark Portfolio. The Benchmark Portfolio is maintained by Sit and will be rebalanced, reconstituted, or both, monthly (typically on the 15^th of each month and on the next business day if the 15^th is a holiday, weekend, or other day on which the national exchanges are closed) to maintain a negative 10 year average effective duration. The Benchmark Portfolio and the Fund will each maintain a short position in Treasury Instruments. The Fund does not use futures contracts or options to obtain leveraged investment results. The Fund will not invest in swaps or other over the counter derivative instruments.

The weighting of the Treasury Instruments constituting the Benchmark Component Instruments will be based on each maturity’s duration contribution. The expected range for the duration weighted percentage of the 2 year and 5 year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 30% to 70%. The expected range for the duration weighted percentage of the 10 year maturity Treasury Instruments will be from 5% to 25%. The relative weightings of the Benchmark Component Instruments will be shifted between maturities when there are material changes in the shape of the yield curve, for example, if the Federal Reserve began raising short term interest rates more than long term interest rates. In such an instance, Sit, which maintains the Benchmark Portfolio, will elect to increase the weightings of the 2 year and reduce the weighting in the 10 year maturity. Conversely, Sit will do the opposite if the Federal Reserve began raising long term interest rates more than short term interest rates. Reconstitution and rebalancing each will occur monthly, on the 15th, except for as noted above or if there are radical changes in the yield curve such that effective duration is outside of a range from negative nine to negative 11-year average effective duration, in which case Sit will adjust the maturities of the Treasury Instruments before the next expected monthly reconstitution.

The Sponsor anticipates that approximately 5% to 15% of the Fund’s assets will be used as payment for or collateral for Treasury Instruments. In order to collateralize its Treasury Instrument positions the Fund will hold such assets, from which it will post margin to its futures commission merchant (“FCM”), SG Americas Securities, LLC., in an amount equal to the margin required by the relevant exchange, and transfer to its FCM any additional amounts that may be separately required by the FCM. When establishing positions in Treasury Instruments, the Fund will be required to deposit initial margin with a value of approximately 3% to 10% of the value of each Treasury Instrument position at the time it is established. These margin requirements are subject to change from time to time by the exchange or the FCM. On a daily basis, the Fund will be obligated to pay, or entitled to receive, variation margin in an amount equal to the change in the daily settlement level of its Treasury Instruments positions. Any assets not required to be posted as margin with the FCM will be held at the Fund’s administrator in cash or cash equivalents as discussed below.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

The Benchmark Portfolio will be invested in Benchmark Component Instruments and rebalanced, as noted above to maintain a negative average effective portfolio duration of approximately 10 years. Duration is a measure of estimated price sensitivity relative to changes in interest rates. Portfolios with longer durations are typically more sensitive to changes in interest rates. For example, if interest rates rise by 1%, the market value of a security with an effective duration of 5 years would decrease by 5%, with all other factors being constant, and likewise the market value of a security with an effective duration of negative 5 years would increase by 5%, with all other factors being constant. The correlation between duration and price sensitivity is greater for securities rated investment-grade than it is for securities rated below investment-grade.

Duration estimates are based on assumptions by Sit and are subject to a number of limitations. Effective duration is calculated based on historical price changes of U.S. Treasuries and Treasury Instruments held by the Benchmark Portfolio, and therefore is a more accurate estimate of price sensitivity provided interest rates remain within their historical range. Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise. The risk is usually greater for longer-term debt securities.

The Fund will incur certain expenses in connection with its operations. The Fund will hold cash or cash equivalents such as U.S. Treasuries or other high credit quality, short-term fixed-income or similar securities for direct investment or as collateral for the Treasury Instruments and for other liquidity purposes and to meet redemptions that may be necessary on an ongoing basis. These expenses and income from the cash and cash equivalent holdings may cause imperfect correlation between changes in the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and changes in the Benchmark Portfolio, because the Benchmark Portfolio does not reflect expenses or income.

The Fund seeks to trade its positions prior to maturity; accordingly, natural market forces may cost the Fund while rebalancing. Each time the Fund seeks to reconstitute its positions, barring movement in the underlying securities, the futures and option prices may be higher or lower. Such differences in price, barring a movement in the price of the underlying security, will constitute “roll yield” and may inhibit the Fund’s ability to achieve its investment objective.

Several factors determine the total return from investing in a futures contract position. One factor that impacts the total return that will result from investing in near month futures contracts and “rolling” those contracts forward each month is the price relationship between the current near month contract and the next month contract.

When the Fund purchases an option that expires “out of the money,” the Fund will realize a loss. The Fund may not be able to invest its assets in futures and options contracts having an aggregate notional amount exactly equal to that which is required to achieve a negative 10 year average effective duration. For example, as standardized contracts, U.S. Treasury futures contracts are denominated in specific dollar amounts, and the Fund’s NAV and the proceeds from the sale of a Creation Basket are unlikely to be an exact multiple of the amounts of those contracts. As a result, in such circumstances, the Fund may be better able to achieve the exact amount of exposure desired through the use of other investments.

The Sponsor will close existing positions when it determines it would be appropriate to do so and reinvest the proceeds in other positions. Positions may also be closed out to meet orders for Redemption Baskets.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(2) Summary of Significant Accounting Policies

(a) Basis of Accounting

The accompanying financial statements of the Fund have been prepared in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles. 

(b) Use of Estimates

The preparation of the financial statements in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and accompanying notes. Actual results could differ from those estimates. There were no significant estimates used in the preparation of the financial statements. 

(c) Cash

Cash, when shown in the Statements of Financial Condition, represents non-segregated cash with the custodian and does not include short term investments.

(d) Cash Held by Broker

Sit is registered as a “commodity trading advisor” and acts as such for the Fund. Sit is a subsidiary of Sit Investment Associates, Inc. The Fund’s arrangement with SG Americas Securities, LLC, the Fund’s FCM, requires the Fund to meet its variation margin requirement related to the price movements, both positive and negative, on futures contracts held by the Fund by keeping cash on deposit with the Commodity Broker. These amounts are shown as Segregated cash held by broker in the Statements of Financial Condition. The Fund deposits cash and United States Treasury Obligations with the FCM subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. The combination of the Fund’s deposits with its FCM of cash and United States Treasury Obligations and the unrealized gain or loss on open futures contracts (variation margin) represents the Fund’s overall equity in its brokerage trading account. The Fund uses its cash held by the FCM to satisfy variation margin requirements. The Fund earns interest on its cash deposited with the FCM and is recorded on the accrual basis.

(e) Final Net Asset Value for Fiscal Period

The calculation time of the Fund’s final net asset value for creation and redemption of Fund shares for the year ended June 30, 2016 was at 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time.

Although the Fund’s shares may continue to trade on secondary markets subsequent to the calculation of the final NAV, the 4:00 p.m. Eastern Time represented the final opportunity to transact in creation or redemption baskets for the year ended June 30, 2016.

Fair value per share is determined at the close of the NYSE Arca.

For financial reporting purposes, the Fund values its investments positions based upon the final closing price in their primary markets. Accordingly, the investment valuations in these financial statements differ from those used in the calculation of the Fund’s final creation/redemption NAV at June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(f) Investment Valuation

Short-term investments, excluding U.S. Treasury Bills, are carried at amortized cost, which approximates fair value. U.S. Treasury Bills are valued as determined by an independent pricing service based on methods which include consideration of: yields or prices of securities of comparable quality, coupon, maturity and type; indications as to values from dealers; and general market conditions.

Futures contracts are valued at the last settled price on the applicable exchange on which that futures contract trades.

(g) Financial Instruments and Fair Value

The Fund discloses the fair value of its investments in accordance with the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) fair value measurement and disclosure guidance which requires a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value. The disclosure requirements establish a fair value hierarchy that distinguishes between: (1) market participant assumptions developed based on market data obtained from sources independent to the Fund (observable inputs); and (2) the Fund’s own assumptions about market participant assumptions developed based on the best information available under the circumstances (unobservable inputs). The three levels defined by the disclosure requirements hierarchy are as follows:

Level I: Quoted prices (unadjusted) in active markets for identical assets and liabilities that the reporting entity has the ability to access at the measurement date.

Level II: Inputs other than quoted prices included within Level I that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly. Level II inputs include the following: quoted prices for similar assets or liabilities in active markets, quoted prices for identical or similar assets or liabilities in markets that are not active, inputs other than quoted prices that are observable for the asset or liability, and inputs that are derived principally from or corroborated by observable market data by correlation or other means (market-corroborated inputs).

Level III: Unobservable pricing input at the measurement date for the asset or liability. Unobservable inputs shall be used to measure fair value to the extent that observable inputs are not available.

In some instances, the inputs used to measure fair value might fall in different levels of the fair value hierarchy. The level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest input level that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety.

Fair value measurements also require additional disclosure when the volume and level of activity for the asset or liability have significantly decreased, as well as when circumstances indicate that a transaction is not orderly.

The following table summarizes the valuation of investments at June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015 using the fair value hierarchy:

a – Included in Investments in short-term investments in the Statements of Financial Condition.

b – Included in Options Written, at fair value in the Statements of Financial Condition.

c – Included in Payable on open futures contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition.

a – Included in Investments in short-term investments in the Statements of Financial Condition.

b – Included in Options Written, at fair value in the Statements of Financial Condition.

c – Included in Receivable and Payable on open futures contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition.

Transfers between levels are recognized at the end of the reporting period. During the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund recognized no transfers from Level 1, Level 2 or Level 3.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

The inputs or methodology used for valuing investments are not necessarily an indication of the risk associated with investing in those securities.

(h) Investment Transactions and Related Income

Investment transactions are recorded on the trade date. All such transactions are recorded on the identified cost basis, and marked to market daily. Unrealized gain/loss on open futures contracts is reflected in Receivable/Payable on open futures contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition and the change in the unrealized gain/loss between periods is reflected in the Statements of Operations. Discounts on short-term securities purchased are accreted daily and reflected as Interest Income, when applicable, in the Statements of Operations.

(i) Federal Income Taxes

The Fund is registered as a Delaware statutory trust and is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. Accordingly, the Fund does not expect to incur U.S. federal income tax liability; rather, each beneficial owner is required to take into account their allocable share of the Fund’s income, gain, loss, deductions and other items for the Fund’s taxable year ending with or within the beneficial owner’s taxable year.

Management of the Fund has reviewed the open tax years and major jurisdictions and concluded that there is no tax liability resulting from unrecognized tax benefits relating to uncertain income tax positions taken or expected to be taken in future tax returns. The Fund is also not aware of any tax positions for which it is reasonably possible that the total amounts of unrecognized tax benefits will significantly change in the next twelve months. On an ongoing basis, management will monitor its tax positions taken to determine if adjustments to its conclusions are necessary based on factors including, but not limited to, further implementation of guidance expected from the Financial Accounting Standards Board and on-going analysis of tax law, regulation, and interpretations thereof.

(3) Investments

(a) Short-Term Investments

The Fund may purchase U.S. Treasury Bills, agency securities, and other high-credit quality short-term fixed income or similar securities with original maturities of one year or less. A portion of these investments may be used as margin for the Fund’s trading in futures contracts.

(b) Accounting for Derivative Instruments

In seeking to achieve the Fund’s investment objective, Sit uses a mathematical approach to investing. Using this approach, Sit determines the type, quantity and mix of investment positions that Sit believes in combination should produce returns consistent with the Fund’s objective.

All open derivative positions at June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015 for the Fund are disclosed in the Schedules of Investments and the notional value of these open positions relative to the shareholders’ capital of the Fund is generally representative of the notional value of open positions to shareholder’s capital throughout the reporting periods for the Fund. The volume associated with derivative positions varies on a daily basis as the Fund transacts in derivative contracts in order to achieve the appropriate exposure, as expressed in notional value, in comparison to shareholders’ capital consistent with the Fund’s investment objective.

Following is a description of the derivative instruments used by the Fund during the reporting periods, including the primary underlying risk exposures.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(c) Futures Contracts

The Fund enters into futures contracts to gain exposure to changes in the value of the Benchmark Portfolio. A futures contract obligates the seller to deliver (and the purchaser to accept) the future cash settlement of a specified quantity and type of a treasury futures contract at a specified time and place. The contractual obligations of a buyer or seller of a treasury futures contract may generally be satisfied by making an offsetting sale or purchase of an identical futures contract on the same or linked exchange before the designated date of delivery.

Upon entering into a futures contract, the Fund is required to deposit and maintain as collateral at least such initial margin as required by the exchange on which the transaction is affected. The initial margin is segregated as Cash held by broker, as disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition, and is restricted as to its use. Pursuant to the futures contract, the Fund agrees to receive from or pay to the broker an amount of cash equal to the daily fluctuation in value of the futures contract. Such receipts or payments are known as variation margin and are recorded by the Fund as unrealized gains or losses. The Fund will realize a gain or loss upon closing a futures transaction.

Futures contracts involve, to varying degrees, elements of market risk (specifically treasury price risk) and exposure to loss in excess of the amount of variation margin. The face or contract amounts reflect the extent of the total exposure the Fund has in the particular classes of instruments. Additional risks associated with the use of futures contracts include imperfect correlation between movements in the price of the futures contracts and the market value of the underlying securities and the possibility of an illiquid market for a futures contract. With futures contracts, there is minimal counterparty risk to the Fund since futures contracts are exchange-traded and the exchange’s clearinghouse, as counterparty to all exchange-traded futures contracts, guarantees the futures contracts against default. 

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2016

Fair Value of Derivative Instruments, as of June 30, 2015

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the Year Ended June 30, 2016

The futures and options contracts open at June 30, 2016 are indicative of the activity for the year ended June 30, 2016.

The Effect of Derivative Instruments on the Statements of Operations

For the Period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015

The futures and options contracts open at June 30, 2015 are indicative of the activity for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015.

(4) Agreements

(a) Management Fee

The Fund pays the Sponsor an annual management fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount calculated as the greater of 0.15% of its average daily net assets, or $75,000 effective February 20, 2016 (($56,250 prior to February 20, 2016) the “Sponsor Fee”). The Sponsor Fee is paid in consideration of the Sponsor’s advisory services to the Fund. Additionally, Sit receives an annual fee, monthly in arrears, for its services equal to 0.50% effective January 27, 2016 (0.35% prior to January 27, 2016) of the Fund’s average daily net assets. As of February 19, 2015, Sit has agreed to waive its license and service fee (“CTA fee”) and the Sponsor has voluntarily agreed to correspondingly assume the remaining expenses of the Fund so that Fund expenses do not exceed an annual rate of 1.50%, excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense, of the value of the Fund’s average daily net assets (the “Expense Cap”). The assumption of expenses and waiver of the CTA fee are contractual on the part of the Sponsor and Sit, respectively, through February 1, 2017.

The waiver of the CTA fees, pursuant to the undertaking, amounted to $58,846 and $7,515 for the year ended June 30, 2016 and for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively. The Fund currently accrues its daily expenses up to the Expense Cap. At the end of each month, the accrued amount is remitted to the Sponsor as the Sponsor has assumed, and is responsible for the payment of, the routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund which aggregated $258,585 and $185,816 for the year ended June 30, 2016 and for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(b) The Administrator, Custodian, Fund Accountant and Transfer Agent

The Fund has appointed U.S. Bank, a national banking association, with its principal office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, as the custodian (the “Custodian”). Its affiliate, U.S. Bancorp Fund Services, is the Fund accountant (“the Fund accountant”), the Fund transfer agent (the “Transfer Agent”) for Fund shares and administrator for the Fund (the “Administrator”). It performs certain administrative and accounting services for the Fund and prepares certain SEC, NFA and CFTC reports on behalf of the Fund. (U.S. Bank and U.S. Bancorp Fund Services are referred to collectively hereinafter as “U.S. Bank”).

Effective February 19, 2016, the Fund has agreed to pay U.S. Bank 0.05% of assets under management (“AUM”), with a $50,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with an annual minimum of $4,800 for custody services. For the first year of services, the Fund paid U.S. Bank 0.05% of assets under management (“AUM”), with a $45,000 minimum annual fee payable for its administrative, accounting and transfer agent services and 0.01% of AUM, with an annual minimum of $4,800 for custody services. The Fund paid U.S. Bank $49,800 and $18,010 for the year ended June 30, 2016, and for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively.

(c) The Distributor

Effective December 1, 2015, ALPS Distributors, Inc. (the “Distributor”) provides statutory and wholesaling distribution services to the Fund. The Fund pays an annual fee for such distribution services and related administrative services equal to 0.02% of the Fund’s average daily net assets, with a minimum of $15,000 payable annually. This fee has two components, with a portion of the fee paid to ALPS Distributors, Inc. for the statutory distribution services and a portion paid to the Sponsor for the related administrative services. Pursuant to the Marketing Agent Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and the Distributor, the Distributor assists the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. The Distributor also assists with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

Esposito Securities LLC (“Esposito”) provided statutory and wholesaling distribution services to the Fund through November 30, 2015. The Fund paid Esposito an annual fee for such distribution services, equal to 0.02% of Fund average daily net assets, with a minimum of $15,000 payable annually. Pursuant to the Distribution Services Agreement between the Sponsor, the Fund and Esposito, the former distributor assisted the Sponsor and the Fund with certain functions and duties relating to distribution and marketing services to the Fund, including reviewing and approving marketing materials and certain regulatory compliance matters. Esposito also assisted with the processing of creation and redemption orders.

The Fund incurred $17,117 and $5,425 in distribution and related administrative services for the year ended June 30, 2016, and for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively, which is included in the Statements of Operations.

(d) The Commodity Broker

SG Americas Securities, LLC (the “Commodity Broker”), a Delaware limited liability company, serves as the Fund’s clearing broker. In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker executes and clears the Fund’s futures transactions and performs certain administrative services for the Fund.

The Fund pays respective brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, National Futures Association (“NFA”) fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with trading activities in CFTC regulated investments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are recognized on a half-turn basis.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

The Sponsor does not expect brokerage commissions and fees to exceed 0.126% of the net asset value of the Fund for execution and clearing services on behalf of the Fund, although the actual amount of brokerage commissions and fees in any year or any part of any year may be greater. The effects of trading spreads, financing costs associated with financial instruments, and costs relating to the purchase of U.S. Treasury Securities or similar high credit quality short-term fixed-income or similar securities are not included in the foregoing analysis. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund incurred $27,382 and $4,171, respectively, in Brokerage Commissions and fees as disclosed in the Statements of Operations.

(e) The Trustee

Under the Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), Wilmington Trust Company, the Trustee of the Fund (the “Trustee”) serves as the sole trustee of the Fund in the State of Delaware. The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Fund in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. Under the Trust Agreement, the Sponsor has the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Fund. The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Fund, the Sponsor or the Shareholders of the Fund. The Trustee has no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Sponsor, nor does the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Sponsor. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund incurred $5,000 and $1,044, respectively, in trustee fees which is included in Other Expenses in the Statements of Operations.

(f) Routine Offering, Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

The Sponsor, in accordance with the Fund’s Expense Cap limitation pays all of the routine offering, operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses of the Fund in excess of 1.50% (excluding brokerage commissions and interest expense) of the Fund’s average daily net assets, including, but not limited to, accounting and computer services, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, Administrator, Custodian, Transfer Agent and Distributor, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax return preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund incurred $546,307 and $229,751 routine offering, operational, administrative or other ordinary expenses.

The CTA fee waiver by Sit and the assumption of Fund expenses above the Expense Cap by the Sponsor, pursuant to the undertaking (as discussed in Note 4a), amounted to $58,846 and $258,585, respectively, for the year ended June 30, 2016 and $7,515 and $185,816, respectively, for the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015.

(g) Organizational and Offering Costs

Expenses incurred in connection with organizing the Fund and up to the offering of its Shares upon commencement of its investment operations on February 19, 2015, were paid by the Sponsor and Sit without reimbursement.

Accordingly, all such expenses are not reflected in the Statements of Operations. The Fund will bear the costs of its continuous offering of Shares and ongoing offering expenses. Such ongoing offering costs will be included as a portion of the Routine Offering, Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses. These costs will include registration fees for regulatory agencies and all legal, accounting, printing and other expenses associated therewith. These costs will be accounted for as a deferred charge and thereafter amortized to expense over twelve months on a straight-line basis or a shorter period if warranted.

For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund did not incur such expenses.

(h) Extraordinary Fees and Expenses

The Fund will pay all extraordinary fees and expenses, if any. Extraordinary fees and expenses are fees and expenses which are nonrecurring and unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses. Such extraordinary fees and expenses, by their nature, are unpredictable in terms of timing and amount. For the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, the Fund did not incur such expenses.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(5) Creations and Redemptions

The Fund issues and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more Creation Baskets. A Creation Basket is a block of 50,000 Shares of the Fund. Baskets may be created or redeemed only by Authorized Participants.

Except when aggregated in Creation Baskets, the Shares are not redeemable securities. Retail investors, therefore, generally will not be able to purchase or redeem Shares directly from or with the Fund. Rather, most retail investors will purchase or sell Shares in the secondary market with the assistance of a broker. Thus, some of the information contained in these Notes to Financial Statements – such as references to the Transaction Fee imposed on creations and redemptions – is not relevant to retail investors.

(a) Transaction Fees on Creation and Redemption Transactions

In connection with orders to create and redeem one or more Creation Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay a transaction fee, or AP Transaction Fee, of $500 per order, which goes directly to the Custodian. The AP Transaction Fees are paid by the Authorized Participants and not by the Fund.

(b) Share Transactions 

(6) Risk

(a) Investment Related Risk

The NAV of the Fund’s shares relates directly to the value of the U.S. treasuries, cash and cash equivalents held by the Fund and the portfolio’s negative effective duration established and maintained through the Fund’s investment in Treasury Instruments. Fluctuations in the prices of these assets could materially adversely affect the value and performance of an investment in the Fund’s shares. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results; all or substantially all of an investment in the Fund could be lost. 

Investments in debt securities typically decrease in value when interest rates rise, however, the Fund attempts to maintain a portfolio with a negative effective duration and therefore anticipates that an increase in interest rates may increase the Fund’s value, and a decrease in rates may lower the Fund’s value. The NAV of the Fund’s shares relates directly to the value of U.S. Treasuries and Treasury Instruments held by the Fund which are materially impacted by interest rate movements. The magnitude of the impact on value from a change in interest rates is often greater for longer-term fixed income than shorter-term securities. Interest rates have been near historic lows since the market events of 2008 and may remain low.

Interest rate movements are heavily influenced by the action of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and other central banks. Their actions are based on judgments and policies which involve numerous political and economic factors which are unpredictable. Recent interest rate and monetary policies have been unprecedented and may continue to be so.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

The Fund attempts to track a portfolio benchmark. The performance of the Fund may not closely track the performance of the benchmark portfolio for a variety of reasons. For example, the Fund incurs operating expenses and portfolio transaction costs not incurred by the benchmark. The Fund is also required to manage cash flows and may experience operational inefficiencies the benchmark does not. In addition, the Fund may not be fully invested in the contents of its benchmark at all times or may hold securities not included in its benchmark.

The Fund invests in Treasury Instruments and U.S. treasuries with exposure to different maturity dates. Generally, the Fund’s exposure to securities with maturities of 2 and 5 years will be greater than its exposure to securities with maturities of 10 years. Interest rates do not change uniformly for U.S. Treasuries of different maturities and therefore if interest rates rise, the investment performance of the Fund will be impacted by the Fund’s current maturity exposure which may be different from the expectations of the Sponsor and investors in the Fund. At any time, the Fund’s maturity exposure may not be optimal with respect to a movement in interest rates which would negatively impact performance.

(b) Liquidity Risk

In certain circumstances, such as the disruption of the orderly markets for the futures contracts or Financial Instruments in which the Fund invests, the Fund might not be able to dispose of certain holdings quickly or at prices that represent what the market value may have been in an orderly market. Futures and option positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. The large size of the positions that the Fund may acquire increases the risk of illiquidity both by making its positions more difficult to liquidate and by potentially increasing losses while trying to do so. Such a situation may prevent the Fund from limiting losses, realizing gains or achieving a high correlation with the Benchmark Portfolio.

(7) Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Pursuant to the Trust Agreement, income and expenses are allocated pro rata among the Shareholders monthly based on their respective percentage interests as of the close of the last trading day of the preceding month. Any losses allocated to the Sponsor which are in excess of the Sponsor’s capital balance are allocated to the Shareholders in accordance with their respective interest in the Fund as a percentage of total Shareholders’ capital. Distributions (other than redemption of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Sponsor on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective interests of the Shareholders.

(8) Indemnifications

The Sponsor, either in its own capacity or in its capacity as the Sponsor and on behalf of the Fund, has entered into various service agreements that contain a variety of representations, or provide indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Fund. As of June 30, 2016, the Fund had not received any claims or incurred any losses pursuant to these agreements and expects the risk of such losses to be remote.

(9) Termination

The term of the Fund is perpetual unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances as described in the Prospectus.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(10) Net Asset Value and Financial Highlights

The Fund is presenting the following net asset value and financial highlights related to investment performance for a Share outstanding throughout the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015. The net investment income and total expense ratios are calculated using average net assets. The net asset value presentation is calculated by dividing the Fund’s net assets by the average daily number of Shares outstanding. The net investment income (loss) and expense ratios have been annualized. The total return is based on the change in net asset value and market value of the Shares during the period. An individual investor’s return and ratios may vary based on the timing of their transactions in Fund Shares.

**  Percentages are not annualized. Net Asset Value (NAV) and Market Value returns are calculated from when the Fund began operations and Shares were initially listed and publicly available (February 19, 2015).

*** As of February 19, 2015 Fund expenses have been capped at 1.50% of average daily net assets, plus brokerage commissions and interest expense, as disclosed in Note 4(a).

(a) Represents the closing bid/ask mean as of June 30, 2015.

(11) New Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-07 “Disclosure for Investments in Certain Entities that Calculate Net Asset Value per Share (or Its Equivalent)”. The amendments in ASU No. 2015-07 remove the requirement to categorize within the fair value hierarchy investments measured using the NAV practical expedient. The ASU also removes certain disclosure requirements for investments that qualify, but do not utilize, the NAV practical expedient. The amendments in the ASU are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, and interim periods within those fiscal years. Management is currently evaluating the impact these changes will have on the Funds’ financial statements and related disclosures.

ETF MANAGERS GROUP COMMODITY TRUST I

Notes to Financial Statements – Continued

June 30, 2016 and 2015

(12) Subsequent Events

The Fund evaluated the need for disclosures and/or adjustments resulting from subsequent events through the date the financial statements were issued. This evaluation did not result in any subsequent events that necessitated disclosures and/or adjustments.

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm 

To the Sponsor and Shareholders of

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I

and SIT Rising Rate ETF

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of the ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I and the Sit Rising Rate ETF (collectively referred to as the “Fund”) including the schedules of investments, as of June 30, 2016 and 2015 and the related statements of operations, changes in shareholders’ capital and cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 (commencement of investment operations) through June 30, 2015. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Fund’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Fund is not required to, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting on a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstance, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I and the Sit Rising Rate ETF as of June 30, 2016 and June 30, 2015, and the results of their operations, changes in their shareholders’ capital and their cash flows for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 (commencement of investment operations) through June 30, 2015, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/WithumSmith + Brown, P.C.

New York, NY

September 27, 2016

Not applicable.

Disclosure Controls and Procedures

The Trust and the Fund maintain disclosure controls and procedures that are designed to ensure that material information required to be disclosed in the Trust’s periodic reports filed or submitted under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time period specified in the SEC’s rules and forms.

The duly appointed officers of the Sponsor, including its principal executive officer and principal financial officer, have evaluated the effectiveness of the Trust’s and the Fund’s disclosure controls and procedures and have concluded that the disclosure controls and procedures of the Trust and the Fund have been effective as of the end of the period covered by this annual report on Form 10-K.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

This Report does not include a report of management’s assessment regarding internal control over financial reporting or an attestation report of the Fund’s registered public accounting firm due to a transition period established by rules of the SEC for newly public companies.

Change in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no changes in the Trust’s or the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting during the last fiscal quarter that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, the Trust’s or the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

Not applicable.

Part III

The Sponsor and its Management

Neither the Trust nor the Fund has executive officers. Pursuant to the terms of the Trust Agreement, the Fund’s affairs are managed by the Sponsor. The business and affairs of the Sponsor are managed by its chief executive officer, Samuel Masucci, III.

The following are individual Principals, as that term is defined in CFTC Rule 3.1, for the Sponsor: Samuel R. Masucci, III, Bernard Karol, John A. Flanagan, and Reshma J. Amin. These individuals are principals due to their positions; however, Mr. Masucci is also a principal due to his controlling stake in Exchange Traded Managers Group, LLC (“ETFMG”).

Samuel R. Masucci, III. Mr. Masucci is the founder of ETFMG and has been its Managing Owner since November 2013. Mr. Masucci was listed as a principal, as that term is defined in CFTC Rule 3.1, of the Sponsor on September 23, 2014. Mr. Masucci serves as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of ETFMG with responsibilities for managing all ETF listed products and related service activities. Since June of 2012, Mr. Masucci has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Factor Advisors, LLC, a financial services company, and as the Chairman since March 2013; in this position Mr. Masucci was listed as a principal of Factor Capital Management LLC on June 20, 2012 and deregistered as a principal on September 23, 2014. Mr. Masucci has also served as the Chief Executive Officer of GENCAP Ventures, LLC, a financial services company, since May 2012 and is responsible for managing all ETF issues and related service activities. Mr. Masucci was out of the job market from January to May 2012. Mr. Masucci worked as Chief Executive Officer for MacroMarkets LLC, a financial services company, from April 2005 to December 2011, with responsibility for running the day to day operations of an issuer of public securities and a registered broker-dealer. From April 2005 to December 2011, Mr. Masucci also worked as the Chief Executive Officer, managing partner and Chief Compliance Officer of Macro Financial LLC, which as its main business was a registered broker-dealer. From July 2001 to April 2005, Mr. Masucci worked as an owner and manager of The Cobblestone Group. The main business of The Cobblestone Group was fixed income consulting to the investment banking and commercial banking industries. From March 1999 to June 2001, Mr. Masucci worked in mortgage trading as a Managing Director for Bear Stearns Inc., a financial institution. Mr. Masucci was out of the job market from December 1998 to February 1999. From June 1996 to November 1998, Mr. Masucci worked at SBC Warburg/UBS, a financial institution, as an Executive Director managing an asset backed securities group. From January 1992 to June 1996, Mr. Masucci worked in structured products (specifically, structuring mortgage derivatives and hedge funds), at Merrill Lynch, a financial institution, as a Vice President. From January 1990 to January 1992, Mr. Masucci worked as a financial consultant for Merrill Lynch, a financial institution, in the private client group in connection with retail investors. From November 1987 to January 1990, Mr. Masucci worked at MetLife Insurance Company, an insurance company, as a retail salesperson qualified to sell financial and insurance products to retail clients. From August 1984 to October 1987, Mr. Masucci worked as a manager of jobsites for Forestdale Inc., which is a residential property developer. Mr. Masucci received his B.S. from Penn State University in Finance in July 1984.

Bernard Karol. Bernard Karol has been president of ETF Managers Group since November 1, 2015. From 2001 to 2015, he was the principal of The Fiduciary Group, Inc., a consulting firm for asset managers. Prior to that he was a partner in the New York law firm of Carter, Ledyard & Milburn where he practiced corporate and investment management law.  He is a member of the New York Bar and a graduate of the Notre Dame Law School.

John A. Flanagan. Mr. Flanagan serves as the Principal Financial Officer of the Sponsor and the Trust. Mr. Flanagan was listed as a principal, as that term is defined in CFTC Rule 3.1, of the Sponsor on January 8, 2015. Since June 2014, Mr. Flanagan has served as an Independent Trustee of Absolute Shares Trust, a multi-series exchange traded fund. Mr. Flanagan has been the President and sole owner of John A Flanagan CPA, LLC since December 2010. Mr. Flanagan was Chief Financial Officer of MacroMarkets LLC, an exchange traded fund issuer, from January 2007 to December 2010.

Reshma J. Amin. Ms. Amin serves as the Chief Compliance Officer of the Sponsor and the Trust. Ms. Amin was listed as a principal of the Sponsor on July 27, 2016. Prior to joining the Sponsor, from October 2007 to July 2016, Ms. Amin was a Partner at the law firm of Crow & Cushing where she counseled clients in the financial services and money management industry focusing on SEC, CFTC, NFA and FINRA regulatory compliance. From September 2006 to September 2007, Ms. Amin clerked for the Honorable Philip L. Paley, Superior Court of New Jersey, Law Division. Ms. Amin received her B.S. in Economics from The George Washington University in May 2000 and a J.D. from Case Western Reserve University School of Law in May 2006.

Commodity Trading Advisor

The Sponsor has also entered into a Licensing and Services Agreement with Sit. Under this agreement, Sit has agreed to compose and maintain the Benchmark Portfolio and license to the Sponsor the use of the Benchmark Portfolio.

The following are individual Principals, as that term is defined in CFTC Rule 3.1, for Sit Fixed Income Advisors II, LLC: Roger J. Sit, Michael C. Brilley, Paul J. Jungquist, Paul E. Rasmussen, Carla J. Rose, Mark H. Book, Bryce A. Doty, and Chris M. Rasmussen. These individuals are principals due to their positions. The following individuals serve as investment professionals and senior management in regards to the Fund:

Roger J. Sit. Roger Sit is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer. Mr. Sit was listed as a principal of Sit on November 4, 2014. Mr. Sit joined the organization in January 1998. Mr. Sit directs the overall investment management activities for Sit Investment Associates, Inc.

Michael C. Brilley. Michael Brilley is the President and Chief Fixed Income Officer. Mr. Brilley joined Sit Investment Associates, Inc. in April 1984. Mr. Brilley was listed as a principal of Sit on October 29, 2014 and was listed as an associated person on February 10, 2015.

Bryce A. Doty. Bryce Doty is a Senior Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager. Mr. Doty joined Sit Investment Associates, Inc. in November 1995. Mr. Doty was listed as a principal of Sit on October 29, 2014 and was listed as an associated person on November 21, 2014. He has been responsible for the taxable bond portfolio management group since joining Sit.

Mark H. Book, CFA, CMA. Mark Book is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Book joined Sit Investment Associates, Inc. in August 2000 as a Portfolio Manager and Fixed Income Analyst. Mr. Book was listed as a principal of Sit on October 31, 2014 and was listed as an associated person on February 9, 2015. He is responsible for taxable bond portfolio management and credit research.

Christopher M. Rasmussen, CFA. Chris Rasmussen is a Vice President and Portfolio Manager. Mr. Rasmussen joined Sit Investment Associates, Inc. in February 1999. Mr. Rasmussen was listed as a principal of Sit on October 29, 2014 and listed as an associated person on November 21, 2014. He is responsible for taxable bond portfolio management and credit research. Mr. Rasmussen has worked in the Sit mutual fund group as well as the client administration area, and moved to fixed income in August 2002. 

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act requires, among other things, persons who own more than ten percent of a registered class of the Trust’s equity securities, to file reports of ownership and changes of ownership on Forms 3, 4, and 5 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). Greater-than-ten-percent shareowners are required by regulations promulgated by the SEC to furnish the Trust with copies of all Forms 3, 4, and 5 they file.

Based solely upon a review of Forms 3 and 4 and amendments thereto filed with the SEC and furnished to the Trust with respect to the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016, and upon a review of Forms 5 and amendments thereto furnished to the Trust with respect to such fiscal year, or upon written representations received by the Trust from certain reporting persons that no Forms 5 were required for those persons, the Trust believes that no greater-than-ten-percent shareholders failed to file on a timely basis the reports required by Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act during, or with respect to, the fiscal year ended June 30, 2016.

Code of Ethics

The Sponsor has adopted a Code of Business Conduct and Ethics.

The Fund has no employees, officers or directors and is managed by the Sponsor. None of the directors or officers of the Sponsor receive compensation from the Fund. The Sponsor receives a management fee, monthly in arrears, in an amount equal to the greater of 0.15% per annum on the daily net asset value of the Fund or $75,000 effective February 20, 2016. The Sponsor has contractually agreed to reimburse the Fund for its expenses (excluding brokerage fees, interest expense, and extraordinary expenses) to cap the Fund’s total annual expenses at 1.50%, excluding brokerage commission, per annum through February 1, 2018. The management fees paid to the Sponsor amounted to $63,011 and $20,342 for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015, respectively.

The Sponsor also provides Tax, Principal Financial Officer, Chief Compliance Officer, Regulatory Reporting and Wholesale Support services to the Fund. The fees for each service provided to the Fund for the year ended June 30, 2016, all of which had been paid at June 30, 2016, were as follows:

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners. The following table sets forth shares as of June 30, 2016, information with respect to each person known to own beneficially more than 5% of the outstanding shares of any series in the Trust:

Security Ownership of Management.

None of the directors or executive officers of the Sponsor owns any shares of the Fund.

Change in Control.

The Sponsor does not know of any arrangements which may subsequently result in a change in the control of the Trust.

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions

See Items 11 and 12.

Neither the Trust nor the Fund entered into any transaction in excess of $120,000 in which any related person had a direct or indirect material interest and the Trust and the Fund do not propose to enter into any such transaction.

Director Independence

As an unincorporated entity, the registrant does not have a Board of Directors. 

The fees for services accrued and/or billed to the Fund by its independent auditors for the year ended June 30, 2016 and the period from February 19, 2015 to June 30, 2015 were as follows:

Approval of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm Services and Fees

The Sponsor approved all of the services provided by WithumSmith+Brown, PC to the Fund described above. The Sponsor pre-approves all audit and allowed non-audit services of the Fund’s independent registered public accounting firm, including all engagement fees and terms.

Part IV

Exhibit Index

Listed below are the exhibits which are filed or furnished as part of this annual report on Form 10-K (according to the number assigned to them in Item 601 of Regulation S-K):

(1) Filed Herewith.

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, thereunto duly authorized.

ETF Managers Group Commodity Trust I (Registrant)

Date: September 28, 2016