Clearing Agreement Sample Contracts

This agreement, made as of the 29th day of August, 2005 (the "Agreement") between Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (hereinafter referred to as the "Clearing Firm") and INTL Trading, Inc. (hereinafter referred to as the "Introducing Firm"),

CLEARING AGREEMENT between a General Clearing Member (“GCM”) at Nasdaq Clearing AB (the “Clearing House) and a Non Clearing Member (“NCM”) at Nasdaq Stockholm AB (the “Exchange”)

Clearing Agreement • December 17th, 2003 • American Portfolios Holdings Inc • Blank checks • New York

Payment will be made one business day after receipt of your documents in Fed Funds to any account that you may wish to specify.

with a Non-Clearing Member and/or Registered Customer for the Individual Clearing Model under Eurex Clearing AG Documentation

Euronext Amsterdam, Euronext Brussels, Euronext Lisbon and Euronext Paris are parties to an amended and restated clearing agreement with LCH.Clearnet S.A. and LCH.Clearnet Group Ltd., pursuant to which such Euronext exchanges designate LCH.Clearnet S.A. as their central counterparty clearing house to provide clearing services for transactions executed on those exchanges. The agreement was entered into in October 2003 and has a 30-month initial term and a 30-month termination notice provision.

Clearing Agreement • May 31st, 2024 • VanEck Ethereum Trust • Commodity contracts brokers & dealers • New York

This Gemini Clearing Agreement (“Clearing Agreement” or “Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of May 29, 2024, between VanEck Ethereum Trust, a statutory trust organized in Delaware (the “Customer”), and Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a New York State-chartered limited purpose trust company (“Gemini” or “Custodian”, and together with Customer the “Parties,” and each individually, a “Party”), as custodian to the Customer. This Agreement governs Customer’s use of Gemini Clearing (as defined below).

[English Translation] TFX CLEARING AGREEMENT (for Equity Index Daily Futures contracts) TOKYO FINANCIAL EXCHANGE INC. (This is an English translation of the TFX Clearing Agreement, the original of which has been prepared in the Japanese language only. The Japanese language text hereof shall govern for all purposes and in all respects. Accordingly, all questions that may arise within or without courts of law in regard to the meaning of the words, provisions and stipulations of this Agreement shall be decided in accordance with the Japanese language text. Tokyo Financial Exchange Inc. (“TFX”) assumes no responsibility for accuracy, correctness or contents of this English text.)

Clearing Agreement • August 12th, 2008 • Hudson Holding Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York

This agreement (the “Agreement”), dated as of December 1, 2007, between Ridge Clearing & Outsourcing Solutions, Inc. (“Ridge”) and Hudson Securities Inc. (“Correspondent”), sets forth the terms and conditions under which Ridge will provide execution and clearing services, on a fully disclosed basis, to Correspondent and its customers. Ridge will provide such services only to the extent required by this Agreement, and shall not be responsible for any duties or obligations not specifically allocated to Ridge by this Agreement. Nothing in this Agreement shall be deemed to delegate to Ridge any regulatory obligation of Correspondent. The parties agree that the target date for the conversion of Correspondent onto the Services is April 1, 2008.

Clearing Agreement • January 8th, 2024 • VanEck Bitcoin Trust • Commodity contracts brokers & dealers • New York

This Gemini Clearing Agreement (“Clearing Agreement” or “Agreement”) is entered into and effective as of October 26, 2023, between VanEck Bitcoin Trust, a statutory trust organized in Delaware (the “Customer”), and Gemini Trust Company, LLC, a New York State-chartered limited purpose trust company (“Gemini” or “Custodian”, and together with Customer the “Parties,” and each individually, a “Party”), as custodian to the Customer. This Agreement governs Customer’s use of Gemini Clearing (as defined below).

This Agreement purports to permit Party B access to the central counterparty clearing of certain types of transactions with LCH.Clearnet Limited and to maximise Party B’s ability to move (by way of transfer or termination, close out and replication) positions represented by those transactions to a Backup Clearing Member upon a Clearing Default.

Participation in clearing at ECC as System-Clearing Member is enabled through a General Clearing License or a Direct Clearing License.

Clearing Agreement • April 10th, 2006 • Clayton Dunning Group • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • Illinois

This agreement (the "Agreement"), dated as of July 6, 2004, by and between TERRA NOVA TRADING, L.L.C. ("Clearing Broker") and Clayton, Dunning & Company ("Correspondent"), sets forth the terms and conditions under which Clearing Broker shall provide execution, clearing and settlement services, on a fully disclosed basis, to Correspondent and its customers. Clearing Broker shall provide such services only to the extent required by this Agreement, and shall not be responsible for any duties or obligations not specifically allocated to Clearing Broker by this Agreement.

Clearing Agreement • March 31st, 1999 • Freedom Securities Corp /De/ • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies

Clearing Agreement • January 30th, 2012 • Southern Trust Securities Holding Corp • Security & commodity brokers, dealers, exchanges & services • Illinois

This FULLY DISCLOSED CLEARING AGREEMENT (“Agreement”) is made and entered into this 10th day of July, 2011 by and between R.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC ("RJO"), a Delaware limited liability company, and Sothern Trust Securities, Inc. (Broker"), a business organized under the laws of State of Florida.

Clearing Agreement • October 29th, 2002 • America First Associates Corp • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York

We understand that you, America First Associates Corp, ("AFA", " Correspondent" or "Introducing Broker") propose to offer all individuals who desire to establish an account with you a facility pursuant to which customers through such account may purchase and sell securities. U.S. Clearing is a division of Fleet Securities, Inc. ("USC"), a registered broker-dealer and a member firm of the New York Stock Exchange, Inc. ("NYSE") and other national securities exchanges. You propose that this facility would be made available through customer accounts ("Accounts") which would be opened with us by you as agent for each of your customers. You agree that all your Accounts, both customer and proprietary, whether cash, margin or delivery vs. payment, will be introduced to USC on a fully disclosed basis. All orders to buy or sell securities (other than options), whether equity or debt, may be executed away from USC but will be cleared through USC regardless of where executed. In the event AFA does

Should no constructive cooperation between clearer, the young person and/or their parents/legal guardians, the clearing project can be prematurely ended by both parties.

This Clearing Agreement ("Agreement") is entered into by and between Interactive Brokers (U.K.) Limited, a limited company that is duly organized and existing under the laws of England, with a principal place of business located in London, England ("IBUK") and [NAME OF BROKER] (“Introducing Broker”), (collectively “the Parties”).

Clearing Agreement • March 28th, 2008 • Broadpoint Securities Group, Inc. • Security brokers, dealers & flotation companies • New York