AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
Exhibit 10.2
AMENDMENT NO. 1
TO
MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
WHEREAS, MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the Partnership), CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (CMF), and AVENTIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC, a California limited liability company (the Advisor), have agreed to amend the Management Agreement (the Management Agreement), dated as of December 1, 2011, among the Partnership, CMF and the Advisor, to reduce the monthly management fee rate payable to the Advisor. Capitalized terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Management Agreement.
WHEREAS, all provisions contained in the Management Agreement remain in full force and effect and are modified only to the extent necessary to provide for the amendments set forth below.
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby amend the Management Agreement as follows:
1. The monthly fee for professional management services rate referred to in clause (a)(ii) of the Section entitled Compensation in the Management Agreement is hereby reduced to a monthly management fee rate equal to 1/12 of 1.25% (a 1.25% annual rate).
2. The foregoing amendment shall take effect as of the 1st day of March, 2014.
3. 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.
4. This Amendment No. 1 shall be governed and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment to the Management Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the 7th day of February, 2014.
CERES MANAGED FUTURES LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Alper Daglioglu | |
Alper Daglioglu | ||
President and Director |
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P. | ||
By: | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | |
(General Partner) | ||
By: | /s/ Alper Daglioglu | |
Alper Daglioglu | ||
President and Director |
AVENTIS ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | ||
By: | /s/ Steven Hwang | |
Name: Steven Hwang | ||
Title: Chief Operating Officer |