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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from            to            

Commission file number 000-51651

 

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-2446281

State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York   10573
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

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

 

 

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Series J Units of Beneficial Interest, Class I

(Title of class)

Series J Units of Beneficial Interest, Class II

(Title of class)

 

 

Indicate by check mark if Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10- K  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer, or a smaller reporting company. See definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x    Smaller Reporting Company   ¨

Indicate by check mark whether Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).    Yes   ¨    No  x

The value of Unitholders’ Interests in the Registrant as of June 30, 2008 is $73,307,633

 

 

 


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DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Annual Report to Unitholders for the year ended December 31, 2008 is incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on April 30, 2008

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on December 31, 2007

Prospectus of Trust filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on April 27, 2007

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on January 12, 2007

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on December 22, 2006

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on April 25, 2006

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on January 6, 2006

Prospectus of Registrant filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on December 23, 2005

Prospectus of Trust filed pursuant to Rule 424(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 on May 13, 2005

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

(a Delaware Business Trust)

 

 

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          PAGE
PART I   
Item 1.    Business    4
Item 1A.    Risk Factors    6
Item 1B.    Unresolved Staff Comments    11
Item 2.    Properties    12
Item 3.    Legal Proceedings    12
Item 4.    Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders    12
PART II   
Item 5.    Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholders Matters
and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities
   12
Item 6.    Selected Financial Data    13
Item 7.    Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition
and Results of Operation
   13
Item 7A.    Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk    23
Item 8.    Financial Statements and Supplementary Data    26
Item 9.    Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting
and Financial Disclosure
   26
Item 9A.    Controls and Procedures    27
Item 9B.    Other Information    27
PART III   
Item 10.    Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance    27
Item 11.    Executive Compensation    31
Item 12.    Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management
and Related Stockholder Matters
   31
Item 13.    Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence    32
Item 14.    Principal Accounting Fees and Services    32
PART IV   
Item 15.    Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules    32
   Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules    33
   Exhibits    33
SIGNATURES    100

 

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PART I

 

Item 1. Business

General

World Monitor Trust III (the “Trust”) was formed as a Delaware Statutory Trust on September 28, 2004, with separate series (each, a “Series”) of units of beneficial interest (“Units” or “Interests”). Its term will expire on December 31, 2054 (unless terminated earlier in certain circumstances). The trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company. The Trust’s fiscal year for book and tax purposes ends on December 31.

The Trust’s Units were initially offered in four (4) separate and distinct Series: Series G, Series H, Series I and Series J (“Registrant”). The Trust may issue additional Series of Units in the future. Each Series will continue to exist until terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII of the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). Each Series offers Units in two classes (each, a “Class”) – Class I and Class II. Class I Units pay a service fee. Class II Units may only be offered to investors who are represented by approved correspondent selling agents who are directly compensated by the investor for services rendered in connection with an investment in the Trust (such arrangements commonly referred to as “wrap-accounts”).

Series G, H, I and J commenced trading operations on December 1, 2005.

Units are offered as of the beginning of each month, and Units will continue to be offered in each Series until the maximum amount of each Series’ Units which are registered are sold. The Managing Owner may suspend or terminate the offering of Units of any Series at any time or extend the offering by registering additional Units. The Managing Owner terminated the offering of Units of Series H and Series I effective March 31, 2007 and dissolved Series H and Series I effective close of business on April 30, 2007. The Managing Owner terminated the offering of Units of Series G on December 31, 2007 and dissolved Series G effective close of business on December 31, 2007.

Managing Owner and its Affiliates

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Owner”) has been the managing owner of Registrant since October 1, 2004. Effective November 30, 2008, in accordance with the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner and, or its affiliates is no longer required to purchase and maintain an interest in Registrant in an amount not less than 1% of the Net Asset Value of Registrant or $25,000, whichever is greater.

The Offering

Up to $281,250,000 Registrant, Class I; and $93,750,000 Registrant, Class II of Units are being offered (totaling $375,000,000) (“Subscription Maximum”). Interests are being offered to investors who meet certain established suitability standards. Prior to November 30, 2008, investments required a minimum aggregate initial subscription of $5,000 and $2,000 for certain Benefit Plan Investors (including IRAs), although the minimum purchase for any single series was $500. Beginning December 1, 2008 the minimum initial investment for new subscribers is $25,000 ($10,000 for benefit plan investors (including IRAs)) and the minimum additional subscription amount for current investors, who are “accredited investors,” is $5,000.

Effective November 30, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Managing Owner of the Registrant determined that, the Registrant’s units of beneficial interest are no longer to be publicly offered and are only to be available on a private placement basis to “accredited investors” pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933. This change in the manner in which the Registrant’s Units are offered has no material impact to current investors as there is no change in the fees and expenses and redemption terms of the Units or any change in the management and investment strategy and reporting provided to investors of the Registrant.

The only change is in the method by which the Registrant’s Units will be available, and the increased suitability standard of persons subscribing for Units. Because the Registrant’s Units are available on a private placement basis, new subscriptions must be made by persons that are “accredited investors” as defined in Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933. Current investors that are not “accredited investors” are not required to redeem their current Units, but are not able to purchase additional Units.

Initially, the Units for each Series were offered for a period ending November 30, 2005 (“Initial Offering Period”) at $100 per Interest. The Subscription Minimum of $30,000,000 for the Registrant was reached during the Initial Offering Period permitting all of Series G, H, I and J to commence trading operations. The Registrant completed its initial offering on December 1, 2005 with gross proceeds of $31,024,443, which was fully allocated to the Trading Vehicles. Series H and I Units were fully redeemed as of April 30, 2007 and Series G’s Units as of December 31, 2007. Until the subscription maximum for the Registrant is reached, the Registrant’s Units will continue to be offered on a monthly basis at the then current net asset value per Unit.

 

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The Trading Advisors and the Trading Vehicles

Effective December 1, 2005, Registrant contributed its net assets to WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (“G/J Trading Vehicle”), WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC (“H/J Trading Vehicle”) and WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC (“I/J Trading Vehicle”) and, together with the G/J Trading Vehicle and the H/J Trading Vehicle, the “Trading Vehicles”), Delaware limited liability companies, and received a voting membership interest in each Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicles were formed to function as aggregate trading vehicles for its members. Registrant and Series G were the sole members of G/J Trading Vehicle. Registrant, Series H and Futures Strategic Trust were the sole members of H/J Trading Vehicle. Registrant and Series I were the sole members of I/J Trading Vehicle. Preferred is the Managing Owner of Registrant and each Series and had been delegated administrative authority over the operations of the Trading Vehicles. The Trading Vehicles engaged in the speculative trading of futures and forward contracts. All references herein to Registrant’s relationship with the Trading Advisors (as defined below) shall, unless the context states otherwise, refer to Registrant’s relationship with the Trading Advisors through the Trading Vehicles. The financial statements of the Trading Vehicles, including the condensed schedules of investments, are included in Registrant’s annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2008.

Each Trading Vehicle had its own independent commodity trading advisor that made such Trading Vehicle’s trading decisions. Each of G/J Trading Vehicle, H/J Trading Vehicle and I/J Trading Vehicle entered into advisory agreements with Graham Capital Management, LP (“Graham), Bridgewater Associates, Inc. (“Bridgewater”) and Eagle Trading Systems Inc. (“Eagle”), respectively (the “Trading Advisors”), to make the trading decisions for each respective Trading Vehicle. Graham traded 100% of the assets of G/J Trading Vehicle pursuant to Graham’s Global Diversified Program at 150% Leverage, which was a technical, systematic, global macro program. Bridgewater traded 100% of the assets of H/J Trading Vehicle pursuant to Bridgewater’s Aggressive Pure Alpha Futures Only – A No Benchmark program, which was a fundamental, systematic, global macro program. Eagle traded 100% of the assets of I/J Trading Vehicle pursuant to Eagle’s Momentum Program, which was a technical, systematic, global macro program. The advisory agreements could have been terminated for various reasons, including at the discretion of the Trading Vehicles. The Trading Vehicles were allocated 100% of the proceeds from the initial and continuous offering of Registrant to the Trading Advisors.

G/J Trading Vehicle paid Graham a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.5% (2.5% annually) of such Trading Vehicle’s Net Asset Value. H/J Trading Vehicle paid Bridgewater a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 3.0% (3.0% annually) of such Trading Vehicle’s Net Asset Value. I/J Trading Vehicle paid Eagle a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.0% (2.0% annually) of such Trading Vehicle’s Net Asset Value. Each Trading Vehicle also paid the Trading Advisors an incentive fee of 20% of New High Net Trading Profits (as defined in the applicable Advisory Agreement) generated by such Trading Vehicle. Incentive fees accrued monthly and were paid quarterly in arrears.

Effective May 1, 2007, Registrant withdrew as a member of the H/J Trading Vehicle and the I/J Trading Vehicle and re-allocated the assets to managed accounts in the name of Registrant (“Managed Accounts”). The assets that Registrant allocated to the I/J Trading Vehicle were re-allocated to a managed account managed by Eagle pursuant to its Momentum Program. The assets that Registrant withdrew from the H/J Trading Vehicle were re-allocated to a managed account managed by Ortus Capital Management Limited (“Ortus”) pursuant to its Major Currency Program. The H/J Trading Vehicle and I/J Trading Vehicle were dissolved effective as of April 30, 2007.

Effective December 31, 2007, Registrant withdrew as a member of the G/J Trading Vehicle and re-allocated the assets to a managed account in the name of Registrant. The assets that Registrant withdrew from to the G/J Trading Vehicle were re-allocated to a managed account managed by Graham pursuant to its Global Diversified Program at 150% Leverage. The G/J Trading Vehicle was dissolved effective as of December 31, 2007.

Registrant pays Graham a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.5% (2.5% annually) of the assets allocated to Graham for trading and an incentive fee of 20% of the New High Net Profits achieved by Graham with respect to the assets allocated to it. Registrant pays Eagle a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.0% (2.0% annually) of the assets allocated to Eagle for trading and an incentive fee of 20% of the New High Net Profits achieved by Eagle with respect to the assets allocated to it. Registrant pays Ortus a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.0% (2.0% annually) of the assets allocated to Ortus for trading and an incentive fee of 20% of the New High Net Profits achieved by Ortus with respect to the assets allocated to it.

Competition

The Managing Owner and its affiliates have formed, and may continue to form, various entities to engage in the speculative trading of futures, forward and options contracts which have certain of the same investment policies as Registrant.

Registrant is an open-end fund, which solicits the sale of additional Limited Interests on a monthly basis until the maximum amount of Limited Interests being offered by Registrant have been sold. As such, Registrant may compete with other entities, whether or not formed by the Managing Owner, to attract new participants. In addition, to the extent that the Trading Advisor recommends similar or identical trades to Registrant and other accounts that it manages, Registrant may compete with those accounts for the execution of the same or similar trades, as well as with other market participants.

 

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Employees

Registrant has no employees. Management and administrative services for Registrant are performed by the Managing Owner or third parties pursuant to the Trust Agreement, as further discussed in Notes 3, 4, 5 and 6 to Registrant’s financial statements included in its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2008 (“Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report”), which is filed as an exhibit herewith.

 

Item 1A. Risk Factors

THE RISKS YOU FACE

You Should Not Rely on Past Performance in Deciding Whether to Buy Units

Each Trading Advisor selected by the Managing Owner to manage the assets of Registrant has a performance history through the date of its selection by the Managing Owner. You must consider, however, the uncertain significance of past performance, and you should not rely on the Trading Advisors’ or the Managing Owner’s records to date for predictive purposes. You should not assume that any Trading Advisor’s future trading decisions will create profit, avoid substantial losses or result in performance for Registrant that is comparable to that Trading Advisor’s or to the Managing Owner’s past performance. In fact, as a significant amount of academic study has shown, futures funds more frequently than not underperforms the past performance records included in their prospectuses.

The Trust has a limited operating history upon which to evaluate your investment in Registrant.

Price Volatility May Possibly Cause the Total Loss of Your Investment

Futures and forward contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in Registrant.

Speculative and Volatile Markets Combined With Highly Leveraged Trading May Cause the Trust to Incur Substantial Losses.

The markets in which Registrant trades are speculative, highly leveraged and involve a high degree of risk. Each Trading Advisor’s trading considered individually involves a significant risk of incurring large losses, and there can be no assurance that Registrant will not incur such losses. Futures and forward prices are volatile. Volatility increases risk, particularly when trading with leverage. Trading on a highly leveraged basis, as does Registrant, even in stable markets involves risk; doing so in volatile markets necessarily involves a substantial risk of sudden, significant losses. Due to such leverage, even a small movement in price could cause large losses for the Trust. Market volatility will increase the potential for large losses. Market volatility and leverage mean that Registrant could incur substantial losses, potentially impairing its equity base and ability to achieve its long-term profit objectives even if favorable market conditions subsequently develop.

In addition to the leveraged trading described above, the Managing Owner has the ability to further increase the leverage of Registrant by allocating notional equity to its Trading Advisor(s) (in a maximum amount of up to 20% of Registrant Net Asset Value), which would then permit such Trading Advisor to trade the account of Registrant as if more equity were committed to such accounts than is, in fact, the case. Although the Managing Owner has the option to allocate additional notional equity to a Trading Advisor, the Managing Owner has no current plans to do so.

Fees and Commissions are Charged Regardless of Profitability and May Result in Depletion of Trust Assets

Registrant is subject to the fees and expenses described herein which are payable irrespective of profitability in addition to performance fees which are payable based on the profitability of Registrant, except that with respect to Registrant such performance fees are payable to each Trading Advisor based on such Trading Advisor’s profitability and not on the profitability of Registrant as a whole. Such fees and expenses include asset-based fees of up to 7.31% per annum for Class I Unitholders and up to 4.91% per annum for Class II Unitholders as well as incentive fees equal to 20% of net profits on a cumulative high water mark basis. Included in these charges are brokerage fees and operating expenses. On the Trust’s forward trading of each Series, “bid-ask” spreads are incorporated into the pricing of Registrant forward contracts by its counterparties in addition to the brokerage fees paid by Registrant. It is not possible to quantify the “bid-ask” spreads paid by each Series because Registrant cannot determine the profit its counterparty is making on the forward trades into which it enters. Consequently, the expenses of each Series could, over time, result in significant losses to your investment therein.

Market Conditions May Impair Profitability

The trading systems used by certain Trading Advisors are technical, trend-following methods. The profitability of trading under these systems depends on, among other things, the occurrence of significant price trends, which are sustained movements, up or down, in futures and forward prices. Such trends may not develop; there have been periods in the past without price trends. The likelihood of the Units of Registrant being profitable could be materially diminished during periods when events external to the markets themselves have an important impact on prices. During such periods, Trading Advisors’ historic price analysis could establish positions on the wrong side of the price movements caused by such events. Graham and Eagle employ technical programs; Ortus trades pursuant to systems that incorporate fundamental data.

 

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Discretionary Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

Discretionary traders, while they may utilize market charts, computer programs and compilations of quantifiable fundamental information to assist them in making trading decisions, make such decisions on the basis of their own judgment and “trading instinct,” not on the basis of trading signals generated by any program or model. Such traders may be more prone to subjective judgments, which may have greater potentially adverse effects on their performance than systematic traders, which emphasize eliminating the effects of “emotionalism” on their trading. Reliance on trading judgment may, over time, produce less consistent trading results than implementing a systematic approach. Discretionary traders, like trend-following traders, are unlikely to be profitable unless major price movements occur. Discretionary traders are highly unpredictable, and can incur substantial losses even in apparently favorable markets.

Systematic Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

A systematic trader will generally rely to some degree on judgmental decisions concerning, for example, what markets to follow and commodities to trade, when to liquidate a position in a contract which is about to expire and how large a position to take in a particular commodity. Although these judgmental decisions may have a substantial effect on a systematic trader’s performance, such trader’s primary reliance is on trading programs or models that generate trading signals. The systems utilized to generate trading signals are changed from time to time (although generally infrequently), but the trading instructions generated by the systems being used are followed without significant additional analysis or interpretation. Therefore, systematic trading may incur substantial losses by failing to capitalize on market trends that their systems would otherwise have exploited by applying their generally mechanical trading systems by judgmental decisions of employees. Furthermore, any trading system or trader may suffer substantial losses by misjudging the market. Systematic traders tend to rely on computerized programs, and some consider the prospect of disciplined trading, which largely removes the emotion of the individual trader from the trading process, advantageous. Due to their reliance upon computers, systematic traders are generally able to incorporate a significant amount of data into a particular trading decision. However, when fundamental factors dominate the market, trading systems may suffer rapid and severe losses due to their inability to respond to such factors until such factors have had a sufficient effect on the market to create a trend of enough magnitude to generate a reversal of trading signals, by which time a precipitous price change may already be in progress, preventing liquidation at anything but substantial losses. The programs utilized by Graham, Eagle and Ortus are systematic trading strategies.

Decisions Based Upon Fundamental Analysis May Not Result in Profitable Trading

Traders that utilize fundamental trading strategies attempt to examine factors external to the trading market that affect the supply and demand for a particular futures and forward contracts in order to predict future prices. Such analysis may not result in profitable trading because the analyst may not have knowledge of all factors affecting supply and demand, prices may often be affected by unrelated factors, and purely fundamental analysis may not enable the trader to determine quickly that previous trading decisions were incorrect. In addition, because of the breadth of fundamental data that exists, a fundamental trader may not be able to follow developments in all such data, but instead may specialize in analyzing a narrow set of data, requiring trading in fewer markets. Consequently, a fundamental trader may have less flexibility in adverse markets to trade other futures and forward markets than traders that do not limit the number of markets traded as a result of a specialized focus.

Ortus utilizes trading strategies that incorporate fundamental data on behalf of its program.

Increase in Assets Under Management May Affect Trading Decisions

Graham and Ortus are near their all time high with respect to assets under management. The more equity a Trading Advisor manages, the more difficult it may be for that Trading Advisor to trade profitably because of the difficulty of trading larger positions without adversely affecting prices and performance. Accordingly, such increases in equity under management may require one or more of the Trading Advisors to modify trading decisions for Registrant, which could have a detrimental effect on your investment.

You Cannot be assured of the Trading Advisors’ Continued Services Which May Be Detrimental to Trust

You cannot be assured that any Trading Advisor will be willing or able to continue to provide advisory services to Registrant for any length of time. There is severe competition for the services of qualified trading advisors, and Registrant may not be able to retain satisfactory replacement or additional trading advisors on acceptable terms or a current Trading Advisor may require the Trust to pay higher fees in order to be able to retain such Trading Advisor. The Managing Owner may either terminate a Trading Advisor upon 30 days’ prior written notice, or upon shorter notice, if for cause. Each Trading Advisor has the right to terminate the Advisory Agreement in its discretion at any time for cause.

 

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Limited Ability to Liquidate Your Investment

There is no secondary market for the Units. While the Units have redemption and exchange rights, there are restrictions, and possible fees assessed. For example, Units may be redeemed only as of the close of business on the last Business Day of a calendar month provided a Request for Redemption is received at least five (5) Business Days prior to the end of such month excluding, the last Business Day of the month. In addition, Units of Class I may be subject to redemption charges if redeemed prior to the first anniversary of their issuance in an amount equal to the product of (I) the Net Asset Value per Unit on the redemption date of the Units being redeemed, multiplied by (ii) the number of months remaining before the first anniversary of the date such Units were purchased, multiplied by (iii)  1/12th of 2.00%.

Transfers of Units are subject to limitations, such as thirty (30) days’ advance notice of any intent to transfer. Also, the Managing Owner may deny a request to transfer if it determines that the transfer may result in adverse legal or tax consequences for the Trust or Registrant.

Possible Illiquid Markets May Exacerbate Losses

Futures and forward positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption, such as when foreign governments may take or be subject to political actions, which disrupt the markets in their currency or major exports, can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. Periods of illiquidity have accrued from time-to-time in the past, such as in connection with Russia’s default on its sovereign debt in 1998. Such periods of illiquidity and the events that trigger them are difficult to predict and there can be no assurance that any Trading Advisor will be able to do so. There can be no assurance that market illiquidity will not cause losses for Registrant. The large size of the positions which a Trading Advisor is expected to acquire for Registrant increases the risk of illiquidity by both making its positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so.

Generally, none of the Trading Advisors selected to manage the assets of Registrant historically has allocated more than 10% of the assets under such Trading Advisor’s management pursuant to the programs selected for Registrant to over-the-counter instruments. The risk of loss due to potentially illiquid markets is more acute in respect of over-the-counter instruments than in respect of exchange-traded instruments because the performance of those contracts is not guaranteed by an exchange or clearinghouse and Registrant will be at risk to the ability of the counterparty to the instrument to perform its obligations thereunder. Because these markets are not regulated, there are no specific standards or regulatory supervision of trade pricing and other trading activities that occur in those markets.

Because Registrant Does Not Acquire Any Asset with Intrinsic Value, the Positive Performance of Your Investment Is Wholly Dependent Upon an Equal and Offsetting Loss

Futures and forward trading is a risk transfer economic activity. For every gain there is an equal and offsetting loss rather than an opportunity to participate over time in general economic growth. Unlike most alternative investments, an investment in Registrant does not involve acquiring any asset with intrinsic value. Overall stock and bond prices could rise significantly and the economy as a whole prospers; while Registrant trades unprofitably.

Failure of Futures and Foreign Exchange Trading to be Non-Correlated to General Financial Markets Will Eliminate Benefits of Diversification

Historically, managed futures and foreign exchange generally have been non-correlated to the performance of other asset classes such as stocks and bonds. Non-correlation means that there is no statistically valid relationship between the past performance of futures and forward contracts on the one hand and stocks or bonds on the other hand. Non-correlation should not be confused with negative correlation, where the performance would be exactly opposite between two asset classes. Because of this non-correlation, Registrant cannot be expected to be profitable during unfavorable periods for the stock market, or vice-versa. The futures and forward markets are fundamentally different from the securities markets in that for every gain in futures and forward trading, there is an equal and offsetting loss. If Registrant does not perform in a manner non-correlated with the general financial markets or does not perform successfully, you will obtain no diversification benefits by investing in the Units of Registrant and Registrant may have no gains to offset your losses from other investments.

Trading Advisors Trading Independently of Each Other May Reduce Profit Potential and Insurance Risks Through Offsetting Positions

The Trading Advisors trade entirely independently of each other. Two Trading Advisors may, from time to time, take opposite positions, eliminating any possibility of an investor who holds Units in each of the relevant single-Trading Advisor Series or who holds Units in Registrant profiting from these positions considered as a whole but incurring the usual expenses associated with taking such positions. The Trading Advisors’ programs may at times be similar and purchasing Units of Registrant, may, in fact, increase risk. Two or more Trading Advisors may compete with each other to acquire the same position, thereby increasing the costs incurred by each of them to take such position. It is also possible that two or more Trading Advisors, although trading independently, could experience drawdowns at the same time, thereby negating the potential benefit associated with exposure to more than one Trading Advisor and more than one program. Registrant’s multi-advisor structure will not necessarily control the risk of speculative futures trading. Multi-advisor funds may have significant volatility and risk despite being relatively diversified among trading advisors.

 

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Trading on Commodity Exchanges Outside the United States is Not Subject to U.S. Regulation

Each of the Trading Advisors is expected to engage in some or all of its trading on behalf of Registrant on commodity exchanges outside the United States. Trading on such exchanges is not regulated by any United States governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading on United States exchanges. In trading contracts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, Registrant will be subject to the risk of adverse exchange-rate movements between the dollar and the functional currencies of such contracts. Additionally, trading on foreign exchanges is also subject to the risk of exchange controls, expropriation, excessive taxation or government disruption. Investors could incur substantial losses from trading on foreign exchanges by Registrant to which such Investors would not have been subject had the Trading Advisors limited their trading to U.S. markets.

Various Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest May Be Detrimental to Unitholders

The Trust is subject to actual and potential conflicts of interests involving the Managing Owner, the Trading Advisors, various brokers and selling agents. The Managing Owner, the Trading Advisors, and their respective principals, all of which are engaged in other investment activities, are not required to devote substantially all of their time to the Trust’s business, which also presents the potential for numerous conflicts of interest with the Trust. As a result of these and other relationships, parties involved with the Trust have a financial incentive to act in a manner other than in the best interests of the Trust and its unitholders. The Managing Owner has not established any formal procedure to resolve conflicts of interest. Consequently, investors will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably. Although the Managing Owner attempts to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Managing Owner to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to Registrant.

The Trust may be subject to certain conflicts with respect to its clearing broker, its futures broker, and any executing broker including, but not limited to, conflicts that result from receiving greater amounts of compensation from other clients, purchasing opposite or competing positions on behalf of third party accounts traded through the clearing broker, the futures broker and executing brokers.

The Selling Agent and the Correspondent Selling Agents will be entitled to ongoing compensation as a result of their clients remaining in Registrant, so a conflict exists between their interest in maximizing compensation and in advising their clients to make investment decisions in such clients’ best interests.

The Managing Owner and the Selling Agent are both owned by Kenmar Holdings Inc., which could give rise to conflicts of interest because their compensation in each role is based on the Net Asset Value of Units outstanding. Like the employees of the Correspondent Selling Agents, the employees of the Selling Agent may have a conflict of interest between acting in the best interest of their clients and assuring continued compensation to their employer.

Unitholders Taxed Currently

Unitholders of Registrant are subject to tax each year on their allocable share of the income or gains (if any) of Registrant, whether or not they receive distributions. Moreover, the Managing Owner does not intend to make any distributions to unitholders in respect of Registrant. Consequently, unitholders of Registrant will be required either to redeem Units or to make use of other sources of funds to discharge their tax liabilities in respect of any profits earned by Registrant.

In comparing the profit objectives of Registrant with the performance of more familiar securities in which one might invest, prospective investors must recognize that if they purchased equity or debt, there probably would be no tax due on the appreciation in the value of such holdings until disposition. In the case of Registrant, on the other hand, a significant portion of any appreciation in the Net Asset Value per Unit must be paid in taxes by the unitholders of Registrant every year, resulting in a substantial cumulative reduction in their net after-tax returns. Because unitholders of Registrant will be taxed currently on their allocable share of the income or gains of Registrant, if any, the Trust may trade successfully but investors nevertheless would have recognized significantly greater gains on an after-tax basis had they invested in conventional stocks with comparable performance.

Limitation on Deductibility of “Investment Advisory Fees”

Non-corporate unitholders of Registrant may be required to treat the amount of Incentive Fees and other expenses of Registrant as “investment advisory fees” which may be subject to substantial restrictions on deductibility for federal income tax purposes. In the absence of further regulatory or statutory clarification, the Managing Owner is not classifying these expenses as “investment advisory fees,” but this is a position to which the Internal Revenue Service (“the IRS”) may object. If a substantial portion of the fees and other expenses of Registrant were characterized as “investment advisory fees,” an investment in Registrant might no longer be economically viable.

 

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Taxation of Interest Income Irrespective of Trading Losses

With respect to each Series, the Net Asset Value per Unit reflects the trading profits and losses as well as the interest income earned and expenses incurred by Registrant. However, losses on Registrant’s trading will be almost exclusively capital losses, and capital losses are deductible against ordinary income only to the extent of $3,000 per year in the case of non-corporate taxpayers. Consequently, if a non-corporate unitholder had, for example, an allocable trading (i.e., capital) loss of $10,000 in a given fiscal year and allocable interest (i.e., ordinary) income (after reduction for expenses) of $5,000, the unitholder would have incurred a net loss in the Net Asset Value of such unitholder’s Units equal to $5,000 but would recognize taxable income of $2,000 (assuming a 40% tax rate). The limited deductibility of capital losses for non-corporate unitholders could result in such unitholders having a tax liability in respect of their investment in Registrant despite incurring a financial loss on their Units of Registrant.

Possibility of a Tax Audit of Both the Trust and the Unitholders

There can be no assurance that the tax returns of the Trust will not be audited by the IRS. If such an audit results in an adjustment, Unitholders of the Trust could themselves be audited as well as being required to pay additional taxes, interest and possibly penalties.

PROSPECTIVE INVESTORS ARE STRONGLY URGED TO CONSULT THEIR OWN TAX ADVISERS AND COUNSEL WITH RESPECT TO THE POSSIBLE TAX CONSEQUENCES TO THEM OF AN INVESTMENT IN REGISTRANT; SUCH TAX CONSEQUENCES MAY DIFFER IN RESPECT OF DIFFERENT INVESTORS.

Failure or Lack of Segregation of Assets May Increase Losses

The Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) requires a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) clearing broker to segregate all funds received from customers from such broker’s proprietary assets. If the clearing broker fails to do so, the assets of the Trust might not be fully protected in the event of their bankruptcy. Furthermore, in the event of the clearing broker’s bankruptcy, the Trust could be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the clearing broker’s combined customer accounts, even though certain property specifically traceable to the Trust (for example, Treasury bills deposited by the Trust with the clearing broker as margin) was held by the clearing broker.

In the event of the FCM’s bankruptcy, Registrant may recover a pro-rata share or none of its assets.

Default by Counterparty and Credit Risk Could Cause Substantial Losses

Dealers in forward contracts are not regulated by the CEA and are not obligated to segregate customer assets. As a result, unitholders do not have such basic protections with respect to the trading in forward contracts by Registrant. This lack of regulation in these markets could expose Registrant in certain circumstances to significant losses in the event of trading abuses or financial failure by the counterparties. Each Series also faces the risk of non-performance by the counterparties to the over-the-counter contracts. Unlike in futures contracts, the counterparty to these contracts is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a clearing organization backed by a group of financial institutions. As a result, there will be greater counterparty credit risk in these transactions. The clearing member, clearing organization or other counterparty may not be able to meet its obligations, in which case Registrant could suffer significant losses on these contracts.

Regulatory Changes or Actions May Alter the Nature of an Investment in the Trust

Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional investment pools, in particular commodity pools such as Registrant, publicly distributed in the United States. There has been significant international governmental concern expressed regarding, for example, (i) the disruptive effects of speculative trading on the central banks’ attempts to influence exchange rates and (ii) the need to regulate the derivatives markets in general. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in Registrant.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the retroactive implementation of speculative position limits or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of futures and forward transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Trust is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Trust Trading is Not Transparent

Trading decisions in respect of the Trust, are made by the Trading Advisors. While the Managing Owner receives daily trade confirmations from the clearing broker and foreign exchange dealers, such information is not provided to Unitholders and the Trust’s trading results are reported to the Unitholders. Accordingly, an investment in the Trust does not offer you the same transparency, i.e., an ability to review all investment positions daily that a personal trading account offers. The Managing Owner may (but is under no obligation to) provide estimated daily or weekly values to unitholders.

 

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Lack of Independent Experts Representing Investors

The Managing Owner has consulted with counsel, accountants and other experts regarding the formation and operation of the Trust. No counsel has been appointed to represent an investor in connection with the offering of the Units. Accordingly, you should consult your own legal, tax and financial advisers regarding the desirability of an investment in the Trust.

Forwards, Swaps, Hybrids and Other Derivatives are Not Subject to CFTC Regulation

The Trust may trade foreign exchange contracts in the interbank market. Since forward contracts are traded in unregulated markets between principals, the commodity pools also assume the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. In the future, the Trust may also trade swap agreements, hybrid instruments and other off-exchange contracts. Swap agreements involve trading income streams such as fixed rate or floating rate interest. Hybrids are instruments, which combine features of a security with those of a futures contract. The dealer market for off-exchange instruments is becoming less liquid. Because there is no exchange or clearing- house for these contracts, the Trust will be subject to the credit risk and nonperformance of the counterparty. Additionally, because these off-exchange contracts are not regulated by the CFTC, the Trust will not receive the protections, which are provided by the CFTC’s regulatory scheme.

Possibility of Termination of the Trust or any Trust Before Expiration of its Stated Term

As Managing Owner, Preferred may withdraw from the Trust, which would cause the Trust to terminate unless a Substitute Managing Owner was appointed. Other events, such as a long-term substantial loss suffered by any Trust, could also cause the Trust to terminate before the expiration of its stated term. This could cause you to liquidate your investments and upset the overall maturity and timing of your investment portfolio. If the registrations with the CFTC or memberships in the NFA of the Managing Owner or the clearing broker were revoked or suspended, such entity would no longer be able to provide services to the Trust.

There may be an additional risk due to the fact Registrant may trade foreign exchange contracts off-exchange and, as such, does not have protection of an exchange. There is also the additional risk that the assets held with the clearing broker for trading off-exchange foreign currencies are not required to be segregated.

Registrant may also trade options on futures. Although successful options trading requires many of the same skills as successful futures trading, the risks are different. Successful options trading requires a trader to assess accurately near-term market volatility because that volatility is immediately reflected in the price of outstanding options. Correct assessment of market volatility can therefore be of much greater significance in trading options than it is in many long-term futures strategies where volatility does not have as great an effect on the price of a futures contract.

Foreign Exchange Currency Trading is Not Subject to CFTC Regulation

Certain Trading Advisors will trade their programs by entering into spot and forward transactions involving currencies with United States and foreign banks and currency dealers. As with the risks involved in forward contracts (see above), trading in spot and forward foreign exchange transactions is not regulated by the CFTC and such contracts are not traded on or guaranteed by an exchange or its clearing house.

Registrant is subject to Speculative Position Limits

The CFTC and U.S. futures exchanges have established speculative position limits (referred to as “position limits”) on the maximum position in certain futures interests contracts that may be held or controlled by any one person or group. Therefore, the Trading Advisor may have to reduce the size of its position in one or more futures contracts in order to avoid exceeding such position limits, which could adversely affect the profitability of Registrant.

Reliance on the Trading Advisor to Trade Successfully

The Trading Advisor is responsible for making all futures, forwards, and options trading decisions on behalf of Registrant. The Managing Owner has no control over the specific trades the Trading Advisor makes, leverage used, risks and/or concentrations assumed or whether the Trading Advisor will act in accordance with the disclosure documents or descriptive materials furnished by them to the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner can provide no assurance that the trading programs employed by the Trading Advisor will be successful.

 

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None

 

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Item 2. Properties

Registrant does not own or use any physical properties in the conduct of its business. Registrant’s only place of business is the place of business of the Managing Owner.

Certain administrative services are provided by Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C., Registrant’s administrator (the “Administrator”), which is located at 33 West Monroe, Suite 1000, Chicago, IL 60601.

 

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

There are no material proceedings pending by or against Registrant or the Managing Owner.

 

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None

PART II

 

Item 5. Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Information with respect to the offering of Interests and the use of proceeds is incorporated by reference to Note 1 to Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit herewith.

A significant secondary market for the Limited Units has not developed, and is not expected to develop in the future. There are also certain restrictions set forth in the Trust Agreement limiting the ability of a Unitholder to transfer Units to the different Classes. However, Limited Units may be redeemed on a monthly basis, but Class I Units are subject to a redemption fee if transacted within one year of the effective date of purchase. Redemptions are calculated based on Registrant’s then current Net Asset Value per Interest as of the close of business on the last business day of the month in which the redemption request is effected.

The following table presents sales of unregistered interest (i.e., Managing Owner interests) exempt from registration under Section 4(2) of the Securities Act of 1933 during the period from September 28, 2004 (inception) through December 31, 2008.

 

     Amount of

Date of Sale

   Units Sold    Cash Received

March 10, 2005

   10    $ 1,000

December 1, 2005

   3,080    $ 308,000

January 1, 2006

   765    $ 74,535

February 1, 2006

   416    $ 40,000

March 1, 2006

   256    $ 24,489

April 1, 2006

   223    $ 21,560

May 1, 2006

   265    $ 27,537

June 1, 2006

   454    $ 47,400

July 1, 2006

   575    $ 59,000

August 1, 2006

   530    $ 52,350

September 1, 2006

   403    $ 39,200

October 1, 2006

   374    $ 36,000

November 1, 2006

   189    $ 18,000

December 1, 2006

   11    $ 1,000

January 1, 2007

   62    $ 6,000

February 1, 2007

   217    $ 21,000

March 1, 2007

   109    $ 10,000

August 1, 2007

   30    $ 3,000

September 1, 2007

   10    $ 1,000

October 1, 2007

   49    $ 5,000

November 1, 2007

   28    $ 3,000

December 1, 2007

   19    $ 2,000

January 1, 2008

   265    $ 29,000

March 1, 2008

   113    $ 15,000

April 1, 2008

   258    $ 40,000

May 1, 2008

   419    $ 50,000

June 1, 2008

   329    $ 40,000

July 1, 2008

   497    $ 61,000

August 1, 2008

   294    $ 35,000

September 1, 2008

   347    $ 40,000

October 1, 2008

   196    $ 22, 000

 

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There are no material restrictions upon Registrant’s present or future ability to make distributions in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement. No distributions have been made since inception and no distributions are anticipated in the future.

As of February 1, 2009, there were 2,611 holders of record owning 1,045,936 Interests, which include 10,905 General Units (Managing Owner Interests).

 

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following table presents selected financial data of Registrant for the years ended December 31, 2008 to December 31, 2006 and the period December 1, 2005 to December 31, 2005. This data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of Registrant and the notes thereto on pages 7 through 22 of Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2008
   Year Ended
December 31,
2007
   Year Ended
December 31,
2006
    Period Ended
December 31,
2005
 

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ 25,625,045    $ 13,165,114    $ 4,882,356     $ (464,598 )

Net income (loss)

   $ 12,929,558    $ 5,951,782    $ 120,705     $ (800,564 )

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest – Class I

   $ 14.27    $ 7.98    $ 0.32     $ (2.58 )

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest – Class II

   $ 13.95    $ 10.46    $ (2.52 )   $ 0.00  

Total assets

   $ 132,391,342    $ 83,444,314    $ 72,720,132     $ 37,915,323  

Net asset value per Interest – Class I

   $ 120.57    $ 105.40    $ 98.20     $ 97.38  

Net asset value per Interest – Class II

   $ 123.39    $ 105.76    $ 96.71     $ 0.00  

 

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

Critical Accounting Policies

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance. Applying these policies requires the Managing Owner to make judgments, estimates and assumptions in connection with the preparation of Registrant’s financial statements. Actual results may differ from the estimates used.

The Managing Owner has evaluated Registrant’s financial statements and related disclosures and has determined that the policies discussed below are critical accounting policies because they involve estimates, judgments and assumptions that are particularly complex, subjective or uncertain. For a further discussion of Registrant’s significant accounting policies, see Note 2 to Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report.

The valuation of Registrant’s investments that are not traded on a United States or internationally recognized futures exchange is a critical accounting policy. The market values of futures (exchange traded) contracts is verified by Registrant’s administrator, which obtains valuation data from third party data providers such as Bloomberg, Reuters, and or Super Derivatives and compares those prices with Registrant’s clearing broker. The market value of currency swap and forward (non-exchange traded) contracts is extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot prices quoted as of 4 PM on the last business day of the reporting period. All values assigned by the administrator and confirmed by the Managing Owner are final and conclusive as to all of Registrant’s Unitholders.

As such, if actual results vary from estimates used, they are not anticipated to have a material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.

Registrant records all investments at fair value in its financial statements, with changes in fair value reported as a component of Trading Profits (Losses) in the Statements of Operations. Generally, fair values are based on quoted market prices; however, in certain circumstances, significant judgments and estimates are involved in determining fair value in the absence of an active market closing price. Registrant considers prices for exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts to be based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of forwards, swaps, and certain option contracts for which market quotations are not readily available are priced by Super Derivatives, Bloomberg, Reuters, and/or other third party data providers who derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2). Level 3 inputs reflect Registrant’s assumptions that it believes market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. Registrant develops Level 3 inputs

 

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based on the best information available in the circumstances, which may include indirect correlation to a market value, combinations of market values or Registrant’s proprietary data. Level 3 inputs generally include information derived through extrapolation or interpolation of observable market data.

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that Registrant recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 were effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, Registrant has elected an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest or other expense. The Managing Owner evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on Registrant’s financial statements. The adoption of FIN 48 had no material impact on Registrant, as Registrant’s tax positions are based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS 157 requires use of a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1), inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (Level 3). SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

Registrant adopted SFAS 157 in the first quarter of 2008. The adoption of SFAS 157 had no impact to the investments in the Registrant’s financial statements. Of its unrealized gains (losses) at December 31, 2008, $660,900 or (61.37)% of Registrant’s investments are classified as Level 1 and $(1,737,730) or 161.37% as Level 2. Of its unrealized gains (losses) at December 31, 2007, $164,692 or 57.29% of Registrant’s investments are classified as Level 1 and $(452,149) or (157.29)% as Level 2. There are no Level 3 investments on December 31, 2008 or December 31, 2007 using the fair value hierarchy of SFAS 157.

In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active” (“FSP FAS 157-3”). FSP FAS 157-3 clarified the application of SFAS 157. FSP FAS 157-3 demonstrated how the fair value of a financial asset is determined when the market for that financial asset is inactive. FSP FAS 157-3 was effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which financial statements had not been issued. The Managing Owner evaluated the impact of adopting of FSP FAS 157-3 and its impact on the Registrant’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Registrant’s financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”, including an amendment of SFAS 115. This statement provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with early adoption permitted. The Managing Owner evaluated the implication of SFAS 159 and its impact on the Registrant’s financial statements. The Registrant adopted SFAS 159 during the first quarter of 2008, and it did not have a material effect on the Registrant’s financial statements, as the Registrant did not elect the fair value option for any eligible financial assets or liabilities.

In April 2007, the FASB released FASB Staff Position FIN 39-1 “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts” (“FSP FIN 39-1”). FSP FIN 39-1 requires that offsetting of assets and liabilities in the balance sheet is improper except where a right of setoff exists. The application of FIN 39-1 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim period within those fiscal years. The Managing Owner evaluated the impact of adopting FSP FIN 39-1 and its impact on the Registrant’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on the Registrant’s financial statements

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 establishes, among other things, the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. The Managing Owner evaluated the impact of adopting SFAS 161 and its impact on the Registrant’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have an impact on the Registrant’s financial statements

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Registrant commenced operations on December 1, 2005 with gross proceeds of $31,024,443 allocated to commodities trading. Additional contributions raised through the continuous offering of limited units (“Limited Interests”) and general units (“General Interests” or “Managing Owner Interests” and, together with the Limited Interests, “Interests”) of beneficial ownership in Registrant for the period from December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2008 resulted in additional gross proceeds to Registrant of $112,079,584.

Subscriptions of General Interests for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $333,039, $51,000 and $441,071, respectively. Subscriptions of Limited Interests for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $43,297,135, $21,511,386 and $46,445,953, respectively.

 

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Limited Interests in Registrant may be redeemed on a monthly basis, but are subject to a redemption fee if transacted within one year of the effective date of purchase. Redemptions of Limited Interests for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $11,468,605, $14,894,690 and $9,704,575, respectively. Redemptions of General Interests for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were $0, $0 and $1,000, respectively.

At December 31, 2008, approximately 100% of Registrant’s net assets were allocated to commodities trading. A significant portion of Registrant’s net assets was held in cash, which was used as margin for trading in commodities. In as much as the sole business of Registrant is to trade in commodities, Registrant continues to own such liquid assets to be used as margin. The clearing brokers and bank credit Registrant with interest income on 100% of its average daily equity maintained in its accounts with the clearing brokers and bank during each month at competitive interest rates.

The commodities contracts may be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges limit fluctuations in certain commodity futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits.” During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent Registrant from promptly liquidating its commodity futures positions.

Since Registrant’s business is to trade futures and forward contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk). Registrant’s exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of Registrant’s speculative trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could result in losses considerably beyond Registrant’s experience to date and could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors’ capital. The Managing Owner attempts to minimize these risks by requiring Registrant and the Trading Advisors to abide by various trading limitations and policies, which include limiting margin amounts, trading only in liquid markets and permitting the use of stop loss provisions. See Note 9 to the financial statements for a further discussion on the credit and market risks associated with Registrant’s futures and forward contracts.

Registrant does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets.

Market Overview

Following is a market overview for the years ended December 31, 2008, December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006:

The Year Ended December 31, 2008

2008 was a watershed year for the world economy and the financial industry. It marked the end of an era for the world economy—an era of rising leverage, bloated balance sheets, inflated asset valuations, and above all, a dangerously unbalanced international economic and financial arrangement that was heavily reliant on the American consumer as the buyer of last resort. The financial market upheavals of the past year, rivaled only by those of the Great Depression, smashed the aging edifice of the old era. The pain was all the more acute for the financial sector, where the yearlong nightmare was topped off by the eruption of the Bernie Madoff scandal. Thanks to the dramatic monetary and fiscal policy moves worldwide, most notably by the US Federal Reserve, the US is unlikely to repeat the Depression of the 1930’s. However, the liquidity environment is likely to remain challenged and a sustainable economic recovery may well not begin until 2010.

The US economic data reported throughout the year were horrendous. The US economy lost 2.6 million jobs in 2008, the most since 1945. Of these, 1.9 million jobs were lost in the last few months of the year. The unemployment rate jumped to over 7% to end the year, which is the highest it has been in sixteen years. The latest reported US housing prices showed a drop of over 15% from January 2008 through October 2008 and a 30% decline from January 2007 through October 2008 was reported. At year end, housing starts were at the lowest levels in 50-years and housing permits, one of the leading economic indicators, were at 27-year lows. Retail sales struggled through 2008 and capped the year with one of the worst holiday seasons on record.

According to the Merrill Lynch Index, treasuries of all maturities combined returned almost 15% in 2008. The Federal Reserve added additional liquidity and slashed the Federal Discount Rate to a 0.0% - 0.25% range during December. For the first half of the year, the Federal Reserve Open Market Committee lowered rates in attempts to improve market conditions due to the sub-prime mortgage crisis. Additional rate reductions were geared to stimulate the economy in the face of the global credit crisis as numerous financial institutions announced faltering operations during the last few months of 2008. As a result, the Discount Rate and Federal Funds Rate decreased over 4% throughout the year.

As the housing and credit markets around the globe crumbled, the world’s central banks worked collaboratively and lowered key rates throughout 2008. The Bank of England, faced with a deepening banking crisis and recession, lowered their rate by approximately 3.5% throughout the year. Even the President of the European Central Bank (“ECB”), Jean Claude Trichet, had to abandon his long term hawkish stance as the ECB lowered rates to 2.0% by year end. The scene was all too familiar in Asia as the Peoples Bank of China and the Bank of Japan lowered rates in 2008.

 

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Currencies: The Dollar Index, which measures the US unit against a basket of other currencies, capped off the year by gaining roughly 6%. The greenback’s most noteworthy gains were concentrated on the euro, pound and Australian and New Zealand dollars. The US dollar continued to decline versus the Japanese yen in December and fell approximately 19% for the year, the largest decline in more than twenty years. Japan appeared to be significantly less exposed to the credit crisis compared to the US, England, European Union, China and other nations as the yen witnessed gains across the board in 2008. Though the euro lost value versus the US dollar in 2008, it ended the year with record performance versus the pound. The pound was the weakest among major currencies versus the US dollar with an approximate 27% slide during the year.

Energies: After crude reached a record high close of over $145 a barrel on July 3, the deleveraging and a severe drop off in demand caused the price of crude to plummet. Within the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index (“DJAIG”) crude was one of the worst performing sectors in 2008, posting losses in excess of 50% by closing the year near $45 a barrel. Crude continued to slide despite significant OPEC (Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries) supply decreases in September, in October and again in December. Heating oil and reformulated gasoline had similar 2008 price trends. Reformulated gasoline posted the worst performance within the DJAIG with losses amounting to roughly 60% for the year. Natural gas witnessed handsome returns through July as the price of domestic natural gas surged from the first quarter and rallied over 70% for the year. However, like other commodities, the global economic malaise caused demand to drop off considerably leading to dramatic price reductions throughout the second half of the year. The dispute between Russia and the Ukraine, which disrupted the supply of natural gas to Central and Eastern Europe during December, had little impact on price. Within the DJAIG, natural gas realized a loss near 25% for the year, which was the best performance for all energies within the Index.

Agriculturals: Wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton ended the year with strong overall returns for December but all suffered rather disappointing returns for the year. Overall for 2008, wheat, corn, soybeans and cotton ended the period down approximately 31%, 11%, 19% and 28%, respectively, within the DJAIG. Wheat gained early in the year on fears of feed grain shortage but record annual harvest, followed by the wheat deleveraging that occurred in the second half of the year due to the global financial meltdown, led to increased supplies plaguing silos across the globe. The ethanol story, the growing potential of an eventual global food shortage and capital flows into commodities, were all factors behind corn’s rally in the first half of 2008 that seemed to disappear in the third and fourth quarters of the year. Despite excessive precipitation across the central bean belt and increased demand from China, which lent support for soybeans’ performance realized during the first and second quarters, all gains were erased in the third and fourth quarters.

Indices: The global equity performance for 2008 in general can be described as dreadful. The year started off poorly and the markets just got worse. Many market participants fell victim to forced selling as massive capital outflows continued through year end. The global credit crisis and the recession worsened, but a flake of relief emerged as central banks worked collaboratively and lowered key rates, added substantial liquidity and enacted stimulus packages during the final months of the year with more promised for 2009. The result for the major US indices was a modest advance in December as the Dow Jones Industrial Average posted a slight gain; however, it ended the year down approximately 34%. The S&P 500 ended December with an advance but posted an approximate 37% loss for the year. For December, the NASDAQ recorded positive overall performance but technology stocks were a major victim of the global economic collapse and realized an approximate 40% loss for the year. In Europe, the DAX and CAC witnessed positive performance in December; however, they posted losses of approximately 40% and 43%, respectively, for the year. The London FTSE and Russian equities finished December and the year with negative returns. The three majors in Asia — the Nikkei, Hang Seng and Kospi — ended 2008 on a rally but down considerably for the year. Australia and New Zealand witnessed steep losses in 2008 as well. The Latin American block was hit hard by the economic meltdown as the Mexican Bolsa Index and the Brazilian Bovespa Stock Index closed the year down considerably.

Metals: Gold posted strong performance as the precious metal advanced approximately 8% in December and finished 2008 up almost 5%. Asian and geopolitical buying, flight-to-safety, strong European dealer demand and small losses in the US Dollar Index all factored into gold’s run in December. Silver, platinum and palladium all recorded gains in December; however, silver posted large losses within the DJAIG on the year. Among base metals, 2008 was a terrible year across the board. The global housing and commercial real-estate market collapse and the looming economic recession caused demand for these metals to grind to a halt. Also, large inventories of these metals drove the prices down further. Within the DJAIG, aluminum, zinc, copper and nickel wrapped up the year down approximately 36%, 49%, 54% and 55%, respectively.

Softs and Livestock: Sugar featured a relatively quiet December and lost about 1% overall for the month as abundant supply prevailed. However, sugar was the leading commodity in the DJAIG and witnessed an overall gain of over 9% for the year. Coffee and cocoa ended a miserable year with negative overall performance. As the global economy worsened, beef demand continued to fall, resulting in cattle prices dropping by a disappointing 12% within the DJAIG for the year. Hogs were one of the few sectors within the DJAIG to cap the year with overall positive returns. Demand increases, mainly in China, drove hog prices up over 5% in 2008 within the DJAIG.

 

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The Year Ended December 31, 2007

The global economy endured the unfolding of the subprime credit crisis for most of 2007. August 2007 will forever be etched in the financial pantheon alongside 1998 and 1987 as defining events of their respective decades. The US economy has cooled considerably since the beginning of the year and many economists are signifying a “recessionary like” outlook at best in the coming months, not the “soft landing” that was anticipated. While the US economy proved volatile throughout the year, the rest of the world appeared to be going strong.

During 2007, single-family housing starts and permits hit sixteen-year lows as starts fell over 5% and are approximately 24% below 2006. The Home Builders Confidence Index witnessed the lowest drawdown in nineteen years. In November, UK housing prices showed their greatest monthly dive in twelve years as the subprime crisis clearly impacted non-US markets. Inflation concerns led to the Bank of England (“BOE”) to cut rates late in 2007.

In the US, the unemployment rate unexpectedly jumped to 5.0% during the fourth quarter as private sector payrolls fell, signaling the first decline in four years. For the first time since September 2003, fewer than half of the industries surveyed added jobs.

Currencies: While the US dollar managed periodic strength during December, the dollar ended 2007 with staggering losses to major rivals. The final 2007 tally saw the euro, pound and yen gaining over 10%, 6% and 2%, respectively. After witnessing a record monthly low in November, the Dollar Index ended the year over 76.5. Throughout the year, emerging nations gained greater confidence in their domestic economic strength. Many, especially in Asia, slowly abandoned the managed dollar peg.

The pound finished the year with gains on the dollar, despite losses in December as a result of a BOE rate decrease. The euro had a strong year and benefited from perceptions that the European Central Bank (“ECB”) would not be lowering rates any time soon as ECB President Jean Claude Trichet issued a series of hawkish comments, mainly as related to inflation concerns. European Union economic data was mixed to weak, including a twenty-two month low reading of the German IFO Business Confidence Index.

The yen closed out 2007 up 2% for the year on the US dollar. Japanese economic data persisted as lackluster and those calling for a rate increase have now mostly backed away from that forecast. The yuan extended its yearlong gradual advance in December as the Peoples Bank of China continued to contract. Since abandonment of the US dollar peg in January 2005, the yuan has risen 12% to the dollar. The Canadian, Australian and New Zealand dollars posted gains on the year against the US dollar.

Energies: It was a tremendous year for the petroleum sector as crude oil prices rose more than 40% within the Dow Jones AIG Index and closed 2007 over $95. Crude briefly reached the ominous $100 level but the market failed to hold that level in initial efforts. Geopolitical events were supportive during the year, encouraging the high volatility patterns. Supply/demand fundamentals have been trending weaker and the market saw periodic selling as related to concerns surrounding slowing US and global growth. The US dollar remained a key influence and the dollar’s demise was a key factor in crude’s run. Overall demand for commodities as an asset class was supportive, particularly in the Peoples Republic of China and in India.

Reformulated gasoline soared throughout the year and topped off with a year-to-date gain of over 45% within the Dow Jones AIG Index. Heating oil performed well in 2007 and closed up 5.5% within the same index. Distillate inventories remained below the five-year average and Department of Energy inventories ran 6% under last year despite relatively moderate weather conditions.

Agriculturals: Clearly, 2007 was a superior year for commodities as evidence by stronger readings in the major indices. The 19-component Dow Jones AIG Index witnessed a yearly gain of over 11%. Commodities attracted significant interest as an alternative asset class throughout 2007. Corn closed the year at prices that have not been seen since the summer of 1996. One key fundamental factor contributing to corn’s growth, besides the evident global demand for ethanol, is the increased quality of living in developing countries such as China and India. On the production side, perhaps with the exception of soybeans, wherever crop interchangeability allows, corn will continue to steal acres from competing agricultural products.

Soybean prices finished the year over $12.50, which is second to historical highs set in June of 1973. The fundamentals for soybeans remain demand driven. China’s need for beans, bean oil and bean meal is so massive that all importation taxes and tariffs on all three have been dropped, which is a rare move. On the supply side, the battle for global acreage will hinge on the relative value of competing crops. In 2007, the wheat market realized an outstanding 87% increase in prices from 2006, setting new all time record prices. This gain is despite the historic drought in Australia, one of the world’s largest producers of the grain. On the whole, cotton improved in 2007 ending the year with over a 22% increase, at a level that has not been seen since early 2004.

Indices: The major US equity indices slumped in the fourth quarter under the weight of the subprime credit crisis but still tallied gains for the year. For 2007, the Dow Jones rose over 6%, the S&P 500 added 3.5%, while the tech heavy NASDAQ was the leading performer with a 10% gain. The fourth quarter sell-off was a result of traders becoming increasingly concerned about the economy in general and housing in particular. Some doubted the Federal Reserves (“Fed”) resolve to address the economic issues in the face of growing inflation concerns. Also, interest and demand for commodities as an alternative asset class weighed on the equity sector.

 

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To a lesser extent, European equities echoed the weak tone of the US during the fourth quarter. However, the German DAX showed strong gains of 22% during 2007. The CAC and FTSE scored much lower gains of 1% and 4%. The broad based Pan-European Dow Jones STOXX 600 suffered minor losses as markets outside of the big three struggled.

Equities soared in Asia with the Hang Seng Index, Shanghai Composite, Kospi Index and Australian All Ordinaries setting record highs during 2007. During the fourth quarter, volatility was rampant across Asian equities. While the Hang Seng performed extremely well, with almost a 40% gain on the year, it was a different story for Japan as the NIKKEI lost over 11%, resulting in the first decline in the past five years. Despite the International Monetary Fund lowering Japan's growth rate in November, business investment remained expansionary and many market participants view a Japanese recession as unlikely.

Interest Rates: With inflation concerns and the global credit crisis taking center stage during the second half of the year, the Fed reacted aggressively on September 18 and cut both the Fed Funds rate by 50 basis points from 5.25% to 4.75% and the discount rate to 5.25%. After this action, the yield curve showed significant steepening. The 2 and 10 year benchmark notes ended the year lower than 2006. The Federal Reserve indicated possible future US rate hikes in the coming months. The TED spread continued to rise through November.

After a pair of rate hikes in the first half of the year, the ECB held steady at 4.00% through year-end and the euro benefited from perceptions that the ECB seems to be in a holding pattern. The BOE issued three quarter-point rate increases in the first half of 2007. Forced to deal with the Northern Rock Crisis, declines in consumer confidence, housing declines and weakness in the service sector during the second half of the year, the BOE slashed their rate by a quarter-point in December to end the year at 5.50%.

The Bank of Japan (“BOJ”) raised rates in the first quarter of the year and held the rate steady through the end of the year. A rash of lackluster economic data weighed on BOJ officials but they kept the rates unchanged. The Peoples Bank of China drained liquidity and gradually hiked interest rates throughout 2007.

Metals: Base metals had a rather difficult 2007. The dismal housing market, poor construction data in the US and UK and the sliding US dollar had a significant impact. Zinc was the worst performer among the nineteen components of the Dow Jones AIG Index, with annual losses over 43%. Aluminum and nickel witnessed steep losses over 18% and 16% within the Dow Jones AIG Index, respectively. In December, copper had a rough month but still posted an annual gain of over 4.5%.

Precious metals, on the other hand, recorded tremendous gains during 2007. Gold sky rocketed to a near twenty-eight year high and finished 2007 up over 32%. This trend was fueled by the weak dollar, soaring oil prices, subprime credit woes and several geopolitical events, including the recent developments in Pakistan. Gold saw spotty selling per the yen carry trade and other margin needs during the second half of the year. Silver traded with more volatility than gold and experienced less flight-to-safety demand and ended the year topping a 9% profit. Platinum had a positive year as Asian demand for the metal held strong.

Softs and Livestock: Citrus finished up 2007 on the rally side following forecasts of freezing temperatures in the sunshine state. However, this rally could not offset losses realized throughout the year. Sugar and coffee had a rather difficult year as well. Within the Dow Jones AIG Index sugar and coffee were down more than 14% and 6%, respectively. Following negative 2006 performance, cocoa rebounded in 2007, achieving a 17% return on the year.

2007 proved less than kind to livestock prices as both cattle and hogs suffered losses. Live cattle were down more than 6% within the Dow Jones AIG Index. Korea rejected a series of shipments of US beef on trepidation of mad-cow disease concerns. Hogs were the second worst performer within the Dow Jones AIG Index with a 30% loss.

The Year Ended December 31, 2006

The U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) ceased raising rates in the fourth quarter. The perception remains that although the economy is slowing, there is no danger of a recession and that a soft landing is the most likely scenario. Range trading may be the dominant pattern for the next few months as prices react to the economic data. The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-Year note finished November at an 11-month low. A weaker U.S. dollar failed to dampen enthusiasm for U.S. Treasuries. The latest data available shows capital flows to the U.S. rose in October.

On the employment front, job growth accelerated in December as non-farm payrolls rose while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.5%. This is down from 4.9% at the start of 2006. Of some concern was a 0.5% jump in average hourly earnings, taking them up 4.2% over the past 12 months. Overall, the employment picture persists as healthy but the construction, manufacturing and retail sectors all lost jobs in December.

Regarding U.S. inflation, the November Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) was unchanged and the Core CPI, which factors out the more volatile food and energy prices, was also flat. This is the lowest reading for the core rate since November 2005. There were clearly no inflation worries in this data. The Producer Price Index (“PPI”) was not as controlled, climbing 2.0%, the most since 1974. The surge was caused by a jump in energy, car and truck prices.

 

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Housing has been a major economic concern in 2006. November Housing Starts rose following a big drop in October. November Housing Permits, however, fell slightly. Over the past 11 months, Housing Starts were 12.5% below 2005 levels while Housing Permits were off 14.1%. Homebuilders' confidence, as indicated by the NAHB/Wells Fargo Index fell in December.

The overall consumer confidence picture remained mixed with the high end and electronics sectors doing well. November Retail Sales rose 1.0%. The unusually warm weather hurt clothing and Department Store Sales. Third quarter Gross Domestic Product, a measure of economic growth, was revised downwards to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2005. Home building remains the main drag on growth.

While the Fed was on hold with respect to interest rate policy, the European Central Bank (“ECB”), the Bank of England (“BOE”) and the Peoples Bank of China (“PBC”) all raised interest rates. British housing prices and CPI growth continue to be high. Germany continues to exhibit growth, and leads the increasingly strong Eurozone. The Bank of Japan (“BOJ”) remained cautious, with no additional rate hikes following the July increase to 0.25%. The economy appears mixed, with consumer spending still less than the economy requires. The Bank of Canada, Reserve Bank of Australia and New Zealand central bank all remained on hold in December.

Currencies: The euro strengthened versus the U.S. dollar in 2006, reversing the pattern from 2005. The euro also strengthened against the Japanese yen, achieving record levels in December. Germany, the engine of Eurozone growth, has been the strongest European economy this year. Interest rate differential factors supported the euro through much of the fourth quarter of 2006. Of great significance, central banks around the globe have initiated a policy of diversification out of the U.S. dollar and into the euro, the British pound, and to a lesser extent, the Japanese yen.

The British pound ended the year slightly off its high, after rising approximately 14% versus the U.S. dollar. British housing prices have been surging and the CPI came in above the BOE’s target.

The Japanese yen fell against the U.S. dollar, euro and British pound during the fourth quarter of 2006. Japan exited its deflationary era in 2006, although the fourth quarter saw less than robust growth on the consumer side. Other Asian currencies were better performers, with the Korean won having a particularly solid December and fourth quarter.

The Peoples Bank of China continues to tighten the reins on the economy. Most recently, the PBC increased the reserve requirement ratio for banks and raised the base interest rate 50 points to 6.72%. The yuan has shown an accumulative appreciation of about 3.7% since the July 2005 revaluation.

Energies: Crude oil was strong during the first half of the year and weakened during the second half, with the exception of a brief respite during November. Crude ended December around $60 per barrel, which contrasts to its mid-July peak of nearly $78 per barrel. Record warm weather in key consuming regions in the U.S. put pressure on the market during the quarter, as did a generally benign geopolitical scene and poor member compliance with OPEC’s announced production cuts.

The unusually warm weather kept heating oil under pressure during December. Heating oil will be dependent on a general recovery in commodity prices and a sudden weather shift in coming weeks. Department of Energy gasoline inventories are 0.5% below last season. The driving season was extended by the warm weather conditions.

Natural gas fell during the fourth quarter with the weather weighing heavily on investor sentiment. Inventories are still burdensome and demand is slowing rather than rising during the normally strong seasonal demand time frame. What remains to be seen is whether the markets have discounted the majority of these bearish fundamentals.

Grains: While December’s performance was mixed, corn trended upwards for the fourth quarter as a whole. The last week of the month, quarter, and year saw the posting of a multi-year high, with the final price for 2006 settling at the highest weekly close on the charts since the drought-driven summer rally in July of 1996. The main drivers behind the re-awakening of corn prices were threefold: 1) an increase in overseas demand due to improving global economic conditions; 2) the expansion of the production of ethanol; and 3) the ongoing increase in hedge fund and money managers’ investing in alternative non-correlated asset classes. For the quarter as a whole, despite a large trading range, the wheat market put in somewhat disappointing, albeit upward trending performance. The uncertainty caused by ongoing drought conditions in Australia, the relatively high price for wheat and tight global stocks had an effect on supply and demand. The trend for soybean prices was higher for the fourth quarter of 2006. Export demand for soybeans, soybean oil and soybean meal all appear to be increasing. As corn production is increasingly diverted to the production of ethanol, substitute feedstuffs, with soybeans as the closest surrogate, may also feel the upward pull of prices. As the global supply of foreign cotton sold out late in the year, prices began to move higher from mid-November through the end of the year. The lethargy that characterized most of 2006 was a product of a massive carryover of last year’s crop, along with last summer’s unfortunate elimination of a marketing program which left U.S. cotton uncompetitively priced.

Indices: U.S. equities recorded their best gains in three years during the fourth quarter of 2006. The weakness in real estate that may have caused a shift into equities, large levels of global liquidity, a drop in oil prices, a quiet geopolitical atmosphere, solid earnings and a brisk mergers and acquisitions calendar all added to the positive performance. A shift out of commodities also aided the tone of global equities. Blue chips, financials, oil and big caps did well, and at the end of the quarter technology names took a leading role.

 

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It was also a very good December, fourth quarter and year for the European equity markets. Markets in Germany, the U.K. and France all ended higher for the fourth quarter. Heavy merger and acquisition activity was a major feature in Europe, along with a solid run of earnings and significant fund inflows. The strong U.S. market was also a psychological plus. The prospect of further rate hikes from the ECB, and to a lesser extent the BOE, failed to diminish enthusiasm.

Asian/Pacific Rim equities also recorded solid 2006 gains, despite volatile trading. Record highs were achieved in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand during the final session of the year as well as for China's Shanghai Composite. A growing Japanese economy served to buoy enthusiasm and a modest 0.25% base interest rate was supportive. Thailand's SET Index had a very volatile month after the central bank attempted to impose controls on capital for foreign investors in the stock market, but that was quickly reversed when the SET tumbled 15%, and prices subsequently recovered. However, Thailand has seen continuing political unrest.

Interest Rates: As expected, the Fed remained on hold at its December 12 meeting. The minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) meeting were virtually the same as the November meeting, indicating that the FOMC unanimously agreed that inflation persists as the primary concern to the economy. However, at the same time they stated the economy might have been a bit softer than previously thought.

In the international arena, the ECB increased rates 25 basis points in December and the BOE raised rates 25 basis points in November. The BOJ made just one move to 0.25% in 2006. Japanese consumer data has been a bit sluggish; something the BOJ will keep in focus. The Peoples Bank of China is currently engaged in a tightening process, and is actively draining liquidity by increasing reserve requirements.

Metals: A weak U.S. dollar helped support gold for most of the quarter but during late December the dollar showed signs of a consolidation rally and gold fell. Plunging energy prices had a negative impact on gold prices as well. Silver traded at its best levels in more than six months during the quarter, but ended the year off its highs. For the year, silver significantly outperformed gold. Speculative participation was heavy throughout the quarter, setting the stage for high volatility. A steady increase in inventories weighed on copper prices in the fourth quarter. A lessening of labor concerns, particularly in Chile and Canada, and the fact that China’s buying pace slowed in 2006 added to the negative tone. Zinc supplies remained tight and strong demand continued. Aluminum prices held up well in the fourth quarter in the face of a general commodity weakness. Nickel was one of the strongest performers in the metals group due to tight supply and a strong pattern of stainless steel demand.

Softs: Forecasts for a significant global supply surplus of sugar weighed on sentiment, causing prices to decline 29% on the year. This made sugar the weakest agricultural commodity in the Dow Jones/AIG Index. Coffee prices remained relatively flat for 2006 and overall global coffee demand was solid. Scaled back cocoa crop prospects for the Ivory Coast, the world's largest producer, added to the commodity’s recent bullish tone. The political situation in the Ivory Coast continues fairly quiet but civil unrest remains a potential factor. The cattle market traded sideways for most of the fourth quarter until severe weather conditions reduced cattle supply and caused prices to rise in the second half of December. Hog supply was ample during the quarter as the US entered a seasonally slow demand period. On the bright side, the most recent USDA estimate is that US pork exports will rise in 2007 to follow the 2006 increase.

Sector Performance

Due to the nature of Registrant’s trading activities, a period-to-period comparison of its trading results is not meaningful. However, a discussion of Registrant’s trading results for the major sectors in which Registrant traded for the years ended December 31, 2008, December 31, 2007 and December 31, 2006 are presented below.

The Year Ended December 31, 2008

Currencies: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the Canadian dollar, Swiss franc, Japanese yen and Mexican peso. The majority of losses were incurred in the Australian dollar, British pound and euro.

Energies: (+) Registrant experienced gains in crude oil, brent crude, gas oil, natural gas and heating oil. Losses were incurred in reformulated gasoline.

Grains: (+) Registrant experienced gains in cotton, wheat and soybeans. Losses were realized in bean oil and corn.

Indices: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the Hang Seng, Nikkei, DAX, CAC and Dow Jones STOXX 50 Euro indices. The majority of losses were experienced in the S&P 500.

Interest Rates: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in US Treasury Notes and Australian bonds. The majority of losses were experienced in London Gilts and Euroyen Tiffe.

Meats: (+) Registrant experienced gains in live cattle.

Metals: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of gains in aluminum, zinc and silver. Losses were realized in gold and copper.

 

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Softs: (+) Registrant experienced gains in coffee and sugar. Losses were realized in cocoa.

The Year Ended December 31, 2007

Currencies: (-) Registrant experienced the majority of its losses in the Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and the Mexican peso. The majority of gains were experienced in the Australian dollar, British pound, Indian rupee, Japanese yen, Japanese yen versus the euro, New Zealand dollar, Brazilian real and the Turkish lira.

Energies: (+) Registrant experienced gains in crude oil, gasoline and heating oil. Losses were experienced in natural gas.

Grains: (+) Registrant experienced losses in corn, cotton and soybean meal. Gains were experienced in wheat and soybeans.

Indices: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its losses in the DAX, Hang Seng, S&P TSE 60, Nasdaq and the Russell 2000 indices. The majority of gains were experienced in the DJ Stoxx 50, Nikkei and the Taiwan Indices.

Interest Rates: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its losses in Australian 10-year Bonds, Euroyen, and Japanese Government Bonds. The majority of gains were experienced in German Bunds, U.S. Treasury Bonds, Euribor and British Gilt.

Meats: (-) Registrant experienced losses in live cattle.

Metals: (+) Registrant experienced losses in gold and zinc. Gains were experienced in copper and aluminum.

Softs: (-) Registrant experienced losses in cocoa, coffee and sugar.

The Year Ended December 31, 2006

Currencies: (-) The currencies sector was down for the Registrant for the year. Long and short positions in the euro and the Swiss franc, and long positions in the Japanese yen contributed to the loss for the year.

Energies: (-) The sector was down for the Registrant for the year. Long and short positions in crude oil and unleaded gasoline contributed to the loss for the year.

Grains: (-) The sector was down for the Registrant for the year, with a majority of losses from long and short positions in corn, soybeans and wheat.

Indices: (+) The sector was up for the Registrant for the year. Long positions in the Hang Seng and the Taiwan Index, and long and short positions in the DAX and the IBEX indices contributed to the gain.

Interest Rates: (+) The sector was up for the Registrant for the year. Long and short positions in the German Bund, U.S. 10 year Treasury Note, Japanese Government Bond, and short positions in Euribor contributed to the gain.

Metals: (+) The sector was up for the Registrant for the year, with a majority of the gain coming from long positions in gold and zinc.

Softs: (-) The sector was down for the Registrant in 2006. Long and short positions in coffee, cocoa and cattle were the primary contributors to the loss.

Results of Operations

The net asset value (“Net Asset Value”) per Interest of Class I as of December 31, 2008, was $120.57, an increase of 14.39% from the December 31, 2007 Net Asset Value per Interest of Class I. The Net Asset Value per Interest of Class I as of December 31, 2007 was $105.40, an increase of 7.33% from the December 31, 2006 Net Asset Value per Interest of Class I. The Net Asset Value per Interest of Class I as of December 31, 2006 was $98.20, an increase of 0.84% from the December 31, 2005 Net Asset Value per Interest of Class I of $97.38.

The Net Asset Value per Interest of Class II as of December 31, 2008, was $123.39, an increase of 16.67% from the December 31, 2007 Net Asset Value per Interest. The Net Asset Value per Interest of Class II as of December 31, 2007 was $105.76, an increase of 9.36% from the December 31, 2006 Net Asset Value per Interest of Class II. The Net Asset Value per Interest of Class II as of December 31, 2006 was $96.71, a decrease of 3.29% from the beginning Net Asset Value per Interest of Class II of $100.00 as of the start of trading on May 1, 2006. The CISDM CPO Asset Weighted Index (formerly known as the Zurich Fund/Pool Qualified Universe Index) returned 16.29%, 8.55% and 8.30% for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006, respectively. The CISDM CPO Asset Weighted Index is the dollar weighted, total return of all commodity pools tracked by Managed Account Reports, LLC. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Registrant’s average net asset level during the year ended December 31, 2008 was approximately $105,884,000, an increase of approximately $33,187,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to the effect of additional

 

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subscriptions and positive trading performance. Registrant’s average net asset level during the year ended December 31, 2007 was approximately $72,697,000 an increase of approximately $18,042,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to the effect of additional subscriptions and positive trading performance. Registrant’s average net asset level during the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $54,655,000, an increase of approximately $24,037,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to the effect of subscriptions and positive trading performance.

Registrant’s trading gains before commissions and related fees for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were approximately $24,283,000, $10,112,000 and $2,277,000, respectively. A detailed discussion of the trading results for the year ended December 31, 2008 is presented below.

Interest income is earned on the average daily equity maintained with the clearing broker or bank at competitive interest rates. Therefore, interest income varies monthly according to interest rates, trading performance, contributions and redemptions. Interest income during the year ended December 31, 2008 was approximately $1,342,000, a decrease of approximately $1,711,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to declining short-term interest rates which more than offset the increase in average net asset levels discussed above. Interest income during the year ended December 31, 2007 was approximately $3,053,000, an increase of approximately $447,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Interest income during the year ended December 31, 2006 was approximately $2,606,000, an increase of approximately $2,337,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above and a full year of trading in 2006.

Commissions and other transaction fees are calculated on Registrant’s Net Asset Value at the end of each month and therefore, vary according to monthly trading performance, contributions and redemptions. Other transaction fees consist of National Futures Association, exchange and clearing fees as well as floor brokerage costs and give-up charges, which are based on the number of trades the Trading Advisor executes, as well as which exchange, clearing firm or bank on, or through, which the contract is traded. Commissions and other transaction fees during the year ended December 31, 2008 were approximately $289,000, a decrease of approximately $29,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to the replacement in May 2007 of a futures based trading advisor (Bridgewater) with a foreign exchange based trading advisor (Ortus) that incurs lower trading costs. Commissions and other transaction fees during the year ended December 31, 2007 were approximately $318,000, a decrease of approximately $42,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to reduced trading costs. Commissions and other transaction fees during the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $360,000, an increase of approximately $333,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above and a full year of trading activity in 2006.

Management fees to the trading advisors are calculated on the net assets in the managed accounts at the beginning of each month and, therefore, affected by monthly trading performance, contributions and redemptions. Management fees to the trading advisors during the year ended December 31, 2008 were approximately $2,399,000, an increase of approximately $710,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Management fees to the trading advisors during the year ended December 31, 2007 were approximately $1,689,000, an increase of approximately $262,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Management fees to the trading advisors during the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $1,427,000, an increase of approximately $1,364,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above and a full year of trading activity in 2006.

Registrant pays the Managing Owner a management fee calculated on Registrant’s Net Asset Value at the beginning of each month, and therefore, such fee is affected by monthly trading performance, contributions and redemptions. Management fees to the Managing Owner during the year ended December 31, 2008 were approximately $539,000, an increase of approximately $171,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Management fees to the Managing Owner during the year ended December 31, 2007 were approximately $368,000, an increase of approximately $85,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Management fees to the Managing Owner during the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $283,000, an increase of approximately $270,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above and a full year of trading activity in 2006.

Registrant pays a service fee with respect to Class I Units, monthly in arrears, equal to 1/12 of 2% (2% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Unit of the outstanding Class I Units as of the beginning of the month. The service fee is paid directly by Registrant to the Selling Agent, Kenmar Securities Inc., an affiliate of the Managing Owner. The Selling Agent is responsible for paying all service fees owed to the correspondent selling agents, who are entitled to receive from the Selling Agent an initial service fee equal to 2% of the initial Net Asset Value per Unit of each Class I Unit sold by them, payable on the date such Class I Units are purchased and, commencing with the 13th month after the purchase of a Class I unit, an ongoing monthly service fee equal to 1/12th of 2% (2% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Unit as of the beginning of the month of the Class I Units sold by them. All Unitholders will also pay Kenmar Securities Inc. a monthly sales commission equal to 1/12 of 1% (1% annually) of the Net Asset Value of the outstanding Units as of the beginning of each month. Service fees and sales commissions during the year ended December 31, 2008 were approximately $1,891,000 and $1,079,000, respectively. Service fees and sales commissions during the year ended December 31, 2007 were approximately $1,378,000 and $737,000, respectively. Service fees and sales commissions during the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $1,105,000 and $567,000, respectively. The increase of service fees and sales commissions was approximately $513,000 and $342,000 during 2008 as compared to 2007 due to increased average net asset

 

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levels discussed above. The increase of service fees and sales commissions was approximately $273,000 and $170,000 respectively during 2007 as compared to 2006 due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. The increase of service fees and sales commissions was approximately $1,053,000 and $541,000 respectively during 2006 as compared to the period ending December 31, 2005 due to increased average net asset levels discussed above and a full year of trading activity in 2006.

Incentive fees are based on the “New High Net Trading Profits” generated by the Trading Advisors, as defined in the Advisory Agreements between Registrant and the Trading Advisors. Incentive fees were approximately $5,318,000, $2,186,000 and $594,000 for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, respectively.

Operating expenses were approximately $763,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of approximately $226,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Operating expenses were approximately $537,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of approximately $112,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Operating expenses were approximately $425,000 for the year ended December 31, 2006, an increase of approximately $270,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels as discussed above and a full year of trading in 2006. These expenses include accounting, audit, registrar, and transfer agent, tax and legal fees as well as printing and postage costs related to reports sent to Limited Interests.

Offering costs were approximately $526,000 for the year ended December 31, 2008, an increase of approximately $158,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2007 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Offering costs were approximately $368,000 for the year ended December 31, 2007, an increase of approximately $83,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2006 primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above. Offering costs for the year ended December 31, 2006 were approximately $285,000, an increase of approximately $272,000 as compared to the period ended December 31, 2005 primarily due to increased average net asset levels as discussed above and a full year of trading in 2006. Offering costs are advanced by the Managing Owner and subject to reimbursement by the Trust, subject to certain limitations. For a further discussion of these payments, see Note 2.F. of Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report.

Inflation

Inflation has had no material impact on operations or on the financial condition of Registrant from inception through December 31, 2008.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2008, Registrant had not utilized special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and has no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers, such as our accountants, undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of Registrant. While Registrant’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have a material impact on Registrant’s financial position.

Registrant’s contractual obligations are with the Managing Owner, the Trading Advisors and commodity brokers. Management fees payable by Registrant to the Trading Advisors and to the Managing Owner are calculated as a fixed percentage of Registrant’s Net Asset Value. Incentive fees payable to the Trading Advisors are at a fixed rate, calculated as a percentage of each Managed Account’s “New High Net Trading Profits”. As such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amounts to be paid for future periods as Net Asset Values and “New High Net Trading Profits” are not known until a future date. Commissions payable to commodity brokers are based on a cost per executed trade and, as such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amount that will be required under the brokerage agreement, as the level of executed trades are not known until a future date. These agreements are effective for one-year terms, renewable automatically for additional one-year terms unless terminated. Additionally, these agreements may be terminated by either party thereto for various reasons. For a further discussion of Registrant’s contractual obligations, see Notes 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 to Registrant’s financial statements for the year ended December 31, 2008, which is filed as an exhibit herewith.

 

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Introduction

Past Results Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Performance

Registrant is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive instruments held by it are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and substantially all of Registrant’s assets are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to Registrant’s main line of business.

Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of Registrant’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. Registrant’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among Registrant’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

 

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Registrant rapidly acquires and liquidates both long and short positions in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular futures market scenario will affect performance, and Registrant’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future results.

Value at Risk” is a measure of the maximum amount which Registrant could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty of Registrant’s speculative trading and the recurrence in the markets traded by Registrant of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at Risk or Registrant’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of the foregoing, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the quantification included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that Registrant’s losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by Registrant’s attempts to manage its market risk.

Standard of Materiality

Materiality as used in this section, “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and the potential losses caused by such movements, taking into account the leverage, optionality and multiplier features of Registrant’s market sensitive instruments.

Quantifying Registrant’s Trading Value at Risk

Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

The following quantitative disclosures regarding Registrant’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. as amended (the “Exchange Act”)).

Registrant’s risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the Trading Advisor is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to Registrant’s mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of Registrant’s open positions is directly reflected in Registrant’s earnings (realized or unrealized) and cash flow (at least in the case of exchange-traded contracts in which profits and losses on open positions are settled daily through variation margin).

Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by Registrant as the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum losses reasonably expected to be incurred in the fair value of any given contract in 95%-99% of any one-day interval. The maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility (including the implied volatility of the options on a given futures contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation. Maintenance margin has been used rather than the more generally available initial margin, because initial margin includes a credit risk component, which is not relevant to Value at Risk.

In the case of market sensitive instruments that are not exchange-traded (almost exclusively currencies in the case of Registrant), the margin requirements for the approximate estimated equivalent futures positions have been used as Value at Risk. In those rare cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not available, estimated dealers’ margins have been used.

In quantifying Registrant’s Value at Risk, 100% positive correlation in the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have simply been aggregated to determine each trading category’s aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that Registrant’s positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.

Registrant’s Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors

The following table presents the trading value at risk associated with Registrant’s open positions by market sector at December 31, 2008, and December 31, 2007. All open position trading risk exposures of Registrant have been included in calculating the figure set forth below. At December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, Registrant had total capitalizations of approximately $124 million, and $79 million, respectively.

 

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     December 31, 2008     December 31, 2007  

Market Sector

   Value
Risk
   % of Total
Capitalization
    Value
Risk
   % of Total
Capitalization
 

Interest rates

   $ 491,911    0.40 %   $ 91,585    0.12 %

Currencies

   $ 5,897,741    4.74 %   $ 7,182,314    9.04 %

Commodities

   $ 920,502    0.74 %   $ 1,004,264    1.26 %

Stock indices

   $ 123,644    0.09 %   $ 748,189    0.94 %

Total

   $ 7,433,798    5.97 %   $ 9,026,352    11.36 %
              

Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk

The notional value of the market sector instruments held by Registrant is typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement (maintenance margin requirements generally range between approximately 1% and 10% of the face value) as well as many times the total capitalization of Registrant. The magnitude of Registrant’s open positions creates a “risk of ruin” not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of its positions, certain market conditions, although unusual, but historically recurring from time to time, could cause Registrant to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk table, as well as the past performance of Registrant give no indication of this “risk of ruin.”

Non-Trading Risk

Registrant has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market risk they represent) are immaterial.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures

The following qualitative disclosures regarding Registrant’s market risk exposures—except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how Registrant manages its primary market risk exposures—constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Exchange Act. Registrant’s primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks are one of which could cause the actual results of Registrant’s risk controls to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies. Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, an influx of new market participants, increased regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in material changes to the risk exposures and the risk management strategies of Registrant. There can be no assurance that Registrant’s current market exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that any such strategies will be effective in either the short- or long-term. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment in Registrant.

Based on trading value at risk during the year ended December 31, 2008, Registrant experienced a decrease of 5.39% in its value at risk of 5.97%, relative to capitalization levels, as compared with the value at risk of 11.36% at December 31, 2007. The decrease was a portfolio-wide occurrence, except for the interest rate sector which increased approximately 0.28%. The value at risk in the currency sector declined the most, followed by small decreased in the stock and commodities sectors.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

The means by which the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisors, severally, attempt to manage the risk of Registrant’s open positions is essentially the same in all market categories traded.

The Trading Advisor attempts to minimize market risk exposure by applying its own risk management trading policies that include the diversification of trading assets into various market sectors. Additionally, the Trading Advisor has an oversight committee broadly responsible for evaluating and overseeing the Trading Advisor’s trading policies. The oversight committee meets periodically to discuss and analyze issues such as liquidity, position size, capacity, performance cycles, and new product and market strategies.

The Managing Owner attempts to minimize market risk exposure by requiring the Trading Advisors to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The Managing Owner monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies which include, but are not limited to, limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, the Managing Owner shall automatically terminate the Trading Advisor if the Net Asset Value of Registrant declines by 40% during any year or since the commencement of trading activities. Furthermore, the Trust Agreement provides that Registrant will liquidate its positions, and eventually dissolve, if Registrant experiences a decline in the net asset value of 50% in any year or since the commencement of trading activities. In each case, the decline in Net Asset Value is after giving effect for

 

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contributions, distributions and redemptions. The Managing Owner may impose additional restrictions (through modifications of such trading limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Trading Advisors as it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interest of Registrant.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure

As of December 31, 2008, Registrant has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market risk they represent) are immaterial. Registrant’s primary exposure to non-trading market risk resulted from foreign currency balances held in the Euro, British pound, Japanese yen, Australian dollars and Canadian dollar.

 

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The financial statements are incorporated by reference to pages 3 through 6 of Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit herewith.

Selected audited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 are summarized below:

 

     First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
   Third
Quarter
    Fourth
Quarter

2008:

         

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ 13,219,469     $ 8,577,343    $ (8,032,821 )   $ 11,861,054
                             

Total revenues (including interest) less commissions

   $ 13,159,998     $ 8,513,418    $ (8,137,042 )   $ 11,799,904
                             

Net income (loss)

   $ 9,731,224     $ 5,022,938    $ (10,151,423 )   $ 8,326,819
                             

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

-Class I

   $ 12.37     $ 5.69    $ (10.42 )   $ 7.93
                             

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

-Class II

   $ 13.17     $ 6.41    $ (10.02 )   $ 8.91
                             
     First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
   Third
Quarter
    Fourth
Quarter

2007:

         

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ (4,698,660 )   $ 11,405,252    $ 1,632,330     $ 4,826,192
                             

Total revenues (including interest) less commissions

   $ (4,789,469 )   $ 11,308,212    $ 1,579,031     $ 4,749,213
                             

Net income (loss)

   $ (5,930,598 )   $ 9,157,349    $ 35,136     $ 2,689,895
                             

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

-Class I

   $ (8.24 )   $ 12.46    $ 0.02     $ 3.57
                             

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

-Class II

   $ (7.85 )   $ 12.73    $ 0.50     $ 3.78
                             

There were no extraordinary, unusual or infrequently occurring items recognized in any quarter reported above, and the Trust has not disposed of any segments of its business. There have been no year-end adjustments that are material to the results of any fiscal quarter reported above.

 

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None

 

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Item 9AT. Controls and Procedures

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Registrant’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”)) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Registrant in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to Registrant’s management, including the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Principal Executive Officers and Principal Financial Officer, respectively, of Registrant), as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In designing and evaluating Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, the Managing Owner recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of the controls can prove absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Registrant have been detected.

The Managing Owner’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of certain officers of the Managing Owner (including the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration), has evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2008. Based upon such evaluation, the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration have concluded that, as of December 31, 2008, Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Management's Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Registrant’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of Registrant’s management, including the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration, Registrant conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008 based on the framework in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on the evaluation under the framework in “Internal Control—Integrated Framework” issued by COSO, the Managing Owner concluded that Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting were effective as of December 31, 2008.

There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any internal control system, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Because of these inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report does not include an attestation report of Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. Management's report was not subject to attestation by Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit Registrant to provide only management's report in its 2008 Annual Report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a – 15(f) and 15d – 15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2008 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Item 9B. Other Information

None

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Registrant had no directors or executive officers. Registrant is managed by the Managing Owner.

 

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The directors and executive officers of the Managing Owner are as follows:

Mr. Kenneth A. Shewer (born 1953), a Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 8, 1984, May 1,1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner since February 1984. Mr. Shewer was employed by Pasternak, Baum and Co., Inc. (“Pasternak, Baum”), an international cash commodity firm, from June 1976 until September 1983. Mr. Shewer created and managed Pasternak, Baum's Grain Logistics and Administration Department and created its Domestic Corn and Soybean Trading Department. Mr. Shewer's responsibilities at Pasternak, Baum included merchandising South American grain and exporting United States corn and soybeans. In 1982, Mr. Shewer became co-manager of Pasternak, Baum's F.O.B. Corn Department. In 1983, Mr. Shewer was made Vice President and Director of Pasternak, Baum. Mr. Shewer has traveled extensively in South America and Europe in connection with the commodity business and has organized and effected grain and oilseed sales in those regions, the former Soviet Union, and the Far East. While at Pasternak, Baum, Mr. Shewer was a member of the St. Louis Merchants Exchange and was associated with the National Grain and Feed Association and the North American Export Grain Association.

Mr. Shewer graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in 1975. Mr. Shewer sits on the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also a member of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Mr. Shewer is a founding member and a member of the Board of the Greenwich Roundtable. He is also a Director of The Kenmar Global ECO Foundation Inc., which was formed in order to make a meaningful, positive impact on society and the environment by identifying and supporting organizations that promote environmental and sustainability causes around the world.

Mr. Marc S. Goodman (born 1948), a Director and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 7, 1984, May 1, 1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner since February 1984. Mr. Goodman joined Pasternak, Baum in September 1974 and was a Vice President and Director from July 1981 until September 1983. While at Pasternak, Baum, Mr. Goodman was largely responsible for business development outside of the United States, for investment of its corporate retirement funds, and for selecting trading personnel in the Vegetable Oil Division. Mr. Goodman also created and developed Pasternak, Baum's Laric Oils Department. Mr. Goodman has conducted extensive business in South America, Europe and the Far East; he has been a merchandiser of all major vegetable oils and their by-products, and of various other commodities such as sunflower seeds, frozen poultry, pulses and potatoes.

Mr. Goodman graduated from the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York with a B.B.A. in 1969 and an M.B.A. in 1971 in Finance and Investments, where he was awarded an Economics and Finance Department Fellowship from September 1969 through June 1971. Mr. Goodman is a member of the American Arbitration Association; while at Pasternak, Baum, he was a member of the National Institute of Oilseeds Products and the American Fats and Oils Association (including its Export Rules Committee).

Mr. Goodman is the Chairman of the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also the most recent past Chairman of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is the principle source of funding for the Diabetes Research Institute, a world renowned cure based research center affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Mr. Goodman is a founding member and member of the Board of the Greenwich Roundtable. He is also a Director of The Kenmar Global ECO Foundation Inc., which was formed in order to make a meaningful, positive impact on society and the environment by identifying and supporting organizations that promote environmental and sustainability causes around the world.

Messrs. Shewer and Goodman left Pasternak, Baum in September 1983 to form Kenmar Advisory Corp. (now known as Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner) and they have occupied their present positions with the Managing Owner since that time.

Ms. Esther Eckerling Goodman (born 1952), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since May 12, 1988, July 17, 1986 and July 17, 1986, respectively. She joined the Managing Owner in July 1986 and is its Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President. Ms. Goodman has been involved in the futures industry since 1974. From 1974 through 1976, she was employed by Conti-Commodity Services, Inc. and ACLI Commodity Services, Inc., in the areas of hedging, speculative trading and tax arbitrage. In 1976, Ms. Goodman joined Loeb Rhoades & Company, Inc. where she was responsible for developing and managing a managed futures program that, in 1979, became the trading system for Westchester Commodity Management, an independent commodity-trading advisor of which Ms. Goodman was a founder and principal. From 1983 through mid-1986, Ms. Goodman was employed as a marketing executive at Commodities Corp. (USA) of Princeton, New Jersey. Ms. Goodman was a Director of the Managed Futures Trade Association from 1987 to 1991 and a Director of its successor organization, the Managed Futures Association, from 1991 to 1995 (now the Managed Funds Association). Ms. Goodman graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in psychology in 1974.

Ms. Goodman is married to Mr. Marc Goodman.

 

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Mr. Braxton Glasgow III (born 1953) has been a principal, associated person, branch manager and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since June 21, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 13, 2004 and June 8, 2001, respectively. Mr. Glasgow has been an Executive Vice President of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in May 2001. Mr. Glasgow is responsible for business development. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President, Director of Client Services and a Principal at Chesapeake Capital Corp., a commodities trading firm, and as Senior Managing Director at Signet Investment Banking Co. Mr. Glasgow began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, including extensive work in Europe and the Far East. Mr. Glasgow received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Certified Public Accountant. From 1994 to 1995, he was President of the Jay Group Ltd. Mr. Glasgow received a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina in 1975.

Ms. Maureen D. Howley (born 1967) has been a principal of the Managing Owner since August 11, 2003. She has been a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in July 2003. She is responsible for corporate finance. From July 2001 until July 2003, Ms. Howley was an Associate at Andor Capital Management, LLC, an equity hedge fund company. At Andor, she was responsible for managing the corporate accounting functions. Previously, she was the Controller at John W. Henry & Company, Inc., a commodity-trading advisor (“JWH”), where she held positions of increasing responsibility from September 1996 to July 2001. She began her career at Deloitte & Touche where she specialized in the financial services industry. She held many positions of increasing responsibility for seven years, and left as an Audit Senior Manager in September 1996 to join JWH. Ms. Howley received a B.A. in Accounting from Muhlenberg College in 1989 and designation as a Certified Public Accountant in 1990.

Mr. Lawrence S. Block (born 1967) has been a Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in March 2005. Prior to joining the Managing Owner, Mr. Block was a Managing Director and General Counsel of Lipper & Company, L.P., a New York-based investment management firm, from January 1998 until March 2005. Prior to joining Lipper & Company, Mr. Block was a senior associate at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York from May 1996 through December 1997. Mr. Block also worked as an associate at the law firm Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn from September 1992 through May 1996. Mr. Block received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1992. Mr. Block's registration as a principal of the Managing Owner has been effective since March 17, 2005.

Mr. David K. Spohr (born 1963), Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of the Managing Owner, joined the Managing Owner in 2005. He is responsible for the development and execution of the administration group support responsibilities and, as Director of Fund Administration, functions as the Principal Financial/Accounting Officer of Registrant. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Spohr was a Vice President at Safra Group, where he was responsible for the Alternative Investment operations, tax reporting and pricing valuation. From 2000 to 2002, he was a consultant to The Safra Group. From 1994-1999, he was Manager of Investment Services for the Bank of Bermuda, supporting private client transactions. From 1993 to 1994, he was the Manager of Global Operations for Highbridge Capital Corporation during the fund's infancy. Mr. Spohr received a B.S. in Business Economics from The State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1985 and designation as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1998.

Ms. Joanne D. Rosenthal (born 1965) has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 29, 2000, February 29, 2000 and November 30, 1999, respectively. Ms. Rosenthal is Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management and Implementation for the Managing Owner. Prior to joining the Managing Owner in October 1999, Ms. Rosenthal spent nine years at The Chase Manhattan Bank, in various positions of increasing responsibility. From July 1991 through April 1994, she managed the Trade Execution Desk and from May 1994 through September 1999, she was a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Chase Alternative Asset Management, Inc. Ms. Rosenthal received a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Mr. Peter J. Fell (born 1960), Senior Vice President and Director of Due Diligence since joining the Managing Owner in September 2004. He is responsible for manager selection and due diligence. Mr. Fell is a member of the Investment Committee. From 2000 through August 2004, Mr. Fell was a founding partner and Investment Director of Starview Capital Management. Prior to co-founding Starview Capital Management, Mr. Fell was Vice President of Research and Product Development at Merrill Lynch Investment Partners Inc (MLIP). He was responsible for the investment evaluation and recommendation process pertaining to MLIP funds and sat on MLIP's Investment Committee. Prior to joining MLIP, Mr. Fell had been with Deutsche Bank Financial Products Corporation for six years starting in 1989, where he was Vice President in the over-the-counter fixed income derivatives area. From 1985 to 1989, he was employed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, ultimately holding the position of Assistant Vice President in the Swaps and Futures Group. Mr. Fell holds an A.B. cum laude in Music Theory and History and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

Mr. Bala Kasturi (born 1964), Senior Vice President and Director of Risk Management , joined the Managing Owner in March 2006. He is responsible for investment analytics and portfolio/risk management and collaborates on manager due diligence and analytics. Mr. Kasturi is a member of the Investment Committee. From January 2002 through January 2004, Mr. Kasturi served as a Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager at Vega Asset Management USA LLC and from January 2004 to July 2005, he served as Managing Partner and Portfolio Manager of the Taurus Global Macro Fund at VegaPlus Capital Partners USA LLC. Prior to joining VegaPlus, Mr. Kasturi was a macro fund manager at Bankers Trust/Deutsch Asset Management from January

 

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2000 through December 2001 for the DB Global Macro Fund where he developed quantitative models for valuation and trading across all asset classes and strategies. From October 1997 through December 2000, he was Portfolio Manager at Bankers Trust for a global fixed income fund. Mr. Kasturi worked at Tiger Management from March 1993 through October 1997 as a Risk Manager, where he developed market risk systems and was a member of the Risk Management Committee. Mr. Kasturi has an undergraduate degree in Commerce from Osmania University in India, an MBA from Northeast Louisiana University and a MS in Computer Science from Ballarat University in Australia.

Ms. Melissa Cohn (born 1960), Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst, joined the Managing Owner in 1988. Her responsibilities include manager due diligence, manager analysis, and portfolio/risk management. Ms. Cohn has been involved in the futures industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining the Managing Owner, she spent six years in positions of increasing responsibility in the Commodities Division at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. Her experience includes that of Sales Assistant, Assistant Commodity Trader and Trader executing orders from numerous CTAs that traded through Shearson. Ms. Cohn graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1982.

Mr. Gordon Nicholson (born 1965), Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, graduated from John Abbott College in 1985 with a Diploma of Collegiate Studies—Pure and Applied Sciences; from Bishop's University in 1988 with a B.A. in Political Science and Economics and from Vermont Law School in 1993 with a J.D. Mr. Nicholson is also a Certified Financial Advisor and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst. Mr. Nicholson joined the Kenmar Group in June 2005 and currently serves as Vice President, Director and Senior Research Analyst for the Managing Owner. Mr. Nicholson is a Member of Registrant’s Investment Committee. Previously, he was the Manager – Credit and Pricing, at Bombardier, Inc., a manufacturer of planes and trains, where he held positions of increasing responsibility from April 2003 to June 2005. Prior to that, from July 2002 to April 2003, he was a Senior Credit Analyst at Bombardier Capital, Inc., an asset management firm.

Mr. James Dodd (born 1951), has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 26, 2002, February 26, 2002 and January 25, 2002, respectively. He is responsible for structuring and marketing investment products to financial institutions and to retail investors via the brokerage and financial consultant channels. Earlier in his career, Mr. Dodd was a senior marketing officer of the Capital Markets Group of Continental Bank in Chicago; President of Signet Investment Banking in Richmond, Virginia; and Managing Director of Financial Institutions Marketing at Chesapeake Capital, a large Richmond-based CTA. Mr. Dodd received an AB degree from Cornell University in 1974 and a M.B.A. degree from the University of Chicago in 1983.

Ms. Jennifer S. Moros (born 1970) has been a Senior Vice President, Marketing and Investor Relations of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in January 2007. From October 2006 until December 2006, she worked at The Bank of New York. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing of Coronat Capital Management, LLC, a small start-up hedge fund, from November 2004 until September 2005. Previously, she was Vice President and Product Manager at Credit Suisse in their Alternative Capital Division from February 2000 until November 2004, responsible for marketing, new product development and reporting for their fund of hedge funds business. From June 1998 to January 2000, she was a Senior Associate in the Marketing and Business Development areas at Zweig-DiMenna, a large long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to this, she was employed at Symphony Alternative Investments, an alternatives pension consulting firm, from July 1997 to June 1998, where she was responsible for quantitative and qualitative assessments and recommendations of alternative investments including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital for large institutional clients. From November 1993 until July 1995, Ms. Moros was a Financial Analyst at Bankers Trust and a Business Applications Analyst at National Westminster Bancorp from August 1992 until November 1993. Ms. Moros received an M.B.A in Finance from The Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997 and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992.

Mr. Frank Coloccia (born 1965), Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer, graduated from Manhattan College in 1987 and 1993 with a BS in Computer Information Systems and MBA in Management Information Systems, respectively. Since December 2007, Mr. Coloccia has been Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer for all of the Kenmar Group of companies, including Preferred. Prior to joining Kenmar, Mr. Coloccia was a Managing Partner of JFA Group LLC, a consulting firm owned by Mr. Coloccia, from September 2007 until December 2007, as well as from September 2006 until January 2007. From January 2007 until September 2007, Mr. Coloccia was the Chief Research Officer at The Info Pro, an independent market research company for the Information Technology industry. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President of Xandros Inc., a provider of Linux-based server, desktop and Windows-Linux cross-platform systems management tools, from April 2006 until September 2006. From November 1999 through February 2006, Mr. Coloccia was the President and Chief Technology Officer of Creative Technologies Group Inc., a consulting company that specialized in networking and application support for the small-medium enterprises market.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Certain of the Managing Owner’s directors and officers and any persons holding more than ten percent of Registrant’s Limited Interests (“Ten Percent Owners”) are required to report their initial ownership of Interests and any subsequent changes in that ownership to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Forms 3, 4 or 5. Such directors and officers and Ten Percent Owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish Registrant with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and 5 they file. There are no Ten Percent Owners of Registrant’s Limited Interests. All filing requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely complied with during the fiscal year. In making these disclosures, Registrant has relied solely on written representations of the Managing Owner’s directors and officers and Registrant’s Ten Percent Owners or copies of the reports that they have filed with the SEC during and with respect to its most recent fiscal year.

 

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Code of Ethics

Preferred has adopted a Code of Ethics for its Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial/Accounting Officer, respectively, of Registrant), accounting managers and persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

Registrant itself does not have any employees. Preferred serves as Managing Owner of Registrant. The Board of Directors of Preferred has delegated audit committee responsibilities to the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee. David K. Spohr is Preferred’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of Preferred’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

 

Item 11. Executive Compensation

Registrant does not pay or accrue any fees, salaries or any other form of compensation to officers of the Managing Owner for their services. (See also “Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence”, for information regarding compensation to the Managing Owner.)

 

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

As of February 1, 2009, Preferred owns 10,905 General Interests. As of February 1, 2009, all of Preferred’s stock is owned indirectly and equally by Messrs. Goodman and Shewer, Preferred’s sole directors.

As of February 1, 2009, the following officers of the Managing Owner are deemed to own beneficially the following number of General Interests issued by Registrant:

 

Title of Class

  

Name and Addresses of

Beneficial Owner

 

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

   Percent of
Class
General Interests   

Marc S. Goodman

President & Co-Chief Executive

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

  10,095 General Interests (*)    100%
General Interests   

Kenneth A. Shewer

Chairman & Co-Chief Executive

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

  10,095 General Interests (*)    100%
General Interests   

Esther E. Goodman

Senior Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

  10,095 General Interests (*)    100%
 
  (*) These Interests are held indirectly through Preferred. The Beneficial Owner disclaims beneficial ownership over such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
  (**) These Interests are held by the Beneficial Owner’s spouse indirectly through Preferred. The Beneficial Owner disclaims beneficial ownership over such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

As of February 1, 2009, no Unitholder beneficially owned more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Limited Units of Series J, Class I issued by Registrant.

As of February 1, 2009, on Unitholder beneficially owned more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Limited Units of Series J, Class II issued by Registrant:

 

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Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

Registrant has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates. However, there have been no direct financial transactions between Registrant and the directors or officers of the Managing Owner.

Reference is made to Notes 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 to the financial statements in Registrant’s 2008 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto, which identifies the related parties and discusses the services provided by these parties and the amounts paid or payable for their services.

Director Independence

David K. Spohr is Preferred’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of Preferred’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

 

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Registrant’s principal accountant since October 15, 2007 through the year ended December 31, 2008 has been Eisner LLP (“Eisner”). Registrant’s principal accountant for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the period January 1, 2007 through September 14, 2007 was Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”). We have been advised by Eisner that neither the firm, nor any member of the firm, has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any capacity in Registrant or its affiliates.

(a) Audit Fees

Fees for audit services performed by Eisner totaled approximately $80,000 for 2008 including fees associated with the review of Registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. Fees for audit services performed by Eisner totaled approximately $31,000 for 2007, including fees associated with the review of Registrant’s quarterly report on Form 10-Q. Fees for audit services performed by D&T totaled approximately $24,000 and $34,000 for 2007 and 2006, respectively, including fees associated with the annual audit and the reviews of Registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The audit-related fees billed to Registrant by Eisner for 2008 totaled approximately $0. The audit-related fees billed to Registrant by Eisner for the period of October 15, 2007 through December 31, 2007 totaled approximately $0. The audit-related fees billed to Registrant by D&T for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the period January 1, 2007 through September 14, 2007 for products and services other than the services reported above totaled $0.

(c) Tax Fees

There were no fees for tax services performed by, or billed to the Registrant by Eisner for 2008 and 2007.

 

(d) All Other Fees.

The other fees billed to Registrant by D&T for the year ended December 31, 2006 and for the period January 1, 2007 through September 14, 2007 for products and services other than the services reported above totaled $0. The other fees billed to Registrant by Eisner for the period of October 15, 2007 through December 31, 2007 totaled approximately $0. The other fees billed to Registrant by Eisner for 2008 totaled approximately $0.

PART IV

 

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Report

 

Item 15. Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

 

(a) 1.   

Financial Statements and Report of Independent Registered Public

Accounting Firm – incorporated by reference to Registrant’s 2008 Annual

Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto

  
   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm –
Eisner LLP
   1
   Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm –
Deloitte & Touche LLP
   2
   Financial Statements:   
   Statements of Financial Condition – December 31, 2008 and 2007 and 2006    3
   Condensed Schedule of Investments – December 31, 2008 and 2007    4
   Statement of Operations – For the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007    5
   Statement of Changes in Unitholders’ Capital – For the years ended December 31, 2008,
2007 and 2006
   6
   Notes to Financial Statements    7 –22

 

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2. Financial Statement Schedules

All schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or the notes thereto

 

3. Exhibits

 

(a)    Description:

  3.1      Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust Agreement of World Monitor Trust III dated December 1, 2008 (filed herewith)
  4.2      Subscription Requirements (annexed to the Prospectus as Exhibit B and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 on S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2006)
  4.3      Subscription instructions, Form of Subscription Agreement and Power of Attorney (annexed to the Prospectus as Exhibit C and incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 3 on S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2006)
  4.4      Form of Privacy Notices of the Managing Owner dated January 2009 (filed herewith)
10.1      Form of Subscription Escrow Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Trust’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 on S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005)
10.2      Form of Advisory Agreement among WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC, the Managing Owner and Graham Capital Management, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Trust’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 on S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005)
10.3      Form of Advisory Agreement among World Monitor Trust III – Series J, the Managing Owner and Eagle Trading Systems Inc. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2007)
10.4      Form of Advisory Agreement among World Monitor Trust III – Series J, the Managing Owner and Ortus Capital Management (Cayman) Limited (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2007)
10.5      Form of Customer Agreement between the WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC and UBS Securities LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Trust’s Pre-Effective Amendment No. 2 on S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on March 14, 2005)
10.6      Form of Customer Agreement between the World Monitor Trust III – Series J and UBS Securities LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2007)

 

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10.7      Form of FX Prime Brokerage Agreement between UBS AG and WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2007)
10.8      Form of ISDA Master Agreement between UBS AG and WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC, Schedule to ISDA Master Agreement and Credit Support Annex to Schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.8 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2007)
10.9      Form of FX Prime Brokerage Agreement between UBS AG and World Monitor Trust III – Series J (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.9 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2007)
10.10    Form of ISDA Master Agreement between UBS AG and World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Schedule to ISDA Master Agreement and Credit Support Annex to Schedule (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.10 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 8 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 25, 2007)
10.11    WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC Organization Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 1.1 to the Trust’s Post-Effective Amendment No. 6 to Form S-1 Registration Statement, File No. 333-119612, filed with the Commission on April 10, 2007)
10.12    Form of Advisory Agreement among World Monitor Trust III – Series J, the Managing Owner and Graham Capital Management, L.P. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.12 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007)
10.13    Form of Services Agreement among World Monitor Trust III – Series J, the Managing Owner and Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C. (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.13 to Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2007)
10.14    Amended and Restated Services Agreement by and between Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C. and Registrant dated January 1, 2009 (filed herewith)
14.1      Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. Code of Ethics (adopted pursuant to Section 406 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002) as of October 13, 2008
31.1      Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
31.2      Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
32.1      Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
32.2      Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)

 

(b) Report on Form 8-K – Amendments to Articles of Incorporation or Bylaws; Change in Fiscal Year; Financial Statements and Exhibits, dated December 1, 2008 (incorporated by reference)

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

ANNUAL REPORT

December 31, 2008

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Unitholders of

World Monitor Trust III – Series J

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedules of investments, of World Monitor Trust III – Series J (the “Series”) as of December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the related statements of operations and changes in unitholder’s capital and the financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007. These financial statements and the financial highlights are the responsibility of the Series’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights are free of material misstatement. The Series is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Series’ internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Series’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust III – Series J at December 31, 2008 and 2007, and the results of its operations and changes in its unitholder’s capital and the financial highlights for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Eisner LLP

New York, New York

March 25, 2009

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Unitholders of

World Monitor Trust III – Series J

We have audited the statements of operations and changes in unitholders’ capital for the year ended December 31, 2006 of World Monitor Trust III – Series J (the “Series”). These financial statements are the responsibility of the Series’ management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Series is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Series’ internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, of World Monitor Trust III – Series J the results of its operations and changes in unitholders’ capital for the year ended December 31, 2006, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

March 28, 2007

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

December 31, 2008 and 2007

 

 

 

     2008    2007

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents (See Note 2)

   $ 131,724,537    $ 56,155,596

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     660,900      164,692

Redemption receivable from WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC

     0      26,948,407

Due from affiliate

     0      45,260

Interest receivable

     5,905      130,359
             

Total assets

   $ 132,391,342    $ 83,444,314
             

LIABILITIES

     

Accrued expenses

   $ 90,163    $ 78,504

Service fees payable

     0      125,111

Sales commission payable

     0      67,839

Management fees payable

     0      33,920

Trading advisor management fees payable

     301,942      147,979

Incentive fees payable

     1,590,799      634,649

Offering costs payable

     2,258      33,920

Net unrealized loss on open forward contracts

     1,737,730      452,149

Redemptions payable

     3,832,492      995,851

Subscriptions received in advance

     373,900      1,395,250
             

Total liabilities

     7,929,284      3,965,172
             

UNITHOLDERS’ CAPITAL (Net Asset Value)

     

Class I Units:

     

Unitholders’ Interests – 893,067.142 and 688,045.259 units outstanding
at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively

     107,680,197      72,522,810

Managing Owner’s Interests – 9,467.578 and 7,461.871 units
outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively

     1,141,538      786,512

Class II Units:

     

Unitholders’ Interests – 125,313.352 and 57,736.703 units outstanding
at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively

     15,462,954      6,106,173

Managing Owner’s Interests – 1,437.417 and 601.816 units
outstanding at December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively

     177,369      63,647
             

Total unitholders’ capital (Net Asset Value)

     124,462,058      79,479,142
             

Total liabilities and unitholders’ capital

   $ 132,391,342    $ 83,444,314
             

NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT

     

Class I

   $ 120.57    $ 105.40
             

Class II

   $ 123.39    $ 105.76
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2008 and 2007

 

 

 

     2008     2007  

Futures and Forward Contracts

   Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Unitholders’
Capital
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Unitholders’
Capital
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Futures contracts purchased:

        

Commodities

   0.16 %   $ 193,130     0.22 %   $ 175,923  

Currencies

   0.17 %     212,493     0.00 %     0  

Energy

   0.00 %     0     0.01 %     5,963  

Interest rates

   0.26 %     325,215     0.07 %     52,533  

Metals

   0.01 %     13,911     (0.53 )%     (423,141 )

Stock indices

   0.00 %     0     (0.01 )%     (5,227 )
                            

Net unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts purchased

   0.60 %     744,749     (0.24 )%     (193,949 )
                            

Futures contracts sold:

        

Commodities

   (0.05 )%   $ (61,677 )   (0.01 )%   $ (8,369 )

Currencies

   0.00 %     1,625     0.00 %     0  

Energy

   (0.01 )%     (13,115 )   (0.23 )%     (180,840 )

Interest rates

   0.00 %     (4,499 )   0.00 %     (2,334 )

Metals

   0.01 %     13,881     0.96 %     761,478  

Stock indices

   (0.02 )%     (20,064 )   (0.27 )%     (211,294 )
                            

Net unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts sold

   (0.07 )%     (83,849 )   0.45 %     358,641  
                            

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

   0.53 %   $ 660,900     0.21 %   $ 164,692  
                            

Forward currency contracts purchased:

        

Net unrealized loss on forward contracts purchased

   (1.19 )%   $ (1,472,511 )   (0.60 )%   $ (477,822 )
                            

Forward currency contracts sold:

        

Net unrealized gain (loss) on forward contracts sold

   (0.21 )%     (265,219 )   0.03 %     25,673  
                            

Net unrealized loss on open forward contracts

   (1.40 )%   $ (1,737,730 )   (0.57 )%   $ (452,149 )
                            

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006

 

 

 

     2008     2007     2006  

NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM SERIES OPERATIONS:

      

REVENUES

      

Realized

   $ 25,072,131     $ 8,038,227     $ 0  

Change in unrealized

     (789,373 )     (287,457 )     0  

Interest income

     1,342,287       1,368,970       127,391  
                        

Total revenues

     25,625,045       9,119,740       127,391  
                        

EXPENSES

      

Brokerage commissions

     288,767       126,730       0  

Management fees

     539,433       368,478       283,430  

Advisor management fees

     2,398,844       684,074       0  

Advisor incentive fees

     5,317,704       1,303,998       0  

Service fees - Class I Units

     1,891,394       1,377,784       1,105,257  

Offering costs

     417,411       0       0  

Sales commission

     1,078,866       736,957       566,859  

Operating expenses

     763,068       330,311       263,543  
                        

Total expenses

     12,695,487       4,928,332       2,219,089  
                        

NET INCOME (LOSS) FROM SERIES OPERATIONS

     12,929,558       4,191,408       (2,091,698 )
                        

NET INCOME ALLOCATED FROM TRADING VEHICLES:

      

REVENUES

      

Realized

     0       4,340,986       (802,385 )

Change in unrealized

     0       (1,979,828 )     3,079,191  

Interest income

     0       1,684,217       2,478,159  
                        

Total revenues

     0       4,045,375       4,754,965  
                        

EXPENSES

      

Brokerage commissions

     0       191,398       359,836  

Advisor management fees

     0       1,004,866       1,426,762  

Advisor incentive fees

     0       882,114       594,086  

Operating expenses

     0       206,622       161,878  
                        

Total expenses

     0       2,285,000       2,542,562  
                        

NET INCOME ALLOCATED FROM
TRADING VEHICLES

     0       1,760,375       2,212,403  
                        

NET INCOME

   $ 12,929,558     $ 5,951,783     $ 120,705  
                        

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER WEIGHTED AVERAGE

      

UNITHOLDER AND MANAGING OWNER UNIT

      

Net income (loss) per weighted average Unitholder and

Managing Owner Unit

      

Class I

   $ 14.27     $ 7.98     $ 0.32  
                        

Class II

   $ 13.95     $ 10.46     $ (2.52 )
                        

Weighted average number of Units outstanding – Class I

     800,954       683,925       540,098  
                        

Weighted average number of Units outstanding – Class II

     107,386       47,434       19,729  
                        

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN UNITHOLDERS’ CAPITAL

For the Years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006

 

 

 

     Class I     Class II        
     Unitholders     Managing Owner Interests     Unitholders     Managing Owner Interests     Total  
     Units     Amount     Units     Amount     Units     Amount     Units    Amount     Units     Amount  

Unitholders’ capital at
December 31, 2005

   307,154.431     $ 29,910,054     3,090.000     $ 300,898     0.000     $ 0     0.000    $ 0     310,244.431     $ 30,210,952  

Additions

   434,723.968       42,941,203     4,119.073       407,427     35,721.176       3,504,750     341.756      33,644     474,905.973       46,887,024  

Offering costs

       (275,038 )       (2,812 )       (7,042 )        (73 )       (284,965 )

Redemptions

   (97,114.013 )     (9,431,045 )   (10.362 )     (1,000 )   (2,248.076 )     (211,202 )   0.000      0     (99,372.451 )     (9,643,247 )

Exchanges

   (644.286 )     (62,328 )   0.000       0     0.000       0     0.000      0     (644.286 )     (62,328 )

Net income (loss)

       168,017         2,381         (49,175 )        (518 )       120,705  
                                                                     

Unitholders’ capital at
December 31, 2006

   644,120.100       63,250,863     7,198.711       706,894     33,473.100       3,237,331     341.756      33,053     685,133.666       67,228,141  

Additions

   188,656.425       18,509,128     263.160       25,000     30,339.043       3,002,258     260.060      26,000     219,518.688       21,562,386  

Offering costs

       (340,696 )       (3,750 )       (23,782 )        (250 )       (368,478 )

Redemptions

   (141,512.371 )     (13,950,109 )   0.000       0     (6,075.440 )     (601,062 )   0.000      0     (147,587.811 )     (14,551,171 )

Exchanges

   (3,218.895 )     (343,519 )   0.000       0     0.000       0     0.000      0     (3,218.895 )     (343,519 )

Net income

       5,397,143         58,368         491,428          4,844         5,951,783  
                                                                     

Unitholders’ capital at
December 31, 2007

   688,045.259       72,522,810     7,461.871       786,512     57,736.703       6,106,173     601.816      63,647     753,845.649       79,479,142  

Additions

   285,924.506       33,452,938     2,005.707       235,241     83,554.340       9,844,197     835.601      97,798     372,320.154       43,630,174  

Offering costs

       (97,255 )       (1,049 )       (9,800 )        (107 )       (108,211 )

Redemptions

   (76,546.275 )     (9,005,829 )   0.000       0     (20,309.335 )     (2,462,776 )   0.000      0     (96,855.610 )     (11,468,605 )

Transfers

   (4,356.348 )     (502,920 )   0.000       0     4,331.644       502,920     0.000      0     (24.704 )     0  

Net income

       11,310,453         120,834         1,482,240          16,031         12,929,558  
                                                                     

Unitholders’ capital at
December 31, 2008

   893,067.142     $ 107,680,197     9,467.578     $ 1,141,538     125,313.352     $ 15,462,954     1,437.417    $ 177,369     1,029,285.489     $ 124,462,058  
                                                                     

See accompanying notes.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

December 31, 2008

 

Note 1. ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Trust

World Monitor Trust III (the “Trust”) is a business trust organized under the laws of Delaware on September 28, 2004. The Trust consisted of four separate and distinct series (“Series”): Series G, H, I and J. Series G, H, I and J commenced trading operations on December 1, 2005. Effective March 31, 2007, Series H and Series I were no longer offered and on April 30, 2007 Series H and Series I were dissolved. Effective December 31, 2007, Series G was also no longer offered and was dissolved. Series J will continue to exist unless terminated at some future date pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII of the Trust’s Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). The assets of each Series have been segregated from those of the other Series, separately valued and independently managed, and separate financial statements have been prepared for each Series. Each Series was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward and options contracts and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions.

Each Series is initially divided into two classes: Class I Units and Class II Units. The Class I and Class II Units are identical except for the applicable service fee charged to each Class.

Effective December 1, 2005, Series J allocated its net assets equally to WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (whose sole members are Series G and Series J) (the “Company”), WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC (whose sole members were Series H, Series J and Futures Strategic Trust) and WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC (whose sole members were Series I and Series J) (all three of which are collectively, the “Trading Vehicles”) and received a Voting Membership Interest in each Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicles were each formed to function as an aggregate trading vehicle. Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Owner”) is the Managing Owner of the Trust, of each Series and of Futures Strategic Trust, and has been delegated administrative authority over the operations of the Trading Vehicles. The Trading Vehicles were established for the speculative trading of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and forward currency contracts.

On April 30, 2007, WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC and WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC (collectively, the “Terminated Trading Vehicles”) liquidated and ceased trading operations, leaving the Company as the only remaining trading vehicle investment for Series J. Effective May 1, 2007, Series J re-allocated assets previously held in the Terminated Trading Vehicles to managed accounts in the name of Series J. The assets that Series J allocated to WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC were re-allocated to a managed account to be managed by Eagle Trading Systems Inc. (“Eagle”) pursuant to its Momentum Program. The assets that Series J allocated to WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC were re-allocated to a managed account managed by Ortus Capital Management Limited (“Ortus”) pursuant to its Major Currency Program.

Effective December 31, 2007, the Company and Series G were dissolved. Following the Company’s liquidation, Series J re-allocated its assets previously invested in the Company to a managed account (collectively with the Eagle and Ortus managed accounts, the “Managed Accounts”) managed by the Company’s trading advisor, Graham Capital Management, L.P. (“Graham”) pursuant to its Global Diversified Program at 150% Leverage.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 1. ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)

 

  A. General Description of the Trust (Continued)

The financial statements of the Trading Vehicles, including the condensed schedules of investments, are included in Sections II, III and IV of these financial statements and should be read in conjunction with Series J’s financial statements.

 

  B. Regulation

As a registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trust and each Series are subject to the regulatory requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a commodity pool, the Trust and each Series are subject to the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), an agency of the United States (U.S.) government which regulates most aspects of the commodity futures industry; rules of the National Futures Association, an industry self-regulatory organization; and the requirements of the various commodity exchanges where the Trust through the Trading Vehicles and/or Managed Accounts executes transactions.

 

  C. The Offering

Up to $281,250,000 Series J, Class I; and $93,750,000 Series J, Class II of Units are being offered (totaling $375,000,000) (“Subscription Maximum”). Interests are being offered to investors who meet certain established suitability standards. Prior to November 30, 2008, investments required a minimum aggregate initial subscription of $5,000 and $2,000 for certain Benefit Plan Investors (including IRAs), although the minimum purchase for any single series was $500.

Effective November 30, 2008, the Board of Directors of the Managing Owner of Series J determined that the Units would no longer to be publicly offered and are only to be available on a private placement basis to “accredited investors” pursuant to Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933.

For new subscribers, the minimum initial investment is $25,000 ($10,000 for benefit plan investors (including IRAs)). The minimum additional subscription amount for current investors is $5,000.

For new subscribers, the minimum initial investment is $25,000 ($10,000 for benefit plan investors (including IRAs)). The minimum additional subscription amount for current investors is $5,000.

Initially, the Units for each Series were offered for a period ending November 30, 2005 (“Initial Offering Period”) at $100 per Interest.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 1. ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)

 

  C. The Offering (Continued)

The Subscription Minimum of $30,000,000 for Series J was reached during the Initial Offering Period permitting all Series G, H, I and J to commence trading operations. Series J completed its initial offering on December 1, 2005 with gross proceeds of $31,024,443, which was fully allocated to the Trading Vehicles. Series H and I Units were fully redeemed as of April 30, 2007 and Series G’s Units as of December 31, 2007. Until the subscription maximum for Series J is reached, Series J’s Units will continue to be offered on a monthly basis at the then current net asset value per Unit.

 

  D. Exchanges, Redemptions and Termination

Units owned in one series of the Trust (Series G, H, I and J) were permitted to be exchanged, without any charge, for Units of one or more other Series on a monthly basis for as long as Units in those Series were being offered to the public. Exchanges were made at the applicable Series’ then current net asset value per Unit as of the close of business on the last day of the month in which the exchange request was effected. The exchange of Units was treated as redemption of Units in one Series (with the related tax consequences) and the simultaneous purchase of Units in the other Series. Following Series H and I’s liquidations on April 30, 2007 and Series G’s liquidation on December 31, 2007, Series J unitholders are no longer able to effect exchanges from Series J into Series G, H or I.

Redemptions from Series J are permitted on a monthly basis. Class I Units redeemed prior to the first anniversary of their purchase will be subject to a redemption charge of up to 2% of the net asset value per Unit at which they were redeemed. Redemption fees are paid to the Selling Agent, Kenmar Securities Inc. There is no redemption charge associated with the Class II Units.

In the event that the net asset value of a Series, after adjustments for distributions, contributions and redemptions, declines by 50% or more since the commencement of trading activities or the first day of a fiscal year, the Series will automatically terminate. In addition, in the event that the net asset value of the Allocated Assets, after adjustments for distributions, contributions and redemptions, for the managed accounts traded by either Ortus, Eagle or Graham declines by 40% or more since the commencement of trading activities or the first day of a fiscal year, that managed account will automatically terminate.

 

  E. Foreign Currency Transactions

Series J’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacts business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statements of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in operations currently under the caption realized in the statements of operations.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of Series J are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such principles require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Commodity futures and forward transactions are reflected in the accompanying statements of financial condition on a trade date basis. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) is reflected in the statement of financial condition in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 39 – “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” The market value of each contract is based upon the closing quotation on the exchange, clearing firm or bank on, or through, which the contract is traded. The values which will be used by Series J for open forward and option positions will be provided by its administrator, who obtains market quotes from data vendors and third parties. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses on commodity transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed. Brokerage commissions paid directly to brokers are reflected as “brokerage commissions” in the statement of operations, include exchange and other trading fees, and are charged to expense when incurred.

The weighted average number of Units outstanding was computed for purposes of disclosing net income (loss) per weighted average Unit. The weighted average Units are equal to the number of Units outstanding at period end, adjusted proportionately for Units subscribed and redeemed based on their respective time outstanding during such period.

Series J has elected not to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 102, “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale.”

Consistent with standard business practices in the normal course of business, Series J has provided general indemnifications to the Managing Owner, and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of Series J. Series J is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expects the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes – an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that Series J recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position, if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, Series J has elected an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest or other expense.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

All tax years which are statutorily open are subject to examination by the appropriate taxing authorities. Preferred, as Managing Owner of Series J, evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on Series J’s financial statements. The adoption of, FIN 48 had no material impact on Series J, as Series J’s tax positions are based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS 157 requires use of a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1), inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (Level 3). SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007.

Series J adopted SFAS 157 in the first quarter of 2008. The adoption of SFAS 157 had no impact to the investments valued at fair value in these financial statements.

Series J considers prices for exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts to be based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of forwards, swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations are not readily available are priced by Super Derivatives, Bloomberg, Reuters, and or other third party data vendors or pricing services who derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2).

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities measured at fair value using the fair value hierarchy of SFAS 157:

 

December 31, 2008    Level 1    Level 2      Level 3    Total  
Assets:            

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

   $ 660,900    $ 0      $ 0    $ 660,900  
Liabilities:            

Net unrealized loss on open forward contracts

   $ 0    $ (1,737,730 )    $ 0    $ (1,737,730 )
December 31, 2007    Level 1    Level 2      Level 3    Total  
Assets:            

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

   $ 164,692    $ 0      $ 0    $ 164,692  
Liabilities:            

Net unrealized loss on open forward contracts

   $ 0    $ (452,149 )    $ 0    $ (452,149 )

In October 2008, the FASB issued FASB Staff Position FAS 157-3, “Determining the Fair Value of a Financial Asset When the Market for That Asset Is Not Active” (“FSP FAS 157-3”). FSP FAS 157-3 clarified the application of SFAS 157. FSP FAS 157-3 demonstrated how the fair value of a financial asset is determined when the market for that financial asset is inactive. FSP FAS 157-3 was effective upon issuance, including prior periods for which financial statements had not been issued. Preferred, as Managing Owner of Series J, evaluated the impact of adopting FSP FAS 157-3 on Series J’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on Series J’s financial statements.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159 (“SFAS 159”), “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities, including an amendment of SFAS No. 115. This statement provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with early adoption permitted. Preferred, as Managing Owner of Series J, evaluated the impact of adopting SFAS 159 on Series J’s financial statements. Series J adopted SFAS 159 in the first quarter of 2008, and it did not have a material effect on Series J’s financial statements, as Series J did not elect the fair value option for any eligible financial assets or liabilities.

In April 2007, the FASB released FASB Staff Position FIN 39-1 “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts” (“FSP FIN 39-1”). FSP FIN 39-1 requires that offsetting of assets and liabilities in the balance sheet is improper except where a right of setoff exists. The application of FSP FIN 39-1 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 and interim period within those fiscal years. Preferred, as Managing Owner of Series J, evaluated the impact of adopting FSP FIN 39-1 and its impact on Series J’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard did not have an impact on Series J’s financial statements.

In March 2008, the FASB issued SFAS No. 161, “Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment of FASB Statement No. 133” (“SFAS 161”). SFAS 161 establishes, among other things, the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments and for hedging activities. SFAS 161 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years and interim periods beginning after November 15, 2008. Preferred, as Managing Owner of Series J, evaluated the impact of adopting SFAS 161 and its impact on Series J’s financial statements. The adoption of this standard is not expected to have an impact on Series J’s financial statements.

 

  B. Cash and cash equivalents

Cash represents amounts deposited with a clearing broker and bank, a portion of which is restricted for purposes of meeting margin requirements, which typically range from 0% to 35% of the notional amounts of the derivatives traded. As of December 31, 2008, and 2007, restricted cash totaled $3,269,154 and $1,424,819, respectively. Series J receives interest on all cash balances held by the clearing broker and bank at prevailing rates.

 

  C. Income Taxes

Series J is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. As such, Series J is not required to provide for, or pay, any Federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the individual Unitholders including the Managing Owner. Series J may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2008

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  D. Investments in Trading Vehicles

The investments in the Trading Vehicles were reported by Series J’s at fair value. Fair value ordinarily is the value determined for the Trading Vehicles in accordance with the Trading Vehicles’ valuation policies and reported at the time of Series J’s valuation by the management of the Trading Vehicles. Generally, the fair value of Series J’s investment in a Trading Vehicle represented the amount that Series J could reasonably expect to receive from the Trading Vehicle if Series J’s investment were redeemed at the time of valuation, based on information available at the time the valuation was made and that Series J believes to be reliable.

Series J recorded its proportionate share of each item of income and expense from the investment in the Trading Vehicles in the statement of operations. Through its investment in the Trading Vehicles, Series J paid its proportionate share of annual management fees (2.5%, 3.0% and 2.0% for Trading Vehicles G/J, H/J and I/J, respectively) and incentive fees (20% of New High Net Trading Profits as defined in the Advisory Agreements for the Trading Vehicles). Incentive fees were accrued monthly and paid quarterly in arrears. The accounting policies, including valuation policies, of the Trading Vehicles are contained in the notes to each Trading Vehicle’s financial statements included in Sections II, III and IV of these financial statements.

 

  E. Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Income and expenses (excluding the service fee) are allocated pro rata to the Class I Units and Class II Units monthly based on the units outstanding during the month. Class I Units are charged with the service fee applicable to such units. Distributions (other than redemptions of units) may be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Owner on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective capital balances of the Unitholders. The Managing Owner has not and does not presently intend to make any distributions.

 

  F. Organization and Offering Costs

In accordance with the Trust’s Agreement and Prospectus, organization and initial offering costs were paid by the Managing Owner, subject to reimbursement by the Trust, without interest, in up to 36 monthly payments during each of the first 36 months of Series J’s operations, provided that the Managing Owner shall not be entitled to reimbursement for such expenses in an aggregated amount in excess of 2.5% of the aggregate amount of all subscriptions accepted by Series J during the initial offering period and the first 36 months of Series J’s operations (the “Continuous Offering Period”). In addition, Series J shall not reimburse the Managing Owner for organization and offering expenses (both initial and ongoing) in excess of 0.50% per annum of Series J’s net asset value. Organization and initial offering costs (exclusive of the initial selling fee), totaling $1,454,441 for all Series of the Trust were paid by the Managing Owner. Series J’s allocable portion of such costs was $1,384,181 of which $1,120,668 was reimbursed by Series J to the Managing Owner through December 31, 2008.

The Managing Owner is also responsible for the payment of all offering expenses of Series J incurred after the Initial Offering Period (“ongoing offering costs”), provided that the amount of such ongoing offering costs paid by the Managing Owner are subject to reimbursement by the Trust, 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.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  F. Offering Costs (Continued)

Through December 31, 2008, the Managing Owner has paid $1,360,616 in ongoing offering costs, of which $1,303,454 has been allocated to Series J. Ongoing offering costs incurred through November 30, 2006 in the amount of $599,062 will not be reimbursed to the Managing Owner. For the period December 1, 2006 through December 31, 2008, the Managing Owner incurred ongoing offering costs in the amount of $704,392. Of the $704,392, $69,248 has been expensed to Series J and reimbursed or will be reimbursed to the Managing Owner.

The balance of $635,144 will not be reimbursed to the Managing Owner.

Series J will only be liable for payment of initial and ongoing offering costs on a monthly basis. If a Series terminates prior to completion of payment of such amounts to the Managing Owner, the Managing Owner will not be entitled to any additional payments, and Series J will have no further obligation to the Managing Owner.

During the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006, Series J’s allocable portion of organization and initial and ongoing offering costs exceeded 0.50% per annum of the Net Asset Value of Series J and, as such, Series J was only liable to the Managing Owner up to the 0.50% per annum limitation.

For the three months ended March 31, 2008 and the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006, Series J charged the amount reimbursable to Preferred for organizational and initial offering costs as a charge against capital monthly based upon the limitation discussed above. Moreover, because Series J did not reimburse Preferred for ongoing offering costs, ongoing offering costs were neither charged against capital nor against expense. Generally accepted accounting principles provide that (a) organization costs should have been expensed as incurred and a liability for their reimbursement recorded, (b) a liability and deferred asset should have been recorded on December 1, 2005 (date of commencement of investment operations) for the amount of initial offering costs estimated to be reimbursed to Preferred, (c) such deferred asset should have been amortized to expense over a twelve month period (from the date of commencement of investment operations through November 30, 2006) on a straight line basis, (d) such estimated liability should have been reviewed and adjusted on a periodic basis through the end of the repayment period for initial offering costs which ends on November 30, 2008, (e) the liability should have been reduced as Series J reimbursed Preferred for initial offering costs and (f) ongoing offering costs should have been expensed and recorded as a liability as incurred. Series J has evaluated the difference in accounting methods and concluded that the impact was not material to Series J’s financial statements. Effective April 1, 2008, Series J recorded a liability and expense for the remaining initial costs expected to be reimbursed and expensed any additional ongoing cost as incurred in the statement of operations and recorded a corresponding liability in the statement of financial condition. At December 31, 2008, of the $2,258 of offering cost payable listed on the statement of financial condition, $0 is initial offering costs and $2,258 represents ongoing offering costs.

 

  G. Interest Income

Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis. During the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007, and 2006 interest income consisted of interest earned in the Trading Vehicles and/or in Series J.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 3. RELATED PARTIES

Series J reimburses the Managing Owner for services it performs for Series J, which include, but are not limited to: management, accounting, registrar, transfer and assignment functions, investor communications, printing, and other administrative services. The expenses incurred by Series J for services performed by the Managing Owner for Series J for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006 were:

 

     2008    2007    2006

Management

   $ 539,433    $ 368,478    $ 283,430

General and administrative

     117,665      118,330      77,401
                    
   $ 657,098    $ 486,808    $ 360,831
                    

Expenses payable to the Managing Owner and its affiliates as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 were $23,455 and $57,377, respectively. Such amounts are included in management fees payable and accrued expenses payable on the statements of financial condition.

 

Note 4. MANAGING OWNER

The Managing Owner of the Trust is Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., which conducts and manages the business of the Trust. Effective November 30, 2008, in accordance with the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, the Managing Owner and/or its affiliates is no longer required to maintain a capital account equal to 1% of the total capital accounts of the Series.

The Managing Owner is paid a monthly management fee of 1/12 of 0.5% (0.5% annually) of Series J’s net asset value at the beginning of the month.

 

Note 5. SERVICE FEES AND SALES COMMISSIONS

Series J pays a service fee with respect to Class I Units, monthly in arrears, equal to 1/12 of 2% (2% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per unit of the outstanding Class I Units as of the beginning of the month. The service fee is paid directly by the Registrant to the Selling Agent, Kenmar Securities Inc., an affiliate of the Managing Owner. The Selling Agent is responsible for paying all commissions owing to the correspondent selling agents, who are entitled to receive from the Selling Agent an initial commission equal to 2% of the initial Net Asset Value per Unit of each Class I Unit sold by them, payable on the date such Class I Units are purchased. Commencing with the 13th month after the purchase of a Class I Unit, the correspondent selling agent receives an ongoing monthly commission equal to 1/12th of 2% (2% per annum) of the Net Asset Value per Class I Unit as of the beginning of each month of the Class I Units sold by them.

Class II Unitholders are not assessed service fees.

Series J will also pay Kenmar Securities Inc. a monthly sales commission equal to 1/12th of 1% (1% annually) of the Net Asset Value of the outstanding units as of the beginning of each month.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 6. TRUSTEE

The trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation. The trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the power and authority to manage the business and affairs of the Trust and has only nominal duties and liabilities with respect to the Trust.

 

Note 7. COSTS, FEES AND EXPENSES

 

  A. Operating Expenses

Operating expenses of Series J are paid for by Series J.

 

  B. Management and Incentive Fees

Through its investments in the Terminated Trading Vehicles until dissolution, Series J paid its proportionate share of annual management fees of 3.0% and 2.0% to Bridgewater Associates, Inc. (“Bridgewater”) and Eagle, respectively, and incentive fees of 20% of New High Net Trading Profits as defined in the respective Advisory Agreements for the Terminated Trading Vehicles. Beginning May 1, 2007, Series J pays Ortus and Eagle monthly management fees at the annual rate of 2.0% and 2.0%, respectively, of their Managed Accounts’ Allocated Assets as defined in their respective Advisory Agreements. Additionally, Series J pays Ortus and Eagle a 20% incentive fee accrued monthly and paid quarterly for achieving “New High Net Trading Profits” in their specific Managed Accounts as defined in their respective Advisory Agreements.

Through its investment in the Company until dissolution, Series J paid its proportionate share of annual management fees of 2.5% to Graham and incentive fees of 20% of New High Net Trading Profits as defined in the Advisory Agreement for the Company. Beginning January 1, 2008, Series J pays Graham a monthly management fee at the annual rate of 2.5% of the Allocated Assets of Graham’s Managed Account as defined in Series J’s Advisory Agreement with Graham. Additionally, Series J pays Graham a 20% incentive fee accrued monthly and paid quarterly for achieving “New High Net Trading Profits” in its specific Managed Account as defined in Series J’s Advisory Agreement with Graham.

 

Note 8. INVESTMENTS IN TRADING VEHICLES

Effective December 1, 2005, Series J invested a substantial portion of its assets in the Trading Vehicles. On April 30, 2007, the Terminated Trading Vehicles liquidated and ceased trading operations. Series J’s investments in WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC and WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC represented approximately 94.19% and 98.65%, respectively, of the net asset value prior to liquidation of each Terminated Trading Vehicle at April 30, 2007. On December 31, 2007, the Company liquidated and ceased trading operations. Series J’s investment in the Company represented approximately 94.26% of the net asset value prior to liquidation of the Company at December 31, 2007. The investments in the Trading Vehicles were subject to the Organization Agreements of the Trading Vehicles.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 8.     INVESTMENTS IN TRADING VEHICLES (CONTINUED)

 

Summarized information for these investments are as follows:

 

     Net Asset Value
December 31, 2006
   Investments    Income
(Loss)
     Redemptions      Net Asset Value
December 31, 2007

WMT III Series G/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

   $ 23,263,074    $ 5,457,898    $ 4,356,090      $ (33,077,062 )    $ 0

WMT III Series H/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

     22,215,588      3,322,456      (184,299 )      (25,353,745 )      0

WMT III Series I/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

     23,990,192      3,322,456      (2,411,416 )      (24,901,232 )      0
                                      
   $ 69,468,854    $ 12,102,810    $ 1,760,375      $ (83,332,039 )    $ 0
                                      
     Net Asset Value
December 31, 2005
   Investments    Income
(Loss)
     Redemptions      Net Asset Value
December 31, 2006

WMT III Series G/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

   $ 10,034,305    $ 12,678,627    $ 1,396,052      $ (845,910 )    $ 23,263,074

WMT III Series H/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

     10,152,980      14,310,775      (1,228,329 )      (1,019,838 )      22,215,588

WMT III Series I/J

Trading Vehicle LLC

     10,028,449      14,107,479      2,044,680        (2,190,416 )      23,990,192
                                      
   $ 30,215,734    $ 41,096,881    $ 2,212,403      $ (4,056,164 )    $ 69,468,854
                                      

Series J’s proportionate share of the income and expenses of the Trading Vehicles for the years ended December 31, 2007 and 2006 is as follows:

 

2007*

   WMT III
Series G/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     WMT III
Series H/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     WMT III
Series I/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     Total  

Realized trading gains (losses)

   $ 5,895,765      $ 272,436      $ (1,827,215 )    $ 4,340,986  

Change in unrealized trading gains (losses)

     (822,590 )      (497,525 )      (659,713 )      (1,979,828 )

Brokerage commissions

     (104,554 )      (23,143 )      (63,701 )      (191,398 )

Interest income

     986,549        339,975        357,693        1,684,217  

Incentive fees

     (882,114 )      0        0        (882,114 )

Management fee

     (631,411 )      (217,947 )      (155,508 )      (1,004,866 )

Operating expenses

     (85,555 )      (58,095 )      (62,972 )      (206,622 )
                                   
   $ 4,356,090      $ (184,299 )    $ (2,411,416 )    $ 1,760,375  
                                   

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 8. INVESTMENTS IN TRADING VEHICLES (CONTINUED)

 

2006

   WMT III
Series G/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     WMT III
Series H/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     WMT III
Series I/J
Trading
Vehicle LLC
     Total  

Realized trading gains (losses)

   $ 665,414      $ (1,913,244 )    $ 445,445      $ (802,385 )

Change in unrealized trading gains (losses)

     656,912        779,800        1,642,479        3,079,191  

Brokerage commissions

     (124,796 )      (71,312 )      (163,728 )      (359,836 )

Interest income

     837,876        816,136        824,147        2,478,159  

Incentive fees

     (106,937 )      (225,472 )      (261,677 )      (594,086 )

Management fee

     (478,221 )      (562,588 )      (385,953 )      (1,426,762 )

Operating expenses

     (54,196 )      (51,649 )      (56,033 )      (161,878 )
                                   
   $ 1,396,052      $ (1,228,329 )    $ 2,044,680      $ 2,212,403  
                                   

 

*  Through April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation) for the Terminated Trading Vehicles.

    

Prior to the liquidation of the Trading Vehicles, Series J was able to make additional contributions to or redemptions from, the Trading Vehicles on a monthly basis.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 9. MARKET AND CREDIT RISK

Series J’s investments in the Trading Vehicles and Managed Accounts are subject to the market and credit risks of the futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward currency contracts and other financial instruments held or sold short by them. Series J bears the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of its investment and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

Series J has cash on deposit with financial institutions and in broker trading accounts. In the event of a financial institution’s insolvency, recovery of cash on deposit may be limited to account insurance or other protection afforded such deposits.

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor market risk and minimize credit risk, although there can be no assurance that it will, in fact, succeed in doing so. The Unitholders bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

Series J is exposed to various types of risks associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it directly invests through its Managed Accounts. These risks include, but are not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of Series J’s investment activities (credit risk).

Market Risk

Trading in futures and forward contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of Series J’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeds Series J’s future cash requirements since Series J intends to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, Series J is generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, Series J considers the fair value of its derivative instruments to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with Series J’s commitments to purchase commodities is limited to the gross or face amount of the contracts held. However, when Series J enters into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it must make delivery of the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contracts at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposes Series J to unlimited risk.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the, diversification effect among the derivative instruments Series J holds and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which Series J trades.

 

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Note 9. MARKET AND CREDIT RISK (CONTINUED)

Credit Risk

When entering into futures or forward currency contracts, Series J is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by their corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. On the other hand, there is concentration risk on forward currency transactions, entered into by Series J as Series J’s clearing broker, is the sole counterparty. Series J has entered into a master netting agreement with its clearing broker and, as a result, when applicable, presents unrealized gains and losses on open forward positions as a net amount in the statement of financial condition. The amount at risk associated with counterparty non-performance of all of Series J’s contracts is the net unrealized gain or loss included in the statement of financial condition; however, counterparty non-performance on only certain of Series J’s contracts may result in greater loss than non-performance on all of Series J’s contracts. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse will meet its obligations to Series J.

The Managing Owner attempts to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring Series J and its commodity trading advisors to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The Managing Owner monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies, which include, but are not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions.

Series J’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to Series J all assets of Series J relating to domestic futures trading and is not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets. At December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, such segregated assets totaled $90,283,908 and $51,644,721, respectively which are included in cash and cash equivalents on the statements of financial condition. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires Series J’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of Series J related to foreign futures trading, which totaled $220,120 and $360,709 at December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2007, respectively. There are no segregation requirements for assets related to forward trading.

As of December 31, 2008, all of Series J’s open futures contracts mature within eighteen months.

 

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December 31, 2008

 

Note 10. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following information presents per Unit operating performance data and other supplemental financial data for the years ended December 31, 2008, 2007 and 2006. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.

 

     Class I     Class II  
     2008(8)     2007(5)     2006(6)     2008(8)     2007(5)     2006(7)  

Per Unit Performance

            

(for a Unit outstanding throughout the entire year/period)

 

Net asset value per Unit, beginning of the

year/period

   $ 105.40     $ 98.20     $ 97.38     $ 105.76     $ 96.71     $ 100.00  
                                                

Income (loss) from operations:(3)

            

Net realized and change in unrealized
gain (loss)(1)

     28.06       13.51       5.32       28.19       13.49       (2.89 )

Interest income(1)

     1.47       4.18       4.69       1.54       4.11       3.74  

Expenses(1)

     (14.24 )     (9.99 )     (8.68 )     (12.01 )     (8.04 )     (3.78 )
                                                

Total income (loss) from operations

     15.29       7.70       1.33       17.72       9.56       (2.93 )
                                                

Offering costs (1), (8)

     (0.12 )     (0.50 )     (0.51 )     (0.09 )     (0.51 )     (0.36 )
                                                

Net increase (decrease) for the
year/period

     15.17       7.20       0.82       17.63       9.05       (3.29 )
                                                

Net asset value per Unit, end of the year/period

   $ 120.57     $ 105.40     $ 98.20     $ 123.39     $ 105.76     $ 96.71  
                                                

Total Return (9)

            

Total return before incentive fees

     19.44 %     10.33 %     1.96 %     21.50 %     12.47 %     (3.29 )%

Incentive fees

     (5.05 )%     (3.00 )%     (1.12 )%     (4.83 )%     (3.11 )%     0.00 %
                                                

Total return after incentive fees

     14.39 %     7.33 %     0.84 %     16.67 %     9.36 %     (3.29 )%
                                                

Supplemental Data

            

Ratios to average net asset value:(3)

            

Net investment loss before incentive fees(2)

     (5.93 )%     (2.85 )%     (2.94 )%     (4.01 )%     (0.85 )%     (0.06 )%

Incentive fees (9)

     (5.05 )%     (3.00 )%     (1.12 )%     (4.83 )%     (3.11 )%     0.00 %
                                                

Net investment loss after incentive fees

     (10.98 )%     (5.85 )%     (4.06 )%     (8.84 )%     (3.96 )%     (0.06 )%
                                                

Interest income(4)

     1.26 %     4.20 %     4.76 %     1.30 %     4.13 %     5.86 %
                                                

Incentive fees (9)

     5.05 %     3.00 %     1.12 %     4.83 %     3.11 %     0.00 %

Other expenses(4)

     7.19 %     7.05 %     7.70 %     5.31 %     4.98 %     5.92 %
                                                

Total expenses

     12.24 %     10.05 %     8.82 %     10.14 %     8.09 %     5.92 %
                                                
Total returns are calculated based on the change in value of a Unit during the year/period. An individual unitholders’ total returns and ratios may vary from the above total returns and ratios based on the time of additions and redemptions.   

 

 

(1)

Interest income per Unit, expenses per Unit, and offering costs per Unit are calculated by dividing interest income, expenses and offering costs applicable to each class by the weighted average number of Units outstanding during the year. Net realized and change in unrealized gain (loss) is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per Unit of each class with the other per Unit information.

 

(2)

Represents interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fees). All components of the net investment loss ratio have been annualized.

 

(3)

Includes Series J’s proportionate share of income and expenses from WMT III Series G/J, H/J and I/J Trading Vehicle’s LLC through December 31, 2007.

 

(4)

All components of other expenses and interest income ratios have been annualized.

 

(5)

For the year ended December 31, 2007.

 

(6)

For the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

(7)

For the period May 1, 2006 to December 31, 2006.

 

(8)

Offering costs were charged against capital through March 31, 2008. Beginning April 1, 2008, offering costs were expensed.

 

(9)

Not annualized.

 

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Note 11. SUBSEQUENT EVENT

Through March 1, 2009, Series J has received additions of $4,312,634 and redemptions of $3,113,081.

 

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FINAL ANNUAL REPORT

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Member and Members of

World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC

We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition, including the condensed schedule of investments, of World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2007 (date of termination), and the related statements of operations and changes in members’ capital and financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination). These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC at December 31, 2007 (date of termination), and the results of its operations and changes in its members’ capital and the financial highlights for the year ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination), in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Eisner LLP

New York, New York

March     , 2008

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Member and Members of

World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedule of investments, of World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations and changes in members’ capital for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC at December 31, 2006, and the results of its operations and changes in its members’ capital for the year ended December 31, 2006 and the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

March 28, 2007

 

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

December 31, 2007 (date of termination) and 2006

 

 

 

     2007    2006

ASSETS

     

Cash

   $ 29,396,394    $ 24,478,301

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     0      525,372

Net unrealized gain on open forward currency contracts

     81,121      325,380

Interest receivable

     62,930      99,446
             

Total assets

   $ 29,540,445    $ 25,428,499
             

LIABILITIES

     

Accrued expenses

   $ 62,946    $ 32,134

Commissions payable

     0      3,576

Advisor fee payable

     121,945      53,106

Incentive fee payable

     238,634      0

Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts

     56,636      0

Redemptions payable

     29,060,284      0
             

Total liabilities

     29,540,445      88,816
             

MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (Net Asset Value)

     

Member G – Class I

     0      908,532

Member G – Class II

     0      1,168,077

Member J – Class I

     0      22,158,018

Member J – Class II

     0      1,105,056
             

Total members’ capital
(Net Asset Value)

     0      25,339,683
             

Total liabilities and members’ capital

   $ 29,540,445    $ 25,428,499
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2007 (date of termination) and 2006

 

 

 

     2007     2006  
   Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Net Asset
Value(1)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Net Asset
Value
 

OPEN FUTURES CONTRACTS

        

Long futures contracts

        

Commodities

   $ 0     0.00 %   $ 11,825     0.05 %

Interest rates

     0     0.00 %     (64,318 )   (0.25 )%

Metals

     (76,058 )   (0.27 )%     (16,513 )   (0.07 )%

Stock indices

     0     0.00 %     198,600     0.78 %

Other

     0     0.00 %     8,813     0.03 %
                            

Net unrealized gain (loss) on open long futures contracts

     (76,058 )   (0.27 )%     138,407     0.54 %
                            

Short futures contracts

        

Energy

     0     0.00 %     78,298     0.31 %

Commodities

     0     0.00 %     3,290     0.01 %

Interest rates

     0     0.00 %     347,838     1.38 %

Metals

     19,422     0.07 %     12,850     0.05 %

Stock indices

     0     0.00 %     (42,545 )   (0.17 )%

Other

     0     0.00 %     (12,766 )   (0.05 )%
                            

Net unrealized gain on open short futures contracts

     19,422     0.07 %     386,965     1.53 %
                            

Net unrealized gain (loss) on open futures contracts

   $ (56,636 )   (0.20 )%   $ 525,372     2.07 %
                            

OPEN FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS

        

Net unrealized gain (loss) on long forward currency contracts

   $ (287,605 )   (1.01 )%   $ 333,447     1.32 %

Net unrealized gain (loss) short forward currency contracts

     368,726     1.30 %     (8,067 )   (0.03 )%
                            

Net unrealized gain on open forward currency contracts

   $ 81,121     0.29 %   $ 325,380     1.29 %
                            

 

(1)

Net asset value prior to liquidating redemptions

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the years ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination), 2006 and

For the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005

 

 

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
   Period Ended
December 31,
2005
 

REVENUES

       

Realized

   $ 6,332,066     $ 651,531    $ (434,052 )

Change in unrealized

     (826,267 )     715,098      135,654  

Interest income

     1,068,501       895,448      33,425  
                       

Total revenues (losses)

     6,574,300       2,262,077      (264,973 )
                       

EXPENSES

       

Brokerage commissions

     112,941       132,635      6,985  

Advisor incentive fees

     955,788       107,871      0  

Advisor management fees

     683,111       510,442      22,012  

Operating expenses

     92,342       57,331      28,800  
                       

Total expenses

     1,844,182       808,279      57,797  
                       

NET INCOME (LOSS)

   $ 4,730,118     $ 1,453,798    $ (322,770 )
                       

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)

For the years ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination), 2006 and

For the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005

 

 

 

    Members’ Capital  
  Member G –
Class I
    Member G –
Class II
    Member J –
Class I
    Member J –
Class II
    Total  

Members’ capital at December 1, 2005
(commencement of operations)

  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  

Additions

    525,000       0       10,341,481       0       10,866,481  

Redemptions

    0       0       0       0       0  

Net loss

    (15,594 )     0       (307,176 )     0       (322,770 )
                                       

Members’ capital at December 31, 2005

    509,406       0       10,034,305       0       10,543,711  

Additions

    819,634       1,157,000       11,581,883       1,096,744       14,655,261  

Redemptions

    (451,873 )     (15,304 )     (835,384 )     (10,526 )     (1,313,087 )

Net income

    31,365       26,381       1,377,214       18,838       1,453,798  
                                       

Members’ capital at December 31, 2006

    908,532       1,168,077       22,158,018       1,105,056       25,339,683  

Additions

    232,500       104,500       4,643,979       813,919       5,794,898  

Redemptions

    (173,067 )     (982,736 )     (6,093,323 )     (205,154 )     (7,454,280 )

Net income

    187,640       186,389       4,077,061       279,028       4,730,118  
                                       

Members’ capital before liquidating
redemptions

    1,155,605       476,230       24,785,735       1,992,849       28,410,419  

Liquidating redemptions

    (1,155,605 )     (476,230 )     (24,785,735 )     (1,992,849 )     (28,410,419 )
                                       

Members’ capital at December 31, 2007
(date of termination)

  $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
                                       

See accompanying notes.

 

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Note 1. ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Trading Vehicle

WMT III Series G/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Trading Vehicle”) was a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on March 10, 2005, which was scheduled to terminate on December 31, 2054 unless terminated sooner under the provisions of the Organization Agreement. The Trading Vehicle commenced trading operations on December 1, 2005 and was dissolved effective December 31, 2007. The Trading Vehicle was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and forward currency contracts. Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Member”) was the Managing Member of the Trading Vehicle.

Prior to December 31, 2007, the Trading Vehicle consisted of four members: World Monitor Trust III – Series G, Class I (“Member G-Class I”), World Monitor Trust III – Series G, Class II (“Member G-Class II”), World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class I (“Member J-Class I”) and World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class II (“Member J-Class II”) (collectively, the “Members”). Preferred is also the Managing Owner of each of the Members. Upon making the initial capital contribution, each Member received Voting Membership Interests.

Effective December 31, 2007, the Members withdrew from the Trading Vehicle. Member G-Class I and Member G-Class II were dissolved at this time. Member J-Class I and Member J-Class II re-allocated its assets to a Managed Account to be managed by the Trading Vehicle’s trading advisor, Graham Capital Management, L.P. (the “Trading Advisor”) pursuant to its Global Diversified Program at 150% Leverage.

The Trading Vehicle was a Member managed limited liability company that was not registered in any capacity with, or subject directly to regulation by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  B. The Trading Advisor

Through December 31, 2007, the Trading Vehicle had an advisory agreement with the Trading Advisor to make the trading decisions for the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Advisor managed approximately 100% of the assets of the Trading Vehicle pursuant to its Global Diversified at 150% Leverage program.

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Trading Vehicle are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require of the Managing Member to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

Commodity futures and forward transactions are reflected in the accompanying statement of financial condition on a trade date basis. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) is reflected in the financial statements in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Interpretation No. 39 – “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” The market value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is based upon the closing quotation on the various futures exchanges on which the contract is traded. The fair value of forward (non-exchange traded) contracts is extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot price. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses on commodity transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed.

Brokerage commissions include other trading fees and are charged to expense when contracts are opened.

The Trading Vehicle has elected not to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 102, “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale.”

Consistent with standard business practices in the normal course of business, the Trading Vehicle had provided general indemnifications to its Trading Advisor and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicle was unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expected the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

The SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 (“SAB 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”, provides guidance on quantifying and evaluating the materiality of unrecorded misstatements. It is effective for the first annual period ending after November 15, 2006. Preferred as Managing Member of the Trading Vehicle has evaluated the impact, if any, the implementation of SAB 108 may have on its financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, no material unrecorded misstatements are in existence as of December 31, 2007 (date of termination) and 2006 that would require a cumulative effect adjustment to the financial statements.

In July 2006, the FASB issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that the Trading Vehicle recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. In connection with the adoption of FIN 48, the Trading Vehicle had elected an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest expense. Preferred, as Managing Member of the Trading Vehicle, evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, FIN 48 had no material impact on the Trading Vehicle, as the Trading Vehicle’s tax position is based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157 (“SFAS 157”), “Fair Value Measurements”. SFAS 157 requires use of a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1), inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (Level 3). SFAS 157 is effective for financial statements issued for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Given the Trading Vehicle’s termination on December 31, 2007, SFAS 157 had no impact on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements.

In February 2007, the FASB issued SFAS No. 159, “The Fair Value Option for Financial Assets and Financial Liabilities”, including an amendment of SFAS 115, or SFAS 159. This statement provides companies with an option to report selected financial assets and liabilities at fair value. This statement is effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007 with early adoption permitted. Given the Trading Vehicle’s termination on December 31, 2007, SFAS 159 will have no impact on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements.

Cash represents amounts deposited with a bank and clearing brokers, a portion of which is restricted for purposes of meeting margin requirements, which typically range from 0% to 35% of the notional amounts of the derivatives traded. The Trading Vehicle received interest on all cash balances held by the bank and clearing brokers at prevailing interest rates.

The Trading Vehicle’s foreign cash balances and US dollar equivalents are the following:

 

Total By Currency

   Local Amount    USD (Base) Amount

British Pound

   388,602    775,882

Eurodollars

   2,844,935    4,188,883

Other Various Currencies

      85,683

Total Foreign Cash

      5,050,448

The total foreign currency converted to US dollars as a percentage of total cash was 17.18% at December 31, 2007 (date of termination).

 

  B. Income Taxes

The Trading Vehicle is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. As such, the Trading Vehicle is not required to provide for, or pay, any Federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the Members. The Trading Vehicle may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operated.

 

  C. Capital Accounts

The Trading Vehicle accounted for additions, allocations of net income (loss) and redemptions on a per member capital account basis.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  C. Capital Accounts (Continued)

The Trading Vehicle allocated profits and losses to its Members monthly on a pro rata basis based on each Member’s pro rata capital in the Trading Vehicle during the month. Distributions (other than redemptions of capital) were permitted at the sole discretion of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members’ respective capital balances. The Trading Vehicle did not make any distributions.

 

  D. Foreign Currency Transactions

The Trading Vehicle’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacted business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar were translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statement of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars were translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in operations currently under the caption Realized in the statements of operations.

 

  E. Interest Income

Interest income is recorded on an accrual basis.

 

Note 3. MANAGEMENT AND INCENTIVE FEES

The Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of 2.5% (2.5% annually) of the Trading Vehicle’s allocated assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month. For purposes of determining the management fee, any distributions, redemptions or reallocation of assets made as of the last day of each month were added back to the assets and there were no reductions for (i) the management fees calculated or (ii) any accrued but unpaid incentive fees due the Trading Advisor.

Additionally, the Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor an incentive fee of 20% (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). The incentive fee accrued monthly and was paid quarterly. For the years ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination), December 31, 2006 and for the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005, the Trading Advisor earned incentive fees of $955,788, $107,871 and $0, respectively.

 

Note 4. INCOME TAXES

There have been no differences between the tax basis and book basis of assets, liabilities or members’ capital since inception of the Trading Vehicle.

 

Note 5. OPERATING EXPENSES

Operating expenses of the Trading Vehicle were paid for by the Trading Vehicle.

 

Note 6. DEPOSITS WITH BROKER

The Trading Vehicle deposited funds with UBS Securities LLC to act as broker subject to Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. The Trading Vehicle also deposited collateral with UBS AG for margin against over-the-counter forward and foreign exchange deals. Margin requirements were satisfied by the deposit of cash with such broker. The Trading Vehicle earned interest income at competitive rates on assets deposited with the broker.

 

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Note 7. ADDITIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS

 

Additional investments in the Trading Vehicle were made monthly subject to the terms of the Organization Agreement.

The Trading Vehicle was not required to make distributions, but could do so at the discretion of the Members. A Member could request and receive redemption of capital at any time, subject to the terms in the Organization Agreement.

 

Note 8. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

The Trading Vehicle was exposed to various types of risks associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it invested. These risks included, but were not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the Trading Vehicle’s investment activities (credit risk).

 

  A. Market Risk

Trading in futures and forward contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which was typically many times that of the Trading Vehicle’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeded the Trading Vehicle’s future cash requirements since the Trading Vehicle intended to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, the Trading Vehicle was generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, the Trading Vehicle considered the “fair value” of its derivative instruments to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with the Trading Vehicle’s commitments to purchase commodities was limited to the gross or face amount of the contract held. However, when the Trading Vehicle entered into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it had to deliver the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposed the Trading Vehicle to unlimited risk.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effect among the derivative instruments the Trading Vehicle held and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which the Trading Vehicle traded.

 

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Note 8. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

  B. Credit Risk

When entering into futures and forward contracts, the Trading Vehicle was exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract would not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, a clearinghouse is backed by its corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. On the other hand, there was a concentration risk on forward transactions entered into by the Trading Vehicle as UBS AG was the sole counterparty. The Trading Vehicle entered into a master netting agreement dated November 29, 2005 with UBS AG and, as a result, when applicable, presented unrealized gains and losses on open forward positions as a net amount in the statement of financial condition.

The amount at risk associated with counterparty non-performance of all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts is the net unrealized gain included in the statement of financial condition; however, counterparty non-performance on only certain of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts may result in greater loss than non-performance on all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts. There could be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse would meet its obligations to the Trading Vehicle.

The Managing Member attempted to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring the Trading Vehicle and its Trading Advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies. Preferred monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies, which include, but are not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement among the Trading Vehicle, Preferred and the Trading Advisor, the Trading Vehicle shall automatically terminate the Advisory Agreement, if the net asset value allocated to the Trading Advisor declined as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the value at the beginning of any calendar year or since the effective date of the Advisory Agreement. The decline in net asset value is after giving effect for distributions, subscriptions and redemptions.

The Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, was required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Trading Vehicle all assets of the Trading Vehicle relating to domestic futures trading and was not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets. At December 31, 2007 (date of termination) and 2006, such segregated assets totaled $9,691,097 and $22,129,652, respectively. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also required the Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of the Trading Vehicle related to foreign futures trading which totaled $4,993,812 and $2,497,027 at December 31, 2007 (date of termination) and 2006, respectively. There were no segregation requirements for assets related to forward trading.

As of December 31, 2007 (date of termination), all open futures and forward contracts mature within three months.

 

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Note 9. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trading Vehicle for the years ended December 31, 2007 (date of termination), 2006 and for the period December 1, 2005 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2005. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements

 

     Year Ended
December 31,
2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
    Period Ended
December 31,
2005
 

Total Return(1)

      

Total return before incentive fee

   22.24 %   9.40 %   (2.97 )%

Incentive fee

   (3.96 )%   (0.55 )%   0.00 %
                  

Total return after incentive fee

   18.28 %   8.85 %   (2.97 )%
                  

Ratios to average net asset value:

      

Expenses prior to incentive fee

   3.34 %   3.56 %   6.38 %(2)

Incentive fee(1)

   3.60 %   0.55 %   0.00 %
                  

Total expenses and incentive fee

   6.94 %   4.11 %   6.38 %
                  

Net investment income (loss)(3)

   0.68 %   0.99 %   (2.69 )%(2)
                  

Total returns and ratios to average net asset value are calculated for Members’ capital taken as a whole. An individual Member’s total return and ratios may vary from the above return and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.

 
 

(1)

Not annualized.

 

(2)

Annualized.

 

(3)

Represents interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fee).

 

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FINAL ANNUAL REPORT

As of April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

And for the Periods from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Members of

World Monitor Trust III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedules of investments, of World Monitor Trust III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Trading Vehicle”) as of April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations and changes in members’ capital for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and the year ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trading Vehicle’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Trading Vehicle is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trading Vehicle’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC at April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006, and the results of its operations and changes in its members’ capital for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and the year ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

July 25, 2007

 

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     April 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 6,867    $ 0

Cash in commodity trading accounts

     24,557,766      28,463,857

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     0      622,289

Interest receivable

     0      114,572
             

Total assets

   $ 24,564,633    $ 29,200,718
             

LIABILITIES

     

Accrued expenses

   $ 75,138    $ 32,141

Commissions payable

     0      8,336

Redemptions payable

     24,219,558      0

Advisor fee payable

     269,937      73,255
             

Total liabilities

     24,564,633      113,732
             

MEMBERS’ CAPITAL(Net Asset Value)

     

Member H - Class I

     0      1,140,902

Member H - Class II

     0      444,359

Member J - Class I

     0      21,153,067

Member J - Class II

     0      1,062,521

Member - Futures Strategic Trust

     0      5,286,137
             

Total members’ capital
(Net Asset Value)

     0      29,086,986
             

Total liabilities and members’ capital

   $ 24,564,633    $ 29,200,718
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     April 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
   Net
Unrealized
Gain(Loss)
   Net
Unrealized
Gain(Loss)
as a % of
Net Asset
Value*
    Net
Unrealized
Gain(Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain(Loss)
as a % of
Net Asset
Value
 

Long futures contracts:

         

Commodities

   $ 0    0.00 %   $ 4,903     0.02 %

Currencies

     0    0.00 %     (455,693 )   (1.57 )%

Energy

     0    0.00 %     (18,370 )   (0.06 )%

Interest rates

     0    0.00 %     (202,599 )   (0.70 )%

Metals

     0    0.00 %     (76,930 )   (0.26 )%

Stock indices

     0    0.00 %     20,644     0.07 %
                           

Total long futures contracts

     0    0.00 %     (728,045 )   (2.50 )%
                           

Short futures contracts:

         

Currencies

     0    0.00 %     (2,139 )   (0.01 )%

Interest rates

     0    0.00 %     1,461,530     5.02 %

Metals

     0    0.00 %     42,750     0.15 %

Stock indices

     0    0.00 %     (151,807 )   (0.52 )%
                           

Total short futures contracts

     0    0.00 %     1,350,334     4.64 %
                           

Total futures contracts

   $ 0    0.00 %   $ 622,289     2.14 %
                           

 

* Prior to liquidating redemptions.

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     Period
January 1, 2007
to April 30, 2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

REVENUES

    

Realized

   $ 308,078     $ (2,317,174 )

Change in unrealized

     (622,289 )     950,808  

Interest income

     419,797       926,433  
                

Total revenues (loss)

     105,586       (439,933 )
                

EXPENSES

    

Brokerage commissions

     29,545       81,082  

Advisor incentive fee

     0       237,915  

Advisor management fee

     269,937       638,927  

Operating expenses

     63,839       57,341  
                

Total expenses

     363,321       1,015,265  
                

NET LOSS

   $ (257,735 )   $ (1,455,198 )
                

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)

For the Period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     Members’ Capital  
   Member H -
Class I
    Member H -
Class II
    Member J -
Class I
    Member J -
Class II
    Futures
Strategic
Trust
    Total  

Balance at
December 31, 2005

   $ 515,430     $ 0     $ 10,152,980     $ 0     $ 0     $ 10,668,410  

Additions

     1,154,252       528,000       13,133,733       1,177,042       5,372,605       21,365,632  

Redemptions

     (422,422 )     (9,587 )     (1,009,312 )     (10,526 )     (40,011 )     (1,491,858 )

Net loss

     (106,358 )     (74,054 )     (1,124,334 )     (103,995 )     (46,457 )     (1,455,198 )
                                                

Balance at
December 31, 2006

     1,140,902       444,359       21,153,067       1,062,521       5,286,137       29,086,986  

Additions

     0       0       2,881,832       440,624       0       3,322,456  

Redemptions

     (109,663 )     (2,193 )     (1,610,471 )     (54,999 )     (5,226,072 )     (7,003,398 )

Net loss for the period
January 1, 2007 to
April 30, 2007

     (9,425 )     (3,946 )     (173,276 )     (11,023 )     (60,065 )     (257,735 )
                                                

Members capital before
liquidating redemptions

     1,021,814       438,220       22,251,152       1,437,123       0       25,148,309  

Liquidating redemptions

     (1,021,814 )     (438,220 )     (22,251,152 )     (1,437,123 )     0       (25,148,309 )
                                                

Members’ capital at
April 30, 2007

   $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
                                                

See accompanying notes.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Note 1. ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Trading Vehicle

WMT III Series H/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Trading Vehicle”) was a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on March 10, 2005, which terminated on April 30, 2007 under the provisions of the Trading Vehicle’s Organization Agreement. The Trading Vehicle commenced trading operations on December 1, 2005. The Trading Vehicle was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures contracts and options on futures contracts. Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Owner”) was the Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicle consisted of five members: World Monitor Trust III – Series H, Class I (“Member H-Class I”), World Monitor Trust III – Series H, Class II (“Member H-Class II”), World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class I (“Member J-Class I”), World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class II (“Member J-Class II”) and Futures Strategic Trust (collectively, the “Members”). Preferred was also the Managing Owner of each of the Members. Upon making the initial capital contribution, each Member received Voting Membership Interests.

The Trading Vehicle was a member-managed limited liability company that was not registered in any capacity with, or subject directly to regulation by, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  B. The Trading Advisor

The Trading Vehicle entered into an advisory agreement with Bridgewater Associates, Inc. (the “Trading Advisor”) to make the trading decisions for the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Advisor managed the assets in the Trading Vehicle pursuant to its Aggressive Pure Alpha Futures Only – A, No Benchmark program.

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Trading Vehicle are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

Commodity futures transactions are reflected in the accompanying statement of financial condition on the trade date. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (difference between contract trade price and market price) is reflected in the financial statements in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 39 – “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” The market value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is based upon the closing quotation on the various futures exchanges on which the contract is traded. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses on commodity transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed.

Brokerage commissions include other trading fees and are charged to expense when contracts are opened.

The Trading Vehicle has elected not to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 102, “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale.”

Consistent with standard business practices in the normal course of business, the Trading Vehicle provided general indemnifications to its Trading Advisor and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicle is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expects the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that the Trading Vehicle recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

Preferred as Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle has evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, the adoption of FIN 48 has no material impact on the Trading Vehicle, as the Trading Vehicle’s tax position is based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after the Trading Vehicle’s liquidation. Given this, Preferred, as Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle, has concluded that SFAS No. 157 has no impact on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements.

 

  B. Income Taxes

The Trading Vehicle is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. As such, the Trading Vehicle is not required to provide for, or pay, any Federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the Members. The Trading Vehicle may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.

 

  B. Capital Accounts

The Trading Vehicle accounted for additions, allocations of net gain (loss) and redemptions on a per member capital account basis.

The Trading Vehicle allocated profits and losses to its Members monthly on a pro rata basis based on each Member’s pro rata capital in the Trading Vehicle during the month. Distributions (other than redemptions of capital) were made at the sole discretion of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members’ respective capital balances. The Trading Vehicle had not made any distributions prior to termination.

 

  D. Foreign Currency Transactions

The Trading Vehicle’s functional currency was the U.S. dollar; however, it transacted business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar have been translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statement of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in operations currently.

 

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Note 3. MANAGEMENT AND INCENTIVE FEES

The Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 3.0% (3.0% annually) of the Trading Vehicle’s allocated assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month. For purposes of determining the management fee, any distributions, redemptions or reallocation of assets made as of the last day of each month were added back to the assets and there was no reduction for (i) the management fees calculated or (ii) any accrued but unpaid incentive fees due the Trading Advisor.

Additionally, the Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor an incentive fee of 20% (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). The incentive fee accrued monthly and was paid quarterly. For the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and for the year ended December 31, 2006, the Trading Advisor earned incentive fees of $0 and $237,915, respectively.

 

Note 4. OPERATING EXPENSES

Operating expenses of the Trading Vehicle were paid for by the Trading Vehicle.

 

Note 5. DEPOSITS WITH BROKER

The Trading Vehicle deposited funds with UBS Securities LLC to act as broker subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements were satisfied by the deposit of cash with such broker. The Trading Vehicle earned interest income on assets deposited with the broker at competitive rates.

 

Note 6. ADDITIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS

The Trading Vehicle was not required to make distributions, but was permitted to do so at the discretion of the Members. A Member could request and receive redemption of capital at any time, subject to the terms in the Organization Agreement.

 

Note 7. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

The Trading Vehicle was exposed to various types of risks associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it invested. These risks included, but were not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the Trading Vehicle’s investment activities (credit risk).

 

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Note 7. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Market Risk

Trading in futures contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of the Trading Vehicle’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeded the Trading Vehicle’s future cash requirements since the Trading Vehicle closed out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, the Trading Vehicle was generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, the Trading Vehicles considered the “fair value” of its derivative instruments to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with the Trading Vehicle’s commitments to purchase commodities was limited to the gross or face amount of the contract held. However, when the Trading Vehicle entered into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it was obligated to make delivery of the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposed the Trading Vehicle to unlimited risk.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effect among the derivative instruments the Trading Vehicle held and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which the Trading Vehicle traded.

 

  B. Credit Risk

When entering into futures contracts, the Trading Vehicle was exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, a clearinghouse is backed by its corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. The amount at risk associated with counterparty non-performance of all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts was the net unrealized gain included in the statement of financial condition; however, counterparty non-performance on only certain of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts might have resulted in a greater loss than non-performance on all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse can meet its obligations to the Trading Vehicle.

 

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Note 7. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

  B. Credit Risk (Continued)

 

The Managing Owner attempted to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring the Trading Vehicle and its Trading Advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies. Preferred monitored compliance with these trading limitations and policies, which included, but was not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement among the Trading Vehicle, Preferred and the Trading Advisor, the Trading Vehicle would have automatically terminated the Advisory Agreement, if the net asset value allocated to the Trading Advisor declined as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the value at the beginning of any calendar year or since the effective date of the Advisory Agreement. The decline in net asset value was after giving effect for distributions, subscriptions and redemptions.

The Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Trading Vehicle all assets of the Trading Vehicle relating to domestic futures trading and is not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets. At April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation) and December 31, 2006, such segregated assets totaled $19,495,157 and $23,649,869, respectively. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires the Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of the Trading Vehicle related to foreign futures trading which totaled $(124) and $136,650 at April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation) and December 31, 2006, respectively.

 

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Note 8. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trading Vehicle for the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and for the year ended December 31, 2006. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.

 

     Period January 1, 2007
to April 30, 2007

(Date of Liquidation)
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Total Return (1)

    

Total return before incentive fee

   (0.83 )%   (1.41 )%

Incentive fee

   0.00 %   (1.16 )%
            

Total return after incentive fee

   (0.83 )%   (2.57 )%
            

Ratios to average net asset value:

    

Expenses prior to incentive fee (2)

   3.97 %   3.80 %

Incentive fee (1)

   0.00 %   1.17 %
            

Total expenses and incentive fee

   3.97 %   4.97 %
            

Net investment gain (2),(3)

   0.62 %   0.73 %
            

Total returns and ratios to average net asset value are calculated for Members’ capital taken as a whole. An individual Member’s total return and ratios may vary from the above return and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.

 

(1)    Not annualized

(2)    Annualized

(3)    Represents interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fee).

 

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FINAL ANNUAL REPORT

As of April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

And for the Periods from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Members of

World Monitor Trust III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedules of investments, of World Monitor Trust III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Trading Vehicle”) as of April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006, and the related statements of operations and changes in members’ capital for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and the year ended December 31, 2006. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trading Vehicle’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Trading Vehicle is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trading Vehicle’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC at April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006, and the results of its operations and changes in its members’ capital for the period from January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and the year ended December 31, 2006 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     April 30,
2007
   December 31,
2006

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents

   $ 7,830    $ 0

Cash in commodity trading accounts

     22,072,902      22,775,701

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     923,605      1,593,108

Interest receivable

     85,232      88,932
             

Total assets

   $ 23,089,569    $ 24,457,741
             

LIABILITIES

     

Accrued expenses

   $ 76,078    $ 31,981

Commissions payable

     0      4,045

Advisor incentive fee payable

     0      129,513

Advisor management fee payable

     77,601      40,845

Redemptions payable

     22,935,890      0
             

Total liabilities

     23,089,569      206,384
             

MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

     

Member I - Class I

     0      261,165

Member J - Class I

     0      22,894,320

Member J - Class II

     0      1,095,872
             

Total members’ capital (Net Asset Value)

     0      24,251,357
             

Total liabilities and members’ capital

   $ 23,089,569    $ 24,457,741
             

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     April 30, 2007     December 31, 2006  
     Net
Unrealized
Gain
   Net
Unrealized
Gain

as a % of
Net Asset
Value*
    Net Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)

as a % of
Net Asset Value
 

Long futures contracts:

         

Currencies

   $ 0    0.00 %   $ (361,213 )   (1.49 )%

Metals

     913,445    3.88 %     97,782     0.40 %

Stock indices

     0    0.00 %     582,995     2.41 %
                           

Total long futures contracts

     913,445    3.88 %     319,564     1.32 %
                           

Short futures contracts:

         

Currencies

     0    0.00 %     335,930     1.38 %

Energy

     0    0.00 %     310,563     1.28 %

Interest rates

     0    0.00 %     926,304     3.82 %

Metals

     10,160    0.04 %     (299,253 )   (1.23 )%
                           

Total short futures contracts

     10,160    0.04 %     1,273,544     5.25 %
                           

Total futures contracts

   $ 923,605    3.92 %   $ 1,593,108     6.57 %
                           

 

* Prior to liquidating redemptions.

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     Period January 1, 2007
to April 30, 2007
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006

REVENUES

    

Realized

   $ (1,852,663 )   $ 414,806

Change in unrealized

     (669,503 )     1,691,544

Interest income

     362,757       842,504
              

Total revenues (loss)

     (2,159,409 )     2,948,854
              

EXPENSES

    

Brokerage commissions

     64,599       167,270

Advisor incentive fee

     0       267,294

Advisor management fee

     157,708       394,633

Operating expenses

     63,839       57,482
              

Total expenses

     286,146       886,679
              

NET INCOME (LOSS)

   $ (2,445,555 )   $ 2,062,175
              

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)

For the Period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and

For the Year Ended December 31, 2006

 

 

 

     Members’ Capital  
     Member I -
Class I
    Member J -
Class I
    Member J -
Class II
    Total  

Balance at December 31, 2005

   $ 509,108     $ 10,028,449     $ 0     $ 10,537,557  

Additions

     209,705       13,009,055       1,098,424       14,317,184  

Redemptions

     (475,143 )     (2,134,871 )     (55,545 )     (2,665,559 )

Net income

     17,495       1,991,687       52,993       2,062,175  
                                

Balance at December 31, 2006

     261,165       22,894,320       1,095,872       24,251,357  

Additions

     100,000       2,881,832       440,624       3,422,456  

Redemptions

     (9,592 )     (1,610,471 )     (54,999 )     (1,675,062 )

Net loss for the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007

     (34,139 )     (2,274,324 )     (137,092 )     (2,445,555 )
                                

Members’ capital before liquidating redemptions

     317,434       21,891,357       1,344,405       23,553,196  

Liquidating redemptions

     (317,434 )     (21,891,357 )     (1,344,405 )     (23,553,196 )
                                

Balance at April 30, 2007

   $ 0     $ 0     $ 0     $ 0  
                                

See accompanying notes.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Note 1. ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Trading Vehicle

WMT III Series I/J Trading Vehicle LLC (the “Trading Vehicle”) was a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on March 10, 2005, which terminated on April 30, 2007 under the provisions of the Trading Vehicle’s Organization Agreement. The Trading Vehicle commenced trading operations on December 1, 2005. The Trading Vehicle was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures contracts and options on futures contracts. Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Owner”) was the Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicle consisted of three members: World Monitor Trust III – Series I, Class I (“Member I”), World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class I (“Member J-Class I”) and World Monitor Trust III – Series J, Class II (“Member J-Class II”) (collectively, the “Members”). Preferred was also the Managing Owner of each of the Members. Upon making the initial capital contribution, each Member received Voting Membership Interests.

The Trading Vehicle was a member-managed limited liability company that was not registered in any capacity with, or subject directly to regulation by, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

  B. The Trading Advisor

The Trading Vehicle entered into an advisory agreement with Eagle Trading Systems Inc. (the “Trading Advisor”) to make the trading decisions for the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Advisor managed the assets in the Trading Vehicle pursuant to its Momentum program.

 

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Trading Vehicle are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America, which require the use of estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

Commodity futures transactions are reflected in the accompanying statement of financial condition on the trade date. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) is reflected in the financial statements in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 39 – “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” The market value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is based upon the closing quotation on the various futures exchanges on which the contract is traded. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses on commodity transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed.

Brokerage commissions include other trading fees and are charged to expense when contracts are opened.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

The Trading Vehicle has elected not to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by Statement of Financial Accounting Standards (“SFAS”) No. 102, “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale.”

Consistent with standard business practices in the normal course of business, the Trading Vehicle provided general indemnifications to its Trading Advisor and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of the Trading Vehicle. The Trading Vehicle is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expects the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that the Trading Vehicle recognize in its financial statements the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. Preferred as Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle has evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, the adoption of FIN 48 has no material impact on the Trading Vehicle, as the Trading Vehicle’s tax position is based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

In September 2006, FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after the Trading Vehicle’s liquidation. Given this, Preferred, as Managing Owner of the Trading Vehicle, has concluded that SFAS No. 157 has no impact on the Trading Vehicle’s financial statements.

 

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Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  B. Income Taxes

The Trading Vehicle is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. As such, the Trading Vehicle is not required to provide for, or pay, any Federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the Members. The Trading Vehicle may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.

 

  C. Capital Accounts

The Trading Vehicle accounted for additions, allocations of net gain (loss) and redemptions on a per member capital account basis.

The Trading Vehicle allocated profits and losses to its Members monthly on a pro rata basis based on each Member’s pro rata capital in the Trading Vehicle during the month. Distributions (other than redemptions of capital) could have been made at the sole discretion of the Members on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members’ respective capital balances. The Trading Vehicle had not made any distributions prior to termination.

 

  D. Foreign Currency Transactions

The Trading Vehicle’s functional currency was the U.S. dollar; however, it transacted business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statement of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in operations currently.

 

Note 3. MANAGEMENT AND INCENTIVE FEES

The Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor a monthly management fee equal to  1/12 of 2.0% (2.0% annually) of the Trading Vehicle’s allocated assets determined as of the close of business on the last day of each month. For purposes of determining the management fee, any distributions, redemptions or reallocation of assets made as of the last day of each month were added back to the assets and there was no reduction for (i) the management fees calculated or (ii) any accrued but unpaid incentive fees due the Trading Advisor.

Additionally, the Trading Vehicle paid the Trading Advisor an incentive fee of 20% (the “Incentive Fee”) of “New High Net Trading Profits” (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). The incentive fee accrued monthly and was paid quarterly. The Trading Advisor earned incentive fees of $0 and $267,294 for the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and for the year ended December 31, 2006, respectively.

 

Note 4. OPERATING EXPENSES

Operating expenses of the Trading Vehicle were paid for by the Trading Vehicle.

 

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Note 5. DEPOSITS WITH BROKER

The Trading Vehicle deposited funds with UBS Securities LLC to act as broker subject to CFTC regulations and various exchange and broker requirements. Margin requirements were satisfied by the deposit of cash with such broker. The Trading Vehicle earned interest income on assets deposited with the broker at competitive rates.

 

Note 6. ADDITIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS

The Trading Vehicle was not required to make distributions, but was permitted to do so at the discretion of the Members. A Member could have requested and received redemption of capital at any time, subject to the terms in the Organization Agreement.

 

Note 7. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

The Trading Vehicle was exposed to various types of risks associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it invested. These risks included, but were not limiteded to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the Trading Vehicle’s investment activities (credit risk).

 

  A. Market Risk

Trading in futures contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of the Trading Vehicle’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeds the Trading Vehicle’s future cash requirements since the Trading Vehicle intends to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, the Trading Vehicle was generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, the Trading Vehicle considered the “fair value” of its derivative instruments to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with the Trading Vehicle’s commitments to purchase commodities is limited to the gross or face amount of the contract held. However, when the Trading Vehicle enters into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it must make delivery of the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposes the Trading Vehicle to unlimited risk.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effect among the derivative instruments the Trading Vehicle held and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which the Trading Vehicle traded.

 

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Note 7. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

  B. Credit Risk

When entering into futures contracts, the Trading Vehicle was exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, a clearinghouse is backed by its corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. The amount at risk associated with counterparty non-performance of all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts was the net unrealized gain included in the statement of financial condition; however, counterparty non-performance on only certain of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts might have resulted in greater loss than non-performance on all of the Trading Vehicle’s contracts. There can be no assurance that any counterparty, clearing member or clearinghouse would have met it’s obligations to the Trading Vehicle.

The Managing Owner attempted to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring the Trading Vehicle and its Trading Advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies. Preferred monitored compliance with these trading limitations and policies, which included, but were not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, pursuant to the Advisory Agreement among the Trading Vehicle, Preferred and the Trading Advisor, the Trading Vehicle shall automatically terminate the Advisory Agreement, if the net asset value allocated to the Trading Advisor declined as of the end of any business day by at least 40% from the value at the beginning of any calendar year or since the effective date of the Advisory Agreement. The decline in net asset value was after giving effect for distributions, subscriptions and redemptions.

The Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Trading Vehicle all assets of the Trading Vehicle relating to domestic futures trading and is not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets. At April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation) and December 31, 2006, such segregated assets totaled $17,200,304 and $19,166,403, respectively. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires the Trading Vehicle’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of the Trading Vehicle related to foreign futures trading which totaled $1,670,429 and $1,732,473 at April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation) and December 31, 2006, respectively.

As of April 30, 2007 (date of liquidation), all open futures contracts mature in June 2007.

 

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Note 8. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Trading Vehicle for the period January 1, 2007 to April 30, 2007 (Date of Liquidation) and for the year ended December 31, 2006. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.

 

     Period January 1, 2007
to April 30, 2007

(Date of
Liquidation)
    Year Ended
December 31,
2006
 

Total Return (1)

    

Total return before incentive fee

   (9.56 )%   9.49 %

Incentive fee

   0.00 %   (1.41 )%
            

Total return after incentive fee

   (9.56 )%   8.08 %
            

Ratios to average net asset value:

    

Expenses prior to incentive fee (2)

   3.60 %   3.27 %

Incentive fee (1)

   0.00 %   1.41 %
            

Total expenses and incentive fee

   3.60 %   4.68 %
            

Net investment gain (2) (3)

   0.96 %   1.18 %
            

Total returns and ratios to average net asset value are calculated for Members’ capital taken as a whole. An individual Member’s total return and ratios may vary from the above return and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.

 

(1)     Not annualized.

(2)     Annualized.

(3)     Represents interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fee).

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 27th day of March, 2009.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J
By:  

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

Managing Owner

  
  By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

   Date: March 27, 2009
    David K. Spohr   
    Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant in the capacities indicated on March 27, 2009.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J
By:   Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. Managing Owner   
  By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

   Date: March 27, 2009
    Kenneth A. Shewer   
    Co-Chief Executive Officer   
    (Principal Executive Officer)   
  By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

   Date: March 27, 2009
    David K. Spohr   
    Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration   
    (Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)   

 

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OTHER INFORMATION

The actual round-turn equivalent of brokerage commissions paid per contract for the year ended December 31, 2008 was $3.68.

Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is available to Limited Owners without charge upon written request to:

World Monitor Trust III – Series J

c/o Preferred Investment Solutions Corp

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, NY 10573

 

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EX-3.1 2 dex31.htm THIRD AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AGREEMENT Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust Agreement

Exhibit 3.1

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

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     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

   40

SECTION 7.3. Redemption Charge

   40

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

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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.

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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 Unitmeans 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.

(i) Subscription Agreement. Each Series J Unitholder who purchases any Units offered pursuant to the Memorandum shall contribute to the capital of Series J such amount as he shall state in the Subscription Agreement which he shall execute (as

 

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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:

(i) commodity brokerage services and/or administrative services, provided, however, that such services may be performed by an Affiliate or Affiliates of the Managing Owner so long as the Managing Owner has made a good faith

 

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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.

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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.

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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-4.4 3 dex44.htm FORM OF PRIVACY NOTICES OF THE MANAGING OWNER DATED JANUARY 2009. Form of Privacy Notices of the Managing Owner dated January 2009.

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Exhibit 4.4

PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE OF KENMAR

January 2009

This Privacy Policy Notice explains the manner in which Kenmar* collects, utilizes and maintains non-public personal information about customers who are individuals, as required under federal and other applicable law. Kenmar is committed to protecting a customer’s privacy and maintaining the confidentiality and security of a customer’s personal information.

Collection of Information. Kenmar collects non-public information about customers from the following sources:

 

   

Applications, questionnaires and other information provided by a customer in writing, in person, by telephone, electronically or by any other means. This information may include name, address, e-mail address, employment information, and financial and investment information;

 

   

Kenmar-related transactions and investments, including account balances, investments and withdrawals/redemptions; and

 

   

If you visit Kenmar’s web site, software is used to collect anonymous data such as browser types, pages visited, and date of visit. Kenmar uses this data to better understand web site usage and to improve its web site. The information is stored in log files and is used for aggregated and statistical reporting. This log information is not linked to personally identifiable information gathered elsewhere on the site.

Use and Disclosure of Information. Kenmar uses personal information in ways compatible with the purposes for which we originally requested it. Kenmar does not disclose non-public personal information about customers to affiliates or nonaffiliated third parties except in limited circumstances as required or permitted by law. For example, we may share non-public personal information about customers with affiliated and nonaffiliated parties in the following situations, among others: in connection with the administration and operations of Kenmar and/or to service your account(s), or to provide services or process transactions that you have requested, with Kenmar’s brokers, custodians, administrators, attorneys, accountants, auditors, or other service providers; to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or regulatory inquiry; to protect or defend against fraud, unauthorized transactions (such as money laundering), law suits, claims or other liabilities; to protect the security of our records, or to protect our rights or property; in connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of Kenmar’s business; to otherwise assist Kenmar in offering Kenmar-related products and services to customers; at a customer’s direction/consent, with the customer’s representatives, advisors and other third parties.

Kenmar restricts access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. Kenmar maintains appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information.

Kenmar’s Privacy Policy also applies to former customers. Kenmar reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time. The examples above are illustrations and are not intended to be exclusive. Kenmar’s Privacy Policy complies with federal law regarding privacy—you may have additional rights under other foreign or domestic laws that may apply to you.

If you have any questions, please call Kenmar’s Investor Services and Communications at 914-307-4000 or send a letter to Kenmar, Attention: Investor Services, 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, NY 10573.

 

* Kenmar” or “we” means (i) collectively, Kenmar Securities Inc., Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., Kenmar Investment Adviser LLC and Kenmar Global Investment Management LLC , (ii) private and public investment funds/pools advised by Kenmar, and (iii) each of their affiliates.


Important Privacy Choices for California Consumers

You have the right to control whether Kenmar shares some of your personal information. Please read the following information carefully before you make your choices below.

Your Rights

You have the following rights to restrict the sharing of personal and financial information with our affiliates (companies we own or control) and outside companies that we do business with. Nothing in this form prohibits the sharing of information necessary for us to follow the law, as permitted by law, or to give you the best service on your accounts with us. This includes sending you information about some other products or services.

Your Choices

Restrict Information Sharing With Companies We Own or Control (Affiliates):

Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with our affiliated companies.

(            ) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with your affiliated companies.

Restrict Information Sharing With Other Companies We Do Business With To Provide Financial Products And Services:

Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with outside companies we contract with to provide financial products and services to you. As a practical matter, it may be impossible to provide products and services to you if we cannot share your personal and financial information with such service providers to your account.

(            ) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with outside companies you contract with to provide financial products and services.

Restrict Information Sharing With Other Companies That Do Not Provide Products and Services To You:

Unless you say “Yes” we may not share personal and financial information about you with outside companies who do not provide financial products and services to you.

(            ) YES, I authorize you to share personal and financial information with outside companies who do not provide financial products and services to you.

Time Sensitive Reply

You may make your privacy choice(s) at any time. Your choice(s) marked here or otherwise indicated to us will remain unless you state otherwise. However, if we do not hear from you we may share some of your information with affiliated companies and other companies with whom we have contracts to provide products and services.

To exercise your choices or to modify any of your prior choices do one of the following: (1) Fill out, sign and send back this form to us using the envelope provided (you may want to make a copy for your records); or (2) call Kenmar Investor Services at 914-307-4000 to communicate the information to us.

 

Print Name:  

 

       
Signature:  

 

    Date:  

 

 

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EX-10.14 4 dex1014.htm AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICES AGREEMENT Amended and Restated Services Agreement

Exhibit 10.14

AMENDED AND RESTATED SERVICES AGREEMENT

This Amended and Restated Services Agreement (this “Agreement”), dated as of January 1, 2009 (“Effective Date”), is entered into by and between SPECTRUM GLOBAL FUND ADMINISTRATION, L.L.C., a Delaware limited liability company (the “Company”), and WORLD MONITOR TRUST III – SERIES J (“Series J”), a series of WORLD MONITOR TRUST III, a Delaware statutory trust (“WMT III” and, together with Series J, the “Client”), under the following circumstances:

RECITALS:

A. WHEREAS, the Company provides certain financial, accounting, valuation and administrative services, including the implementation of its Virtual Back Office (VBO™) outsourcing service.

B. WHEREAS, the Company and the Client entered into a Services Agreement dated as of May 23, 2007 (the Original Agreement) whereby the Client engaged the Company to provide certain financial, accounting, valuation and administrative (including registrar and transfer agent) services, as set forth herein.

C. WHEREAS, the Company and the Client desire to amend and restate the Original Agreement.

NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual promises set forth herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and adequacy of which are hereby acknowledged, the Parties hereby agree as follows:

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

“Additional Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.2.

“Administrative Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.1.

“Advisers Act” means the United States Investment Advisers Act of 1940, as amended.

“Affiliate” means, with respect to a Party, any Person that controls, is under common control with or is controlled by such Party. For these purposes, “control” means the possession, directly or indirectly, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management of any Person, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract, or otherwise.

“AML Laws, Regulations and Policies” has the meaning set forth in Section 12.2(a).

“Business Day means any day on which (a) banks are open for domestic and foreign exchange business in New York, New York, United States of America or (b) the New York Stock Exchange is scheduled to be open for trading.


“CEA” means the United States Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

“CFTC” means the United States Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

“Change in Control” means (i) the acquisition by a Person of more than one-half of the voting rights or equity interests in the Company; or (ii) the sale, conveyance or other disposition of all or substantially all of the assets, property or business of the Company in one transaction or a series of related transactions or the merger into or consolidation with any other Person (other than a wholly-owned subsidiary) or effectuation of any transaction or series of related transactions where holders of the Company’s voting securities prior to such transaction or series of transactions fail to continue to hold at least fifty percent (50%) of the voting power of the Company, or (iii) any Person not in control of the Company before the Effective Date acquires, after the Effective Date, the possession, direct or indirect, of the power to direct or cause the direction of the management and policies of the Company, whether through the ownership of voting securities, by contract or otherwise.

“Claims” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

“Client” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Client Data” means all data of the Client provided to the Company by the Client or any service provider thereof (including Client’s administrator for period before the Company commenced providing Administrative Services) including, but not limited to, data related to securities trades and other transaction data, investment returns, issue descriptive data, market data and the like, and all output and derivatives thereof. For purposes of clarification, “Client Data” shall include any information received by the Company from (1) the Client’s clearing broker or Manager, (2) any Investment Fund or Managed Account in which the Client invests, (3) any Manager of any such Investment Fund or Managed Account, or (4) any administrator or clearing broker for any such Investment Fund or Managed Account.

“Client Directions” has the meaning set forth in Section 2.5.

“Client Employee” shall mean any person then employed by the Client or any agent of the Client retained to provide services to the Client or who has been employed by the Client or served as an agent to the Client during the 180 days immediately prior thereto.

“Client Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

“Company” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Company Employee” shall mean any person then employed by the Company or any agent of the Company retained to provide services to the Company in connection with Company’s obligations hereunder at any time or who has been employed by the Company or served as an agent to the Company during the 180 days immediately prior thereto.

“Company Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

 

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“Company System” means the hardware, software, database applications and other systems used by or on behalf of the Company to perform the Services.

“Confidential Information” means, with respect to a Party, all information disclosed by, on behalf of, or at the direction of such Party to the other Party in connection with or related to such Party’s responsibilities under this Agreement, in any form or medium, and regardless of whether marked or otherwise identified as confidential, including, but not limited to, Client Data. Confidential Information does not include information that the Receiving Party can establish: (i) has become generally available to the public or commonly known in either Party’s business other than as a result of a breach by the Receiving Party of any obligation to the Disclosing Party; (ii) was known to the Receiving Party prior to disclosure to the Receiving Party by the Disclosing Party by reason other than having been previously disclosed in confidence to the Receiving Party; (iii) was disclosed to the Receiving Party on a non-confidential basis by a third party who did not owe an obligation of confidence to the Disclosing Party with respect to the disclosed information; (iv) was independently developed by the Receiving Party without any reference to, or use of, any part of the Confidential Information; or (v) is required to be disclosed by law, regulation, or court order (provided that the Party subject to such law, regulation or court order shall, where possible to do so without breaching applicable law, notify the other Party of any such use or requirement prior to disclosure in order to afford such other Party an opportunity to seek a protective order to prevent or limit disclosure of the information to third parties). “Confidential Information” also includes the part of any tangible media upon or within which any part of the Confidential Information is recorded or reproduced in any form, excluding any storage device that forms a part of computer hardware.

“Disclosing Party” means the Party disclosing Confidential Information.

“Effective Date” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Extraordinary Fees” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.

“Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act” means Title V of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 6801, et seq., and its implementing regulations.

“Indemnified Party has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

“Indemnifying Party has the meaning set forth in Section 8.3.

“Investment Fund” means any partnership, limited liability company, corporation, trust or other collective investment entity engaged in the business of trading and/or investing in Investment Interests that is managed by a Manager.

“Investment Interests” means any financial instruments traded by the Client or an Investment Fund or a Managed Account in which the Client is invested or any Manager for any of the foregoing, including but not limited to securities, indices, commodities, futures contracts, forward contracts, foreign exchange commitments, swap contracts, spot (cash) commodities and other items, options on any of the foregoing, and any rights pertaining to the foregoing contracts, instruments or investments throughout the world.

 

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“Losses has the meaning set forth in Section 8.1.

“Managed Account” means a separately managed account managed on behalf of the Client by a Manager.

“Manager” means any person or entity engaged in the business of investing, trading and/or speculating in Investment Interests (whether registered, exempt from registration or not subject to registration) retained by or for the Client or an Investment Fund or Managed Account in which the Client is invested.

“NASD” means the United States National Association of Securities Dealers Inc.

“NFA” means the United States National Futures Association.

“OFAC List” means the List of Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked Persons (the SDN List) and the List of Embargoed Regions (the Embargoed Regions List), both of which are maintained by the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control.

“Original Agreement” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

“Party” means either the Company or the Client, as applicable. “Parties” means both the Company and the Client.

“Person” means any individual or other legal entity, including a corporation, limited liability company or partnership.

“Personal Information” means customer personal information provided to, and maintained by, the Company in confidence, including but not limited to: personally identifiable financial information as defined by the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act. “Personal Information” shall not include any personal information not required by law to be kept confidential.

“Preferred” means Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the managing owner of the Client, and its Affiliates, and each of its or their shareholders, members, partners, directors, officers, employees, agents, attorneys and representatives.

“Preferred Employee” shall mean any person then employed by Preferred or any agent of Preferred retained to provide services to Preferred or who has been employed by Preferred or served as an agent to Preferred during the 180 days immediately prior thereto.

“Preferred Indemnified Person” has the meaning set forth in Section 8.6.

“Receiving Party” means the Party receiving Confidential Information disclosed by the Disclosing Party.

“SEC” means the United States Securities and Exchange Commission.

“Series J” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

 

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“Services” means any services performed or to be performed by the Company hereunder, including the Implementation Services, the Administrative Services, any Additional Services and any Transfer Services.

“Term” means the initial term of this Agreement, together with all renewal terms, each as set forth in Section 4.1.

“Transfer Services” has the meaning set forth in Section 4.5.

“United States Patriot Act of 2001” means the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

“WMT III” has the meaning set forth in the preamble to this Agreement.

ARTICLE II

SERVICES

 

2.1) Administrative Services. The Company shall continue to perform the administrative services set forth in Schedule I (the “Administrative Services”). The provision of Administrative Services is subject to the assumptions set forth in Exhibit A; as such assumptions may be revised in accordance with the Implementation Plan. If there are any material changes to these assumptions during the Term or if the assumptions are materially incorrect, the Company and the Client agree to negotiate in good faith any adjustment in the fees and payments set forth in Section 3.1 below to compensate for any increase or decrease in effort, resources or costs required to deliver the Services to the Client, provided that such adjustment in the fees and payments is agreed upon in writing by the Client in advance.

 

2.2) Additional Services. The Company may, at its option and in its sole discretion, provide such additional services as requested by the Client from time to time, including the services enumerated in Schedule II (the “Additional Services”). In the event the Client shall request services (including any Additional Services) or the preparation of any document or report outside the scope or timing of the Services, the Company shall charge and the Client shall pay an additional fee to be agreed upon by both parties in writing in advance as provided in Schedule II.

 

2.3)

Performance. The Company shall perform the Services (a) in a reasonable manner, (b) consistent with applicable industry standards and the terms of this Agreement and (c) timely and in accordance with the delivery schedule(s) set forth in this Agreement and the Schedules and Exhibits thereto. In addition to any other remedies provided under this Agreement, the Client’s primary remedy in the event that (i) the Company fails to perform the Services as required hereunder, or (ii) the Company’s performance of any such Services results in any errors, shall be, at the Client’s election, for the Company to promptly re-perform the applicable Services and correct the error within a reasonable time period after the Client notifies the Company in writing of such failure or error. The Client shall immediately notify the Company in writing of any such failures or errors of which the Client becomes aware and fully cooperate with the Company in its re-performing the applicable Services or correcting such error. Notwithstanding the

 

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foregoing, the Company shall not be responsible or liable for any such failure or error for which the Company did not receive written notice from the Client within sixty (60) days after the Client first knew or should have known of such failure or error. Nothing contained in this Section 2.3 shall limit the Client’s rights and/or remedies as set forth in any other provision of this Agreement.

 

2.4) Subcontractors; Outside Services. The Client acknowledges and agrees that the Company may use subcontractors, including but not limited to attorneys, bankers, accountants or stockbrokers, for the performance of the Services; provided that the Company remains responsible for all of its obligations hereunder and for the payment of such subcontractors. The Company shall provide the Client with written notice prior to the use of any subcontractors and shall obtain the Client’s prior written consent prior to the use of any subcontractors that represent a material change from the Company’s operations, which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned.

 

2.5) Client Directions. In the course of performing the Services, the Company may receive written or oral instructions or directions from the Client or its employees, agents or representatives with respect to the Services (collectively, the “Client Directions”). The Company may rely upon and comply with any Client Direction in performing its obligations under this Agreement. If and to the extent that the Company acts or fails to act as a result of its reliance upon any Client Direction, the Company shall be relieved of any liability arising therefrom, and such act or failure to act shall not constitute a breach or non-performance of any warranty or obligation of the Company hereunder; provided that this Section 2.5 shall not relieve the Company from any liability resulting from its gross negligence, intentional unlawful conduct or material departure from applicable industry standards. If any Client Direction is inconsistent with or conflicts with any provision of this Agreement, the Company may disregard such Client Direction or require that such Client Direction be confirmed in a written amendment to this Agreement.

ARTICLE III

FEES AND PAYMENT

 

3.1) Administrative Services Fees. The Client shall pay the fees set forth or referred to in Exhibit B for the Administrative Services. All fixed recurring fees shall be payable monthly in arrears based upon Client’s beginning-of-month net assets. Any increases or decreases in the Administrative Services Fees shall be agreed upon in advance in writing by the Company and the Client. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees that (a) it shall not increase the Administrative Services Fees through December 31, 2009 and (b) it shall provide the Client with three (3) months prior written notice of its intent to increase the Administrative Services Fees.

 

3.2)

Additional Service Fees. Unless otherwise agreed in writing by the Company, all Additional Services, including the Additional Services described in Schedule III, shall be subject to additional fees determined by the Company in accordance with its standard practices and fees, provided that such additional fees are agreed to in advance in writing by Client. Any increases or decreases in the Additional Services Fees shall be agreed

 

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upon in advance in writing by the Company and the Client. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company agrees that (a) it shall not increase the Additional Service Fees through December 31, 2009 and (b) it shall provide the Client with three (3) months prior written notice of its intent to increase the Additional Service Fees.

 

3.3) Expenses. In addition to the fees set forth in Sections 3.1 and 3.2 above, the Client shall be responsible for all pre-approved direct costs and expenses, including travel and lodging expenses, incurred by the Company in performing the Services hereunder. Such costs and expenses must be approved by the Client in advance in writing. The Company shall pass-through such costs and expenses to the Client without any mark-up or premium.

 

3.4) Invoices. Except as otherwise set forth or referred to in Exhibit B, the Company shall invoice the Client for all fees, costs and expenses on a monthly basis. All invoices are payable within thirty (30) days of receipt. All invoices shall be paid in U.S. dollars by bank check or wire transfer in accordance with the payment instructions provided on the applicable invoice. All invoiced amounts not paid within such time period shall be subject to a late fee equal to the lesser of (a) 1 1/2% per month or (b) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

ARTICLE IV

TERM AND TERMINATION

 

4.1) Term.

 

  a) The initial term of this Agreement shall begin on the Effective Date and continue for a period of eighteen (18) months. Thereafter, this Agreement shall continue in effect in accordance with its provisions from year to year after its initial term unless (i) terminated (A) by Client or Preferred upon not less than two (2) months’ prior written notice to the Company or (B) by the Company upon not less than four (4) months’ prior written notice to the Client, or (ii) there is an early termination of this Agreement pursuant to Sections 4.2 or 4.3. The Client shall have up to two (2) months from the effective date on the written notice of termination to complete the Transfer as described in Section 4.5.

 

  b) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company, the Client or Preferred may terminate this Agreement in accordance with the notice provisions of Section 4.1(a) for any reason in their sole and absolute discretion.

 

4.2) Termination by the Company. The Company may terminate this Agreement at any time by notice to the Client, if:

 

  a) (i) any invoice hereunder remains unpaid for more than sixty (60) Business Days after the Client’s receipt (unless such invoice or portion thereof is subject to dispute by Client) and (ii) the Company notifies the Client in writing that any invoice hereunder is unpaid for more than sixty (60) Business Days after Client’s receipt thereof and (iii) the Client has not paid any undisputed amount within two (2) Business Days following Client’s receipt of the written notice provided in (ii) above;

 

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  b) the Client materially breaches this Agreement, including by its failure to provide the Company with the necessary data in the format prescribed by the Company, and does not cure such breach within thirty (30) days after its receipt of notice thereof;

 

  c) the Client (i) goes into liquidation (other than a voluntary liquidation commenced by the Client or Preferred in connection with the closing of the Client), (ii) becomes bankrupt, (iii) has a receiver appointed over its assets (other than a voluntary liquidation commenced by the Client or Preferred in connection with the closing of the Client), (iv) is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, (v) commences negotiations with its creditors with a view toward adjustments or rescheduling of its indebtedness or (vi) makes a general assignment of its assets for the benefit of its creditors; or

 

  d) the Client takes any corporate action or legal proceedings are instituted for the winding-up or dissolution of the Client, other than a voluntary liquidation instituted by Client in which Client agrees to pay the Company in advance for its services pursuant to a written invoice submitted by the Company to the Client.

 

4.3) Termination by the Client. The Client may terminate this Agreement at any time by notice to the Company, if:

 

  a) the Company materially breaches this Agreement and does not cure such breach within thirty (30) days after its receipt of notice thereof;

 

  b) the Company (i) goes into liquidation, (ii) becomes bankrupt, (iii) has a receiver appointed over its assets, (iv) is unable to pay its debts as they fall due, (v) commences negotiations with its creditors with a view toward adjustments or rescheduling of its indebtedness or (vi) makes a general assignment of its assets for the benefit of its creditors;

 

  c) the Company takes any corporate action or legal proceedings are instituted for the winding-up or dissolution of the Company;

 

  d) the Client terminates, closes or dissolves, or the management of the Client is transferred to an unaffiliated manager, provided that in any such case the Client shall use its reasonable best efforts to provide the Company with as much prior notice as is possible under the circumstances; or

 

  e) a Change in Control occurs.

 

4.4)

Extension of Cure Period. The cure periods provided for in Section 4.2(c) and 4.3(b) shall be extended for up to one hundred twenty (120) days (or for such longer period as the Parties may agree in writing) if (a) the breaching Party is making reasonable efforts to cure the breach as promptly as practicable, (b) a cure cannot practicably be achieved

 

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within the initial cure period, and (c) prior to the end of the initial cure period, the breaching Party gives the non-breaching Party notice of the need for an extension, which notice will describe the actions being taken by the breaching Party to cure the breach.

 

4.5) Cooperation with Transfer. Upon expiration or termination of this Agreement, the Company shall use its best efforts to cooperate with the Client in the transfer of the Company’s obligations hereunder to the Client or its designee. Unless otherwise agreed upon in writing, the Client shall continue to pay its Administrative Service Fees during the course of the Transfer and shall pay the Company for any non-routine, unusual or extraordinary fees and expenses (“Extraordinary Fees”) for any services performed by the Company in connection with such cooperation (“Transfer Services”). Any such Extraordinary Fees shall be billed to the Client by the Company at cost. The Company may, at its option and in its discretion, require that Client pay such fees, or a deposit towards such fees, prior to the Company’s performance of any Transfer Services. Provided that the Company fulfills its obligations and responsibilities in all respects by delivering to the Client or its designee all necessary information to the new service provider, the Company shall not be obligated to provide Transfer Services for more than six (6) months following the expiration of this Agreement or the effective date as stated in any notice of termination, as provided in Section 4.1(a). The Company agrees not to increase the Client’s Administrative Service Fee during the period in which it is providing Transfer Services to the Client.

 

4.6) Effect of Termination. The expiration or termination of this Agreement shall not excuse the Client from the payment of any fees, costs or expenses incurred prior to such expiration or termination. The following provisions shall survive the expiration or termination of this Agreement for any reason: Articles V, VI, VII, VIII and Sections 4.5, 14.2, 14.4, 14.8 and 14.15.

ARTICLE V

CONFIDENTIALITY; NON-SOLICITATION; NON-EXCLUSIVITY

 

5.1) Confidentiality.

 

  a)

Each Party shall protect the confidentiality of the other Party’s Confidential Information in the same manner that it protects its own confidential information of a similar nature, but in no less than a reasonable manner. The Company shall only use the Client’s Confidential Information in connection with the performance of the Company’s obligations hereunder. The Client shall only use the Company’s Confidential Information in connection with the Client’s use and enjoyment of the Services. During the Term, the Receiving Party may: (i) disclose Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party only to its subcontractors, agents, representatives, advisors, employees, officers and directors and affiliates who have a need to know such information exclusively for the purpose of executing its obligations or exercising its rights under this Agreement, provided that in no event shall the Company disclose any Confidential Information to any such person unless such person is subject to a confidentiality agreement with the Company that prohibits such person from disclosing any

 

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Confidentiality Information to any person not a party to, or otherwise bound by the terms of, this Agreement; or (ii) reproduce the Confidential Information received from the Disclosing Party only as required to execute its obligations or exercise its rights under this Agreement.

 

  b) In the event that either Party is required under applicable law to disclose any of the other Party’s Confidential Information, the Party subject to such requirement shall promptly notify the other Party of such requirement so that the other Party may challenge such requirement or seek an appropriate protective order or other similar protection. Unless advised by legal counsel that such a course of action would expose the Party subject to such requirement to civil or criminal liability, the Party subject to such requirement shall fully cooperate with the other Party in connection with the foregoing; provided that the other Party shall reimburse the Party subject to such requirement for all reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by it with respect to such cooperation.

 

  c) Except as otherwise specifically provided in this Agreement, the Receiving Party shall not during the Term, and after expiration or earlier termination hereof: (i) disclose, in whole or in part, any Confidential Information received directly or indirectly from the Disclosing Party; or (ii) sell, rent, lease, transfer, encumber, pledge, reproduce, publish, transmit, translate, modify, reverse engineer, compile, disassemble or otherwise use such Confidential Information in whole or in part.

 

  d) The Receiving Party acknowledges that: (i) the Disclosing Party possesses and will continue to possess Confidential Information that has been created, discovered or developed by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party, or otherwise provided to the Disclosing Party by third parties, which information has commercial value and is not in the public domain; (ii) unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information is likely to cause injury not readily measurable in monetary damages, and therefore irreparable; (iii) in the event of an unauthorized use or disclosure of Confidential Information, the Disclosing Party shall be entitled, without waiving any other rights or remedies, to such injunctive or equitable relief as may be deemed proper by a court of competent jurisdiction; (iv) subject to the rights expressly granted to the Receiving Party in this Agreement, the Disclosing Party and its licensors retain all right, title and interest in and to the Confidential Information, including without limiting the generality of the foregoing, title to all Confidential Information regardless of whether provided by or on behalf of the Disclosing Party or created by the Receiving Party; and (v) any disclosure by the directors, officers, employees, and agents of the Receiving Party shall be deemed to be disclosure by the Receiving Party and the Receiving Party shall be liable for any such disclosure as if the Receiving Party had disclosed the Confidential Information.

 

  e)

All Confidential Information disclosed by the Disclosing Party shall be and shall remain the property of the Disclosing Party. Within five (5) days after being so requested by the Disclosing Party, except to the extent the Receiving Party is advised in writing by counsel such destruction is prohibited by law, it shall return

 

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or destroy all documents thereof furnished to it by the Disclosing Party and it shall also destroy all written material, memoranda, notes, copies, excerpts and other writings or recordings whatsoever prepared by it or its employees based upon, containing or otherwise reflecting any Confidential Information. Any destruction of materials shall be confirmed by the Receiving Party in writing; provided, however, that any party may retain (i) one copy of the Confidential Information that it deems necessary to comply with any obligations under all applicable laws, rules, regulations and (ii) any Confidential Information it believes cannot reasonably be destroyed (such as oral communications reflecting Confidential Information, firm electronic mail back-up records, back-up server tapes and any similar such automated record-keeping or other retention systems), which shall remain in perpetuity subject to the confidentiality terms of this Agreement. Any Confidential Information that is not returned or destroyed, including without limitation any oral Confidential Information shall remain in perpetuity subject to the confidentiality obligations set forth in this Agreement.

 

  f) Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, in this Article V or in Article XI, the Company shall have the right to mine, utilize, distribute, sell, share or market aggregated, amalgamated or compiled statistical information obtained or developed by the Company in the performance of the Services provided hereunder, so long as the Company does so in a manner that does not reveal or disclose any information which is identifiable with, or specific, traceable or attributable to, the Client or its investors. For purposes of clarification, the only specific information relating to or associated with the Client that the Company may disclose is the name of the Client and the Client’s assets under management.

 

5.2) Non-Solicitation.

 

  a) The Client shall neither hire nor solicit for employment any Company Employee with whom the Client has had contact during the Term without the prior written authorization of the Company. If the Client hires any such Company Employee, without such authorization, the Client shall pay Company an amount equal to such Company Employee’s total first year compensation at the Client.

 

  b) The Company shall neither hire nor solicit for employment any Client Employee or Preferred Employee with whom the Company has had contact during the Term without the prior written authorization of the Client or Preferred, as applicable. If the Company hires any such Client Employee or Preferred Employee, without such authorization, the Company shall pay the Client or Preferred, as applicable, an amount equal to such Client Employee’s or Preferred Employee’s total first year compensation at the Company.

 

5.3) Non-Exclusivity. Neither this Agreement nor the nature of the services provided to the Client shall preclude the Company from acting as administrator or for providing services of any nature to any other Person.

 

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5.4) Publicity.

 

  a) Neither the Company nor the Client shall distribute any publicity, including press releases, regarding the nature of this Agreement without receiving the prior written approval of the other. Unless directed otherwise in writing, the Company shall be permitted to refer to the Client as a current or past client, provided that neither the Company nor any Affiliate or Company Employee shall be permitted to disclose or refer to the Client or Preferred as a current client until such time as the Implementation Plan has been completed in full as to Client and all investment funds managed by Preferred or its Affiliates, or Preferred has otherwise agreed to in writing.

 

  b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company acknowledges and agrees that the Client and Preferred are subject to various laws, rules and regulations. The Company agrees that the Client and Preferred may make disclosures required by such laws, rules and regulations as it deems appropriate under the circumstances.

ARTICLE VI

EXCLUSION OF CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES

In no event shall the Company be liable for any punitive, exemplary or other special damages, or for any indirect, incidental or consequential damages (including lost profits or lost business opportunity), in each case arising under or in relation to this Agreement (including with respect to the performance or non-performance of any Services), whether arising under breach of contract, tort or any other legal theory, and regardless of whether the Company has been advised of, knew of, or should have known of the possibility of such damages. In no event shall this Article VI be deemed to have failed of its essential purpose.

ARTICLE VII

WARRANTY DISCLAIMER

Other than with respect to Article XII, the Company hereby specifically disclaims any and all representations or warranties, express or implied, arising by law or otherwise, arising under or relating to this Agreement or the subject matter hereof (including with respect to the Services and the Company System), including any implied warranties of merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, title, and non-infringement. Without limiting the foregoing, the Company makes no representations or warranties that the Services will be uninterrupted or error-free.

ARTICLE VIII

INDEMNIFICATION

 

8.1)

Company Indemnity. The Client shall be responsible for any and all liabilities, claims, damages, judgments, costs and expenses (including court costs and reasonable attorneys’ fees) (collectively, “Losses”) incurred by Company Indemnified Persons (as defined below) as a result of, and shall defend, indemnify, and hold Company Indemnified Persons harmless from and against, any and all third-party claims, actions, suits or proceedings (collectively, “Claims”) to the extent arising from: (a) the Company’s

 

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performance or non-performance of the Services (except to the extent a Claim arises from the Company’s gross negligence or intentional unlawful conduct); (b) Client Directions, or (c) the Client’s gross negligence or intentional unlawful conduct.

 

8.2) Client Indemnity. The Company shall be responsible for any and all Losses incurred by Client Indemnified Persons and Preferred Indemnified Persons (each as defined below) as a result of, and shall defend, indemnify, and hold Client Indemnified Persons and Preferred Indemnified Persons harmless from and against, any and all third-party Claims to the extent arising from the Company’s gross negligence or intentional unlawful conduct in the performance of the Services.

 

8.3) Notice. Neither Party will be liable for any claim for indemnification under this Article VIII unless notice of such claim is delivered by the Party seeking indemnification (the “Indemnified Party”) to the Party from whom indemnification is sought (the “Indemnifying Party”). If any third party notifies the Indemnified Party with respect to any matter which may give rise to a claim for indemnification against the Indemnifying Party under this Article VIII, then the Indemnified Party shall notify the Indemnifying Party promptly thereof in writing and in any event within thirty (30) days after receiving such notice from the third party; provided that no delay on the part of the Indemnified Party in notifying the Indemnifying Party will relieve the Indemnifying Party from any obligation hereunder unless the Indemnifying Party is materially prejudiced thereby. All notices given pursuant to this Section 8.3 will describe with reasonable specificity the third-party claim and the basis of the Indemnified Party’s claim for indemnification.

 

8.4) Participation and Control. Once the Indemnified Party has given notice of a claim or potential claim under Section 8.3, the Indemnifying Party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent desired, to assume the defense thereof with counsel of its choice, provided that the Indemnified Party may participate in (but not control) such defense. If the Indemnifying Party does not assume the defense of any claim, the Indemnified Party will have the right to undertake the defense of such claim, by counsel or other representatives of its own choosing, on behalf of and for the account and risk of the Indemnifying Party (subject to the right of the Indemnifying Party to assume the defense of such claim at any time prior to settlement, compromise or final determination thereof).

 

8.5) Consent. Neither the Indemnified Party nor the Indemnifying Party will consent to the entry of any judgment or enter into any settlement of any claim that might give rise to liability of the other Party without such other Party’s written consent, which will not be unreasonably withheld, delayed or conditioned. If the Indemnifying Party elects to settle any such claim solely by the payment of monetary damages, and the Indemnified Party refuses to consent to such compromise or settlement, then the liability of the Indemnifying Party to the Indemnified Party will be limited to the amount offered as monetary damages by the Indemnifying Party in such compromise or settlement.

 

8.6) Indemnified Persons. In this Article VIII, references to “Client Indemnified Persons”, “Preferred Indemnified Persons” and “Company Indemnified Persons” shall mean the Client, Preferred or the Company, respectively, and its or their respective partners, members, shareholders, directors, officers, employees, attorneys, agents, representatives and Affiliates.

 

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ARTICLE IX

COMPLIANCE WITH REGULATORY RECORDKEEPING REQUIREMENTS

 

9.1) Recordkeeping Requirements. The Company shall make and keep the following books and records of the Client:

 

  a) An itemized daily record of each Investment Interest transaction of the Client, showing the transaction date, quantity, Investment Interest, and, as applicable, price or premium, delivery month or expiration date, whether a put or a call, strike price, underlying contract for future delivery or underlying physical, the futures commission merchant carrying the account and the introducing broker, if any, whether the commodity interest was purchased, sold, exercised, or expired, the gain or loss realized, and any commission or give-up fee.

 

  b) A journal of original entry or other equivalent record showing all receipts and disbursements of money, securities and other property.

 

  c) A subsidiary ledger or other equivalent record for each member or shareholder of the Client showing the member’s or shareholder’s name and address and all funds, securities and other property that the Client received from or distributed to the member or shareholder.

 

  d) Adjusting entries and any other records of original entry or their equivalent forming the basis of entries in any ledger.

 

  e) A general ledger or other equivalent record containing details of all asset, liability, capital, income and expense accounts.

 

  f) Cancelled checks, bank statements, journals, ledgers, invoices, computer generated records, and all other records, data and memoranda prepared or received in connection with the operation of the Client.

 

9.2) Location of Books and Records.

 

  a) The Company shall maintain the books and records set forth in Section 9.1 above at one of the following business addresses:

 

  i) 200 North LaSalle Street, Chicago, IL 60601;

 

  ii) 8415 Pulsar Place Suite 400, Columbus, Ohio 43240; and

 

  iii) Anderson Square - 4th Floor P.O. Box 10243, Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands KY1-1003.

 

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  b) The Company shall notify Preferred immediately if it changes the location at which any of the books and records set forth in Section 9.1 above are maintained.

 

9.3) Production and Availability of Books and Records.

 

  a) In the event of a request to Preferred by the CFTC, NFA, United States Department of Justice, SEC, NASD or any other agency authorized to review any of the books and records specified in Section 9.1 above in accordance with the CEA, the Advisers Act, and CFTC and SEC regulations, the Company shall, within 24 hours following receipt of a written request from Preferred, provide the originals of any of the books and records set forth in Section 9.1 above to Preferred at Preferred’s main office.

 

  b) The Company shall make available the books and records set forth in Section 9.1 above to:

 

  i) representatives of the CFTC, NFA, United States Department of Justice, SEC, NASD or any other agency authorized to review any such books and records in accordance with the CEA, the Advisers Act, and CFTC and SEC regulations for inspection and copying during normal business hours and, upon request of any of the foregoing, copies must be sent by mail within one (1) Business Day; and

 

  ii) members or shareholders in the Client for inspection and copying during normal business hours and, upon request, copies must be sent by mail to any participant within five (5) Business Days if reasonable reproduction and distribution costs are paid by the participant, provided that participants in the Company shall only provide a participant in the Client with information as to the Client, and not to any information relating to any other participant in the Client.

 

  c) The Company shall notify Client and Preferred immediately in writing in the event that the Company receives a request pursuant to Sections 9.1 (a) and (b) above, and shall provide Client and Preferred with (i) a written description of the books and records reviewed and (ii) copies of all documents reviewed or provided to such persons.

 

9.4) Retention Period. The Company shall maintain all of the books and records set forth in Section 9.1(a) above for a minimum period of five (5) years from the date that this Agreement terminates, and all such books and records shall be readily accessible during the first two (2) years of such period. Alternatively, following termination of this Agreement, the Company shall provide all of the books and records set forth in Section 9.1(a) above to the Company, Preferred or its or their designee.

 

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ARTICLE X

PERSONAL INFORMATION

 

10.1) From time to time, the Company may obtain access to certain Personal Information from the Client. To the extent applicable, the Company shall comply with the provisions of the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act regarding the restrictions on the use, disclosure and safeguarding of Personal Information.

ARTICLE XI

CLIENT DATA; SECURITY

 

11.1) The Client shall provide the Company with the Client Data to enable the Company to provide the Services. The Company shall not be responsible or liable for the accuracy, completeness, integrity or timeliness of any Client Data provided to the Company by the Client.

 

11.2) All Client Data shall remain the property of the Client. The Client Data shall not be (i) used by the Company other than in connection with providing the Services, (ii) disclosed, sold, assigned, leased or otherwise provided to third parties by the Company, or (iii) commercially exploited by or on behalf of the Company, its employees or agents.

 

11.3) At the Client’s expense, the Company shall upon written request, promptly return to the Client, in the format and on the media in use as of the date of request, all, or any requested portion of, the Client Data. If the Client expressly consent or requests, the Company may maintain archival tapes containing any Client Data, which shall be used by the Company solely for back-up purposes.

 

11.4) The Company will provide data backup in accordance with industry standards during the term of this Agreement and will not delete or destroy any the Client Data during such period.

 

11.5) The Company shall not disclose or use any Client Data except for the purpose of carrying out its obligations under this Agreement. The Company shall not disclose the Client Data to its third party service providers without the consent of the Client. The Company shall ensure that each person or entity to whom or to which the Company may disclose the Client Data in connection with the Company’s performance of its obligations under this Agreement shall, prior to any such disclosure of information, agree to use or disclose such Client Data only for the purpose of carrying out the Company’s obligations under this Agreement. The Company shall maintain effective information security measures to protect the Client Data from unauthorized disclosure or use.

 

11.6) The Company shall maintain and enforce at all of its locations where the Client Data is received, accessed, stored, processed, or transmitted, security procedures that provide reasonable and necessary security designed to prevent infiltration of or unauthorized access to any and all systems, databases and networks which receive, access, store, process or transmit the Client Data, including firewall-based protections, Virus testing and scanning, intrusion protection and access control with appropriate password and other authentication protections.

 

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ARTICLE XII

REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND COVENANTS

 

12.1) Mutual Representations and Warranties. Each Party represents and warrants to the other that, as of the Effective Date and covenants that at all times during the Term, it will ensure that:

 

  a) It is a legal entity duly created, validly existing and is in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction in which it is created, and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction where the failure to be in good standing would have a material adverse effect on its business or its ability to perform its obligations under this Agreement;

 

  b) It has all necessary legal power and authority to own, lease and operate its assets and to carry on its business as presently conducted and as it will be conducted pursuant to this Agreement;

 

  c) It has all necessary legal power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations hereunder, and the execution and delivery of this Agreement and the consummation of the transactions contemplated thereby have been duly authorized by all necessary actions on its part;

 

  d) This Agreement constitutes a legal, valid and binding obligation of such Party, enforceable against it in accordance with its terms;

 

  e) It is not a party to, and is not bound or affected by or subject to, any instrument, agreement, charter or by-law provision, law, rule, regulation, judgment or order which would be contravened or breached as a result of the execution of this Agreement or the consummation of the transactions contemplated hereunder;

 

  f) It is not the subject of any pending or threatened litigation (including claims subject to arbitration) that would prevent such Party from performing its obligations under this Agreement; and

 

  g) It is in compliance with all applicable laws, rules, orders, regulations and other legal requirements in effect as the same may relate in a material way to each of its respective businesses and provision or use of the Services.

All such representations, warranties and covenants shall continue during the Term of this Agreement and if, at any time, any event has occurred that would make any of the foregoing representations or warranties not true, such Party shall promptly notify the other in writing.

 

12.2) Company Representations and Warranties. The Company represents, warrants and covenants to the Client and Preferred that, as of the Effective Date, it:

 

  a)

(i) maintains anti-money laundering policies and procedures that comply with the United States Bank Secrecy Act of 1970, as amended, the United States Patriot

 

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Act of 2001, and applicable federal anti-money laundering regulations, including policies and procedures to verify the identity of prospective subscribers, as well as the applicable anti-money laundering laws, rules and regulations where the Client’s units are listed, offered or sold (“AML Laws, Regulations and Policies”);

 

  b) maintains privacy policies and procedures that comply with the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act, and other applicable laws, rules and regulations; and

 

  c) maintains a business continuity/disaster plan that is designed to permit the Company to provide the Services in the event of any full or partial disaster.

All such representations, warranties and covenants shall continue during the Term of this Agreement and if, at any time, any event has occurred that would make any of the foregoing representations or warranties not true, the Company shall promptly notify the Client and Preferred in writing.

 

12.3) The Company shall provide to the Client and Preferred its most recent business continuity/disaster recovery plan, anti-money laundering policies and procedures, and privacy policies and procedures, and shall provide the Client and Preferred any updates or amendments thereto.

 

12.4) The Company shall during the Term continue to comply with the AML Laws, Regulations and Policies and the Company’s anti-money laundering, privacy and business continuity/disaster recovery policies and procedures and shall, upon the Client’s request provide to the Client and Preferred annual certifications regarding its anti-money laundering, privacy and business continuity/disaster recovery policies and procedures and the Company’s compliance therewith.

ARTICLE XIII

ANTI-MONEY LAUNDERING COMPLIANCE

 

13.1) The Company shall perform anti-money laundering compliance review in accordance with the AML Laws, Regulations and Policies, including without limitation, ensuring that subscriptions are paid from the account of the beneficial owner and that the investor is not a designated national and blocked person by comparing to the OFAC List.

 

13.2) Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, the Company shall:

 

  a) comply with the AML Laws, Regulations and Policies;

 

  b) provide to the Client, upon request, written evidence of its suitability to perform the relevant functions on behalf of the Client;

 

  c) provide information obtained and held with respect to the investors to appropriate regulatory authorities, in accordance with relevant procedures;

 

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  d) provide the Client or its authorised agents with reasonable access to information which they may require to satisfy themselves of the reliability of the Company’s systems and procedures to ensure compliance by the Client with the AML Laws, Regulations and Policies;

 

  e) comply with its own anti-money laundering obligations regarding identification of clients, training employees, record keeping and suspicious activity reporting and maintain all such procedures in accordance with applicable law;

 

  f) promptly deliver to Client and Preferred, 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 investor in Client; and

 

  g) cooperate with Client and Preferred and deliver information reasonably requested by them concerning investors that purchased interests in, or shares of, Client necessary for the Client and Preferred to comply with AML Laws, Regulations and Policies.

ARTICLE XIV

GENERAL

 

14.1) Assignment and Delegation.

Except as expressly provided in this Section 14.1, neither Party may assign or delegate (whether by operation of law or otherwise) this Agreement (or any of its rights or obligations hereunder) without the prior written consent of the other Party, and any such attempted assignment shall be void. Upon notice to the Client, the Company may assign this Agreement in its entirety, together with all of its rights and obligations hereunder, to an Affiliate or in connection with a Change in Control, provided that nothing in this Section 14.1 shall alter the Client’s rights under Section 4.3(f). If a permitted assignee agrees in writing to be bound by this Agreement, then the assigning Party shall have no further liabilities or obligations hereunder. In addition, the Company may use subcontractors in the performance of its obligations hereunder as permitted by, Section 2.4. Subject to the foregoing limitations, this Agreement shall be binding upon and inure to the benefit of the Parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

14.2) Ownership. As between the Company and the Client, the Company owns all right, title and interest in and to the Company System, and to any and all intellectual property rights therein (including patents, copyrights and trade secrets).

 

14.3) Amendment. This Agreement may be amended only by a written instrument executed and delivered by both Parties.

 

14.4) Notices.

 

  a)

Any notice required to be given hereunder shall be sent in writing and delivered personally by hand, sent by reputable, overnight courier service (charges

 

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prepaid), sent by registered or certified mail (postage prepaid, return receipt requested) or by facsimile, to the address set forth below, or to such other address specified by the applicable Party by prior notice in accordance with this Section 14.4. Such notices shall be deemed given: (a) if personally delivered, at the time of delivery; (b) if sent by overnight courier service, at the time such courier service records as the time of delivery; (c) if sent by registered or certified mail, at the time of delivery; and (d) if sent by facsimile, at the time when confirmation of successful transmission is received by the sending facsimile machine. Notices sent by any other means (including email) shall not constitute notice hereunder unless it is acknowledged by the receiving Party pursuant to a means set forth in this Section 14.4.

If to the Company:

Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C.

200 North LaSalle Street—Suite 2420

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Attention: Carol A. Burke

Facsimile: (312) 697-9715

If to the Client:

World Monitor Trust III

c/o Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Email: lblock@kenmar-us.com

Facsimile: (914) 307-4045

With a copy to:

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

Attention: General Counsel

Email: lblock@kenmar-us.com

Facsimile: (914) 307-4045

 

  b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, (a) Client Directions may be sent by the Client or Preferred to the Company and its employees by e-mail, provided that such e-mail is from an authorized person of Client or Preferred and (b) any such notices sent by the Client, Preferred or the Company pursuant to Sections 2.4 and 2.6 may be sent by e-mail, provided that such e-mail is from an authorized person of the Client, Preferred or the Company.

 

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14.5) Counterparts. This Agreement may be executed in one or more counterparts, all of which shall be considered one and the same agreement and shall become effective when one or more counterparts have been signed by each of the Parties and delivered to the other Party, it being understood that all Parties need not sign the same counterpart. Counterparts delivered by facsimile or other electronic means shall be deemed to be an original.

 

14.6) Captions; Recitals. The captions and numbers of the various sections hereof are included for convenience of reference only and do not in any way affect the meaning or interpretation of the substantive provisions hereof. The recitals set forth above are hereby incorporated in and made a part of this Agreement by this reference.

 

14.7) Severability. In the event that any provision of this Agreement, or the application thereof, becomes or is declared by a court of competent jurisdiction to be illegal, void or unenforceable, the remainder of this Agreement will continue in full force and effect and the application of such provision to other persons or circumstances will be interpreted so as reasonably to give effect to the intent of the Parties hereto. The Parties further agree to replace such void or unenforceable provision of this Agreement with a valid and enforceable provision that will achieve, to the maximum extent possible, the economic, business and other purposes of such void or unenforceable provision.

 

14.8) Governing Law; Consent to Jurisdiction. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the internal laws, and not the laws of conflict, of the State of Illinois. Each Party hereby consents to the exclusive personal jurisdiction of any state or federal court sitting in the State of Illinois or State of New York, in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement, agrees that all claims in respect of the action or proceeding may be heard and determined in any such court and agrees not to bring any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement in any other court. Each Party agrees not to assert in any action or proceeding arising out of or relating to this Agreement that the venue is improper, and waives any defense of inconvenient forum to the maintenance of any action or proceeding so brought, and waives any bond, surety or other security that might be required of any other Party with respect thereto.

 

14.9) Waiver of Breach. No waiver of a breach of any provision of this Agreement by either Party shall be effective unless made expressly in writing and no such waiver shall constitute or be construed as a waiver by such Party of any future breach of the same or any other provisions of this Agreement. Failure, neglect, or delay by a Party to enforce the provisions of this Agreement or its rights or remedies at any time, will not be construed and will not be deemed to be a waiver of such Party’s rights under this Agreement and will not in any way affect the validity of the whole or any part of this Agreement or prejudice such Party’s right to take subsequent action.

 

14.10) Entire Agreement. This Agreement (including the Exhibits and Schedules attached hereto) constitute the entire agreement between the Parties and supersedes any prior or contemporaneous understandings, agreements or representations by or between the Parties, written or oral, related in any way to the subject matter hereof.

 

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14.11) Costs and Expenses. Except as specifically set forth in this Agreement, each Party shall bear its own costs and expenses incurred in connection with the performance of its obligations hereunder.

 

14.12) Force Majeure. Except for any payment obligations, neither Party shall be responsible for or liable for failure to perform any part of this Agreement or for any delay in the performance of any part of this Agreement that directly or indirectly results in whole or in part from any event or contingency beyond the Party’s control, including foreign or domestic embargoes, interference by civil or military authorities, acts of God, acts of war or terrorism, or threats of same, or failure of common carriers or telecommunications systems, subject to the implementation of the Company’s business continuity/disaster plan.

 

14.13) Interpretation. The descriptive headings of the Agreement are inserted for convenience only and shall not constitute a part of this Agreement. The words “include” and “including” and variations thereof, shall not be deemed to be terms of limitation, but rather shall be deemed to be followed by the words “without limitation.” Except as otherwise indicated, all references in this Agreement to “Articles,” “Sections,” “Schedules” or “Exhibits” are intended to refer to Articles, Sections, Schedules and Exhibits to this Agreement. The terms “hereof”, “hereunder”, “herein” and words of similar import shall refer to this Agreement as a whole and not to any particular provision of this Agreement. Unless otherwise expressly indicated, all references to days, months or years are references to calendar days, months and years, respectively. Each Party has participated in the drafting of this Agreement, and has reviewed and adopted the language in this Agreement as a correct expression of the Parties’ intent, and consequently this Agreement shall be interpreted without reference to any rule or precept of law to the effect that any ambiguity in a document be construed against the drafter.

 

14.14) Irreparable Harm. Each Party acknowledges and agrees that the other Party will be irreparably harmed in the event that such Party breaches Article V and that monetary damages alone cannot fully compensate the non-breaching Party for such harm. Accordingly, each Party hereby agrees that the non-breaching Party shall be entitled to injunctive relief to prevent or stop breaches of such provisions of this Agreement and to enforce specifically this Agreement and the terms and provisions hereof, without the requirement of posting any bond.

 

14.15) Third-Party Beneficiaries. Preferred, Company Indemnified Parties, Client Indemnified Parties and Preferred Indemnified Parties are third-party beneficiaries under this Agreement and shall be entitled to enforce any of the terms hereunder that relate to them. Other than Preferred, the Company Indemnified Parties, the Client Indemnified Parties and the Preferred Indemnified Parties, this Agreement shall not confer any rights or remedies upon any person or entity other than the Parties, their respective successors and permitted assigns.

 

14.16)

Independent Contractors. The relationship of the Company and the Client established by this Agreement is that of independent contractors. Nothing in this Agreement shall be construed to create any agency or employment relationship between the Company or any

 

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of its employees and the Client or any of its employees. Neither Party shall have any right, power or authority to assume, create or incur any expense, liability or obligation, express or implied, on behalf of the other.

 

14.17) Most Favored Nation Provision. The Company covenants and agrees that, with respect to Section 2.3 and Articles VI and VII, if it grants more favorable terms to any client from the effective date of this Agreement forward, the Company shall give notice of such terms to the Client and Preferred and such terms shall be incorporated into this Agreement from the effective date of the Company’s agreement with such other client unless the Client and Preferred notify the Company in writing or unless the Company, the Client and Preferred agree otherwise in writing.

ARTICLE XV

SAS 70

 

15.1) Definitions.

For purposes of this Article XV, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

“SAS 70” means Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70.

“SAS 70 Review” means a review of the Company’s internal controls by an independent auditing firm retained by the Company in order to prepare a Type II SAS 70 Report.

“SAS 70 Review Firm” means the independent auditing firm retained by the Company to prepare a Type II SAS 70 Report on the Company’s internal controls.

“Type II SAS 70 Report” shall mean a report issued by the SAS 70 Review Firm pursuant to a Type II service auditor’s examination for the Company in accordance with the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants’ Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 as of November 30, 2007 (and for 2008, as of September 30; and for each subsequent year during the Term as of September 30) which report includes the following: (i) whether the Company’s description of its internal controls presents fairly, in all material respects, the relevant aspects of the Company’s controls that had been placed in operation as of a specific date; (ii) whether the controls were suitably designed to achieve specified control objectives; (iii) whether the controls that were tested were operating with sufficient effectiveness to provide reasonable assurance that the control objectives were achieved during the specified period; and (iv) any other information as required by SAS 70.

 

15.2) SAS 70 Review; Type II SAS 70 Report.

 

  a)

By no later than June 30, 2007 (and by June 30 of each subsequent year during the Term), the Company shall notify the Client and Preferred in writing of the controls that the SAS 70 Review Firm intends to test as part of the SAS 70 review. The Company and Preferred shall review the controls that the SAS 70

 

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Review Firm intends to test and shall notify the Company by July 31, 2007 (and July 31 of each subsequent year during the Term) if they have any suggestions, comments or recommendations as to the controls to be tested. The Company, the Client and Preferred shall work together in good faith to resolve any differences.

 

  b) By no later than January 31, 2008 (and by November 30 of each subsequent year during the Term), the Company shall obtain and deliver to Client and Preferred a Type II SAS 70 Report expressing the SAS 70 Review Firm’s opinion on:

 

   

Whether the Company’s description of controls and applications present fairly, in all material respects, the relevant aspects of the Company’s controls that had been placed in operation as of November 30, 2007 (and as of September 30 of each subsequent year);

 

   

Whether those controls are suitably designed to provide reasonable assurance that the specified control objectives would be achieved if the described controls were complied with satisfactorily and the Company’s clients applied those aspects of internal control contemplated in the design of the Company’s controls;

 

   

Whether the controls that were tested were operating with sufficient effectiveness to provide reasonable, but not absolute, assurance that the control objectives specified in the SAS 70 Review Firms’ description of those tests were achieved during the period specified.

 

  c) By no later than November 30, 2007, the Company shall direct the SAS 70 Review Firm retained by the Company to communicate with the Client and/or Preferred regarding a summary of the Type II SAS 70 Report.

 

  d) The Company shall deliver to the Client and Preferred any updates or amendments to the Type II SAS 70 Report within five (5) Business Days following the Company’s receipt thereof.

 

  e) The Company shall promptly inform the Client and Preferred of any material issues that may arise during the SAS 70 Review that could delay the Type II SAS 70 Report.

 

  f) The Company shall permit the Client or Preferred or either or both of their auditors to communicate with an authorized representative of the Company on a periodic basis as to the status of the SAS 70 Review and the Type II SAS 70 Report.

 

  g) By no later than January 15, 2008 (and by January 15 of each subsequent year during the Term), the Company shall deliver to the Company and Preferred a representation letter, signed by the Company’s President and Chief Executive Officer (or person or persons with similar functions) that there have been no material changes in the Company’s key controls for the period December 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007 (and for the period October 1 through December 31 for each subsequent year during the Term).

 

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  h) The Company shall promptly (and in any event within five (5) Business Days) notify the Company and Preferred in writing of any material changes to its key controls.

 

  i) The Client and Preferred shall be permitted to use and rely on the Type II SAS 70 Report in connection with each of their obligations under applicable law, including but not limited to Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act.

 

15.3) Time is of the Essence. The Company acknowledges and agrees that time is of the essence for each date specified in Section 15.2.

 

15.4)

Remedies for failure of Section 15.2(b). Should the Company fail to deliver the Type II SAS 70 Report specified in Section 15.2(b) in the time period specified therein, the Company shall have ten (10) Business Days to cure such failure. The Company, the Client and Preferred shall work together in good faith to resolve any such failure and shall, at their own cost and expense, take all steps necessary to assist the Client and/or Preferred in complying with its or their obligations under applicable laws, including but not limited to Section 404 of the Sarbanes Oxley Act. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Company shall be responsible for any direct, measurable and out-of-pocket costs incurred by the Client and/or Preferred to cure any such failure by the Company up to $10,000. The Client and/or Preferred shall invoice the Company for all such fees, costs and expenses on a monthly basis. All invoices are payable within thirty (30) days of receipt. All invoices shall be paid in U.S. dollars by bank check or wire transfer in accordance with the payment instructions provided on the applicable invoice. All invoiced amounts not paid within such time period shall be subject to a late fee equal to the lesser of (a) 1  1/2 % per month or (b) the maximum rate permitted by applicable law.

[Signature Page Follows]

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, by their authorized representatives, have executed this Agreement to be effective as of the Effective Date.

 

COMPANY:     CLIENT:

Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C.

   

World Monitor Trust III – Series J

      By:  

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.,

its managing owner

/s/ Carol A. Burke

   

/s/ Esther E. Goodman

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

 

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EXHIBIT A: ASSUMPTIONS

Client Activity:

 

  1. The Client’s Series J unit class trades in futures and forward contracts through variouis commodity trading accounts at UBS Securities LLC, and a FX Prime Brokerage clearing account at UBS AG. The recent average daily volume and the number of positions held in total across both accounts is approximately 50 and 100, respectively.

 

  2. A complete balance sheet and income statement are to be maintained for each class of shares.

Reporting:

 

  1. The Company will include performance of the Client by unit and class of shares in a daily report to be prepared by the Company that will summarize performance across all Preferred managed funds that are administered by the Company.

 

  2. The Company will prepare estimated performance reports daily and will target an issuance date that is one (1) Business Day after the trading day.

 

  3. The Company will reconcile daily the trades received from the managed account advisor against the Futures Commission Merchant’s and / or Prime Broker’s records.

 

  4. The Company will prepare final net asset value calculations monthly for the Client supported by a trial balance and cash and position reconciliations and will target an issuance date that is six (6) Business Days after the last day of the month.

 

  5. The Company will calculate and record the unit net asset value based on the number of shares from fund level registrar and transfer agent (“RTA”) records provided by Preferred, the registered RTA.

 

  6. Preferred will prepare the Client’s annual financial statements subject to audit based on the books and records maintained by the Company.

 

  7. The Company will prepare reports required to determine the nature of the gains and losses for U.S. tax reporting purposes, including those required as a result of the Client’s mixed straddle election, on a daily basis.

 

  8. The Company will use the closing foreign exchange rates from the Futures Commission Merchant and / or Prime Broker for the net asset value calculations.

 

  9. The Company will provide daily and month-end estimated performance reports including comparisons of estimated results to actual results for any managed account the Client may have.

 

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EXHIBIT B: SERVICE FEES AND PAYMENT

Administrative Services Fee:

0.17% per annum of the net assets of the Client

 

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SCHEDULE I

ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES

The Company shall, in its capacity as administrator of the Client, perform the following services:

 

  a) Maintain database of all of Client’s transactions, open positions, portfolio and account/fund information (the “Portfolio Transaction and Position Maintenance”). The Company will prepare and disseminate upon request to the Client, a summary reflecting all purchases and sales during the preceding month, as well as a summary of all securities held by Client at the end of the relevant month

 

  b) Prepare and maintain portfolio valuation reports and records based upon daily activity reflecting cost and market valuations, realized gains and losses, and unrealized gains and losses on open positions. For purposes of reporting, the Company shall obtain portfolio pricing daily and maintain a historical pricing database.

 

  c) On a daily basis coordinate the receipt of account statements (cash, securities, futures and other financial instruments) from all custodians (such as brokers, banks, other clearing firms /organizations) and administrators, and reconcile portfolio positions and cash balances in all such accounts. The Company shall research discrepancies, notify the Client of the discrepancy and assist in the resolution of the discrepancy.

 

  d) With respect to Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) Derivatives Services, defined as any trade subject to an ISDA Master Agreement, including all Bank Debt products, the Company will perform and provide the following:

 

  (i) ISDA confirmation processing (incl. T+1 verbal confirming). The Company will verbally confirm trades on a T+1 basis, plus track all of the outstanding OTC documentation and verify all economic terms of the transaction. Confirmations will be passed to the Client for final review and signature for execution of document. The Company will store executed document.

 

  (ii) Counterparty position reconciliations, providing lead role of break resolution.

 

  (iii) The Company will reconcile all open positions with trading counterparties and escalate any differences to the Client. The Company will assume leading role of break resolution with assistance where required by the Client.

 

  (iv) Settlements, confirming all OTC trade settlements with counterparties.

 

  (v) The Company will confirm all settlements for open OTC positions against counterparties, agree amounts to be paid or received. The Company will assume leading role of break resolution with assistance where required by the Client.

 

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  (vi) Collateral management, recording margin movements and reconciling cash balances, verifying interest to be paid/received at month-end.

 

  (vii) The Company will track daily the movement of collateral as instructed by the Client and reconcile all balances at month-end with each counterparty and agree interest to be paid or received on a month-end basis

 

  (viii) Valuation pricing support and verification. The Company is not acting as the valuation agent, but will perform reconciliations between the provided third party valuations and obtained counterparty valuations and provide pricing support where applicable. Where a difference occurs in valuation, the Company will investigate if the pricing difference falls outside of agreed basis point tolerance.

 

  e) For any managed account in the name of the Client:

 

  (i) Maintain a daily database of all of Client’s transactions, open positions, portfolio and account/fund information, daily, month-to-date, year-to-date and life-to-date rate of returns per trader, investor and position basis (the “Portfolio Transaction and Position Maintenance”).

 

  (ii) Prepare and maintain daily portfolio valuation reports and records based upon daily investment activity reflecting cost and market valuations, realized gains and losses, and unrealized gains and losses on open positions. For purposes of reporting, the Company shall obtain daily portfolio pricing at the end of day while maintaining a historical pricing database.

 

  (iii) On a daily basis coordinate the receipt of account statements (cash, securities, futures and other financial instruments) from all custodians (such as futures commission merchants, prime brokers, counter-parties, brokers, banks, other clearing firms /organizations) and administrators, and reconcile portfolio trading activity, positions, market value, cost basis, and cash balances in all such accounts. The Company shall research discrepancies, notify the Client daily of the discrepancy and assist in the resolution of the discrepancy.

 

  (iv) With respect to Over-the-Counter (“OTC”) Derivatives Services, defined as any trade subject to an ISDA Master Agreement the Company will perform and provide the following:

 

  (A) Counterparty position reconciliations, providing lead role of break resolution.

 

  (B) The Company will reconcile all open positions with trading counterparties and escalate any differences to the Client. The Company will assume leading role of break resolution with assistance where required by the Client.

 

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  (C) Settlements, confirming all OTC trade settlements with counterparties.

 

  (D) The Client and or trading advisors will confirm all settlements for open OTC positions against counterparties, agree amounts to be paid or received. The Company will assume leading role of break resolution with assistance where required by the Client.

 

  (E) Collateral management, recording margin movements and reconciling cash balances at month-end on a daily basis and report to the Client each day.

 

  (F) The Company will track daily the movement of collateral as instructed by the Client and reconcile all collateral balances (including excess or deficit margin balances) daily with each counterparty and agree interest and or other consideration to be paid or received on a daily basis.

 

  f) Prepare and provide to the Client a daily estimate of the profit or losses for each trading portfolio for the current trading day priced in accordance with Client’s valuation policy.

 

  g) Provide final net asset value calculations for Client supported by a trial balance and cash and position reconciliations.

 

  h) Prepare monthly financial statements, including:

 

  (i) Statement of Financial Condition;

 

  (ii) Statement of Operations;

 

  (iii) Statement of Changes in Partners’ Capital or Shareholders’ Equity; and

 

  (iv) Schedule of Investments

 

  i) The Company shall provide Client and accounting professionals the following reports which shall be prepared in accordance with the Client’s valuation policy to support annual financial audits:

 

  (i) Full trial balance for the year;

 

  (ii) Statement of realized / unrealized gain/loss for the year;

 

  (iii) Investor level book allocations; and

 

  (iv) Expense accruals and payments.

 

       Should the Company’s support for the annual financial audit exceed 50 hours, the Company shall have the right to bill for those hours exceeding the initial 50 hours of audit support work. The Company shall notify the client prior to billing that the client’s audit support work has exceeded 50 hours.

 

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SCHEDULE II

ADDITIONAL SERVICES

At the Client’s request, the Company shall, in its capacity as administrator of the Client, perform the following additional services (indicated by marking the corresponding box):

 

¨   

Income tax Support ($15,000 per US Limited Partnership per annum)

 

•        Determine Schedule M-1 timing adjustments as required for US income tax reporting.

 

•        Prepare tax basis income and capital allocation reports by investor.

¨    Preparation of year-end financial statements with full disclosures in compliance with Generally Accepted Accounting Principles ($X,XXX per legal entity per annum)
¨    Perform processing parallel with the Client or another administrator engaged by the Client ($X,XXX per traditional master feeder fund structure or stand-alone legal entity per month)
¨    Account for the Client’s investor side pocket agreements within the process of completing investor allocations ($X,XXX per side pocket agreement)
¨    Prepare and distribute all confirmations with respect to the Client’s audits ($X,XXX per traditional master feeder fund structure or stand-alone legal entity per annum)
¨    Manually distribute monthly hard-copies of investor statements (X,XXX per traditional master feeder fund structure or stand-alone legal entity per month)
¨    Manually distribute audited financial statements, investor statements and U.S. tax schedules K-1 to the Client’s investors ($X,XXX per traditional master feeder fund structure or stand-alone legal entity per annum)
¨    Facilitate wire transfers with respect to capital activities and serve as authorized signatory on designated accounts ($X,XXX per traditional master feeder fund structure of stand-alone entity per annum)
¨    Monitor the aggregate percentage of interests in Client designated by the Client in writing to the Company to be held by employee plans or by entities (such as a fund-of-funds) whose assets constitute “plan assets” of any employee plan under the U.S. Department of Labor’s “plan asset” regulations at 29 C.F.R. 2510.3-101, and notify the Client prior to accepting any subscription or paying any redemption request if such action would cause that percentage to equal or exceed 25%.

 

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EX-31.1 5 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14

Exhibit 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kenneth A. Shewer, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust III - Series J (“Registrant”);

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of The Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;

 

  4. Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting) as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Registrant and we have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this Report any change in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 27, 2009   By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

    Kenneth A. Shewer
    (Principal Executive Officer)

 

1

EX-31.2 6 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14

Exhibit 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, David K. Spohr, certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this Report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust III - Series J (“Registrant”);

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this Report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this Report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this Report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of The Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this Report;

 

  4. Registrant’s other certifying officer and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) and internal control over financial reporting) as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f)) for Registrant and we have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this Report is being prepared;

 

  b) Designed such internal control over financial reporting, or caused such internal control over financial reporting to be designed under our supervision, to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles;

 

  c) Evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this Report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this Report based on such evaluation; and

 

  d) Disclosed in this Report any change in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officer and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 27, 2009   By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

    David K. Spohr
    (Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)
EX-32.1 7 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification pursuant to Section 906

Exhibit 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned, Kenneth A. Shewer, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust III - Series J for the period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Annual Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Registrant.

 

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

Name:   Kenneth A. Shewer
Title:   Co-Chief Executive Officer
  (Principal Executive Officer)
  Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.,
  Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust III
Date:   March 27, 2009
EX-32.2 8 dex322.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification pursuant to Section 906

Exhibit 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned, David K. Spohr, hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Annual Report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust III - Series J for the period January 1, 2008 to December 31, 2008, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Annual Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Registrant.

 

/s/ David K. Spohr

Name:   David K. Spohr
Title:   Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration
  (Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)
  Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.,
  Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust III
Date:   March 27, 2009
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