-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, TX+rz4Ukl5q2jKAX9fDdgNkoPNdG6T0UkLgog+FNbQeQSj4Xg4rX/nxbMUy6izsY EWjqP+KMe2ya3M06oAOiiQ== 0001193125-07-070290.txt : 20070330 0001193125-07-070290.hdr.sgml : 20070330 20070330143536 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0001193125-07-070290 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 10-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 9 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20061231 FILED AS OF DATE: 20070330 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20070330 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: WORLD MONITOR TRUST II SERIES E CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001090701 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: [6221] IRS NUMBER: 000000000 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 10-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-32687 FILM NUMBER: 07731813 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP. STREET 2: 900 KING STREET, SUITE 100 CITY: RYE BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 BUSINESS PHONE: 914-307-7000 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: C/O PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP. STREET 2: 900 KING STREET, SUITE 100 CITY: RYE BROOK STATE: NY ZIP: 10573 10-K 1 d10k.htm WORLD MONITOR TRUST II - SERIES E World Monitor Trust II - Series E

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 


FORM 10-K

 


(Mark One)

x ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2006

OR

 

¨ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from              to             

Commission file number 0-32687

 


WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

(Exact name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

 


 

Delaware   13-4058319

(State or other Jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

 

900 King Street, Suite 100,

Rye Brook, New York

  10573
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (914) 307-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:

None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Limited Interests

(Title of class)

 


Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if the Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.     Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, or a non-accelerated filer. See definition of “accelerated filer and large accelerated filer” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

Large accelerated filer  ¨             Accelerated filer  ¨             Non-accelerated filer  x

Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant is a shell company (as defined in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).

Yes  ¨    No  x

DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE

Registrant’s Annual Report to Unitholders for the year ended December 31, 2006 is incorporated by reference into Parts II and IV of this Annual Report on Form 10-K

 



WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

(a Delaware Business Trust)

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


 

        PAGE
PART I    
Item 1.   Business   3
Item 1A.   Risk Factors   4
Item 1B.   Unresolved Staff Comments   8
Item 2.   Properties   8
Item 3.   Legal Proceedings   8
Item 4.   Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders   8
PART II    
Item 5.   Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities   8
Item 6.   Selected Financial Data   8
Item 7.   Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation   9
Item 7A.   Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk   14
Item 8.   Financial Statements and Supplementary Data   14
Item 9.   Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure   15
Item 9A.   Controls and Procedures   15
Item 9B.   Other Information   15
PART III    
Item 10.   Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance   14
Item 11.   Executive Compensation   18
Item 12.   Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters   19
Item 13.   Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence   19
Item 14.   Principal Accounting Fees and Services   19
PART IV    
Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules   20
  Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules  
  Exhibits  
SIGNATURES  

 

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PART I

Item 1. Business

General

World Monitor Trust II (the “Trust”) is a business trust organized under the laws of Delaware on April 22, 1999. The Trust consists of three separate and distinct series (“Series”): Series D, E and F. Series D, E and F commenced trading operations on March 13, 2000, April 6, 2000 and March 1, 2000, respectively, and each Series will continue to exist until terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII of the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). The assets of each Series are segregated from those of the other Series, separately valued and independently managed. Each Series was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward and options contracts, and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions. The trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company. The Trust’s fiscal year for book and tax purposes ends on December 31.

Series E (“Registrant”) is engaged solely in the business of commodity futures and forward trading therefore, presentation of industry segment information is not applicable.

Managing Owner and its Affiliates

Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred” or the “Managing Owner”) has been the managing owner of the Trust and Series E since October 1, 2004. Prior to that date, Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. served as managing owner of the Trust and Series D. The term Managing Owner, as used herein, refers either to Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. or Preferred, depending upon the applicable period discussed.

The Managing Owner is required to maintain at least a 1% interest in the capital, profits and losses of each Series so long as it is acting as the Managing Owner.

The Offering

Up to $50,000,000 of limited interests in each Series (“Limited Interests” or “Limited Units”) were being offered once each week (totaling $150,000,000) (“Subscription Maximum”), until each Series’ Subscription Maximum was met either through sale or exchange or until the Managing Owner suspended the offering of Limited Interests. Limited Interests were being offered to investors who met certain established suitability standards, with a minimum initial subscription of $5,000 ($2,000 for an individual retirement account), although the minimum purchase for any single Series was $1,000. General interests were also being sold exclusively to the managing owner of the Trust. Limited Interests and General Interests are sometimes collectively referred to as “Interests” or “Units.”

Initially, the Limited Interests for each Series were offered for a period of up to 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (“Initial Offering Period”) at $100 per Interest. The subscription minimum of $5,000,000 for each Series was reached during the Initial Offering Period permitting Series D, E and F to commence trading operations. The Registrant completed its initial offering on April 6, 2000 with gross proceeds of $5,157,459, which was fully allocated to commodities trading. Until the Subscription Maximum for each Series was reached, each Series’ Limited Interests were offered on a weekly basis at the then current net asset value per Interest (“Continuous Offering Period”). During the Continuous Offering Period through December 31, 2003, the Registrant raised additional gross proceeds of $45,279,587 from the sales of Interests. The Registrant and Series F were offered until they substantially achieved their Subscription Maximum during June 2003 and July 2003, respectively. In addition, since July 2003, the weekly offering of interests in Series D has been suspended. Accordingly, at this time, Interests in the Registrant may not be offered or exchanged.

The Trading Advisor

Each Series has its own independent commodity trading advisor that makes that Series’ trading decisions. The Managing Owner, on behalf of the Registrant, entered into an advisory agreement (the “Advisory Agreement”) with Graham Capital Management, L.P. (the “Trading Advisor”) to make the trading decisions for the Registrant. The Advisory Agreement may be terminated for various reasons, including at the discretion of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner has allocated 100% of the proceeds from the initial and continuous offering of the Registrant to the Trading Advisor.

Competition

The Managing Owner and its affiliates have formed, and may continue to form, various entities to engage in the speculative trading of futures, forward and options contracts which have certain of the same investment policies as the Registrant.

The Registrant does not currently, and does not intend in the future to, solicit the sale of additional Interests. As such, the Registrant does not compete with other entities to attract new fund participants. However, to the extent that the Trading Advisor recommends similar or identical trades to the Registrant and other accounts that it manages, the Registrant may compete with those accounts for the execution of the same or similar trades, as well as with other market participants.

 

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Employees

The Registrant has no employees. Management and administrative services for the Registrant are performed by the Managing Owner or third parties pursuant to the Trust Agreement, as further discussed in Notes 3 and 4 to the Registrant’s financial statements included in its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2006 (“Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report”), which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Available information

The Trust files quarterly, annual and current reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). These reports are available to read and copy at the SEC’s Public Reference Facilities in Washington, D.C. at 459 Fifth Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC’s toll free number, 1-800-SEC-0330, for further information. The Trust does not maintain a website where these reports are posted. However, the Trust’s filings are posted on the SEC’s website at htttp://www.sec.gov.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

THE RISKS YOU FACE

You Should Not Rely on Past Performance in Deciding Whether to Buy Interests

The Trading Advisor selected by the Managing Owner to manage the assets of the Registrant has a performance history through the date of its selection by the Managing Owner. You must consider, however, the uncertain significance of past performance, and you should not rely on the Trading Advisor’s or the Managing Owner’s records to date for predictive purposes. You should not assume that the Trading Advisor’s future trading decisions will create profit, avoid substantial losses or result in performance for the Registrant that is comparable to the Trading Advisor’s or to the Managing Owner’s past performance. In fact, as a significant amount of academic study has shown, futures funds more frequently than not underperforms the past performance records included in their prospectuses.

Price Volatility May Possibly Cause the Total Loss of Your Investment

Futures and forward contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

Speculative and Volatile Markets Combined With Highly Leveraged Trading May Cause the Trust to Incur Substantial Losses.

The markets in which the Registrant trades are speculative, highly leveraged and involve a high degree of risk. The Trading Advisor’s trading considered individually involves a significant risk of incurring large losses, and there can be no assurance that the Registrant will not incur such losses. Futures and forward prices are volatile. Volatility increases risk, particularly when trading with leverage. Trading on a highly leveraged basis, as does the Registrant, even in stable markets involves risk; doing so in volatile markets necessarily involves a substantial risk of sudden, significant losses. Due to such leverage, even a small movement in price could cause large losses for the Registrant. Market volatility will increase the potential for large losses. Market volatility and leverage mean that the Registrant could incur substantial losses, potentially impairing its equity base and ability to achieve its long-term profit objectives even if favorable market conditions subsequently develop.

Fees and Commissions are Charged Regardless of Profitability and May Result in Depletion of Trust Assets

The Registrant is subject to the fees and expenses which are payable irrespective of profitability in addition to performance fees which, are payable based on the profitability of the Registrant. Consequently, the expenses of the Registrant could, over time, result in significant losses to your investment therein.

Market Conditions May Impair Profitability

The trading system used by the Trading Advisor is technical, trend-following methods. The profitability of trading under these systems depends on, among other things, the occurrence of significant price trends, which are sustained movements, up or down, in futures and forward prices. Such trends may not develop; there have been periods in the past without price trends. The likelihood of the Interests being profitable could be materially diminished during periods when events external to the markets themselves have an important impact on prices. During such periods, the Trading Advisor’s historic price analysis could establish positions on the wrong side of the price movements caused by such events.

Discretionary Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

Discretionary traders, while they may utilize market charts, computer programs and compilations of quantifiable fundamental information to assist them in making trading decisions, make such decisions on the basis of their own judgment and “trading instinct,” not on the basis of trading signals generated by any program or model. Such traders may be more prone to subjective judgments, which may have greater potentially adverse effects on their performance than systematic traders, which emphasize eliminating the effects of “emotionalism” on their trading. Reliance on trading judgment may, over time, produce less consistent trading results than implementing a systematic approach. Discretionary traders, like trend-following traders, are unlikely to be profitable unless major price movements occur. Discretionary traders are highly unpredictable, and can incur substantial losses even in apparently favorable markets.

 

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Systematic Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

A systematic trader will generally rely to some degree on judgmental decisions concerning, for example, what markets to follow and commodities to trade, when to liquidate a position in a contract which is about to expire and how large a position to take in a particular commodity. Although these judgmental decisions may have a substantial effect on a systematic trader’s performance, such trader’s primary reliance is on trading programs or models that generate trading signals. The systems utilized to generate trading signals are changed from time to time (although generally infrequently), but the trading instructions generated by the systems being used are followed without significant additional analysis or interpretation. Therefore, systematic trading may incur substantial losses by failing to capitalize on market trends that their systems would otherwise have exploited by applying their generally mechanical trading systems by judgmental decisions of employees. Furthermore, any trading system or trader may suffer substantial losses by misjudging the market. Systematic traders tend to rely on computerized programs, and some consider the prospect of disciplined trading, which largely removes the emotion of the individual trader from the trading process, advantageous. Due to their reliance upon computers, systematic traders are generally able to incorporate a significant amount of data into a particular trading decision. However, when fundamental factors dominate the market, trading systems may suffer rapid and severe losses due to their inability to respond to such factors until such factors have had a sufficient effect on the market to create a trend of enough magnitude to generate a reversal of trading signals, by which time a precipitous price change may already be in progress, preventing liquidation at anything but substantial losses.

Decisions Based Upon Fundamental Analysis May Not Result in Profitable Trading

Traders that utilize fundamental trading strategies attempt to examine factors external to the trading market that affect the supply and demand for a particular futures and forward contracts in order to predict future prices. Such analysis may not result in profitable trading because the analyst may not have knowledge of all factors affecting supply and demand, prices may often be affected by unrelated factors, and purely fundamental analysis may not enable the trader to determine quickly that previous trading decisions were incorrect. In addition, because of the breadth of fundamental data that exists, a fundamental trader may not be able to follow developments in all such data, but instead may specialize in analyzing a narrow set of data, requiring trading in fewer markets. Consequently, a fundamental trader may have less flexibility in adverse markets to trade other futures and forward markets than traders that do not limit the number of markets traded as a result of a specialized focus.

Increase in Assets Under Management May Affect Trading Decisions

The more equity the Trading Advisor manages, the more difficult it may be for the Trading Advisor to trade profitably because of the difficulty of trading larger positions without adversely affecting prices and performance. Accordingly, such increases in equity under management may require the Trading Advisor to modify trading decisions for the Registrant, which could have a detrimental effect on your investment.

You cannot be Assured of the Trading Advisors’ Continued Services Which May Be Detrimental to the Registrant

You cannot be assured that the Trading Advisor will be willing or able to continue to provide advisory services to the Registrant for any length of time. There is severe competition for the services of qualified trading advisors, and the Registrant may not be able to retain satisfactory replacement or additional trading advisors on acceptable terms or the Trading Advisor may require the Registrant to pay higher fees in order to be able to retain such Trading Advisor. The Managing Owner may either terminate the Trading Advisor upon 30 days’ prior written notice, or upon shorter notice, if for cause. The Trading Advisor has the right to terminate the Advisory Agreement in its discretion at any time for cause.

Limited Ability to Liquidate Your Investment

There is no secondary market for the Units. While the Units have redemption rights, there are restrictions, and possible fees assessed. Transfers of Units are subject to limitations, and the Managing Owner may deny a request to transfer if it determines that the transfer may result in adverse legal or tax consequences for the Registrant.

Possible Illiquid Markets May Exacerbate Losses

Futures and forward positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption, such as when foreign governments may take or be subject to political actions, which disrupt the markets in their currency or major exports, can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. Such periods of illiquidity and the events that trigger them are difficult to predict and there can be no assurance that the Trading Advisor will be able to do so. There can be no assurance that market illiquidity will not cause losses for the Registrant. The large size of the positions which the Trading Advisor is expected to acquire for the Registrant increases the risk of illiquidity by both making its positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so.

The risk of loss due to potentially illiquid markets is more acute in respect of over-the-counter instruments than in respect of exchange-traded instruments because the performance of those contracts is not guaranteed by an exchange or clearinghouse

 

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and the Trust will be at risk to the ability of the counterparty to the instrument to perform its obligations thereunder. Because these markets are not regulated, there are no specific standards or regulatory supervision of trade pricing and other trading activities that occur in those markets.

Because No Trust Acquires Any Asset with Intrinsic Value, the Positive Performance of Your Investment Is Wholly Dependent Upon an Equal and Offsetting Loss

Futures trading is a risk transfer economic activity. For every gain there is an equal and offsetting loss rather than an opportunity to participate over time in general economic growth. Unlike most alternative investments, an investment in the Registrant does not involve acquiring any asset with intrinsic value. Overall stock and bond prices could rise significantly and the economy as a whole prospers; while the Registrant trades unprofitably.

Failure of Futures Trading to be Non-Correlated to General Financial Markets Will Eliminate Benefits of Diversification

Historically, managed futures generally have been non-correlated to the performance of other asset classes such as stocks and bonds. Non-correlation means that there is no statistically valid relationship between the past performance of futures and forward contracts on the one hand and stocks or bonds on the other hand. Non-correlation should not be confused with negative correlation, where the performance would be exactly opposite between two asset classes. Because of this non-correlation, the Registrant cannot be expected to be automatically profitable during unfavorable periods for the stock market, or vice-versa. The futures and forward markets are fundamentally different from the securities markets in that for every gain in futures and forward trading, there is an equal and offsetting loss. If the Registrant does not perform in a manner non-correlated with the general financial markets or does not perform successfully, you will obtain no diversification benefits by investing in the Units and the Registrant may have no gains to offset your losses from other investments.

Trading on Commodity Exchanges Outside the United States is Not Subject to U.S. Regulation

The Trading Advisor may engage in some or all of its trading on behalf of the Registrant on commodity exchanges outside the United States. Trading on such exchanges is not regulated by any United States governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading on United States exchanges. In trading contracts denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars, the Registrant will be subject to the risk of adverse exchange-rate movements between the dollar and the functional currencies of such contracts. Investors could incur substantial losses from trading on foreign exchanges by the Registrant to which such investors would not have been subject had the Trading Advisor limited its trading to U.S. markets.

Various Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest May Be Detrimental to Unitholders

The Registrant is subject to actual and potential conflicts of interests involving the Managing Owner, the Trading Advisor, and various brokers and servicing agents. The Managing Owner, the Trading Advisor, and their respective principals, all of which are engaged in other investment activities, are not required to devote substantially all of their time to the Registrant’s business, which also presents the potential for numerous conflicts of interest with the Registrant. As a result of these and other relationships, parties involved with the Registrant has a financial incentive to act in a manner other than in the best interests of the Registrant and its Unit. The Managing Owner has not established any formal procedure to resolve conflicts of interest. Consequently, investors will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably. Although the Managing Owner attempts to monitor these conflicts, it is extremely difficult, if not impossible, for the Managing Owner to ensure that these conflicts do not, in fact, result in adverse consequences to the various Trust.

The Registrant may be subject to certain conflicts with respect to its clearing broker, its futures broker, and any executing broker including, but not limited to, conflicts that result from receiving greater amounts of compensation from other clients, purchasing opposite or competing positions on behalf of third party accounts traded through the clearing broker, the futures broker and executing brokers.

Unitholders Taxed Currently

Unitholders are subject to tax each year on their allocable share of the income or gains (if any) of the Registrant, whether or not they receive distributions. Moreover, the Managing Owner does not intend to make any distributions to unitholders in respect of the Series. Consequently, unitholders will be required either to redeem Units or to make use of other sources of funds to discharge their tax liabilities in respect of any profits earned by the Registrant.

In comparing the profit objectives of the Registrant with the performance of more familiar securities in which one might invest, prospective investors must recognize that if they purchased equity or debt, there probably would be no tax due on the appreciation in the value of such holdings until disposition. In the case of the Registrant, on the other hand, a significant portion of any appreciation in the net asset value per Unit must be paid in taxes by the unitholders every year, resulting in a substantial cumulative reduction in their net after-tax returns. Because unitholders will be taxed currently on their allocable share of the income or gains of the Registrant, if any, the Registrant may trade successfully but investors nevertheless would have recognized significantly greater gains on an after-tax basis had they invested in conventional stocks with comparable performance.

 

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Limitation on Deductibility of “Investment Advisory Fees”

Non-corporate unitholders may be required to treat the amount of Incentive Fees and other expenses of the Registrant as “investment advisory fees” which may be subject to substantial restrictions on deductibility for federal income tax purposes. In the absence of further regulatory or statutory clarification, the Managing Owner is not classifying these expenses as “investment advisory fees,” but this is a position to which the Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) may object. If a substantial portion of the fees and other expenses of the Registrant were characterized as “investment advisory fees,” an investment in the Registrant might no longer be economically viable.

Taxation of Interest Income Irrespective of Trading Losses

With respect to the Registrant, the net asset value per Unit reflects the trading profits and losses as well as the interest income earned and expenses incurred by the Registrant. However, losses on the Registrant’s trading will be almost exclusively capital losses, and capital losses are deductible against ordinary income only to the extent of $3,000 per year in the case of non-corporate taxpayers. Consequently, if a non-corporate Unitholder had, for example, an allocable trading (i.e., capital) loss of $10,000 in a given fiscal year and allocable interest (i.e., ordinary) income (after reduction for expenses) of $5,000, the Unitholder would have incurred a net loss in the net asset value of such Unitholder’s Units equal to $5,000 but would recognize taxable income of $2,000 (assuming a 40% tax rate). The limited deductibility of capital losses for non-corporate unitholders could result in such unitholders having a tax liability in respect of their investment in the Registrant despite incurring a financial loss on their Units.

Possibility of a Tax Audit of Both the Registrant and the Unitholders

There can be no assurance that the tax returns of the Registrant will not be audited by the IRS. If such an audit results in an adjustment, unitholders could themselves be audited as well as being required to pay additional taxes, interest and possibly penalties.

Failure or Lack of Segregation of Assets May Increase Losses

The Commodity Exchange Act (“CEA”) requires a clearing broker to segregate all funds received from customers from such broker’s proprietary assets. If the clearing broker fails to do so, the assets of the Registrant might not be fully protected in the event of their bankruptcy. Furthermore, in the event of the clearing broker’s bankruptcy, the Registrant could be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of the clearing broker’s combined customer accounts, even though certain property specifically traceable to the Registrant (for example, Treasury bills deposited by the Registrant with the clearing broker as margin) was held by the clearing broker.

Default by Counterparty and Credit Risk Could Cause Substantial Losses

Dealers in forward contracts are not regulated by the CEA and are not obligated to segregate customer assets. As a result, unitholders do not have such basic protections with respect to the trading in forward contracts by the Registrant. This lack of regulation in these markets could expose the Registrant in certain circumstances to significant losses in the event of trading abuses or financial failure by the counterparties. The Registrant also faces the risk of non-performance by the counterparties to the over-the-counter contracts. Unlike in futures contracts, the counterparty to these contracts is generally a single bank or other financial institution, rather than a clearing organization backed by a group of financial institutions. As a result, there will be greater counterparty credit risk in these transactions. The clearing member, clearing organization or other counterparty may not be able to meet its obligations, in which case the Registrant could suffer significant losses on these contracts.

Regulatory Changes or Actions May Alter the Nature of an Investment in the Trust

Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional investment pools, in particular commodity pools such as the Registrant, publicly distributed in the United States. There has been significant international governmental concern expressed regarding, for example, (i) the disruptive effects of speculative trading on the central banks’ attempts to influence exchange rates and (ii) the need to regulate the derivatives markets in general. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in the Registrant.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the retroactive implementation of speculative position limits or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of futures and forward transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on the Registrant’s impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

Trust Trading is Not Transparent

Trading decisions in respect of the Registrant, are made by the trading advisor. While the Managing Owner receives daily trade confirmations from the clearing broker and foreign exchange dealers, such information is not provided to unitholders and the Registrant’s trading results are reported to the unitholders. Accordingly, an investment in the Registrant does not offer you the same transparency, i.e., an ability to review all investment positions daily that a personal trading account offers.

 

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Lack of Independent Experts Representing Investors

The Managing Owner has consulted with counsel, accountants and other experts regarding the formation and operation of the Registrant. Accordingly, you should consult your own legal, tax and financial advisers regarding the desirability of an investment in the Registrant.

Forwards, Swaps, Hybrids and Other Derivatives are Not Subject to CFTC Regulation

The Registrant may trade foreign exchange contracts in the interbank market. Since forward contracts are traded in unregulated markets between principals, the commodity pools also assume the risk of loss from counterparty nonperformance. In the future, the Registrant may also trade swap agreements, hybrid instruments and other off-exchange contracts. Swap agreements involve trading income streams such as fixed rate or floating rate interest. Hybrids are instruments, which combine features of a security with those of a futures contract. Because there is no exchange or clearing- house for these contracts, the Registrant will be subject to the credit risk and nonperformance of the counterparty. Additionally, because these off-exchange contracts are not regulated by the CFTC, the Registrant will not receive the protections, which are provided by the CFTC’s regulatory scheme.

Possibility of Termination of the Trust or any Trust Before Expiration of its Stated Term

As Managing Owner, the Managing Owner may withdraw from the Trust or the Registrant, which would cause the Trust or the Registrant, as appropriate, to terminate unless a Substitute Managing Owner was appointed. Other events, such as a long-term substantial loss suffered by the Registrant, could also cause the Registrant to terminate before the expiration of its stated term. This could cause you to liquidate your investments and upset the overall maturity and timing of your investment portfolio. If the registrations with the CFTC or memberships in the NFA of the Managing Owner or the clearing broker were revoked or suspended, such entity would no longer be able to provide services to the Registrant.

Item 1B. Unresolved Staff Comments

None

Item 2. Properties

The Registrant does not own or use any physical properties in the conduct of its business. The Registrant’s only place of business is the place of business of the Managing Owner.

Certain administrative services are provided by DPM Mellon LLC, Series D’s administrator (the “Administrator”), which is located at 400 Atrium Drive, Somerset, New Jersey 08873.

Item 3. Legal Proceedings

There are no material legal proceedings pending by or against the Registrant or the Managing Owner.

Item 4. Submission of Matters to a Vote of Security Holders

None

PART II

Item 5. Market for the Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

Information with respect to the offering of Limited Interests and the use of proceeds is incorporated by reference to Note 1 to the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

A significant secondary market for the Limited Interests has not developed, and is not expected to develop in the future. There are also certain restrictions set forth in the Trust Agreement limiting the ability of a Unitholder to transfer Limited Interests. However, Limited Interests may be redeemed on a weekly basis. Additionally, Interests owned in one Series of the Trust (Series D, E, or F) could be exchanged, without any charge, for Interests of one or more other Series on a weekly basis for as long as Limited Interests in those Series will be offered to the public. Exchanges and Redemptions are calculated based on the applicable Series’ then current net asset value per Interest as of the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the week in which the exchange or redemption request is effected. At this time, Interests may not be exchanged as Limited Interests are not currently being offered. Future redemptions and exchanges will impact the amount of funds available for investment in commodity contracts in subsequent periods.

 

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There are no material restrictions upon the Registrant’s present or future ability to make distributions in accordance with the provisions of the Trust Agreement. No distributions have been made since inception and no distributions are anticipated in the future.

As of February 1, 2007, there were 1,346 holders of record owning 142,947.570 Interests, which include 1,437 General Interests.

Item 6. Selected Financial Data

The following table presents selected financial data of the Registrant. This data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of the Registrant and the notes thereto on pages 7 through 15 of the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

      Year Ended December 31,
      2006    2005     2004    2003    2002

Total revenues (including interest)

   $  3,358,074    $ (2,751,363 )   $  6,740,709    $  8,118,684    $  6,164,457
                                   

Net income / (loss)

   $ 797,070    $ (5,800,884 )   $ 1,657,363    $ 3,491,294    $ 3,768,209
                                   

Net income / (loss) per weighted average interest

   $ 4.85    $ (27.37 )   $ 6.64    $ 13.63    $ 34.59
                                   

Total assets

   $ 24,070,850    $ 30,770,584     $ 43,331,007    $ 49,181,163    $ 26,874,553
                                   

Net asset value per Interest

   $ 163.72    $ 159.53     $ 184.94    $ 176.45      $ 158.38
                                   

Item 7. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation

Critical Accounting Policies

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance, as well as the use of estimates. The Registrant’s application of these policies involves judgments and actual results may differ from the estimates used.

The Managing Owner has evaluated the nature and types of estimates that it makes in preparing the Registrant’s financial statements and related disclosures and has determined that the valuation of its investments which are not traded on a United States or Internationally recognized futures exchange involves a critical accounting policy. The market values of futures (exchange traded) contracts is verified by the Administrator who obtains valuation data from third party data providers such as Bloomberg and Reuters and compares those prices with the Registrant’s clearing broker. The market value of currency swap and forward (non-exchange traded) contracts is extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot prices quoted as of 3 PM on the last business day of the reporting period. All values assigned by the Administrator and confirmed by the Managing Owner are final and conclusive as to all unitholders.

As such, if actual results vary from estimates used, they are anticipated to not have a material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.

The Registrant records all investments at fair value in its financial statements, with changes in fair value reported as a component of Trading Profits (Losses) in the Statements of Income (Loss). Generally, fair values are based on quoted market prices; however, in certain circumstances, significant judgments and estimates are involved in determining fair value in the absence of an active market closing price.

The SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 (“SAB 108”), “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”, which provides guidance on quantifying and evaluating the materiality of unrecorded misstatements. It is effective for the first annual period ending after November 15, 2006. Preferred as Managing Owner of the Registrant has evaluated the impact, if any, the implementation of SAB 108 may have on its financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, no material unrecorded misstatements are in existence as of December 31, 2006 that would require a cumulative effect adjustment to the financial statements.

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes - an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that the Trust recognize in its financial statements, the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. Preferred as Managing Owner of the Trust has evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on the Trust’s financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion as of December 31, 2006, FIN 48 has no material impact on the Trust, as the Trust’s tax position is based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

 

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In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. The Trust is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its financial statements. At this time, the impact to the Trust’s financial statements has not been determined.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Registrant commenced operations on April 6, 2000 with gross proceeds of $5,157,459 allocated to commodities trading. Additional contributions raised through the continuous offering from the sales of Interests for the years ended December 31, 2003 and 2002 and for the period from April 6, 2000 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2003 resulted in additional gross proceeds to the Registrant of $23,311,693, $16,368,262 and $45,279,587, respectively. The Registrant’s Interests were offered until it substantially achieved its subscription maximum of $50,000,000 on the sale of Limited Interests during June 2003.

Limited Interests in the Registrant may be redeemed on a weekly basis. Redemptions of Limited Interests for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 were $7,037,382 and $6,343,040, respectively, and redemptions of General Interests were $85,357 and $66,792 for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. Redemptions of Limited Interests and General Interests for the period from April 6, 2000 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2006 were $31,768,506 and $384,449, respectively. Additionally, Interests owned in any series of World Monitor Trust II (Series D, E or F) may be exchanged, without any charge, for Interests of one or more other Series of World Monitor Trust II on a weekly basis for as long as Limited Interests in those series are being offered to the public. The Registrant and World Monitor Trust II – Series F are no longer offered to the public as those series substantially achieved their subscription maximums during June 2003 and July 2003, respectively. In addition, since July 2003, the offering of interests in World Monitor Trust II – Series D has been suspended. Accordingly, at this time, Interests may not be exchanged. Future redemptions and exchanges will impact the amount of funds available for investment in commodity contracts in subsequent periods.

At December 31, 2006, 100% of the Registrant’s net assets were allocated to commodities trading. A significant portion of the net assets was held in cash, which was used as margin for trading in commodities. Inasmuch as the sole business of the Registrant is to trade in commodities, the Registrant continues to own such liquid assets to be used as margin. The clearing broker credits the Registrant with interest income on 100% of its average daily equity maintained in its accounts with them during each month at competitive interest rates.

The commodities contracts may be subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges limit fluctuations in certain commodity futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits.” During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent the Registrant from promptly liquidating its commodity futures positions.

Since the Registrant’s business is to trade futures and forward contracts, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk). the Registrant’s exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of the Registrant’s speculative trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could result in monthly losses considerably beyond the Registrant’s experience to date and could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors’ capital. The Managing Owner attempts to minimize these risks by requiring the Registrant and its trading advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies which include limiting margin amounts, trading only in liquid markets and permitting the use of stop loss provisions. See Note 6 to the financial statements for a further discussion on the credit and market risks associated with the Registrant’s futures and forward contracts.

The Registrant does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

As of December 31, 2006, the Registrant had not utilized special purpose entities to facilitate off-balance sheet financing arrangements and has no loan guarantee arrangements or off-balance sheet arrangements of any kind other than agreements entered into in the normal course of business, which may include indemnification provisions related to certain risks service providers, such as our accountants, undertake in performing services which are in the best interests of the Registrant. While the Registrant’s exposure under such indemnification provisions cannot be estimated, these general business indemnifications are not expected to have material impact on the Registrant’s financial position.

The Registrant’s contractual obligations are with the Managing Owner, trading advisor and its commodity broker. Payments made under the Registrant’s agreement with the trading advisor are at a fixed rate, calculated as a percentage of the

 

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Registrant’s “New High Net Trading Profits”. In addition, management fee payments made to the Trading Advisor and fees paid to the Managing Owner are calculated as a fixed percentage of the Registrant’s net asset values. As such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under these agreements for future periods as net asset values are not known until a future date. Commission payments to the commodity broker are based on a cost per executed trade and, as such, the Managing Owner cannot anticipate the amount of payments that will be required under the brokerage agreement for future periods as the level of executed trades are not known until a future date. These agreements are effective for one-year terms, renewable automatically for additional one-year terms unless terminated. Additionally, these agreements may be terminated by either party for various reasons. For a further discussion on these payments, see Notes 1 and 3 of the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report.

Results of Operations

The net asset value (“NAV”) per Interest as of December 31, 2006 was $163.72, an increase of 2.62% from the December 31, 2005 NAV per Interest of $159.53, which was a decrease of 13.74% from the December 31, 2004 NAV per Interest of $184.94, which was an increase of 4.81% from the December 31, 2003 NAV per Interest of $176.45. The CISDM CPO Asset Weighted Index (formerly known as the Zurich Fund/Pool Qualified Universe Index) returned 8.30%, 5.97% and 3.22% for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, respectively. The CISDM CPO Asset Weighted Index is the dollar weighted, total return of all commodity pools tracked by Managed Account Reports, LLC. Past performance is not necessary indicative of future results.

The Registrant’s trading gains (losses) before commissions and related fees for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004, were approximately $2,022,000, $(3,797,000) and $6,188,000, respectively. Due to the nature of the Registrant’s trading activities, a period-to-period comparison of its trading results is not meaningful. However, a detailed discussion of the trading results for the year ended December 31, 2006 is presented below.

General Economy

The U.S. Federal Reserve (“Fed”) ceased raising rates in the fourth quarter. The perception remains that although the economy is slowing, there is no danger of a recession and that a soft landing is the most likely scenario. Range trading may be the dominant pattern for the next few months as prices react to the economic data. The yield on the benchmark U.S. 10-Year note finished November at an 11-month low. A weaker U.S. dollar failed to dampen enthusiasm for U.S. Treasuries. The latest data available shows capital flows to the U.S. rose in October.

On the employment front, job growth accelerated in December as non-farm payrolls rose while the unemployment rate held steady at 4.5%. This is down from 4.9% at the start of 2006. Of some concern was a 0.5% jump in average hourly earnings, taking them up 4.2% over the past 12 months. Overall, the employment picture persists as healthy but the construction, manufacturing and retail sectors all lost jobs in December.

Regarding U.S. inflation, the November Consumer Price Index (“CPI”) was unchanged and the Core CPI, which factors out the more volatile food and energy prices, was also flat. This is the lowest reading for the core rate since November 2005. There were clearly no inflation worries in this data. The Producer Price Index (“PPI”) was not as controlled, climbing 2.0%, the most since 1974. The surge was caused by a jump in energy, car and truck prices.

Housing has been a major economic concern in 2006. November Housing Starts rose following a big drop in October. November Housing Permits, however, fell slightly. Over the past 11 months, Housing Starts were 12.5% below 2005 levels while Housing Permits were off 14.1%. Homebuilders’ confidence, as indicated by the NAHB/Wells Fargo Index fell in December.

The overall consumer confidence picture remained mixed with the high end and electronics sectors doing well. November Retail Sales rose 1.0%. The unusually warm weather hurt clothing sales in department stores. Third quarter Gross Domestic Product, a measure of economic growth, was revised downwards to the lowest level since the fourth quarter of 2005. Home building remains the main drag on growth.

While the Fed was on hold with respect to interest rate policy, the European Central Bank (“ECB”), the Bank of England (“BOE”) and the Peoples Bank of China (“PBC”) all raised interest rates. British housing prices and CPI growth continue to be high. Germany continues to exhibit growth, and leads the increasingly strong Eurozone. The Bank of Japan (“BOJ”) remained cautious, with no additional rate hikes following the July increase to 0.25%. The economy appears mixed, with consumer spending still less than the economy requires. The Bank of Canada, Reserve Bank of Australia and New Zealand central bank all remained on hold in December.

Currencies

The euro strengthened versus the U.S. dollar in 2006, reversing the pattern from 2005. The euro also strengthened against the Japanese yen, achieving record levels in December. Germany, the engine of Eurozone growth, has been the strongest European economy this year. Interest rate differential factors supported the euro through much of the fourth quarter of 2006. Of great significance, central banks around the globe have initiated a policy of diversification out of the U.S. dollar and into the euro, the British pound, and to a lesser extent, the Japanese yen.

The British pound ended the year slightly off its high, after rising approximately 14% versus the U.S. dollar. British housing prices have been surging and the CPI came in above the BOE’s target.

 

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The Japanese yen fell against the U.S. dollar, euro and British pound during the fourth quarter of 2006. Japan exited its deflationary era in 2006, although the fourth quarter saw less than robust growth on the consumer side. Other Asian currencies were better performers, with the Korean won having a particularly solid December and fourth quarter.

The Peoples Bank of China continues to tighten the reins on the economy. Most recently, the PBC increased the reserve requirement ratio for banks and raised the base interest rate 50 points to 6.72%. The yuan has shown an accumulative appreciation of about 3.7% since the July 2005 revaluation.

Energies

Crude oil was strong during the first half of the year and weakened during the second half, with the exception of a brief respite during November. Crude ended December around $60 per barrel, which contrasts to its mid-July peak of nearly $78 per barrel. Record warm weather in key consuming regions in the U.S. put pressure on the market during the fourth quarter, as did a generally benign geopolitical scene and poor member compliance with OPEC’s announced production cuts.

The unusually warm weather kept heating oil under pressure during December. Heating oil will be dependent on a general recovery in commodity prices and a sudden weather shift in coming weeks. Department of Energy gasoline inventories are 0.5% below last season. The driving season was extended by the warm weather conditions.

Natural gas fell during the fourth quarter with the weather weighing heavily on investor sentiment. Inventories are still burdensome and demand is slowing rather than rising during the normally strong seasonal demand time frame. What remains to be seen is whether the markets have discounted the majority of these bearish fundamentals.

Grains

While December’s performance was mixed, corn trended upwards for the fourth quarter as a whole. The last week of the month, quarter, and year saw the posting of a multi-year high, with the final price for 2006 settling at the highest weekly close on the charts since the drought-driven summer rally in July of 1996. The main drivers behind the re-awakening of corn prices were threefold: 1) an increase in overseas demand due to improving global economic conditions; 2) the expansion of the production of ethanol; and 3) the ongoing increase in hedge fund and money managers’ investing in alternative non-correlated asset classes. For the quarter as a whole, despite a large trading range, the wheat market put in somewhat disappointing, albeit upward trending performance. The uncertainty caused by ongoing drought conditions in Australia, the relatively high price for wheat and tight global stocks had an effect on supply and demand. The trend for soybean prices was higher for the fourth quarter of 2006. Export demand for soybeans, soybean oil and soybean meal all appear to be increasing. As corn production is increasingly diverted to the production of ethanol, substitute feedstuffs, with soybeans as the closest surrogate, may also feel the upward pull of prices. As the global supply of foreign cotton sold out late in the year, prices began to move higher from mid-November through the end of the year. The lethargy that characterized most of 2006 was a product of a massive carryover of last year’s crop, along with last summer’s unfortunate elimination of a marketing program which left U.S. cotton uncompetitively priced.

Indices

U.S. equities recorded their best gains in three years during the fourth quarter of 2006. The weakness in real estate that may have caused a shift into equities, large levels of global liquidity, a drop in oil prices, a quiet geopolitical atmosphere, solid earnings and a brisk mergers and acquisitions calendar all added to the positive performance. A shift out of commodities also aided the tone of global equities. Blue chips, financials, oil and big caps did well, and at the end of the quarter technology names took a leading role.

It was also a very good December, fourth quarter and year for the European equity markets. Markets in Germany, the U.K. and France all ended higher for the fourth quarter. Heavy merger and acquisition activity was a major feature in Europe, along with a solid run of earnings and significant fund inflows. The strong U.S. market was also a psychological plus. The prospect of further rate hikes from the ECB, and to a lesser extent the BOE, failed to diminish enthusiasm.

Asian/Pacific Rim equities also recorded solid 2006 gains, despite volatile trading. Record highs were achieved in Singapore, Australia and New Zealand during the final session of the year as well as for China’s Shanghai Composite. A growing Japanese economy served to buoy enthusiasm and a modest 0.25% base interest rate was supportive. Thailand’s SET Index had a very volatile month after the central bank attempted to impose controls on capital for foreign investors in the stock market, but that was quickly reversed when the SET tumbled 15%, and prices subsequently recovered. However, Thailand has seen continuing political unrest.

Interest Rates

As expected, the Fed remained on hold at its December 12 meeting. The minutes of the most recent Federal Open Market Committee (“FOMC”) meeting were virtually the same as the November meeting, indicating that the FOMC unanimously agreed that inflation persists as the primary concern to the economy. However, at the same time they stated the economy might have been a bit softer than previously thought.

In the international arena, the ECB increased rates 25 basis points in December and the BOE raised rates 25 basis points in November. The BOJ made just one move to 0.25% in 2006. Japanese consumer data has been a bit sluggish; something the BOJ will keep in focus. The Peoples Bank of China is currently engaged in a tightening process, and is actively draining liquidity by increasing reserve requirements.

 

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Metals

A weak U.S. dollar helped support gold for most of the quarter but during late December the dollar showed signs of a consolidation rally and gold fell. Plunging energy prices had a negative impact on gold prices as well. Silver traded at its best levels in more than six months during the quarter, but ended the year off its highs. For the year, silver significantly outperformed gold. Speculative participation was heavy throughout the quarter, setting the stage for high volatility. A steady increase in inventories weighed on copper prices in the fourth quarter. A lessening of labor concerns, particularly in Chile and Canada, and the fact that China’s buying pace slowed in 2006 added to the negative tone. Zinc supplies remained tight and strong demand continued. Aluminum prices held up well in the fourth quarter in the face of a general commodity weakness. Nickel was one of the strongest performers in the metals group due to tight supply and a strong pattern of stainless steel demand.

Softs

Forecasts for a significant global supply surplus of sugar weighed on sentiment, causing prices to decline 29% on the year. This made sugar the weakest agricultural commodity in the Dow Jones/AIG Index. Coffee prices remained relatively flat for 2006 and overall global coffee demand was solid. Scaled back cocoa crop prospects for the Ivory Coast, the world’s largest producer, added to the commodity’s recent bullish tone. The political situation in the Ivory Coast continues fairly quiet but civil unrest remains a potential factor. The cattle market traded sideways for most of the fourth quarter until severe weather conditions reduced cattle supply and caused prices to rise in the second half of December. Hog supply was ample during the quarter as the US entered a seasonally slow demand period. On the bright side, the most recent USDA estimate is that US pork exports will rise in 2007 to follow the 2006 increase.

Currencies: (-) The sector was down for the year, with long and short positions in the euro, the Mexican peso and the Swiss franc being the largest contributors to the losses.

Energy: (-) The sector was down for the year, with long and short positions in crude oil, and short positions in unleaded gas the largest contributors to the losses.

Grains: (-) The sector was down for the year, on losses from long and short positions in corn and wheat.

Indices: (+) The sector was up for the year, on gains from long positions in the DAX, the Hang Seng and the IBEX.

Interest Rates: (-) The sector was down for the year, with long and short positions in the German Bund, the Euroswiss, the British Gilt and the U.S. 5 year Treasury Note being the largest contributors to the losses.

Metals: (+) Gains from long positions in gold and zinc, and long and short positions in copper contributed to positive sector performance.

Softs: (-) The sector was down for the year, as short positions in cattle, and long and short positions in coffee and cocoa contributed to the losses.

Interest income is earned on the average daily equity maintained with the clearing broker at prevailing rates, therefore, varies weekly according to interest rates, trading performance, and redemptions. Interest income increased by approximately $290,000 during 2006 as compared to 2005, increased by approximately $493,000 during 2005 as compared to 2004, and increased by approximately $91,000 during 2004 as compared to 2003. The increase in interest income during the years ending 2006, 2005 and 2004 was primarily due to increased short-term interest rates, which more than offset the reduced average net asset levels, which were primarily the result of redemptions during these time periods.

Commissions are calculated on the Registrant’s net asset value at the end of each week and, therefore, vary according to weekly trading performance, and redemptions. Other transaction fees consist of National Futures Association, exchange and clearing fees as well as floor brokerage costs and give-up charges, which are based on the number of trades the trading advisor executes, as well as which exchange, clearing firm or bank on, or through, which the contract is traded. Commissions and other transaction fees decreased by approximately $343,000 in 2006 as compared to 2005, decreased by approximately $474,000 during 2005 as compared to 2004, and increased by approximately $87,000 during 2004 as compared to 2003. The decrease in commissions for the years ended 2006 and 2005 was due to reduced average asset levels discussed above. Commissions increased by approximately $87,000 in the year ended 2004 due to increased trading volume despite lower average net assets during the year.

The Trading Advisor makes all trading decisions for the Registrant. Management fees are calculated on the Registrant’s net asset value at the end of each week and, therefore are affected by weekly trading performance, and redemptions. Management fees decreased by approximately $133,000 during 2006 as compared to 2005, decreased by approximately $185,000 during 2005 as compared to 2004, and decreased by approximately $30,000 in 2004 as compared to 2003. The decrease in Management fees during the years ending 2006, 2005 and 2004 was due to reduced average asset levels discussed above.

Incentive fees are based on the “New High Net Trading Profits” generated by the Trading Advisor as defined in the Advisory Agreement among the Registrant, the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor. Incentive fees incurred during the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were approximately $0, $0 and $1,200,000, respectively.

 

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General and administrative expenses for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004 were approximately $100,000, $113,000 and $278,000, respectively. The decrease in general and administrative services during the years ending 2006, 2005 and 2004 was due to reduced average asset levels discussed above. These expenses include accounting, audit, tax and legal fees as well as printing and postage costs related to reports sent to limited owners, and are before reimbursement of costs incurred by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Registrant. To the extent that general and administrative expenses exceed 1.5% of the Registrant’s net asset value during the year (with a maximum of 0.5% attributable to other charges and audit expenses) such amounts are borne by the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

Inflation

Inflation has had no material impact on operations or on the financial condition of the Registrant from inception through December 31, 2006.

Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Information regarding quantitative and qualitative disclosures about market risk is not required pursuant to Item 305(e) of Regulation S-K.

Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

The financial statements are incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 are summarized below:

 

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      For the period
from January 1,
2006 to
March 31, 2006
   For the period
from April 1,
2006 to
June 30, 2006
  

For the period

from July 1,

2006 to
September 29, 2006

    For the period
from September 30,
2006 to
December 31, 2006

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ 2,022,398    $ 754,396    $ (206,226 )   $ 787,506
                            

Total revenues (including interest) less commissions and other transaction fees

   $ 1,491,631    $ 243,457    $ (648,286 )   $ 353,706
                            

Net income (loss)

   $ 1,320,422    $ 58,691    $ (816,541 )   $ 234,498
                            

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

   $ 7.26    $ 0.35    $ (5.12 )   $ 1.57
                            

 

      For the period
from January 1,
2005 to
March 25, 2005
    For the period
from March 26,
2005 to
June 24, 2005
   

For the period
from June 25,

2005 to
September 30, 2005

   For the period
from October 1,
2005 to
December 31, 2005
 

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ (4,052,121 )   $ (441,922 )   $ 1,310,610    $ 432,070  
                               

Total revenues (including interest) less commissions and other transaction fees

   $ (4,636,700 )   $ (993,671 )   $ 736,330    $ (117,633 )
                               

Net income (loss)

   $ (4,922,581 )   $ (1,161,153 )   $ 562,478    $ (279,628 )
                               

Net income (loss) per weighted average Interest

   $ (21.70 )   $ (5.32 )   $ 2.68    $ (1.43 )
                               

There were no extraordinary, unusual or infrequently occurring items recognized in any quarter reported above, and the Trust has not disposed of any segments of its business. There have been no year-end adjustments that are material to the results of any fiscal quarter reported above.

Item 9. Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

None.

Item 9A. Controls and Procedures

As of the end of the period covered by this report, the Managing Owner carried out an evaluation, under the supervision and with the participation of the officers of the Managing Owner, including the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial/Accounting Officer, respectively, of Registrant), of the effectiveness of the design and operation of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures. Based upon that evaluation, the Managing Owner’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration concluded that the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures are effective.

In designing and evaluating the Trust’s disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) or 15d-15(e) of the Exchange Act), the Managing Owner recognized that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurances of achieving the desired control objectives, as ours are designed to do, and the Managing Owner necessarily was required to apply its judgment in evaluating the cost-benefit relationship of possible controls and procedures. We believe that our disclosure controls and procedures provide such reasonable assurance.

There have not been any changes in Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a – 15(f) and 15d – 15(f) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended) during the year ended December 31, 2006 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting.

Item 9B. Other Information

None

Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

The Registrant had no directors and executive officers. The Registrant is managed by the Managing Owner.

 

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The directors and executive officers of the Managing Owner are as follows:

Mr. Kenneth A. Shewer (born 1953), Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 8, 1984, May 1,1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner since February 1984. Mr. Shewer was employed by Pasternak, Baum and Co., Inc. (“Pasternak, Baum”), an international cash commodity firm, from June 1976 until September 1983. Mr. Shewer created and managed Pasternak, Baum’s Grain Logistics and Administration Department and created its Domestic Corn and Soybean Trading Department. Mr. Shewer’s responsibilities at Pasternak, Baum included merchandising South American grain and exporting United States corn and soybeans. In 1982, Mr. Shewer became co-manager of Pasternak, Baum’s F.O.B. Corn Department. In 1983, Mr. Shewer was made Vice President and Director of Pasternak, Baum. Mr. Shewer has traveled extensively in South America and Europe in connection with the commodity business and has organized and effected grain and oilseed sales in those regions, the former Soviet Union, and the Far East. While at Pasternak, Baum, Mr. Shewer was a member of the St. Louis Merchants Exchange and was associated with the National Grain and Feed Association and the North American Export Grain Association.

Mr. Shewer graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in 1975. Mr. Shewer sits on the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also a member of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Mr. Shewer is a founding member and a member of the Board of the Greenwich Roundtable.

Mr. Marc S. Goodman (born 1948), Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 7, 1984, May 1, 1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Owner since February 1984. Mr. Goodman joined Pasternak, Baum in September 1974 and was a Vice President and Director from July 1981 until September 1983. While at Pasternak, Baum, Mr. Goodman was largely responsible for business development outside of the United States, for investment of its corporate retirement funds, and for selecting trading personnel in the Vegetable Oil Division. Mr. Goodman also created and developed Pasternak, Baum’s Lauric Oils Department. Mr. Goodman has conducted extensive business in South America, Europe and the Far East; he has been a merchandiser of all major vegetable oils and their by-products, and of various other commodities such as sunflower seeds, frozen poultry, pulses and potatoes.

Mr. Goodman graduated from the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York with a B.B.A. in 1969 and an M.B.A. in 1971 in Finance and Investments, where he was awarded an Economics and Finance Department Fellowship from September 1969 through June 1971. Mr. Goodman is a member of the American Arbitration Association; while at Pasternak, Baum, he was a member of the National Institute of Oilseeds Products and the American Fats and Oils Association (including its Export Rules Committee).

Mr. Goodman is the Chairman of the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is the principle source of funding for the Diabetes Research Institute, a world renowned cure based research center affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine.

Mr. Goodman is a founding member and member of the Board of the Greenwich Roundtable.

Messrs. Shewer and Goodman left Pasternak, Baum in September 1983 to form Kenmar Advisory Corp. (now known as Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner) and they have occupied their present positions with the Managing Owner since that time.

Ms. Esther Eckerling Goodman (born 1952), Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of the Managing Owner, has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since May 12, 1988, July 17, 1986 and July 17, 1986, respectively. She joined the Managing Owner in July 1986 and is its Chief Operating Officer and Senior Executive Vice President. Ms. Goodman has been involved in the futures industry since 1974. From 1974 through 1976, she was employed by Conti-Commodity Services, Inc. and ACLI Commodity Services, Inc., in the areas of hedging, speculative trading and tax arbitrage. In 1976, Ms. Goodman joined Loeb Rhoades & Company, Inc. where she was responsible for developing and managing a managed futures program that, in 1979, became the trading system for Westchester Commodity Management, an independent commodity-trading advisor of which Ms. Goodman was a founder and principal. From 1983 through mid-1986, Ms. Goodman was employed as a marketing executive at Commodities Corp. (USA) of Princeton, New Jersey. Ms. Goodman was a Director of the Managed Futures Trade Association from 1987 to 1991 and a Director of its successor organization, the Managed Futures Association, from 1991 to 1995 (now the Managed Funds Association). Ms. Goodman graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in psychology in 1974.

Ms. Goodman is married to Mr. Marc Goodman.

Mr. Braxton Glasgow III (born 1953) has been a principal, associated person, branch manager and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since June 21, 2001, June 21, 2001, July 13, 2004 and June 8, 2001, respectively. Mr. Glasgow has been an Executive Vice President of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in May 2001. Mr. Glasgow is responsible for business development. Previously, he served as Executive Vice President, Director of Client Services and a Principal at Chesapeake Capital Corp., a commodities trading firm, and as Senior Managing Director at Signet Investment Banking Co. Mr. Glasgow began his career at PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he specialized in mergers and acquisitions and private equity, including extensive work in Europe and the Far East. Mr. Glasgow received a B.S. in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is a Certified Public Accountant. From 1994 to 1995, he was President of the Jay Group Ltd. Mr. Glasgow received a B.S. degree in accounting from the University of North Carolina in 1975.

 

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Ms. Maureen D. Howley (born 1967) has been a principal of the Managing Owner since August 11, 2003. She has been a Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in July 2003. She is responsible for corporate finance. From July 2001 until July 2003, Ms. Howley was an Associate at Andor Capital Management, LLC, an equity hedge fund company. At Andor, she was responsible for managing the corporate accounting functions. Previously, she was the Controller at John W. Henry & Company, Inc., a commodity-trading advisor (“JWH”), where she held positions of increasing responsibility from September 1996 to July 2001. She began her career at Deloitte & Touche where she specialized in the financial services industry. She held many positions of increasing responsibility for seven years, and left as an Audit Senior Manager in September 1996 to join JWH. Ms. Howley received a B.A. in Accounting from Muhlenberg College in 1989 and designation as a Certified Public Accountant in 1990.

Mr. Lawrence S. Block (born 1967) has been a Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in March 2005. Prior to joining the Managing Owner, Mr. Block was a Managing Director and General Counsel of Lipper & Company, L.P., a New York-based investment management firm, from January 1998 until March 2005. Prior to joining Lipper & Company, Mr. Block was a senior associate at the law firm Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft in New York from May 1996 through December 1997. Mr. Block also worked as an associate at the law firm Proskauer Rose Goetz & Mendelsohn from September 1992 through May 1996. Mr. Block received a B.S. in Business Administration with a concentration in Accounting from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1989 and a J.D. from the University of Pennsylvania School of Law in 1992. Mr. Block’s registration as a principal of the Managing Owner has been effective since March 17, 2005.

Mr. David K. Spohr (born 1963), Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of the Managing Owner, joined the Managing Owner in 2005. He is responsible for the development and execution of the administration group support responsibilities and, as Director of Fund Administration, functions as the Principal Financial/Accounting Officer of Registrant. From 2002 to 2005, Mr. Spohr was a Vice President at Safra Group, where he was responsible for the Alternative Investment operations, tax reporting and pricing valuation. From 2000 to 2002, he was a consultant to The Safra Group. From 1994-1999, he was Manager of Investment Services for the Bank of Bermuda, supporting private client transactions. From 1993 to 1994, he was the Manager of Global Operations for Highbridge Capital Corporation during the fund’s infancy. Mr. Spohr received a B.S. in Business Economics from The State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1985 and designation as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1998.

Ms. Joanne D. Rosenthal (born 1965) has been a principal, associated person and NFA associate member of the Managing Owner since February 29, 2000, February 29, 2000 and November 30, 1999, respectively. Ms. Rosenthal is Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management and Implementation for the Managing Owner. Prior to joining the Managing Owner in October 1999, Ms. Rosenthal spent nine years at The Chase Manhattan Bank, in various positions of increasing responsibility. From July 1991 through April 1994, she managed the Trade Execution Desk and from May 1994 through September 1999, she was a Vice President and Senior Portfolio Manager of Chase Alternative Asset Management, Inc. Ms. Rosenthal received a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Mr. Peter J. Fell (born 1960), Senior Vice President and Director of Due Diligence since joining the Managing Owner in September 2004. He is responsible for manager selection and due diligence. Mr. Fell is a member of the Investment Committee. From 2000 through August 2004, Mr. Fell was a founding partner and Investment Director of Starview Capital Management. Prior to co-founding Starview Capital Management, Mr. Fell was Vice President of Research and Product Development at Merrill Lynch Investment Partners Inc (MLIP). He was responsible for the investment evaluation and recommendation process pertaining to MLIP funds and sat on MLIP’s Investment Committee. Prior to joining MLIP, Mr. Fell had been with Deutsche Bank Financial Products Corporation for six years starting in 1989, where he was Vice President in the over-the-counter fixed income derivatives area. From 1985 to 1989, he was employed by Manufacturers Hanover Trust Company, ultimately holding the position of Assistant Vice President in the Swaps and Futures Group. Mr. Fell holds an A.B. cum laude in Music Theory and History and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

Ms. Melissa Cohn (born 1960), Vice President and Senior Research Analyst, joined the Managing Owner in 1988. Her responsibilities include manager due diligence, manager analysis, and portfolio/risk management. Ms. Cohn has been involved in the futures industry for over 20 years. Prior to joining the Managing Owner, she spent six years in positions of increasing responsibility in the Commodities Division at Shearson Lehman Hutton Inc. Her experience includes that of Sales Assistant, Assistant Commodity Trader and Trader executing orders from numerous CTAs that traded through Shearson. Ms. Cohn graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1982.

Ms. Jennifer S. Moros (born 1970) has been a Senior Vice President, Marketing and Investor Relations of the Managing Owner since joining the Managing Owner in January 2007. From October 2006 until December 2006, she worked at The Bank of New York. Previously, she was the Chief Operating Officer and Director of Marketing of Coronat Capital Management, LLC, a small start-up hedge fund, from November 2004 until September 2005. Previously, she was Vice President and Product Manager at Credit Suisse in their Alternative Capital Division from February 2000 until November 2004, responsible for marketing, new product development and reporting for their fund of hedge funds business. From June 1998 to January 2000, she was a Senior Associate in the Marketing and Business Development areas at Zweig-DiMenna, a large long/short equity hedge fund. Prior to this, she was employed at Symphony Alternative Investments, an alternatives pension consulting firm, from July 1997 to June 1998, where she was responsible for quantitative and qualitative assessments and recommendations

 

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of alternative investments including hedge funds, private equity and venture capital for large institutional clients. From November 1993 until July 1995, Ms. Moros was a Financial Analyst at Bankers Trust and a Business Applications Analyst at National Westminster Bancorp from August 1992 until November 1993. Ms. Moros received an M.B.A in Finance from The Sloan School at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1997 and a B.S. in Economics from The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1992.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Certain of the Managing Owner’s directors and officers and any persons holding more than ten percent of the Registrant’s Limited Interests (“Ten Percent Owners”) are required to report their initial ownership of Interests and any subsequent changes in that ownership to the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) on Forms 3, 4 or 5. Such directors and officers and Ten Percent Owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish the Registrant with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and 5 they file. There are no Ten Percent Owners of the Registrant’s Limited Interests. All filing requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely complied with during the fiscal year. In making these disclosures, the Registrant has relied solely on written representations of the Managing Owner’s directors and officers and the Registrant’s Ten Percent Owners or copies of the reports that they have filed with the SEC during and with respect to its most recent fiscal year.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

The Registrant itself does not have any employees. Preferred serves as Managing Owner of the Registrant. The Board of Directors of Preferred has delegated audit committee responsibilities to the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee. David K. Spohr is Preferred’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of Preferred’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

Code of Ethics

Preferred has adopted a Code of Ethics for its Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial/Accounting Officer, respectively, of Registrant), accounting managers and persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Code of Ethics is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Item 11. Executive Compensation

The Registrant does not pay or accrue any fees, salaries or any other form of compensation for officers of the Managing Owner for their services. (See also Item 13, Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, for information regarding compensation to the Managing Owner.)

Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

As of February 1, 2007, Preferred maintains a 1% Managing Owner Interest in the Registrant. As of February 1, 2007, all of Preferred’s stock is owned indirectly and equally by Messrs. Goodman and Shewer, Preferred’s sole directors.

As of February 1, 2007, the following officers of the Managing Owner are deemed to own beneficially the following number of General Interests issued by the Registrant:

 

Title of Class

  

Name and Addresses of

Beneficial Owner

  

Amount and Nature of

Beneficial Ownership

  

Percent of

Class

General Interests    Marc S. Goodman
900 King Street, Suite 100
Rye Brook, New York 10573
   1,437 General Interests (*)    100%
General Interests    Kenneth A. Shewer
900 King Street, Suite 100
Rye Brook, New York 10573
   1,437 General Interests (*)    100%
General Interests    Esther E. Goodman
900 King Street, Suite 100
Rye Brook, New York 10573
   1,437 General Interests (**)    100%

(*) These Interests are held indirectly through Preferred. The Beneficial Owner disclaims beneficial ownership over such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent of his pecuniary interest therein.
(**) These Interests are held by the Beneficial Owner’s spouse indirectly through Preferred. The Beneficial Owner disclaims beneficial ownership over such securities for purposes of Section 16 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, except to the extent of her pecuniary interest therein.

 

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As of February 1, 2007, one Unitholder beneficially owned more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Limited Interests issued by the Registrant. DMK Investments L.P. is the registered holder of 8,028.669 Limited Interests representing a 5.62% ownership as of this date.

Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

The Registrant has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Owner and its affiliates. However, there have been no direct financial transactions between the Registrant and the officers of the Managing Owner.

Reference is made to Notes 1, 3 and 4 to the financial statements in the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto, which identify the related parties and discuss the services provided by these parties and the amounts paid or payable, if any, for their services.

Director Independence

David K. Spohr is Preferred’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of Preferred’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

Item 14. Principal Accounting Fees and Services

Audit Fees and All Other Fees

The independent registered public accounting firm for the years ended December 31, 2006 and 2005 was Deloitte & Touche LLP (“D&T”).

 

(a) Audit Fees

Fees for audit services totaled approximately $57,500 and $56,000 ($45,000 to D&T and $11,000 to Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C.) for 2006 and 2005, respectively, including fees associated with the annual audit and the reviews of the Registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

 

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The audit-related fees billed to Registrant by D&T for the last fiscal year for products and services other than the services reported above totaled $0 for the year ended December 31, 2005 and approximately $0 for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

(c) Tax Fees

Fees for tax services by Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C, including tax compliance and tax advice totaled approximately $7,000 in 2006 and $7,500 in 2005 , respectively.

We have been advised by D&T that neither the firm, nor any member of the firm, has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any capacity in the Registrant or its affiliates.

 

(d) All Other Fees

The other fees billed to Registrant by D&T for the last fiscal year for products and services other than the services reported above totaled $0 for the year ended December 31, 2005 and approximately $0 for the year ended December 31, 2006.

 

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PART IV

 

              Annual Report
Page Number
Item 15.   Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules   
(a)    1.   Financial Statements and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – incorporated by reference to the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto   
     Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Deloitte & Touche LLP    1
     Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C.    2
     Financial Statements:   
     Statements of Financial Condition – December 31, 2006 and 2005    3
     Condensed Schedules of Investments – At December 31, 2006 and 2005    4
     Statements of Operations – Years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004    5
     Statements of Changes in Trust Capital – Three years ended December 31, 2006    6
     Notes to Financial Statements    7 –15
   2.   Financial Statement Schedules
     All schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required information is included in the financial statements or the notes thereto
   3.   Exhibits
   (a)   Description:
   4.1   Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust Agreement of World Monitor Trust II dated as of October 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference)
   4.2   Form of Request for Redemption (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.2 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on April 2, 2002)
   4.3   Form of Exchange Request (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.3 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on April 2, 2002)
   4.4   Form of Subscription Agreement (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 4.4 to Post-Effective Amendment No. 4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on April 2, 2002)
   4.5   Form of the Privacy Notices of the Managing Owner.
   10.1   Form of Escrow Agreement among the Trust, Managing Owner, PSI and the Chase Manhattan Bank (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.1 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on September 17, 1999)
   10.2   Form of Brokerage Agreement among the Trust and PSI (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.2 to the Registrant’s Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on September 17, 1999)
   10.3   Form of Advisory Agreement among the Registrant, Managing Owner, and the Trading Advisor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.3 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on July 16, 1999)
   10.4   Form of Representation Agreement Concerning the Registration Statement and the Prospectus among the Registrant, Managing Owner, PSI, Wilmington Trust Company and the Trading Advisor (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.4 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on September 17, 1999)
   10.5   Form of Net Worth Agreement between the Managing Owner and Prudential Securities Group, Inc. (incorService Agreement among the Registrant, Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. and Wachovia Securities, LLC dated as of July 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.5 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form S-1, File No. 333-83015, filed on September 17, 1999)
   10.6   Service Agreement among the Registrant, Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. and Wachovia Securities, LLC dated as of July 1, 2003 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.6 of the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2003)
   10.7   Novation letter among the Trust, Trading Advisor and Managing Owner dated September 14, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
   10.8   Letter Agreement Amending and Restating Brokerage Agreements between the Managing Owner and Prudential Financial Derivatives, LLC dated October 1, 2004 (incorporated by reference to Exhibit 10.7 to the Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2004)
   13.1   Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report (with the exception of the information and data incorporated by reference in Items 5, 7 and 8 of this Annual Report on Form 10-K, no other information or data appearing in the Registrant’s 2006 Annual Report is to be deemed filed as part of this report) (filed herewith)

 

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   14.1    Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. Code Of Ethics (adopted pursuant to Section 406 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002) as of October 10, 2006
   31.1    Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
   31.2    Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
   32.1    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)
   32.2    Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (furnished herewith)

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 30th day of March, 2007.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E
By:   Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.
  Managing Owner

 

By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

    Date: March 30, 2007
  David K. Spohr    
  Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration    

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant in the capacities indicated on March 30, 2007.

 

WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E
By:   Preferred Investment Solutions Corp.
  Managing Owner

 

By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

       Date: March 30, 2007
 

Kenneth A. Shewer

Co-Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

      
By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

       Date: March 30, 2007
 

David K. Spohr

Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration

(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

      


OTHER INFORMATION

The actual round-turn equivalent of brokerage commissions paid per contract for the year ended December 31, 2006 was $3.97.

The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission is available to limited owners without charge upon written request to:

World Monitor Trust II – Series E

c/o Preferred Investment Solutions Corp

900 King Street, Suite 100

Rye Brook, New York 10573

 

EX-4.5 2 dex45.htm FORM OF THE PRIVACY NOTICES OF THE MANAGING OWNER Form of the Privacy Notices of the Managing Owner

Exhibit 4.5

PRIVACY POLICY NOTICE OF KENMAR

December 2006

This Privacy Policy Notice explains the manner in which Kenmar* collects, utilizes and maintains non-public personal information about customers who are individuals, as required under federal and other applicable law. Kenmar is committed to protecting a customer’s privacy and maintaining the confidentiality and security of a customer’s personal information.

Collection of Information. Kenmar collects non-public information about customers from the following sources:

 

   

Applications, questionnaires and other information provided by a customer in writing, in person, by telephone, electronically or by any other means. This information may include name, address, e-mail address, employment information, and financial and investment information;

 

   

Kenmar-related transactions and investments, including account balances, investments and withdrawals/redemptions; and

 

   

If you visit Kenmar’s web site, software is used to collect anonymous data such as browser types, pages visited, and date of visit. Kenmar uses this data to better understand web site usage and to improve its web site. The information is stored in log files and is used for aggregated and statistical reporting. This log information is not linked to personally identifiable information gathered elsewhere on the site.

Use and Disclosure of Information. Kenmar uses personal information in ways compatible with the purposes for which we originally requested it. Kenmar does not disclose non-public personal information about customers to affiliates or nonaffiliated third parties except in limited circumstances as required or permitted by law. For example, we may share non-public personal information about customers with affiliated and nonaffiliated parties in the following situations, among others: in connection with the administration and operations of Kenmar and/or to service your account(s), or to provide services or process transactions that you have requested, with Kenmar’s brokers, custodians, administrators, attorneys, accountants, auditors, or other service providers; to respond to a subpoena or court order, judicial process or regulatory inquiry; to protect or defend against fraud, unauthorized transactions (such as money laundering), law suits, claims or other liabilities; to protect the security of our records, or to protect our rights or property; in connection with a proposed or actual sale, merger, or transfer of all or a portion of Kenmar’s business; to otherwise assist Kenmar in offering Kenmar-related products and services to customers; at a customer’s direction/consent, with the customer’s representatives, advisors and other third parties. Kenmar restricts access to your personal and account information to those employees who need to know that information to provide products and services to you. Kenmar maintains appropriate physical, electronic and procedural safeguards to guard your non-public personal information.

Kenmar’s Privacy Policy also applies to former customers. Kenmar reserves the right to change its Privacy Policy at any time. The examples above are illustrations and are not intended to be exclusive. Kenmar’s Privacy Policy complies with federal law regarding privacy - you may have additional rights under other foreign or domestic laws that may apply to you.

If you have any questions, please call Kenmar’s Investor Services and Communications at 914-307-4000 or send a letter to Kenmar, Attention: Investor Services, 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, NY 10573.


*

Kenmar” or “we” means (i) collectively, Kenmar Securities Inc., Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., Kenmar Investment Adviser LLC, Kenmar Global Investment Management LLC and Kenmar GIM Inc., (ii) private and public investment funds/pools advised by Kenmar, and (iii) each of their affiliates.


Important Privacy Choices for California Consumers

You have the right to control whether Kenmar shares some of your personal information. Please read the following information carefully before you make your choices below.

Your Rights

You have the following rights to restrict the sharing of personal and financial information with our affiliates (companies we own or control) and outside companies that we do business with. Nothing in this form prohibits the sharing of information necessary for us to follow the law, as permitted by law, or to give you the best service on your accounts with us. This includes sending you information about some other products or services.

Your Choices

Restrict Information Sharing With Companies We Own or Control (Affiliates):

Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with our affiliated companies.

(            ) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with your affiliated companies.

Restrict Information Sharing With Other Companies We Do Business With To Provide Financial Products And Services:

Unless you say “No,” we may share personal and financial information about you with outside companies we contract with to provide financial products and services to you. As a practical matter, it may be impossible to provide products and services to you if we cannot share your personal and financial information with such service providers to your account.

(            ) NO, please do not share personal and financial information with outside companies you contract with to provide financial products and services.

Restrict Information Sharing With Other Companies That Do Not Provide Products and Services To You:

Unless you say “Yes” we may not share personal and financial information about you with outside companies who do not provide financial products and services to you.

(            ) YES, I authorize you to share personal and financial information with outside companies who do not provide financial products and services to you.

Time Sensitive Reply

You may make your privacy choice(s) at any time. Your choice(s) marked here or otherwise indicated to us will remain unless you state otherwise. However, if we do not hear from you we may share some of your information with affiliated companies and other companies with whom we have contracts to provide products and services.

To exercise your choices or to modify any of your prior choices do one of the following: (1) fill out, sign and send back this form to us using the envelope provided (you may want to make a copy for your records); or (2) call Kenmar Investor Services at 914-307-4000 to communicate the information to us.

 

Print Name:

 

 

       

Signature:

 

 

     Date:   

 

EX-13.1 3 dex131.htm REGISTRANT'S 2006 ANNUAL REPORT Registrant's 2006 Annual Report

WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

ANNUAL REPORT

December 31, 2006


WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

 


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


 

      PAGES

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Deloitte & Touche LLP

   1

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C.

   2

Financial Statements

  

Statements of Financial Condition

   3

Condensed Schedules of Investments

   4

Statements of Operations

   5

Statements of Changes in Trust Capital

   6

Notes to Financial Statements

   7 –15


REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Limited Owners of

World Monitor Trust II – Series E

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedule of investments, of World Monitor Trust II – Series E (the “Trust”) as of December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the related statements of operations and changes in trust capital for the two years in the period then ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits. The statement of operations and statement of changes in trust capital for the year ended December 31, 2004 were audited by another auditor whose report dated March 25, 2005 expressed an unqualified opinion on those statements.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of World Monitor Trust II – Series E at December 31, 2006 and 2005, and the results of its operations and changes in its trust capital for the two years in the period then ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Deloitte & Touche LLP

March 28, 2007


LOGO

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Managing Owner and Limited Owners of

World Monitor Trust II - Series E

We have audited the accompanying statements of operations and changes in trust capital of World Monitor Trust II – Series E for the year ended December 31, 2004. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.

We conducted our audit in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Trust is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audit included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Trust’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the results of operations and changes in trust capital of World Monitor Trust II – Series E for the year ended December 31, 2004, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting principles.

s/ Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C.

Hunt Valley, Maryland

March 25, 2005

 


WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

December 31, 2006 and 2005

 


 

      2006    2005

ASSETS

     

Cash in commodity trading accounts

   $ 23,270,902    $ 30,045,374

Interest receivable

     6,959      0

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     499,161      125,337

Net unrealized gain on open forward contacts

     293,828      599,873
             

Total assets

   $ 24,070,850    $ 30,770,584
             

LIABILITIES

     

Commissions and other transaction fees payable

   $ 5,221    $ 4,683

Accrued expenses payable

     184,065      313,916

Management fees payable

     47,973      60,957

Redemptions payable

     60,126      291,894
             

Total liabilities

     297,385      671,450
             

TRUST CAPITAL

     

Limited interests (143,772.262 and 186,721.969 interests outstanding) at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

     23,538,201      29,787,258

Managing Owner interests (1,437 and 1,955 interests outstanding) at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively.

     235,264      311,876
             

Total trust capital

     23,773,465      30,099,134
             

Total liabilities and trust capital

   $ 24,070,850    $ 30,770,584
             

Net Asset Value per Limited and Managing Owner Interest

 

December 31,

2006

  

2005

  

2004

$163.72

   $159.53    $184.94
           

See accompanying notes.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2006 and 2005

 


 

     2006     2005  

Futures and Forward Contracts

  

Net

Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Trust Capital

    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Trust Capital
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Futures contracts purchased:

        

Commodities

   0.02 %   $ 3,863     0.06 %   $ 18,796  

Interest rates

   (0.26 )%     (61,875 )   0.15 %     46,140  

Stock indices

   0.81 %     192,945     0.39 %     116,243  
                            

Net unrealized gain on futures contracts purchased

   0.57 %     134,933     0.60 %     181,179  
                            

Futures contracts sold:

        

Commodities

   0.34 %     79,926     (0.12 )%     (35,090 )

Interest rates

   1.36 %     323,712     (0.08 )%     (24,502 )

Stock indices

   (0.17 )%     (39,410 )   0.01 %     3,750  
                            

Net unrealized gain (loss) on futures contracts sold

   1.53 %     364,228     (0.19 )%     (55,842 )
                            

Net unrealized gain on futures contracts

   2.10 %   $ 499,161     0.41 %   $ 125,337  
                            

Forward currency contracts purchased:

        

Net unrealized gain on forward contracts purchased

   1.28 %   $ 304,870     2.15 %   $ 647,296  
                            

Forward currency contracts sold:

        

Net unrealized loss on forward contracts sold

   (0.05 )%     (11,042 )   (0.16 )%     (47,423 )
                            

Net unrealized gain on forward contracts

   1.23 %   $ 293,828     1.99 %   $ 599,873  
                            

See accompanying notes.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 


 

     2006    2005     2004  

REVENUES

       

Realized

   $ 1,954,646    $ (3,776,377 )   $ 8,439,997  

Change in unrealized

     67,779      (20,563 )     (2,252,362 )

Interest income

     1,335,649      1,045,577       553,074  
                       

Total revenues (loss)

     3,358,074      (2,751,363 )     6,740,709  
                       

EXPENSES

       

Brokerage commissions and othertransaction fees

     1,917,566      2,260,312       2,734,304  

Management fees

     542,975      676,143       860,862  

Incentive fees

     0      0       1,209,951  

General and administrative

     100,463      113,066       278,229  
                       

Total expenses

     2,561,004      3,049,521       5,083,346  
                       

NET INCOME (LOSS)

   $ 797,070    $ (5,800,884 )   $ 1,657,363  
                       

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER WEIGHTED

       

AVERAGE LIMITED AND MANAGING OWNER INTEREST

       

Net income (loss) per weighted average Limited and Managing Owner interest

   $ 4.85    $ (27.37 )   $ 6.64  
                       

Weighted average number of Limited and Managing Owner interests outstanding

     164,499      211,921       249,680  
                       

See accompanying notes.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CAPITAL

For the Years Ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004

 


 

     Interests    

Limited

Interests

   

Managing Owner

Interests

    Total  

Trust capital at December 31, 2003

   273,142.850     $ 47,714,287     $ 482,055     $ 48,196,342  

Redemptions

   (44,362.495 )     (7,482,887 )     (60,968 )     (7,543,855 )

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2004

       1,639,965       17,398       1,657,363  
                              

Trust capital at December 31, 2004

   228,780.355       41,871,365       438,485       42,309,850  

Redemptions

   (40,103.386 )     (6,343,040 )     (66,792 )     (6,409,832 )

Net (loss) for the year ended December 31, 2005

       (5,741,067 )     (59,817 )     (5,800,884 )
                              

Trust capital at December 31, 2005

   188,676.969       29,787,258       311,876       30,099,134  

Redemptions

   (43,467.707 )     (7,037,382 )     (85,357 )     (7,122,739 )

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2006

       788,325       8,745       797,070  
                              

Trust capital at December 31, 2006

   145,209.262     $ 23,538,201     $ 235,264     $ 23,773,465  
                              

See accompanying notes.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 


Note 1. ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Trust

World Monitor Trust II (the “Trust”) is a business trust organized under the laws of Delaware on April 22, 1999. The Trust consists of three separate and distinct series (“Series”): Series D, E and F. Series D, E and F commenced trading operations on March 13, 2000, April 6, 2000 and March 1, 2000, respectively, and each Series will continue to exist until terminated pursuant to the provisions of Article XIII of the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). The assets of each Series are segregated from those of the other Series, separately valued and independently managed. Each Series was formed to engage in the speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures, forward and options contracts, and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions. The trustee of the Trust is Wilmington Trust Company.

The term (“Managing Owner”), as used herein, refers to Prudential Securities Futures Management Inc. (“PSFM”) up to September 30, 2004. As of October 1, 2004, Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Preferred”) acquired from Prudential Securities Group Inc. (“PSG”) all of the outstanding stock of PSFM. Immediately after such acquisition, PSFM was merged with and into Preferred. Accordingly, as of October 1, 2004 all of the board of directors and officers of PSFM resigned. Following Preferred’s acquisition of PSFM and its merger with and into Preferred, Preferred became the successor Managing Owner of Series E.

 

  B. Regulation

As a registrant with the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Trust is subject to the regulatory requirements under the Securities Act of 1933 and the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. As a commodity pool, the Trust is subject to the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, an agency of the United States (U.S.) government which regulates most aspects of the commodity futures industry; rules of the National Futures Association, an industry self-regulatory organization; and the requirements of the various commodity exchanges where the Trust executes transactions. Additionally, the Trust is subject to the requirements of the futures commission merchants (brokers) and interbank market makers through which the Trust trades.

 

  C. The Offering

Up to $50,000,000 of limited interests in each Series (“Limited Interests”) were being offered (totaling $150,000,000) (“Subscription Maximum”) until each Series’ Subscription Maximum was met either through sale or exchange or until the Managing Owner suspended the offering of Limited Interests as discussed below. Interests were offered to investors who met certain established suitability standards, with a minimum initial subscription of $5,000 ($2,000 for an individual retirement account), although the minimum purchase for any single Series was $1,000. General Interests were also sold exclusively to the Managing Owner. Limited Interests and General Interests are sometimes collectively referred to as “Interests”.

Initially, the Limited interests for each Series were offered for a period of up to 180 days after the date of the Prospectus (“Initial Offering Period”) at $100 per interest. The subscription minimum of $5,000,000 for each Series was reached during the Initial Offering Period permitting Series D, E and F to commence trading operations. Series E completed its initial offering April 6, 2000 with gross proceeds of $5,157,459, which was fully allocated to commodities trading. Series E and F interests were offered until they substantially achieved their subscription maximum of $50,000,000 on the sale of Limited Interests during June 2003 and July 2003, respectively. In addition, since July 2003, the weekly offering of interests in Series D and Series F has been suspended. Accordingly, at this time, interests in Series E may not be offered or exchanged.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 1. ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)

 

  C. The Offering (Continued)

The Managing Owner is required to maintain at least a 1% interest in the capital, profits and losses of each Series so long as it acting as the Managing Owner.

 

  D. The Trading Advisor

Each Series has its own independent commodity trading advisor that makes that Series’ trading decisions. The Managing Owner, on behalf of Series E, entered into an advisory agreement with Graham Capital Management, L.P. (the “Trading Advisor”) to make the trading decisions for Series E. The advisory agreement may be terminated for various reasons, including at the discretion of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner has allocated 100% of the assets of Series E to the Trading Advisor.

 

  E. Exchanges, Redemptions and Termination

Interests owned in one series of the Trust (Series D, E or F) were exchangeable, without any charge, for Interests of one or more other Series on a weekly basis for as long as Limited Interests in those Series were being offered to the public. Exchanges were made at the applicable Series’ then current net asset value per Interest as of the close of business on the Friday immediately preceding the week in which the exchange request was effected. The exchange of Interests was treated as a redemption of Interests in one Series (with the related tax consequences) and the simultaneous purchase of Interests in the other Series. Series E and Series F are no longer offered to the public as those series substantially achieved their subscription maximums during June 2003 and July 2003, respectively. In addition, since July 2003, the offering of interests in Series D has been temporarily suspended. Accordingly, at this time, Interests may not be exchanged. Future redemptions and exchanges will impact the amount of funds available for investment in commodity contracts in subsequent periods.

Redemptions are permitted on a weekly basis.

In the event that the estimated net asset value per Interest of a Series at the end of any business day after adjustments for distributions and redemptions, declines by 50% or more since the commencement of trading activities or the first day of a fiscal year, the Series will automatically terminate.

Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of Series E are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Such principles require the Managing Owner to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

Commodity futures and forward transactions are reflected in the accompanying statements of financial condition on trade date. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) is reflected in the statement of financial condition in accordance with Financial Accounting Standards Board Interpretation No. 39 – “Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts.” The market value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is based upon the closing quotation on the various futures exchanges on which the contract is traded. The fair value of swap and forward (non-exchange traded) contracts is extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot prices. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statement of operations. Realized gains and losses on commodity transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed.

The weighted average number of Limited and General Interests outstanding was computed for purposes of disclosing net income / (loss) per weighted average Limited and General Interest. The weighted average Limited Interests and General Interests are equal to the number of Interests outstanding at period end, adjusted proportionately for Interests redeemed based on their respective time outstanding during such period.

Series E has elected not to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by Statement of Financial Account Standards No. 102, “Statement of Cash Flows – Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale.”

Consistent with standard business practices in the normal course of business, Series E has provided general indemnifications to the Managing Owner, its Trading Advisor and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of Series E. Series E is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expects the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

The SEC Staff Accounting Bulletin 108 (“SAB 108”) “Considering the Effects of Prior Year Misstatements When Quantifying Misstatements in Current Year Financial Statements”, which provides guidance on quantifying and evaluating the materiality of unrecorded misstatements. It is effective for the first annual period ending after November 15, 2006. Preferred as Managing Owner of Series E has evaluated the impact, if any, the implementation of SAB 108 may have on its financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion, no material unrecorded misstatements are in existence as of December 31, 2006 that would require a cumulative effect adjustment to the financial statements.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 2. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

In July 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued FASB Interpretation No. 48, “Accounting for Uncertainty in Income Taxes—an interpretation of FASB Statement No. 109” (“FIN 48”), which clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. FIN 48 requires that Series E recognize in its financial statements, the impact of a tax position if that position is more likely than not of being sustained on audit, based on the technical merits of the position. The provisions of FIN 48 are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2006, with the cumulative effect of the change in accounting principle recorded as an adjustment to opening retained earnings. Preferred as Managing Owner of Series E has evaluated the impact of adopting FIN 48 on Series E’s financial statements. In Preferred’s opinion as of December 31, 2006 FIN 48 has no material impact on Series E, as Series E’s tax position is based on established tax precedence for the tax treatment of investment partnerships as flow through tax entities.

In September 2006, the FASB issued SFAS No. 157, “Fair Value Measurements”, which defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value, and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The provisions of SFAS No. 157 are effective for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2007. Series E is currently evaluating the impact of adopting SFAS No. 157 on its financial statements. At this time, the impact to Series E’s financial statements has not been determined.

Cash represents amounts deposited with clearing brokers, a portion of which is restricted for purposes of meeting margin requirements, which typically range from 0% to 35% of the notional amounts of the derivatives traded. Series E receives interest on all cash balances held by the clearing brokers at prevailing rates.

 

  B. Income Taxes

Series E is treated as a partnership for Federal income tax purposes. As such, Series E is not required to provide for, or pay, any Federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the individual interest holders including the Managing Owner. Series E may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.

 

  C. Profit and Loss Allocations and Distributions

Series E allocates profits and losses for both financial and tax reporting purposes to its Interest holders weekly on a pro rata basis based on each owner’s Interests outstanding during the week. Distributions (other than redemptions of Interests) may be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Owner on a pro rata basis in accordance with the respective capital balances of the Interest holders. The Managing Owner has not and does not presently intend to make any distributions.

 

  D. Foreign Currency Transaction

Series E’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacts business in currencies other than the U.S. dollar. Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other then the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the statement of financial condition. Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than U.S. dollars are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period. Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in operations currently.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 3. FEES

 

  A. Organizational and General and Administrative Costs

Prudential Equity Group Inc. (“PEG”) or its affiliates paid the costs of organizing Series E and all costs of offering its Limited Interests and continued to pay the administrative costs incurred by the Managing Owner or its affiliates for services they performed for Series E through September 30, 2004. Preferred may engage third parties to perform such services for Series E. These services will be paid by Preferred to the extent they are not reimbursable by Series E. Administrative costs include, but are not limited to, those costs discussed in Note 4 below.

Routine legal, audit, postage, and other routine third party administrative costs are paid by Series E. To the extent that general and administrative costs incurred by Series E exceed 1.5% of Series E’s net asset value during the year (with a maximum of 0.5% attributable to other than legal and audit expenses) such amounts will be borne by the Managing Owner and its affiliates.

 

  B. Management and Incentive Fees

Series E pays its Trading Advisor a management fee at an annual rate of 2% of Series E’s net asset value allocated to its management. The management fee is determined weekly and the sum of such weekly amounts is paid monthly. Series E also pays its Trading Advisor a quarterly incentive fee equal to 22% of such Trading Advisor’s “New High Net Trading Profits” (as defined in the advisory agreement). The incentive fee also accrues weekly.

 

  C. Commissions

Prior to January 1, 2004, PSFM as Managing Owner, and the Trust entered into a brokerage agreement with PEG to act as commodity broker for each Series whereby Series E pays a fixed fee for brokerage services rendered at an annual rate of 6% of Series E’s net asset value. The fee is determined weekly and the sum of such weekly amounts is paid monthly. Series E is also obligated to pay all floor brokerage expenses, give-up charges and NFA, clearing and exchange fees incurred in connection with Series E’s commodity trading activities.

On January 1, 2004, PEG, a wholly owned subsidiary of PSG, transferred its Global Derivatives Division to Prudential Financial Derivatives LLC (“PFD”) and Pru Global Securities, LLC, two other indirect wholly-owned subsidiaries of PSG. In connection with this transfer, PEG assigned its brokerage agreement with Series E to PFD, a properly qualified futures commission merchant.

On October 1, 2004, an agreement was executed between Preferred and PFD, which amended and restated the brokerage commissions which were previously paid to PFD (at an annual rate of 6% of Series E’s net asset value) excluding transaction fee’s which will be paid to PFD. The agreement incorporates the previous PFD brokerage agreement’s terms, including the total fees paid by Series E.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 4. RELATED PARTIES

Series E reimburses the Managing Owner or its affiliates for services they performed for Series E, which included, but are not limited to: brokerage services; accounting and financial management; registrar, transfer and assignment functions; investor communications; printing and other administrative services. However, to the extent that general and administrative expenses exceeded 1.5% of Series E’s net asset value during the year (with a maximum of 0.5% attributable to other than legal and audit expenses) such amounts are borne by the Managing Owner and its affiliates. Additionally, PEG or its affiliates paid the costs of organizing Series E and all costs of organizing and offering Series E Interests.

The expenses incurred by Series E for services performed by the Managing Owner and its affiliates for Series E were:

 

      2006    2005    2004
Commissions    $ 1,630,907    $ 2,030,892    $ 2,570,762
General and administrative      25,180      14,797      91,866
                    
   $ 1,656,087    $ 2,045,689      $2,662,628
                    

Expenses payable to the Managing Owner and its affiliates as of December 31, 2006 and 2005 were $150,251 and $4,683, respectively.

Series E, acting through its Trading Advisor may execute over-the-counter, spot, forward and/or option foreign exchange transactions with its broker. The broker then engages in back-to-back trading with Prudential-Bache Global Markets Inc. (“PBGM”). PBGM attempts to earn a profit on such transactions. PBGM keeps its prices on foreign currency competitive with other interbank currency trading desks. All over-the-counter currency transactions are conducted between Series E and its broker pursuant to a line of credit. The broker may require that collateral be posted against the marked-to-market positions of Series E.

Note 5. INCOME TAX REPORTING

There have been no differences between the tax basis and book basis of Interest holders’ capital since inception of the Trust.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

Series E is exposed to various types of risks associated with the derivative instruments and related markets in which it invests. These risks include, but are not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of derivative instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of Series E’s investment activities (credit risk).

Market Risk

Trading in futures and forward contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of Series E’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeds Series E’s future cash requirements since Series E intends to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, Series E is generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts. As such, Series E considers the “fair value” of its derivative instruments to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts. The market risk associated with Series E’s commitments to purchase commodities is limited to the gross or face amount of the contracts held. However, when Series E enters into a contractual commitment to sell commodities, it must make delivery of the underlying commodity at the contract price and then repurchase the contract at prevailing market prices or settle in cash. Since the repurchase price to which a commodity can rise is unlimited, entering into commitments to sell commodities exposes Series E to unlimited risk.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effects among the derivative instruments Series E holds and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which Series E trades.

Credit Risk

When entering into futures or forward contracts, Series E is exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by their corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e. some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions. On the other hand, there is concentration risk on forward transactions entered into by Series E as Series E’s commodity broker (as defined in Note 4), is the sole counterparty. Series E has entered into a master netting agreement with its broker and, as a result, when applicable presents unrealized gains and losses on open forward positions as a net amount in the statements of financial condition. The amount at risk associated with counterparty non-performance of all of Series E’s contracts is the net unrealized gain included in the statements of financial condition; however, counterparty non-performance on only certain of Series E’s contracts may result in greater loss than non-performance on all of Series E’s contracts. There can be no assurance that any counterparty clearing member or clearinghouse will meet its obligations to Series E.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 6. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

Credit Risk (Continued)

The Managing Owner attempts to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring Series E and its Trading Advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The Managing Owner monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies which include, but are not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, pursuant to the advisory agreement among Series E, the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor, Series E shall automatically terminate the Trading Advisor if the net asset value allocated to the Trading Advisor declines by 40% from the value at the beginning of any year or since the commencement of trading activities. Furthermore, the Third Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement provides that Series E will liquidate its positions, and eventually dissolve, if Series E experiences a decline in the net asset value of 50% from the value at the beginning of any year or since the commencement of trading activities. In each case, the decline in net asset value is after giving effect for distributions, and redemptions. The Managing Owner may impose additional restrictions (through modifications of trading limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Trading Advisor as it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interest of Series E.

Series E’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, is required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to Series E all assets of Series E relating to domestic futures trading and is not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets. At December 31, 2006 and 2005, such segregated assets totaled $6,173,755 and $5,015,706, respectively. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires Series E’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of Series E related to foreign futures trading which totaled $(1,242,325) and $25,772,044 at December 31, 2006 and 2005, respectively. There are no segregation requirements for assets related to forward trading.

At December 31, 2006, Series E’s open futures and forward contracts generally mature within six months.

 

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WORLD MONITOR TRUST II – SERIES E

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 


Note 7. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following information presents performance per interest data and other supplemental financial data for the years ended December 31, 2006, 2005 and 2004. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.

Per Interest Performance

(for an interest outstanding throughout the entire year)

   2006     2005     2004  

Net asset value per interest at beginning of year

   $ 159.53     $ 184.94     $ 176.45  
                        

Net realized gain (loss) and change in net realized gain (loss) on commodity transactions (1)

     11.64       (15.95 )     26.63  

Interest income (1)

     8.12       4.93       2.22  

Expenses (1)

     (15.57 )     (14.39 )     (20.36 )
                        

Net increase (decrease) for the year

     4.19       (25.41 )     8.49  
                        

Net asset value per interest at end of year

   $ 163.72     $ 159.53     $ 184.94  
                        

Total Return

      

Total return before incentive fees

     2.62 %     (13.74 )%     7.65 %

Incentive fees

     0.00 %     0.00 %     (2.84 )%
                        

Total return after incentive fees

     2.62 %     (13.74 )%     4.81 %
                        

Supplemental Data

      

Ratios to average net asset value:

      

Net investment (loss) before incentive fees (2)

     (4.53 )%     (5.95 )%     (7.80 )%

Incentive fees

     0.00 %     0.00 %     (2.84 )%
                        

Net investment (loss) after incentive fees

     (4.53 )%     (5.95 )%     (10.64 )%
                        

Interest income

     4.94 %     3.10 %     1.30 %
                        

Incentive fees

     0.00 %     0.00 %     2.84 %

Other expenses

     9.47 %     9.05 %     9.10 %
                        

Total expenses

     9.47 %     9.05 %     11.94 %
                        

Total returns are calculated based on the change in value of an interest during the year. An individual interestholder’s total returns and ratios may vary from the above total returns and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.


(1)

Interest income per interest and expenses per interest are calculated by dividing interest income and expenses by the weighted average number of interests outstanding during the year. Net realized gain (loss) and change in net unrealized gain (loss) on commodity transactions is a balancing amount necessary to reconcile the change in net asset value per interest with the other per interest information.

(2)

Represents interest income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fees).

 

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EX-14.1 4 dex141.htm PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP. CODE OF ETHICS Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. Code of Ethics

Exhibit 14.1

PREFERRED INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS CORP.

CODE OF ETHICS

(adopted pursuant to Section 406 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002)

as of October 10, 2006


INTRODUCTION

This Code of Ethics adopted pursuant to Section 406 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002 (the “Code”) summarizes certain principles of conduct adopted by Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. (“Company”), and its affiliated entities, including collective investment vehicles for which the Company serves as general partner, managing owner or member or trading advisor (or similar capacity) (collectively, “Affiliated Entities”) to ensure that their business activities are conducted with integrity and in compliance with applicable law. These principles apply to the Company’s principal executive officer(s), principal financial officer(s), principal accounting officer(s) or controller(s), or persons performing similar functions (“Covered Persons”) and it is their responsibility to know and follow the policies outlined in this Code of Ethics. Any Covered Person who violates the letter or spirit of these principles is subject to disciplinary action, up to and including termination.

Every Covered Person has the responsibility to obey the law and act honestly and ethically. To that end, this Code of Ethics is a guide that is intended to make Covered Persons sensitive to some of the significant legal and ethical issues that arise frequently and to the mechanisms available to report any illegal or unethical conduct. It does not, however, comprehensively address every legal or ethical issue that may arise. It does not summarize all laws and policies that apply to the business activities of the Company or the Affiliated Entities. For additional information regarding the Company’s policies, you should refer to the Company’s generally applicable policies and procedures in respect of securities trading, insider trading, and business ethics. Ultimately, no Code of Ethics can replace the thoughtful behavior of ethical individuals.

Questions regarding this Code of Ethics or concerns regarding suspected violations of this Code of Ethics, Company policies or applicable laws, rules or regulations should be directed to the Chairman of the Board of Directors (“Board of Directors”), the President or other authorized representatives of the Company having responsibility for addressing ethics violations, including the Company’s Chief Operating Officer and General Counsel. No single individual within the Company has the authority to make exceptions to these policies. Exceptions may only be made by the Board of Directors.

COMPLIANCE WITH LAWS, RULES AND REGULATIONS

The Covered Persons must comply fully with all applicable federal, state and local laws, rules and regulations that govern the business activities of the Company and the Affiliated Entities, including, without limitation, fiduciary obligations imposed by state law and regulatory obligations administered by the Securities and Exchange Commission, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, or the National Futures Association.


CONFLICTS OF INTEREST

Under Delaware law, business decisions of the Company must be made in the best interest of the Company with due regard to interest of the shareholders. The same principle applies to business decisions made by the Company in respect of Affiliated Entities (regardless of their jurisdiction of organization), where due regard must be afforded to the interests of equity holders. Consequently, any decisions taken by the Company may not be motivated by personal interest or gain. As a matter of policy, therefore, all Covered Persons must avoid any actual or perceived conflict of interest.

A “conflict of interest” occurs when a Covered Person’s personal interests interfere or conflict in any way (or even appear to interfere or conflict) with the interests of the Company or, as applicable, those of an Affiliated Entity. A conflict of interest situation can arise when a Covered Person takes actions or has interests (financial or other) that may make it difficult to fulfill fiduciary duties owed to the equity owners of an Affiliated Entity. Conflicts of interest may arise when a Covered Person or a member of a Covered Person’s family receives improper benefits, personal or financial, as a result of the Covered Person’s position or affiliation with the Company. Finally, any transactions between the Company or an Affiliated Entity and a Covered Person or someone affiliated with a Covered Person may be deemed to be a conflict of interest.

It is difficult to identify exhaustively what constitutes a conflict of interest. For this reason, Covered Persons must avoid any situation in which their independent business judgment might appear to be compromised. Questions about situations that may involve conflicts of interest, and disclosure of these situations as they arise, should be promptly addressed and reported to the Board of Directors or other person charged with overseeing corporate disclosure.

When a contemplated transaction presents a conflict that is evident on its face, or after the affirmative determination of a suspected conflict that was referred to the Board of Directors or other person charged with making conflict of interest determinations for such a determination, a Covered Person must forego the transaction to comply with fiduciary duties owed to the Company or an Affiliated Entity.

CORPORATE OPPORTUNITIES

Covered Persons are prohibited, unless authorized by the Board of Directors and permissible under applicable law, from: (a) taking for themselves personally opportunities that properly belong to the Company or an Affiliated Person or are discovered through the use of Company property, information or position; (b) using Company property, information or position for personal gain; and (c) competing with the Company. Covered Persons owe a duty to the Company to advance its legitimate interests when the opportunity to do so arises.

 

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PUBLIC COMPANY REPORTING

Because certain Affiliated Entities are public reporting companies, the Company is required to file on their behalf periodic and other reports with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Company takes its public disclosure responsibility seriously. To that end:

 

 

each Covered Person must take all reasonable steps to ensure that these reports and other public communications represent full, fair, accurate, timely and understandable disclosure regarding the financial and business condition of such Affiliated Entities;

 

 

each Covered Person must promptly bring to the attention of the Board of Directors any material information of which a Covered Person may become aware that affects the disclosures made by the Company in the public filings made on behalf of such Affiliated Entities or otherwise would assist the Company in fulfilling its responsibilities to such Affiliated Entities; and

 

 

each Covered Person must promptly bring to the attention of the Board of Directors any information he or she may have concerning (i) significant deficiencies in the design or operation of internal controls that could adversely affect the Company’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial data, including on behalf of such Affiliated Entities, or (ii) any fraud, whether or not material, involving management or other employees who have a significant role in the Company’s financial reporting, including on behalf of such Affiliated Entities, disclosures or internal controls.

REPORTING ILLEGAL OR UNETHICAL BEHAVIOR

Each Covered Person has a duty to adhere to this Code of Ethics. Each Covered Person must also promptly bring to the attention of the Board of Directors any information the Covered Person may have concerning evidence of a material violation of the securities or other laws, rules or regulations applicable to Company or Affiliated Entities and the operation of its or their business, by the Company or any agent thereof, or of a violation of this Code of Ethics, including any actual or apparent conflicts of interest between personal and professional relationships, involving any management or other employees who have a significant role in the financial reporting of the Company or Affiliated Entities, disclosures or internal controls. Confidentiality will be maintained to the fullest extent possible.

No Covered Person will be penalized for making a good-faith report of violations of this Code of Ethics or other illegal or unethical conduct, nor will the Company tolerate retaliation of any kind against anyone who makes a good-faith report. A Covered Person who submits a false report of a violation, however, will be subject to disciplinary action. Absent applicable laws to the contrary, voluntary disclosure of self-violations will be deemed a mitigating factor with respect to disciplinary actions taken by the Company.

If the result of an investigation indicates that corrective action is required, the Board of Directors will decide, or designate appropriate persons to decide, what actions to take, including, when appropriate, legal proceedings and disciplinary action to rectify the problem and avoid the likelihood of its recurrence. Such actions shall be reasonably designed to deter wrongdoing and

 

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to promote accountability for adherence to this Code of Ethics, and shall include written notices to the individual indicating any action taken. In determining what action is appropriate in a particular case, the Board of Directors or its designee shall take into account all relevant information, including the nature and severity of the violation, whether the violation was a single occurrence or repeated occurrences, whether the violation appears to have been intentional or inadvertent, whether the individual in question had been advised prior to the violation as to the proper course of action and whether the individual in question had committed other violations in the past.

AMENDMENT, MODIFICATION AND WAIVER

This Code of Ethics may be amended, modified or waived by approval of the Board of Directors. Any changes to, or waiver (whether explicit or implicit) of, this Code of Ethics must be disclosed within five business days to Affiliated Entities that are public reporting companies by a Form 8-K filing for any such affected Affiliated Entity.

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

Each Covered Person is accountable for knowing and abiding by the policies contained in this Code of Ethics. The Company shall require that Covered Persons sign an acknowledgment in the form attached as Appendix A hereto confirming that they have received, read and understand this Code of Ethics, and are complying with them.

 

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APPENDIX A

ACKNOWLEDGMENT

I, the undersigned, a Covered Person of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., do hereby acknowledge receipt of the Preferred Investment Solutions Corp. Code of Ethics, dated October 10, 2006, as such Code may be amended from time to time. I acknowledge that I have read and understand the Code and I further acknowledge that I will comply fully with, and be bound by, the policies and procedures set forth in the Code.

 

   

 

 

Name:

 

 

 

Title:

 

 

 

Dated:

 

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EX-31.1 5 dex311.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 Certification Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14

EXHIBIT 31.1

CERTIFICATION

I, Kenneth A. Shewer, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust II – Series E, do hereby certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust II – Series E (“Registrant”);

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 30, 2007   By:  

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

   

Kenneth A. Shewer

Co-Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

EX-31.2 6 dex312.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO EXCHANGE ACT RULES 13A-14 AND 15D-14 Certification Pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14

EXHIBIT 31.2

CERTIFICATION

I, David K. Spohr, Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust II – Series E, do hereby certify that:

 

  1. I have reviewed this annual report on Form 10-K of World Monitor Trust II – Series E (“Registrant”);

 

  2. Based on my knowledge, this report does not contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;

 

  3. Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and other financial information included in this report, fairly present in all material respects the financial condition, results of operations and cash flows of the Registrant as of, and for, the periods presented in this report;

 

  4. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I are responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls and procedures (as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e)) for the Registrant and we have:

 

  a) Designed such disclosure controls and procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure that material information relating to the Registrant, including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us by others within those entities, particularly during the period in which this report is being prepared;

 

  b) Evaluated the effectiveness of the Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures and presented in this report our conclusions about the effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as of the end of the period covered by this report based on such evaluation; and

 

  c) Disclosed in this report any change in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting that occurred during the Registrant’s most recent fiscal quarter (the Registrant’s fourth quarter in the case of an annual report) that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting; and

 

  5. The Registrant’s other certifying officers and I have disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control over financial reporting, to the Registrant’s auditors and the audit committee of Registrant’s board of directors (or persons performing the equivalent functions):

 

  a) All significant deficiencies and material weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to adversely affect the Registrant’s ability to record, process, summarize and report financial information; and

 

  b) Any fraud, whether or not material, that involves management or other employees who have a significant role in the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

Date: March 30, 2007   By:  

/s/ David K. Spohr

   

David K. Spohr

Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration

(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

EX-32.1 7 dex321.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification Pursuant to Section 906

EXHIBIT 32.1

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned, Kenneth A. Shewer, Co-Chief Executive Officer of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust II – Series E (“Registrant”), hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Annual Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of Registrant.

 

/s/ Kenneth A. Shewer

Kenneth A. Shewer

Co-Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

Date: March 30, 2007

EX-32.2 8 dex322.htm CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO SECTION 906 Certification Pursuant to Section 906

EXHIBIT 32.2

CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO

18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350

AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO

SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

The undersigned, David K. Spohr, Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of Preferred Investment Solutions Corp., the Managing Owner of World Monitor Trust II – Series E (“the Registrant”), hereby certifies pursuant to 18 U.S.C. 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

 

  (1) The Registrant’s Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2006, as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the “Annual Report”), fully complies with the requirements of Section 13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

 

  (2) The information contained in the Annual Report fairly presents, in all material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of the Registrant.

 

/s/ David K. Spohr

David K. Spohr

Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration

(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

Date: March 30, 2007

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