AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
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Exhibit 10.3
AMENDED AND RESTATED MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 10th day of April, 1997 and amended and restated as of the 1st day of March, 2000 among SMITH BARNEY FUTURES MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (SBFM), SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L. P., a New York limited partnership (the Partnership) and JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY, INC., a Florida corporation (the Advisor).
W I T N E S S E T H :
WHEREAS, SBFM is the general partner of SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L. P., a limited partnership organized for the purpose of speculative trading of commodity interests, including futures contracts, options, forward contracts and physicals with the objective of achieving substantial capital appreciation; and
WHEREAS, the Limited Partnership Agreement establishing the Partnership (the Limited Partnership Agreement) permits SBFM to delegate to one or more commodity trading advisors SBFMs authority to make trading decisions for the Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and is a member of the National Futures Association (NFA); and
WHEREAS, SBFM is registered as a commodity pool operator with the CFTC and is a member of the NFA; and
WHEREAS, SBFM, the Partnership and the Advisor initially entered into this Agreement in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Advisor would render and implement advisory services in connection with the conduct by the Partnership of its commodity trading activities during the term of this Agreement;
WHEREAS, SBFM, the Partnership and the Advisor wish to amend and restate this Agreement in order to (i) incorporate amendments to this Agreement made as of June 30, 1998; (ii) change the program that the Advisor will trade on behalf of the Partnership; (iii) change the fees that will be paid to the Advisor by the Partnership; and (iv) otherwise continue this Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR. (a) For the period and on the terms and conditions of this Agreement, the Advisor shall
have sole authority and responsibility, as one of the Partnerships agents and attorneys-in-fact, for directing the investment and reinvestment of the assets and funds of the Partnership allocated to it by SBFM in commodity interests, including commodity futures contracts, options and forward contracts and physicals. The Advisor will not be allocated notional funds. All such trading on behalf of the Partnership shall be in accordance with the trading strategies and trading policies set forth in the Partnerships prospectus and/or private placement memoranda dated as of May 30, 1997, amended as of August 31, 1998, June 1, 1999, and to be amended on or about May 1, 2000 (as supplemented and collectively, the Prospectus), and as such trading policies may be changed from time to time upon receipt by the Advisor of prior written notice of such change. Any open positions or other investments at the time of receipt of such notice shall not be deemed to violate the changed policy and shall be closed or sold in the ordinary course of trading. The Advisor may not deviate from the trading policies set forth in the Prospectus without the prior written consent of the Partnership given by SBFM. The Advisor makes no representation or warranty that the trading to be directed by it for the Partnership will be profitable or will not incur losses.
(b) SBFM acknowledges receipt of the Advisors Disclosure Document dated June 30, 1999, as amended on October 13, 1999 and November 5, 1999 (the Disclosure Document). All trades made by the Advisor for the account of the Partnership shall be made through such commodity broker or brokers as SBFM shall direct, and the Advisor shall have no authority or responsibility for selecting or supervising any such broker in connection with the clearance or confirmation of transactions for the Partnership or for the negotiation of brokerage rates charged therefor. SBFM shall also direct the Advisor in writing on Appendix A to this Agreement (which may be revised by SBFM from time to time) to direct trades in commodity futures and options to such independent floor brokers as SBFM may determine as agent for Salomon Smith Barney Inc. for execution with instructions to give-up the trades to the broker designated by SBFM. The Partnerships futures commission merchant is Salomon Smith Barney Inc. All give-up or similar fees relating to the foregoing shall be paid by the Partnership after all parties have executed the relevant give-up agreement. The terms of this Section 1(b) shall supersede any inconsistent terms in the give-up agreement. The Partnerships futures commission merchant will provide copies of all brokerage statements to the Advisor.
(c) The allocation of the Partnerships assets to the Advisor, effective March 1, 2000, will be made to the JWH Strategic Allocation Program (the Program). In the event the Advisor wishes to use a trading system or methodology other than or in addition to the systems or methodologies outlined in the Prospectus in connection with its trading for the Partnership, either in whole or in part, it may not do so unless the Advisor gives SBFM prior written notice of its intention to utilize such
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different trading system or methodology and SBFM consents thereto in writing. SBFM may add programs other than the Strategic Allocation Program, or delete the Strategic Allocation Program, only upon agreement with the Advisor. In addition, the Advisor will provide five days prior written notice to SBFM of any change in a trading system or methodology to be utilized for the Partnership which the Advisor deems material. If the Advisor deems such change in system or methodology to be material, the changed system or methodology will not be utilized for the Partnership without the prior written consent of SBFM. Changes in contracts traded or in the leverage employed shall not be deemed to be material and no prior notice or consent shall be required. The Advisor also agrees to provide SBFM, upon request, with a written report of the assets under the Advisors management together with all other matters deemed by the Advisor to be material changes to its business not previously reported to SBFM.
(d) The Advisor agrees to make all material disclosures to the Partnership regarding itself and its principals as defined in Part 4 of the CFTCs regulations (principals), shareholders, directors, officers and employees, their trading performance and general trading methods, its customer accounts (but not the identities of or identifying information with respect to its customers) and otherwise as are required in the reasonable judgment of SBFM to be made in any filings required by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order. Notwithstanding Sections 1(d) and 4(d) of this Agreement, the Advisor is not required to disclose the actual trading results of proprietary accounts of the Advisor or its principals unless SBFM determines that such disclosure is required in order to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership or the reporting, filing or other obligations imposed on it by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order. The Partnership and SBFM acknowledge that the trading advice to be provided by the Advisor is a property right belonging to the Advisor and that they will keep all such advice confidential. Further, SBFM agrees to treat as confidential any results of proprietary accounts and/or proprietary information with respect to trading systems obtained from the Advisor. Nothing contained in this Agreement shall be deemed or construed to require the Advisor to disclose any confidential or proprietary details of the Advisors trading strategies or the names or identities of the Advisors clients.
(e) The Advisor understands and agrees that SBFM may designate other trading advisors (although SBFM has no present intention to do so) for the Partnership and to apportion or reapportion to such other trading advisors the management of an amount of Net Assets (as defined in Section 3(b) hereof) as it shall determine in its absolute discretion. The designation of other trading advisors and the apportionment or reapportionment of Net Assets to any such trading advisors pursuant to this Section 1 shall neither terminate this Agreement nor modify in any regard the respective rights and obligations of the parties
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hereunder. In the event SBFM appoints an additional advisor for the Partnership, SBFM will change the Partnerships name to another name which will not include the term Westport.
(f) SBFM may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion, select additional trading advisors and reapportion funds among the trading advisors for the Partnership as it deems appropriate (although SBFM has no present intention to do so). SBFM shall use its best efforts to make reapportionments, if any, as of the first day of a month. The Advisor agrees that it may be called upon at any time promptly to liquidate positions in SBFMs sole discretion so that SBFM may reallocate the Partnerships assets, meet margin calls on the Partnerships account, fund redemptions, or for any other reason, except that SBFM will not require the liquidation of specific positions by the Advisor. The Advisor shall not be responsible for the effects of such liquidations ordered by SBFM. SBFM will use its best efforts to give three days prior notice to the Advisor of any additions, redemptions, reallocations or liquidations and will use its best efforts to effect such reallocation or liquidation only at month-end. Additions and redemptions will be made only at month-end.
(g) The Advisor will not be liable for trading losses in the Partnerships account including losses caused by errors; provided, however, that the Advisor will be liable to the Partnership with respect to losses incurred due to errors committed or caused by it or any of its principals or employees in communicating improper trading instructions or orders to any broker on behalf of the Partnership.
2. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADVISOR. For all purposes herein, the Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly provided or authorized, shall have no authority to act for or represent the Partnership in any way and shall not be deemed an agent, promoter or sponsor of the Partnership, SBFM, or any other trading advisor or to be establishing a partnership or joint venture with any of the foregoing. The Advisor shall not be responsible to the Partnership, its general partner or any limited partners for any acts or omissions of any other trading advisor acting as an advisor to the Partnership.
3. COMPENSATION. (a) 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 15% 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 1/3 of 1% (4% per year) of the month-end Net Assets of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor.
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(b) Net Assets shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 7(d)(1) of the Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of March 21, 1997 and without regard to amendments thereto (and as set forth in Appendix A hereto), provided that in determining the Net Assets of the Partnership on any date, no adjustment shall be made to reflect any distributions, redemptions, management fees payable, or incentive fees payable as of the date of such determination.
(c) New Trading Profits shall mean the excess, if any, of Net Assets managed by the Advisor at the end of the fiscal period over Net Assets managed by the Advisor at the end of the highest previous fiscal period or Net Assets allocated to the Advisor at the date trading commences, whichever is higher, and as further adjusted to eliminate the effect on Net Assets resulting from new capital contributions, redemptions, reallocations or capital distributions, if any, made during the fiscal period decreased by interest or other income, not directly related to trading activity, earned on the Partnerships assets during the fiscal period, whether the assets are held separately or in margin accounts. Interest income earned, if any, will not be taken into account in computing New Trading Profits earned by the Advisor. If Net Assets allocated to the Advisor are reduced due to redemptions, reallocations or distributions (net of additions), there will be a corresponding proportional reduction in the related loss carryforward amount that must be recouped before the Advisor is eligible to receive another incentive fee.
(d) Quarterly incentive fees and monthly management fees shall be paid within twenty (20) business days following the end of the period, as the case may be, for which such fee is payable. In the event of a redemption, reallocation or distribution (net of additions) or the termination of this Agreement as of any date which shall not be the end of a calendar quarter or a calendar month, as the case may be, the quarterly incentive fee shall be computed and paid as if the effective date of the redemption, reallocation, distribution or termination were the last day of the then current quarter and the monthly management fee shall be prorated to the effective date of termination. If, during any month, the Partnership does not conduct business operations or the Advisor is unable to provide the services contemplated herein for more than two successive business days, the monthly management fee shall be prorated by the ratio which the number of business days during which SBFM conducted the Partnerships business operations or utilized the Advisors services bears in the month to the total number of business days in such month, it being acknowledged that under the Advisors trading programs there will be periods when no open positions will be maintained for the Partnership.
(e) The provisions of this Paragraph 3 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
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4. RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES. (a) The services provided by the Advisor hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive. SBFM on its own behalf and on behalf of the Partnership acknowledges that, subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and shareholder(s), may render advisory, consulting and management services to other clients and accounts. The Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and shareholder(s) shall be free to trade for their own accounts and to advise other investors and manage other commodity accounts during the term of this Agreement and to use the same or different information, computer programs and trading strategies, programs or formulas which they obtain, produce or utilize in the performance of services to SBFM for the Partnership. However, the Advisor represents, warrants and agrees that it believes that the rendering of such consulting, advisory and management services to other accounts and entities will not require any material change in the Advisors basic trading strategies and will not affect the capacity of the Advisor to continue to render services to SBFM for the Partnership of the quality and nature contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) If, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the Advisor is required to aggregate the Partnerships commodity positions with the positions of any other person for purposes of applying CFTC- or exchange-imposed speculative position limits, the Advisor agrees that it will promptly notify SBFM if the Partnerships positions are included in an aggregate amount which exceeds the applicable speculative position limit. The Advisor agrees that, if its trading recommendations are altered because of the application of any speculative position limits, it will not modify the trading instructions with respect to the Partnerships account in such manner as to affect the Partnership substantially disproportionately as compared with the Advisors other accounts trading that program. The Advisor further represents, warrants and agrees that under no circumstances will it knowingly or deliberately use trading strategies or methods for the Partnership that are inferior to strategies or methods employed for any other client or account and that it will not knowingly or deliberately favor any client or account managed by it over any other client or account in any manner, it being acknowledged, however, that the Advisor offers ten different trading programs, and that different trading strategies or methods may be utilized for differing sizes of accounts, accounts with different trading policies, fees, commissions or levels of diversification, accounts experiencing differing inflows or outflows of equity, accounts which commence trading at different times, accounts which have different portfolios or different fiscal years, accounts utilizing different executing brokers and accounts with other differences, and that such differences may cause divergent trading results.
(c) It is acknowledged that the Advisor and/or its officers, employees, directors and shareholder(s) presently act,
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and it is agreed that they may continue to act, as advisor 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.
(d) The Advisor agrees that it shall make such information available to SBFM respecting the performance of the Partnerships account as compared to the performance of other accounts managed by the Advisor or its principals as shall be reasonably requested by SBFM, provided that in no event shall the Advisor be required to disclose the identity of its customers. The Advisor presently believes and represents that existing speculative position limits will not materially adversely affect its ability to manage the Partnerships account given the potential size of the Partnerships account and the Advisors and its principals current accounts and all proposed accounts for which they have contracted to act as trading manager.
5. TERM. (a) This Agreement shall continue in effect until June 30, 2000. SBFM may, in its sole discretion, renew this Agreement for additional one-year periods upon notice to the Advisor not less than 30 days prior to the expiration of the previous period. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may terminate this Agreement at any month-end upon 30 days notice to the Advisor. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may elect to immediately terminate this Agreement if (i) the Net Asset Value per Unit (as that term is defined in Section 7(d)(2) of the Limited Partnership Agreement) shall decline as of the close of business on any day to $400 or less; (ii) the Net Assets allocated to the Advisor (adjusted for redemptions, distributions, withdrawals or reallocations, if any) decline by 50% or more as of the end of a trading day from such Net Assets previous highest value; (iii) limited partners owning more than 50% of the outstanding Units shall vote to require SBFM to terminate this Agreement; (iv) the Advisor fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement as to any material term; (v) SBFM, in good faith, upon due consideration by its board of directors, reasonably determines that the performance of the Advisor has been such that SBFMs fiduciary duties to the Partnership require SBFM to terminate this Agreement; or (vi) SBFM reasonably believes that the application of speculative position limits will substantially adversely affect the performance of the Partnership. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may elect immediately to terminate this Agreement if (i) the Advisor merges, consolidates with another entity not controlled by John W. Henry, sells a substantial portion of its assets to an entity not controlled by John W. Henry, or becomes bankrupt or insolvent, (ii) John W. Henry dies, becomes incapacitated, leaves the employ of the Advisor, ceases to control the Advisor or is otherwise not managing the trading programs or systems of the Advisor, or (iii) the Advisors registration as a commodity trading advisor with the CFTC or its membership in the NFA or any other regulatory authority, is
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terminated or suspended. This Agreement will immediately terminate upon dissolution of the Partnership or upon cessation of trading prior to dissolution. In the event SBFM terminates this Agreement, SBFM will change the Partnerships name to another name which will not include the term Westport.
(b) The Advisor may terminate this Agreement by giving not less than 30 days notice to SBFM. The Advisor may immediately terminate this Agreement (i) if SBFMs registration as a commodity pool operator or its membership in the NFA is terminated or suspended; (ii) if SBFM withholds its consent to a change in the Advisors program specified in Section 1(c) of this Agreement; or (iii) if SBFM requires the Advisor to liquidate positions pursuant to section 1(f) hereof.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Paragraph 5 shall be without penalty or liability to any party.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. (a)(i) In any threatened, pending or completed action, suit, or proceeding to which the Advisor was or is a party or is threatened to be made a party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement, the sale of Units of the Partnership or the management of the Partnerships assets, SBFM shall, subject to subparagraph (a)(iv) of this Paragraph 6, indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost, expense (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants fees), judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if the Advisor acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and provided that its conduct did not constitute negligence, intentional misconduct, or a breach of its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership as a commodity trading advisor in accordance with applicable law, unless and only to the extent that the court or administrative forum in which such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, the Advisor is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which such court or administrative forum shall deem proper; and further provided that no indemnification shall be available from the Partnership if such indemnification is prohibited by Section 16 of the Partnership Agreement. The termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order or settlement shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Advisor did not act in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership.
(ii) The Advisor will not be liable to the Partnership, SBFM, their principals, officers, directors shareholders, partners or employees except by reason of acts constituting willful malfeasance or negligence as to its duties
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under this Agreement. The foregoing sentence shall not apply to the breach of any representation, warranty or covenant contained herein or to the provisions of subparagraph 1(g) of this Agreement.
(iii) Without limiting sub-paragraph (i) above, to the extent that the Advisor has been successful on the merits or otherwise in defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subparagraph (i) above, or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, SBFM shall indemnify it against the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants fees) actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection therewith.
(iv) Any indemnification under subparagraph (i) above, unless ordered by a court or administrative forum, shall be made by SBFM only as authorized in the specific case and only upon a determination by independent legal counsel in a written opinion that such indemnification is proper in the circumstances because the Advisor has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subparagraph (i) above. Such independent legal counsel shall be selected by SBFM in a timely manner, subject to the Advisors approval, which approval shall not be unreasonably withheld. The Advisor will be deemed to have approved SBFMs selection unless the Advisor notifies SBFM in writing, received by SBFM within five days of SBFMs telecopying to the Advisor of the notice of SBFMs selection, that the Advisor does not approve the selection.
(v) In the event the Advisor is made a party to any claim, dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or in connection with, the Partnerships or SBFMs activities or claimed activities unrelated to the Advisor, SBFM shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants fees) incurred in connection therewith.
(vi) As used in this Paragraph 6(a), the terms Advisor shall include the Advisor, its principals, officers, directors, stockholders and employees and the term SBFM shall include the Partnership.
(b)(i) The Advisor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SBFM, the Partnership and their affiliates against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants fees), judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by them (A) as a result of the material breach of any material representations and warranties made by the Advisor in this Agreement, or (B) as a result of any act or omission of the Advisor relating to the Partnership, if there has been a final judicial or regulatory determination or, in the event of a settlement of any action or proceeding with the prior written consent of the Advisor, a written opinion of an arbitrator
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pursuant to Paragraph 14 hereof, to the effect that such acts or omissions violated the terms of this Agreement in any material respect or involved negligence, intentional misconduct, or a breach of its fiduciary obligations established under applicable law on the part of the Advisor (except as otherwise provided in Section 1(g).
(ii) In the event SBFM, the Partnership or any of their affiliates is made a party to any claim, dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or in connection with, the activities or claimed activities of the Advisor or its principals, officers, directors, shareholder(s) or employees unrelated to SBFMs or the Partnerships business, the Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless SBFM, the Partnership or any of their affiliates against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without limitation, attorneys and accountants fees) incurred in connection therewith.
(c) In the event that a person entitled to indemnification under this Paragraph 6 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging both matters for which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for which indemnification may not be made hereunder, such person shall be indemnified only for that portion of the loss, liability, damage, cost or expense incurred in such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters for which indemnification can be made.
(d) None of the indemnifications contained in this Paragraph 6 shall be applicable with respect to default judgments, confessions of judgment or settlements entered into by the party claiming indemnification without the prior written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of the party obligated to indemnify such party.
(e) The provisions of this Paragraph 6 shall survive the termination of this Agreement.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS.
(a) The Advisor represents and warrants that:
(i) All references to the Advisor and its principals in the Prospectus are accurate in all material respects and as to them the Prospectus does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that with respect to the Individual and Composite Pro Forma Performance of the Advisors tables, this representation and warranty extends only to underlying data made available by the Advisor for the preparation thereof. All references to the Advisor and its principals in the Prospectus will, after review and approval of such references by the Advisor in writing prior to the use of
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such Prospectus in connection with the offering of the Partnerships units, be accurate in all material respects.
(ii) The information with respect to the Advisor set forth in the actual performance tables in the Prospectus is based on all of the customer accounts managed on a discretionary basis by the Advisors principals and/or the Advisor during the period covered by such tables and required to be disclosed therein.
(iii) The Advisor will be acting as a commodity trading advisor with respect to the Partnership and not as a securities investment adviser and is duly registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor, is a member of the NFA, and is in compliance with such other registration and licensing requirements as shall be necessary to enable it to perform its obligations hereunder, and agrees to maintain and renew such registrations and licenses during the term of this Agreement.
(iv) The Advisor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Florida and has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to provide the services required of it hereunder.
(v) The Advisor will not, by acting as a commodity trading advisor to the Partnership, breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Advisor and is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(vii) At any time during the term of this Agreement that a prospectus relating to the Units is required to be delivered in connection with the offer and sale thereof, the Advisor agrees upon the request of SBFM to provide the Partnership with such information as shall be necessary so that, as to the Advisor and its principals, such prospectus is accurate.
(b) SBFM represents and warrants for itself and the Partnership that:
(i) The Prospectus (as from time to time amended or supplemented, which amendment or supplement is approved by the Advisor as to descriptions of itself and its actual performance) does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that the foregoing representation does not apply to any statement or omission concerning the Advisor in the Prospectus, made in reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to SBFM by or on behalf of the Advisor expressly for use in the Prospectus.
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(ii) It is a limited liability company duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) SBFM and the Partnership have the capacity and authority to enter into this Agreement on behalf of the Partnership.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on SBFMs and the Partnerships behalf and is a valid and binding agreement of SBFM and the Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(v) SBFM will not, by acting as General Partner to the Partnership and the Partnership will not, breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement, contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is bound which would materially limit or affect the performance of its duties under this Agreement.
(vi) It is registered as a commodity pool operator and is a member of the NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the term of this Agreement.
(vii) The Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized and validly existing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power and authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(viii) SBFM and the Partnership agree that John W. Henry shall have no liability to the Partnership or SBFM under this Agreement or in connection with the transactions contemplated herein except for fraud and willful misconduct by John W. Henry.
8. COVENANTS OF THE ADVISOR, SBFM AND THE PARTNERSHIP.
(a) The Advisor agrees as follows:
(i) In connection with its activities on behalf of the Partnership, the Advisor will comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular transaction is executed.
(ii) The Advisor will promptly notify SBFM of the commencement of any material suit, action or proceeding involving it, whether or not any such suit, action or proceeding also involves SBFM.
(iii) In the placement of orders for the Partnerships account and for the accounts of any other client, the Advisor will utilize a pre-determined, systematic, fair and reasonable order entry system, which shall, on an overall basis, be no less
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favorable to the Partnership than to any other account managed by the Advisor. The Advisor acknowledges its obligation to review the Partnerships positions, prices and equity in the account managed by the Advisor daily and promptly to notify, in writing, the broker and SBFM and the Partnerships broker of (i) any error committed by the Advisor or its principals or employees; and (ii) any trade which the Advisor believes was not executed in accordance with its instructions.
(iv) The Advisor shall, upon written demand of SBFM related to a possible claim arising under Section 6(b)(i) or (ii) hereof, maintain a net worth of not less than $4,000,000.
(b) SBFM agrees for itself and the Partnership that:
(i) SBFM and the Partnership will comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular transaction is executed.
(ii) SBFM will promptly notify the Advisor of the commencement of any material suit, action or proceeding involving it or the Partnership, whether or not such suit, action or proceeding also involves the Advisor.
9. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
10. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the express written consent of the other parties.
11. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended except by the written consent of the parties.
12. NOTICES. All notices, demands or requests required to be made or delivered under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally or by registered or certified mail or expedited courier, return receipt requested, postage prepaid, to the addresses below or to such other addresses as may be designated by the party entitled to receive the same by notice similarly given:
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If to SBFM:
Smith Barney Futures Management LLC
390 Greenwich Street 1st Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: David J. Vogel
390 Greenwich Street 1st Floor
New York, New York 10013
Attention: David J. Vogel
If to the Advisor:
John W. Henry & Company, Inc.
One Glendinning Place
Westport, Connecticut 06880
Attention: Elizabeth A.M. Kenton
One Glendinning Place
Westport, Connecticut 06880
Attention: Elizabeth A.M. Kenton
13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. ARBITRATION. The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation thereof, shall be settled by arbitration in accordance with the rules, then in effect, of the National Futures Association or, if the National Futures Association shall refuse jurisdiction, then in accordance with the rules, then in effect, of the American Arbitration Association; provided, however, that the power of the arbitrator shall be limited to interpreting this Agreement as written and the arbitrator shall state in writing his reasons for his award. Judgment upon any award made by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
15. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. There are no third party beneficiaries to this Agreement.
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16. SALES MATERIALS. SBFM will provide a copy of all sales materials referring to the Advisor and used in connection with the offering to the Advisor for its review and approval prior to SBFMs public use of the sales materials.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
SMITH BARNEY
FUTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
FUTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
By: | /s/ David J. Vogel | |||
President and Director | ||||
SMITH BARNEY WESTPORT FUTURES FUND L. P. | ||||
By: | Smith Barney | |||
Futures Management LLC | ||||
(General Partner) | ||||
By: | /s/ David J. Vogel | |||
President and Director | ||||
JOHN W. HENRY & COMPANY, INC. | ||||
By: | /s/ Verne Sedlacek | |||
Title: President and Chief Operating Officer |
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Appendix A
1. GIVE-UP BROKERS: The initial give-up brokers shall be Dean Witter, Barclays de Zoete Wedd Futures , E. D. & F. Man, J.P. Morgan Futures, Inc., J. Aron and Company, Carr Futures, Inc., Credit Suisse First Boston, Fimat International Banque, Goldman Sachs International Limited, HSBC Bank, Morgan Stanley & Co., Inc. and Warburg Dillon Read LLC.
2. NET ASSETS of the Partnership shall mean the total assets of the Partnership including all cash, plus Treasury Bills at market, accrued interest, and the market value of all open commodity positions maintained by the Partnership, less brokerage charges accrued and less all other liabilities of the Partnership, determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles under the accrual basis of accounting.