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Duties and Obligations of the Advisor with Respect to Investment of Assets of the Fund. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section and subject to the direction and control of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Advisor shall (i) act as investment advisor for and supervise and manage the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets and, in connection therewith, have complete discretion in purchasing and selling securities and other assets for the Fund and in voting, exercising consents and exercising all other rights appertaining to such securities and other assets on behalf of the Fund; (ii) supervise the investment program of the Fund and the composition of its investment portfolio; and (iii) arrange, subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, for the purchase and sale of securities and other assets held in the investment portfolio of the Fund. In performing its duties under this Section 2, the Advisor may delegate some or all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement to one or more investment sub-advisors. Such delegation may include but shall not be limited to delegating the voting of proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the proxy voting policies and procedures of such investment sub-advisor; provided, however, that any such delegation shall be pursuant to an agreement with terms agreed upon by the Trust and approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and provided, further, that no such delegation shall relieve the Advisor from its duties and obligations of supervision of the management of the Fund’s assets pursuant to this Agreement and to applicable law. The Fund acknowledges that the Advisor makes no warranty that any investments made by the Advisor hereunder will not depreciate in value or at any time will not be affected by adverse tax consequences, nor does it give any warranty as to the performance or profitability of the assets or the success of any investment strategy recommended or used by the Advisor.

Duties and Obligations of the Advisor with Respect to Investment of Assets of the Fund. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section and subject to the direction and control of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Advisor shall (i) act as investment advisor for and supervise and manage the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets and, in connection therewith, have complete discretion in purchasing and selling securities and other assets for the Fund and in voting, exercising consents and exercising all other rights appertaining to such securities and other assets on behalf of the Fund (including by causing the Fund to act and to be legally bound, or to refrain from acting, in the Fund’s capacity as member manager, managing member, manager, member, shareholder, partner or general partner (or similar capacity) of any limited liability company, limited partnership or other business entity); (ii) supervise the investment program of the Fund and the composition of its investment portfolio; and (iii) arrange, subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, for the purchase and sale of securities and other assets held in the investment portfolio of the Fund. In performing its duties under this Section 2, the Advisor may delegate some or all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement to one or more investment sub-advisorssubadvisors. Such delegation may include but shall not be limited to delegating the voting of proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the proxy voting policies and procedures of such investment sub-advisorsubadvisor; provided, however, that any such delegation shall be pursuant to an agreement with terms agreed upon by the Trust and approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and provided, further, that no such delegation shall relieve the Advisor from its duties and obligations of supervision of the management of the Fund’s assets pursuant to this Agreement and to applicable law. As part of its duties hereunder, the Advisor shall monitor the performance of any commodity trading advisor engaged as a trading advisor to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund and shall seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by allocating and re-allocating all or a portion (or none) of the Fund’s assets (directly or indirectly) among such subsidiaries. The Fund acknowledges that the Advisor makes no warranty that any investments made by the Advisor hereunder will not depreciate in value or at any time will not be affected by adverse tax consequences, nor does it give any warranty as to the performance or profitability of the assets or the success of any investment strategy recommended or used by the Advisor.

Duties and Obligations of the Advisor with Respect to Investment of Assets of the Fund. Subject to the succeeding provisions of this section and subject to the direction and control of the Board of Trustees of the Trust (the “Board”), the Advisor shall (i) act as investment advisor for and supervise and manage the investment and reinvestment of the Fund’s assets and, in connection therewith, have complete discretion in purchasing and selling securities and other assets for the Fund and in voting, exercising consents and exercising all other rights appertaining to such securities and other assets on behalf of the Fund; (ii) supervise the investment program of the Fund and the composition of its investment portfolio; and (iii) arrange, subject to the provisions of Section 4 hereof, for the purchase and sale of securities and other assets held in the investment portfolio of the Fund. In performing its duties under this Section 2, the Advisor may delegate some or all of its duties and obligations under this Agreement to one or more investment sub-advisorssubadvisors. Such delegation may include but shall not be limited to delegating the voting of proxies relating to the Fund’s portfolio securities in accordance with the proxy voting policies and procedures of such investment sub-advisorsubadvisor; provided, however, that any such delegation shall be pursuant to an agreement with terms agreed upon by the Trust and approved in a manner consistent with the 1940 Act and provided, further, that no such delegation shall relieve the Advisor from its duties and obligations of supervision of the management of the Fund’s assets pursuant to this Agreement and to applicable law. As part of its duties hereunder, the Advisor shall monitor the performance of any commodity trading advisor engaged as a trading advisor to any direct or indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fund and shall seek to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by allocating and re-allocating a portion (or none) of the Fund’s assets (directly or indirectly) among such subsidiaries. The Fund Trust acknowledges that the Advisor makes no warranty that any investments made by the Advisor hereunder will not depreciate in value or at any time will not be affected by adverse tax consequences, nor does it give any warranty as to the performance or profitability of the assets or the success of any investment strategy recommended or used by the Advisor.