Amendment No. 2, dated as of February 1, 2019, to the Management Agreement, by and among the Registrant, the General Partner and Graham
Exhibit 10.1
AMENDMENT NO. 2 TO THE MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
This AMENDMENT NO. 2 dated January 29, 2019 to the MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT made as of November 6, 1998, as amended April 1, 2014 (the Management Agreement), by and among CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CMF), MANAGED FUTURES PREMIER GRAHAM L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership) and GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Advisor, and together with CMF and the Partnership, the Parties).
W I T N E S S E T H:
WHEREAS, CMF allocates, from time to time, a certain amount of the assets of the Partnership to the Advisor to trade pursuant to the Management Agreement; and
WHEREAS, the Parties wish to amend the Management Agreement to reflect (i) a reduction in the management fee paid under Section 6(a)(i) and (ii) a reduction in the incentive fee and change in the frequency of the payment of the incentive fee under Section 6(a)(ii).
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. The monthly management fee rate referred to in clause (a)(i) of the Section entitled Fees in the Management Agreement is hereby reduced to a monthly management fee rate equal to 1/12 of 1.35% (a 1.35% annual rate).
2. The language in Section 6(a)(ii) is hereby deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:
The annual incentive fee equal to 18% of the Trading Profits (as defined in Section 6(d)) experienced by the Partnership as of the end of each such period.
3. This Amendment No. 2 shall take effect as of the 1st day of February, 2019.
4. This Amendment No. 2 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. 2 shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the date first written above.
MANAGED FUTURES PREMIER GRAHAM L.P. | ||
By: | Ceres Managed Futures LLC (General Partner) | |
By | /s/ Patrick T. Egan | |
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Patrick T. Egan | ||
President & Director | ||
CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC | ||
By | /s/ Patrick T. Egan | |
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Patrick T. Egan | ||
President & Director | ||
GRAHAM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, L.P. | ||
By | /s/ Paul Sedlack | |
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Paul Sedlack | ||
COO |
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