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Exhibit 10.7
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the ___ day of April, 1997 among ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇ FUTURES MANAGEMENT INC., a Delaware corporation ("SBFM"), ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND ▇.▇. ▇▇, a New York limited partnership (the
"Partnership") and ARA PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT COMPANY L.L.C., a Delaware limited
liability company (the "Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, SBFM is the general partner of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND ▇.▇. ▇▇, a limited partnership organized for the
purpose of speculative trading of commodity interests, including futures
contracts, options and forward contracts with the objective of achieving
substantial capital appreciation; and
WHEREAS, the Limited Partnership Agreement establishing the
Partnership (the "Limited Partnership Agreement") permits SBFM to delegate to
one or more commodity trading advisors SBFM's authority to make trading
decisions for the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as a commodity trading
advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and is a member
of the National Futures Association ("NFA"); and
WHEREAS, SBFM is registered as a commodity pool operator with
the CFTC and is a member of the NFA; and
WHEREAS, SBFM, the Partnership and the Advisor wish to enter
into this Agreement in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which
the Advisor will render and implement advisory services in connection with the
conduct by the Partnership of its commodity trading activities during the term
of this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR. (a) Upon the commencement of trading
by the Advisor on behalf of the Partnership and for the period and on the terms
and conditions of this Agreement, the Advisor shall have sole authority and
responsibility, as one of the Partnership's agents and attorneys-in-fact, for
directing the investment and reinvestment of the assets and funds of the
Partnership allocated to it by the General Partner in commodity interests,
including commodity futures contracts, options and forward contracts. All such
trading on behalf of the Partnership shall be in accordance with the trading
strategies set forth in the Advisor's Disclosure Document dated _____________,
199___ and in accordance with the trading policies set forth in the
Partnership's Prospectus dated as of May 31, 1996 (as supplemented, the
"Prospectus"),and as such trading policies may be changed from time to time upon
receipt by the Advisor of prior
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written notice of such change and pursuant to the trading strategy selected by
SBFM to be utilized by the Advisor in managing the Partnership's assets. SBFM
has initially selected the Advisor's Gamma Program to manage the Partnership's
assets allocated to it. Any open positions or other investments at the time of
receipt of such notice of a change in trading policy shall not be deemed to
violate the changed policy and shall be closed or sold in the ordinary course of
trading. The Advisor may not deviate from the trading policies set forth in the
Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Partnership given by SBFM.
The Advisor makes no representation or warranty that the trading to be directed
by it for the Partnership will be profitable or will not incur losses.
(b) SBFM acknowledges receipt of the Advisor's Disclosure
Document dated _____________, 199__ as filed with the CFTC. All trades made by
the Advisor for the account of the Partnership shall be made through such
commodity broker or brokers as SBFM shall direct, and the Advisor shall have no
authority or responsibility for selecting or supervising any such broker in
connection with the execution, clearance or confirmation of transactions for the
Partnership or for the negotiation of brokerage rates charged therefor. However,
the Advisor, with the prior written permission (by either original or fax copy)
of SBFM, may direct all trades in commodity futures and options to a futures
commission merchant or independent floor broker it chooses for execution with
instructions to give-up the trades to the broker designated by SBFM, provided
that the futures commission merchant or independent floor broker and any give-up
or floor brokerage fees are approved in advance by SBFM. All give-up or similar
fees relating to the foregoing shall be paid by the Partnership after all
parties have executed the relevant give-up agreements (by either original or fax
copy).
(c) The initial allocation of the Partnership's assets to the
Advisor will be made to the Advisor's Gamma Program. In the event the Advisor
wishes to use a trading system or methodology other than or in addition to the
system or methodology outlined in the Prospectus in connection with its trading
for the Partnership, either in whole or in part, it may not do so unless the
Advisor gives SBFM prior written notice of its intention to utilize such
different trading system or methodology and SBFM consents thereto in writing. In
addition, the Advisor will provide five days' prior written notice to SBFM of
any change in the trading system or methodology to be utilized for the
Partnership which the Advisor deems material. If the Advisor deems such change
in system or methodology or in markets traded to be material, the changed system
or methodology or markets traded will not be utilized for the Partnership
without the prior written consent of SBFM. In addition, the Advisor will notify
SBFM of any changes to the trading system or methodology that would require a
change in the description of the trading strategy or methods described in the
Prospectus. Further, the Advisor will provide the Partnership with a current
list of all
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commodity interests to be traded for the Partnership's account and will not
trade any additional commodity interests for such account without providing
notice thereof to SBFM and receiving SBFM's written approval. The Advisor also
agrees to provide SBFM, on a monthly basis, with a written report of the assets
under the Advisor's management together with all other matters deemed by the
Advisor to be material changes to its business not previously reported to SBFM.
(d) The Advisor agrees to make all material disclosures to
the Partnership regarding itself and its principals as defined in Part 4 of the
CFTC's regulations ("principals"), shareholders, directors, officers and
employees, their trading performance and general trading methods, its customer
accounts (but not the identities of or identifying information with respect to
its customers) and otherwise as are required in the reasonable judgment of SBFM
to be made in any filings required by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order.
Notwithstanding Sections 1(d) and 4(d) of this Agreement, the Advisor is not
required to disclose the actual trading results of proprietary accounts of the
Advisor or its principals unless SBFM reasonably determines that such disclosure
is required in order to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership or
the reporting, filing or other obligations imposed on it by Federal or state law
or NFA rule or order. The Partnership and SBFM acknowledge that the trading
advice to be provided by the Advisor is a property right belonging to the
Advisor and that they will keep all such advice confidential. Further, SBFM
agrees to treat as confidential any results of proprietary accounts and/or
proprietary information with respect to trading systems obtained from the
Advisor.
(e) The Advisor understands and agrees that SBFM may
designate other trading advisors for the Partnership and apportion or
reapportion to such other trading advisors the management of an amount of Net
Assets (as defined in Section 3(b) hereof) as it shall determine in its absolute
discretion. The designation of other trading advisors and the apportionment or
reapportionment of Net Assets to any such trading advisors pursuant to this
Section 1 shall neither terminate this Agreement nor modify in any regard the
respective rights and obligations of the parties hereunder.
(f) SBFM may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion,
select additional trading advisors and reapportion funds among the trading
advisors for the Partnership as it deems appropriate. SBFM shall use its best
efforts to make reapportionments, if any, as of the first day of a month. The
Advisor agrees that it may be called upon at any time promptly to liquidate
positions in SBFM's sole discretion so that SBFM may reallocate the
Partnership's assets, meet margin calls on the Partnership's account, fund
redemptions, or for any other reason, except that SBFM will not require the
liquidation of specific positions by the Advisor. SBFM will use its best efforts
to give
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two days' prior notice to the Advisor of any reallocations or liquidations.
(g) The Advisor will not be liable for trading losses in the
Partnership's account including losses caused by errors; provided, however, that
(i) the Advisor will be liable to the Partnership with respect to losses
incurred due to errors committed or caused by it or any of its principals or
employees in communicating improper trading instructions or orders to any broker
on behalf of the Partnership and (ii) the Advisor will be liable to the
Partnership with respect to losses incurred due to errors committed or caused by
any executing broker (other than any SBFM affiliate) selected by the Advisor,
(it also being understood that SBFM, with the assistance of the Advisor, will
first attempt to recover such losses from the executing broker).
2. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADVISOR. For all purposes herein, the
Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise
expressly provided or authorized, shall have no authority to act for or
represent the Partnership in any way and shall not be deemed an agent, promoter
or sponsor of the Partnership, SBFM, or any other trading advisor. The Advisor
shall not be responsible to the Partnership, the General Partner, any trading
advisor or any limited partners for any acts or omissions of any other trading
advisor no longer acting as an advisor to the Partnership.
3. COMPENSATION. (a) In consideration of and as compensation
for all of the services to be rendered by the Advisor to the Partnership under
this Agreement, the Partnership shall pay the Advisor (i) an incentive fee
payable quarterly equal to 20% of New Trading Profits (as such term is defined
below) earned by the Advisor for the Partnership and (ii) a monthly fee for
professional management services equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of the
month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor.
(b) "Net Assets" shall have the meaning set forth in
Paragraph 7(d)(1) of the Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of May 19, 1994
and without regard to further amendments thereto, provided that in determining
the Net Assets of the Partnership on any date, no adjustment shall be made to
reflect any distributions, redemptions or incentive fees payable as of the date
of such determination.
(c) "New Trading Profits" shall mean the excess, if any, of
Net Assets managed by the Advisor at the end of the fiscal period over Net
Assets managed by the Advisor at the end of the highest previous fiscal period
or Net Assets allocated to the Advisor at the date trading commences, whichever
is higher, and as further adjusted to eliminate the effect on Net Assets
resulting from new capital contributions, redemptions, reallocations or capital
distributions, if any, made during the fiscal period decreased by interest or
other income, not directly
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related to trading activity, earned on the Partnership's assets during the
fiscal period, whether the assets are held separately or in margin accounts.
Ongoing expenses will be attributed to the Advisor based on the Advisor's
proportionate share of Net Assets. Ongoing expenses above will not include
expenses of litigation not involving the activities of the Advisor on behalf of
the Partnership. Ongoing expenses include offering and organizational expenses
of the Partnership. No incentive fee shall be paid until the end of the first
full calendar quarter of trading by the Advisor on behalf of the Partnership,
which fee shall be based on New Trading Profits earned from the commencement of
trading by the Advisor through the end of the first full calendar quarter.
Interest income earned, if any, will not be taken into account in computing New
Trading Profits earned by the Advisor. If Net Assets allocated to the Advisor
are reduced due to redemptions, distributions or reallocations (net of
additions), there will be a corresponding proportional reduction in the related
loss carryforward amount that must be recouped before the Advisor is eligible to
receive another incentive fee.
(d) Quarterly incentive fees and monthly management fees
shall be paid within twenty (20) business days following the end of the period,
as the case may be, for which such fee is payable. In the event of the
termination of this Agreement as of any date which shall not be the end of a
fiscal quarter or a calendar month, as the case may be, the quarterly incentive
fee shall be computed as if the effective date of termination were the last day
of the then current quarter and the monthly management fee shall be prorated to
the effective date of termination. If, during any month, the Partnership does
not conduct business operations or the Advisor is unable to provide the services
contemplated herein for more than two successive business days, the monthly
management fee shall be prorated by the ratio which the number of business days
during which SBFM conducted the Partnership's business operations or utilized
the Advisor's services bears in the month to the total number of business days
in such month.
(e) The provisions of this Paragraph 3 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
4. RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES. (a) The services
provided by the Advisor hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive. SBFM on its
own behalf and on behalf of the Partnership acknowledges that, subject to the
terms of this Agreement, the Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and
shareholder(s), may render advisory, consulting and management services to other
clients and accounts. The Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and
shareholder(s) shall be free to trade for their own accounts and to advise other
investors and manage other commodity accounts during the term of this Agreement
and to use the same information, computer programs and trading strategies,
programs or formulas which they obtain, produce or
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utilize in the performance of services to SBFM for the Partnership. However, the
Advisor represents, warrants and agrees that it believes the rendering of such
consulting, advisory and management services to other accounts and entities will
not require any material change in the Advisor's basic trading strategies and
will not affect the capacity of the Advisor to continue to render services to
SBFM for the Partnership of the quality and nature contemplated by this
Agreement.
(b) If, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the
Advisor is required to aggregate the Partnership's commodity positions with the
positions of any other person for purposes of applying CFTC- or exchange-imposed
speculative position limits, the Advisor agrees that it will promptly notify
SBFM if the Partnership's positions are included in an aggregate amount which
exceeds the applicable speculative position limit. The Advisor agrees that, if
its trading recommendations are altered because of the application of any
speculative position limits, it will not modify the trading instructions with
respect to the Partnership's account in such manner as to affect the Partnership
substantially disproportionately as compared with the Advisor's other accounts.
The Advisor further represents, warrants and agrees that under no circumstances
will it knowingly or deliberately use trading strategies or methods for the
Partnership that are inferior to strategies or methods employed for any other
client or account and that it will not knowingly or deliberately favor any
client or account managed by it over any other client or account in any manner,
it being acknowledged, however, that different trading strategies or methods may
be utilized for differing sizes of accounts, accounts with different trading
policies, accounts experiencing differing inflows or outflows of equity,
accounts which commence trading at different times, accounts which have
different portfolios or different fiscal years, accounts utilizing different
executing brokers and accounts with other differences, and that such differences
may cause divergent trading results.
(c) It is acknowledged that the Advisor and/or its officers,
employees, directors and shareholder(s) presently act, and it is agreed that
they may continue to act, as advisor for other accounts managed by them, and may
continue to receive compensation with respect to services for such accounts in
amounts which may be more or less than the amounts received from the
Partnership.
(d) The Advisor agrees that it shall make such information
available to SBFM respecting the performance of the Partnership's account as
compared to the performance of other accounts managed by the Advisor or its
principals as shall be reasonably requested by SBFM. The Advisor presently
believes and represents that existing speculative position limits will not
materially adversely affect its ability to manage the Partnership's account
given the potential size of the
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Partnership's account and the Advisor's and its principals' current accounts and
all proposed accounts for which they have contracted to act as trading manager.
5. TERM. (a) This Agreement shall continue in effect until
June 30, 1997. SBFM may, in its sole discretion, renew this Agreement for
additional one-year periods upon notice to the Advisor not less than 30 days
prior to the expiration of the previous period. At any time during the term of
this Agreement, SBFM may terminate this Agreement at any month-end upon 30 days'
notice to the Advisor. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may
elect to immediately terminate this Agreement upon 30 days' notice to the
Advisor if (i) the Net Asset Value per Unit shall decline as of the close of
business on any day to $400 or less; (ii) the Net Assets allocated to the
Advisor (adjusted for redemptions, distributions, withdrawals or reallocations,
if any) decline by 50% or more as of the end of a trading day from such Net
Assets' previous highest value; (iii) limited partners owning at least 50% of
the outstanding Units shall vote to require SBFM to terminate this Agreement;
(iv) the Advisor fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement; (v) SBFM, in
good faith, reasonably determines that the performance of the Advisor has been
such that SBFM's fiduciary duties to the Partnership require SBFM to terminate
this Agreement; or (vi) SBFM reasonably believes that the application of
speculative position limits will substantially affect the performance of the
Partnership. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may elect
immediately to terminate this Agreement if (i) the Advisor merges, consolidates
with another entity, sells a substantial portion of its assets, or becomes
bankrupt or insolvent, except as provided in Section 10 hereof, (ii) A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ dies, becomes incapacitated, leaves the employ of the Advisor,
ceases to control the Advisor or is otherwise not managing the trading programs
or systems of the Advisor, or (iii) the Advisor's registration as a commodity
trading advisor with the CFTC or its membership in the NFA or any other
regulatory authority, is terminated or suspended. This Agreement will
immediately terminate upon dissolution of the Partnership or upon cessation of
trading prior to dissolution.
(b) The Advisor may terminate this Agreement by giving not
less than 30 days' notice to SBFM (i) in the event that the trading policies of
the Partnership as set forth in the Prospectus are changed in such manner that
the Advisor reasonably believes will adversely affect the performance of its
trading strategies; (ii) after June 30, 1997; (iii) in the event that the
General Partner or Partnership fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement;
or (iv) in the event the assets allocated to the Advisor to manage in the
Partnership falls below Two Million Dollars ($2,000,000). The Advisor may
immediately terminate this Agreement if SBFM's registration as a commodity pool
operator or its membership in the NFA is terminated or suspended.
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(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any
termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Paragraph 5 or Paragraph
1(e) shall be without penalty or liability to any party, except for any fees due
to the Advisor pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. (a)(i) In any threatened, pending or
completed action, suit, or proceeding to which the Advisor was or is a party or
is threatened to be made a party arising out of or in connection with this
Agreement or the management of the Partnership's assets by the Advisor or the
offering and sale of units in the Partnership, SBFM shall, subject to
subparagraph (a)(iii) of this Paragraph 6, indemnify and hold harmless the
Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost, expense (including, without
limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees), judgments and amounts paid in
settlement actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection with such
action, suit, or proceeding if the Advisor acted in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Partnership, and provided that its conduct did not constitute negligence,
intentional misconduct, or a breach of its fiduciary obligations to the
Partnership as a commodity trading advisor, unless and only to the extent that
the court or administrative forum in which such action or suit was brought shall
determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in
view of all circumstances of the case, the Advisor is fairly and reasonably
entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court or administrative forum
shall deem proper; and further provided that no indemnification shall be
available from the Partnership if such indemnification is prohibited by Section
16 of the Partnership Agreement. The termination of any action, suit or
proceeding by judgment, order or settlement shall not, of itself, create a
presumption that the Advisor did not act in good faith and in a manner
reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the
Partnership.
(ii) Without limiting sub-paragraph (i) above, to the extent
that the Advisor has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of
any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subparagraph (i) above, or in
defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, SBFM shall indemnify it against
the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees)
actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection therewith.
(iii) Any indemnification under subparagraph (i) above,
unless ordered by a court or administrative forum, shall be made by SBFM only as
authorized in the specific case and only upon a determination by independent
legal counsel in a written opinion that such indemnification is proper in the
circumstances because the Advisor has met the applicable standard of conduct set
forth in subparagraph (i) above. Such independent legal counsel shall be
selected by SBFM in a timely manner, subject to the Advisor's approval, which
approval shall not be unreasonably
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withheld. The Advisor will be deemed to have approved SBFM's selection unless
the Advisor notifies SBFM in writing, received by SBFM within five days of
SBFM's telecopying to the Advisor of the notice of SBFM's selection, that the
Advisor does not approve the selection.
(iv) In the event the Advisor is made a party to any claim,
dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or
in connection with, the Partnership's or SBFM's activities or claimed activities
unrelated to the Advisor, SBFM shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without
limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred in connection therewith.
(v) As used in this Paragraph 6(a), the terms "Advisor" shall
include the Advisor, its principals, officers, directors, stockholders and
employees and the term "SBFM" shall include the Partnership.
(b)(i) The Advisor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold
harmless SBFM, the Partnership and their affiliates against any loss, liability,
damage, cost or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' and
accountants' fees), judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by them (A) as a result of the material breach of any
material representations and warranties made by the Advisor in this Agreement,
or (B) as a result of any act or omission of the Advisor relating to the
Partnership if there has been a final judicial or regulatory determination or,
in the event of a settlement of any action or proceeding with the prior written
consent of the Advisor, a written opinion of an arbitrator pursuant to Paragraph
14 hereof, to the effect that such acts or omissions violated the terms of this
Agreement in any material respect or involved negligence, bad faith,
recklessness or intentional misconduct on the part of the Advisor (except as
otherwise provided in Section 1(g)).
(ii) In the event SBFM, the Partnership or any of their
affiliates is made a party to any claim, dispute or litigation or otherwise
incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or in connection with, the activities
or claimed activities of the Advisor or its principals, officers, directors,
shareholder(s) or employees unrelated to SBFM's or the Partnership's business,
the Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless SBFM, the Partnership or
any of their affiliates against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense
(including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred in
connection therewith.
(iii) A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ shall have no liability to the
Partnership or SBFM or any of their respective officers, directors, employees,
partners or affiliates under this Agreement or in connection with the
transactions contemplated by this
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Agreement except in the case of fraud or willful misconduct by A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇
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(c) In the event that a person entitled to indemnification
under this Paragraph 6 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging
both matters for which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for
which indemnification may not be made hereunder, such person shall be
indemnified only for that portion of the loss, liability, damage, cost or
expense incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters
for which indemnification can be made.
(d) None of the indemnifications contained in this Paragraph
6 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments, confessions of judgment
or settlements entered into by the party claiming indemnification without the
prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of the party
obligated to indemnify such party.
(e) The provisions of this Paragraph 6 shall survive the
termination of this Agreement.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS.
(a) The Advisor represents and warrants that:
(i) All references to the Advisor and its principals in the
Prospectus are accurate in all material respects and as to them the Prospectus
does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact which is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading,
except that with respect to Table B in the Prospectus, this representation and
warranty extends only to the underlying data made available by the Advisor for
the preparation thereof and not to any hypothetical or pro forma adjustments.
Subject to such exception, all references to the Advisor and its principals in
the Prospectus will, after review and approval of such references by the Advisor
prior to the use of such Prospectus in connection with the offering of the
Partnership's units, be accurate in all material respects.
(ii) The information with respect to the Advisor set forth in
the actual performance tables in the Prospectus is based on all of the customer
accounts managed on a discretionary basis by the Advisor's principals and/or the
Advisor during the period covered by such tables and required to be disclosed
therein.
(iii) The Advisor will be acting as a commodity trading
advisor with respect to the Partnership and not as a securities investment
adviser and is duly registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor, is
a member of the NFA, and is in compliance with such other registration and
licensing requirements as shall be necessary to enable it to perform its
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obligations hereunder, and agrees to maintain and renew such registrations and
licenses during the term of this Agreement.
(iv) The Advisor is a limited liability company duly
organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of
Delaware and has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to
provide the services required of it hereunder.
(v) The Advisor will not, by acting as a commodity trading
advisor to the Partnership, breach or cause to be breached any undertaking,
agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by
which it is bound.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Advisor and is a valid and binding agreement
enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(vii) At any time during the term of this Agreement that a
prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered in connection with
the offer and sale thereof, the Advisor agrees upon the request of SBFM to
provide the Partnership with such information as shall be necessary so that, as
to the Advisor and its principals, such prospectus is accurate.
(b) SBFM represents and warrants for itself and the
Partnership that:
(i) The Prospectus (as from time to time amended or
supplemented, which amendment or supplement is approved by the Advisor as to
descriptions of itself and its actual performance) does not contain any untrue
statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which is necessary
to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing
representation does not apply to any statement or omission concerning the
Advisor in the Prospectus, made in reliance upon, and in conformity with,
information furnished to SBFM by or on behalf of the Advisor expressly for use
in the Prospectus (it being understood that the hypothetical and pro forma
adjustments in Table B were not furnished by the Advisor).
(ii) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and
in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate
power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) SBFM and the Partnership have the capacity and authority
to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Partnership.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered on SBFM's and the
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Partnership's behalf and is a valid and binding agreement of SBFM and the
Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(v) SBFM will not, by acting as General Partner to the
Partnership and the Partnership will not, breach or cause to be breached any
undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a
party or by which it is bound which would materially limit or affect the
performance of its duties under this Agreement.
(vi) It is registered as a commodity pool operator and is a
member of the NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and
membership during the term of this Agreement.
(vii) The Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized
and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power
and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
8. COVENANTS OF THE ADVISOR, SBFM AND THE PARTNERSHIP.
(a) The Advisor agrees as follows:
(i) In connection with its activities on behalf of the
Partnership, the Advisor will comply with all applicable rules and regulations
of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular transaction is
executed.
(ii) The Advisor will promptly notify SBFM of the commencement
of any material suit, action or proceeding involving it, whether or not any such
suit, action or proceeding also involves SBFM.
(iii) In the placement of orders for the Partnership's account
and for the accounts of any other client, the Advisor will utilize a
pre-determined, systematic, fair and reasonable order entry system, which shall,
on an overall basis, be no less favorable to the Partnership than to any other
account managed by the Advisor. The Advisor acknowledges its obligation to
review the Partnership's positions, prices and equity in the account managed by
the Advisor daily and within two business days to notify, in writing, the broker
and SBFM and the Partnership's brokers of (i) any error committed by the Advisor
or its principals or employees; (ii) any trade which the Advisor believes was
not executed in accordance with its instructions; and (iii) any discrepancy with
a value of $10,000 or more (due to differences in the positions, prices or
equity in the account) between its records and the information reported on the
account's daily and monthly broker statements.
(iv) The Advisor will demonstrate to SBFM's satisfaction its
ability to bear its responsibilities arising under this Agreement, by
presentation of supporting documentation (such as financial statements together
with a certification of
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accuracy or, in certain cases, the individual obligation of the controlling
principal of the Advisor for the Advisor's responsibilities hereunder) as SBFM
may reasonably request. In this connection, Advisor agrees that it shall cause
the Promissory Note attached hereto as Rider A to be executed.
(b) SBFM agrees for itself and the Partnership that:
(i) SBFM and the Partnership will comply with all applicable
rules and regulations of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any
particular transaction is executed.
(ii) SBFM will promptly notify the Advisor of the commencement
of any material suit, action or proceeding involving it or the Partnership,
whether or not such suit, action or proceeding also involves the Advisor.
9. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire
agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
10. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not be assigned by any
party without the express written consent of the other parties.
11. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended except by the
written consent of the parties.
12. NOTICES. All notices, demands or requests required to be
made or delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered
personally or by registered or certified mail or expedited courier, return
receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the addresses below or to such other
addresses as may be designated by the party entitled to receive the same by
notice similarly given:
If to SBFM:
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Futures Management Inc.
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
Attention: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
If to the Advisor:
ARA Portfolio Management Company LLC
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇
▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇, ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇-▇▇▇▇
Attention: A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
with a copy to:
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[INSERT NAME AND ADDRESS OF COUNSEL]
13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and
construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. ARBITRATION. The parties agree that any dispute or
controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation
thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules, then in
effect, of the National Futures Association or, if the National Futures
Association shall refuse jurisdiction, then in accordance with the rules, then
in effect, of the American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that the
power of the arbitrator shall be limited to interpreting this Agreement as
written and the arbitrator shall state in writing his reasons for his award.
Judgment upon any award made by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of
competent jurisdiction.
15. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. There are no third party
beneficiaries to this Agreement.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and
on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ FUTURES MANAGEMENT INC.
By:__________________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
President and Director
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ DIVERSIFIED FUTURES FUND
▇. ▇. ▇▇
By: ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Futures Management Inc.
(General Partner)
By___________________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
President and Director
ARA PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT COMPANY
LLC
By:__________________________________________
Name:
Title:
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RIDER A
PROMISSORY NOTE
New Haven, Connecticut
Date: April ___, 1997
FOR VALUE RECEIVED, the undersigned, A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ or
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇, promises to pay on demand, to the order of ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇
Diversified Futures Fund ▇.▇. ▇▇ (the "Fund") or ▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ Futures Management
Inc. ("SBFM") as the Fund or SBFM shall elect, the sum of Three Hundred Thousand
Dollars ($300,000). This note shall be callable by the Fund or SBFM only if and
to the extent that ARA Portfolio Management Company L.L.C. ("ARA"), a Delaware
limited liability company, does not have sufficient assets to fulfill ARA's
obligations associated with the Management Agreement dated April ___, 1997 among
SBFM, the Fund and ARA.
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A. ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
___________________________________
▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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