AMENDED AND RESTATED
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
THIS AMENDED AND RESTATED
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT, made as of May 12, 1997 (this
"Agreement") among XXXX XXXXXX PORTFOLIO STRATEGY
FUND L.P. (formerly, Xxxx Xxxxxx Principal Secured Futures
Fund L.P.), a Delaware limited partnership (the "Partnership"),
DEMETER MANAGEMENT CORPORATION, a Delaware
corporation (the "General Partner"), and XXXX X. XXXXX &
COMPANY, INC., a California corporation (the "Trading
Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the Partnership was formed pursuant
to a certificate of limited partnership dated August 28, 1990 and
amended its name pursuant to an amendment to its certificate of
limited partnership on July 24, 1996 (as amended, the "Certificate
of Limited Partnership") and a limited partnership agreement dated
as of August 28, 1990 (as it may be amended from time to time,
the "Limited Partnership Agreement");
WHEREAS, the Partnership has issued units of
limited partnership interest in connection with a public offering
pursuant to a Prospectus dated October 30, 1990 (the "Original
Prospectus");
WHEREAS, the Partnership, the General Partner,
and the Trading Advisor entered into a management agreement
dated as of October 30, 1990 (the "Original Management
Agreement") whereby the Trading Advisor agreed to provide
certain services to the Partnership in connection with the
Partnership's speculative trading in commodities (including, but
not limited to, foreign currencies, mortgage-backed securities,
money market instruments, financial instruments, and any other
securities or items which are now, or may hereafter be, the subject
of futures contract trading), domestic and foreign commodity
futures contracts, commodity forward contracts, foreign exchange
commitments, options on physical commodities and on futures
contracts, spot (cash) commodities and currencies, and any rights
pertaining thereto (collectively, "futures interests") and securities
(such as United States Treasury securities) approved by the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the "CFTC") for
investment of customer funds and to engage in all other activities
incident thereto;
WHEREAS, the Partnership and the General
Partner each desire the Trading Advisor to continue to act as
trading advisor for the Partnership and to continue to make
investment decisions with respect to futures interests for the
Partnership and the Trading Advisor desires to so act;
WHEREAS, the Partnership plans to offer
additional Units of Limited Partnership Interest ("Units") for sale
to the public as described in a registration statement on Form S-1,
to be filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the
"SEC") and as it may be amended from time to time (the
"Registration Statement") pursuant to the Securities Act of 1933,
as amended (the "Act") and a final prospectus (the "Prospectus")
of the Partnership as filed with the SEC; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership, the General Partner,
and the Trading Advisor wish to amend and restate the Original
Management Agreement as set forth in this Amended and Restated
Management Agreement, which, among other things, sets forth
certain terms and conditions upon which the Trading Advisor will
continue to conduct the Partnership's futures interest trading.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the
premises and the mutual covenants contained herein and other
good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of
which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree as
follows:
1. Undertakings of the Trading
Advisor Relating to the
Offering of Units.
The Trading Advisor shall cooperate with the
Partnership and the General Partner in connection with:
(a) (i) their preparation of the Registration Statement and any
preliminary prospectus contained therein, and (ii) their preparation
of the Prospectus, in each case, as deemed necessary or desirable
by the General Partner under the Act; (b) their filings of the
Registration Statement and Prospectus with the SEC, the National
Association of Securities Dealers (the "NASD"), the CFTC and the
National Futures Association (the "NFA"); (c) their filing of the
Registration Statement, Prospectus, or supplementary information
relating thereto with appropriate governmental authorities as part
of making applications for registration of the Units under the
securities or Blue Sky laws of such jurisdictions as the General
Partner may deem appropriate and the taking of such other actions,
consistent with the Trading Advisor's current registrations and not
inconsistent with this Agreement, as the General Partner may
determine to be necessary or advisable in order to make the
proposed offer and sale of Units lawful in such jurisdictions. The
Trading Advisor shall make all disclosures regarding itself and its
principals, its trading performance and trading approaches
(provided, however, that nothing contained in this Agreement shall
require the Trading Advisor to disclose proprietary information
concerning its trading systems, strategies, methods and programs),
its customer accounts, and such other matters as may be required
or advisable under the Act and the Commodity Exchange Act of
1974, as amended and the rules and regulations thereunder, (the
"CEAct"), in the reasonable judgment of the General Partner, to be
made in the Registration Statement or Prospectus or any
amendment or supplement thereof. The Partnership and the
General Partner agree to keep confidential and not disseminate
such details or any other information regarding the trading
systems, strategies, methods and programs for specific trades made
by the Trading Advisor to any of the limited partners of the
Partnership or the customers, employees, agents, shareholders,
officers, directors or affiliates of the General Partner of Xxxx
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx Inc. ("DWR") or any other person or entity,
except such details as may be, in the reasonable judgment of the
General Partner, necessary or appropriate for the conduct of the
business of the Partnership or as the latter relates to the Partnership
or as required by law.
2. Undertakings of the General
Partner Relating to the
Offering of Units.
The General Partner shall use its best efforts to
consummate the public offering of the Units (the "Offering") as
contemplated by the Registration Statement. Notwithstanding the
foregoing, the General Partner may: (a) withdraw the Registration
Statement from either or both of the SEC and CFTC (and, if
required, so notify the NASD and NFA); (b) withdraw the
applications filed under the securities or Blue Sky laws of the
various jurisdictions from any or all of such jurisdictions; and
(c) terminate the offering or the registration of Units with the SEC
at any time. The foregoing actions shall have no effect on the
Trading Advisor's obligation to continue providing services to the
Partnership pursuant to the terms hereof.
The General Partner shall use its best efforts to
advise the Trading Advisor of estimated additions and redemptions
at least three business days prior to the end of each month and at
the end of each month. The Trading Advisor shall be authorized to
rely on such estimated information in making its trading decisions
for the Partnership. The General Partner shall incur no liability as
a result of any actions taken pursuant to this Section 2; provided,
however, that the General Partner shall not be relieved hereby of
any liability that it may incur under other sections of this
Agreement.
3. Duties of the Trading
Advisor.
(a) The Trading Advisor hereby agrees to
continue to act as a trading advisor for the Partnership and, as such,
shall have sole authority and responsibility for directing the
investment and reinvestment of the net assets (as defined in
Section 7(d) of the Limited Partnership Agreement, the "Net
Assets") of the Partnership allocated to it; provided, however, that
the General Partner may override the instructions of the Trading
Advisor to the extent necessary (i) to comply with the trading
policies of the Partnership described in writing to the Trading
Advisor and with applicable speculative position limits, (ii) to fund
any distributions, redemptions, or reapportionments among other
trading advisors to the Partnership, (iii) to pay the Partnership's
expenses, (iv) to the extent the General Partner believes doing so is
necessary for the protection of the Partnership, (v) to terminate the
futures interests trading of the Partnership, or (vi) to comply with
any applicable law, regulation, order, judgment, or interpretation,
or policy. The General Partner agrees not to override any such
instructions for the reasons specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of the
preceding sentence unless the Trading Advisor fails to comply
with a request of the General Partner to make the necessary
amount of funds available to the Partnership within five days of
such request. The Trading Advisor shall not be liable for the
consequences of any decision by the General Partner to override
instructions of the Trading Advisor, except to the extent that the
Trading Advisor is in breach of this Agreement. In performing
services for the Partnership, the Trading Advisor may not
materially alter the trading programs used by the Trading Advisor
in investing and reinvesting the Partnership's Net Assets in futures
interests as described in the Prospectus without the prior written
consent of the General Partner, it being understood that changes in
the futures interests traded on leverage shall not be deemed a
material alteration in the Trading Advisor's trading program(s)
employed for the Partnership.
(b) The Trading Advisor shall:
(i) Exercise good faith and due care in
trading futures interests for the account of the Partnership in
accordance with (a) prohibitions and trading policies of the
Partnership as described in the Prospectus and otherwise as
provided in writing to the Trading Advisor by the General Partner
and (b) the trading systems, programs, and strategies of the
Trading Advisor as described in the Prospectus or such other
trading systems, programs, and strategies of the Trading Advisor
as the General Partner and the Trading Advisor shall agree, with
such changes and additions to such trading systems, programs or
strategies as the Trading Advisor, from time to time, incorporates
into its trading approach for accounts the size of the Partnership.
(ii) Subject to reasonable assurances of
confidentiality by the General Partner and the Partnership, provide
the General Partner, within 30 days of a request therefor by the
General Partner, with information comparing the performance of
the Partnership's account and the performance of all other client
accounts directed by the Trading Advisor using the trading
programs used by the Trading Advisor for the Partnership over a
specified period of time. In providing such information, the
Trading Advisor may take such steps as are necessary to assure the
confidentiality of the Trading Advisor's clients' identities. The
Trading Advisor shall, upon the General Partner's request, consult
with the General Partner concerning any discrepancies between the
performance of such other accounts and the Partnership's accounts.
The Trading Advisor shall promptly inform the General Partner of
any material discrepancies of which the Trading Advisor is aware.
The General Partner acknowledges that different trading strategies
or methods may be utilized for different sized accounts, accounts
with different trading policies, accounts experiencing differing
inflows or outflows of equity, timing of orders, accounts which
commence trading at different times, accounts which have
different portfolios or different fiscal years, accounts with different
expense and interest arrangements, that the Trading Advisor offers
several different trading programs and that such differences may
cause divergent trading results.
(iii) Upon request of the General Partner
and subject to reasonable assurances of confidentiality by the
General Partner and the Partnership, provide the General Partner
with all material information concerning the Trading Advisor other
than proprietary information (including, without limitation,
information relating to changes in control, principals, trading
approach or any materially adverse change in the Trading
Advisor's financial condition). The General Partner acknowledges
that all trading instructions made by the Trading Advisor will be
held in confidence by the General Partner, except to the extent
necessary to conduct the business of the Partnership or as required
by law, regulation, order, judgment or interpretive policy.
(iv) While the Trading Advisor is the
sole advisor of the Partnership, monitor the speculative position
limits applicable to the Partnership's trading so as to prevent the
Partnership from exceeding such limits.
(v) Inform the General Partner when the
Trading Advisor's open positions maintained by the Trading
Advisor exceed the Trading Advisor's applicable speculative
position limits.
(vi) Not trade spot and forward contracts
on physical and cash commodities (other than foreign currencies),
including but not limited to gold bullion, without the prior written
consent of the General Partner, which consent the General Partner
may withhold in its sole discretion.
(c) All purchases and sales of futures interests
pursuant to this Agreement shall be for the account, and at the risk,
of the Partnership and not for the account, or at the risk, of the
Trading Advisor or any of its stockholders, directors, officers, or
employees, or any other person, if any, who controls the Trading
Advisor within the meaning of the Act. All brokerage fees arising
from trading by the Trading Advisor shall be for the account of the
Partnership. The Trading Advisor makes no representations as to
whether its trading will produce profits or avoid losses.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in this Agreement
to the contrary, the Trading Advisor shall assume financial
responsibility for any errors committed or caused by it in
transmitting orders for the purchase or sale of futures interests for
the Partnership's account, including, without limitation, payment
to DWR, the commodity broker for the Partnership, of the floor
brokerage commissions, exchange and NFA fees, and other
transaction charges and give-up charges incurred by DWR on such
trades but only for the amount of DWR's out-of-pocket costs in
respect thereof. The Trading Advisor's errors shall include, but
not be limited to, inputting improper trading signals or
communicating incorrect orders to DWR. However, the Trading
Advisor shall not be responsible for errors committed or caused by
DWR or by floor brokers or by other futures commission
merchants. The Trading Advisor shall have an affirmative
obligation promptly to notify the General Partner of its own errors,
and the Trading Advisor shall use its best efforts to identify and
promptly notify the General Partner of any order or trade which the
Trading Advisor reasonably believes was not executed in
accordance with its instructions to DWR or such other commodity
broker utilized to execute orders for the Partnership.
4. Designation of Additional
Trading Advisors and
Reallocation of Net Assets.
(a) If the General Partner at any time deems it
to be in the best interests of the Partnership, the General Partner
may, upon prior written notice to the Trading Advisor, designate
an additional trading advisor or advisors for the Partnership and
may apportion to such additional trading advisor(s) the
management of such amounts of Net Assets as the General Partner
shall determine in its absolute discretion. The designation of an
additional trading advisor and the apportionment of Net Assets to
such trading advisor pursuant to this Section 4 shall neither
terminate this Agreement, except as provided in Section 8 hereof,
nor modify in any regard the respective rights and obligations of
the Partnership, the General Partner and the Trading Advisor
hereunder with respect to the assets that remain under the
management of the Trading Advisor. In the event that Net Assets
are reallocated from the Trading Advisor, the Trading Advisor
shall thereafter receive management and incentive fees based,
respectively, on that portion of the Net Assets managed by the
Trading Advisor and the Trading Profits attributable to the trading
by the Trading Advisor.
(b) The General Partner may at any time and
from time to time upon three business days' prior notice reallocate
Net Assets allocated to the Trading Advisor to any other trading
advisor or advisors of the Partnership or allocate additional Net
Assets upon three business days' prior notice to the Trading
Advisor from such other trading advisor or advisors; provided that
any such addition to or withdrawal from Net Assets allocated to
the Trading Advisor will only take place on the last day of a month
unless the General Partner determines that the best interests of the
Partnership require otherwise.
(c) The General Partner shall not, without the
consent of the Trading Advisor, allocate to the Trading Advisor
"notional" assets of the Partnership.
5. Trading Advisor
Independent.
For all purposes of this Agreement, the Trading
Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall,
unless otherwise expressly provided herein or authorized, have no
authority to act for or represent the Partnership in any way or
otherwise be deemed an agent of the Partnership. Nothing
contained herein shall be deemed to require the Partnership to take
any action contrary to the Limited Partnership Agreement, the
Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership as from time
to time in effect (the "Certificate of Limited Partnership"), or any
applicable law or rule or regulation of any regulatory body,
exchange, or board. Nothing herein contained shall constitute the
Trading Advisor and the Partnership or the General Partner as
members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate
or other entity, or, except as specifically provided otherwise in this
Agreement, be deemed to confer on any of them any express,
implied, or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on
behalf of any other. It is expressly agreed that the Trading Advisor
is neither a promoter, sponsor or issuer with respect to the
Partnership, nor does the Trading Advisor have any authority or
responsibility with respect to the sale or issuance of Units.
6. Commodity Broker.
The Trading Advisor shall effect all transactions in
commodity interests for the Partnership through, and shall
maintain a separate account with, such commodity broker or
brokers as the General Partner shall direct. The Trading Advisor
shall be authorized to rely on the General Partner's and the
Partnership's assessment of the risks of trading on non-U.S.
exchanges and the creditworthiness of such exchanges and their
associated clearinghouses, if any. At the present time, DWR shall
act as commodity broker for the Partnership. The General Partner
will instruct DWR to provide the Trading Advisor with copies of
brokerage statements. Notwithstanding that DWR shall act as
commodity broker for the Partnership, the Trading Advisor may
execute trades through floor brokers other than those employed by
DWR so long as arrangements are made for such floor brokers to
"give-up" or transfer the positions to DWR and provided that the
rates to be charged by such floor brokers have been approved in
advance by DWR.
7. Fees.
(a) Management Fee. The Partnership shall pay
to the Trading Advisor a management fee equal to 1/3 of 1 % per
month (a 4% annual rate) of the Partnership's Net Assets (as
defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement) allocated to the
Trading Advisor as of the last day of each month (before deduction
of the management fee, any accrued incentive fee and any
redemptions, distributions or reallocations as of the end of such
month).
If during any month after the Partnership
commences trading operations, the Partnership does not conduct
the business operations or suspends trading, or, as a result of an act
or material failure to act by the Trading Advisor, the Trading
Advisor does not provide its services on any trading day then the
management fee described above payable to the Trading Advisor
will be prorated based on the ratio of the number of trading days in
the month in which the Partnership engaged in trading operations
or, as appropriate, in which the Trading Advisor provided its
services to the total number of trading days in such month. If this
Agreement is terminated on a date other than the end of a calendar
month, the management fee described above shall be determined as
if such date were the end of a calendar month, but such fee shall be
prorated based on the ratio of the number of trading days in the
month through the date of termination to the total number of
trading days in the month.
(b) Quarterly Incentive Fee. The Partnership
shall pay a quarterly incentive fee with respect to the Net Assets of
the Partnership allocated to the Trading Advisor equal to 15% of
the "Trading Profits" (as defined below) as of the end of each
calendar quarter; provided, however, that if the Closing (as defined
in the Prospectus) is as of the first business day after a month-end
that is not the end of a calendar quarter, and if at such Closing an
incentive fee has accrued on "Trading Profits", the accrued
incentive fee shall become due and be paid to the Trading Advisor
on such closing date even if it does not coincide with the end of a
calendar quarter.
If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than
the end of a calendar quarter, the incentive fee described above
shall be determined as if such date were the end of a calendar
quarter. Any accrued incentive fees with respect to Units
redeemed at the end of a month which is not the end of a calendar
quarter will be deducted and paid to the Trading Advisor at the
time of redemption, and "Trading Profits" with respect to such
Units will not be included for purposes of determining incentive
fees thereafter. The quarterly incentive fee will be charged against
the Net Assets allocated to each of the Trading Advisor's trading
programs based upon the portion of the "Trading Profits" for the
quarter generated by each trading program.
As used herein, the term "Trading Profits" shall
mean net futures interests trading profits (realized and unrealized)
earned on the Net Assets allocated to the Trading Advisor,
including interest income credited to the Partnership by DWR on
its assets held in its futures interest account with DWR, decreased
by monthly management fees, brokerage commissions, floor
brokerage fees, "give up" of transfer fees, NFA fees, other
transaction fees and costs, administrative expenses, and other fees
and expenses (excluding incentive fees payable) of the Partnership;
with such Trading Profits and items of decrease determined from
the last date as of which such incentive fee was earned by the
Trading Advisor or, if no incentive fee has been earned previously
by the Trading Advisor, from the date that the Partnership
commenced trading to the end of the calendar quarter as of which
such incentive fee calculation is being made. Extraordinary
expenses of the Partnership, if any, will not be deducted in
determining Trading Profits.
If any payment of incentive fees is made to the
Trading Advisor on account of Trading Profits earned on the Net
Assets allocated to the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor
thereafter fails to earn Trading Profits or experiences losses for any
subsequent calendar quarter, the Trading Advisor shall be entitled
to retain such amounts of incentive fees previously paid to the
Trading Advisor in respect of such Trading Profits. However, no
subsequent incentive fees shall be payable to the Trading Advisor
until the Trading Advisor has again earned Trading Profits;
provided, however, that if Net Assets allocated to the Trading
Advisor are increased or reduced because of subscriptions,
redemptions ,distributions, or reallocations which occur at the end
of, or subsequent to, a month in which the Trading Advisor
experiences a futures interest trading loss, the trading loss that
must be recovered before the Net Assets allocated to the Trading
Advisor will be deemed to experience Trading Profits will be equal
to (i) the amount of the unrecovered trading loss multiplied by
(ii) a fraction the numerator of which shall be the Net Assets
allocated to the Trading Advisor immediately after such
subscriptions redemptions, distributions or reallocations, and the
denominator of which shall be the Net Assets allocated to the
Trading Advisor immediately before such subscriptions,
redemptions, distributions or reallocations.
(c) The Partnership will remit the management
and incentive fees to the Trading Advisor as soon as practicable,
but in no event later than 30 days, in the case of the management
fee, or 45 days in the case of any incentive fee, of the month-end as
of which they are due, together with an itemized statement
showing the calculations.
8. Term.
This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period
of two years after the effective date of this Agreement, as specified
in Section 25 hereof. At least ninety days prior to the expiration of
such two-year period, the Trading Advisor may terminate this
Agreement by providing written notice to the Partnership
indicating that the Trading terminate such Agreement at the end of
such two-year period. If the Agreement is not terminated upon the
expiration of the two-year period this Agreement shall
automatically renew for an additional one-year period and shall
continue to renew for additional one-year periods until this
Agreement is otherwise terminated, as provided for herein. At
least ninety days prior to the expiration of any such one-year
period, the Trading Advisor may terminate this Agreement at the
end of the current one-year period by providing written notice to
the Partnership indicating that the Trading Advisor desires to
terminate such Agreement at the end of such one-year period. This
Agreement shall terminate if the Partnership terminates. The
Partnership shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at its
discretion (a) at any month end upon 5 days' prior written notice to
the Trading Advisor, or (b) at any time specified in written notice
to the Trading Advisor upon the occurrence of any of the following
events: (i) if Xxxx X. Xxxxx ceases for any reason to be a principal
of the Trading Advisor; (ii) if the Trading Advisor becomes
bankrupt or insolvent; (iii) if the Trading Advisor is unable to use
466: its trading programs or methods as in effect on the date hereof and
as refined and modified in the future for the benefit of the
Partnership; (iv) if the registration, as a commodity trading
advisor, of the Trading Advisor with the CFTC or its membership
in the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated, or not renewed, or
limited or qualified in any respect; (v) except as provided in
Section 13 hereof, if the Trading Advisor merges or consolidates
with, or sells or otherwise transfers its advisory business, or all or a
substantial portion of its assets, any portion of its futures interests
trading programs or methods, or its good will to, any individual or
entity; (vi) if the amount of the Trading Advisor's allocated Net
Assets shall decline, as of the end of any day, from the amount of
the allocated Net Assets immediately following the Closing (after
adjusting for subscriptions, distributions, redemptions, or
reallocations, if any) by 50% or more as a result of trading losses;
(vii) if, at any time, the Trading Advisor violates any trading or
administrative policy as described in the Prospectus or as set forth
in writing to the Trading Advisor by the General Partner, except
with the prior express written consent of the General Partner; or
(viii) if the Trading Advisor fails in a material manner to perform
any of its obligations under this Agreement. The Trading Advisor
may terminate this Agreement at any time, upon 30 days prior
written notice to the Partnership, in the event: (i) the General
Partner designates an additional trading advisor or advisors without
the consent of the Trading Advisor; or (ii) the General Partner
objects to the Trading Advisor implementing a proposed material
change in the Trading Advisor's trading program(s) or method(s)
used by the Partnership and Trading Advisor certifies to the
General Partner in writing that it believes such change is in the best
interests of the Partnership. The Trading Advisor may terminate
this Agreement at any time upon written notice in the event:
(i) that the General Partner imposes additional trading limitation(s)
in the form of one or more trading policies or administrative
policies which the Trading Advisor does not agree to follow in its
management of its allocable share of the Partnership's Net Assets;
(ii) the General Partner overrides a trading instruction of the
Trading Advisor for reasons unrelated to a determination by the
General Partner that the Trading Advisor has violated the
Partnership's trading policies and the Trading Advisor certifies to
the General Partner in writing that as a result, the Trading Advisor
believes the performance results of the Trading Advisor relating to
Partnership will be materially adversely affected; (iii) the
Partnership materially breaches this Agreement and does not
correct the breach within 10 days of receipt of a written notice of
such breach from the Trading Advisor; (iv) the Partnership's Net
512: Assets allocated to the Trading Advisor, as of the close of business
(as determined by the General Partner) on any day, decline to
$5,000,000 or less; or (v) the Trading Advisor has amended its
trading programs used for the Partnership to include a foreign
futures or option contract which may lawfully be traded by the
Partnership under CFTC regulations and counsel, mutually
acceptable to the parties, has not opined that such inclusion would
cause adverse tax consequences to Limited Partners and the
General Partner does not consent to the Trading Advisor's trading
such contract for the Partnership within 5 business days of a
written request by the Trading Advisor to do so, and, if such
consent is given, does not make arrangements to facilitate such
trading within 30 days of such notice.
The indemnities set forth in Section 9 hereof shall
survive any termination of this Agreement.
9. Standard of Liability:
Indemnifications.
(a) Limitation of Trading Advisor Liability. In
respect of the Trading Advisor's role in the futures interests trading
of the Partnership's assets, none of the Trading Advisor, or its
controlling persons, its affiliates, and their respective directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or controlling persons shall be
liable to the Partnership or the General Partner or their partners,
officers, shareholders, directors or controlling persons except that
the Trading Advisor shall be liable for acts or omissions of any
such person provided that such act or omission constitutes a breach
of this Agreement or a representation, warranty or covenant herein,
misconduct or negligence or is the result of any such person not
having acted in good faith and in the reasonable belief that such
actions or omissions were in, or not opposed to, the best interests
of the Partnership.
(b) Trading Advisor Indemnity in Respect of
Management Activities. The Trading Advisor shall indemnify,
defend and hold harmless the Partnership and the General Partner,
their controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, shareholders, employees, and controlling
persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages,
liabilities (joint and several), costs, and expenses (including any
reasonable investigatory, legal, and other expenses incurred in
connection with, and any amounts paid in, any settlement;
provided that the Trading Advisor shall have approved such
settlement) incurred as a result of any action or omission involving
555: the business or activities undertaken by the Trading Advisor
pursuant to this Agreement (including the Original Management
Agreement); provided that such liability arises from an act or
omission of the Trading Advisor, or any of its controlling persons
or affiliates or their respective directors, officers, partners,
shareholders, or employees which is found by a court of competent
jurisdiction upon entry of a final judgment (or, if no final judgment
is entered, by an opinion rendered by counsel who is approved by
the Partnership and the Trading Advisor, such approval not to be
unreasonably withheld) to be a breach of this Agreement
(including the Original Management Agreement) or a
representation, warranty or covenant herein or in the Original
Management Agreement, the result of bad faith, misconduct or
negligence, or conduct not done in good faith in the reasonable
belief that it was in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the
Partnership. The termination of any demand, claim, lawsuit, action
or proceeding by settlement shall not, in itself, create a
presumption that the conduct in question was not undertaken in
good faith in a manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed
to, the best interest of the Partnership.
(c) Partnership and General Partner Indemnity
in Respect of Management Activities. The Partnership and the
General Partner shall, jointly and severally, indemnify, defend, and
hold harmless the Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, their
affiliates and their respective directors, officers, shareholders,
employees, and controlling persons, from and against any and all
losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint and several), costs, and
expenses (including any reasonable investigatory, legal, and other
expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in,
any settlement; provided that the General Partner and the
Partnership shall have approved such settlement) resulting from a
demand, claim, lawsuit, action, or proceeding (other than those
incurred as a result of claims brought by or in the right of an
indemnified party) relating to the business or activities undertaken
by the Trading Advisor pursuant to this Agreement (including the
Original Management Agreement) or a breach of this Agreement
(including the Original Management Agreement) by the General
Partner or the Partnership or a breach of a representation, warranty
or covenant herein or in the Original Management Agreement by
the General Partner or Partnership; provided that a court of
competent jurisdiction upon entry of a final judgment finds (or, if
no final judgment is entered, an opinion is rendered to the General
Partner and the Partnership by independent counsel reasonably
acceptable to both parties) to the effect that the action or inaction
of such indemnified party that was the subject of the demand,
601: claim, lawsuit, action, or proceeding did not constitute negligence,
misconduct, or a breach of this Agreement (including the Original
Management Agreement) by the Trading Advisor or any of its
controlling persons, their affiliates or their respective directors,
officers, shareholders, employees or controlling persons or a
representation, warranty or covenant of the Trading Advisor herein
or in the Original Management Agreement and was done in good
faith and in a manner such indemnified party reasonably believed
to be in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Partnership.
The termination of any demand, claim, lawsuit, action or
proceeding by settlement shall not, in itself, create a presumption
that the conduct in question was not undertaken in good faith in a
manner reasonably believed to be in, or not opposed to, the best
interest of the Partnership.
(d) Notwithstanding anything in the above to
the contrary, Xxxx X. Xxxxx shall have no liability to the General
Partner or the Partnership under this Agreement (including the
Original Management Agreement) or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this Agreement (including the
Original Management Agreement) except for fraud and willful
misconduct by Xxxx X. Xxxxx.
(e) The foregoing agreements of indemnity
shall be in addition to, and shall in no respect limit or restrict, any
other remedies which may be available to an indemnified person.
(f) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified
person of notice of the commencement of any action, claim, or
proceeding to which any of the indemnities may apply, the
indemnified person will notify the indemnifying party in writing of
the commencement thereof if a claim in respect thereof is to be
made against the indemnifying party hereunder; but the omission
so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the
indemnifying party from any liability which the indemnifying
party may have to the indemnified person hereunder, except where
such omission has materially prejudiced the indemnifying party.
In case any action, claim, or proceeding is brought against an
indemnified person and the indemnified person notifies the
indemnifying party of the commencement thereof as provided
above, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein
and, to the extent that the indemnifying party desires, to assume
the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying
party and not unreasonably disapproved by the indemnified person.
After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified person
of the indemnifying party's election so to assume the defense
thereof as provided above, the indemnifying party will not be
liable to the indemnified person under the indemnity provisions
hereof for any legal and other expenses subsequently incurred by
the indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof,
other than reasonable costs of investigation.
Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if, in any
action, claim, or proceeding as to which indemnification is or may
be available hereunder, an indemnified person reasonably
determines that its interests are or may be adverse, in whole or in
part, to the indemnifying party's interests or that there may be legal
defenses available to the indemnified person which are inconsistent
with the defenses available to the indemnifying party, the
indemnified person may retain its own counsel in connection with
such action, claim, or proceeding and will be indemnified by the
indemnifying party for any legal and other expenses reasonably
incurred in connection with investigating or defending such action,
claim, or proceeding.
In no event will the indemnifying party be liable for
the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all indemnified
persons in connection with any one action, claim, or proceeding or
in connection with separate but similar or related actions, claims,
or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same
general allegations. The indemnifying party will not be liable for
any settlement of any action, claim, or proceeding effected without
the indemnifying party's express written consent, but if any action,
claim, or proceeding is settled with the indemnifying party's
express written consent or if there is a final judgment for the
plaintiff in any such action, claim, or proceeding, the indemnifying
party will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless an indemnified
person as provided in this Section 9.
(g) The exculpation provisions in the selling
agreement among the Partnership, General Partner, DWR, and
Trading Advisor dated as of May 12, 1997 (the "Selling
Agreement") shall not relieve any party thereto from any liability it
may have or incur to any party under this Agreement. Neither
shall any party to Selling Agreement be entitled to be indemnified
by any party thereto, pursuant to the indemnification provisions
contained in the Selling Agreement, against any loss, liability,
damage, cost or expense it may incur under this Agreement.
10. Right to Advise Others and
Uniformity of Acts and
Practices.
(a) The Trading Advisor is engaged in the
business of advising investors as to the purchase and sale of futures
interests. During the term of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor,
its principals and affiliates, will be advising other investors
(including affiliates and the stockholders, officers, directors, and
employees of the Trading Advisor and its affiliates and their
families) and trading for their own accounts. However, under no
circumstances shall the Trading Advisor by any act or omission
favor any account advised or managed by the Trading Advisor
over the account of the Partnership in any way or manner (other
than by charging different management and/or incentive fees). The
Trading Advisor agrees to treat the Partnership in a fiduciary
capacity to the extent recognized by applicable law, but, subject to
that standard, the Trading Advisor or any of its principals or
affiliates shall be free to advise and manage accounts for other
investors and shall be free to trade on the basis of the same trading
programs, methods, or strategies employed by the Trading Advisor
for the account of the Partnership, or trading programs, methods,
or strategies which are entirely independent of, or materially
different from, those employed for the account of the Partnership,
and shall be free to compete for the same futures interests as the
Partnership or to take positions opposite to the Partnership, where
such actions do not knowingly or deliberately prefer any of such
accounts over the account of the Partnership.
(b) The Trading Advisor shall not be restricted
as to the number or nature of its clients, except that: (i) so long as
the Trading Advisor acts as a trading advisor for the Partnership,
neither the Trading Advisor nor any of its principals or affiliates
shall hold knowingly any position or control any other account
which would cause the Partnership, the Trading Advisor, or the
principals or affiliates of the Trading Advisor to be in violation of
the CEAct, any applicable rule or regulation of the CFTC or any
other regulatory body, exchange, or board; and (ii) neither the
Trading Advisor nor any of its principals or affiliates shall render
trading advice to any other individual or entity or otherwise engage
in activity which shall knowingly cause positions in futures
interests to be attributed to the Trading Advisor under the rules or
regulations of the CFTC or any other regulatory body, exchange,
or board so as to require the significant modification of positions
730: taken or intended for the account of the Partnership; provided that
the Trading Advisor may modify its trading programs, methods, or
strategies to accommodate the trading of additional funds or
accounts. If applicable speculative position limits are exceeded by
the Trading Advisor in the opinion of (i) independent counsel (who
shall be other than counsel to the Partnership), (ii) the CFTC, or
(iii) any other regulatory body, exchange, or board, the Trading
Advisor and its principals and affiliates shall promptly liquidate
positions in all of their accounts, including the Partnership's
account, as to which positions are attributed to the Trading Advisor
as nearly as possible in proportion to the accounts' respective
amounts available for trading (taking into account different degrees
of leverage and "notional" equity) to the extent necessary to
comply with the applicable position limits.
11. Representations, Warranties,
and Covenants of the Trading
Advisor.
(a) Representations and Warranties of the
Trading Advisor. The Trading Advisor with respect to itself and
each of its principals represents and warrants to and agrees with
the General Partner and the Partnership as follows:
(i) The Trading Advisor is duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing as a corporation
under the laws of the state of its incorporation and is qualified to
do business as a foreign corporation and in good standing in each
other jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business
requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would
materially adversely affect the Trading Advisor's ability to
perform its duties under this Agreement. The Trading Advisor has
full corporate power and authority to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
(ii) This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trading
Advisor and is a valid and binding agreement of the Trading
Advisor enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(iii) Each of the Trading Advisor and
each "principal" of the Trading Advisor, as defined in Rule 3.1
under the CEAct, has all federal and state governmental, regulatory
and exchange licenses and approvals and has effected all filings
and registrations with federal and state governmental and
regulatory agencies required to conduct its or his business and to
act as described in this Agreement. The Trading Advisor is
registered as a commodity trading advisor under the CEAct and is
a member of the NFA in such capacity.
(iv) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth herein, the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Prospectus and the payment of the fees hereunder will not violate,
or constitute a breach of, or default under, the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws of the Trading Advisor or any agreement
or instrument by which it is bound or of any order, rule, law or
regulation binding on it of any court or any governmental body or
administrative agency or panel or self-regulatory organization
having jurisdiction over it.
(b) Covenants of the Trading Advisor. The
Trading Advisor covenants and agrees that:
(i) It will exercise good faith and due
care in using its trading programs on behalf of the Partnership as
described in the Prospectus (as modified from time to time) or any
other trading programs of the Trading Advisor to which a portion
of the Partnership's Net Assets are allocated.
(ii) The Trading Advisor shall follow, at
all times, the Trading Policies of the Partnership (as described in
the Prospectus) and as amended in writing and furnished to the
Trading Advisor from time to time.
(iii) The Trading Advisor shall trade only
in futures and option contracts traded on U.S. contract markets,
foreign currency forward contracts traded with DWR, and such
other futures interests which are approved in writing by the
General Partner.
(iv) The Trading Advisor shall use its
best efforts to maintain all registrations and memberships
necessary for the Trading Advisor to continue to act as described
herein and to at all times comply in all material respects with all
applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to the extent that the failure
to so comply would have a materially adverse effect on the
Trading Advisor's ability to act as described herein.
(v) The Trading Advisor shall inform
the General Partner immediately as soon as the Trading Advisor or
any of its principals becomes the subject of any investigation,
812: claim or proceeding of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction
over such person or becomes a named party to any litigation
materially affecting the business of the Trading Advisor. The
Trading Advisor shall also inform the General Partner immediately
if the Trading Advisor or any of its officers becomes aware of any
breach of this Agreement by the Trading Advisor.
12. Representations, Warranties
and Covenants of the General
Partner and the Partnership.
(a) Representations and Warranties. The
General Partner and the Partnership represent and warrant to the
Trading Advisor, as follows:
(i) The Partnership is a limited
partnership duly organized pursuant to the Certificate of Limited
Partnership, the Limited Partnership Agreement and the Delaware
Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act ("DRULPA") and is
validly existing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full
power and authority to engage in the trading of futures interests
and to engage in its other contemplated activities as described in
the Prospectus; the Partnership has received a certificate of
authority to do business in the State of New York as provided by
Article 8-A of the New York Revised Limited Partnership Act and
is qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature
or conduct of its business requires such qualification and where
failure to be so qualified could materially adversely affect the
Partnership's ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(ii) The General Partner is duly
organized and validly existing and in good standing as a
corporation under the laws of the State of Delaware and in good
standing and qualified to do business as a foreign corporation
under the laws of the State of New York and is qualified to do
business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each
jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires
such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified could
materially adversely affect the General Partner's ability to perform
its obligations hereunder.
(iii) The Partnership and the General
Partner have full partnership or corporate power and authority
under applicable law to conduct their business and to perform their
respective obligations under this Agreement.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and
validly authorized, executed and delivered by the General Partner
on behalf of the Partnership and the General Partner and
constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the
Partnership and the General Partner in accordance with its terms.
(v) The execution and delivery of this
Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth herein and
the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein will not
violate, or constitute a breach of, or default under, the General
Partner's certificate of incorporation, bylaws, the Certificate of
Limited Partnership, or the Limited Partnership Agreement or any
agreement or instrument by which either the General Partner or the
Partnership, as the case may be, is bound or any order, rule, law or
regulation applicable to the General Partner or the Partnership of
any court or any governmental body or administrative agency or
panel or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over the
General Partner or the Partnership.
(b) Covenants of the General Partner. The
General Partner covenants and agrees that:
(i) The General Partner shall use its best
efforts to maintain all registrations and memberships necessary for
the General Partner to continue to act as described herein and in
the Prospectus and to all times comply in all material respects with
all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to the extent that the
failure to so comply would have a materially adverse effect on the
General Partner's ability to act as described herein and in the
Prospectus.
(ii) The General Partner shall inform the
Trading Advisor immediately as soon as the General Partner or any
of its principals becomes the subject of any investigation, claim, or
proceeding of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over
such person or becomes a named party to any litigation materially
affecting the business of the General Partner. The General Partner
shall also inform the Trading Advisor immediately if the General
Partner or any of its officers become aware of any breach of this
Agreement by the General Partner.
(iii) The Partnership will furnish to the
Trading Advisor copies of the Registration Statement, the
Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each
case as soon as available.
13. Merger or Transfer of Assets
of Trading Advisor.
The Trading Advisor may merge or consolidate
with, or sell or otherwise transfer its advisory business, or all or a
substantial portion of its assets, any portion of its commodity
trading systems or methods, or its goodwill, to any entity that is
directly or indirectly controlled by, controlling, or under common
control with, the Trading Advisor, provided that: (i) the Trading
Advisor provides written notice to the General Partner at least
30 days before the effective date of such merger, consolidation,
sale, or transfer; and (ii) such entity expressly assumes all
obligations of the Trading Advisor under this Agreement and
agrees to continue to operate the business of the Trading Advisor,
substantially as such business is being conducted on the date
hereof.
14. Complete Agreement.
This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement
between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein,
and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding as
between the parties unless in writing and signed by the party
against whom enforcement is sought.
15. Assignment.
This Agreement may not be assigned by any party
hereto without the express written consent of the other parties
hereto.
16. Amendment.
This Agreement may not be amended except by the
written consent of the parties hereto.
17. Severability.
The invalidity or unenforceability of any provision
of this Agreement or any covenant herein contained shall not affect
the validity or enforceability of any other provision or covenant
hereof or herein contained and any such invalid provision or
covenant shall be deemed to be severable.
18. Disclosure Documents.
(a) During the term of this Agreement, the
Trading Advisor shall furnish to the General Partner promptly
copies of all disclosure documents filed with the CFTC or NFA by
the Trading Advisor. The General Partner acknowledges receipt of
the Trading Advisor's disclosure document dated August 15, 1996,
as amended through December 12, 1996. Failure to provide a
disclosure document shall not constitute breach of this Agreement
unless the Trading Advisor fails to provide a document within
7 days of a request.
(b) The General Partner and the Partnership will
not distribute or supplement any promotional material relating to
the Trading Advisor unless the Trading Advisor has received
reasonable prior notice of and a copy of such promotional material
and has not reasonably objected thereto in writing.
19. Notices.
All notices required to be delivered under this
Agreement shall be in writing and shall be effective when
delivered personally on the day delivered, or when given by
registered or certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt
requested, on the second business day following the day on which
it is so mailed, addressed as follows (or to such other address as the
party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with
the terms hereof):
if to the Partnership:
Xxxx Xxxxxx Portfolio Strategy Fund L.P.
c/o Demeter Management Corporation
0 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
if to the General Partner:
Demeter Management Corporation
0 Xxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxxx
00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxx X. Xxxxxx
if to the Trading Advisor:
Xxxx X. Xxxxx & Company, Inc.
Xxx Xxxxxxxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxxx, Xxxxxxxxxxx 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
20. Survival.
The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising
while this Agreement was in effect.
21. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and
construed in accordance with, the law of the State of New York. If
any action or proceeding shall be brought by a party to this
Agreement or to enforce any right or remedy under this
Agreement, each party hereto hereby consents and will submit to
the jurisdiction of the courts of the State of New York or any
Federal court sitting in the County, City and State of New York.
Any action or proceeding brought by any party to this Agreement
to enforce any right, assert any claim or obtain any relief
whatsoever in connection with this Agreement shall be brought by
such party exclusively in the courts of the State of New York or
any Federal court sitting in the County, City and State of New
York.
22. Remedies.
In any action or proceeding arising out of any of the
provisions of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor agrees not to
seek any prejudgment equitable or ancillary relief. The Trading
Advisor agrees that its sole remedy in any such action or
proceeding shall be to seek actual monetary damages for any
breach of this Agreement.
23. Headings.
Headings to sections herein are for the convenience
of the parties only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the
meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.
24. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts,
each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together
shall constitute but one and the same instrument.
25. Effective Date.
This Agreement shall become effective on the date
of the Closing, as such term is defined in the Prospectus.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has
been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day
and year first above written.
XXXX XXXXXX
PORTFOLIO STRATEGY
FUND L.P. by Demeter
Management Corporation,
General Partner
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
XXXXXXX
MANAGEMENT
CORPORATION
By /s/ Xxxx Xxxxxx
XXXX X. XXXXX
&COMPANY, INC.
By /s/ Xxxxxxxxx A.M.
Kenton
