AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT

 

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of the 1st day of March, 2014 to the MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of February, 2013 (the “Management Agreement”), among CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CMF”), MANAGED FUTURES PREMIER AVENTIS II L.P., a New York limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and AVENTIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company (the “Advisor”) (all parties together, the “Parties”).  Capitalized terms not defined herein have the meaning ascribed to such terms in the Management Agreement.

 

W I T N E S S E T H:

 

WHEREAS, the Partnership currently pays the Advisor a monthly fee for professional management services equal to 1.5% per year of the month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor; and

 

WHEREAS, effective as of March 1, 2014, the Parties wish to change the professional management services fee to 1.25% per year; and

 

WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Management Agreement to reflect this change.

 

NOW, therefore, the Parties agree as follows:

 

1. The text of Section 3(a) of the Management Agreement shall be deleted in its entirety and replaced by the following:

 

“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 1/12 of 1.25% (1.25% per year) of the month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor (computed monthly by multiplying the adjusted net assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor as of the last business day of each month by 1.25% and dividing the result thereof by 12).”

 

2. The foregoing amendment shall take effect as of the 1st day of March, 2014.

 

3. In all other respects the Management Agreement remains unchanged and of full force and effect.

 

4. This Amendment No. 1 may be executed in one or more counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute the same agreement.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

 

 

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