-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, PZbQzey5qG4Fv/2KC/BCCtwtt4KP7YaO8BRi2TevYdLtf6aKdbqjw/8D38Tp0O+/ /E2/gkV23/GCNV0ulvZDKQ== 0001193125-08-246617.txt : 20081202 0001193125-08-246617.hdr.sgml : 20081202 20081202165304 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-08-246617 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 7 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20081128 ITEM INFORMATION: Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement ITEM INFORMATION: Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20081202 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20081202 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: World Monitor Trust III - Series J CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001345991 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6221] IRS NUMBER: 202446281 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-51651 FILM NUMBER: 081225582 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 900 KING STREET STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: RYE BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 BUSINESS PHONE: 914-307-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 900 KING STREET STREET 2: SUITE 100 CITY: RYE BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 8-K 1 d8k.htm WORLD MONITOR TRUST III--SERIES J World Monitor Trust III--Series J

 

 

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 8-K

 

 

CURRENT REPORT

Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

November 28, 2008

Date of Report (Date of Earliest Event Reported)

 

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

(Exact name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   333-119612   20-2446281

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or Organization)

  (Commission File Number)  

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

900 King Street, Rye Brook, New York 10573

(Address of principal executive offices) (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (914) 307-7000

 

(Former Name or Former Address, if changed since last report)

 

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

¨ Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

¨ Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

¨ Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


Item 1.01 Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective December 1, 2008, units of beneficial ownership (“Units”) of World Monitor Trust III – Series J (“Registrant”) began being offered only on a private placement basis to “accredited investors” pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933. As a result of this change in the manner in which the Units will be offered, Registrant entered into the following amended agreements, each of which was revised to reflect the fact that Units would only be offered to “accredited investors” on an ongoing basis:

 

  (1) Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated November 28, 2008 by and among Registrant, Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred”) and Graham Capital Management, L.P.;

 

  (2) Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated November 28, 2008 by and among Registrant, Preferred and Eagle Trading Systems, Inc.;

 

  (3) Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement dated November 28, 2008 by and among Registrant, Preferred and Ortus Capital Management Limited;

 

  (4) Second Amended and Restated Selling Agreement dated November 28, 2008 by and among Registrant, Preferred and Kenmar Securities Inc.; and

 

  (5) Form of Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement.

 

Item 5.03 Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year

On November 30, 2008, Registrant entered into the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated November 30, 2008 by and among Preferred, Wilmington Trust Company and Registrant’s Unitholders. The Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement was entered into in order to reflect that effective December 1, 2008, Registrant began only offering its Units on a private placement basis to “accredited investors” pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.

 

Item 9.01 Financial Statements and Exhibits.

 

Exhibit No.

 

Description

  3.3

  Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated November 30, 2008

10.1

  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement by and among Registrant, Preferred and Graham Capital Management, L.P. dated November 28, 2008

10.2

  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement by and among Registrant, Preferred and Eagle Trading Systems Inc. dated November 28, 2008

10.3

  Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement by and among Registrant, Preferred and Ortus Capital Management Limited dated November 28, 2008

10.4

  Second Amended and Restated Selling Agreement by and among Registrant, Preferred and Kenmar Securities dated November 28, 2008

10.5

  Form of Second Amended and Restated Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement dated November 28, 2008


SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

    WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J
    By:   Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.,
      its Managing Owner
Date: December 2, 2008       By:  

/s/ Lawrence S. Block

      Name:   Lawrence S. Block
      Title:   Senior Vice President and General Counsel
EX-3.3 2 dex33.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED TRUST AGREEMENT Third Amended and Restated Trust Agreement

Exhibit 3.3

THIRD

AMENDED AND RESTATED

DECLARATION OF TRUST

AND

TRUST AGREEMENT

OF

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III

Dated as of November 30, 2008

By and Among

PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY

and

THE UNITHOLDERS

from time to time hereunder


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

     Page
ARTICLE I   

DEFINITIONS; THE TRUST

   2

SECTION 1.1. Definitions

   2

SECTION 1.2. Name

   7

SECTION 1.3. Delaware Trustee; Business Offices

   7

SECTION 1.4. Declaration of Trust

   7

SECTION 1.5. Purposes and Powers

   8

SECTION 1.6. Tax Treatment

   8

SECTION 1.7. General Liability of the Managing Owner

   9

SECTION 1.8. Legal Title

   9

SECTION 1.9. Series Trust

   9
ARTICLE II   

THE TRUSTEE

   10

SECTION 2.1. Term; Resignation

   10

SECTION 2.2. Powers

   10

SECTION 2.3. Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee

   10

SECTION 2.4. Indemnification

   10

SECTION 2.5. Successor Trustee

   11

SECTION 2.6. Liability of Trustee

   11

SECTION 2.7. Reliance; Advice of Counsel

   12
ARTICLE III   

UNITS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

   13

SECTION 3.1. General

   13

SECTION 3.2. Establishment of Series of Units

   14

SECTION 3.3. Establishment of Classes and Sub-Classes

   15

SECTION 3.4. Units

   15

SECTION 3.5. Assets of Series

   17

SECTION 3.6. Liabilities of Series

   17

SECTION 3.7. Dividends and Distributions

   19

SECTION 3.8. Voting Rights

   19

SECTION 3.9. Equality

   20

SECTION 3.10. Exchange of Units

   20

 

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ARTICLE IV   

THE MANAGING OWNER

   20

SECTION 4.1. Management of the Trust

   20

SECTION 4.2. Authority of Managing Owner

   20

SECTION 4.3. Obligations of the Managing Owner

   22

SECTION 4.4. General Prohibitions

   24

SECTION 4.5. Liability of Covered Persons

   25

SECTION 4.6. Fiduciary Duty

   25

SECTION 4.7. Indemnification of the Managing Owner

   26

SECTION 4.8. Expenses and Limitations Thereon

   28

SECTION 4.9. Compensation to the Managing Owner

   30

SECTION 4.10. Other Business of Unitholders

   30

SECTION 4.11. Voluntary Withdrawal of the Managing Owner

   30

SECTION 4.12. Authorization of Registration Statements

   30

SECTION 4.13. Litigation

   30
ARTICLE V   

TRANSFERS OF UNITS

   30

SECTION 5.1. General Prohibition

   30

SECTION 5.2. Transfer of Managing Owner’s Units

   31

SECTION 5.3. Transfer of Units

   31
ARTICLE VI   

DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATIONS

   34

SECTION 6.1. Capital Accounts

   34

SECTION 6.2. Monthly Allocations

   35

SECTION 6.3. Allocation of Profit and Loss for Federal Income Tax Purposes

   35

SECTION 6.4. Allocation of Distributions

   37

SECTION 6.5. Admissions of Unitholders; Transfers

   37

SECTION 6.6. Liability for State and Local and Other Taxes

   37
ARTICLE VII   

REDEMPTIONS

   38

SECTION 7.1. Redemption of Units

   38

SECTION 7.2. Redemption by the Managing Owner

   39

SECTION 7.3. Redemption Charge

   39

SECTION 7.4. Exchange of Units

   40

SECTION 7.5. Special Redemption Date

   40

 

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ARTICLE VIII   

THE UNITHOLDERS

   40

SECTION 8.1. No Management or Control; Limited Liability

   40

SECTION 8.2. Rights and Duties

   40

SECTION 8.3. Limitation on Liability

   41
ARTICLE IX   

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND REPORTS

   42

SECTION 9.1. Books of Account

   42

SECTION 9.2. Annual Reports and Monthly Statements

   42

SECTION 9.3. Tax Information

   43

SECTION 9.4. Calculation of Net Asset Value

   43

SECTION 9.5. Other Reports

   43

SECTION 9.6. Maintenance of Records

   43

SECTION 9.7. Certificate of Trust

   43

SECTION 9.8. Registration of Units

   44
ARTICLE X   

FISCAL YEAR

   44

SECTION 10.1. Fiscal Year

   44
ARTICLE XI   

AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

   44

SECTION 11.1. Amendments to the Trust Agreement

   44

SECTION 11.2. Meetings of the Trust

   46

SECTION 11.3. Action Without a Meeting

   46
ARTICLE XII   

TERM

   47

SECTION 12.1. Term

   47
ARTICLE XIII   

TERMINATION

   47

SECTION 13.1. Events Requiring Dissolution of the Trust or any Series

   47

SECTION 13.2. Distributions on Dissolution

   48

SECTION 13.3. Termination; Certificate of Cancellation

   49

 

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ARTICLE XIV   

POWER OF ATTORNEY

   49

SECTION 14.1. Power of Attorney Executed Concurrently

   49

SECTION 14.2. Effect of Power of Attorney

   50

SECTION 14.3. Limitation on Power of Attorney

   50
ARTICLE XV   

MISCELLANEOUS

   50

SECTION 15.1. Governing Law

   50

SECTION 15.2. Provisions In Conflict With Law or Regulations

   51

SECTION 15.3. Construction

   51

SECTION 15.4. Notices

   52

SECTION 15.5. Counterparts

   52

SECTION 15.6. Binding Nature of Trust Agreement

   52

SECTION 15.7. No Legal Title to Trust Estate

   52

SECTION 15.8. Creditors

   52

SECTION 15.9. Integration

   52

EXHIBIT A

  

Certificate Of Trust Of World Monitor Trust III

   54

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III

THIRD

AMENDED AND RESTATED

DECLARATION OF TRUST

AND

TRUST AGREEMENT

This THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT of WORLD MONITOR TRUST III is made and entered into as of the 30th day of November, 2008, by and among PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, a Delaware banking company, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and the UNITHOLDERS from time to time hereunder.

* * *

RECITALS

WHEREAS, the Trust was formed on September 28, 2004 in separate Series pursuant to the execution and filing by the Trustee of the Certificate of Trust on September 28, 2004 and the execution and delivery by each of the Trustee and the Managing Owner of a Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated as of September 28, 2004 (the “Original Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Trustee and the Managing Owner amended the Original Agreement on March 11, 2005;

WHEREAS, the Original Agreement, as amended, was amended and restated in its entirety as of March 29, 2005 (the “Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Restated Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety as of September 21, 2005 (the “Second Restated Agreement”);

WHEREAS, the Second Restated Agreement was amended and restated in its entirety as of November 27, 2005 (the “Second Amended and Restated Agreement”);

NOW, THEREFORE, pursuant to Article XI, the Managing Owner hereby amends and restates the Second Amended and Restated Agreement in its entirety as set forth below.

 

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ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS; THE TRUST

SECTION 1.1. Definitions.

Affiliate” – An “Affiliate” of a “Person” means (i) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person, (ii) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote by such Person, (iii) any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by or under common control of such Person, (iv) any officer, director or partner of such Person, or (v) if such Person is an officer, director or partner, any Person for which such Person acts in any such capacity.

Applicable Series” shall have the meaning as provided Section 3.6(b)(i).

Benefit Plan Investor” means any entity described in DOL Regulation 2510.3-101(f)(2).

Book Capital Account” shall have the meaning as provided Section 6.1.

Business Day” means a day other than Saturday, Sunday or other day when banks and/or securities exchanges in the City of New York or the City of Wilmington are authorized or obligated by law or executive order to close.

Capital Contributions” means the amount contributed and agreed to be contributed to the Trust or any Series in the Trust by any subscriber or by the Managing Owner or any of its Affiliates, as applicable, in accordance with Article III hereof.

Certificate of Trust” means the Certificate of Trust of the Trust in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute.

CE Act” means the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

CFTC” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Commodities” means positions in Commodity Contracts, forward contracts, foreign exchange positions and traded physical commodities, as well as cash commodities resulting from any of the foregoing positions.

Commodity Contract” means any futures contract or option thereon providing for the delivery or receipt at a future date of a specified amount and grade of a traded commodity at a specified price and delivery point, or any other futures contract or option thereon approved for trading for U.S. persons.

 

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Conflicting Provisions” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 15.2(a).

Continuous Offering Period” means the period following the conclusion of the Initial Offering Period, during which additional Units may be sold pursuant to this Agreement.

Corporate Trust Office” means the principal office at which at any particular time the corporate trust business of the Trustee is administered, which office at the date hereof is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

Covered Person” means any Affiliate of the Managing Owner.

Decline Date” shall have the meaning as provided Section 7.4.

Decline Notice” shall have the meaning as provided Section 7.4.

Delaware Trust Statute” means the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, Chapter 38 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code, 12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq., as the same may be amended from time to time.

Disposition Gain” means, in respect of each Series for each Fiscal Year of the Trust, such Series’ aggregate recognized gain (including the portion thereof, if any, treated as ordinary income) resulting from each disposition of Series assets during such Fiscal Year with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for Federal income tax purposes, including, without limitation, any gain or loss required to be recognized by such Series for Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Section 988 or 1256 (or any successor provisions) of the Code.

Disposition Loss” means, in respect of each Series for each Fiscal Year of the Trust, such Series’ aggregate recognized loss (including the portion thereof, if any, treated as ordinary loss) resulting from each disposition of Series assets during such Fiscal Year with respect to which gain or loss is recognized for Federal income tax purposes, including, without limitation, any gain or loss required to be recognized by such Series for Federal income tax purposes pursuant to Sections 988 or 1256 (or any successor provisions) of the Code.

DOL” means the United States Department of Labor.

ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, and the rules and regulations promulgated thereunder.

Event of Withdrawal” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 13.1(a).

Exchange” shall have the meaning as provided Section 7.3.

Expenses” shall have the meaning as provided Section 2.4.

Fiscal Year” shall have the meaning set forth in Article X hereof.

Incentive Fee” shall have the meaning set forth in the Memorandum.

 

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Indemnified Parties” shall have the meaning as provided 2.4.

Initial Offering Period” means the period with respect to a Series commencing with the initial effective date of the Memorandum (or its predecessor offering document) and terminating as specified in the relevant Memorandum.

Liquidating Trustee” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 13.2.

Losses” means, in respect of each Series for each Fiscal Year of the Trust, losses of such Series as determined for Federal income tax purposes, and each item of income, gain, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof, except that any gain or loss taken into account in determining the Disposition Gain or the Disposition Loss of such Series for such Fiscal Year shall not enter into such computations.

Managing Owner” means Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., or any substitute therefore as provided herein, or any successor thereto by merger or operation of law.

Management Fee” means the management fee set forth in Section 4.9.

Margin Call” means a demand for additional funds after the initial good faith deposit required to maintain a customer’s account in compliance with the requirements of a particular commodity exchange or of a commodity broker.

Memorandum” means the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and disclosure document of the Trust and each Series thereof, as the same may at any time and from time to time be amended or supplemented.

Net Asset Value” means the total assets less total liabilities of the Trust, determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles. Net Asset Value shall include any unrealized profits or losses on open positions and any fee or expense including Net Asset Value fees accruing to the Trust.

Net Asset Value per Unit” means Net Asset Value divided by the number of Units of the Trust outstanding on the date of calculation.

Net Asset Value of a Series” or “Net Asset Value” with respect to a Series, means the total assets in the Trust Estate of a Series including, but not limited to, all cash and cash equivalents (valued at cost plus accrued interest and amortization of original issue discount) less total liabilities of the Series, each determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles in the United States, consistently applied under the accrual method of accounting, including, but not limited to, the extent specifically set forth below:

(a) Net Asset Value of a Series shall include any unrealized profit or loss on open Commodities positions, and any other credit or debit accruing to the Series but unpaid or not received by the Series.

(b) All open commodity futures contracts and options traded on a United States exchange are calculated at their then current market value, which shall be based

 

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upon the settlement price for that particular commodity futures contract and option traded on the applicable United States exchange on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value of a Series is being determined; provided, that if a commodity futures contract or option traded on a United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the settlement price on the first subsequent day on which the position could be liquidated shall be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. The current market value of all open commodity futures contracts and options traded on a non-United States exchange shall be based upon the liquidating value for that particular commodity futures contract and option traded on the applicable non-United States exchange on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value of a Series is being determined; provided, that if a commodity futures contract or option traded on a non-United States exchange could not be liquidated on such day, due to the operation of rules of the exchange upon which that position is traded or otherwise, the liquidating value on the first subsequent day on which the position could be liquidated shall be the basis for determining the market value of such position for such day. The current market value of all open forward contracts entered into by a Series shall be the mean between the last bid and last asked prices quoted by the bank or financial institution which is a party to the contract on the date with respect to which Net Asset Value of a Series is being determined; provided, that if such quotations are not available on such date, the mean between the last bid and asked prices on the first subsequent day on which such quotations are available shall be the basis for determining the market value of such forward contract for such day. The Managing Owner may in its discretion value any of the Trust Estate pursuant to such other principles as it may deem fair and equitable so long as such principles are consistent with normal industry standards.

(c) Interest earned on a Series’ commodity brokerage account shall be accrued at least monthly.

(d) The amount of any distribution made pursuant to Article VI hereof shall be a liability of the Series from the day when the distribution is declared until it is paid.

NFA” means the National Futures Association.

Original Agreement” shall have the meaning as provided in the Recitals.

Person” means any natural person, partnership, limited liability company, statutory trust, corporation, association, Benefit Plan Investor or other legal entity.

Profits” means, in respect of each Series for each Fiscal Year of the Trust, profits of such series as determined for Federal income tax purposes, and each item of income, gain, loss or deduction entering into the computation thereof, except that any gain or loss taken into account in determining the Disposition Gain or the Disposition Loss of such Series for such Fiscal Year shall not enter into such computations.

Pyramiding” means the use of unrealized profits on existing Commodities positions to provide margin for additional Commodities positions of the same or a related commodity.

 

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Reconstituted Trust” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 13.1(a).

Redemption Date” means the date upon which Units may be redeemed in accordance with the provisions of Article VII hereof.

Restated Agreement” shall have the meaning as provided in the Recitals.

Second Restated Agreement” shall have the meaning as provided in the Recitals.

Second Amended and Restated Agreement” shall have the meaning as provided in the Recitals.

Series” means a separate series of the Trust as provided in Sections 3806(b)(2) and 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute, the Units of which shall be units of beneficial interest in the Trust Estate separately identified with and belonging to such Series.

Series Net Asset Value per Unit” means the Net Asset Value of a Series divided by the number of Units of a Series outstanding on the date of calculation.

Special Redemption Date” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 7.5.

Subordinated Claims” shall have the meaning as provided under Section 3.6(b)(i).

Subscription Agreement” means the agreement included as an exhibit to the Memorandum pursuant to which subscribers may subscribe for the purchase of the Units.

Trading Advisor” means Graham Capital Management, L.P., Eagle Trading Systems Inc. and Ortus Capital Management (Cayman) Limited for the Series J Units, and any other entity or entities, acting in its capacity as a commodity trading advisor (i.e., any person who for any consideration engages in the business of advising others, either directly or indirectly, as to the value, purchase, or sale of Commodity Contracts or commodity options) to a Series, and any substitute(s) therefore as provided herein.

Trust” means World Monitor Trust III, the Delaware statutory trust formed pursuant to the Certificate of Trust and this Trust Agreement.

Trust Agreement” means this Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement as the same may at any time or from time to time be amended.

Trustee” means Wilmington Trust Company or any substitute therefore as provided herein, acting not in its individual capacity but solely as trustee of the Trust.

Trust Estate” means, with respect to a Series, any cash, commodity futures, forward and option contracts, all funds on deposit in the Series’ accounts, and any other property held by the Series, and all proceeds therefrom, including any rights of the Series pursuant to any Subscription Agreement and any other agreements to which the Trust or a Series thereof is a party.

 

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Unitholders” means the all holders of Units of a Series including the Managing Owner and its Affiliates (no distinction shall be made between the Managing Owner or its Affiliates as a Unitholder and other Unitholders unless the context in which the term is used requires such a distinction).

Units” means the units of beneficial interest in the profits, losses, distributions, capital and assets of a Series of the Trust.

Valuation Point” means the close of business on the last Business Day of each month or such other day as may be determined by the Managing Owner.

SECTION 1.2. Name.

(a) The name of the Trust is “World Monitor Trust III” in which name the Trustee and the Managing Owner may engage in the business of the Trust, make and execute contracts and other instruments on behalf of the Trust and sue and be sued on behalf of the Trust.

SECTION 1.3. Delaware Trustee; Business Offices.

(a) The sole Trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company, which is located at the Corporate Trust Office or at such other address in the State of Delaware as the Trustee may designate in writing to the Unitholders. The Trustee shall receive service of process on the Trust in the State of Delaware at the foregoing address. In the event Wilmington Trust Company resigns or is removed as the Trustee, the Trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware shall be the successor Trustee.

(b) The principal office of the Trust, and such additional offices as the Managing Owner may establish, shall be located at such place or places inside or outside the State of Delaware as the Managing Owner may designate from time to time in writing to the Trustee and the Unitholders. The principal office of the Trust shall be at 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook NY 10573.

SECTION 1.4. Declaration of Trust. The Trustee hereby acknowledges that the Trust has received the sum of $1,000 per Series in bank accounts in the name of each Series of the Trust controlled by the Managing Owner from the Managing Owner as grantor of the Trust, and hereby declares that it shall hold such sum in trust, upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Unitholders. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust shall be a statutory trust under the Delaware Trust Statute and that this Trust Agreement shall constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. It is not the intention of the parties hereto to create a general partnership, limited partnership, limited liability company, joint stock association, corporation, bailment or any form of legal relationship other than a Delaware statutory trust except to the extent that each Series in such Trust is deemed to constitute a partnership under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be construed to make the Unitholders partners or members of a joint stock association except to the extent such Unitholders are deemed to be partners under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties thereto to create a partnership among the Unitholders of each Series for purposes of taxation under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Effective as of the date hereof,

 

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the Trustee and the Managing Owner shall have all of the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Delaware Trust Statute with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust. The Trustee has filed the certificate of trust required by Section 3810 of the Delaware Trust Statute in connection with the formation of the Trust under the Delaware Trust Statute.

SECTION 1.5. Purposes and Powers. The purposes of the Trust and each Series shall be (a) directly or indirectly to trade, buy, sell, spread or otherwise acquire, hold or dispose of commodity futures, forward and option contracts, including foreign futures, forward contracts and foreign exchange positions worldwide; (b) to enter into any lawful transaction and engage in any lawful activities in furtherance of or incidental to the foregoing purposes; and (c) as determined from time to time by the Managing Owner, to engage in any other lawful business or activity for which a statutory trust may be organized under the Delaware Trust Statute. The Trust shall have all of the powers specified in Section 15.1 hereof, including, without limitation, all of the powers which may be exercised by a Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust under this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 1.6. Tax Treatment.

(a) Each of the parties hereto, by entering into this Trust Agreement, (i) expresses its intention that the Units of each Series will qualify under applicable tax law as interests in a partnership which holds the Trust Estate of each Series for their benefit, (ii) agrees that it will file its own Federal, state and local income, franchise and other tax returns in a manner that is consistent with the treatment of each Series as a partnership in which each of the Unitholders thereof is a partner and (iii) agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify the Managing Owner promptly upon a receipt of any notice from any taxing authority having jurisdiction over such holders of Units of such Series with respect to the treatment of the Units as anything other than interests in a partnership.

(b) The Tax Matters Partner (as defined in Section 6231 of the Code and any corresponding state and local tax law) of each Series initially shall be the Managing Owner. The Tax Matters Partner, at the expense of each Series, shall prepare or cause to be prepared and filed each Series’ tax returns as a partnership for Federal, state and local tax purposes and (ii) shall be authorized to perform all duties imposed by § 6221 et seq. of the Code, including, without limitation, (A) the power to conduct all audits and other administrative proceedings with respect to each Series’ tax items; (B) the power to extend the statute of limitations for all Unitholders with respect to each Series’ tax items; (C) the power to file a petition with an appropriate Federal court for review of a final administrative adjustment of any Series; and (D) the power to enter into a settlement with the IRS on behalf of, and binding upon, those Unitholders having less than 1% interest in any Series, unless an Unitholder shall have notified the IRS and the Managing Owner that the Managing Owner shall not act on such Unitholder’s behalf. The designation made by each Unitholder of a Series in this Section 1.6(b) is hereby approved by each Unitholder of such Series as an express condition to becoming a Unitholder. Each Unitholder agrees to take any further action as may be required by regulation or otherwise to effectuate such designation. Subject to Section 4.7, each Series hereby indemnifies, to the full extent permitted by law, the Managing Owner from and against any damages or losses (including attorneys’ fees) arising out of or incurred in connection with any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in carrying out its responsibilities as Tax Matters Partner, provided such action taken or omitted to be taken does not constitute fraud, negligence or misconduct.

 

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(c) Each Unitholder shall furnish the Managing Owner and the Trustee with information necessary to enable the Managing Owner to comply with Federal income tax information reporting requirements in respect of such Unitholder’s Units.

SECTION 1.7. General Liability of the Managing Owner.

(a) The Managing Owner shall be liable for the acts, omissions, obligations and expenses of each Series of the Trust, to the extent not paid out of the assets of the Series, to the same extent the Managing Owner would be so liable if each Series were a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Managing Owner were a general partner of such partnership. The foregoing provision shall not, however, limit the ability of the Managing Owner to limit its liability by contract. The obligations of the Managing Owner under this Section 1.7 shall be evidenced by its ownership of the Units which, solely for purposes of the Delaware Trust Statute, will be deemed to be a separate class of Units in each Series. Without limiting or affecting the liability of the Managing Owner as set forth in this Section 1.7, notwithstanding anything in this Trust Agreement to the contrary, Persons having any claim against the Trust or any Series by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and any other agreement, instrument, obligation or other undertaking to which the Trust or any Series is a party, shall look only to the appropriate Trust Estate in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof for payment or satisfaction thereof.

(b) Subject to Sections 8.1 and 8.3 hereof, no Unitholder, other than the Managing Owner, to the extent set forth above, shall have any personal liability for any liability or obligation of the Trust or any Series thereof.

SECTION 1.8. Legal Title. Legal title to all of each Trust Estate shall be vested in the Trust as a separate legal entity; except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires any part of the Trust Estate to be vested otherwise, the Managing Owner may cause legal title to the Trust Estate or any portion thereof to be held by or in the name of the Managing Owner or any other Person as nominee.

SECTION 1.9. Series Trust. The Units of the Trust shall be divided into Series as provided in Section 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Trust Statute. Accordingly, it is the intent of the parties hereto that Articles IV, V, VII, VIII, IX and X of this Trust Agreement shall apply also with respect to each such Series as if each such Series were a separate statutory trust under the Delaware Trust Act, and each reference to the term “Trust” in such Articles shall be deemed to be a reference to each Series separately to the extent necessary to give effect to the foregoing intent, as the context may require. The use of the terms “Trust” or “Series” in this Agreement shall in no event alter the intent of the parties hereto that the Trust receive the full benefit of the limitation on interseries liability as set forth in Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute.

 

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ARTICLE II

THE TRUSTEE

SECTION 2.1. Term; Resignation.

(a) Wilmington Trust Company has been appointed and hereby agrees to serve as the Trustee of the Trust. The Trust shall have only one trustee unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner. The Trustee shall serve until such time as the Managing Owner removes the Trustee or the Trustee resigns and a successor Trustee is appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with the terms of Section 2.5 hereof.

(b) The Trustee may resign at any time upon the giving of at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to the Trust; provided, that such resignation shall not become effective unless and until a successor Trustee shall have been appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with Section 2.5 hereof. If the Managing Owner does not act within such sixty (60) day period, the Trustee may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

SECTION 2.2. Powers. Except to the extent expressly set forth in Section 1.3 and this Article II, the duty and authority of the Trustee to manage the business and affairs of the Trust is hereby delegated to the Managing Owner, which duty and authority the Managing Owner may further delegate as provided herein, all pursuant to Section 3806(b)(7) of the Delaware Trust Statute. The Trustee shall have only the rights, obligations and liabilities specifically provided for herein and shall have no implied rights, obligations and liabilities with respect to the business and affairs of the Trust or any Series. The Trustee shall have the power and authority to execute and file certificates as required by the Delaware Trust Statute and to accept service of process on the Trust in the State of Delaware. The Trustee shall provide prompt notice to the Managing Owner of its performance of any of the foregoing. The Managing Owner shall reasonably keep the Trustee informed of any actions taken by the Managing Owner with respect to the Trust that affect the rights, obligations or liabilities of the Trustee hereunder or under the Delaware Trust Statute.

SECTION 2.3. Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (other than the Trust) reasonable compensation for its services hereunder as set forth in a separate fee agreement and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it in the performance of its duties hereunder, including without limitation, the reasonable compensation, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of counsel and such other agents as the Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and duties hereunder.

SECTION 2.4. Indemnification. The Managing Owner agrees, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to assume liability for, and does hereby indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless the Trustee and its successors, assigns, legal representatives, officers, directors, agents and servants (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes (excluding any taxes

 

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payable by the Trustee on or measured by any compensation received by the Trustee for its services hereunder or any indemnity payments received by the Trustee pursuant to this Section 2.4), claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”), which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Parties in any way relating to or arising out of the formation, operation or termination of the Trust, the execution, delivery and performance of any other agreements to which the Trust is a party or the action or inaction of the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except for Expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. The indemnities contained in this Section 2.4 shall survive the termination of this Trust Agreement or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. The Indemnified Parties shall not be entitled to indemnification from any Trust Estate.

SECTION 2.5. Successor Trustee. Upon the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Managing Owner shall appoint a successor Trustee by delivering a written instrument to the outgoing Trustee. Any successor Trustee must satisfy the requirements of Section 3807 of the Delaware Trust Statute. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall not become effective until a written acceptance of appointment is delivered by the successor Trustee to the outgoing Trustee and the Managing Owner and any fees and expenses due to the outgoing Trustee are paid. Following compliance with the preceding sentence, the successor Trustee shall become fully vested with all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the outgoing Trustee under this Trust Agreement, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee, and the outgoing Trustee shall be discharged of its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 2.6. Liability of Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in this Article II, in accepting the trust created hereby, Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all Persons having any claim against the Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Trust Agreement and any other agreement to which the Trust or any Series is a party shall look only to the appropriate Trust Estate in accordance with Section 3.6 hereof for payment or satisfaction thereof; provided, however, that in no event is the foregoing intended to affect or limit the liability of the Managing Owner as set forth in Section 1.7 hereof. The Trustee shall not be liable or accountable hereunder or under any other agreement to which the Trust is a party, except for its own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In particular, but not by way of limitation:

(a) The Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of this Trust Agreement or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of any Trust Estate;

(b) The Trustee shall not be liable for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Managing Owner;

(c) The Trustee shall not have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner;

 

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(d) The Trustee shall not be liable for its failure to supervise the performance of any obligations of the Managing Owner, any commodity broker, selling agent or any Trading Advisor(s);

(e) No provision of this Trust Agreement shall require the Trustee to expend or risk its own funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder if the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

(f) Under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or other obligations of the Trust or any Series arising under this Trust Agreement or any other agreements to which the Trust or any Series is a party;

(g) The Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Trust Agreement, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Trust Agreement or any other agreements to which the Trust or any Series is a party, at the request, order or direction of the Managing Owner or any Unitholders unless the Managing Owner or such Unitholders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Trustee (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) therein or thereby;

(h) Notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or taking of any action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, (ii) result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in existence as of the date hereof other than the State of Delaware becoming payable by the Trustee or (iii) subject the Trustee to personal jurisdiction, other than in the State of Delaware, for causes of action arising from personal acts unrelated to the consummation of the transactions by the Trustee, as the case may be, contemplated hereby; and

(i) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Trustee has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person, the Trustee acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the Trustee otherwise existing at law or in equity are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Trustee.

SECTION 2.7. Reliance; Advice of Counsel.

(a) In the absence of bad faith, the Trustee may conclusively rely upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee and conforming to the requirements of this Trust Agreement in determining the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions contained therein, and shall incur no liability to anyone in acting on any signature, instrument,

 

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notice, resolutions, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper believed by it to be genuine and believed by it to be signed by the proper party or parties and need not investigate any fact or matter pertaining to or in any such document; provided, however, that the Trustee shall have examined any certificates or opinions so as to determine compliance of the same with the requirements of this Trust Agreement. The Trustee may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Trustee may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Trustee for any action taken or omitted to be taken by it in good faith in reliance thereon.

(b) In the exercise or administration of the Trust hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Trust Agreement, the Trustee, at the expense of the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (other than the Trust) may act directly or through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees if such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees shall have been selected by the Trustee with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled professionals to be selected with reasonable care by it. The Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountant or other such Persons.

ARTICLE III

UNITS; CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS

SECTION 3.1. General.

(a) The Managing Owner shall have the power and authority, without Unitholder approval, to issue Units in one or more Series from time to time as it deems necessary or desirable. Each Series shall be separate from all other Series in respect of the assets and liabilities allocated to that Series and shall represent a separate investment portfolio of the Trust. The Managing Owner shall have exclusive power without the requirement of Unitholder approval to establish and designate such separate and distinct Series, as set forth in Section 3.2, and to fix and determine the relative rights and preferences as between the Units of the separate Series as to right of redemption, special and relative rights as to dividends and other distributions and on liquidation, conversion rights, and conditions under which the Series shall have separate voting rights or no voting rights.

(b) The Managing Owner may, without Unitholder approval, divide or subdivide Units of any Series into two or more classes or subclasses, Units of each such class or subclass having such preferences and special or relative rights and privileges (including exchange rights, if any) as the Managing Owner may determine as provided in Section 3.3. The fact that a Series shall have been initially established and designated without any specific

 

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establishment or designation of classes or subclasses, shall not limit the authority of the Managing Owner to divide a Series and establish and designate separate classes or subclasses thereof.

(c) The number of Units authorized shall be unlimited, and the Units so authorized may be represented in part by fractional Units, calculated to four decimal places. From time to time, the Managing Owner may divide or combine the Units of any Series or class into a greater or lesser number without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interests in the Series or class. The Managing Owner may issue Units of any Series or class thereof for such consideration and on such terms as it may determine (or for no consideration if pursuant to a Unit dividend or split-up), all without action or approval of the Unitholders. All Units when so issued on the terms determined by the Managing Owner shall be fully paid and non-assessable. The Managing Owner may classify or reclassify any unissued Units or any Units previously issued and reacquired of any Series or class thereof into one or more Series or classes thereof that may be established and designated from time to time. The Managing Owner may hold as treasury Units, reissue for such consideration and on such terms as it may determine, or cancel, at its discretion from time to time, any Units of any Series or class thereof reacquired by the Trust. Unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner, treasury Units shall not be deemed cancelled. The Units of each Series shall initially be divided into two classes: the Class I Units and the Class II Units. The Class I Units and the Class II Units shall be identical in every respect except for the service fees applicable to each of them, which service fees shall be as set forth in any applicable selling agent agreement in effect from time-to-time with respect thereto and as described in the Memorandum.

(d) The Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates may make and maintain a permanent investment in each Series as more specifically set forth in Section 3.4 in its sole discretion.

(e) No certificates or other evidence of beneficial ownership of the Units will be issued.

(f) Every Unitholder, by virtue of having purchased or otherwise acquired a Unit, shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed to be bound by the terms of this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 3.2. Establishment of Series of Units.

(a) Without limiting the authority of the Managing Owner set forth in Section 3.2(b) to establish and designate any further Series, the Managing Owner has established and designated one Series that is currently active, as follows:

Series J

The provisions of this Article III shall be applicable to the above-designated Series and any further Series that may from time to time be established and designated by the Managing Owner as provided in Section 3.2(b); provided, however, that such provisions may be amended, varied or abrogated by the Managing Owner with respect to any Series created after the initial formation of the Trust in the written instrument creating such Series.

 

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(b) The establishment and designation of any Series of Units other than those set forth above shall be effective upon the execution by the Managing Owner of an instrument setting forth such establishment and designation and the relative rights and preferences of such Series, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. At any time that there are no Units outstanding of any particular Series previously established and designated, the Managing Owner may by an instrument executed by it abolish that Series and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment to this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 3.3. Establishment of Classes and Sub-Classes. The division of any Series into two or more classes or sub-classes and the establishment and designation of such classes or sub-classes shall be effective upon the execution by the Managing Owner of an instrument setting forth such division, and the establishment, designation, and relative rights and preferences of such classes, or as otherwise provided in such instrument. The relative rights and preferences of the classes or sub-classes of any Series may differ in such respects as the Managing Owner may determine to be appropriate, provided that such differences are set forth in the aforementioned instrument. At any time that there are no Units outstanding of any particular class or sub-class previously established and designated, the Managing Owner may by an instrument executed by it abolish that class or sub-class and the establishment and designation thereof. Each instrument referred to in this paragraph shall have the status of an amendment to this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 3.4. Units

(a) Offer of Series J Units. The Trust may offer Series J Units and admit additional Series J Unitholders and/or accept additional contributions from existing Series J Unitholders pursuant to the Memorandum as amended or supplemented from time to time.

Each additional Capital Contribution to Series J during the Series J Continuous Offering Period by an existing Series J Unitholders must be in a denomination of not less than the amount set forth in the Memorandum. During Series J Continuous Offering Period, each newly admitted Series J Unitholders, and each existing Series J Unitholders that makes an additional Capital Contribution to Series J, shall receive Series J Units in an amount equal to such Capital Contribution or additional Capital Contribution, as the case may be, divided by the Series Net Asset Value per Unit calculated as of the Valuation Point immediately prior to the date on which such Capital Contribution will become effective.

A Subscriber (including existing Series J Unitholders contributing additional sums) whose subscription is received and accepted by the Managing Owner shall be admitted to the Trust and deemed a Series J Unitholder with respect to that subscription on the first Business Day of the first month which commences at least five (5) Business Days after the Subscriber’s Subscription Agreement is received by the Trust’s selling agent, counting the day of receipt by such selling agent as one (1) Business Day.

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required therein), acknowledge and, together with the Power of Attorney set forth therein, deliver to the Managing Owner as a counterpart of this Trust Agreement. All subscription amounts shall be paid in such form as may be acceptable to the Managing Owner at the time of the execution and delivery of such Subscription Agreement by United States subscribers, and in accordance with local practice and procedure by non-United States subscribers. To the extent that the Managing Owner determines to accept a subscription check, it shall be subject to prompt collection. All subscriptions are subject to acceptance by the Managing Owner.

(ii) Contribution of Managing Owner. The Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates may maintain an investment in Series J Units in an amount as it shall determine in its sole discretion. The Managing Owner shall have the right to redeem all or part of any such contribution at any time without notice to investors; provided that such withdrawal does not result in an adverse tax consequence to the Trust or its investors. The Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates shall, with respect to any Series J Units owned by them, enjoy all of the rights and privileges and be subject to all of the obligations and duties of a Series J Unitholders, in addition to rights and privileges the Managing Owner has as Managing Owner, except as otherwise provided herein.

(iii) Optional Purchase of Series J Units. Subject to approval by the Managing Owner, any commodity broker, any Trading Advisor and any principals, stockholders, directors, officers, employees and affiliates of the Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates, any commodity broker, and any Trading Advisor, may purchase any number of Series J Units and will be treated as Series J Unitholders with respect to such Units. In addition to the Series J Units required to be purchased by the Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates under Section 3.4(d)(ii), the Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates also may purchase any number of Series J Units as it or they determine in its or their discretion.

(b) ERISA Considerations. The Managing Owner may, with respect to each Series, restrict the aggregate investment by Benefit Plan Investors to less than 25% of the total capital of each class of equity interests of such Series (not including the investments of the Trustee, the Managing Owner, any of the Trading Advisors, any person who provides investment advice for a fee (direct or indirect) with respect to the assets of such Series, and any entity that is directly or indirectly through one or more intermediaries controlling, controlled by or under common control with any of such entities (including a partnership or any other similar entity for which the Managing Owner is the general partner (or the functional equivalent thereof) or provides investment advice), and each of the principals, officers and employees of any of the foregoing entities who has the power to exercise a controlling influence over the management or policies of such entity or of the Trust) until such time as the equity interests of the Trust are “publicly offered securities” as that term is defined in DOL Regulation 2510.3-101(b). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Managing Owner or the Trust be obliged to accept any subscription for Units of any Series if to accept such subscription could reasonably be expected to cause the assets of such Series to be deemed to be the assets of any “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to ERISA, or “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code.

 

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SECTION 3.5. Assets of Series. All consideration received by the Trust for the issue or sale of Units of a particular Series together with all of the Trust Estate in which such consideration is invested or reinvested, all income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, including any proceeds derived from the sale, exchange or liquidation of such assets, and any funds or payments derived from any reinvestment of such proceeds in whatever form the same may be, shall irrevocably belong to that Series for all purposes, subject only to the rights of creditors of such Series and except as may otherwise be required by applicable tax laws, and shall be so recorded upon the books of account of the Trust. Separate and distinct records shall be maintained for each Series and the assets associated with a Series shall be held in such separate and distinct records (directly or indirectly, including through a nominee or otherwise) and accounted for in such separate and distinct records separately from the other assets of the Trust, or any other Series. In the event that there is any Trust Estate, or any income, earnings, profits, and proceeds thereof, funds, or payments which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Series, the Managing Owner shall allocate them among any one or more of the Series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, deems fair and equitable. Each such allocation by the Managing Owner shall be conclusive and binding upon all Unitholders for all purposes.

SECTION 3.6. Liabilities of Series.

(a) The Trust Estate belonging to each particular Series shall be charged with the liabilities of the Trust in respect of that Series and only that Series; and all expenses, costs, charges and reserves attributable to that Series, and any general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves of the Trust which are not readily identifiable as belonging to any particular Series, shall be allocated and charged by the Managing Owner to and among any one or more of the Series established and designated from time to time in such manner and on such basis as the Managing Owner in its sole discretion deems fair and equitable. Each allocation of liabilities, expenses, costs, charges and reserves by the Managing Owner shall be conclusive and binding upon all Unitholders for all purposes. The Managing Owner shall have full discretion, to the extent not inconsistent with applicable law, to determine which items shall be treated as income and which items as capital, and each such determination and allocation shall be conclusive and binding upon the Unitholders. Every written agreement, instrument or other undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Series shall include a recitation limiting the obligation or claim represented thereby to that Series and its assets.

(b) Without limitation of the foregoing provisions of this Section, but subject to the right of the Managing Owner in its discretion to allocate general liabilities, expenses, costs, charges or reserves as herein provided, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets of such Series only and against the Managing Owner, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or of any other Series. Notice of this limitation on interseries liabilities shall be set forth in the Certificate of Trust of the Trust (whether originally or by amendment) as filed or to be filed in the Office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the Delaware Trust Statute, and upon the giving of such notice in the Certificate of Trust, the statutory provisions of Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute relating to limitations on interseries liabilities (and the statutory effect under Section 3804 of setting forth such notice in the Certificate of Trust) shall become applicable to the Trust and each

 

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Series. Every Unit, note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or other undertaking made or issued by or on behalf of a particular Series shall include a recitation limiting the obligation on Units represented thereby to that Series and its assets.

(i) Except as set forth below, any debts, liabilities, obligations, indebtedness, expenses, interests and claims of any nature and all kinds and descriptions, if any, of the Managing Owner and the Trustee (the “Subordinated Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing, arising from, related to or in connection with all Series, any combination of Series or one particular Series and their respective assets (the “Applicable Series”) and the assets of the Trust shall be expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all other claims against the Trust and any Series thereof, and any of their respective assets, which may arise as a matter of law or pursuant to any contract, provided, however, that the claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee (if any) against the Applicable Series shall not be considered Subordinated claims with respect to enforcement against and distribution and repayment from the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and provided further that the valid claims of either the Managing Owner or the Trustee, if any, against the Applicable Series shall be pari passu and equal in right of repayment and distribution with all other valid claims against the Applicable Series;

(ii) the Managing Owner and the Trustee will not take, demand or receive from any Series or the Trust or any of their respective assets (other than the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets) any payment for the Subordinated Claims;

(iii) The claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee with respect to the Applicable Series shall only be asserted and enforceable against the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and such claims shall not be asserted or enforceable for any reason whatsoever against any other Series, the Trust generally, or any of their respective assets;

(iv) If the claims of the Managing Owner or the Trustee against the Applicable Series or the Trust are secured in whole or in part, each of the Managing Owner and the Trustee hereby waives (under section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. § 1111(b)) any right to have any deficiency claims (which deficiency claims may arise in the event such security is inadequate to satisfy such claims) treated as unsecured claims against the Trust or any Series (other than the Applicable Series), as the case may be;

(v) In furtherance of the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Managing Owner and the Trustee receive monies in connection with the Subordinated Claims from a Series or the Trust (or their respective assets), other than the Applicable Series, the Applicable Series’ assets and the Managing Owner and its assets, the Managing Owner and the Trustee shall be deemed to hold such monies in trust and shall promptly remit such monies to the Series or the Trust that paid such amounts for distribution by the Series or the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof; and

 

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(vi) The foregoing consent shall apply at all times notwithstanding that the claims are satisfied, and notwithstanding that the agreements in respect of such claims are terminated, rescinded or canceled.

(c) Any agreement entered into by the Trust, any Series, or the Managing Owner, on behalf of the Trust generally or any Series, including, without limitation, the Subscription Agreement entered into with each Unitholder, will include language substantially similar to the language set forth in Section 3.6(b).

SECTION 3.7. Dividends and Distributions.

(a) Dividends and distributions on Units of a particular Series or any class thereof may be paid with such frequency as the Managing Owner may determine, which may be daily or otherwise, to the Unitholders in that Series or class, from such of the income and capital gains, accrued or realized, from the Trust Estate belonging to that Series, or in the case of a class, belonging to that Series and allocable to that class, as the Managing Owner may determine, after providing for actual and accrued liabilities belonging to that Series. All dividends and distributions on Units in a particular Series or class thereof shall be distributed pro rata to the Unitholders in that Series or class in proportion to the total outstanding Units in that Series or class held by such Unitholders at the date and time of record established for the payment of such dividends or distribution, except to the extent otherwise required or permitted by the preferences and special or relative rights and privileges of any Series or class. Such dividends and distributions may be made in cash or Units of that Series or class or a combination thereof as determined by the Managing Owner or pursuant to any program that the Managing Owner may have in effect at the time for the election by each Unitholder of the mode of the making of such dividend or distribution to that Unitholder.

(b) The Units in a Series or a class of the Trust shall represent units of beneficial interest in the Trust Estate belonging to such Series or in the case of a class, belonging to such Series and allocable to such class. Each Unitholder in a Series or a class shall be entitled to receive its pro rata share of distributions of income and capital gains made with respect to such Series or such class. Upon reduction or withdrawal of its Units or indemnification for liabilities incurred by reason of being or having been a holder of Units in a Series or a class, such Unitholder shall be paid solely out of the funds and property of such Series or in the case of a class, the funds and property of such Series and allocable to such class of the Trust. Upon liquidation or termination of a Series of the Trust, Unitholders in such Series or class shall be entitled to receive a pro rata share of the Trust Estate belonging to such Series or in the case of a class, belonging to such Series and allocable to such class.

SECTION 3.8. Voting Rights. Notwithstanding any other provision hereof, on each matter submitted to a vote of the Unitholders of a Series, each Unitholder shall be entitled to a proportionate vote based upon the product of the Series Net Asset Value per Unit multiplied by the number of Units, or fraction thereof, standing in its name on the books of such Series. As to any matter which affects the Units of more than one Series, the Unitholders of each affected Series shall be entitled to vote, and each such Series shall vote as a separate class.

 

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SECTION 3.9. Equality. Except as provided herein or in the instrument designating and establishing any class or Series, all Units of each particular Series shall represent an equal proportionate beneficial interest in the assets belonging to that Series subject to the liabilities belonging to that Series, and each Unit of any particular Series or class shall be equal to each other Unit of that Series or class; but the provisions of this sentence shall not restrict any distinctions permissible under Section 3.7 that may exist with respect to dividends and distributions on Units of the same Series or class. The Managing Owner may from time to time divide or combine the Units of any particular Series or class into a greater or lesser number of Units of that Series or class without thereby changing the proportionate beneficial interest in the assets belonging to that Series or in any way affecting the rights of Unitholders of any other Series or class.

SECTION 3.10. Exchange of Units. Subject to compliance with the requirements of applicable law, the Managing Owner shall have the authority to provide that Unitholders of any Series shall have the right to exchange said Units into one or more other Series in accordance with such requirements and procedures as may be established by the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner shall also have the authority to provide that Unitholders of any class of a particular Series shall have the right to exchange said Units into one or more other classes of that particular Series or any other Series in accordance with such requirements and procedures as may be established by the Managing Owner.

ARTICLE IV

THE MANAGING OWNER

SECTION 4.1. Management of the Trust. Pursuant to Section 3806(b)(7) of the Delaware Trust Statute, the Trust shall be managed by the Managing Owner and the conduct of the Trust’s business shall be controlled and conducted solely by the Managing Owner in accordance with this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 4.2. Authority of Managing Owner. In addition to and not in limitation of any rights and powers conferred by law or other provisions of this Trust Agreement, and except as limited, restricted or prohibited by the express provisions of this Trust Agreement or the Delaware Trust Statute, the Managing Owner shall have and may exercise on behalf of the Trust, all powers and rights necessary, proper, convenient or advisable to effectuate and carry out the purposes, business and objectives of the Trust, which shall include, without limitation, the following:

(a) To enter into, execute, deliver and maintain, and to cause the Trust to perform its obligations under, contracts, agreements and any or all other documents and instruments, and to do and perform all such things as may be in furtherance of Trust purposes or necessary or appropriate for the offer and sale of the Units and the conduct of Trust activities, including, but not limited to, contracts with third parties for:

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determination that: (A) the Affiliate which it proposes to engage to perform such services is qualified to do so (considering the prior experience of the Affiliate or the individuals employed thereby); (B) the terms and conditions of the agreement pursuant to which such Affiliate is to perform services for the Trust are no less favorable to the Trust than could be obtained from equally-qualified unaffiliated third parties; and (C) the maximum period covered by the agreement pursuant to which such affiliate is to perform services for the Trust shall not exceed one (1) year, and such agreement shall be terminable without penalty upon sixty (60) days’ prior written notice by the Trust; and

(ii)(A) commodity trading advisory services relating to the purchase and sale of all Commodities positions on behalf of the Trust. All advisory services shall be performed by persons who can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the Managing Owner in its sole and absolute discretion that they have sufficient knowledge and experience to carry out the trading in commodity contracts for the Trust and who are also appropriately registered (or exempt from registration) as may be required under Federal and/or state law (e.g., all advice with respect to futures related transactions shall be required to be given by persons who are registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor and are members of the NFA as a commodity trading advisor;

(b) To establish, maintain, deposit into, sign checks and/or otherwise draw upon accounts on behalf of the Trust with appropriate banking and savings institutions, and execute and/or accept any instrument or agreement incidental to the Trust’s business and in furtherance of its purposes, any such instrument or agreement so executed or accepted by the Managing Owner in the Managing Owner’s name shall be deemed executed and accepted on behalf of the Trust by the Managing Owner;

(c) To deposit, withdraw, pay, retain and distribute the Trust Estate or any portion thereof in any manner consistent with the provisions of this Trust Agreement;

(d) To supervise the preparation of the Memorandum and supplements and amendments thereto;

(e) To pay or authorize the payment of distributions to the Unitholders and expenses of each Series;

(f) To invest or direct the investment of funds of any Series not then delegated to a Trading Advisor(s);

(g) To prohibit any transactions contemplated hereunder which may constitute prohibited transactions under ERISA or the Code;

(h) To make any elections on behalf of the Trust under the Code, or any other applicable Federal or state tax law as the Managing Owner shall determine to be in the best interests of the Trust;

(i) To redeem mandatorily any Units if (i) the Managing Owner determines that the continued participation of such Unitholder in the Trust might cause the Trust or any Unitholder to be deemed to be managing the assets of any “employee benefit plan” as defined in

 

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and subject to ERISA or “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code, (ii) there is an unauthorized assignment pursuant to the provisions of Article V, (iii) any transaction to be entered into by the Trust that would or might violate any law or (iv) any transaction to be entered into by the Trust that would or might constitute a prohibited transaction under ERISA or the Code and a statutory, class or individual exemption from the prohibited transaction provisions of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code for such transaction or transactions does not apply or cannot be obtained from the DOL (or the Managing Owner determines not to seek such an exemption). In the case of mandatory redemptions, the Redemption Date shall be the close of business on the date written notice of intent to redeem is sent by the Managing Owner to a Unitholder. A notice may be revoked prior to the payment date by written notice from the Managing Owner to a Unitholder;

(j) In the sole discretion of the Managing Owner, to admit an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Managing Owner as additional Managing Owners. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Owner may not admit Affiliate(s) of the Managing Owner as an additional Managing Owner if it has received notice of its removal as a Managing Owner, pursuant to Section 8.2(d) hereof, or if the concurrence of at least a majority in interest (over 50%) of the outstanding Units of all Series (not including Units owned by the Managing Owner) is not obtained; and

(k) To override any trading instructions: (i) that the Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, determines in good faith to be in violation of any trading policy or limitation of the Trust; (ii) as and to the extent necessary, upon the failure of any Trading Advisor to comply with a request to make the necessary amount of funds available to the Trust within five (5) days of such request, to fund distributions, redemptions (including special redemptions), or reapportionments among Trading Advisors or to pay the expenses of the Trust; provided that the Managing Owner may make Commodities trading decisions at any time at which any Trading Advisor shall become incapacitated or some other emergency shall arise as a result of which such Trading Advisor shall be unable or unwilling to act and a successor Trading Advisor has not yet been retained.

SECTION 4.3. Obligations of the Managing Owner. In addition to the obligations expressly provided by the Delaware Trust Statute or this Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner shall:

(a) Devote such of its time to the business and affairs of the Trust as it shall, in its discretion exercised in good faith, determine to be necessary to conduct the business and affairs of the Trust for the benefit of the Trust and the Unitholders;

(b) Execute, file, record and/or publish all certificates, statements and other documents and do any and all other things as may be appropriate for the formation, qualification and operation of the Trust and for the conduct of its business in all appropriate jurisdictions;

(c) Retain independent public accountants to audit the accounts of the Trust;

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(e) Use its best efforts to maintain the status of the Trust as a “statutory trust” for state law purposes, and as a “partnership” for Federal income tax purposes;

(f) Monitor the trading policies and limitations of the Trust, as set forth in the Memorandum, and the activities of the Trust’s Trading Advisor(s) in carrying out those policies in compliance with the Memorandum;

(g) Monitor the brokerage fees charged to the Trust, and the services rendered by futures commission merchants to the Trust, to determine whether the fees paid by, and the services rendered to, the Trust for futures brokerage are at competitive rates and are the best price and services available under the circumstances, and if necessary, renegotiate the brokerage fee structure to obtain such rates and services for the Trust. No material change related to brokerage fees shall be made except upon sixty (60) Business Days’ prior notice to the Unitholders, which notice shall include a description of the Unitholders’ voting rights as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof and a description of the Unitholders’ redemption rights as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof.

(h) Have fiduciary responsibility for the safekeeping and use of each Trust Estate, whether or not in the Managing Owner’s immediate possession or control, and the Managing Owner will not employ or permit others to employ such funds or assets (including any interest earned thereon as provided for in the Memorandum) in any manner, including, among other things, the utilization of any portion of the Trust Estate as compensating balances for the exclusive benefit of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner shall at all times act with integrity and good faith and exercise due diligence in all activities relating to the conduct of the business of the Trust and in resolving conflicts of interest.

(i) Admit substituted Unitholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement;

(j) Refuse to recognize any attempted transfer or assignment of a Unit that is not made in accordance with the provisions of Article V; and

(k) Maintain a current list in alphabetical order, of the names and last known addresses and, if available, business telephone numbers of, and number of Units owned by, each Unitholder and the other Trust documents described in Section 9.6 at the Trust’s principal place of business, which documents shall be made available thereat at reasonable times during ordinary business hours for inspection by any Unitholder or his representative for any purpose reasonably related to the Unitholder’s interest as a beneficial owner of the Trust. Upon request, for any purpose reasonably related to the Unitholder’s interest as a beneficial owner of the Trust, including without limitation, matters relating to a Unitholder’s voting rights hereunder or the exercise of a Unitholder’s rights under Federal proxy law, either in person or by mail, the Managing Owner will furnish a copy of such list to a Unitholder or his representative within ten (10) days of a request therefore, upon payment of the cost of reproduction and mailing; provided, however, that the Unitholder requesting such list shall give written assurance that the list will not, in any event, be used for commercial purposes. Subject to applicable law, a Unitholder shall give the Managing Owner at least ten (10) Business Days’ prior written notice for any inspection and copying permitted pursuant to this Section 4.3(l) by the Unitholder or his authorized attorney or agent.

 

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(l) Notify the Unitholders within seven (7) days from the date of:

(i) any material change in contracts with any Trading Advisor;

(ii) any material modification made in the calculation of any incentive fee paid to any Trading Advisor; and

(iii) any material change affecting the compensation of any person.

SECTION 4.4. General Prohibitions. The Trust shall not:

(a) Borrow money from or loan money to any Unitholder (including the Managing Owner) or other Person, except that the foregoing is not intended to prohibit (i) the deposit on margin with respect to the initiation and maintenance of Commodities positions or (ii) obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward contracts; provided, however, that the Trust is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis;

(b) Create, incur, assume or suffer to exist any lien, mortgage, pledge conditional sales or other title retention agreement, charge, security interest or encumbrance, except (i) the right and/or obligation of a commodity broker to close out sufficient commodities positions of the Trust so as to restore the Trust’s account to proper margin status in the event that the Trust fails to meet a Margin Call, (ii) liens for taxes not delinquent or being contested in good faith and by appropriate proceedings and for which appropriate reserves have been established, (iii) deposits or pledges to secure obligations under workmen’s compensation, social security or similar laws or under unemployment insurance, (iv) deposits or pledges to secure contracts (other than contracts for the payment of money), leases, statutory obligations, surety and appeal bonds and other obligations of like nature arising in the ordinary course of business, or (v) mechanic’s, warehousemen’s, carrier’s, workmen’s, materialmen’s or other like liens arising in the ordinary course of business with respect to obligations which are not due or which are being contested in good faith, and for which appropriate reserves have been established if required by generally accepted accounting principles, and liens arising under ERISA;

(c) Commingle its assets with those of any other Person, except to the extent permitted under the CE Act and the regulations promulgated thereunder, or with those of any other Series;

(d) Directly or indirectly pay or award any finder’s fees, commissions or other compensation to any Persons engaged by a potential Unitholder for investment advice as an inducement to such advisor to advise the potential Unitholder to purchase Units in the Trust;

(e) Engage in Pyramiding of its Commodities positions; provided, however, that a Trading Advisor(s) may take into account open trade equity on existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional Commodities positions;

(f) Permit rebates to be received by the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner, or permit the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition;

 

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(g) Permit the Trading Advisor(s) to share in any portion of brokerage fees related to commodity brokerage services paid with respect to commodity trading activities;

(h) Enter into any contract with the Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner (except for selling agreements for the sale of Units) which has a term of more than one (1) year and which does not provide that it may be canceled by the Trust without penalty on sixty (60) days prior written notice or for the provision of goods and services, except at rates and terms at least as favorable as those which may be obtained from third parties in arms-length negotiations;

(i) Permit churning of its Commodity trading account(s) for the purpose of generating excess brokerage commissions;

(j) Enter into any exclusive brokerage contract;

(k) Operate the Trust in any manner so as to contravene the requirements to preserve the limitation on interseries liability set forth in section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute; and

(l) Cause the Trust to elect to be treated as an association taxable as a corporation for Federal income tax purposes.

SECTION 4.5. Liability of Covered Persons. A Covered Person shall have no liability to the Trust or to any Unitholder or other Covered Person for any loss suffered by the Trust which arises out of any action or inaction of such Covered Person if such Covered Person, in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interest of the Trust and such course of conduct did not constitute negligence or misconduct of such Covered Person. Subject to the foregoing, neither the Managing Owner nor any other Covered Person shall be personally liable for the return or repayment of all or any portion of the capital or profits of any Unitholder or assignee thereof, it being expressly agreed that any such return of capital or profits made pursuant to this Trust Agreement shall be made solely from the assets of the Trust without any rights of contribution from the Managing Owner or any other Covered Person.

SECTION 4.6. Fiduciary Duty.

(a) To the extent that, at law or in equity, the Managing Owner has duties (including fiduciary duties) and liabilities relating thereto to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person, the Managing Owner acting under this Agreement shall not be liable to the Trust, the Unitholders or to any other Person for its good faith reliance on the provisions of this Agreement subject to the standard of care in Section 4.5 herein. The provisions of this Agreement, to the extent that they restrict or eliminate the duties and liabilities of the Managing Owner otherwise existing at law or in equity are agreed by the parties hereto to replace such other duties and liabilities of the Managing Owner. Any material changes in the Trust’s basic investment policies or structure shall occur only upon the written approval or affirmative vote of Unitholders holding Units equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value of a Series (excluding Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates) of the Trust pursuant to Section 11.1(a) below.

 

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(b) Unless otherwise expressly provided herein:

(i) whenever a conflict of interest exists or arises between the Managing Owner or any of its Affiliates, on the one hand, and the Trust or any Unitholder or any other Person, on the other hand; or

(ii) whenever this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or therein provides that the Managing Owner shall act in a manner that is, or provides terms that are, fair and reasonable to the Trust, any Unitholder or any other Person,

the Managing Owner shall resolve such conflict of interest, take such action or provide such terms, considering in each case the relative interest of each party (including its own interest) to such conflict, agreement, transaction or situation and the benefits and burdens relating to such interests, any customary or accepted industry practices, and any applicable generally accepted accounting practices or principles. In the absence of bad faith by the Managing Owner, the resolution, action or terms so made, taken or provided by the Managing Owner shall not constitute a breach of this Agreement or any other agreement contemplated herein or of any duty or obligation of the Managing Owner at law or in equity or otherwise.

(c) The Managing Owner and any Affiliate of the Managing Owner may engage in or possess an interest in other profit-seeking or business ventures of any nature or description, independently or with others, whether or not such ventures are competitive with the Trust and the doctrine of corporate opportunity, or any analogous doctrine, shall not apply to the Managing Owner. If the Managing Owner acquires knowledge of a potential transaction, agreement, arrangement or other matter that may be an opportunity for the Trust, it shall have no duty to communicate or offer such opportunity to the Trust, and the Managing Owner shall not be liable to the Trust or to the Unitholders for breach of any fiduciary or other duty by reason of the fact that the Managing Owner pursues or acquires for, or directs such opportunity to another Person or does not communicate such opportunity or information to the Trust. Neither the Trust nor any Unitholder shall have any rights or obligations by virtue of this Agreement or the trust relationship created hereby in or to such independent ventures or the income or profits or losses derived therefrom, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the activities of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper. Except to the extent expressly provided herein, the Managing Owner may engage or be interested in any financial or other transaction with the Trust, the Unitholders or any Affiliate of the Trust or the Unitholders.

SECTION 4.7. Indemnification of the Managing Owner.

(a) The Managing Owner shall be indemnified by the Trust against any losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by it in connection with its activities for the Trust, provided that (i) the Managing Owner was acting on behalf of or performing services for the Trust and has determined, in good faith, that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the Trust and such liability or loss was not the result of negligence, misconduct, or a breach of this Trust Agreement on the part of the Managing Owner and (ii) any such indemnification will only be recoverable from the Trust Estate. All rights to indemnification permitted herein and payment of associated expenses shall not be affected by the

 

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dissolution or other cessation to exist of the Managing Owner, or the withdrawal, adjudication of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Managing Owner, or the filing of a voluntary or involuntary petition in bankruptcy under Title 11 of the U.S. Code by or against the Managing Owner. The source of payments made in respect of indemnification under this Trust Agreement shall be the assets of each Series on a pro rata basis, as the case may be.

(b) Notwithstanding the provisions of Section 4.7(a) above, the Managing Owner and any Person acting as broker-dealer for the Trust shall not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of Federal or state securities laws unless (i) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves the indemnification of such expenses (including, without limitation, litigation costs), (ii) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves the indemnification of such expenses (including, without limitation, litigation costs) or (iii) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made.

(c) In any claim for indemnification for Federal or state securities law violations, the party seeking indemnification shall place before the court the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the position of the Massachusetts Securities Division, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission, the Tennessee Securities Division and the position of any other applicable state securities division which requires disclosure with respect to the issue of indemnification for securities law violations.

(d) The Trust shall not incur the cost of that portion of any insurance which insures any party against any liability, the indemnification of which is herein prohibited.

(e) Expenses incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative or criminal action suit or proceeding against the Managing Owner shall be paid by the Trust in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding, (i) if the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust; (ii) the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a Unitholder or the legal action is initiated by a Unitholder and a court of competent jurisdiction specifically approves such advance; and (iii) the Managing Owner undertakes to repay the advanced funds with interest to the Trust in cases in which it is not entitled to indemnification under this Section 4.7.

(f) The term “Managing Owner” as used only in this Section 4.7 shall include, in addition to the Managing Owner, any other Covered Person performing services on behalf of the Trust and acting within the scope of the Managing Owner’s authority as set forth in this Trust Agreement.

(g) In the event the Trust is made a party to any claim, dispute, demand or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense as a result of or in connection with any Unitholder’s (or assignee’s) obligations or liabilities unrelated to Trust business, such Unitholder (or assignees cumulatively) shall indemnify, defend, hold harmless, and reimburse the Trust for all such loss, liability, damage, cost and expense incurred, including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees.

 

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(h) The payment of any amount pursuant to this Section shall be subject to Section 3.6 with respect to the allocation of liabilities and other amounts, as appropriate, among the Series of the Trust.

SECTION 4.8. Expenses and Limitations Thereon.

(a)

(i) The Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner shall be responsible for the payment of all Organization and Offering Expenses incurred in connection with the creation of the Trust and sale of Units during or prior to the Initial Offering Period other than any initial service fee; provided, however, that the amount of such Organization and Offering Expenses paid by the Managing Owner shall be subject to reimbursement by the Trust to the Managing Owner, without interest, in up to 36 monthly payments during each of the first 36 months of the Continuous Offering Period. In the event that the amount of the Organization and Offering Expenses incurred in connection with the creation of the Trust and sale of Units during the Initial Offering Period and paid by the Managing Owner is not fully reimbursed by the end of the 36th month of the Continuous Offering Period, the Managing Owner shall not be entitled to receive, and the Trust shall not be required to pay, any unreimbursed portion of such expenses outstanding as of such date. In the event the Trust terminates prior to the completion of any reimbursement contemplated by this Section 4.8(a)(i), the Managing Owner shall not be entitled to receive, and the Trust shall not be required to pay, any unreimbursed portion of such expenses outstanding as of the date of such termination.

(ii) The Managing Owner or an Affiliate of the Managing Owner also shall be responsible for the payment of all Organization and Offering Expenses incurred after the Initial Offering Period; provided, however, that the amount of such Organization and Offering Expenses paid by the Managing Owner shall be subject to reimbursement by the Trust to the Managing Owner, without interest, in up to 36 monthly payments during each of the first 36 months following the month in which such expenses were paid by the Managing Owner. In the event that the amount of the Organization and Offering Expenses incurred in connection with the sale of Units during the Continuous Offering Period and paid by the Managing Owner is not fully reimbursed by the end of the 36th month following the month in which such expenses were paid by the Managing Owner, the Managing Owner shall not be entitled to receive, and the Trust shall not be required to pay, any unreimbursed portion of such expenses outstanding as of such date. In the event the Trust terminates prior to the completion of any reimbursement contemplated by this Section 4.8(a)(ii), the Managing Owner shall not be entitled to receive, and the Trust shall not be required to pay, any unreimbursed portion of such expenses outstanding as of the date of such termination.

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aggregate amount of all subscriptions accepted during the Initial Offering Period and the first 36 months of the Continuous Offering Period. In no event shall the aggregate amount of the reimbursement payments from the Trust to the Managing Owner under Sections 4.8(a)(i) and (ii) in any month exceed 0.50% per annum of the Net Asset Value as of the beginning of such month

(iv) Organization and Offering Expenses shall mean those expenses incurred in connection with the formation, qualification and registration of the Trust and the Units and in offering, distributing and processing the Units under applicable Federal and state law, and any other expenses actually incurred and, directly or indirectly, related to the organization of the Trust or the initial and continuous offering of the Units, including, but not limited to, expenses such as: (i) initial and ongoing registration fees, filing fees, escrow fees and taxes, (ii) costs of preparing, printing (including typesetting), amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing the Memorandum during the Continuous Offering Period, (iii) the costs of qualifying, printing, (including typesetting), amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing sales materials used in connection with the offering and issuance of the Units during the Initial Offering Period the Continuous Offering Period, (iv) travel, telegraph, telephone and other expenses in connection with the offering and issuance of the Units during the Continuous Offering Period, (v) accounting, auditing and legal fees (including disbursements related thereto) incurred in connection therewith, and (vi) any extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any permitted indemnification associated therewith) related thereto.

(b) All ongoing charges, costs and expenses of the Trust’s operation, including, but not limited to, the routine expenses associated with (i) preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports required by applicable Federal and state regulatory authorities; (ii) Trust meetings and preparing, printing and mailing of proxy statements and reports to Unitholders; (iii) the payment of any distributions related to redemption of Units; (iv) routine services of the Trustee, legal counsel and independent accountants; (v) routine accounting and bookkeeping services, whether performed by an outside service provider or by Affiliates of the Managing Owner; (vi) postage and insurance; (vii) client relations and services; (viii) computer equipment and system maintenance; (ix) the Management Fee; (x) required payments to the Trust’s Trading Advisors pursuant to any applicable contract; and (xi) extraordinary expenses (including, but not limited to, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any indemnification related thereto) shall be billed to and/or paid by the Trust.

(c) The Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner may only be reimbursed for the actual cost to the Managing Owner or such Affiliate of any expenses which it advances on behalf of the Trust for which payment the Trust is responsible. In addition, payment to the Managing Owner or such Affiliate for indirect expenses incurred in performing services for the Trust in its capacity as the managing owner of the Trust, such as salaries and fringe benefits of officers and directors, rent or depreciation, utilities and other administrative items generally falling within the category of the Managing Owner’s “overhead,” is prohibited.

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SECTION 4.9. Compensation to the Managing Owner. Each Series shall pay to the Managing Owner, out of such Series’ Trust Estate, in advance, a monthly management fee in an amount equal to 0.04166% (0.50% per annum) of the Net Asset Value of a Series as of the beginning of such month. The Managing Owner shall, in its capacity as a Unitholder, be entitled to receive allocations and distributions pursuant to the provisions of this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 4.10. Other Business of Unitholders. Except as otherwise specifically provided herein, any of the Unitholders and any shareholder, officer, director, employee or other person holding a legal or beneficial interest in an entity which is a Unitholder, may engage in or possess an interest in other business ventures of every nature and description, independently or with others, and the pursuit of such ventures, even if competitive with the business of the Trust, shall not be deemed wrongful or improper.

SECTION 4.11. Voluntary Withdrawal of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner may withdraw voluntarily as the Managing Owner of the Trust only upon one hundred and twenty (120) days’ prior written notice to all Unitholders and the Trustee. If the withdrawing Managing Owner is the last remaining Managing Owner, Unitholders holding Units equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value (not including Units held by the Managing Owner) may vote to elect and appoint, effective as of a date on or prior to the withdrawal, a successor Managing Owner who shall carry on the business of the Trust. In the event of its removal or withdrawal, the Managing Owner shall be entitled to a redemption of its Unit at the Net Asset Value thereof on the next Redemption Date following the date of removal or withdrawal. If the Managing Owner withdraws and a successor Managing Owner is named, the withdrawing Managing Owner shall pay all expenses as a result of its withdrawal.

SECTION 4.12. Authorization of Memorandum. Each Unitholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) hereby agrees that the Managing Owner is authorized to execute, deliver and perform the agreements, acts, transactions and matters contemplated hereby or described in or contemplated by the Memorandum on behalf of the Trust without any further act, approval or vote of the Unitholders of the Trust, notwithstanding any other provision of this Trust Agreement, the Delaware Trust Statute or any applicable law, rule or regulation.

SECTION 4.13. Litigation. The Managing Owner is hereby authorized to prosecute, defend, settle or compromise actions or claims at law or in equity as may be necessary or proper to enforce or protect the Trust’s interests. The Managing Owner shall satisfy any judgment, decree or decision of any court, board or authority having jurisdiction or any settlement of any suit or claim prior to judgment or final decision thereon, first, out of any insurance proceeds available therefore, next, out of the Trust’s assets and, thereafter, out of the assets (to the extent that it is permitted to do so under the various other provisions of this Agreement) of the Managing Owner.

ARTICLE V

TRANSFERS OF UNITS

SECTION 5.1. General Prohibition. A Unitholder may not sell, assign, transfer or otherwise dispose of, or pledge, hypothecate or in any manner encumber any or all of his Units

 

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or any part of his right, title and interest in the capital or profits in the Trust except as permitted in this Article V and any act in violation of this Article V shall not be binding upon or recognized by the Trust (regardless of whether the Managing Owner shall have knowledge thereof), unless approved in writing by the Managing Owner.

SECTION 5.2. Transfer of Managing Owner’s Units.

(a) Upon an Event of Withdrawal (as defined in Section 13.1), the Managing Owner’s Units shall be purchased by the Trust for a purchase price in cash equal to the Net Asset Value thereof. The Managing Owner will not cease to be a Managing Owner of the Trust merely upon the occurrence of its making an assignment for the benefit of creditors, filing a voluntary petition in bankruptcy, filing a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution or similar relief under any statute, law or regulation, filing an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of this nature or seeking, consenting to or acquiescing in the appointment of a trustee, receiver or liquidator for itself or of all or any substantial part of its properties.

(b) To the full extent permitted by law, and on sixty (60) days’ prior written notice to the Unitholders, of their right to vote thereon, if the transaction is other than with an Affiliated entity, nothing in this Trust Agreement shall be deemed to prevent the merger of the Managing Owner with another corporation or other entity, the reorganization of the Managing Owner into or with any other corporation or other entity, the transfer of all the capital stock of the Managing Owner or the assumption of the Units, rights, duties and liabilities of the Managing Owner by, in the case of a merger, reorganization or consolidation, the surviving corporation or other entity by operation of law or the transfer of the Managing Owner’s Units to an Affiliate of the Managing Owner. Without limiting the foregoing, none of the transactions referenced in the preceding sentence shall be deemed to be a voluntary withdrawal for purposes of Section 4.11 or an Event of Withdrawal or assignment of Units for purposes of Sections 5.2(a) or 5.2(c).

(c) Upon assignment of all of its Units, the Managing Owner shall not cease to be a Managing Owner of the Trust, or to have the power to exercise any rights or powers as a Managing Owner, or to have liability for the obligations of the Trust under Section 1.7 hereof, until an additional Managing Owner, who shall carry on the business of the Trust, has been admitted to the Trust.

SECTION 5.3. Transfer of Units.

(a) Permitted assignees of the Unitholders shall be admitted as substitute Unitholders pursuant to this Article V only upon the consent of the Managing Owner, which may be withheld by the Managing Owner (x) if the proposed assignee does not meet the established suitability requirements, or (y) to avoid adverse legal consequences to the Trust.

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shall admit permitted assignees into the Trust as Unitholders by making an entry on the books and records of the Trust reflecting that such permitted assignees have been admitted as Unitholders, and such permitted assignees will be deemed Unitholders at such time as such admission is reflected on the books and records of the Trust.

(ii) A permitted assignee is a Person to whom a Unitholder has assigned his Units with the consent of the Managing Owner, as provided below in Section 5.3(d), but who has not become a substituted Unitholder. A permitted assignee shall have no right to vote, to obtain any information on or account of the Trust’s transactions or to inspect the Trust’s books, but shall only be entitled to receive the share of the profits, or the return of the Capital Contribution, to which his assignor would otherwise be entitled as set forth in Section 5.3(d) below to the extent of the Units assigned. Each Unitholder agrees that any permitted assignee may become a substituted Unitholder without the further act or consent of any Unitholder, regardless of whether his permitted assignee becomes a substituted Unitholder.

(iii) A Unitholder shall bear all extraordinary costs (including attorneys’ and accountants’ fees), if any, related to any transfer, assignment, pledge or encumbrance of his Units.

(b) No permitted assignee of the whole or any portion of a Unitholder’s Units shall have the right to become a substituted Unitholder in place of his assignor unless all of the following conditions are satisfied:

(i) The written consent of the Managing Owner to such substitution shall be obtained, the granting or denial of which shall be within the sole and absolute discretion of the Managing Owner, subject to the provisions of Section 5.3(d)(i).

(ii) A duly executed and acknowledged written instrument of assignment has been filed with the Trust setting forth the intention of the assignor that the permitted assignee become a substituted Unitholder in his place;

(iii) The assignor and permitted assignee execute and acknowledge and/or deliver such other instruments as the Managing Owner may deem necessary or desirable to effect such admission, including his execution, acknowledgment and delivery to the Managing Owner, as a counterpart to this Trust Agreement, of a Power of Attorney in the form set forth in the Subscription Agreement; and

(iv) Upon the request of the Managing Owner, an opinion of the Trust’s independent legal counsel is obtained to the effect that (A) the assignment will not jeopardize the Trust’s tax classification as a partnership and (B) the assignment does not violate this Trust Agreement or the Delaware Trust Statute.

(c) Any Person admitted as a Unitholder shall be subject to all of the provisions of this Trust Agreement as if an original signatory hereto.

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Federal securities and state “Blue Sky” laws and the rules of any other applicable governmental authority, a Unitholder shall have the right to assign all or any of his Units to any assignee by a written assignment (on a form acceptable to the Managing Owner) the terms of which are not in contravention of any of the provisions of this Trust Agreement, which assignment has been executed by the assignor and received by the Trust and recorded on the books thereof. An assignee of a Unit (or any interest therein) will not be recognized as a permitted assignee without the consent of the Managing Owner, which consent the Managing Owner shall withhold only under the following circumstances: (A) if necessary, in the judgment of the Managing Owner (and upon receipt of an opinion of counsel to this effect), to preserve the classification of the Trust as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes or to preserve the characterization or treatment of income or loss; or (B) if such assignment is effectuated through an established securities market or a secondary market (or the substantial equivalent thereof). The Managing Owner shall withhold its consent to assignments made under the foregoing circumstances, and shall exercise such right by taking any actions as it seems necessary or appropriate in its reasonable discretion so that such transfers or assignments of rights are not in fact recognized, and the assignor or transferor continues to be recognized by the Trust as a Unitholder for all purposes hereunder, including the payment of any cash distribution. The Managing Owner shall incur no liability to any investor or prospective investor for any action or inaction by it in connection with the foregoing, provided it acted in good faith.

(i) Except as specifically provided in this Trust Agreement, a permitted assignee of a Unit shall be entitled to receive distributions attributable to the Unit acquired by reason of such assignment from and after the effective date of the assignment of such Unit to him. The “effective date” of an assignment of a Unit as used in this clause shall be the first Business Day immediately following the next succeeding Redemption Date, provided the Managing Owner shall have been in receipt of the written instrument of assignment for at least five (5) Business Days prior thereto. If the assignee is (A) an ancestor or descendant of the Unitholder, (B) the personal representative or heir of a deceased Unitholder, (C) the trustee of a trust whose beneficiary is the Unitholder or another person to whom a transfer could otherwise be made or (D) the shareholders, partners, or beneficiaries of a corporation, partnership or trust upon its termination or liquidation, then the “effective date” of an assignment of a Unit in the Trust shall be the first day of the month immediately following the month in which the written instrument of assignment is received by the Managing Owner.

(ii) Anything herein to the contrary notwithstanding, the Trust and the Managing Owner shall be entitled to treat the permitted assignor of such Unit as the absolute owner thereof in all respects, and shall incur no liability for distributions made in good faith to him, until such time as the written assignment has been received by, and recorded on the books of, the Trust.

(e) No assignment or transfer of a Unit may be made which would result in the Unitholders and permitted assignees of the Unitholders owning, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 5% or more of the stock of the Managing Owner or any related person as defined in Sections 267(b) and 707(b)(1) of the Code. If any such

 

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assignment or transfer would otherwise be made by bequest, inheritance of operation of law, the Unit transferred shall be deemed sold by the transferor to the Trust immediately prior to such transfer in the same manner as provided in Section 5.3(e).

(i) Anything else to the contrary contained herein notwithstanding: (A) In any particular twelve (12) consecutive month period no assignment or transfer of a Unit may be made which would result in increasing the aggregate total of Units previously assigned and/or transferred in said period to 49% or more of the outstanding Units. This limitation is hereinafter referred to as the “forty-nine percent (49%) limitation”; (B) Clause (ii)(A) hereof shall not apply to a transfer by gift, bequest or inheritance, or a transfer to the Trust, and, for purposes of the forty-nine percent (49%) limitation, any such transfer shall not be treated as such; (C) If, after the forty-nine percent (49%) limitation is reached in any consecutive twelve (12) month period, a transfer of a Unit would otherwise take place by operation of law (but not including any transfer referred to in clause (iii)(B) hereof) and would cause a violation of the forty-nine percent (49%) limitation, then said Unit(s) shall be deemed to have been sold by the transferor to the Trust in liquidation of said Unit(s) immediately prior to such transfer for a liquidation price equal to the Net Asset Value of said Unit(s) on such date of transfer. The liquidation price shall be paid within ninety (90) days after the date of the transfer.

(f) The Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, may cause the Trust to make, refrain from making, or once having made, to revoke, the election referred to in Section 754 of the Code, and any similar election provided by state or local law, or any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof.

(g) The Managing Owner, in its sole discretion, may cause the Trust to make, refrain from making, or once having made, to revoke the election by a qualified fund under Section 988(c)(1)(E)(V), and any similar election provided by state or local law, or any similar provision enacted in lieu thereof.

(h) Each Unitholder hereby agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Trust and each Unitholder against any and all losses, damages, liabilities or expense (including, without limitation, tax liabilities or loss of tax benefits) arising, directly or indirectly, as a result of any transfer or purported transfer by such Unitholder in violation of any provision contained in this Section 5.3.

ARTICLE VI

DISTRIBUTION AND ALLOCATIONS

SECTION 6.1. Capital Accounts. A capital account shall be established by the Managing Owner for each Unitholder with respect to each Series (such account sometimes hereinafter referred to as a “book capital account”). The initial balance of each Unitholder’s book capital account shall be the amount of his initial Capital Contribution.

 

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SECTION 6.2. Monthly Allocations. No less frequently than as of the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on each Valuation Point, the following determinations and allocations shall be made:

(a) First, any increase or decrease in the Net Asset Value of a Series as of such date as compared to the next previous determination of Net Asset Value of a Series shall be credited or charged to the book capital accounts of the Unitholders in such Series in the ratio that the balance of each such Unitholder’s book capital account bears to the balance of all Unitholders’ in such Series’ book capital accounts; and

(b) Next, the amount of any distribution to be made to a Unitholder and any amount to be paid to a Unitholder upon redemption of his Units shall be charged to that Unitholder’s book capital account as of the applicable record date and Redemption Date, respectively.

SECTION 6.3. Allocation of Profit and Loss for Federal Income Tax Purposes. As of the end of each Fiscal Year of the Trust, each Series’ recognized profit and loss shall be allocated among the Unitholders of such Series pursuant to the following subparagraphs for Federal income tax purposes. Except as otherwise provided herein, such allocations of profit and loss shall be pro rata from Disposition Gain (or Disposition Loss) and Profits (or Losses).

(a) First, the Profits or Losses shall be allocated pro rata among the Unitholders based on their respective book capital accounts as of the last day of each month in which such Profits or Losses accrued.

(b) Next, Disposition Gain or Disposition Loss from trading activities of a Series for each Fiscal Year of the Trust shall be allocated among the Unitholders as follows:

(i) There shall be established a tax capital account with respect to each outstanding Unit of a Series. The initial balance of each tax capital account shall be the amount paid by the Unitholder for the Unit. Tax capital accounts shall be adjusted as of the end of each Fiscal Year as follows: (A) Each tax capital account shall be increased by the amount of income (Profits or Disposition Gain) which shall have been allocated to the Unitholder who shall hold the Unit pursuant to Section 6.3(a) above and Sections 6.3(b)(ii) and 6.3(b)(iii) below; (B) Each tax capital account shall be decreased by the amount of expense or loss (Losses or Disposition Losses) which shall have been allocated to the Unitholder who shall hold the Unit pursuant to Section 6.3(a) above and Sections 6.3(b)(iv) and 6.3(b)(v) below and by the amount of any distribution which shall have been received by the Unitholder with respect to the Unit (other than on redemption of Units); and (C) If a Unit is redeemed, the tax capital account with respect to such Unit shall be eliminated on the Redemption Date.

(ii) Disposition Gain realized during any month shall be allocated first among all Unitholders whose book capital accounts are in excess of their Units’ tax capital accounts (after making the adjustments, other than adjustments resulting from the allocations to be made pursuant to this Section 6.3(b)(ii) for the current month, described in Section 6.3(b)(i) above) in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s excess shall bear to all such Unitholder’s excesses.

 

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(iii) Disposition Gain realized during any month that remains after the allocation pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(ii) above shall be allocated to those Unitholders who were Unitholders during such month in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s book capital account bears to all such Unitholders’ book capital accounts as of the beginning of such month.

(iv) Disposition Loss realized during any month shall be allocated first among all Unitholders whose Units’ tax capital accounts are in excess of their book capital accounts (after making the adjustments, other than adjustments resulting from the allocations to be made pursuant to this Section 6.3(b)(iv) for the current month, described in Section 6.3(b)(i) above) in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s excess shall bear to all such Unitholders’ excesses.

(v) Disposition Loss realized during any month that remains after the allocation pursuant to Section 6.3(b)(iv) above shall be allocated to those Unitholders who were Unitholders during such month in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s book capital account bears to all such Unitholders’ book capital accounts as of the beginning of such calendar month.

(vi) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Section 6.3, in the event a Unitholder withdraws all or any part of a Unit, recognized capital gain or loss shall be specially allocated to the withdrawing Unitholder in such a manner as will reduce the amount, if any, by which such withdrawal amount either (i) exceeds or (ii) is less than, such Unitholder’s tax capital account with regard to his or her redeemed Unit before such allocation

(c) The tax allocations prescribed by this Section 6.3 shall be made to each holder of a Unit whether or not the holder is a substituted Unitholder. For purposes of this Section 6.3, tax allocations shall be made to the Managing Owner’s Units on a Unit-equivalent basis.

(d) The allocation of income and loss (and items thereof) for Federal income tax purposes set forth in this Section 6.3 is intended to allocate taxable income and loss among Unitholders generally in the ratio and to the extent that net profit and net loss shall be allocated to such Unitholders under Section 6.2 so as to eliminate, to the extent possible, any disparity between a Unitholder’s book capital account and his tax capital account, consistent with the principles set forth in Sections 704(b) and (c)(2) of the Code.

(e) Notwithstanding this Section 6.3, if after taking into account any distributions to be made with respect to such Unit for the relevant period pursuant to Section 6.4 herein, any allocation would produce a deficit in the book capital account of a Unit, the portion of such allocation that would create such a deficit shall instead be allocated pro rata to the book capital accounts of all the remaining Unitholders in such Series (subject to the same limitation).

 

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SECTION 6.4. Allocation of Distributions. Initially, distributions shall be made by the Managing Owner, and the Managing Owner shall have sole discretion in determining the amount and frequency of distributions, other than redemptions, with respect to the Units; provided, however, that no distribution shall be made that violates the Delaware Trust Statute. The aggregate distributions made in a Fiscal Year (other than distributions on termination, which shall be allocated in the manner described in Article VIII) shall be allocated among the holders of record of Units in the ratio in which the number of Units held of record by each of them bears to the number of Units held of record by all of the Unitholders as of the record date of such distribution; provided, further, however, that any distribution made in respect of a Unit shall not exceed the book capital account for such Unit.

SECTION 6.5. Admissions of Unitholders; Transfers. For purposes of this Article VI, Unitholders shall be deemed admitted, and a tax and book capital account shall be established in respect of the Units acquired by such Unitholder or in respect of additional Units acquired by an existing Unitholder, as of the first day following the Redemption Date of the month in which such Unitholder’s Subscription Agreement or Exchange Request, as the case may be, is received, provided the Managing Owner shall have been in receipt of such Subscription Agreement or Exchange Request for at least five (5) Business Days, or in which the transfer of Units to such Unitholder is recognized, except that persons accepted as subscribers to the Trust pursuant to Section 3.4(b) shall be deemed admitted on the date determined pursuant to such Section. Any Unitholder to whom a Unit had been transferred shall succeed to the tax and book capital accounts attributable to the Unit transferred.

SECTION 6.6. Liability for State and Local and Other Taxes. In the event that the Trust shall be separately subject to taxation by any state or local or by any foreign taxing authority, the Trust shall be obligated to pay such taxes to such jurisdiction. In the event that the Trust shall be required to make payments to any Federal, state or local or any foreign taxing authority in respect of any Unitholder’s allocable share of income, the amount of such taxes shall be considered a loan by the Trust to such Unitholder, and such Unitholder shall be liable for, and shall pay to the Trust, any taxes so required to be withheld and paid over by the Trust within ten (10) days after the Managing Owner’s request therefore. Such Unitholder shall also be liable for (and the Managing Owner shall be entitled to redeem additional Units of the foreign Unitholder as necessary to satisfy) interest on the amount of taxes paid over by the Trust to the IRS or other taxing authority, from the date of the Managing Owner’s request for payment to the date of payment or the redemption, as the case may be, at the rate of two percent (2%) over the prime rate charged from time to time by Citibank, N.A. The amount, if any, payable by the Trust to the Unitholder in respect of its Units so redeemed, or in respect of any other actual distribution by the Trust to such Unitholder, shall be reduced by any obligations owed to the Trust by the Unitholder, including, without limitation, the amount of any taxes required to be paid over by the Series to the IRS or other taxing authority and interest thereon as aforesaid. Amounts, if any, deducted by the Trust from any actual distribution or redemption payment to such Unitholder shall be treated as an actual distribution to such Unitholder for all purposes of this Trust Agreement.

 

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ARTICLE VII

REDEMPTIONS

SECTION 7.1. Redemption of Units. The Unitholders recognize that the profitability of the Trust depends upon long-term and uninterrupted investment of capital. It is agreed, therefore, that Trust profits and gains may be automatically reinvested, and that distributions, if any, of profits and gains to the Unitholders will be on a limited basis. Nevertheless, the Unitholders contemplate the possibility that one or more of the Unitholders may elect to realize and withdraw profits, or withdraw capital through the redemption of Units prior to dissolution. In that regard and subject to the provisions of Section 4.2(i):

(a) Subject to the conditions set forth in this Article VII, each Unitholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) shall have the right to redeem a Unit or portion thereof on the first Redemption Date following the date the Managing Owner has been in receipt of an acceptable form of written notice of redemption for at least five (5) Business Days. Units will be redeemed on a “first in, first out” basis based on time of receipt of redemption requests at a redemption price equal to the Net Asset Value per Unit calculated as of the Valuation Point immediately preceding the applicable Redemption Date. If a Unitholder (or permitted assignee thereof) is permitted to redeem any or all of his Units as of a date other than a Redemption Date, such adjustments in the determination and allocation among the Unitholders of Disposition Gain, Disposition Loss, Profits, Losses and items of income or deduction for tax accounting purposes shall be made as are necessary or appropriate to reflect and give effect to the redemption.

(b) The value of a Unit for purposes of redemption shall be the book capital account balance of such Unit at the Valuation Point immediately preceding the Redemption Date, less any amount owing by such Unitholder (and his permitted assignee, if any) to the Trust pursuant to Sections 4.7(g), 5.3(h) or 6.6 of this Trust Agreement. If redemption of a Unit shall be requested by a permitted assignee, all amounts which shall be owed to the Trust under Sections 4.7(g), 5.3(h) or 6.6 hereof by the Unitholder of record, as well as all amounts which shall be owed by all permitted assignees of such Units, shall be deducted from the Net Asset Value of such Units upon redemption.

(c) The effective date of redemption shall be the Redemption Date, and payment of the value of the redeemed Units (except for Units redeemed as part of an Exchange as provided in Section 7.4) generally shall be made within fifteen (15) Business Days following the Redemption Date; provided, that all liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of the Trust, except any liability to Unitholders on account of their Capital Contributions, have been paid or there remains property of the Trust sufficient to pay them; and provided further, that under extraordinary circumstances as may be determined by the Managing Owner in its sole discretion, including, but not limited to, the inability to liquidate Commodity positions as of such Redemption Date, or default or delay in payments due the Trust from commodity brokers, banks or other Persons, or significant administrative hardship, the Trust may in turn delay payment to Unitholders requesting redemption of Units of the proportionate part of the value of redeemed Units represented by the sums which are the subject of such default or delay, in which event payment for redemption of such Units will be made to Unitholders as soon thereafter as is practicable. A Unitholder may revoke his notice of intent to redeem on or prior to the fifth (5th)

 

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Business Day prior to the applicable Redemption Date by written instructions to the Managing Owner. If a Unitholder revokes his notice of intent to redeem and thereafter wishes to redeem, such Unitholder will be required to submit written notice thereof in accordance with Section 7.1(d) and will be redeemed on the first Redemption Date to occur after the Managing Owner shall have been in receipt of such written notice for at least five (5) Business Days.

(d) A Unitholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) wishing to redeem Units must provide the Managing Owner with written notice of his intent to redeem, which notice shall specify the name and address of the redeeming Unitholder and the amount of Units sought to be redeemed. The notice of redemption shall be in the form annexed to the Memorandum or in any other form acceptable to the Managing Owner and shall be mailed or delivered to the principal place of business of the Managing Owner. Such notice must include representations and warranties that the redeeming Unitholder (or any permitted assignee thereof) is the lawful and beneficial owner of the Units to be redeemed and that such Units are not subject to any pledge or otherwise encumbered in any fashion. In certain circumstances, the Trust may require additional documents, such as, but not limited to, trust instruments, death certificates, appointments as executor or administrator or certificates of corporate authority. Unitholders requesting redemption shall be notified in writing within five (5) Business Days following the Redemption Date whether or not their Units will be redeemed, unless payment for the redeeming Units is made within that five (5) Business Day period, in which case the notice of acceptance of the redemption shall not be required.

(e) The Managing Owner may suspend temporarily any redemption if the effect of such redemption, either alone or in conjunction with other redemptions, would be to impair the Trust’s ability to operate in pursuit of its objectives. In addition, the Managing Owner may compel the redemption Units pursuant to Section 4.2(i).

(f) Units that are redeemed shall be extinguished and shall not be retained or reissued by the Trust.

(g) Except as discussed above, all requests for redemption in proper form will be honored, and positions will be liquidated to the extent necessary to discharge liabilities on the Redemption Date.

SECTION 7.2. Redemption Charge. The Managing Owner may impose a redemption charge, if so provided in the Memorandum, with respect to any Unit; provided, however, that no redemption charge will be assessed if a Unitholder simultaneously (i) exchanges the redeemed Unit or portion thereof for a Unit of equal value in another Series, or (ii) invests the redemption proceeds in another futures fund sponsored by the Managing Owner and/or its Affiliates. Redemption charges may be waived by the Managing Owner in its sole and absolute discretion.

SECTION 7.3. Exchange of Units. Units in one Series may be exchanged, without applicability of redemption fees, for Units of equivalent value of any other Series (an “Exchange”) on any Redemption Date, in accordance with the Memorandum and subject to the conditions on Redemptions in this Article VII, except that an Exchange will be made on the Redemption Date following the date the Managing Owner has been in receipt of an Exchange Request for at least five (5) Business Days.

 

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SECTION 7.4. Special Redemption Date. Pursuant to Section 9.4, each Unitholder shall receive a notice of any decline (“Decline Notice”) in the estimated Net Asset Value per Unit to less than 50% of the Net Asset Value per Unit as of the end of the immediately preceding Valuation Point (“Decline Date”) within seven (7) Business Days of such occurrence. Within seven (7) Business Days after any Decline Date, the Managing Owner shall declare a “Special Redemption Date” as provided in this Section 7.5. Such Special Redemption Date shall be a Business Day within thirty (30) Business Days from the Decline Date, and the Managing Owner shall mail the Decline Notice (which includes the Special Redemption Date) to each Unitholder and assignee of Units, by first class mail, postage prepaid, not later than seven (7) Business Days after the Decline Date, together with instructions as to the procedure such Unitholder or assignee must follow to have such Unitholder’s or assignee’s interest (only entire, not partial, interests may be so redeemed unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner) in the Trust redeemed on the Special Redemption Date. Upon redemption pursuant to a Special Redemption Date, a Unitholder or any other assignee of whom the Managing Owner has received written notice, shall receive from the Trust an amount equal to the Net Asset Value of such Unitholder’s interest, determined as of the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on such Special Redemption Date. No redemption charges shall be assessed on any such Special Redemption Date. As in the case of a regular redemption, an assignee shall not be entitled to redemption on any Special Redemption Date until the Managing Owner has received written notice of the assignment, transfer or disposition under which the assignee claims an interest in the Units to be redeemed. Trading of the Trust shall be suspended between the Decline Date and the Special Redemption Date.

ARTICLE VIII

THE UNITHOLDERS

SECTION 8.1. No Management or Control; Limited Liability. The Unitholders shall not participate in the management or control of the Trust’s business nor shall they transact any business for the Trust or have the power to sign for or bind the Trust, said power being vested solely and exclusively in the Managing Owner. Except as provided in Sections 1.7 and 8.3 hereof, no Unitholder shall be bound by, or be personally liable for, the expenses, liabilities or obligations of the Trust in excess of his Capital Contribution plus his share of any Trust Estate in which such Unitholders own a Unit and profits remaining, if any. Except as provided in Section 8.3 hereof, each Unit owned by a Unitholder shall be fully paid and no assessment shall be made against any Unitholder. No salary shall be paid to any Unitholder in his capacity as a Unitholder, nor shall any Unitholder have a drawing account or earn interest on his contribution.

SECTION 8.2. Rights and Duties. The Unitholders shall have the following rights, powers, privileges, duties and liabilities:

(a) The Unitholders shall have the right to obtain information of all things affecting the Trust, provided that such is for a purpose reasonably related to the Unitholder’s interest as a beneficial owner of the Trust, including, without limitation, such reports as are set forth in Article IX and such information as is set forth in Section 4.3(l) hereof. In the event that the Managing Owner neglects or refuses to produce or mail to a Unitholder a copy of the information set forth in Section 4.3(l) hereof, the Managing Owner shall be liable to such

 

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Unitholder for the costs, including reasonable attorney’s fees, incurred by such Unitholder to compel the production of such information, and for any actual damages suffered by such Unitholder as a result of such refusal or neglect; provided, however, it shall be a defense of the Managing Owner that the actual purpose of the Unitholder’s request for such information was not reasonably related to the Unitholder’s interest as a beneficial owner in the Trust (e.g., to secure such information in order to sell it, or to use the same for a commercial purpose unrelated to the participation of such Unitholder in the Trust). The foregoing rights are in addition to, and do not limit, other remedies available to Unitholders under Federal or state law.

(b) The Unitholders shall receive the share of the distributions provided for in this Trust Agreement in the manner and at the times provided for in this Trust Agreement.

(c) Except for the Unitholders’ redemption rights set forth in Article VII hereof or upon a mandatory redemption effected by the Managing Owner pursuant to Section 4.2(i) hereof, Unitholders shall have the right to demand the return of their capital account only upon the dissolution and winding up of the Trust and only to the extent of funds available therefore. In no event shall a Unitholder be entitled to demand or receive property other than cash. Except with respect to Series or class differences, no Unitholder shall have priority over any other Unitholder either as to the return of capital or as to profits, losses or distributions. No Unitholder shall have the right to bring an action for partition against the Trust.

(d) Unitholders holding Units representing at least a majority (over 50%) in the Net Asset Value of a Series (with respect to each affected Series and not including Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates, including the commodity broker) voting separately as a class may vote to (i) continue the Trust as provided in Section 13.1(a), (ii) remove the Managing Owner on reasonable prior written notice to the Managing Owner, (iii) elect and appoint one or more additional Managing Owners, or consent to such matters as are set forth in Section 5.2(b), (iv) approve a material change in the trading policies, as set forth in the Memorandum, which change shall not be effective without the prior written approval of such majority, (v) approve the termination of any agreement entered into between the Trust and the Managing Owner or any Affiliate of the Managing Owner for any reason, without penalty, (vi) approve amendments to this Trust Agreement as set forth in Section 11.1 hereof, and (vii) terminate the Series as provided in Section 13.1(f), and in the case of (iii), (iv) and (v) in each instance on sixty (60) days’ prior written notice.

Except as set forth above, the Unitholders shall have no voting or other rights with respect to the Trust.

SECTION 8.3. Limitation on Liability.

(a) Except as provided in Sections 1.7, 4.7(g), 5.3(h) and 6.6 hereof, and as otherwise provided under Delaware law, the Unitholders shall be entitled to the same limitation of personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the general corporation law of Delaware and no Unitholder shall be liable for claims against, or debts of the Trust in excess of his Capital Contribution and his share of the applicable Trust Estate and undistributed profits, except in the event that the liability is founded upon misstatements or omissions contained in such Unitholder’s Subscription Agreement delivered in

 

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connection with his purchase of Units. In addition, and subject to the exceptions set forth in the immediately preceding sentence, the Trust shall not make a claim against a Unitholder with respect to amounts distributed to such Unitholder or amounts received by such Unitholder upon redemption unless, under Delaware law, such Unitholder is liable to repay such amount.

(b) The Trust shall indemnify to the full extent permitted by law and the other provisions of this Agreement, and to the extent of the applicable Trust Estate, each Unitholder (excluding the Managing Owner to the extent of its ownership of any Units) against any claims of liability asserted against such Unitholder solely because he is a beneficial owner of one or more Units as a Unitholder (other than for taxes for which such Unitholder is liable under Section 6.6 hereof).

(c) Every written note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or issued by the Managing Owner shall give notice to the effect that the same was executed or made by or on behalf of the Trust and that the obligations of such instrument are not binding upon the Unitholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust, and no resort shall be had to the Unitholders’ personal property for satisfaction of any obligation or claim thereunder, and appropriate references may be made to this Trust Agreement and may contain any further recital which the Managing Owner deems appropriate, but the omission thereof shall not operate to bind the Unitholders individually or otherwise invalidate any such note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking. Nothing contained in this Section 8.3 shall diminish the limitation on the liability of the Trust to the extent set forth in Section 3.5 and 3.6 hereof.

ARTICLE IX

BOOKS OF ACCOUNT AND REPORTS

SECTION 9.1. Books of Account. Proper books of account for the Trust shall be kept and shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accounting firm selected by the Managing Owner in its sole discretion, and there shall be entered therein all transactions, matters and things relating to the Trust’s business as are required by the CE Act and regulations promulgated thereunder, and all other applicable rules and regulations, and as are usually entered into books of account kept by Persons engaged in a business of like character. The books of account shall be kept at the principal office of the Trust and each Unitholder (or any duly constituted designee of a Unitholder) shall have, at all times during normal business hours, free access to and the right to inspect and copy the same for any purpose reasonably related to the Unitholder’s interest as a beneficial owner of the Trust, including such access as is required under CFTC rules and regulations. Such books of account shall be kept, and the Trust shall report its Profits and Losses on, the accrual method of accounting for financial accounting purposes on a Fiscal Year basis as described in Article X.

SECTION 9.2. Annual Reports and Monthly Statements. Each Unitholder shall be furnished as of the end of each month and as of the end of each Fiscal Year with (a) such reports (in such detail) as are required to be given to Unitholders by the CFTC and the NFA, (b) any other reports (in such detail) required to be given to Unitholders by any other governmental authority which has jurisdiction over the activities of the Trust and (c) any other reports or information which the Managing Owner, in its discretion, determines to be necessary or appropriate.

 

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SECTION 9.3. Tax Information. Appropriate tax information (adequate to enable each Unitholder to complete and file his Federal tax return) shall be delivered to each Unitholder as soon as practicable following the end of each Fiscal Year but generally no later than March 15.

SECTION 9.4. Calculation of Net Asset Value. Net Asset Value will be estimated as required. Upon request, on any Business Day, the Managing Owner shall make available to any Unitholder the estimated Net Asset Value per Unit. Each Unitholder shall be notified of any decline in the estimated Net Asset Value per Unit to less than 50% of the Net Asset Value per Unit as of the end of the immediately preceding Valuation Point within seven (7) Business Days of such occurrence. Within seven (7) Business Days after any such notice, the Managing Owner shall declare a “Special Redemption Date” as provided in Section 7.5. Included in such notification shall be a description of the Unitholders’ voting rights as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof.

SECTION 9.5. Other Reports. The Managing Owner shall send such other reports and information, if any, to the Unitholders as it may deem necessary or appropriate. Each Unitholder shall be notified of: (a) any material change in the terms of the Advisory Agreement, including any change in the Trading Advisor or any modification in connection with the method of calculating the incentive fee; (b) any change of Trustee; (c) any other material change affecting the compensation of any party within seven (7) Business Days of such occurrence; and (d) a description of any material effect on the Units such changes may have. Included in such notification shall be a description of the Unitholders’ voting rights as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof and redemption rights as set forth in Section 7.1 hereof.

SECTION 9.6. Maintenance of Records. The Managing Owner shall maintain: (a) for a period of at least six Fiscal Years all books of account required by Section 9.1 hereof; a list of the names and last known address of, and number of Units owned by, all Unitholders, a copy of the Certificate of Trust and all certificates of amendment thereto, together with executed copies of any powers of attorney pursuant to which any certificate has been executed; copies of the Trust’s Federal, state and local income tax returns and reports, if any; and a record of the information obtained to indicate that a Unitholder meets the investor suitability standards set forth in the Memorandum, and (b) for a period of at least six (6) Fiscal Years copies of any effective written trust agreements, subscription agreements and any financial statements of the Trust. The Managing Owner may keep and maintain the books and records of the Trust in paper, magnetic, electronic or other format at the Managing Owner may determine in its sole discretion, provided the Managing Owner uses reasonable care to prevent the loss or destruction of such records.

SECTION 9.7. Certificate of Trust. Except as otherwise provided in the Delaware Trust Statute or this Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner shall not be required to mail a copy of any Certificate of Trust filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware to each Unitholder; however, such certificates shall be maintained at the principal office of the Trust and shall be available for inspection and copying by the Unitholders in accordance with this Trust Agreement. The Certificate of Trust shall not be amended in any respect if the effect of such amendment is to diminish the limitation on interseries liability under Section 3804 of the Delaware Trust Statute.

 

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SECTION 9.8. Registration of Units. Subject to Section 4.3(l) hereof, the Managing Owner shall keep, at the Trust’s principal place of business, a Unit Register in which, subject to such reasonable regulations as it may provide, it shall provide for the registration of Units and of transfers of Units. Subject to the provisions of Article V, the Managing Owner may treat the Person in whose name any Unit shall be registered in the Unit Register as the Unitholder of such Unit for the purpose of receiving distributions pursuant to Article VI and for all other purposes whatsoever.

ARTICLE X

FISCAL YEAR

SECTION 10.1. Fiscal Year. The Fiscal Year shall begin on the 1st day of January and end on the 31st day of December of each year. The Fiscal Year in which the Trust shall terminate shall end on the date of termination.

ARTICLE XI

AMENDMENT OF TRUST AGREEMENT; MEETINGS

SECTION 11.1. Amendments to the Trust Agreement.

(a) Amendments to this Trust Agreement may be proposed by the Managing Owner or by Unitholders holding Units equal to at least 10% of the Net Asset Value of a Series of the Trust, unless the proposed amendment affects only certain Series, in which case such amendment may be proposed by Unitholders holding Units equal to at least ten percent (10%) of Net Asset Value of a Series of each affected Series. Following such proposal, the Managing Owner shall submit to the Unitholders of each affected Series a verbatim statement of any proposed amendment, and statements concerning the legality of such amendment and the effect of such amendment on the limited liability of the Unitholders. The Managing Owner shall include in any such submission its recommendations as to the proposed amendment. The amendment shall become effective only upon the written approval or affirmative vote of Unitholders holding Units equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value of a Series (excluding Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates) of the Trust or, if the proposed amendment affects only certain Series, of each affected Series, or such higher percentage as may be required by applicable law, and upon receipt of an opinion of independent legal counsel as set forth in Section 8.2 hereof and to the effect that the amendment is legal, valid and binding and will not adversely affect the limitations on liability of the Unitholders as described in Section 8.3 of this Trust Agreement. Notwithstanding the foregoing, where any action taken or authorized pursuant to any provision of this Trust Agreement requires the approval or affirmative vote of Unitholders holding a greater interest in Units than is required to amend this Trust Agreement under this Section 11.1, and/or the approval or affirmative vote of the Managing Owners, an amendment to such provision(s) shall be effective only upon the written approval or affirmative vote of the minimum number of Unitholders which would be

 

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required to take or authorize such action, or as may otherwise be required by applicable law, and upon receipt of an opinion of independent legal counsel as set forth above in this Section 11.1. In addition, except as otherwise provided below, reduction of the capital account of any assignee or modification of the percentage of Profits, Losses or distributions to which an assignee is entitled hereunder shall not be affected by amendment to this Trust Agreement without such assignee’s approval. With respect to any matter requiring Unitholder consent, consent shall be deemed given with respect to any such matter upon which advance notice was provided along with an opportunity to object or redeem their interest.

(b) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in Section 11.1(a) hereof, the Managing Owner may, without the approval of the Unitholders, make such amendments to this Trust Agreement which (i) are necessary to add to the representations, duties or obligations of the Managing Owner or surrender any right or power granted to the Managing Owner herein, for the benefit of the Unitholders, (ii) are necessary to cure any ambiguity, to correct or supplement any provision herein which may be inconsistent with any other provision herein or in the Memorandum, or to make any other provisions with respect to matters or questions arising under this Trust Agreement or the Memorandum which will not be inconsistent with the provisions of the Trust Agreement or the Memorandum, or (iii) the Managing Owner deems advisable, provided, however, that no amendment shall be adopted pursuant to this clause (iii) unless the adoption thereof (A) is not adverse to the interests of the Unitholders; (B) is consistent with Section 4.1 hereof; (C) except as otherwise provided in Section 11.1(c) below, does not affect the allocation of Profits and Losses among the Unitholders or between the Unitholders and the Managing Owner; and (D) does not adversely affect the limitations on liability of the Unitholders, as described in Article VIII hereof or the status of the each Series as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. (i) Amendments to this document which adversely affect the rights of Unitholders, (ii) the appointment of a new Managing Owner pursuant to Section 4.2(j) above, (iii) the dissolution of the Trust pursuant to Section 13.1(f) below and (iv) any material changes in the Trust’s basic investment policies or structure shall occur only upon the written approval or affirmative vote of Unitholders holding Units equal to at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value of the Trust (excluding Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates) pursuant to Section 11.1(a) above.

(c) Notwithstanding any provision to the contrary contained in Sections 11.1(a) and (b) hereof, the Managing Owner may, without the approval of the Unitholders, amend the provisions of Article VI of this Trust Agreement relating to the allocations of Profits, Losses, Disposition Gain, Disposition Loss and distributions among the Unitholders if the Trust is advised at any time by the Trust’s accountants or legal counsel that the allocations provided in Article VI of this Trust Agreement are unlikely to be respected for Federal income tax purposes, either because of the promulgation of new or revised Treasury Regulations under Section 704 of the Code or other developments in the law. The Managing Owner is empowered to amend such provisions to the minimum extent necessary in accordance with the advice of the accountants and counsel to effect the allocations and distributions provided in this Trust Agreement. New allocations made by the Managing Owner in reliance upon the advice of the accountants or counsel described above shall be deemed to be made pursuant to the obligation of the Managing Owner to the Trust and the Unitholders, and no such new allocation shall give rise to any claim or cause of action by any Unitholder.

 

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(d) Upon amendment of this Trust Agreement, the Certificate of Trust shall also be amended, if required by the Delaware Trust Statute, to reflect such change.

(e) No amendment shall be made to this Trust Agreement without the consent of the Trustee if such amendment adversely affects any of the rights, duties or liabilities of the Trustee; provided, however, that the Trustee may not withhold its consent for any action which the Unitholders are permitted to take under Section 8.2(d) above. The Trustee shall execute and file any amendment to the Certificate of Trust if so directed by the Managing Owner or if such amendment is required in the opinion of the Trustee.

(f) No provision of this Agreement may be amended, waived or otherwise modified orally but only by a written instrument adopted in accordance with this Section.

SECTION 11.2. Meetings of the Trust. Meetings of the Unitholders of the Trust or any Series thereof may be called by the Managing Owner and will be called by it upon the written request of Unitholders holding Units equal to at least 10% of the Net Asset Value of the Trust or the Net Asset Value of a Series thereof. Such call for a meeting shall be deemed to have been made upon the receipt by the Managing Owner of a written request from the requisite percentage of Unitholders. The Managing Owner shall deposit in the United States mails, within fifteen (15) days after receipt of said request, written notice to all Unitholders of the Trust or any Series thereof of the meeting and the purpose of the meeting, which shall be held on a date, not less than 30 nor more than sixty (60) days after the date of mailing of said notice, at a reasonable time and place. Any notice of meeting shall be accompanied by a description of the action to be taken at the meeting and an opinion of independent counsel as to the effect of such proposed action on the liability of Unitholders for the debts of the Trust. Unitholders may vote in person or by proxy at any such meeting.

SECTION 11.3. Action Without a Meeting. Any action required or permitted to be taken by Unitholders by vote may be taken without a meeting by written consent setting forth the actions so taken. Such written consents shall be treated for all purposes as votes at a meeting. If the vote or consent of any Unitholder to any action of the Trust or any Unitholder, as contemplated by this Agreement, is solicited by the Managing Owner, the solicitation shall be effected by notice to each Unitholder given in the manner provided in Section 15.4. The vote or consent of each Unitholder so solicited shall be deemed conclusively to have been cast or granted as requested in the notice of solicitation, whether or not the notice of solicitation is actually received by that Unitholder, unless the Unitholder expresses written objection to the vote or consent by notice given in the manner provided in Section 15.4 below and actually received by the Trust within twenty (20) days after the notice of solicitation is effected. The Managing Owner and all persons dealing with the Trust shall be entitled to act in reliance on any vote or consent which is deemed cast or granted pursuant to this Section and shall be fully indemnified by the Trust in so doing. Any action taken or omitted in reliance on any such deemed vote or consent of one or more Unitholders shall not be void or voidable by reason of timely communication made by or on behalf of all or any of such Unitholders in any manner other than as expressly provided in Section 15.4.

 

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ARTICLE XII

TERM

SECTION 12.1. Term. The term for which the Trust and each Series is to exist shall commence on the date of the filing of the Certificate of Trust, and shall terminate pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII hereof or as otherwise provided by law.

ARTICLE XIII

TERMINATION

SECTION 13.1. Events Requiring Dissolution of the Trust or any Series. The Trust or, as the case may be, any Series thereof, shall dissolve at any time upon the happening of any of the following events:

(a) The filing of a certificate of dissolution or revocation of the Managing Owner’s charter (and the expiration of ninety (90) days after the date of notice to the Managing Owner of revocation without a reinstatement of its charter) or upon the withdrawal, removal, adjudication or admission of bankruptcy or insolvency of the Managing Owner (each of the foregoing events an “Event of Withdrawal”) unless at the time there is at least one remaining Managing Owner and that remaining Managing Owner carries on the business of the Trust or (ii) within ninety (90) days of such Event of Withdrawal all the remaining Unitholders agree in writing to continue the business of the Trust and to select, effective as of the date of such event, one or more successor Managing Owners. If the Trust is terminated as the result of an Event of Withdrawal and a failure of all remaining Unitholders to continue the business of the Trust and to appoint a successor Managing Owner as provided in clause (a)(ii) above, within one hundred twenty (120) days of such Event of Withdrawal, Unitholders holding Units representing at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value of each Series (not including Units held by the Managing Owner and its Affiliates) may elect to continue the business of the Trust by forming a new statutory trust (the “Reconstituted Trust”) on the same terms and provisions as set forth in this Trust Agreement (whereupon the parties hereto shall execute and deliver any documents or instruments as may be necessary to reform the Trust). Any such election must also provide for the election of a Managing Owner to the Reconstituted Trust. If such an election is made, all Unitholders of the Trust shall be bound thereby and continue as Unitholders of the Reconstituted Trust.

(b) The occurrence of any event which would make unlawful the continued existence of the Trust or any Series thereof, as the case may be.

(c) In the event of the suspension, revocation or termination of the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act, or membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA unless at the time there is at least one remaining Managing Owner whose registration or membership has not been suspended, revoked or terminated.

 

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(d) The Trust or, as the case may be, any Series becomes insolvent or bankrupt.

(e) The Unitholders holding Units representing at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value (which excludes the Units of the Managing Owner) vote to dissolve the Trust, notice of which is sent to the Managing Owner not less than ninety (90) Business Days prior to the effective date of termination.

(f) The Unitholders of each Series holding Units representing at least a majority (over 50%) of the Net Asset Value of the Series (which excludes the Units of the Managing Owner) vote to dissolve the Trust, notice of which is sent to the Managing Owner not less than ninety (90) Business Days prior to the effective date of such terminations.

(g) The decline of the Net Asset Value of a Series of the Trust Estate by 50% from the Net Asset Value of the Trust Estate (i) at the commencement of the Series’ trading activities or (ii) on the first day of a fiscal year, in each case after appropriate adjustment for distributions, additional capital contributions and redemptions.

(h) The determination of the Managing Owner that the Series’ aggregate net assets of the Trust in relation to the operating expenses of the Series make it unreasonable or imprudent to continue the business of the Series, or, in the exercise of its reasonable discretion, the determination by the Managing Owner to dissolve the Trust because the aggregate Net Asset Value of the Trust or Series as of the close of business on any Business Day declines below $10 million.

The death, legal disability, bankruptcy, insolvency, dissolution, or withdrawal of any Unitholder (as long as such Unitholder is not the sole Unitholder of the Trust) shall not result in the termination of the Trust or any Series thereof, and such Unitholder, his estate, custodian or personal representative shall have no right to withdraw or value such Unitholder’s Units except as provided in Section 7.1 hereof. Each Unitholder (and any assignee thereof) expressly agrees that in the event of his death, he waives on behalf of himself and his estate, and he directs the legal representative of his estate and any person interested therein to waive the furnishing of any inventory, accounting or appraisal of the assets of the Trust and any right to an audit or examination of the books of the Trust, except for such rights as are set forth in Article IX hereof relating to the Books of Account and reports of the Trust.

SECTION 13.2. Distributions on Dissolution. Upon the dissolution of the Trust or any Series, the Managing Owner (or in the event there is no Managing Owner, such person (the “Liquidating Trustee”) as the majority in interest of the Unitholders may propose and approve) shall take full charge of the Trust Estate. Any Liquidating Trustee so appointed shall have and may exercise, without further authorization or approval of any of the parties hereto, all of the powers conferred upon the Managing Owner under the terms of this Trust Agreement, subject to all of the applicable limitations, contractual and otherwise, upon the exercise of such powers, and provided that the Liquidating Trustee shall not have general liability for the acts, omissions, obligations and expenses of the Trust. Thereafter, the business and affairs of the Trust or Series shall be wound up and all assets shall be liquidated as promptly as is consistent with obtaining the fair value thereof, and the proceeds therefrom shall be applied and distributed in the

 

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following order of priority: to the expenses of liquidation and termination and to creditors, including Unitholders who are creditors, to the extent otherwise permitted by law, in satisfaction of liabilities of the Trust (whether by payment or the making of reasonable provision for payment thereof) other than liabilities for distributions to Unitholders, and (b) to the Managing Owner and each Unitholder pro rata in accordance with his positive book capital account balance, less any amount owing by such Unitholder to the Series, after giving effect to all adjustments made pursuant to Article VI and all distributions theretofore made to the Unitholders pursuant to Article VI. After the distribution of all remaining assets of the Series, the Managing Owner will contribute to the Series an amount equal to the lesser of (i) the deficit balance, if any, in its book capital account, and (ii) the excess of the total Capital Contributions of the Unitholders over the capital contributed by the Managing Owner, if any. Any Capital Contributions made by the Managing Owner pursuant to this Section shall be applied first to satisfy any amounts then owed by the Series to its creditors, and the balance, if any, shall be distributed to those Unitholders in the Series whose book capital account balances (immediately following the distribution of any liquidation proceeds) were positive, in proportion to their respective positive book capital account balances.

SECTION 13.3. Termination; Certificate of Cancellation. Following the dissolution and distribution of the assets of all Series of the Trust, the Trust shall terminate and Managing Owner or Liquidating Trustee, as the case may be, shall execute and cause such certificate of cancellation of the Certificate of Trust to be filed in accordance with the Delaware Trust Statute. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Trust Agreement, the existence of the Trust as a separate legal entity shall continue until the filing of such certificate of cancellation.

ARTICLE XIV

POWER OF ATTORNEY

SECTION 14.1. Power of Attorney Executed Concurrently. Concurrently with the written acceptance and adoption of the provisions of this Trust Agreement, each Unitholder shall execute and deliver to the Managing Owner a Power of Attorney as part of the Subscription Agreement, or in such other form as may be prescribed by the Managing Owner. Each Unitholder, by its execution and delivery hereof, irrevocably constitutes and appoints the Managing Owner and its officers and directors, with full power of substitution, as the true and lawful attorney-in-fact and agent for such Unitholder with full power and authority to act in his name and on his behalf in the execution, acknowledgment, filing and publishing of Trust documents, including, but not limited to, the following:

(a) Any certificates and other instruments, including but not limited to, any applications for authority to do business and amendments thereto, which the Managing Owner deems appropriate to qualify or continue the Trust as a business trust in the jurisdictions in which the Trust may conduct business, so long as such qualifications and continuations are in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement or any amendment hereto, or which may be required to be filed by the Trust or the Unitholders under the laws of any jurisdiction;

 

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(b) Any instrument which may be required to be filed by the Trust under the laws of any state or by any governmental agency, or which the Managing Owner deems advisable to file; and

(c) This Trust Agreement and any documents which may be required to effect an amendment to this Trust Agreement approved under the terms of the Trust Agreement, and the continuation of the Trust, the admission of the signer of the Power of Attorney as a Unitholder or of others as additional or substituted Unitholders, or the termination of the Trust, provided such continuation, admission or termination is in accordance with the terms of this Trust Agreement.

SECTION 14.2. Effect of Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney concurrently granted by each Unitholder to the Managing Owner:

(a) Is a special, irrevocable Power of Attorney coupled with an interest, and shall survive and not be affected by the death, disability, dissolution, liquidation, termination or incapacity of the Unitholder;

(b) May be exercised by the Managing Owner for each Unitholder by a facsimile signature of one of its officers or by a single signature of one of its officers acting as attorney-in-fact for all of them; and

(c) Shall survive the delivery of an assignment by a Unitholder of the whole or any portion of his Units; except that where the assignee thereof has been approved by the Managing Owner for admission to the Trust as a substituted Unitholder, the Power of Attorney of the assignor shall survive the delivery of such assignment for the sole purpose of enabling the Managing Owner to execute, acknowledge and file any instrument necessary to effect such substitution.

Each Unitholder agrees to be bound by any representations made by the Managing Owner and by any successor thereto, determined to be acting in good faith pursuant to such Power of Attorney and not constituting negligence or misconduct.

SECTION 14.3. Limitation on Power of Attorney. The Power of Attorney concurrently granted by each Unitholder to the Managing Owner shall not authorize the Managing Owner to act on behalf of Unitholders in any situation in which this Trust Agreement requires the approval of Unitholders unless such approval has been obtained as required by this Trust Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Trust Agreement and any instruments filed by the Managing Owner or any new Managing Owner pursuant to this Power of Attorney, this Trust Agreement shall control.

ARTICLE XV

MISCELLANEOUS

SECTION 15.1. Governing Law. The validity and construction of this Trust Agreement and all amendments hereto shall be governed by the laws of the State of Delaware, and the rights of all parties hereto and the effect of every provision hereof shall be subject to and construed

 

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according to the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to the conflict of laws provisions thereof; provided, however, that causes of action for violations of Federal or state securities laws shall not be governed by this Section 15.1, and provided, further, that the parties hereto intend that the provisions hereof shall control over any contrary or limiting statutory or common law of the State of Delaware (other than the Delaware Trust Statute) and that, to the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, there shall not be applicable to the Trust, the Trustee, the Managing Owner, the Unitholders or this Trust Agreement any provision of the laws (statutory or common) of the State of Delaware (other than the Delaware Trust Statute) pertaining to trusts which relate to or regulate in a manner inconsistent with the terms hereof: the filing with any court or governmental body or agency of trustee accounts or schedules of trustee fees and charges, (b) affirmative requirements to post bonds for trustees, officers, agents, or employees of a trust, (c) the necessity for obtaining court or other governmental approval concerning the acquisition, holding or disposition of real or personal property, (d) fees or other sums payable to trustees, officers, agents or employees of a trust, (e) the allocation of receipts and expenditures to income or principal, (f) restrictions or limitations on the permissible nature, amount or concentration of trust investments or requirements relating to the titling, storage or other manner of holding of trust assets, or (g) the establishment of fiduciary or other standards or responsibilities or limitations on the acts or powers of trustees or managers that are inconsistent with the limitations on liability or authorities and powers of the Trustee or the Managing Owner set forth or referenced in this Trust Agreement. Section 3540 of Title 12 of the Delaware Code shall not apply to the Trust. The Trust shall be of the type commonly called a “statutory trust,” and without limiting the provisions hereof, the Trust may exercise all powers that are ordinarily exercised by such a trust under Delaware law. The Trust specifically reserves the right to exercise any of the powers or privileges afforded to statutory trusts and the absence of a specific reference herein to any such power, privilege or action shall not imply that the Trust may not exercise such power or privilege or take such actions.

SECTION 15.2. Provisions In Conflict With Law or Regulations.

(a) The provisions of this Trust Agreement are severable, and if the Managing Owner shall determine, with the advice of counsel, that any one or more of such provisions (the “Conflicting Provisions”) are in conflict with the Code, the Delaware Trust Statute or other applicable Federal or state laws, the Conflicting Provisions shall be deemed never to have constituted a part of this Trust Agreement, even without any amendment of this Trust Agreement pursuant to this Trust Agreement; provided, however, that such determination by the Managing Owner shall not affect or impair any of the remaining provisions of this Trust Agreement or render invalid or improper any action taken or omitted prior to such determination. No Managing Owner or Trustee shall be liable for making or failing to make such a determination.

(b) If any provision of this Trust Agreement shall be held invalid or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, such holding shall not in any manner affect or render invalid or unenforceable such provision in any other jurisdiction or any other provision of this Trust Agreement in any jurisdiction.

SECTION 15.3. Construction. In this Trust Agreement, unless the context otherwise requires, words used in the singular or in the plural include both the plural and singular and words denoting any gender include all genders. The title and headings of different parts are inserted for convenience and shall not affect the meaning, construction or effect of this Trust Agreement.

 

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SECTION 15.4. Notices. All notices or communications under this Trust Agreement (other than requests for redemption of Units, notices of assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance of Units, and reports and notices by the Managing Owner to the Unitholders) shall be in writing and shall be effective upon personal delivery, or if sent by mail, postage prepaid, or if sent electronically, by facsimile or by overnight courier; and addressed, in each such case, to the address set forth in the books and records of the Trust or such other address as may be specified in writing, of the party to whom such notice is to be given, upon the deposit of such notice in the United States mail, upon transmission and electronic confirmation thereof or upon deposit with a representative of an overnight courier, as the case may be. Requests for redemption, notices of assignment, transfer, pledge or encumbrance of Units shall be effective upon timely receipt by the Managing Owner in writing.

SECTION 15.5. Counterparts. This Trust Agreement may be executed in several counterparts, and all so executed shall constitute one agreement, binding on all of the parties hereto, notwithstanding that all the parties are not signatory to the original or the same counterpart.

SECTION 15.6. Binding Nature of Trust Agreement. The terms and provisions of this Trust Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the heirs, custodians, executors, estates, administrators, personal representatives, successors and permitted assigns of the respective Unitholders. For purposes of determining the rights of any Unitholder or assignee hereunder, the Trust and the Managing Owner may rely upon the Trust records as to who are Unitholders and permitted assignees, and all Unitholders and assignees agree that the Trust and the Managing Owner, in determining such rights, shall rely on such records and that Unitholders and assignees shall be bound by such determination.

SECTION 15.7. No Legal Title to Trust Estate. The Unitholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.

SECTION 15.8. Creditors. No creditors of any Unitholders shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to the Trust Estate.

SECTION 15.9. Integration. This Trust Agreement constitutes the entire agreement among the parties hereto pertaining to the subject matter hereof and supersedes all prior agreements and understandings pertaining thereto.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY,

as Trustee

By:  

/s/ Joseph B. Feil

Name:   Joseph B. Feil
Title:   Vice President

PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS

CORP., as Managing Owner

By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

Name:   Kenneth A. Shewer
Title:   Co-Chief Executive Officer
All Unitholders now and hereafter admitted as Unitholders of the Trust and reflected in the books and records of the Trust as Unitholders from time to time, pursuant to powers of attorney now and hereafter executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to, the Managing Owner by each of the Unitholders
By:  

PREFERRED INVESTMENT

SOLUTIONS CORP., as attorney-in-fact

By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

Name:   Kenneth A. Shewer
Title:   Co-Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III

This Certificate of Trust of World Monitor Trust III (the “Trust”) is being duly executed and filed on behalf of the Trust by the undersigned, as trustee, under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (12 Del. C. § 3801 et seq.) (the “Act”).

The Certificate of Trust hereby stated in its entirety to read as follows:

1. Name. The name of the trust formed hereby is World Monitor Trust III.

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and the business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

3. Series. Pursuant to Section 3806(b)(2) of the Act, the Trust shall issue one or more series of beneficial interests having the rights, powers and duties as set forth in the governing instrument of the Trust, as the same may be amended from time to time (each a “Series”).

4. Notice of Limitation of Liability of each Series. Pursuant to Section 3804 of the Act, there shall be a limitation on liability of each particular Series such that the debts, liabilities, claims, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to, in connection with or arising under a particular Series shall be enforceable against the assets of that Series only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or the assets of any other Series.

5. Effective Date. This Certificate of Trust shall be effective upon filing.

 

WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
By:  

/s/ Kathleen A. Pedelini

Name:   Kathleen A. Pedelini
Title:   Financial Services Officer

 

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EX-10.1 3 dex101.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT---GRAHAM CAPITAL Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement---Graham Capital

Exhibit 10.1

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J (“Series J”), a separate series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”) and GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust has been organized primarily for the purpose of trading, buying, selling, spreading or otherwise acquiring, holding or disposing of futures, forward and options contracts with respect to commodities. Other transactions also may be effected from time to time, including among others, those as more fully identified in Exhibit A hereto; the foregoing commodities and other transactions are collectively referred to as “Commodities”; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is the managing owner of the Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is authorized to utilize the services of one or more professional commodity trading advisors in connection with the Commodities trading activities of Series J; and

WHEREAS, the Advisor’s present business includes the management of Commodities accounts for its clients; and

 

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WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor under the United States Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and is a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) as a commodity trading advisor and will maintain such registration and membership for the term of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust has terminated its public offering and is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of beneficial interests (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) evidenced by different series of Interests (each, a “Series”) through Kenmar Securities Inc., as Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and Disclosure Document (the “Memorandum”) for the offering of Series J Interests (Units relating to the Series J Interests are referred to herein as the “Series J Units”); and

WHEREAS, WMT-III Series G/J Trading Vehicle, LLC, an aggregate trading vehicle in which Series J and World Monitor Trust III – Series G (“Series G”) were members (the “Trading Vehicle”), the Managing Owner and the Advisor entered into an Advisory Agreement dated November 30, 2005 (the “Trading Vehicle Advisory Agreement”) pursuant to which the Advisor rendered and implemented commodity trading advisory services on behalf of Trading Vehicle; and

WHEREAS, Series G and, as a result, the Trading Vehicle terminated effective December 31, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Series J, the Managing Owner and the Advisor entered into an Advisory Agreement dated November 15, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”) pursuant to which the Advisor renders and implements commodity trading advisory services on behalf of Series J; and

 

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WHEREAS, the parties hereby desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Duties of the Advisor.

(a) Appointment. Series J hereby continues the appointment of the Advisor, and the Advisor hereby accepts such continued appointment, as its limited attorney-in-fact to exercise discretion to invest and reinvest in Commodities during the term of this Agreement the portion of Series J’s Net Asset Value (as defined in the Memorandum) allocated to the Advisor (the “Allocated Assets”) on the terms and conditions and for the purposes set forth herein. This limited power-of-attorney is a continuing power and shall continue in effect with respect to the Advisor until terminated hereunder. The Advisor shall have sole authority and responsibility for independently directing the investment and reinvestment in Commodities of the Allocated Assets for the term of this Agreement pursuant to the trading programs, methods, systems, and strategies described in Exhibit A hereto, which Series J and the Managing Owner have selected to be utilized by the Advisor in trading the Allocated Assets (collectively referred to as the Advisor’s “Trading Approach”), subject to the trading policies and limitations as set forth in the Memorandum and attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Trading Policies and Limitations”), as the same may be modified from time to time and provided in writing to the Advisor. The portion of the Allocated Assets to be allocated by the Advisor at any point in time to one or more of the various trading strategies comprising the Advisor’s Trading Approach will be determined as set

 

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forth in Exhibit A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, with the consent of the parties, it being understood that trading gains and losses automatically will alter the agreed upon allocations. Upon receipt of a new allocation, the Advisor will determine and, if required, adjust its trading in light of the new allocation.

(b) Allocation of Responsibilities. Series J will have the responsibility for the management of any portion of the Allocated Assets that are not invested in Commodities. The Advisor will use its good faith and best efforts in determining the investment and reinvestment in Commodities of the Allocated Assets in compliance with the Trading Policies and Limitations, and in accordance with the Advisor’s Trading Approach. In the event that Series J shall, in its sole discretion, determine in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that any trading instruction issued by the Advisor violates the Trading Policies and Limitations, then Series J, following reasonable notice to the Advisor appropriate under the circumstances, may override such trading instruction and shall be responsible therefore. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Managing Owner from imposing any limitation(s) on the trading activities of Series J beyond those enumerated in the Memorandum if the Managing Owner determines that such limitation(s) are necessary or in the best interests of the Trust or Series J, in which case the Advisor will adhere to such limitations following written notification thereof.

(c) Gains From Trading Approach. The Advisor agrees that at least 90% of the annual gross income and gain, if any, generated by its Trading Approach for Allocated Assets will be “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code (it being understood that such income will largely result from buying and selling Commodities and that the Trading Approach is not intended primarily to generate interest income). The Advisor also

 

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agrees that it will attempt to trade in such a manner as to allow non-U.S. Limited Owners (as defined below) to qualify for the safe harbors found in Section 864(b)(2) of the Code and as interpreted in the regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder.

(d) Modification of Trading Approach. In the event the Advisor requests to use, or Series J requests the Advisor to use, a trading program, system, method or strategy other than or in addition to the trading programs, systems, methods or strategies comprising the Trading Approach in connection with trading for Series J (including, without limitation, the deletion or addition of an agreed upon trading program, system, method or strategy to the then agreed upon Trading Approach or a modification in the leverage employed), either in whole or in part, the Advisor may not do so and/or shall not be required to do so, as appropriate, unless both Series J and the Advisor consent thereto in writing.

(e) Notification of Material Changes. The Advisor also agrees to give Series J prior written notice of any proposed material change in its Trading Approach, and agrees not to make any material change in such Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) over the objection of Series J, it being understood that the Advisor shall be free to institute non-material changes in its Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) without prior written notification. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, refinements to the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and the deletion (but not the addition) of Commodities (other than the addition of Commodities then being traded (i) on organized domestic commodities exchanges, (ii) on foreign commodities exchanges recognized by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as providing customer protections comparable to those provided on domestic exchanges, or (iii) in the interbank foreign currency market) to or from the Advisor’s Trading Approach shall not be deemed a material change in the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and prior approval of Series J

 

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shall not be required therefore. The utilization of forward markets in addition to those enumerated in Exhibit D hereto would be deemed a material change to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and prior approval shall be required therefor.

Subject to adequate assurances of confidentiality, the Advisor agrees that it will discuss with Series J upon request any trading methods, programs, systems or strategies used by it for trading customer accounts which differ from the Trading Approach used for Series J, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall require the Advisor to disclose what it deems to be proprietary or confidential information.

(f) Request for Information. The Advisor agrees to provide Series J with any reasonable information concerning the Advisor that Series J may reasonably request (other than the identity of its customers or proprietary or confidential information concerning the Trading Approach), subject to receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality by Series J, including, but not limited to, information regarding any change in control, key personnel, Trading Approach and financial condition which Series J reasonably deems to be material to Series J; the Advisor also shall notify Series J of any such matters the Advisor, in its reasonable judgment, believes may be material to Series J relating to the Advisor and its Trading Approach. During the term of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees to provide Series J with updated monthly information related to the Advisor’s performance results within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which it relates.

(g) Notice of Errors. The Advisor is responsible for promptly reviewing all oral and written confirmations it receives to determine that the Commodities trades were made in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions. If the Advisor determines that an error was made in

 

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connection with a trade or that a trade was made other than in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions, the Advisor shall promptly notify Series J of this fact and shall utilize its reasonable efforts to cause the error or discrepancy to be corrected.

(h) Liability. Neither the Advisor nor any employee, partner or officer of the Advisor, nor any person who controls the Advisor, shall be liable to Series J, its officers, directors, shareholders, members, or employees, or any person who controls Series J, or any of their respective successors or assignees under this Agreement, except by reason of acts or omissions in material breach of this Agreement or due to their willful misconduct or gross negligence or by reason of their not having acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such actions or omissions were in, or not opposed to, the best interests of Series J and its Limited Owners; it being understood that the Advisor makes no guarantee of profit nor guarantee against loss, and that all purchases and sales of Commodities shall be for the account and risk of Series J, and the Advisor shall incur no liability for trading profits or losses resulting therefrom provided the Advisor would not otherwise be liable to Series J under the terms hereof.

(i) Initial Allocation, Additional Allocations, and Reallocations. Initially, the Allocated Assets will total an amount allocated to the Advisor by the Managing Owner.

(j) Additional Allocations and Reallocations. Subject to Section 10(a) below, Series J may, on a monthly basis, as described in the Memorandum, (i) allocate additional assets to the Advisor, (ii) reallocate the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor to another commodity trading advisor (an “Other Advisor”), (iii) reallocate assets to the Advisor from an Other Advisor or (iv) allocate additional capital with respect to the Allocated Assets to an Other Advisor.

 

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(k) Delivery of Disclosure Document. The Advisor agrees to provide to the Managing Owner with any amendment or supplement to the Disclosure Document attached hereto as Exhibit D (an “Update”) as soon as such Update is available for distribution following the filing of such update in final form with the NFA.

2. Indemnification.

(a) The Advisor. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement, the Advisor, each partner, officer and employee of the Advisor, and each person who controls the Advisor, shall be indemnified, defended, and held harmless by Series J and the Managing Owner, from and against any and all claims, losses, judgments, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable investigatory and attorneys’ fees and expenses) and amounts paid in settlement of any claims in compliance with the conditions specified below (collectively, “Losses”) sustained by the Advisor (i) in connection with any acts or omissions of the Advisor, or any of its partners, officers or employees relating to its management of the Allocated Assets, including in connection with this Agreement or otherwise as a result of the Advisor’s performance of services on behalf of Series J or its role as trading advisor to the Allocated Assets and (ii) as a result of a material breach of this Agreement by Series J or the Managing Owner, provided that, (1) such Losses were not the result of negligence, misconduct or a material breach of this Agreement on the part of the Advisor, any of its partners, officers or employees or any person controlling the Advisor, (ii) the Advisor, and its partners, officers, employees, and each person controlling the Advisor, acted or omitted to act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such person to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Series J and (iii) any such indemnification will only be recoverable from the Allocated Assets and not from any other assets of Series J or any other Series of the Trust, and

 

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provided further, that no indemnification shall be permitted under this Section 2 for amounts paid in settlement if either (A) the Advisor fails to notify Series J of the terms of any settlement proposed, at least fifteen (15) days before any amounts are paid, or (B) Series J does not approve the amount of the settlement within fifteen (15) days (such approval not to be withheld unreasonably). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Series J shall, at all times, have the right to offer to settle any matter with the approval of the Advisor (which approval shall not be withheld unreasonably) and if Series J successfully negotiates a settlement and tenders payment therefore to the party claiming indemnification (the “Indemnitee”) the Indemnitee must either use its reasonable efforts to dispose of the matter in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement or the Indemnitee may refuse to settle the matter and continue its defense in which latter event the maximum liability of Series J to the Indemnitee shall be the amount of said proposed settlement. Any indemnification by Series J under this Section 2, unless ordered by a court, shall be made only as authorized in the specific case by Series J.

(b) Default Judgments and Confessions of Judgment. None of the foregoing provisions for indemnification shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment entered into by the Indemnitee, with its knowledge, without the prior consent of Series J.

(c) Procedure. In the event that an Indemnitee under this Section 2 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging both matters for which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for which indemnification may not be made hereunder, such Indemnitee shall be indemnified only for that portion of the Losses incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters for which indemnification can be made.

 

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(d) Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative or criminal action, suit or proceeding against an Indemnitee shall be paid by Series J from the Allocated Assets in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if (i) the legal action, suit or proceeding, if sustained, would entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Section 2, and (ii) the Advisor undertakes to repay the advanced funds to Series J in cases in which the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2, and (iii) in the case of advancement of expenses from the Allocated Assets, the Indemnitee is not likely not to be entitled to indemnification hereunder.

3. Limits on Claims.

(a) Prohibited Acts. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against Series J: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust or Series J in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust or Series J a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust or Series J under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or Series J or of any substantial part of any of their properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of their affairs, (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively, “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”).

 

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(b) Limited Assets Available. In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the Allocated Assets to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against the other assets of the Trust or Series J, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken or otherwise. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

(c) No Limited Owner Liability. This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J for the benefit of Series J and the obligations of Series J set forth herein are not binding upon any of the owners of any Series (“Limited Owners”) individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property identified above and no resort shall be had to the assets of Series J or any other Series issued by the Trust or the Limited Owners’ personal property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim hereunder.

4. Obligations of the Trust, the Managing Owner and the Advisor.

(a) The Memorandum. Each of Series J and the Managing Owner agrees to cooperate and use its good faith and reasonable efforts in connection with (i) the preparation by the Trust of the Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto), (ii) the filing of all documents (and any amendments or supplements thereto) with such governmental and self-regulatory authorities as the Managing Owner deems appropriate for the sale of the Interests and the taking of such other actions not inconsistent with this Agreement as the Managing Owner may determine to be necessary or advisable in order to make the proposed offer and sale of Interests lawful in any jurisdiction, and (iii) the taking of such other actions as the Managing Owner may reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable in order to comply with any other

 

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legal or regulatory requirements applicable to the Trust or Series J. The Advisor agrees to make all required disclosures regarding itself, its officers and principals, trading performance, Trading Approach, customer accounts (other than the names of customers, unless such disclosure is required by law or regulation) and otherwise as may be required, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Managing Owner, to be made in the Memorandum and in applications to any such jurisdictions by reason of any law or regulation applicable to the Trust or Series J. Except as required by applicable law or regulations, no description of, or other information relating to, the Advisor may be distributed by the Managing Owner without the prior written consent of the Advisor, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld or delayed; provided that distribution of performance information relating to Series J’s account shall not require consent of the Advisor.

(b) Road Shows. The Advisor agrees to participate in “road show” and similar presentations in connection with the offering of the Series J Interests to the extent reasonably requested by the Managing Owner, on the following conditions: (i) all expenses incurred by the Advisor in the course of such participation will be shared between and among the Advisor, the Managing Owner and/or the Selling Agent, in such amounts as shall be agreed among the parties, (ii) the Advisor shall not be obligated to take any action which might require registration as a broker-dealer or investment adviser under any applicable federal or state law, and (iii) the Advisor shall not be required to assist in “road show” or similar presentations to the extent that it reasonably believes that doing so would interfere with its trading, marketing or other activities or otherwise would be unduly burdensome to it.

(c) Advisor Not A Promoter. The parties acknowledge that the Advisor has not been, either alone or in conjunction with the Selling Agent or its affiliates, an organizer or promoter of Series J, and it is not intended by the parties that the Advisor shall have any liability as such.

 

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(d) Representation Agreement. On the date of execution of this Agreement, the parties agree to execute a Representation Agreement (the “Representation Agreement”) relating to the offering of the Series J Interests substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.

5. Advisor Independence.

(a) Independent Contractor. The Advisor shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor with respect to Series J, the Managing Owner and its affiliates and each other commodity trading advisor that may in the future provide commodity trading advisory services to Series J and the Managing Owner and its affiliates, and shall, unless otherwise expressly authorized, have no authority to act for or to represent Series J, the Managing Owner and its affiliates, any other commodity trading advisor or the Selling Agent in any way or otherwise be deemed to be a general agent, joint venturer or partner of Series J, the Managing Owner and its affiliates or any other commodity trading advisor, or in any way be responsible for the acts or omissions of Series J, the Managing Owner and its affiliates or any other commodity trading advisor as long as it is acting independently of such persons.

(b) Purchase of Interests. Any of the Advisor, its principals and employees may, in its discretion, purchase Interests in the Trust.

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Agreement shall require the Advisor to disclose the confidential or proprietary details of its Trading Approach. Series J and the Managing Owner further agree that they will keep confidential and will not disseminate the Advisor’s trading advice to Series J, except as, and to the extent that, it may be determined by Series J to be (i) necessary for the monitoring or conduct of the business of Series J, including the performance of brokerage services by Series J’s commodity broker(s), or (ii) expressly required by law or regulation.

6. Commodity Broker.

All Commodities traded for the account of Series J shall be made through such commodity broker or brokers or counterparty or counterparties as Series J directs or otherwise in accordance with such order execution procedures as are agreed upon between the Advisor and Series J. Except as set forth below, the Advisor shall not have any authority or responsibility in selecting or supervising any floor broker or counterparty for execution of Commodities trades of Series J or for negotiating floor brokerage commission rates or other compensation to be charged therefore. The Advisor shall not be responsible for determining that any such broker or counterparty used in connection with any Commodities transactions meets the financial requirements or standards imposed by Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations. At the present time it is contemplated that Series J will clear all Commodities trades through UBS Securities LLC or its affiliates, and it is contemplated that Series J will execute (but not clear) all foreign currency forwards through its facility with Bank of America, N.A. (and the Advisor will have Bank of America, N.A. enter into appropriate “give-in” arrangements with UBS Securities LLC or its affiliates). The Advisor may, however, with the consent of Series J, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, execute transactions at such other firm(s), and upon such terms and conditions, as the Advisor and Series J agree if such firm(s) agree to “give up” all such

 

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transactions to UBS Securities LLC for clearance. To the extent that Series J determines to utilize a broker or counterparty other than UBS Securities LLC or its affiliates, Series J will consult with the Advisor prior to directing it to utilize such broker or counterparty, and will not retain the services of such firm(s) over the reasonable objection of the Advisor.

7. Fees.

In consideration of and in compensation for the performance of the Advisor’s services under this Agreement, the Advisor shall receive from Series J a monthly management fee (the “Management Fee”) and a quarterly incentive fee (the “Incentive Fee”) based on the Allocated Assets, which in all events shall be unaffected by the performance of the other Series or any other trading advisor, as follows:

(a) A Management Fee equal to  1/12% of 2.5% (0.2083333) of Allocated Assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month (an annual rate of 2.5%). For purposes of determining the Management Fee, any distributions, redemptions, or reallocation of the Allocated Assets made as of the last day of a month shall be added back to the Allocated Assets and there shall be no reduction for (i) any accrued but unpaid Incentive Fees due the Advisor under paragraph (b) below for the quarter in which such fees are being computed, or (ii) any accrued but unpaid extraordinary expenses (as defined in the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, as the same may be amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”)). The Management Fee determined for any month in which an Advisor manages the Allocated Assets for less than a full month shall be pro rated, such proration to be calculated on the basis of the number of days in the month the Allocated Assets were under the Advisor’s management as compared to the total number of days in such month, with such proration to include appropriate adjustments for any funds taken away from the Advisor’s management during the month for reasons other than distributions or redemptions.

 

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(b) An Incentive Fee of twenty per cent (20%) (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as hereinafter defined) generated on the Allocated Assets, including realized and unrealized gains and losses thereon, as of the close of business on the last day of each calendar quarter (the “Incentive Measurement Date”).

New High Net Trading Profits (for purposes of calculating the Advisor’s Incentive Fee only) will be computed as of the Incentive Measurement Date and will include such profits (as outlined below) since the immediately preceding Incentive Measurement Date (each an “Incentive Measurement Period”).

New High Net Trading Profits for any Incentive Measurement Period will be the net profits, if any, from trading the Allocated Assets during such period (including (i) realized trading profit (loss) plus or minus (ii) the change in unrealized trading profit (loss) on open positions) and will be calculated after the determination of (reduction for) the fees charged to Series J for brokerage commissions, Series J’s transaction fees, costs attributable to the Allocated Assets or its trading activities (including without limitation exchange fees and NFA fees), the Advisor’s Management Fee, the operating expenses for which the Allocated Assets are responsible, and any extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation, costs or damages) paid during an Incentive Measurement Period which are specifically related to the Advisor, but before deduction of any Incentive Fees payable during the Incentive Measurement Period. New High Net Trading Profits will not include interest earned or credited on the Allocated Assets. New High Net Trading Profits will be generated only to the extent that the Advisor’s cumulative New

 

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High Net Trading Profits exceed the highest level of cumulative New High Net Trading Profits achieved by the Advisor as of a previous Incentive Measurement Date. Except as set forth below, net losses from prior quarters (including any cumulative net losses as of the close of business on November 30, 2008 with respect to Series J which the Advisor was required to recoup under the Original Agreement must be recouped before New High Net Trading Profits can again be generated. If a withdrawal or distribution occurs or if this Agreement is terminated at any date that is not an Incentive Measurement Date, the date of the withdrawal or distribution or termination will be treated as if it were an Incentive Measurement Date, but any Incentive Fee accrued in respect of the withdrawn assets on such date shall not be paid to the Advisor until the next scheduled Incentive Measurement Date. New High Net Trading Profits for an Incentive Measurement Period shall exclude capital contributions to Series J in an Incentive Measurement Period, distributions or redemptions paid or payable by Series J during an Incentive Measurement Period, as well as losses, if any, associated with redemptions, distributions, and reallocations of assets during the Incentive Measurement Period and prior to the Incentive Measurement Date (i.e., to the extent that assets are allocated away from the Advisor (through redemptions, distributions or allocations caused by Series J), any loss carryforward attributable to the Advisor shall be reduced in the same proportion that the value of the assets allocated away from the Advisor comprises the value of the Allocated Assets prior to such allocation away from the Advisor. In calculating New High Net Trading Profits, incentive fees paid for a previous Incentive Measurement Period will not reduce cumulative New High Net Trading Profits in subsequent periods.

 

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Any net gains that have accumulated since the most recent Incentive Measurement Date under the Original Agreement (September 30, 2008) shall be carried forward to the next Incentive Measurement Date commencing with this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor acknowledges and agrees that

(c) Timing of Payment. Management Fees and Incentive Fees shall be paid generally within fifteen (15) business days following the end of the period for which they are payable. Given that the Trading Advisor has been trading Trust assets under the Original Agreement prior to the execution of this Agreement, the first incentive fee which may be due and owing to the Advisor in respect of any New High Net Trading Profits will be due and owing as of the end of the first calendar quarter during which the Trading Advisor began managing the Allocated Assets under this Agreement. If an Incentive Fee shall have been paid by the Trust to the Advisor in respect of any calendar quarter and the Advisor shall incur subsequent losses on the Allocated Assets the Advisor shall nevertheless be entitled to retain amounts previously paid to it in respect of New High Net Trading Profits.

(d) Fee Data. Series J will provide the Advisor with the data used by Series J to compute the foregoing fees generally within fifteen (15) business days of the end of the relevant period. The Advisor shall be free to contest the calculations if in its reasonable judgment they are inaccurate.

(e) Third Party Payments. Neither the Advisor, nor any of its officers, directors, employees or stockholders, shall receive any commissions, compensation, remuneration or payments whatsoever from any broker with which Series J carries an account for transactions executed in Series J’s account. The parties acknowledge that a spouse of any of the

 

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foregoing persons may receive floor brokerage commissions in respect of trades effected pursuant to the Advisor’s Trading Approach on behalf of Series J, which payment shall not violate the preceding sentence.

8. Term and Termination.

(a) Term. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, shall continue in effect until the close of business on the last day of the month ending twelve (12) full months following the date hereof. Thereafter, unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, this Agreement shall be renewed automatically on the same terms and conditions set forth herein for successive additional twelve-month terms, each of which shall commence on the first day of the month subsequent to the conclusion of the preceding term. Subject to Section 8(d)(iv) hereof, the automatic renewal(s) set forth in the preceding sentence hereof shall not be affected by (i) any allocation of the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) the retention of Other Advisors following a reallocation, or otherwise.

(b) Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Trust or Series J is terminated. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Allocated Assets decline as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the Allocated Assets (i) as of the date hereof, or (ii) as of the first day of any calendar year, as adjusted in each instance on an ongoing basis by (A) any decline(s) in the Allocated Assets caused by distributions, redemptions, reallocations, and withdrawals, and (B) additions to the Allocated Assets caused by additional allocations.

 

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(c) Optional Termination Right of Series J. This Agreement may be terminated at any time at the election of Series J in its sole discretion upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Advisor. This Agreement also may be terminated at the election of Series J upon prior written notice to the Advisor in the event that: (i) Series J determines in good faith that the Advisor is unable to use its agreed upon Trading Approach to any material extent, as such Trading Approach may be refined or modified in the future in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the benefit of Series J; (ii) the Advisor’s registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act or membership as a commodity trading advisor with the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed; (iii) Series J determines in good faith that the Advisor has failed to conform, and after receipt of written notice, continues to fail to conform in any material respect, to (A) any of Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations, or (B) the Advisor’s Trading Approach; (iv) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by the Advisor; (v) the Advisor dissolves, merges or consolidates with another entity, sells or transfers a substantial portion of its assets or its business goodwill, or sells or transfers any portion of its Trading Approach utilized with respect to the Trading Vehicle, in each instance without the consent of Series J; (vi) Kenneth G. Tropin is not in control of the Advisor’s trading activities for Series J; (vii) the Advisor becomes bankrupt (admitted or decreed) or insolvent; (viii) for any other reason if Series J determines in good faith that such termination is essential for the protection of Series J, including without limitation a good faith determination by Series J that the Advisor has breached a material obligation to Series J under this Agreement relating to the trading of the Allocated Assets.

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receipt by the Advisor of an opinion of independent counsel satisfactory to the Advisor and Series J that by reason of the Advisor’s activities with respect to Series J it is required to register as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and it is not so registered; (ii) that the registration of the Managing Owner as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act or its NFA membership as a commodity pool operator is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed; (iii) that Series J (A) imposes additional trading limitation(s) pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement which the Advisor does not agree to follow in its management of the Allocated Assets or (B) overrides trading instructions of the Advisor; (iv) the amount of the Allocated Assets decreases to less than $20 million as the result of redemptions, distributions, reallocations of Allocated Assets or deleveraging initiated by Series J, but not trading losses, as of the close of business on any Friday; (v) Series J elects (pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement) to have the Advisor use a different Trading Approach in the Advisor’s management of the Allocated Assets from that which the Advisor is then using to manage such assets and the Advisor objects to using such different Trading Approach; (vi) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by Series J; (vii) there is a material breach of this Agreement by Series J or the Managing Owner and after giving written notice to Series J or the Managing Owner (as the case may be) which identifies such breach, such material breach has not been cured within ten (10) days following receipt of such notice by Series J; or Managing Owner (as the case may be); (viii) the Advisor provides Series J with at least ninety (90) days written notice of the Advisor’s desire and intention to terminate this Agreement; or (ix) other good cause is shown and the written consent of Series J is obtained (which shall not be withheld or delayed unreasonably).

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Advisors, the Advisor shall be entitled to, and Series J shall pay, the Management Fee and the Incentive Fee, if any, which shall be computed (i) with respect to the Management Fee, on a pro rata basis, based upon the portion of the month for which the Advisor had the Allocated Assets under management, and (ii) with respect to the Incentive Fee, if any, as if the effective date of termination was the last day of the then current calendar quarter. The rights of the Advisor to fees earned through the earlier to occur of the date of expiration or termination shall survive this Agreement until satisfied.

(f) Termination and Open Positions. Once terminated, the Advisor shall have no responsibility for existing positions, including delivery issues, if any, which may result from such positions.

9. Liquidation of Positions.

The Advisor agrees to liquidate open positions in the amount that Series J informs the Advisor, in writing via facsimile or other equivalent means, that Series J considers necessary or advisable to liquidate in order to (i) effect any termination or reallocation pursuant to Sections 1 or 8, respectively, or (ii) fund its pro rata share of any redemption, distribution or Series J expense. Series J shall not, however, have authority to instruct the Advisor as to which specific open positions to liquidate, except as provided in Section 1 hereof. Series J shall provide the Advisor with such reasonable prior notice of such liquidation as is practicable under the circumstances and will endeavor to provide at least one day prior notice.

 

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10. Other Accounts of the Advisor.

(a) Management of Other Accounts and Trading Proprietary Capital. Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 10, the Advisor shall be free to (i) manage and trade accounts for other investors (including other public and private commodity pools), and (ii) trade for its own account, and for the accounts of its partners, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as applicable, using the same or other information and Trading Approach utilized in the performance of services for Series J, so long as in the Advisor’s reasonable judgment the aggregate amount of capital being managed or traded by the Adviser does not (A) materially impair the Advisor’s ability to carry out its obligations and duties to Series J pursuant to this Agreement, or (B) create a reasonable likelihood of the Advisor having to modify materially its agreed upon Trading Approach being used for Series J in a manner which might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Series J. The aggregate amount of capital referred to in the preceding sentence hereinafter shall be called “Advisor’s Capacity,” and currently is estimated by the Advisor to be an additional $2 billion beyond the amount presently invested in its quantitative strategies or in the future such different amount or amounts as the Advisor may, in its judgment, believe it can trade. The Advisor shall not be required to accept capital from Series J in an amount which exceeds $250 million if such excess amount will cause the Advisor to be managing or trading funds pursuant to its Trading Approach which exceed the Advisor’s Capacity.

(b) Equitable Treatment of Accounts. The Advisor agrees, in its management of accounts other than the account of Series J pursuant to the Trading Approach being used by Series J, that it will not knowingly or deliberately favor any other account managed or controlled by it or any of its principals or affiliates (in whole or in part) over Series J. The preceding

 

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sentence shall not be interpreted to preclude (i) the Advisor from charging another client fees which differ from the fees to be paid to it hereunder, or (ii) an adjustment by the Advisor in the implementation of any agreed upon Trading Approach in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1 hereof which is undertaken by the Advisor in good faith in order to accommodate additional accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor also shall not be deemed to be favoring another commodity interest account over Series J’s account if the Advisor, in accordance with specific instructions of the owner of such account, shall trade such account at a degree of leverage or in accordance with trading policies which shall be different from that which would normally be applied or if the Advisor, in accordance with the Advisor’s money management principles, shall not trade certain commodity interest contracts for an account based on the amount of equity in such account. The Advisor, upon reasonable request and receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality, shall provide Series J with an explanation of the differences, if any, in performance between Series J and any other similar account pursuant to the same Trading Approach for which the Advisor or any of its principals or affiliates acts as a commodity trading advisor (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained.

(c) Inspection of Records. Upon the reasonable request of, and upon reasonable notice from, Series J or the Managing Owner, the Advisor shall permit Series J or the Managing Owner to review at the Advisor’s offices, in each case at its own expense, during normal business hours such trading records as it reasonably may request for the purpose of confirming that Series J has been treated equitably with respect to advice rendered during the term of this Agreement by the Advisor for other accounts managed by the Advisor, which the

 

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parties acknowledge to mean that Series J or the Managing Owner may inspect, subject to such restrictions as the Advisor may reasonably deem necessary or advisable so as to preserve the confidentiality of proprietary information and the identity of its clients, all trading records of the Advisor as it reasonably may request during normal business hours. The Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such report or inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained and in any event, Series J or the Managing Owner (as applicable) shall keep all such information obtained by them from the Advisor confidential unless disclosure thereof legally is required or has been made public. Such right will terminate one year after the termination of this Agreement and does not permit access to computer programs, records, or other information used in determining trading decisions.

11. Speculative Position Limits.

If, at any time during the term of this Agreement, it appears to the Advisor that it may be required to aggregate Series J’s Commodities positions with the positions of any other accounts it owns or controls for purposes of applying the speculative position limits of the CFTC, any exchange, self-regulatory body, or governmental authority, the Advisor promptly will notify Series J if Series J’s positions under its management are included in an aggregate amount which equals or exceeds the applicable speculative limit. The Advisor agrees that, if its trading recommendations pursuant to its agreed upon Trading Approach are altered because of the potential application of speculative position limits, the Advisor will modify its trading instructions to Series J and its other accounts in a good faith effort to achieve an equitable treatment of all accounts; to wit, the Advisor will liquidate Commodities positions and/or limit the taking of new positions in all accounts it manages, including Series J, as nearly as possible in proportion to the assets available for trading of the respective accounts (including “notional”

 

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equity) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable speculative position limits. The Advisor presently believes that its Trading Approach for the management of Series J’s account can be implemented for the benefit of Series J notwithstanding the possibility that, from time to time, speculative position limits may become applicable.

12. Redemptions, Distributions. Reallocations and Additional Allocations.

(a) Notice. Series J agrees to give the Advisor at least one (1) business day prior notice of any proposed redemptions, exchanges, distributions, reallocations, additional allocations, or withdrawals affecting the Allocated Assets.

(b) Allocations. Redemptions, exchanges, withdrawals, and distributions of Interests shall be charged against the Allocated Assets.

13. Brokerage Confirmations and Reports.

Series J will instruct its brokers and counterparties to furnish the Advisor with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, and monthly trading statements relating to the Allocated Assets. The Advisor will maintain records and will monitor all open positions relating thereto; provided, however, that the Advisor shall not be responsible for any errors by Series J’s brokers or counterparties. Series J also will furnish the Advisor with a copy of the form of all reports, including but not limited to, monthly, quarterly and annual reports, sent to the Limited Owners and copies of all reports filed with the CFTC and the NFA. The Advisor shall, at Series J’s request, make a good faith effort to provide Series J with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, monthly trading reports or other reports sent to the Advisor by Series J’s commodity broker regarding Series J, and in the Advisor’s possession or control, as Series J deems appropriate if Series J cannot obtain such copies on its own behalf. Upon request, Series J will provide the Advisor with accurate information with respect to the Allocated Assets.

 

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14. The Advisor’s Representations and Warranties.

The Advisor represents and warrants that:

(a) it has full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to provide the services required of it hereunder;

(b) it will not by entering into this Agreement and by acting as a commodity trading advisor to Series J, (i) be required to take any action contrary to its incorporating or other formation documents or, to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction or (ii) breach or cause to be breached, to the best of its knowledge, any undertaking, agreement, contract statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound which, in the case of (i) or (ii), would materially limit or materially adversely affect its ability to perform its duties under this Agreement;

(c) it is duly registered as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and is a member of the NFA as a commodity trading advisor and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement;

(d) a copy of its most recent Commodity Trading Advisor Disclosure Document as required by Part 4 of the CFTC’s regulations has been provided to Series J in the form of Exhibit D hereto (and Series J acknowledges receipt of such Disclosure Document) and, except as disclosed in such Disclosure Document, all information in such Disclosure Document (including, but not limited to, background, performance, trading methods and trading systems) is

 

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true, complete and accurate in all material respects and is in conformity in all material respects with the provisions of the CE Act including the rules and regulations thereunder, as well as all rules and regulations of the National Futures Association;

(e) assuming that the Allocated Assets equal not more than $250 million as of the effective date of this Agreement, the amount of such assets should not, in the reasonable judgment of the Advisor, result in the Advisor being required to manage funds in an amount which will exceed the Advisor’s Capacity; and

(f) neither the Advisor, nor its stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, principals, affiliates, nor any of its or their respective successors or assigns: (i) shall knowingly use or distribute for any purpose whatsoever any list containing the names and/or residence addresses of, and/or other information about, the Limited Owners; nor (ii) shall solicit any person it or they know is a Limited Owner for the purpose of soliciting commodity business from such Limited Owner, unless such Limited Owner shall have first contacted the Advisor or is already a client of the Advisor or a prospective client with which the Advisor has commenced discussions or is introduced to or referred to the Advisor by an unaffiliated agent other than in violation of clause (i).

The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect with respect to the Advisor, the Advisor promptly will notify Series J in writing thereof.

 

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15. The Managing Owner’s and Series J’s Representations and Warranties.

Each of the Managing Owner and Series J represents and warrants only as to itself (and, further, provided that only the Managing Owner is making the representations and warranties in Section 15(c) and Section 15(e)(ii), and only Series J is making the representations and warranties in Section 15(e)(i)) that:

(a) each has the full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

(b) it will not (i) be required to take any action contrary to its incorporating or other formation documents or any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction or (ii) breach or cause to be breached (A) any undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound or (B) any order of any court or governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over it, which in the case of (i) or (ii) would materially limit or materially adversely affect the performance of its duties under this Agreement;

(c) it is registered as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and is a commodity pool operator member of the NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement;

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(e) on the date hereof, it is, and during the term of this Agreement, it will be (i) in the case of Series J, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the Managing Owner, a duly formed and validly existing corporation, in each case, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect, Series J in the case of its representations and warranties, and the Managing Owner in the case of its representations and warranties, promptly will notify the Advisor in writing.

16. Assignment.

This Agreement may not be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that the Advisor need not obtain the consent of any Other Advisor.

 

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17. Successors.

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and permitted assignees of each of them, and no other person (except as otherwise provided herein) shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assignees” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

18. Amendment or Modification or Waiver.

(a) Changes to Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified, nor may any of its provisions be waived, except upon the prior written consent of the parties hereto, except that an amendment to, a modification of, or a waiver of any provision of the Agreement as to the Advisor need not be consented to by any Other Advisor.

(b) No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

19. Notices.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be effective only if in writing and shall be deemed given by the party required to provide notice when received by the party to whom notice is required to be given and shall be delivered personally or by registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopy, as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate by written notice to the other parties):

If to the Managing Owner or Series J:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

 

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and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

If to the Advisor:

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

40 Highland Avenue

Rowayton, CT 06853

Attention: Isaac Finkle

Facsimile: (203) 899-3500

With a copy to:

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

40 Highland Avenue

Rowayton, CT 06853

Attention: Paul Sedlack

Facsimile: (203) 899-3500

 

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20. Governing Law.

Each party agrees that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

21. Survival.

The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

22. Promotional Literature.

Each party agrees that prior to using any promotional literature in which reference to the other parties hereto (other than Other Advisors) is made, it shall furnish in advance a copy of such information to the other parties and will not make use of any promotional literature containing references to such other parties to which such other parties object, except as otherwise required by law or regulation.

23. No Liability of Limited Owners.

This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J, and the obligations of Series J and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, individually, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

 

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24. Headings.

Headings to sections herein are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

25. Complete Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Representation Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

26. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one original instrument.

27. Arbitration, Remedies.

Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of the NFA or, if the NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J
By:  

PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS

CORP., its sole Managing Owner

By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Paul Sedlack

Name:   Paul Sedlack
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

TRUST TRADING APPROACH

GLOBAL DIVERSIFIED PROGRAM AT 150% LEVERAGE

The Advisor will make its trading decisions for Series J according to its Global Diversified Program at 150% Leverage as described in Exhibit D as amended from time to time and will trade the Allocated Assets at a trading level of 1.5 times the Allocated Assets.

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EXHIBIT B

TRADING LIMITATIONS AND POLICIES

The following limitations and policies are applicable to assets representing the Allocated Assets as a whole and at the outset to the Advisor individually; since the Advisor initially will manage 33.33% of Series J’s Allocated Assets, such application of the limitations and policies is identical initially for Series J and the Advisor. The Advisor sometimes may be prohibited from taking positions for the Allocated Assets which it would otherwise acquire due to the need to comply with these limitations and policies. Series J will monitor compliance with the trading limitations and policies set forth below, and it may impose additional restrictions (through modification of such limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Advisor, as it, in good faith, deems appropriate in the best interests of Series J, subject to the terms of the Advisory Agreement.

Series J will not approve a material change in the following trading limitations and policies without obtaining the prior written approval of Limited Owners owning more than 50% of Interests in the other Series. Series J may, however, impose additional trading limitations on the trading activities of Series J without obtaining such approval if Series J or the Managing Owner determines such additional limitations to be necessary in the best interests of Series J.

Trading Limitations

The Advisor will not: (i) engage in pyramiding its commodities positions (i.e., the use of unrealized profits on existing positions to provide margin for the acquisition of additional positions in the same or a related commodity provided, however, unrealized profits may be

 

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considered in determining the current Allocated Assets) but may take into account open trading equity on existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional commodities positions; (ii) borrow or loan money (except with respect to the initiation or maintenance of commodities positions or obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward currency contracts; provided, however, that Series J is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis); (iii) permit rebates to be received by Series J or its affiliates, or permit Series J or any affiliate to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition; (iv) permit the Advisor to share in any portion of the commodity brokerage fees paid by Series J; (v) commingle its assets, except as permitted by law; or (vi) permit the churning of its commodity accounts.

The Advisor will conform in all respects to the rules, regulations and guidelines of the markets on which its trades are executed.

Trading Policies

Subject to the foregoing limitations, the Advisor has agreed to abide by the trading policies of Series J, which currently are as follows:

(1) Allocated Assets will generally be invested in contracts which are traded in sufficient volume which, at the time such trades are initiated, are reasonably expected to permit entering and liquidating positions.

(2) Stop or limit orders may, in the Advisor’s discretion, be given with respect to initiating or liquidating positions in order to attempt to limit losses or secure profits. If stop or limit orders are used, no assurance can be given, however, that the clearing broker will be able to liquidate a position at a specified stop or limit order price, due to either the volatility of the market or the inability to trade because of market limitations.

 

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(3) Series J generally will not initiate an open position in a futures contract (other than a cash settlement contract) during any delivery month in that contract, except when required by exchange rules, law or exigent market circumstances. This policy does not apply to forward and cash market transactions.

(4) Series J may occasionally make or accept delivery of a commodity including, without limitation, currencies. Series J also may engage in EFP transactions involving currencies and metals and other commodities.

(5) Series J may, from time to time, employ trading techniques such as spreads, straddles and conversions.

(6) Series J will not initiate open futures or option positions which would result in net long or short positions requiring as margin or premium for outstanding positions in excess of 15% of the Allocated Assets for any one commodity, or in excess of 66  2/3% of the Allocated Assets for all commodities combined. Under certain market conditions, such as an inability to liquidate open commodities positions because of daily price fluctuations, Series J may be required to commit the Allocated Assets as margin in excess of the foregoing limits and in such case Series J will cause the Advisor to reduce its open futures and option positions to comply to these limits before initiating new commodities positions.

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engage in such transactions with or through a bank or financial institution which as of the end of its last fiscal year had an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $100 million, as shown by its published financial statements for such year, and through other broker-dealer firms with an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $50 million.

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EXHIBIT C

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT CONCERNING

THE MEMORANDUM

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J (“Series J”), a separate Series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), KENMAR SECURITIES INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Agent”), PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), and GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of units of beneficial interest (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) issuable in multiple series of Interests (the “Series”), each separately managed by a different professional commodity trading advisor through the Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a private placement memorandum ((which private placement memorandum, in final form, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, shall be referred to as the “Memorandum”); and

WHEREAS, Series J and the Managing Owner entered into an amended and restated advisory agreement with the Advisor, dated as of November 28, 2008 (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has agreed to act as a commodity trading advisor to Series J; and

 

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WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to set forth their duties and obligations to each other with respect to the Memorandum as of its effective date and each closing date of the Offering (each, a “Closing Date)”).

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Representations and Warranties of the Advisor. The Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner that:

(a) All references in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement to (i) the Advisor and its affiliates and the controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing, (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) and (iii) the actual past performance of discretionary accounts directed by the Advisor or any principal thereof, including the notes to the tables reflecting such actual past performance (hereinafter referred to as the Advisor’s “Past Performance History”) are complete and accurate in all material respects, and as to such persons, the Advisor’s Trading Approach and the Advisor’s Past Performance History, the Memorandum contain all information required to be included therein by the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and the regulations (including interpretations thereof) thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Advisor also represents and warrants as to the accuracy and completeness in all material respects of the underlying data made available by the Advisor to the Trust and the Managing Owner for purposes of preparing the pro forma performance tables, it being understood that no

 

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representation or warranty is being made with respect to the calculations used to execute the pro forma performance tables or notes thereto. The term “principal” in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as that term in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(e) under the CE Act.

(b) The Advisor will not distribute the Memorandum and/or the selling materials related thereto and will not engage in any general solicitation or advertising with respect to the Offering.

(c) This Agreement and the Advisory Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Advisor and each is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of the Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement, in the Advisory Agreement and in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement are not contrary to the provisions of the Advisor’s formation documents, or to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction, and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor is bound.

(d) The Advisor has all governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement including, without limitation, registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and it will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals or memberships during the term of the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(e) On the date hereof the Advisor is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will be, a corporation duly formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect the Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Advisory Agreement. The Advisor has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum.

(f) Subject to adequate written assurances of confidentiality, and as requested by the Managing Owner, the Advisor has supplied to or made available for review by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent (and if requested by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent to its designated auditor) all documents, statements, agreements and workpapers requested by them relating to all accounts covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement which are in the Advisor’s possession or to which it has access, provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its sole discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the clients for whom any such accounts are maintained.

(g) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this Section 1, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals has managed, controlled or directed, on an overall discretionary basis, the trading for any commodity account which is required by CFTC regulations to be disclosed in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement which is not set forth in the Memorandum as required.

 

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(h) The Advisor does not provide any services to any persons or conduct any business involving advice with respect to investments other than Commodities (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), except as has been disclosed in writing to the Managing Owner. The Advisor is not required to be registered as an investment adviser under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), but voluntarily may so register in the future.

(i) As of the date hereof, there has been no material adverse change in the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth the Memorandum under the caption “GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.” which has not been communicated in writing to and received by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent or their counsel.

(j) Except for subsequent performance, as to which no representation is made, since the date of the Advisory Agreement, (i) there has not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Advisor or in the earnings, affairs or business prospects of the Advisor, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) there have not been any material transactions entered into by the Advisor other than those in the ordinary course of its business.

(k) Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, there is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Advisor or its principals is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Advisor is subject which

 

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reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to materially adversely affect any of the material assets of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum; furthermore, the Advisor has not received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with its rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act, or the rules and regulations thereunder, or (iii) any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement.

2. Covenants of the Advisor. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor discovers any fact, omission, event or that a change of circumstances has occurred, which would make the Advisor’s representations and warranties in Section 1 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, or which might reasonably be expected to render the Memorandum, with respect to (i) the Advisor or its principals, (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach, or (iii) the Advisor’s Past Performance History, untrue or misleading in any material respect, the Advisor will provide prompt written notification to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent of any such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance, and the facts related thereto, and it is agreed that the failure to provide such notification or the failure to continue to be in compliance with the foregoing representations and warranties during the term of the Advisory Agreement as soon as possible following such notification shall be cause for Series J to terminate the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor on prior written notice to the Advisor. The Advisor also agrees that, during the term of the

 

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Advisory Agreement, from and after the date of the Memorandum and for so long as Interests in the Trust are being offered, it will provide the Selling Agent, the Trust and the Managing Owner with updated month-end information relating to the Advisor’s Past Performance History, as required to be disclosed in the performance tables relating to the performance of the Advisor in the Memorandum under the caption “GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.” beyond the periods disclosed therein. The Advisor shall use its best efforts to provide such information within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which such updated information relates and the information is available to it.

3. Modification of Memorandum. If any event or circumstance occurs as a result of which it becomes necessary, in the judgment of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent, to amend or to supplement the Memorandum in order to make the Memorandum not materially misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a subscriber, or if it is otherwise necessary in order to permit the Trust to continue to offer its Interests subject to the limitations set forth in the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor will furnish such information with respect to itself and its principals, as well as its Trading Approach and Past Performance History as the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent may reasonably request, and will cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary in the preparation of any required amendments or supplements to the Memorandum.

4. Advisor’s Closing Obligations. On or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the offering the Interests, only if requested by the Managing Owner, (each a “Closing Date”), the Advisor shall deliver or cause to be delivered, at the expense of the Advisor, to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, the reports, certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to them and, except as may be set forth below, dated the

 

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Closing Date (provided that the Advisor shall not be obligated to provide either a certificate of good standing or an opinion of its counsel more frequently than once per annum absent good cause shown).

(a) A report from the Advisor which shall present, for the period from the date after the last day covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth under “GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.” in the Memorandum to the latest practicable month-end before the Closing Date, figures which shall show the actual past performance of the Advisor (or, if such actual past performance information is unavailable, then the estimated past performance) for such period, and which shall certify that, to the best of the Advisor’s knowledge, such figures are complete and accurate in all material respects.

(b) A certificate of the Advisor in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and as are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor, and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties of the Advisor in Section 1 of this Agreement above are true and correct in all material respects on the date of the certificate as though made on such date.

(ii) Nothing has come to the Advisor’s attention which would cause the Advisor to believe that the Memorandum, as amended or supplemented from time to time, with respect to the Advisor, or its affiliates, and controlling persons,

 

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shareholders, directors, officers or employees of any of the foregoing, or with respect to the Advisor’s Trading Approach or Past Performance History, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(iii) The Advisor has performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on its part at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) A certificate of the Advisor (together with such supporting documents as are set forth in such certificate), in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, with respect to, (i) the continued effectiveness of the organizational documents of the Advisor, (ii) the continued effectiveness of the Advisor’s registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the NFA and (iii) the incumbency and genuine signature of the President and Secretary of the Advisor.

(d) A certificate from the state of formation of the Advisor, to be dated at, on or around the Closing Date, as to its formation and good standing.

5. Advisor Acknowledgements. The Advisor acknowledges that it may be a condition to each closing under the Selling Agreement that the Selling Agent shall have received, at no cost to the Advisor, letter(s) from certified public accountants or other reputable professionals selected by the Selling Agent with respect to the Past Performance History of the Advisor as set forth in the Selling Agreement.

 

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6. Representations and Warranties of Series J and the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner hereby only represents and warrants as to itself and on behalf of the Trust (as applicable), and Series J hereby only represents and warrants as to itself, to the Advisor that:

(a) On the date hereof (i) the Trust is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to operate as described in the Memorandum, and (ii) the Managing Owner is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its ability to act as Managing Owner of the Trust and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Advisory Agreement, and each of Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be), and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Series J and the Managing Owner, is a valid and binding agreement of Series J and the Managing Owner, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trust, is a valid and binding obligation of the Trust, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of Series J’s, the Managing Owner’s and the Trust’s obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be) and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement, and in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date are not contrary to the provisions of the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”), or the Managing Owner’s Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, respectively, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order, to which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust, is a party or by which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust is bound.

(c) Each of the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform their obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA) and will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals and memberships required during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(d) Series J is not required to be registered as an investment company under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(e) All authorizations, consents or orders of any court, or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the valid authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Interests have been obtained, and, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Memorandum with respect to the Interests has been issued by the the CFTC or the NFA. The Memorandum as of the Closing Date contain all statements which are required to be made therein, conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act, and the rules and regulations of the CFTC, thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and at all times subsequent hereto up to and including the date of termination of the offering, the Memorandum as of the Closing Date will contain all statements required to be made therein and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act and the rules and regulations of the CFTC thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein , in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Managing Owner, the Trust or to the Selling Agent by or on behalf of the Advisor for the express purpose of inclusion in the Memorandum, including, without limitation, references to the Advisor and its affiliates and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History provided such references have been approved by the Advisor in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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(f) The Memorandum as of the Closing Date have been delivered to the Advisor.

(g) There is no pending, or to its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before any court or arbitration panel or before or by any governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body to which the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner or the principals of any is a party, or to which any of the assets of any of the foregoing persons is subject, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in their condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects or reasonably might be expected to affect adversely in any material respect any of their assets or which reasonably might be expected to materially impair their ability to discharge their obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement; and neither the Trust, Series J nor the Managing Owner has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with NFA rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, or (iii) any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the ability of each of the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement.

7. Covenants of the Managing Owner, the Trust and Series J. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Managing Owner, the Trust or Series J discovers any fact, omission, or event or that a change of circumstance has occurred which would make the

 

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Managing Owner’s, the Trust’s or Series J’s representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust, as appropriate, promptly will provide written notification to the Advisor of such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance and the facts related thereto. The Managing Owner or the Trust shall provide the Advisor with a copy of each amendment or supplement to the Memorandum, and no amendment or supplement to the Memorandum which contains any statement or information regarding the Advisor will be filed or used unless the Advisor has received reasonable prior notice and a copy thereof and has consented in writing to such statement or information being filed and used.

8. Series J’s and Managing Owner’s Closing Obligations. On or prior to the Closing Date, if Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust have requested that the Advisor provide certificates, documents and opinions pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, Series J and the Managing Owner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Advisor, the certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to the Advisor and, except as may be set forth below, dated each such Closing Date:

(a) Certificates of Series J and the Managing Owner in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to Series J and the Managing Owner with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on the date of the certificates as though made on such date, and

 

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(ii) Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) have each performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on their part at or prior to the Closing Date.

9. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement, or contained in certificates required to be delivered hereunder, shall survive the termination of the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement, with respect to any matter arising while the Advisory Agreement or this Agreement was in effect. Furthermore, all representations, warranties and covenants hereunder shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

10. Indemnification.

(a) By the Advisor. In any action in which the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as trustee of the Trust (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) or the Managing Owner, or their respective controlling persons, shareholders, partners, members, managers, directors, officers and/or employees of any of the foregoing are parties, (individually and collectively, the “Sponsor Indemnified Parties”), the Advisor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Sponsor Indemnified Party against any loss, claim, damage, charge, liability (including without limitation any liability arising under the CE Act) or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees) (“Losses”) to which the Sponsor Indemnified Parties may become subject, to the extent that such

 

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Losses arise out of or result from (i) any misrepresentation or alleged misrepresentation or material breach or alleged material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of the Advisor contained in this Agreement; (ii) a breach of the disclosure requirements under the CE Act that relates to the Advisor’s past performance history; or (iii) any untrue statement or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the omission or alleged omission to state in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in each case under this subclause (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or alleged untrue statement or omission or alleged omission was made in reliance upon and in material conformity with information furnished by the Advisor or its representatives to the Trust or Managing Owner or their respective representatives for inclusion in the Memorandum and approved in writing by the Advisor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, including, without limitation, all information relating to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History, and including, but not limited to, any notification by the Advisor to any such person and given under this Agreement, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the CE Act.

(b) Of the Advisor. In any action in which the Advisor, or its controlling persons, or any of the respective shareholders, directors, officers and/or employees (the “Advisor Indemnified Parties”) are parties, the Managing Owner agrees (A) to indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor Indemnified Parties against any loss, claim, damage, charge, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys and accountants fees) (“Advisor Losses”), insofar as such Advisor Losses arise out of or result from or are based upon (i) any actual or alleged

 

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misrepresentation or material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of the Trust or the Managing Owner contained in this Agreement, (ii) any actual or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the actual or alleged omission to state in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading.

(c) None of the indemnifications contained in this Section 10 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment, or to settlements entered into by an indemnified party claiming indemnification without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party.

(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of any claim or dispute or commencement of any action or litigation, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the omission to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10 except to the extent, if any, that such failure or delay prejudiced the indemnifying party in defending against the claim. In case any such claim, dispute, action or litigation is brought or asserted against any indemnified party, and it timely notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in the defense therein, and to the extent that it may wish, to assume such defense thereof, with counsel specifically approved in writing by such indemnified party, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, following notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, in which event, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 10 for any

 

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legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, but shall continue to be liable to the indemnified party in all other respects as heretofore set forth in this Section 10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 10, if, in any claim, dispute, action or litigation as to which indemnity is or may be available, any indemnified party reasonably determines that its interests are or may be, in whole or in part, adverse to the interests of the indemnifying party, the indemnified party may retain its own counsel in connection with such claim, dispute, action or litigation and shall continue to be indemnified by the indemnifying party for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending such claim, dispute, action or litigation.

(e) Expenses incurred by an indemnified party in defending a threatened or asserted claim or a threatened or pending action shall be paid by the indemnifying party in advance of final disposition or settlement of such matter, if and to the extent that the person on whose behalf such expenses are paid shall agree in writing to reimburse the indemnifying party in the event indemnification is not permitted under this Section 10 upon final disposition or settlement.

(f) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree on their own behalf that the indemnities provided in this Agreement shall be inapplicable in the event of any loss, claim, damage, charge or liability arising out of or based upon, but limited to the extent caused by, any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of any indemnified party to any indemnifying party contained in this Agreement.

11. Limits on Claims. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against the Trust: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises

 

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(A) for relief in respect of the Trust in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, or (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”). In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J or the Trust, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the assets of Series J to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against any other assets of the Trust, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

12. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement required to be given shall be effective only if given or confirmed in writing, shall be deemed given by the party providing notice when received by the party to whom notice is being given, and shall be sent certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand delivered, to the following address, or to such other address as a party may specify by written notice to each of the other parties hereto:

If to the Selling Agent:

Kenmar Securities Inc.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

 

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If to the Managing Owner, Series J or the Trust:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

If to the Advisor:

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

40 Highland Avenue

Rowayton, CT 06853

Attention: Isaac Finkle

Facsimile: (203) 899-3500

With a copy to:

Graham Capital Management, L.P.

40 Highland Avenue

Rowayton, CT 06853

Attention: Paul Sedlack

Facsimile: (203) 899-3500

 

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13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made under the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that State and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of that State, without regard to the conflict of laws principles.

14. Arbitration, Remedies. Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of NFA or, if NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association. The parties also agree that the award of the arbitrators shall be final and may be enforced in the courts of New York and in any other courts having jurisdiction over the parties.

15. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the express prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto.

16. Amendment or Modification or Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by the written consent of each of the parties hereto.

17. Successors. Except as set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Selling Agent, the Advisor, and the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of them, and no other person shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assigns” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

18. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

 

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19. No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

20. No Liability of Limited Owners. This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner, and the obligations of Series J, the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth in this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

21. Headings. Headings to Sections in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

22. Complete Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one original instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J
By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., its sole Managing Owner
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
KENMAR SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Braxton Glasgow III

Name:   Braxton Glasgow III
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P.
By:  

/s/ Paul Sedlack

Name:   Paul Sedlack
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT D

DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT

 

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EX-10.2 4 dex102.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT---EAGLE TRADING Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement---Eagle Trading

Exhibit 10.2

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J (“Series J”), a separate series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”) and EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS, INC., a Delaware corporation (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust has been organized primarily for the purpose of trading, buying, selling, spreading or otherwise acquiring, holding or disposing of futures, forward and options contracts. Other transactions also may be effected from time to time, including among others, those as more fully identified in Exhibit A hereto; the foregoing commodities and other transactions are collectively referred to as “Commodities”; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is the managing owner of the Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is authorized to utilize the services of one or more professional commodity trading advisors in connection with the Commodities trading activities of Series J; and

WHEREAS, the Advisor’s present business includes the management of Commodities accounts for its clients; and

 

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WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor under the United States Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and is a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) as a commodity trading advisor and will maintain such registration and membership for the term of this Agreement; and

WHEREAS, the Trust has terminated its public offering and is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of beneficial interests (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) evidenced by different series of Interests (each, a “Series”) through Kenmar Securities Inc., as Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and Disclosure Document (the “Memorandum”) for the offering of Series J Interests (Units relating to the Series J Interests are referred to herein as the “Series J Units”); and

WHEREAS, WMT-III Series I/J Trading Vehicle, LLC, an aggregate trading vehicle in which Series J and World Monitor Trust III – Series I (“Series I”) were members (the “Trading Vehicle”), the Managing Owner and the Advisor entered into an Advisory Agreement dated November 30, 2005 (the “Trading Vehicle Advisory Agreement”) pursuant to which the Advisor rendered and implemented commodity trading advisory services on behalf of Trading Vehicle; and

WHEREAS, Series I and, as a result, the Trading Vehicle terminated effective April 30, 2007; and

WHEREAS, Series J, the Managing Owner and the Advisor entered into an Advisory Agreement dated April 5, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”) pursuant to which the Advisor renders and implements commodity trading advisory services on behalf of Series J; and

 

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WHEREAS, the parties hereby desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Duties of the Advisor.

(a) Appointment. Series J hereby continues the appointment of the Advisor, and the Advisor hereby accepts such continued appointment, as its limited attorney-in-fact to exercise discretion to invest and reinvest in Commodities during the term of this Agreement the portion of Series J’s Net Asset Value (as defined in the Memorandum) allocated to the Advisor which initially shall not be less than $10 million (the “Allocated Assets”) on the terms and conditions and for the purposes set forth herein. This limited power-of-attorney is a continuing power and shall continue in effect with respect to the Advisor until terminated hereunder. The Advisor shall have sole authority and responsibility for independently directing the investment and reinvestment in Commodities of the Allocated Assets for the term of this Agreement pursuant to the trading programs, methods, systems, and strategies described in Exhibit A hereto, which Series J and the Managing Owner have selected to be utilized by the Advisor in trading the Allocated Assets (collectively referred to as the Advisor’s “Trading Approach”), subject to the trading policies and limitations as set forth in the Memorandum and attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Trading Policies and Limitations”), as the same may be modified from time to time and provided in writing to the Advisor. The portion of the Allocated Assets to be allocated by the Advisor at any point in time to one or more of the various trading strategies comprising the Advisor’s Trading Approach will be determined as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, with the consent of the parties, it being understood that trading gains and losses automatically will alter the agreed upon allocations. Upon receipt of a new allocation, the Advisor will determine and, if required, adjust its trading in light of the new allocation.

 

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(b) Allocation of Responsibilities. Series J will have the responsibility for the management of any portion of the Allocated Assets that are not invested in Commodities. The Advisor will use its good faith and best efforts in determining the investment and reinvestment in Commodities of the Allocated Assets in compliance with the Trading Policies and Limitations, and in accordance with the Advisor’s Trading Approach. In the event that Series J shall, in its sole discretion, determine in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that any trading instruction issued by the Advisor violates the Trading Policies and Limitations, then Series J, following reasonable notice to the Advisor appropriate under the circumstances, may override such trading instruction and shall be responsible therefore. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Managing Owner from imposing any limitation(s) on the trading activities of Series J beyond those enumerated in the Memorandum if the Managing Owner determines that such limitation(s) are necessary or in the best interests of the Trust or Series J, in which case the Advisor will adhere to such limitations following written notification thereof.

(c) Gains From Trading Approach. The Advisor agrees that at least 90% of the annual gross income and gain, if any, generated by its Trading Approach for Allocated Assets will be “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code (it being understood that such income will largely result from buying and selling Commodities and that the Trading Approach is not intended primarily to generate interest income). The Advisor also agrees that it will attempt to trade in such a manner as to allow non-U.S. Limited Owners (as defined below) to qualify for the safe harbors found in Section 864(b)(2) of the Code and as interpreted in the regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder.

 

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(d) Modification of Trading Approach. In the event the Advisor requests to use, or Series J requests the Advisor to use, a trading program, system, method or strategy other than or in addition to the trading programs, systems, methods or strategies comprising the Trading Approach in connection with trading for Series J (including, without limitation, the deletion or addition of an agreed upon trading program, system, method or strategy to the then agreed upon Trading Approach), either in whole or in part, the Advisor may not do so and/or shall not be required to do so, as appropriate, unless both Series J and the Advisor consent thereto in writing.

(e) Notification of Material Changes. The Advisor also agrees to give Series J prior written notice of any proposed material change in its Trading Approach, and agrees not to make any material change in such Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) over the objection of Series J, it being understood that the Advisor shall be free to institute non-material changes in its Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) without prior written notification. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, refinements to the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and the deletion (but not the addition) of Commodities (other than the addition of Commodities then being traded (i) on organized domestic commodities exchanges, (ii) on foreign commodities exchanges recognized by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as providing customer protections comparable to those provided on domestic exchanges, or (iii) in the interbank foreign currency market) to or from the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and variations in the leverage principles and policies utilized by the Advisor, shall not be deemed a material change in the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and prior approval of Series J shall not be required therefore.

 

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Subject to adequate assurances of confidentiality, the Advisor agrees that it will discuss with Series J upon request any trading methods, programs, systems or strategies used by it for trading customer accounts which differ from the Trading Approach used for Series J, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall require the Advisor to disclose what it deems to be proprietary or confidential information.

(f) Request for Information. The Advisor agrees to provide Series J with any reasonable information concerning the Advisor that Series J may reasonably request (other than the identity of its customers or proprietary or confidential information concerning the Trading Approach), subject to receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality by Series J, including, but not limited to, information regarding any change in control, key personnel, Trading Approach and financial condition which Series J reasonably deems to be material to Series J; the Advisor also shall notify Series J of any such matters the Advisor, in its reasonable judgment, believes may be material to Series J relating to the Advisor and its Trading Approach. During the term of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees to provide Series J with updated monthly information related to the Advisor’s performance results within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which it relates.

(g) Notice of Errors. The Advisor is responsible for promptly reviewing all oral and written confirmations it receives to determine that the Commodities trades were made in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions. If the Advisor determines that an error was made in connection with a trade or that a trade was made other than in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions, the Advisor shall promptly notify Series J of this fact and shall utilize its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the error or discrepancy to be corrected.

 

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(h) Liability. Neither the Advisor nor any employee, director, officer or shareholder of the Advisor, nor any person who controls the Advisor, shall be liable to Series J, its officers, directors, Members, shareholders or employees, or any person who controls Series J, or any of their respective successors or assignees under this Agreement, except by reason of acts or omissions in material breach of this Agreement or due to their willful misconduct or gross negligence or by reason of their not having acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such actions or omissions were in the best interests of Series J and its Limited Owners; it being understood that the Advisor makes no guarantee of profit nor offers any protection against loss, and that all purchases and sales of Commodities shall be for the account and risk of Series J, and the Advisor shall incur no liability for trading profits or losses resulting therefrom provided the Advisor would not otherwise be liable to Series J under the terms hereof.

(i) Initial Allocation, Additional Allocations, and Reallocations. Initially, the Allocated Assets will total an amount allocated to the Advisor by the Managing Owner.

(j) Additional Allocations and Reallocations. Subject to Section 10(a) below, Series J may, on a monthly basis, as described in the Memorandum, (i) allocate additional assets to the Advisor, (ii) reallocate the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor to another commodity trading advisor (an “Other Advisor”), (iii) reallocate assets to the Advisor from an Other Advisor or (iv) allocate additional capital with respect to the Allocated Assets to an Other Advisor.

 

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(k) Delivery of Disclosure Document. The Advisor agrees to provide to the Managing Owner any amendment, or supplement, to the Disclosure Document attached hereto as Exhibit D (an “Update”) as soon as such Update is available for distribution following the filing of such update in final form with the NFA.

2. Indemnification.

(a) Series J Indemnification of the Advisor. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement, the Advisor, and each officer, director, shareholder and employee of the Advisor, and each person who controls the Advisor, shall be indemnified, defended, and held harmless by Series J and the Managing Owner, jointly and severally, from and against any and all claims, losses, judgments, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable investigatory and attorneys’ fees and expenses) and amounts paid in settlement of any claims in compliance with the conditions specified below (collectively, “Losses”) sustained by the Advisor (i) in connection with any acts or omissions of the Advisor, or any of its officers, directors or employees relating to its management of the Allocated Assets, including in connection with this Agreement or otherwise as a result of the Advisor’s performance of services on behalf of Series J or its role as trading advisor to the Allocated Assets and (ii) as a result of a material breach of this Agreement by Series J or the Managing Owner, provided that, (1) such Losses were not the result of negligence, misconduct or a material breach of this Agreement on the part of the Advisor, and its officers, directors, shareholders and employees, and each person controlling the Advisor, (ii) the Advisor, and its officers, directors, shareholders and employees, and each person controlling the Advisor, acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such person to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Series J and (iii) any such indemnification will only be recoverable from the Allocated Assets

 

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and the assets of the Managing Owner and not from any other assets of Series J or the other Series of the Trust, and provided further, that no indemnification shall be permitted under this Section 2 for amounts paid in settlement if either (A) the Advisor fails to notify Series J of the terms of any settlement proposed, at least fifteen (15) days before any amounts are paid, or (B) Series J does not approve the amount of the settlement within fifteen (15) days (such approval not to be withheld unreasonably). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Series J shall, at all times, have the right to offer to settle any matter for a monetary amount with the approval of the Advisor (which approval shall not be withheld unreasonably) and if Series J successfully negotiates a monetary settlement and tenders payment therefore to the party claiming indemnification (the “Indemnitee”) the Indemnitee must either use commercially reasonable efforts to dispose of the matter in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement or the Indemnitee may refuse to settle the matter and continue its defense in which latter event the maximum liability of Series J to the Indemnitee shall be the amount of said proposed settlement; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall require the Indemnitee to accept any settlement which has provisions requiring anything other than payment of a monetary amount.

(b) Default Judgments and Confessions of Judgment. None of the foregoing provisions for indemnification shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment entered into by the Indemnitee, with its knowledge, without the prior consent of Series J.

(c) Procedure. In the event that an Indemnitee under this Section 2 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging both matters for which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for which indemnification may not be made hereunder, such Indemnitee shall be indemnified only for that portion of the Losses incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters for which indemnification can be made.

 

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(d) Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative or criminal action, suit or proceeding against an Indemnitee shall be paid by Series J in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if (i) the legal action, suit or proceeding, if sustained, would entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Section 2, and (ii) the Advisor undertakes to repay the advanced funds to Series J in cases in which the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.

3. Limits on Claims.

(a) Prohibited Acts. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against Series J: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust or Series J in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust or Series J a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust or Series J under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or Series J or of any substantial part of any of their properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of their affairs, (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively, “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”).

 

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(b) Limited Assets Available. In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the Allocated Assets to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against the other assets of the Trust or Series J, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken or otherwise. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

(c) No Limited Owner Liability. This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J for the benefit of Series J and the obligations of Series J set forth herein are not binding upon any of the owners of any Series (“Limited Owners”) individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property identified above and no resort shall be had to the assets of Series J or any other Series issued by the Trust or the Limited Owners’ personal property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim hereunder.

4. Obligations of the Trust, the Managing Owner and the Advisor.

(a) The Memorandum. Each of Series J and the Managing Owner agrees to cooperate and use its good faith, and best efforts in connection with (i) the preparation by the Trust of the Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto), (ii) the filing of all documents (and any amendments or supplements thereto) with such governmental and self-regulatory authorities as the Managing Owner deems appropriate for the sale of the Interests and the taking of such other actions not inconsistent with this Agreement as the Managing Owner may determine to be necessary or advisable in order to make the proposed offer and sale of

 

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Interests lawful in any jurisdiction, and (iii) the taking of such other actions as the Managing Owner may reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable in order to comply with any other legal or regulatory requirements applicable to the Trust or Series J. The Advisor agrees to make all required disclosures regarding itself, its officers and principals, trading performance, Trading Approach, customer accounts (other than the names of customers, unless such disclosure is required by law or regulation) and otherwise as may be required, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Managing Owner, to be made in the Memorandum and in applications to any such jurisdictions by reason of any law or regulation applicable to the Trust or Series J. Except as required by applicable law or regulations, no description of, or other information relating to, the Advisor may be distributed by the Managing Owner without the prior written consent of the Advisor; provided that distribution of performance information relating to Series J’s account shall not require consent of the Advisor.

(b) Road Shows. The Advisor agrees to participate in “road show” and similar presentations in connection with the offering of the Series J Interests to the extent reasonably requested by the Managing Owner, on the following conditions: (i) all expenses incurred by the Advisor in the course of such participation will be paid for by the Managing Owner and/or the Selling Agent, (ii) the Advisor shall not be obligated to take any action which might require registration as a broker-dealer or investment adviser under any applicable federal or state law, and (iii) the Advisor shall not be required to assist in “road show” or similar presentations to the extent that it reasonably believes that doing so would interfere with its trading, marketing or other activities or otherwise would be unduly burdensome to it.

(c) Advisor Not A Promoter. The parties acknowledge that the Advisor has not been, either alone or in conjunction with the Selling Agent or its affiliates, an organizer or promoter of Series J, and it is not intended by the parties that the Advisor shall have any liability as such.

 

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(d) Representation Agreement. On the date of execution of this Agreement, the parties agree to execute a Representation Agreement (the “Representation Agreement”) relating to the offering of the Series J Interests substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.

5. Advisor Independence.

(a) Independent Contractor. The Advisor shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor with respect to Series J, the Managing Owner and each other commodity trading advisor that may in the future provide commodity trading advisory services to Series J and the Managing Owner and its affiliates, and shall, unless otherwise expressly authorized, have no authority to act for or to represent Series J, the Managing Owner, any other commodity trading advisor or the Selling Agent in any way or otherwise be deemed to be a general agent, joint venturer or partner of Series J, the Managing Owner, any other commodity trading advisor, or in any way be responsible for the acts or omissions of Series J, the Managing Owner, any other commodity trading advisor as long as it is acting independently of such persons.

(b) Purchase of Interests. Any of the Advisor, its principals and employees may, in its discretion, purchase Interests in the Trust.

(c) Confidentiality. Series J and the Managing Owner acknowledge that the Trading Approach including methods, models and strategies of the Advisor is the confidential

 

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property of the Advisor. Nothing in this Agreement shall require the Advisor to disclose the confidential or proprietary details of its Trading Approach. Series J and the Managing Owner further agree that they will keep confidential and will not disseminate the Advisor’s trading advice to Series J, except as, and only to the extent that, it may be determined by Series J to be (i) necessary for the conduct of the business of Series J, including the performance of brokerage services by Series J’s commodity broker(s), it being understood that in those circumstances Series J will use commercially reasonable efforts to assure that third parties to whom such information is provided will maintain the confidentiality of such information, or (ii) expressly required by law or regulation. Each of the Managing Owner and Series J further agrees that it will not, directly or indirectly, utilize any confidential information obtained from the Advisor in or in connection with its or its affiliates’ own trading systems.

6. Commodity Broker.

All Commodities traded for the account of Series J shall be made through such commodity broker or brokers or counterparty or counterparties as Series J directs or otherwise in accordance with such order execution procedures as are agreed upon between the Advisor and Series J. Except as set forth below, the Advisor shall not have any authority or responsibility in selecting or supervising any floor broker or counterparty for execution of Commodities trades of Series J or for negotiating floor brokerage commission rates or other compensation to be charged therefore. The Advisor shall not be responsible for determining that any such broker or counterparty used in connection with any Commodities transactions meets the financial requirements or standards imposed by Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations. At the present time it is contemplated that Series J will execute and clear all Commodities trades through UBS Securities LLC. The Advisor may, however, with the consent of Series J, such consent not to be

 

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unreasonably withheld, execute transactions at such other firm(s), and upon such terms and conditions, as the Advisor and Series J agree if such firm(s) agree to “give up” all such transactions to UBS Securities LLC for clearance. To the extent that Series J determines to utilize a broker or counterparty other than UBS Securities LLC, Series J will consult with the Advisor prior to directing it to utilize such broker or counterparty, and will not retain the services of such firm(s) over the reasonable objection of the Advisor.

7. Fees.

In consideration of and in compensation for the performance of the Advisor’s services under this Agreement, the Advisor shall receive from Series J a monthly management fee (the “Management Fee”) and a quarterly incentive fee (the “Incentive Fee”) based on the Allocated Assets, which in all events shall be unaffected by the performance of the other Series or any other trading advisor, as follows:

(a) A Management Fee equal to  1/12 of 2% (0.16667%) of the Allocated Assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month (an annual rate of 2%). For purposes of determining the Management Fee, any distributions, redemptions, or reallocation of the Allocated Assets made as of the last day of a month shall be added back to the Allocated Assets and there shall be no reduction for (i) any accrued but unpaid incentive fees due the Advisor under paragraph (b) below for the quarter in which such fees are being computed, or (ii) any accrued but unpaid extraordinary expenses (as defined in the Trust Agreement). The Management Fee determined for any month in which an Advisor manages the Allocated Assets for less than a full month shall be pro rated, such proration to be calculated on the basis of the number of days in the month the Allocated Assets were under the Advisor’s management as

 

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compared to the total number of days in such month, with such proration to include appropriate adjustments for any funds taken away from the Advisor’s management during the month for reasons other than distributions or redemptions, including but not limited to the reduction of the Allocated Assets allocated to the Advisor’s management resulting from the payment of extraordinary expenses. Management fees paid pursuant to this Section are non-refundable.

(b) An Incentive Fee of twenty per cent (20%) (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as hereinafter defined) generated on the Allocated Assets, including realized and unrealized gains and losses thereon, as of the close of business on the last day of each calendar quarter (the “Incentive Measurement Date”).

New High Net Trading Profits (for purposes of calculating the Advisor’s Incentive Fee only) will be computed as of the Incentive Measurement Date and will include such profits (as outlined below) since the immediately preceding Incentive Measurement Date (each an “Incentive Measurement Period”).

New High Net Trading Profits for any Incentive Measurement Period will be the net profits, if any, from trading the Allocated Assets during such period (including (i) realized trading profit (loss) plus or minus (ii) the change in unrealized trading profit (loss) on open positions) and will be calculated after the determination of Series J’s transaction costs attributable to the Allocated Assets, the Advisor’s Management Fee, the operating expenses for which the Allocated Assets are responsible, and any extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation, costs or damages) paid during an Incentive Measurement Period which are specifically related to the Advisor, but before deduction of any Incentive Fees payable during the Incentive Measurement Period. New High Net Trading Profits will not include interest earned or credited on the

 

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Allocated Assets. New High Net Trading Profits will be generated only to the extent that the Advisor’s cumulative New High Net Trading Profits exceed the highest level of cumulative New High Net Trading Profits achieved by the Advisor as of a previous Incentive Measurement Date. Except as set forth below, net losses from prior quarters (including any cumulative net losses as of the close of business on November 30, 2008 with respect to Series J which the Advisor was required to recoup under the Original Agreement) must be recouped before New High Net Trading Profits can again be generated. If a withdrawal or distribution occurs or if this Agreement is terminated at any date that is not an Incentive Measurement Date, the date of the withdrawal or distribution or termination will be treated as if it were an Incentive Measurement Date, but any Incentive Fee accrued in respect of the withdrawn assets on such date shall not be paid to the Advisor until the next scheduled Incentive Measurement Date. New High Net Trading Profits for an Incentive Measurement Period shall exclude capital contributions to Series J in an Incentive Measurement Period, distributions or redemptions paid or payable by Series J during an Incentive Measurement Period, as well as losses, if any, associated with redemptions, distributions, and reallocations of assets during the Incentive Measurement Period and prior to the Incentive Measurement Date (i.e., to the extent that assets are allocated away from the Advisor (through redemptions, distributions or allocations caused by Series J), any loss carryforward attributable to the Advisor shall be reduced in the same proportion that the value of the assets allocated away from the Advisor comprises the value of the Allocated Assets prior to such allocation away from the Advisor. In calculating New High Net Trading Profits, incentive fees paid for a previous Incentive Measurement Period will not reduce cumulative New High Net Trading Profits in subsequent periods.

 

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Any net gains that have accumulated since the most recent Incentive Measurement Date (September 30, 2008) under the Original Agreement shall be carried forward to the next Incentive Measurement Date.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor acknowledges and agrees that

(c) Timing of Payment. Management Fees and Incentive Fees shall be paid within fifteen (15) business days following the end of the period for which they are payable. The first incentive fee which may be due and owing to the Advisor in respect of any New High Net Trading Profits will be due and owing as of the end of the first calendar quarter during which the Trading Advisor managed the Allocated Assets for at least forty five (45) days. If an Incentive Fee shall have been paid by the Trust to the Advisor in respect of any calendar quarter and the Advisor shall incur subsequent losses on the Allocated Assets the Advisor shall nevertheless be entitled to retain amounts previously paid to it in respect of New High Net Trading Profits.

(d) Fee Data. Series J will provide the Advisor with the data used by Series J to compute the foregoing fees within ten (10) business days of the end of the relevant period. The Advisor shall be free to contest the calculations if in its reasonable judgment they are inaccurate.

(e) Third Party Payments. Neither the Advisor, nor any of its officers, directors, employees or stockholders, shall receive any commissions, compensation, remuneration or payments whatsoever from any broker with which Series J carries an account for transactions executed in Series J’s account. The parties acknowledge that a spouse of any of the foregoing persons may receive floor brokerage commissions in respect of trades effected pursuant to the Advisor’s Trading Approach on behalf of Series J, which payment shall not violate the preceding sentence.

 

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8. Term and Termination.

(a) Term. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, shall continue in effect until the close of business on the last day of the month ending twelve (12) full months following the date hereof. Thereafter, unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, this Agreement shall be renewed automatically on the same terms and conditions set forth herein for successive additional twelve-month terms, each of which shall commence on the first day of the month subsequent to the conclusion of the preceding term. Subject to Section 8(d)(iv) hereof, the automatic renewal(s) set forth in the preceding sentence hereof shall not be affected by (i) any allocation of the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) the retention of Other Advisors following a reallocation, or otherwise.

(b) Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Trust or Series J is terminated. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Allocated Assets decline as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the Allocated Assets (i) as of the date hereof, or (ii) as of the first day of any calendar year, as adjusted in each instance on an ongoing basis by (A) any decline(s) in the Allocated Assets caused by distributions, redemptions, reallocations, and withdrawals, and (B) additions to the Allocated Assets caused by additional allocations.

 

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(c) Optional Termination Right of Series J. This Agreement may be terminated at any time at the election of Series J in its sole discretion upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Advisor. Series J will use its best efforts to cause any termination to occur as of a month-end. This Agreement also may be terminated upon prior written notice, appropriate under the circumstances, to the Advisor in the event that: (i) Series J determines in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that the Advisor is unable to use its agreed upon Trading Approach to any material extent, as such Trading Approach may be refined or modified in the future in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the benefit of Series J; (ii) the Advisor’s registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act or membership as a commodity trading advisor with the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed; (iii) Series J determines in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that the Advisor has failed to conform, and after receipt of written notice, continues to fail to conform in any material respect, to (A) any of Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations, or (B) the Advisor’s Trading Approach; (iv) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by the Advisor; (v) the Advisor dissolves, merges or consolidates with another entity, or sells a substantial portion of its assets, or a change in any material respect in any portion of the Advisor’s Trading Approach utilized by the Advisor for Series J, without the consent of Series J; (vi) Menachem Sternberg is not in control of the Advisor’s trading activities for Series J; (vii) the Advisor becomes bankrupt (admitted or decreed) or insolvent, (viii) for any other reason, Series J determines in good faith that such termination is essential for the protection of Series J, including without limitation a good faith determination by Series J that the Advisor has breached a material obligation to Series J under this Agreement relating to the trading of the Allocated Assets.

 

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(d) Optional Termination Right of Advisor. The Advisor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time upon written notice to Series J, appropriate under the circumstances, in the event: (i) of the receipt by the Advisor of an opinion of independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Advisor and Series J that by reason of the Advisor’s activities with respect to Series J it is required to register as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and it is not so registered; (ii) that the registration of the Managing Owner as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act or its NFA membership as a commodity pool operator is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed; (iii) that Series J (A) imposes additional trading limitation(s) pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement which the Advisor does not agree to follow in its management of the Allocated Assets, or (B) overrides trading instructions of the Advisor or does not consent to a material change to the Trading Approach requested by the Advisor; (iv) if the amount of the Allocated Assets decreases to less than $10 million as the result of redemptions, distributions, reallocations of the Allocated Assets or deleveraging initiated by Series J, but not trading losses, as of the close of business on any Friday; (v) Series J elects (pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement) to have the Advisor use a different Trading Approach in the Advisor’s management of the Allocated Assets from that which the Advisor is then using to manage such assets and the Advisor objects to using such different Trading Approach; (vi) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by Series J; (vii) there is a material breach of this Agreement by Series J and after giving written notice to Series J which identifies such breach and such material breach has not been cured within 10 days following receipt of such notice by Series J; (viii) the Advisor provides Series J with written notice, at least ninety (90) days prior to the end of the then current term, of the Advisor’s desire and intention to terminate this Agreement as of the end of the then current term; or (ix) other good cause is shown and the written consent of Series J is obtained (which shall not be withheld or delayed unreasonably).

 

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(e) Termination Fees. In the event that this Agreement is terminated with respect to, or by, the Advisor pursuant to this Section 8 or Series J allocates its assets to Other Advisors, the Advisor shall be entitled to, and Series J shall pay, the Management Fee and the Incentive Fee, if any, which shall be computed (i) with respect to the Management Fee, on a pro rata basis, based upon the portion of the month for which the Advisor had the Allocated Assets under management, and (ii) with respect to the Incentive Fee, if any, as if the effective date of termination was the last day of the then current calendar quarter. The rights of the Advisor to fees earned through the earlier to occur of the date of expiration or termination shall survive this Agreement until satisfied.

(f) Termination and Open Positions. Once terminated, the Advisor shall have no responsibility for existing positions, including delivery issues, if any, which may result from such positions.

9. Liquidation of Positions.

The Advisor agrees to liquidate open positions in the amount that Series J informs the Advisor, in writing via facsimile or other equivalent means, that Series J considers necessary or advisable to liquidate in order to (i) effect any termination or reallocation pursuant to Sections 1 or 8, respectively, or (ii) fund its pro rata share of any redemption, distribution or Series J expense. Series J shall not, however, have authority to instruct the Advisor as to which specific open positions to liquidate, except as provided in Section 1 hereof. Series J shall provide the Advisor with such reasonable prior notice of such liquidation as is practicable under the

 

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circumstances and will endeavor to provide at least three (3) days’ prior notice. In the event that losses incurred as a result of such liquidation by the Advisor exceed the amount of the Allocated Assets, Series J agrees to cover such excess losses from its assets, but in no event from the assets of the other Series issued by the Trust. The Advisor shall have no liability for such losses.

10. Other Accounts of the Advisor.

(a) Management of Other Accounts and Trading Proprietary Capital. Subject to paragraph (c) of this Section 10, the Advisor shall be free to (i) manage and trade accounts for other investors (including other public and private commodity pools), and (ii) trade for its own account, and for the accounts of its partners, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as applicable, using the same or other information and Trading Approach utilized in the performance of services for Series J, so long as in the Advisor’s reasonable judgment the aggregate amount of capital being managed or traded by the Adviser pursuant to the Trading Approach being used by Series J does not (A) materially impair the Advisor’s ability to carry out its obligations and duties to Series J pursuant to this Agreement, or (B) create a reasonable likelihood of the Advisor having to modify materially its agreed upon Trading Approach being used for Series J in a manner which might reasonably be expected to have a material adverse effect on Series J. The aggregate amount of capital referred to in the preceding sentence hereinafter shall be called “Advisor’s Capacity,” and currently is estimated by the Advisor to be $750 million or in the future such greater amount or amounts as the Advisor may, in its judgment, believe it can trade. The Advisor shall not be required to accept capital from Series J in an amount which exceeds $100 million if such excess amount will cause the Advisor to be managing or trading funds pursuant to its Trading Approach which exceed the Advisor’s Capacity.

 

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(b) Acceptance of Non-Series J Capital. So long as the Advisor is performing services for Series J, it agrees that it will not accept additional capital for management which, together with the Allocated Assets, exceeds the Advisor’s Capacity. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, it is understood that this paragraph shall not prohibit the acceptance of additional capital, which acceptance requires only routine adjustments to trading patterns in order to comply with speculative position limits or daily trading limits. The Advisor agrees to notify Series J when the Advisor’s Capacity is likely to be reached.

(c) Equitable Treatment of Accounts. The Advisor agrees, in its management of accounts other than the account of Series J pursuant to the Trading Approach being used by Series J, that it will not knowingly or deliberately favor any other account managed or controlled by it or any of its principals or affiliates (in whole or in part) over Series J. The preceding sentence shall not be interpreted to preclude (i) the Advisor from charging another client fees which differ from the fees to be paid to it hereunder, or (ii) an adjustment by the Advisor in the implementation of any agreed upon Trading Approach in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1 hereof which is undertaken by the Advisor in good faith in order to accommodate additional accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor also shall not be deemed to be favoring another commodity interest account over Series J’s account if the Advisor, in accordance with specific instructions of the owner of such account, shall trade such account at a degree of leverage or in accordance with trading policies which shall be different from that which would normally be applied or if the Advisor, in accordance with the Advisor’s money management principles, shall not trade certain commodity interest contracts for an account based on the amount of equity in such account. The Advisor, upon reasonable request and receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality, shall provide Series J with an explanation

 

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of the differences, if any, in performance between Series J and any other similar account pursuant to the same Trading Approach for which the Advisor or any of its principals or affiliates acts as a commodity trading advisor (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained.

(d) Inspection of Records. Upon the reasonable request of, and upon reasonable notice from, Series J or the Managing Owner, the Advisor shall permit Series J or the Managing Owner to review at the Advisor’s offices, in each case at its own expense, during normal business hours such trading records as it reasonably may request for the purpose of confirming that Series J has been treated equitably with respect to advice rendered during the term of this Agreement by the Advisor for other accounts managed by the Advisor, which the parties acknowledge to mean that Series J or the Managing Owner may inspect, subject to such restrictions as the Advisor may reasonably deem necessary or advisable so as to preserve the confidentiality of proprietary information and the identity of its clients, all trading records of the Advisor as it reasonably may request during normal business hours. The Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such report or inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained and in any event, Series J or the Managing Owner (as applicable) shall keep all such information obtained by them from the Advisor confidential unless disclosure thereof legally is required or has been made public. Such right will terminate one year after the termination of this Agreement and does not permit access to computer programs, records, or other information used in determining trading decisions.

 

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11. Speculative Position Limits.

If, at any time during the term of this Agreement, it appears to the Advisor that it may be required to aggregate Series J’s Commodities positions with the positions of any other accounts it owns or controls for purposes of applying the speculative position limits of the CFTC, any exchange, self-regulatory body, or governmental authority, the Advisor promptly will notify Series J if Series J’s positions under its management are included in an aggregate amount which equals or exceeds the applicable speculative limit. The Advisor agrees that, if its trading recommendations pursuant to its agreed upon Trading Approach are altered because of the potential application of speculative position limits, the Advisor will modify its trading instructions to Series J and its other accounts in a good faith effort to achieve an equitable treatment of all accounts; to wit, the Advisor will liquidate Commodities positions and/or limit the taking of new positions in all accounts it manages, including Series J, as nearly as possible in proportion to the assets available for trading of the respective accounts (including “notional” equity) to the extent necessary to comply with applicable speculative position limits. The Advisor presently believes that its Trading Approach for the management of Series J’s account can be implemented for the benefit of Series J notwithstanding the possibility that, from time to time, speculative position limits may become applicable.

12. Redemptions, Distributions, Reallocations and Additional Allocations.

(a) Notice. Series J agrees to give the Advisor at least one (1) business day prior notice of any proposed redemptions, exchanges, distributions, reallocations, additional allocations, or withdrawals affecting the Allocated Assets.

 

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(b) Allocations. Redemptions, exchanges, withdrawals, and distributions of Interests shall be charged against the Allocated Assets.

13. Brokerage Confirmations and Reports.

Series J will instruct its brokers and counterparties to furnish the Advisor with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, and monthly trading statements relating to the Allocated Assets. The Advisor will maintain records and will monitor all open positions relating thereto; provided, however, that the Advisor shall not be responsible for any errors by Series J’s brokers or counterparties. Series J also will furnish the Advisor with a copy of the form of all reports, including but not limited to, monthly, quarterly and annual reports, sent to the Limited Owners and copies of all reports filed with the CFTC and the NFA. The Advisor shall, at Series J’s request, make a good faith effort to provide Series J with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, monthly trading reports or other reports sent to the Advisor by Series J’s commodity broker regarding Series J, and in the Advisor’s possession or control, as Series J deems appropriate if Series J cannot obtain such copies on its own behalf. Upon request, Series J will provide the Advisor with accurate information with respect to the Allocated Assets.

14. The Advisor’s Representations and Warranties.

The Advisor represents and warrants that:

(a) it has full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to provide the services required of it hereunder;

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formation documents or, to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction or (ii) breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement, contract or to the best of its knowledge, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound which, in the case of (i) or (ii), would materially limit or materially adversely affect its ability to perform its duties under this Agreement;

(c) it is duly registered as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and is a member of the NFA as a commodity trading advisor and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement;

(d) a copy of its most recent Commodity Trading Advisor Disclosure Document as required by Part 4 of the CFTC’s regulations has been provided to Series J in the form of Exhibit D hereto (and Series J acknowledges receipt of such Disclosure Document) and, except as disclosed in such Disclosure Document, all information in such Disclosure Document (including, but not limited to, background, performance, trading methods and trading systems) is true, complete and accurate in all material respects and is in conformity in all material respects with the provisions of the CE Act including the rules and regulations thereunder;

(e) assuming that the Allocated Assets equal not more than $100 million as of the effective date of this Agreement, the amount of such assets should not, in the reasonable judgment of the Advisor, result in the Advisor being required to manage funds in an amount which will exceed the Advisor’s Capacity; and

(f) neither the Advisor, nor its stockholders, directors, officers, employees, agents, principals, affiliates, nor any of its or their respective successors or assigns: (i) shall knowingly use or distribute for any purpose whatsoever any list containing the names and/or

 

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residence addresses of, and/or other information about, the Limited Owners; nor (ii) shall solicit any person it or they know is a Limited Owner for the purpose of soliciting commodity business from such Limited Owner, unless such Limited Owner shall have first contacted the Advisor or is already a client of the Advisor or a prospective client with which the Advisor has commenced discussions or is introduced to or referred to the Advisor by an unaffiliated agent other than in violation of clause (i).

The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect with respect to the Advisor, the Advisor promptly will notify Series J in writing thereof.

15. The Managing Owner’s and Series J’s Representations and Warranties.

Each of the Managing Owner and Series J represents and warrants only as to itself (and, further, provided that only the Managing Owner is making the representations and warranties in Section 15(c) and Section 15(e)(ii), and only Series J is making the representations and warranties in Section 15(e)(i)) that:

(a) each has the full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

(b) it will not (i) be required to take any action contrary to its incorporating or other formation documents or any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction or (ii) breach or cause to be breached (A) any undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound or (B) any order of any court or

 

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governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over it, which in the case of (i) or (ii) would materially limit or materially adversely affect the performance of its duties under this Agreement;

(c) it is registered as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and is a commodity pool operator member of the NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement;

(d) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered, and is a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against each of them, in accordance with its terms; and

(e) on the date hereof, it is, and during the term of this Agreement, it will be (i) in the case of Series J, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the Managing Owner, a duly formed and validly existing corporation, in each case, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect, Series J in the case of its representations and warranties, and the Managing Owner in the case of its representations and warranties, promptly will notify the Advisor in writing.

 

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16. Assignment.

This Agreement may not be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that the Advisor need not obtain the consent of any Other Advisor.

17. Successors.

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and permitted assignees of each of them, and no other person (except as otherwise provided herein) shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assignees” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

18. Amendment or Modification or Waiver.

(a) Changes to Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified, nor may any of its provisions be waived, except upon the prior written consent of the parties hereto, except that an amendment to, a modification of, or a waiver of any provision of the Agreement as to the Advisor need not be consented to by any Other Advisor.

(b) No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

 

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19. Notices.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be effective only if in writing and shall be deemed given by the party required to provide notice when received by the party to whom notice is required to be given and shall be delivered personally or by registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopy, as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate by written notice to the other parties):

If to the Managing Owner or Series J:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

 

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If to the Advisor:

Eagle Trading Systems Inc.

47 Hulfish Street, Suite 410

Princeton, New Jersey 08542

Attention: Menachem Sternberg

Facsimile: (609) 688-2099

With a copy to:

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

575 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Fred M. Santo, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 940-8563

20. Governing Law.

Each party agrees that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

21. Survival.

The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

22. Promotional Literature.

Each party agrees that prior to using any promotional literature in which reference to the other parties hereto (other than Other Advisors) is made, it shall furnish in advance a copy of such information to the other parties and will not make use of any promotional literature containing references to such other parties to which such other parties object, except as otherwise required by law or regulation.

 

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23. No Liability of Limited Owners.

This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J, and the obligations of Series J and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

24. Headings.

Headings to sections herein are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

25. Complete Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Representation Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

26. Counterparts.

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27. Arbitration, Remedies.

Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of the NFA or, if the NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J

By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., its sole Managing Owner
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President

EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS INC.

By:  

/s/ Menachem Sternberg

Name:   Menachem Sternberg
Title:   Chairman

 

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EXHIBIT A

EAGLE MOMENTUM PROGRAM

The Advisor will make its trading decisions for Series J according to its Eagle-Momentum Program as described in Exhibit D as amended from time to time.

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EXHIBIT B

TRADING LIMITATIONS AND POLICIES

The following limitations and policies are applicable to assets representing the Allocated Assets as a whole and at the outset to the Advisor individually; since the Advisor initially will manage 33.33% of Series J’s Allocated Assets, such application of the limitations and policies is identical initially for Series J and the Advisor. The Advisor sometimes may be prohibited from taking positions for the Allocated Assets which it would otherwise acquire due to the need to comply with these limitations and policies. Series J will monitor compliance with the trading limitations and policies set forth below, and it may impose additional restrictions (through modification of such limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Advisor, as it, in good faith, deems appropriate in the best interests of Series J, subject to the terms of the Advisory Agreement.

Series J will not approve a material change in the following trading limitations and policies without obtaining the prior written approval of Limited Owners owning more than 50% of Interests in the other Series. Series J may, however, impose additional trading limitations on the trading activities of Series J without obtaining such approval if Series J or the Managing Owner determines such additional limitations to be necessary in the best interests of Series J.

Trading Limitations

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existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional commodities positions; (ii) borrow or loan money (except with respect to the initiation or maintenance of commodities positions or obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward currency contracts; provided, however, that Series J is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis); (iii) permit rebates to be received by Series J or its affiliates, or permit Series J or any affiliate to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition; (iv) permit the Advisor to share in any portion of the commodity brokerage fees paid by Series J; (v) commingle its assets, except as permitted by law; or (vi) permit the churning of its commodity accounts.

The Advisor will conform in all respects to the rules, regulations and guidelines of the markets on which its trades are executed.

Trading Policies

Subject to the foregoing limitations, the Advisor has agreed to abide by the trading policies of Series J, which currently are as follows:

(1) Allocated Assets will generally be invested in contracts which are traded in sufficient volume which, at the time such trades are initiated, are reasonably expected to permit entering and liquidating positions.

(2) Stop or limit orders may, in the Advisor’s discretion, be given with respect to initiating or liquidating positions in order to attempt to limit losses or secure profits. If stop or limit orders are used, no assurance can be given, however, that the clearing broker will be able to liquidate a position at a specified stop or limit order price, due to either the volatility of the market or the inability to trade because of market limitations.

 

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(3) Series J generally will not initiate an open position in a futures contract (other than a cash settlement contract) during any delivery month in that contract, except when required by exchange rules, law or exigent market circumstances. This policy does not apply to forward and cash market transactions.

(4) Series J may occasionally make or accept delivery of a commodity including, without limitation, currencies. Series J also may engage in EFP transactions involving currencies and metals and other commodities.

(5) Series J may, from time to time, employ trading techniques such as spreads, straddles and conversions.

(6) Series J will not initiate open futures or option positions which would result in net long or short positions requiring as margin or premium for outstanding positions in excess of 15% of the Allocated Assets for any one commodity, or in excess of 66  2/3% of the Allocated Assets for all commodities combined. Under certain market conditions, such as an inability to liquidate open commodities positions because of daily price fluctuations, Series J may be required to commit the Allocated Assets as margin in excess of the foregoing limits and in such case Series J will cause the Advisor to reduce its open futures and option positions to comply to these limits before initiating new commodities positions.

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transactions with or through a bank which as of the end of its last fiscal year had an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $100,000,000, as shown by its published financial statements for such year, and through other broker-dealer firms with an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $50,000,000.

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EXHIBIT C

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT CONCERNING

THE MEMORANDUM

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among World Monitor Trust III – Series J (“Series J”), a separate Series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), Kenmar Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Agent”), Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), and Eagle Trading Systems Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of units of beneficial interest (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) issuable in multiple series of Interests (the “Series”), each separately managed by a different professional commodity trading advisor through the Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a private placement memorandum ((which private placement memorandum, in final form, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, shall be referred to as the “Memorandum”); and

WHEREAS, Series J and the Managing Owner entered into an amended and restated advisory agreement with the Advisor, dated as of November 28, 2008 (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has agreed to act as a commodity trading advisor to Series J; and


WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to set forth their duties and obligations to each other with respect to the Memorandum as of its effective date.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Representations and Warranties of the Advisor. The Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner that:

(a) All references in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement to (i) the Advisor and its affiliates and the controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing, (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) and (iii) the actual past performance of discretionary accounts directed by the Advisor or any principal thereof, including the notes to the tables reflecting such actual past performance (hereinafter referred to as the Advisor’s “Past Performance History”) are complete and accurate in all material respects, and as to such persons, the Advisor’s Trading Approach and the Advisor’s Past Performance History, as set forth in the Memorandum, contain all information required to be included therein by the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and the regulations (including interpretations thereof) thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Advisor also represents and warrants as to the accuracy and completeness in all material respects of the underlying data made available by the Advisor to the Trust and the Managing Owner for purposes of preparing the pro forma performance tables, it being understood that no representation or warranty is being made with respect to the calculations used

 

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to execute the pro forma performance tables or notes thereto. The term “principal” in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as that term in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(e) under the CE Act.

(b) The Advisor will not distribute the Memorandum and/or the selling materials related thereto and will not engage in any general solicitation or advertising with respect to the Offering.

(c) This Agreement and the Advisory Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Advisor and each is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of the Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement, in the Advisory Agreement and in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement are not contrary to the provisions of the Advisor’s formation documents, or to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction, and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor is bound.

(d) The Advisor has all governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the date hereof including, without limitation, registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and it will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals or memberships during the term of the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(e) On the date hereof the Advisor is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will be, a corporation duly formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect the Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Advisory Agreement. The Advisor has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum.

(f) Subject to adequate written assurances of confidentiality, and as requested by the Managing Owner, the Advisor has supplied to or made available for review by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent (and if requested by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent to its designated auditor) all documents, statements, agreements and workpapers requested by them relating to all accounts covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement which are in the Advisor’s possession or to which it has access, provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its sole discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the clients for whom any such accounts are maintained.

(g) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this Section 1, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals has managed, controlled or directed, on an overall discretionary basis, the trading for any commodity account which is required by CFTC regulations to be disclosed in the Memorandum as of the date of this Agreement which is not set forth in the Memorandum as required.

 

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(h) The Advisor is not required to be registered as an investment adviser under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), but voluntarily may so register in the future.

(i) As of the date hereof, there has been no material adverse change in the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth the Memorandum under the caption “EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS, INC.” which has not been communicated in writing to and received by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent or their counsel.

(j) Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, there is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Advisor or its principals is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Advisor is subject which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to materially adversely affect any of the material assets of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum; furthermore, the Advisor has not received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with its rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act, or the rules and regulations thereunder, or (iii) any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement.

 

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2. Covenants of the Advisor. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor discovers any fact, omission, event or that a change of circumstances has occurred, which would make the Advisor’s representations and warranties in Section 1 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, or which might reasonably be expected to render the Memorandum, with respect to (i) the Advisor or its principals, (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach, or (iii) the Advisor’s Past Performance History, untrue or misleading in any material respect, the Advisor will provide prompt written notification to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent of any such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance, and the facts related thereto, and it is agreed that the failure to provide such notification or the failure to continue to be in compliance with the foregoing representations and warranties during the term of the Advisory Agreement as soon as possible following such notification shall be cause for Series J to terminate the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor on prior written notice to the Advisor. The Advisor also agrees that, during the term of the Advisory Agreement, from and after the date of the Memorandum and for so long as Interests in the Trust are being offered, it will provide the Selling Agent, the Trust and the Managing Owner with updated month-end information relating to the Advisor’s Past Performance History, as required to be disclosed in the performance tables relating to the performance of the Advisor in the Memorandum under the caption “EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS, INC.” beyond the periods disclosed therein. The Advisor shall use its best efforts to provide such information within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which such updated information relates and the information is available to it.

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to amend or to supplement the Memorandum in order to make the Memorandum not materially misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a subscriber, or if it is otherwise necessary in order to permit the Trust to continue to offer its Interests subject to the limitations set forth in the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor will furnish such information with respect to itself and its principals, as well as its Trading Approach and Past Performance History as the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent may reasonably request, and will cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary in the preparation of any required amendments or supplements to the Memorandum.

4. Advisor’s Closing Obligations. On or prior to a Closing Date with respect to the offering the Interests, only if requested by the Managing Owner, (each a “Closing Date”), the Advisor shall deliver or cause to be delivered, at the expense of the Trust, to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, the reports, certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to them and, except as may be set forth below, dated the Closing Date (provided that the Advisor shall not be obligated to provide either a certificate of good standing or an opinion of its counsel more frequently than once per annum absent good cause shown).

(a) A report from the Advisor which shall present, for the period from the date after the last day covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth under “EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS, INC.” in the Memorandum to the latest practicable month-end before the Closing Date, figures which shall show the actual past performance of the Advisor (or, if such actual past performance information is unavailable, then the estimated past performance) for such period, and which shall certify that, to the best of the Advisor’s knowledge, such figures are complete and accurate in all material respects.

 

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(b) A certificate of the Advisor in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and as are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor, and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties of the Advisor in Section 1 of this Agreement above are true and correct in all material respects on the date of the certificate as though made on such date.

(ii) Nothing has come to the Advisor’s attention which would cause the Advisor to believe that the Memorandum, as amended or supplemented from time to time, with respect to the Advisor, or its affiliates, and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers or employees of any of the foregoing, or with respect to the Advisor’s Trading Approach or Past Performance History, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(iii) The Advisor has performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on its part at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) A certificate of the Advisor (together with such supporting documents as are set forth in such certificate), in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as

 

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are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, with respect to, (i) the continued effectiveness of the organizational documents of the Advisor, (ii) the continued effectiveness of the Advisor’s registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the NFA and (iii) the incumbency and genuine signature of the President and Secretary of the Advisor.

(d) A certificate from the state of formation of the Advisor, to be dated at, on or around the Closing Date, as to its formation and good standing.

(e) An opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent and their counsel, dated the Closing Date, to the following effect:

(i) The Advisor is a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation and, if different, the state where it conducts its primary business activity and the Advisor has full corporate power and authority under its Certificate of Incorporation to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(ii) Each of the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Advisor, and assuming the due execution and delivery of each such Agreement by the Trust, the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trustee and the Managing Owner, as applicable,

 

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each such agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Advisor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws at the time in effect affecting creditors rights generally, or by applicable principles of equity, whether in an action at law or in equity, and except that the enforceability of the indemnification, exculpation and severability provisions may be limited under applicable federal or state securities, commodities and other laws or by public policy; and the execution and delivery of such agreements and the incurrence of the obligations thereunder and the consummation of the transactions set forth in such agreements and in the Memorandum will not violate or result in a breach of the Advisor’s formation documents, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor is bound.

(iii) Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this Section 4(e), to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, the Advisor has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary in order to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and under this Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date (including, without limitation, registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the NFA) and such licenses, registrations and approvals have not, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, been rescinded, revoked or otherwise removed.

 

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(iv) Assuming that the Trust is operated as described in the Memorandum, the Advisor is not required to be licensed or registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act (even if it voluntarily is so registered), or to such counsel’s knowledge, without independent investigation, as an investment adviser or commodity trading advisor under the laws of any state of the U.S., in order to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement or under this Agreement, or to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date. The foregoing opinion may be qualified by the fact that such counsel is not admitted to practice law in all jurisdictions, and by the fact that in rendering its opinion such counsel has relied solely upon an examination of the Blue Sky securities laws and related rules, regulations, and administrative determinations, if any, promulgated thereunder, of the various jurisdictions as reported in customarily relied upon standard compilations, and upon such counsel’s understanding of the various conclusions expressed, formally or informally, by administrative officials or other employees of the various regulatory or other governmental agencies or authorities concerned.

(v) To such counsel’s knowledge without independent investigation, except as described in the Memorandum, or in a schedule delivered by counsel to the Selling Agent, Series J and the Managing Owner prior to the date hereof, there is no pending, or threatened, suit or proceeding, known to such counsel, before or by any court, governmental or regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the

 

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Advisor or any of the assets of the Advisor or any of its principals is subject and which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Advisor or any of its principals or which reasonably might be expected materially adversely to affect any of the assets of the Advisor or any of its principals or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum; and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with its rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or (iii) any exchange, regarding non-compliance with its rules, which investigation reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum.

(vi) With respect to the Advisor and its affiliates and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing, and with respect to the Advisor’s Trading Approach, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that leads such counsel to believe that the Memorandum contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or which is necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, except that such counsel is not required to express any opinion or belief as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data, past performance tables, notes or descriptions thereto or other past performance information contained in the Memorandum.

 

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In rendering the foregoing opinions, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of fact, on a certificate of an officer of the Advisor, unless such counsel has actual knowledge otherwise, and (ii) as to matters of law of states other than that in which they are licensed to practice law, upon the opinions of other counsel, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Managing Owner, Series J and the Selling Agent, and such counsel shall state that they believe the Managing Owner, Series J and the Selling Agent may rely on them.

5. Advisor Acknowledgements. The Advisor acknowledges that it may be a condition to each closing under the Selling Agreement that the Selling Agent shall have received, at no cost to the Advisor, letter(s) from certified public accountants or other reputable professionals selected by the Selling Agent with respect to the Past Performance History of the Advisor as set forth in the Selling Agreement.

6. Representations and Warranties of Series J and the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner hereby only represents and warrants as to itself and on behalf of the Trust (as applicable), and Series J hereby only represents and warrants as to itself, to the Advisor that:

(a) On the date hereof (i) the Trust is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its

 

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ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to operate as described in the Memorandum, and (ii) the Managing Owner is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its ability to act as Managing Owner of the Trust and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Advisory Agreement, and each of Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be), and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(b) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Series J and the Managing Owner, is a valid and binding agreement of Series J and the Managing Owner, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trust, is a valid and binding obligation of the Trust, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of Series J’s, the Managing Owner’s and the Trust’s obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be) and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement, and in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date are not contrary to the provisions of the Trust’s Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), or the Managing Owner’s Articles of Incorporation

 

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or By-Laws, respectively, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order, to which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust, is a party or by which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust is bound.

(c) Each of the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform their obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA) and will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals and memberships required during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement.

(d) Series J is not required to be registered as an investment company under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(e) All authorizations, consents or orders of any court, or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the valid authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Interests have been obtained, and, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Memorandum with respect to the Interests has been issued by the CFTC or the NFA. The Memorandum as of the Closing Date contain all statements which are required to be made therein, conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act, and the rules and regulations of the CFTC, thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and do

 

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not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and at all times subsequent hereto up to and including the date of termination of the offering, the Memorandum as of the Closing Date will contain all statements required to be made therein and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act and the rules and regulations of the CFTC thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein , in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Managing Owner, the Trust or to the Selling Agent by or on behalf of the Advisor for the express purpose of inclusion in the Memorandum, including, without limitation, references to the Advisor and its affiliates and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History provided such references have been approved by the Advisor in accordance with this Agreement.

(f) The Memorandum as of the Closing Date have been delivered to the Advisor.

(g) There is no pending, or to its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before any court or arbitration panel or before or by any governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body to which the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner or the principals of any is a party, or to which any of the assets of any of the foregoing persons is subject, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in their condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects or reasonably might be expected to

 

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affect adversely in any material respect any of their assets or which reasonably might be expected to materially impair their ability to discharge their obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement; and neither the Trust, Series J nor the Managing Owner has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with NFA rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, or (iii) any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the ability of each of the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement.

7. Covenants of the Managing Owner, the Trust and Series J. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Managing Owner, the Trust or Series J discovers any fact, omission, or event or that a change of circumstance has occurred which would make the Managing Owner’s, the Trust’s or Series J’s representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust, as appropriate, promptly will provide written notification to the Advisor of such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance and the facts related thereto. The Managing Owner or the Trust shall provide the Advisor with a copy of each amendment or supplement to the Memorandum, and no amendment or supplement to the Memorandum which contains any statement or information regarding the Advisor will be filed or used unless the Advisor has received reasonable prior notice and a copy thereof and has consented in writing to such statement or information being filed and used.

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provide certificates, documents and opinions pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, Series J and the Managing Owner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Advisor, the certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to the Advisor and, except as may be set forth below, dated each such Closing Date:

(a) Certificates of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, addressed to the Advisor, in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, with respect to, as applicable, (i) the continued effectiveness of Series J’s Declaration of Trust, the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Managing Owner, and the Trust Agreement, (ii) the continued effectiveness of the registration of the Managing Owner as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA and (iii) the incumbency and genuine signature of the President and Secretary of the Managing Owner.

(b) Certificates from the States of Delaware with respect to Series J, the Managing Owner and Trust, respectively, to be dated at, on or around the Closing Date as to the formation and good standing of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, respectively.

(c) Certificates of Series J and the Managing Owner in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to Series J and the Managing Owner with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

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(ii) Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) have each performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on their part at or prior to the Closing Date.

(d) An opinion letter of counsel to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, dated the Closing Date, as follows:

(i) The Trust is a duly created and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the Delaware Act, with requisite power and authority under the Delaware Act, its Trust Agreement and its Certificate of Trust to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(ii) The Managing Owner is a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Managing Owner has full corporate power and authority under its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

 

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(iii) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized or ratified, executed and delivered on behalf of each of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be), and, assuming due execution and delivery of each such Agreement by the Advisor, each agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be), respectively, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws at the time in effect affecting creditors rights generally, or by applicable principles of equity, whether in an action at law or in equity, and except that the enforceability of the indemnification provisions may be limited under applicable federal or state securities, commodities and other laws or by public policy; and the execution and delivery of such agreements and incurrence of the obligations thereunder and the consummation of the transactions set forth in such agreements and in the Memorandum will not violate or result in a breach of their formation documents, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which they are parties or by which they are bound.

(v) Each of Series J and the Trust is not required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act in order to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date or to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(vi) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, all authorizations, consents or orders of any court or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the valid authorization, issuance, offer and sale of Interests have been obtained, including such as may be required under the CE Act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, the rules and regulations of the NFA, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no order suspending the use of the Memorandum has been issued by the CFTC, or the NFA nor has any proceeding for the issuance of such an order been instituted or threatened by the CFTC or the NFA. The foregoing may be qualified by the fact that such counsel is not admitted to practice law in all jurisdictions, and that in rendering its opinion such counsel shall rely solely upon an examination of the Blue Sky securities laws and related rules, regulations and administrative determinations, if any, promulgated thereunder, of the various jurisdictions as reported in customarily relied upon standard compilations, and upon such counsel’s understanding of the various conclusions expressed, formally or informally, by administrative officials or other employees of the various regulatory or other governmental agencies or authorities concerned.

(vii) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, each of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary in order for each of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of

 

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the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA) and such licenses, registrations and approvals have not, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, been rescinded, revoked or otherwise removed.

(viii) To such counsel’s knowledge without independent investigation, except as described in the Memorandum, or in a schedule delivered by counsel to the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner prior to the date hereof, there is no pending or threatened, suit or proceeding, known to such counsel, before or by any court, governmental or regulatory body or arbitration panel to which Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner or any of the assets of Series J, the Trust or the Managing Owner or any of their principals is subject and which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of Series J, the Trust or Managing Owner or any of their principals or which reasonably might be expected materially adversely to affect any of the assets of Series J, the Trust or Managing Owner or any of their principals or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially Series J’s, the Trust’s or Managing Owner’s (as the case may be) ability to discharge their obligations to the Advisor or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum which is not so disclosed; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, based solely on a representation of a senior officer of the Managing Owner and without having undertaken any independent investigation, neither Series J, Managing Owner or the Trust, nor any

 

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of their principals has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with its rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or (iii) any exchange, regarding non-compliance with its rules, which investigation reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially Series J’s, the Trust’s or Managing Owner’s (as the case may be) ability to discharge its obligations to the Advisor or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum which is not so disclosed.

(ix) The Memorandum as of the Closing Date are responsive in all material respects to the requirements of the CE Act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the NFA, and nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that leads it to believe that the Memorandum contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or which is necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel is not required to express any opinion or belief (A) as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data, past performance tables and notes thereto or other past performance information contained in the Memorandum, or (B) as to any statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished by the Advisor for the express purpose of inclusion in the Memorandum, including, without limitation, references to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History.

 

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In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of fact, on a certificate of an officer of the Managing Owner, unless such counsel has actual knowledge otherwise and (ii) as to matters of law of states other than that in which they are licensed to practice law, upon the opinions of other counsel, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Advisor and its counsel, and such counsel shall state that they believe the Advisor may rely on them.

9. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement, or contained in certificates required to be delivered hereunder, shall survive the termination of the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement, with respect to any matter arising while the Advisory Agreement or this Agreement was in effect. Furthermore, all representations, warranties and covenants hereunder shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

10. Indemnification.

(a) By the Advisor. In any action in which the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as trustee of the Trust (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) or the Managing Owner, or their respective controlling persons, shareholders, partners, members, managers, directors, officers and/or employees of any of the foregoing are parties, the Advisor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the foregoing persons against any loss, damage, charge, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees) (“Losses”) to which such persons may become subject, insofar as such Losses arise out of or result from (i) any misrepresentation or material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of the Advisor contained in this Agreement or (ii) any untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the omission to state

 

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in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in each case under this subclause (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in material conformity with information furnished by the Advisor to the Managing Owner for inclusion in the Memorandum and approved in writing by the Advisor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, including, without limitation, all information relating to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History, and including, but not limited to, any notification by the Advisor to any such person and given under this Agreement, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the CE Act.

(b) Of the Advisor. In any action in which the Advisor, or its controlling persons, or any of the respective shareholders, directors, officers and/or employees (the “Advisor Indemnified Parties”) are parties, the Managing Owner agrees (A) to indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor Indemnified Parties against any loss, claim, damage, charge, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys and accountants fees) (“Advisor Losses”), insofar as such Advisor Losses arise out of or result from or are based upon (i) any actual or alleged misrepresentation or material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of the Trust or the Managing Owner contained in this Agreement, (ii) any actual or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the actual or alleged omission to state in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, (iii) any actual or alleged failure to comply with any legal requirements relating to the Offering of the Interests

 

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(including without limitation, any noncompliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and/or the 1933 Act, and/or the CE Act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, and or the rules and regulation of the NFA, in each case with respect to the Offering of Interests), or (iv) any claim relating to or involving the Advisor that is not substantiated, resolved or otherwise finally determined, in each case under subclauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) hereof, except to the extent that such untrue statement, omission or failure was made in reliance upon and in material conformity with information furnished by the Advisor to the Managing Owner for inclusion in the Memorandum including, without limitation, all information relating to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History, and including but not limited to, any notification required and given under this Agreement, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the CE Act, and (B) to reimburse each of the Advisor Indemnified Parties for any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim arising out of or based upon any of the foregoing. With respect to subclause (iv) above only, the Advisor and the Managing Owner agree to negotiate in good faith a reduction, if any, in the indemnification amount required to be paid pursuant to subclause (iv) above to the Advisor based upon the relative responsibility of the Advisor for circumstances giving rise to the Advisor Losses for which indemnification is sought (including, but not limited to, the parties’ assessment of the merits of the claim), provided that in the event the Managing Owner and the Advisor fail to agree on the amount of any such reduction after good faith negotiations, they shall submit the matter to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 15 of this Agreement for the purpose of determining whether the Advisor should bear any responsibility for the Advisor Losses or whether the Advisor is entitled to indemnification for such Advisor Losses in full.

 

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(c) None of the indemnifications contained in this Section 10 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment, or to settlements entered into by an indemnified party claiming indemnification without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party.

(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of any claim or dispute or commencement of any action or litigation, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the omission to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10 except to the extent, if any, that such failure or delay prejudiced the indemnifying party in defending against the claim. In case any such claim, dispute, action or litigation is brought or asserted against any indemnified party, and it timely notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in the defense therein, and to the extent that it may wish, to assume such defense thereof, with counsel specifically approved in writing by such indemnified party, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, following notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, in which event, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 10 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, but shall continue to be liable to the indemnified party in all other respects as heretofore set forth in this Section 10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 10,

 

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if, in any claim, dispute, action or litigation as to which indemnity is or may be available, any indemnified party reasonably determines that its interests are or may be, in whole or in part, adverse to the interests of the indemnifying party, the indemnified party may retain its own counsel in connection with such claim, dispute, action or litigation and shall continue to be indemnified by the indemnifying party for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending such claim, dispute, action or litigation.

(e) Expenses incurred by an indemnified party in defending a threatened or asserted claim or a threatened or pending action shall be paid by the indemnifying party in advance of final disposition or settlement of such matter, if and to the extent that the person on whose behalf such expenses are paid shall agree in writing to reimburse the indemnifying party in the event indemnification is not permitted under this Section 10 upon final disposition or settlement.

(f) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree on their own behalf that the indemnities provided in this Agreement shall be inapplicable in the event of any loss, claim, damage, charge or liability arising out of or based upon, but limited to the extent caused by, any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of any indemnified party to any indemnifying party contained in this Agreement.

11. Limits on Claims. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against the Trust: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust a bankrupt or insolvent, or

 

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seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, or (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”). In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J or the Trust, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the assets of Series J to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against any other assets of the Trust, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

12. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement required to be given shall be effective only if given or confirmed in writing, shall be deemed given by the party providing notice when received by the party to whom notice is being given, and shall be sent certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand delivered, to the following address, or to such other address as a party may specify by written notice to each of the other parties hereto:

If to the Selling Agent:

Kenmar Securities Inc.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

 

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If to the Managing Owner, Series J or the Trust:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

If to the Advisor:

Eagle Trading Systems Inc.

47 Hulfish Street, Suite 410

Princeton, New Jersey 08542

Attention: Menachem Sternberg

Facsimile: (609) 688-2099

With a copy to:

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

575 Madison Avenue

New York, New York 10022

Attention: Fred M. Santo, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 940-8563

13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made under the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that State and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of that State, without regard to the conflict of laws principles.

 

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14. Arbitration, Remedies. Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by non-binding mediation for a period of at least 60 days and, failing that, by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of NFA or, if NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association. The parties also agree that the award of the arbitrators shall be final and may be enforced in the courts of New York and in any other courts having jurisdiction over the parties.

15. Assignment. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the express prior written consent of each of the other parties hereto.

16. Amendment or Modification or Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by the written consent of each of the parties hereto.

17. Successors. Except as set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Selling Agent, the Advisor, and the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of them, and no other person shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assigns” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

18. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

19. No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

 

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20. No Liability of Limited Owners. This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner, and the obligations of Series J, the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth in this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

21. Headings. Headings to Sections in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

22. Complete Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one original instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J
By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., its sole Managing Owner
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and
  Senior Executive Vice President
KENMAR SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Braxton Glasgow III

Name:   Braxton Glasgow III
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and
  Senior Executive Vice President
EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS INC.
By:  

/s/ Menachem Sternberg

Name:   Menachem Sternberg
Title:   Chairman

 

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Exhibit A

Form of Consent and Approval

Reference is hereby made to the Representation Agreement Concerning the Memorandum, dated as of November 28, 2008 (the “Agreement”), by and among World Monitor Trust III – Series J (“Series J”), a separate series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), Kenmar Securities Inc. (the “Selling Agent”) and Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (the “Managing Owner”). Capitalized terms used but not defined herein have the meaning given thereto in the Agreement.

The undersigned, Eagle Trading Systems, Inc., hereby consents to the use, filing and distribution by the Trust, the Selling Agent and the Managing Owner of the information described below and attached hereto, as contemplated by the Agreement and, in particular, Sections 1.a. and 10.a. thereof.

Description: [Sections of the Memorandum of the Trust, dated [date], relating to the undersigned, the Eagle Momentum Program and related matters.]

 

EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS INC.
By:  

/s/ Menachem Sternberg

  Menachem Sternberg
  Chairman

 

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EXHIBIT D

EAGLE TRADING SYSTEMS INC. DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT

 

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EX-10.3 5 dex103.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT---ORTUS CAPITAL Amended and Restated Advisory Agreement---Ortus Capital

Exhibit 10.3

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT

AMENDED AND RESTATED ADVISORY AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J (“Series J”), a separate series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”) and ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (CAYMAN) LIMITED, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust has been organized primarily for the purpose of trading, buying, selling, spreading or otherwise acquiring, holding or disposing of currency spot and forward contracts. Other transactions also may be effected from time to time, including among others, those as more fully identified in Exhibit A hereto; the foregoing transactions and instruments are collectively referred to as “Financial Instruments”; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is the managing owner of the Trust; and

WHEREAS, the Managing Owner is authorized to utilize the services of one or more professional commodity trading advisors in connection with the Financial Instruments trading activities of Series J; and

WHEREAS, the Advisor’s present business includes the management of Financial Instruments accounts for its clients; and

 

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WHEREAS, the Trust has terminated its public offering and is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of beneficial interests (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) evidenced by different series of Interests (each, a “Series”) through Kenmar Securities Inc., as Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a Confidential Private Placement Memorandum and Disclosure Document (the “Memorandum”) for the offering of Series J Interests (Units relating to the Series J Interests are referred to herein as the “Series J Units”); and

WHEREAS, Series J, the Managing Owner and the Advisor entered into an Advisory Agreement dated April 5, 2007 (the “Original Agreement”) pursuant to which the Advisor rendered and implemented commodity trading advisory services on behalf of Series J; and

WHEREAS, the parties hereby desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement in its entirety.

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Duties of the Advisor.

(a) Appointment. Series J hereby continues the appointment of the Advisor, and the Advisor hereby accepts such continued appointment, as its limited attorney-in-fact to exercise discretion to invest and reinvest in Financial Instruments during the term of this Agreement the portion of Series J’s Net Asset Value (as defined in the Memorandum) allocated to the Advisor which initially shall not be less than $10 million (the “Allocated Assets”, and the account(s) for holding the Financial Instruments of the Allocated Assets shall be referred as the “Account”) on the terms and conditions and for the purposes set forth herein. This limited

 

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power-of-attorney is a continuing power and shall continue in effect with respect to the Advisor until terminated hereunder. The Advisor shall have sole authority and responsibility for independently directing the investment and reinvestment in Financial Instruments of the Allocated Assets for the term of this Agreement pursuant to the trading programs, methods, systems, and strategies described in Exhibit A hereto, which Series J and the Managing Owner have selected to be utilized by the Advisor in trading the Allocated Assets (collectively referred to as the Advisor’s “Trading Approach”), subject to the trading policies and limitations as set forth in the Memorandum and attached hereto as Exhibit B (the “Trading Policies and Limitations”), as the same may be modified from time to time and provided in writing to the Advisor. The portion of the Allocated Assets to be allocated by the Advisor at any point in time to one or more of the various trading strategies comprising the Advisor’s Trading Approach will be determined as set forth in Exhibit A hereto, as it may be amended from time to time, with the consent of the parties, it being understood that trading gains and losses automatically will alter the agreed upon allocations. Upon receipt of a new allocation, the Advisor will determine and, if required, adjust its trading in light of the new allocation.

(b) Allocation of Responsibilities. Series J will have the responsibility for the management of any portion of the Allocated Assets that are not invested in Financial Instruments. The Advisor will use its good faith and best efforts in determining the investment and reinvestment in Financial Instruments of the Allocated Assets in compliance with the Trading Policies and Limitations, and in accordance with the Advisor’s Trading Approach. In the event that Series J shall, in its sole discretion, determine in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that any trading instruction issued by the Advisor violates the Trading Policies and Limitations, then Series J, following reasonable notice to the Advisor appropriate under the circumstances, may override such trading instruction and

 

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shall be responsible therefore. Nothing herein shall be construed to prevent the Managing Owner from imposing any limitation(s) on the trading activities of Series J beyond those enumerated in the Memorandum if the Managing Owner determines that such limitation(s) are necessary or in the best interests of the Trust or Series J, in which case the Advisor will adhere to such limitations following written notification thereof.

(c) Gains From Trading Approach. The Advisor agrees that at least 90% of the annual gross income and gain, if any, generated by its Trading Approach for Allocated Assets will be “qualifying income” within the meaning of Section 7704(d) of the Code (it being understood that such income will largely result from buying and selling Financial Instruments and that the Trading Approach is not intended primarily to generate interest income). The Advisor also agrees that it will attempt to trade in such a manner as to allow non-U.S. Limited Owners (as defined below) to qualify for the safe harbors found in Section 864(b)(2) of the Code and as interpreted in the regulations promulgated or proposed thereunder.

(d) Modification of Trading Approach. In the event the Advisor requests to use, or Series J requests the Advisor to use, a trading program, system, method or strategy other than or in addition to the trading programs, systems, methods or strategies comprising the Trading Approach in connection with trading for Series J (including, without limitation, the deletion or addition of an agreed upon trading program, system, method or strategy to the then agreed upon Trading Approach), either in whole or in part, the Advisor may not do so and/or shall not be required to do so, as appropriate, unless both Series J and the Advisor consent thereto in writing.

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make any material change in such Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) over the objection of Series J, it being understood that the Advisor shall be free to institute non-material changes in its Trading Approach (as applied to Series J) without prior written notification. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, refinements to the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and the deletion (but not the addition) of Financial Instruments (other than the addition of Financial Instruments then being traded (i) on organized domestic commodities exchanges, (ii) on foreign commodities exchanges recognized by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as providing customer protections comparable to those provided on domestic exchanges, or (iii) in the interbank foreign currency market) to or from the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and variations in the leverage principles and policies utilized by the Advisor, shall not be deemed a material change in the Advisor’s Trading Approach, and prior approval of Series J shall not be required therefore.

Subject to adequate assurances of confidentiality, the Advisor agrees that it will discuss with Series J upon request any trading methods, programs, systems or strategies used by it for trading customer accounts which differ from the Trading Approach used for Series J, provided that nothing contained in this Agreement shall require the Advisor to disclose what it deems to be proprietary or confidential information.

(f) Request for Information. The Advisor agrees to provide Series J with any reasonable information concerning the Advisor that Series J may reasonably request (other than the identity of its customers or proprietary or confidential information concerning the Trading Approach), subject to receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality by Series J, including, but not limited to, information regarding any change in control, key personnel, Trading Approach and financial condition which Series J reasonably deems to be material to Series J; the Advisor

 

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also shall notify Series J of any such matters the Advisor, in its reasonable judgment, believes may be material to Series J relating to the Advisor and its Trading Approach. During the term of this Agreement, the Advisor agrees to provide Series J with updated monthly information related to the Advisor’s performance results within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which it relates.

(g) Notice of Errors. The Advisor is responsible for promptly reviewing all oral and written confirmations it receives to determine that the Financial Instruments trades were made in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions. If the Advisor determines that an error was made in connection with a trade or that a trade was made other than in accordance with the Advisor’s instructions, the Advisor shall promptly notify Series J of this fact and shall utilize its commercially reasonable efforts to cause the error or discrepancy to be corrected.

(h) Liability. Neither the Advisor nor any employee, director, officer or shareholder of the Advisor, nor any person who controls the Advisor, shall be liable to Series J, its officers, directors, Members, shareholders or employees, or any person who controls Series J, or any of their respective successors or assignees under this Agreement, except by reason of acts or omissions in material breach of this Agreement or due to their willful misconduct or gross negligence or by reason of their not having acted in good faith in the reasonable belief that such actions or omissions were in the best interests of Series J and its Limited Owners; it being understood that the Advisor makes no guarantee of profit nor offers any protection against loss, and that all purchases and sales of Financial Instruments shall be for the account and risk of Series J, and the Advisor shall incur no liability for trading profits or losses resulting therefrom provided the Advisor would not otherwise be liable to Series J under the terms hereof.

 

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(i) Initial Allocation, Additional Allocations, and Reallocations. Initially, the Allocated Assets will total an amount allocated to the Advisor by the Managing Owner.

(j) Additional Allocations and Reallocations. Subject to Section 10(a) below, Series J may, on a monthly basis, as described in the Memorandum, (i) allocate additional assets to the Advisor, (ii) reallocate the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor to another trading advisor (an “Other Advisor”), (iii) reallocate assets to the Advisor from an Other Advisor or (iv) allocate additional capital with respect to the Allocated Assets to an Other Advisor.

(k) Delivery of Disclosure Document. The Advisor agrees to provide to the Managing Owner any amendment, or supplement, to the Disclosure Document attached hereto as Exhibit D (an “Update”) as soon as such Update is available for distribution following the filing of such update in final form with the NFA.

2. Indemnification.

(a) Series J Indemnification of the Advisor. Subject to the provisions of Section 3 of this Agreement, the Advisor, and each officer, director, shareholder and employee of the Advisor, and each person who controls the Advisor, shall be indemnified, defended, and held harmless by Series J and the Managing Owner, jointly and severally, from and against any and all claims, losses, judgments, liabilities, damages, costs, expenses (including, without limitation, reasonable investigatory and attorneys’ fees and expenses) and amounts paid in settlement of any claims in compliance with the conditions specified below (collectively, “Losses”) sustained by the Advisor (i) in connection with any acts or omissions of the Advisor, or any of its officers, directors or employees relating to its management of the Allocated Assets, including in connection with this Agreement or otherwise as a result of the Advisor’s

 

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performance of services on behalf of Series J or its role as trading advisor to the Allocated Assets and (ii) as a result of a material breach of this Agreement by Series J or the Managing Owner, (iii) in connection with or as a result of situations caused not by the Advisor but by other advisors of Series J or the Trust, provided that, (i) such Losses were not the result of negligence, misconduct or a material breach of this Agreement on the part of the Advisor, and its officers, directors, shareholders and employees, and each person controlling the Advisor, (ii) the Advisor, and its officers, directors, shareholders and employees, and each person controlling the Advisor, acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed by such person to be in or not opposed to the best interests of Series J and (iii) any such indemnification will only be recoverable from the Allocated Assets and the assets of the Managing Owner and not from any other assets of Series J or the other Series of the Trust, and provided further, that no indemnification shall be permitted under this Section 2 for amounts paid in settlement if either (A) the Advisor fails to notify Series J of the terms of any settlement proposed, at least fifteen (15) days before any amounts are paid, or (B) Series J does not approve the amount of the settlement within fifteen (15) days (such approval not to be withheld unreasonably). Notwithstanding the foregoing, Series J shall, at all times, have the right to offer to settle any matter for a monetary amount with the approval of the Advisor (which approval shall not be withheld unreasonably) and if Series J successfully negotiates a monetary settlement and tenders payment therefore to the party claiming indemnification (the “Indemnitee”) the Indemnitee must either use commercially reasonable efforts to dispose of the matter in accordance with the terms and conditions of the proposed settlement or the Indemnitee may refuse to settle the matter and continue its defense in which latter event the maximum liability of Series J to the Indemnitee shall be the amount of said proposed settlement; provided, however, that nothing herein contained shall require the Indemnitee to accept any settlement which has provisions requiring anything other than payment of a monetary amount.

 

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(b) Default Judgments and Confessions of Judgment. None of the foregoing provisions for indemnification shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment entered into by the Indemnitee, with its knowledge, without the prior consent of Series J.

(c) Procedure. In the event that an Indemnitee under this Section 2 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging both matters for which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for which indemnification may not be made hereunder, such Indemnitee shall be indemnified only for that portion of the Losses incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters for which indemnification can be made.

(d) Expenses. Expenses incurred in defending a threatened or pending civil, administrative or criminal action, suit or proceeding against an Indemnitee shall be paid by Series J in advance of the final disposition of such action, suit or proceeding if (i) the legal action, suit or proceeding, if sustained, would entitle the Indemnitee to indemnification pursuant to the terms of this Section 2, and (ii) the Advisor undertakes to repay the advanced funds to Series J in cases in which the Indemnitee is not entitled to indemnification pursuant to this Section 2.

3. Limits on Claims.

(a) Prohibited Acts. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against Series J: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust or Series J in an involuntary case or proceeding

 

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under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust or Series J a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust or Series J under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or Series J or of any substantial part of any of their properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of their affairs, (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively, “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”).

(b) Limited Assets Available. In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the Allocated Assets to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against the other assets of the Trust or Series J, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken or otherwise. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

(c) No Limited Owner Liability. This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J for the benefit of Series J and the obligations of Series J set forth herein are not binding upon any of the owners of any Series (“Limited Owners”) individually, but are binding only upon the assets and property identified above and no resort shall be had to the assets of Series J other than Allocated Assets in the Account or any other Series issued by the Trust or the Limited Owners’ personal property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim hereunder.

 

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4. Obligations of the Trust, the Managing Owner and the Advisor.

(a) The Memorandum. Each of Series J and the Managing Owner agrees to cooperate and use its good faith, and best efforts in connection with (i) the preparation by the Trust of the Memorandum (and any amendments or supplements thereto), (ii) the filing of all documents (and any amendments or supplements thereto) with such governmental and self-regulatory authorities as the Managing Owner deems appropriate for the sale of the Interests and the taking of such other actions not inconsistent with this Agreement as the Managing Owner may determine to be necessary or advisable in order to make the proposed offer and sale of Interests lawful in any jurisdiction, and (iii) the taking of such other actions as the Managing Owner may reasonably determine to be necessary or advisable in order to comply with any other legal or regulatory requirements applicable to the Trust or Series J. The Advisor agrees to make all required disclosures regarding itself, its officers and principals, trading performance, Trading Approach, customer accounts (other than the names of customers, unless such disclosure is required by law or regulation) and otherwise as may be required, in the reasonable judgment of counsel to the Managing Owner, to be made in the Memorandum and in applications to any such jurisdictions by reason of any law or regulation applicable to the Trust or Series J. Except as required by applicable law or regulations, no description of, or other information relating to, the Advisor may be distributed by the Managing Owner and/or Series J without the prior written consent of the Advisor; provided that distribution (no frequent than weekly) of performance information for periods of one week or greater relating to Series J’s account as a whole (not solely relating to the Allocated Assets of Series J allocated to the Advisor) according to Section 5(c)(B) shall not require consent of the Advisor. In addition, except as required by applicable law or regulations, the Managing Owner and/or Series J shall not disclose or distribute information relating to the Financial Instrument positions in, or purchases or sales of Financial

 

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Instruments for, the Account, provided that Series J and/or the Managing Owner will provide the Advisor with prior written notice of the information to be disclosed to the extent that such notice is permissible under the circumstances and will seek, and will allow Advisor to seek, to obtain confidential treatment of such information by the persons to whom it is disclosed.

(b) Road Shows. The Advisor agrees to participate in “road show” and similar presentations in connection with the offering of the Series J Interests to the extent reasonably requested by the Managing Owner, on the following conditions: (i) all expenses incurred by the Advisor in the course of such participation will be paid for by the Managing Owner and/or the Selling Agent, (ii) the Advisor shall not be obligated to take any action which might require registration as a broker-dealer or investment adviser under any applicable federal or state law, and (iii) the Advisor shall not be required to assist in “road show” or similar presentations to the extent that it reasonably believes that doing so would interfere with its trading, marketing or other activities or otherwise would be unduly burdensome to it.

(c) Advisor Not A Promoter. The parties acknowledge that the Advisor has not been, either alone or in conjunction with the Selling Agent or its affiliates, an organizer or promoter of Series J, and it is not intended by the parties that the Advisor shall have any liability as such.

(d) Representation Agreement. On the date of execution of this Agreement, the parties agree to execute a Representation Agreement (the “Representation Agreement”) relating to the offering of the Series J Interests substantially in the form of Exhibit C to this Agreement.

 

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5. Advisor Independence.

(a) Independent Contractor. The Advisor shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor with respect to Series J, the Managing Owner and each other trading advisor that may in the future provide trading advisory services to Series J and the Managing Owner and its affiliates, and shall, unless otherwise expressly authorized, have no authority to act for or to represent Series J, the Managing Owner, any other trading advisor or the Selling Agent in any way or otherwise be deemed to be a general agent, joint venturer or partner of Series J, the Managing Owner, any other trading advisor, or in any way be responsible for the acts or omissions of Series J, the Managing Owner, any other trading advisor as long as it is acting independently of such persons.

(b) Purchase of Interests. Any of the Advisor, its principals and employees may, in its discretion, purchase Interests in the Trust.

(c) Confidentiality. Series J and the Managing Owner acknowledge that the Trading Approach including methods, models and strategies of the Advisor) and positional information, trading records, and performance information of the Account are the proprietary properties of the Advisor. Each of Series J and the Managing Owner agrees to maintain in strict confidence any and all Confidential Information (as defined below) regarding the Advisor which it obtains pursuant to or in connection with this Agreement or the relationship created hereby and agrees that (i) it shall use such Confidential Information solely in the performance of its duties hereunder; (ii) it shall not disclose any such Confidential Information to any person other than the Privileged Persons (as defined below) except:

(A) as required to do so by applicable laws, the request of any regulatory body or valid legal process, provided, however, that Series J and/or the Managing Owner will provide the Advisor with prior written notice of the information to be disclosed to the extent that such notice is permissible under the circumstances and will seek, and will allow Advisor to seek, to obtain confidential treatment of such information by the persons to whom it is disclosed; and

 

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(B) as for performance information, Series J and the Managing Owner can disclose no more frequently than weekly to Limited Owners estimated performance returns of Series J as whole (and not the Advisor’s performance for the Account) only for periods of one week or greater (i.e. any two time points used for measuring the return performance of the Series J as a whole must be apart by one week or more). For avoidance of doubt, Series J and the Managing Owner may not disclose more than once per week to Limited Owners any performance information with respect to Series J or the Advisor for time periods shorter than one week, information relating to the Financial Instrument positions in, or purchases or sales of Financial Instruments for, the Account.

As used herein the term “Privileged Persons” shall only include Series J the Managing Owner, the Managing Owner Affiliates (as defined below), and each such party’s officers and employees, attorneys, accountants and Series J’s administrator and prime broker who need to know such Confidential Information solely for the purpose of servicing this Account. (Series J and the Managing Owner represent that the Privileged Persons are bound by confidentiality agreements.); for avoidance of doubt, the Privileged Persons shall exclude any Limited Owners, any affiliate of the Managing Owner and their respective officers and employees.

 

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As used herein the term “Confidential Information” shall mean and include, but not be limited to, each party’s respective proprietary or confidential market and/or computerized investment approaches, trading systems or programs, mathematical models, simulated results, simulation software, price or research databases, trading records and positional information of the Account, performance data of the Account (including but not limited to actual or estimated returns of periods shorter than one month), other research, algorithms, numerical techniques, analytical results, technical data, strategies and methodologies, business methods, trade secrets, internal marketing materials or memoranda, corporate policies, supervisory and risk control techniques and procedures, fee and compensation structures, trader trial programs, investor and contact lists, knowledge of facilities and any books and records made available to either party and any other proprietary materials or information; provided, however, that the term Confidential Information shall not include any such information which (a) was in the non-disclosing party’s possession prior to its being furnished under the terms of this Agreement, (b) is now, or hereafter becomes, through no act or failure to act on the part of the non-disclosing party, generally known to the public, (c) is rightfully obtained by the non-disclosing party from a third party, without breach of any obligation to the disclosing party, or (d) has been independently developed by the non-disclosing without use of or reference to the Confidential Information prior to this Agreement.

As used herein the term “Managing Owner Affiliates” shall only include those companies that are wholly owned, directly or indirectly, by Kenneth A. Shewer and Marc S. Goodman, including any parent companies, subsidiaries, affiliates or other entities that control, are controlled by, or are under common control with, the Managing Owner.

 

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Upon termination of this Agreement or completion of the services contemplated by this Agreement, or at any time that either party may so request, Series J and the Managing Owner, as the recipient of Confidential Information (“Recipient”), shall promptly return to the disclosing party (the “Provider”), or destroy, all Confidential Information in the Recipient’s possession, except that neither party is required to return to the Provider or destroy any Confidential Information that the Recipient must retain pursuant to applicable law.

Series J and the Managing Owner each acknowledge that the Advisor hereto shall be irreparably injured if Series J and/or the Managing Owner violate the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Section 5(c). Series J and the Managing Owner further acknowledge and agree that Advisor shall be entitled to a court order enjoining any such violation without proof of irreparable harm or the posting of any bond or other security, and that Series J and the Managing Owner shall not challenge the granting of such relief or any requests therefore. Series J and/or the Managing Owner shall notify Advisor immediately upon discovery of any unauthorized use of or access to or disclosure of Confidential Information or any threat of doing so, and shall cooperate with Advisor in every reasonable way to help regain possession of such Confidential Information and to prevent its further unauthorized use or access. Series J and the Managing Owner each agree that they shall not, and shall not cause anyone to, engage in financial transactions based on the Advisor’s Confidential Information. Series J and the Managing Owner each further agree that they shall not, and shall not cause anyone, to use any information or data concerning the Account or its trading activities to recreate or reverse engineer any of the Advisor’s investment strategies, models or processes.

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6. Broker.

All Financial Instruments traded for the account of Series J shall be made through such broker or brokers or counterparty or counterparties as Series J directs or otherwise in accordance with such order execution procedures as are agreed upon between the Advisor and Series J. Except as set forth below, the Advisor shall not have any authority or responsibility in selecting or supervising any floor broker or counterparty for execution of Financial Instruments trades of Series J or for negotiating floor brokerage commission rates or other compensation to be charged therefore. The Advisor shall not be responsible for determining that any such broker or counterparty used in connection with any Financial Instruments transactions meets the financial requirements or standards imposed by Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations. At the present time it is contemplated that Series J will execute and clear all Financial Instruments trades through UBS Securities LLC or UBS AG. The Advisor may, however, with the consent of Series J, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld, execute transactions at such other firm(s), and upon such terms and conditions, as the Advisor and Series J agree if such firm(s) agree to “give up” all such transactions to UBS Securities LLC or UBS AG for clearance. To the extent that Series J determines to utilize a broker or counterparty other than UBS Securities LLC or UBS AG, Series J will consult with the Advisor prior to directing it to utilize such broker or counterparty, and will not retain the services of such firm(s) over the reasonable objection of the Advisor.

7. Fees.

In consideration of and in compensation for the performance of the Advisor’s services under this Agreement, the Advisor shall receive from Series J a monthly management fee (the “Management Fee”) and a quarterly incentive fee (the “Incentive Fee”) based on the Allocated Assets, which in all events shall be unaffected by the performance of the other Series or any other trading advisor, as follows:

(a) A Management Fee equal to  1/12 of 2% (0.16667%) of the Allocated Assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month (an annual rate of 2%). For purposes of determining the Management Fee, any distributions, redemptions, or reallocation of the Allocated Assets made as of the last day of a month shall be added back to the Allocated Assets and there shall be no reduction for (i) any accrued but unpaid incentive fees due the Advisor under paragraph (b) below for the quarter in which such fees are being computed, or (ii) any accrued but unpaid extraordinary expenses (as defined in the Trust Agreement). The Management Fee determined for any month in which an Advisor manages the Allocated Assets for less than a full month shall be pro rated, such proration to be calculated on the basis of the number of days in the month the Allocated Assets were under the Advisor’s management as compared to the total number of days in such month, with such proration to include appropriate adjustments for any funds taken away from the Advisor’s management during the month for reasons other than distributions or redemptions, including but not limited to the reduction of the Allocated Assets allocated to the Advisor’s management resulting from the payment of extraordinary expenses. Management fees paid pursuant to this Section are non-refundable.

 

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(b) An Incentive Fee of twenty per cent (20%) (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as hereinafter defined) generated on the Allocated Assets, including realized and unrealized gains and losses thereon, as of the close of business on the last day of each calendar quarter (the “Incentive Measurement Date”).

New High Net Trading Profits (for purposes of calculating the Advisor’s Incentive Fee only) will be computed as of the Incentive Measurement Date and will include such profits (as outlined below) since the immediately preceding Incentive Measurement Date (each an “Incentive Measurement Period”).

 

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New High Net Trading Profits for any Incentive Measurement Period will be the net profits, if any, from trading the Allocated Assets during such period (including (i) realized trading profit (loss) plus or minus (ii) the change in unrealized trading profit (loss) on open positions) and will be calculated after the determination of Series J’s transaction costs attributable to the Allocated Assets, the Advisor’s Management Fee, the operating expenses for which the Allocated Assets are responsible (for avoidance of doubt, such operating expenses, currently estimated to be 0.68% per annum of the Allocated Assets, only include fees and expenses relating to fund administration, legal and accounting/auditing), and any extraordinary expenses (e.g., litigation, costs or damages) paid during an Incentive Measurement Period which are specifically related to the Advisor, but before deduction of any Incentive Fees payable during the Incentive Measurement Period. New High Net Trading Profits will not include interest earned or credited on the Allocated Assets. New High Net Trading Profits will be generated only to the extent that the Advisor’s cumulative New High Net Trading Profits exceed the highest level of cumulative New High Net Trading Profits achieved by the Advisor as of a previous Incentive Measurement Date. Except as set forth below, net losses from prior quarters (including any cumulative net losses as of the close of business on November 30, 2008 with respect to Series J which the Advisor was required to recoup under the Original Agreement must be recouped before New High Net Trading Profits can again be generated. If a withdrawal or distribution occurs or if this Agreement is terminated at any date that is not an Incentive Measurement Date, the date of the withdrawal or distribution or termination will be treated as if it were an Incentive Measurement Date, but any Incentive Fee accrued in respect of the withdrawn assets on such date shall not be paid to the Advisor until the next scheduled Incentive

 

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Measurement Date. New High Net Trading Profits for an Incentive Measurement Period shall exclude capital contributions to Series J in an Incentive Measurement Period, distributions or redemptions paid or payable by Series J during an Incentive Measurement Period, as well as losses, if any, associated with redemptions, distributions, and reallocations of assets during the Incentive Measurement Period and prior to the Incentive Measurement Date (i.e., to the extent that assets are allocated away from the Advisor (through redemptions, distributions or allocations caused by Series J), any loss carryforward attributable to the Advisor shall be reduced in the same proportion that the value of the assets allocated away from the Advisor comprises the value of the Allocated Assets prior to such allocation away from the Advisor. In calculating cumulative New High Net Trading Profits, incentive fees paid for a previous Incentive Measurement Period will not reduce cumulative New High Net Trading Profits in subsequent periods.

Any net gains that have accumulated since the most recent Incentive Measurement Date under the Original Agreement (September 30, 2008) shall be carried forward to the next Incentive Measurement Date commencing with this Agreement.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor acknowledges and agrees that

(c) Timing of Payment. Management Fees and Incentive Fees shall be paid within fifteen (15) business days following the end of the period for which they are payable. Given that the Trading Advisor has been trading Trust assets under the Original Agreement prior to the execution of this Agreement, the first incentive fee which may be due and owing to the Advisor in respect of any New High Net Trading Profits will be due and owing as of the end of the first calendar quarter during which the Trading Advisor began managing the Allocated Assets under this Agreement. If an Incentive Fee shall have been paid by the Trust to the

 

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Advisor in respect of any calendar quarter and the Advisor shall incur subsequent losses on the Allocated Assets the Advisor shall nevertheless be entitled to retain amounts previously paid to it in respect of New High Net Trading Profits.

(d) Fee Data. Series J will provide the Advisor with the data used by Series J to compute the foregoing fees within ten (10) business days of the end of the relevant period. The Advisor shall be free to contest the calculations if in its reasonable judgment they are inaccurate.

(e) Third Party Payments. Neither the Advisor, nor any of its officers, directors, employees or stockholders, shall receive any commissions, compensation, remuneration or payments whatsoever from any broker with which Series J carries an account for transactions executed in Series J’s account. The parties acknowledge that a spouse of any of the foregoing persons may receive floor brokerage commissions in respect of trades effected pursuant to the Advisor’s Trading Approach on behalf of Series J, which payment shall not violate the preceding sentence.

8. Term and Termination.

(a) Term. This Agreement shall commence on the date hereof and, unless sooner terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, shall continue in effect until the close of business on the last day of the month ending twelve (12) full months following the date hereof. Thereafter, unless this Agreement is terminated pursuant to paragraphs (b), (c) or (d) of this Section 8, this Agreement shall be renewed automatically on the same terms and conditions set forth herein for successive additional twelve-month terms, each of which shall commence on the first day of the month subsequent to the conclusion of the preceding term.

 

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Subject to Section 8(d)(iv) hereof, the automatic renewal(s) set forth in the preceding sentence hereof shall not be affected by (i) any allocation of the Allocated Assets away from the Advisor pursuant to this Agreement, or (ii) the retention of Other Advisors following a reallocation, or otherwise.

(b) Automatic Termination. This Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Trust or Series J is terminated. In addition, this Agreement shall terminate automatically in the event that the Allocated Assets decline as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the Allocated Assets (i) as of the Any net gains that have accumulated since the most recent Incentive Measurement Date under the Original Agreement (September 30, 2008) shall be carried forward to the next Incentive Measurement Date., or (ii) as of the first day of any calendar year, as adjusted in each instance on an ongoing basis by (A) any decline(s) in the Allocated Assets caused by distributions, redemptions, reallocations, and withdrawals, and (B) additions to the Allocated Assets caused by additional allocations.

(c) Optional Termination Right of Series J. This Agreement may be terminated at any time at the election of Series J in its sole discretion upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to the Advisor. Series J will use its best efforts to cause any termination to occur as of a month-end. This Agreement also may be terminated upon prior written notice, appropriate under the circumstances, to the Advisor in the event that: (i) Series J determines in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that the Advisor is unable to use its agreed upon Trading Approach to any material extent, as such Trading Approach may be refined or modified in the future in accordance with the terms of this Agreement for the benefit of Series J; (ii) Series J determines in good faith following consultation appropriate under the circumstances with the Advisor that the Advisor has

 

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failed to conform, and after receipt of written notice, continues to fail to conform in any material respect, to (A) any of Series J’s Trading Policies and Limitations, or (B) the Advisor’s Trading Approach; (iii) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by the Advisor; (iv) the Advisor dissolves, merges or consolidates with another entity, or sells a substantial portion of its assets, or a change in any material respect in any portion of the Advisor’s Trading Approach utilized by the Advisor for Series J, without the consent of Series J; (v) the principals of the Advisor listed in the Prospectus are not in control of the Advisor’s trading activities for Series J; (vi) the Advisor becomes bankrupt (admitted or decreed) or insolvent, (vii) for any other reason, Series J determines in good faith that such termination is essential for the protection of Series J, including without limitation a good faith determination by Series J that the Advisor has breached a material obligation to Series J under this Agreement relating to the trading of the Allocated Assets.

(d) Optional Termination Right of Advisor. The Advisor shall have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time in its sole discretion upon at least thirty (30) days’ prior written notice to Series J and the Managing Owner. Any such termination shall be effective as of the last Business Day of the month in which such 30th day shall fall. The Advisor shall also have the right to terminate this Agreement at any time upon written notice to Series J and the Managing Owner, appropriate under the circumstances, in the event: (i) of the receipt by the Advisor of an opinion of independent counsel reasonably satisfactory to the Advisor and Series J that by reason of the Advisor’s activities with respect to Series J it is required to register as an investment adviser under the Investment Advisers Act of 1940 and it is not so registered; (ii) that the registration of the Managing Owner as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act or its NFA membership as a commodity pool operator is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed; (iii) that Series J (A) imposes additional trading limitation(s) pursuant to Section 1 of

 

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this Agreement which the Advisor does not agree to follow in its management of the Allocated Assets, or (B) overrides trading instructions of the Advisor or does not consent to a material change to the Trading Approach requested by the Advisor; (iv) if the amount of the Allocated Assets decreases to less than $10 million as the result of redemptions, distributions, reallocations of the Allocated Assets or deleveraging initiated by Series J, but not trading losses, as of the close of business on the last Business Day of any month; (v) Series J elects (pursuant to Section 1 of this Agreement) to have the Advisor use a different Trading Approach in the Advisor’s management of the Allocated Assets from that which the Advisor is then using to manage such assets and the Advisor objects to using such different Trading Approach; (vi) there is an unauthorized assignment of this Agreement by Series J; (vii) there is a material breach of this Agreement by Series J and after giving written notice to Series J which identifies such breach and such material breach has not been cured within 10 days following receipt of such notice by Series J; or (viii) other good cause is shown and the written consent of Series J is obtained (which shall not be withheld or delayed unreasonably).

(e) Termination Fees. In the event that this Agreement is terminated with respect to, or by, the Advisor pursuant to this Section 8 or Series J allocates its assets to Other Advisors, the Advisor shall be entitled to, and Series J shall pay, the Management Fee and the Incentive Fee, if any, which shall be computed (i) with respect to the Management Fee, on a pro rata basis, based upon the portion of the month for which the Advisor had the Allocated Assets under management, and (ii) with respect to the Incentive Fee, if any, as if the effective date of termination was the last day of the then current calendar quarter. The rights of the Advisor to fees earned through the earlier to occur of the date of expiration or termination shall survive this Agreement until satisfied.

 

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(f) Termination and Open Positions. Once terminated, the Advisor shall have no responsibility for existing positions, including delivery issues, if any, which may result from such positions.

9. Liquidation of Positions.

The Advisor agrees to liquidate open positions in the amount that Series J informs the Advisor, in writing via facsimile or other equivalent means, that Series J considers necessary or advisable to liquidate in order to (i) effect any termination or reallocation pursuant to Sections 1 or 8, respectively, or (ii) fund its pro rata share of any redemption, distribution or Series J expense. Series J shall not, however, have authority to instruct the Advisor as to which specific open positions to liquidate, except as provided in Section 1 hereof. Series J shall provide the Advisor with such reasonable prior notice of such liquidation as is practicable under the circumstances and will endeavor to provide at least three (3) days’ prior notice. In the event that losses incurred as a result of such liquidation by the Advisor exceed the amount of the Allocated Assets, Series J agrees to cover such excess losses from its assets, but in no event from the assets of the other Series issued by the Trust. The Advisor shall have no liability for such losses.

10. Other Accounts of the Advisor.

(a) Management of Other Accounts and Trading Proprietary Capital. Subject to paragraph (b) of this Section 10, the Advisor shall be free to (i) manage and trade accounts for other investors (including other public and private commodity pools), and (ii) trade for its own account, and for the accounts of its partners, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as applicable, using the same or other information and Trading Approach utilized in the performance of services for Series J.

 

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(b) Equitable Treatment of Accounts. The Advisor agrees, in its management of accounts other than the account of Series J pursuant to the Trading Approach being used by Series J, that it will not knowingly or deliberately favor any other account managed or controlled by it or any of its principals or affiliates (in whole or in part) over Series J. The preceding sentence shall not be interpreted to preclude (i) the Advisor from charging another client fees which differ from the fees to be paid to it hereunder, or (ii) an adjustment by the Advisor in the implementation of any agreed upon Trading Approach in accordance with the procedures set forth in Section 1 hereof which is undertaken by the Advisor in good faith in order to accommodate additional accounts. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Advisor also shall not be deemed to be favoring another account over Series J’s account if the Advisor, in accordance with specific instructions of the owner of such account, shall trade such account at a degree of leverage or in accordance with trading policies which shall be different from that which would normally be applied or if the Advisor, in accordance with the Advisor’s money management principles, shall not trade certain contracts for an account based on the amount of equity in such account. The Advisor, upon reasonable request and receipt of adequate assurances of confidentiality, shall provide Series J with an explanation of the differences, if any, in performance between Series J and any other similar account pursuant to the same Trading Approach for which the Advisor or any of its principals or affiliates acts as a trading advisor (in whole or in part), provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained.

(c) Inspection of Records. Upon the reasonable request of, and upon reasonable notice from, Series J or the Managing Owner, the Advisor shall permit Series J or the Managing Owner to review at the Advisor’s offices, in each case at its own expense, during normal business hours such trading records as it reasonably may request for the purpose of

 

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confirming that Series J has been treated equitably with respect to advice rendered during the term of this Agreement by the Advisor for other accounts managed by the Advisor, which the parties acknowledge to mean that Series J or the Managing Owner may inspect, subject to such restrictions as the Advisor may reasonably deem necessary or advisable so as to preserve the confidentiality of proprietary information and the identity of its clients, all trading records of the Advisor as it reasonably may request during normal business hours. The Advisor may, in its discretion, withhold from any such report or inspection the identity of the client for whom any such account is maintained and in any event, Series J or the Managing Owner (as applicable) shall keep all such information obtained by them from the Advisor confidential unless disclosure thereof legally is required or has been made public (other than information made public by Series J or the Managing Owner). Such right will terminate one year after the termination of this Agreement, and moreover, such right does not permit access to computer programs, records, or other information used in determining trading decisions.

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the obligation of Series J and the Managing Owner to keep confidential of any non-public information concerning the Advisor is subject to Section 5(c) hereunder and shall survive termination of this Agreement.

11. Redemptions, Distributions, Reallocations and Additional Allocations.

(a) Notice. Series J agrees to give the Advisor at least two (2) business days prior notice of any proposed redemptions, exchanges, distributions, reallocations, additional allocations, or withdrawals affecting the Allocated Assets.

(b) Allocations. Redemptions, exchanges, withdrawals, and distributions of Interests shall be charged against the Allocated Assets.

 

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12. Brokerage Confirmations and Reports.

Series J will instruct its brokers and counterparties to furnish the Advisor with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, and monthly trading statements relating to the Allocated Assets. The Advisor will maintain records and will monitor all open positions relating thereto; provided, however, that the Advisor shall not be responsible for any errors by Series J’s brokers or counterparties. Series J also will furnish the Advisor with a copy of the form of all reports, including but not limited to, monthly, quarterly and annual reports, sent to the Limited Owners and copies of all reports filed with the CFTC and the NFA. The Advisor shall, at Series J’s request, make a good faith effort to provide Series J with copies of all trade confirmations, daily equity runs, monthly trading reports or other reports sent to the Advisor by Series J’s broker regarding Series J, and in the Advisor’s possession or control, as Series J deems appropriate if Series J cannot obtain such copies on its own behalf. Upon request, Series J will provide the Advisor with accurate information with respect to the Allocated Assets.

13. The Advisor’s Representations and Warranties.

The Advisor represents and warrants that:

(a) it has full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement, and to provide the services required of it hereunder;

(b) it will not by entering into this Agreement and by acting as a trading advisor to Series J, (i) be required to take any action contrary to its incorporating or other formation documents or, to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction or (ii) breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement, contract or to the best of its knowledge, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound which, in the case of (i) or (ii), would materially limit or materially adversely affect its ability to perform its duties under this Agreement; and

 

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(c) a copy of its most recent Private Placing Memorandum for the Ortus Fund (Cayman) Limited (the “Memorandum”) has been provided to Series J in the form of Exhibit D hereto (and Series J acknowledges receipt of such Memorandum) and, except as disclosed in such Memorandum, all information in such Memorandum (including, but not limited to, background, performance, trading methods and trading systems) is true, complete and accurate in all material respects.

The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect with respect to the Advisor, the Advisor promptly will notify Series J in writing thereof.

14. The Managing Owner’s and Series J’s Representations and Warranties.

Each of the Managing Owner and Series J represents and warrants only as to itself (and, further, provided that only the Managing Owner is making the representations and warranties in Section 14(c) and Section 14(e)(ii), and only Series J is making the representations and warranties in Section 14(e)(i)) that:

(a) each has the full capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder;

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breach or cause to be breached (A) any undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound or (B) any order of any court or governmental or regulatory agency having jurisdiction over it, which in the case of (i) or (ii) would materially limit or materially adversely affect the performance of its duties under this Agreement;

(c) it is registered as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and is a commodity pool operator member of the NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement;

(d) this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered, and is a valid and binding agreement, enforceable against each of them, in accordance with its terms; and

(e) on the date hereof, it is, and during the term of this Agreement, it will be (i) in the case of Series J, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and (ii) in the case of the Managing Owner, a duly formed and validly existing corporation, in each case, in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature and conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement.

 

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The within representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement, and, if at any time, any event has occurred which would make or tend to make any of the foregoing not true in any material respect, Series J in the case of its representations and warranties, and the Managing Owner in the case of its representations and warranties, promptly will notify the Advisor in writing.

15. Assignment.

This Agreement may not be assigned by any of the parties hereto without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto, except that the Advisor shall have full power to delegate the whole or any part of its function hereunder to Ortus Capital Management Limited - a Hong Kong incorporated company and licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on asset management (type 9 regulated activity). The protections granted to the Advisor in this Agreement shall also apply to Ortus Capital Management Limited. Such protections include Section 2 “Indemnifications” and Section 1(h) “Liability” of this Agreement.

16. Successors.

This Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the parties hereto and the successors and permitted assignees of each of them, and no other person (except as otherwise provided herein) shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assignees” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

 

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17. Amendment or Modification or Waiver.

(a) Changes to Agreement. This Agreement may not be amended or modified, nor may any of its provisions be waived, except upon the prior written consent of the parties hereto, except that an amendment to, a modification of, or a waiver of any provision of the Agreement as to the Advisor need not be consented to by any Other Advisor.

(b) No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

18. Notices.

Except as otherwise provided herein, all notices required to be delivered under this Agreement shall be effective only if in writing and shall be deemed given by the party required to provide notice when received by the party to whom notice is required to be given and shall be delivered personally or by registered mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, or by telecopy, as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate by written notice to the other parties):

If to the Managing Owner or Series J:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

 

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and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

If to the Advisor:

Ortus Capital Management (Cayman) Limited

c/o Ortus Capital Management Limited

Unit 2706, 27 th Floor

The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Operations Department

Facsimile: +852 2169 3048

E-mail: operations@ortuscapital.com

19. Governing Law.

Each party agrees that this Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York without regard to the conflict of laws principles thereof.

20. Survival.

The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

21. Promotional Literature.

Each party agrees that prior to using any promotional literature in which reference to the other parties hereto (other than Other Advisors) is made, it shall furnish in advance a copy of such information to the other parties and will not make use of any promotional literature containing references to such other parties to which such other parties object, except as otherwise required by law or regulation.

 

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22. No Liability of Limited Owners.

This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of Series J, and the obligations of Series J and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

23. Headings.

Headings to sections herein are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

24. Complete Agreement.

Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Representation Agreement constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

25. Counterparts.

This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original and all of which, when taken together, shall constitute one original instrument.

 

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26. Arbitration, Remedies.

Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of the NFA or, if the NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J
By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., its sole Managing Owner
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (CAYMAN) LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Zhongquan Zhou

Name:   “Joe” Zhongquan ZHOU
Title:   Director

 

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EXHIBIT A

ORTUS MAJOR CURRENCY PROGRAM

The Advisor will make its trading decisions for Series J according to its Major Currency Program as described in Exhibit D as amended from time to time.

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EXHIBIT B

TRADING LIMITATIONS AND POLICIES

The following limitations and policies are applicable to assets representing the Allocated Assets as a whole and at the outset to the Advisor individually; since the Advisor initially will manage 33.33% of Series J’s Allocated Assets, such application of the limitations and policies is identical initially for Series J and the Advisor. The Advisor sometimes may be prohibited from taking positions for the Allocated Assets which it would otherwise acquire due to the need to comply with these limitations and policies. Series J will monitor compliance with the trading limitations and policies set forth below, and it may impose additional restrictions (through modification of such limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Advisor, as it, in good faith, deems appropriate in the best interests of Series J, subject to the terms of the Advisory Agreement.

Series J will not approve a material change in the following trading limitations and policies without obtaining the prior written approval of Limited Owners owning more than 50% of Interests in the other Series. Series J may, however, impose additional trading limitations on the trading activities of Series J without obtaining such approval if Series J or the Managing Owner determines such additional limitations to be necessary in the best interests of Series J.

Trading Limitations

The Advisor will not: (i) engage in pyramiding its Financial Instrument positions (i.e., the use of unrealized profits on existing positions to provide margin for the acquisition of additional positions in the same or a related Financial Instrument), but may take into account

 

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open trading equity on existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional Financial Instrument positions; (ii) borrow or loan money (except with respect to the initiation or maintenance of Financial Instrument positions or obtaining lines of credit for the trading of forward currency contracts; provided, however, that Series J is prohibited from incurring any indebtedness on a non-recourse basis); (iii) permit rebates to be received by Series J or its affiliates, or permit Series J or any affiliate to engage in any reciprocal business arrangements which would circumvent the foregoing prohibition; (iv) permit the Advisor to share in any portion of the brokerage fees paid by Series J; (v) commingle its assets, except as permitted by law; or (vi) permit the churning of its Financial Instrument accounts.

The Advisor will conform in all respects to the rules, regulations and guidelines of the markets on which its trades are executed.

Trading Policies

Subject to the foregoing limitations, the Advisor has agreed to abide by the trading policies of Series J, which currently are as follows:

(1) Allocated Assets will generally be invested in contracts which are traded in sufficient volume which, at the time such trades are initiated, are reasonably expected to permit entering and liquidating positions.

(2) Stop or limit orders may, in the Advisor’s discretion, be given with respect to initiating or liquidating positions in order to attempt to limit losses or secure profits. If stop or limit orders are used, no assurance can be given, however, that the clearing broker will be able to liquidate a position at a specified stop or limit order price, due to either the volatility of the market or the inability to trade because of market limitations.

 

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(3) Series J generally will not initiate an open position in a futures contract (other than a cash settlement contract) during any delivery month in that contract, except when required by exchange rules, law or exigent market circumstances. This policy does not apply to forward and cash market transactions.

(4) Series J may occasionally make or accept delivery of a Financial Instrument including, without limitation, currencies. Series J also may engage in EFP transactions involving currencies.

(5) Series J may, from time to time, employ trading techniques such as spreads, straddles and conversions.

(6) Series J will not initiate open futures or option positions which would result in net long or short positions requiring as margin or premium for outstanding positions in excess of 15% of the Allocated Assets for any one Financial Instrument, or in excess of 66  2/3% of the Allocated Assets for all Financial Instruments combined. Under certain market conditions, such as an inability to liquidate open Financial Instrument positions because of daily price fluctuations, Series J may be required to commit the Allocated Assets as margin in excess of the foregoing limits and in such case Series J will cause the Advisor to reduce its open futures and option positions to comply to these limits before initiating new Financial Instrument positions.

 

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(7) To the extent Series J engages in transactions in forward currency contracts other than with or through UBS Securities LLC or UBS AG, Series J will only engage in such transactions with or through a bank which as of the end of its last fiscal year had an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $100,000,000, as shown by its published financial statements for such year, and through other broker-dealer firms with an aggregate balance in its capital, surplus and related accounts of at least $50,000,000.

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EXHIBIT C

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT CONCERNING THE MEMORANDUM

REPRESENTATION AGREEMENT (this “Agreement”) dated as of the 28th day of November, 2008, by and among World Monitor Trust III – Series J (“Series J”), a separate Series of World Monitor Trust III, a Delaware statutory trust (the “Trust”), Kenmar Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Agent”), Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), and Ortus Capital Management (Cayman) Limited, a company incorporated in the Cayman Islands (the “Advisor”).

WITNESSETH:

WHEREAS, the Trust is making a private offering pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”) of units of beneficial interest (the “Offering”) in the Trust (the “Interests”) issuable in multiple series of Interests (the “Series”), each separately managed by a different professional commodity trading advisor through the Selling Agent, and in connection therewith, the Trust has prepared a private placement memorandum ((which private placement memorandum, in final form, together with all amendments and supplements thereto, shall be referred to as the “Memorandum”); and

WHEREAS, Series J and the Managing Owner entered into an amended and restated advisory agreement with the Advisor, dated as of November 28, 2008 (the “Advisory Agreement”), pursuant to which the Advisor has agreed to act as a commodity trading advisor to Series J; and

 

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WHEREAS, the parties hereto wish to set forth their duties and obligations to each other with respect to the Memorandum as of its effective date and each closing date of the Offering (each, a “Closing Date)”).

NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:

1. Representations and Warranties of the Advisor. The Advisor hereby represents and warrants to the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner that:

(a) All references in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date to (i) the Advisor and its directors, officers and employees (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach (as defined in the Advisory Agreement) and (iii) the actual past performance of discretionary accounts directed by the Advisor or any principal thereof, including the notes to the tables reflecting such actual past performance (hereinafter referred to as the Advisor’s “Past Performance History”) are complete and accurate in all material respects, and as to such persons, the Advisor’s Trading Approach and the Advisor’s Past Performance History, the Memorandum as of each Closing Date contain all information required to be included therein by the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and the regulations (including interpretations thereof) thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading. The Advisor also represents and warrants as to the accuracy and completeness in all material respects of the underlying data made available by the Advisor to the Trust and the Managing Owner for purposes of preparing the pro forma performance tables, it being understood that no representation or warranty is being

 

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made with respect to the calculations used to execute the pro forma performance tables or notes thereto. The term “principal” in this Agreement shall have the same meaning as that term in Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) Regulation § 4.10(e) under the CE Act.

(b) The Advisor will not distribute the Memorandum and/or the selling materials related thereto and will not engage in any general solicitation or advertising with respect to the Offering.

(c) This Agreement and the Advisory Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Advisor and each is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of the Advisor’s obligations under this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement, in the Advisory Agreement and in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date are not contrary to the provisions of the Advisor’s formation documents, or to the best of its knowledge, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction, and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor is bound.

(d) The Advisor has all governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date including, without limitation, registration as a commodity trading advisor under the CE Act and membership as a commodity trading advisor with the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) and it will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals or memberships during the term of the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(e) On the date hereof the Advisor is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement will be, a corporation duly formed and validly existing and in good standing under the laws of its jurisdiction of incorporation and in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect the Advisor’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder or under the Advisory Agreement. The Advisor has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(f) Subject to adequate written assurances of confidentiality, and as requested by the Managing Owner, the Advisor has supplied to or made available for review by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent (and if requested by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent to its designated auditor) all documents, statements, agreements and workpapers requested by them relating to all accounts covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date which are in the Advisor’s possession or to which it has access, provided, however, that the Advisor may, in its sole discretion, withhold from any such inspection the identity of the clients for whom any such accounts are maintained.

(g) Without limiting the generality of paragraph (a) of this Section 1, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals has managed, controlled or directed, on an overall discretionary basis, the trading for any commodity account which is required by CFTC regulations to be disclosed in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date which is not set forth in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date as required.

 

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(h) The Advisor does not provide any services to any persons or conduct any business involving advice with respect to investments other than Financial Instruments (as defined in the Advisory Agreement), except as has been disclosed in writing to the Managing Owner. The Advisor is not required to be registered as an investment adviser under the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended (the “Advisers Act”), but voluntarily may so register in the future.

(i) As of the date hereof, there has been no material adverse change in the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth the Memorandum under the caption “ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED” which has not been communicated in writing to and received by the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent or their counsel.

(j) Except for subsequent performance, as to which no representation is made, since the date of the Advisory Agreement, (i) there has not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, of the Advisor or in the earnings, affairs or business prospects of the Advisor, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, and (ii) there have not been any material transactions entered into by the Advisor other than those in the ordinary course of its business.

(k) Except as disclosed in the Memorandum, there is no pending, or to the best of its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before or by any court, governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Advisor or its principals is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Advisor is subject which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to

 

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materially adversely affect any of the material assets of the Advisor or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum; furthermore, the Advisor has not received any notice of an investigation by any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement.

2. Covenants of the Advisor. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor discovers any fact, omission, event or that a change of circumstances has occurred, which would make the Advisor’s representations and warranties in Section 1 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, or which might reasonably be expected to render the Memorandum, with respect to (i) the Advisor or its principals, (ii) the Advisor’s Trading Approach, or (iii) the Advisor’s Past Performance History, untrue or misleading in any material respect, the Advisor will provide prompt written notification to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent of any such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance, and the facts related thereto, and it is agreed that the failure to provide such notification or the failure to continue to be in compliance with the foregoing representations and warranties during the term of the Advisory Agreement as soon as possible following such notification shall be cause for Series J to terminate the Advisory Agreement with the Advisor on prior written notice to the Advisor. The Advisor also agrees that, during the term of the Advisory Agreement, from and after the date of the Memorandum and for so long as Interests in the Trust are being offered, it will provide the Selling Agent, the Trust and the Managing Owner with updated month-end information relating to the Advisor’s Past Performance History, as

 

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required to be disclosed in the performance tables relating to the performance of the Advisor in the Memorandum under the caption “ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED” beyond the periods disclosed therein. The Advisor shall use its best efforts to provide such information within a reasonable period of time after the end of the month to which such updated information relates and the information is available to it.

3. Modification of Memorandum. If any event or circumstance occurs as a result of which it becomes necessary, in the judgment of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent, to amend or to supplement the Memorandum in order to make the Memorandum not materially misleading in light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a subscriber, or if it is otherwise necessary in order to permit the Trust to continue to offer its Interests subject to the limitations set forth in the Advisory Agreement, the Advisor will furnish such information with respect to itself and its principals, as well as its Trading Approach and Past Performance History as the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent may reasonably request, and will cooperate to the extent reasonably necessary in the preparation of any required amendments or supplements to the Memorandum.

4. Advisor’s Closing Obligations. On or prior to the Closing Date with respect to the offering the Interests, only if requested by the Managing Owner, (each, a “Closing Date”), the Advisor shall deliver or cause to be delivered, at the expense of the Advisor, to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, the reports, certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to them and, except as may be set forth below, dated the Closing Date (provided that the Advisor shall not be obligated to provide either a certificate of good standing or an opinion of its counsel more frequently than once per annum absent good cause shown).

 

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(a) A report from the Advisor which shall present, for the period from the date after the last day covered by the Advisor’s Past Performance History as set forth under “ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LIMITED.” in the Memorandum to the latest practicable month-end before the Closing Date, figures which shall show the actual past performance of the Advisor (or, if such actual past performance information is unavailable, then the estimated past performance) for such period, and which shall certify that, to the best of the Advisor’s knowledge, such figures are complete and accurate in all material respects.

(b) A certificate of the Advisor in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and as are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor, and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties of the Advisor in Section 1 of this Agreement above are true and correct in all material respects on the date of the certificate as though made on such date.

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shareholders, directors, officers or employees of any of the foregoing, or with respect to the Advisor’s Trading Approach or Past Performance History, contained an untrue statement of a material fact or omitted to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading.

(iii) The Advisor has performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on its part at or prior to the Closing Date.

(c) A certificate of the Advisor (together with such supporting documents as are set forth in such certificate), in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner, with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, with respect to, (i) the continued effectiveness of the organizational documents of the Advisor (ii) the incumbency and genuine signature of the President and Secretary of the Advisor.

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(e) An opinion of counsel, in form and substance satisfactory to the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent and their counsel, dated the Closing Date, to the following effect:

(i) The Advisor is a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the state of its formation and, if different, the state where it conducts its primary business activity and the Advisor has full corporate power and authority under its Certificate of Incorporation to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(ii) Each of the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement have been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Advisor, and assuming the due execution and delivery of each such Agreement by the Trust, the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trustee and the Managing Owner, as applicable, each such agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of the Advisor, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws at the time in effect affecting creditors rights generally, or by applicable principles of equity, whether in an action at law or in equity, and except that the enforceability of the indemnification, exculpation and severability provisions may be limited under applicable federal or state securities, commodities and other laws or by public policy; and the execution and delivery of such agreements and the incurrence of the obligations thereunder and the consummation of the transactions set forth in such agreements and in the Memorandum will not violate or result in a breach of the Advisor’s formation documents, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which the Advisor is a party or by which the Advisor is bound.

 

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(iii) Subject to subparagraph (iv) of this Section 4(e), to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, the Advisor has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary in order to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement and under this Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date and such licenses, registrations and approvals have not, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, been rescinded, revoked or otherwise removed.

(iv) Assuming that the Trust is operated as described in the Memorandum, the Advisor is not required to be licensed or registered as an investment adviser under the Advisers Act (even if it voluntarily is so registered), or to such counsel’s knowledge, without independent investigation, as an investment adviser or commodity trading advisor under the laws of any state of the U.S., in order to perform its obligations under the Advisory Agreement or under this Agreement, or to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date. The foregoing opinion may be qualified by the fact that such counsel is not admitted to practice law in all jurisdictions, and by the fact that in rendering its opinion such counsel has relied solely upon an examination of the Blue Sky securities laws and related rules, regulations, and administrative determinations, if any, promulgated thereunder, of the various jurisdictions as

 

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reported in customarily relied upon standard compilations, and upon such counsel’s understanding of the various conclusions expressed, formally or informally, by administrative officials or other employees of the various regulatory or other governmental agencies or authorities concerned.

(v) To such counsel’s knowledge without independent investigation, except as described in the Memorandum, or in a schedule delivered by counsel to the Selling Agent, Series J and the Managing Owner prior to the date hereof, there is no pending, or threatened, suit or proceeding, known to such counsel, before or by any court, governmental or regulatory body or arbitration panel to which the Advisor or any of the assets of the Advisor or any of its principals is subject and which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Advisor or any of its principals or which reasonably might be expected materially adversely to affect any of the assets of the Advisor or any of its principals or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum; and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, neither the Advisor nor any of its principals has received any notice of an investigation by any exchange, regarding non-compliance with its rules, which investigation reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially the Advisor’s ability to discharge its obligations to Series J or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum.

 

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(vi) With respect to the Advisor and its affiliates and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees of any of the foregoing, and with respect to the Advisor’s Trading Approach, nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that leads such counsel to believe that the Memorandum contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or which is necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, except that such counsel is not required to express any opinion or belief as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data, past performance tables, notes or descriptions thereto or other past performance information contained in the Memorandum.

In rendering the foregoing opinions, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of fact, on a certificate of an officer of the Advisor, unless such counsel has actual knowledge otherwise, and (ii) as to matters of law of states other than that in which they are licensed to practice law, upon the opinions of other counsel, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to counsel to the Managing Owner, Series J and the Selling Agent, and such counsel shall state that they believe the Managing Owner, Series J and the Selling Agent may rely on them.

5. Advisor Acknowledgements. The Advisor acknowledges that it may be a condition to each closing under the Selling Agreement that the Selling Agent shall have received, at no cost to the Advisor, letter(s) from certified public accountants or other reputable professionals selected by the Selling Agent with respect to the Past Performance History of the Advisor as set forth in the Selling Agreement.

 

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6. Representations and Warranties of Series J, the Selling Agent and the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner hereby only represents and warrants as to itself and on behalf of the Trust (as applicable), the Selling Agent J hereby only represents and warrants as to itself, and Series J hereby only represents and warrants as to itself, to the Advisor that:

(a) On the date hereof (i) the Trust is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and to operate as described in the Memorandum, and (ii) the Managing Owner is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware, and is, and at all times during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement will be, in good standing and qualified to do business as a foreign corporation in each other jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualifications and in which the failure to be so qualified materially adversely would affect its ability to act as Managing Owner of the Trust and to perform its obligations hereunder and under the Advisory Agreement, and each of Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner has full capacity and authority to conduct its business and to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be), and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

 

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(b) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of Series J and the Managing Owner, is a valid and binding agreement of Series J and the Managing Owner, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trust, is a valid and binding obligation of the Trust, and is enforceable in accordance with its terms. The performance of Series J’s, the Managing Owner’s and the Trust’s obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement (as the case may be) and the consummation of the transactions set forth in this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement, and in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date are not contrary to the provisions of the Trust’s Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), or the Managing Owner’s Articles of Incorporation or By-Laws, respectively, any applicable statute, law or regulation of any jurisdiction and will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order, to which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust, is a party or by which Series J, the Managing Owner or the Trust is bound.

(c) Each of the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary to perform their obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA) and will maintain and renew any required licenses, registrations, approvals and memberships required during the term of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement.

 

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(d) Series J is not required to be registered as an investment company under the United States Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended (the “Investment Company Act”).

(e) All authorizations, consents or orders of any court, or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the valid authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Interests have been obtained, and, no order preventing or suspending the use of the Memorandum with respect to the Interests has been issued by the the CFTC or the NFA. The Memorandum as of the Closing Date contain all statements which are required to be made therein, conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act, and the rules and regulations of the CFTC, thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and do not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; and at all times subsequent hereto up to and including the date of termination of the offering, the Memorandum as of the Closing Date will contain all statements required to be made therein and will conform in all material respects with the requirements of the CE Act and the rules and regulations of the CFTC thereunder, and with the rules of the NFA and will not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein , in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Managing Owner, the Trust or to the Selling Agent by or on behalf of the Advisor for the express purpose of inclusion in the Memorandum, including, without limitation, references to the Advisor and its affiliates and controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History provided such references have been approved by the Advisor in accordance with this Agreement.

 

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(f) The Memorandum as of the Closing Date have been delivered to the Advisor.

(g) There is no pending, or to its knowledge, threatened or contemplated action, suit or proceeding before any court or arbitration panel or before or by any governmental, administrative or self-regulatory body to which the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner or the principals of any is a party, or to which any of the assets of any of the foregoing persons is subject, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in their condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects or reasonably might be expected to affect adversely in any material respect any of their assets or which reasonably might be expected to materially impair their ability to discharge their obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement; and neither the Trust, Series J nor the Managing Owner has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with NFA rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or the rules and regulations thereunder, or (iii) any exchange regarding non-compliance with the rules of such exchange which investigation reasonably might be expected to materially impair the ability of each of the Trust, Series J and the Managing Owner to discharge its obligations under this Agreement or under the Advisory Agreement.

7. Covenants of the Managing Owner, the Selling Agent, the Trust and Series J. If, at any time during the term of the Advisory Agreement, the Managing Owner, the Selling Agent, the Trust or Series J discovers any fact, omission, or event or that a change of

 

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circumstance has occurred which would make the Managing Owner’s, the Trust’s or Series J’s representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Agreement inaccurate or incomplete in any material respect, Series J, the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner or the Trust, as appropriate, promptly will provide written notification to the Advisor of such fact, omission, event or change of circumstance and the facts related thereto. The Managing Owner or the Trust shall provide the Advisor with a copy of each amendment or supplement to the Memorandum, and no amendment or supplement to the Memorandum which contains any statement or information regarding the Advisor will be filed or used unless the Advisor has received reasonable prior notice and a copy thereof and has consented in writing to such statement or information being filed and used.

8. Series J’s and Managing Owner’s Closing Obligations. On or prior to the Closing Date, if Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust have requested that the Advisor provide certificates, documents and opinions pursuant to Section 4 of this Agreement, Series J and the Managing Owner shall deliver or cause to be delivered to the Advisor, the certificates, documents and opinions described below addressed to the Advisor and, except as may be set forth below, dated each such Closing Date:

(a) Certificates of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, addressed to the Advisor, in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, with respect to, as applicable, (i) the continued effectiveness of Series J’s

 

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Declaration of Trust, the Articles of Incorporation and By-Laws of the Managing Owner, and the Trust Agreement, (ii) the continued effectiveness of the registration of the Managing Owner as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA and (iii) the incumbency and genuine signature of the President and Secretary of the Managing Owner.

(b) Certificates from the States of Delaware with respect to Series J, the Managing Owner and Trust, respectively, to be dated at, on or around the Closing Date as to the formation and good standing of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, respectively.

(c) Certificates of Series J and the Managing Owner in the form proposed prior to the Closing Date by counsel to Series J and the Managing Owner with such changes in such form as are proposed by the Advisor or its counsel and are acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner and their counsel so as to make such form mutually acceptable to Series J, the Managing Owner, the Advisor and their respective counsel, to the effect that:

(i) The representations and warranties in Section 6 of this Agreement are true and correct in all material respects on the date of the certificates as though made on such date, and

(ii) Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) have each performed all covenants and agreements herein contained to be performed on their part at or prior to the Closing Date.

 

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(d) An opinion letter of counsel to Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust, dated the Closing Date, as follows:

(i) The Trust is a duly created and validly existing statutory trust in good standing under the Delaware Act, with requisite power and authority under the Delaware Act, its Trust Agreement and its Certificate of Trust to perform its obligations under this Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(ii) The Managing Owner is a duly formed and validly existing corporation in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware. The Managing Owner has full corporate power and authority under its Articles of Incorporation, By-Laws and the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement, and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date.

(iii) Each of this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement has been duly and validly authorized or ratified, executed and delivered on behalf of each of Series J, the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be), and, assuming due execution and delivery of each such Agreement by the Advisor, each agreement constitutes the legal, valid and binding obligations of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be), respectively, enforceable in accordance with their respective terms, except as the same may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, moratorium or similar laws at the time in effect affecting creditors rights generally, or by applicable principles of equity, whether in an action at law or in equity, and except that the enforceability of the indemnification provisions may be limited under applicable

 

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federal or state securities, commodities and other laws or by public policy; and the execution and delivery of such agreements and incurrence of the obligations thereunder and the consummation of the transactions set forth in such agreements and in the Memorandum will not violate or result in a breach of their formation documents, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, will not result in any violation, breach or default under any term or provision of any undertaking, contract, agreement or order to which they are parties or by which they are bound.

(v) Each of Series J and the Trust is not required to be registered as an investment company under the Investment Company Act in order to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date or to perform its obligations under this Agreement or the Advisory Agreement.

(vi) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, all authorizations, consents or orders of any court or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the valid authorization, issuance, offer and sale of Interests have been obtained, including such as may be required under the CE Act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, the rules and regulations of the NFA, and, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, no order suspending the use of the Memorandum has been issued by the CFTC, or the NFA nor has any proceeding for the issuance of such an order been instituted or threatened by the CFTC or the NFA. The foregoing may be qualified by the fact that such counsel is not admitted to practice law in all jurisdictions, and that

 

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in rendering its opinion such counsel shall rely solely upon an examination of the Blue Sky securities laws and related rules, regulations and administrative determinations, if any, promulgated thereunder, of the various jurisdictions as reported in customarily relied upon standard compilations, and upon such counsel’s understanding of the various conclusions expressed, formally or informally, by administrative officials or other employees of the various regulatory or other governmental agencies or authorities concerned.

(vii) To the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, each of Series J, the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner and the Trust has obtained all required governmental and regulatory licenses, registrations and approvals required by law as may be necessary in order for each of Series J, the Managing Owner and the Trust (as the case may be) to perform its obligations under this Agreement and under the Advisory Agreement and to act as described in the Memorandum as of the Closing Date (including, without limitation, the Managing Owner’s registration as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act and membership as a commodity pool operator with the NFA) and such licenses, registrations and approvals have not, to the best of such counsel’s knowledge, after due inquiry, been rescinded, revoked or otherwise removed.

(viii) To such counsel’s knowledge without independent investigation, except as described in the Memorandum, or in a schedule delivered by counsel to the Selling Agent, Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner prior to the date hereof, there is no pending or threatened, suit or proceeding, known to such

 

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counsel, before or by any court, governmental or regulatory body or arbitration panel to which Series J, the Trust and the Managing Owner or any of the assets of Series J, the Trust or the Managing Owner or any of their principals is subject and which reasonably might be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of Series J, the Trust or Managing Owner or any of their principals or which reasonably might be expected materially adversely to affect any of the assets of Series J, the Trust or Managing Owner or any of their principals or which reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially Series J’s, the Trust’s or Managing Owner’s (as the case may be) ability to discharge their obligations to the Advisor or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum which is not so disclosed; and, to such counsel’s knowledge, based solely on a representation of a senior officer of the Managing Owner and without having undertaken any independent investigation, neither Series J, Managing Owner or the Trust, nor any of their principals has received any notice of an investigation by (i) the NFA regarding non-compliance with its rules or the CE Act, (ii) the CFTC regarding non-compliance with the CE Act or (iii) any exchange, regarding non-compliance with its rules, which investigation reasonably might be expected to (A) impair materially Series J’s, the Trust’s or Managing Owner’s (as the case may be) ability to discharge its obligations to the Advisor or (B) result in a matter which would require disclosure in the Memorandum which is not so disclosed.

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regulations thereunder, and the rules and regulations of the NFA, and nothing has come to the attention of such counsel that leads it to believe that the Memorandum contains any untrue statement of a material fact or omits to state a material fact required to be stated therein or which is necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading, except that such counsel is not required to express any opinion or belief (A) as to the financial statements or other financial or statistical data, past performance tables and notes thereto or other past performance information contained in the Memorandum, or (B) as to any statements or omissions made in reliance on and in conformity with information furnished by the Advisor for the express purpose of inclusion in the Memorandum, including, without limitation, references to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History.

In rendering such opinions, such counsel may rely (i) as to matters of fact, on a certificate of an officer of the Managing Owner, unless such counsel has actual knowledge otherwise and (ii) as to matters of law of states other than that in which they are licensed to practice law, upon the opinions of other counsel, in each case satisfactory in form and substance to the Advisor and its counsel, and such counsel shall state that they believe the Advisor may rely on them.

9. Survival of Representations, Warranties and Covenants. All representations, warranties and covenants in this Agreement, or contained in certificates required to be delivered hereunder, shall survive the termination of the Advisory Agreement and this Agreement, with

 

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respect to any matter arising while the Advisory Agreement or this Agreement was in effect. Furthermore, all representations, warranties and covenants hereunder shall inure to the benefit of each of the parties to this Agreement and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

10. Indemnification.

(a) By the Advisor. In any action in which the Selling Agent, the Trust, Series J, Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware corporation, in its capacity as trustee of the Trust (in such capacity, the “Trustee”) or the Managing Owner, or their respective controlling persons, shareholders, partners, members, managers, directors, officers and/or employees of any of the foregoing are parties, the Advisor agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the foregoing persons against any loss, damage, charge, liability or expense (including, without limitation, reasonable attorneys’ and accountants’ fees) (“Losses”) to which such persons may become subject, insofar as such Losses arise out of or result from (i) any misrepresentation or material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of the Advisor contained in this Agreement or (ii) any untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the omission to state in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading in each case under this subclause (ii) to the extent, but only to the extent, that such untrue statement or omission was made in reliance upon and in material conformity with information furnished by the Advisor to the Managing Owner for inclusion in the Memorandum and approved in writing by the Advisor in the form attached hereto as Exhibit A, including, without limitation, all information relating to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance

 

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History, and including, but not limited to, any notification by the Advisor to any such person and given under this Agreement, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the CE Act.

(b) Of the Advisor. In any action in which the Advisor, or its controlling persons, or any of the respective shareholders, directors, officers and/or employees (the “Advisor Indemnified Parties”) are parties, Series J, the Trust, the Selling Agent, and the Managing Owner agree (A) to indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor Indemnified Parties against any loss, claim, damage, charge, liability, or expense (including reasonable attorneys and accountants fees) (“Advisor Losses”), insofar as such Advisor Losses arise out of or result from or are based upon (i) any actual or alleged misrepresentation or material breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of Series J and/or the Trust and/or Selling Agent and/or the Managing Owner contained in this Agreement, (ii) any actual or alleged untrue statement of any material fact contained in the Memorandum or the actual or alleged omission to state in the Memorandum a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they are made, not misleading, (iii) any actual or alleged failure to comply with any legal requirements relating to the Offering of the Interests (including without limitation, any noncompliance with the requirements of the Exchange Act, and/or the 1933 Act, and/or the CE Act, including the rules and regulations thereunder, and or the rules and regulation of the NFA, in each case with respect to the Offering of Interests), or (iv) any claim relating to or involving the Advisor that is not substantiated, resolved or otherwise finally determined, in each case under subclauses (ii), (iii) or (iv) hereof, except to the extent that such untrue statement, omission or failure was made in reliance upon and in material conformity with information furnished by the Advisor to the Managing Owner for inclusion in the Memorandum including,

 

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without limitation, all information relating to the Advisor and its affiliates, controlling persons, shareholders, directors, officers and employees, as well as to the Advisor’s Trading Approach and Past Performance History, and including but not limited to, any notification required and given under this Agreement, including liabilities under the 1933 Act, the Exchange Act and the CE Act, or (v) situations involving or caused by other advisors of Series J or the Trust (not the Advisor), and (B) to reimburse each of the Advisor Indemnified Parties for any legal or other fees or expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending any action or claim arising out of or based upon any of the foregoing. With respect to subclause (iv) above only, the Advisor and the Managing Owner agree to negotiate in good faith a reduction, if any, in the indemnification amount required to be paid pursuant to subclause (iv) above to the Advisor based upon the relative responsibility of the Advisor for circumstances giving rise to the Advisor Losses for which indemnification is sought (including, but not limited to, the parties’ assessment of the merits of the claim), provided that in the event the Managing Owner and the Advisor fail to agree on the amount of any such reduction after good faith negotiations, they shall submit the matter to binding arbitration in accordance with Section 15 of this Agreement for the purpose of determining whether the Advisor should bear any responsibility for the Advisor Losses or whether the Advisor is entitled to indemnification for such Advisor Losses in full.

(c) None of the indemnifications contained in this Section 10 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments or confessions of judgment, or to settlements entered into by an indemnified party claiming indemnification without the prior written consent of the indemnifying party.

 

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(d) Promptly after receipt by an indemnified party under this Section 10 of notice of any claim or dispute or commencement of any action or litigation, such indemnified party will, if a claim in respect thereof is to be made against an indemnifying party under this Section 10, notify the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, but the omission to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve it from any liability which it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under this Section 10 except to the extent, if any, that such failure or delay prejudiced the indemnifying party in defending against the claim. In case any such claim, dispute, action or litigation is brought or asserted against any indemnified party, and it timely notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate in the defense therein, and to the extent that it may wish, to assume such defense thereof, with counsel specifically approved in writing by such indemnified party, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld, following notice from the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume the defense thereof, in which event, the indemnifying party will not be liable to such indemnified party under this Section 10 for any legal or other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection with the defense thereof, but shall continue to be liable to the indemnified party in all other respects as heretofore set forth in this Section 10. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Section 10, if, in any claim, dispute, action or litigation as to which indemnity is or may be available, any indemnified party reasonably determines that its interests are or may be, in whole or in part, adverse to the interests of the indemnifying party, the indemnified party may retain its own counsel in connection with such claim, dispute, action or litigation and shall continue to be indemnified by the indemnifying party for any legal or any other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending such claim, dispute, action or litigation.

 

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(e) Expenses incurred by an indemnified party in defending a threatened or asserted claim or a threatened or pending action shall be paid by the indemnifying party in advance of final disposition or settlement of such matter, if and to the extent that the person on whose behalf such expenses are paid shall agree in writing to reimburse the indemnifying party in the event indemnification is not permitted under this Section 10 upon final disposition or settlement.

(f) The parties hereto acknowledge and agree on their own behalf that the indemnities provided in this Agreement shall be inapplicable in the event of any loss, claim, damage, charge or liability arising out of or based upon, but limited to the extent caused by, any misrepresentation or breach of any warranty, covenant or agreement of any indemnified party to any indemnifying party contained in this Agreement.

11. Limits on Claims. The Advisor agrees that it will not take any of the following actions against the Trust: (i) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust in an involuntary case or proceeding under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust under the Federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, or (ii) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause or (iii) file an involuntary

 

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petition for bankruptcy (collectively “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”). In addition, the Advisor agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it by Series J or the Trust, the Advisor will look solely and exclusively to the assets of Series J to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against any other assets of the Trust, whether there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

12. Notices. Any notices under this Agreement required to be given shall be effective only if given or confirmed in writing, shall be deemed given by the party providing notice when received by the party to whom notice is being given, and shall be sent certified mail, postage prepaid, or hand delivered, to the following address, or to such other address as a party may specify by written notice to each of the other parties hereto:

If to the Selling Agent:

Kenmar Securities Inc.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

If to the Managing Owner, Series J or the Trust:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Facsimile: (914) 307 – 4045

E-mail: legaldept@kenmar-us.com

 

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and in either case with a copy to:

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, New York 10016

Attention: Timothy P. Selby, Esq.

Facsimile: (212) 210-9494

E-mail: timothy.selby@alston.com

If to the Advisor:

Ortus Capital Management (Cayman) Limited

c/o Ortus Capital Management Limited

Unit 2706, 27th Floor

The Center, 99 Queen’s Road Central

Hong Kong

Attention: Operations Department

Facsimile: +852 2169 3048

E-mail: operations@ortuscapital.com

13. Governing Law. This Agreement shall be deemed to be made under the laws of the State of New York applicable to contracts made and to be performed in that State and shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of that State, without regard to the conflict of laws principles.

14. Arbitration, Remedies. Each party hereto agrees that any dispute relating to the subject matter of this Agreement shall be settled and determined by non-binding mediation for a period of at least 60 days and, failing that, by arbitration in the City of New York pursuant to the rules of NFA or, if NFA should refuse to accept the matter, the American Arbitration Association. The parties also agree that the award of the arbitrators shall be final and may be enforced in the courts of New York and in any other courts having jurisdiction over the parties.

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full power to delegate the whole or any part of its function hereunder to Ortus Capital Management Limited—a Hong Kong incorporated company and licensed by the Securities and Futures Commission of Hong Kong to carry on asset management (type 9 regulated activity). The protections granted to the Advisor in this Agreement shall also apply to Ortus Capital Management Limited, such protections include Section 10 (b) of this Agreement.

16. Amendment or Modification or Waiver. This Agreement may not be amended or modified except by the written consent of each of the parties hereto.

17. Successors. Except as set forth in Section 10 of this Agreement is made solely for the benefit of and shall be binding upon the Trust, Series J, the Managing Owner, the Selling Agent, the Advisor, and the respective successors and permitted assigns of each of them, and no other person shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement. The terms “successors” and “assigns” shall not include any purchasers, as such, of Interests.

18. Survival. The provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.

19. No Waiver. No failure or delay on the part of any party hereto in exercising any right, power or remedy hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any such right, power or remedy preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or remedy. Any waiver granted hereunder must be in writing and shall be valid only in the specific instance in which given.

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the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth in this Agreement are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners, but rather, are binding only upon the assets and property of Series J, and, to the extent provided herein, upon the assets and property of the Managing Owner.

21. Headings. Headings to Sections in this Agreement are for the convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

22. Complete Agreement. Except as otherwise provided herein, this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement constitute the entire agreement among the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding upon the parties hereto.

23. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which, when taken together, shall be deemed to constitute one original instrument.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the day and year first above written.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III- SERIES J
By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., its sole Managing Owner
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
KENMAR SECURITIES, INC.
By:  

/s/ Braxton Glawgow III

Name:   Braxton Glasgow III
Title:   Chief Executive Officer
PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

Name:   Esther E. Goodman
Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
ORTUS CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (CAYMAN) LIMITED
By:  

/s/ Zhongquan Zhou

Name:   “Joe” Zhongquan ZHOU
Title:   Director

 

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EXHIBIT D

ORTUS MAJOR CURRENCY PROGRAM

Investment Philosophy

The Advisor believes that in order to utilize its capital most effectively, it is important to take advantage of the opportunities available in multiple financial markets. Although the Advisor’ investment activities span across global financial markets (including global and regional currencies, global fixed income and equity markets, and commodity markets), the investment strategies are based on the same underlying investment philosophy.

The investment philosophy focuses on the inter-relationship and interplay between any given financial market and its underlying economic fundamentals, that is, the inter-dependence between the financial side and the real side. The real sides of major financial markets are intrinsically inter-related although they often have their own characteristics. For example the global economy is inter-related through trades of goods and services as well as flows of capital through global financial markets, and each economy has its own structural characteristics; in the case of an individual stock, the fundamental or the real side includes, among other things, the company’s balance sheet and operating performance, it also includes, among other things, strengths of its competitors and macro environment in which it operates.

Intuitively, there is a positive association between the financial side and the real side. For example, a positive shock in a country’s performance is usually associated with an appreciation of the country’s currency; a positive surprise in a company’s performance is usually associated with a rise in the company’s stock price. However, it is not fruitful and not enough only to understand this positive association between the two sides.

 

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It is far more important to understand and to measure the feedback relationship between the real side and the financial side over various time horizons. At the early stage of an upward trend in an asset price, there is usually an asymmetric sensitivity of the asset price with respect to the fundamental news. This asymmetric response to news is consistent with an old saying referring to a bull market in stocks: “Good news is good news and no news is good news.” Certainly at this stage of price dynamics, the feedback from the real side to the financial side is positive and dramatic. Uninformed market participants, having observed the asymmetric price action, can derive certain perceptions about future price dynamics that affect the demand for the asset, thus creating a tendency for the asset price to trend. A trend may actually occur if there is also a positive feedback from the financial side to the real side. In many cases, such reverse positive feedbacks do exist, that is, the underlying fundamentals do benefit from firming asset prices. For example, if the US dollar strengthens due to capital flows from the rest of the world, the US economy will usually benefit from such capital flows because capital inflows to the US lower the cost of capital. Thus, a momentum is set in motion in both the real and the financial side, creating great investment opportunities. At the end of an upward price trend, there is an opposite and asymmetric price sensitivity with respect to fundamental news. In this case, good news may not be good news and bad news is really bad.

The Advisor relies on its own proprietary models to capture the essence of the positive association and feedback relationship between asset prices and their underlying economic fundamentals over various time horizons, and to evaluate the risk/reward profile of investment opportunities. The approach is based on innovations and rigorous applications of

 

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financial theories and takes into account structural details, inter-relationships, as well as feedback relationships. The same investment philosophy can be applied to stock markets, fixed income markets, commodities markets, as well as to currency markets. Depending on the nature of such inter-relationship and interplay for any given market, the resulting investment horizon can range from a few months to several years. Intuitively, the investment strategies move capital from less “productive” sectors/regions to more “productive” sectors/regions in the global economy based on the Advisor’ proprietary models which identify and evaluate the “productiveness” of capital by taking into account reward as well as risk. The Advisor also relies on its own proprietary risk management strategies that are an integral part of the investment strategies. The risk management strategies aim to maximize upside potential while damping downside shocks. Innovative risk measurement and dynamic strategies to optimally control the portfolio drawdowns are employed to ensure that the portfolio return distribution is skewed to the right, not left (i.e. the high return side, not the low return side).

The resulting investment style has the following characteristics: (1) systematic, quantitative, and model driven; (2) based on independent, extensive, and continuous research; and (3) disciplined and quantitative risk management.

Investment Process and Risk Management

The investment process consists mainly of (1) opportunity identification and evaluation, or market view formation; (2) risk management (portfolio optimization and optimal drawdown control, and other risk management); and (3) ongoing monitoring, calibration and review.

 

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Market View Formation

The Advisor applies its proprietary models to the global financial markets, and calibrates its models as the markets and economies evolve over time. The data inputs that the Advisor uses are available publicly, including economic and monetary data, fiscal and monetary policies, company and/or industry specific data, and financial market data (such as stock prices, exchange rates, interest rates, implied volatility, implied correlations, etc.). Both current and historic data are employed. The Advisor also pays special attention to special events or situations (such as the internet bubble) that may induce abnormal global capital flows. The market views are expressed in terms of the expected moves, risks associated, and the correlations among markets over various time horizons. That is, the market views are represented by joint probability distributions of asset returns over various time horizons, which is in sharp contrast to the common approach that is focused on point estimates of asset prices.

Market views are monitored and reviewed as market conditions change.

Risk Management – Portfolio Optimization

Based on the market views which have taken into account the risks and correlations for various markets under consideration over various time horizons, the Advisor constructs its investment portfolio based on its proprietary portfolio optimization models to optimize the risk/reward profile of the Advisor’s capital. The portfolio optimization is part of the risk management strategy and is related to other risk management measures described below.

 

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Risk Management – Optimal Drawdown Control and Determination of Portfolio Size

Market risks are measured by their impact on Net Asset Value (“NAV”). The traditional measure such as leverage ratios may not capture the true nature of exposure to risks. In addition to the risk allocation by portfolio optimization, the Advisor aims to optimally control the drawdown of NAV (as measured from the previously achieved NAV peak) to within a comfortable limit. The Advisor relies on its own optimal risk management strategies to dampen downside shocks to NAV. As a result, at any time the total size of the portfolio depends, among other things, on the position of the current NAV relative to its previous high, risk tolerance, the size of capital (i.e. the current NAV), and market conditions.

Ongoing Monitoring and Review

The investment process is a dynamic and continuous process. Various dimensions of the investment strategy are monitored and reviewed regularly. Portfolio and model adjustments may be necessary when market conditions change.

Markets and Instruments

The investment strategies are normally implemented through the most liquid segments of the global capital markets that include fixed income markets, equity markets, commodity markets, as well as global and regional currency markets. The capital is allocated to any given market according to, among other things, the relative attractiveness of its risk/reward profile, its relationship with other markets, and the liquidity of the market. The Advisor invests in, holds, sells (including through short sales), trades and otherwise deals in securities, futures, and over-the-counter financial products in global financial markets for investment as well as for

 

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risk management purposes. Although the Advisor may employ a wide range of financial instruments such as securities, futures, options, warrants, fixed income products and variable income products, bank deposits, forwards, swaps, and other over-the-counter derivative products, it primarily uses simple plain-vanilla instruments with substantial liquidity such as listed futures contracts and short-term currency forward contracts. The Advisor will seek to use the most efficient instruments to implement any particular strategy.

Currently, the markets involved and instruments used are currency spot transactions and currency forward and swap transactions (with tenors not longer than 12 months) among major currencies.

 

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EX-10.4 6 dex104.htm SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SELLING AGREEMENT Second Amended and Restated Selling Agreement

Exhibit 10.4

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED

SELLING AGREEMENT

World Monitor Trust III

(A Delaware Statutory Trust)

Units of Beneficial Interest

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

Managing Owner

November 28, 2008


WORLD MONITOR TRUST III

Second Amended and Restated

Selling Agreement

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section 1.

   Representations and Warranties of the Managing Owner    4

Section 2.

   Offering and Sale of Units    7

Section 3.

   Compliance with General Laws.    9

Section 4.

   Covenants of the Managing Owner    11

Section 5.

   Payment of Expenses and Fees    11

Section 6.

   Conditions of Closing    11

Section 7.

   Indemnification, Contribution and Exculpation    12

Section 8.

   Consent    13

Section 9.

   Status of Parties    15

Section 10.

   Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery    15

Section 11.

   Termination    15

Section 12.

   Survival    15

Section 13.

   Notices and Authority to Act    15

Section 14.

   Parties    15

Section 15.

   Governing Law    15

Section 16.

   Consent to Jurisdiction    15

Section 17.

   Counterparts    16

Section 18.

   Series Disclaimer and Acknowledgment    16

Exhibit A – Second Amended and Restated Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement


World Monitor Trust III

(A Delaware Statutory Trust)

$500,000,000

Units of Beneficial Interest

Initially $100 per Unit

SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED SELLING AGREEMENT

November 28, 2008

Kenmar Securities Inc.

900 King Street

Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

Ladies and Gentlemen:

This Second Amended and Restated Selling Agreement (“Agreement”) amends and restates, in its entirety, that certain Selling Agreement dated as of May 16, 2005, as amended and restated on September 27, 2005, by and among the Trust, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent (each as hereinafter defined). The revisions contained in this Agreement memorialize the transformation of the Trust from a publicly-offered commodity pool to a privately-offered commodity pool.

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), has caused the formation, on September 28, 2004, of a statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Delaware Act”) under the name, World Monitor Trust III (the “Trust”), for the purposes of engaging in the speculative trading of commodity futures and forward contracts, commodity options and other commodity interests. Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking company (the “Trustee”), is the trustee of the Trust and has delegated substantially all responsibility for the management of the Trust’s business and affairs to the Managing Owner. The beneficial interest in the Trust (the “Units”) will be offered in one series (the “Series”), but the Trust may issue additional series of Units in the future. The Series will be offered in two or more classes. The assets of the Trust will be allocated to one or more different trading advisors (each a “Trading Advisor” and, collectively, the “Trading Advisors”). Each Trading Advisor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as a commodity trading advisor under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and is a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) in such capacity (or otherwise exempt from such registration and/or membership). The Series of Units will be separately valued and its assets will be segregated from the assets of any other series. The Trust proposes to offer and to sell to Subscribers (as hereinafter defined) acceptable to the Managing Owner, the Units upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in this Agreement and the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (the “Memorandum”). The Units will be offered at their month-end Net Asset Value. All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the

 

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Memorandum. Kenmar Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation (the “Selling Agent”) shall be a Selling Agent for the Trust. In addition, the Selling Agent may, with the consent of the Managing Owner, distribute Units through the use of “introducing broker” correspondents (“Correspondents”), provided such Correspondents are duly registered as broker-dealers or exempt from the requirement of being so registered, pursuant to the terms of the Second Amended and Restated Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement attached hereto as Exhibit A.

The Trust desires to raise capital as herein provided by the sale of Units, the purchasers of which will become beneficiaries (“Unitholders”) of the Trust, and the Selling Agent hereby agrees to use its best efforts to market the Units pursuant to the terms hereof. Accordingly, the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner and the Trust, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows.

Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner represents and warrants to the Selling Agent and the Trading Advisors as follows:

(a) The Memorandum was prepared in full conformity with the applicable requirements of the CE Act, and the rules, regulations and instructions promulgated under the CE Act, and the rules and regulations of the NFA, in the form heretofore delivered to the Selling Agent;

(b) The Memorandum contains all statements that are required to be made therein, conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the CE Act and the rules and regulations of the CFTC and the NFA, thereunder, and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust or the Managing Owner by the Selling Agent, the Trustee, the Administrator, any commodity broker who has contracted to provide commodity brokerage services to the Trust (each, a “Commodity Broker”) or their respective agents or by or on behalf of any Trading Advisor or any other commodity trading advisor (an “Other Advisor”) engaged by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust for use therein.

(c) The certificate of trust (the “Certificate of Trust”) pursuant to which the Trust has been formed and the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Trust, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), provide for the subscription and sale of the Units of the Trust; all action required to be taken by the Managing Owner and the Trust as a condition to the sale of the Units to qualified subscribers therefore has been taken; and, upon payment of the consideration therefore specified in all accepted Subscription Agreements and Powers of Attorney, the Units will constitute valid units of beneficial interest of the Trust as to which the subscribers thereto will have the same limitation on personal liability as stockholders in a private corporation for profit organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and will be Unitholders of the Trust entitled to all the applicable benefits under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Act.

(d) The Trust is a statutory trust duly organized pursuant to the Delaware 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 business to be conducted by it, as described in the Memorandum. The Trust is in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in

 

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which such qualification is necessary in order to protect the limited liability of Unitholders and in which the nature or conduct of its business as described in the Memorandum requires such qualification and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement (as defined below).

(e) The Managing Owner is, and will continue to be so long as it is the managing owner of the Trust, a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business as described in the Memorandum requires such qualification and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect the Trust’s or the Managing Owner’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

(f) The Trust and the Managing Owner each have full trust and corporate power and authority, as the case may be, under applicable law to perform its respective obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Advisory Agreements by and among each Trading Advisor, the Trust and the Managing Owner (the “Advisory Agreements”) (references in this Agreement to the Advisory Agreements intend, in respect of each Trading Advisor, to refer only to the Advisory Agreement to which such Trading Advisor is a party) and this Agreement, and to conduct its business as described in the Memorandum.

(g) Each of the Trust Agreement, the Advisory Agreements and this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust and by the Managing Owner, and each constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Trust and the Managing Owner in accordance with its terms.

(h) The execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement, the Advisory Agreements and this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth therein and herein and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Memorandum: (i) will not constitute a breach of, or default under, any instrument or agreement by which the Managing Owner, the Trust, or any of their property or assets is bound, or any statute, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Managing Owner or the Trust, of any court or any governmental body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Managing Owner or the Trust; (ii) will not result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Managing Owner or the Trust; (iii) will not give any party a right to terminate its obligations or result in the acceleration of any obligations under any material instrument or agreement by which the Managing Owner or the Trust, or any of their respective property or assets is bound; and (iv) will not result in any material liability (other than such as may be contemplated hereby and under the Agreements enumerated in this subparagraph) on the part of either the Managing Owner or the Trust.

(i) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Memorandum, there is not pending nor, to the best of the Managing Owner’s knowledge, threatened any action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or other governmental body to which the Managing Owner or the Trust is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Managing Owner or the Trust is subject, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Managing Owner or the Trust or which is required to be disclosed in the Memorandum pursuant to the CE Act or the CFTC Regulations. The Managing Owner has not received any notice of an investigation or warning letter from the NFA or CFTC regarding non-compliance by the Managing Owner with the CE Act or the regulations thereunder.

 

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(j) All authorizations, consents or orders of any court, or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Units have been obtained.

(k) The Managing Owner and each of its principals and employees have, and will continue to have so long as it is the managing owner of the Trust, all federal and state governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory and commodity exchange approvals and licenses, and the Managing Owner (either on behalf of itself or its principals and employees) has effected all filings and registrations with federal and state governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory agencies required to conduct its business and to act as described in the Memorandum or required to perform its or their obligations as described under the Trust Agreement (including, without limitation, registration (i) as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act, and (ii) membership in the NFA as a “commodity pool operator,” and this Agreement and the performance of such obligations will not contravene or result in a breach of any provision of the Managing Owner’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws or any agreement, instrument, order, law or regulation binding upon it or any of its employees or principals. The principals of the Managing Owner identified in the Memorandum are all of the principals of the Managing Owner, as “principals” is defined by the CFTC regulations. Such principals are duly registered as such on the Managing Owner’s commodity pool operator Form 7-R registration.

(l) The Trust does not require any federal or state governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or commodity exchange approvals or licenses, and the Trust need not effect any filings or registrations with any federal or state governmental agencies in order to conduct its business and to act as contemplated by the Memorandum and to issue and sell the Units (other than (i) filings on Form D under Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”), (ii) filings with the NFA pursuant to the CE Act and (iii) notice filings with the states under state securities laws).

(m) The Managing Owner has the financial resources necessary to meet its obligations to the Selling Agent hereunder.

(n) All of the information regarding the actual performance of the accounts of the Managing Owner and the Managing Owner’s principals set forth in the Memorandum is complete and accurate in all material respects and, except as disclosed in the Memorandum, is in accordance and compliance with the disclosure requirements under the CE Act and the CFTC Regulations as well as of the NFA.

(o) The Managing Owner acknowledges that the Selling Agent’s customer and Correspondent lists constitute proprietary data belonging to the Selling Agent, and the Managing Owner agrees that it will not disseminate any confidential information regarding any of the foregoing, except as required by law. The Managing Owner agrees that (i) it will not, directly or indirectly, solicit a client introduced to the Managing Owner or the Trust by the Selling Agent or any of its Correspondents which client does not have a verifiable preexisting relationship with the Managing Owner (a “Protected Client”) to establish a managed account with the Managing Owner or to invest in another fund managed by the Managing Owner unless such solicitation is conducted through the Selling Agent or as otherwise agreed to by the Selling Agent and (ii) if any Protected Client approaches the Managing Owner, the Managing Owner

 

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will not accept the account or investment without the Selling Agent’s approval. In the event of a breach of the agreements of the Managing Owner in this Section 1(o), the Managing Owner agrees to compensate the Selling Agent with respect to that Protected Client in an amount equal to the amount of ongoing compensation to be paid by the Trust to the Selling Agent with respect to such a Protected Client. Such payments are deemed to be a reasonable estimate of the damage to the Selling Agent and shall be the Selling Agent’s exclusive remedy for such breach.

(p) The Trust will not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in order to conduct its operations as described in the Memorandum.

Section 2. Offering and Sale of Units.

(a) Subject to the terms and conditions and on the basis of the representations, warranties and covenants set forth herein, the Selling Agent is hereby appointed as a Selling Agent for the Trust (it is contemplated that certain additional selling agents and certain Correspondents may also market Units) during the term herein specified for the purpose of using its best efforts to identify acceptable subscribers for the Units. The Selling Agent shall only approach a potential investor that it reasonably believes is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the 1933 Act).

It is understood that the Selling Agent’s agreement to use its best efforts to find acceptable subscribers for the Units shall not prevent it from acting as a selling agent or underwriter for the securities of other issuers, including affiliates, which may be offered or sold during the term hereof. The agency of the Selling Agent hereunder shall continue until the expiration or termination of this Agreement as provided herein, including such additional period as may be required to effect a closing of the sale of the Units subscribed for through the date of such termination.

Each subscriber shall be required to submit a minimum aggregate subscription of at least $25,000 ($10,000 for trustees or custodians of eligible employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts). Incremental investments are permitted in $5,000 multiples, with Units being sold in fractions calculated to three decimal places.

All Selling Agent branch offices will be required to forward subscriptions to the Managing Owner no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day prior to the last day of each month. The Managing Owner shall have sole responsibility for determining whether Subscribers are qualified to become Unitholders in the Trust and for accepting subscriptions and determining their validity. The Selling Agent agrees to use its best efforts to cause Subscribers to prepare their subscriptions in proper form and that the proceeds representing the subscription amount are delivered to the Managing Owner in readily available funds in a timely manner.

The Managing Owner will determine whether to accept or reject all subscriptions received and will do so within two (2) Business Days following receipt from the Selling Agent of a Subscription Agreement and Power of Attorney (the “Subscription Agreement”).

On each Closing Time (as defined herein), the acceptance, delivery, and receipt of subscriptions for Units will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (1) the payment of the full subscription price for Units and delivery of a properly completed Subscription Agreement by each Subscriber; (2) the fact that a new

 

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Subscriber’s subscription will not be final and binding until two (2) Business Days following the Subscriber’s delivery of his subscription documents to the Selling Agent (or an Additional Seller), and (3) compliance with Section 4 hereof.

The Selling Agent agrees that it will not take any of the following action against the Trust: (1) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust in an involuntary case or proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust under the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, (2) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause; or (3) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”).

In addition, the Selling Agent agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it, the Selling Agent will look solely and exclusively to the assets of such Series or the Managing Owner, if it has liability in its capacity as Managing Owner, to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against the other assets of the Trust, whether or not there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of the Trust and the Managing Owner and the obligations of the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are not binding upon any of the Limited Owners individually but are binding only upon the assets and property identified above and no resort shall be had to the assets of other series issued by the Trust.

(b) (i) Units in Class I. As compensation, the Selling Agent shall receive a service fee in respect of the Class I Units, monthly in arrears, equal to  1/ 2th of 2.0% (2.0% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Unit of the outstanding Class I Units on an on-going basis. Ongoing compensation will be paid at the end of each calendar quarter on the basis of the Units outstanding during each month during such quarter. “Net Assets,” for purposes of determining ongoing compensation shall be calculated after reduction of all expenses of the Trust, including accrued and unpaid expenses.

(ii) Units in Class II. The Selling Agent will not receive any service fees from the Trust for any Class II Unit sold by it.

(iii) All Units. As compensation, the Selling Agent shall receive a sales commission in respect of the Class I Units and the Class II Units, monthly in arrears, equal to  1/2 th of 1.00% (1.00% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Unit of the outstanding Class I Units and Class II Units as of the beginning of each month.

(c) The Selling Agent will provide the Managing Owner with a list of prospective Correspondents. Unless the prospective Correspondent has a verifiable preexisting relationship with the Managing Owner as notified to the Selling Agent in writing, such

 

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Correspondent shall only be permitted to offer Units as a Correspondent of the Selling Agent pursuant to a Correspondent Selling Agreement in a form agreed to by the Selling Agent. The Selling Agent, with the consent of the Managing Owner, may select Correspondents, in each case which represent in the Correspondent Selling Agreement that they are either (i) dealers who are members in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) or (ii) foreign banks, dealers or institutions ineligible for membership in a registered security association (within the meaning of Section 25 of Article III of the FINRA’s Rules of Fair Practice) which agree that they will make no sales of Units within the United States, its territories or possessions or areas subject to its jurisdiction.

(d) In respect of Correspondents selected by the Selling Agent with the consent of the Managing Owner, the Managing Owner shall pay the Selling Agent selling commissions and ongoing compensation as set forth above, a portion of which (as agreed between the Selling Agent and each such Correspondent) the Selling Agent shall pass on to each such Correspondent.

(e) Units will be sold as of the first day of each calendar month (each such sale, a “Closing” and each such date, a “Closing Time”), in the discretion of the Trust. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Managing Owner or the Trust be obliged to accept any subscription for Units if to accept such subscription could reasonably be expected to cause the assets of the Trust to be deemed to be the assets of any “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended, or “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

(f) No selling commissions shall be paid on Units sold to the Managing Owner or any of its principals or affiliates.

(g) The Trust shall not in any respect be responsible for any selling commissions described herein. All such commissions are to be solely the responsibility of the Managing Owner.

Section 3. Compliance with General Laws.

(a) It is understood that the Selling Agent has no commitment with regard to the sale of the Units other than to use its best efforts. In connection with the offer and sale of the Units, the Selling Agent represents that it will comply fully with all applicable laws, and the rules and interpretations of FINRA, the SEC, the CFTC, state securities administrators and any other regulatory body.

(b) The Selling Agent agrees not to recommend the purchase of Units to any subscriber unless the Selling Agent shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the subscriber concerning, among other things, the subscriber’s investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, that the subscriber is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable the subscriber to realize to a significant extent the benefits of the Trust, including the tax benefits (if any) described in the Memorandum; the subscriber has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in participating in the Trust; and the Units are otherwise a suitable investment for the subscriber. The Selling Agent agrees to maintain such records as are required by the applicable rules of Regulation D under the 1933 Act and FINRA for purposes of determining “accredited investor” status and its pre-existing relationship with such investor.

 

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In connection with making the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph, Selling Agent has not relied on inquiries made by or on behalf of any other parties.

The Selling Agent agrees to inform all prospective purchasers of Units of all pertinent facts relating to the liquidity and marketability of the Units as set forth in the Memorandum.

(c) Subscription payments may be made by wire transfer or by authorizing the Selling Agent to debit the subscriber’s customer securities account maintained with the Selling Agent. Subscribers who do so must have their subscription payments in their accounts on the specified settlement date — subscribers to be notified of such dates by the Selling Agent. Settlement of the payment for subscriptions will occur not later than five (5) business days following notification by the Managing Owner to the Selling Agent of the acceptance of a particular subscription and not later than the termination of the offering of the Units. On each settlement date, subscribers’ customer securities accounts will be debited by the Selling Agent in the amount of their subscriptions. The amount of the subscription payments so debited will be transmitted by such Selling Agent directly to the Trust in the form of a Selling Agent check or wire transfer made payable to the Trust.

The Selling Agent and the Managing Owner may make such other arrangements regarding the transmission of subscriptions as they may deem convenient or appropriate.

(d) The Selling Agent represents, warrants and covenants that it: (1) maintains anti-money laundering policies and procedures that comply with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, and applicable federal anti-money laundering regulations, including policies and procedures to verify the identity of prospective Subscribers (“AML Laws, Regulations and Policies”); (2) complies with AML Laws, Regulations and Policies; (3) will promptly deliver to the Managing owner, to the extent permitted by applicable law, notice of any AML Laws, Regulations and Policies violation, suspicious activity, suspicious activity investigation or filed suspicious activity report that relates to any prospective Subscriber for Units; and (4) will cooperate with the Managing owner and deliver information reasonably requested by the Managing Owner concerning Subscribers that purchased Units sold by the Selling Agent necessary for the Managing Owner or the Trust to comply with AML Laws, Regulations and Policies.

(e) The Selling Agent will not use any form of “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (within the meaning of Rule 502 of Regulation D under the 1933 Act) in making offers of Units, including any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or advertising.

(f) The Selling Agent has and shall maintain all licenses and registrations necessary under applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, including the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization with competent jurisdiction, to provide the services required to be provided by the Selling Agent under this Agreement.

 

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Section 4. Covenants of the Managing Owner.

(a) The Managing Owner shall notify the Selling Agent immediately (i) when any amendment to the Memorandum shall have become effective or any supplement to the Memorandum is prepared, (ii) of any material criminal, civil or administrative or investigative proceedings against or involving the Managing Owner or the Trust, or (iii) of the issuance by the CFTC or NFA of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Memorandum, the registration or NFA membership of the Managing Owner as a “commodity pool operator,” or any order or decree enjoining the offering or the use of the then current Memorandum.

(b) The Managing Owner shall deliver to the Selling Agent as promptly as practicable from time to time such number of copies of the Memorandum (as amended or supplemented) and of the Promotional Material as the Selling Agent (or their Correspondents) may reasonably request.

(c) The Managing Owner and the Trust will comply with all requirements imposed upon them by the CE Act and the CFTC Regulations, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of the Units during such period in accordance with the provisions hereof and as set forth in the Memorandum.

(d) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Owner, to amend or supplement the Memorandum (i) to make the Memorandum not materially misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a subscriber, or (ii) to conform with applicable CFTC Regulations, the Managing Owner shall prepare and furnish to the Selling Agent, at the expense of the Managing Owner, a reasonable number of copies of an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Memorandum which will amend or supplement the Memorandum so as to effect the necessary changes. No such amendment or supplement shall be filed or used without the approval of the Selling Agent. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Managing Owner shall amend or supplement the Memorandum to reflect any change in fees (net of rebates, if any) to be paid to a Trading Advisor by the Trust or the Managing Owner.

Section 5. Payment of Expenses and Fees. The Managing Owner will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Managing Owner and the Trust hereunder, including the printing and delivery to the Selling Agent in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Memorandum and any supplements or amendments thereto, and of any supplemental sales materials.

Section 6. Conditions of Closing. The sale of the Units and the release of subscription funds are subject to the accuracy of the representations and warranties of the parties hereto, to the performance by such parties of their respective obligations hereunder and to the following further conditions:

(a) At each Closing Time, the Managing Owner shall deliver a certificate to the effect that: (i) no order suspending the effectiveness of the Memorandum has been issued and no proceedings therefore have been instituted or to the best of their knowledge threatened by the CFTC or other regulatory or self-regulatory body; (ii) the representations and warranties of the Managing Owner contained herein are true and correct with the same effect as though expressly made at such Closing Time and in respect of the Memorandum as in effect at such Closing Time; and (iii) the Managing Owner has performed all covenants and agreements herein contained which are required to be performed on its part at or prior to such Closing Time.

 

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(b) At each Closing Time, the parties hereto shall have been furnished with such information, opinions and certified documents as the Managing Owner may deem to be necessary or appropriate.

(c) The parties hereto shall have been furnished with such additional information, opinions and documents, including supporting documents relating to parties described in the Memorandum and certificates signed by such parties with regard to information relating to them and included in the Memorandum as they may reasonably require for the purpose of enabling them to pass upon the sale of the Units as herein contemplated and related proceedings, in order to evidence the accuracy or completeness of any of the representations or warranties or the fulfillment of any of the conditions herein contained; and all actions taken by the parties hereto in connection with the sale of the Units as herein contemplated shall be reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to counsel for the Managing Owner and to counsel for the Selling Agent.

If any of the conditions specified in this Section 6 shall not have been fulfilled when and as required by this Agreement to be fulfilled prior to a Closing Time, such Closing Time shall be delayed until such time as all such conditions shall have been satisfied or otherwise waived, and any such cancellation or termination shall be without liability of any party to any other party other than in respect of Units already sold.

Section 7. Indemnification, Contribution and Exculpation.

(a) The Managing Owner agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Selling Agent and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows:

(i) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising from any breach of any representation or warranty of the Managing Owner set forth herein or from any untrue statement of a material fact or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Memorandum (or any amendment thereto) or in the Promotional Material or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading.

(ii) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such breach, untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (any settlement to be subject to indemnity hereunder only if effected with the written consent of the Managing Owner); and

(iii) against any and all expense whatsoever (including the fees and disbursements of counsel) reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such material breach, untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under clauses (i) or (ii) above.

(iv) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 6 shall for any reason be unavailable to the Selling Agent (or a controlling person of the Selling Agent) in respect of any

 

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loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the Managing Owner shall, in lieu of indemnifying the Selling Agent (or controlling person) contribute to the amount paid or payable by such indemnified party as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, (A) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Managing Owner on the one hand and the Selling Agent on the other from the offering of the Units by the Selling Agent or (B) if the allocation provided by clause (A) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (A) above but also the relative fault of the Managing Owner on the one hand and the Selling Agent on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Managing Owner on the one hand or the Selling Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 7 (iv) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by the Selling Agent (or controlling person) as a result of the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to above in this Section 7(iv), shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 7(iv), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such otherwise indemnified party in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.

In no case shall the Managing Owner be liable under this indemnity and contribution agreement with respect to any claim unless the Managing Owner shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but failure to so notify the Managing Owner shall not relieve the Managing Owner from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity and contribution agreement, The Managing Owner shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense or, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit so brought, which defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and satisfactory to the indemnified party (or party entitled to contribution hereunder) or parties; defendant or defendants therein.

The Managing Owner agrees to notify the Selling Agent and the Trading Advisors within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim in connection with the sale of the Units against it or any of its officers or directors or any person who controls the Managing Owner within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act.

(b) The Selling Agent agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Managing Owner, the Trust and each person, if any, who controls the Managing Owner or the Trust from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities or expenses arising out of or based upon (i) any violation of law or of this Agreement committed by the Selling Agent in selling the Units to investors or (ii) any oral representations made to investors the information in which is not contained in the Memorandum or any other previously approved written material.

Section 8. Consent. Each of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent agrees and consents (the “Consent”) to look solely to each series that is being offered pursuant to this Agreement (the “Contracting Series”) and the assets (the “Contracting Series Assets”) of the

 

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Contracting Series and to the Managing Owner and its assets for payment. The Contracting Series Assets include only those funds and other assets that are paid, held or distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of the Contracting Series, including, without limitation, funds delivered to the Trust for the purchase of interests in a Series. In furtherance of the Consent, each of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent agrees that any debts, liabilities, obligations, indebtedness, expenses and claims of any nature and of all kinds and descriptions (collectively, “Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing arising from, related to or in connection with the Trust and its assets and the Contracting Series and the Contracting Series Assets, shall be subject to the following limitations:

(a) Subordination of certain claims and rights. (1) except as set forth below, the Claims, if any, of the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent (the “Subordinated Claims”) shall be expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all other Claims against the Trust and any series thereof, and any of their respective assets, which may arise as a matter of law or pursuant to any contract; provided, however, that the Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent (if any) against the Contracting Series shall not be considered Subordinated Claims with respect to enforcement against and distribution and repayment from the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and provided further that the valid Claims of either the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent, if any, against the Contracting Series shall be pari passu and equal in right of repayment and distribution with all other valid Claims against the Contracting Series and (2) the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent will not take, demand or receive from any Series or the Trust or any of their respective assets (other than the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets) any payment for the Subordinated Claims;

(b) The Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent with respect to the Contracting Series shall only be asserted and enforceable against the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and such Claims shall not be asserted or enforceable for any reason whatsoever against any other Series, the Trust generally or any of their respective assets;

(c) If the Claims of the Managing Owner or the Selling Agent against the Contracting Series or the Trust are secured in whole or in part, each of the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent hereby waives (under section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. S 1111(b)) any right to have any deficiency Claims (which deficiency Claims may arise in the event such security is inadequate to satisfy such Claims) treated as unsecured Claims against the Trust or any Series (other than the Contracting Series), as the case may be;

(d) In furtherance of the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent receives monies in connection with the Subordinated Claims from a series or the Trust (or their respective assets), other than the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets, the Managing Owner and the Selling Agent shall be deemed to hold such monies in trust and shall promptly remit such monies to the Series or the Trust that paid such amounts for distribution by the series or the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof; and

(e) The foregoing Consent shall apply at all times notwithstanding that the Claims are satisfied, and notwithstanding that the agreements in respect of such Claims are terminated, rescinded or canceled.

 

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Section 9. Status of Parties. In marketing Units pursuant to this Agreement, the Selling Agent is acting solely as agent for the Trust, and not as principal. The Selling Agent will use its best efforts to assist the Trust in obtaining performance by each purchaser solicited by such Selling Agent whose offer to purchase Units from the Trust has been accepted on behalf of the Trust, but the Selling Agents shall not have any liability to the Trust in the event that Subscription Agreements are improperly completed or any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Except as specifically provided herein, the Selling Agent shall in no respect be deemed to be an agent of the Trust.

Section 10. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or contained in certificates of any party hereto submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by, or on behalf of, the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner, the Trust, or any person who controls any of the foregoing, and shall survive the Closing Times.

Section 11. Termination. Either party to this Agreement shall have the right to terminate its participation under this Agreement at any time upon fifteen (15) days prior written notice of such termination to the other party.

Section 12. Survival. Irrespective of the expiration or termination of this Agreement, Sections 4, 5, and 7 hereof shall survive, and all applicable provisions of this Agreement with respect to outstanding Units.

Section 13. Notices and Authority to Act. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, (a) if sent to the Managing Owner or the Trust , shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the Managing Owner at: Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York 10573, Attn: General Counsel; and Mr. Timothy P. Selby, Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016 and (b) if sent to the Selling Agent, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the Selling Agent at: Kenmar Securities Inc., 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York 10573, Attn: General Counsel; and Mr. Timothy P. Selby, Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Notices shall be effective when actually received.

Section 14. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Selling Agent, the Trust, the Managing Owner and such parties’ respective successors to the extent provided herein. This Agreement and the conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be and are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns and controlling persons and parties indemnified hereunder, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of a Unit shall be considered to be a successor or an assignee solely on the basis of such purchase.

Section 15. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES CREATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 16. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto agree that any action or proceeding arising directly, indirectly, or otherwise in connection with, out of, related to, or from this Agreement, any breach hereof, or any transaction covered hereby, shall be resolved, whether by arbitration or otherwise, within the County of New York, and State of New York.

 

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Accordingly, the parties hereto consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts and applicable arbitral body located within the County of New York, and State of New York. The parties further agree that any such action or proceeding brought by any party 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 federal or state courts, or if appropriate, before any applicable arbitral body, located within the County of New York, and State of New York.

The Managing Owner and the Trust each agree that, at the request of the Setting Agent, they will submit any action or proceeding referred to in this Section 15 to NFA arbitration in the County of New York and State of New York, and agree to execute and deliver to each Selling Agent such Selling Agent’s standard form of arbitration agreement, as required by NFA regulations.

Section 17. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and both of which together shall be deemed one and the same instrument.

Section 18. Series Disclaimer and Acknowledgment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Trust is organized in series pursuant to Sections 3804(a) and 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Act. As such, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to each series of the Trust shall be enforceable against the assets of such series of the Trust only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or the assets of any other series of the Trust or against the Trustee of the Trust. There may be several series of the Trust created pursuant to the Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Trust.

If the foregoing is in accordance with each party’s understanding of their agreement, each party is requested to sign and return to the Managing Owner and the Trust a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement among them in accordance with its terms.

Very truly yours,

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J
By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.,
its Managing Owner
  By:  

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

  Name:   Esther E. Goodman
  Title:   Senior Executive Vice President
and Chief Operating Officer
KENMAR SECURITIES INC.
By:  

/s/ Braxton Glasgow III

Name:   Braxton Glasgow III
Title:   Chief Executive Officer

 

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EXHIBIT A

Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement

EX-10.5 7 dex105.htm FORM OF SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT Form of Second Amended and Restated Correspondent Selling Agent Agreement

Exhibit 10.5

CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT

World Monitor Trust III

(A Delaware Statutory Trust)

Units of Beneficial Interest

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

Managing Owner

Kenmar Securities Inc.

Selling Agent

[Name of Correspondent Selling Agent]

Correspondent Selling Agent

Dated [Date]


WORLD MONITOR TRUST III

CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section 1.

 

Representations and Warranties of the Managing Owner

   4

Section 2.

 

Offering and Sale of Units

   6

Section 3.

 

Compliance with General Laws

   9

Section 4.

 

Covenants of the Managing Owner

   11

Section 5.

 

Payment of Expenses and Fees

   11

Section 6.

 

Indemnification, Contribution and Exculpation

   11

Section 7.

 

Consent

   13

Section 8.

 

Status of Parties

   14

Section 9.

 

Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery

   14

Section 10.

 

Termination

   14

Section 11.

 

Survival

   14

Section 12.

 

Notices and Authority to Act

   14

Section 13.

 

Parties

   15

Section 14.

 

Governing Law

   15

Section 15.

 

Consent to Jurisdiction

   15

Section 16.

 

Counterparts

   15

Section 17.

 

Series Disclaimer and Acknowledgment

   15

 

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World Monitor Trust III

(A Delaware Statutory Trust)

Units of Beneficial Interest

CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT AGREEMENT

[Date]

[Name of Correspondent Selling Agent]

[Address]

[Address]

Dear Sir:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., a Delaware corporation (the “Managing Owner”), has caused the formation, on September 28, 2004, of a statutory trust pursuant to the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (the “Delaware Act”) under the name, World Monitor Trust III (the “Trust”), for the purposes of engaging in the speculative trading of commodity futures and forward contracts, commodity options and other commodity interests. Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking company (the “Trustee”), is the trustee of the Trust and has delegated substantially all responsibility for the management of the Trust’s business and affairs to the Managing Owner. The beneficial interest in the Trust (the “Units”) will be offered in one series (the “Series”), but the Trust may issue additional series of Units in the future. The Series will be offered in two or more classes. The assets of the Trust will be allocated to one or more different trading advisors (each a “Trading Advisor” and, collectively, the “Trading Advisors”). Each Trading Advisor is registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) as a commodity trading advisor under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the “CE Act”), and is a member of the National Futures Association (the “NFA”) in such capacity (or is otherwise exempt from such registration and/or membership). The Series of Units will be separately valued and its assets will be segregated from the assets of any other series. The Trust proposes to offer and to sell to Subscribers (as hereinafter defined) acceptable to the Managing Owner, the Units upon the terms and subject to the conditions set forth in the Second Amended and Restated Selling Agent Agreement, dated as of November 28, 2008, by and among Kenmar Securities Inc., a Delaware corporation, as selling agent, the Managing Owner and the Trust (the “Selling Agreement”) and the Confidential Private Placement Memorandum (the “Memorandum”). The Units are offered at the Net Asset Value per Unit (“Net Asset Value”). All capitalized terms not otherwise defined herein shall have the meanings ascribed to them in the Memorandum. The Selling Agent shall be a selling agent for the Trust. Other selling agents (the “Correspondent Selling Agents”) may be selected by the Selling Agent with the consent of the Managing Owner in accordance with the terms of the Selling Agreement. You have been so selected by the Selling Agent and the Trust. We understand that you are willing to use your best efforts to market the Trust’s Units in accordance with the terms of this agreement (the “Agreement”).

 

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The Trust desires to raise capital as herein provided by the sale of Units, the purchasers of which will become beneficiaries (“Unitholders”) of the Trust, and you hereby agree to use your best efforts to market the Units pursuant to the terms hereof. Accordingly, you (the “Correspondent Selling Agent”), the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner and the Trust, intending to be legally bound, hereby agree as follows.

Section 1. Representations and Warranties of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner represents and warrants to the Correspondent Selling Agent as follows.

(a) The Memorandum was prepared in full conformity with the applicable requirements of the CE Act, and the rules, regulations and instructions promulgated under the CE Act, and the rules and regulations of the NFA, in the form heretofore delivered to the Selling Agent;

(b) The Memorandum contains all statements that are required to be made therein, conforms in all material respects to the requirements of the CE Act and the rules and regulations of the CFTC and the NFA, thereunder, and does not contain an untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances in which they were made, not misleading; provided, however, that this representation and warranty shall not apply to any statements or omissions made in reliance upon and in conformity with information furnished to the Trust or the Managing Owner by the Selling Agent, the Trustee, the Administrator, any commodity broker who has contracted to provide commodity brokerage services to the Trust (each, a “Commodity Broker”) or their respective agents or by or on behalf of any Trading Advisor or any other commodity trading advisor (an “Other Advisor”) engaged by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust for use therein.

(c) The certificate of trust (the “Certificate of Trust”) pursuant to which the Trust has been formed and the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Trust, as amended from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), provide for the subscription and sale of the Units of the Trust; all action required to be taken by the Managing Owner and the Trust as a condition to the sale of the Units to qualified subscribers therefor has been taken; and, upon payment of the consideration therefor specified in all accepted Subscription Agreements and Powers of Attorney (“Subscription Agreement”), the Units will constitute valid units of beneficial interest of the Trust as to which the subscribers thereto will have the same limitation on personal liability as stockholders in a private corporation for profit organized under the laws of the State of Delaware and will be Unitholders of the Trust entitled to all the applicable benefits under the Trust Agreement and the Delaware Act.

(d) The Trust is a statutory trust duly organized pursuant to the Delaware 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 business to be conducted by it, as described in the Memorandum. The Trust is in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which such qualification is necessary in order to protect the limited liability of Unitholders and in which the nature or conduct of its business as described in the Memorandum requires such qualification and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement and the Advisory Agreement (as defined below).

(e) The Managing Owner is, and will continue to be so long as it is the managing owner of the Trust, a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing

 

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under the laws of the State of Delaware and is in good standing and qualified to do business in each jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct of its business as described in the Memorandum requires such qualification and the failure to be so qualified would materially adversely affect the Trust’s or the Managing Owner’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

(f) The Trust and the Managing Owner each have full trust and corporate power and authority, as the case may be, under applicable law to perform its respective obligations under the Trust Agreement, the Advisory Agreements by and among each Trading Advisor, the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust and the Managing Owner (the “Advisory Agreements”) (references in this Agreement to the Advisory Agreements intend, in respect of each Trading Advisor, to refer only to the Advisory Agreement to which such Trading Advisor is a party) and this Agreement, and to conduct its business as described in the Memorandum.

(g) Each of the Trust Agreement, the Selling Agreement, the Advisory Agreements and this Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust and by the Managing Owner, and each constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Trust or such Series and the Managing Owner in accordance with its terms.

(h) The execution and delivery of the Trust Agreement, the Advisory Agreements and this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth therein and herein and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Memorandum: (i) will not constitute a breach of, or default under, any instrument or agreement by which the Managing Owner, the Trust, or any of their property or assets is bound, or any statute, order, rule or regulation applicable to the Managing Owner or the Trust, of any court or any governmental body or administrative agency having jurisdiction over the Managing Owner or the Trust; (ii) will not result in the creation or imposition of any lien, charge or encumbrance on any property or assets of the Managing Owner or the Trust; (iii) will not give any party a right to terminate its obligations or result in the acceleration of any obligations under any material instrument or agreement by which the Managing Owner or the Trust, or any of their respective property or assets is bound; and (iv) will not result in any material liability (other than such as may be contemplated hereby and under the Agreements enumerated in this subparagraph) on the part of either the Managing Owner or the Trust.

(i) Except as otherwise disclosed in the Memorandum, there is not pending nor, to the best of the Managing Owner’s knowledge, threatened any action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or other governmental body to which the Managing Owner or the Trust is a party, or to which any of the assets of the Managing Owner or the Trust is subject, which might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition (financial or otherwise), business or prospects of the Managing Owner or the Trust or which is required to be disclosed in the Memorandum pursuant to the CE Act or the CFTC Regulations. The Managing Owner has not received any notice of an investigation or warning letter from the NFA or CFTC regarding non-compliance by the Managing Owner with the CE Act or the regulations thereunder.

(j) All authorizations, consents or orders of any court, or of any federal, state or other governmental or regulatory agency or body required for the authorization, issuance, offer and sale of the Units have been obtained.

 

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(k) The Managing Owner and each of its principals and employees have, and will continue to have so long as it is the managing owner of the Trust, all federal and state governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory and commodity exchange approvals and licenses, and the Managing Owner (either on behalf of itself or its principals and employees) has effected all filings and registrations with federal and state governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory agencies required to conduct its business and to act as described in the Memorandum or required to perform its or their obligations as described under the Trust Agreement (including, without limitation, registration (i) as a commodity pool operator under the CE Act, and (ii) membership in the NFA as a “commodity pool operator,” and this Agreement and the performance of such obligations will not contravene or result in a breach of any provision of the Managing Owner’s certificate of incorporation, by-laws or any agreement, instrument, order, law or regulation binding upon it or any of its employees or principals.

(l) The Trust does not require any federal or state governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory or commodity exchange approvals or licenses, and the Trust need not effect any filings or registrations with any federal or state governmental agencies in order to conduct its business and to act as contemplated by the Memorandum and to issue and sell the Units (other than filings with the NFA pursuant to the CE Act).

(m) The Managing Owner has the financial resources necessary to meet its obligations to the Selling Agent hereunder.

(n) All of the information regarding the actual performance of the accounts of the Managing Owner and the Managing Owner’s principals set forth in the Memorandum is complete and accurate in all material respects and, except as disclosed in the Memorandum, is in accordance and compliance with the disclosure requirements under the CE Act and the CFTC Regulations as well as of the NFA.

(o) The Managing Owner acknowledges that the Correspondent Selling Agent’s customer lists constitute proprietary data belonging to the Correspondent Selling Agent, and the Managing Owner agrees that it will not disseminate any confidential information regarding any of the foregoing, except as required by law. Furthermore, the Managing Owner agrees that it will not independently solicit any client on the Correspondent Selling Agent’s customer lists, except as requested by the Correspondent Selling Agent in connection with soliciting investments in the Trust. The Managing Owner further agrees with the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent that the Managing Owner will use its best efforts to keep the identity of the Correspondent Selling Agent, as well as the terms of this Agreement, confidential, except as otherwise required by law or otherwise made public by third parties without the negligence, misconduct or breach of the terms hereof by the Managing Owner.

(p) The Trust will not be required to register as an investment company under the Investment Company Act of 1940 in order to conduct its operations as described in the Memorandum.

Section 2. Offering and Sale of Units.

(a) The Correspondent Selling Agent is hereby appointed as a non-exclusive Correspondent Selling Agent of the Selling Agent during the term herein specified for the purpose of using its best efforts to identify acceptable subscribers for the Units. The Correspondent Selling Agent shall only approach a potential investor that it reasonably believes

 

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is an “accredited investor” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “1933 Act”). The Correspondent Selling Agent hereby accepts such agency and agrees on the terms and conditions herein set forth to use its best efforts to find acceptable subscribers.

It is understood that the Correspondent Selling Agent’s agreement to use its best efforts to find acceptable subscribers for the Units shall not prevent it from acting as a selling agent or underwriter for the securities of other issuers, including affiliates, which may be offered or sold during the term hereof. The agency of the Correspondent Selling Agent hereunder shall continue until the expiration or termination of this Agreement, as provided herein, including such additional period as may be required to effect a final closing of the sale of the Units subscribed for through the Correspondent Selling Agent through the date of such termination.

Each subscriber shall be required to submit a minimum aggregate subscription of at least $25,000 ($10,000 for trustees or custodians of eligible employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts). The minimum amount for additional subscriptions is $5,000, with Units being sold in fractions calculated to three decimal places.

All Correspondent Selling Agent branch offices will be required to forward acceptable subscription agreements from a subscriber for Units (each, a “Subscriber”) to the Managing Owner no later than 10:00 a.m., New York City time, on the fifth Business Day prior to the last business day of each month. The Managing Owner shall have sole responsibility for determining whether Subscribers are qualified to become Unitholders in the Trust and for accepting subscriptions and determining their validity. The Correspondent Selling Agent agrees to use its best efforts to cause Subscribers to prepare their subscriptions in proper form.

The Managing Owner will determine whether to accept or reject all subscriptions received and will do so within two (2) Business Days following receipt from the Selling Agent of a Subscription Agreement.

On each closing date, the acceptance, delivery, and receipt of subscriptions for Units will be subject to the terms and conditions set forth in this Agreement, including, but not limited to, (1) the payment of the full subscription price for Units and delivery of a properly completed Subscription Agreement by each Subscriber; (2) the fact that a new Subscriber’s subscription will not be final and binding until two (2) Business Days following the Subscriber’s delivery of his subscription documents to the Selling Agent (or an Additional Seller), and (3) compliance with Section 4 hereof.

The Correspondent Selling Agent agrees that it will not take any of the following action against the Trust: (1) seek a decree or order by a court having jurisdiction in the premises (A) for relief in respect of the Trust in an involuntary case or proceeding under the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other federal or state bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation or similar law or (B) adjudging the Trust a bankrupt or insolvent, or seeking reorganization, rehabilitation, liquidation, arrangement, adjustment or composition of or in respect of the Trust under the federal Bankruptcy Code or any other applicable federal or state law, or appointing a custodian, receiver, liquidator, assignee, trustee, sequestrator (or other similar official) of the Trust or of any substantial part of any of its properties, or ordering the winding up or liquidation of any of its affairs, (2) seek a petition for relief, reorganization or to take advantage of any law referred to in the preceding clause; or (3) file an involuntary petition for bankruptcy (collectively “Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action”).

 

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In addition, the Correspondent Selling Agent agrees that for any obligations due and owing to it, the Correspondent Selling Agent will look solely and exclusively to the assets of the Trust or the Managing Owner, if it has liability in its capacity as Managing Owner, to satisfy its claims and will not seek to attach or otherwise assert a claim against the other assets of the Trust, whether or not there is a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action taken. The parties agree that this provision will survive the termination of this Agreement, whether terminated in a Bankruptcy or Insolvency Action or otherwise.

This Agreement has been made and executed by and on behalf of the Trust and the Managing Owner and the obligations of the Trust and/or the Managing Owner set forth herein are not binding upon any of the Unitholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property identified above and no resort shall be had to the assets of other Series issued by the Trust or the Unitholders’ personal property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim hereunder.

The Correspondent Selling Agent shall maintain (i) a record of potential subscribers with whom the offering is discussed and (ii) a log of potential subscribers who are provided with the Memorandum and other offering materials. The log will use the numbering convention agreed to by the Correspondent Selling Agent and Managing Owner and will be provided to the Managing Owner upon request and, in any event, at least annually.

(b) Units in Class I. As compensation, the Correspondent Selling Agent shall receive from the Selling Agent with respect to the Trust a service fee equal to 2.0% of the subscription amount of each subscription of Units in Class I sold by it. After the expiration of twelve (12) months following the purchase of Class I Units, the Correspondent Selling Agent shall also receive monthly on-going trailing compensation in arrears equal to  1/12th of 2.0% (2.0% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Unit of the outstanding Class I Units sold by the Correspondent Selling Agent on an on-going basis. Ongoing compensation will be paid within 30 days following the end of each calendar month for which such compensation is payable on the basis of the Units outstanding during each month. “Net Asset Value per Unit” for purposes of determining ongoing compensation, shall be calculated after reduction of all expenses of the Trust, including both accrued and unpaid expenses.

(c) Units in Class II. The Correspondent Selling Agent will not receive any service fees for any Class II Unit sold by it.

(d) The Correspondent Selling Agent must be either (i) a dealer who is a member in good standing of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (“FINRA”) and which agrees, or (ii) a foreign bank, dealer or institution ineligible for membership in a registered securities association (within the meaning of FINRA Conduct Rule 2420) and agree that it will make no sales of Units within the United States, its territories or possessions or areas subject to its jurisdiction. In either case, the Correspondent Selling Agent represents and warrants that it is, and will remain at all times during which it acts in such capacity, in compliance with all applicable broker-dealer or similar registration requirements in the jurisdictions where the Units will be sold by the Correspondent Selling Agent.

(e) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary herein, in no event shall the Managing Owner or the Trust be obliged to accept any subscription for Units if to accept such subscription could reasonably be expected to (i) cause the assets of the Trust to be deemed to be the assets of any “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to the Employee Retirement

 

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Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), or (2) result in a “prohibited transaction” under ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code.

(f) No selling commissions or ongoing compensation shall be paid on Units sold to the Managing Owner or any of its principals or affiliates.

(g) The Trust shall not in any respect be responsible for any selling commissions or ongoing compensation described herein. All such commissions and ongoing compensation are to be solely the responsibility of the Selling Agent.

Section 3. Compliance with General Laws.

(a) The Correspondent Selling Agent will use its best efforts to find eligible persons to purchase the Units on the terms stated herein and in the Memorandum. It is understood that the Correspondent Selling Agent has no commitment with regard to the sale of the Units other than to use its best efforts. In connection with the offer and sale of the Units, the Correspondent Selling Agent represents that it will comply fully with all applicable laws, and the rules and interpretations of FINRA, the SEC, the CFTC, state securities administrators and any other regulatory body. The Corresponding Selling Agent will not execute any sales of Units to an “employee benefit plan”, as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, ERISA, a “plan”, as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code or an entity that holds assets of any such employee benefit plan or plan (each such employee benefit plan or plan, a “Plan”, and each such entity, a “Plan Assets Entity”) if the Corresponding Selling Agent, any of its affiliates or any of their respective employees (a) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of the assets of such Plan or Plan Assets Entity, (b) has authority or responsibility to give or regularly gives investment advice with respect to the assets of such Plan or Plan Assets Entity, for a fee, and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan, or (c) is an employer maintaining or contributing to such Plan or a Plan holding an interest in such Plan Assets Entity.

The Correspondent Selling Agent agrees not to recommend the purchase of Units to any subscriber unless the Correspondent Selling Agent shall have reasonable grounds to believe, on the basis of information obtained from the subscriber concerning, among other things, the subscriber’s investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs, that the subscriber is or will be in a financial position appropriate to enable the subscriber to realize to a significant extent the benefits of the Trust, including the tax benefits (if any) described in the Memorandum; the subscriber has a fair market net worth sufficient to sustain the risks inherent in participating in the Trust; and the Units are otherwise a suitable investment for the subscriber. The Correspondent Selling Agent agrees to maintain such records as are required by the applicable rules of FINRA and the state securities commissions for purposes of determining investor suitability and its pre-existing relationship with such investor.

In connection with making the representations and warranties set forth in this paragraph, the Correspondent Selling Agent has not relied on inquiries made by or on behalf of any other parties.

The Correspondent Selling Agent agrees to inform all prospective purchasers of Units of all pertinent facts relating to the liquidity and marketability of the Units as set forth in the Memorandum.

 

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(b) Subscription payments may be made by wire transfer or by authorizing the Correspondent Selling Agent to debit the subscriber’s customer securities account maintained with the Correspondent Selling Agent. Subscribers who do so must have their subscription payments in their accounts on the specified settlement date — subscribers to be notified of such dates by the Correspondent Selling Agent. Settlement of the payment for subscriptions will occur not later than five (5) business days following notification by the Managing Owner to the Correspondent Selling Agent of the acceptance of a particular subscription and not later than the termination of the offering of the Units. On each settlement date, subscribers’ customer securities accounts will be debited by the Correspondent Selling Agent in the amount of their subscriptions. The amount of the subscription payments so debited will be transmitted by such Correspondent Selling Agent directly to the Trust in the form of a Correspondent Selling Agent check or wire transfer made payable to the Trust. The Correspondent Selling Agent and the Managing Owner may make such other arrangements regarding the transmission of subscriptions as they may deem convenient or appropriate.

(c) The Correspondent Selling Agent represents, warrants and covenants that it: (1) maintains anti-money laundering policies and procedures that comply with the Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, and applicable federal anti-money laundering regulations, including policies and procedures to verify the identity of prospective Subscribers (“AML Laws, Regulations and Policies”); (2) complies with AML Laws, Regulations and Policies; (3) will promptly deliver to the Managing Owner, to the extent permitted by applicable law, notice of any AML Laws, Regulations and Policies violation, suspicious activity, suspicious activity investigation or filed suspicious activity report that relates to any prospective Subscriber for Units; and (4) will cooperate with the Managing Owner and Selling Agent and deliver information reasonably requested by the Managing Owner and Selling Agent concerning Subscribers that purchased Units sold by the Correspondent Selling Agent necessary for the Selling Agent, the Managing Owner or the Trust to comply with AML Laws, Regulations and Policies. The Correspondent Selling Agent represents and warrants that it is enforcing its anti-money laundering policies and procedures. The Correspondent Selling Agent shall deliver to Kenmar an annual certification in the form attached hereto at Exhibit A certifying its compliance as outlined in this Section 3(c) within thirty (30) days following the end of each calendar year.

(d) The Correspondent Selling Agent will not use any form of “general solicitation” or “general advertising” (within the meaning of Rule 502 of Regulation D under the 1933 Act) in making offers of Units, including any advertisement, article, notice or other communication published in any newspaper, magazine or similar media or broadcast over television or radio, or any seminar or meeting whose attendees have been invited by any general solicitation or advertising.

(e) The Correspondent Selling Agent has and shall maintain all licenses and registrations necessary under applicable federal and state laws, rules and regulations, including the rules and regulations of any self-regulatory organization with competent jurisdiction, to provide the services required to be provided by the Correspondent Selling Agent under this Agreement.

(f) The Managing Owner shall (i) effect the necessary filings on Form D under Regulation D under the 1933 Act and (ii) effect the necessary notice filings in each state in which the Units will be offered.

 

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(g) Other than as set forth in Section 3(f), the Correspondent Selling Agent is and shall be responsible for compliance with all applicable laws, rules and regulations with respect to the offering and sale of the Units in any jurisdiction.

Section 4. Covenants of the Managing Owner.

(a) The Managing Owner shall notify the Correspondent Selling Agent immediately (i) when any amendment to the Memorandum shall have become effective or any supplement to the Memorandum is prepared, (ii) of any material criminal, civil or administrative or investigative proceedings against or involving the Managing Owner or the Trust, or (iii) of the issuance by the CFTC or NFA of any order suspending the effectiveness of the Memorandum, the registration or NFA membership of the Managing Owner as a “commodity pool operator,” or any order or decree enjoining the offering or the use of the then current Memorandum.

(b) The Managing Owner will deliver to the Selling Agent, for delivery to the Correspondent Selling Agent, such number of copies of the Memorandum as the Correspondent Selling Agent shall reasonably request.

(c) During the period when the Memorandum is required to be delivered, the Managing Owner and the Trust will comply with all requirements imposed upon them by the CE Act and the CFTC Regulations, as from time to time in force, so far as necessary to permit the continuance of sales of the Units during such period in accordance with the provisions hereof and as set forth in the Memorandum.

(d) If any event shall occur as a result of which it is necessary, in the reasonable opinion of the Managing Owner, to amend or supplement the Memorandum (i) to make the Memorandum not materially misleading in the light of the circumstances existing at the time it is delivered to a subscriber, or (ii) to conform with applicable CFTC Regulations, the Managing Owner shall forthwith prepare and furnish to the Selling Agent, for delivery to the Correspondent Selling Agent, at the expense of the Managing Owner, a reasonable number of copies of an amendment or amendments of, or a supplement or supplements to, the Memorandum which will amend or supplement the Memorandum so as to effect the necessary changes.

Section 5. Payment of Expenses and Fees. The Managing Owner will pay all expenses incident to the performance of the obligations of the Managing Owner and the Trust hereunder, including the printing and delivery to the Selling Agent, for delivery to the Correspondent Selling Agent, in quantities as hereinabove stated of copies of the Memorandum and any supplements or amendments thereto, and of any supplemental sales materials.

Section 6. Indemnification, Contribution and Exculpation. The Managing Owner agrees to indemnify and hold harmless the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent and each person, if any, who controls the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act, as follows:

(a) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever arising from any breach of any representation or warranty of the Managing Owner set forth herein or from any untrue statement of a material fact or alleged untrue statement of a material fact contained in the Memorandum (or any amendment thereto) or in the Promotional Material or any omission or alleged omission therefrom of a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary in order to make the statements therein not misleading;

 

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(b) against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and expense whatsoever to the extent of the aggregate amount paid in settlement of any litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body commenced or threatened, or of any claim whatsoever based upon any such breach, untrue statement or omission or any such alleged untrue statement or omission (any settlement to be subject to indemnity hereunder only if effected with the written consent of the Managing Owner); and

(c) against any and all expense whatsoever (including the fees and disbursements of counsel, but only of one counsel for the Selling Agent and one for all correspondent selling agents) reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending against litigation, or any investigation or proceeding by any governmental agency or body, commenced or threatened, or any claim whatsoever based upon any such material breach, untrue statement or omission, or any such alleged untrue statement or omission, to the extent that any such expense is not paid under clauses (a) or (b) above.

(d) If the indemnification provided for in this Section 8 shall for any reason be unavailable to the Selling Agent or the Correspondent Selling Agent (or a controlling person of the Correspondent Selling Agent) in respect of any loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to herein, then the Managing Owner shall, in lieu of indemnifying the Selling Agent or the Correspondent Selling Agent (or a controlling person) contribute to the amount paid or payable by the Selling Agent or the Correspondent Selling Agent (or a controlling person) as a result of such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, (i) in such proportion as shall be appropriate to reflect the relative benefits received by the Managing Owner on the one hand and by the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent on the other from the offering of the Units by the Correspondent Selling Agent or (ii) if the allocation provided by clause (i) above is not permitted by applicable law, in such proportion as is appropriate to reflect not only the relative benefits referred to in clause (i) above but also the relative fault of the Managing Owner on the one hand and the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent on the other with respect to the statements or omissions which resulted in such loss, liability, claim, damage or expense, as well as any other relevant equitable considerations. Relative fault shall be determined by reference to whether the untrue or alleged untrue statement of a material fact or omission or alleged omission to state a material fact relates to information supplied by the Managing Owner on the one hand or the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent on the other, the intent of the parties and their relative knowledge, access to information and opportunity to correct or prevent such statement or omission. The parties agree that it would not be just and equitable if contributions pursuant to this Section 6(d) were to be determined by pro rata allocation or by any other method of allocation which does not take into account the equitable considerations referred to herein. The amount paid or payable by the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent as a result of the loss, liability, claim, damage or expense referred to above in this Section 6(d), shall be deemed to include, for purposes of this Section 6(d), any legal or other expenses reasonably incurred by such otherwise indemnified party (provided that only the legal costs of one counsel for the Selling Agent and one for all correspondent selling agents shall be included) in connection with investigating or defending any such action or claim.

In no case shall the Managing Owner be liable under this indemnity and contribution agreement with respect to any claim unless the Managing Owner shall be notified in writing of the nature of the claim within a reasonable time after the assertion thereof, but failure

 

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to so notify the Managing Owner shall not relieve the Managing Owner from any liability which it may have otherwise than on account of this indemnity and contribution agreement. The Managing Owner shall be entitled to participate at its own expense in the defense or, if it so elects within a reasonable time after receipt of such notice, to assume the defense of any suit so brought, which defense shall be conducted by counsel chosen by it and satisfactory to the indemnified party (or party entitled to contribution hereunder) or parties, defendant or defendants therein.

The Managing Owner agrees to notify the Selling Agent within a reasonable time of the assertion of any claim in connection with the sale of the Units against it or any of its officers or directors or any person who controls the Managing Owner within the meaning of Section 15 of the 1933 Act.

Section 7. Consent. Each of the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent agree and consent (the “Consent”) to look solely to each series that is being offered pursuant to this Agreement (the “Contracting Series”) and the assets (the “Contracting Series Assets”) of the Contracting Series and to the Managing Owner and its assets for payment. The Contracting Series Assets include only those funds and other assets that are paid, held or distributed to the Trust on account of and for the benefit of the Contracting Series, including, without limitation, funds delivered to the Trust for the purchase of interests in a series. In furtherance of the Consent, each of the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent agree that any debts, liabilities, obligations, indebtedness, expenses and claims of any nature and of all kinds and descriptions (collectively, “Claims”) incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing arising from, related to or in connection with the Trust and its assets and the Contracting Series and the Contracting Series Assets, shall be subject to the following limitations:

(a) Subordination of certain claims and rights. (1) except as set forth below, the Claims, if any, of the Managing Owner or the Correspondent Selling Agent (the “Subordinated Claims”) shall be expressly subordinate and junior in right of payment to any and all other Claims against the Trust and any series thereof, and any of their respective assets, which may arise as a matter of law or pursuant to any contract; provided, however, that the Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent (if any) against the Contracting Series shall not be considered Subordinated Claims with respect to enforcement against and distribution and repayment from the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and provided further that the valid Claims of either the Managing Owner or the Correspondent Selling Agent, if any, against the Contracting Series shall be pari passu and equal in right of repayment and distribution with all other valid Claims against the Contracting Series and (2) the Managing Owner or the Correspondent Selling Agent will not take, demand or receive from any Series or the Trust or any of their respective assets (other than the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets) any payment for the Subordinated Claims;

(b) The Claims of each of the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent with respect to the Contracting Series shall only be asserted and enforceable against the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets; and such Claims shall not be asserted or enforceable for any reason whatsoever against any other Series, the Trust generally or any of their respective assets;

 

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(c) If the Claims of the Managing Owner or the Correspondent Selling Agent against the Contracting Series or the Trust are secured in whole or in part, each of the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent hereby waives (under section 1111(b) of the Bankruptcy Code (11 U.S.C. S 1111(b)) any right to have any deficiency Claims (which deficiency Claims may arise in the event such security is inadequate to satisfy such Claims) treated as unsecured Claims against the Trust or any series (other than the Contracting Series), as the case may be;

(d) In furtherance of the foregoing, if and to the extent that the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent receives monies in connection with the Subordinated Claims from a Series or the Trust (or their respective assets), other than the Contracting Series, the Contracting Series Assets and the Managing Owner and its assets, the Managing Owner and the Correspondent Selling Agent shall be deemed to hold such monies in trust and shall promptly remit such monies to the Series or the Trust that paid such amounts for distribution by the Series or the Trust in accordance with the terms hereof; and

(e) The foregoing Consent shall apply at all times notwithstanding that the Claims are satisfied, and notwithstanding that the agreements in respect of such Claims are terminated, rescinded or canceled.

Section 8. Status of Parties. In marketing Units pursuant to this Agreement for the Trust, the Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agent are acting solely as agents for the Trust, and not as principals. The Correspondent Selling Agent will use its best efforts to assist the Trust in obtaining performance by each purchaser solicited by the Correspondent Selling Agent whose offer to purchase Units from the Trust has been accepted on behalf of the Trust, but neither the Selling Agent nor the Correspondent Selling Agent shall have any liability to the Trust in the event that Subscription Agreements are improperly completed or any such purchase is not consummated for any reason. Except as specifically provided herein, neither the Selling Agent nor the Correspondent Selling Agent shall in any respect be deemed to be an agent of the Trust.

Section 9. Representations, Warranties and Agreements to Survive Delivery. All representations, warranties and agreements contained in this Agreement or contained in certificates of any party hereto submitted pursuant hereto shall remain operative and in full force and effect, regardless of any investigation made by, or on behalf of, the Selling Agent, the Correspondent Selling Agent, the Managing Owner, the Trust, or any person who controls any of the foregoing, and shall survive the Closing Times (as defined in the Memorandum).

Section 10. Termination. Either party to this agreement shall have the right to terminate its participation under this Agreement at any time upon fifteen (15) business days’ prior written notice to the other party.

Section 11. Survival. Irrespective of the expiration and termination of this Agreement, Sections 2, 4, 5 and 6 hereof shall survive and all applicable provisions of this Agreement with respect to outstanding Units.

Section 12. Notices and Authority to Act. All communications hereunder shall be in writing and, if sent to the Managing Owner, the Trust or the Selling Agent, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to the Managing Owner at: Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York 10573, Attn: General Counsel; and Mr.

 

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Timothy P. Selby, Alston & Bird LLP, 90 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10016. Notices shall be effective when actually received. If sent to the Correspondent Selling Agent, shall be mailed, delivered or telecopied and confirmed to it at [Name, Address], Attn: [Name], with copies to [Name, Address], Attn: [Name]. Notices shall be effective when actually received.

Section 13. Parties. This Agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the Correspondent Selling Agent, the Trust, the Managing Owner and such parties’ respective successors to the extent provided herein. This Agreement and the conditions and provisions hereof are intended to be and are for the sole and exclusive benefit of the parties hereto and their respective successors, assigns and controlling persons and parties indemnified hereunder, and for the benefit of no other person, firm or corporation. No purchaser of a Unit shall be considered to be a successor or an assignee solely on the basis of such purchase.

Section 14. Governing Law. THIS AGREEMENT AND THE RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS OF THE PARTIES CREATED HEREBY SHALL BE GOVERNED BY THE LAWS OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK.

Section 15. Consent to Jurisdiction. The parties hereto agree that any action or proceeding arising directly, indirectly, or otherwise in connection with, out of, related to, or from this Agreement, any breach hereof, or any transaction covered hereby, shall be resolved, whether by arbitration or otherwise, within the County of New York, and State of New York. Accordingly, the parties hereto consent and submit to the jurisdiction of the federal and state courts and applicable arbitral body located within the County of New York, and State of New York. The parties further agree that any such action or proceeding brought by any party 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 federal or state courts, or if appropriate, before any applicable arbitral body, located within the County of New York, and State of New York.

The Managing Owner and the Trust each agree that, at the request of the Selling Agent, they will submit any action or proceeding referred to in this Section 17 to NFA arbitration in the County of New York and State of New York, and agree to execute and deliver to the Selling Agent its standard form of arbitration agreement, as required by NFA regulations.

Section 16. Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be an original and both of which together shall be deemed one and the same instrument.

Section 17. Series Disclaimer and Acknowledgment. The parties hereto acknowledge and agree that the Trust is organized in series pursuant to Sections 3804(a) and 3806(b)(2) of the Delaware Act. As such, the debts, liabilities, obligations and expenses incurred, contracted for or otherwise existing with respect to each series of the Trust shall be enforceable against the assets of such series of the Trust only, and not against the assets of the Trust generally or the assets of any other series of the Trust or against the Trustee of the Trust. There may be several series of the Trust created pursuant to the Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Trust.

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If the foregoing is in accordance with each party’s understanding of their agreement, each party is requested to sign and return to the Managing Owner and the Trust a counterpart hereof, whereupon this instrument along with all counterparts will become a binding agreement among them in accordance with its terms.

 

      Very truly yours,
      WORLD MONITOR TRUST III — SERIES J
      By:   PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP., as sole Managing Owner
      By:  

 

      Name:   Esther E. Goodman
      Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
      PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.
      By:  

 

      Name:   Esther E. Goodman
      Title:   Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President
      KENMAR SECURITIES INC.
      By:  

 

      Name:   Braxton Glasgow III
      Title:   Chief Executive Officer

Confirmed and accepted as of

the date first above written:

     
[CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT]      
By:  

 

     
Name:        
Title:        

 

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Appendix A

[TO BE PLACED ON CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT’S LETTERHEAD]

Annual Certification for the year ending December 31, 20__

Provisions Related to [Correspondent Selling Agent’s] Anti-Money Laundering Program

[Correspondent Selling Agent] has adopted and implemented anti-money laundering policies, procedures and controls that comply and will continue to comply in all respects with the requirements of applicable anti-money laundering laws and regulations in the United States.

[Correspondent Selling Agent] strictly adheres to, and will at all times during its relationship with World Monitor Trust III strictly adhere to, its anti-money laundering policies, procedures and controls.

 

Representations made by and attested to by:    
[CORRESPONDENT SELLING AGENT]    

 

   

 

Name:     Date
Title    
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