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EXHIBIT 10(s)
MANAGEMENT CONTRACT
THIS MANAGEMENT CONTRACT ("Agreement"), is made and entered into
effective as of the 1st day of November 1995, by and among The Futures
Dimension Fund, an Illinois limited partnership (the "Partnership"), ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇
Asset Management, Inc., a Delaware corporation and the general partner of the
Partnership (the "General Partner") and RXR, Inc. (the "Trading Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, the purpose and business of the Partnership is to
seek capital appreciation by trading speculatively in futures contracts,
commodities and commodity options and forward contracts, and any other items
which are currently, or may later become, the subject of futures, forward or
options trading, and other related investments (sometimes hereinafter referred
to as "Contracts") on United States and non-United States exchanges and
markets; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership, through the General Partner,
pursuant to the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership, is authorized
to utilize the services of professional trading advisors in connection with the
trading activities of the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership has heretofore offered units of
limited partnership interest in the Partnership for sale to investors; and
WHEREAS, the Trading Advisor is engaged in the business of
making trading decisions on behalf of itself and others regarding the purchase
and sale of Contracts; and
WHEREAS, the Partnership and the Trading Advisor each desire
the Trading Advisor to make trading decisions for the Partnership with respect
to the assets of the Partnership allocated to be managed by the Trading Advisor
(the "Allocated Assets") on the terms and conditions set forth in this
Agreement.
NOW, THEREFORE, in consideration of the mutual premises and
agreements set forth herein, the parties hereto do agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE TRADING ADVISOR.
(a) The Partnership hereby appoints the Trading Advisor,
and the Trading Advisor hereby accepts appointment, as a trading advisor of the
Partnership in connection with the trading activities of the Partnership.
(b) Upon the Trading Advisor's commencing of trading
operations for the Partnership and for the period and on the terms and
conditions set forth in this Agreement, the Trading Advisor shall have sole
authority and responsibility, as the Partnership's agent and
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attorney-in-fact, for trading the Allocated Assets in Contracts and in
accordance with the Trading Advisor's Diversified Trading Program ("Trading
Approach"; which term, for purposes of this Agreement, shall include trading
approaches, systems, instructions, methods, models, strategies, methodologies
and formulas) as described in the disclosure notice dated November 1995
relating to the appointment of the Trading Advisor as a commodity trading
advisor of the Partnership (the "Disclosure Notice"), subject to the trading
policies of the Partnership furnished to the Trading Advisor in writing
("Trading Policies"). The parties hereto acknowledge that the Trading Advisor
will trade Contracts for the Partnership independently of any other trading
advisor retained by the Partnership. For purposes of this Agreement, the term
"Contracts" shall not include securities and options thereon.
(c) The Trading Advisor acknowledges and agrees that the
aggregate amount of Allocated Assets which the Trading Advisor shall treat as
equity and manage on behalf of the Partnership pursuant to this Agreement may
include "notional" funds. The Trading Advisor agrees to describe to the
General Partner its practices with respect to the leverage used by the Trading
Advisor in managing the Partnership's account relative to other accounts
managed by the Trading Advisor using the Trading Approach to enable the General
Partner to determine whether the "trading level" at which the Trading Advisor
is currently managing the Partnership's account is the level currently
designated by the General Partner.
(d) The General Partner and the Partnership acknowledge
receipt of the Trading Advisor's Disclosure Document dated November 1, 1995
(the "Disclosure Document"). The Trading Advisor shall promptly furnish the
Partnership with a copy of each amended, supplemented or updated Disclosure
Document of the Trading Advisor filed with the Commodity Futures Trading
Commission (the "CFTC") and the National Futures Association ("NFA") upon
acceptance thereof by the CFTC. Prior to the commencement of trading on behalf
of the Partnership, the Partnership shall deliver to the Trading Advisor, and
renew when necessary, a Commodity Trading Authorization, in the form attached
hereto as Exhibit 1, appointing the Trading Advisor as the Partnership's agent
and attorney-in-fact for such purpose. All trades for the account of the
Partnership shall be made through such banks, brokers and dealers as the
General Partner shall direct, and the Trading Advisor shall have no authority
or responsibility for selecting any such banks, brokers or dealers in
connection with the execution of transactions for the Partnership or for the
negotiation of commission rates charged therefor; provided, however, that the
General Partner shall notify the Trading Advisor of any applicable changes in
the commission rates charged by the Partnership's banks, brokers and dealers
with respect to transactions entered into with respect to the Allocated Assets.
(e) In the event the Trading Advisor and its principals
[as that term is defined in Regulation Section 4.10(e) promulgated by the CFTC
under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended (the "Act")], shareholders,
partners, employees and affiliates or any person who controls the foregoing
(collectively, "Principals and Affiliates"), wish to use trading programs,
systems or strategies other than or in addition to the Trading Approach in
connection with its trading for the Partnership, either in whole or in part, it
may not do so unless the Trading Advisor gives the General Partner 15 days'
prior written notice of its intention to utilize such different trading
programs, systems or strategies and the General Partner consents thereto in
writing which consent shall not be unreasonably withheld. Non-material changes
in the Trading Approach may be instituted without prior written approval.
Changes in Contracts traded pursuant
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to the Trading Approach shall be considered non-material changes in the Trading
Approach; however, the Trading Advisor agrees to notify the General Partner of
such changes in Contracts within three business days of such change.
(f) The Trading Advisor agrees to make all material
disclosures to the Partnership regarding itself and its Principals and
Affiliates, their trading performance and general trading methods, their
accounts (but not the identities of customers) and otherwise as are required in
the reasonable judgment of the General Partner or the Partnership to be made in
any filings required by any governmental body or by any applicable law,
regulation, rule or order. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be
construed or deemed to require the Trading Advisor to disclose the confidential
or proprietary details of its trading systems, strategies, methods and
programs.
(g) The Trading Advisor understands and agrees that the
General Partner intends to designate other trading advisors and to apportion
from time to time to such other trading advisors the management of such portion
of the Partnership's assets as the General Partner shall determine in its
absolute discretion. The designation of other trading advisors and
apportionment and reapportionment of a portion of the Partnership's assets to
such trading advisors shall neither terminate this Agreement nor modify in any
regard the respective rights and obligations of the parties hereto.
(h) The General Partner shall have the right to make
additions to, or withdrawals from, the Allocated Assets (including any
"notional" funds comprising part of the Allocated Assets) at any time;
provided, that the General Partner shall use its best efforts to do so only at
calendar month-ends. The General Partner agrees that the Trading Advisor may
refuse any additional allocation of funds for any reason. The General Partner,
in its sole discretion, may at any time remove all assets from the management
of the Trading Advisor and may require the Trading Advisor to liquidate
existing positions; provided, that the General Partner shall use its best
efforts to do so only at calendar month-ends.
(i) Upon receipt of instructions from the General
Partner, the Trading Advisor shall immediately cease its trading activities
with respect to the Allocated Assets, close out all existing positions in an
orderly manner and not initiate any new positions unless otherwise instructed
by the General Partner or the Partnership.
(j) The Trading Advisor shall review on a daily basis the
positions held by the Allocated Assets and shall immediately notify the General
Partner of any errors committed by the Trading Advisor or of any trade not
executed in accordance with the Trading Advisor's instructions.
2. OTHER ACCOUNTS AND ACTIVITIES OF THE TRADING ADVISOR.
(a) The services provided by the Trading Advisor
hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive. Subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Trading Advisor and its Principals and Affiliates shall be free
to trade for their own accounts and to advise other persons and manage other
accounts during the term of this Agreement and to use the same or different
degrees of leverage, information, computer programs and trading strategies or
formulas which
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they obtain, produce or utilize in the performance of services for the
Partnership. However, the Trading Advisor represents, warrants and agrees that
the rendering of such consulting, advisory and management services to others
will not require any material change in the Trading Approach and will not
materially adversely affect the capacity of the Trading Advisor to continue to
render services to the Partnership of the quality and nature contemplated by
this Agreement.
(b) If, at any time during the term of this Agreement,
the Trading Advisor is required to aggregate the Partnership's Contract
positions with the positions of any other person or entity for purposes of
applying CFTC- or exchange-imposed position limits, the Trading Advisor agrees
that it will promptly notify the General Partner if the Partnership's positions
are included in an aggregate amount which equals or exceeds ninety percent
(90%) of the applicable limit. The Trading Advisor agrees that, if its trading
recommendations are altered because of the application of any position limit,
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 Trading Advisor's other accounts. The
Trading 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 Partnership's account and
the Trading Advisor's and its Principals' and Affiliates' current accounts and
all proposed accounts for which they have contracted to act as trading advisor.
The Trading Advisor further represents, warrants and agrees that under no
circumstances will it knowingly or deliberately use trading strategies or
systems for the Partnership that are inferior to trading strategies or systems
employed for any other client or account and that it will not knowingly or
deliberately favor any client or account managed by it on an overall basis over
any other client or account, it being acknowledged, however, that different
trading strategies, methods or degrees of leverage 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 differing fee and expense
structures, accounts which have different portfolios or different fiscal years
and accounts with other differences, and that such differences may cause
divergent trading results; provided, that the Partnership hereby acknowledges
that the Trading Advisor offers trading programs other than the Trading
Approach selected by the Partnership and that such other trading programs may
obtain more favorable results than the Trading Approach.
(c) The Partnership and the General Partner acknowledge
and agree that the Trading Advisor and/or its Principals and Affiliates
presently act and that they may continue to act as advisors 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. The Trading Advisor agrees that in the
management of such other accounts by it and its Principals and Affiliates, it
will act in good faith to seek to achieve an equitable treatment of all
accounts under management on an overall basis including the Partnership's
account with respect to, among other things, priorities of order entry and
position limits.
(d) The Trading Advisor agrees that it shall make such
information available to the General Partner respecting the performance of the
Partnership's account as compared to the performance of all other accounts
managed by the Trading Advisor and its Principals and
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Affiliates as shall be reasonably requested by the General Partner or the
Partnership. The Trading Advisor shall not be required to disclose the
identity of its clients.
3. ALLOCATION OF ASSETS TO THE TRADING ADVISOR. The
Trading Advisor's Allocated Assets initially shall be a total of approximately
$1,000,000 of which $0 is notional funding.
4. FEES.
(a) Commencing with the commencement of trading by the
Trading Advisor for the Partnership, the Partnership agrees to pay to the
Trading Advisor as follows:
(i) Management Fee. A monthly management fee equal to
0.16% of the Net Asset Value of the Allocated Assets as of the close of
business on the last business day of each calendar month (an approximate 2%
annual rate). The definition of the term "Net Asset Value" is set forth in
Section 4 of the Partnership's Limited Partnership Agreement which is attached
as Exhibit 2, hereto.
(ii) For purposes of calculating the management fee, Net
Asset Value of the Allocated Assets shall be determined before reduction for
the management fees or incentive fees, if any, accrued or payable with respect
to the Allocated Assets as of such month-end, and before giving effect to any
distributions and redemptions paid or payable at such month-end. In the event
that (A) the Trading Advisor commences trading as of any day other than the
first day of a calendar month, (B) this Agreement is terminated as of any date
other than the last day of a calendar month, or (C) the Partnership reallocates
assets to or from the Trading Advisor as of any day other than the first or
last day of any calendar month, the amount of the management fee shall be
prorated on the basis of the number of business days during such month that the
Allocated Assets (as adjusted in the case of reallocation of assets) were
traded by the Trading Advisor as compared to the total number of business days
in such calendar month. To the extent that the Partnership instructs the
Trading Advisor to trade the Allocated Assets at a "nominal account size" in
excess of the actual assets comprising Allocated Assets, the Trading Advisor's
management fee shall be calculated based upon the "nominal account size" of the
Allocated Assets.
(iii) Incentive Fee. A quarterly incentive fee equal to
20% of any New Trading Profits (as defined below) achieved during each fiscal
quarter. New Trading Profits during a quarter shall mean the sum of (A) the
net of any profits and losses realized on trades closed out during the period,
plus or minus (B) the change in the net of any unrealized profits and losses on
trades which remained open as of the end of the period (net of accrued
brokerage commissions and other allocated expenses) from the net of any
unrealized profits and losses on trades initiated by the Trading Advisor which
remained open as of the end of the immediately preceding period (net of accrued
brokerage commissions and other allocated expenses), (C) any Trading Advisor
management fees paid or accrued through the end of the period, and (D) the
Trading Advisor's carryforward loss (as hereinafter defined) from the
immediately preceding period. If the sum of subparagraphs (A) through (D) for
any period is negative, such amount shall be the Trading Advisor's carryforward
loss for the next period. For purposes of calculating incentive fees, interest
income earned on the Allocated Assets will be disregarded.
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In the event of a withdrawal from the Allocated Assets at a time when the
Trading Advisor has a carryforward loss in effect, the amount thereof shall be
reduced by an amount determined by multiplying the carryforward loss by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of the withdrawal and the
denominator of which shall be the Net Asset Value of the Allocated Assets
immediately prior to giving effect to the withdrawal. In the event that an
addition is made to the Allocated Assets subsequent to a reduction in the
Trading Advisor's carryforward loss by reason of a withdrawal, the Trading
Advisor's carryforward loss shall be increased by or created in an amount (up
to the aggregate amount of prior carryforward loss reductions) determined by
multiplying the aggregate amount of prior carryforward loss reductions by a
fraction, the numerator of which shall be the amount of the addition and the
denominator of which shall be the sum of the previous withdrawals which
resulted in carryforward loss reductions. The incentive fee charged to the
Partnership with respect to the Allocated Assets will be dependent upon the
performance of the Trading Advisor and will not be affected by the performance
of any other trading advisor appointed by the Partnership or the Partnership as
a whole. The initial incentive period shall commence on the date the Trading
Advisor commences trading activity for the Partnership and shall end at the
immediate following quarter-end (even though such period may not be a full
quarter). Subsequent incentive periods shall commence on the first day of the
next succeeding fiscal quarter and end on the last day of such fiscal quarter.
In the event this Agreement is terminated as of any date which is not the end
of an incentive period, an incentive fee will be paid by the Partnership, if
earned, with respect to the Allocated Assets as though such termination date
were the last day of the incentive period. For purposes of calculating the
first incentive fee, the Trading Advisor hereby agrees that it shall assume an
initial carryforward loss equal to $150,000.
(b) Payment of Fees. The management fees and incentive
fees due to the Trading Advisor shall be paid by the Partnership within thirty
(30) days of the end of the calendar period to which they relate. The
Partnership expressly agrees that any such fees due the Trading Advisor shall
survive the termination or other expiration of this Agreement.
5. TRADING ADVISOR INDEPENDENT. The Trading Advisor
shall for all purposes herein be deemed to be an independent contractor to the
Partnership and the General Partner and shall, except as otherwise expressly
provided herein, have no authority to act for or represent the Partnership or
the General Partner in any way or otherwise be deemed a sponsor of the
Partnership or an agent, joint venturer or partner of the Partnership, the
General Partner or of any other trading advisor retained by the Partnership.
6. BROKER.
(a) The Trading Advisor agrees to enter all Contract
orders through E.D. & F. Man International Inc. ("Man"), or such other brokers
and forward contract dealers as may be designated, from time to time, in
writing by the Partnership. The Partnership must consent in writing to the use
of other floor brokers who will give up such trades to Man in accordance with
exchange rules and the give-up procedures established by the Partnership from
time to time. The Trading Advisor shall be responsible for any errors
committed by any executing broker who gives-up to Man on behalf of the
Partnership. In placing trades for the Partnership's account, the Trading
Advisor agrees that it shall use its standard procedures for allocating orders
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the Trading Advisor's various accounts and not knowingly favor any other such
account on an overall basis over the Partnership's account.
(b) All forward contract and other trades for the
Partnership will be executed through the forward trading and other facilities
of such affiliates of Man or other entities as the Partnership may designate
from time to time.
7. STANDARD OF LIABILITY; INDEMNIFICATIONS.
(a) Standard of Liability. Neither the Trading Advisor
nor any of its Principals and Affiliates shall be liable to the Partnership,
the General Partner or any of their respective successors or assigns under this
Agreement except by reason of (i) acts or omissions to act which constitute bad
faith, negligence or misconduct or (ii) any material breach of any of the
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements of the Trading Advisor set
forth in this Agreement.
(b) Indemnity. (i) The Partnership agrees to indemnify
and hold harmless the Trading Advisor and each of its Principals and Affiliates
from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs and
expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees and
disbursements), judgments and amounts paid in settlement (collectively,
"Losses") to which an indemnified person may become subject arising out of this
Agreement, the transactions contemplated hereby or the fact the Trading Advisor
is or was a trading advisor to the Partnership, unless any such Losses arise
out of, relate to, or are based upon the Trading Advisor's failure to meet the
standard of liability applicable to it under SECTION 7(a).
(ii) The Trading Advisor agrees to indemnify and hold
harmless the Partnership, the General Partner and each of their respective
Principals and Affiliates from and against any and all Losses to which they may
become subject, if any such Losses arise out of, relate to, or are based upon
the Trading Advisor's failure to meet the standard of liability applicable to
it under SECTION 7(a).
(c) Promptly after receipt by a party to be indemnified
under SECTION 7(b), above, of any notice of the commencement of any action or
proceeding, such indemnified party shall, if a claim in respect thereof is to
be made against the indemnified party under such subsection, notify the
indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof, but the omission so
to notify the indemnifying party shall not relieve it from any liability which
it may have to any indemnified party otherwise than under such subsection. The
requirement that an indemnifying party be given written notice of the
commencement of any action shall be deemed to be satisfied if such indemnifying
party shall have actual knowledge thereof or shall have been given written
notice of the commencement of any action or proceeding within a reasonable time
after the commencement thereof. If any such action shall be brought against
any indemnified party and the indemnified party notifies the indemnifying party
of the commencement thereof, the indemnifying party shall be entitled to
participate therein and, to the extent that it wishes, to assume the defense
thereof with counsel satisfactory to such indemnified party, and shall have the
right to negotiate and consent to a settlement thereof, provided that the
indemnified party shall have consented to the settlement. After notice from
the indemnifying party to such indemnified party of its election so to assume
the defense thereof, the indemnifying party shall
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not be liable to such indemnified party under such subsection for any legal or
other expenses subsequently incurred by such indemnified party in connection
with the defense thereof other than reasonable costs of investigation;
provided, however, that the indemnified party shall have the right to employ
counsel to represent it, if, in the indemnified party's reasonable judgment, it
is advisable for such party to be represented by separate counsel, in which
event the fees and expenses of such separate counsel shall be borne by the
indemnified party. No indemnifying party shall be liable for any settlement of
any such action effected without its consent, but if any such action or
proceeding is settled with the consent of any indemnifying party or if there be
a final judgment for the plaintiff in any such action or proceeding (of which
an indemnifying party shall have been notified), such indemnifying party shall
indemnify and hold harmless each indemnified party from and against any Losses
incurred or suffered by reason of such settlement or judgment.
(d) Any indemnification required by this SECTION 7,
unless ordered or expressly permitted by a court, shall be made by the
indemnifying party only upon a determination by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion that the conduct which is the subject of the claim, demand,
lawsuit, action or proceeding with respect to which indemnification is sought
meets the applicable standard set forth in this SECTION 7.
(e) The provisions of this SECTION 7 shall survive the
termination or other expiration of this Agreement.
8. THE TRADING ADVISOR'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The Trading Advisor represents and warrants to the Partnership and the General
Partner as follows:
(a) The Trading Advisor is duly organized, validly
existing and in good standing under the laws of the jurisdiction of its
organization and has full power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to conduct its business as described in
this Agreement and the Disclosure Notice, and the Trading Advisor is qualified
to conduct its business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which
the nature or conduct of its business requires such qualification and failure
to so qualify would have a materially adverse effect on its ability to comply
with, or perform its obligations under, this Agreement, it being understood
that any decision as to the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the Trading
Advisor shall conduct its business is within the sole discretion of the Trading
Advisor.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered by the Trading Advisor and is a valid and binding
agreement of the Trading Advisor enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(c) The execution and delivery of this Agreement and the
performance of the obligations and the consummation of the transactions
contemplated in this Agreement and in the Disclosure Notice will not conflict
with, violate, breach or constitute a default under, any term or provision of
the Trading Advisor's certificate of incorporation, by-laws, or other charter
documents, or any indenture, mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, or other
agreement or instrument to which the Trading Advisor or any of its Principals
and Affiliates is a party or by which any of them are bound, or to which any of
the property (including, but not limited to, its Trading Approach) or assets of
the Trading Advisor or its Principals and Affiliates are subject,
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or any order, rule, law, statute, regulation, or other legal requirement
applicable to the Trading Advisor or any of its Principals or to the property
or assets of the Trading Advisor or its Principals and Affiliates of any court
or any governmental or administrative body or agency or panel or any regulatory
or self-regulatory organization or exchange having jurisdiction over the
Trading Advisor or any of its Principals and Affiliates.
(d) The Trading Advisor is registered as a commodity
trading advisor under the Act, its Principals are identified on the Trading
Advisor's most recent CFTC Form 7-R filed with the NFA pursuant to the Act, and
it is a member of the NFA in such capacity and such registration and membership
has not expired or been revoked, lapsed, suspended, terminated, or not renewed
or limited or qualified in any respect.
(e) The Trading Advisor is not bankrupt or insolvent.
(f) The Disclosure Document is complete and accurate in
all material respects, conforms to the requirements of Part 4 of the Act and
may be relied upon by the Partnership and the General Partner in preparing the
Disclosure Notice and allocating assets of the Partnership to the Trading
Advisor and there has not been, since the date of the Disclosure Document's
issuance, any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
business or prospects of the Trading Advisor or any of its Principals and
Affiliates, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business, or
relating to the historical performance and operations of the Trading Advisor.
(g) The Trading Advisor and each Principal has complied
and will continue to comply in all material respects with all orders, rules,
laws, statutes, regulations or other legal requirements applicable to the
Trading Advisor or any of its Principals and Affiliates or to their respective
businesses, properties, or assets, including the Act and the rules promulgated
by the CFTC and the NFA, the violation of which would materially and adversely
affect its or their ability to comply with, and perform its or their
obligations under this Agreement, and there are no actions, suits, proceedings,
or notices of investigations or investigations pending or threatened against
the Trading Advisor, or any of its Principals or Affiliates, by the NFA, the
CFTC or any governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory agency regarding
noncompliance by the Trading Advisor or any of its Principals or Affiliates
with any law, statute, rule or regulation, or at law or in equity or before or
by any court, any federal, state, municipal or other governmental department
commission, board, bureau, agency, or instrumentality, or by any regulatory or
self-regulatory organization, or exchange, in which an adverse decision would
materially and adversely affect its or their ability to comply with or to
perform its or their obligations under this Agreement or that would be required
to be disclosed in the Disclosure Notice, which is not so disclosed, would
result in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
business or prospects of the Trading Advisor.
(h) The Trading Advisor and each Principal has all
governmental, regulatory, self-regulatory and exchange licenses and approvals
and has effected all filings and registrations with all governmental,
regulatory and self-regulatory agencies required to conduct their respective
businesses and to act as described in the Disclosure Notice and to perform its
or their respective obligations under this Agreement.
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(i) With respect to information contained in the
Disclosure Notice relating to the Trading Advisor, including, without
limitation, the tables and notes thereto, the Disclosure Notice does not
contain any untrue statement of material fact or omit to state therein a
material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to be stated therein
in order to prevent the statements made therein, in light of the circumstances
under which they are made, from being misleading.
(j) In the placement of orders and the allocation of
executed trades for the Partnership and for the accounts of any other client,
the Trading Advisor shall utilize a fair and reasonable order entry system and
trade allocation system, which shall be no less favorable on an overall basis
to the Partnership than to any other account managed by the Trading Advisor.
(k) The Trading Advisor shall promptly notify the other
parties hereto of the commencement of any suit, action or proceeding involving
it or its Principals and Affiliates, whether or not any such suit, action or
proceeding also involves any of the other parties hereto.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall be
continuing during the term of this Agreement and any renewal hereof and if at
any time any event shall occur which would make or tend to make any of the
foregoing not true or incomplete, the Trading Advisor shall promptly notify the
Partnership and the General Partner of the occurrence of such event.
9. THE PARTNERSHIP'S REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES.
The General Partner and the Partnership represents and warrants to the Trading
Advisor as follows:
(a) The Partnership is duly organized, validly existing
and in good standing as a limited partnership under the laws of Illinois. The
Partnership has full power and authority to enter into and perform its
obligations under this Agreement and to conduct its business and to act as
described in the Disclosure Notice. The Partnership is qualified to conduct its
business and is in good standing in every jurisdiction in which the nature or
conduct of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so
qualify would have a materially adverse effect on its ability to comply with,
or perform its obligations under, this Agreement, it being understood that any
decision as to the jurisdiction or jurisdictions in which the Partnership shall
conduct its business is within the sole discretion of the Partnership.
(b) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized,
executed and delivered on behalf of the Partnership and is a valid and binding
agreement of it enforceable in accordance with its terms. The execution and
delivery of this Agreement and the performance of the obligations and the
consummation of the transactions contemplated in this Agreement and in the
Disclosure Notice will not conflict with, violate, breach or constitute a
default under, any term or provision of the Partnership's certificate of
limited partnership or its limited partnership agreement or of any indenture,
mortgage, deed of trust, loan agreement, or other agreement or instrument to
which the Partnership is a party or by which it is bound, or to which any of
the property or assets of the Partnership are subject, or any order, rule, law,
statute, regulation, or other legal requirement applicable to the Partnership
or to the property or assets of the Partnership of any court or any
governmental or administrative body or agency or panel or any regulatory or
self-regulatory organization or exchange having jurisdiction over the
Partnership.
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(c) The Partnership has complied and will continue to
comply in all material respects with all orders, rules, laws, statutes,
regulations or other legal requirements applicable to it, to its business,
properties, and assets, including the Act and the rules promulgated by the CFTC
and the NFA, the violation of which would materially and adversely affect its
ability to comply with, and perform its obligations under this Agreement, and
there are no actions, suits, proceedings, or notices of investigations or
investigations pending or threatened against it, by the NFA, the CFTC or any
governmental, regulatory or self-regulatory agency regarding noncompliance by
it with any law, statute, rule or regulation, or at law or in equity or before
or by any court, any federal, state, municipal or other governmental
department, commission, board, bureau, agency, or instrumentality, or by any
regulatory or self-regulatory organization, or exchange, in which an adverse
decision would materially and adversely affect its ability to comply with or to
perform its obligations under this Agreement or that would be required to be
disclosed in the Disclosure Notice, which is not so disclosed, or would result
in a material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, business
or prospects of the Partnership.
(d) The Partnership has all governmental, regulatory,
self-regulatory and exchange licenses and approvals and has effected all
filings and registrations with all federal and state governmental and
regulatory and self-regulatory agencies required to conduct its business and to
act as described in the Disclosure Notice and to perform its obligations under
this Agreement.
(e) Except with respect to information contained in the
Disclosure Notice relating to the Trading Advisor or any other advisor, the
Disclosure Notice does not contain any untrue statement of material fact or
omit to state therein a material fact required to be stated therein or
necessary to be stated therein in order to prevent the statements made therein,
in light of the circumstances under which they are made, from being misleading.
The Disclosure Notice complies in all material respects with the Act and the
rules and regulations promulgated thereunder by the CFTC.
(f) The General Partner is registered as a commodity pool
operator under the Act and is a member of the NFA in such capacity and such
registration and membership has not expired or been revoked, lapsed, suspended,
terminated, or not renewed or limited or qualified in any respect.
(g) The General Partner has all governmental, regulatory,
self-regulatory and exchange licenses and approvals and has effected all
filings and registrations with all governmental, regulatory and self-regulatory
agencies required to conduct its business and to act as described in the
Disclosure Notice and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
The foregoing representations and warranties shall be
continuing during the term of this Agreement and any renewal hereof and if at
any time any event shall occur which would make or tend to make any of the
foregoing not true or incomplete, the General Partner will promptly notify the
Trading Advisor thereof.
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10. TERM AND TERMINATION.
(a) Unless terminated earlier as provided below, the term
of this Agreement shall be until the end of the twelfth full calendar month
after the Trading Advisor commences trading activity and is automatically
renewable thereafter for successive one-year periods unless (i) the Partnership
or the Trading Advisor terminates this Agreement during the initial one-year
term thereof by giving thirty days' prior written notice to the other parties
hereto, or (ii) either the Trading Advisor or the Partnership terminates the
Agreement at the end of the initial one-year term or at any time thereafter by
giving thirty days' prior written notice to the other parties hereto.
(b) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Partnership immediately upon written notice to the Trading
Advisor if (i) the Trading Advisor, if other than a natural person, merges,
consolidates with or sells a substantial portion of its assets to any
individual or entity, or there is a material adverse change relating to the
Trading Advisor or a material adverse change in control, organizational
structure, financial condition, regulatory compliance or personnel of the
Trading Advisor, (ii) any of the Trading Advisor's registrations under the Act
or otherwise are suspended, terminated, lapsed or not renewed, (iii) the
Trading Advisor's membership in the NFA or other self-regulatory organization
is suspended, terminated, lapsed or not renewed, (iv) the Trading Advisor
otherwise becomes unable to serve as a trading advisor to the full extent
contemplated by this Agreement, (v) the Trading Advisor breaches any of its
representations, warranties, covenants or agreements contained in this
Agreement, or (vi) the General Partner determines doing so is in the best
interests of the Partnership.
(c) Notwithstanding the foregoing, this Agreement may be
terminated by the Trading Advisor immediately upon written notice to the
Partnership if the General Partner's registration under the Act or otherwise is
suspended, terminated, lapsed or not renewed.
11. NOTICES. Except as otherwise provided herein, all
notices, demands or requests required to be made or delivered under this
Agreement shall be effective only if in writing and delivered personally or by
facsimile or mail, postage prepaid (airmail if the addressee is in another
country), to the respective addresses below or to such other addresses as may
be designated by the party entitled to receive the same by notice similarly
given and shall be deemed given by the party required to provide notice when
received by the party to whom notice is required to be given.
If to the Partnership or the General Partner to:
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Financial Centre
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12. ASSIGNMENT. No party hereto may transfer, sell,
encumber, appoint agents or assign any of its rights or obligations hereunder
in whole or in part without the express written consent of each of the other
parties hereto.
13. AMENDMENT; MODIFICATION. This Agreement may not be
amended or modified, nor any of the provisions hereof waived, except by the
written consent of all of the parties hereto.
14. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the
entire agreement among the parties hereto with respect to the subject hereof
and supersedes all prior agreements written or oral, and no other agreement,
verbal or otherwise, shall be binding as between the parties hereto unless in
writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.
15. SUCCESSORS. This Agreement shall be binding upon and
inure to the benefit of the parties hereto, their successors and permitted
assigns. No other person other than the persons indemnified under SECTION 7
hereof for matters relating to that Section shall have any right or obligation
under this Agreement.
16. HEADINGS. Headings to sections herein are for the
convenience of the parties only, and are not intended to be a part of or to
affect the meanings or interpretation of this Agreement.
17. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by,
and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois without
giving effect to principles of conflicts of laws.
18. ARBITRATION. The parties agree that all
controversies which may arise in connection with any transaction contemplated
by this Agreement or the construction, performance or breach of this Agreement
shall be determined by arbitration, to be held in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois unless otherwise agreed to by the parties hereto, and in accordance
with the rules then obtaining of the NFA, or if no such rules are then in
effect or if jurisdiction is declined, then the rules then obtaining of the
American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that (a) the arbitrator(s)
shall be knowledgeable in industry standards and practices and the matters
giving rise to the dispute, (b) the arbitrator(s) shall not have the power and
authority to award punitive damages, (c) the authority of the arbitrator(s)
shall be limited to construing and enforcing the terms and conditions of this
Agreement as expressly set forth herein, and (d) the arbitrator(s) shall state
the reasons for their award and their legal and factual
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conclusions underlying the award in a written opinion. The award of the
arbitrator(s), or a majority of them, shall be final, and judgment upon the
award may be confirmed and entered in any court, state or federal, having
jurisdiction.
19. CONSENT TO JURISDICTION. Except as set forth in
Section 18 above, each party hereto expressly and irrevocably agrees (a) that
it waives any objection, and specifically consents, to venue in the United
States federal or state courts located in the City of Chicago, State of
Illinois, United States of America, so that any action at law or in equity may
be brought and maintained in any such court, and (b) that service of process in
any such action may be effected against such party by certified or registered
mail or in any other manner permitted by applicable United States Federal Rules
of Civil Procedure or Rules of the Courts of the State of Illinois. In
addition, each party hereto expressly and irrevocably waives, in respect of any
action brought in any United States federal or state court located in the City
of Chicago, State of Illinois or any resulting judgment, any objection, and
hereby specifically consents, to the jurisdiction of any such court, and agrees
not to seek to change the situs of such action or to assert that any other
court in any other action is a more suitable forum for the hearing and
adjudication of any claim or dispute raised in such action.
20. SURVIVAL. The indemnity provisions of this Agreement
shall survive the termination or expiration of this Agreement with respect to
any matter existing prior to such termination; the payment obligations under
this Agreement shall continue until satisfied; and the other provisions of the
Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any
matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.
21. WAIVER OF BREACH. The waiver by a party of a breach
of any provisions of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a
waiver of any subsequent breach by a party. The failure of a party to insist
upon strict adherence to any provision of this Agreement shall not constitute a
waiver or thereafter deprive such party of the right to insist upon a strict
adherence.
22. COUNTERPARTS. This Agreement may be executed in one
or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed to be an original, but all
of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed as of the
day and year first above written.
THE FUTURES DIMENSION FUND
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Asset Management, Inc.
Its General Partner
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President
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President
RXR, INC.
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EXHIBIT 1
October __, 1995
RXR, Inc.
Financial Centre
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Re: Commodity Trading Authorization
Gentlemen:
THE FUTURES DIMENSION FUND, an Illinois limited partnership
(the "Partnership"), does hereby make, constitute, and appoint you as its
Attorney-in-Fact to purchase and sell futures contracts, commodities and
commodity options and forward contracts, and any other items which are
currently, or may later become, the subject of futures, forward or options
trading, and other related investments on domestic and international exchanges,
through E.D. & F. Man International Inc., or such other brokers and forward
contract dealers as may be designated, from time to time, in writing by the
Partnership, as brokers, in accordance with the Management Contract between us
dated November __, 1995.
Very truly yours,
THE FUTURES DIMENSION FUND
By: ▇▇▇▇▇▇▇ Asset Management, Inc.
Its General Partner
By: /s/ ▇▇▇▇▇▇ ▇. ▇▇▇▇▇
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President