Amendment No. 1 to Amended and Restated Management Agreement among Ceres Managed Futures LLC, Emerging CTA Portfolio L.P., and Blackwater Capital Management LLC

Summary

This amendment, effective December 1, 2013, updates the management agreement between Ceres Managed Futures LLC, Emerging CTA Portfolio L.P., and Blackwater Capital Management LLC. The main change is a reduction in the annual management services fee paid by the Partnership to the Advisor from 1.25% to 0.75% of the month-end net assets allocated to the Advisor. All other terms of the original agreement remain unchanged. The amendment is governed by New York law and is effective as of the specified date.

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EXHIBIT 10.6(b)

AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT

AGREEMENT

This AMENDMENT NO. 1 dated as of the 1st day of December, 2013 to the AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT made as of the 1st day of November, 2010 (the “Management Agreement”), among CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (“CMF”), EMERGING CTA PORTFOLIO L.P., a New York limited partnership (the “Partnership”) and BLACKWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware 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 1.25% per year of the month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor; and

WHEREAS, effective as of December 1, 2013, the Parties wish to change the professional management services fee to 0.75% 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 0.75% 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 0.75% and dividing the result thereof by 12).”

2. The foregoing amendment shall take effect as of the 1st day of December, 2013.

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

 

CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC
By:  

/s/ Alper Daglioglu

Name:   Alper Daglioglu
Title:   President and Director
EMERGING CTA PORTFOLIO L.P.
By:  

Ceres Managed Futures LLC

(General Partner)

By:  

/s/ Alper Daglioglu

Name:   Alper Daglioglu
Title:   President and Director
BLACKWATER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT LLC
By:  

/s/ Andrew Silwanowicz

Name:   Andrew Silwanowicz
Title:   Principal

 

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