UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, DC 20549
FORM 8-K
CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 4, 2018
| UNITED STATES NATURAL GAS FUND, LP |
| (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter) |
| Delaware | 001-33096 | 20-5576760 |
|
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) |
(Commission File Number) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
|
1999 Harrison Street, Suite 1530 Oakland, California 94612 |
| (Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code) |
| Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (510) 522-9600 |
| Not Applicable |
| (Former name or former address, if changed since last report) |
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| Emerging growth company | o |
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Item 8.01. Other Events
On January 4, 2018 after the close of trading on NYSE Arca, Inc., United States Natural Gas Fund, LP (the “Registrant”) effected a one-for-four reverse share split and post-split shares of the Registrant will begin trading on January 5, 2018. The Registrant previously announced the reverse share split in its press release dated December 22, 2017. As a result of the reverse share split, every four pre-split shares of the Registrant were automatically exchanged for one post-split share. Immediately prior to the reverse share split there were 97,466,476 shares of the Registrant issued and outstanding, each representing a net asset value (“NAV”) of $5.69049. Immediately after the reverse share split the number of issued and outstanding shares of the Registrant decreased to 24,366,619 not accounting for fractional shares, and the net asset value relating to each share increased to $22.76196. In connection with the reverse share split, the CUSIP number of the Registrant’s shares changed to 912318300. The Registrant’s ticker symbol, “UNG”, remains the same.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| UNITED STATES NATURAL GAS FUND, LP | |||
| By: | United States Commodity Funds LLC, its general partner | ||
| Date: January 4, 2018 | By: | /s/ John P. Love | |
| Name: John P. Love | |||
| Title: President | |||