ADVISORY AGREEMENT
THIS AGREEMENT, made as of July 1, 2009, among MSSB Managed
Futures Xxxxxxx I, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the
?Trading Company?), Demeter Management LLC, a Delaware limited
liability company (the ?Trading Manager?), and Xxxxxxx Capital
Management, Inc., a Nevada corporation (the ?Trading Advisor?).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, the Trading Company has been organized pursuant to a
Certificate of Formation filed with Secretary of State of the
State of Delaware on June 10, 2009 (the ?Certificate of
Formation?) and an operating agreement (the ?Operating
Agreement?) to, among other things, directly or indirectly
through a commodity trading advisor, trade, buy, sell, spread, or
otherwise acquire, hold, or dispose of 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, forward contracts, foreign exchange
commitments, options on physical commodities and on futures
contracts, spot (cash) commodities and currencies, exchange of
futures contracts for physicals transactions, exchange of
physicals for futures contracts transactions, and any rights
pertaining thereto, whether traded on an organized exchange or
otherwise (hereinafter referred to collectively as ?futures
interests;? provided, however, such definition shall exclude
securities futures products as defined by the Commodity Futures
Trading Commission (?CFTC?), options in securities futures and
options in equities) and securities (such as United States
Treasury securities) approved by the CFTC for investment of
customer funds and other securities on a limited basis, and to
engage in all activities incident thereto;
WHEREAS, the Trading Company is a commodity pool operated by
the Trading Manager in which other commodity pool investment
vehicles sponsored and/or managed by the Trading Manager and/or
its affiliates will invest (each such investment vehicle, a
?Member,? and collectively, the ?Members?);
WHEREAS, the principals of the Trading Advisor have extensive
experience trading in futures interests and the Trading Advisor
is willing to provide the services and undertake the obligations
as set forth herein;
WHEREAS, the Trading Company and the Trading Manager
each desires the Trading Advisor to act as a trading advisor for
the Trading Company and to make investment decisions with respect
to futures interests for the Trading Company and the Trading
Advisor desires so to act; and
WHEREAS, the Trading Company, the Trading Manager and the
Trading Advisor wish to enter into this Agreement which, among
other things, sets forth certain terms and conditions upon which
the Trading Advisor will conduct the Trading Company?s futures
interest trading.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:
1. Undertakings in Connection with the Continuing Offering
of Units.
(a) The Trading Advisor agrees with respect to the
continuing offering of interests in the Members (?Units?): (i) to
make all disclosures regarding itself, its principals and
affiliates, its trading performance, its trading programs,
systems, methods and strategies (subject to the need, in the
reasonable discretion of the Trading Advisor, to preserve
confidentiality of proprietary information concerning such
programs, systems, methods and strategies), any client accounts
over which it has discretionary trading authority (other than the
names of or identifying information with respect to any such
clients and/or client?s investment strategies and vehicles to the
extent not permitted by agreements in place with such clients),
and otherwise, as the Members may reasonably require (x) in
connection with any Member?s offering materials (collectively,
the ?Offering Memoranda?) as required by Rule 4.21 of the
regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act (the ?CEAct?) (if
applicable), including in connection with any amendments or
supplements thereto, or (y) to comply with any other applicable
law or rule or regulation, including those of the CFTC, the
Securities and Exchange Commission (the ?SEC?), the National
Futures Association (the ?NFA?), the Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority (?FINRA?) or any other regulatory or self-
regulatory body, exchange, or board with jurisdiction over its
members (or to comply with the reasonable request of the
aforementioned organizations); and (ii) to otherwise cooperate
with the Trading Company, the Trading Manager and the Members by
providing information regarding the Trading Advisor in connection
with the preparation of the Offering Memoranda, including any
amendments or supplements thereto, as part of making application
for registration of the Units under the securities or blue sky
laws of any jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, as
the Members may deem appropriate; provided that all such
disclosures are subject to the need, in the reasonable discretion
of the Trading Advisor, to preserve the secrecy of Confidential
Information concerning its clients, systems methods and
strategies. As used herein, unless otherwise provided, the term
?principal? shall have the meaning as defined in Rule
4.10(e) of the CFTC?s regulations and the term ?affiliate? shall
mean an individual or entity that directly or indirectly
controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with, such
party.
(b) If the Trading Advisor becomes aware of any materially
untrue or misleading statement or omission regarding itself or
any of its principals or affiliates in the Disclosure Document
(as defined in Section 19 hereof), or of the occurrence of any
event or change in circumstances which would result in there
being any materially untrue or misleading statement or omission
in the Disclosure Document regarding itself or any of its
principals or affiliates, the Trading Advisor shall promptly
notify the Trading Manager and shall cooperate with the Trading
Manager in the preparation of any necessary amendments or
supplements to the Offering Memoranda. Neither the Trading
Advisor nor any of its principals, or affiliates, or any
stockholders, officers, directors, or employees shall distribute
the Offering Memoranda or supplemental sales material or shall
engage in any selling activities whatsoever in connection with
the continuing offering of Units except as may be specifically
approved by the Trading Manager and agreed to by the Trading
Advisor.
(c) For purposes of this Agreement, and notwithstanding any
of the provisions hereof, all non-public information relating to
the Trading Advisor, its principals and their respective
affiliates, including but not limited to, records, whether
original, duplicated, computerized, handwritten, or in any other
form, and information contained therein, business and/or
marketing and/or sales plans and proposals, names of past and
current clients, names of past, current and prospective contacts,
trading methodologies, systems, strategies and programs, trading
advice, instructions, results, orders and fills, current and
historical trading positions, training materials, research data
bases, portfolios, and computer software, and all written and
oral information, furnished by the Trading Advisor to the Trading
Company, the Trading Manager, the Members and/or their officers,
directors, employees, agents (including, but not limited to,
attorneys, accountants, consultants, and financial advisors) or
controlling persons (each a ?Recipient?), regardless of the
manner in which it is furnished, together with any analysis,
compilations, studies or other documents or records which are
prepared by a Recipient of such information and which contain or
are generated from such information, regardless of whether
explicitly identified as confidential, with the exception of
information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the
public other than as a result of acts by the Recipient in
violation of this Agreement, (ii) is in the possession of the
Recipient prior to its disclosure pursuant to the terms hereof,
(iii) is or becomes available to the Recipient from a source that
is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with regard to such
information or by any other legal obligation of confidentiality
prohibiting such disclosure, or (iv) that is independently
developed by the Recipient without use of the confidential
information described in this Section 1(c), are and shall be
confidential information and/or trade secrets and the exclusive
property of the Trading Advisor (collectively, ?Confidential
Information?).
(d) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager each
warrants and agrees that they and their respective officers,
directors, members (including but not limited to, the Members),
equity holders, employees and agents (including for purposes of
this Agreement, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants,
consultants, and financial advisors) will protect and preserve
the Confidential Information and will disclose Confidential
Information or otherwise make Confidential Information available
only to the Trading Company?s or the Trading Manager?s officers,
directors, members (including but not limited to, the Members),
equity holders, employees and agents (including for purposes of
this Agreement, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants,
consultants, and financial advisors), who need to know the
Confidential Information (or any part of it) for the purpose of
satisfying their fiduciary, legal, reporting, filing or other
obligations hereunder or to monitor performance in the account
during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, or to the
Trading Company, Trading Manager or a Recipient, as the case may
be, is required to disclose such Confidential Information due to
a fiduciary obligation or legal or regulatory request.
Additionally, the Trading Company and the Trading Manager each
warrants and agrees that it and any Recipient will use the
Confidential Information solely for the purpose of satisfying the
Trading Company?s or the Trading Manager?s obligations under this
Agreement and not in a manner which violates the terms of this
Agreement. Without limitation to the foregoing, (i) the Trading
Company and the Trading Manager each shall not copy, license,
misuse, misappropriate or reverse engineer or otherwise
appropriate or make use of in any manner any of the Confidential
Information, including without limitation, trading results or
current and historical trading positions, and (ii) the Trading
Company and the Trading Manager each agree that they may not use
any Confidential Information in the formulation or computation of
any index aimed at being a replication of ?commodity pool?
returns they may create, sponsor or manage.
2. Duties of the Trading Advisor.
(a) Upon the commencement of trading operations on or about
July 1, 2009 by the Trading Advisor on behalf of the Trading
Company, the Trading Advisor hereby agrees to act as a Trading
Advisor for the Trading Company and, as such, shall have
authority and responsibility for directing the investment and
reinvestment of the Trading Company?s assets, which shall consist
of the Trading Company?s Net Assets (as defined in Section 6(c)
hereof) plus ?notional? funds, if any, as specified in writing by
the Trading Manager and consented to in writing by the Trading
Advisor (the ?Assets?), on the terms and conditions and in
accordance with the prohibitions and the trading policies set
forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement as amended from time to time
and provided in writing to the Trading Advisor by the Trading
Manager (the ?Trading Policies?); provided, however, that the
Trading Manager may override the instructions of the Trading
Advisor without notice to the Trading Advisor to the extent
necessary (i) to comply with the Trading Policies and with
applicable speculative position limits, (ii) to fund any
distributions or redemptions, (iii) to pay the Trading Company?s
expenses, (iv) to the extent the Trading Manager believes doing
so is necessary for the protection of the Trading Company, (v) to
terminate the futures interest trading of the Trading Company
with the Trading Advisor, or (vi) to comply with any applicable
law or regulation. The Trading Manager 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 Trading Manager to make the
necessary amount of funds available to the Trading Company within
two trading days of such request. The Trading Advisor shall not
be liable for the consequences of any decision by the Trading
Manager to override instructions of the Trading Advisor, except
to the extent that such consequences result from a material
breach of this Agreement by the Trading Advisor or the Trading
Advisor fails to comply with the Trading Manager?s decision to
override an instruction. In performing services to the Trading
Company, the Trading Advisor shall utilize its Polaris Program
(the ?Trading Program?), as described in the Disclosure Document,
and as modified from time to time. In performing services for
the Trading Company, the Trading Advisor may not materially alter
or change the Trading Program without the prior written consent
of the Trading Manager (and shall not effect such alteration or
change on behalf of the Trading Company without the Trading
Manager?s consent), it being understood that changes in the
futures interests traded, provided that such futures interests
are listed on Exhibit C hereto as updated from time to time by
the Trading Advisor upon written notice to the Trading Manager,
shall not be deemed a material alteration in the Trading Program.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this Agreement, the
Trading Advisor shall not be responsible for monitoring or
responding to (or advising the Trading Manager of) any margin
calls or any other responsibilities with respect to the cash
management of the Assets or for trading in any instrument that is
deemed to be a ?security? so as to require registration of the
Trading Advisor as an investment adviser pursuant to the
Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the ?Advisers Act?).
(b) The Trading Advisor shall:
(i) Exercise good faith and due care in trading futures
interests for the account of the Trading Company in accordance
with the prohibitions and Trading Policies, and the trading
systems, methods, and strategies of the Trading Advisor
described in the Disclosure Document, with such changes and
additions to such trading systems, methods or strategies as the
Trading Advisor, from time to time, incorporates into its
trading approach for accounts reasonably similar in size of the
Trading Company.
(ii) Subject to reasonable assurances of confidentiality
by the Trading Manager, provide the Trading Manager, within 30
days of the end of a calendar quarter, and within 30 days of a
separate request which the Trading Manager may make from time
to time, with information comparing the performance of the
Trading Company?s account and the performance, including
composite information, of all other representative accounts
directed by the Trading Advisor and using the Trading Program,
including Xxxxxxx Polaris Fund LLC and Xxxxxxx Polaris Fund,
Ltd. (?Other Accounts?), for the purpose of confirming that the
Trading Company has been treated equitably compared to such
Other Accounts. In providing such information, the Trading
Advisor may take such steps as are necessary to assure the
confidentiality of the Trading Advisor?s clients? or investors?
identities. The Trading Advisor shall, upon the Trading
Manager?s request, consult with the Trading Manager concerning
any discrepancies between the performance of such Other
Accounts and the Trading Company?s account. The Trading
Advisor shall promptly inform the Trading Manager of any
material discrepancies of which the Trading Advisor is aware.
The Trading Manager acknowledges that the following differences
in accounts may cause divergent trading results: different
trading strategies, methods or degrees of leverage, different
trading policies, accounts experiencing differing inflows or
outflows of equity, different risk profiles, accounts which
commence trading at different times and accounts which have
different portfolios or different fiscal years.
(iii) Inform the Trading Manager when the Trading
Advisor?s open positions maintained by the Trading Advisor
exceed the Trading Advisor?s applicable speculative position
limits.
(iv) Subject to reasonable assurances of confidentiality
by the Trading Manager, the Trading Advisor shall promptly
provide the Trading Manager with all information concerning the
Trading Advisor and its activities reasonably requested by the
Trading Manager (including, without limitation, information
relating to material changes in control, personnel, trading
approach, or financial condition). The Trading Manager
acknowledges that all trading instructions made by the
Trading Advisor will be held in confidence by the Trading
Manager except to the extent necessary to conduct the business
of the Trading Company, otherwise provided for herein or
required by applicable law or regulation.
(c) All purchases and sales of futures interests pursuant
to this Agreement shall be for the account, and at the risk, of
the Trading Company and not for the account, or at the risk of
the Trading Advisor or any of its affiliates or each of their
principals, stockholders, directors, officers, or employees, or
any other person, if any, who controls the Trading Advisor.
All brokerage commissions and related transaction fees ,
including give-up fees at rates approved by MS&Co., arising
from such trading by the Trading Advisor shall be for the
account of the Trading Company. The Trading Advisor makes no
representations as to whether its trading will produce profits
or avoid losses.
(d) (i)
(ii) *
(iii)*
(e) Prior to the commencement of trading by the Trading
Company, the Trading Manager, on behalf of the Trading Company,
shall deliver to the Trading Advisor a trading authorization
appointing the Trading Advisor the Trading Company?s attorney-in-
fact for such purpose (a form of which is attached hereto as
Exhibit B).
3. Designation of Additional or Replacement Trading
Advisors and Reallocation of Assets.
(a) If the Trading Manager at any time deems it to be in
the best interests of the Trading Company, the Trading Manager
may designate an additional or replacement trading advisor or
advisors for the Trading Company and may apportion to such
additional or replacement trading advisor(s) the management of
such amounts of Assets as the Trading Manager shall determine in
its absolute discretion. The designation of an additional
trading advisor or advisors or replacement of any trading advisor
for the Trading Company by the Trading Manager shall not require
any approval of any existing trading advisor (including the
Trading Advisor). Subject to Section 7(c) hereof, the
designation and retention of an additional or replacement trading
advisor(s) and the apportionment of Assets to any such trading
advisor(s) pursuant to this Section 3 shall neither terminate
this Agreement nor modify in any regard the respective rights and
obligations of the Trading Company, the Trading Manager
and the Trading Advisor hereunder with respect to the Assets that
remain under the management of the Trading Advisor. In the event
that an additional or replacement trading advisor(s) is so
designated, the Trading Advisor shall thereafter receive
Management Fees and Incentive Fees based, respectively, on that
portion of the Assets managed by the Trading Advisor and that
portion of the New Trading Profit (as defined in Section 6(d)
hereof) attributable to the trading done by the Trading Advisor.
(b) The Trading Manager may at any time and from time to
time upon three Business Days? (as defined in Section 6(a)(i)
below) prior notice reduce Assets allocated to the Trading
Advisor (whether or not such Assets are allocated to any other
trading advisor or advisors of the Trading Company ) or allocate
additional Assets upon three Business Days? prior notice to the
Trading Advisor (whether or not such additional Assets are
allocated away from such other trading advisor or advisors);
provided that any such addition to or withdrawal from Assets
allocated to the Trading Advisor will only take place on the last
day of a month unless the Trading Manager determines that the
best interests of the Trading Company require otherwise.
4. Trading Advisor as an Independent Contractor.
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 Trading Company or its
Members in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Trading
Company or its Members. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed
to require the Trading Company to take any action contrary to the
Operating Agreement or the Certificate of Formation of the
Trading Company as from time to time in effect, or any applicable
law or rule or regulation of any regulatory or self-regulatory
body, exchange, or board. Nothing herein contained shall
constitute the Trading Advisor, the Trading Manager, or the
Members, as members of any partnership, joint venture,
association, syndicate or other entity, or 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 Trading Company or its
Members, nor does the Trading Advisor have any authority or
responsibility with respect to the offer, sale or issuance of
Units or the interests of the Trading Company, or the operation
of the Members or of the Trading Company.
5. Commodity Broker.
The Trading Advisor shall effect all transactions in futures
interests for the Trading Company through the Trading Company?s
separate account maintained with such commodity broker or brokers
as the Trading Manager shall direct and appoint from time to
time. Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., Incorporated (?MS & Co.?), Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx & Co. International plc (?MSIP?), and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Capital Group Inc. (?MSCG? and collectively, the ?Commodity
Brokers?) may act as the clearing commodity brokers for the
Trading Company, and MS & Co. and its affiliates may act as
foreign exchange forward contract counterparty for the Trading
Company. MSCG and its affiliates may act as an options on
foreign exchange forward contract counterparty for the Trading
Company. The Trading Manager shall provide the Trading Advisor
with copies of brokerage statements.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trading Advisor may
execute trades through commodity brokers other than those
employed by MS & Co. and its affiliates so long as arrangements
(including executed give-up agreements) are made for such
commodity brokers to ?give-up? or transfer the positions to the
Commodity Brokers in conformity with the Trading Policies set
forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.
6. Fees.
(a) For the services to be rendered to the Trading
Company by the Trading Advisor under this Agreement:
(i) The Trading Company shall pay the Trading Advisor a
monthly management fee, without regard to the profitability of
the Trading Advisor?s trading for the Trading Company?s account,
equal to 1/12 of % (a *% annual rate) of the Assets as of the
first day of each month (the ?Management Fee?). The Management
Fee is payable in arrears within 30 Business Days of the end of
the month for which it was calculated. For purposes of this
Agreement, ?Business Day? shall mean any day which the securities
markets are open in the United States.
(ii) The Trading Company shall pay the Trading Advisor an
incentive fee equal to 20% of the New Trading Profit in each
capital account of the Members in the Trading Company (the
?Capital Account?) that shall accrue monthly but is not payable
until the end of each calendar quarter (the ?Incentive Fee?).
The initial incentive period will commence on the date of the
Trading Company?s initial closing for each Capital Account and
shall end on the last day of the first full calendar quarter
after such initial closing occurs. The Incentive Fee is
payable within 30 Business Days of the end of the calendar
quarter for which it was calculated.
(b) If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than
the last day of a calendar quarter, the Incentive Fee shall be
determined as if such date were the end of a calendar quarter.
If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than the end of a
month, the Management Fee described above shall be determined as
if such date were the end of a 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
calendar days in the month. If, during any month after the
Trading Company commences trading operations (including the month
in which the Trading Company commences such operations), the
Trading Company does not conduct business operations, or suspends
trading for the account of the Trading Company managed by the
Trading Advisor, or, as a result of an act or material failure to
act by the Trading Advisor, is otherwise unable to utilize the
trading advice of the Trading Advisor on any of the calendar days
of that month for any reason, the Management Fee shall be
prorated based on the ratio of the number of calendar days in the
month which the Trading Company account managed by the Trading
Advisor engaged in trading operations or utilizes the trading
advice of the Trading Advisor to the total number of calendar
days in the month. The Management Fee payable to the Trading
Advisor for the month in which the Trading Company begins to
receive trading advice from the Trading Advisor pursuant to this
Agreement shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of
calendar days in the month from the day the Trading Company
begins to receive such trading advice to the total number of
calendar days in the month. In the event that there is an
increase or decrease in the Assets as of any day other than the
first day of a month, the Trading Advisor shall be paid a pro
rata Management Fee on such increase or decrease in the Assets
for such month.
(c) The term ?Net Assets? shall mean the total assets of
the Trading Company (including, but not limited to, all cash and
cash equivalents, accrued interest and amortization of original
issue discount, and the market value (marked-to-market) of all
open futures interest positions and other assets of the Trading
Company) less all liabilities of the Trading Company determined
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles
consistently applied under the accrual basis of accounting.
Unless generally accepted accounting principles require
otherwise, the market value of a futures or option contract
traded on a United States exchange shall mean the settlement
price on the exchange on which the particular futures or option
contract shall be traded by the Trading Company on the day with
respect to which the Net Assets are being determined; provided,
however, that if a contract could not be liquidated on such day
due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the
exchange on which that contract shall be traded or otherwise, the
settlement price on the first subsequent day on which the
contract could be liquidated shall be the market value of such
contract for such day, or if a contract could not be liquidated
on such day due to the exchange being closed for an exchange
holiday, the settlement price on the most recent preceding day on
which the contract could have been liquidated shall be the market
value of such contract for such day. The market value of a
forward contract or a futures or option contract traded on a
foreign exchange or market shall mean its market value as
determined by the Trading Manager on a basis consistently applied
for each different variety of contract.
(d) The term ?New Trading Profit? shall mean net futures
interest trading profits (realized and unrealized) on the Assets
in each Capital Account, decreased proportionally by the Trading
Advisor?s monthly Management Fees, brokerage commissions,
transaction costs and administrative fees. Such trading profits
and items of decrease shall be determined for each Capital
Account from the end of the last calendar quarter in which an
Incentive Fee was earned by the Trading Advisor or, if no
Incentive Fee has been earned previously by the Trading Advisor
with respect to a Capital Account, from the date that the Trading
Advisor commenced managing the Assets in the Capital Account, to
the end of the calendar quarter as of which such Incentive Fee
calculation is being made. Extraordinary expenses do not reduce
New Trading Profit. Interest income is not included in New
Trading Profit. New Trading Profit shall be calculated before
reduction for Incentive Fees paid or accrued so that the Trading
Advisor does not have to earn back Incentive Fees. Accrued
Incentive Fees shall be paid to the Trading Advisor on those
Assets withdrawn from a Capital Account due to redemptions at the
end of any month when such withdrawal of Assets is made as if
such month-end is the end of the calendar quarter.
(e) If any payment of Incentive Fees is made to the Trading
Advisor on account of New Trading Profit earned by the Trading
Advisor for a Capital Account and the Trading Advisor thereafter
fails to earn New Trading Profit or experiences losses for any
subsequent incentive period, the Trading Advisor shall be
entitled to retain such amounts of Incentive Fees previously paid
to the Trading Advisor in respect of such New Trading Profit.
(f) No Incentive Fees shall be payable to the Trading
Advisor until the Trading Advisor has earned New Trading Profit;
provided, however, that if the Assets of a Capital Account are
reduced because of redemptions that occur at the end of, and/or
subsequent to, a calendar quarter in which the Trading Advisor
experiences a futures interest trading loss for the Trading
Company, the trading loss that must be recovered before the
Trading Advisor will be deemed to experience New Trading Profit
in a subsequent calendar quarter will be equal to the amount
determined by (x) dividing the Assets of each Capital Account
after such decrease by the Assets in such Capital Account
immediately before such decrease and (y) multiplying that
fraction by the amount of the unrecovered futures interest
trading loss prior to such decrease. In the event that the
Trading Advisor experiences a trading loss for a Capital Account
in more than one calendar quarter without the Trading Company
paying an intervening Incentive Fee and Assets for a Capital
Account are reduced in more than one such calendar quarter
because of redemptions, then the trading loss for each such
calendar quarter shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula
described above and such reduced amount of futures interest
trading loss shall be carried forward and used to offset
subsequent futures interest trading profits.
7. Term
(a) This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period
of one year from the date the Agreement was entered into unless
otherwise terminated as set forth in this Section 7. The Trading
Advisor may terminate this Agreement at the end of such one-year
period by providing prior written notice of termination to the
Trading Company at least thirty days? prior to the expiration of
such one-year period. If the Agreement is not terminated upon the
expiration of such one-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. This
Agreement shall automatically terminate if the Trading Company is
dissolved.
(b) The Trading Company and Trading Manager each shall have
the right to terminate this Agreement in its discretion (i) at
any month end upon five calendar days? prior written notice to
the Trading Advisor, or (ii) at any time upon prior written
notice to the Trading Advisor upon the occurrence of any of the
following events: (A) if any person described as a ?principal?
of the Trading Advisor in the Offering Memoranda ceases for any
reason to be an active ?principal? of the Trading Advisor; (B) if
the Trading Advisor becomes bankrupt or insolvent; (C) if the
Trading Advisor is unable to use its Trading Program as in effect
on the date hereof and as modified in the future for the benefit
of the Trading Company; (D) 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; (E) except as
provided in Section 12 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, systems or
methods, or its goodwill to, any individual or entity, (F) if the
Net Assets allocated to the Trading Advisor as of the date of
this Agreement, after adjusting for distributions, additions,
redemptions, or reallocations, if any, shall decline by 50% or
more as a result of trading losses or if Net Assets allocated to
the Trading Advisor fall below $7,500,000 (after adding back
trading losses) as a result of any reallocation of the Trading
Company?s Net Assets by the Trading Manager; (G) if, at
any time, the Trading Advisor violates any Trading Policy, except
with the prior express written consent of the Trading Manager;
(H) if the Trading Advisor fails in a material manner to perform
any of its obligations under this Agreement; or (I) if the
Trading Advisor merges, consolidates or sells a substantial
portion of its assets pursuant to Section 12 of this Agreement.
(c) The Trading Advisor may terminate this Agreement at any
time, upon 10 days? prior written notice to the Trading Company
and Trading Manager, in the event: (A) that the Trading Manager
imposes additional trading limitation(s) in the form of one or
more Trading Policies or administrative policies that the Trading
Advisor does not consent to, such consent not to be unreasonably
withheld; (B) the Trading Manager objects to the Trading Advisor
implementing a proposed material change to the Trading Program
and the Trading Advisor certifies to the Trading Manager in
writing that it believes such change is in the best interests of
the Trading Company; (C) the Trading Manager overrides a trading
instruction of the Trading Advisor for reasons unrelated to those
set forth in Section 2 hereof and a determination by the Trading
Manager that the Trading Advisor has violated the Trading
Company?s trading policies and the Trading Advisor certifies to
the Trading Manager in writing that as a result the Trading
Advisor believes the performance results of the Trading Advisor
relating to the Trading Company will be materially adversely
affected; (D) the Trading Manager or the Trading Company merges
or consolidates with, or sells or otherwise transfers its
business or all or a substantial portion of its assets, or its
goodwill, to any non-affiliated individual or non-affiliated
entity; (E) the Trading Manager or the Trading Company materially
breaches this Agreement and does not correct the breach within
ten days of receipt of a written notice of such breach from the
Trading Advisor; (F) the Net Assets fall below $ (after adding
back trading losses) at any time; (G) the Trading Company becomes
bankrupt or insolvent; or (H) the registration of the Trading
Manager with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or its
membership in the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated or not
renewed, or limited or qualified in any respect. In addition,
the Trading Advisor may terminate this Agreement immediately upon
written notice to the Trading Company and the Trading Manager in
the event that the Trading Company becomes ?plan assets? subject
to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as
amended (?ERISA?), and/or Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the ?Code?), whether intentionally or
inadvertently.
(d) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any
termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 7
shall be without penalty or liability to any party, on
account of such termination.
(e) The indemnities set forth in Section 8 hereof shall
survive any termination of this Agreement.
8. 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 Trading Company, none of the Trading Advisor or its
controlling persons, its affiliates, and their respective
directors, officers, principals, shareholders, employees or
controlling persons shall be liable to the Trading Company, the
Trading Manager, the Members 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,
willful 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 Trading Company.
(b) Trading Advisor Indemnity in Respect of Management
Activities. The Trading Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Trading Company and the Trading Manager, their
controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, principals, managers, members, 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,
accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with, and
any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any
settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement,
the Trading Advisor 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 this Agreement
(except as covered by paragraph (d) below); provided that 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 Trading Company and the Trading Advisor,
such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) to the effect that
the action or inaction of such indemnified party that was the
subject of the demand, claim, lawsuit, action, or proceeding did
not constitute negligence, willful misconduct, or a breach of
this Agreement or a representation, warranty or covenant of the
Trading Company or the Trading Manager, their controlling
persons, their affiliates and their respective directors,
officers, shareholders, employees, and controlling persons and
was done in good faith.
(c) Trading Company Indemnity in Respect of Management
Activities. The Trading Company and the Trading Manager shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless, jointly and severally, the
Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, their affiliates and
their respective directors, officers, principals, 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,
accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with, and
any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any
settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement,
the Trading Company 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 this Agreement
(except as covered by paragraph (e) below); provided that a court
of competent jurisdiction upon entry of a final judgment finds
(or, if no final judgment is entered, by an opinion rendered by
counsel who is approved by the Trading Company and the Trading
Advisor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) to the
effect that the action or inaction of such indemnified party that
was the subject of the demand, claim, lawsuit, action, or
proceeding did not constitute negligence, willful misconduct, or
a breach of this Agreement or a representation, warranty or
covenant of the Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, its
affiliates and directors, officers, shareholders, employees, and
controlling persons and was done in good faith.
(d) Trading Advisor Indemnity in Respect of Sale of
Units. The Trading Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless the Trading Company, the Trading Manager, any selling
agent, their controlling persons and their affiliates and their
respective directors, officers, principals, managers, members,
shareholders, employees and controlling persons from and against
any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and
expenses, (joint and several), to which any indemnified person
may become subject (including any reasonable investigatory,
legal, accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with,
and any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or
any settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a
settlement, the Trading Advisor shall have approved such
settlement, and in connection with any administrative
proceedings), in respect of the offer or sale of Units, insofar
as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses
(or action in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon:
(i) a breach by the Trading Advisor of any applicable laws or
regulations or any representation, warranty or agreement in this
Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant to this Agreement
or the failure by the Trading Advisor to perform any covenant
made by the Trading Advisor herein; (ii) a breach of the
disclosure requirements under the CEAct or NFA rules that relate
to the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor Principals
(as defined below), or (iii) a misleading or untrue statement or
alleged misleading or untrue statement of a material fact made in
the Disclosure Document, Offering Memoranda or any supplemental
sales material or an omission or alleged omission to state a
material fact therein which is required to be stated therein or
necessary to make the statements therein (in the case of the
Disclosure Document and the Offering Memoranda and any
supplemental sales material, in light of the circumstances under
which they were made) not misleading, and such statement or
omission relates specifically to the Trading Advisor, or its
Trading Advisor Principals (including the historical performance
capsules, but excluding the pro forma performance information
except to the extent the pro forma performance information was
based on information furnished by the Trading Advisor) or was
made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, written
information or instructions furnished by the Trading Advisor
(provided, however, that with respect to any Offering Memoranda
or supplemental sales material, only such Offering Memoranda or
supplemental sales material as shall have been deemed approved by
the Trading Advisor pursuant to Section 11(b)(iv)).
(e) Trading Company Indemnity in Respect of Sale of
Units. The Trading Company and the Trading Manager shall
indemnify, defend and hold harmless, jointly and severally, the
Trading Advisor and each of its officers, directors, principals,
partners, shareholders and controlling persons from and against
any loss claim, damage, liability, cost, and expense, joint and
several, to which any indemnified person may become subject
(including any reasonable investigatory, legal, accounting and
other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid
in, any litigation or other proceeding or any settlement;
provided that, solely in the case of a settlement, the Trading
Company shall have approved such settlement, and in connection
with any administrative proceedings), in respect of the offer or
sale of Units, unless such loss, claim, damage, liability, cost,
or expense (or action in respect thereof) arises out of, or is
based upon (i) a breach by the Trading Company or the Trading
Manager of any representation, warranty or agreement in this
Agreement or the failure by the Trading Company or the Trading
Manager to perform any covenant made by them herein; or (ii) a
misleading or untrue statement or alleged misleading or untrue
statement of a material fact made in the Disclosure Document or
Offering Memoranda, or any supplemental sales material or an
omission or alleged omission to state a material fact therein
which is required to be stated therein or necessary to make the
statements therein (in the case of the Disclosure Document or
Offering Memoranda or the supplemental sales material, in light
of the circumstances under which they were made) not misleading,
provided that such materially misleading or untrue statement or
alleged materially misleading or untrue statement or omission or
alleged omission does not specifically relate to the Trading
Advisor or its Trading Advisor Principals (including the
historical performance capsules, but excluding the pro forma
performance information except to the extent the pro forma
performance information was based on information furnished by the
Trading Advisor) or was not made in reliance upon, and in
conformity with, written information or instructions furnished by
the Trading Advisor (provided, however, that with respect to any
Offering Memoranda or supplemental sales material, only such
Offering Memoranda or supplemental sales material as shall have
been approved deemed approved by the Trading Advisor pursuant to
Section 11(b)(iv)), or does not result from a breach by the
Trading Advisor of any representation, warranty, or agreement in
this Agreement or any certificate delivered pursuant to this
Agreement or the failure by the Trading Advisor to materially
perform any covenant made in this Agreement.
(f) Subject to Section 8(a) hereof, 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.
(g) 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 that 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 that are different
from, in addition to, or 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 (provided the indemnified person is so
entitled) 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, the
indemnifying party will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless an
indemnified person as provided in this Section 8.
9. Right to Advise Others and Uniformity of Acts and Practices.
(a) The Trading Advisor is engaged in the business of advising
clients 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 clients (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. The Trading
Advisor will use its best efforts to implement a fair and
consistent allocation policy that seeks to ensure that all
clients are treated equitably and positions allocated as nearly
as possible in proportion to the assets available for trading of
the accounts managed or controlled by the Trading Advisor. Upon
written reasonable request, the Trading Manager may request a
copy of the Trading Advisor?s procedures regarding the equitable
treatment of trades across accounts. Such procedures shall be
provided to the Trading Manager within 30 days of such request by
the Trading Manager. Except as otherwise set forth herein, the
Trading Advisor and its principals and affiliates agree to treat
the Trading Company in a fiduciary capacity to the extent
recognized by applicable law, but subject to that standard. To
the fullest extent required by applicable law, under no
circumstances shall the Trading Advisor by any act or omission
knowingly or intentionally favor any account advised or managed
by the Trading Advisor over the account of the Trading Company in
any way or manner. Nothing contained in this Section 9(a) shall
preclude the Trading Advisor from charging different management
fees and/or incentive fees to its clients. Subject to the
Trading Advisor?s obligations under applicable law, the Trading
Advisor or any of its principals or affiliates shall be free to
advise and manage accounts for other clients and shall be free to
trade on the basis of the same trading systems, methods, or
strategies employed by the Trading Advisor for the account of the
Trading Company, or trading systems, methods, or strategies that
are entirely independent of, or materially different from, those
employed for the account of the Trading Company, and shall be
free to compete for the same futures interests as the
Trading Company or to take positions opposite to the Trading
Company, where such actions do not knowingly or intentionally
prefer any of such accounts over the account of the Trading
Company on an overall basis.
(b) The Trading Advisor and its principals and affiliates
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 Trading Company, neither the Trading
Advisor nor any of its principals or affiliates shall knowingly
hold any position or control any other account that would cause
the Trading Company, the Trading Advisor, or the principals or
affiliates of the Trading Advisor to be in violation of the CEAct
or any regulations promulgated thereunder, any other applicable
law, or any applicable rule or regulation of the CFTC or any
other regulatory or self regulatory body, exchange, or board; and
(ii) neither the Trading Advisor nor any of its principals or
affiliates shall render futures interests trading advice to any
other individual or entity or otherwise engage in activity that
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 or self regulatory body,
exchange, or board so as to require the significant modification
of positions taken or intended for the account of the Trading
Company; provided that the Trading Advisor may modify its trading
systems, 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
Trading Company), (ii) the CFTC, or (iii) any other regulatory or
self regulatory body, exchange, or board, the Trading Advisor and
its principals and affiliates shall promptly liquidate positions
in all of their accounts, including the Trading Company?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.
10. Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the
Trading Advisor.
(a) Representations and Warranties of the Trading Advisor.
The Trading Advisor represents and warrants to and agrees with
the Trading Manager and the Trading Company as follows:
(i) It will exercise good faith and due care in
implementing the Trading Program on behalf of the Trading Company
as described in the Disclosure Document (as modified from time to
time) or any other trading programs agreed to by the Trading
Manager and the Trading Advisor.
(ii) The Trading Advisor shall follow and comply with, at all
times, the Trading Policies.
(iii) The Trading Advisor shall trade the Assets pursuant to
the same trading programs described in the Disclosure Document
unless the Trading Manager and the Trading Advisor agree
otherwise.
(iv) The Trading Advisor is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing under the laws of the state of its
organization and is qualified to do business and is in good
standing as a foreign corporation 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 power
and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
The only principals (as defined in Rule 4.10(e) under the CEAct)
of the Trading Advisor are those set forth in the Offering
Memoranda and the Disclosure Document (the ?Trading Advisor
Principals?).
(v) The Disclosure Document contains all statements and
information required to be included therein under the CEAct and
other applicable laws, and such information is accurate and
complete in all material respects.
(vi) All references to the Trading Advisor and the Trading
Advisor Principals and trading systems, methods and performance
in the Offering Memoranda are accurate and complete in all
material respects. With respect to the Trading Advisor, the
Trading Advisor Principals, and its trading systems, methods and
performance: (i) the Offering Memoranda contains all statements
and information required to be included therein under the CEAct
and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) the Offering
Memoranda do not contain, and will not during the term of this
Agreement contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or
omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements
contained therein, in light of the circumstances under which such
statements were made, not misleading. Except as otherwise
disclosed in the Offering Memoranda, the actual performance of
each discretionary account directed by the Trading Advisor or any
principal or affiliate of the Trading Advisor over the past five
years and year-to-date is disclosed in the Offering Memoranda on
either a composite or a stand alone basis. The information
regarding the actual performance of such accounts set forth in
the Offering Memoranda has been calculated and presented in
accordance with the descriptions therein and is complete and
accurate in all material respects.
(vii) 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.
(viii) Each of the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor
Principals has all federal, state and foreign governmental,
regulatory and exchange licenses and approvals and has effected
all filings and registrations with federal, state and foreign
governmental and regulatory agencies required to conduct its
business and to act as described in the Offering Memoranda or
required to perform its or his obligations under 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.
(ix) 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 Offering
Memoranda and the payment of the fees hereunder will not violate,
or constitute a breach of, or default under, the certificate of
incorporation or bylaws (or any other organizational documents)
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.
(x) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Disclosure Document, and except as may otherwise be
stated in or contemplated by the Disclosure Document, there has
not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial
or otherwise, business or prospects of the Trading Advisor or any
Trading Advisor Principal.
(xi) Except as set forth in the Disclosure Document there have
not been in the five years preceding the date of the Disclosure
Document and there is not pending, or to the best of the Trading
Advisor?s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, any action,
suit or proceeding before or by any court or other governmental
body or any administrative, self-regulatory or commodity exchange
organization to which the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor
Principal is or was a party, or to which any of the assets of the
Trading Advisor is or was subject and which resulted in or might
reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change
in the condition, financial or otherwise, business or prospects
of the Trading Advisor or which is required under the Securities
Act or CEAct to be disclosed in the Disclosure Document or the
Offering Memorandum. None of the Trading Advisor or any Trading
Advisor Principal has received any notice of an investigation by
the NFA, CFTC or other administrative agency or self-regulatory
body (whether United States or foreign) regarding noncompliance
by the Trading Advisor or any of the Trading Advisor Principals
with the CEAct or any other law applicable to the commodity
trading advisory services provided by the Trading Advisor, which
shall not include routine and non-material regulatory and
administrative audits, inspections, inquiries or requests.
(xii) Neither the Trading Advisor nor any Trading Advisor
Principal has received, or is entitled to receive, directly or
indirectly, any commission, finder?s fee, similar fee, or rebate
from any person in connection with the organization or operation
of the Trading Company.
(xiii) Participation by the Trading Advisor in accordance with
the terms hereof and as described in the Offering Memoranda will
not cause the Trading Advisor to be required to register as an
investment adviser pursuant to the Advisers Act.
(xiv) Neither the Trading Advisor nor any Trading Advisor
Principal will use or distribute the Offering Memoranda or any
supplemental sales material or engage in any selling activities
whatsoever in connection with the offering of the Units.
(xv) The information in the Offering Memoranda about the
Trading Advisor does not contain any misleading or untrue
statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact
required to be stated therein to make the statements not
misleading.
(xvi) The foregoing representations and warranties shall be
continuing during the term of this Agreement and if at any time
any event shall occur which could make any of the foregoing
representations or warranties inaccurate, the Trading Advisor
shall promptly notify the Trading Manager and the Trading Company
of the nature of such event.
(b) Covenants of the Trading Advisor. The Trading Advisor
covenants and agrees that:
(i) The Trading Advisor shall 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 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.
(ii) The Trading Advisor shall inform the Trading Manager
immediately as soon as the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor
Principal 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 (or which may, with the passage of time, materially
affect) the business of the Trading Advisor. The Trading Advisor
shall also inform the Trading Manager immediately if the Trading
Advisor or any of its officers becomes aware of any breach of
this Agreement by the Trading Advisor.
(iii) The Trading Advisor agrees to cooperate by providing
information regarding itself and its performance in the
preparation of any amendments or supplements to the Offering
Memoranda.
(iv) The Trading Advisor agrees to participate, to the
extent that the Trading Manager may reasonably request, in ?road
shows? and other promotional activities relating to the marketing
of the Units, provided that such participation shall not in the
reasonable judgment of the Trading Advisor require the
registration of the Trading Advisor or any of its principals or
agents as a broker-dealer or salesman (or the equivalent) under
the laws of any jurisdiction or interfere materially with the
trading activities of the Trading Advisor. The Trading Advisor
shall pay the costs of its reasonably requested participation in
such road shows.
11. Representations and Warranties of the Trading Company
and the Trading Manager; Covenants of the Trading
Manager.
(a) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager represent
and warrant to the Trading Advisor, as follows:
(i) The Trading Manager has provided to the Trading Advisor
the Offering Memoranda of the initial Members which includes
information regarding the Trading Advisor in the form first
issued, and will provide the Trading Advisor with the opportunity
to review such Offering Material in accordance with the
provisions of Section 11(b)(iv).
(ii) Each Members? organizational agreement provides for the
subscription for and sale of the Units in the respective Member;
all material actions required to be taken by each Member as a
condition to the sale of its Units to qualified subscribers
therefor has been, or prior to each closing described in the
Member?s respective Offering Memoranda shall have been taken;
and, upon payment of the consideration therefor specified in each
accepted subscription agreement in such form as attached to the
respective Member?s Offering Memoranda, the Units will constitute
valid interests in the Member. Each Member is in material
compliance with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any
governmental agency or self-regulatory organization applicable to
the Member?s business and the offering, sale, issuance and
distribution of its Units.
(iii) The Trading Company is a limited liability company duly
formed pursuant to its Certificate of Formation, Operating
Agreement and the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act and is
validly existing and in good standing 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 Offering
Memoranda; the Trading Company 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 Trading Company?s ability
to perform its obligations hereunder.
(iv) The Trading Manager 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 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 Trading
Manager?s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.
(v) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager have full
power and authority under applicable law to conduct their
business and to perform their respective obligations under this
Agreement and as described in the Offering Memoranda.
(vi) As of the date hereof, the Offering Memoranda and any
supplemental sales material contain all statements and
information required to be included therein by the CEAct or other
applicable law and at all times subsequent thereto up to and
including each closing, the Offering Memoranda and any
supplemental sales material will comply in all material respects
with the requirements of the rules of the NFA, the CEAct or other
applicable laws. The Offering Memoranda as of the initial
closing (as described therein), date of issue, and at each
closing will not contain any misleading or untrue statements of a
material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be
stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not
misleading. Any supplemental sales material, when read in
conjunction with the Offering Memoranda, will not contain any
untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material
fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the
circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading. This representation and warranty shall not, however,
apply to any statement or omission in the Offering Memoranda or
supplemental sales material made in reliance upon information
furnished by and relating to the Trading Advisor, its trading
methods or its trading performance.
(vii) Since the respective dates as of which information is
given in the Offering Memoranda, there has not been any material
adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or
business of the Trading Manager or the Trading Company, whether
or not arising in the ordinary course of business.
(viii) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Trading Manager on behalf of the
Trading Company and constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable
agreement of the Trading Company and the Trading Manager
in accordance with its terms.
(ix) The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the
incurrence of the obligations set forth herein and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the
Offering Memoranda will not violate, or constitute a breach of,
or default under, the Trading Manager?s certificate of
incorporation or bylaws, or the Trading Company?s Certificate of
Formation or Operating Agreement, or any agreement or instrument
by which either the Trading Manager or the Trading Company, as
the case may be, is bound or any order, rule, law or regulation
applicable to the Trading Manager or the Trading Company of any
court or any governmental body or administrative agency or panel
or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over the
Trading Manager or the Trading Company.
(x) Except as set forth in the Offering Memoranda, there has
not been in the five years preceding the date of the Offering
Memoranda and there is not pending or, to the best of the Trading
Manager?s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, any action,
suit or proceeding at law or in equity before or by any court or
by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental body or
any administrative, self-regulatory or commodity exchange
organization to which the Trading Manager or the Trading Company
is or was a party, or to which any of the assets of the Trading
Manager or the Trading Company is or was subject; and neither the
Trading Manager nor any of the principals of the Trading Manager
(?Trading Manager Principals?) has received any notice of an
investigation by the NFA, CFTC or any other administrative or
self-regulatory organization regarding non-compliance by the
Trading Manager or the Trading Manager Principals or the Trading
Company with the CEAct, the Securities Act or any applicable laws
which are material to an investor?s decision to invest in a
Member.
(xi) The Trading Manager and the Trading Manager
Principals have all federal, state and foreign governmental,
regulatory and exchange approvals and licenses, and have effected
all filings and registrations with federal, state and foreign
governmental agencies required to conduct their business and to
act as described in the Offering Memoranda or required to perform
their obligations under this Agreement (including, without
limitation, registration as a commodity pool operator under the
CEAct and membership in the NFA as a commodity pool operator) and
will maintain all such required approvals, licenses, filings and
registrations for the term of this Agreement. The Trading
Manager?s principals identified in the Offering Memoranda are all
of the Trading Manager Principals.
(xii) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager represent
that the Trading Company is a Qualified Eligible Person as
defined in CFTC Rule 4.7. The Trading Company and Trading
Manager consent to the account being treated by the Trading
Advisor as an exempt account under CFTC Rule 4.7, and the
Trading Company and the Trading Manager acknowledge that they
will not receive a commodity trading advisor disclosure document
from the Trading Advisor that contains all disclosures required
by Part 4 of the CFTC rules.
(xiii) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager are and
shall remain in material compliance in all respects with all
laws, rules, regulations and orders of any government,
governmental agency or self-regulatory organization applicable to
their business.
(xiv) The Trading Company is not, and during the term of
this Agreement shall not be, deemed to be ?plan assets? subject
to ERISA and/or Section 4975 of the Code.
(xv) The foregoing representations and warranties shall be
continuing during the term of this Agreement and if at any time
any event shall occur which could make any of the foregoing
representations or warranties inaccurate, the Trading Manager
shall promptly notify the Trading Advisor of the nature of such
event.
(b) Covenants of the Trading Manager. The Trading Manager
covenants and agrees that:
(i) The Trading Manager shall maintain all registrations
and memberships necessary for the Trading Manager to continue to
act as described herein and in the Offering Memoranda and to all
times comply in all 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 Manager?s ability
to act as described herein and in the Offering Memoranda.
(ii) The Trading Manager shall inform the Trading Advisor
immediately as soon as the Trading Manager, the Trading Company
or any of their principals becomes the subject of any lawsuit,
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 Trading
Manager or the Trading Company. The Trading Manager shall also
inform the Trading Advisor immediately if the Trading Manager or
the Trading Company or any of their officers become aware of any
material breach of this Agreement by the Trading Manager or the
Trading Company.
(iii) The Trading Manager shall notify the Trading Advisor of
any investment fund or other vehicle that becomes a Member of the
Trading Company.
(iv) The Trading Manager has or will furnish to the Trading
Advisor copies of the Offering Memoranda of the initial and any
future Members, and all amendments and supplements thereto that
refer in any way to the Trading Advisor and supplemental sales
materials (all of the foregoing collectively, the
?Promotional Materials?), in each case as soon as available. The
Trading Manager will ensure that the Trading Manager or the
Members will not utilize (or cause to be utilized by any selling
agent or other third party) any Promotional Materials, unless the
Trading Advisor has received a copy of such Promotional Materials
no less than 5 days in advance of its intended first use and has
approved any information regarding the Trading Advisor contained
therein. In the event that the Trading Advisor fails to
affirmatively object to such Promotional Material in writing
(which may be by email) to the Trading Manager within such 5 day
period, the Trading Advisor shall be deemed to have approved such
Promotional Material for all purposes hereunder.
(v) The Trading Manager will furnish, or cause to be
furnished, to the Trading Advisor such other documents and
information related to the Trading Company or the Members or
their activities as may reasonably be requested by the Trading
Advisor.
12. Merger or Transfer of Assets or Business.
Upon written notice to the other parties hereto, 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
programs, 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 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. The Trading Manager or
the Trading Company may merge or consolidate with, or sell or
otherwise transfer its business, or all or a substantial portion
of its assets, to any affiliated entity upon written notice to
the other parties hereto.
13. 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.
14. Assignment.
Subject to Section 12, hereof, this Agreement may not be
assigned by any party hereto without the express prior written
consent of the other parties hereto ; provided, however, the
Trading Manager may assign this Agreement to any affiliate
without the prior written consent of any other party hereto.
15. Amendment.
This Agreement may not be amended except by the written
consent of the parties hereto. No waiver of any provision of
this Agreement shall be implied from any course of dealings
between the parties, from any failure by any party to assert its
rights hereunder or any occasion or series of occasions.
16. 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.
17. Closing Certificates.
(a) The Trading Advisor shall, at the Members? initial
closing and at the reasonable request of the Trading Manager at
any closing (as described in the Offering Memoranda), provide the
following:
(i) To the Trading Manager and the Trading Company, a
certificate, dated the date of any such closing and in form and
substance satisfactory to such parties, to the effect that;
(A) the representations and warranties by the Trading
Advisor in this Agreement are true, accurate, and complete in all
material respects on and as of the date of the closing, as if
made on the date of the closing; and
(B) the Trading Advisor has performed in all material
respects all of its obligations and satisfied in all material
respects all of the conditions on its part to be performed or
satisfied under this Agreement, at or prior to the date of
such closing.
(ii) To the Trading Manager and the Trading Company, a
report as of the closing date which shall present, for the period
from the date after the last day covered by the historical
performance records in the Offering Memoranda to the latest
practicable day before closing, figures which shall be a
continuation of such historical performance records and which
shall certify that such figures are, to the best of such Trading
Advisor?s knowledge, accurate in all material respects.
(b) The Trading Manager shall, at the Members? initial
closing and at the reasonable request of the Trading Advisor at
any closing (as described in the Offering Memoranda), provide the
following:
(i) To the Trading Advisor, a certificate, dated the date of
such closing and in form and substance satisfactory to the
Trading Advisor, to the effect that:
(A) the representations and warranties by the Trading
Company and the Trading Manager in this Agreement are true,
accurate, and complete on and as of the date of the closing as if
made on the date of the closing;
(B) no order preventing or suspending the use of the
Offering Memoranda has been issued by the CFTC, the SEC, any
state securities commission, or the NFA or other self-regulatory
organization and no proceedings for that purpose shall have been
instituted or are pending or, to the knowledge of the Trading
Manager, are contemplated or threatened under the CEAct; and
(C) The Trading Company and the Trading Manager have
performed all of their obligations and satisfied all of the
conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied under this
Agreement with respect to itself or with respect to the Members
at or prior to the date of the closing.
18. Inconsistent Filings.
If the Trading Advisor intends to file, to participate in
the filing of, or to publish any description of the Trading
Advisor, or of its respective principals or trading approaches
that is materially inconsistent with those in the Disclosure
Document, the Trading Advisor shall inform the Trading Manager of
such intention and shall furnish copies of all such filings or
publications at least ten Business Days prior to the date of
filing or publication.
19. Disclosure Documents.
During the term of this Agreement, upon the reasonable
request of the Trading Manager, the Trading Advisor shall furnish
to the Trading Manager promptly copies of all disclosure
documents, information documents, offering memoranda or similar
documents used by the Trading Advisor. The Trading Manager
hereby acknowledges on behalf of the Trading Company receipt of
the Confidential Information Memorandum dated May 2009 of the
Xxxxxxx Polaris Fund, LLC (the ?Disclosure Document?).
20. Track Record. The track record and other performance
information of the Members shall be the property of the Trading
Manager and not the Trading Advisor.
21. Use of Name.
(a) The Trading Advisor hereby consents to the non-
exclusive use by the Trading Company of (a) the name ?Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Managed Futures Xxxxxxx I, LLC?, with respect to the
Trading Company and (b) the name ?Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures
Xxxxxxx I, LLC? in any documentation regarding the Trading
Company, only so long as the Trading Advisor serves as a sole
trading advisor to the Trading Company. Each of the Trading
Company and the Trading Manager agree to indemnify and hold
harmless, jointly and severally, the Trading Advisor, its
partners, directors, officers, affiliates, employees and agents
from and against any and all costs, losses, claims, damages or
liabilities, joint or several, including, without limitation,
attorneys' fees and disbursements, which may arise out of the
Trading Company's or the Trading Manager's misuse of the name
?Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures Xxxxxxx I, LLC? or out of any
breach of, or failure to comply with, this Section 21.
(b) Upon termination of this Agreement, the Trading
Company, at its expense, as promptly as practicable: (i) shall
take all necessary action to cause the Offering Memoranda and
organizational documents of the Trading Company to be amended in
order to eliminate any reference to ?Xxxxxxx? (except to the
extent required by law, regulation or rule); and (ii) shall cease
to use in any other manner, including, but not limited to, use in
any supplemental sales material, the name ?Xxxxxxx? or any name,
xxxx or logo type derived from it or similar to it (except to the
extent required by law, regulation or rule).
22. 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, by facsimile on receipt
confirmation, by email followed by delivery of an original, 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 Trading Company:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures Xxxxxxx I,
LLC
c/o Demeter Management LLC
Managed Futures Department
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx.Xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx;
if to the Trading Manager:
Demeter Management LLC
Managed Futures Department
000 Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx Xxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: Xxxxxx.Xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx;
With a copy to:
Xxxxxx & Bird LLP
00 Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx.xxxxx@xxxxxx.xxx
if to the Trading Advisor:
Xxxxxxx Capital Management, Inc.
000 Xxxxxxxx Xxx XX, Xxxxx 000
Xxxxxxxx, XX 00000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
With a copy to:
Winston & Xxxxxx LLP
00 X. Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Xxxxxxx, XX 00000-0000
Attn: Xxxxxx X. Xxxxxx
Facsimile: (000) 000-0000
Email: xxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxx
23. Continuing Nature of Representations Warranties and
Covenants: Survival.
All representations, warranties and covenants contained in
this Agreement shall be continuing during the term of this
Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement shall survive the
termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising
while this Agreement was in effect. Each party hereby agrees
that as of the date of this Agreement it is, and during its term
shall be, in compliance with its representations, warranties and
covenants herein contained. In addition, if at any time any
event occurs which would make any of such representations,
warranties or covenants not true, the affected party will use its
best efforts to promptly notify the other parties of such fact.
24. Third-Party Beneficiaries.
Except for each of the Members who shall be a third-party
beneficiary of the applicable provisions of this Agreement, this
Agreement is not intended and shall not convey any rights to a
party to this Agreement.
25. Governing Law.
This Agreement shall be governed by, and construed in
accordance with, the laws 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.
26. Remedies.
Subject to the following sentence, 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,
except that Trading Advisor may seek a declaratory judgment with
respect to the indemnification provisions of this Agreement
(Sections 8 and 21) or may seek injunctive or equitable relief
with respect to the confidentiality and use of name provisions of
this Agreement (Sections 1(c) and d, and 21).
27. 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.
28. Successors.
This Agreement including the representations, warranties and
covenants contained herein shall be binding upon and inure to the
benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and permitted
assigns, and no other person shall have any right or obligation
under this Agreement.
29. Counterparts.
This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of
which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall
constitute one and the same instrument.
30. Waiver of Breach.
The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this
Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any
subsequent breach or of a breach by any other party. The failure
of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any provision of
the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver or thereafter deprive
such party of the right to insist upon strict adherence.
PURSUANT TO AN EXEMPTION FROM THE COMMODITY
FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION IN CONNECTION WITH ACCOUNTS OF
QUALIFIED ELIGIBLE PERSONS, THIS BROCHURE OR ACCOUNT DOCUMENT IS
NOT REQUIRED TO BE, AND HAS NOT BEEN, FILED WITH THE COMMISSION.
THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION DOES NOT PASS UPON THE
MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN A TRADING PROGRAM OR UPON THE ADEQUACY
OR ACCURACY OF COMMODITY TRADING ADVISOR DISCLOSURE.
CONSEQUENTLY, THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT
REVIEWED OR APPROVED THIS TRADING PROGRAM OR THIS BROCHURE OR
ACCOUNT DOCUMENT.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed
for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first
above written.
MSSB MANAGED FUTURES XXXXXXX I, LLC
by Demeter Management LLC
Trading Manager
By
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman and President
DEMETER MANAGEMENT LLC
By
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman and President
XXXXXXX CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC.
By
Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx
President
EXHIBIT A
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures
MSC Fund Operations Procedures
Following is a list of abbreviations used in this Exhibit A:
* ?CTA? shall mean Xxxxxxx Capital Management, Inc.
* ?Fund(s)? refers to Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures Funds that
utilize MS&Co/MSIL/MSCG as a clearing commodity broker.
* ?Futures? is used to identify exchange traded futures, or
forward contracts, and options on the same, that are cleared
through a clearing house.
* ?FX? is used to identify non-exchange traded forward currency
contracts, and options on the same, which are settled directly
between the principals of the trades.
* ?Trading Manager? shall mean Demeter Management LLC.
* ?MF? is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures.
* ?MSC? is MS&Co. and/or MSIL and/or MSCG (the Clearing
Commodity Broker or FX Counterparty, as appropriate).
* ?MS&Co? is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co., Inc. a subsidiary of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx (the Clearing Commodity Broker or FX (Non-Options)
Counterparty as appropriate).
* ?MSIL? is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx International plc, a subsidiary of
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx (a sub Clearing Commodity Broker). MSIL clears
London Metal Exchange (?LME?) transactions on behalf of the
Funds.
* ?MSCG? is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Capital Group a subsidiary of Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx (the FX Options Counterparty).
CONTACT INFORMATION:
Following are the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx departments involved in
servicing the Funds and the corresponding contact information.
Abbreviation
Department
Primary Contact
Telephone
E-mail
Futures Desk
MSC Futures
Trading
Desk
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
212.761.1782
212.762.5139
212.761.1093
Xxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Futures Ops
MSC Futures
Operations
Xxxxx Xxxxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxx
212.276.0477
212.276.0578
Xxxxx.Xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
FX Desk
MSC
Foreign
Exchange
Trading
Desk
Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxx
Xxxx Xxxxxx
212.761.2700
212.761.2700
212.761.2700
Xxxxxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
FX Ops
MSC
Foreign
Exchange
Operations
Xxxx Xxxxx
718.754.4868
Xxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
MF
Accounting
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Managed
Futures
Accounting
Xxx Xxxxxxxx
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
917.790.5702
917.790.5701
Xxx.Xxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
MF Ops
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Managed
Futures
Operations
Xxxxx Xxxxx
212.296.6813
Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
MF
Investment
Management
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Managed
Futures
Investment
Management
Xxxxxxx Xxxx
Alper Daglioglu
212.296.6808
212.296.6807
Xxxxxxx.Xxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
Xxxxx.Xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
MF
Planning
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx
Managed
Futures
Planning
and
Reporting
Xxxxx Xxxxx
212.296.6812
Xxxxx.Xxxxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx
FUND ACCOUNTS:
Account Configuration
* Futures and Futures Options Trading - For each CTA trading
program three Fund trading accounts will be assigned. A MS&Co
segregated account, prefix 052. A MS&Co secured account,
prefix 05A. A MSIL non-regulated (by the CFTC) account,
prefix 045.
* FX (Non-Options) Trading - One Fund account for each CTA
trading program will be assigned at MS&Co, prefix 058.
* FX Options Trading ? One Fund account for each CTA trading
program will be assigned at MSCG (if needed), prefix 057.
* Excess and FX Custody Accounts ? For each CTA trading program
two Fund accounts will be set up at MS&Co. One account will
be designated as a custody account for MS&Co FX. MF Ops will
maintain equity in the custody account sufficient to cover
margin requirements of the FX trading account. The second
account will contain the balance of excess equity that is not
required in the custody and futures trading accounts.
Statements
* Futures ? The CTA should contact Futures Ops regarding access
to Fund futures account statements.
* FX ? The CTA should contact FX Ops regarding access to Fund FX
account statements.
* Excess and Custody ? The CTA should contact MF Ops regarding
access to the Fund account statements at MS&Co.
FX TRADING:
FX Order Execution
* FX trading of the Funds must be executed through the MSC FX
Desk, unless the Trading Manager otherwise agrees in a form
acceptable to the Trading Manager. The CTA should contact the
MSC FX Desk for information on trade execution procedures.
* When trading FX Options, all premiums (on outright trades and
cross currency trades) must be booked at the clearing broker
so that the premium is stated in USD.
EFP Order Execution
* The CTA may utilize the FX Desk to execute EFP transactions.
The futures leg of an EFP will be subject to the futures
brokerage fee. The CTA should contact the FX Desk for
information on EFP trade execution procedures.
Foreign Currency Conversions
* The CTA is responsible for conversion into US dollars of all
Fund foreign currency balances created as a result of futures
and/or FX trading. The CTA, at its own discretion, should
place conversion orders directly to the FX desk.
FUTURES TRADING:
Order Execution Service
* The MSC Futures Desk can provide the CTA with order execution
facilities. The CTA should contact the Futures Desk for
information on trade execution procedures.
?Give Up? Order Execution
* The CTA shall ensure that a ?give-up? execution agreement is
in place prior to the execution of any trade through a floor
broker in accordance with this Agreement or as otherwise
provided in writing to the CTA by the Trading Manager.
* On exchanges allowing ?give up? execution, the CTA may have
orders executed away from MSC and give up trades to MSC for
clearing. The CTA should contact Futures Ops for information
on trade ?give up? procedures. The CTA should ensure that
executing brokers give trades up on a timely basis. The CTA
should ensure that executing brokers make timely payment on
price adjustments, when applicable. For futures trades at
exchanges where give-up execution is not allowed, the CTA must
use the execution facilities provided by the Clearing
Commodity Broker.
?Give Up? Agreements
* The CTA may authorize payment of an execution service fee
(?Give-Up Fee?) only to the executing clearing firm or the
floor broker (the ?Executing Broker?) that directly gives the
futures trade to the Clearing Commodity Broker for such
clearance, and in an amount not greater than the amount
permitted by the Trading Manager from time to time (the
?Execution Allowance?). The Execution Allowance shall be
based on the Trading Manager?s assessment for prevailing
competitive rates for Give-Up Fees.
* The four party FIA/FOA uniform ?give up? agreement is the
acceptable form for futures ?give ups?. The ?Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Managed Futures Give Up Policy and Billing Procedures? and
?Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Managed Futures Execution Allowance? schedule
will be made part of each ?give up? agreement. The trader
version FIA/FOA EFP agreement is the acceptable form for EFP
?give ups?. The CTA should send agreements that have been
signed by both the CTA and executing broker to MF Ops,
attention Xxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx, Managed Futures, 000
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, 00xx Xxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, XX 00000.
?Give Up? Execution Payment
* Give Up Fee Bills in amounts up to the Execution Allowance
will be processed by Futures Ops, with notice provided to the
CTA. To the extent that such bills will be greater than the
Execution Allowance, the CTA will obtain the prior written
consent of the Trading Manager. Refer to the ?Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Managed Futures Give Up Policy and Billing Procedures? for
specific information.
* The CTA shall provide that information which may reasonably be
requested by the Trading Manager to verify the Give-Up Fees
processed by Futures Ops.
ACCOUNT MAINTENANCE:
Trade Allocations
* The CTA is responsible for determining the trade allocation
procedure for Fund trading accounts, in accordance with CFTC
regulations. The CTA should ensure that the procedure was
followed correctly, and that trades are booked accordingly in
Fund accounts.
Trade Reporting; (Futures)
* The CTA is responsible for reporting all trades to Futures Ops
on a timely basis to facilitate clearing and reduce
operational risk. The CTA should contact Futures Ops for
additional information.
Daily Trade Checkout
* The CTA is responsible for daily, end of trading day, checkout
of all trades (including currency conversion trades) with
Futures and FX Ops. The CTA should contact Futures and FX Ops
to determine specific checkout procedures.
Daily Statement Reconciliation
* The CTA is responsible for daily statement trade activity and
position balancing with FX and Futures Operations. The CTA
should contact FX and Futures Ops to determine specific
balancing procedures.
* The CTA should provide a daily, trade reconciliation for each
Fund account to MF Ops, by 10:00 a.m. EST/EDT. Reconciliation
reports can be emailed to xx.xxx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx.xxx and should
specify trades to be added or canceled in each account, with a
valuation versus the current settlement price of the product,
and any pending cash adjustments due from executing brokers or
for bookkeeping corrections. (MF Ops provides MF
Accounting/the Administrator with adjusting information for
the calculation of NAV.) Please contact MF Ops if you have
any questions regarding this procedure.
* The CTA should notify MF Ops of any incorrect settlement
prices it becomes aware of with regard to the MSC account
statements of a Fund.
Monitoring of Delivery Periods and Option Expirations
* The CTA is responsible for monitoring delivery periods (first
notice dates and last trade dates), option expirations (option
expiration and last trade dates), and forward settlement
and/or maturity dates.
* The CTA should take appropriate actions to ensure that futures
contracts do not result in delivery.
* The CTA should ensure that their intentions regarding any open
option positions, at the time of expiration, have been
communicated appropriately to the Futures or FX Ops areas.
Contact Futures and FX Ops for specific communication
procedures.
Margin Maintenance and Cash Transaction (Journal) Reconciliation
* MF Ops is responsible for balancing of all journal entries in
all Fund accounts and for ensuring the requisite corrective
action is taken for each reconciling item.
* MF Ops is responsible for the authorization of Fund margin
transfers between MSC and MS&Co accounts for the purpose of
maintaining equity (and/or collateral) in amounts sufficient
to meet Fund margin requirements in the MSC Futures accounts
and the FX custody accounts.
TRADING LEVEL NOTIFICATION:
* For new trading allocations, MF Prod Org will provide
notification to the CTA of trading authorization and the
trading commencement date, along with notification of the
initial trading level.
* Thereafter, notification of estimated monthly net
additions/withdrawals will be distributed by MF Strat Plan.
On the third to last Business Day of each month a preliminary
estimate will be provided. On the first Business Day of each
month a final estimate will be given. Any material adjustment
(1% of account equity) from the final estimate to the actual
will be provided. Notification will be made via fax or email
and the CTA will be asked to acknowledge receipt via fax or
email. Questions regarding this procedure can be directed to
MF Strat Plan.
* Subsequent to a Fund?s monthly closing, actual additions and
withdrawals will be processed by MF Accounting/the
Administrator via journal entry in the Fund ?excess? account
at MS&Co.
* Any other trading level/asset allocation changes will be
communicated in writing from MF Prod Org or MF Strat Plan.
FUND ACCOUNTING:
Net Asset Value Calculation
* MF Accounting/the Administrator is responsible for
determination of daily NAV estimates for the Funds.
* MF Accounting/the Administrator will determine the actual
month end NAV of a Fund during the monthly closing process.
Brokerage Commission and Transaction Fees
* Brokerage commissions for each Fund will be charged in a
manner consistent with the prospectus or offering memorandum.
The CTA should contact MF Accounting/the Administrator for
additional information.
Fund Fee Processing
* Fund interest and all Fund fees, exclusive of brokerage
commissions and transaction fees, will be processed in a Funds
?excess? account at MS&Co.
* MF Accounting/the Administrator will determine fees due to the
CTA during the monthly closing process and notify the CTA of
the fees via the monthly performance tables. The CTA should
provide contact information regarding fees to MF
Accounting/the Administrator.
* MF Accounting/the Administrator will make payment of fees to
the CTA via wire transfer. The CTA should provide wire
instructions to MF Accounting/the Administrator.
ERROR POLICY:
* The CTA shall inform the Trading Manager and the relevant
Clearing Commodity Broker of trading errors to the extent
required by the second sentence of Section 2(d)(iii) of this
Agreement. The provisions of Section 2(d) of this Agreement
shall be interpreted to mean that the benefit of all
profitable trading errors and the detriment of all
unprofitable trading errors made by the CTA when trading on
behalf of the Fund shall be awarded to the Fund, except for
the detriment of unprofitable trading errors made by the CTA
that are subject to Section 2(d)(ii), which shall be borne by
the CTA.
BORROWING:
The CTA shall not use borrowed money to leverage any trades,
unless otherwise approved by the Trading Manager.
EXHIBIT B
COMMODITY TRADING AUTHORITY
Dear: Xxxxxxx Capital Management, Inc.
MSSB Managed Futures Xxxxxxx I, LLC (the ?Trading
Company?) and Demeter Management LLC, the Trading Company?s
Trading Manager (the ?Trading Manager?) do hereby make,
constitute and appoint you as the Trading Company?s attorney-in-
fact to buy and sell futures and forward contracts through such
futures commission merchants as shall be agreed on by you and the
Trading Manager on behalf of the Trading Company, pursuant to the
trading program identified in the Agreement among the Trading
Company, the Trading Manger and you as of the 1st day of July,
2009, as amended or supplemented, and in accordance with the
terms and conditions of said Agreement.
This authorization shall terminate and be null, void
and of no further effect simultaneously with the termination of
the said Agreement.
Very truly yours,
MSSB MANAGED FUTURES XXXXXXX I,
LLC
by Demeter Management Corporation
Trading Manager
By
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman and President
DEMETER MANAGEMENT LLC
By
Xxxxxx Xxxxx
Chairman and President
EXHIBIT C
FUTURES INTERESTS TRADED
Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the
Commission.
Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the
Commission.
Confidential material redacted and filed separately with the
Commission.
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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED. Confidential portions of this
document have been redacted and have been separately filed with
the Commission.
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