EX-3.1 3 efc4-0902_exh31.txt Exhibit 3.1 CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT OF FUTURES PORTFOLIO FUND, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP APPROVED AND RECEIVED FOR RECORD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND JUNE 13, 1995 AT 9:18 O'CLOCK A.M AS IN CONFORMITY WITH LAW AND ORDERED RECORDED -------------------- ORGANIZATION AND RECORDING [_______] CAPITALIZATION FEE PAID FEE PAID FEE PAID $________________ $ 50.00 $________________ ---------------- M2799823 IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT, TOGETHER WITH ALL INDORSEMENTS THEREON, BEEN RECEIVED, APPROVED AND RECORDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND FUTURES PORTFOLIO FUND, L.P. 1140 ROCKVILLE PIKE, 4TH FLOOR ROCKVILLE, MD 20852 FUTURES PORTFOLIO FUND LIMITED PARTNERSHIP CERTIFICATE OF AMENDMENT EFFECTIVE MAY 1, 1995 THE GENERAL PARTNER FOR FUTURES PORTFOLIO FUND, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP (TAX I.D. ####-##-####) HAS CHANGED FROM STEBEN FUTURES MANAGEMENT, INC. (TAX I.D.# 52-1609304) LOCATED AT 11140 ROCKVILLE PIKE, 4TH FLOOR ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND 20852 TO STEBEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, INC. (TAX I.D.# 52-1609789) LOCATED AT THE SAME ADDRESS -------------------- Ken Steben President of the General Partner Steben Asset Management, Inc. Steben Futures Management, Inc. [----------------------------------- --------- -----------------------------------] APPROVED AND RECEIVED FOR RECORD BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND __________________ AT __________ O'CLOCK A.M AS IN CONFORMITY WITH LAW AND ORDERED RECORDED -------------- ORGANIZATION AND RECORDING [_______] CAPITALIZATION FEE PAID FEE PAID FEE PAID $---------------- $---------------- $---------------- ---------------- M2799823 _______________ CLERK OF THE COURT OF MONTGOMERY COUNTY IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED THAT THE WITHIN INSTRUMENT, TOGETHER WITH ALL INDORSEMENTS THEREON HAS BEEN RECEIVED, APPROVED AND RECORDED BY THE STATE DEPARTMENT OF ASSESSMENTS AND TAXATION OF MARYLAND Certificate of Limited Partnership State of Maryland Name of Limited Partnership: Futures Portfolio Fund, Limited Partnership Principal Office Address of the Limited Partnership: 7830 Old Georgetown Road, Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 General Partner: Steben Futures Management, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation) Principal Office Address of the General Partner: 7830 Old Georgetown Rd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 Maryland Resident Agent: Steben Futures Management, Inc. (a Maryland Corporation) Principal Office Address of the Maryland Resident Agent: 7830 Old Georgetown Rd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20814 Partnership dissolution date: December 31, 2019 Signed this 10th day of May, 1989 on behalf of the General Partner: -------------------------------- Kenneth E. Steben President Steben Futures Management, Inc. ARTICLES OR CERTIFICATE OF REINSTATEMENT The name of the entity at the time of its cancellation: Futures Portfolio Fund, Limited Partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The name the entity will use upon reinstatement: Futures Portfolio Fund, Limited Partnership ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The address of the entity's principal office in Maryland (a P.O. Box can not be used): 14811 Poplar Hill Road ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Germantown, MD 20874 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The name and address of the entity's resident agent in Maryland (a P.O. Box can not be used): 14811 Poplar Hill Road Name: Ken Steben ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Germantown, MD 20874 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I swear under penalties of perjury I hereby consent to my designation that this is an authorized act of in this document as resident agent the above named entity. for this entity. ------------------------------ ---------------------------------- ------------------------------ ------------------------------ (SIGNATURE OF RESIDENT AGENT) ------------------------------ (AUTHORIZED PERSON(S) OR GENERAL PARTNER)