WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund - Annual Report: 2016 (Form 10-K)

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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-K

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

For the transition period from                      to                     

Commission file numbers: 001-33908, 001-33909

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund

(Exact name of Co-registrant as specified in its charter)

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  ☐    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  ☐    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 and Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding twelve 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.    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K 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 has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files).    Yes  ☒    No  ☐

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

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

As of June 30, 2016, the aggregate market value of the shares held by non-affiliates was approximately $227,106,000.

As of February 27, 2017, there were 10,750,000 limited units and 50 general units outstanding.

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE:

None.

THE FINANCIAL STATEMENT SCHEDULES CONTAINED IN PART IV OF THIS FORM 10-K CONSTITUTE THE ANNUAL REPORT WITH RESPECT TO THE REGISTRANT AND CO-REGISTRANT FOR PURPOSES OF THE U.S. COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION RULE 4.22(C) OF THE COMMODITY EXCHANGE ACT (THE “ANNUAL REPORT”).

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WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund

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PART I

Item 1. Business.

WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund (the “Fund”) and WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund (the “Master Fund” and together with the Fund, the “Funds”) are commodity pools that were organized as Delaware statutory trusts on October 27, 2006. For each of the Funds, WisdomTree Commodity Services, LLC serves as the commodity pool operator and managing owner (the “Managing Owner”), and GreenHaven Advisors LLC serves as the commodity trading advisor (the “Sub-Adviser”).

The Fund’s common units of beneficial interest, which represent units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in and ownership of the Fund, are listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “GCC.” Upon inception of the Fund, 50 General Units of the Fund (“General Shares”) were issued to the Managing Owner in exchange for a capital contribution of $1,500. The term “Shares” as used herein, means Limited Units of the Fund. The term “Total Shares” as used herein, means General Shares and Shares, collectively.

The Funds’ investment strategy is to provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in an equal-weight portfolio of commodity futures by tracking the performance of the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index over time, less the Funds’ expenses.

The Fund invests substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund in a master-feeder structure. The Master Fund is wholly-owned by the Fund and the Managing Owner. The Master Fund and the Fund each follow the same investment objective. The Fund holds no investment assets other than the Master Fund’s common units of beneficial interest (“Master Fund Units”). Upon inception of the Master Fund, 50 General Units of the Master Fund were issued to the Managing Owner in exchange for a capital contribution of $1,500. Each Share issued by the Fund correlates to a Master Fund Unit held by the Fund.

Effective January 1, 2016, in accordance with the terms of a Unit Purchase Agreement dated October 29, 2015, GreenHaven LLC sold 100% of the issued and outstanding membership interest in the Managing Owner to WisdomTree Investments Inc. Following the sale, the name of the Fund was changed from “GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Fund” to “WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund,” the name of the Master Fund was changed from “GreenHaven Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund” to “WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Master Fund,” and the name of the Managing Owner was changed from “GreenHaven Commodity Services LLC” to “WisdomTree Commodity Services, LLC.”

The current principal offices of the Funds and the Managing Owner are located at 245 Park Avenue, 35th Floor, New York, New York 10167, telephone (866) 909-9473. The Managing Owner currently maintains an Internet website at www.wisdomtree.com, through which the Funds’ annual, quarterly and periodic reports filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) pursuant to Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (“Exchange Act”), are made available free of charge. Additional information regarding the Funds may also be found on the SEC’s EDGAR database at www.sec.gov.

Investment Objective

The Funds’ investment objective is to provide investors with exposure to the daily change in the price of a portfolio of commodities (the “Index Commodities”) comprising the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index, sometimes referred to as the Continuous Commodity Total Return Index or Equal Weight Continuous Commodity Total Return Index (the “Index”), before Fund liabilities and expenses. The Index Commodities consist of corn, soybeans, wheat, live cattle, lean hogs, gold, silver, copper, cocoa, coffee, sugar, cotton, soybean oil, platinum, crude oil, NY Harbor ULSD (formerly known as heating oil), and natural gas.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund. The Master Fund pursues its investment objective by actively trading exchange traded futures (“Commodity Futures”) on the Index Commodities, with a view to tracking the performance of the Index over time, regardless of whether the Index is rising, falling or flat over any particular period. The Master Fund’s non-discretionary investment strategy is designed to provide investors with a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in an equal-weight portfolio of commodity futures.

The Master Fund’s portfolio (its “Portfolio”) also includes cash, U.S. Treasury obligations and other high credit-quality, short-term fixed income securities (collectively, “U.S. Treasuries”) for deposit with the Commodity Broker (as defined below) as margin or otherwise held to cover the Master Fund’s notional exposure to Commodity Futures.

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An investment in the Shares is:

There can be no assurance that the Funds will achieve their investment objective or avoid substantial losses. The value of the Shares is expected to fluctuate generally in relation to changes in the value of the Master Fund Units.

The Index

Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC, formerly Thomson Reuters America LLC, is the owner, publisher and custodian of the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index, sometimes referred to as the Continuous Commodity Total Return Index or Equal Weight Continuous Commodity Total Return Index (for purposes of this section, also referred to as the “CCI-TR”).

The CCI-TR is an equal weighted index of 17 commodities. It is a “total return” version of the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index (the “CCI”) because it includes a “roll yield” and adds the yield of 3 month U.S. Treasury bills to the return. Due to its equal weighting, the CCI-TR offers significant exposure to grains, livestock and soft commodities, and a lower energy weighting than many of its peers.

The CCI is an iteration of the original Commodity Research Bureau Index, which is currently known as the Thomson Reuters/CoreCommodity CRB Index (the “CRB Index”). The original CRB Index was widely viewed as a broad measure of overall commodity price trends because of the diverse nature of its constituent commodities. In 2005, the CRB Index was revised for a ninth time, and that ninth version was named the Continuous Commodity Index. On January 7, 2013, the CCI was revised to include CME Soybean oil and remove ICE Frozen Concentrated Orange Juice at an equivalent allocation.

The base year for the CCI-TR is 1982, with a starting value of 100. The base year of the CCI is 1967 with a starting value of 100. The CCI and CCI-TR are materially different from the CRB Index.

Each of the CCI and the CCI-TR reflects the price movement of 17 exchange-traded Commodity Futures: corn, soybeans, wheat, live cattle, lean hogs, gold, silver, copper, cocoa, coffee, sugar, cotton, soybean oil, platinum, crude oil, NY Harbor ULSD (formerly known as heating oil) and natural gas.

The CCI-TR aims to represent the return that an investor should expect to receive if such investor were to attempt to replicate the CCI (by buying the applicable Commodity Futures and collateralizing the investment with U.S. Treasuries). The CCI-TR takes into account the economics of rolling listed commodity futures forward to avoid delivery and maintain exposure in liquid contracts. The CCI-TR is notionally composed of Commodity Futures on the physical Index Commodities. Unlike equities, which typically entitle the holder to a continuing stake in a corporation, commodity futures contracts normally specify a certain date for the delivery of the underlying physical commodity. In order to avoid the delivery process and maintain a long futures position, contracts nearing a delivery date must be sold and contracts that have not yet reached delivery must be purchased. This process is known as “rolling” a futures position. An index, such as the CCI-TR, is commonly known as a “rolling index” because it replaces futures contracts as they approach maturity by notionally selling and purchasing offsetting contracts to avoid delivery and maintain exposure in liquid contracts.

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Index Methodology

The individual commodity contributions are calculated as follows:

where,

stands for the sum across the included contracts for each of the 17 commodities, so

where “s” stands for the price of a given contract month.

For example:

stands for the daily average of settlement prices

The CRBCC defines the actively considered set of futures contracts for each commodity as defined further in the 6 roll schedules listed in the appendix.

Note that for example after a weekend, 3 days of returns are due to be added to the index.

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Contract Roll

The roll periods take place during the week leading up to the second Friday of the same six months (Jan, Feb, Apr, June, Aug, and Nov) every year. The roll implies a change from the pre-roll basket of contracts to the post-roll basket according to the following pattern:

At the close of the 1st roll day (a Monday): 20% post-roll basket + 80% pre-roll basket

Intraday of the 2nd roll day (a Tuesday): 20% post-roll basket + 80% pre-roll basket

At the close of the 2nd roll day: 40% post-roll basket + 60% pre-roll basket

Intraday of the 3rd roll day (a Wednesday): 40% post-roll basket + 60% pre-roll basket

At the close of the 3rd roll day: 60% post-roll basket + 40% pre-roll basket

Intraday of the 4th roll day (a Thursday): 60% post-roll basket + 40% pre-roll basket

At the close of the 4th roll day: 80% post-roll basket + 20% pre-roll basket

Intraday of the 5th roll day (a Friday): 80% post-roll basket + 20% pre-roll basket

At the close of the 5th roll day: 100% post-roll basket

Good Friday can fall on the second Friday in April (e.g., 2017). In this case, the open on the following Monday shows the final 40% of the roll rather than the final 20%. If no trading takes place during the roll for other reasons, reallocation between contracts without a price change is implemented for such days.

Real-Time Pricing Considerations

The Index is calculated: 5:00 a.m. – 6:00 p.m. ET (internal), 8:00 a.m. – 8:22 p.m. ET (NYSE Arca).

The Index settles on a final value at around 3:15 p.m. ET. Index outputs start at 5 a.m. ET carrying the previous day close and then the Index will start fluctuating at 8:00 a.m. ET when the underlying contracts begin trading.

Constituent Contracts

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CCI Total Return Historical Prices (Monthly)

Tabular Performance

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The CCI-TR is an equal weight commodity index. By its very structure an evenly-weighted index will provide broader exposure than one that is not evenly-weighted. To the extent that an index is over-weighted in a particular commodity class, such as energy, that index will reflect the energy sector more than it will the broad commodity universe. The table below indicates the constituent commodities, their index weighting and the sector weighting within the Index.

Interruption of Index Calculation

Calculation of the CCI-TR may not be possible or feasible under certain events or circumstances, including, without limitation, a systems failure, natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar intervening circumstance, that is beyond the reasonable control of Thomson Reuters, the Managing Owner or the Sub-Adviser. Additionally, calculation of the CCI-TR may also be disrupted by an event that would require Thomson Reuters to calculate the closing price in respect of the relevant commodity on an alternative basis.

Investments; Margin

The Master Fund uses proceeds from the offering of Shares to engage in the trading of Commodity Futures on the Index Commodities with a view to tracking the performance of the Index over time, less the Funds’ expenses. The Master Fund’s Portfolio also includes cash and U.S. Treasuries for deposit with the Commodity Broker as margin or otherwise held to cover the Master Fund’s notional exposure to Commodity Futures.

When the Master Fund trades in Commodity Futures on United States exchanges, it is required to deposit a portion of the value of the contract or other interest as security to ensure payment for the underlying obligation. This deposit is known as initial margin. The assets deposited by the Master Fund with its Commodity Broker as margin must be segregated pursuant to the regulations of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”). Such segregated funds may be invested only in a limited range of instruments.

Although the percentages set forth below may vary substantially over time, as of the date of this Annual Report, the Master Fund estimates:

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The Managing Owner is responsible for the cash management activities of the Master Fund, including investing in United States Treasury and United States government agencies issues.

The Master Fund receives 100% of the interest income earned on its interest income assets.

Net Asset Value; Indicative Fund Value

“Net Asset Value” means the total assets of the Master Fund including, but not limited to, all cash and cash equivalents or other debt securities, less total liabilities of the Master Fund, each determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting. In particular, Net Asset Value includes any unrealized profit or loss on open Commodity Futures, and any other credit or debit accruing to the Master Fund but unpaid or not received by the Master Fund. All open Commodity Futures traded on a United States exchange will be calculated at their then current market value, which will be based upon the settlement price for that particular Commodity Future traded on the applicable United States exchange on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value is being determined; provided, that if a Commodity Future traded on a United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated shall be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day.

The current market value of all open Commodity Futures traded on a non-United States exchange shall be based upon the settlement price for that particular commodity futures contract traded on the applicable non-United States exchange on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value is being determined; provided, that if a Commodity Future traded on a non-United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits (if applicable) or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated shall be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day.

The Managing Owner may in its discretion (and under extraordinary circumstances, including, but not limited to, periods during which a settlement price of a Commodity Future is not available due to exchange limit orders or force majeure type events such as systems failure, natural or man-made disaster, act of God, armed conflict, act of terrorism, riot or labor disruption or any similar intervening circumstance) value any asset of the Master Fund pursuant to such other principles as the Managing Owner deems fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards. Notwithstanding the foregoing, such valuations may differ from valuations of others in the industry. Interest earned on the Master Fund’s commodity brokerage account will be accrued at least monthly. The amount of any distribution will be a liability of the Master Fund from the day when the distribution is declared until it is paid. Because there will be a one-to-one correlation between Shares and Master Fund Units, the Net Asset Value per Share and the Net Asset Value per Master Fund Unit will be equal.

The Fund’s Administrator (as defined below) calculates the Net Asset Value once each NYSE Arca trading day. The Net Asset Value for a particular trading day is released after 5:00 p.m. ET and posted at www.wisdomtree.com.

To provide updated information relating to the Fund for use by investors and market professionals, the NYSE Arca calculates and disseminates throughout the trading day an updated “indicative fund value.” The indicative fund value is calculated by using the prior day’s closing Net Asset Value per Master Fund Unit as a base and updating that value throughout the trading day to reflect changes in the value of the Master Fund’s Commodity Futures during the trading day. Changes in the value of U.S. Treasuries will not be included in the calculation of indicative fund value. The indicative fund value will be disseminated on a per Share basis every 15 seconds during regular NYSE Arca trading hours of 9:30 a.m. ET to 4:00 p.m. ET.

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Creation and Redemption of Shares

The Fund creates and redeems Shares from time to time, but only in one or more baskets (“Baskets”) of 50,000 Shares. Authorized Participants are the only persons that may place orders to create and redeem Baskets. Each “Authorized Participant” must (i) be a registered broker-dealer or other securities market participant, such as a bank or other financial institution that is not required to register as a broker-dealer to engage in securities transactions, (ii) be a participant in the Depository Trust Company (“DTC”), and (iii) have entered into a “Participant Agreement.” A list of the current Authorized Participants can be obtained from the Managing Owner. Investors not qualified as Authorized Participants will not be able to place orders to create and redeem Baskets directly from the Fund. However, Authorized Participants may sell the Shares included in the Baskets they purchase from the Fund to other investors.

To compensate the Administrator for services in processing the creation and redemption of Baskets, an Authorized Participant is required to pay a transaction fee of $200 per order. Authorized Participants who purchase Baskets will receive no fees, commissions or other form of compensation or inducement of any kind from the Fund, and no such person has any obligation or responsibility to the Managing Owner or the Fund to affect any sale or resale of Shares.

The Participant Agreement sets forth the procedures for the creation and redemption of Baskets and for the payment of cash required for such creations and redemptions. Under the Participant Agreement, the Managing Owner has agreed to indemnify an Authorized Participant against certain liabilities, including liabilities under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). Authorized Participants are cautioned that some of their activities may result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a manner that would render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act.

The times for creation and redemption order cut-off times and/or settlement set forth below are as of the date of this annual report and may be revised as designated by the Fund or its agents on the order form or related procedures as communicated to Authorized Participants.

Creation Procedures

General. On any business day, an Authorized Participant may place an order with the Fund’s Distributor (as defined below) (as facilitated by the Fund’s Administrator) to create one or more Baskets. For purposes of processing both purchase and redemption orders, a “business day” means any day other than a day when banks in New York City are required or permitted to be closed. Purchase orders must be placed by 10:00 a.m. ET. The day on which a valid purchase order is received is the purchase order date. Purchase orders are irrevocable. By placing a purchase order, and prior to delivery of such Baskets, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account will be charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the purchase order.

Determination of Required Payment. The total payment required to create each Basket is the Net Asset Value of 50,000 Shares as of the closing time of NYSE Arca or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Index Commodities are traded, whichever is later, on the purchase order date. Baskets will be issued as of 12:00 p.m. ET, on the business day immediately following the purchase order date at Net Asset Value per Share as of the closing time of NYSE Arca or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Index Commodities are traded, whichever is later, on the purchase order date during the continuous offering period, but only if the required payment has been timely received.

Because orders to purchase Baskets must be placed by 10:00 a.m. ET, but the total payment required to create a Basket during the continuous offering period will not be determined until 4:00 p.m. ET, 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 Net Asset Value and the total amount of the payment required to create a Basket could rise or fall substantially between the time an irrevocable purchase order is submitted and the time the amount of the purchase price in respect thereof is determined.

Rejection of Purchase Orders. The Administrator may reject a purchase order if:

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The Distributor and the Managing Owner will not be liable for the rejection of any purchase order.

Redemption Procedures

General. 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 (as facilitated by the Administrator) to redeem one or more Baskets. Redemption orders must be placed by 10:00 a.m. ET. The day on which a valid redemption order is received in proper form is the redemption order date. Redemption orders are irrevocable. Individual holders of Shares (“Shareholders”) may not redeem directly from the Fund.

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 not later than 12:00 p.m. ET, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date. By placing a redemption order, and prior to receipt of the redemption proceeds, an Authorized Participant’s DTC account will be charged the non-refundable transaction fee due for the redemption order.

Determination of Required Payment. The redemption proceeds from the Fund consist of the cash redemption amount equal to the Net Asset Value of the number of Basket(s) requested in the Authorized Participant’s redemption order as of the closing time of the NYSE Arca or the last to close of the exchanges on which the Index Commodities are traded, whichever is later, on the redemption order date. The Managing Owner will distribute the cash redemption amount at 12:00 p.m. ET, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date through DTC to the account of the Authorized Participant as recorded on DTC’s book entry system.

Delivery of Redemption Proceeds. The redemption proceeds due from the Fund are delivered to the Authorized Participant at 12:00 p.m. ET, on the business day immediately following the redemption order date if, by such time, the Fund’s DTC account has been credited with the Baskets to be redeemed. If the Fund’s DTC account has not been credited with all of the Baskets to be redeemed by such time, the redemption distribution is delivered to the extent of whole Baskets received. Any remainder of the redemption distribution is delivered on the next business day to the extent of remaining whole Baskets received if the Distributor receives the fee applicable to the extension of the redemption distribution date which the Distributor may, from time-to-time, determine and the remaining Baskets to be redeemed are credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 12:00 p.m. ET, on such next business day. Any further outstanding amount of the redemption order shall be cancelled. The Distributor is also authorized to deliver the redemption distribution notwithstanding that the Baskets to be redeemed are not credited to the Fund’s DTC account by 12:00 p.m. ET, on the business day immediately 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 Distributor and the Managing Owner may from time-to-time agree upon.

Suspension or Rejection of Redemption Orders. The Managing Owner may suspend the right of redemption, or postpone the redemption settlement date, (1) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which the redemption distribution is not reasonably practicable, or (2) for such other period as the Managing Owner determines to be necessary for the protection of the Shareholders. The Managing Owner will not be liable to any person or in any way for any loss or damages that may result from any such suspension or postponement.

A redemption order may be rejected if the order is not in proper form as described in the order form and/or Participant Agreement or if the fulfillment of the order, in the opinion of its counsel, might be unlawful.

Secondary Market Trading

The NAV per Share will change as fluctuations occur in the market value of the Portfolio. The public trading price per Share may be different from the NAV per Share. Consequently, an Authorized Participant may be able to create or redeem a Basket at a discount or a premium to the public trading price per Share. This price difference may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces at work in the secondary trading market for Shares is closely related, but not identical, to the same forces influencing the price of the underlying commodity at any point in time.

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Advisors and Associated Persons

The Trustee

Delaware Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, is the sole Trustee of the Funds (the “Trustee”). The Trustee’s principal offices are located at 2711 Centerville Road, Suite 210, Wilmington, DE 19808. The Trustee is unaffiliated with the Managing Owner.

Under the Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2006 and as amended January 4, 2016, of the Fund, (the “Fund Trust Agreement”) and the Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, dated as of October 27, 2006 and as amended July 29, 2007 and January 4, 2016, of the Master Fund (the “Master Fund Trust Agreement” and collectively with the Fund Trust Agreement, the “Trust Agreements”), the Trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Funds. The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Funds in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Funds, the Managing Owner or the Shareholders. The Trustee will have no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor will the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner. The Trustee is permitted to resign upon at least sixty (60) days’ notice to the Fund or the Master Fund, as applicable; provided, that any such resignation will not be effective until a successor Trustee is appointed by the Managing Owner. The Trust Agreements of each of the Funds provides that the Trustee is compensated by the Fund or the Master Fund, as applicable, and is indemnified by the Fund or Master Fund, as applicable, against any expenses it incurs relating to or arising out of the formation, operation or termination of the Fund or Master Fund, as applicable, or the performance of its duties pursuant to the applicable Trust Agreement, except to the extent that such expenses result from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Trustee. The Managing Owner has the discretion to replace the Trustee.

Because the Trustee has delegated substantially all of its authority over the operation of the Funds to the Managing Owner, the Trustee itself is not registered in any capacity with the CFTC or the National Futures Association (“NFA”).

The Managing Owner

WisdomTree Commodity Services, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company, is the managing owner and commodity pool operator of each of the Funds. The Managing Owner is registered as a commodity pool operator with the CFTC and is a member of the NFA. Its principal place of business is 245 Park Avenue, 35^th Floor, New York, New York 10167, and its telephone number is (866) 909-9473. The registration of the Managing Owner with the CFTC and its membership in the NFA must not be taken as an indication that either the CFTC or the NFA has recommended or approved the Managing Owner or the Funds.

The Trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive power and authority to manage the business and affairs of the Funds. Specifically, with respect to each Fund, the Managing Owner:

With respect to the Master Fund, the Managing Owner has also delegated the following responsibilities to the Sub-Adviser:

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In its capacity as a commodity pool operator, the Managing Owner is an organization which operates or solicits funds for a commodity pool; that is, an enterprise in which funds contributed by a number of persons are combined for the purpose of trading futures contracts.

The Sub-Adviser

The Managing Owner, on behalf of the Funds, has appointed GreenHaven Advisors LLC as the sub-adviser and commodity trading advisor of the Funds. The Sub-Adviser is registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor and is a member of the NFA. Its principal place of business is 3340 Peachtree Road, Suite 1910, Atlanta, Georgia 30326, and its telephone number is (404) 389-9744.

The Sub-Adviser, under authority delegated by the Managing Owner, is responsible for selecting Commodity Brokers and reallocating assets within the Portfolio with a view to achieving the Funds’ investment objective. In its capacity as a commodity trading advisor, the Sub-Adviser is an organization which, for compensation or profit, advises others as to the value of or the advisability of buying or selling futures contracts.

The Commodity Broker

A variety of executing brokers may execute transactions in Commodity Futures on behalf of the Master Fund. The Sub-Adviser, under authority delegated by the Managing Owner, has designated Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC ( “MS&Co” or the “Commodity Broker”), as the Master Fund’s commodity broker, to which the executing brokers give-up all such transactions. In its capacity as clearing broker, the Commodity Broker may execute and clear each of the Master Fund’s futures transactions. The Commodity Broker is registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant and is a member of the NFA in such capacity. MS&Co is based in New York, New York.

The Administrator

Prior to January 1, 2016, the Bank of New York Mellon Corporation served as the administrator, custodian and transfer agent of the Funds. As of January 1, 2016, the Managing Owner, on behalf of the Funds, appointed State Street Bank and Trust Company (“State Street” or the “Administrator”) as the administrator of the Funds and has entered into an Administration Agreement in connection therewith. State Street serves as custodian of the Funds pursuant to a Master Custodian Agreement, and transfer agent of the Funds pursuant to a Transfer Agency and Service Agreement.

State Street, a state-charted bank organized under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts with trust powers, has an office at One Lincoln Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02110. State Street is subject to supervision by the Massachusetts Division of Banks and the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Information regarding the Net Asset Value, creation and redemption transaction fees and a list of Authorized Participants may be obtained by calling the following number: (866) 909-9473.

As the Administrator, State Street performs certain services necessary for the operation and administration of the Funds (other than making investment decisions), including Net Asset Value calculations, accounting and other fund administrative services. State Street retains certain financial books and records, including: fund accounting records, ledgers with respect to assets, liabilities, capital, income and expenses, the registrar, transfer journals and related details and trading and related documents received from futures commission merchants.

The State Street agreements with the Fund will continue in effect through March 31, 2019 unless terminated earlier as specified in the applicable agreement (e.g., material breach). The agreements generally provide for the exculpation and indemnification of State Street from and against any costs, expenses, damages, liabilities or claims (other than those resulting from State Street’s own bad faith, negligence or willful misconduct) which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against State Street in performing its obligations or duties thereunder.

State Street and any of its affiliates may from time to time purchase or sell Shares for their own account, as agent for their customers and for accounts over which they exercise investment discretion.

State Street also receives a transaction processing fee in connection with orders from Authorized Participants to create or redeem Baskets in the amount of $200 per order. These transaction processing fees are paid directly by the Authorized Participants and not by the Funds.

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The Distributor

The Managing Owner, on behalf of the Funds, has appointed Foreside Fund Services LLC (“FFS” or the “Distributor”) to serve as the Funds’ distributor, pursuant to a Distribution Services Agreement. In its capacity as Distributor, FFS assists the Managing Owner and the Administrator with certain functions and duties relating to the creation and redemption of Baskets, including assisting in matters associated with receiving and processing orders from Authorized Participants to create and redeem Baskets, coordinating the processing of such orders and related functions and duties. FFS may be contacted at Foreside Fund Services LLC, 3 Canal Plaza, Suite 100, Portland, Maine 04101. Investors may obtain information regarding the Distributor by calling toll-free in the U.S. at (866) 909-9473.

Fees and Charges

Upfront Selling Commissions

No upfront selling commissions are charged during the Funds’ continuous offering period, although it is expected that investors will be charged a customary commission by their brokers in connection with purchases of Shares that will vary from investor to investor. Investors are encouraged to review the terms of their brokerage accounts for details on applicable charges.

Management Fee

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds paid the Managing Owner, monthly in arrears, a fee (the “Management Fee”) equal to 0.85% of the average annual Net Asset Value. Effective January 1, 2017, the Funds will pay the Managing Owner, monthly in arrears, a net Management Fee equal to 0.75% of the average annual Net Asset Value after deducting a 0.10% per annum voluntary management fee waiver.

Initial Organization and Offering Expenses

Expenses incurred in connection with formation of the Funds and the offering of the Shares prior to January 1, 2016, were paid by GreenHaven, LLC. GreenHaven, LLC is the former sole member of the Managing Owner. The Fund does not have an obligation to reimburse GreenHaven, LLC or its affiliates for organization and offering expenses paid on their behalf.

Brokerage Commissions, Fees, and Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds’ brokerage commissions and fees as well as routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses, including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs, were accrued at a rate of 0.20% of the Net Asset Value per annum in the aggregate. Of the amounts so accrued, the Funds first paid brokerage commissions and fees, and secondly, from the remainder of the amounts so accrued, reimbursed the Managing Owner for the Funds’ routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses paid by the Managing Owner.

Effective January 1, 2017, (i) the Funds will pay for their brokerage commissions and fees directly (which are estimated to be 0.14% of the Net Asset Value per annum in the aggregate), and (ii) the Managing Owner will pay the Funds’ routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses. Such expenses paid by the Managing Owner will not be subject to reimbursement.

Extraordinary Fees and Expenses

The Funds pay all of their respective extraordinary fees and expenses generally, if any, as determined by the Managing Owner. Extraordinary fees and expenses are likely to include non-recurring fees such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs and any permitted indemnification payments related thereto, if any; but the Managing Owner has discretion to treat other unanticipated expenses as extraordinary fees and expenses. Routine operational, administrative and other ordinary fees and expenses will not be deemed to be extraordinary fees and expenses.

Fee Table

The following table describes the Funds’ estimated fees and compensation arrangements with the Managing Owner, the Trustee and certain of the Funds’ other service providers (i) for the year ended December 31, 2016, and (ii) effective January 1, 2017. Asset-based fees are calculated on a daily basis (accrued at 1/365 of the applicable percentage of Net Asset Value on that day) and paid on a monthly basis. The Management Fee and the other fees and expenses payable by the Fund will be paid first out of interest income from the Funds’ holdings of U.S. Treasuries.

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Governance; Shareholder Rights and Protections

Duties of the Managing Owner

As managing owner of the Funds, the Managing Owner effectively is subject to the duties and restrictions imposed on “fiduciaries” under both statutory and common law. The Managing Owner has a fiduciary responsibility to the Shareholders to exercise good faith, fairness and loyalty in all dealings affecting the Funds, consistent with the terms of the Trust Agreements. The general fiduciary duties which would otherwise be imposed on the Managing Owner (which would make the operation of the Funds as described herein

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impracticable due to the strict prohibition imposed by such duties on, for example, conflicts of interest on behalf of a fiduciary in its dealings with its beneficiaries), are defined and limited in scope by the disclosure of the business terms of the Funds, as set forth herein and in the Trust Agreements (to which terms all Shareholders, by subscribing to the Shares, are deemed to consent).

The Trust Agreements provide that the Managing Owner and its affiliates shall have no liability to the Fund, the Master Fund or any Shareholder for any loss suffered by the Fund or the Master Fund arising out of any action or inaction of the Managing Owner or its affiliates or their respective directors, officers, shareholders, partners, members, managers or employees (the “Managing Owner Related Parties”) if the Managing Owner Related Parties, in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the Fund or the Master Fund, as applicable, and such course of conduct did not constitute gross negligence or misconduct by the Managing Owner Related Parties. The Funds have agreed to indemnify the Managing Owner Related Parties against claims, losses or liabilities based on their conduct relating to the Funds, provided that the conduct resulting in the claims, losses or liabilities for which indemnity is sought did not constitute gross negligence or misconduct and was done in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in the best interests of the Fund or the Master Fund, as applicable.

Under Delaware law, a beneficial owner of a statutory trust (such as a Shareholder) may, under certain circumstances and in accordance with the statutory trust’s governing instrument, institute legal action on behalf of himself and all other similarly situated beneficial owners (a “class action”) to recover damages from a managing owner of such statutory trust for violations of fiduciary duties, or on behalf of a statutory trust (a “derivative action”) to recover damages from a third party where a trustee with authority to do so has failed or refused to institute proceedings to recover such damages. In addition, beneficial owners may have the right, subject to certain legal requirements, to bring class actions in federal court to enforce their rights under the federal securities laws and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the SEC. Beneficial owners who have suffered losses in connection with the purchase or sale of their beneficial interests may be able to recover such losses from a managing owner where the losses result from a violation by the managing owner of the anti-fraud provisions of the federal securities laws.

Management; Voting by Shareholders

The Shareholders take no part in the management or control, and have no voice in the operations or the business of the Funds. Shareholders, may, however, remove and replace the Managing Owner as the managing owner of the Fund, except in certain limited respects, upon the affirmative vote of the Shares then owned by Shareholders representing at least 75% of the Net Asset Value. The Shareholders may also amend the Fund Trust Agreement, except in certain limited respects, by the affirmative vote of the Shares then owned by Shareholders representing a majority of the Net Asset Value (excluding any Shares held by the Managing Owner and its affiliates). The affirmative vote of the Shares then owned by Shareholders representing at least 75% of the Net Asset Value may also compel dissolution of the Fund. The owners of 10% of the outstanding Shares then owned by Shareholders have the right to bring a matter before a vote of the Shareholders. The Managing Owner has no power under the Trust Agreement to restrict any of the Shareholders’ voting rights. Any Shares purchased by the Managing Owner or its affiliates, as well as the Managing Owner’s general liability interest in the Funds, are non-voting.

The Managing Owner has the right unilaterally to amend the Fund Trust Agreement provided that any such amendment is for the benefit of and not adverse to the Shareholders or the Trustee and also in certain unusual circumstances (eg, if doing so is necessary to comply with certain regulatory requirements).

When a proposed action requires Shareholder approval, the Fund Trust Agreement permits the Managing Owner to obtain Shareholder approval through a negative solicitation process. After providing Shareholders with proper notice and an opportunity to consent or object to a proposed action, the Managing Owner may take such action unless written objection is received from Shareholders representing Shares that constitute over 50% of Net Asset Value.

Recognition of the Funds in Certain States

A number of states do not have “business trust” statutes such as that under which the Funds have been formed in the State of Delaware. It is possible, although unlikely, that a court in such a state could hold that, due to the absence of any statutory provision to the contrary in such jurisdiction, the Shareholders, although entitled under Delaware law to the same limitation on personal liability as stockholders in a private corporation for profit organized under the laws of the State of Delaware, are not so entitled in such state. To protect Shareholders against any loss of limited liability, the Trust Agreements provide that no written obligation may be undertaken by the Fund or Master Fund, as applicable, unless such obligation is explicitly limited so as not to be enforceable against any Shareholder personally. Furthermore, each of the Funds indemnifies all of its Shareholders against any liability that such Shareholders might incur in addition to that of a beneficial owner. The Managing Owner is generally liable for all obligations of the Funds and will use its assets to satisfy any such liability before such liability would be enforced against any Shareholder individually.

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Possible Repayment of Distributions Received by Shareholders; Indemnification by Shareholders

The Shares are limited liability investments, and accordingly, investors may not lose more than the amount that they invest plus any profits recognized on their investment. However, Shareholders could be required, as a matter of bankruptcy law, to return to the estate of the Fund any distribution they received at a time when the Fund was in fact insolvent or in violation of its Trust Agreement. In addition, although the Managing Owner is not aware of this provision ever having been invoked in the case of any public futures fund, Shareholders agree in the Trust Agreement that they will indemnify the Fund for any harm suffered by it as a result of (i) Shareholders’ actions unrelated to the business of the Fund, or (ii) taxes imposed on the Shares by the states or municipalities in which such investors reside.

The foregoing repayment of distributions and indemnity provisions (other than the provision for Shareholders indemnifying the Fund for taxes imposed upon it by the state or municipality in which particular Shareholders reside, which is included only as a formality due to the fact that many states do not have business trust statutes so that the tax status of the Fund in such states might, theoretically, be challenged — although the Managing Owner is unaware of any instance in which this has actually occurred) are commonplace in statutory trusts and limited partnerships.

Shares; Certificates

Individual certificates are not issued for the Shares. Instead, global certificates are deposited by the Trustee with 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. Under the Fund Trust Agreement, Shareholders are limited to (1) participants in DTC such as banks, brokers, dealers and trust companies (“DTC Participants”), (2) those who maintain, either directly or indirectly, a custodial relationship with a DTC Participant (Indirect Participants), and (3) those banks, brokers, dealers, trust companies and others who hold interests in the Shares through DTC Participants or Indirect Participants. The Shares are only transferable through the book-entry system of DTC. Shareholders who are not DTC Participants may transfer their Shares through DTC by instructing the DTC Participant holding their Shares (or by instructing the Indirect Participant or other entity through which their Shares are held) to transfer the Shares. Transfers are made in accordance with standard securities industry practice.

Employees

The Funds have no employees. Management functions are performed by the Managing Owner and requisite administrative services are provided on a contractual basis by various entities.

Conflicts of Interest

General

Investors are dependent on the good faith of the Funds’ affiliates and advisors, such as the Managing Owner and Sub-Adviser, subject to conflicts of interest to resolve such conflicts equitably. Although such parties attempt to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for such parties to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to the Fund. Prospective investors should be aware that such parties presently intend to assert that Shareholders have, by subscribing for Shares of the Fund, consented to the following conflicts of interest in the event of any proceeding alleging that such conflicts violated any duty owed by the Managing Owner to investors.

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The Managing Owner and Sub-Adviser

The Managing Owner and Sub-Adviser have a conflict of interest in allocating their own limited resources among different clients and potential future business ventures, to each of which it owes fiduciary duties. Additionally, some of the professional staff of each party also services and has ownership in other affiliates of such party, and their respective clients. Although such parties and their professional staff cannot and will not devote all of its or their respective time or resources to the management of the business and affairs of the Funds, such parties intend to devote, and to cause their respective professional staff to devote, sufficient time and resources properly to manage the business and affairs of the Funds consistent with its or their respective fiduciary duties to the Funds and others.

The Commodity Broker

The Commodity Broker may act from time to time as a commodity broker for other accounts with which it is affiliated or in which it or one of its affiliates has a financial interest. The compensation received by the Commodity Broker from such accounts may be more or less than the compensation received for brokerage services provided to the Master Fund. In addition, various accounts traded through the Commodity Broker (and over which their personnel may have discretionary trading authority) may take positions in the futures markets opposite to those of the Master Fund or may compete with the Master Fund for the same positions. The Commodity Broker may have a conflict of interest in its execution of trades for the Master Fund and for other customers. The Managing Owner, under delegation to the Sub-Adviser, does not presently intend to retain any commodity broker for the Master Fund which the Sub-Adviser has reason to believe would knowingly or deliberately favor any other customer over the Master Fund with respect to the execution of commodity trades.

The Commodity Broker will benefit from executing orders for other clients, whereas the Master Fund may be harmed to the extent that the Commodity Broker has fewer resources to allocate to the Master Fund’s accounts due to the existence of such other clients.

Certain officers or employees of the Commodity Broker may be members of United States commodities exchanges and/or serve on the governing bodies and standing committees of such exchanges, their clearing houses and/or various other industry organizations. In such capacities, these officers or employees may have a fiduciary duty to the exchanges, their clearing houses and/or such various other industry organizations which could compel such employees to act in the best interests of these entities, perhaps to the detriment of the Master Fund.

Proprietary Trading/Other Clients

The Managing Owner, the Sub-Adviser and the Commodity Broker and their respective principals and affiliates may trade in the commodity markets for their own accounts and for the accounts of their clients, and in doing so may take positions opposite to those held by the Master Fund or may compete with the Master Fund for positions in the marketplace. Such trading may create conflicts of interest on behalf of one or more such persons in respect of their obligations to the Master Fund. Records of proprietary trading and trading on behalf of other clients will not be available for inspection by Shareholders.

Because the Managing Owner, the Sub-Adviser and the Commodity Broker and their respective principals and affiliates may trade for their own accounts at the same time that they are managing the account of the Master Fund, prospective investors should be aware that – as a result of a neutral allocation system, testing a new trading system, trading their proprietary accounts more aggressively or other activities not constituting a breach of fiduciary duty – such persons may from time to time take positions in their proprietary accounts which are opposite, or ahead of, the positions taken for the Master Fund.

No Distributions

The Managing Owner has discretionary authority over all distributions made by the Fund. In view of the Fund’s objective of seeking significant capital appreciation, the Managing Owner currently does not intend to make any distributions, but, has the sole discretion to do so from time to time. Greater management fees will be generated to the benefit of the Managing Owner if the Fund’s assets are not reduced by distributions to the Shareholders.

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Item 1A. Risk Factors.

These risk factors should be read in connection with the other information included in this Annual Report, including Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations and the Fund’s Financial Statements and the related Notes to the Fund’s Financial Statements.

The value of the Shares relates directly to the value of the Master Fund’s Portfolio and fluctuations in the price of these assets could materially adversely effect an investment in the Shares.

The Shares are designed to reflect, as closely as possible, the performance of the Index through the Master Fund’s Portfolio of exchange-traded Futures Contracts on the Index Commodities. The value of the Shares relate directly to the value of the Portfolio, less the Funds’ liabilities (including estimated accrued but unpaid expenses). The price of the Index Commodities may fluctuate widely based on many factors. Some of those factors are:

In addition to the factors set forth above, each commodity has risks that are inherent in the investment in such commodity.

Metals Commodities: Price movements in Futures Contracts held by the Master Fund in metals commodities such as gold, silver, platinum and copper are affected by many specific other factors. Some of these metal specific factors include, but are not limited to:

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Agricultural Commodities: Price movements in Futures Contracts held by the Master Fund in agricultural commodities, such as wheat, corn and soybeans, are affected by many factors. Some of these agricultural specific factors include, but are not limited to:

Energy Commodities: Price movements in Futures Contracts held by the Master Fund in energy commodities, such as crude oil, heating oil and natural gas, are subject to risks due to frequent and often substantial fluctuations in energy commodity prices. In the past, the prices of natural gas and crude oil have been extremely volatile, and the Managing Owner expects this volatility to continue. The markets and prices for energy commodities are affected by many factors. Some of those factors include, but are not limited to:

None of these factors can be controlled by the Managing Owner or Sub-Adviser. Even if current and correct information as to substantially all factors are known or thought to be known, prices still will not always react as predicted. The profitability of the Fund and the Master Fund will depend on whether the Master Fund’s Portfolio increases in value over time. If the value increases, the Fund will only be profitable if such increases exceed the fees and expenses of the Funds. If these values do not increase, the Fund will not be profitable and will incur losses.

Net Asset Value may not always correspond to market price and, as a result, Baskets may be created or redeemed at a value that differs from the market price of the Shares.

The Net Asset Value will change as fluctuations occur in the market value of the Master Fund’s Portfolio. Investors should be aware that the public trading price of a Basket of Shares may be different from the Net Asset Value per Basket of Shares (i.e., Shares may trade at a premium over, or a discount to, the Net Asset Value per Basket of Shares) and similarly the public trading market price per Share may be different from the Net Asset Value per Share. Consequently, an Authorized Participant may be able to create or redeem a Basket of Shares at a discount or a premium to Net Asset Value. This price difference may be due, in large part, to the fact that supply and demand forces are at work in the secondary trading market for Shares that is closely related to, but not identical to, the same forces influencing the prices of the Index Commodities trading individually or in the aggregate at any point in time. Investors also should note that the size of the Fund in terms of total assets held may change substantially over time and from time to time as Baskets are created and redeemed.

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Authorized Participants or their clients or customers may have an opportunity to realize a profit if they can purchase a Basket at a discount to the public trading price of the Shares or can redeem a Basket at a premium over the public trading price of the Shares. The Managing Owner expects that the exploitation of such arbitrage opportunities by Authorized Participants and their clients and customers will tend to cause the public trading price to not materially differ from the Net Asset Value per Share over time.

Investors should be aware that if the Fund issues all its authorized Shares it could have to cease creating new Baskets until additional Shares are registered for sale. This could increase the possibility that the trading price of the Shares may not accurately reflect the Index or the Net Asset Value. As of December 31, 2016 there were 60,600,000 Shares available for issuance.

Moreover, soon after new Baskets are created and sold, there is a possibility that the availability of newly created Shares may (or may not) affect the trading price of the Shares already issued, and both current Shareholders and purchasers of newly created Shares could be adversely affected by falling trading prices.

An investment in the Shares could suffer in the event that Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC decides to terminate the License Agreement between itself and the Managing Owner.

Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC entered into a license agreement with the Managing Owner whereby the Managing Owner was granted an exclusive license with respect to the development and creation of certain investment products, including U.S. exchange traded funds. The current license granted to the Managing Owner has a term ending December 31, 2020, which will automatically renew for another two year increment and will renew for successive two year terms thereafter. The term may be terminated under certain circumstances which could cause an investment in the Shares to decline significantly in value. In addition to that, a different product could be created under the license agreement, which could also cause an investment in the Shares to decline in value. If the license expires and is not renewed or is terminated, or a competitive product is created, then the Managing Owner would seek Shareholder approval to the extent required to either (i) liquidate the Funds or (ii) approve a different index to track for comparison purposes.

An investment in the Shares could suffer in the event that the Managing Owner creates another product under its exclusive license agreement which directly competes with the Funds.

The License Agreement is between Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC and the Managing Owner and not between Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC and the Fund or Master Fund. Therefore, it is possible that the Managing Owner could create and manage another investment product that is substantially similar to, or otherwise competitive with, the Funds. If this were to happen, then an investment in the Shares could suffer.

Regulatory and exchange position limits and other rules may restrict the creation of Baskets and the operation of the Master Fund.

CFTC and commodity exchange rules impose speculative position limits on market participants, including the Master Fund, trading in certain agricultural commodities. These position limits prohibit any person from holding a position of more than a specific number of such futures contracts. The Managing Owner anticipates that these position limits as well as accountability limits currently in place on exchanges will become more of an issue when the Net Asset Value of the Master Fund approaches $1.2 billion, at which point the Managing Owner may either prevent the issuance of additional creation units or may apply to the CFTC for relief from certain position limits.

If the Master Fund applies and is unable to obtain such relief, the Fund’s ability to issue new Baskets, or the Master Fund’s ability to reinvest income in these additional futures contracts, may be limited to the extent these activities would cause the Master Fund to exceed applicable position limits. Limiting the size of the Fund may affect the correlation between the price of the Shares, as traded on NYSE Arca, and the Net Asset Value of the Fund. That is, the inability to create additional Baskets could result in Shares trading at a premium or discount to Net Asset Value.

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The Fund may not always be able exactly to replicate the performance of the Index.

It is possible that the Fund may not fully replicate the performance of the Index due to disruptions in the markets for the Index Commodities or due to other extraordinary circumstances, including, without limitation, the inability to create additional Baskets. In addition, the Fund is not able to replicate exactly the performance of the Index because the total return generated by the Master Fund is reduced by expenses and transaction costs, including those incurred in connection with the Master Fund’s trading activities, and increased by interest income from the Master Fund’s holdings of U.S. Treasuries. Tracking the Index requires rebalancing of the Master Fund’s Portfolio and is dependent upon the skills of the Sub-Adviser and its trading principals, among other factors.

If the Managing Owner permits the Fund to control commodity positions in excess of the value of the Fund’s assets, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment.

Commodity pools’ trading positions in Futures Contracts or other commodity interests are typically required to be secured by the deposit of margin funds that represent only a small percentage of a Futures Contract’s (or other commodity interests’) entire market value. This feature permits commodity pools to increase their exposure to assets by purchasing or selling Futures Contracts (or other commodity interests) with an aggregate value in excess of the commodity pool’s assets. While these actions can increase the pool’s profits, relatively small adverse movements in the price of the pool’s Futures Contracts can cause significant or complete losses to the pool. While the Sub-Adviser is not expected to have exposure to Futures Contracts in excess of the Fund’s collateral, the Fund is dependent upon the trading and management skills of the Sub-Adviser to maintain the proper position sizes.

The Master Fund is not actively managed and will track the Index during periods in which the Index is flat or declining as well as when the Index is rising.

The Master Fund is not actively managed by traditional methods. Therefore, if positions in any one or more of the Index Commodities are declining in value, the Master Fund will not close out such positions, except in connection with a change in the composition or weighting of the Index. The Sub-Adviser will seek to cause the Net Asset Value to track the Index during periods in which the Index is flat or declining as well as when the Index is rising.

The Exchange on which the Shares are listed may halt trading in the Shares, which would adversely impact an investor’s ability to sell its Shares.

The Shares are listed for trading on NYSE Arca under the market symbol “GCC.” Trading in Shares may be halted due to market conditions or, in light of NYSE Arca rules and procedures, for reasons that, in the view of NYSE Arca, make trading in Shares inadvisable. In addition, trading is subject to trading halts caused by extraordinary market volatility pursuant to “circuit breaker” rules that require trading to be halted for a specified period based on a specified market decline in the equity markets. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to maintain the listing of the Shares will continue to be met or will remain unchanged. The Funds will be terminated if the Shares are delisted.

The lack of an active trading market for the Shares may result in losses at the time of disposition of an investor’s Shares.

Although the Shares are listed and traded on NYSE Arca, there can be no guarantee that an active trading market for the Shares will be maintained. If an investor needs to sell its Shares at a time when no active market for the Shares exists, the price received upon sale of the Shares, if any, will likely be lower than the price an investor would have received if an active market did exist.

The Shares are a relatively new securities product and their value could decrease if unanticipated operational or trading problems arise.

The mechanisms and procedures governing the creation, redemption and offering of the Shares are recently developed securities products. Consequently, there may be unanticipated problems or issues with respect to the mechanics of the operations and the trading of the Shares that could have a material adverse effect on an investment in the Shares. In addition, although the Master Fund is not actively “managed” by traditional methods, unanticipated operational or trading problems or issues may not be solvable by the Managing Owner or Sub-Adviser.

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Investors should not rely on past performance in deciding whether to buy Shares.

The Fund’s and the Index’s performance history is not necessarily indicative of future results. Therefore, one should not rely upon the past performance of the Fund or the Index in deciding whether to buy Shares in the Fund. Further, the past performance up to the date of this Annual Report is a reflection of the performance associated with the prior principals of the Managing Owner (who are now principals of the Sub-Adviser) and new principals were installed as a result of the change in ownership of the Managing Owner. Such changes may impact future performance.

Price volatility may possibly cause the total loss of an investment in the Shares.

Futures Contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes. Consequently, an investor in the Shares could lose all or substantially all of its investment in the Fund.

Fees are charged regardless of profitability and may result in depletion of assets.

The Fund indirectly is subject to the fees and expenses described in this Annual Report which are payable irrespective of profitability. Such fees and expenses include asset-based fees of up to 0.85% per annum. Additional charges include brokerage fees and routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses, including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs. These fees and expenses are accrued at a rate of 0.20% of the Net Asset Value per annum in the aggregate. Of the amounts so accrued, the Master Fund first pays brokerage fees, and secondly, from the remainder of the amounts so accrued, reimburses the Managing Owner for the Fund’s routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses paid by the Managing Owner. The Fund is expected to earn interest income at an annual rate of 0.51% per annum, based upon the yield on a three month U.S. Treasury bill as of December 31, 2016. Consequently, it is expected that interest income will not exceed annual fees for the year ended December 31, 2016, and therefore the Fund will need to have positive performance in order to break-even (net of fees and expenses). Consequently, the expenses of the Funds could, over time, result in significant losses to your investment in the Shares. You may never achieve profits, significant or otherwise.

Possible illiquid markets may exacerbate losses.

Futures 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, such as when foreign governments may take or be subject to political actions which disrupt the markets in their currency or major exports, can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. Such periods of illiquidity and the events that trigger them are difficult to predict and there can be no assurance that the Managing Owner will be able to do so. There can be no assurance that market illiquidity will not cause losses for the Fund. The large size of the positions which the Master Fund may acquire on behalf of the Fund increases the risk of illiquidity by both making its positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so.

Investors in the Shares may be adversely affected by redemption orders that are subject to postponement, suspension or rejection under certain circumstances.

The Managing Owner may suspend the right of redemption or postpone the redemption settlement date (i) for any period during which an emergency exists as a result of which the redemption distribution is not reasonably practicable, or (ii) for such other period as the Managing Owner determines to be necessary for the protection of the Shareholders. In addition, the Administrator will reject a redemption order if the order is not in proper form as described in the Participant Agreement or if the fulfillment of the order, in the opinion of its counsel, might be unlawful. Any such postponement, suspension or rejection could adversely affect a redeeming Authorized Participant. For example, the resulting delay may adversely affect the value of the Authorized Participant’s redemption proceeds if the Net Asset Value declines during the period of the delay. Such parties disclaim any liability for any loss or damage that may result from any such suspension or postponement.

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Because the Master Fund will not acquire any asset with intrinsic value, the positive performance of an investment in the Shares is wholly dependent upon an equal and offsetting loss borne by unrelated participants in the futures market.

Futures trading is a risk transfer economic activity. For every gain there is an equal and offsetting loss rather than an opportunity to participate over time in general economic growth. Unlike most alternative investments, an investment in Shares does not involve acquiring any asset with intrinsic value. Overall stock and bond prices could rise significantly and the economy as a whole prospers while the Shares may trade unprofitably.

Shareholders will not have the protections associated with ownership of shares in an investment company registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940.

Neither the Fund nor the Master Fund is registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 and is not required to register under such act. Consequently, Shareholders will not have the regulatory protections provided to investors in investment companies.

Various actual and potential conflicts of interest may be detrimental to Shareholders.

The Fund and the Master Fund are subject to actual and potential conflicts of interests involving the Managing Owner, Sub-Adviser, various commodity futures brokers and Authorized Participants. The Managing Owner, the Sub-Adviser and their principals, all of which are engaged in other investment or related activities, are not required to devote substantially all of their time to the business of the Fund and the Master Fund, which also presents the potential for numerous conflicts of interest with the Fund and the Master Fund. As a result of these and other relationships, parties involved with the Fund and the Master Fund have a financial incentive to act in a manner other than in the best interests of the Fund and the Master Fund and the Shareholders. Investors will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably. Although the respective parties attempt to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for such parties to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to the Shareholders.

In addition, the Fund may be subject to certain conflicts with respect to its Commodity Broker, including, but not limited to, conflicts that result from receiving greater amounts of compensation from other clients, and purchasing opposite or competing positions on behalf of third party accounts traded through the Commodity Broker.

Shareholders will be subject to taxation on their share of the Fund’s taxable income, whether or not they receive cash distributions.

Shareholders will be subject to United States federal income taxation and, in some cases, state, local or foreign income taxation on their share of the Fund’s taxable income, whether or not they receive cash distributions from the Fund. Shareholders may not receive cash distributions equal to their share of the Fund’s taxable income or even the tax liability that results from such income.

Items of income, gain, deduction, loss and credit with respect to the Shares could be reallocated if the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) does not accept the assumptions or conventions used by the Master Fund in allocating Master Fund tax items.

U.S. federal income tax rules applicable to partnerships are complex and often difficult to apply to publicly traded partnerships. The Fund will apply certain assumptions and conventions in an attempt to comply with applicable rules and to report income, gain, deduction, loss and credit to the Shareholders in a manner that reflects the Shareholders’ beneficial shares of partnership items, but these assumptions and conventions may not be in compliance with all aspects of applicable tax requirements. It is possible that the IRS will successfully assert that the conventions and assumptions used by the Fund do not satisfy the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended, and/or the Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder and could require that items of income, gain, deduction, loss or credit be adjusted or reallocated in a manner that adversely affects Shareholders.

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PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AND COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE POSSIBLE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF AN INVESTMENT IN ANY SHARES; SUCH TAX CONSEQUENCES MAY DIFFER IN RESPECT OF DIFFERENT INVESTORS.

Failure of lack of segregation of assets may increase losses.

The Commodity Exchange Act requires a clearing broker to segregate all funds received from customers from such broker’s proprietary assets. If a Commodity Broker fails to do so, the assets of the Master Fund might not be fully protected in the event of the Commodity Broker’s bankruptcy. Furthermore, in the event of a Commodity Broker’s bankruptcy, any Master Fund Units could be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the Commodity Broker’s combined customer accounts, even though certain property specifically traceable to the Master Fund was held by the Commodity Broker. In addition to that, it is possible that in the event of a clearing broker’s bankruptcy, investors could experience a loss of all their funds and assets held by the clearing broker. In the event of a bankruptcy or insolvency of any exchange or clearing house, the Master Fund could experience a loss of the funds deposited through its Commodity Broker as margin with the exchange or clearing house, a loss of any unrealized profits on its open positions on the exchange, and the loss of realized profits on its closed positions on the exchange.

Regulatory changes or actions may alter the nature of an investment in the Fund.

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 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 futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, 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 or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of futures transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Fund is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Termination of the Fund may adversely affect a Shareholder’s portfolio.

The Managing Owner may withdraw from the Fund upon one hundred and twenty (120) days’ notice, which would cause the Fund and the Master Fund to terminate unless a substitute managing owner were obtained. Shareholders cannot be assured that the Managing Owner or Sub-Adviser will be willing or able to continue to service the Fund for any length of time. If the Managing Owner or Sub-Adviser discontinues its activities on behalf of the Fund, the Fund may be adversely affected. In addition, owners of seventy-five percent (75%) of the Shares have the power to terminate the Trust. If it is so exercised, investors who wish to continue to invest in the Index will have to find another vehicle, and may not be able to find another vehicle that offers the same features as the Trust. Such detrimental developments could cause Shareholders to liquidate their investments and upset the overall maturity and timing of their investment portfolios. If the registrations with the CFTC or memberships in the NFA of the Managing Owner or the Commodity Broker were revoked or suspended, such entity would no longer be able to provide services to the Fund and the Master Fund.

Shareholders do not have the rights enjoyed by investors in certain other vehicles.

As interests in an investment trust, the Shares have none of the statutory rights normally associated with the ownership of common stock of a corporation (including, for example, the right to bring “oppression” or “derivative” actions). In addition, the Shares have limited voting and distribution rights (for example, Shareholders do not have the right to elect directors and the Fund is not required to pay regular dividends, although the Fund may pay dividends at the discretion of the Managing Owner).

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An investment in the Shares may be adversely affected by competition from other methods of investing in commodities.

The Fund competes with other financial vehicles, including other commodity pools, hedge funds, traditional debt and equity securities issued by companies in the commodities industry, other securities backed by or linked to such commodities, and direct investments in the underlying commodities or commodity futures contracts. Market and financial conditions, and other conditions that are beyond the Managing Owner’s control, may make it more attractive to invest in other financial vehicles or to invest in such commodities directly, which could limit the market for the Shares and reduce the liquidity of the Shares.

Competing claims over ownership of intellectual property rights related to the Fund could adversely affect the Fund and an investment in the Shares.

Third parties may allege or assert ownership of intellectual property rights which may be related to the design, structure and operations of the Fund. To the extent any claims of such ownership are brought or any proceedings are instituted to assert such claims, the negotiation, litigation or settlement of such claims, or the ultimate disposition of such claims in a court of law if a suit is brought, may adversely affect the Fund and an investment in the Shares, resulting in expenses or damages or the termination of the Fund.

An absence of “Backwardation” in the prices of certain commodities, or the presence of “Contango” in the prices of certain commodities, may decrease the price of your Shares.

As the futures contracts that underlie the Index near expiration, they are replaced by contracts that have a later expiration. Thus, for example, a contract purchased and held in November 2016 may specify a January 2017 expiration. As that contract nears expiration, it may be replaced by selling the January 2017 contract and purchasing the contract expiring in March 2017. This process is referred to as “rolling.” Historically, the prices of Crude Oil and Heating Oil have frequently been higher for contracts with shorter-term expirations than for contracts with longer-term expirations, which is referred to as “backwardation.” In these circumstances, absent other factors, the sale of the January 2017 contract would take place at a price that is higher than the price at which the March 2017 contract is purchased, thereby creating a gain in connection with rolling. While Crude Oil and Heating Oil have historically exhibited consistent periods of backwardation, backwardation will likely not exist in these markets at all times. The absence of backwardation in Crude Oil and Heating Oil could adversely affect the value of the Index and, accordingly, decrease the value of your Shares.

Conversely, Gold, Corn, Soybeans and Wheat historically exhibit “contango” markets rather than backwardation. Contango markets are those in which the prices of contracts are higher in the distant delivery months than in the nearer delivery months due to the costs of long-term storage of a physical commodity prior to delivery or other factors. Although Gold, Corn, Soybeans and Wheat have historically exhibited consistent periods of contango, contango will likely not exist in these markets at all times. The persistence of contango in Gold, Corn, Soybeans and Wheat could adversely affect the value of the Index and, accordingly, decrease the value of your Shares.

The value of the Shares will be adversely affected if the Fund is required to indemnify the Trustee or the Managing Owner.

Under the Trust Agreements, the Trustee and the Managing Owner have the right to be indemnified for any liability or expense they incur without negligence or misconduct. That means the Managing Owner may require the assets of the Fund to be sold in order to cover losses or liability suffered by it or by the Trustee. Any sale of that kind would reduce the Net Asset Value of the Fund and the value of the Shares.

The Fund is subject to extensive regulatory reporting and compliance.

The Fund is subject to changing regulation of corporate governance and public disclosure that have increased both the Fund’s costs and the risk of noncompliance. Because the Shares are publicly traded, the Fund is subject to certain rules and regulations of federal, state and financial market exchange entities charged with the protection of investors and the oversight of companies whose securities are publicly traded. These entities, including the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board, the SEC and NYSE Arca, have in recent years issued new requirements and regulations, most notably the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002. From time to time, since the adoption of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, these authorities have continued to develop additional regulations or interpretations of existing regulations. The Fund’s ongoing efforts to comply with these regulations and interpretations have resulted in, and are likely to continue resulting in, increased general and administrative expenses and diversion of management time and attention from revenue-generating activities to compliance activities.

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The Fund is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting. The Fund’s internal control system is designed to provide reasonable assurance to its management regarding the preparation and fair presentation of published financial statements. All internal control systems, no matter how well designed, have inherent limitations. Therefore, even those systems determined to be effective can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation.

The Fund has assessed the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2016. Based on its assessment, the Fund believes that, as of December 31, 2016, its internal control over financial reporting is effective.

The Net Asset Value calculation of the Fund may be overstated or understated due to the valuation method employed when a settlement price is not available on the date of such calculation.    

Calculating the Net Asset Value of the Fund includes, in part, any unrealized profits or losses on open Futures Contracts. Under normal circumstances, the Net Asset Value of the Fund reflects the settlement price of open Futures Contracts on the date when the Net Asset Value is being calculated. However, if a Futures Contract traded on an exchange (both U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges) could not be liquidated on such day (due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise), the settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated shall be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. In such a situation, there is a risk that the calculation of the Net Asset Value of the Fund on such day will not accurately reflect the realizable market value of such Futures Contract. For example, daily limits are generally triggered in the event of a significant change in market price of a Futures Contract. Therefore, as a result of the daily limit, the current settlement price is unavailable. Because the settlement price on the most recent day on which the position could have been liquidated would be used in lieu of the actual settlement price on the date of determination, there is a risk that the resulting calculation of the Net Asset Value of the Fund could be understated or overstated, perhaps to a significant degree.

None.

Not applicable.

None.

Not applicable.

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PART II

Market Information

Share Price

The Shares began trading on the American Stock Exchange on January 24, 2008 and have been traded on the NYSE Arca since November 25, 2008. The following table sets forth the range of reported high and low sales prices of the Shares as reported on the NYSE Arca, for the periods indicated below.

Shares Outstanding

As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had 11,350,000 of its Shares and 50 of its General Shares outstanding.

As of December 31, 2015, the Fund had 12,100,000 of its Shares and 50 of its General Shares outstanding.

Dividends

The Fund made no distributions to its Shareholders during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2016 and December 31, 2015. The Fund has no obligation to make periodic distributions to its shareholders.

Holders

As of December 31, 2016, there were 14,511 Shareholders.

Sales and Redemptions

There have been no unregistered sales of the Fund’s securities. No Fund securities are authorized for issuance by the Fund under equity compensation plans.

The Fund currently has on file a Registration Statement on Form S-3 (Registration No.: 333-214153), which was declared effective by the SEC on October 28, 2016, pursuant to which the Fund registered 61,000,000 Shares. As of December 31, 2016, there were 60,600,000 Shares available for issuance under such Registration Statement.

The proceeds from the sale of the Shares are used to purchase Master Fund Units. The Master Fund uses the proceeds from the sale of the Master Fund Units for general corporate purposes in accordance with its investment objectives and policies.

During the year ended December 31, 2016, 950,000 Shares were created for $18,731,395 and 1,700,000 Shares were redeemed for $32,454,202. For the three months ended December 31, 2016, 400,000 Shares were created for $7,707,628 and no Shares were redeemed. On December 31, 2016, 11,350,050 Shares of the Fund were outstanding for a market capitalization of $219,395,500.

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During the year ended December 31, 2015, 2,150,000 Shares were created for $45,167,597 and 1,750,000 Shares were redeemed for $35,611,056. For the three months ended December 31, 2015, 550,000 Shares were created for $10,628,632 and 800,000 Shares were redeemed for $14,972,461. On December 31, 2015, 12,100,000 Shares of the Fund were outstanding for a market capitalization of $224,092,000.

On October 4, 2016, the Managing Owner issued a press release announcing that the Fund had temporarily suspended the ability of Authorized Participants to purchase new Baskets of Shares. The Fund filed the press release with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 99.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 4, 2016.

On October 31, 2016, the Managing Owner announced that the Fund lifted its temporary suspension of the ability of Authorized Participants to purchase new Baskets of Shares, and resumed the creation of new Baskets of Shares. The Fund filed the press release with the Securities and Exchange Commission as Exhibit 99.1 to a Current Report on Form 8-K filed with the SEC on October 31, 2016.

FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS (FOR THE YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 AND 2012)

The Fund is presenting the following Net Asset Value and financial highlights related to investment performance and operations for a Share outstanding for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

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The following discussion should be read in conjunction with the Funds’ Financial Statements and the related Notes to the Funds’ Financial Statements included elsewhere in this Annual Report.

This Annual Report, including this “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations,” contains forward-looking statements regarding the plans and objectives of management for future operations. This information may involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause the Funds’ actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by any forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements, which involve assumptions and describe the Funds’ future plans, strategies and expectations, are generally identifiable by use of the words “may,” “will,” “should,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “estimate,” “believe,” “intend” or “project,” the negative of these words, other variations on these words or comparable terminology. These forward-looking statements are based on assumptions that may be incorrect, and the Funds cannot assure investors that these projections included in these forward-looking statements will come to pass. The Funds’ actual results could differ materially from those expressed or implied by the forward-looking statements as a result of various factors.

The Funds have based the forward-looking statements included in this Annual Report on information available to it as close to the filing date of this Annual Report as reasonably practicable, and the Funds assume no obligation to update any such forward-looking statements except as required by the federal securities laws. Investors are advised to review any additional disclosures that the Funds may make directly to them or through reports that the Funds file in the future with the SEC, including Annual Reports on Form 10-K, Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and Current Reports on Form 8-K.

Introduction

As described in Part I above, the Fund and the Master Fund seek to track changes, whether positive or negative, in the level of the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index Total Return over time, plus the excess, if any, of the Master Fund’s interest income from its holdings of U.S. Treasuries. The Shares are designed for investors who want a cost-effective and convenient way to invest in an equal-weight portfolio of Commodity Futures.

The Fund pursues its investment objective by investing substantially all of its assets in the Master Fund. The Master Fund pursues its investment objective by investing in a Portfolio of Commodity Futures on the Index Commodities. Through January 6, 2013, the Index Commodities were wheat, corn, soybeans, live cattle, lean hogs, gold, silver, platinum, copper, cotton, coffee, cocoa, orange juice, sugar, crude oil, heating oil, and natural gas. Following the tenth revision on January 7, 2013, orange juice was removed and soybean oil was added at an equivalent allocation.

The Index is composed of notional amounts of each of the Index Commodities. The notional amounts of each Index Commodity included in the Index are in equal weight proportion to the Index Commodities or 1/17 weighting per index commodity rebalanced daily. The Master Fund’s Portfolio also includes U.S. Treasuries for deposit with the Master Fund’s Commodity Broker. The Commodity Broker currently applies part of the total value of the cash and/or U.S. Treasuries on deposit towards satisfying any margin requirements related to the Commodity Futures in the Master Fund’s futures account. Thomson Reuters (Markets) LLC, formerly Thomson Reuters America LLC, is the owner, publisher and custodian of the Thomson Reuters Continuous Commodity Index (the “Index Sponsor”). The Index Sponsor is not an affiliate of the Funds or the Managing Owner.

Under the Trust Agreements, Delaware Trust Company, the Trustee of the Funds, has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Funds. The Trustee has no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor does the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner.

The Index Sponsor obtains information for inclusion in, or for use in the calculation of, the Index from sources the Index Sponsor considers reliable. None of the Index Sponsor, the Managing Owner, the Fund, the Master Fund or any of their respective affiliates accepts responsibility for or guarantees the accuracy and/or completeness of the Index or any data included in the Index.

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The Shares are intended to provide investment results that generally correspond to the changes, positive or negative, in the levels of the Index over time. The value of the Shares is expected to fluctuate in relation to changes in the value of the Master Fund’s Portfolio. The market price of the Shares may not be identical to the Net Asset Value per Share, but these two valuations are expected to be very close.

The Fund is listed on the NYSE Arca under the symbol “GCC.”

Management’s Discussion of Results of Operations

As of December 31, 2016, the net unrealized loss on Commodity Futures owned or held on that day was $1,424,715 and the Fund had total assets of $221,416,935. The ending Net Asset Value per Share on December 31, 2016 was $19.35. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Fund’s net realized and change in net unrealized gain/loss on investments and futures contracts was a net gain of $10,687,283. Overall, the Fund recognized a net gain of $8,864,877 from operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2016.

As of December 31, 2015, the net unrealized loss on Commodity Futures owned or held on that day was $8,705,967 and the Fund had total assets of $233,420,007. The ending Net Asset Value per Share on December 31, 2015 was $18.56. For the year ended December 31, 2015, the Fund’s net realized and change in net unrealized gain/loss on investments and futures contracts was a net loss of $49,361,047. Overall, the Fund recognized a net loss of $51,936,150 from operations for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2015.

Portfolio Expenses

The Fund’s expenses consist of investment management fees and brokerage fees. For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds paid the Managing Owner, monthly in arrears, a Management Fee equal to 0.85% of the average annual Net Asset Value. Effective January 1, 2017, the Funds will pay the Managing Owner, monthly in arrears, a net Management Fee equal to 0.75% of the average annual Net Asset Value after deducting a 0.10% per annum voluntary management fee waiver.

For the year ended December 31, 2016, the Funds’ brokerage commissions and fees as well as routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses, including, but not limited to, the fees and expenses of the Trustee, legal and accounting fees and expenses, tax preparation expenses, filing fees, and printing, mailing and duplication costs, were accrued at a rate of 0.20% of the Net Asset Value per annum in the aggregate. Of the amounts so accrued, the Funds first paid brokerage fees, and secondly, from the remainder of the amounts so accrued, reimbursed the Managing Owner for the Funds’ routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses paid by the Managing Owner. Total commissions and fees and routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses amounted to $437,850, $499,254, and $667,213 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Effective January 1, 2017, (i) the Funds will pay for their brokerage commissions and fees directly (which is estimated to be 0.14% of the Net Asset Value per annum in the aggregate), and (ii) the Managing Owner will pay the Funds’ routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses. Such expenses paid by the Managing Owner will not be subject to reimbursement.

The Funds pay all of their respective extraordinary fees and expenses generally, if any, as determined by the Managing Owner. Extraordinary fees and expenses are likely to include non-recurring fees such as legal claims and liabilities, litigation costs and any permitted indemnification payments related thereto, if any; but the Managing Owner has discretion to treat other unanticipated expenses as extraordinary fees and expenses.

Interest Income

The Fund does not borrow money in order to obtain leverage, so the Fund does not incur any interest expense. Rather, the Fund’s margin deposits are maintained in U.S. Treasuries and interest is earned on the Fund’s available assets. The Fund earned total interest income of $476,315, $45,979, and $44,304 for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively.

Fund Performance

The following table provides summary performance information for the Fund for the five years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, 2014, 2013 and 2012.

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5 Year Performance Summary

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The following charts present a comparison of the CCI-TR Index and the WisdomTree Continuous Commodity Index Fund Net Asset Value (“GCC NAV”) for the Years Ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014, for the Three Months Ended December 31, 2016, 2015 and 2014 and for the commencement of trading on January 24, 2008 to December 31, 2016.

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The Fund and the Master Fund seek to track changes in the Index over time. The Fund’s Net Asset Value relative performance versus the Index was -1.35%, -0.89%, and -0.94%, net of fees for the years ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. The Fund’s Net Asset Value relative performance versus the Index was -0.32%, -0.27%, and -0.25% for the three months ended December 31, 2016, 2015, and 2014, respectively. Since the Fund commenced trading on January 24, 2008 through December 31, 2016, the Fund has returned -37.04% as measured by its daily closing stock price and the Index has returned -39.88%.

On October 28, 2016, the Fund registered 61,000,000 Shares. As of December 31, 2016, there were 60,600,000 Shares available for issuance under the Registration Statement. As of December 31, 2016, the Fund had 11,350,000 Shares outstanding.

Net Asset Value