424B3 1 v334698_424b3.htm FORM 424B3

 

Filed Pursuant to Rule 424(b)(3)

Registration No. 333-183197

 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

$200,000,000
Units of Beneficial Interest

 

The Trust

 

Global Macro Trust is a Delaware statutory trust organized to seek profit opportunities in global fixed-income instruments, currencies, stock indices and commodities.

 

The primary objective of the Trust is substantial appreciation of its assets over time.

 

An investment in the Trust may provide valuable diversification to a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds.

 

The Managing Owner

 

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, a professional futures trading advisor, is the Managing Owner and trading advisor of the Trust.

 

The Units

 

The Selling Agents are now offering the Trust’s Units in four Series. The Units are offered at their Net Asset Value as of the beginning of each month. As of December 31, 2012, the Net Asset Value of a Series 1 Unit that sold for $1,000 as of July 1, 2002, when the Trust began trading, was $1,061.34. As of December 31, 2012, the Net Asset Value of a Series 2 Unit that sold for $1,278.10 as of April 1, 2010, when Series 2 Units were first issued, was $1,191.38. As of December 31, 2012, the Net Asset Value of a Series 3 Unit that sold for $1,180.91 as of September 1, 2009, when Series 3 Units were first issued, was $1,199.25. As of December 31, 2012, the Net Asset Value of a Series 4 Unit that sold for $1,315.33 as of November 1, 2010, when Series 4 Units were first issued, was $1,262.11.

 

Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units are available to investors participating in a registered investment adviser’s asset-based fee or fixed fee advisory program through which an investment adviser recommends a portfolio allocation to the Trust. Series 4 Units are available to employees and former employees of the Managing Owner.

 

The Selling Agents and brokers will use their best efforts to sell the Units but are not required to sell any specific number or dollar amount of Units of any Series.

 

If the total amount of Units offered pursuant to this Prospectus is sold, the proceeds to the Trust will be $200,000,000.

 

There is no scheduled termination date for the offering of Units. No escrow account will be used in connection with this offering.

 

The minimum initial investment is $5,000; $2,000 for employee benefit plans and IRAs.

 

The Risks

 

These are speculative securities. Read this Prospectus before you decide to invest. See “The Risks You Face” beginning on page 11.

 

·The Trust is speculative. You may lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

·The Trust is leveraged. The Trust acquires positions with an aggregate face amount of as much as eight to ten times or more of its total equity. Leverage magnifies the impact of both profit and loss.

 

·The performance of the Trust is expected to be volatile. In the last five years, monthly returns for the Series 1 Units, which are the highest fee paying Units, ranged from up 8.52% to down 8.44%.

 

·The Trust charges high fees. You will sustain losses if the Trust is unable to generate sufficient trading profits and interest income to offset its fees and expenses.

 

·The Units are not liquid. No secondary market exists for the Units and you may redeem Units only as of a month-end. Additionally, there are restrictions on transferring Units in the Trust.

 

·A lack of liquidity in the markets in which the Trust trades could make it impossible for the Trust to realize profits or limit losses.

 

·A substantial portion of the trades executed for the Trust takes place on foreign exchanges. No United States (“U.S.”) regulatory authority or exchange has the power to compel the enforcement of the rules of a foreign board of trade or any applicable foreign laws.

 

·Early redemption charges will be assessed if you redeem Series 1 Units during the first eleven months after they are issued to you.

 

To purchase Units, you will be required to represent and warrant, among other things, that you have received a copy of this Prospectus and that you satisfy the minimum net worth and income standards for a resident of your state to invest in the Trust. You are encouraged to discuss your investment decision with your financial, tax and legal advisors.

 

Neither the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) nor any state securities commission has approved or disapproved of these securities or passed upon the accuracy or adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to the contrary is a criminal offense.

 

This Prospectus is in two parts: a Disclosure Document and a Statement of Additional Information. These parts are bound together and may not be distributed separately.

 

THE COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION HAS NOT PASSED UPON THE MERITS OF PARTICIPATING IN THIS POOL NOR HAS THE COMMISSION PASSED UPON THE ADEQUACY OR ACCURACY OF THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT.

 

The date of this Prospectus is February 11, 2013.

 

 
 

 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING COMMISSION
RISK DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

 

YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY CONSIDER WHETHER YOUR FINANCIAL CONDITION PERMITS YOU TO PARTICIPATE IN A COMMODITY POOL. IN SO DOING, YOU SHOULD BE AWARE THAT COMMODITY INTEREST TRADING CAN QUICKLY LEAD TO LARGE LOSSES AS WELL AS GAINS. SUCH TRADING LOSSES CAN SHARPLY REDUCE THE NET ASSET VALUE OF THE POOL AND CONSEQUENTLY THE VALUE OF YOUR INTEREST IN THE POOL. IN ADDITION, RESTRICTIONS ON REDEMPTIONS MAY AFFECT YOUR ABILITY TO WITHDRAW YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THE POOL.

 

FURTHER, COMMODITY POOLS MAY BE SUBJECT TO SUBSTANTIAL CHARGES FOR MANAGEMENT, ADVISORY AND BROKERAGE FEES. IT MAY BE NECESSARY FOR THOSE POOLS THAT ARE SUBJECT TO THESE CHARGES TO MAKE SUBSTANTIAL TRADING PROFITS TO AVOID DEPLETION OR EXHAUSTION OF THEIR ASSETS. THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT CONTAINS A COMPLETE DESCRIPTION OF EACH EXPENSE TO BE CHARGED THIS POOL AT PAGES 45 TO 49 AND A STATEMENT OF THE PERCENTAGE RETURN NECESSARY TO BREAK EVEN, THAT IS, TO RECOVER THE AMOUNT OF YOUR INITIAL INVESTMENT, AT PAGES 8-9.

 

THIS BRIEF STATEMENT CANNOT DISCLOSE ALL THE RISKS AND OTHER FACTORS NECESSARY TO EVALUATE YOUR PARTICIPATION IN THIS COMMODITY POOL. THEREFORE, BEFORE YOU DECIDE TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS COMMODITY POOL, YOU SHOULD CAREFULLY STUDY THIS DISCLOSURE DOCUMENT, INCLUDING A DESCRIPTION OF THE PRINCIPAL RISK FACTORS OF THIS INVESTMENT, AT PAGES 11 TO 16.

 

YOU SHOULD ALSO BE AWARE THAT THIS COMMODITY POOL MAY TRADE FOREIGN FUTURES OR OPTIONS CONTRACTS. TRANSACTIONS ON MARKETS LOCATED OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES, INCLUDING MARKETS FORMALLY LINKED TO A UNITED STATES MARKET, MAY BE SUBJECT TO REGULATIONS WHICH OFFER DIFFERENT OR DIMINISHED PROTECTION TO THE POOL AND ITS PARTICIPANTS. FURTHER, UNITED STATES REGULATORY AUTHORITIES MAY BE UNABLE TO COMPEL THE ENFORCEMENT OF THE RULES OF REGULATORY AUTHORITIES OR MARKETS IN NON-UNITED STATES JURISDICTIONS WHERE TRANSACTIONS FOR THE POOL MAY BE EFFECTED.

 

SWAPS TRANSACTIONS, LIKE OTHER FINANCIAL TRANSACTIONS, INVOLVE A VARIETY OF SIGNIFICANT RISKS. THE SPECIFIC RISKS PRESENTED BY A PARTICULAR SWAP TRANSACTION NECESSARILY DEPEND UPON THE TERMS OF THE TRANSACTION AND YOUR CIRCUMSTANCES. IN GENERAL, HOWEVER, ALL SWAPS TRANSACTIONS INVOLVE SOME COMBINATION OF MARKET RISK, CREDIT RISK, COUNTERPARTY CREDIT RISK, FUNDING RISK, LIQUIDITY RISK, AND OPERATIONAL RISK.

 

HIGHLY CUSTOMIZED SWAPS TRANSACTIONS IN PARTICULAR MAY INCREASE LIQUIDITY RISK, WHICH MAY RESULT IN A SUSPENSION OF REDEMPTIONS. HIGHLY LEVERAGED TRANSACTIONS MAY EXPERIENCE SUBSTANTIAL GAINS OR LOSSES IN VALUE AS A RESULT OF RELATIVELY SMALL CHANGES IN THE VALUE OR LEVEL OF AN UNDERLYING OR RELATED MARKET FACTOR.

 

IN EVALUATING THE RISKS AND CONTRACTUAL OBLIGATIONS ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR SWAP TRANSACTION, IT IS IMPORTANT TO CONSIDER THAT A SWAP TRANSACTION MAY BE MODIFIED OR TERMINATED ONLY BY MUTUAL CONSENT OF THE ORIGINAL PARTIES AND SUBJECT TO AGREEMENT ON INDIVIDUALLY NEGOTIATED TERMS. THEREFORE, IT MAY NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR THE COMMODITY POOL OPERATOR TO MODIFY, TERMINATE, OR OFFSET THE POOL’S OBLIGATIONS OR THE POOL’S EXPOSURE TO THE RISKS ASSOCIATED WITH A TRANSACTION PRIOR TO ITS SCHEDULED TERMINATION DATE.

 

 

 

Please see the important Privacy Policy on page 89.

 

 

 

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This Prospectus does not include all of the information or exhibits in the Trust’s Registration Statement. You can read and copy the entire Registration Statement at the Public Reference Facilities maintained by the SEC in Washington, D.C.

 

The Trust files quarterly and annual reports with the SEC. You can read and copy these reports at the SEC Public Reference Facilities in Washington, D.C. at 100 F Street, N.E., Room 1580, Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-202-942-8090, or toll free at 1-800-SEC-0330, for further information.

 

The Trust’s filings are posted on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov.

 

MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

411 West Putnam Avenue
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830
(203) 625-7554

MANAGING OWNER

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

  Page
Part One  
Disclosure Document  
Summary 5
The Risks You Face 11
You Could Lose Your Entire Investment in the Trust 11
Past Performance is not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results 11
The Trust is a Highly Leveraged Investment 11
The Performance of the Trust Will be Volatile 11
The Trust’s Expenses Will Cause Losses Unless Offset by Profits and Interest Income 11
An Investment in the Trust is not Liquid 11
Series 1 Units Redeemed on or Before the End of the First Eleven Months after Purchase will be Assessed a Redemption Charge 11
The Timing of Your Investment and Redemption Decisions Will Affect the Profitability of Your Investment 11
The Managing Owner Alone Directs the Trust’s Trading 11
The Managing Owner is Primarily a Technical Trader and May not Always Analyze Economic Factors External to Market Price 12
Lack of Price Trends Will Cause Losses; There Have Been Sustained Periods With Insufficient Price Trends for the Trust to Trade Profitably. The Managing Owner Expects That There Will be Similar Periods in the Future 12
Lack of Market Liquidity Could Make it Impossible for the Trust to Realize Profits or Limit Losses 12
Speculative Position Limits May Alter Investment Decisions for the Trust 12
The Managing Owner’s Trading Systems Have Been Developed Over Time and are Subject to Change 12
Trading on Foreign Exchanges Presents Greater Risk Than Trading on U.S. Exchanges 13
The Managing Owner Anticipates the Trust’s Performance to be Non-Correlated to Stocks and Bonds, not Negatively Correlated 13
The Trust May be Subject to Profit Shares Despite Certain Units Having Declined in Value 13
The Managing Owner’s Increased Equity Under Management Could Lead to Lower Returns for Investors 13
Increased Competition Among Trend-Following Traders Could Reduce the Managing Owner’s Profitability 14
The Trust is Subject to Conflicts of Interest 14
The Managing Owner has not Established Formal Procedures to Resolve Conflicts of Interest 14
You Will be Taxed Each Year on Your Share of Trust Profits 14
You Will be Taxed on the Trust’s Interest Income Even if the Trust Suffers Trading Losses 14
Limitations on the Deductibility of “Investment Advisory Fees” 14
The IRS Could Audit Both the Trust and Individual Unitholders 15
Accounting for Uncertain Tax Positions 15
The Bankruptcy of a Clearing Broker or Currency Dealer Could Cause Losses 15
The Trust is Not Regulated as an Investment Company or Mutual Fund 15
Forward and Spot Trading May Take Place in Unregulated Markets 15
Regulation of Swap Trading is Evolving and May Involve Counterparty Risk 16
Forwards, Swaps and Other Derivatives Are Subject to Varying CFTC Regulation 16
Trading in Options Requires an Assessment of Market Volatility as Well as Direction 16
The Failure of Computer Systems Could Result in Losses for the Trust 16
Investment Factors 16
Performance Of The Trust 20
Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk 33
The Managing Owner 37
Use Of Proceeds 44
Charges 45
Redemptions; Net Asset Value 49
The Clearing Brokers 50
Conflicts Of Interest 71
The Trust And The Trustee 73
Federal Income Tax Aspects 75
Purchases By Employee Benefit Plans 78
Plan Of Distribution 79
Legal Matters 88
Experts 88
Reports 89
Privacy Policy 89
Part Two  
Statement Of Additional Information  
The Futures, Forward and Spot Markets 90
Supplemental Performance Information 92
Index to Financial Statements F-1
Exhibit A—Fourth Amended and Restated  
Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement TA-1
Exhibit B—Subscription Requirements SR-1
Exhibit C—Subscription Agreement SA-1

 

The execution copy of the Subscription Agreement accompanies this Prospectus.

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

Summary

 

General

 

Global Macro Trust seeks profit opportunities in global fixed-income instruments, currencies, stock indices and various commodity products. Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, a Delaware corporation operating in Greenwich, Connecticut, serves as the Trust’s Managing Owner and trading advisor. The Managing Owner uses its proprietary quantitative, systematic trading method to trade in futures, forward and spot contracts, and may trade in swap and options contracts, for the Trust. In addition, positions held by the Trust may be either long, that is, contracts to buy, or short, that is, contracts to sell. The ability to take both long and short positions provides the Trust with the flexibility to capitalize on opportunities in both rising and falling markets.

 

The Trust began trading July 1, 2002.

 

The date of this Prospectus is February 11, 2013.

 

Overview

 

The Managing Owner trades the Trust’s assets in the markets that make up the Managing Owner’s Diversified Portfolio and uses the same trading strategies it uses in trading the Diversified Portfolio. The Diversified Portfolio itself is not a distinct trading strategy. Rather, it is a grouping of separate futures, forward and swap markets, featuring a variety of global fixed-income instruments, currencies, stock indices, agricultural commodities, energy products and precious and industrial metals, to which the Managing Owner applies its trading method.

 

The Trust’s primary objective is to achieve substantial capital appreciation over time with controlled volatility. The Trust also offers investors the advantages of limited liability in a leveraged trading vehicle and the convenience of professional management.

 

The performance of the Trust is not dependent upon any single nation’s economy or currency. On the contrary, periods of economic uncertainty can augment the profit potential of the Trust by increasing the likelihood of significant movements in global interest and exchange rates, and stock and commodity prices.

 

Additionally, because the Trust can take short positions as easily as long positions, the Trust is as likely to be profitable or unprofitable in falling markets as in rising markets.

 

If the Trust is successful, of which there can be no assurance, it can provide valuable diversification to traditional portfolios of stocks and bonds due to the Trust’s performance being generally unrelated to the general stock and bond markets. The Trust may also incur losses.

 

Approximately 90% or more of the Trust’s assets are invested in U.S. Treasury securities and other highly rated and liquid instruments, some of which will be deposited as collateral or margin in connection with the Trust’s trading. Accordingly, in addition to its potential to profit from its trading, the Trust earns interest on approximately 90% or more of its assets.

 

The principal office of the Trust is located at the office of the Managing Owner: 411 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 (telephone: (203) 625-7554).

 

The Offering — Series of Units

 

The selling agents (“Selling Agents”) are offering the Trust’s Units in four Series. The only differences between the Units of each Series, referred to collectively in this Prospectus as “Units,” are the applicable fees and expenses described below. Otherwise, the Units of each Series are identical to the Units of the other Series and share pro rata in the profits and losses of the Trust.

 

The Units are offered at Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series as of the first business day of each calendar month.

 

Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units are available only to investors participating in a registered investment adviser’s asset-based fee or fixed fee advisory program through which an investment adviser recommends a portfolio allocation to the Trust. The only difference between Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units is the custodial fee applicable to Series 2 Units described below.

 

Series 4 Units are available only to employees and former employees of the Managing Owner and its affiliates who purchase their Units through The Millburn Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan.

 

The Managing Owner may, from time to time, also permit intra-month closings.

 

The Net Asset Value per Unit of a Series is determined by dividing the Trust’s assets attributable to that Series minus its liabilities attributable to that Series by the number of Units of that Series outstanding on the date the calculation is being performed. A Series’ Net Assets in aggregate are the Trust’s assets attributable to that Series minus its liabilities attributable to that Series. The Trust’s Net Assets in aggregate are its total assets minus its total liabilities.

 

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The minimum investment in the Trust is $5,000; $2,000 for trustees or custodians of eligible employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts. Units will be sold in fractions calculated to three decimal places.

 

To subscribe, you must complete and sign the Subscription Agreement Signature Page which accompanies this Prospectus and deliver it to your Selling Agent or broker. See Exhibit B — Subscription Requirements and Exhibit C — Subscription Agreement. You should review this entire Prospectus carefully before deciding whether to invest in the Units.

 

Major Risks of the Trust

 

The Trust is speculative. You may lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

 

The past performance of the Trust and the Managing Owner’s Diversified Portfolio are not necessarily indicative of the future results of the Trust.

 

The Trust is leveraged. The Trust acquires positions with an aggregate face amount of as much as eight to ten times or more of its total equity. Leverage magnifies the impact of both profit and loss.

 

The performance of the Trust is expected to be volatile. In the last five years, monthly returns for the Series 1 Units, which are the highest fee paying Units, have ranged from up 8.52% to down 8.44%.

 

To be profitable, the Trust’s fees and expenses must be offset by trading profits and interest income.

 

The Units are not liquid. No secondary market exists for the Units, and the Units may be redeemed only as of a month-end.

 

Investment Considerations

 

The Managing Owner has been managing client funds in the futures and forward markets for over 30 years. As of December 31, 2012, the Managing Owner was directing the trading of $1.7 billion of client and proprietary capital in these markets. Of that $1.7 billion, the Managing Owner was managing approximately $1.0 billion pursuant to the Diversified Portfolio, the trading portfolio traded on behalf of the Trust, and the balance pursuant to other trading portfolios managed by the Managing Owner.

 

The Managing Owner has contributed in excess of $9.3 million to the trading capital of the Trust. As of December 31, 2012, the investments of the Managing Owner, its principals, affiliates, employees and former employees and their family members in accounts managed pursuant to the Diversified Portfolio exceeded $72 million.

 

The Managing Owner makes trading decisions pursuant to its investment and trading method, which includes technical trend analysis and certain non-traditional technical systems (i.e., systems falling outside of traditional technical trend analysis). The Managing Owner may, however, from time to time, exercise discretion with respect to its technical trend analysis to adjust position sizes and will, over time, change the markets represented in the Diversified Portfolio. The Managing Owner’s trend-following trading approach seeks to identify and profit from sustained market trends while limiting losses in trendless markets.

 

The Managing Owner has the ability to shift capital readily among different international economies and markets. As of December 31, 2012, the composition of the Managing Owner’s Diversified Portfolio, as well as the Trust, was approximately as follows:

 

 

As illustrated by the correlation matrix below, the returns of the Trust from July 2002 through December 2012 have not been significantly correlated with traditional portfolio components such as stocks and bonds.

 

  Trust(1)
Trust(1) 1.00
S&P 500 (0.06)
NASDAQ (0.02)
MSCI World 0.00
Bonds 0.08
Hedge Funds 0.23

 

 

(1)Reflecting the cost/fee structure applicable to the Series 1 Units. Statistically, investments with a correlation of 1.00 make or lose money at the same time, and investments with a correlation of -1.00 always move in the opposite direction. See “Supplemental Performance Information” in Part Two of this Prospectus.

 

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An investment in the Trust can, but only if the Trust itself is successful, improve the reward/risk profile of a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds.

 

Redemptions

 

You may redeem your Units as of the end of any calendar month, upon 10 days’ prior written notice to the Managing Owner.

 

A redemption charge of 4% of Net Asset Value applies to Series 1 Units redeemed on or before the sixth month-end after they are sold. A redemption charge of 3% of Net Asset Value applies to Series 1 Units redeemed after the sixth, but on or before the eleventh, month-end after they are sold. There are no charges for redemptions of Series 1 Units held at least 12 months. Redemption charges will be reduced in the case of subscriptions in the amount of $100,000 or more to 3.5% and 2.5%, of $500,000 or more to 3% and 2%, and of $1,000,000 or more to 2.5% and 1.5%. Series 1 Units purchased on different closing dates are treated on a “first-in, first-out” basis for purposes of calculating the periods to which redemption charges apply and for purposes of determining the 9.5% threshold for Selling Agent fees discussed below.

 

Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units are not subject to redemption charges.

 

Charges

 

The Trust’s expenses must be offset by trading gains and interest income to avoid depletion of the Trust’s assets.

 

Series 1 Units. The Trust pays Brokerage Fees to the Managing Owner of 7% per year of the Trust’s Net Assets attributable to Series 1 Units. From this amount, the Managing Owner pays approximately 0.35% to the Trust’s executing and clearing brokers, and up to 4% to the Selling Agents. The amount paid to Selling Agents will not, however, exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 1 Units sold pursuant to this Prospectus. Once the 9.5% threshold is reached with respect to a Series 1 Unit, the Selling Agent will receive no future compensation and the up to 4% amount that would otherwise be paid to the Selling Agent for that Series 1 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units.

 

Brokerage Fees applicable to Series 1 Units will be reduced in respect of subscribers submitting net subscriptions of $100,000 or more to 6.5%, of $500,000 or more to 6% and of $1,000,000 or more to 5.5%. Net subscriptions for such purposes will be calculated as subscriptions minus redemptions.

 

If the Series 1 Units earn net trading profits for any year in excess of the highest amount of net trading profits earned in all previous years, the Trust will allocate 20% of those “new” net trading profits to the Managing Owner as the Managing Owner’s Series 1 Profit Share.

 

Series 2 Units. The Trust will pay the Managing Owner a management fee of 2% per year and a custodial fee of 0.25% per year of the Trust’s Net Assets attributable to Series 2 Units. The custodial fee will be paid on to the brokers that serve as custodians of Series 2 Units for the benefit of investors in Series 2 Units. The maximum amount of custodial fees paid to brokers that serve as custodians of Series 2 Units will not, however, exceed 3.1667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 2 Units sold pursuant to this Prospectus. Once the maximum threshold is reached with respect to a Series 2 Unit, the broker serving as custodian for such Series 2 Unit will receive no future payment of custodial fees and the 0.25% amount that would otherwise be paid to the custodian for that Series 2 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 2 Units. Series 2 Units will also be charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution and clearing costs, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.35% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 2 Units.

 

Series 3 Units. The Trust will pay the Managing Owner a management fee of 2% per year of the Trust’s Net Assets attributable to Series 3 Units. Series 3 Units will also be charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution and clearing costs, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.35% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 3 Units.

 

Series 2 and Series 3 Units. If the Series 2 and Series 3 Units in the aggregate earn net trading profits for any year in excess of the highest amount of net trading profits earned in all previous years, the Trust will allocate 20% of those “new” net trading profits to the Managing Owner as the Managing Owner’s Series 2/3 Profit Share.

 

Series 4 Units. Series 4 Units will be charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution and clearing costs, including electronic platform trading costs, estimated at approximately 0.35% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 4 Units.

 

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The Trust pays its own offering costs such as registration and filing fees and the legal, accounting and printing costs incurred in connection with filing and updating this Prospectus. Ongoing offering costs will not exceed 1.10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold pursuant to this Prospectus. The Trust also pays its own operating costs such as legal, audit and administrative expenses (including, if applicable, the services of an administrator unaffiliated with the Managing Owner), which the Managing Owner expects will not exceed 0.30% per year of the Trust’s average annual Net Assets, assuming Trust assets of $500,000,000, and, when aggregated with ongoing offering costs, are not expected to exceed 0.35% of the Trust’s average annual Net Assets. The Trust itself could be subject to taxes or could incur extraordinary charges incidental to its trading, but the Managing Owner believes that neither situation is likely. There are no other charges borne by investors or the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner paid, without reimbursement, the Trust’s initial organizational costs. You will not bear any part of those costs.

 

The Managing Owner will pay any Selling Agent compensation due in connection with the sale of Series 2 Units or Series 3 Units from its own funds but not to exceed 6.3333% and 9.5%, respectively, of the gross offering proceeds from the sale of the Series 2 and Series 3 Units. Series 4 Units are not subject to any sales charges.

 

Please refer to “Charges” for a more detailed discussion of the expenses applicable to the Trust.

 

Breakeven Tables

 

The following Breakeven Tables indicate the approximate amount of trading profit the Trust must earn with respect to a Series of Units, during the first twelve months after a Unit is sold, to offset the costs applicable to that Series of Units.

 

Series 1

 

ROUTINE
EXPENSES
  Percentage
Return
Required First
Twelve
Months of
Investment
   Dollar Return
Required ($5,000
Initial
Investment)
First Twelve
Months
of Investment
 
         
Brokerage Fees   7.00%  $350.00 
Administrative and Offering Expenses*   0.35%  $17.50 
Profit Share*   0.00%  $0.00 
Less Interest Income*   (0.05)%  $(2.50)
Twelve-month “breakeven” **   7.30%  $365.00 

 

 
*See Notes to Breakeven Tables below.

  

Series 2

 

ROUTINE
EXPENSES
  Percentage
Return
Required First
Twelve
Months of
Investment
   Dollar Return
Required ($5,000
Initial
Investment)
First Twelve
Months
of Investment
 
         
Management Fee   2.00%  $100.00 
Custodial Fee   0.25%  $12.50 
Trade Execution and Clearing Costs*   0.35%  $17.50 
Administrative and Offering Expenses*   0.35%  $17.50 
Profit Share*   0.00%  $0.00 
Less Interest Income*   (0.05)%  $(2.50)
Twelve-month “breakeven”   2.90%  $145.00 

 

 
*See Notes to Breakeven Tables below.

 

Series 3

 

ROUTINE
EXPENSES
  Percentage
Return
Required First
Twelve
Months of
Investment
   Dollar Return
Required ($5,000
Initial
Investment)
First Twelve
Months
of Investment
 
         
Management Fee   2.00%  $100.00 
Trade Execution and Clearing Costs*   0.35%  $17.50 
Administrative and Offering Expenses*   0.35%  $17.50 
Profit Share*   0.00%  $0.00 
Less Interest Income*   (0.05)%  $(2.50)
Twelve-month “breakeven”   2.65%  $132.50 

 

 
*See Notes to Breakeven Tables below.

  

Notes to Breakeven Tables. * Estimated. Administrative and offering expenses in aggregate are estimated at 0.35% of the Trust’s average annual Net Assets. Brokerage Fees (Series 1 only) or Management Fees and Trade Execution and Clearing Costs (Series 2 and Series 3 only), including electronic platform trading costs, the Custodial Fee (Series 2 Only) and ongoing offering and administrative expenses must be offset by trading profits before a Profit Share is allocated to the Managing Owner. Accordingly, the Profit Share is shown as $0.00 because none would be payable at the “break-even” point.  Interest income is assumed to be 90% of the current 91-day Treasury bill rate.

 

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**Series 1 Units are subject to a redemption charge if redeemed prior to the 12th month-end after they are sold. As no redemption charge applies to Series 1 Units held for 12 months or more, no redemption charge is shown at the Series 1 “twelve-month breakeven” point. The applicable charge for Series 1 Units redeemed before the 12th month-end following their sale is determined by how soon after the sale they are redeemed, as described above under “Summary – Redemptions.” For example, based on an initial investment of $5,000, the redemption charge at the end of the 11th month-end after the sale of Series 1 Units would be $150 or 3% of the initial investment.

 

The Breakeven Tables assume an investment with a constant $5,000 Net Asset Value and a breakeven year. See “Charges.”

 

Series 4 Units. Employees and former employees of the Managing Owner and its affiliates may purchase Series 4 Units through The Millburn Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan. Assuming a $2,000 investment, estimated trade execution and clearing costs at 0.35% per annum ($7.00), estimated administrative and offering expenses at 0.35% per annum ($7.00) and estimated interest income at 0.05% per annum (less $1.00), the twelve-month breakeven would be 0.65% of the initial investment ($13.00), assuming a constant $2,000 Net Asset Value and a breakeven year. Series 4 Units are not subject to a Profit Share. See “Charges.”

 

Federal Income Tax Aspects

 

The Trust will be treated as a partnership for federal income tax purposes. Thus, you will be taxed each year on your share of the Trust’s income whether or not you redeem Units from the Trust or receive distributions from the Trust.

 

40% of any trading profits on certain U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts and certain foreign currency forward contracts are taxed as short-term capital gains at ordinary income rates (unless offset by capital losses), while 60% of any such trading profits are taxed as long-term capital gains at a lower maximum rate for individuals. 100% of any trading profits from certain bank forward contracts or foreign currency futures contracts traded on a non-U.S. exchange are “marked-to-market” at the end of each year and taxed as short-term capital gains at ordinary income rates (unless offset by capital losses). The Trust’s trading gains from other contracts will be primarily short-term capital gains. This tax treatment applies regardless of how long an investor holds Units. Interest income is taxed at ordinary income rates.

 

Capital losses on the Units may be deducted against capital gains. However, capital losses in excess of capital gains may only be deducted by a non-corporate taxpayer against ordinary income to the extent of $3,000 per year. Consequently, you could pay tax on the Trust’s interest income even though you have lost money on your Units.

 

The Futures, Forward and Swap Markets

 

Futures contracts are generally traded on exchanges and call for the future delivery of various commodities or are settled in cash.

 

Forward currency contracts and swap contracts are generally traded off-exchange through banks or dealers.

 

Futures, forward and swap trading is a “zero-sum,” risk transfer economic activity. For every gain realized by a futures, forward or swap trader, there is an equal and offsetting loss suffered by another. In this respect, an investment in the Trust is different from other securities investments where one expects consistent yields, in the case of bonds, or participation in overall economic growth as in the case of stocks.

 

Is the Trust a Suitable Investment for You?

 

You should consider investing in the Trust if you are interested in its potential to produce returns that are generally unrelated to those of stocks and bonds and you are prepared to risk significant losses.

 

The Trust is a diversification opportunity for an investment portfolio, not a complete investment program.

 

You should consider an investment in the Trust to be a 3 to 5 year commitment.

 

To invest, you must, at a minimum, have either (i) a net worth of at least $250,000, exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles, or (ii) a net worth, similarly calculated, of at least $70,000 and an annual gross income of at least $70,000. A number of States in which the Units are offered impose higher suitability standards. These standards are regulatory minimums only, and just because you meet the standard does not necessarily mean the Units are a suitable investment for you.

 

You should not invest more than 10% of your net worth (exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles) in the Trust.

 

These are speculative securities. You may lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

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Organizational Chart

 

 

None of the entities indicated in this organizational chart, other than the Trust, are related to the Managing Owner. See “Conflicts of Interest.” Descriptions of the dealings between the Managing Owner and the Trust are set forth under “Charges.”

 

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The Risks You Face

 

Set forth below are the principal risks associated with an investment in the Trust. You should consider these risks when making your investment decision.

 

You Could Lose Your Entire Investment in the Trust

 

An investment in the Trust is a speculative investment. You will be relying on the Managing Owner to trade profitably for the Trust and profitability is not assured. You could lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust.

 

Past Performance is not Necessarily Indicative of Future Results

 

The Trust began trading July 1, 2002 and has traded in both rising and falling markets. Nevertheless, the past performance of the Trust is not necessarily indicative of the Trust’s future results, and the Trust may sustain losses in the future under market conditions in which it achieved gains in the past.

 

The Trust is a Highly Leveraged Investment

 

The Trust acquires positions with an aggregate face value of as much as eight to ten times or more of its total equity. Consequently, small adverse movements in the prices of the Trust’s open positions can cause significant losses.

 

The Performance of the Trust Will be Volatile

 

The Managing Owner expects that the performance of the Trust will be volatile. The Trust may suffer sudden and substantial losses from time to time and the day-to-day value of the Units will be variable and uncertain. The Net Asset Value per Unit may change materially between the date on which you subscribe for Units and the date the Units are issued or the date you request a redemption and the month-end redemption date. In the last five years, monthly returns for the Series 1 Units, which are the highest fee paying Units, have ranged from up 8.52% to down 8.44%.

 

The Trust’s Expenses Will Cause Losses Unless Offset by Profits and Interest Income

 

The Trust pays annual expenses of up to approximately 7.35% of its average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 1 Units and annual expenses of up to approximately 2.95%, 2.70%, and 0.70% of its average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, respectively. The Trust must earn trading profits and interest income allocable to each Series at least equal to these expenses to avoid losses.

 

An Investment in the Trust is not Liquid

 

There is no secondary market for the Units. You may redeem your Units only as of the close of business on the last day of a calendar month, and you must give the Trust at least 10 days’ prior written notice of your intent to redeem. Early redemption charges apply if you redeem Series 1 Units through the end of the first eleven months you own them.

 

Series 1 Units Redeemed on or Before the End of the First Eleven Months after Purchase will be Assessed a Redemption Charge

 

Series 1 Units redeemed on or prior to the end of the first six-month period after their sale will pay a redemption charge of up to 4% of the Net Asset Value at which such Series 1 Units are redeemed. Series 1 Units redeemed on or prior to the end of the first eleven months but after the end of the first six-month period after their sale will pay a redemption charge of up to 3% of the Net Asset Value at which such Series 1 Units are redeemed. See “Redemptions; Net Asset Value — Redemption Procedure.”

 

The Timing of Your Investment and Redemption Decisions Will Affect the Profitability of Your Investment

 

The Managing Owner expects that a majority of the Trust’s trades will result in small profits only or in losses. The majority of any profits earned by the Trust will most likely come from a small number of trades each year. Accordingly, you will not know when is a good time to invest in the Trust or to redeem your Units, and the timing of your investment and redemption decisions will affect the amount of profit or loss you experience as an investor in the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner Alone Directs the Trust’s Trading

 

The Trust is a single-advisor fund. The use of a single advisor trading one program involves a greater risk of loss than the diversified, multi-advisor approach employed by many futures funds. In addition, if the management services of the Managing Owner were to become unavailable for any reason, the Trust would terminate. Furthermore, were the Managing Owner to lose the services of its key principals, the Managing Owner could decide to dissolve the Trust, possibly causing it to realize losses.

 

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The Managing Owner is Primarily a Technical Trader and May not Always Analyze Economic Factors External to Market Price

 

The Managing Owner’s systematic strategies are developed on the basis of a statistical analysis of market prices. Consequently, any factor external to the market itself that dominates prices may cause major losses to these strategies. For example, a pending political or economic event may be very likely to cause a major price movement, but the Managing Owner’s traditional strategies would continue to maintain positions indicated by its trading method that would incur major losses if the event proved to be adverse.

 

The Managing Owner’s systematic strategies retain certain discretionary aspects. Decisions, for example, to adjust the size of the positions indicated by the systematic strategies, which contracts to trade and method of order entry require judgmental input from the Managing Owner’s principals. Additionally, the Managing Owner may determine not to enter a new position indicated by its strategies if the Managing Owner determines prevailing market conditions to be unusual, for example, significantly more volatile than the expected volatility factored into the design of the strategies. The Managing Owner does, however, exit positions when its trading strategies indicate that it should do so. Discretionary decision-making may result in the Managing Owner making unprofitable trades when a more wholly systematic approach would not have done so.

 

Lack of Price Trends Will Cause Losses; There Have Been Sustained Periods With Insufficient Price Trends for the Trust to Trade Profitably. The Managing Owner Expects That There Will be Similar Periods in the Future

 

The Trust is unlikely to trade profitably unless there are major price trends in at least some of the markets it trades. Moreover, the price trends must be of a type the Managing Owner’s systems are designed to identify. In the past there have been sustained periods with few trending markets where gains from trading those markets were insufficient to offset losses from trades in non-trending markets. For example, the Trust incurred a loss for the year in 2003, 2004, 2009, 2011 and 2012. The Managing Owner expects that there will be similar periods in the future.

 

Markets in which prices move rapidly and then reverse and then do so again may cause losses. In such “whipsaw” market conditions, the Managing Owner may establish positions for the Trust on the basis of incorrectly identifying the rapid movement or the reversal as a trend.

 

Lack of Market Liquidity Could Make it Impossible for the Trust to Realize Profits or Limit Losses

 

In illiquid markets, the Trust could be unable to close out positions to limit losses or to take positions in order to follow trends. There are too many different factors that can contribute to market illiquidity to predict when or where illiquid markets may occur.

 

Unexpected market illiquidity has caused major losses for some traders in recent years in such market sectors as emerging markets and mortgage-backed securities. There can be no assurance that the same will not happen in the markets traded by the Trust. In addition, the large size of the positions the Trust may take increases the risk of illiquidity by both making its positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so.

 

U.S. commodity exchanges impose limits on the amount the price of some, but not all, futures contracts may change on a single day. Once a futures contract has reached its daily limit, it may be impossible for the Trust to liquidate a position in that contract, if the market has moved adversely to the Trust, until the limit is either raised by the exchange or the contract begins to trade away from the limit price.

 

Speculative Position Limits May Alter Investment Decisions for the Trust

 

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (the “CFTC”) has established limits on the maximum net long or net short positions which any person may hold or control in certain futures contracts. Exchanges also have established such limits. In October 2011, the CFTC adopted position limits for 28 so-called “exempt” (e.g., metal and energy contracts) and agricultural commodity derivatives, futures and option contracts and their economically equivalent swaps. All accounts controlled by the Managing Owner, including the account of the Trust, are combined for speculative position limit purposes. These position limits are not yet effective and there is considerable uncertainty surrounding their application. If position limits are exceeded by the Managing Owner in the opinion of the CFTC or any other regulatory body, exchange or board, the Managing Owner will liquidate positions to the extent necessary to comply with applicable position limits.

 

The Managing Owner’s Trading Systems Have Been Developed Over Time and are Subject to Change

 

In executing its trading method, the Managing Owner uses combinations of trading systems to generate buy and sell signals in the various markets traded. The Managing Owner has developed, modified, retained and discarded numerous systems over more than 40 years. Consequently, some of the trading systems and combinations of systems currently being used to trade accounts pursuant to the Diversified Portfolio, as the Trust is so traded, are not identical to those used 5, 10, 15, 20 or more years ago.

 

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Trading on Foreign Exchanges Presents Greater Risk Than Trading on U.S. Exchanges

 

The Trust will trade on commodity exchanges outside the U.S. Trading on foreign exchanges is not regulated by any U.S. governmental agency and may involve certain risks that do not arise when trading on U.S. exchanges. For example, some foreign exchanges are “principals’ markets” in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual member with whom the Trust has traded, not of the exchange or a clearing facility. In such cases, the Trust will be subject to a risk that the member with whom the Trust has traded is unable or unwilling to perform its obligations under the transaction. Additionally, an adverse change in the exchange rate between the U.S. dollar and the currency in which a non-U.S. futures contract is denominated would reduce the profit or increase the loss on a trade in that contract.

 

Trading on foreign exchanges also presents risks of loss due to: (1) the possible imposition of exchange controls, which could make it difficult or impossible for the Trust to repatriate some or all of its assets held by non-U.S. counterparties; (2) possible government confiscation of assets; (3) taxation; (4) possible government disruptions, which could result in market closures and thus an inability to exit positions and repatriate Trust assets for sustained periods of time, or even permanently; and (5) limited rights in the event of the bankruptcy or insolvency of a foreign broker or exchange resulting in a different and possibly less favorable distribution of the bankrupt’s assets than would occur in the U.S.

 

The Managing Owner Anticipates the Trust’s Performance to be Non-Correlated to Stocks and Bonds, not Negatively Correlated

 

The performance of the Trust has been generally non-correlated to the performance of the stock and bond markets, as represented by the S&P 500 Stock Index and the Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index. Non-correlation means that there is no statistically valid relationship between two asset classes and should not be confused with negative correlation, where the performance of two asset classes would be opposite. Because of this non-correlation, you should not expect the Trust to be automatically profitable during unfavorable periods for the stock and/or bond markets, or vice versa.

 

If the Trust does not perform in a manner non-correlated with the general financial markets or does not perform successfully, you will obtain little or no diversification benefits by investing in the Units and the Trust may have no gains to offset your losses from other investments.

 

The Trust May be Subject to Profit Shares Despite Certain Units Having Declined in Value

 

Investors will purchase Units at different times and will, accordingly, recognize different amounts of profit and loss on their investments. Profit Shares are accrued, or the accruals are reversed to reflect losses, on a monthly basis so that Units are not sold with an embedded Profit Share liability. However, Series 1 Profit Shares are ultimately calculated on the basis of the net trading profits, if any, recognized by the Series 1 Units as a whole and Series 2/3 Profit Shares are ultimately calculated on the basis of the cumulative net trading profits, if any, recognized by the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units as a whole, not on the profits recognized by any particular Unit or Units. Consequently, the Managing Owner may still be allocated a Profit Share even though certain Units have lost value since the date they were purchased.

 

Conversely, Units purchased at a Net Asset Value reduced by accrued Profit Shares will benefit from any reversal of such accruals, and the benefit of such reversals to Units outstanding at the time of such purchase will be diluted.

 

Similarly, Units may incur losses generating a loss carryforward for purposes of calculating subsequent Profit Shares. The benefit of any such loss carryforward will, in the case of Series 1 Units be diluted by the sale of additional Series 1 Units and, in the case of Series 2 and Series 3 Units, be diluted by the sale of additional Series 2 Units or Series 3 Units.

 

The Managing Owner’s Increased Equity Under Management Could Lead to Lower Returns for Investors

 

The Managing Owner has not agreed to limit the amount of money it may manage and is actively seeking additional accounts. The more money the Managing Owner manages, the more difficult it may become for the Managing Owner to trade profitably for the Trust because of the difficulty of trading larger positions without negatively affecting prices and performance.

 

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Increased Competition Among Trend-Following Traders Could Reduce the Managing Owner’s Profitability

 

A substantial number of commodity trading advisors use technical trading systems, particularly trend-following systems, similar to the Managing Owner’s systems. As the amount of money under the management of such systems increases, competition for the same positions increases, making the positions more costly and more difficult to acquire.

 

The Trust is Subject to Conflicts of Interest

 

The Trust is subject to numerous actual and potential conflicts of interest, including: (1) the compensation that the Selling Agents receive gives them an incentive to promote the sale of Units as well as to discourage redemptions; (2) the brokerage commissions that Selling Agents receive if they also serve as clearing brokers for the Trust gives an additional incentive to promote the sale of Units as well as to discourage redemptions; (3) the Managing Owner has significant financial incentives both to promote the sale of the Units and to discourage their redemption; and (4) the Managing Owner of the Trust will not select any other trading advisor even if doing so would be in the best interests of the Trust. See “Conflicts of Interest.”

 

The Managing Owner has not Established Formal Procedures to Resolve Conflicts of Interest

 

Because the Managing Owner has not established any formal procedures for resolving conflicts of interest, you will be dependent on the good faith of the parties with conflicts to resolve the conflicts equitably. The Managing Owner cannot assure that conflicts of interest will not result in losses for the Trust.

 

You Will be Taxed Each Year on Your Share of Trust Profits

 

If you are an individual or entity subject to U.S. taxes (e.g., not a tax-exempt entity such as an IRA or pension plan), you will be taxed on your share of Trust income or gain each year, whether or not you redeem Units or receive distributions from the Trust.

 

Because a substantial portion of the Trust’s open positions are “marked-to-market” at the end of each year, some of your tax liability will be based on unrealized gains which the Trust may, in fact, never realize.

 

40% of any trading profits on certain U.S. exchange-traded futures contracts and certain foreign currency forward contracts are taxed as short-term capital gains at ordinary income rates (unless offset by capital losses), while 60% of any such trading profits are taxed as long-term capital gains at a lower maximum rate for individuals. 100% of any trading profits from certain bank forward contracts or foreign currency futures contracts traded on a non-U.S. exchange are “marked-to-market” at the end of each year and taxed as short-term capital gains at ordinary income rates (unless offset by capital losses). These rates apply regardless of how long the Trust holds a contract, or an investor his or her Units.

 

Due to the different tax rates for long-term and short-term capital gains and limitations on the deductibility of capital losses, and depending on the tax character of income and loss you receive on other investments in your portfolio, it is possible for you to have a pre-tax economic gain on your investment in the Trust but an after-tax loss.

 

All performance information included in this Prospectus is presented on a pre-tax basis; the investors who experienced such performance had to pay the related taxes from other sources.

 

Over time, the compounding effects of the annual taxation of the Trust’s income are material to the economic consequences of investing in the Trust. For example, a 10% compound annual rate of return over five years would result in an initial $10,000 investment compounding to $16,105. However, if one factors in a 30% tax rate each year, the result would be $14,025.

 

You Will be Taxed on the Trust’s Interest Income Even if the Trust Suffers Trading Losses

 

Losses on the Trust’s trading are almost exclusively capital losses. Non-corporate investors may use net capital losses to offset up to $3,000 of ordinary income each year. So, for example, if your share of the Trust’s trading (i.e., capital) loss was $10,000 in a given fiscal year and your share of interest income was $5,000, you would incur a net loss in the Net Asset Value of your Units equal to $5,000, but would nevertheless recognize taxable income of $2,000.

 

Limitations on the Deductibility of “Investment Advisory Fees”

 

The Managing Owner does not intend to treat the ordinary expenses of the Trust as “investment advisory fees” for federal income tax purposes. The Managing Owner believes that this is the position adopted by virtually all U.S. futures fund sponsors. However, were the ordinary expenses of the Trust characterized as “investment advisory fees,” non-corporate taxpayers would be subject to substantial restrictions on the deductibility of those expenses, would pay increased taxes in respect of an investment in the Trust and could actually recognize taxable income despite having incurred a financial loss.

 

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The IRS Could Audit Both the Trust and Individual Unitholders

 

The Internal Revenue Service (the “IRS”) could audit the Trust’s tax returns and require the Trust to adjust such returns. If an audit results in an adjustment, you could be audited and required to pay additional taxes, plus interest and possibly penalties.

 

Accounting for Uncertain Tax Positions

 

Financial Accounting Standards Board Accounting Standards Codification Topic No. 740, “Income Taxes” (“ASC 740,” in part formerly known as “FIN 48”), provides guidance on the recognition of uncertain tax positions.  ASC 740 prescribes the minimum recognition threshold that a tax position is required to meet before being recognized in an entity’s financial statements.  It also provides guidance on recognition, measurement, classification, interest and penalties with respect to tax positions.  A prospective investor should be aware that, among other things, ASC 740 could have a material adverse effect on the periodic calculations of the Net Assets of the Trust, including reducing the Net Assets of the Trust to reflect reserves for income taxes, such as foreign withholding taxes, that may be payable by the Trust.  This could cause benefits or detriments to certain Unitholders, depending upon the timing of their subscriptions and withdrawals from the Trust.

 

The Bankruptcy of a Clearing Broker or Currency Dealer Could Cause Losses

 

The Managing Owner must assess the credit-worthiness of the clearing brokers and foreign currency counterparties it selects for the Trust. If one of the Trust’s clearing brokers or foreign currency counterparties becomes bankrupt, the Trust will be limited to recovering none or only its pro rata share, of all available customer funds segregated by the Clearing Broker or counterparty. The Managing Owner attempts to mitigate this risk by selecting only well capitalized, major financial institutions as clearing brokers and foreign currency counterparties, but there can be no assurance that even a well capitalized, major institution will not become bankrupt, and recent events have demonstrated that even major financial institutions of the type with which the Trust may deal in the financial markets can and do fail.

 

The Trust is Not Regulated as an Investment Company or Mutual Fund

 

Although the Managing Owner is subject to regulation by the CFTC and the Trust itself is subject to reporting requirements and other regulation applicable to public companies in the U.S., the Trust is not an investment company or mutual fund registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940. Accordingly, investors in the Trust are not accorded the protections of such legislation.

 

Forward and Spot Trading May Take Place in Unregulated Markets

 

The Trust will conduct all or substantially all of its currency forward and related options trading in largely unregulated markets rather than on futures exchanges or through “retail” foreign exchange markets subject to the jurisdiction of the CFTC or other regulatory bodies. In such markets, a counterparty may not settle a transaction with the Trust in accordance with its terms because the counterparty is either unwilling or unable to do so (for example, because of a credit or liquidity problem affecting the counterparty), potentially resulting in significant loss. In addition, counterparties generally have the right to terminate trades under a number of circumstances, including, for example, declines in the Trust’s Net Assets and certain “key person” events. Any premature termination of the Trust’s currency forward trades could result in material losses for the Trust, as the Trust may be unable to quickly re-establish those trades and may only be able to do so at disadvantageous prices.

 

Trust funds on deposit with the currency forward and spot counterparties with which the Trust trades are not protected by the same segregation requirements imposed on CFTC-regulated commodity brokers in respect of customer funds deposited with them. Although the Trust deals only with major financial institutions as currency forward and spot counterparties, the insolvency or bankruptcy of a currency forward or spot counterparty could subject the Trust to the loss of its entire deposit with such counterparty. The forward and spot markets are well established. However, it is impossible to predict how, given certain unusual market scenarios, the evolving regulatory environment for these markets might affect the Trust, and the recent events underlying the bankruptcy of Refco, Inc. and its related entities have underscored, among other things, the risks of maintaining capital at unregulated entities. Further, as demonstrated by the recent insolvency and liquidation of MF Global Inc., customer funds held by a broker in bankruptcy may not be distributed promptly and may be subject to a lengthy claims process. Commodity broker bankruptcies are not insured by any governmental agency, and investors would not have the benefit of any protection such as that afforded customers of bankrupt securities broker-dealers by the Securities Investors Protection Corporation.

 

Various national governments have expressed concern regarding the disruptive effects of speculative trading in the currency markets and the need to regulate the “derivatives” markets in general. Future regulatory changes may limit the Trust’s ability to trade in certain markets. The imposition of credit controls by governmental authorities might limit such forward trading to less than that which the Managing Owner would otherwise recommend, to the possible detriment of the Trust.

 

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Regulation of Swap Trading is Evolving and May Involve Counterparty Risk

 

The Trust may engage in trading commodity swaps.  Swaps involve many of the same risks as those described above with respect to forward contracts.  Many swap contracts are not currently required to be cleared by a centralized clearinghouse; rather, banks and dealers act as principals in much of the swap market.  As a result, the Trust may be subject to the risk of the inability or refusal to perform with respect to such contracts on the part of the counterparties with which the Trust trades.  The Managing Owner intends to enter into swaps on behalf of the Trust only with highly creditworthy banks and dealers, but there can be no assurance that even highly creditworthy banks and dealers will have the ability to, or will not refuse to, perform with respect to such contracts. Regulation of the swap market is evolving, both in the U.S. and internationally. The CFTC has, for example, recently adopted various regulations which may restrict the Trust’s ability to utilize swaps or may make swap contracts more costly to trade with respect to certain non-security based swaps.  Finally, swaps may be illiquid and participants in the swap market are not required to make continuous markets in the swap contracts they trade.

 

Forwards, Swaps and Other Derivatives Are Subject to Varying CFTC Regulation

 

Enacted in July 2010, the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Reform Act”) includes provisions that comprehensively regulate the over-the-counter derivatives markets for the first time. The Reform Act requires that a substantial portion of over-the-counter derivatives must be executed in regulated markets and submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses. Over-the-counter trades submitted for clearing will be subject to minimum initial and variation margin requirements set by the relevant clearinghouse, as well as possible CFTC-mandated margin requirements. The regulators also have broad discretion to impose margin requirements on non-cleared over-the-counter derivatives. Although the Reform Act includes limited exemptions from the clearing and margin requirements for so-called “end-users,” the Trust does not expect to be able to rely on such exemptions. In addition, the over-the-counter derivative dealers with which the Trust may execute the majority of its over-the-counter derivatives transactions will not be able to rely on the end-user exemptions under the Reform Act and therefore such dealers will be subject to clearing and margin requirements notwithstanding whether the Trust is subject to such requirements. Over-the-counter derivative dealers also will be required to post margin to the clearinghouses through which they clear their customers’ trades instead of using such margin in their operations, as they currently are allowed to do. This will further increase the dealers’ costs, which costs are expected to be passed through to other market participants in the form of higher fees and less favorable dealer marks.

 

The CFTC may also require a substantial portion of derivative transactions that are currently executed on a bi-lateral basis in the over-the-counter markets to be executed through a regulated securities, futures, or swap exchange or execution facility. Such requirements may make it more difficult and costly for investment funds, including the Trust, to enter into highly tailored or customized transactions. They may also render certain strategies in which the Trust might otherwise engage impossible or so costly that they will no longer be economical to implement.

 

Trading in Options Requires an Assessment of Market Volatility as Well as Direction

 

The Managing Owner may trade futures and forward options on behalf of the Trust.  Although successful options trading requires many of the same skills as successful futures and forward trading, the risks involved are somewhat different.  For example, the assessment of near-term market volatility — which is directly reflected in the price of outstanding options — can be of much greater significance in trading options than it is in many long-term futures strategies.  The use of options can be extremely expensive if market volatility is incorrectly predicted.

 

The Failure of Computer Systems Could Result in Losses for the Trust

 

The Managing Owner relies heavily on computer hardware and software, online services and other computer-related or electronic technology and equipment to facilitate the Trust’s investment activities and may trade financial instruments through electronic trading or order routing systems. Electronic trading exposes the Trust to the risk of system or component failure. Should events beyond the Managing Owner’s control cause a disruption in the operation of any technology or equipment, the Trust’s investment program may be severely impaired, causing it to experience substantial losses or other adverse effects.

 

Investment Factors

 

Although there can be no assurance that the Managing Owner will trade successfully on behalf of the Trust or that the Trust will avoid substantial losses, if the Trust is successful, an investment in the Trust offers investors the following potential advantages.

 

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Access to the Diversified Portfolio

 

The Trust offers you access to the Managing Owner’s oldest and most successful trading portfolio. The Managing Owner has been managing investment funds pursuant to its Diversified Portfolio since February 1977. The composite compound annual return for the Diversified Portfolio, adjusted to reflect the highest level of fees and expenses of the Trust, from February 1977 through December 2012 is approximately 12.5%. Past performance is not, however, necessarily indicative of future results.

 

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

 

The Managing Owner and its principals have extensive experience in designing, sponsoring, marketing and administering futures funds. The Managing Owner, together with its predecessors, is one of the longest operating of all futures money managers and was a pioneer in developing systematic trading technologies. The Managing Owner’s trading experience, together with its predecessors, spans more than 40 years. The Trust provides you the opportunity to place capital under the management of a trading advisor with one of the longest continuous trading records of any active manager.

 

Investment Diversification

 

If you are not prepared to spend substantial time trading in the futures, forward and spot markets, you may nevertheless participate through investing in the Trust. An investment in the Trust can provide valuable diversification to a traditional portfolio of stocks and bonds. The Managing Owner believes that the profit potential of the Trust does not depend upon favorable general economic conditions and that the Trust is just as likely to be profitable or unprofitable during periods of declining stock and bond markets as at any other time.

 

Allocating a small portion of your investment portfolio to a managed futures investment, such as the Trust, can potentially enhance the performance of the portfolio. Modern portfolio theory suggests that a diverse portfolio with positively performing assets that have little or no correlation with each other should have higher returns and lower risk, as measured by variability of returns, than a less diversified portfolio: the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1990 was awarded to Dr. Harry Markowitz for demonstrating that the total return can increase, and/or risks can be reduced, when portfolios have positively performing asset categories that are essentially non-correlated.

 

Historically, managed futures investments have had very little correlation to the stock and bond markets. Non-correlated performance is not, however, negatively correlated performance. Non-correlation means only that the performance of managed futures likely has no relation to the performance of stocks and bonds. The performance of the Trust has exhibited a substantial degree of non-correlation with the general equity and debt markets.

 

Non-correlation will not provide diversification advantages beyond, perhaps, lowering a portfolio’s overall volatility unless the non-correlated assets are performing positively. There can be no assurance that the Trust will perform positively or avoid losses.

 

Market Diversification

 

The Trust trades in approximately 115 markets, though not necessarily in all markets at all times.

 

The diversification of the Trust permits investors to participate in markets that would otherwise not be included in their portfolios, thereby both potentially diversifying risk and increasing profit opportunities.

 

The markets traded by the Trust change from time to time. Currently these markets include:

 

Currencies  
Major  
British Pound Japanese Yen
Euro Swiss Franc
   
Secondary  
Australian Dollar Mexican Peso
Brazilian Real New Zealand Dollar
Canadian Dollar Norwegian Krone
Chilean Peso Philippine Peso
Colombian Peso Polish Zloty
Czech Koruna Russian Ruble
Indian Rupee Singapore Dollar
Indonesian Rupiah South African Rand
Israeli Shekel Swedish Krona
Korean Won Turkish Lira
Malaysian Ringgit  
   
Crosses  
Australian Dollar-Japanese Yen Euro-Polish Zloty Euro-Romanian Leu
British Pound-Australian Dollar Euro-Swedish Krona Euro-Turkish Lira
Euro-Australian Dollar Euro-Czech Koruna Euro-South African Rand Swiss Franc-Norwegian

Euro-Hungarian Forint

Krone

Euro-Norwegian Krone

 

 

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Interest Rates  
Aussie Bank Bills Euro Swiss
Australian Treasury 3 and 10 year Bonds French 10 year Bond Gilts

Canada Bankers Acceptance Italian 10 year Bond
Canadian Government Bond Euribor Japanese Government Bonds
Euro Bobl Sterling Rates
Euro Bund US Treasury 2 yr Note
Euro Buxl US Treasury 5 yr Note
Euro Dollar US Treasury 10 yr Note
Euro Schatz US Treasury 30 yr Bond

 

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All Shares (South Africa) Mini DJIA (United States)
Amsterdam Index (Netherlands) Mini Russell 2000 (U.S.) OMX (Sweden)
Bolsa (Mexico) S&P TSE 60
CAC 40 (France) S&P MIB 30 (Italy)
CBOE VIX (U.S.) SET50 Futures (Thailand)
DAX (Germany) SIMEX Nifty (India)
DJ Euro Stoxx 50 (Euro Zone) SIMEX Nikkei (Japan) SIMEX (Singapore)
E-Mini NASDAQ 100 (U.S.) SIMEX Taiwan (Taiwan) SPI 200 (Australia)
E-Mini S&P 500 (U.S.) TAIEX Electronic Index (Taiwan)
FTSE (United Kingdom) TAIEX Financial Index (Taiwan)
H-Shares (Hong Kong) TAIEX Index (Taiwan)
Hang Seng (Hong Kong) TOPIX (Japan)
ISE 30 (Turkey)
Kospi Index (Korea)
   
Energy  
Brent Crude Oil Heating Oil
Crude Oil London Gas Oil
Gasoline RBOB Natural Gas
   
Agricultural Commodities  
Bean Oil Rubber (TOCOM)
Cocoa Soy Meal
Coffee Soybean
Corn Sugar
Cotton Wheat
Kansas City Wheat  
   
Metals  
Copper London Tin
Gold London Zinc
London Aluminum Palladium
London Copper Platinum (NYMEX)
London Lead Silver
London Nickel  
   
Livestock  
Live Hogs Live Cattle
   
Spreads  
Agricultural Financial
Energy Metals

 

Opportunity to Profit in Rising as Well as in Declining Markets

 

The Trust may realize positive or negative returns in both rising and declining markets as the Trust’s trading positions may be established on either the long or the short side of a market. Unlike short selling in the securities markets, establishing short positions in futures or forwards or through swaps in anticipation of a drop in price can be accomplished without additional restrictions or special margin requirements.

 

It is potentially advantageous for investors to own investments that can appreciate during a period of generally declining prices, financial disruption or economic instability.

 

Investors must realize, however, that the Trust is not specifically designed to appreciate in declining markets. Rather, it is designed to perform independent of the direction of stocks and bonds and the general economy. The Trust’s capital traded pursuant to the Managing Owner’s trend-following trading systems will only increase in value to the extent that such systems are able to identify market trends and the Trust is able to trade those trends profitably.

 

Interest on Trust Assets

 

The Trust will receive all of the interest income earned on its assets. Approximately 90% of the Trust’s assets are invested in deposit accounts, short-term money market funds and U.S. Treasury bills or notes. The interest earned on the Trust’s assets can offset a portion, though it may not offset all, of its routine costs. Given historically low interest rates on U.S. Treasury bills and notes, any interest earned by the Trust may be nominal. In addition, the Trust’s interest income is subject to the risk of trading losses.

 

Small Minimum Investment

 

The Managing Owner typically manages individual accounts only of substantial size — $5,000,000 or more. You may gain access to the Managing Owner for a minimum investment of only $5,000; $2,000 in the case of trustees or custodians of eligible employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts.

 

Limited Liability

 

If you open an individual futures account, you will be generally liable for all losses incurred in the account, and may lose substantially more than you committed to the account. However, as an investor in the Trust, you cannot lose more than your investment plus undistributed profits.

 

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Administrative Convenience

 

The Managing Owner is responsible for all aspects of the Trust’s operation. You will receive monthly unaudited and annual audited financial reports as well as information necessary for you to complete your federal income tax returns. The approximate daily Net Asset Value per Unit is available by calling representatives of the Managing Owner at (203) 625-7554 (ask for Investor Services).

 

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Performance Of The Trust

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
(Reflecting Series 1 Unit Expenses)
(January 1, 2008 – December 31, 2012)

 

Type of Pool: Single-Advisor/Publicly-Offered/No Principal Protection
Inception of Trust Trading: July 2002
Inception of Series 1 Trading: July 2002
Total Net Asset Value of the Trust: $473,660,034
Total Net Asset Value of Series 1: $438,180,4891
Largest % Monthly Drawdown: (8.44)% (05/10)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (25.71)% (02/09-10/12)
Aggregate Trust Subscriptions from Inception:  $1,393,942,069
Aggregate Series 1 Subscriptions from Inception: $1,345,609,3322

 

Month  2012   2011   2010   2009   2008  
January   (2.79)%   (1.64)%   (2.63)%   (0.09)%   1.39% 
February   (1.84)%   2.44%   1.24%   2.10%   6.32% 
March   (3.18)%   (3.20)%   6.13%   (5.08)%   (2.52)% 
April   1.04%   6.85%   3.40%   (4.55)%   (1.21)% 
May   1.97%   (5.83)%   (8.44)%   (3.66)%   1.21% 
June   (3.76)%   (4.58)%   (1.69)%   (2.49)%   6.17% 
July   3.96%   3.55%   (0.90)%   (1.94)%   (3.33)% 
August   (2.25)%   (1.79)%   2.99%   1.18%   (4.22)% 
September   (2.68)%   (2.49)%   3.54%   3.88%   2.96% 
October   (2.41)%   (3.43)%   2.62%   (3.30)%   8.52% 
November   1.12%   (0.51)%   (3.44)%   4.68%   1.76% 
December   1.03%   0.22%   6.35%   (2.40)%   0.89% 
Compound Rate of Return   (9.68)%   (10.58)%   8.43%   (11.60)%   18.48% 

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

“Largest % Monthly Drawdown” is the largest negative monthly rate of return experienced by Series 1.

 

“Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the greatest percentage decline in Net Asset Value of a Series 1 Unit without such Net Asset Value being subsequently equaled or exceeded during the period shown. For example, if the value of a Unit dropped by 1% in each of January and February, rose 1% in March and dropped again by 2% in April, a “peak-to-valley drawdown” would be still continuing at the end of April in the amount of approximately (3)%, whereas if the value of the Unit had risen by approximately 2% or more in March, the drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at the (2)% level.

 

Monthly Rate of Return for the Trust is the actual monthly rate of return recognized by an initial $1,000 investment in a Series 1 Unit subject to Brokerage Fees at a 7% annual rate, the highest rate applicable to investors in the Trust.

 

Performance information is calculated on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

 

1 Includes net asset value of Managing Owner interest of $9,313,020.

2 Includes Managing Owner subscriptions from inception of $5,812,500.

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
(Reflecting Series 2 Unit Expenses)
(April 1, 2010 – December 31, 2012)

 

Type of Pool: Single-Advisor/Publicly-Offered/No Principal Protection
Inception of Trust Trading: July 2002
Inception of Series 2 Trading: April 2010
Total Net Asset Value of the Trust: $473,660,034
Total Net Asset Value of Series 2: $289,447

Largest % Monthly Drawdown: (6.71)% (05/10)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (18.03)% (04/11-10/12)
Aggregate Trust Subscriptions from Inception: $1,393,942,069
Aggregate Series 2 Subscriptions from Inception: $354,530

 

Month  2012   2011   2010 
January   (2.42)%   (1.27)%     
February   (1.47)%   2.49%     
March   (2.82)%   (2.55)%     
April   1.42%   6.07%   3.07%
May   2.35%   (4.49)%   (6.71)%
June   (3.41)%   (4.23)%   (1.33)%
July   4.35%   3.95%   (0.52)%
August   (1.89)%   (1.42)%   3.07%
September   (2.33)%   (2.13)%   3.15%
October   (2.05)%   (3.06)%   2.43%
November   1.49%   (0.14)%   (2.49)%
December   1.39   0.59%   5.44%
Compound Rate of Return   (5.59)%   (6.56)%   5.67%
           (9 mos.)

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

“Largest % Monthly Drawdown” is the largest negative monthly rate of return experienced by Series 2.

 

“Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the greatest percentage decline in Net Asset Value of a Series 2 Unit without such Net Asset Value being subsequently equaled or exceeded during the period shown. For example, if the value of a Unit dropped by 1% in each of January and February, rose 1% in March and dropped again by 2% in April, a “peak-to-valley drawdown” would be still continuing at the end of April in the amount of approximately (3)%, whereas if the value of the Unit had risen by approximately 2% or more in March, the drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at the (2)% level.

 

Monthly Rate of Return for the Trust is the actual monthly rate of return recognized by an initial $1,000 investment in a Series 2 Unit.

 

Performance information is calculated on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
(Reflecting Series 3 Unit Expenses)
(September 1, 2009 – December 31, 2012)

 

Type of Pool: Single-Advisor/Publicly-Offered/No Principal Protection
Inception of Trust Trading: July 2002
Inception of Series 3 Trading: September 2009
Total Net Asset Value of the Trust: $473,660,034
Total Net Asset Value of Series 3: $33,520,653
Largest % Monthly Drawdown: (6.69)% (05/10)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (17.73)% (04/11-10/12)
Aggregate Trust Subscriptions from Inception: $1,393,942,069
Aggregate Series 3 Subscriptions from Inception: $46,209,078

 

Month  2012   2011   2010   2009 
January   (2.40)%   (1.25)%   (2.23)%     
February   (1.45)%   2.50%   1.64%     
March   (2.80)%   (2.53)%   5.30%     
April   1.45%   6.08%   3.09%     
May   2.37%   (4.48)%   (6.69)%     
June   (3.38)%   (4.21)%   (1.31)%     
July   4.37%   3.97%   (0.50)%     
August   (1.87)%   (1.40)%   3.08%     
September   (2.31)%   (2.11)%   3.17%   3.44%
October   (2.03)%   (3.04)%   2.45%   (2.33)%
November   1.51%   (0.12)%   (2.47)%   4.07%
December   1.41   0.61%   5.45%   (1.62)%
Compound Rate of Return   (5.35)%   (6.34)%   10.75%   3.43%
                (4 mos.)

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

“Largest % Monthly Drawdown” is the largest negative monthly rate of return experienced by Series 3.

 

“Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the greatest percentage decline in Net Asset Value of a Series 3 Unit without such Net Asset Value being subsequently equaled or exceeded during the period shown. For example, if the value of a Unit dropped by 1% in each of January and February, rose 1% in March and dropped again by 2% in April, a “peak-to-valley drawdown” would be still continuing at the end of April in the amount of approximately (3)%, whereas if the value of the Unit had risen by approximately 2% or more in March, the drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at the (2)% level.

 

Monthly Rate of Return for the Trust is the actual monthly rate of return recognized by an initial $1,000 investment in a Series 3 Unit.

 

Performance information is calculated on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
(Reflecting Series 4 Unit Expenses)
(November 1, 2010 – December 31, 2012)

 

Type of Pool: Single-Advisor/Publicly-Offered/No Principal Protection
Inception of Trust Trading: July 2002
Inception of Series 4 Trading: November 2010
Total Net Asset Value of the Trust: $473,660,034
Total Net Asset Value of Series 4: $1,669,445
Largest % Monthly Drawdown: (5.30)% (5/11)
Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown: (16.09)% (4/11-10/12)
Aggregate Trust Subscriptions from Inception: $1,393,942,069
Aggregate Series 4 Subscriptions from Inception: $1,769,129

 

Month  2012   2011   2010 
January   (2.24)%   (1.08)%     
February   (1.29)%   3.02%     
March   (2.64)%   (2.66)%     
April   1.62%   7.46%     
May   2.54%   (5.30)%     
June   (3.22)%   (4.05)%     
July   4.55%   4.15%     
August   (1.71)%   (1.23)%     
September   (2.15)%   (1.94)%     
October   (1.87)%   (2.88)%     
November   1.68%   0.05%   (2.90)%
December   1.58%   0.78%   6.95%
Compound Rate of Return   (3.44)%   (4.31)%   3.85%
            (2 mos.)

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.

 

“Largest % Monthly Drawdown” is the largest negative monthly rate of return experienced by Series 4.

 

“Worst Peak-to-Valley Drawdown” is the greatest percentage decline in Net Asset Value of a Series 4 Unit without such Net Asset Value being subsequently equaled or exceeded during the period shown. For example, if the value of a Unit dropped by 1% in each of January and February, rose 1% in March and dropped again by 2% in April, a “peak-to-valley drawdown” would be still continuing at the end of April in the amount of approximately (3)%, whereas if the value of the Unit had risen by approximately 2% or more in March, the drawdown would have ended as of the end of February at the (2)% level.

 

Monthly Rate of Return for the Trust is the actual monthly rate of return recognized by an initial $1,000 investment in a Series 4 Unit.

 

Performance information is calculated on an accrual basis in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles.

 

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Selected Financial Information

 

The Selected Financial Information for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, 2009, 2008 and 2007 is taken from the audited financial statements of the Trust.

 

   December 31, 2011   December 31, 2010   December 31, 2009   December 31, 2008   December 31, 2007 
Income Statement Data                         
                          
Investment income:                         
Interest income  $2,072,015   $3,235,502   $9,966,151   $21,273,709   $26,686,249 
                          
Expenses:                         
Total expenses  $57,730,451   $59,857,073   $66,440,702   $57,262,896   $40,243,738 
Net investment loss  $(55,658,436)  $(56,621,571)  $(56,474,551)  $(35,989,187)  $(13,557,489)
                          
Realized and unrealized gains (losses):                         
Net realized gain (losses) on closed positions:                         
Futures and forward currency contracts  $(8,224,392)  $87,904,542   $(49,280,152)  $214,035,345   $92,248,212 
Foreign exchange translation  $(52,568)  $352,202   $126,508   $(848,741)  $214,004 
Net change in unrealized:                         
Futures and forward currency contracts  $(25,425,124)  $42,259,414   $(9,457,839)  $(8,084,164)  $(16,622,693)
Foreign exchange translation  $(192,987)  $(302,673)  $352,661   $135,285   $(45,932)
Net gains (losses) from U.S. Treasury  notes:                         
Realized  $28,504   $16,976   $526,749   $   $ 
Net change in unrealized  $(373,516)  $(203,035)  $(6,705,006)  $4,991,515   $2,467,858 
Total net realized and unrealized gains  (losses)  $(34,240,083)  $130,027,426   $(64,437,079)  $210,229,240   $78,261,449 
Net income (loss) before Profit Share to  Managing Owner  $(89,898,519)  $73,405,855   $(120,911,630)  $174,240,053   $64,703,960 
Less profit share to Managing Owner  $1,385   $262,695   $43,187   $30,185,853   $6,459,328 
Net income (loss) after Profit Share to  Managing Owner  $(89,899,904)  $73,143,160   $(120,954,817)  $144,054,200   $58,244,632 
Net income (loss) after profit share to  Managing Owner per Series 1 Unit  $(139.10)  $102.20   $(159.03)  $213.83   $117.07 
Net income (loss) after profit share to  Managing Owner per Series 2 Unit  $(88.62)  $72.46   $   $   $ 
Net income (loss) after profit share to  Managing Owner per Series 3 Unit  $(85.70)  $131.36   $40.53   $   $ 
Net income (loss) after profit share to  Managing Owner per Series 4 Unit  $(58.92)  $50.68   $   $   $ 
                          
Balance Sheet Data                         
Total Assets  $782,343,935   $911,161,872   $919,457,865   $1,094,632,891   $659,394,985 
Total Liabilities  $29,156,541   $18,236,261   $40,303,253   $64,251,530   $34,637,677 
Total Trust Capital  $753,187,394   $892,925,611   $879,154,612   $1,030,381,361   $624,757,308 
Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit  $1,175.07   $1,314.17   $1,211.97   $1,371.00   $1,157.17 
Net Asset Value per Series 2 Unit  $1,261.94   $1,350.56   $   $   $ 
Net Asset Value per Series 3 Unit  $1,267.10   $1,352.80   $1,221.44   $   $ 
Net Asset Value per Series 4 Unit  $1,307.09   $1,366.01   $   $   $ 

 

Selected Quarterly Financial Data

 

The following summarized quarterly financial information presents the results of operations for the three month periods ended March 31, June 30 and September 30, 2012, 2011 and 2010 and December 31, 2011 and 2010. This information has not been audited.

 

   Third Quarter
2012
   Second Quarter
2012
   First Quarter
2012
 
             
Interest Income:  $176,744   $212,487   $266,834 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) :  $5,707,194   $7,438,771   $(43,996,819)
Expenses*:  $9,603,855   $10,716,307   $12,008,990 
Net (Loss):  $(3,719,917)  $(3,065,049)  $(55,738,975)
(Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit:  $(11.96)  $(9.07)  $(89.48)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 2 Unit:  $(0.13)  $3.19   $(82.92)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 3 Unit  $0.61   $3.96   $(82.52)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 4 Unit:  $6.85   $10.28   $(78.99)

 

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   Fourth Quarter
2011
   Third Quarter
2011
   Second Quarter
2011
   First Quarter
2011
 
                 
Interest Income:  $356,127   $448,040   $575,608   $692,240 
Net Realized and Unrealized Gains (Losses) :  $(16,653,534)  $8,155,864   $(19,140,566)  $(6,601,847)
Expenses*:  $13,108,009   $14,335,180   $15,066,886   $15,221,761 
Net (Loss):  $(29,405,416)  $(5,731,276)  $(33,631,844)  $(21,131,368)
(Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit:  $(45.39)  $(10.19)  $(51.19)  $(32.33)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 2 Unit:  $(33.96)  $3.86   $(39.72)  $(18.80)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 3 Unit  $(33.29)  $4.69   $(39.05)  $(18.05)
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 4 Unit:  $(27.64)  $11.45   $(31.82)  $(10.91)

 

   Fourth Quarter
2010
   Third Quarter
2010
   Second Quarter
2010
   First Quarter
2010
 
                 
Interest Income:  $673,323   $769,816   $859,890   $932,473 
Net Realized and Unrealized  Gains (Losses) :  $61,338,397   $61,165,422   $(47,148,630)  $54,672,237 
Expenses*:  $15,217,528   $14,651,364   $15,015,371   $15,235,505 
Net Income (Loss):  $46,794,192   $47,283,874   $(61,304,111)  $40,369,205 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit:  $67.07   $67.00   $(87.86)  $55.99 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 2 Unit:  $68.14   $69.83   $(65.51)  $ 
Increase (Decrease) in Net Asset Value per Series 3 Unit  $68.90   $70.57   $(64.77)  $56.66 
Increase in Net Asset Value per Series 4 Unit:  $50.68   $   $   $ 

 

* Expenses are inclusive of accruals and reversals of accruals of profit share to the Managing Owner.

 

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.

 

Managing Owner’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

 

Results of Operations

 

General

 

The Trust was organized on July 23, 2001 under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act and commenced trading operations July 1, 2002.

 

The Trust’s success depends on the Managing Owner’s ability to recognize and capitalize on trends and other profit opportunities in different sectors of the global capital and commodity markets. The Managing Owner’s trading methods do not generally aim to predict price movements, nor do they always rely on fundamental economic supply or demand analysis or on macroeconomic assessments of the relative strengths of different national economies or economic sectors. Instead, the systems generally apply proprietary computer models to analyzing past market data, and from this data alone attempt to determine whether market prices are trending. Primarily technical traders such as the Managing Owner base their strategies on the theory that market prices reflect the collective judgment of numerous different traders and are, accordingly, the best and most efficient indication of market movements. However, there are frequent periods during which fundamental factors external to the market dominate prices.

 

If the Managing Owner’s trend-following models identify a trend, they signal positions which follow it. When these models identify the trend as having ended or reversed, these positions are either closed out or reversed. Due to their trend-following character, the Managing Owner’s trend-following systems do not predict either the commencement or the end of a price movement. Rather, their objective is to identify a trend early enough to profit from it and to detect its end or reversal in time to close out the Trust’s positions while retaining most of the profits made from following the trend.

 

In analyzing the performance of the Managing Owner’s trend-following systems, economic conditions, political events, weather factors, etc., are not directly relevant because the Managing Owner uses only market data in developing these systems. Additionally, in general there is no direct connection between particular market conditions and price trends. There are so many influences on the markets that the same general type of economic event may lead to a price trend in some cases but not in others. Further, even if significant price trends do occur, if these trends are not comprised of the type of price movements which these systems are designed to identify, the Managing Owner may not position the Trust to profit from or avoid losses due to the trend. Moreover, there have been prolonged periods in the futures markets without significant price movements, as well as markets, in which prices appear to be moving in one direction but then quickly reverse. Such periods may recur with considerable frequency, and the Managing Owner would expect it to be very difficult to achieve profitability in such markets.

 

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The performance summary set forth below is an outline description of how the Trust performed in the past trading in a wide variety of markets. The Trust’s futures and currency forward contract prices are marked-to-market every trading day, and the Trust’s trading accounts are credited or debited with its daily gains or losses. Accordingly, there is no material economic distinction between realized gains or losses on closed positions and unrealized gains or losses on open positions. The Trust’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of how it will perform in the future.

 

Performance Summary

 

2012 (9 months)

 

The Trust experienced net realized and unrealized losses of $30,850,854 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange translations and Treasury obligations). Brokerage and custodial fees of $30,215,222, administrative expenses of $1,529,936, custody fees and other expenses of $100,915 and management fees of $483,079 were incurred. Interest income of $656,065 partially offset the Trust’s expenses resulting in a net loss of $62,523,941.

 

An analysis of the trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows:

 

Sector  % Gain (Loss) 
     
Currencies   (2.64)%
Energies   (1.54)%
Grains   (0.53)%
Interest Rates   3.94%
Livestock   (0.12)%
Metals   (1.24)%
Softs   0.39%
Stock Indices   (2.64)%
      
Total   (4.38)%

 

The Trust registered a small trading gain during the third quarter as markets struggled to find a persistent direction. Profits from trading interest rate, grain and stock index futures were largely offset by losses from trading energy, metal and soft commodity futures as well as currencies.

 

Market participants had to weigh the deterioration in actual economic facts against additional easing of monetary policies by a variety of central banks. Moreover, they had to grapple with the ability and willingness of fiscal authorities to rein in deficits with appropriate and effective tax and expenditure programs. Economic statistics worldwide indicated negative or slowing growth and stagnant employment levels at best. The one exception was the U.S. where growth, though slow, seemed steady although employment levels remained depressed. Moreover, official forecasts from the International Monetary Fund, Organization for Economic Co-Operation and Development, World Bank, Asian Development Bank and others as well as from various national authorities were uniformly downgraded. In an effort to counter these tendencies, monetary policies have become ever more accommodative. The latest installments on this easing occurred when on September 8 the European Central Bank (“ECB”) announced a plan (vigorously opposed by the Bundesbank) to purchase unlimited amounts of government bonds of Spain and other weak Euro members if these countries would first request assistance from Europe’s bailout trusts. On September 13, the Federal Reserve announced another round of quantitative easing (“QE3”). This was followed by the Bank of Japan increasing the size and duration of its asset purchases. And yet, market participants know that unless European policy makers finally fulfill promises concerning banking unification and fiscal policy unification; and unless the U.S. avoids the fiscal cliff and deals with its debt and deficit problems, the monetary efforts will be for naught. All in all, world markets enter the fourth quarter confronted with considerable uncertainty.

 

Against this background, long positions in safe haven U.S., German, British, and Japanese government notes and bonds were profitable, as were long positions in short-term interest rate futures. These gains were pared back later in the third quarter due to a run-up in interest rates on government debt which suggests that market participants may be concluding that the ongoing deluge of monetary stimulus may be ineffective and eventually inflationary.

 

Stock index futures generated a gain due to long positions in U.S. and South African indices and short positions in the VIX, the so-called “fear index,” which showed a decrease in expected stock market volatility. Meanwhile, trading of Chinese, Korean, Canadian, Japanese and Swedish indices was unprofitable.

 

Drought in the U.S. drove grain prices sharply higher during much of the third quarter and long positions in soybeans, soybean meal, wheat and corn were profitable, even though the gains were scaled back as prices receded from their highs late in the period. A short soybean oil trade lost money and was reversed.

 

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Short Brent and WTI crude oil, heating oil and London gas oil trades were unprofitable and closed or reversed to long trades as concerns about developments in the Middle East underpinned prices despite an apparently abundant current supply. Natural gas trading was also somewhat unprofitable. Meanwhile a long RBOB gasoline trade was profitable.

 

Short positions in industrial metals were unprofitable as demand from the U.S. auto industry and some stock building demand from China outweighed the broader concerns about worldwide growth. A long gold position was profitable.

 

Currency trading was volatile. Market sentiment toward the euro and the U.S. dollar was continually in flux. On balance, short euro trades against a variety of currencies were profitable amid rising concern about European growth. Long positions in Norwegian and Swedish currencies were profitable as the Scandinavian units seemed to become the latest “safe havens.”

 

Short dollar trades versus the currencies of Korea, Singapore, Turkey, New Zealand, Australia and the United Kingdom were also profitable. On the other hand, long dollar positions versus the euro and the currencies of the Brazil, Chile, India, Japan, Mexico, Poland, Russia, the Czech Republic and Norway produced largely offsetting losses.

 

Short positions in cotton, sugar and Arabica coffee were unprofitable.

 

The Trust was marginally negative net of fees and expenses during the second quarter as gains from trading over the first eighty-nine calendar days of the period were erased on the final trading day of June following a surprise announcement from the latest European Union (“E.U.”) economic summit. Gains from interest rate futures trading and, to a lesser extent, from trading non-U.S. dollar cross rates and metal and soft commodity futures were offset by losses from trading stock index, energy and grain futures.

 

The global recovery, which was not very robust to begin with, displayed signs of additional weakness throughout the April-June period. Banking and sovereign stresses in the Eurozone, highlighted by two Greek elections in two months, increased. Growth in a number of emerging market economies—China, Brazil and India, for example—disappointed. In the U.S., economic activity decelerated during the first half of the year so that second quarter growth was then expected to register less than 2%. These forces had led to gains on long interest rate positions, long dollar positions and short energy, metals and soft commodity positions. Then, on June 29 E.U. leaders announced an agreement to moderate conditions on emergency loans to Spanish banks, ease borrowing costs for Spain and Italy, move toward direct recapitalization of European banks with bailout funds, discuss a full E.U. banking union with ECB supervision, advance the fiscal union discussion and discuss a 120 billion Euro fund to promote growth. While most of these provisions were anticipatory and not hard facts, the timing of the news—on a Friday before a U.S. holiday on the last trading day of the month and quarter—triggered a strong, albeit ephemeral, response, resulting in a major appreciation of the Euro and other currencies versus the U.S. dollar, a selloff of safe harbor government debt and a strong rise in energy and metal prices. These market moves sent the Trust’s returns for the second quarter from a sizable gain to roughly breakeven.

 

Despite some end of June giveback, the sizable demand for the safest investments drove higher the prices of German, U.S., British, Australian, Canadian and Japanese government note and bond futures, leading to sizable profits on long positions. Indeed the yields on German, U.S. and British ten year notes, among others, fell to post World War II record lows. Measures to ease monetary policy by Brazil, India, China and Australia pointed to growth concerns and further encouraged safe haven demand.

 

As the growth outlook deteriorated the prices of industrial metals fell and short positions were profitable. Gold and silver prices also fell and long positions generated losses and were closed and reversed to a small short trade.

 

Turning to soft commodities, short positions in cotton and coffee were profitable, while the loss on a long sugar trade offset those gains somewhat.

 

Short Euro trades versus the Australian dollar and Turkish lire were profitable, as was a long Australian trade against the Swiss franc. U.S. dollar currency trading was flat for the second quarter, largely due to U.S. dollar selling in the wake of the June 29 news from Europe. For most of the second quarter the U.S. dollar had risen and long U.S. dollar positions against the Euro, the currencies of India, Israel, Switzerland and to a lesser extent Brazil, Norway, Sweden and the Czech Republic were profitable. Meanwhile, losses were suffered trading the dollar vis-à-vis the British pound, Japanese yen, Canadian dollar, South African rand and a number of other high yield and emerging market currencies.

 

Energy prices fell against the background of weakening growth and a stronger U.S. dollar, and long positions in crude and crude products produced losses and in most cases were closed or reversed. Those short energy positions sustained losses during the June 29 rally. Natural gas trading was marginally negative.

 

Equity futures prices weakened during the second quarter as first quarter optimism dissipated. Long positions in U.S., Japanese, British, German and Dutch equity futures produced losses. Short positions in Spanish and Canadian equity futures generated smaller profits.

 

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Grain prices were quite volatile during the second quarter, generally declining through May as crop prospects were encouraging, and then soaring during June as drought struck the U.S. Midwest. Consequently, trading of corn, soybeans and wheat produced losses that outdistanced a small gain from trading soybean meal.

 

The Trust produced a loss during the first quarter as losses from trading currency forwards and interest rates, equities, metals and grains futures overwhelmed gains from trading energies and soft commodities futures. The sentiment of market participants during the first quarter was driven by the belief that both the economic outlook and the European debt crisis were improving.

 

Foreign exchange trading was particularly volatile and unprofitable. Entering the first quarter, the U.S. dollar had been trading higher against most currencies based on relative economic strength, financial tumult in Europe and perceived weakening of growth in China. As these factors receded and the U.S. interest rates appeared to be staying negligible for an extended period the U.S. dollar sold off against Central and South American, European and Asian currencies generating losses on long U.S. dollar positions and in many cases bringing a reversal to short U.S. dollar positions. Later, short U.S. dollar trades versus the Brazilian real, Colombian peso and Chilean peso also generated losses. For the Brazilian real in particular, a larger than expected cut in the Brazilian Central Bank’s Selic benchmark interest rate and increased capital controls geared toward weakening the currency undermined the real. Also, a long Japanese yen trade versus the U.S. dollar lost money and was reversed to a short trade after the Japanese yen weakened suddenly following a surprise expansionary move by the Bank of Japan which increased its asset purchase program by $130 billion and set an inflation target for the first time.

 

Turning to non-U.S. dollar cross rates, long Australian dollar positions against a variety of currencies generated losses when the Australian dollar weakened as slowing growth, rising unemployment and declining inflation statistics combined with forecasts of a Chinese growth slowdown to increase the likelihood that the Reserve Bank of Australia might ease monetary policy. Short euro trades against several currencies were unprofitable as the euro rebounded when the ECB’s longer-term refinancing operation program improved the functioning of financial markets in Europe and as the size of the European rescue fund was substantially raised.

 

Whether from a reduced need for safety because of an improving economic outlook, particularly in the U.S., from an increased worry about inflation, from a renewed concern about government debt levels or from a reduced likelihood of QE3, interest rates rose and long positions in U.S., Australian, Canadian, British and Japanese note and bond futures produced losses.

 

A first quarter rally in equity markets was rather widespread as market participants responded favorably to an apparent improvement in the global economic outlook, particularly in the U.S. and to progress by the E.U. toward resolving their sovereign debt crisis. Long positions in U.S. equity futures were profitable, as was a short CBOE VIX trade that also benefitted from rising equity markets. However, short positions in numerous European and Asian equity indices, especially Japan, China, Hong Kong and Germany, produced even bigger losses.

 

Industrial metals had been in a sustained downtrend but as pessimism about global growth swung to modest optimism, perhaps prematurely, the metals rallied strongly, generating losses on short positions. A short platinum position also was unprofitable as a supply interruption from South Africa boosted prices.

 

In the energy markets, long positions in Brent crude, RBOB gasoline, London gas oil and heating oil benefited from the general commodity rally and continued stresses from the Middle East, and as a result were profitable. The biggest winner in the sector was short positions in natural gas where the supply boom from fracking and horizontal drilling in shale formations continues to drive prices down.

 

Trading of soft agricultural commodities was marginally negative. Short grain trades, especially in the soybean complex, were unprofitable. A short cocoa position was unprofitable as hot, dry weather hit the Ivory Coast and raised fears that an expected bumper crop might face significant damage. Short cotton and rubber trades were also unprofitable when prices rose as pessimism about worldwide growth lifted at least temporarily. A short Arabica coffee trade produced a profit as expectations of a bumper Brazilian harvest pushed Arabica to its lowest price in 18 months in late March.

 

2011

 

During 2011, the Trust achieved net realized and unrealized losses of $34,240,083 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange transactions and translations). Brokerage fees of $54,834,929, management fees of $571,739, administrative expenses of $2,158,133 and custody fees of $165,650 were paid or accrued. The Trust allocated $1,385 in profit share to the New Profits Memo Account for the benefit of the Managing Owner. Interest income of $2,072,015 partially offset the Trust expenses resulting in a net loss after profit share to the Managing Owner of $89,899,904.

 

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An analysis of the trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows:

 

Sector  % Gain (Loss) 
     
Currencies   (4.01)%
Energies   0.76%
Grains   (1.38)%
Interest Rates   8.99%
Livestock   (0.46)%
Metals   (0.11)%
Softs   (0.28)%
Stock Indices   (7.54)%
      
Total   (4.03)%

 

2011 was a volatile year of “Risk On/Risk Off” trading as market sentiment swung from hope to despair and back again on numerous occasions. The Trust was unprofitable as gains from interest rates, precious metals and energy were outweighed by losses from equities, currencies, industrial metals and soft and agricultural commodities.

 

Market participants were buffeted by a dizzying array of economic growth, economic policy, political and natural disaster-related factors. There were floods in Australia, an earthquake, tsunami and nuclear disaster in Japan, earthquakes in New Zealand and floods in Thailand. Then there were the usual extreme wet and dry weather events that occurred throughout the world as well. On the fiscal front, policy paralysis and a lack of courage kept the U.S. and Europe from dealing in a definitive way with debt and deficit crises that led to ratings downgrades for many countries, endangered the worldwide banking system and led to volatile changes of governments in Greece, Italy and Spain. Throughout 2011, there were periodic developed countries’ monetary policy moves to prop up sagging confidence and prod weakening growth. Persistently low official interest rates and quantitative easing by the U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of England and the ECB—especially with its late in the year injection of long term lending to banks—aimed to counter despair with some hope. Also, in late November, six central banks, orchestrated by the U.S. Federal Reserve, reduced the cost of U.S. dollar trusting for commercial banks worldwide after the ratings agencies announced downgrades for many of the largest global banks. By August, even emerging market central banks, including China, Brazil, India and Indonesia, that had been maintaining relatively tight monetary policies in order to contain inflation, began to ease as slowing growth become a bigger worry. Indeed, during the final 4 months of the year, downward growth revisions peppered the market regularly as the International Monetary Fund, World Bank, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, ECB, European Commission, Bank of England, U.S. Federal Reserve, Bank of Japan and numerous private financial institutions lowered their gross domestic product forecasts. Exchange rate policy was also far from steady in 2011. Many countries from Switzerland and Japan to Brazil and Chile enacted policies designed to counter and reverse the upward pressure on their currencies that threatened their export industries. Finally from the Middle East, the Arab Spring, Iranian intransigence on seeking nuclear power and the U.S. exit from Iraq added to uncertainty, particularly in the energy sector, prompting the International Energy Agency to release 60 million barrels of oil from strategic reserves in July.

 

In this environment it is hardly surprising that safe haven or risk aversion trades were profitable, even as price activity in most markets was erratic and lacking persistent direction. Long positions in U.S., U.K., German, Australian, Canadian and Japanese note and bond futures were profitable.

 

Safe haven long positions in gold and to a lesser extent in silver were profitable. Meanwhile, trading of industrial metals was unprofitable as prices vacillated with the growth outlook, more than offsetting precious metal gains.

 

Trading of stock indices was very unprofitable and the losses were widespread as prices swung erratically in response to the myriad of issues listed above. Losses were sustained in many cases on both long and short positions. Trading of U.S., European— especially U.K., Asian—especially Japanese, Korean and Australian, and of both emerging and developed countries equity futures produced losses in 2011.

 

Early in the year short U.S. dollar positions against high growth and high yield currencies of emerging market and commodity countries were profitable. However, as the growth outlook deteriorated, as the debt and deficit crises became more pronounced and as a number of countries implemented policies to halt and reverse their currency appreciation, the U.S. dollar rebounded, partly due to safe haven purchases, and these short positions produced losses and were reversed. On balance, profits from trades versus the currencies of Brazil, Canada, the Euro, India, Korea, Poland, Russia and Switzerland were slightly outweighed by losses from trading the currencies of Australia, Britain, Chile, Columbia, Israel, Japan, New Zealand, South Africa and Sweden.

 

Cross rate currency trading was very unprofitable. Trading the Euro/New Zealand dollar cross and the New Zealand dollar/Japanese yen cross resulted on losses from both long and short positions as the interactions of the ebb and flow of the European debt crisis and New Zealand earthquakes and the Japanese tsunami disaster caused erratic price moves. Volatility also brought losses from both long and short trades in the Australian dollar versus the Canadian dollar, Swiss franc and Japanese yen units. Finally, trading of the Swiss franc, euro and British pound sterling relative to the Scandinavian currencies was unprofitable.

 

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Energy trading was profitable. Long positions in RBOB gasoline and London gasoil produced gains as prices rose in the first half of the year. Short natural gas trades were profitable especially as prices fell sharply in the last third of 2011.

 

Softs trading was unprofitable. A short cocoa trade was profitable in the July-December period as weak European demand and a good supply outlook depressed prices. A long cotton trade produced gains early in the year when worldwide growth appeared good. Meanwhile trading sugar generated a loss as prices were volatile and erratic.

 

Trading of agricultural commodities was unprofitable. Livestock prices were volatile and losses were sustained on both long and short trades through the year. The soybean complex produced losses both long and short as prices of beans, bean oil and meal were volatile. Wheat trading was also unprofitable, while high frequency trading registered a small gain.

 

2010

 

During 2010, the Trust achieved net realized and unrealized gains of $130,027,426 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange transactions and translations). Brokerage fees of $57,320,175, administrative expenses of $2,233,354, custody fees of $160,011, and management fees of $143,533 were paid or accrued. The Trust allocated $262,695 in profit share to the New Profits Memo Account for the benefit of the Managing Owner. Interest income of $3,235,502 partially offset the Trust’s expenses resulting in a net gain after profit share to the Managing Owner of $73,143,160.

 

An analysis of the Trust’s trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows:

 

Sector  % Gain (Loss) 
     
Currencies   3.19%
Energies   (0.60)%
Grains   1.74%
Interest Rates   9.35%
Livestock   (0.04)%
Metals   1.65%
Softs   0.90%
Stock Indices   0.04%
      
Total   16.23%

 

The Trust produced a gain for the full year 2010 as profits in the early spring and from late summer to year-end outdistanced losses suffered when the European debt crisis was at its height in the May-July period. Gains from trading interest rate futures led the way, although trading of currencies, metals, grains and soft commodity futures also generated attractive profits. Meanwhile, energy trading resulted in a modest loss while equity futures trading was essentially flat as gains during the last six months offset losses from the first half.

 

One persistent influence on market activity throughout the year was the U.S. Federal Reserve’s easy monetary policy as evidenced by near zero official short term interest rates and continuous liquidity injections via the first and second rounds of quantitative easing. Against this background, long positions in U.S., U.K. and European bond, note and short-term interest rate futures were highly profitable during the first three quarters of the year. In the October-December period, however, concerns about massive government borrowing requirements in developed economies — underscored by the agonizing spread of the European debt crisis — and future inflation triggered a substantial uptick in rates that led to widespread losses on long interest rate futures positions. The fact that a number of countries, including China, India and Australia, tightened their monetary policies to combat incipient inflation added to upward interest rate pressures.

 

Foreign exchange trading was profitable with both U.S. dollar and non-U.S. dollar cross rate components generating gains. In particular, short U.S. dollar positions versus growth-oriented and commodity currencies of countries such as Brazil, Columbia, India, Indonesia, Mexico, South Africa and Singapore were profitable. In the cross rate component, short Euro positions relative to a variety of currencies registered gains as did a short Euro/long U.S. dollar trade.

 

Long positions in precious metals were profitable as they benefitted from the flight to safety demand whenever the Euro crisis flared, and from improving optimism about growth toward year-end. Trading of aluminum, lead and zinc, on the other hand, produced losses as industrial metal prices vacillated on the ebb and flow of growth prospects throughout the year.

 

The weak U.S. dollar, improving growth prospects, particularly in the fourth quarter, and supply concerns caused by a variety of weather conditions — too much or too little rain, too hot or not hot enough —boosted agricultural markets, producing gains from long positions in corn, wheat and the soybean complex. Long coffee and cotton trades were also profitable, while trading of cocoa and sugar produced small losses.

 

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Energy trading was unprofitable as prices for crude oil and products oscillated without direction at least until late in the year when they began an advance. Short natural gas positions did produce a modest gain that offset some of these losses.

 

Equity trading was marginally negative, although performance across time and across countries was quite disparate. During the first half of 2010 a number of significant events including the growing recognition of the European debt crisis, worries about tighter policy from China, the May 6 “flash crash”, the North/South Korea confrontations and the sustainability of incipient global growth produced losses from equity futures trading. During the last six months as growth prospects became more solid and as the liquidity from the U.S. Federal Reserve underpinned confidence, gains from equity trading largely offset the earlier losses. By country, long positions in Indian, Thai, Singaporean, Taiwanese, Korean, U.S., German, U.K., Swedish and Canadian equity futures were profitable. On the other hand, trading the equities of China, Hong Kong, Spain, Italy, Japan and Australia produced losses.

 

2009

 

During 2009, the Trust achieved net realized and unrealized losses of $64,437,079 from its trading operations (including foreign exchange transactions and translations). Brokerage fees of $63,566,376, administrative expenses of $2,670,335, custody fees of $193,127, and management fees of $10,864 were paid or accrued. The Trust allocated $43,187 in profit share to the New Profits Memo Account for the benefit of the Managing Owner. Interest income of $9,966,151 partially offset the Trust’s expenses resulting in a net loss after profit share to the Managing Owner of $120,954,817.

 

An analysis of the Trust’s trading gain (loss) by sector is as follows:

 

Sector  % Gain (Loss) 
     
Currencies   (0.67)%
Energies   (2.28)%
Grains   (0.71)%
Interest Rates   (2.14)%
Livestock   0.20%
Metals   (1.02)%
Softs   0.05%
Stock Indices   1.23%
      
Total   (5.34)%

 

The Trust produced an overall loss during 2009. Losses from trading energy, interest rate, metal, and grain futures and dollar currency forwards outweighed gains from trading stock index and livestock futures and non-U.S. dollar currency crosses.

 

From January into early March, in the wake of the subprime crisis and subsequent credit crunch and amidst concern about the leadership of U.S. economic policy following the elections, economic activity was slowing precipitously worldwide. In this environment, stock indices and commodity prices were falling. Also, as risk aversion remained widespread, a flight to safety and quality produced a rising U.S. dollar, declining high yield currencies, and a flood of funds into government fixed income instruments, and highly liquid investments. Broadly speaking, these conditions had persisted from October 2008 into early March 2009. Consequently, the Trusts’ short stock index, short commodity, long U.S. dollar and long interest rate futures positions were profitable early in 2009.

 

Around March 10, market participants’ attitudes seemed to change abruptly. First, equity prices rose. Then commodity prices moved upward. Also, the U.S. dollar started to fall and longer term interest rates rose. The positions which had been profitable for so long began to generate losses. These positions were reduced gradually as the Managing Owner’s models processed the new data. However, since trend following strategies accounted for over two thirds of the program models and since the average trade duration of trend strategies is over 6 months, it was not until the summer when the positions were reduced, completely closed and, in many instances, reversed.

 

During the third quarter of 2009, the financial markets led the way to profitable results. Short positions in the U.S. dollar and a number of other currencies versus higher yielding and commodity based currencies were profitable. Long stock index futures positions and long interest rate futures positions added to the gains. The weak U.S. dollar also led to gains from long positions in precious metals. In the agricultural sector, short wheat and long sugar trades were profitable.

 

During the fourth quarter of 2009, improving economic prospects, especially in the U.S. and Asia led to gains from long stock index futures positions in the U.S., South Africa, Norway and Asia-ex Japan. This growth improvement produced profits from long precious and industrial metals positions, but also led to higher interest rates which brought losses from long interest rate futures positions. Long positions in sugar and cotton were profitable, but as grain prices rose, reversing earlier downtrends, long grain positions lost money.

 

Liquidity and Capital Resources

 

Units may be offered for sale as of the beginning, and may be redeemed as of the end, of each month.

 

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The amount of capital raised for the Trust should not have a significant impact on its operations, as the Trust has no significant capital expenditure or working capital requirements other than for monies to pay trading losses, brokerage commissions and charges. Within broad ranges of capitalization, the Managing Owner’s trading positions should increase or decrease in approximate proportion to the size of the Trust.

 

The Trust raises additional capital only through the sale of Units and capital is increased through trading profits (if any). The Trust does not engage in borrowing.

 

The Trust trades futures, forward and spot contracts, and may trade swap and options contracts, on interest rates, commodities, currencies, metals, energy and stock indices. Risk arises from changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) and the potential inability of counterparties or brokers to perform under the terms of their contracts (credit risk). Market risk is generally to be measured by the face amount of the futures positions acquired and the volatility of the markets traded. The credit risk from counterparty non-performance associated with these instruments is the net unrealized gain, if any, on these positions plus the value of the margin or collateral held by the counterparty. The risks associated with exchange-traded contracts are generally perceived to be less than those associated with over-the-counter transactions, because exchanges typically (but not universally) provide clearinghouse arrangements in which the collective credit (in some cases limited in amount, in some cases not) of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange. In most over-the-counter transactions, on the other hand, traders must rely solely on the credit of their respective individual counterparties. Margins which may be subject to loss in the event of a default, are generally required in exchange trading, and counterparties may require margin or collateral in the over-the-counter markets.

 

The Managing Owner has procedures in place to control market risk, although there can be no assurance that they will, in fact, succeed in doing so. These procedures primarily focus on: (1) real time monitoring of open positions; (2) diversifying positions among various markets; (3) limiting the assets committed as margin or collateral, generally within a range of 5% to 35% of an account’s net assets at exchange, though the amount may at any time be substantially higher; (4) prohibiting pyramiding – that is, using unrealized profits in a particular market as margin for additional positions in the same market; and (5) changing the equity utilized for trading by an account solely on a controlled periodic basis, not automatically due to an increase in equity from trading profits. The Trust controls credit risk by dealing exclusively with large, well capitalized financial institutions as brokers and counterparties.

 

The financial instruments traded by the Trust contain varying degrees of off-balance sheet risk whereby changes in the market values of the futures, forward and spot contracts or the Trust’s satisfaction of the obligations may exceed the amount recognized in the Statement of Financial Condition of the Trust.

 

Due to the nature of the Trust’s business, substantially all its assets are represented by cash, cash equivalents and U.S. government obligations, while the Trust maintains its market exposure through open futures, forward and spot contract positions.

 

The Trust’s futures contracts are settled by offset and are cleared by the exchange clearinghouse function. Open futures positions are marked to market each trading day and the Trust’s trading accounts are debited or credited accordingly. Options on futures contracts are settled either by offset or by exercise. If an option on a future is exercised, the Trust is assigned a position in the underlying future which is then settled by offset. The Trust’s spot and forward currency transactions conducted in the interbank market are settled by netting offsetting positions or payment obligations and by cash payments.

 

The value of the Trust’s cash and financial instruments is not materially affected by inflation. Changes in interest rates, which are often associated with inflation, could cause the value of certain of the Trust’s debt securities to decline, but only to a limited extent. More important, changes in interest rates could cause periods of strong up or down market price trends, during which the Trust’s profit potential generally increases. However, inflation can also give rise to markets which have numerous short price trends followed by rapid reversals, markets in which the Trust is likely to suffer losses.

 

The Trust’s assets are generally held as cash or cash equivalents, including short-term U.S. government obligations, which are used to margin the Trust’s futures and forward currency positions and withdrawn, as necessary, to pay redemptions and expenses. Other than potential market-imposed limitations on liquidity, due, for example, to limited open interest in certain futures markets or to daily price fluctuation limits, which are inherent in the Trust’s futures and forward trading, the Trust’s assets are highly liquid and are expected to remain so. During 2011 and from the end of 2011 until September 30, 2012, the Trust experienced no meaningful periods of illiquidity in any of the numerous markets traded by the Managing Owner.

 

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Critical Accounting Estimates

 

The Trust records its transactions in futures, forward and spot currency contracts, including related income and expenses, on a trade date basis. Open futures contracts traded on an exchange are valued at fair value, which is based on the closing settlement price on the exchange where the futures contract is traded by the Trust on the day with respect to which Net Assets are being determined. Open swap contracts are recorded at fair value based on the closing settlement price for equivalent or similar futures positions that are traded on an exchange on the day with respect to which Net Assets are being determined. Open forward currency contracts are recorded at fair value, based on pricing models that consider the current market prices (“Spot Prices”) plus the time value of money (“Forward Points”) and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. The Spot Prices and Forward Points for open forward currency contracts are generally based on the 3:00 P.M. New York time prices provided by widely used quotation service providers on the day with respect to which Net Assets are being determined. The Forward Points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months and six months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the foreign currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods.

 

The Managing Owner’s policy is to calculate the Forward Points for each contract being valued by determining the number of days from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date and then using straight-line interpolation to calculate the valuation of Forward Points for the applicable forward currency contract. The Managing Owner will also compare the calculated price to the forward currency prices provided by dealers to determine whether the calculated price is fair and reasonable.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the U.S. requires management to make estimates and assumptions, such as accrual of expenses, that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Based on the nature of the business and operations of the Trust, the Managing Owner believes that the estimates utilized in preparing the Trust’s financial statements are appropriate and reasonable, however actual results could differ from these estimates. The estimates used do not provide a range of possible results that would require the exercise of subjective judgment. The Managing Owner further believes that, based on the nature of the business and operations of the Trust, no other reasonable assumptions relating to the application of the Trust’s critical accounting estimates other than those currently used would likely result in materially different amounts from those reported.

 

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements

 

The Trust does not engage in off-balance sheet arrangements with other entities.

 

Contractual Obligations

 

The Trust does not enter into any contractual obligations or commercial commitments to make future payments of a type that would be typical for an operating company or that would affect its liquidity or capital resources. The Trust’s sole business is trading futures, forward and spot currency contracts, both long (contracts to buy) and short (contracts to sell). The Trust may also engage in trading swaps. All such contracts are settled by offset, not delivery. Substantially all such contacts are for settlement within four months of the trade date and substantially all such contracts are held by the Trust for less than four months before being offset or rolled over into new contracts with similar maturities. The Trust’s Financial Statements present a Condensed Schedule of Investments setting forth net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) of the Trust’s open future and forward currency contracts, both long and short, at September 30, 2012, December 31, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

 

Quantitative And Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

 

Introduction

 

Past Results Are Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Performance

 

The Trust is a speculative commodity pool. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Trust’s main line of business.

 

Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of the Trust’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Trust’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the Trust’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

 

The Trust can rapidly acquire and/or liquidate both long and short positions in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular future market scenario will affect performance, and the Trust’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future results.

 

Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Trust could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty of the Trust’s speculative trading and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Trust of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at Risk or the Trust’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of the foregoing as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the quantification included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Trust’s losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the Trust’s attempts to manage its market risk.

 

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Materiality, as used in this section “Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk,” is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and the potential losses caused by such movements, taking into account the leverage, optionality and multiplier features of the Trust’s market sensitive instruments.

 

Quantifying the Trust’s Trading Value at Risk

 

Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

 

The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Trust’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). All quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact.

 

The Trust’s risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the Managing Owner is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the Trust’s mark-to-market accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Trust’s open positions is directly reflected in the Trust’s earnings (realized or unrealized) and cash flow (at least in the case of exchange-traded contracts in which profits and losses on open positions are settled daily through variation margin).

 

Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Trust as the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed 95-99% of the maximum one day losses in the fair value of any given contract incurred during the time period over which historical price fluctuations are researched for purposes of establishing margin levels. The maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility (including the implied volatility of the options on a given futures contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one day price fluctuation.

 

The Trust calculates Value at Risk for forward currency contracts that are not exchange traded using exchange maintenance margin requirements for equivalent or similar futures positions as the measure of Value at Risk.

 

In quantifying the Trust’s Value at Risk, 100% positive correlation in the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have simply been aggregated to determine each trading category’s aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Trust’s positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.

 

The Trust’s Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors

 

The following tables indicate the average, highest and lowest amounts of trading Value at Risk associated with the Trust’s open positions by market category for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. During the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and fiscal year 2011, the Trust’s average total capitalization was approximately $616.0 million and $865.9 million, respectively.

 

September 30, 2012
Market Sector  Average
Value at
Risk
   % of Average
Capitalization
   Highest
Value
At Risk
   Lowest
Value
At Risk
 
                 
Currencies  $24.9    4.0%  $29.5   $20.6 
Energies  $6.6    1.1%  $9.4   $2.7 
Grains  $2.9    0.5%  $3.3   $2.4 
Interest Rates  $20.4    3.3%  $22.1   $17.8 
Livestock  $0.3    0.0%  $0.4   $0.1 
Metals  $6.8    1.1%  $11.2   $3.1 
Softs  $2.2    0.4%  $2.8   $1.8 
Stock Indices  $19.3    3.1%  $23.6   $14.0 
                     
Total  $83.4    13.5%          

 

Average, highest and lowest Value at Risk amounts relate to the quarter-end amounts for the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Average capitalization is the Trust’s capitalization at the end of the nine months ended September 30, 2012. Dollar amounts represent millions of dollars.

 

Fiscal Year 2011
Market Sector  Average
Value at
Risk
   % of Average
Capitalization
   Highest
Value
At Risk
   Lowest
Value
At Risk
 
                 
Currencies  $41.5    4.9%  $61.6   $19.9 
Energies  $7.5    0.9%  $9.7   $6.1 
Grains  $4.8    0.5%  $5.4   $3.4 
Interest Rates  $22.7    2.7%  $27.0   $15.0 
Livestock  $0.5    0.1%  $0.7   $0.3 
Metals  $8.8    1.0%  $10.5   $7.0 
Softs  $2.4    0.3%  $3.4   $1.1 
Stock Indices  $20.5    2.4%  $33.7   $8.5 
                     
Total  $108.7    12.8%          

 

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Average, highest and lowest Value at Risk amounts relate to the quarter-end amounts during the fiscal year. Average Capitalization is the average of the Trust’s capitalization at the end of each month during the fiscal year 2011. Dollar amounts represent millions of dollars.

 

Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk

 

The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Trust is typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement (maintenance margin requirements generally range between approximately 1% and 10% of contract face value) as well as many times the capitalization of the Trust. The magnitude of the Trust’s open positions creates a “risk of ruin” not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of its positions, certain market conditions — unusual, but historically recurring from time to time — could cause the Trust to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk table — as well as the past performance of the Trust — give no indication of this “risk of ruin.”

 

Non-Trading Risk

 

The Trust has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as any market risk they represent) are immaterial.

 

The Trust also has non-trading cash flow risk as a result of holding a substantial portion (approximately 90%) of its assets in U.S. Treasury notes and other short-term debt instruments (as well as any market risk they represent) for margin and cash management purposes. Although the Managing Owner does not anticipate that, even in the case of major interest rate movements, the Trust would sustain a material mark-to-market loss on its securities positions, if short-term interest rates decline so will the Trust’s cash management income. The Trust also maintains a portion (approximately between 5% and 10%) of its assets in cash and in a U.S. government securities and related instruments money market fund. These cash balances are also subject (as well as any market risk they represent) to cash flow risk, which is not material.

 

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures

 

The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Trust’s market risk exposures—except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how the Managing Owner manages the Trust’s primary market risk exposures—constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. The Trust’s primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the Managing Owner for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Trust’s risk controls to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies. Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets, the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, an influx of new market participants, increased regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in material changes to the risk exposures and the risk management strategies of the Trust. There can be no assurance that the Trust’s current market exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that any such strategies will be effective in either the short- or long-term. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of their investment in the Trust.

 

The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Trust as of September 30, 2012, by market sector (see pages 17-18 for a complete list of futures, forward and spot contracts traded).

 

Financial Instruments. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the sovereign bond futures positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries may materially impact the Trust’s profitability. The Trust’s primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in countries or regions including Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, the U.K., the U.S. and the Eurozone. However, the Trust also may take positions in futures contracts on the government debt of other nations. The Managing Owner anticipates that interest rates in these industrialized countries or areas, both long-term and short-term, will remain the primary interest rate market exposure of the Trust for the foreseeable future.

 

Currencies. Exchange rate risk is a principal market exposure of the Trust. The Trust’s currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. The fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The Trust trades in a large number of currencies, including cross-rates—e.g., positions between two currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

 

Stock Indices. The Trust’s equity exposure, through stock index futures, is to equity price risk in the major industrialized countries as well as other countries.

 

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Metals. The Trust’s metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver, tin and zinc.

 

Agricultural. The Trust’s primary commodities exposure is to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions as well as supply and demand factors.

 

Energy. The Trust’s primary energy market exposure is to gas and oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle East and economic conditions worldwide. Energy prices are volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

 

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure

 

The following were the only non-trading risk exposures of the Trust as of September 30, 2012.

 

Foreign Currency Balances. The Trust’s primary foreign currency balances are in Australian Dollars, British Pounds, Canadian Dollars, Euros, Japanese Yen, Korean Won, Malaysian Ringgit, Swiss Francs and Thai Bhat. To the extent possible, the Trust controls the non-trading risk of these balances by regularly converting these balances back into U.S. dollars (no less frequently than twice a month).

 

Securities Positions. The Trust’s only market exposure in instruments held other than for trading is in its securities portfolio. The Trust holds only cash or interest-bearing, credit risk-free, short-term paper — typically U.S. Treasury instruments with durations no longer than 1 year. Violent fluctuations in prevailing interest rates could cause immaterial mark-to-market losses on the Trust’s securities, although substantially all of these short-term instruments are held to maturity.

 

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

 

The Managing Owner attempts to control risk through the systematic application of its trading method, which includes a multi-system approach to price trend recognition, an analysis of market volatility, the application of certain money management principles, which may be revised from time to time, and adjusting leverage or portfolio size. In addition, the Managing Owner limits its trading to markets which it believes are sufficiently liquid in respect of the amount of trading it contemplates conducting.

 

The goal of the Managing Owner’s research has been to develop and select a mix of systems in each market and to allocate risk across a wide array of markets, so as to contain overall portfolio risk within a targeted range while allowing exposure to profitable trend opportunities. Over more than 30 years, the Managing Owner has developed hundreds of trading systems. These trading systems generate buy or sell decisions in a particular market based on the direction of price movements in the market.

  

Of course, systems can be materially different — better in some periods and worse in others. The main distinguishing features are: the time-frame over which systems work (intra-day to long-term); the granularity of data fed into them (tick data to daily, weekly or monthly frequencies); type (market or economic statistics); source (cash-, futures- or option markets-generated data or government and industry generated statistical information), and the objective of the system (profiting from trends, mean reversion, trading-ranges or volatility). No single approach will work all the time. Therefore, the Managing Owner’s objective is to have several approaches operating simultaneously. Since the early 1980s, the Managing Owner has selected multiple systems for each market.

 

When arriving at the portfolio allocation, the Managing Owner seeks maximum diversification subject to liquidity and sector concentration constraints, and each market is traded using a diversified (but generally not optimized for each particular market) set of trading systems. The markets traded and allocations are reviewed at least monthly, although changes may occur more or less frequently. The following factors, among others, are considered in constructing a universe of markets to trade for the Trust: profitability, liquidity of markets, professional judgment, desired diversification, transaction costs, exchange regulations and depth of market. Once the universe of markets is established, the Managing Owner’s simulation and optimization techniques help determine which markets to include in the Trust’s portfolio. The current allocation to any market in the Trust’s portfolio does not exceed 3% of total market exposure, measured by risk allocation.

 

Risk is a function of both price level and price volatility. The Managing Owner sizes the position in each market taking into account its measurement of risk based on price level and volatility in that market. Market exposure is then managed by the position-sizing models which measure the risk in the portfolio’s position in each market. In the event the model determines that the risk has changed beyond an acceptable threshold, it will signal a change in the position — a decrease in position size when risk increases and an increase in position size when risk decreases. The Managing Owner’s position-sizing models maintain overall portfolio risk and distribution of risk across markets within designated ranges. The position-sizing model manages the position traded by each of the (directional) trading systems discussed above. A secondary benefit of the position-sizing model can be timely profit taking. Because markets tend to become more volatile after a profitable trend has been long underway, the position-sizing model often signals position reductions before trend reversals.

 

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In addition, the Managing Owner’s risk management focuses on money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole rather than to individual markets. The first principle is portfolio diversification, which attempts to improve the quality of profits by reducing volatility.

 

Additional money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole include: (1) limiting the assets committed as margin or collateral, generally within a range of 5% to 35% of an account’s net assets, though the amount may at any time be higher or lower; (2) prohibiting pyramiding — that is, using unrealized profits in a particular market as margin for additional positions solely in the same market; and (3) changing the equity used for trading by an account solely on a controlled periodic basis, not automatically due to an increase in equity from trading profits.

 

Another important risk management function is the careful control of leverage or total portfolio exposure. Leverage levels are determined by simulating the entire portfolio — all markets, all systems, all risk control models, the exact weightings of the markets in the portfolio and the proposed level of leverage — over the past five or ten years to determine the portfolio’s simulated risk and return characteristics as well as the worst case experienced by the portfolio in the simulation period. The worst case, or peak-to-trough drawdown, is measured from a daily high in portfolio assets to the subsequent daily low whether that occurs days, weeks or months after the daily high. If the Managing Owner considers the drawdown too severe or the portfolio’s simulated volatility too high, it reduces the leverage or total portfolio exposure. There are, however, no restrictions on the amount of leverage the Trust may use at any given time.

 

The Managing Owner

 

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

 

The Managing Owner, Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, is a Delaware corporation operating in Greenwich, Connecticut, organized in May 1982 to manage discretionary accounts in futures and forward markets. It and its principals have been trading in the futures and forwards markets pursuant to systematic quantitative, trading and risk management methods since 1971. As of December 31, 2012, the Managing Owner, together with its affiliates, was managing approximately $1.7 billion in currencies, financial and commodity futures and other alternative strategies.

 

The value of the Managing Owner’s investment in the Trust as of December 31, 2012 was $9,313,020. As of the same date, the aggregate value of the Managing Owner’s principals’ and their family members’ investments in the Trust was $372,411.

 

Background and Management

 

The Managing Owner has been registered with the CFTC as a “commodity pool operator” since July 1, 1982 and as a “commodity trading advisor” since September 13, 1984 and has been a member of the National Futures Association (“NFA”) since July 1, 1982.  The Managing Owner registered with the CFTC as a “swap member” effective December 26, 2012. The Managing Owner is the successor to the trading advisory and commodity pool operator functions of Millburn Partners and CommInVest Research Limited Partnership (“CommInVest”), which served as the general partners of various public commodity pools and both of which are or were affiliates of The Millburn Corporation.  The Millburn Corporation, an affiliate of the Managing Owner operating in New York, performs certain administrative and operating functions for the Managing Owner, including research, trade order entry, technology, operations, marketing, accounting, tax, legal, compliance, human resources and administration services.  The Millburn Corporation is compensated by the Managing Owner out of the Managing Owner’s own funds and neither the Trust nor any Unitholder bears any additional costs as a result of the arrangement between The Millburn Corporation and the Managing Owner.  Millburn International, LLC (“Millburn International”) was formed on November 18, 2010 and it and its subsidiaries and branch office provide information regarding the Managing Owner and its strategies and certain investor services on behalf of the Managing Owner in connection with the Managing Owner’s international activities.  ShareInVest Research L.P. (“ShareInVest”), an affiliate of the Managing Owner, managed U.S. small capitalization growth stock hedge funds and ceased operations as of December 31, 2007.  There have never been, nor are there pending or on appeal, any administrative, civil or criminal actions against the Managing Owner or its principals or affiliates.  The registration of the Managing Owner with the CFTC must not be taken as an indication that such agency has recommended or approved either the Managing Owner or the Trust.

 

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The core of the Managing Owner’s business centers on its Systematic Futures & Currency Investment Process (the “Investment Process”). The Investment Process is overseen by the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee, which is comprised of the Managing Owner’s senior principals. The Investment Process is supported by service providers from The Millburn Corporation that are responsible for research, data management, system implementation, trade order entry and market intelligence. The Investment Process includes, among other functions, system design, modeling and the Managing Owner’s risk management. This Investment Process is responsible for deploying portfolio risk across markets, strategies and models.

 

The Managing Owner was among the first systematic money managers to begin building a comprehensive in-house computerized database of cleaned and time-stamped pricing and market-related data pertaining to instruments traded by its funds. This database has been enhanced and updated continuously since its introduction in 1975, but includes data from several decades before that time. Over the years, with advancements in software and storage technology, the database has been expanded to include terabytes of tick and other data. The Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation utilize third-party software packages to collect this data efficiently and have developed several proprietary software tools that they believe enhance their ability to filter the data and generate simulations, trading signals and new trading models. Data robustness is supported by multiple data feeds from independent third party vendors and by the continuous back up and redundancy of data between the two different geographical locations.

 

Other key components of the Managing Owner’s Investment Process include trade execution and market intelligence. Currently, most of the Managing Owner’s trades in the futures markets are executed electronically. The Managing Owner believes electronic trading has been instrumental in making the trading operation more efficient and cost effective. The Millburn Corporation’s experienced trading team provides meaningful feedback to the research team which is critical in monitoring the markets (e.g., liquidity, credit, sovereign issues) and in the development of trading algorithms.

 

The Millburn Corporation’s back office infrastructure supports the Managing Owner’s Investment Process. The infrastructure consists of legal, compliance, fund accounting, tax, technology, marketing, human resources and administrative departments. The Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation have a strong focus on internal controls and risk management to ensure that all accounts are reconciled in a timely manner. Portfolios are priced using independent pricing sources, assets are safeguarded at independent counterparties and there is adequate separation of duties among employees. A suite of risk management tools is used to monitor various items such as counterparty credit risk, liquidity in the markets traded, targeted risk levels, margin and performance attribution.

 

In addition to the back office infrastructure provided by The Millburn Corporation, the Trust has engaged CACEIS (USA) Inc., a third-party asset servicing provider (the “Verification Agent”), to, among other things, independently price the Trust’s portfolio, or verify the Managing Owner’s valuations, verify the existence of assets, cash balances and counterparty balances, calculate counterparty exposures, verify the Managing Owner’s calculation of fees and allocations, verify the Managing Owner’s calculation of Net Assets and provide monthly reports related to the foregoing.  The agreement between the Trust and the Verification Agent may be terminated by either party for cause or, after August 16, 2012, upon 90 days notice. The Trust reimburses the Verification Agent for expenses that the Verification Agent incurs on the Trust’s behalf and pays the Verification Agent a monthly fee in arrears equal to the higher of: (1) 1/12 of 0.004% of the month-end Net Assets of the Trust and (2) $2,500. Such expenses and fees are considered a part of the routine legal, accounting, administrative, printing and similar costs associated with the Trust’s day-to-day operations, which are not expected to exceed 0.30 of 1% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets in any given year, assuming Trust assets of $500,000,000.

 

Communication between the Managing Owner and the Trust’s investors is maintained by the investor services department, which provides investors with insight into the trading methodology, current market conditions and performance of their investments.

 

The background of each of the principals and senior officers of the Managing Owner and its affiliates who perform services on the Managing Owner’s behalf is set forth below. The principals of the Managing Owner responsible for investment decisions and/or business operations on behalf of the Trust are Harvey Beker, George E. Crapple, Barry Goodman, Grant N. Smith, Gregg R. Buckbinder, Mark B. Fitzsimmons and Dennis B. Newton.

 

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Harvey Beker, age 59. Mr. Beker is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Managing Owner and Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of The Millburn Corporation, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in economics from New York University (“NYU”) in 1974 and a Master of Business Administration degree in finance from NYU in 1975. From June 1975 to July 1977, Mr. Beker was employed by the investment bank Loeb Rhoades, Inc. where he developed and traded silver arbitrage strategies. From July 1977 to June 1978, Mr. Beker was a futures trader at the commodities and securities brokerage firm of Clayton Brokerage Co. of St. Louis. Mr. Beker has been employed by The Millburn Corporation since June 1978 and initially served as the Director of Operations for its affiliate, Millburn Partners. During his tenure at the Managing Owner (including its affiliates, Millburn Partners and CommInVest), he has been instrumental in the development of the research, trading and operations areas. Mr. Beker became a principal of the firm in June 1982, and a partner in the predecessor to ShareInVest in April 1982. Mr. Beker became registered as an Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective November 25, 1986. Additionally, he became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of The Millburn Corporation effective February 8, 1984 and May 23, 1989, respectively. He was also listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of ShareInVest effective February 20, 1986 until February 25, 2007. Mr. Beker has also served as Co-Chairman of Millburn International since its inception.

 

George E. Crapple, age 68. Mr. Crapple is Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman of the Managing Owner and served in the same capacities at The Millburn Corporation through May 31, 2011, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. In 1966, he graduated with honors from the University of Wisconsin where his field of concentration was economics and he was elected to Phi Beta Kappa. In 1969, he graduated from Harvard Law School, magna cum laude, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. He was a lawyer with the law firm of Sidley Austin, Chicago, Illinois, from June 1969 until April 1, 1983, as a partner since July 1975, specializing in commodities, securities, corporate and tax law. He was first associated with the Managing Owner in June 1976 and joined the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation (including its affiliates, Millburn Partners and CommInVest) on April 1, 1983 on a full-time basis. Mr. Crapple ceased his employment with The Millburn Corporation effective May 31, 2011. He became a partner in ShareInVest in April 1984. Mr. Crapple is a Director, Member of the Executive Committee, Chairman of the Appeals Committee and a former Chairman of the Eastern Regional Business Conduct Committee of the NFA, past Chairman of the Managed Funds Association, a member of the Global Markets Advisory Committee of the CFTC and a member of the board of directors of the Futures Industry Association. Mr. Crapple has also served as Co-Chairman of Millburn International since its inception. Mr. Crapple became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person and Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective September 13, 1984, April 2, 1988 and December 26, 2012, respectively. Additionally, he was listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of The Millburn Corporation effective April 9, 1981 and May 23, 1989, respectively, until May 31, 2011. He was also listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of ShareInVest effective February 20, 1986 until February 25, 2007.

 

Barry Goodman, age 55. Mr. Goodman is Executive Vice-President and Executive Director of Trading for the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. As Executive Vice President, Mr. Goodman also plays an integral role in business and product development, and in the strategic direction of the firm as a whole. Mr. Goodman joined the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation (including its affiliate, Millburn Partners) in November 1982 as Assistant Director of Trading. His responsibilities include overseeing the firm’s trading operations and managing its trading relationships, as well as the design and implementation of trading systems. From September 1980 through October 1982, he was a commodity trader at the brokerage firm of E. F. Hutton & Co., Inc. (“E.F. Hutton”). At E.F. Hutton, he also designed and maintained various technical indicators and coordinated research projects pertaining to the futures markets. Mr. Goodman graduated magna cum laude from Harpur College of the State University of New York in 1979 with a B.A. in economics. Mr. Goodman has also served as President and a Director of Millburn International since its inception. Mr. Goodman became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person and Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective December 19, 1991, May 23, 1989 and January 14, 2013, respectively. He also became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of The Millburn Corporation effective June 20, 1995 and April 5, 1989, respectively. He became a partner in ShareInVest in January 1994. Mr. Goodman was a listed Principal of ShareInVest, effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007.

 

Grant N. Smith, age 61. Mr. Smith is Executive Vice-President and Director of Research of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation, and serves as a member of the Managing Owner’s Investment Committee. He is responsible for the design, testing and implementation of quantitative trading strategies, as well as for planning and overseeing the computerized decision-support systems of the firm. He received a B.S. degree from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (“MIT”) in 1974 and an M.S. degree from MIT in 1975. While at MIT, he held several teaching and research positions in the computer science field and participated in various projects relating to database management. He joined the predecessor entity to The Millburn Corporation in June 1975, and has been continuously associated with the Managing Owner, The Millburn Corporation and their affiliates since that time. Mr. Smith has also served as a Director of Millburn International since its inception, where he, along with the other Directors of Millburn International, is responsible for its overall management. Mr. Smith became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of the Managing Owner, effective December 19, 1991 and April 15, 2009, respectively. He became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of The Millburn Corporation effective June 20, 1995 and May 21, 1992, respectively. Mr. Smith also became a partner in ShareInVest in January 1994. He also was listed as a Principal of ShareInVest, effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007.

 

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Gregg R. Buckbinder, age 53. Mr. Buckbinder is Senior Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation. He joined the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation in January 1998 from Odyssey Partners, L.P., an investment management firm, where he was responsible for the operation, administration and accounting of the firm’s merchant banking and managed account businesses from July 1990 through December 1997. Mr. Buckbinder was employed by Tucker Anthony, a securities broker and dealer, from June 1985 to July 1990 where he was First Vice President and Controller, and from August 1983 to June 1984 where he designed and implemented various operations and accounting systems. He was with the public accounting firm of Ernst & Whinney from June 1984 to June 1985 as a manager in the tax department and from September 1980 to August 1983 as a senior auditor, with an emphasis on clients in the financial services business. Mr. Buckbinder graduated cum laude from Pace University (“Pace”) in 1980 with a B.B.A. in accounting and received an M.S. in taxation from Pace in 1988. He is a Certified Public Accountant and a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants. Mr. Buckbinder has also served as Senior Vice President, Chief Operating Officer and a Director of Millburn International since its inception. Mr. Buckbinder became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner effective February 5, 1999. He became listed as a Principal of The Millburn Corporation effective March 23, 1998. Mr. Buckbinder became a partner in ShareInVest in January 2000. He was also listed as a Principal of ShareInVest effective February 28, 2001 until February 25, 2007.

 

Steven M. Felsenthal, age 43. Mr. Felsenthal is General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and its affiliates in January 2004, Mr. Felsenthal was a senior associate in the investment management group at the law firm of Schulte Roth & Zabel LLP (September 1999 - January 2004), where he represented and advised hedge funds, registered investment companies, investment advisers, broker-dealers and banks in connection with all facets of their asset management businesses, and a member of the tax department of the law firm of Kramer, Levin, Naftalis & Frankel LLP (October 1996 - September 1999). He graduated cum laude from Yeshiva University in 1991 with a B.A. in political science, and order of the coif from Fordham University School of Law in 1996, where he also served as an editor of the Fordham Environmental Law Journal. Mr. Felsenthal received an LL.M degree in taxation from NYU School of Law in 2001 and has written and been quoted in numerous published articles, and frequently speaks at conferences, on various topics related to investment management. Mr. Felsenthal is a member of the New York State Bar (since August 1997), former Chairman of the hedge fund industry group Managed Funds Association (“MFA”) CPO/CTA Advisory Committee (November 2006 to June 2010) and is currently Co-Chairman of the Steering Committee of MFA’s CPO/CTA Forum (since June 2010), a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Operations & Custody (formerly known as the Journal of Securities Law, Regulation and Compliance) (since February 2007) and a faculty member of the Regulatory Compliance Association’s Chief Compliance Officer University (since May 2009). Mr. Felsenthal has also served as General Counsel, Chief Compliance Officer and Secretary of Millburn International since its inception. Mr. Felsenthal became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation effective June 24, 2004. Mr. Felsenthal also served as General Counsel and Chief Compliance Officer of ShareInVest.

 

Mark B. Fitzsimmons, age 65. Mr. Fitzsimmons is a Senior Vice-President of the Managing Owner and served in the same capacity at The Millburn Corporation until December 31, 2011. His responsibilities include both business development and investment strategy. He joined the Managing Owner and its affiliates in January 1990 from the brokerage firm of Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, a global financial services firm, where he was a Principal and Manager of institutional foreign exchange sales and was involved in strategic trading for the firm from October 1987 until January 1990. From September 1977 to October 1987, he was with the financial institution Chemical Bank New York Corporation (“Chemical”), first as a Senior Economist in Chemical’s Foreign Exchange Advisory Service and later as a Vice-President and Manager of Chemical’s Corporate Trading Group. While at Chemical he also traded both foreign exchange and fixed income products. From September 1973 to September 1977, Mr. Fitzsimmons was employed by the Federal Reserve Bank of New York, dividing his time between the International Research Department and the Foreign Exchange Department. He graduated summa cum laude from the University of Bridgeport, Connecticut in 1970 with a B.S. degree in economics. His graduate work was done at the University of Virginia, where he received a certificate of candidacy for a Ph.D. in economics in 1973. Mr. Fitzsimmons became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective July 2, 1993, and April 15, 2009, respectively. Mr. Fitzsimmons was a listed Principal and registered Associated Person of The Millburn Corporation effective June 20, 1995 until December 31, 2011 and October 12, 1992 until December 31, 2011, respectively. Mr. Fitzsimmons was a partner in ShareInVest beginning in January 2000. He was also a listed Principal of ShareInVest effective May 19, 1999 until February 25, 2007.

 

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Dennis B. Newton, age 61. Mr. Newton is a Senior Vice-President of the Managing Owner and served in the same capacity at The Millburn Corporation through July 1, 2011. His primary responsibilities are in administration and business development. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation in September 1991, Mr. Newton was President of Phoenix Asset Management, Inc., a registered commodity pool operator from April 1990 to August 1991 and President of its affiliated introducing broker, Phoenix Futures Inc. (“Phoenix”), from March 1990 to June 1991. Mr. Newton was listed as a Principal of Phoenix Asset Management, Inc. and Phoenix beginning in June 1990 and April 1990, respectively, and, although he left the firms in August 1991 and June 1991, respectively, his registration as a Principal was not withdrawn until January 1992 and November 1992, respectively. Mr. Newton was registered as an Associated Person of Phoenix from May 1990 until June 1991 and of Phoenix Asset Management, Inc. from May 1990 until January 1992 (although he left the firm prior to that date, in August 1991). Prior to his employment with Phoenix, Mr. Newton was a Director of Managed Futures with the brokerage firm of Prudential-Bache Securities Inc. (“Prudential-Bache”) from October 1987 to March 1990 and was associated with its affiliated futures commission merchant entity, Prudential Securities Futures Management, Inc. Until March 1990, he was registered as an Associated Person with Prudential Equity Group LLC (beginning in October 1987), and was listed as a Principal of the commodity pool operator Seaport Futures Management, Inc. (“Seaport”) (beginning in January 1989) and Prudential Securities Futures Management, Inc. (beginning in June 1989). Mr. Newton was a Director of Seaport, and his responsibilities at Seaport, Prudential-Bache, Prudential Securities Futures Management, Inc. and Prudential Equity Group LLC included the organization and marketing of public commodity pools. Mr. Newton joined Prudential-Bache from Heinold Asset Management, Inc. (“Heinold”), and its affiliated futures commission merchant, Heinold Commodities Inc., where he was a member of the senior management team from October 1974 to October 1987. Heinold was a pioneer and one of the largest sponsors of funds utilizing futures and currency forward trading. Mr. Newton was registered as an Associated Person (March 1981 - October 1987) of Heinold Commodities Inc. Mr. Newton was registered as an Associated Person of Heinold beginning in January 1986 and was listed as a Principal of Heinold beginning in February 1986. Although Mr. Newton left Heinold in October 1987, his registration as an Associated Person and his listing as a Principal were not withdrawn until November 1987. Mr. Newton joined the Managing Owner as an Associated Person in May 1991, and then joined the Managing Owner and its affiliates on a full-time basis in September 1991. Mr. Newton became listed as a Principal and registered as an Associated Person, branch office manager and Swap Associated Person of the Managing Owner effective May 14, 1997, May 30, 1991, December 16, 1991 and December 26, 2012, respectively. He also became listed as Principal of The Millburn Corporation effective May 5, 2004 until July 1, 2011.

 

Tod A. Tanis, age 58. Mr. Tanis is a Vice President and Principal Accounting Officer of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation. He is responsible for overseeing operations and accounting for the firm’s commodity pools. He graduated from Grove City College in May 1976 with a B.A. in accounting and joined the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation in May 1983. Prior to joining the Managing Owner and its affiliates, he was with the brokerage firm of E.F. Hutton, where he was a Manager from December 1982 to April 1983; a Supervisor from August 1982 to December 1982; an International Accountant from April 1979 to August 1982; and a staff accountant from June 1978 to April 1979. As a Supervisor at E.F. Hutton, he was responsible for supervising internal and external reporting for the futures division. In December of 1982, he was promoted to Manager and continued his role in supervising internal and external reporting. Mr. Tanis also served as a Junior Accountant and then International Staff Accountant with the brokerage firm of Merrill Lynch & Company from September 1976 to May 1978. Mr. Tanis became listed as a Principal of the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation effective July 14, 2004.

 

The Managing Owner shares with its affiliates a staff of over 70, including the above-named individuals.

 

Past performance of the Units is set forth on pages 20-23 hereof.

 

Trading Strategies in General

 

Forward and futures traders may generally be classified as either systematic or discretionary. A systematic trader will generally rely to some degree on judgmental decisions concerning, for example, which markets to follow and trade, when to liquidate a position in a contract that is about to expire and how heavy a weighting a particular market should have in a portfolio. However, although these judgmental decisions may have a substantial effect on a systematic trading advisor’s performance, the trader relies primarily on trading programs or models that generate trading signals. The systems used to generate trading signals themselves may be changed from time to time, but the trading instructions generated by the systems are followed without significant additional analysis or interpretation. Discretionary traders on the other hand — while they may use market charts, computer programs and compilations of quantifiable information to assist them in making investment decisions — make investment decisions on the basis of their own judgment and trading instinct, not on the basis of trading signals generated by any program or model.

 

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The Managing Owner is a systematic trader.

 

In addition to being distinguished from one another on the basis of whether they are systematic or discretionary traders, futures trading advisors are also distinguished as relying on either technical or fundamental analysis, or on a combination of the two.

 

Technical analysis is not based on the anticipated supply and demand of a particular commodity, currency or financial instrument. Instead, it is based on the theory that the study of the markets themselves will provide a means of anticipating the external factors that affect the supply and demand for a particular commodity, currency or financial instrument in order to predict future prices. Technical analysis operates on the theory that market prices at any given point in time reflect all known factors affecting supply and demand for a particular commodity, currency or financial instrument.

 

Fundamental analysis, in contrast, is based on the study of factors external to the trading markets that affect the supply and demand of a particular commodity, currency or financial instrument in an attempt to predict future prices. Such factors might include the economy of a particular country, government policies, domestic and foreign political and economic events, and changing trade prospects. Fundamental analysis theorizes that by monitoring relevant supply and demand factors for a particular commodity, currency or financial instrument, a state of current or potential disequilibrium of market conditions may be identified that has yet to be reflected in the price level of that instrument. Fundamental analysis assumes that the markets are imperfect, that information is not instantaneously assimilated or disseminated and that econometric models can be constructed that generate equilibrium prices that may indicate that current prices are inconsistent with underlying economic conditions and will, accordingly, change in the future.

 

The Managing Owner employs models analyzing both technical and fundamental data, but is predominantly a technical trader.

 

The Managing Owner’s Trading Strategy

 

Multiple Trading Systems

 

The Managing Owner makes trading decisions pursuant to its investment and trading method, which includes technical trend analysis, certain non-traditional technical systems (i.e., systems falling outside of traditional technical trend analysis), and money management principles, which may be revised from time to time. The objective of the Managing Owner’s investment and trading method is to (i) use trend-following models to participate in all major sustained price moves in the markets traded and (ii) simultaneously deploy shorter-term opportunistic non-traditional models that may or may not take positions in the same direction as trend-following positions. The Managing Owner’s approach employs models that analyze data over a time spectrum from several minutes to multiple years. A majority of trades generated by quantitative models may be unprofitable. Their objective is to make a few large profits, more than offsetting their numerous but smaller losses. Consequently, during periods in which no major price trends develop in a market, trend-following models are likely to incur substantial losses. Similarly, during periods when market behavior is unsuitable for non-traditional models, such models are likely to incur substantial losses.

 

The Managing Owner is engaged in an ongoing research effort to improve its trading methods and to apply its quantitative analytic expertise to new financial products.

 

Successful systematic futures trading depends on several factors. Two of the main factors are development and selection of the trading systems used in each market, and allocation of portfolio risk among the markets available for trading.

 

Market environments change over time, and particular systems may perform well in one environment but poorly in another. Likewise, market sectors and individual markets go through periods where systematic trading is very profitable and other periods where no system is able to generate any profits.

 

The goal of the Managing Owner’s research has been to develop and select a mix of systems in each market and to allocate risk across a wide array of markets, so as to contain overall portfolio risk within a targeted range, while allowing exposure to profitable opportunities.

 

Over more than 40 years, the Managing Owner and its predecessor entities have developed hundreds of trading systems. These trading systems generate buy or sell decisions in a particular market based on the analysis of price movements in the market, some non-price information or a combination of both.

 

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Of course, systems can be materially different — better in some periods and worse in others. The main distinguishing features are: the time-frame over which systems work (intra-day to long-term); the granularity of data fed into them (tick data to daily, weekly or monthly frequencies); type (market or economic statistics); source (cash-, futures- or option markets-generated data or government and industry generated statistical information), and the objective of the system (profiting from trends, mean reversion, trading-ranges or volatility). No single approach will work all the time. Therefore, the Managing Owner’s objective is to have several approaches operating simultaneously. Since the early 1980s, the Managing Owner has selected multiple systems for each market.

 

When arriving at the portfolio allocation, the Managing Owner seeks maximum diversification subject to liquidity and sector concentration constraints, and each market is traded using a diversified (but generally not optimized for each particular market) set of trading systems. The markets traded and allocations are reviewed at least monthly, although changes may occur more or less frequently. The following factors, among others, are considered in constructing a universe of markets to trade for the Trust: profitability, liquidity of markets, professional judgment, desired diversification, transaction costs, exchange regulations and depth of market. Once the universe of markets is established, the Managing Owner’s simulation and optimization techniques help determine which markets to include in the Trust’s portfolio. The current allocation to any market in the Trust’s portfolio does not exceed 3% of total market exposure, measured by risk allocation.

 

Risk Management

 

Risk is a function of both price level and price volatility. For example, a 100,000 barrel crude oil position is worth more and is, therefore, probably more risky with oil at $90 per barrel than with oil at $50 per barrel. Similarly, oil would be more risky if prices are moving in a 5% daily range than if prices are moving in a 1% daily range. The Managing Owner sizes the position in each market taking into account its measurement of risk based on price level and volatility in that market. Market exposure is then managed by the position-sizing models which measure the risk in the portfolio’s position in each market. In the event the model determines that the risk has changed beyond an acceptable threshold, it will signal a change in the position — a decrease in position size when risk increases and an increase in position size when risk decreases. The Managing Owner’s position-sizing models maintain overall portfolio risk and distribution of risk across markets within designated ranges. The position-sizing model manages the position traded by each of the (directional) trading systems discussed above. A secondary benefit of the position-sizing model can be timely profit taking. Because markets tend to become more volatile after a profitable trend has been long underway, the position-sizing model often signals position reductions before trend reversals.

 

In addition, the Managing Owner’s risk management focuses on money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole rather than to individual markets. The first principle is portfolio diversification, which attempts to improve the quality of profits by reducing volatility.

 

Additional money management principles applicable to the portfolio as a whole include: (1) limiting the assets committed as margin or collateral, generally within a range of 5% to 35% of an account’s net assets, though the amount may at any time be higher or lower; (2) prohibiting pyramiding — that is, using unrealized profits in a particular market as margin for additional positions solely in the same market; and (3) changing the equity used for trading by an account solely on a controlled periodic basis, not automatically due to an increase in equity from trading profits.

 

Another important risk management function is the careful control of leverage or total portfolio exposure. Leverage levels are determined by simulating the entire portfolio — all markets, all systems, all risk control models, the exact weightings of the markets in the portfolio and the proposed level of leverage — over the past five or ten years to determine the portfolio’s simulated risk and return characteristics as well as the worst case experienced by the portfolio in the simulation period. The worst case, or peak-to-trough drawdown, is measured from a daily high in portfolio assets to the subsequent daily low whether that occurs days, weeks or months after the daily high. If the Managing Owner considers the drawdown too severe or the portfolio’s simulated volatility too high, it reduces the leverage or total portfolio exposure. There are, however, no restrictions on the amount of leverage the Trust may use at any given time.

 

Decisions whether to trade a particular market require the exercise of judgment. The decision not to trade certain markets for certain periods, or to reduce the size of a position in a particular market, may result at times in missing significant profit opportunities.

 

The Managing Owner employs discretion in the execution of trades where The Millburn Corporation’s trader expertise plays a role in timing of orders and, from time to time, the Managing Owner may adjust the size of a position, long or short, in any given market indicated by its systematic trading strategies. This exercise of discretion (other than in trade execution) generally occurs only in response to unusual market conditions that may not have been factored into the design of the trading systems and is generally intended to reduce risk exposure. Decisions to make such adjustments also require the exercise of judgment and may include consideration of the volatility of the particular market; the pattern of price movements, both inter-day and intra-day; open interest; volume of trading; changes in spread relationships between various forward contracts; and overall portfolio balance and risk exposure.

 

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With respect to the execution of trades, the Managing Owner and The Millburn Corporation employees responsible for trade order entry may rely to an extent upon the judgment of others, including dealers and bank traders. No assurance is given that it will be possible to execute trades regularly at or near the desired buy or sell point.

 

The trading method, systems and money management principles utilized by the Managing Owner are proprietary and confidential. The foregoing description is general and is not intended to be complete.

 

Use Of Proceeds

 

The entire proceeds of this offering of the Units will be used by the Trust to engage in its trading activities and as reserves to support that trading.

 

The Trust will deposit its assets in cash with the Trust’s clearing brokers and other futures clearing brokers to be used as margin, in accounts established in the name of the Trust at major U.S. banks and with its foreign exchange counterparties. The assets deposited as margin with the clearing brokers will be held in “customer segregated funds accounts” or “foreign futures and foreign options secured amount accounts,” as required by the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC regulations. In general, the Managing Owner expects that approximately 3% to 13% of the Trust’s assets will be held in customer segregated funds and approximately 3% to 13% will be held in foreign futures and options secured amount accounts. Assets held in customer segregated funds accounts and foreign futures and options secured amount accounts will be held in cash or in U.S. Treasury instruments approved by the CFTC for the investment of customer segregated funds. In general, the Managing Owner expects that approximately 70% to 85% of the Trust’s assets will be held in bank, U.S. government securities and related instrument money market fund or custody accounts opened in the Trust’s name, although the actual level may vary from time to time. Assets held in these accounts will be held primarily in interest-bearing deposits or in U.S. Treasury instruments and/or Government Agency and related instruments. However, any interest actually earned may be nominal as a result of the historically low interest rates currently available.

 

The Trust will trade in the forward currency and may trade in swap markets. The Trust will deposit assets with its currency forward and swap counterparties in order to initiate and maintain its currency forward and swap contracts, primarily with Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG and Barclays Bank PLC which serve as the Trust’s prime brokers in connection with the Trust’s foreign currency forward contract transactions. Such assets will be held in U.S. Treasury instruments or in cash, for which the Trust will receive an interest credit at short-term rates. The foreign exchange and swap counterparties may receive a benefit as a result of the deposit of such cash in the form of a reduction in their outstanding overnight borrowings, despite such cash belonging to the Trust, not the counterparties. Approximately 3% to 12% of the Trust’s assets will be held, in the Trust’s name, in cash or U.S. Treasury instruments in accounts in the U.S., with foreign exchange and swap counterparties. These accounts may not be subject to the segregation regulations of the CFTC and thus may offer less protection than segregated funds accounts in the event of the bankruptcy of a foreign exchange or swap counterparty.

 

On an ongoing basis, the Managing Owner anticipates that the Trust will be able to earn interest on approximately 90% of its daily Net Assets. The Managing Owner will not receive any interest income earned on the approximately 10% of the Trust’s Net Assets which do not earn interest for the Trust.

 

Under current margin requirements, the Managing Owner expects the Trust’s average margin to equity ratio, including collateral held by foreign exchange and swap counterparties, to be approximately 5% to 35% of the Trust’s assets. However, margin requirements vary from time to time, and the Trust is not limited in the amount of leverage it may use at any one time.

 

The Managing Owner does not anticipate making any distributions of Trust profits.

 

The Trust will not lend any of its assets to any person or entity other than through permitted securities investments. The Managing Owner will not commingle the property of the Trust with the property of any other person or entity in violation of law.

 

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Charges

 

The Managing Owner believes that you should consider the charges to which the Trust is subject when making your investment decision.

 

Charges Paid by the Trust

 

Recipient   Nature of Payment   Amount of Payment
         
The Managing Owner   Brokerage Fee   Series 1 Units only:  7% annually, paid as a monthly fee of 0.5833 of 1% of the Trust’s month-end Net Assets attributable to Series 1 Units before accruals for unpaid Brokerage Fees or Series 1 Profit Shares. The Managing Owner will, in turn, pay all the routine costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s trades and all selling commissions due to the Selling Agents.  During 2011, the Trust incurred $54,834,417 in Brokerage Fees that were paid and accrued to the Managing Owner.
         
        Persons who invest $100,000 or more in the Series 1 Units pay annual Brokerage Fees at reduced rates. This reduction has no effect on other investors.
         
    Management Fee   Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units only:  2% annually, paid as a monthly fee of 0.166 of 1% of the Trust’s month-end Net Assets attributable to Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units before accruals for unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares.  During 2011, the Trust incurred $571,739 in management fees that were paid and accrued to the Managing Owner.
         
    Custodial Fee   Series 2 Units only:  0.25% annually, paid as a monthly fee of 0.0208 of 1% of the Trust’s month-end Net Assets attributable to Series 2 Units, before accruals for unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares, which the Managing Owner will pay on to broker-dealers serving as custodians of the Series 2 Units.   During 2011, the Trust incurred $512 in custodial fees.
         
Executing, Clearing Brokers and Others   Round-Turn Brokerage and Electronic Trading Platform Fees   Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units only:  Actual costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades and actual electronic platform trading costs attributable to Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, estimated at approximately 0.35% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units.  During 2011, the Trust incurred $64,537 in round-turn brokerage and electronic trading platform fees attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units.
         

Forward and Swap

Counterparties/Prime Brokers

  “Bid-ask” Spreads, Prime Brokerage Fees   “Bid-ask” spreads are not actually fees but are dealer profit margins incorporated into forward and swap contract pricing. They are, therefore, unquantifiable.  The Managing Owner, not the Trust, may pay, depending upon whether the trade is executed at the prime broker or away from the prime broker, approximately $4-$8 in prime brokerage fees per $1 million of currency forward contracts facilitated on behalf of the Trust attributable to the Series 1 Units. The Trust, and not the Managing Owner, may pay, depending upon whether the trade is executed at the prime broker or away from the prime broker, approximately $4-$8 in prime brokerage fees per $1 million of currency forward contracts facilitated on behalf of the Trust attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, estimated at approximately 0.002% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units.  During 2011, approximately 93% of the Trust’s currency forward contracts were not subject to such prime brokerage fee.
         

The Managing Owner   Annual Profit Share  

Series 1 Units: 20% of any New Trading Profit attributable to Series 1 Units, excluding interest income and after reduction for Brokerage Fees and ongoing offering and administrative costs.

 

Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units: 20% of any aggregate New Trading Profit attributable to Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units, excluding interest income and after reduction for management fees (attributable to Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units), executing and clearing costs (attributable to Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units), custodial fees (attributable to Series 2 Units) and ongoing offering and administrative costs.

 

During 2011, the Trust allocated $1,385 of Profit Share to the Managing Owner.

         
Others   Trustee fees, legal, accounting, printing, postage and other offering and administrative costs   As incurred; not expected to exceed 0.35 of 1% of average month-end Net Assets annually.  During 2011, the Trust incurred $2,158,133 in administrative expenses.
         
Others   Extraordinary charges   Actual payments to third parties; expected to be negligible.

 

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Flat-Rate Brokerage Fees — Series 1 Units

 

The Trust will pay the Managing Owner a flat-rate annual Brokerage Fee equal to 7% of the average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 1 Units after reduction for expenses but before reduction for any accrued but unpaid Brokerage Fees or Profit Shares.

 

The Managing Owner, not the Trust, will pay all routine costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to the Series 1 Units. These costs include the brokerage commissions paid to the clearing brokers, electronic trading platform fees, and NFA transaction fees described below.

 

The Trust’s expenses must be offset by trading gains and interest income to avoid depletion of the Trust’s assets.

 

The Managing Owner pays up to 4% to the Selling Agents in respect of the Series 1 Units sold by the Selling Agents. The amount paid to Selling Agents will not, however, exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 1 Units sold pursuant to this Prospectus. Once the 9.5% threshold is reached with respect to a Series 1 Unit, the Selling Agent will receive no future compensation and the up to 4% amount that would otherwise be paid to the Selling Agent for that Series 1 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units.

 

The balance of the Brokerage Fees in respect of Series 1 Units, after payment of compensation to the Selling Agents (or after rebating to the Trust amounts which would otherwise have been paid to the Selling Agents but for the cap on such compensation) will be retained by the Managing Owner. The amount of the Brokerage Fee retained per Series 1 Unit by the Managing Owner is estimated to be approximately 2.65% of the average month-end Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit per year, i.e., the 7% Brokerage Fee received less (i) the up to 4% amount paid as selling commissions or otherwise rebated to the Trust and (ii) the estimated 0.35% per annum paid out in clearing and execution costs.

 

Brokerage Fee Differentials

 

If you subscribe for Series 1 Units in the amount of $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, you will be subject to Brokerage Fees of 6.5%, 6% and 5.5%, respectively.

 

If your Series 1 Units are subject to reduced Brokerage Fees, rather than actually being charged the reduced amount, your Series 1 Units will be charged the same 7% Brokerage Fee as those of other investors. However, the Managing Owner will rebate to you the difference between the 7% Brokerage Fee and the reduced Brokerage Fee to which you are subject. This rebate will be in the form of additional Series 1 Units, calculated to three decimal places and issued at the then current Series 1 Unit Net Asset Value. Accordingly, the Net Asset Value of your investment in the Trust will reflect the reduced Brokerage Fee applicable to your Series 1 Units and a somewhat higher Profit Share as a result of the lower Brokerage Fee. The Managing Owner uses this rebate procedure to maintain a uniform Net Asset Value across all Series 1 Units.

 

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The level of the Brokerage Fees you pay will be determined by taking into account the net investments you make — i.e., subscriptions minus redemptions. Thus, if you first invest $50,000 in the Series 1 Units, you will qualify for reduced Brokerage Fees upon a subsequent investment of $50,000, even if your original investment has lost value.

 

If, immediately after you redeem Series 1 Units, your aggregate net investment is less than $1,000,000, $500,000, or $100,000, you will no longer qualify for the level of reduced Brokerage Fee you were paying. If you make a subsequent investment, you will again qualify for reduced Brokerage Fees at the former level if the amount of the investment, plus the amount of your remaining net capital contributions — that is, subscriptions minus redemptions, assuming redemptions to be made first from profits, not capital contributions — equals or exceeds the relevant break point.

 

Management Fees — Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units

 

The Trust will pay the Managing Owner an annual management fee equal to 2% of the average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units after reduction for expenses but before reduction for any accrued but unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares.

 

Round-Turn Brokerage Fees — Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units

 

The Trust, not the Managing Owner, will pay the actual costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, estimated at approximately 0.35% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units. The costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units will be borne by the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, respectively, not by the Trust as a whole.

 

The costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades include brokerage commissions paid to the clearing brokers and electronic trading platform fees, as both are described below, and NFA transaction fees of $0.02 per round-turn trade of a futures contract and $0.01 for each trade of a commodity option executed on a U.S. exchange.

 

The Managing Owner has negotiated brokerage rates with the clearing brokers ranging from approximately $2.00 to approximately $15.00 per round-turn trade, including all related exchange and regulatory fees. Commissions on some foreign exchanges are somewhat higher. Electronic trading platform fees for futures range from $0.15 to $0.25 per contract, depending upon the futures trading volume. At these rates, and including the foreign currency prime broker fees described below, the Managing Owner estimates the Trust’s aggregate execution and clearing costs borne by the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units will be approximately 0.35% of average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units per year. The Managing Owner does not receive any portion of the commissions paid to the clearing brokers.

 

Custodial Fees — Series 2 Units

 

The Trust will pay the Managing Owner a custodial fee equal to 0.25% of the average month-end Net Assets attributable to the Series 2 Units, after reduction for expenses but before reduction for any accrued but unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares, which the Managing Owner will pay on to brokers acting as custodian of Series 2 Units for the benefit of investors in Series 2 Units. The custodial fee expense will be borne by the Series 2 Units, not by the Trust as a whole.

 

The maximum amount of custodial fees paid to brokers that serve as custodians of Series 2 Units will not exceed 3.1667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 2 Units sold pursuant to this Prospectus. Once the maximum threshold is reached with respect to a Series 2 Unit, the broker serving as custodian for such Series 2 Unit will receive no future payment of custodial fees and the 0.25% amount that would otherwise be paid to the custodian for that Series 2 Unit will instead be rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 2 Units.

 

“Bid-Ask” Spreads

 

Currency dealers trade with a spread between the price at which they are prepared to buy or sell a particular currency. These “bid-ask” spreads are not actually fees but, rather, represent a profit margin to the dealer for making a market in the currency. The Managing Owner cannot quantify the amount of dealer profit that is embedded in a price quoted by a dealer, but the Managing Owner believes that the Trust will effect its currency transactions at prevailing market prices. Because the Trust will buy currency at the offer price and sell it at the bid price, the Trust, not the Managing Owner, will pay the dealer spreads. Dealer profit from the Trust’s currency trading may, over time, be substantial. Moreover, if the Trust trades swaps, banks and other dealers charge a “spread” between “bid” and “ask” prices, reflecting their profit on the transaction. In addition, the Managing Owner, not the Trust, may pay, depending upon whether the trade is executed at the prime broker or away from the prime broker, approximately $4-$8 in prime brokerage fees per $1 million of currency forward contracts facilitated on behalf of the Trust attributable to the Series 1 Units. The Trust, and not the Managing Owner, may pay, depending upon whether the trade is executed at the prime broker or away from the prime broker, approximately $4-$8 in prime brokerage fees per $1 million of currency forward contracts facilitated on behalf of the Trust attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, such prime brokerage fees to be an expense borne by the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, not the Trust as a whole. Prime brokerage fees borne by the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units are estimated at approximately 0.002% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets per year attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units. During 2011, approximately 93% of the Trust’s currency forward contracts were not subject to such prime brokerage fee.

 

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20% Profit Share Based on “High Water Mark” New Trading Profit

 

The Trust pays the Managing Owner a Series 1 Profit Share equal to 20% of any cumulative New Trading Profit recognized by the Series 1 Units as of the end of each calendar year. The Trust pays the Managing Owner a Series 2/3 Profit Share equal to 20% of any cumulative New Trading Profit recognized, in the aggregate, by the Series 2 Units and the Series 3 Units as of the end of each calendar year. New Trading Profit is any cumulative Trading Profit in excess of the highest level — the “High Water Mark”—of cumulative Trading Profit as of any previous calendar year-end. Trading Profit includes (1) realized trading profit (loss) plus or minus (2) the change in unrealized trading profit (loss) on open positions as of the previous calendar year-end. New Trading Profit in respect of Series 1 Units is calculated after payment of the monthly Brokerage Fee and ongoing offering and administrative expenses. New Trading Profit in respect of Series 2 and Series 3 Units is calculated after payment of the monthly management fee, execution and clearing costs, custodial fees, and ongoing offering and administrative expenses. For purposes of determining the Unit Net Asset Value and for allocating Profit Shares in respect of Units redeemed as of a date other than December 31, the Profit Share is accrued, and the accruals are reversed to reflect losses, on a monthly basis. Trading Profit does not include interest earned on the Trust’s assets. Profit Shares previously paid do not reduce New Trading Profit. That is, the Managing Owner does not have to “earn back” its Profit Shares in order to produce New Trading Profit.

 

For example, assume that at the end of the first year of trading the Series 1 Units had, after payment of monthly Brokerage Fees and ongoing offering and administrative costs, a realized profit of $50,000 on its closed positions and an unrealized profit of $150,000 on open positions. Series 1 Trading Profit would equal $200,000 and 20%, or $40,000, would be allocated as a Series 1 Profit Share. Assume that during the second calendar year, again after payment of monthly Brokerage Fees and ongoing offering and administrative costs, the Series 1 Units had realized profits of $60,000 and a decrease in the unrealized profits on its open positions of $50,000. Cumulative Series 1 New Trading Profit would have increased to $210,000 ($200,000 + $60,000 —$50,000), and 20% of $10,000, or $2,000, would be allocated as a Series 1 Profit Share. Now assume that during the third year, again after payment of monthly Brokerage Fees and ongoing offering and administrative costs, the Series 1 Units incurred realized losses of $150,000 and a decrease in the unrealized profit on its open positions of $100,000. Series 1 Trading Profit would have decreased as of the end of such year to $(40,000) ($210,000 — $150,000 — $100,000), and no Series 1 Profit Share would be paid. The Managing Owner would retain the $42,000 already paid as Series 1 Profit Shares but would not receive additional Series 1 Profit Shares until cumulative Series 1 New Trading Profit exceeded $210,000 as of a year-end.

 

Redemption of Units will result in a proportional decrease in any loss carryforward — since the last calendar year-end as of which a Profit Share was paid — as of the date of redemption. Redemption of Units at a time when there is accrued New Trading Profit will result in a proportional Profit Share allocation to the Managing Owner.

 

Series 4 Units, which are available only to employees and former employees of the Managing Owner and its affiliates who purchase their Units through The Millburn Corporation 401(k) and Profit Sharing Plan, are not subject to the Managing Owner’s Profit Share.

 

Offering Expenses

 

The Trust pays all offering costs of the Units, including registration and filing fees and the legal and accounting costs of updating this Prospectus and printing and postage costs associated with producing and distributing this Prospectus and related sales literature to the Selling Agents, as well as payments to administrators for processing subscription agreements. The Managing Owner may pay certain of these costs and, if so, will be reimbursed without interest by the Trust. Under certain circumstances, for example, where such costs are unexpectedly high, the Managing Owner may, but is not obligated to do so, waive a portion of such reimbursement. The offering costs of the Trust will not exceed 1.10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units. When added to selling compensation discussed herein, the “organizational and offering expenses” of the Trust, as defined by Rule 2310 of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”), will not exceed 11.10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units.

 

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Administrative Expenses

 

The Trust pays all routine legal, accounting, administrative (including, if applicable, the services of an administrator unaffiliated with the Managing Owner), printing and similar costs associated with its day-to-day operations, including the Trustee’s fees and the Valuation Agent’s fees. The Managing Owner estimates such costs will not exceed 0.30 of 1% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets in any given year, assuming Trust assets of $500,000,000, and, when aggregated with the offering costs described above, are not expected to exceed 0.35 of 1% of the Trust’s average month-end Net Assets in any given year. The Managing Owner may pay certain of these costs and, if so, will be reimbursed without interest by the Trust. Under certain circumstances, for example, where such costs are unexpectedly high, the Managing Owner may, but is not obligated to do so, waive a portion of such reimbursement.

 

Extraordinary Expenses

 

The Trust is responsible for the taxes, if any, imposed on the Trust itself. The Trust is required to pay any extraordinary charges incidental to its trading, for example, insurance or delivery expenses. The Managing Owner expects that any such charges will be negligible.

 

Charges Paid by the Managing Owner

 

Selling Commissions

 

The Managing Owner pays, from its own funds, the Selling Agent’s selling commissions in connection with the sale and distribution of the Series 1 Units. The Managing Owner will also pay, from its own funds, any sales commissions or compensation due Selling Agents in connection with the sale of the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units.

 

Charges Paid by Certain Investors

 

Redemption Charges

 

Redemption charges, described below, apply through the first eleven months after a Series 1 Unit is issued. Redemption charges reduce the amount of your redemption proceeds.

 

Redemptions; Net Asset Value

 

Redemption Procedure

 

The Trust is intended as a medium- to long-term investment, which the Managing Owner construes to mean at least a 3-5 year period. However, you may redeem Units as of the close of business on the last day of any calendar month. You must give at least 10 days’ prior written notice to the Managing Owner of your intent to redeem.

 

If you redeem Series 1 Units on or before the end of the first consecutive six-month and five-month periods after you buy such Series 1 Units, you will pay redemption charges of 4% and 3%, respectively, of your redeemed Series 1 Units’ Net Asset Value as of the date of redemption. Series 1 Units are considered sold, for purposes of determining whether redemption charges apply, on the closing date — the first day of the month —of the investment, not the day subscriptions are received or accepted. If your subscription is in the amount of $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, your redemption charges will be 3.5% and 2.5%, 3% and 2%, and 2.5% and 1.5%, respectively. Redemption charges are paid to the Managing Owner. Series 1 Units purchased on different closing dates are treated on a “first-in, first-out” basis for purposes of calculating the periods to which redemption charges apply and for purposes of determining the 9.5% threshold for Selling Agent fees.

 

All additional Series 1 Units issued to subscribers subject to reduced Brokerage Fees will, for redemption purposes, be deemed all to have been issued as of the same issue date as the longest outstanding Series 1 Units held by the particular Unitholder. In the event that Series 1 Units are sold at an intra-month closing date, the end of such month will constitute the first of the eleven month-ends as of which such redemption charges are due.

 

Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units are not subject to redemption charges.

 

The Managing Owner may declare additional redemption dates upon notice to the Unitholders and may, in unusual circumstances, permit certain, or all, Unitholders to redeem as of dates other than month-end.

 

Unitholders may redeem any whole number of Units.

 

Fractional Units may be redeemed only upon redemption of a Unitholder’s entire remaining interest in the Trust.

 

A form of Request for Redemption is attached to the Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Declaration of Trust”) as an Annex.

 

All requests for redemption will be honored and payment will be made within 15 business days of the month-end redemption date. The Managing Owner will make arrangements with Selling Agents who so request to pay redemptions through crediting Unitholders’ customer securities accounts with such Selling Agents. In the unlikely event a market disruption that results in the closing of financial markets in the U.S. or abroad makes it impossible or impracticable to value the Units or liquidate Trust assets, redemptions may be suspended or payment of redemption proceeds may be delayed. Unitholders will be notified by telephone or first-class mail if redemptions are suspended or if redemption payments will be delayed due to such a market disruption.

 

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Investments by the Managing Owner, other than its required investment in the Trust, may be redeemed on the same terms as the Units.

 

Net Asset Value

 

Net Assets are determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles of the U.S. and include unrealized profits as well as unrealized losses on open commodity positions. Net Assets include the sum of all cash, U.S. Treasury instruments or other fixed-income instruments, valued at market, the liquidating value, or cost of liquidation, of all futures, forward and options positions and the fair market value of all other assets of the Trust, less all liabilities of the Trust, including accrued liabilities, irrespective of whether such liabilities, such as Profit Shares, may, in fact, never be paid. If a contract cannot be liquidated on a day with respect to which Net Assets are being determined, the settlement price on the next day on which the contract can be liquidated will be the basis for determining the liquidating value of such contract, or such day, or such other value as the Managing Owner may deem fair and reasonable.

 

The Net Asset Value of a Unit of a particular Series refers to the Net Assets allocated to the aggregate capital accounts of the Units of such Series divided by the number of outstanding Units of such Series.

 

The Clearing Brokers

 

The Trust utilizes the services of various clearing and executing brokers in connection with its futures trading. The Managing Owner currently intends to clear trades through J.P. Morgan Securities LLC, Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated, Barclays Capital Inc. and Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC but may execute or clear some or all of the Trust’s trades through other brokerage firms without notice to the Unitholders (the “Clearing Brokers”). The Managing Owner may execute or clear trades through brokerage firms which are also Selling Agents.

 

The Customer Agreements among the clearing brokers, the Managing Owner and the Trust generally provide that the clearing brokers will not be liable to the Trust except for gross negligence, willful misconduct or bad faith and, in the case of trades executed as well as cleared by the clearing brokers, for errors in such execution.

 

Although J.P. Morgan Securities LLC (“JPMS”), as a large futures commission merchant (“FCM”) and broker dealer, has been subject to regulatory disciplinary matters involving sizeable fines or other sanctions, as of the date hereof neither the firm nor any of its principals has been the subject of any material administrative, civil or criminal action, including any action that has been pending, on appeal, or concluded within the last five years, except as follows:

 

JPMorgan Chase maintains litigation reserves for certain of its outstanding litigation. In accordance with the provisions of U.S. GAAP for contingencies, JPMorgan Chase accrues for a litigation-related liability when it is probable that such a liability has been incurred and the amount of the loss can be reasonably estimated. While the outcome of litigation is inherently uncertain, management believes, in light of all information known to it at December 31, 2011 that JPMorgan Chase’s litigation reserves were adequate at such date. Management reviews litigation reserves periodically, and the reserve may be increased or decreased in the future to reflect further litigation developments. JPMorgan Chase believes it has meritorious defenses to claims asserted against it in its currently outstanding litigation and, with respect to such litigation, intends to continue to defend itself vigorously, litigating or settling cases according to management’s judgment. Many of JPMorgan Chase’s litigation matters involve claims made against several of JPMorgan Chase’s affiliates and are managed centrally by JPMorgan Chase.

 

J.P. Morgan Futures Inc. (“JPMFI”) merged with and into JPMS on June 1, 2011. In 2009, JPMFI agreed to pay a Civil Monetary Penalty of $300,000 in connection with the CFTC finding that JPMFI violated the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations.  The violations concerned rules governing segregation of customer funds, timely computation of segregation obligations, timely reporting of an under segregation deficiency to the CFTC and diligent supervision of its employees.  The CFTC also indicated that JPMFI did not have a process in place to determine the impact of expected withdrawals from the segregated accounts on the amount required to be kept in segregation, and that JPMFI, as required by the CFTC, has enhanced existing procedures by implementing a segregation forecasting process to ensure that proper segregation is maintained.

 

In 2007, JPMFI maintained accounts for customer funds (segregated accounts) and kept its own funds in separate accounts. During this time, JPMFI processed transactions related to the delivery of Treasury notes that resulted in JPMFI’s segregated accounts being insufficiently funded on one business day by approximately $750 million. This resulted in JPMFI drawing upon customer segregated funds beyond its actual interest, which caused customer funds to be commingled with JPMFI’s funds.

 

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The CFTC’s 2009 Order did not make any findings indicating that JPMFI being under segregated caused any losses to customers.  Additionally, the CFTC indicated that the securities JPMFI held were sufficient,  had they been moved to a segregated account on the day in question, to allow JPMFI to maintain proper funding of its segregated bank accounts. 

 

On October 27, 2009, JPMS submitted an Offer of Settlement to the SEC. In the Offer of Settlement, JPMS agreed to consent to the entry of the Order, without admitting or denying the findings contained therein (other than those relating to jurisdiction). The SEC Order was issued on November 4, 2009. The case involved claims that JPMS did not disclose in official statements or offering memoranda payments by JPMS to local broker dealers and consultants in connection with $5 billion in bond underwriting and interest rate swap agreement business awarded to JPMS. The Order censured JPMS, required that JPMS cease-and-desist from committing or causing any violations or future violations of Section 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933, Section 15B(c)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board Rule G-17, and required that JPMS pay disgorgement of $1 and a civil money penalty of $25 million. The disgorgement and civil money penalty were paid on November 9, 2009. The Order also reflected JPMS’s undertaking to (a) make a $50 million payment to and for the benefit of Jefferson County, Alabama, for the purpose of assisting displaced County employees, residents and sewer ratepayers, and (b) terminate any and all obligations of the County to make any payments to JPMS’s affiliated commercial bank arising from the termination of certain swap agreements with the County. The payment to and for the benefit of Jefferson County, Alabama was paid on November 9, 2009, and the payment obligations of the County to JPMS’s affiliated commercial bank were terminated on November 4, 2009.

 

On June 2, 2009, J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. (“J.P. Morgan”), on behalf of itself and its affiliates, including JPMS, agreed to a settlement in principle with the New York Attorney General’s Office (“NYAG”), which provided, among other things, that J.P. Morgan would offer to purchase at par certain auction-rate securities (“ARS”) purchased from JPMS by individual investors, charities and small- to medium-sized businesses. On June 4, 2009, J.P. Morgan also agreed to a substantively similar settlement in principle with the Office of Financial Regulation for the State of Florida and the North American Securities Administrators Association (“NASAA”) Task Force, which agreed to recommend approval of the settlement to all remaining states, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. The settlement agreements with the NYAG and the Office of Financial Regulation for the State of Florida have been finalized. The regulators alleged  that JPMS misrepresented the nature, liquidity and risk of the ARS it sold, and that in February 2008, JPMS stopped uniformly supporting auctions for which it acted as the sole or lead broker, leaving certain investors holding long-term securities that could not be sold at par value.  JPMS neither admitted nor denied the facts alleged by the regulators and the settlement agreements provide for the payment of penalties totaling $25 million.  J.P. Morgan is currently in the process of finalizing consent agreements with NASAA’s member states.

 

On June 21, 2011, the SEC filed a Complaint in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York pursuant to a settlement agreement with JPMS resolving an inquiry concerning the structuring and sale of certain mortgage related collateralized debt obligations (“CDO”).  The Complaint alleges that JPMS negligently failed to disclose in the offering documents for Squared CDO 2007-1 that an institutional investor that purchased the subordinated notes in the CDO, and purchased protection on a substantial portion of the collateral, played a significant role in the collateral selection process.  Without admitting or denying the allegations of the SEC’s complaint, JPMS consented to entry of a judgment that (i) enjoins JPMS from violating Section 17(a)(2) and (3) of the Securities Act of 1933, (ii) orders JPMS to pay $18.6 million in disgorgement, $2 million in prejudgment interest and a $133 million penalty, and (iii) orders JPMS to comply with certain undertakings relating to its future offerings of Residential Mortgage Backed Securities (“RMBS”). 

 

The SEC, the U.S. Department of Justice (“USDOJ”), the IRS, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (“OCC”), the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System and 25 State Attorneys General (collectively, the “Agencies”) conducted investigations into manipulation of the sales and bidding processes on certain municipal derivative transactions in or prior to 2006 by certain former employees of JPMS at its former municipal derivatives desk. On July 7, 2011, JPMS and/or certain of its affiliates entered into settlements with the Agencies, as a result of which JPMS and/or certain of its affiliates will pay a total amount of $211.2 million as follows: $50 million to the IRS; $51.2 million in connection with its agreement with the SEC; $35 million in connection with its agreement with the OCC; and $75 million in connection with its agreement with the State Attorneys General.  Of those funds, $129.7 million will be eligible for distribution to municipalities and other tax-exempt issuers.  JPMS and/or certain of its affiliates also consented to various undertakings, including the implementation of enhanced compliance measures. 

 

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On March 8, 2012, the CFTC issued an order filing and simultaneously settling charges against JPMS for prearranging a trade involving ten year U.S. Treasury Note Futures spreads on the Chicago Board of Trade. The order found that on a single occasion in 2010, before the merger of JPMFI with and into JPMS, a customer directed a JPMFI employee to sell a certain number of ten year Treasury spreads on its behalf and to look for any “all or nones” against which to sell those spreads. An “all or none” order must be filled in its entirety. According to the order, the JPMFI employee subsequently identified an all or none bid for the exact same amount as the sell order and then sold against that bid, with the result being that the same customer was on both sides of the transaction. The order found that JPMFI, through its employee, confirmed the execution of a prearranged trade, and that such trade was both noncompetitively executed and a fictitious sale, in violation of Commodity Exchange Act Section 4c(a)(1) and CFTC Regulation 1.38(a). The order required JPMS to pay a civil monetary penalty of $140,000, cease and desist from further violations of the Commodity Exchange Act and CFTC Regulations, and undertake all necessary steps to ensure that all employees and/or agents under its authority or control understand and comply with the order.

 

A portion of the Trust’s futures transactions are cleared through Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (“DBSI”). DBSI has its main business office located at 60 Wall Street, New York, New York 10005, U.S.A., and is an indirect wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG. DBSI is registered with the CFTC as a futures commission merchant and is a member of the NFA in such capacity. DBSI is also a U.S.-registered broker-dealer. Deutsche Bank AG and its subsidiaries and affiliates, including DBSI (collectively referred to as “Deutsche Bank”), are, in the ordinary course of their business, the subject of litigation, and regulatory examinations, inquiries and investigations. DBSI is not, and during the past five years has not been, subject to any civil, administrative or criminal proceeding that would materially affect its ability to do business as a futures commission merchant in the ordinary course of its business.

 

Deutsche Bank along and current and/or former employees, have collectively been named as defendants in a number of legal proceedings brought by customers in various tax-oriented transactions. Deutsche Bank provided financial products and services to these customers, who were advised by various accounting, legal and financial advisory professionals. The customers claimed tax benefits as a result of these transactions, and the IRS has rejected those claims. In these legal proceedings, the customers allege that the professional advisors, together with Deutsche Bank, improperly misled the customers into believing that the claimed tax benefits would be upheld by the IRS. The legal proceedings are pending in state and federal courts, and claims against Deutsche Bank are alleged under both U.S. state and federal law. Approximately 106 legal proceedings have been resolved and dismissed with prejudice with respect to Deutsche Bank. A number of other legal proceedings remain pending as against Deutsche Bank and are currently at various pre-trial stages, including discovery. Deutsche Bank has received a number of unfiled claims as well, and has resolved certain of those unfiled claims, though others remain pending against Deutsche Bank. The Bank does not expect these pending legal proceedings and unfiled claims to have a significant effect on its financial position or profitability.

 

Deutsche Bank has received subpoenas and requests for information from certain regulators and government entities concerning its activities regarding the origination, purchase, securitization, sale and/or trading of mortgage loans, RMBS, CDOs, asset backed commercial paper and credit derivatives. Deutsche Bank is cooperating fully in response to those subpoenas and requests for information.

 

Deutsche Bank has been named as defendant in numerous civil litigations in various roles as issuer or underwriter in RMBS offerings. These cases include purported class action suits, actions by individual purchasers of securities, and actions by insurance companies that guaranteed payments of principal and interest for particular tranches of securities offerings. Although the allegations vary by lawsuit, these cases generally allege that the RMBS offering documents contained material misrepresentations and omissions, including with regard to the underwriting standards pursuant to which the underlying mortgage loans were issued, or assert that various representations or warranties relating to the loans were breached at the time of origination.

 

Deutsche Bank and several current or former employees were named as defendants in a putative class action commenced on June 27, 2008, relating to two Deutsche Bank-issued RMBS offerings. Following a mediation, the court has approved a settlement of the case.

 

Deutsche Bank is a defendant in putative class actions relating to its role, along with other financial institutions, as underwriter of RMBS issued by various third-parties and their affiliates including Countrywide Financial Corporation, IndyMac MBS, Inc., Novastar Mortgage Corporation, and Residential Accredit Loans, Inc. These cases are in various stages up through discovery. On March 29, 2012, the court dismissed with prejudice and without leave to replead the putative Novastar Mortgage Corporation class action, which the plaintiffs have appealed.

 

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Deutsche Bank is a defendant in various non-class action lawsuits by alleged purchasers of, and counterparties involved in transactions relating to, RMBS, and their affiliates, including Allstate Insurance Company, Asset Management Fund, Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation, Baverische Landesbank, , Cambridge Place Investments Management Inc., the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC”) (as conservator for Franklin Bank S.S.B.), Citizens National Bank and Strategic Capital Banke, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, the Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco (“FHLB San Francisco”), the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, the Federal Housing Finance Agency, as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, John Hancock Insurance Company, Mass Mutual Life Insurance Company, Phoenix Light SF Limited, Sealink Funding Ltd., Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, The Charles Schwab Corporation, The Union Central Life Insurance Company, The Western and Southern Life Insurance Co. and the West Virginia Investment Management Board. These civil litigations are in various stages up through discovery.

 

In the actions against Deutsche Bank solely as an underwriter of other issuers’ RMBS offerings, Deutsche Bank has contractual rights to indemnification from the issuers, but those indemnity rights may in whole or in part prove effectively unenforceable where the issuers are now or may in the future be in bankruptcy or otherwise defunct.

 

On February 6, 2012, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order dismissing claims brought by Dexia SA/NV and Teachers Insurance and Annuity Association of America, and their affiliates. The court dismissed some of the claims with prejudice and granted the plaintiffs leave to replead other claims.

 

On July 16, 2012, the Fourth Judicial District for the State of Minnesota dismissed Deutsche Bank from a litigation brought by Moneygram Payment Systems, Inc. (“Moneygram”) relating to investments in RMBS, collateralized debt obligations and credit-linked notes. The court further denied Moneygram’s motion for reconsideration.

 

A number of other entities have threatened to assert claims against Deutsche Bank in connection with various RMBS offerings and other related products, and Deutsche Bank has entered into agreements with a number of these entities to toll the relevant statute of limitations. It is possible that these potential claims may have a material impact on Deutsche Bank.

 

On May 3, 2011, the USDOJ filed a civil action against Deutsche Bank AG and MortgageIT, Inc. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The USDOJ filed an amended complaint on August 22, 2011. The amended complaint, which asserts claims under the U.S. False Claims Act and common law, alleges that Deutsche Bank AG, DB Structured Products, Inc., MortgageIT, Inc. and DBSI submitted false certifications to the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”) concerning MortgageIT, Inc.’s compliance with FHA requirements for quality controls and concerning whether individual loans qualified for FHA insurance. As set forth in the amended complaint, FHA has paid $368 million in insurance claims on mortgages that are allegedly subject to false certifications. The amended complaint seeks recovery of treble damages and indemnification of future losses on loans insured by FHA, and as set forth in the filings, the government seeks over $1 billion in damages. On September 23, 2011, the defendants filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. Following a hearing on December 21, 2011, the court order granted the USDOJ leave to file a second amended complaint. On May 10, 2012, Deutsche Bank settled this litigation with the USDOJ for $202.3 million.

 

On May 8, 2012, Deutsche Bank reached a settlement with Assured Guaranty Municipal Corporation (“Assured”) regarding claims on certain RMBS issued and underwritten by Deutsche Bank that are covered by financial guaranty insurance provided by Assured. Pursuant to this settlement, Deutsche Bank made a payment of $166 million and agreed to participate in a loss share arrangement to cover a percentage of Assured’s future losses on certain RMBS issued by Deutsche Bank. All of Deutsche Bank’s currently expected payments pursuant to this settlement were provisioned in previous quarters. This settlement resolves two litigations with Assured relating to financial guaranty insurance and limits claims in a third litigation where all the underlying mortgage collateral was originated by Greenpoint Mortgage Funding, Inc. (a subsidiary of Capital One), which is required to indemnify Deutsche Bank.

 

Deutsche Bank and DBSI, including a division of DBSI, have been named as defendants in 21 individual actions asserting various claims under the federal securities laws and state common law arising out of the sale of ARS. Of those 21 actions, four are pending and 17 have been resolved and dismissed with prejudice. Deutsche Bank and DBSI were the subjects of a putative class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting various claims under the federal securities laws on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased and continue to hold ARS offered for sale by Deutsche Bank and DBSI between March 17, 2003 and February 13, 2008. In December 2010, the court dismissed the putative class action with prejudice. After initially filing a notice of appeal, the plaintiff voluntarily withdrew and dismissed the appeal in December 2011. Deutsche Bank was also named as a defendant, along with ten other financial institutions, in two putative class actions, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting violations of the antitrust laws. The putative class actions allege that the defendants conspired to artificially support and then, in February 2008, restrain the ARS market. On or about January 26, 2010, the court dismissed the two putative class actions. The plaintiffs have filed appeals of the dismissals.

 

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Deutsche Bank and certain of its affiliates and officers, including DBSI, are the subject of a consolidated putative class action, filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, asserting claims under the federal securities laws on behalf of persons who purchased certain trust preferred securities issued by Deutsche Bank and its affiliates between October 2006 and May 2008. Claims are asserted under sections 11, 12(a)(2), and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933. An amended and consolidated class action complaint was filed on January 25, 2010. On August 19, 2011, the court granted in part and denied in part the defendants’ motion to dismiss. Defendants have moved for reconsideration of the portion of the decision denying the motion to dismiss. On September 20, 2011, plaintiffs filed a second amended complaint, which no longer includes claims based on the October 2006 issuance of securities. On defendants’ motion for reconsideration, the court on August 10, 2012 dismissed the second amended complaint with prejudice. Plaintiffs have sought reconsideration of that dismissal.

 

DBSI has been named as a respondent in 26 arbitrations seeking damages allegedly sustained from investments in the Aravali Fund (“Aravali”), a third-party hedge fund sold by DBSI to retail clients. Aravali used a high degree of leverage in investing in municipal bonds to generate return and income, leverage that led to the collapse of the fund when the municipal bond market suffered a decline in the fall of 2008. One of the arbitrations is pending, and 25 of the arbitrations have concluded or have been resolved and have been or will soon be dismissed with prejudice.

 

DBSI has been named as a respondent in 16 arbitrations seeking damages for losses sustained through a put spread options investment strategy directed by an independent registered investment advisor, Themis Asset Strategies LLC (“Themis”), whose principal Derek Clark was a client advisor at DBSI from 2002-2005. Claimants include direct clients of Themis, for whom DBSI performed execution and custody services; customers of DBSI, who participated in the trading program through DBSI’s referral program; and a non-customer whose trades were executed through DBSI’s options desk and delivered to another firm. The put spread options strategy experienced a severe decline during the market turmoil of October 2008, and DBSI discontinued its referral arrangement with Themis in November 2008. Two of the arbitrations are pending and 14 have been resolved and dismissed with prejudice.

 

DBSI has been named as respondent in an arbitration alleging that DBSI failed to sell an equity position held by the claimant, Dr. Xiaohua Qu (the Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Solar), in accordance with the terms of a Rule 10b5-1 sales plan agreement. Claimant seeks compensatory damages in excess of $10 million plus punitive damages and costs and fees. The arbitration hearing is scheduled for November 2012.

 

DBSI, along with numerous other securities firms and individuals, has been named as a defendant in a consolidated class action lawsuit pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. The lawsuit is purportedly brought on behalf of investors in certain debt securities issued by MF Global Holdings Ltd. DBSI is being sued as an underwriter for two of the three debt offerings that are the subject of the lawsuit. The lawsuit alleges material misstatements and omissions in a registration statement and prospectuses. The parties are awaiting the filing of a consolidated amended complaint.

 

Deutsche Bank is the subject of a litigation filed in the Southern District of New York by the Joint Official Liquidators (“JOLs”) of the SPhinX family of hedge funds (“SPhinX”) arising from losses allegedly suffered by SPhinX when SPhinX assets were transferred from segregated accounts at Refco LLC to unprotected accounts at Refco Capital Markets, Ltd. According to the complaint, the JOLs filed the action to recover (i) $263 million plus interest in damages suffered by SPhinX, (ii) the lost business enterprise value and deepening insolvency damages suffered by SPhinX’s investment manager, PlusFunds Group, Inc., and (iii) damages suffered by a group of SPhinX investors that assigned claims to the JOLs. The complaint included claims for breach of fiduciary duty, fraud/misrepresentation, aiding and abetting fraud, aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty, aiding and abetting conversion, breach of contract/breach of implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing, and declaratory relief on Deutsche Bank’s indemnity claims against SPhinX. On November 1, 2011, the court dismissed all claims, except for the claim for aiding and abetting fraud and further limited that claim to losses suffered by SPhinX with respect to assets placed at Refco LLC. The case is now in discovery.

 

On November 27, 2012, a Business Conduct Committee of the CME Group approved settlements/fines in the amounts of $550,000 and $250,000 to resolve three separate actions concerning DBSI’s allegedly inaccurate reporting of block trades on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and Chicago Board of Trade. The settlement resolves approximately 50 alleged violations relating to approximately 30 trades from 2009-2011, including two incidents of alleged intentional misreporting. DBSI neither admitted nor denied the rule violations upon which the fines are based.

 

Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPFS”), a Delaware corporation, is registered with the CFTC as an FCM. MLPFS is a clearing member of the Chicago Board of Trade, and the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, and is either a clearing member or member of all other principal U.S. futures and futures options exchanges. With regard to those domestic futures and futures options exchanges of which it is not a clearing member, MLPFS has entered into third party brokerage relationships with FCMs that are clearing members of those exchanges. MLPFS maintains its principal place of business at One Bryant Park, New York, NY 10036.

 

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Bank of America Corporation (the “Corporation”), MLPFS’s ultimate parent, and Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., MLPFS’s direct corporate parent (the “Parent”) make all required disclosures in their Annual Reports on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q, which may be updated by Current Reports on Form 8-K, all of which are filed with the SEC (“Regulatory Filings”).  MLPFS makes all required disclosures in its Form BD and ADV filings (“Form BD and ADV Filings”) with FINRA. Those Regulatory Filings and Form BD and ADV Filings include disclosures of regulatory inquiries as required by federal law and applicable regulations.

 

In the ordinary course of business, MLPFS is routinely a defendant in or party to many pending and threatened legal actions and proceedings, including actions brought on behalf of various classes of claimants. These actions and proceedings are generally based on alleged violations of securities, employment, contract and other laws. In some of these actions and proceedings, claims for substantial monetary damages are asserted against MLPFS.

 

In the ordinary course of business, MLPFS is also subject to regulatory examinations, information gathering requests, inquiries and investigations. In connection with formal and informal inquiries by the SEC, FINRA, the New York Stock Exchange, and other domestic, international and state securities regulators, MLPFS receives numerous requests, subpoenas and orders for documents, testimony and information in connection with various aspects of its regulated activities.

 

In view of the inherent difficulty of predicting the outcome of litigation and regulatory matters, particularly where the claimants seek very large or indeterminate damages or where the matters present novel legal theories or involve a large number of parties, MLPFS generally cannot predict what the eventual outcome of the pending matters will be, what the timing of the ultimate resolution of these matters will be, or what the eventual loss, fines or penalties related to each pending matter may be.

 

In accordance with applicable accounting guidance, MLPFS establishes an accrued liability for litigation and regulatory matters when those matters present loss contingencies that are both probable and estimable. In such cases, there may be an exposure to loss in excess of any amounts accrued. When a loss contingency is not both probable and estimable, MLPFS does not establish an accrued liability. As a litigation or regulatory matter develops, MLPFS, in conjunction with any outside counsel handling the matter, evaluates on an ongoing basis whether such matter presents a loss contingency that is probable and estimable. If, at the time of evaluation, the loss contingency related to a litigation or regulatory matter is not both probable and estimable, the matter will continue to be monitored for further developments that would make such loss contingency both probable and estimable. Once the loss contingency related to a litigation or regulatory matter is deemed to be both probable and estimable, MLPFS will establish an accrued liability with respect to such loss contingency and continue to monitor the matter for further developments that could affect the amount of the accrued liability that has been previously established.

 

In some of the matters described below, loss contingencies are not both probable and estimable in the view of management, and accordingly, an accrued liability has not been established for those matters. Information is provided below regarding the nature of these contingencies and, where specified, the amount of the claim associated with these loss contingencies. Based on current knowledge, management does not believe that loss contingencies arising from pending matters will have a material adverse effect on MLPFS’s consolidated financial position or liquidity. However, in light of the inherent uncertainties involved in these matters, and the very large or indeterminate damages sought in some or all of these matters, an adverse outcome in one or more of these matters could be material to MLPFS’s results of operations or cash flows for any particular reporting period.

 

The actions against MLPFS include, but are not limited to, the following:

 

Since October 2007, MLPFS, and its former affiliate Banc of America Securities LLC (“BAS”, which was merged into MLPFS on November 1, 2010 with MLPFS as the surviving corporation in the merger), have been named as defendants in a variety of lawsuits and other proceedings brought by customers and both individual and institutional investors regarding ARS. These actions generally allege that the defendants (i) misled the plaintiffs into believing that there was a deeply liquid market for ARS, and (ii) failed to adequately disclose their or their affiliates’ practice of placing their own bids to support ARS auctions. Plaintiffs assert that ARS auctions started failing from August 2007 through February 2008 when the defendants and other broker-dealers stopped placing those “support bids.” In addition to the matters described in more detail below, numerous arbitrations and individual lawsuits have been filed against MLPFS and certain affiliates by parties who purchased ARS and are seeking relief that includes compensatory and punitive damages totaling in excess of $1.2 billion, as well as rescission, among other relief.

 

MLPFS and the Parent face a number of civil actions relating to the sales of ARS and management of ARS auctions, including two putative class action lawsuits in which the plaintiffs seek to recover the alleged losses in market value of ARS purportedly caused by the defendants’ actions. Plaintiffs also seek unspecified damages, including rescission, other compensatory and consequential damages, costs, fees and interest. The first action, In Re Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation, is the result of the consolidation of two separate class action suits in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. These suits were brought by two customers of MLPFS, on behalf of all persons who purchased ARS in auctions managed by MLPFS and other affiliates, against the Parent and MLPFS. On March 31, 2010, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York granted defendants’ motion to dismiss. Plaintiffs appealed and on November 14, 2011, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal. Plaintiffs’ time to seek a writ of certiorari to the U.S. Supreme Court expired on February 13, 2012 and, as a result, this action is now concluded.

 

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The second action, Bondar v. Bank of America Corporation, was brought by a putative class of ARS purchasers against the Corporation and BAS. On February 24, 2011, the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California dismissed the amended complaint and directed plaintiffs to state whether they will file a further amended complaint or appeal the court’s dismissal. Following the Second Circuit’s decision in In Re Merrill Lynch Auction Rate Securities Litigation, plaintiffs voluntarily dismissed their action on January 4, 2012.

 

In Gail A. Cahaly, et al. v. Benistar Property Exchange Trust Company, Inc. (“Benistar”), et al. a matter filed on August 1, 2001, in Massachusetts Superior Court, Suffolk County, plaintiffs alleged that MLPFS aided and abetted a fraud and breach of fiduciary duty allegedly perpetrated by Benistar, a former client of MLPFS. In 2002, following a trial, a jury rendered a verdict requiring MLPFS to pay plaintiffs $9 million in compensatory damages. After the court granted MLPFS’ motion to vacate the verdict, the court granted plaintiffs’ motion for a new trial. On June 25, 2009, the jury in the second trial found in favor of plaintiffs on all counts. Plaintiffs filed discovery-related sanctions motions, as well as a petition seeking attorneys’ fees and costs.  On January 11, 2011, the court issued its rulings denying plaintiffs’ request for sanctions and punitive damages but awarding consequential damages and attorneys’ fees to plaintiffs in an amount not material to MLPFS’s results of operations. Plaintiffs and MLPFS have appealed the court’s January 11, 2011 rulings on damages and sanctions.

 

Since 2009, MLPFS and certain affiliates have been named as defendants in lawsuits and arbitrations brought by former Merrill Lynch employees, primarily financial advisors, who participated in certain Merrill Lynch equity and contingent long term incentive compensation plans (the “Plans”).  These actions generally allege that the former employees had “good reason” to resign as that term is defined under the change in control provisions of the applicable Plans and, as such, are entitled to immediate vesting and payment of forfeited awards and/or monetary sums under those Plans.  In addition to litigation and arbitration, additional employees or their representatives have sent letters seeking payment directly from the Parent. 

 

A putative class action was filed in October 2009, entitled Chambers et al v. Merrill Lynch & Co. et al. in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, seeking certification of a putative class of financial advisors and seeking damages and other payments under the good reason provisions of certain contingent incentive compensation plans. Plaintiffs filed a motion for class certification on April 9, 2012.

 

Commencing in 1979, the Illinois Funeral Directors Association (“IFDA”), an Illinois not-for-profit corporation that serves as a trade association representative for the Illinois funeral industry, began providing trust services to Illinois consumers for the deposit of payments for pre-paid funeral services. Illinois law regulates the sale of pre-paid funeral goods and services and requires that proceeds of those sales be held in trust. In 1986, the IFDA began offering a tax-advantaged pre-need trust administered by its subsidiary, IFDA Services, Inc. (“IFDA Services”). The tax-advantaged pre-need trust invested primarily in variable universal life insurance (“VUL”) policies written against the lives of “keymen” of IFDA, its members and its affiliates. In response to the stated investment objectives of IFDA’s executive director and its board of directors, MLPFS recommended the purchase of the VUL policies to IFDA for the tax-advantaged pre-need trust, and Merrill Lynch Life Agency, Inc. (“MLLA”), sold the pre-need trust approximately 270 VUL policies as investment vehicles.

 

During IFDA Services’ operation of the pre-need trust, it credited IFDA members with earnings on deposits into the pre-need trust based on a rate of return set by IFDA Services, even though the crediting rate sometimes exceeded the actual earnings on the trust investments. As a result, a deficit developed between the amounts that the IFDA credited to IFDA members and the actual earnings of the trust. The Illinois Office of the Comptroller, the trust’s regulator, removed IFDA Services as trustee of the trust in 2008, and asked Merrill Lynch Bank & Trust Company, FSB (“MLBTC”), to serve as successor trustee.

 

On February10, 2012, the State of Illinois Office of the Secretary of State, Securities Department (“ISD”) entered into a consent order with MLPFS to resolve the ISD’s investigation of the sale of life insurance policies to the pre-need trust. The consent order provides for payment by MLPFS of an amount not material to MLPFS’ results of operations as restitution to the tax-advantaged pre-need trust and its beneficiaries to mitigate any potential loss or injuries that Illinois pre-need patrons or funeral homes might otherwise suffer and fund the anticipated funeral costs of Illinois pre-need patrons. In addition, the consent order provides for payment by MLPFS of the costs of the ISD’s investigation and of administration and distribution of the ISD settlement funds.

 

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On June 16, 2009, a purported class action on behalf of a proposed class of pre-need contract holders, David Tipsword as Trustee of Mildred E. Tipsword Trust, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated v. I.F.D.A. Services Inc., et al., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois against MLPFS, among other defendants. The complaint alleges that MLPFS breached purported fiduciary duties and committed negligence and seeks compensatory and punitive damages, reasonable attorneys’ fees, and costs. The court denied MLPFS’ motion to dismiss.

 

On June 30, 2009, a purported class action on behalf of a proposed class of funeral directors, Clancy-Gernon Funeral Home, Inc., et al. v. MLPF&S, et al., was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, alleging that MLPFS and MLLA, among other defendants, committed consumer fraud, civil conspiracy, unjust enrichment and conversion. MLPFS and MLLA removed the complaint to the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, and the case was ultimately transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. On November 9, 2010, plaintiff filed a third amended complaint, which added new parties, including MLBTC, and additional claims for fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, negligence and aiding and abetting fiduciary duty against MLPFS and MLLA, and breach of fiduciary duty and negligence against MLBTC. The third amended complaint seeks disgorgement and remittance of all commissions, premiums, fees and compensation; an accounting; compensatory damages; pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; and reasonable attorneys’ and experts’ fees and costs. The court denied MLBTC’s motion to dismiss and permitted MLPFS and MLLA to withdraw their motions to dismiss.

 

On December 9, 2010, a purported class action on behalf of a proposed class of funeral directors, Pettett Funeral Home, Ltd., et al. v. MLPF&S, et al., was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Illinois. The allegations and relief sought in the Pettett matter are virtually identical to the claims in Clancy-Gernon.

 

On July 28, 2010, Charles G. Kurrus, III, P.C., a funeral director and owner of a funeral home, filed an action in the Illinois Circuit Court, St. Clair County, against the Company, MLLA and MLBTC, among others, including present and former employees.  The complaint, entitled Charles F. Kurrus, III, P.C. v. Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith, Inc., et al., asserts causes of action for breach of the Illinois Consumer Fraud and Deceptive Business Practices Act and civil conspiracy against all defendants; breach of fiduciary duty against MLPFS and MLBTC; and negligence and aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty against MLPFS.  The complaint seeks declaratory relief; disgorgement of all commissions, fees and revenues received by the Company, MLLA and MLBTC; pre-judgment and post-judgment interest; an accounting; and attorneys’ fees.  Defendants filed motions to dismiss.

 

On February 15, 2012, the parties to the above-referenced litigations executed a settlement agreement to fully resolve the claims asserted in the class action litigations and the Kurrus litigation, and fully release and bar any civil claims against MLPFS, its employees or affiliates with respect to the IFDA pre-need trust. The settlement agreement, which received preliminary court approval on February 17, 2012, provides for a payment by MLPFS in an amount not material to its results of operations (which amount was fully accrued as of December 31, 2011).

 

The Parent, MLPFS, including BAS, and certain of their subsidiaries, along with other underwriters, and various issuers and others, were named as defendants in a number of putative class action lawsuits that have been consolidated in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York as In re Initial Public Offering Securities Litigation. Plaintiffs contend, among other things, that defendants failed to make certain required disclosures in the registration statements and prospectuses for applicable offerings regarding alleged agreements with institutional investors that tied allocations in certain offerings to the purchase orders by those investors in the aftermarket. Plaintiffs allege that such agreements allowed defendants to manipulate the price of the securities sold in these offerings in violation of Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and SEC rules promulgated thereunder. The parties agreed to settle the matter, for which the court granted final approval in an amount that was not material to MLPFS’s results of operations. Certain putative class members filed an appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit seeking reversal of the final approval.

 

On August 25, 2011, the district court, on remand from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, dismissed the objection by the last remaining putative class member, concluding that he was not a class member. On January 9, 2012, that objector dismissed with prejudice an appeal of the court’s dismissal pursuant to a settlement agreement. On November 28, 2011, an objector whose appeals were dismissed by the Second Circuit filed a petition for a writ of certiorari with the U.S. Supreme Court that was rejected as procedurally defective. On January 17, 2012, the Supreme Court advised the objector that the petition was untimely and should not be resubmitted to the Supreme Court.

 

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Beginning in September 2008, MLPFS, including BAS, along with other underwriters and individuals, were named as defendants in several putative class action lawsuits filed in federal and state courts. All of these cases have since been transferred or conditionally transferred to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York under the caption In re Lehman Brothers Securities and ERISA Litigation. Plaintiffs allege that the underwriter defendants violated Section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, as well as various state laws, by making false or misleading disclosures about the real estate-related investments and mortgage lending practices of Lehman Brothers Holdings, Inc. (“LBHI”) in connection with various debt and convertible stock offerings of LBHI. Plaintiffs seek unspecified damages. On June 4, 2010, defendants filed a motion to dismiss the complaint. On July 27, 2011, the court granted in part and denied in part the motion. Certain of the allegations in the complaint that purported to support the Section 11 claim against the underwriter defendants were dismissed; others were not dismissed relating to alleged misstatements regarding LBHI’s leverage and financial condition, risk management and risk concentrations.

 

On September 23, 2011, the majority of the underwriter defendants, including BAS, MLPFS and approximately 40 others, reached an agreement in principle with the lead plaintiffs to settle the securities class action as to the settling underwriters. On May 2, 2012, the court gave final approval to the settlement. MLPFS’s portion of the settlement is not material to its results of operations or financial condition.

 

On April 30, 2009, MBIA Insurance Corporation (“MBIA”) and LaCrosse Financial Products, LLC filed a complaint in New York State Supreme Court, New York County, against MLPFS and Merrill Lynch International (“MLI”) under the caption MBIA Insurance Corporation and LaCrosse Financial Products, LLC v. Merrill Lynch Pierce Fenner and Smith Inc., and Merrill Lynch International. The complaint relates to certain credit default swap and insurance agreements by which plaintiffs provided credit protection to MLPFS and MLI and other parties on CDO securities. Plaintiffs claim that MLPFS and MLI did not adequately disclose the credit quality and other risks of the CDO securities and underlying collateral. The complaint alleges claims for fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and breach of contract and seeks rescission and unspecified compensatory and punitive damages, among other relief. On April 9, 2010, the court granted defendants’ motion to dismiss as to the fraud, negligent misrepresentation, and breach of the implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing and rescission claims, as well as a portion of the breach of contract claim. Plaintiffs appealed the dismissal of their claims and MLI has cross-appealed the denial of its motion to dismiss the breach of contract claim in its entirety. On February 1, 2011, the appellate court dismissed the case against MLI in its entirety. On July 11, 2011, the parties reached an agreement to settle the litigation. The settlement did not require any payment by MLPFS.

 

The Parent, MLPFS, including BAS, and certain of their affiliates have been named as defendants in a number of cases relating to their various roles as issuer, originator, seller, depositor, sponsor, underwriter and/or controlling entity in mortgage backed securities (“MBS”) offerings, pursuant to which the MBS investors were entitled to a portion of the cash flow from the underlying pools of mortgages. These cases generally include actions by individual MBS purchasers. These cases generally include purported class action suits and actions by individual MBS purchasers. Although the allegations vary by lawsuit, these cases generally allege that the registration statements, prospectuses and prospectus supplements for securities issued by securitization trusts contained material misrepresentations and omissions, in violation of Sections 11, 12 and 15 of the Securities Act of 1933, Sections 10(b) and 20 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and/or state securities laws and other state statutory and common laws.  

 

These cases generally involve allegations of false and misleading statements regarding: (i) the process by which the properties that served as collateral for the mortgage loans underlying the MBS were appraised; (ii) the percentage of equity that mortgage borrowers had in their homes; (iii) the borrowers’ ability to repay their mortgage loans; (iv) the underwriting practices by which those mortgage loans were originated; (v) the ratings given to the different tranches of MBS by rating agencies; and (vi) the validity of each issuing trust’s title to the mortgage loans comprising the pool for the securitization (collectively “MBS Claims”). Plaintiffs in these cases generally seek unspecified compensatory damages, unspecified costs and legal fees and, in some instances, seek rescission. A number of other entities (including the National Credit Union Administration) have threatened legal actions against MLPFS concerning MBS offerings.

 

On August 8, 2011, American International Group, Inc. and certain of its affiliates (collectively, “AIG”) filed a complaint in the Supreme Court of the State of New York, New York County, in a case entitled American International Group, Inc. et al. v. Bank of America Corporation et al. AIG has named, among others, MLPFS, including BAS, and certain related entities as defendants. AIG’s complaint asserts certain MBS Claims pertaining to 158 MBS offerings and 2 MBS placements offerings in which AIG alleges that it purchased securities between 2005 and 2007. AIG seeks rescission of its purchases or a rescissory measure of damages or, in the alternative, compensatory damages of not less than $10 billion as to all defendants; punitive damages; and other unspecified relief. Defendants removed the case to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York, which denied AIG’s motion to remand the case to state court. On April 24, 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit granted plaintiffs’ petition for leave to appeal the ruling of the federal district court in the Southern District of New York denying plaintiffs’ motion to remand the case to New York Supreme Court.

 

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On September 2, 2011, the Federal Housing Finance Agency (“FHFA”), as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, filed complaints against MLPFS and other related entities, and certain current and former officers and directors of these entities in two separate actions. The actions are entitled, Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Bank of America Corporation, et al., and Federal Housing Finance Agency v. Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc., et al., both filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York.

 

The complaints assert certain MBS Claims relating to MBS issued and/or underwritten by Bank of America and MLPFS related entities in 23 MBS offerings and in 72 MBS offerings, respectively, between 2005 and 2008 and allegedly purchased by either Fannie Mae or Freddie Mac. The FHFA seeks among other relief, rescission of the consideration Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac paid for the securities or alternatively damages allegedly incurred by Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac. The FHFA also seeks recovery of punitive damages in the Merrill Lynch action.

 

On October 15, 2010, the Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago (“FHLB Chicago”) filed a complaint against MLPFS, including BAS, and other defendants in Illinois Circuit Court, Cook County, entitled Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago v. Banc of America Funding Corp., et al. On April 8, 2011, FHLB Chicago filed an amended complaint adding Merrill Lynch Mortgage Investors (“MLMI”) as a defendant. FHLB Chicago’s complaint asserts certain MBS Claims arising from FHLB Chicago’s alleged purchases from 10 MBS offerings issued and/or underwritten by certain of the defendants in 2005 and 2006 and seeks rescission, unspecified damages and other unspecified relief.

 

On March 15, 2010, FHLB San Francisco filed an action in California Superior Court, San Francisco County, entitled Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco v. Deutsche Bank Securities Inc., et al. FHLB San Francisco asserts certain MBS Claims against MLPFS in connection with its alleged purchase of five MBS issued in 2005 and 2007 that were underwritten by MLPFS and seeks rescission and unspecified damages. The plaintiff dismissed its federal law claims with prejudice on August 11, 2011. On September 8, 2011, the court denied the defendants’ motions to dismiss the state law claims in this action.

 

The Parent, MLPFS, MLMI and certain current and former directors of MLMI are named as defendants in a consolidated class action in the U.S. District Court in the Southern District of New York, entitled Public Employees’ Ret. System of Mississippi v. Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Plaintiffs assert certain MBS Claims in connection with their purchase of MBS. In March 2010, the court dismissed claims related to 65 of 84 offerings with prejudice due to lack of standing as no named plaintiff purchased securities in those offerings. On November 8, 2010, the court dismissed claims related to one additional offering on separate grounds. On May 7, 2012, the court granted final approval of a settlement providing for a payment in an amount not material to MLPFS’ results of operations (MLPFS’ portion of which was fully accrued as of December 31, 2011).

 

MLPFS, including BAS, has received a number of subpoenas and other requests for information from regulators and governmental authorities regarding MBS and other mortgage-related matters, including inquiries and investigations related to a number of transactions involving the Company’s underwriting and issuance of MBS and its participation in certain CDO offerings. These inquiries and investigations include, among others: an investigation by the SEC related to MLPFS’s risk control, valuation, structuring, marketing and purchase of CDOs. MLPFS has provided documents and testimony in and continues to cooperate fully with these inquiries and investigations.

 

On May 28, 2008, two former hedge fund clients of Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation, Rosen Capital Partners LP and Rosen Capital Institutional LP (collectively, the “Rosen Funds”), filed a statement of claim asserting claims for breach of contract, fraud and negligence against Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation in connection with alleged losses in the fall of 2008. On July 5, 2011, a FINRA panel awarded the Rosen Funds $64 million plus interest at the rate of 9% per year, accruing from October 7, 2008 until the award is paid in full. The Rosen Funds have moved to confirm the award in the Superior Court of California. On December 23, 2011, the court granted the Rosen Funds’ motion to confirm the award. On February 23, 2012, Merrill Lynch Professional Clearing Corporation filed a notice of appeal with the California Court of Appeal.

 

The SEC alleged, and MLPFS neither admitted nor denied, that MLPFS failed to maintain policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of customer order information as required by Section 15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 204A of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940. The order (1) requires that MLPFS cease and desist from committing or causing any future violations of the provisions charged, (2) censures MLPFS, (3) imposed a civil money penalty in the amount of $7,000,000, and (4) orders MLPFS to comply with undertakings regarding the enhancement of certain policies and procedures. On March 11, 2009, without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings, MLPFS consented to the entry of an administrative SEC order finding violations of Section 15(f) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Section 204A of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940 for allegedly failing to maintain written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of customer order information. The order requires MLPFS to comply with undertakings to implement (or to continue) and maintain policies and procedures to, among things: (1) inform employees that information concerning customer order information is confidential, (2) address employee access to the equity squawk box, and (3) train employees who use squawk box related technology. In addition, MLPFS’s internal audit department will conduct periodic reviews of these policies and procedures and provide the SEC staff with a copy of the audit report.

 

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On January 30, 2009, MLPFS, without admitting or denying any findings of misconduct by the SEC, consented to the entry of an administrative order by the SEC that (1) found that MLPFS violated Investment Advisers Act of 1940 Sections 204 and 206(2), and Rule 204-2(a)(14) thereunder; (2) required that MLPFS cease and desist from committing or causing any violation or further violations of the provisions charged; (3) censured MLPFS pursuant to Advisers Act Section 203(e); and (4) required MLPFS to pay a civil money penalty of $1 million. The order found that MLPFS, through its pension consulting services advisory program, breached its fiduciary duty to certain current and prospective pension fund clients by misrepresenting and omitting to disclose material information.

 

On July 31, 2008, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth Securities Division (“MSD”) alleged that MLPFS violated the Massachusetts Uniform Securities Act, which, in part, prohibits unethical or dishonest conduct or practices in the securities business, concerning the sale of ARS to retail and other customers by MLPFS. Without admitting or denying the allegations, MLPFS entered into a settlement with the MSD, in which it agreed to certain undertakings, including offering to buy back eligible ARS from eligible investors. MLPFS agreed to pay the MSD a civil penalty of $1,598,650.90, as part of a $125,000,000 fine that will be allocated at the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and other states’ discretion to resolve all underlying conduct relating to the sale of ARS.

 

As the result of the merger of Banc of America Investment Services, Inc. (“BAI”) with and into MLPFS on October 23, 2009 and the merger of BAS with and into MLPFS on November 1, 2010, MLPFS assumed the liabilities of BAI and BAS in the following matter: the SEC alleged that BAI and BAS (together, the “Firms”), misled customers regarding the fundamental nature and increasing risks associated with ARS that the Firms underwrote, marketed and sold. The SEC also alleged that, by engaging in such conduct, the Firms violated Section 15(c) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The Firms neither admit nor deny these allegations. Among other undertakings, the Firms have, through their affiliate Blue Ridge Investments, L.L.C., offered to purchase at par from “Individual Investors” (as defined in the Consent of Defendants BAS and BAI) certain ARS, and have substantially completed the purchase of those ARS. The Firms have also agreed to pay a total civil penalty of $50,000,000 that will be distributed among the states and U.S. territories that enter into administrative or civil consent orders related to ARS.

 

On September 8, 2009, the Texas State Securities Board (the “Board”) alleged that in connection with the sale of securities in Texas by certain of MLPFS’s client associates who were not registered in Texas, MLPFS failed to establish a supervisory system reasonably designed to achieve compliance with the Texas Securities Act and Rules and Regulations of the Board (the “Board Rules”) and failed to enforce its established written procedures in violation of Sections 115.10(a) and (b)(1) of the Board Rules, respectively. Without admitting or denying the findings of fact or conclusions of law, MLPFS entered into a Consent Order with the Board in which it agreed to a reprimand, to cease and desist from engaging in the sale of securities in Texas through unregistered agents and to comply with certain undertakings. MLPFS agreed to pay the State of Texas $1,568,985 as part of a total payment, consisting of fines, penalties and any other monetary sanctions, of $26,563,094.50 that will be allocated among the 50 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. MLPFS also agreed to pay $25,000 to the NASAA as consideration for financial assistance provided by NASAA in connection with the multi-state investigation.

 

As the result of the merger of BAS with and into MLPFS on November 1, 2010, MLPFS assumed the liabilities of BAS in the following matter: on December 7, 2010, the SEC issued an administrative and cease-and-desist order finding that BAS willfully violated Section 15(c)(1)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 when certain employees participated in improper bidding practices involving the temporary investment of proceeds of tax-exempt municipal securities in reinvestment products during the period 1998-2002. The order censured BAS, ordered BAS to cease and desist from committing or causing such violations and future violations, and ordered BAS to pay disgorgement plus prejudgment interest in the amount of $36,096,442. BAS consented to the order without admitting or denying the SEC’s findings. 

 

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Pursuant to an offer of settlement made by MLPFS, the SEC issued on January 25, 2011 an order finding that between February 2003 and February 2005 MLPFS market makers executing institutional customer orders for securities sometimes shared information concerning those trades with traders on a MLPFS securities proprietary trading desk.  The order found that, at times, MLPFS’s securities proprietary traders used that information to place trades for MLPFS after execution of the institutional customer order.  The order found that this disclosure and use of institutional customer order information by MLPFS’s traders was improper and contrary to MLPFS’s confidentiality representations to its customers.  The order also found instances between 2002 and 2007 when MLPFS charged institutional and high net worth customers undisclosed mark-ups and mark-downs on riskless securities principal trades for which MLPFS had agreed to charge the customer only a commission equivalent fee.  The order found that, in doing so, MLPFS acted improperly and contrary to its agreements with its customers.  The order also found that from 2002 through 2007 MLPFS failed in many instances to make records of its agreements with institutional customers to guarantee an execution price, which agreements were part of the terms and conditions of the institutional customer orders.  The order found that, as a result of its conduct, MLPFS willfully violated Section 15(c)(1)(A) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by effecting transactions in securities by means of manipulative, deceptive or other fraudulent devices or contrivances, and willfully violated Section 15(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 by failing to establish, maintain and enforce written policies and procedures reasonably designed to prevent the misuse of material, nonpublic information.  The order also found that under Section 15(b)(4)(E) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, MLPFS failed reasonably to supervise its traders with a view towards preventing them from violating the federal securities laws.  The order also found that MLPFS willfully violated Section 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 17a-3(a)(6) thereunder by failing to record certain terms and conditions of customer orders.  MLPFS neither admitted nor denied the findings in the order. The findings in the order are not binding on any person or entity other than MLPFS. On December 17, 2010, MLPFS submitted an offer of settlement to the SEC.  In the offer of settlement, MLPFS agreed to consent to the entry of the order, without admitting or denying the findings contained therein (other than those relating to jurisdiction).  The order was issued on January 25, 2011. The order (1) required that MLPFS cease and desist from committing or causing any violations and any future violations of Sections 15(c)(1)(A), 15(g) and 17(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 17a-3(a)(6) thereunder; (2) censured MLPFS pursuant to Section 15(b)(4) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and (3) required pursuant to Section 15(b)(4) and Section 21B of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 that MLPFS pay a civil money penalty in the amount of $10 million.  The penalty was paid on February 1, 2011.

 

Barclays Capital Inc. (“BCI”) serves as a clearing broker to execute and clear futures and equity transactions for the Trust and provides other brokerage-related services. BCI is a registered securities broker-dealer and FCM. BCI is involved in a number of judicial and arbitration matters arising in connection with the conduct of its business.

 

On September 15, 2009, motions were filed in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York by Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (“LBHI”), the SIPA Trustee for Lehman Brothers Inc. (the “Trustee”) and the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of LBHI (the “Committee”). All three motions challenged certain aspects of the transaction pursuant to which BCI, Barclays Bank PLC (“BBPLC”) and other subsidiaries of BBPLC (collectively, “Barclays”) acquired most of the assets of Lehman Brothers Inc. (“LBI”) in September 2008 and the court order approving such sale. The claimants sought an order voiding the transfer of certain assets to BCI, requiring BCI to return to the LBI estate alleged excess value BCI received; and declaring that BCI is not entitled to certain assets that it claims it was entitled to pursuant to the sale documents and order approving the sale (the “Rule 60 Claims”). On November 16, 2009, LBHI, the Trustee and the Committee filed separate complaints in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York asserting claims against BCI based on the same underlying allegations as the pending motions and seeking relief similar to that which is requested in the motions. On January 29, 2010, BCI filed its response to the Rule 60 Claims and also filed a motion seeking delivery of certain assets that LBHI and LBI have failed to deliver as required by the sale documents and U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York order approving the sale (together with the Trustee’s competing claims to those assets, the “Contract Claims”).

 

On February 22, 2011, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York issued its Opinion in relation to these matters, rejecting the Rule 60 Claims and deciding some of the Contract Claims in the Trustee’s favor and some in favor of BCI. On July 15, 2011, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York entered final Orders implementing its Opinion. BCI and the Trustee each appealed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York’s adverse rulings on the Contract Claims to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York. LBHI and the Committee did not pursue an appeal from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York’s ruling on the Rule 60 Claims. After briefing and argument, the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York issued its opinion on June 5, 2012 in which it reversed one of the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York’s rulings on the Contract Claims that had been adverse to Barclays and BCI and affirmed the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York’s other rulings on the Contract Claims. Barclays and the Trustee have each appealed the adverse rulings of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York to the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.

 

The FHFA, acting for two U.S. government sponsored enterprises, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, filed lawsuits against seventeen financial institutions in connection with the Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s purchases of RMBS. The lawsuits allege, among other things, that the RMBS offering materials contained materially false and misleading statements and/or omissions. BCI and certain of its former employees are named in two of these lawsuits, relating to sales between 2005 and 2007 of RMBS, in which BCI was lead or co-lead underwriter.

 

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Both complaints demand, among other things: rescission and recovery of the consideration paid for the RMBS; and recovery for Fannie Mae’s and Freddie Mac’s alleged monetary losses arising out of their ownership of the RMBS. The complaints are similar to other civil actions filed against BCI by other plaintiffs, including the Federal Home Loan Bank of Seattle, Federal Home Loan Bank of Boston, Federal Home Loan Bank of Chicago, Cambridge Place Investment Management, Inc., HSH Nordbank AG (and affiliates), Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP, Prudential Insurance Company of America and the NCUA, relating to purchases of RMBS.

 

The CFTC, the SEC, the USDOJ Fraud Section (the “DOJ-FS”) and Antitrust Division, the Financial Services Authority (“FSA”) and the European Commission are among various authorities conducting investigations (the Investigations) into submissions made by BBPLC and other panel members to the bodies that set various interbank offered rates, such as the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”) and the Euro Interbank Offered Rate.

 

On June 27, 2012, Barclays PLC (“BPLC”), BBPLC and BCI announced that they had reached a settlement with the CFTC. A penalty of $200 million was paid by the Barclays entities in connection with the CFTC settlement. On June 27, 2012, BBPLC also announced that it had reached a settlement with the FSA and the DOJ-FS. These three settlements were made by entry into a Settlement Order Agreement with the CFTC, a Non-Prosecution Agreement with the DOJ-FS and a Settlement Agreement with the FSA. In addition, BBPLC has been granted conditional leniency from the Antitrust Division of the Department of Justice in connection with potential U.S. antitrust law violations with respect to financial instruments that reference EURIBOR. On July 6, 2012, the UK Serious Fraud Office announced that it had decided formally to accept the LIBOR matter for investigation.

 

A number of civil cases containing allegations relating to LIBOR and other interbank rates have been filed against BCI and other banks, including Adams et al. v. Barclays Bank PLC et al., No. 12-cv-7461 and Courtyard at Amwell II et al. v. Bank of America Corp. et al., No. 12-cv-6693.

 

BCI, BPLC and BBPLC also have been named as defendants along with a current and a former member of BPLC’s board of directors in a proposed securities class action pending in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York in connection with BBPLC’s role as a contributor panel bank to LIBOR. The complaint alleges that BPLC’s Annual Reports on Form 20-F for the years 2006-2011 contained misstatements and omissions concerning (among other things) its compliance with its operational risk management processes and certain laws and regulations. The complaint is brought on behalf of a proposed class consisting of all persons or entities (other than defendants) who purchased BPLC-sponsored American Depositary Receipts on an American securities exchange between July 10, 2007 and June 27, 2012. The complaint asserts claims under Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

 

There have been no other administrative, civil or criminal actions, whether pending or concluded, against BCI within the last 5 years that would be considered to be material as defined in Section 4.24(l)(2) of the Regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act.

 

Credit Suisse Securities (USA) LLC (“CSS LLC”) is a broker-dealer registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission and an FCM registered with the CFTC. CSS LLC receives inquiries and is sometimes involved in investigations and has been involved in various judicial, regulatory and arbitration proceedings concerning matters arising in connection with the conduct of its business. CSS LLC fully cooperates with the authorities in all such matters. CSS LLC is a member of FINRA and information from CSS LLC’s Form BD can be viewed on FINRA’s website. CSS LLC is also an indirect, wholly owned subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG, which files periodic reports and other information with the SEC, including an Annual Report on Form 20-F. For purposes of this section, the term “Credit Suisse AG” refers to Credit Suisse Group AG and its consolidated subsidiaries.

 

There have been no administrative, civil or criminal actions, whether pending or concluded, against CSS LLC or any of its individual principals during the past five years which would be considered “material” as that term is defined in Section 4.24(l)(2) of the regulations of the CFTC, except as may be described below.

 

Beginning in January 2001, CSS LLC, one of its affiliates and several other investment banks were named as defendants in a large number of putative class action complaints filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning initial public offering (“IPO”) allocation practices. In April 2002, the plaintiffs filed consolidated amended complaints alleging various violations of the federal securities laws resulting from alleged material omissions and misstatements in registration statements and prospectuses for the IPOs and, in some cases, follow-on offerings, and with respect to transactions in the aftermarket for those offerings. The complaints contained allegations that the registration statements and prospectuses either omitted or misrepresented material information about commissions paid to investment banks and aftermarket transactions by certain customers that received allocations of shares in the IPOs. The complaints also alleged that misleading analyst reports were issued to support the issuers’ allegedly manipulated stock price and that such reports failed to disclose the alleged allocation practices or that analysts were allegedly subject to conflicts of interest. In September 2008, a settlement in principle was reached between the plaintiffs and the underwriter and issuer defendants, and in October 2009, the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued an order granting final approval of the settlement. Certain members of the settlement class filed appeals challenging the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s approval of the settlement. These appeals have since been resolved or dismissed, although one such appellant attempted to file a petition for review by the Supreme Court. That petition was initially rejected as procedurally defective. On January 18, 2012, the Clerk of the Supreme Court determined that the petition had been untimely and therefore was not eligible for resubmission. On January 27, 2012, plaintiffs notified the District Court for the Southern District of New York that the settlement had thereby been final and effective, permitting the distribution of the funds to claimants and terminating the litigation for all purposes. Resolution of this matter was covered by existing provisions.

 

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Putative class action lawsuits were filed against CSS LLC in the wake of publicity surrounding the 2002 industry-wide governmental and regulatory investigations into research analyst practices, with In re Credit Suisse – AOL Securities Litigation, filed in the District Court for the District of Massachusetts, being the final outstanding matter. The case was brought on behalf of a class of purchasers of common shares of the former AOL Time Warner Inc. (“AOL”) who have alleged that CSS LLC’s equity research coverage of AOL between January 2001 and July 2002 was false and misleading. The second amended complaint in this action has asserted federal securities fraud and control person liability claims against CSS LLC and certain affiliates and former employees of CSS LLC. Plaintiffs estimated damages of approximately USD 3.9 billion. The district court denied CSS LLC’s motion to dismiss the complaint on December 16, 2006. On September 26, 2008, the district court granted class certification, and the Court of Appeals for the First Circuit subsequently declined to hear CSS LLC’s appeal of that decision. On November 4, 2008, CSS LLC filed a motion for summary judgment on the grounds that there was no evidence that CSS LLC’s research coverage of AOL was false or misleading, and there was no evidence that CSS LLC’s research coverage had any effect on AOL’s stock price or caused the losses asserted by the plaintiff class. In addition, on April 21 and June 5, 2009, CSS LLC and the plaintiff class cross-moved to preclude the testimony of each other’s expert witnesses. On August 26, 2011, the district court denied CSS LLC’s motion for summary judgment. On September 28, 2011, the defendants filed a motion to certify questions for interlocutory appeal, which was denied on November 21, 2011. On January 13, 2012, the district court granted summary judgment in favor of the defendants upon its determination to preclude a plaintiff expert witness. On February 16, 2012, the plaintiffs filed a motion for reconsideration. On March 1, 2012, the defendants filed an opposition to plaintiffs’ motion.

 

Two Enron-related individual actions remain pending against CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates, each in the District Court for the Southern District of Texas. In these actions, plaintiffs assert they relied on Enron’s financial statements, and seek to hold the defendants responsible for any inaccuracies in Enron’s financial statements. In Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority v. Lay, et al., the plaintiff seeks to recover from multiple defendants, pursuant to the Connecticut Unfair Trade Practices Act and Connecticut state common law, approximately $130 million to $180 million in losses it allegedly suffered in a business transaction it entered into with Enron. A motion to dismiss is pending. In Silvercreek Management Inc. v. Citigroup, Inc., et al., the plaintiff seeks to assert federal and state law claims relating to its alleged $280 million in losses relating to its Enron investments. On August 9, 2011, the District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted plaintiffs’ motion for leave to file a third amended complaint in this matter. CSS LLC and the other defendants filed motions to dismiss this complaint on September 27, 2011. In Ravenswood I LLC, et al. v. Citigroup, Inc., et al., an individual action asserting similar claims, plaintiffs as putative successors in interest sought to recover approximately $140 million relating to the decline in value of certain Enron debt securities purchased by a third party from Enron. On November 29, 2011, the District Court for the Southern District of Texas granted the motion to dismiss filed by CSS LLC and the remaining defendants in the case.

 

Since February 2003, lawsuits have been filed against CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates with respect to services that it provided to National Century Financial Enterprises, Inc. and its affiliates (“NCFE”). From January 1996 to May 2002, CSS LLC acted as a placement agent for bonds issued by NCFE that were to be collateralized by health-care receivables and, in July 2002, as a placement agent for a sale of NCFE preferred stock. NCFE filed for bankruptcy protection in November 2002. In these lawsuits, which have since been consolidated in the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio and are known as the MDL cases, investors holding approximately $1.9 billion face amount of NCFE’s bonds and approximately $12 million in preferred stock have sued numerous defendants, including the founders and directors of NCFE, the trustees for the bonds, NCFE’s auditors and law firm, the rating agencies that rated NCFE’s bonds and NCFE’s placement agents, including CSS LLC. The allegations include claims for breach of contract, negligence, fraud and violation of federal and state securities laws. The lawsuits generally allege that CSS LLC and/or its affiliate knew or should have known that the health care receivables purportedly backing the bonds were either ineligible for the programs or non-existent. CSS LLC and its affiliate filed motions to dismiss these cases. In December 2007, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio denied, in large part, CSS LLC’s and its affiliate’s motions to dismiss, allowing most of the investor claims to proceed. In February 2009, CSS LLC and its affiliate filed motions for summary judgment seeking to dismiss the investors’ remaining claims, and certain of the bond investors filed summary judgment motions seeking judgment on certain of their claims. In December 2010, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio ruled in CSS LLC’s favor on cross-motions for partial summary judgment with respect to a claim under Ohio’s blue sky law. More specifically, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio held that application of the Ohio statute would violate the commerce clause of the US Constitution. On March 2, 2012, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued a decision which granted in part, and denied in part, CSS LLC’s and its affiliate’s remaining summary judgment motions in the bond investor lawsuits. To date, CSS LLC has settled one bond investor lawsuit. In that settlement, dated April 2009, CSS LLC settled with the New York City Pension Fund plaintiffs for an amount covered by existing reserves.

 

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In addition, in November 2004, the trust created through NCFE’s confirmed bankruptcy plan commenced two actions against CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates. The trust filed an action in the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio asserting common law claims similar to those asserted in the MDL cases against several of the same defendants, and it also alleged statutory claims under the Ohio Corrupt Practices Act, claims for professional negligence and claims under the Bankruptcy Code. CSS LLC and its affiliates filed a motion to dismiss that action in March 2005. In March 2009, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio issued a decision in large part denying that motion. In May 2009, CSS LLC and its affiliates moved for summary judgment, and the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio heard oral argument on that motion in November 2009. The trust (and another trust created in NCFE’s bankruptcy) also filed an action in the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Ohio objecting to the proofs of claim filed by CSS LLC and its affiliates in NCFE’s bankruptcy and seeking disgorgement of amounts previously distributed to CSS LLC and its affiliates under the bankruptcy plan. CSS LLC and its affiliates answered that complaint. On April 12, 2011, the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio granted the summary judgment motion of CSS LLC and an affiliate to dismiss the action filed by the trust. The trust filed a motion with the District Court for the Southern District of Ohio to reconsider that decision on May 11, 2011. CSS LLC and an affiliate filed an opposition to that motion on May 19, 2011. On June 24, 2011, CSS LLC and its affiliates agreed in principle to settle both of these actions. That settlement was finalized on October 31, 2011 and was covered by existing provisions.

 

In October 2005, CSS LLC was named, along with other financial services firms, accountants and individuals as a defendant in several federal class action lawsuits filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York relating to Refco Inc. These actions, now consolidated, allege violations of the disclosure requirements of the federal securities laws in connection with a Refco notes offering in 2004 and Refco’s IPO in August 2005. In July 2006, CSS LLC and certain other defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims related to the Refco notes offering in 2004; in April 2007, the court dismissed those claims. In December 2007, plaintiffs filed a second amended consolidated class action complaint naming additional defendants and again alleging, against CSS LLC and others, violations of the disclosure requirements of the federal securities laws in connection with both the Refco notes offering in 2004 and Refco’s August 2005 IPO. In March 2008, CSS LLC and certain defendants again filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims related to the Refco notes offering; in August 2008, the court granted CSS LLC’s motion to dismiss. In April 2010, CSS LLC and other financial services firms agreed to a settlement in principle with plaintiffs in this consolidated action in the amount of $50 million, which was subject to court approval. In June 2010, CSS LLC and the other settling financial services firms provided notice of the proposed settlement to certain U.S. government officials consistent with the requirements of the Class Action Fairness Act. In July 2010, the District Court for the Southern District of New York preliminarily approved the settlement. In October 2010, the District Court for the Southern District of New York entered a final judgment approving the settlement. The final effective date of the settlement was November 26, 2010.

 

In August 2007, the litigation trustee appointed pursuant to the Refco bankruptcy plan named CSS LLC along with other financial services firms, accountants, officers, directors and controlling persons, as a defendant in a lawsuit filed in Illinois state court. The lawsuit asserted claims against CSS LLC for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty by Refco insiders in connection with Refco’s August 2004 notes offering and August 2005 IPO. The lawsuit also asserted claims in excess of $2 billion against CSS LLC for professional malpractice and negligent misrepresentation in connection with CSS LLC’s role as a financial advisor to Refco. CSS LLC and certain other defendants removed this action to Illinois federal district court and the case was transferred (by the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation) to the District Court for the Southern District of New York. In May 2008, CSS LLC and certain other defendants filed a motion to dismiss plaintiffs’ claims. In April 2009, the District Court for the Southern District of New York granted CSS LLC’s and other defendants’ motion to dismiss. In December 2009, following an appeal by the plaintiffs to the Court of Appeals for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, the Court of Appeals for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit certified certain questions of law to the New York Court of Appeals. In October 2010, the New York Court of Appeals issued an opinion clarifying New York law. On November 18, 2010, after consideration of the New York Court of Appeals opinion, the Court of Appeals for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s dismissal with prejudice. In December 2010, the trustee filed a petition for panel rehearing by the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. In April 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit denied the trustee’s request for rehearing. The trustee’s time to petition for certiorari with the Supreme Court has expired.

 

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In March 2008, CSS LLC was named, along with other financial services firms, accountants, lawyers, officers, directors and controlling persons, as a defendant in an action filed in New York state court by the Joint Official Liquidators of various SPhinX Funds and the trustee of the SPhinX Trust, which holds claims that belonged to PlusFunds Group, Inc. (“PlusFunds”), the investment manager for the SPhinX Funds. The operative amended complaint in the suit asserts claims against CSS LLC for aiding and abetting breaches of fiduciary duty and aiding and abetting fraud by Refco’s insiders in connection with Refco’s August 2004 notes offering and August 2005 IPO. That complaint seeks to recover from defendants approximately $263 million that the SPhinX Managed Futures Fund (“SMFF”), a SPhinX fund, had on deposit and lost at Refco, plus several hundred million dollars in alleged additional “lost enterprise” damages of PlusFunds. In March 2008, CSS LLC and certain other defendants removed the action to the District Court for the Southern District of New York. In November 2008, CSS LLC filed motions to dismiss. While the court initially dismissed all plaintiffs’ claims against CSS LLC for lack of standing, it later held that SMFF and PlusFunds had standing and permitted those plaintiffs to reinstate their claims in light of the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit’s decision dismissing the Refco trustee’s claims (described above). In February 2012, the court granted in part and denied in part CSS LLC’s other arguments for dismissal of the complaint. The claim by SMFF and PlusFunds against CSS LLC for aiding and abetting breach of fiduciary duty has been dismissed with prejudice. Plaintiffs’ claim for aiding and abetting fraud remains, though the court circumscribed the damages plaintiffs can seek. A court appointed Special Master issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending the denial of one additional ground asserted by CSS LLC for the dismissal of the entire complaint against CSS LLC. Objections to the Special Master’s R&R are under consideration by the court.

 

CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates have received requests for information from certain regulators and/or government entities regarding the origination, purchase, securitization and servicing of subprime and non-subprime residential mortgages and related issues. CSS LLC and its affiliates are cooperating with such inquiries and requests.

 

These inquiries include CSS LLC being advised in January and February 2012 by the SEC staff that they are considering recommending to the SEC that civil or administrative actions be pursued arising out of two separate investigations they have been conducting. The first involves potential claims against CSS LLC relating to due diligence conducted for two mortgage-backed securitizations and corresponding disclosures. The second involves potential claims against CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates relating to settlements of claims against originators involving loans included in a number of Credit Suisse securitizations. In both investigations, the SEC staff has invited CSS LLC to submit responses to the proposed actions and CSS LLC is in the process of responding to the SEC.

 

CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates have also been named as defendants in various civil litigation matters related to their roles as issuer, sponsor, depositor and/or underwriter of RMBS transactions. These cases include a class action lawsuit and putative class action lawsuits, actions by individual investors in RMBS, and actions by monoline insurance companies that guaranteed payments of principal and interest for certain RMBS. Although the allegations vary by lawsuit, plaintiffs in the class actions and individual investor lawsuits generally allege that the offering documents of securities issued by various RMBS securitization trusts contained material misrepresentations and omissions, including statements regarding the underwriting standards pursuant to which the underlying mortgage loans were issued. In addition, certain monoline insurers have alleged that loans that collateralize RMBS they insured breached representations and warranties made with respect to the loans at the time of securitization.

 

The amounts disclosed below do not reflect actual realized plaintiff losses to date or anticipated future litigation exposure. Rather, unless otherwise stated, these amounts reflect the original unpaid principal balance amounts as alleged in these actions and do not include any reduction in principal amounts since issuance.

 

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In putative class actions against CSS LLC as an underwriter of other issuers’ RMBS offerings, CSS LLC generally has contractual rights to indemnification from the issuers. However, some of these issuers are now defunct, including affiliates of IndyMac Bancorp (“IndyMac”) and Thornburg Mortgage (“Thornburg”). With respect to IndyMac, CSS LLC is named as a defendant in two purported class actions pending in the District Court for the Southern District of New York brought on behalf of purchasers of securities in various IndyMac RMBS offerings. In one action, In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation, CSS LLC is named along with numerous other underwriters and individual defendants related to approximately $9.8 billion of IndyMac RMBS offerings. CSS LLC served as an underwriter with respect to approximately 31% of the IndyMac RMBS at issue or approximately $3.0 billion. In addition, certain investors seek to intervene in the action to assert claims with respect to additional RMBS offerings, including two RMBS offerings underwritten by CSS LLC. In those two offerings, CSS LLC underwrote RMBS with an aggregate principal amount of $912 million. The district court has denied these motions to intervene, and the proposed intervenors are now appealing that ruling. In the other action, Tsereteli v. Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A8, CSS LLC was the sole underwriter defendant related to a $632 million IndyMac RMBS offering, of which CSS LLC underwrote $603 million of certificates. The court in the In re IndyMac action has dismissed claims as to certain RMBS securitizations, including all offerings in which no named plaintiff purchased securities, and in both actions has limited the theories on which claims as to other offerings may proceed. Discovery has commenced in both actions and plaintiffs have filed motions for class certification. With respect to Thornburg, CSS LLC is a named defendant in a putative class action pending in the District Court for the District of New Mexico along with a number of other financial institutions that served as depositors and/or underwriters for approximately $5.5 billion of Thornburg RMBS offerings. CSS LLC served as an underwriter with respect to approximately 6.4% of the Thornburg RMBS at issue or approximately $354 million. Defendants’ motion to dismiss the complaint was granted in part, with leave to replead, and denied in part. One class action lawsuit pending in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against CSS LLC and certain affiliates and employees, New Jersey Carpenters Health Fund v. Home Equity Mortgage Trust 2006-5, relates to a single $784 million RMBS offering sponsored and underwritten by the Credit Suisse defendants. Defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted in part for claims related to RMBS offerings in which a named plaintiff was not a purchaser and to limit the theories on which the remaining claims may proceed. The District Court for the Southern District of New York granted plaintiff’s motion for class certification in the lawsuit.

 

On June 29, 2012, the District Court for the Southern District of New York granted plaintiff’s motion for class certification in Tsereteli v. Residential Asset Securitization Trust 2006-A8, in which CSS LLC is the sole underwriter defendant related to a $632 million IndyMac RMBS offering, of which CSS LLC underwrote $603 million of certificates.

 

On August 17, 2012, the District Court for the Southern District of New York granted plaintiff’s motion for class certification in In re IndyMac Mortgage-Backed Securities Litigation, in which CSS LLC is named along with numerous other underwriters and individual defendants.

 

In other actions brought against CSS LLC and its affiliates as an RMBS issuer, underwriter and/or other participant, CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates, along with other financial institutions, are defendants in seven separate individual actions filed by the Federal Home Loan Banks of Seattle, San Francisco, Chicago, Indianapolis and Boston in various state courts. The claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $3.3 billion of the RMBS collectively at issue in those actions (approximately 9% of the $36 billion at issue against all banks across all the actions and coordinated proceedings). CSS LLC, and in some instances certain of its affiliates and employees, are also among the defendants, along with other financial institutions, named in: two actions brought by the Asset Management Fund and affiliated entities in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $238 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 32% of the $755 million at issue against all banks); two actions brought by Cambridge Place Investment Management Inc. in Massachusetts state court, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $525 million of the RMBS at issue (approximately 16% of the $3.3 billion at issue against all banks); one action brought by The Charles Schwab Corporation in California state court, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to $125 million of the RMBS at issue (approximately 9% of the $1.4 billion at issue against all banks); one action brought by HSH Nordbank AG and affiliated entities in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $16 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 12% of the $130 million at issue against all banks); two actions brought by Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance Company in Massachusetts federal court, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates and employees relate to approximately $107 million of the RMBS at issue (approximately 97% of the $110 million at issue against all banks); one action brought by Sealink Funding Limited in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to $20 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 2% of the $949 million at issue against all banks); one action against CSS LLC brought by Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to an unstated amount of RMBS at issue; two actions brought by The Union Central Life Insurance Company and certain of its affiliates in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates and employees relate to approximately $71 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 36% of the $199 million at issue against all banks); one action brought by the West Virginia Investment Management Board in West Virginia state court, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $6 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 35% of the $17 million at issue against all banks); and one action brought by the Western & Southern Life Insurance Company and certain of its affiliates in the Court of Common Pleas for Hamilton County, Ohio, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $259 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 94% of the $276 million at issue against all banks). CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates are the only defendants named in: one action commenced by Allstate Insurance Company in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County related to approximately $232 million of RMBS at issue; and one action commenced by IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and certain of its affiliates in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County related to approximately $240 million of RMBS at issue. CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates and employees are the only defendants named in a separate action commenced by Stichting Pensioenfonds ABP in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County related to an unstated amount of RMBS at issue. In September 2011, the FHFA, as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, filed seventeen separate complaints against various major financial institutions concerning a total of more than $196 billion of RMBS issued. CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates and employees are named as the defendants in one such action filed in the District Court for the Southern District of New York concerning approximately $14.1 billion of RMBS issued and/or underwritten by Credit Suisse defendants. CSS LLC is also named as an underwriter defendant in five of the other FHFA actions filed in September 2011, each pending in the District Court for the Southern District of New York. These claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $5.5 billion of the RMBS at issue (about 11% of the approximately $51 billion at issue against all banks in those actions). Each of these actions is at an early procedural point in the litigation. A number of other entities have threatened to assert claims against CSS LLC and/or its affiliates in connection with various mortgage-related offerings, and CSS LLC and its affiliates have entered into agreements with some of those entities to toll the relevant statutes of limitations.

 

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In actions brought in connection with being an RMBS issuer, underwriter and/or other participant, CSS LLC, and in some instances certain of its affiliates, have been named as defendants, along with other financial institutions in: two actions brought by Landesbank Baden-Württemberg and affiliated entities, on March 8, 2012 and June 11, 2012, in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $200 million of RMBS at issue (100% of the total amount at issue against all banks); one action brought by Watertown Savings Bank on April 27, 2012 in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to an unstated amount of RMBS at issue; one action brought by the FDIC, as receiver for Citizens National Bank and Strategic Capital Bank on May 18, 2012 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $28 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 20% of the $141 million at issue against all banks); and one action brought by Phoenix Light SF Ltd. and affiliated entities on May 22, 2012 in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $466 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 15% of the $3.2 billion at issue against all banks).

 

On May 16, 2012 and May 30, 2012, HSH Nordbank AG and affiliated entities and Sealink Funding Limited respectively filed a notice of discontinuance to discontinue their respective claims against CSS LLC and its applicable affiliates and certain other banks. On June 28, 2012, Asset Management Fund and affiliated entities filed a notice of discontinuance to discontinue their claims in one of their two actions against CSS LLC and its affiliates and certain other banks, reducing the RMBS at issue relating to claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates by $145 million to approximately $93 million.

 

On June 28, 2012, FHFA, as conservator for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, in an amended complaint to one of its five actions against CSS LLC relating to an aggregate of approximately $5.5 billion of RMBS at issue, reduced the RMBS at issue by approximately $230 million; the five actions together now relate to approximately $5.2 billion. On July 2, 2012, IKB Deutsche Industriebank AG and affiliated entities filed a consolidated complaint relating to their claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates, reducing the RMBS at issue by approximately $143 million to approximately $97 million.

 

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In actions brought in connection with being an RMBS issuer, underwriter and/or other participant, CSS LLC, and in some instances certain of its affiliates, have been named as defendants, along with other financial institutions in: one action brought by Royal Park Investments SA/NV, on July 27, 2012, in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $403 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 4% of the $9.1 billion at issue against all banks); one action brought by John Hancock Life Insurance Co. (U.S.A.) and affiliated entities, on July 27, 2012, in the US District Court for the District of Minnesota, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to an unstated amount of RMBS at issue; four actions brought by the FDIC as receiver for Colonial Bank, on August 10, 2012: one action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $92 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 23% of the $394 million at issue against all banks), one action in the District Court for the Central District of California, in which claims against CSS LLC relate to approximately $12 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 5% of the $259 million at issue against all banks), and two actions in the Circuit Court of Montgomery County, Alabama, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $199 million of RMBS at issue (approximately 33% of the $594 million at issue against all banks); one action brought by Sealink Funding Limited, on August 23, 2012, in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $180 million of RMBS at issue (100% of the total amount at issue); one action brought by Minnesota Life Insurance Company and affiliated entities, on September 19, 2012, in the Second Judicial District Court, Ramsey County, Minnesota, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $43 million of RMBS at issue (100% of the total amount at issue); and one action brought by the National Credit Union Administration Board, as liquidating agent of the U.S. Central Federal Credit Union, Western Corporate Federal Credit Union and Southwest Corporate Federal Credit Union, on October 4, 2012, in the District Court for the District of Kansas, in which claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates relate to approximately $715 million of RMBS at issue (100% of the total amount at issue against all banks). On September 7, 2012, Asset Management Fund and affiliated entities filed a notice of discontinuance to discontinue their claims in their remaining action against CSS LLC and its affiliates and certain other banks, reducing the RMBS at issue relating to claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates by approximately $93 million to zero. On October 5, 2012, Phoenix Light SF Ltd. and affiliated entities filed a complaint relating to their claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates, reducing the RMBS at issue by approximately $104 million to approximately $362 million (approximately 13% of the $2.8 billion at issue against all banks).

 

CSS LLC and certain of its affiliates are defendants in three pending actions each commenced by a monoline insurer that guaranteed payments of principal and interest that in aggregate total approximately $1.5 billion of RMBS issued in eight different offerings sponsored by Credit Suisse. One theory of liability advanced by the monoline insurers is that an affiliate of CSS LLC must repurchase affected mortgage loans from the trusts at issue. To date, the monoline insurers have submitted repurchase demands for loans with an aggregate original principal balance of approximately $2.3 billion. These actions are pending in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. In each action, plaintiff claims that the underlying mortgage loans breach certain representations and warranties, and that CSS LLC and its affiliates have failed to repurchase the allegedly defective loans. In two of the actions, those brought by monoline insurers Ambac Assurance Corp. and MBIA against CSS LLC and its affiliates, plaintiff claims that it was fraudulently induced into providing the insurance. In those actions, the court dismissed both of the monoline insurer plaintiffs’ fraudulent inducement claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates, but plaintiffs requested reconsideration by the court. On October 7, 2011, the court reinstituted the monoline insurer plaintiffs’ fraudulent inducement claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates but reinstated its earlier decisions to deny plaintiffs’ demands for a jury trial. Discovery in these actions is ongoing. The third action by a monoline insurer was brought by Assured Guaranty Corp. on October 17, 2011. In the action brought by Assured Guaranty Corp., on October 11, 2012, the court dismissed certain claims against CSS LLC and its affiliates, including plaintiffs’ demands for rescissory damages, indemnification, attorneys’ and accountants’ fees and expenses, and consequential damages. Separately, CSS LLC and other underwriters and individuals are defendants in an action pending in California state court brought by MBIA. The action relates to approximately $650 million in securities issued by IndyMac, including approximately $98 million of RMBS for which CSS LLC was an underwriter in one of the three offerings at issue, and as to which MBIA provided financial guaranty insurance. MBIA purports to be subrogated to the rights of the RMBS holders and seeks recovery of sums it has paid and will pay pursuant to those policies. Discovery in the action is ongoing.

 

On July 3, 2012, the FHFA, as conservator for Freddie Mac, on behalf of the Trustee of Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-5, filed an action against DLJ Mortgage Capital, Inc. (“DLJ”) in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. The action alleges that DLJ breached representations and warranties in respect of certain mortgage loans and failed to repurchase such mortgage loans as required under the applicable agreements. No damages amount is alleged.

 

On July 31, 2012 and October 2, 2012, the FHFA, as conservator for Freddie Mac, respectively on behalf of the Trustee of Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-6 and the Trustee of Home Equity Asset Trust 2006-7, filed actions against DLJ in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. The actions allege that DLJ breached representations and warranties in respect of certain mortgage loans and failed to repurchase such mortgage loans as required under the applicable agreements. No damages amount is alleged in either action. On August 31, 2012, Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-1, Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-3, and Home Equity Mortgage Trust Series 2006-4 filed an action against DLJ and Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc. (SPS), in the Supreme Court for the State of New York, New York County. The action alleges that DLJ breached representations and warranties in respect of certain mortgage loans and failed to repurchase such mortgage loans as required under the applicable agreements, and that SPS obstructed the investigation into the full extent of the defects in the mortgage pools by refusing to afford the trustee reasonable access to certain origination files. Plaintiffs allege damages of not less than $720 million.

 

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On January 3, 2010, Credit Suisse AG and other affiliates were named as defendants in a lawsuit filed in the District Court for the District of Idaho by homeowners in four real estate developments, Tamarack Resort, Yellowstone Club, Lake Las Vegas and Ginn Sur Mer. Credit Suisse AG arranged, and was the agent bank for, syndicated loans provided for all four developments, which have been or are now in bankruptcy or foreclosure. Plaintiffs generally allege that Credit Suisse AG and other affiliates committed fraud by using an unaccepted appraisal method to overvalue the properties with the intention to have the borrowers take out loans they could not repay because it would allow Credit Suisse AG and other affiliates to later push the borrowers into bankruptcy and take ownership of the properties. The claims originally asserted by the plaintiffs include Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations (“RICO”), fraud, negligent misrepresentation, breach of fiduciary duty, tortious interference and conspiracy, among others. Plaintiffs are seeking class action status and have demanded $24 billion in damages. Cushman & Wakefield, the appraiser for the properties at issue, is also named as a defendant. An amended complaint was filed against all of the defendants on January 25, 2010, adding six new homeowner plaintiffs in the same four real estate developments. On March 29, 2010, Credit Suisse AG and its named affiliates moved to dismiss the amended complaint in its entirety. Credit Suisse AG and its named affiliates argued that the claims against them fail because they had no relationship with the plaintiff homeowners, and made no representations to them, fraudulent or otherwise, so there is no legal basis for the plaintiffs’ claims against them. Credit Suisse AG and its affiliates also argued, among other things, that the plaintiffs failed to plead the necessary elements of the claims asserted against them in the amended complaint. On March 31, 2011, the court dismissed the RICO claim with prejudice and dismissed certain other claims with leave to replead. A third amended complaint was filed on April 21, 2011, adding a Consumer Protection Act claim. On May 5, 2011, Credit Suisse AG and its affiliates moved to dismiss the third amended complaint. On July 22, 2011, two developers moved to intervene in the lawsuit. On February 17, 2012, the magistrate judge issued a report and recommendation to deny the motion to intervene and to dismiss certain of the claims while allowing others to proceed. Credit Suisse AG and its affiliates filed objections to the recommendations on March 5, 2012 and are awaiting the district court’s decision to adopt or deny the recommendation.

 

CSS LLC is responding to a number of customer demands and defending against litigation and FINRA arbitrations relating to the sale of certain ARS.

 

In February 2008, ST Microelectronics (“ST”) brought a FINRA arbitration against CSS LLC concerning the purchase and sale of $415 million notional amount of ARS. The brokers of record for ST, who are no longer employed by CSS LLC, have since been criminally convicted. In February 2009, the FINRA arbitration panel awarded ST $406 million in damages in exchange for CSS LLC taking possession of the ARS. ST subsequently filed an action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York to confirm this award. Judgment was entered in favor of ST on March 23, 2010, and an amended judgment was entered on August 30, 2010. CSS LLC appealed to the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, and the judgment is stayed pending appeal. Separately, in 2008, ST filed an action in the District Court for the Eastern District of New York against Credit Suisse AG, alleging violations of the federal securities laws and various common law causes of action relating to the ARS portfolio. Credit Suisse AG moved to dismiss that action. On March 16, 2010, while Credit Suisse AG’s motion to dismiss the original complaint was still pending, ST moved for permission to file an amended complaint. Credit Suisse AG opposed the motion. The court heard oral argument on ST’s motion to amend on April 19, 2010. On March 31, 2011, the District Court for the Eastern District of New York denied in part, and granted in part, Credit Suisse’s motion to dismiss the original complaint of ST, alleging violations of the federal securities laws and various common law causes of action relating to the ARS portfolio, and granted ST’s motion to file an amended complaint in the action. On June 2, 2011, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the District Court for the Southern District of New York’s confirmation of ST’s FINRA arbitration award against CSS LLC (except to the extent that the District Court for the Southern District of New York failed to credit against the amount of the award $75 million received by ST from the sale of certain of the ARS and to reduce the amount of interest owed by CSS LLC accordingly). On June 8, 2011, CSS LLC, Credit Suisse and ST settled these cases. Pursuant to the settlement, CSS LLC and Credit Suisse AG paid ST $357 million and received the ARS positions and interest in ST’s CSS LLC account as of the settlement date. Substantially all of the settlement amount was covered by existing provisions.

 

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On May 27, 2009, Elbit Systems Ltd (“Elbit”) filed a complaint against Credit Suisse AG in the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, seeking approximately $16 million related to the purchase of ARS. The case was transferred to the District Court for the Southern District of New York, and Credit Suisse AG moved to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim and for being barred by a prior release. The motion to dismiss the complaint for being barred by a prior release was denied without prejudice, and the court ordered the parties to engage in limited discovery concerning the release. The parties exchanged discovery on that issue and Credit Suisse AG filed a motion for summary judgment. On February 7, 2012, the District Court for the Southern District of New York denied Credit Suisse AG’s summary judgment motion holding that a genuine dispute exists as to whether the prior release bars Elbit’s claims. The District Court for the Southern District of New York has not ruled on the portion of Credit Suisse AG’s motion to dismiss the complaint for failure to state a claim.

 

In April 2010, Golden Minerals (formerly known as Apex Silver) commenced a FINRA arbitration against CSS LLC seeking approximately $33 million in alleged damages. Golden Minerals alleged that CSS LLC misled the company about the nature and risks of its investments in ARS. Golden Minerals further alleged that CSS LLC and the brokers of record for the company made unsuitable recommendations and breached fiduciary duties allegedly owed to the company, and that CSS LLC failed to supervise its brokers. Golden Minerals’ claims relied in part on the criminal conviction of the brokers of record on its account and on CSS LLC’s regulatory settlement relating to the sale of ARS. In August 2011, CSS LLC and Golden Minerals agreed to a settlement. The settlement amount was covered by existing provisions.

 

In September 2008, CSS LLC, along with many other Wall Street firms, agreed to a settlement in principle with the New York Attorney General and the NASAA Task Force whereby CSS LLC agreed to repurchase up to $550 million par value of ARS from individual customers.

 

In October 2009, Roche International Ltd. filed an action in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against Credit Suisse AG alleging violations of the federal securities laws and various common law causes of action relating to its ARS portfolio. In January 2010, the parties entered into a settlement agreement, covered by existing litigation reserves, pursuant to which CSS LLC agreed to repurchase the remaining ARS in the portfolio.

 

A putative class action was filed on April 21, 2008 in the District Court for the Southern District of New York against Credit Suisse AG and certain executives by certain purchasers of American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and common shares alleging violations of Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b-5 thereunder. Plaintiffs in this action alleged that Credit Suisse AG’s stock price was artificially inflated as a result of allegedly misleading disclosures relating to the company’s business and financial results. A second putative class action complaint making similar allegations was filed in May 2008. These actions were consolidated in June 2008, and an amended complaint against Credit Suisse AG and certain executives was filed in October 2008. In December 2008, Credit Suisse AG and defendant executives filed a motion to dismiss the amended complaint. In October 2009, the District Court for the Southern District of New York issued a decision dismissing the case for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. In November 2009, plaintiffs filed a motion for leave to file a second amended complaint, and Credit Suisse AG and defendant executives opposed that motion. On February 11, 2010, the District Court for the Southern District of New York denied in part and granted in part plaintiffs’ motion. The District Court for the Southern District of New York found that plaintiff purchasers of ADRs and U.S. plaintiff purchasers of Credit Suisse AG common shares on foreign exchanges could proceed with their proposed amended claims but that foreign purchasers of Credit Suisse AG common shares on foreign exchanges could not. In March 2010, the remaining plaintiffs filed their second amended complaint. In July 2010, the District Court for the Southern District of New York (based on the US Supreme Court’s July 2010 decision in Morrison v. National Australia Bank) additionally dismissed the claims of all U.S. purchasers of Credit Suisse AG common shares on foreign exchanges. On January 6, 2011, following mediation, the parties agreed in principle to settle this matter. On March 7, 2011, the parties executed formal settlement documentation. On July 18, 2011, the District Court for the Southern District of New York granted final approval of the settlement and dismissed with prejudice the entire action.

 

In December 2009, Credit Suisse AG announced that it had reached a settlement with the New York County District Attorney’s Office, the USDOJ, the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Office of Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) of their investigation into US dollar payments during the period April 2002 to 2007 involving certain countries (Cuba, Iran, Libya, Burma and Sudan) that were subject to U.S. economic sanctions. As part of the settlement, Credit Suisse AG entered into two-year deferred prosecution agreements (“DPAs”), a Cease and Desist Order with the Federal Reserve System, and an agreement with OFAC and agreed to pay a total of USD 536 million, for which reserves were recorded in 2009. The DPAs were terminated in December 2011 and the Cease and Desist Order with the Federal Reserve System was terminated in March 2012. Credit Suisse has completed all of its settlement obligations and all sanctions censures have been formally terminated, now having no further force or effect.

 

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In early 2010, the Public Prosecutor’s Office in Dusseldorf, Germany initiated an investigation that dealt with possible tax evasion by Credit Suisse clients and alleged assistance in such tax evasion by Credit Suisse employees. Credit Suisse and the Dusseldorf Public Prosecutor’s Office reached an agreement regarding the proceedings against Credit Suisse employees. The relevant applications were submitted to and approved by the Dusseldorf District Court. Credit Suisse paid EUR 150 million. The entire proceedings by the Dusseldorf Public Prosecutor’s office were thereby resolved.

 

Credit Suisse has been responding to subpoenas and other requests for information from the USDOJ, SEC and other authorities involving historical Private Banking services provided on a cross-border basis to U.S. persons. U.S. authorities are investigating possible violations of U.S. tax and securities laws. In particular, the USDOJ is investigating whether U.S. clients violated their U.S. tax obligations and whether Credit Suisse and certain of its employees assisted such clients. The SEC is investigating whether certain of our relationship managers triggered obligations for Credit Suisse or the relationship managers in Switzerland to register with the SEC as a broker-dealer or investment advisor. A limited number of current or former employees have been indicted and one arrested for alleged conduct while employed at Credit Suisse or other financial institutions. Credit Suisse has received a grand jury target letter from the USDOJ. We understand that certain U.S. authorities are also investigating other Swiss and non-U.S. financial institutions. We have been conducting an internal investigation and are continuing to cooperate with the authorities both in the U.S. and Switzerland to resolve this matter in a responsible manner that complies with our legal obligations.

 

Regulatory authorities in a number of jurisdictions, including the U.S., U.K., E.U. and Switzerland, have for an extended period of time been conducting investigations into the setting of LIBOR and other reference rates with respect to a number of currencies, as well as the pricing of certain related derivatives. These ongoing investigations have included information requests from regulators regarding LIBOR-setting practices and reviews of the activities of various financial institutions, including Credit Suisse AG. Credit Suisse AG, which is a member of three LIBOR rate-setting panels (U.S. Dollar LIBOR, Swiss Franc LIBOR and Euro LIBOR), is cooperating fully with these investigations.

 

In particular, it has been reported that regulators are investigating whether financial institutions engaged in an effort to manipulate LIBOR, either individually or in concert with other institutions, in order to improve market perception of these institutions’ financial health and/or to increase the value of their proprietary trading positions. In response to regulatory inquiries, Credit Suisse commissioned a review of these issues. To date, Credit Suisse has seen no evidence to suggest that it is likely to have any material exposure in connection with these issues.

 

In addition, members of the U.S. Dollar LIBOR panel, including Credit Suisse, have been named in various civil lawsuits filed in the U.S.

 

On October 25, 2011, the U.K. Financial Services Authority announced a settlement with Credit Suisse (UK) Limited (“CSUK”) in respect of findings as to the adequacy of systems and controls relating to the suitability of sales of non-principal protected products in 2007 to 2009. Under the settlement, CSUK was fined GBP 5.95 million and is required to conduct a review of sales of such products in the relevant period to determine suitability.

 

Huntsman Corporation (“Huntsman”) sued CSS LLC, along with another lender, in Texas state court alleging tortious interference in connection with the merger agreement between Hexion Specialty Chemicals (“Hexion”) and Huntsman and a prior merger agreement between Huntsman and Basell that was terminated in favor of the Hexion deal. Huntsman has also asserted causes of action for fraud, negligent misrepresentation and civil conspiracy. In June 2009, CSS LLC and the other lender entered into a settlement agreement with Huntsman to end the litigation among the parties. CSS LLC and the other lender each paid Huntsman $316 million in cash and provided $550 million of senior debt financing to a subsidiary of Huntsman, to be repaid over seven years.

 

Conflicts Of Interest

 

General

 

The Managing Owner has not established any formal procedures to resolve the conflicts of interest described below. You should be aware that no such procedures have been established, and that, consequently, you will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve such conflicts equitably. Although the Managing Owner will attempt to monitor and resolve these conflicts in good faith, it will be extremely difficult, if not impossible, for it to assure that these conflicts will not, in fact, result in losses for the Trust. Notwithstanding the conflict of interest, the Trust will trade in parallel with all other Managing Owner accounts traded pursuant to the Managing Owner’s Diversified Portfolio.

 

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The Managing Owner

 

The responsibilities of the Managing Owner include acting as the managing owner and trading advisor for the Trust and engaging commodity brokers and dealers to execute trades on behalf of the Trust. The Managing Owner has a conflict of interest in that it has a financial disincentive to replace itself as either the trading advisor or the entity receiving the Brokerage Fees from the Trust.

 

The Profit Share arrangement between the Trust and the Managing Owner may create an incentive for the Managing Owner to make trading and investment decisions (or implement the Trust’s systematic trading strategy) in a manner that is more speculative or subject to a greater degree of loss than would be the case if no such arrangement existed.

 

The Managing Owner receives, with respect to the Series 1 Units, the difference between (1) the amount paid out to the Selling Agents plus the amount paid out for executing the Trust’s trades and (2) the Brokerage Fee the Managing Owner receives from the Trust with respect to Series 1 Units. Thus, the Managing Owner has a conflict of interest between trading in the manner which it believes to be in the best interests of the Trust and trading in low volume or in the forward markets so as to reduce the Trust’s futures trading costs.

 

The Managing Owner directs the trading for clients other than the Trust. The Managing Owner and its principals may have incentives (financial or otherwise) to favor such other accounts over the Trust in such matters as, for example, the allocation of available speculative position limits. Different accounts also pay different fees, trade at different levels of leverage and will, from time to time, compete for the same positions.

 

The Managing Owner has agreed to treat the Trust equitably with its other accounts. However, the Managing Owner trades different portfolios for other accounts and there can be no assurance whatsoever that such other portfolios will not outperform the Trust. The Managing Owner will, however, trade the Trust’s account in parallel with all other accounts managed by the Managing Owner pursuant to the Diversified Portfolio.

 

The Trust’s Brokers

 

The Clearing Brokers and other brokers employed by the Trust act from time to time as commodity brokers for other accounts with which they are affiliated or in which they or one of their respective affiliates has a financial interest. In addition, various accounts traded through the Trust’s brokers (and over which their personnel may have discretionary trading authority) may take positions in the futures markets opposite to those of the Trust or compete with the Trust for the same positions. The Trust’s brokers may have a conflict of interest in their execution of trades for the Trust and for other of their customers. The Managing Owner has, however, no reason to believe that the Trust’s brokers would knowingly or deliberately favor any other customer over the Trust with respect to the execution of commodity trades.

 

The Trust’s brokers assess the Trust brokerage commissions and may assess forward contract “bid-ask” spreads. These commission rates and forward contract pricing arrangements for the Trust may not have been negotiated at arm’s length.

 

The Managing Owner selects the Trust’s Clearing Brokers, other brokers and counterparties to execute transactions on behalf of the Trust. The commission rates or “bid-ask” spreads paid by the Trust may not be the lowest rates the Trust could have obtained, but the Managing Owner believes that those rates/spreads are competitive with rates paid by similar customers. The Managing Owner selects those service providers based on various factors, including, but not limited to, quality of execution, commission rates, market knowledge, financial condition and creditworthiness. The Managing Owner may also consider factors that benefit the Managing Owner, such as the referral of prospective Trust and other investors to the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner’s receipt of such benefits may give it an incentive to select a Clearing Broker, other broker or counterparty that it would not otherwise use, but the Managing Owner intends to use only those Clearing Brokers, other brokers and counterparties that provide the Trust with high quality services and competitive commission rates consistent with the Managing Owner’s obligations to the Trust.

 

Certain officers or employees of the Trust’s brokers are, and may in the future be, members of U.S. commodities exchanges and are serving, and may in the future serve, on the governing bodies and standing committees of such exchanges and of their clearinghouses and of various industry organizations. In such capacities, these employees have a fiduciary duty to the exchanges and their clearinghouses which could compel such employees to act in the best interests of these entities, perhaps to the detriment of the Trust.

 

The Selling Agents

 

The Selling Agents receive substantial selling commissions on the sale of Units. Consequently, the Selling Agents have a conflict of interest in advising their clients whether to invest in the Units.

 

The Selling Agents receive ongoing compensation or installment selling commissions based on Units sold by them which remain outstanding longer than twelve months. Consequently, the Selling Agents have a disincentive to advise clients to redeem their Units even when doing so is in such clients’ best interests.

 

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The total dollar amount of brokerage commissions paid by the Trust is dependent upon the size of the Trust’s capitalization. Consequently, the Selling Agents have a financial incentive to discourage their clients from redeeming Units.

 

In addition, one or more Selling Agents may also be selected, based on the criteria described above, to serve as Clearing Brokers, other brokers or counterparties for the Trust.

 

Proprietary Trading and Trading for Other Accounts

 

The Managing Owner, the Clearing Brokers and other clearing brokers employed by the Trust and their respective principals and affiliates may trade in the futures, forward and spot markets for their own accounts and for the accounts of their clients. In doing so, they may take positions opposite to those held by the Trust or may compete with the Trust for positions in the marketplace. Records of this trading are not available for inspection. Such trading may create conflicts of interest on behalf of one or more of such persons in respect of their obligations to the Trust.

 

Because the Managing Owner, the Clearing Brokers and other brokers employed by the Trust and their respective principals and affiliates may trade for their own accounts at the same time that they are managing the Trust’s account, you should be aware that, as a result of a neutral allocation system, testing a new trading system, trading their proprietary accounts more aggressively or other actions not constituting a violation of fiduciary duty, such persons may from time to time take positions in their proprietary accounts which are opposite, or ahead of, the positions taken for the Trust.

 

Fiduciary Duty and Remedies

 

In evaluating the foregoing conflicts of interest, a prospective investor should be aware that the Managing Owner has a responsibility to Unitholders to exercise good faith and fairness in all dealings affecting the Trust. The fiduciary responsibility of the Managing Owner is comparable to that of a general partner of a limited partnership.

 

If you believe that the Managing Owner has violated its fiduciary duty to the Unitholders, you may seek legal relief individually or on behalf of the Trust under applicable laws to recover damages from or require an accounting by the Managing Owner. The Declaration of Trust is governed by Delaware law and any breach of the Managing Owner’s fiduciary duty under the Declaration of Trust will generally be governed by Delaware law. The Declaration of Trust does not limit fiduciary obligations under Delaware or common law. The Managing Owner may, however, assert as a defense to claims of breach of fiduciary duty that the conflicts of interest and fees payable to the Managing Owner have been disclosed to you in the Prospectus.

 

The Trust And The Trustee

 

The following summary briefly describes certain aspects of the operation of the Trust. You should carefully review the Declaration of Trust attached hereto as Exhibit A and consult with your own advisors concerning the implications to you of investing in a Delaware statutory trust.

 

Principal Office; Location of Records

 

The Trust is organized under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act (formerly, the Delaware Business Trust Act). The Trust is administered, including the performance of transfer agent services, by the Managing Owner, whose office is located at 411 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830 (telephone: (203) 625-7554). The records of the Trust, including a list of the Unitholders and their addresses, is located at the foregoing address, and available for inspection and copying by Unitholders as provided in the Declaration of Trust.

 

Certain Aspects of the Trust

 

The Trust is the functional equivalent of a limited partnership. No special custody arrangements are applicable to the Trust that would not be applicable to a limited partnership. You should not anticipate any legal or practical protections under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act greater than those available to limited partners of a limited partnership.

 

To the greatest extent permissible under Delaware law, the Trustee acts in a passive role, with all authority over the operation of the Trust going to the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner is the functional equivalent of a sole general partner in a limited partnership.

 

The Declaration of Trust gives Unitholders voting rights comparable to those typically extended to limited partners in publicly-offered futures funds.

 

The Trustee

 

Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware trust company, is the sole Trustee of the Trust. The Trustee’s principal offices are located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890-0001. The Trustee is not affiliated with either the Managing Owner or the Selling Agents.

 

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The Trustee will accept service of legal process on the Trust in the State of Delaware and will make certain filings under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. The Trustee does not owe any other duties to the Trust, the Managing Owner or the Unitholders. The Declaration of Trust provides that the Trustee is compensated by the Trust. The Managing Owner has the discretion to replace the Trustee.

 

Under the Declaration of Trust, the Trustee has delegated to the Managing Owner the exclusive management and control of all aspects of the business of the Trust. The Trustee has no duty or liability to supervise or monitor the performance of the Managing Owner, nor will the Trustee have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner. In the course of its management, the Managing Owner may, in its sole and absolute discretion, appoint an affiliate or affiliates of the Managing Owner as additional managing owners and retain such persons, including affiliates of the Managing Owner, as it deems necessary for the efficient operation of the Trust.

 

The Trustee is not registered in any capacity with the CFTC.

 

Management of Trust Affairs; Voting by Unitholders

 

Unitholders will not take any part in the management or control and will have no voice in the operations of the Trust or its business. Unitholders may, however, remove and replace the Managing Owner as managing owner of the Trust, and may amend the Declaration of Trust, except in certain limited respects, by the affirmative vote of a majority of the outstanding Units then owned by Unitholders. The owners of a majority of the outstanding Units then owned by Unitholders may also compel dissolution of the Trust. Although the Trust will not hold any regular, or annual, meetings of the Unitholders, upon receipt of a written proposal signed by the owners of at least 10% of the outstanding Units that a meeting be called, the Managing Owner will call a meeting of the Trust. The details of this procedure are set forth in Section 18 of the Declaration of Trust attached hereto as Exhibit A. The Managing Owner has no power under the Declaration of Trust to restrict any of the Unitholders’ voting rights.

 

The Managing Owner has the right to amend the Declaration of Trust without the consent of the Unitholders provided that any such amendment is for the benefit of and not adverse to the Unitholders or the Trustee.

 

In the event that the Managing Owner or the Unitholders vote to amend the Declaration of Trust in any material respect, the amendment will not become effective before all Unitholders have had an opportunity to redeem their Units.

 

Recognition of the Trust in Certain States

 

A number of states do not have “business trust” statutes such as that under which the Trust has been formed in the State of Delaware. In order to protect Unitholders against any possible loss of limited liability, the Declaration of Trust provides that no written obligation may be undertaken by the Trust unless such obligation is explicitly limited so as not to be enforceable against any Unitholder personally.

 

Possible Repayment of Distributions Received by Unitholders; Indemnification of the Trust by Unitholders

 

The Units are limited liability investments; you may not lose more than the amount you invest plus any profits recognized on your investment. However, you could be required, as a matter of law, to return to the Trust’s estate any distribution which you received at a time when the Trust was in fact insolvent or in violation of the Declaration of Trust. In addition, although the Managing Owner is not aware of this provision ever having been invoked in the case of any public futures fund, Unitholders agree in the Declaration of Trust that they will indemnify the Trust for any harm suffered by it as a result of (1) Unitholders’ actions unrelated to the business of the Trust, (2) transfers of their Units in violation of the Declaration of Trust or (3) taxes imposed on the Trust by the states or municipalities in which such investors reside.

 

Indemnification and Standard of Liability

 

The Managing Owner and certain of its affiliates, officers, directors and controlling persons may not be liable to the Trust or any Unitholder for errors in judgment or other acts or omissions not amounting to misconduct or negligence, as a consequence of the indemnification and exculpatory provisions described in the following paragraph. You may, therefore, have more limited rights of action than you would absent such provisions.

 

The Managing Owner and its affiliates will not have any liability to the Trust or to any Unitholder for any loss suffered by the Trust which arises out of any action or inaction of the Managing Owner or any such affiliate if the Managing Owner or its affiliates, in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the Trust, and such course of conduct did not constitute negligence or misconduct.

 

The Trust has agreed to indemnify the Managing Owner and its affiliates, officers, directors and controlling persons against claims, losses or liabilities based on their conduct relating to the Trust, provided that the conduct resulting in the claims, losses or liabilities for which indemnity is sought did not constitute negligence, misconduct or breach any fiduciary obligation to the Trust and was done in good faith and in a manner the Managing Owner, in good faith, determined to be in the best interests of the Trust.

 

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The Declaration of Trust provides that the Managing Owner, its affiliates and the Selling Agents will not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless (1) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves indemnification of the litigation costs, or (2) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves indemnification of the litigation costs, or (3) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made. It is the opinion of the SEC and certain States that indemnification for violation of the securities laws is against public policy and unenforceable.

 

Transfers of Units Restricted

 

Subject to compliance with applicable securities laws, you may assign your Units upon notice to the Trust and the Managing Owner. No assignment will be effective in respect of the Trust or the Managing Owner until the first day of the month following the month in which such notice is received. An assignee may become a substituted Unitholder only with the consent of the Managing Owner and upon execution and delivery of an instrument of transfer in form and substance satisfactory to the Managing Owner.

 

There are no certificates for the Units. Transfers of Units are reflected on the books and records of the Trust. Transferors and transferees of Units will each receive notification from the Managing Owner to the effect that such transfers have been duly reflected as notified to the Managing Owner.

 

Reports to Unitholders

 

The Managing Owner will provide you with monthly reports in compliance with CFTC requirements. The Managing Owner also distributes, not later than March 15 of each year, audited financial statements and the tax information related to the Trust necessary for the preparation of your annual federal income tax returns.

 

The Managing Owner will notify all Unitholders of a Series within seven business days of any decline in the Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series to less than 50% of such Net Asset Value as of the previous month-end valuation date. In addition, the Managing Owner will notify all Unitholders of any change in the fees paid by the Trust or of any material changes in the basic investment policies or structure of the Trust. Any such notifications will include a description of your voting rights.

 

Federal Income Tax Aspects

 

The following constitutes the opinion of Sidley Austin LLP and summarizes the material federal income tax consequences to individual investors in the Trust. Sidley Austin LLP’s opinion is filed as an exhibit to the registration statement related to the Units offered by this Prospectus.

 

The Trust’s Partnership Tax Status

 

The Trust will be treated as a partnership and, based on the type of income expected to be earned by the Trust, it will not be treated as a “publicly traded partnership” taxable as a corporation. Accordingly, the Trust will not pay any federal income tax.

 

Taxation of Unitholders on Profits and Losses of the Trust

 

Each Unitholder (other than Foreign Unitholders and tax-exempt U.S. Unitholders, discussed below) must pay tax on his share of the Trust’s annual income and gains, if any, even if the Trust does not make any cash distributions.

 

The Trust generally allocates the Trust’s gains and losses equally with respect to each Unit. However, a Unitholder who redeems any Units will be specially allocated the Trust’s gains and losses in order that the amount of cash a Unitholder receives for a redeemed Unit will generally equal the Unitholder’s adjusted tax basis attributable to the redeemed Unit. A Unitholder’s adjusted tax basis in his Units generally equals the amount paid for the Units, increased by income or gains allocated to the Unitholder with respect to the Units and decreased (but not below zero) by distributions, deductions and losses allocated to the Unitholder with respect to the Units.

 

Deductibility of Trust Losses by Unitholders

 

A Unitholder may deduct Trust losses only to the extent of his adjusted tax basis in his Units. However, a Unitholder subject to “at-risk” limitations (generally, non-corporate taxpayers and closely-held corporations) can only deduct losses to the extent the Unitholder is “at-risk.” The “at-risk” amount is similar to adjusted tax basis, except that it does not include any amount borrowed on a nonrecourse basis or from someone with an interest in the Trust.

 

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“Passive-Activity Loss Rules” and Their Effect on the Treatment of Income and Loss

 

The trading activities of the Trust are not a “passive activity.” Accordingly, a Unitholder can deduct Trust losses from taxable income (subject to certain limitations, such as the limitation on deductibility of capital losses, discussed below). However, a Unitholder cannot offset losses from “passive activities” against Trust gains.

 

Cash Distributions and Unit Redemptions

 

A Unitholder who receives cash from the Trust, either through a distribution or a partial redemption, will not pay tax on that cash until his adjusted tax basis in the Units is reduced to zero. A Unitholder who receives cash upon the complete redemption of Units will recognize gain or loss for federal income tax purposes. Such gain or loss will generally equal the difference between the amount of cash received and the Unitholder’s adjusted tax basis for his Units.

 

Potential Trust-Level Consequences of Withdrawals and Transfers of Units

 

If a Unitholder receives a distribution of property in liquidation of his Units that would, if the Trust had an Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), Section 754 election in effect, require the Trust to make a downward adjustment of more than $250,000 to the basis of its remaining assets, then even if the Trust does not have a Code Section 754 election in effect, the Trust will be required to make a downward adjustment to the basis of its remaining assets.

 

In addition, if immediately after the transfer of a Unit, the Trust’s adjusted basis in its property exceeds the fair market value by more than $250,000 of such property, the Trust generally will be required to adjust the basis of its property with respect to the transferee Unitholder.

 

Gain or Loss on Section 1256 Contracts and Non-Section 1256 Contracts

 

Section 1256 Contracts include certain futures and forward contracts as well as certain option contracts on certain futures contracts traded on U.S. exchanges. For tax purposes, Section 1256 Contracts that remain open at year-end are marked-to-market and treated as if the position were closed at year-end. The gain or loss on Section 1256 Contracts is characterized as 60% long-term capital gain or loss and 40% short-term capital gain or loss, regardless of how long the position was open.

 

Non-Section 1256 Contracts include Section 988 transactions, i.e., transactions in which the amount paid or received is denominated by reference to a foreign currency. In general, gain or loss on Section 988 transactions is characterized as ordinary income or loss. However, the Trust elects to treat gain or loss on certain Non-Section 1256 Contracts, such as foreign futures contracts, certain foreign currency forward contracts and non-equity options on foreign currencies, as capital gain or loss.

 

Trading and Investing in Swaps

 

The Trust may invest in and trade swaps.  The proper tax treatment of swaps may not be entirely free from doubt.  The Trust expects to mark-to-market its swap positions at the end of each taxable year and to treat any gain or loss on such positions as ordinary income or loss.

 

Tax on Capital Gains and Losses

 

A non-corporate Unitholder’s long-term capital gains — net gain on capital assets held more than one year and 60% of the gain on Section 1256 Contracts — are taxed at a maximum rate of 20%. Short-term capital gains — net gain on capital assets held one year or less and 40% of the gain on Section 1256 Contracts — are subject to tax at the same rates as ordinary income.

 

Individual taxpayers can deduct capital losses only to the extent of their capital gains plus $3,000. Accordingly, the Trust could suffer significant losses and a Unitholder could still be required to pay taxes on his share of the Trust’s interest income. Capital losses generally may not be carried back to offset capital gains in prior years, but can be carried forward indefinitely.

 

An individual taxpayer can carry back net capital losses on Section 1256 Contracts three years to offset earlier gains on Section 1256 Contracts. To the extent the taxpayer cannot offset past Section 1256 Contract gains, he can carry forward such losses indefinitely as losses on Section 1256 Contracts.

 

Limited Deduction for Certain Expenses

 

Individual taxpayers are subject to material limitations on their ability to deduct investment advisory expenses and other expenses of producing income. Sidley Austin LLP has advised the Managing Owner that the amount, if any, of the Trust’s expenses which might be subject to this limitation should be de minimis. Based on such advice, the Managing Owner treats these items as ordinary business deductions, or income allocations not subject to the material deductibility limitations that apply to investment advisory expenses. However, the IRS could take a different position. The IRS could contend that the Brokerage Fee, the management fee, the Profit Share or the ordinary expenses of the Trust should be recharacterized as investment advisory expenses or, alternatively, capitalized. If these items were treated as investment advisory expenses or were capitalized, individual taxpayers would have additional tax liability. See also “— Syndication Expenses,” below.

 

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Interest Income

 

Interest received by the Trust is taxed as ordinary income. Net capital losses can offset ordinary income only to the extent of $3,000 per year. See “— Tax on Capital Gains and Losses,” above.

 

Syndication Expenses

 

Neither the Trust nor any Unitholder is entitled to any deduction for syndication expenses (i.e., expenses incurred in issuing and marketing the Units, including costs of updating this Prospectus), nor can these expenses be amortized by the Trust or any Unitholder even though the payment of such expenses reduces Net Asset Value.

 

The Managing Owner has paid all organization and initial offering costs from its own funds. However, the IRS could take the position that a portion of the Brokerage Fee paid by the Trust to the Managing Owner constitutes non-deductible syndication expenses.

 

Investment Interest Deductibility Limitation

 

Individual taxpayers can deduct “investment interest”— interest on indebtedness allocable to property held for investment — only to the extent that it does not exceed net investment income. Net investment income does not include certain net capital gains. A taxpayer can elect to include certain net capital gains in investment income if he forgoes the benefit of the reduced capital gains rate.

 

Tax on Net Investment Income

 

A 3.8% tax is imposed on some or all of the net investment income of certain individuals with modified adjusted gross income of over $200,000 ($250,000 in the case of joint filers) and the undistributed net investment income of certain estates and trusts. For these purposes, it is expected that all or a substantial portion of a Unitholder’s share of Trust income will be net investment income. In addition, certain Trust expenses may not be deducted in calculating a Unitholder’s net investment income. Furthermore, because of netting rules, the tax on net investment income may be imposed on an amount of income that exceeds a Unitholder’s economic income from its investment in the Trust.

 

IRS Audits of the Trust and Its Unitholders

 

The IRS audits Trust-related items at the Trust level rather than at the Unitholder level. The Managing Owner acts as “tax matters partner” with the authority to determine the Trust’s responses to an audit. If an audit results in an adjustment, all Unitholders may be required to pay additional taxes, interest, and penalties.

 

Taxation of Foreign Investors

 

A Unitholder who is a non-resident alien individual, foreign corporation, foreign trust or foreign estate (a “Foreign Unitholder”) generally is not subject to taxation by the U.S. on capital gains from commodity trading, provided that such Foreign Unitholder (in the case of an individual) does not spend more than 182 days in the U.S. during his taxable year, and provided further, that such Foreign Unitholder is not engaged in a trade or business within the U.S. during a taxable year to which income, gain, or loss of the Trust is treated as “effectively connected.” An investment in the Trust should not, by itself, cause a Foreign Unitholder to be engaged in a trade or business within the U.S. for the foregoing purposes, assuming that the trading activities of the Trust continue to be conducted as described in this Prospectus. In the event that the Trust were found to be engaged in a U.S. trade or business, a Foreign Unitholder would be required to file a U.S. federal income tax return for such year and pay tax at full U.S. rates. In the case of a Foreign Unitholder which is a foreign corporation, an additional 30% “branch profits” tax might be imposed. Furthermore, in such event the Trust would be required to withhold taxes from the income or gain allocable to such a Unitholder under Section 1446 of the Code.

 

Portfolio interest income (other than so-called “contingent interest”) allocable to a Foreign Unitholder is likewise not subject to federal income tax withholding, provided that such Foreign Unitholder is not engaged in a trade or business within the U.S. and provides the Trust with a Form W-8BEN or other applicable form. Similarly, a Foreign Unitholder’s allocable share of interest on U.S. bank deposits, certificates of deposit and discount obligations with maturities (from original issue) of 183 days or less is not subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding. Generally, other interest from U.S. sources (including original issue discount) paid to the Trust and allocable to Foreign Unitholders will be subject to U.S. federal income tax withholding at a statutory rate of 30%. The foregoing discussion of tax consequences to Foreign Unitholders may be subject to applicable treaty modifications.

 

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The Hiring Incentives to Restore Employment Act (“HIRE Act”) requires certain foreign entities to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury to disclose to the IRS the name, address and tax identification number of certain U.S. persons who own an interest in the foreign entity and require certain other foreign entities to provide certain other information to avoid a 30% withholding tax on certain payments of U.S. source income and certain payments of proceeds from the sale of property that could give rise to U.S. source interest or dividends. The IRS has released proposed regulations and preliminary guidance that provide for the phased implementation of the foregoing withholding and reporting requirements. Accordingly, certain Foreign Unitholders may be subject to a 30% withholding tax in respect of certain of the Trust’s investments if they fail to enter into an agreement with the Secretary of the Treasury or otherwise fail to satisfy their obligations under the legislation. Foreign Unitholders are encouraged to consult with their own tax advisors regarding the possible implications of this legislation on an investment in the Trust.

 

Tax-Exempt U.S. Unitholders

 

A tax-exempt U.S. Unitholder will not be required to pay tax on its share of income or gains of the Trust, so long as such Unitholder does not use borrowed funds in connection with its purchase of Units.

 

State and Other Taxes

 

In addition to the federal income tax consequences described above, the Trust and the Unitholders may be subject to various state and other taxes.

 

Prospective investors are urged to consult their tax advisors before deciding whether to invest.

 

Purchases By Employee Benefit Plans

 

Although there can be no assurance that an investment in the Trust, or any other managed futures product, will achieve the investment objectives of an employee benefit plan, such investments have certain features which may be of interest to such plans. For example, the futures markets are one of the few investment fields in which employee benefit plans can participate in leveraged strategies without being required to pay tax on “unrelated business taxable income.” In addition, because they are not taxpaying entities, employee benefit plans are not subject to paying annual tax on their profits, if any, from the Trust despite receiving no distributions from it, as are other Unitholders.

 

General

 

The following section sets forth certain consequences under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), and the Code, which a fiduciary of an “employee benefit plan” as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, ERISA or of a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code who has investment discretion should consider before deciding to invest any of such plan’s assets in the Trust (such “employee benefit plans” and “plans” being referred to herein as “Plans,” and such fiduciaries with investment discretion being referred to herein as “Plan Fiduciaries”). The following summary is not intended to be complete, but only to address certain questions under ERISA and the Code which are likely to be raised by the Plan Fiduciary’s own counsel.

 

In general, the terms “employee benefit plan” as defined in ERISA and “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code together refer to any plan or account of various types which provides retirement benefits or welfare benefits to an individual or to an employer’s employees and their beneficiaries. Such plans and accounts include, but are not limited to, corporate pension and profit sharing plans, “simplified employee pension plans,” Keogh plans for self-employed individuals (including partners), individual retirement accounts described in Section 408 of the Code and medical benefit plans.

 

Each Plan Fiduciary must give appropriate consideration to the facts and circumstances that are relevant to an investment in the Trust, including the role that an investment in the Trust plays in the Plan’s overall investment portfolio. Each Plan Fiduciary, before deciding to invest in the Trust, must be satisfied that investment in the Trust is a prudent investment for the Plan, that the investments of the Plan, including the investment in the Trust, are diversified so as to minimize the risk of large losses and that an investment in the Trust complies with the terms of the Plan and the related trust.

 

Each plan fiduciary considering acquiring Units must consult its own legal and tax advisors before doing so.

 

“Plan Assets”

 

The purchase of Units by a Plan raises the issue of whether that purchase will cause, for purposes of Title I of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, the underlying assets of the Trust to constitute assets of such Plan. ERISA and a regulation issued thereunder (the “ERISA Regulation”) contain rules for determining when an investment by a Plan in an entity will result in the underlying assets of such entity being considered assets of such Plan for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code (i.e., “plan assets”). Those rules provide that assets of an entity will not be considered plan assets of a Plan which purchases an equity interest in the entity if certain exceptions apply, including an exception applicable if the equity interest purchased is a “publicly-offered security” (the “Publicly-Offered Security Exemption”).

 

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The Publicly-Offered Security Exception applies if the equity interest is a security that is (1) “freely transferable,” (2) part of a class of securities that is “widely held” and (3) either (a) part of a class of securities registered under Section 12(b) or 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, or (b) sold to the Plan as part of a public offering pursuant to an effective registration statement under the Securities Act of 1933 and the class of which such security is a part is registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 within 120 days (or such later time as may be allowed by the SEC) after the end of the fiscal year of the issuer in which the offering of such security occurred. The ERISA Regulation states that the determination of whether a security is “freely transferable” is to be made based on all relevant facts and circumstances. The ERISA Regulation specifies that, in the case of a security that is part of an offering in which the minimum investment is $10,000 or less, the following requirements, alone or in combination, ordinarily will not affect a finding that the security is freely transferable: (i) a requirement that no transfer or assignment of the security or rights in respect thereof be made that would violate any federal or state law; (ii) a requirement that no transfer or assignment be made without advance notice given to the entity that issued the security; and (iii) any restriction on substitution of an assignee as “a limited partner of a partnership, including a general partner consent requirement, provided that the economic benefits of ownership of the assignor may be transferred or assigned without regard to such restriction or consent” (other than compliance with any of the foregoing restrictions). Under the ERISA Regulation, a class of securities is “widely held” only if it is of a class of securities owned by 100 or more investors independent of the issuer and of each other. A class of securities will not fail to be widely held solely because subsequent to the initial offering the number of independent investors falls below 100 as a result of events beyond the issuer’s control.

 

The Managing Owner believes that the Publicly-Offered Securities Exception currently applies to the Units for the following reasons. First, the Units are registered under the Securities Act of 1933 and timely registered under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Second, the Units currently are held by more than 100 investors who the Managing Owner believes are independent of the Trust and of each other. Lastly, the Managing Owner believes that the Units should be considered to be “freely transferable.”

 

Ineligible Purchasers

 

In general, Units may not be purchased with the assets of a Plan if the Managing Owner, the Trustee, any Clearing Broker, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank PLC, any wholesaler, any Selling Agent, or any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees either: (1) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of such plan assets; (2) has authority or responsibility to give or regularly gives investment advice with respect to such plan assets, for a fee, and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to such plan assets and that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan; or (3) is an employer maintaining or contributing to such Plan, except as is otherwise permissible under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. A party that is described in clause (1) or (2) of the preceding sentence is a fiduciary under ERISA and the Code with respect to the Plan, and any such purchase might result in a “prohibited transaction” under ERISA and the Code.

 

Except as otherwise set forth, the foregoing statements regarding the consequences under ERISA and the Code of an investment in the Trust are based on the provisions of the Code and ERISA as currently in effect, and the existing administrative and judicial interpretations thereunder. No assurance can be given that administrative, judicial or legislative changes will not occur that may make the foregoing statements incorrect or incomplete.

 

Acceptance of subscriptions on behalf of plans is in no respect a representation by the Trust, the Managing Owner, any Selling Agent or any other party related to the Trust that this investment meets the relevant legal requirements with respect to investments by any particular plan or that this investment is appropriate for any particular plan. The person with investment discretion should consult with his or her financial and legal advisors as to the propriety of an investment in the Trust in light of the circumstances of the particular plan and current tax law.

 

Plan Of Distribution

 

Subscription Procedure

 

The Series 1, Series 2 and Series 3 Units are offered on a “best efforts” basis without any firm underwriting commitment through Selling Agents including, but not limited to, LPL Financial, Stephens Inc. and RBC Capital Markets Corporation, although not all Series are offered through all Selling Agents. You may purchase Units at Net Asset Value of the applicable Series as of the first business day of each calendar month. The Managing Owner may from time to time cause the Trust to issue Units at intra-month closings. The minimum initial investment is $5,000; $2,000 for trustees or custodians of eligible employee benefit plans and individual retirement accounts. Units are sold in fractions calculated up to three decimal places.

 

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In order to purchase Units, you must complete, sign and deliver to a Selling Agent an original of the Subscription Agreement Signature Page which accompanies this Prospectus, together with a check for the amount of your subscription. Checks should be made payable to “Global Macro Trust.” Subscription proceeds will be deposited in the Trust’s bank account at First Republic Bank, San Francisco, California, and then transferred to a U.S. government instrument-only money market account pending investment in the Trust’s trading accounts.

 

Clients of certain Selling Agents may make subscription payments by authorizing the Selling Agents to debit their customer securities account for the amount of the subscription. When a subscriber authorizes such a debit, the subscriber will be required to have the amount of his or her subscription payment on deposit in his or her account on a settlement date specified by such Selling Agent. The Selling Agent will debit the account and transmit the debited funds directly to the Trust’s bank account via check or wire transfer made payable to “Global Macro Trust.” The settlement date specified by such Selling Agents will be no later than the termination of the relevant monthly offering period.

 

The Managing Owner will determine, in its sole discretion, whether to accept or reject a subscription in whole or in part. The Managing Owner will make its determination within five (5) business days of the submission of a subscription to the Managing Owner, except with respect to plan asset investors, including IRAs, in which case the Managing Owner will make its determination no later than five (5) business days before the end of a month (other than for subscriptions submitted after that date).

 

The Managing Owner will make every reasonable effort to determine the suitability of prospective Unitholders in the Trust through information received on the Subscription Agreement. Generally, the Managing Owner must receive subscription documents at least five (5) calendar days before the end of a month for them to be accepted as of the first day of the immediately following month.

 

The Trust will receive any interest earned on subscriptions held in its accounts pending investment in the Trust’s trading account.

 

There are no fees applicable to subscriptions held pending investment in the Trust’s trading account.

 

Subscriptions, if rejected, will be returned to investors promptly following the end of the month in which the subscription was rejected or sooner if practicable.

 

Subscriptions are final and binding on a subscriber as of the close of business on the fifth business day following the submission of the subscriber’s Subscription Agreement to subscriber’s Selling Agent.

 

The Selling Agents

 

Neither the Trust nor the Unitholders pay selling commissions in connection with the sale of the Units. The Managing Owner pays the Selling Agents, from its own funds, upfront selling commissions of up to 4% of the gross offering proceeds of all Series 1 Units sold by each Selling Agent. In addition to upfront selling commissions, the Managing Owner will also pay installment selling commissions to the Selling Agents by paying up to 0.3333 of 1% (a 4% annual rate) of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 1 Units sold by them which remain outstanding more than twelve months after such Series 1 Units were first issued (not the date that the related subscription was received or accepted by the Trust); provided, however that cumulative selling commissions per Series 1 Unit will not exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds for such Series 1 Unit sold pursuant to this Prospectus, as described in the compensation grid below.

 

As illustrated in the table below, The Managing Owner pays the Selling Agents reduced selling commissions of up to 3.5%, 3% and 2.5% of the subscription amount and ongoing compensation at an annual rate of up to 3.5%, 3%, and 2.5% in respect of Series 1 Units purchased by investors investing $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, respectively, in the Trust.

 

Reduced Selling Commission/Ongoing Compensation Table

 

Selling Commission/

Ongoing Compensation

  Aggregate Investment per Investor
3.5%   ≥ $100,000 ≤ $499,999
3%   ≥ $500,000 ≤ $999,999
2.5%   ≥ $1,000,000

 

Investors paying reduced or no selling commissions will pay Brokerage Fees reduced to reflect the reduction or absence of selling commissions. See “Charges — Brokerage Fee Differentials.”

 

For Series 1 Units on which the Managing Owner pays an upfront selling commission of 4% of the gross offering proceeds of such Units, the Managing Owner will pay a maximum of 5.5% of the gross offering proceeds of such Units in ongoing compensation, as described above. Likewise, for Series 1 Units on which the Managing Owner pays an upfront selling commission of 3.5%, 3% or 2.5% of the gross offering proceeds of such Units, the Managing Owner will pay a maximum of 6%, 6.5% or 7%, respectively, of the gross offering proceeds of such Units in ongoing compensation, as described above and in the compensation grid below.

 

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The Managing Owner may engage one or more registered broker-dealers to solicit other broker-dealers to become Selling Agents and to assist those Selling Agents with the offering and sale of the Series 1 Units, that is, to act as wholesalers. As compensation for its services, any such wholesaler will receive a portion of the selling commissions and may receive a portion of the ongoing compensation that would otherwise be paid to the Selling Agents.

 

The Managing Owner may also engage one or more registered broker-dealers, as wholesalers, to assist Selling Agents with the offer and sale of the Units. The Managing Owner, not the Trust, will compensate such broker-dealers from its own funds subject to the limitations of FINRA Rule 2310(b)(4)(B)(i) pertaining to maximum allowable selling commissions. The maximum compensation payable to wholesalers is illustrated on the compensation grid below.

 

Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units are available for purchase only by investors participating in a registered investment adviser’s asset-based or fixed fee advisory program through which an investment adviser recommends a portfolio allocation to the Trust. The Managing Owner may engage one or more registered broker-dealers, as introducing brokers or wholesalers, to assist Selling Agents acting as executing brokers with the offer and sale of the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units. The Managing Owner will pay, from its own funds, all compensation due to such broker-dealers, wholesalers and Selling Agents. Compensation to broker-dealers, wholesalers and Selling Agents due in connection with the sale of Series 2 Units or Series 3 Units will be paid up to 6.3333% and 9.5%, respectively, of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units in monthly installments beginning with the first month following the sale of a Series 2 Unit or Series 3 Unit in an aggregate amount not to exceed 0.0417 of 1% (a 0.50% annual rate) of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units sold by them which remain outstanding.

 

The Series 2 Units are subject to a custodial fee equal to 0.0208 of 1% of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 2 Units (a 0.25% annual rate) before accruals for unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares. The maximum amount of custodial fees paid is 3.1667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 2 Units. The Managing Owner will pay the custodial fee on to broker-dealers that act as custodian for Series 2 Units for the benefit of investors in Series 2 Units.

 

The Selling Agents and brokers will determine the suitability of prospective Unitholders in the Trust, pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310, based upon information contained in the Subscription Agreement and documents furnished to the Selling Agents or brokers by their customers in opening accounts.

 

No Selling Agent will make an investment in the Trust on behalf of a client for which it has discretionary trading authority without prior written approval of the investment by the client.

 

As illustrated on the Items of Compensation chart beginning on page 84, under no circumstances will the maximum compensation paid to the Selling Agents, broker-dealers assisting selling agents and wholesalers, including initial selling commissions, installment selling commissions to selling agents, selling commissions to wholesalers, installment selling commissions to wholesalers, expense reimbursements and custodial fees, exceed 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the sale of the Units, which is the maximum permitted by FINRA in connection with this offering of the Units.

 

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Selling Agent Compensation Table

 

Nature of Payment   Recipient   Amount of Payment
Selling Commissions — Series 1 Units   Selling Agents   Selling Agents will receive from the Managing Owner, in conjunction with the sale of Series 1 Units, initial selling commissions of up to 4% of the gross offering proceeds of Series 1 Units sold by the Selling Agents.
         
Installment Selling Commissions — Series 1 Units   Selling Agents   Selling Agents will also receive from the Managing Owner installment selling commissions by paying up to 0.3333 of 1% of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 1 Units sold which remain outstanding more than twelve months (a 4% annual rate), provided that installment selling commissions plus initial selling commissions in respect of a Series 1 Unit will not exceed 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of such Series 1 Unit.
         
Wholesaling Fees — Series 1 Units   Wholesalers   Wholesalers wholesaling the Series 1 Units to Selling Agents will receive a portion of the selling commission described above (not to exceed 1% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 1 Units sold by the Selling Agents solicited by the wholesalers), and may receive a portion of the installment selling commissions described above (not to exceed 0.0833 of 1% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Series 1 Units sold by the Selling Agents solicited by the wholesalers – a 1% annual rate).
         
Wholesaling Fees — Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units   Wholesalers   Wholesalers wholesaling the Series 2 and Series 3 Units to Selling Agents or otherwise assisting with the placement of Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units may receive from the Managing Owner installment selling commissions of up to 6.333% and 9.5%, respectively, of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units by paying an amount not to exceed 0.0417 of 1% (a 0.50% annual rate) of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units sold by a Selling Agent selling Series 2 or Series 3 Units which remain outstanding, provided that the Selling Agent does not receive installment selling commissions in connection with the sale of the Series 2 or Series 3 Units.
         
Custodial Fees — Series 2 Units   Managing Owner/Custodians   The Managing Owner will receive a custodial fee by receiving a payment from the Trust, to be borne solely by the Series 2 Units, equal to 0.0208 of 1% (a 0.25% annual rate) of the month-end Net Asset Value of all Series 2 Units which remain outstanding before accruals for unpaid management fees, custodial fees or Series 2/3 Profit Shares.  The Managing Owner will then pay the custodial fees on to broker-dealers serving as custodians of the Series 2 Units.  The maximum amount of custodial fees paid depends upon the level of installment selling commissions paid, as discussed on the grid below.

 

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Nature of Payment   Recipient   Amount of Payment
Expense Reimbursement   Managing Ownrer   The Managing Owner may, but is not obligated to, reimburse Selling Agents or otherwise pay for reasonable out of pocket expenses incurred in connection with the performance of their duties including, for example, Selling Agents’ legal fees, broker/client seminars or other deemed underwriting expenses. The amount of such reimbursements will not exceed 0.50% of the gross offering proceeds of all Units sold and the amount of such reimbursements, when aggregated with selling commissions, and installment selling commissions will not exceed 10% of the gross offering proceeds of all Units sold.

 

There are no other items of compensation paid in respect of the sale of the Trust’s Units.

 

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Items of Compensation Pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310

 

The following table sets forth the items of compensation, and the maximum amounts thereof in respect of the offering of the Units, paid to members of FINRA pursuant to FINRA Rule 2310 on a Series-by-Series basis, with distinctions made for investment amount and the involvement of wholesalers, where appropriate. These items of compensation are set forth in detail below and are more fully described above:

 

Series 1 Investors with no Wholesalers

 

Investment

Amount

 

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Expense

Reimbursement

 

Custodial

 Fees

  TOTAL
Investing $5,000 ($2,000 for employee plans / IRAs) - $99,999   4% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.3333% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 5.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $100,000 - $499,999   3.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.2917% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 6% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $500,000 - $999,999   3% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.25% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 6.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $1,000,000 or more   2.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.2083% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 7% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

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Series 1 Investors whose Selling Agents were introduced by Wholesalers (additional services to Selling Agents)

 

Investment

Amount

 

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Expense

Reimbursement

 

Custodial

Fees

  TOTAL
Investing $5,000 ($2,000 for employee plans / IRAs) - $99,999   3% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.25% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 4.125% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold   1% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0833% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 1.375% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $100,000 - $499,999   2.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.2083% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 4.2857% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   1% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0833% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 1.7143% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $500,000 - $999,999   2.25% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.1875% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 4.875% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.75% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0625% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 1.625% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $1,000,000 or more   1.75% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.1458% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 4.90% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.75% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0625% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 2.10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

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Series 1 Investors whose Selling Agents were introduced by Wholesalers (no additional services to Selling Agents)

 

Investment

Amount

 

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to Selling

Agents

 

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Installment

Selling

Commissions

to

Wholesalers

 

Expense

Reimbursement

 

Custodial

Fees

  TOTAL
Investing $5,000 ($2,000 for employee plans / IRAs) - $99,999   3.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.3333% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 5.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $100,000 - $499,999   3.0% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.2917% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 6% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $500,000 - $999,999   2.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.25% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 6.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.
                             
Investing $1,000,000 or more   2.0% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.2083% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 7% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

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Series 2 Investors whose Wholesalers Receive Installment Selling Commissions of 0.50% per annum

 

Investment
Amount
  Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Expense
Reimbursement
  Custodial
Fees
  TOTAL
                             
All   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   0.0417% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 6.3333% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0208% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 3.1667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

Series 2 Investors whose Wholesalers Receive No Installment Selling Commissions

 

Investment
Amount
  Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Expense
Reimbursement
  Custodial
Fees
  TOTAL
                             
All   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   0.0208% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of 3.1667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 3.6667% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

Series 3 Investors whose Wholesalers Receive Installment Selling Commissions of 0.50% per annum

 

Investment
Amount

 

Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents

 

Installment
Selling

Commissions
to Selling
Agents

 

Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers

 

Installment
Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers

 

Expense
Reimbursement

  Custodial
Fees
  TOTAL
All   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   0.0417% of the month-end Net Asset Value of the Units sold and outstanding, subject to a limit of  9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 10% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

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Series 3 Investors whose Wholesalers Receive No Installment Selling Commissions

 

Investment
Amount
  Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Expense
Reimbursement
  Custodial
Fees
  TOTAL
                             
All   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   Up to 0.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Units sold.

 

Series 4 Investors

 

Investment
Amount
  Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to Selling
Agents
  Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Installment
Selling
Commissions
to
Wholesalers
  Expense
Reimbursement
  Custodial
Fees
  TOTAL
                             
All   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.   This item of compensation not paid by these Units.

 

Legal Matters

 

Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, Illinois, served as legal counsel to the Managing Owner in connection with the preparation of this Prospectus. Sidley Austin LLP may continue to serve in such capacity in the future, but has not assumed any obligation to update this Prospectus. Sidley Austin LLP may advise the Managing Owner in matters relating to the operation of the Trust on an ongoing basis. Sidley Austin LLP does not represent and has not represented the prospective investors or the Trust in negotiation of its business terms, the offering of the Units or in respect of its ongoing operations. Prospective investors must recognize that, as they have had no representation in the organization process, the terms of the Trust relating to themselves and the Units have not been negotiated at arm’s length. More specifically, Sidley Austin LLP does not undertake to monitor the compliance of the Managing Owner and its affiliates with the investment program, valuation procedures and other guidelines set forth herein or in the exhibits hereto, nor does it monitor compliance with applicable laws. In preparing this Prospectus, Sidley Austin LLP relied upon information furnished by the Managing Owner and did not investigate or verify the accuracy and completeness of the information set forth herein concerning the Managing Owner, the Trust’s service providers and their affiliates and personnel.

 

Sidley Austin LLP’s engagement by the Managing Owner in respect of the Trust is limited to the specific matters as to which it is consulted by the Managing Owner and, therefore, there may exist facts or circumstances which could have a bearing on the Trust’s (or the Managing Owner’s) financial condition or operations with respect to which Sidley Austin LLP has not been consulted and for which Sidley Austin LLP expressly disclaims any responsibility.

 

Richards, Layton & Finger, P.A. acted as special Delaware counsel to the Trust in connection with assessing the legality of its securities under Delaware law but does not otherwise represent the Trust or the Unitholders.

 

Experts

 

The Millburn Ridgefield Corporation Statement of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2011, included in this Prospectus, has been included herein in reliance on the report of Arthur F. Bell, Jr. & Associates, L.L.C., an independent registered public accounting firm, given on the authority of that firm as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

The financial statements of Global Macro Trust included in this Prospectus have been audited by Deloitte & Touche LLP, an independent registered public accounting firm, as stated in their report appearing herein. Such financial statements are included in reliance upon the report of such firm given upon their authority as experts in accounting and auditing.

 

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REPORTS

 

CFTC Rules require that this Prospectus be accompanied by summary financial information, which may be a recent Monthly Report of the Trust, current within 60 calendar days.

 

Privacy Policy

 

Under CFTC Rules, financial institutions like the Managing Owner are required to provide privacy notices to their clients. As required by such CFTC Rules, we are providing you with the following information.

 

We collect nonpublic personal information about you from the following sources:

 

(i)Information the Managing Owner receives from you on Subscription Agreements and related forms (for example, name, address, Social Security number, birth date, assets, income, and investment experience); and

 

(ii)Information about your transactions with the Managing Owner (for example, account activity and balances).

 

In order to service your account and process your transactions, the Managing Owner may provide your personal information to its affiliates and to firms that assist the Managing Owner in servicing your account and have a need for such information such as account or fund administrators. The Managing Owner requires third-party service providers to protect the confidentiality of your information and to use the information only for the purposes for which the Managing Owner discloses the information to them.

 

The Managing Owner does not disclose any nonpublic information about its customers or former customers to anyone other than in connection with the administration, processing and servicing of customer accounts as described above or to its accountants, attorneys and auditors or as otherwise permitted or required by law.

 

The Managing Owner restricts access to nonpublic personal information about you to its personnel who need to know that information in order to provide products or services to you. The Managing Owner maintains physical, electronic and procedural controls in keeping with federal standards to safeguard your nonpublic personal information.

 

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This Prospectus is in two parts: a Disclosure Document and a Statement of Additional Information. These parts are bound together and may not be distributed separately.

 

PART TWO

STATEMENT OF ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

 

The Futures, Forward AND SPOT Markets

 

Futures, Forward, Swap and Spot Contracts

 

Futures contracts in the U.S. are generally traded on exchanges and call for the future delivery of various commodities. These contractual obligations may be satisfied either by taking or making physical delivery or by making an offsetting sale or purchase of a futures contract on the same exchange.

 

Forward currency contracts are agreements to make or accept delivery of a currency and are traded off-exchange through banks or dealers. In such instances, the bank or dealer generally acts as principal in the transaction and charges “bid-ask” spreads. These contractual obligations are generally satisfied by making an offsetting agreement.

 

Foreign currency spot contracts are similar to forward currency contracts because they are agreements to make or accept delivery of a currency and are traded off-exchange through banks or dealers, similar to forwards. However, these contracts are shorter in duration, typically settling within two days of the trade date and are settled by physical delivery.

 

Swap contracts are agreements to exchange cash flows or periodic payments based on price changes of an underlying commodity, instrument or index and contain terms and conditions specially negotiated by the parties to the agreement. These agreements are settled in cash, and may be terminated at the expiration of a specific period of time or by making an offsetting agreement.

 

Unlike an investment in bonds where one expects some consistency of yield or in stocks where one expects to participate in economic growth, futures, forward, spot and swap trading is a “zero-sum,” risk transfer economic activity. For every gain realized by one futures, forward, spot or swap trader, there is an equal and offsetting loss suffered by another.

 

Hedgers and Speculators

 

The two broad classifications of persons who trade futures are “hedgers” and “speculators.” Hedging is designed to minimize the losses that may occur because of price changes, for example, between the time a merchandiser contracts to sell a commodity and the time of delivery. The futures and forward markets enable the hedger to shift the risk of price changes to the speculator. The speculator risks capital with the hope of making profits from such changes. Speculators, such as the Trust, rarely take delivery of the physical commodity but rather close out their futures positions through offsetting futures contracts.

 

Exchanges; Position and Daily Limits; Margins

 

Commodity exchanges in the U.S. generally have an associated “clearinghouse.” Once trades made between members of an exchange have been cleared, each clearing broker looks only to the clearinghouse for all payments in respect of such broker’s open positions. The clearinghouse “guarantee” of performance on open positions does not run to customers. If a member firm goes bankrupt, customers could lose money.

 

The Reform Act mandates that a substantial portion of over-the-counter derivatives must be executed in regulated markets and submitted for clearing to regulated clearinghouses. The mandates imposed by the Reform Act may result in the Fund bearing higher upfront and mark-to-market margin, less favorable trade pricing, and the possible imposition of new or increased fees.

 

The Managing Owner will trade for the Trust on a number of foreign commodity exchanges. Foreign commodity exchanges differ in certain respects from their U.S. counterparts and are not regulated by any U.S. agency.

 

The CFTC and the U.S. exchanges have established “speculative position limits” on the maximum positions that the Managing Owner may hold or control in futures contracts on some, but not all, commodities. For example, the CFTC limits the number of contracts the Managing Owner can control in corn to 33,000 in a single delivery month, whereas the Chicago Mercantile Exchange limits the number of S&P 500 Index contracts the Managing Owner can control to 20,000 and U.S. Treasury bonds traded on the Chicago Board of Trade are not subject to position limits. In October 2011, the CFTC adopted position limits for 28 so-called “exempt” (e.g., metal and energy contracts) and agricultural commodity derivatives, futures and option contracts and their economically equivalent swaps. All accounts controlled by the Managing Owner, including the account of the Trust, are combined for speculative position limit purposes. These position limits are not yet effective and there is considerable uncertainty surrounding their application. If position limits are exceeded by the Managing Owner in the opinion of the CFTC or any other regulatory body, exchange or board, the Managing Owner will liquidate positions to the extent necessary to comply with applicable position limits. To date, position limits have not been a material imposition on the ability of the Managing Owner to effect its trading method. In the event the Managing Owner controls contracts in excess of the applicable limits, the Managing Owner will equitably reduce the position it controls across affected accounts managed by the Managing Owner, including the Trust, giving due consideration to such factors as account size, position size, account risk/reward parameters and trading portfolio composition.

 

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On September 28, 2012, the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued an opinion that vacated substantial portions of the rules that were enacted in October 2011. There remains considerable uncertainty about what, if any, actions the CFTC may take in response to the court’s decision, although it appears likely that a version of the vacated rules will be eventually implemented. It is as yet unclear whether the rules will have an adverse effect on the Trust.

 

U.S. exchanges limit the maximum change in some, but not all, futures prices during any single trading day. Once the “daily limit” has been reached, it becomes very difficult to execute trades in the same direction the market has moved. That is, if a market is “limit up,” it is difficult, or impossible, to buy, but very easy to sell. Because these limits apply on a day-to-day basis, they do not limit ultimate losses, but may reduce or temporarily eliminate liquidity. For example, the Chicago Board of Trade imposes daily limits of 40¢ on corn futures and no daily limits on U.S. Treasury bond futures. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange coordinates trading halts in the S&P 500 Index futures with halts in the trading of the stocks underlying the Index and imposes trading pauses or halts at moves of 10%, 20% and 30% in the value of the Index.

 

When a position is established, “initial margin” is deposited. On most exchanges, at the close of each trading day “variation margin,” representing the unrealized gain or loss on the open positions, is either credited to or debited from a trader’s account. If “variation margin” payments cause a trader’s “initial margin” to fall below “maintenance margin” levels, a “margin call” is made, requiring the trader to deposit additional margin or have his position closed out.

 

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Supplemental Performance Information

 

The Trust trades the Millburn Diversified Portfolio (“MDP”). MDP is the composite performance of all fully-funded accounts which have traded the portfolio since its inception in 1977 through December 2003 and, thereafter, of all accounts (fully-funded and notional), adjusted to reflect the charges applicable to the Trust. The Trust is separate from MDP and the performance of MDP is not the performance of the Trust. Moreover, the past performance of MDP is not necessarily indicative of the future performance of the Trust. The Trust is one account which has traded MDP since July 1, 2002.

 

The analyses set forth on pages 93-95 are derived from the over 30-year history of MDP and reflect the characteristics of the portfolio and strategy traded by the Trust over an extended period which includes rising and falling stock prices, interest rates, dollar exchange rates and inflation plus numerous shocks to global economic and financial systems.

 

The S&P 500 Index, NASDAQ Composite Index, Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index (MSCI World) and Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index are unmanaged indices commonly used as market benchmarks. The performance of the indices does not reflect any fees or transaction costs as these expenses do not apply to market indices. These indices are compared to MDP and the Trust because they represent asset classes often included in investor portfolios, and are useful in illustrating the potential diversification benefits of the Trust.

 

The Trust is not a complete investment program, and investment in the Trust should be viewed as a diversification opportunity only, not as a substitute for a well diversified portfolio.

 

Please see “Note to Supplemental Performance Information” on page 96.

 

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE NO. 1

PRO FORMA ANNUAL RETURNS OF THE MILLBURN DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO (rounded to the nearest %)
FEBRUARY 1977—DECEMBER 2012

 

The pro forma adjustments to MDP’s performance1 reflect the cost/fee structure of the Trust applicable to investors who purchase Series 1 Units.

 

      MDP2         S&P5003     NASDAQ4       MSCI WORLD5       BONDS6  
2012     -10 %     16 %   16 %     17 %     4 %
2011     -11 %     2 %   -2 %     -5 %     30 %
2010     8 %     15 %   17 %     12 %     9 %
2009     -12 %     26 %   44 %     31 %     -13 %
2008     18 %     -37 %   -41 %     -40 %     24 %
2007     12 %     5 %   10 %     10 %     10 %
2006     6 %     16 %   10 %     21 %     2 %
2005     3 %     5 %   1 %     10 %     7 %
2004     -5 %     11 %   9 %     15 %     8 %
2003     -2 %     29 %   50 %     34 %     2 %
2002     24 %     -22 %   -32 %     -20 %     17 %
2001     -8 %     -12 %   -21 %     -17 %     4 %
2000     13 %     -9 %   -39 %     -13 %     20 %
1999     -4 %     21 %   86 %     25 %     -9 %
1998     5 %     29 %   40 %     25 %     14 %
1997     12 %     33 %   22 %     16 %     15 %
1996     15 %     23 %   23 %     14 %     -1 %
1995     27 %     38 %   40 %     21 %     31 %
1994     8 %     1 %   -3 %     6 %     -8 %
1993     8 %     10 %   15 %     23 %     17 %
1992     15 %     8 %   15 %     -5 %     8 %
1991     5 %     30 %   57 %     19 %     19 %
1990     49 %     -3 %   -18 %     -17 %     6 %
1989     -1 %     32 %   19 %     17 %     19 %
1988     5 %     17 %   15 %     24 %     9 %
1987     41 %     5 %   -5 %     17 %     -3 %
1986     -13 %     19 %   7 %     43 %     24 %
1985     27 %     32 %   31 %     42 %     32 %
1984     28 %     6 %   -11 %     6 %     15 %
1983     -6 %     23 %   20 %     23 %     2 %
1982     35 %     22 %   19 %     11 %     42 %
1981     45 %     -5 %   -3 %     -3 %     0 %
1980     70 %     33 %   34 %     28 %     -3 %
1979     63 %     19 %   28 %     13 %     -1 %
1978     27 %     7 %   12 %     18 %     -1 %
1977 (11 months)     10 %     -3 %   10 %     5 %     4 %
      Compound Annual Return  
1977-2012     12 %     11 %   10 %     10 %     9 %

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
THE TRUST IS A SINGLE ACCOUNT TRADED PURSUANT TO MDP
AND IS THUS SEPARATE FROM MDP. THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF MDP IS
NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRUST.

 

 

  

1MDP, pursuant to which the Trust is traded, has a pro forma compound rate of return of 12.5% for over 30 years. MDP has tended to be profitable during periods of stress in equity and bond markets. The benefit of including MDP in a portfolio of stocks and/or bonds is observable in the table for the years 2008, 2002, 2000, 1994, 1990, 1987 and 1981 when MDP performed well in difficult years for other asset classes. There can, of course, be no assurance that this pattern will continue or that MDP or the Trust will not incur losses, as MDP did in the full years 2012, 2011, 2009, 2004, 2003, 2001, 1999, 1989, 1986 and 1983. The largest monthly loss during the period shown was 15.3% (9/86).
2MDP is the composite performance of the fully-funded accounts trading in the portfolio since its inception through December 2003 and, thereafter, of all accounts (fully-funded and notional), pro forma to reflect the highest cost/fee structure applicable to the Series 1 Units. There are material limitations inherent in pro forma comparisons.
3S&P 500 Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
4NASDAQ Composite Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
5Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
6Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE NO. 2

PRO FORMA ANNUAL RETURNS OF THE MILLBURN DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO (rounded to the nearest %)
FEBRUARY 1977—DECEMBER 2012

 

The following table is similar to the Annual Returns table on the previous page. The pro forma adjustments to MDP’s performance, however, reflect the cost/fee structure of the Trust applicable to investors who purchase Series 2 Units.

 

    MDP1      S&P5002     NASDAQ3     MSCI WORLD4     BONDS5  
2012     -6 %     16 %     16 %     17 %     4 %
2011     -6 %     2 %     -2 %     -5 %     30 %
2010     13 %     15 %     17 %     12 %     9 %
2009     -8 %     26 %     44 %     31 %     -13 %
2008     23 %     -37 %     -41 %     -40 %     24 %
2007     15 %     5 %     10 %     10 %     10 %
2006     11 %     16 %     10 %     21 %     2 %
2005     7 %     5 %     1 %     10 %     7 %
2004     -1 %     11 %     9 %     15 %     8 %
2003     3 %     29 %     50 %     34 %     2 %
2002     29 %     -22 %     -32 %     -20 %     17 %
2001     -4 %     -12 %     -21 %     -17 %     4 %
2000     16 %     -9 %     -39 %     -13 %     20 %
1999     0 %     21 %     86 %     25 %     -9 %
1998     9 %     29 %     40 %     25 %     14 %
1997     16 %     33 %     22 %     16 %     15 %
1996     20 %     23 %     23 %     14 %     -1 %
1995     31 %     38 %     40 %     21 %     31 %
1994     12 %     1 %     -3 %     6 %     -8 %
1993     13 %     10 %     15 %     23 %     17 %
1992     19 %     8 %     15 %     -5 %     8 %
1991     9 %     30 %     57 %     19 %     19 %
1990     53 %     -3 %     -18 %     -17 %     6 %
1989     4 %     32 %     19 %     17 %     19 %
1988     9 %     17 %     15 %     24 %     9 %
1987     45 %     5 %     -5 %     17 %     -3 %
1986     -9 %     19 %     7 %     43 %     24 %
1985     32 %     32 %     31 %     42 %     32 %
1984     32 %     6 %     -11 %     6 %     15 %
1983     -1 %     23 %     20 %     23 %     2 %
1982     40 %     22 %     19 %     11 %     42 %
1981     51 %     -5 %     -3 %     -3 %     0 %
1980     76 %     33 %     34 %     28 %     -3 %
1979     69 %     19 %     28 %     13 %     -1 %
1978     31 %     7 %     12 %     18 %     -1 %
1977 (11 months)     14 %     -3 %     10 %     5 %     4 %
      Compound Annual Return  
1977-2012     17 %     11 %     10 %     10 %     9 %

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
THE TRUST IS A SINGLE ACCOUNT TRADED PURSUANT TO MDP
AND IS THUS SEPARATE FROM MDP. THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF MDP IS
NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRUST.

 

 

 

1MDP is the composite performance of the fully-funded accounts trading in the portfolio since its inception through December 2003 and, thereafter, of all accounts (fully-funded and notional), pro forma to reflect the cost/fee structure of the Trust applicable to investors who purchase Series 2 Units. There are material limitations inherent in pro forma comparisons.

2S&P 500 Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

3NASDAQ Composite Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

4Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

5Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

 

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SUPPLEMENTAL TABLE NO. 3

PRO FORMA ANNUAL RETURNS OF THE MILLBURN DIVERSIFIED PORTFOLIO (rounded to the nearest %)
FEBRUARY 1977—DECEMBER 2012

 

The following table is similar to the Annual Returns tables on the previous pages. The pro forma adjustments to MDP’s performance, however, reflect the cost/fee structure of the Trust applicable to investors who purchase Series 3 Units.

 

    MDP1      S&P5002     NASDAQ3     MSCI WORLD4     BONDS5  
2012     -5 %     16 %     16 %     17 %     4 %
2011     -6 %     2 %     -2 %     -5 %     30 %
2010     13 %     15 %     17 %     12 %     9 %
2009     -7 %     26 %     44 %     31 %     -13 %
2008     23 %     -37 %     -41 %     -40 %     24 %
2007     16 %     5 %     10 %     10 %     10 %
2006     11 %     16 %     10 %     21 %     2 %
2005     7 %     5 %     1 %     10 %     7 %
2004     0 %     11 %     9 %     15 %     8 %
2003     3 %     29 %     50 %     34 %     2 %
2002     29 %     -22 %     -32 %     -20 %     17 %
2001     -4 %     -12 %     -21 %     -17 %     4 %
2000     16 %     -9 %     -39 %     -13 %     20 %
1999     0 %     21 %     86 %     25 %     -9 %
1998     9 %     29 %     40 %     25 %     14 %
1997     16 %     33 %     22 %     16 %     15 %
1996     20 %     23 %     23 %     14 %     -1 %
1995     32 %     38 %     40 %     21 %     31 %
1994     13 %     1 %     -3 %     6 %     -8 %
1993     13 %     10 %     15 %     23 %     17 %
1992     20 %     8 %     15 %     -5 %     8 %
1991     9 %     30 %     57 %     19 %     19 %
1990     54 %     -3 %     -18 %     -17 %     6 %
1989     4 %     32 %     19 %     17 %     19 %
1988     9 %     17 %     15 %     24 %     9 %
1987     45 %     5 %     -5 %     17 %     -3 %
1986     -9 %     19 %     7 %     43 %     24 %
1985     32 %     32 %     31 %     42 %     32 %
1984     32 %     6 %     -11 %     6 %     15 %
1983     -1 %     23 %     20 %     23 %     2 %
1982     41 %     22 %     19 %     11 %     42 %
1981     51 %     -5 %     -3 %     -3 %     0 %
1980     76 %     33 %     34 %     28 %     -3 %
1979     69 %     19 %     28 %     13 %     -1 %
1978     32 %     7 %     12 %     18 %     -1 %
1977 (11 months)     14 %     -3 %     10 %     5 %     4 %
      Compound Annual Return  
1977-2012     17 %     11 %     10 %     10 %     9 %

 

PAST PERFORMANCE IS NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF FUTURE RESULTS.
THE TRUST IS A SINGLE ACCOUNT TRADED PURSUANT TO MDP
AND IS THUS SEPARATE FROM MDP. THE PAST PERFORMANCE OF MDP IS
NOT NECESSARILY INDICATIVE OF THE FUTURE PERFORMANCE OF THE TRUST.

 

 

 

1MDP is the composite performance of the fully-funded accounts trading in the portfolio since its inception through December 2003 and, thereafter, of all accounts (fully-funded and notional), pro forma to reflect the cost/fee structure of the Trust applicable to investors who purchase Series 2 Units. There are material limitations inherent in pro forma comparisons.
2S&P 500 Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
3NASDAQ Composite Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
4Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index includes net dividends. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.
5Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index. Source: PERTRAC Financial Solutions.

 

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Note to Supplemental Performance Information

 

The performance shown on pages 93-95 represents the pro forma composite performance of all fully-funded accounts prior to January 2004 and of all accounts beginning with January 2004 traded pursuant to the Managing Owner’s Diversified Portfolio during the period presented. The historical performance of the Diversified Portfolio composite has been retroactively adjusted on a pro forma basis approximately to reflect the highest cost/fee structure applicable to the Series 1 Units (Table 1) and the cost/fee structures applicable to Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units (Tables 2 and 3, respectively). The purpose of this pro forma presentation is to provide an approximation of the rates of return such composite accounts would have achieved had they been traded pursuant to the Trust’s cost/fee structure. However, there are material limitations inherent in pro forma comparisons. It is not feasible to make all the pro forma adjustments necessary to reflect the effect of all the business terms of the Trust on the actual performance of the accounts in the composite. The pro forma performance of the composite accounts should not be considered to be indicative of how any one account in the composite would have performed had it been subject to the cost/fee structure of the relevant Series of Units.

 

The pro forma calculations were made on a month-to-month basis. That is, the adjustments to fees and income in one month do not affect the actual figures used in the following month for making similar pro forma calculations. Accordingly, the pro forma performance does not reflect on a cumulative basis the effect of the differences between the fees to be charged and interest to be earned by the Trust and the fees charged and interest earned by the accounts in the composite. The following assumptions were made in calculating the pro forma rates of return: a Brokerage Fee of 7% per annum of month-end Net Assets (Supplemental Table No. 1); a management fee of 2%, clearing and execution costs of 0.25% and custodial fees of 0.25% (Supplemental Table No. 2); a management fee of 2% and clearing and execution costs of 0.25% (Supplemental Table No. 3); an annual Profit Share of 20% of New Trading Profit; operating and ongoing offering and administrative expenses of 0.35% per annum of average annual Net Assets; and actual interest income earned by the accounts in the Diversified Portfolio composite.

 

The Millburn Diversified Portfolio is an actively managed portfolio of futures, forward and spot contracts and related options. The Managing Owner will trade its Diversified Portfolio on behalf of the Trust and the Trust will pay the fees and expenses and will be subject to the Profit Share as described in this Prospectus. The S&P 500 Index, NASDAQ Composite Index, Morgan Stanley Capital International World Index, Barclay BTOP50 Index, Citi World Government Bond Index and Barclays Long-Term Treasury Index are unmanaged indices commonly used as market benchmarks. The performance of these indices does not reflect any fees or transaction costs as these expenses do not apply to most market indices (Barclay BTOP50 Index is compiled net of CTA fees). The HFRI Fund Weighted Composite Index is an unmanaged index of actively managed hedge funds and is an internationally recognized benchmark of hedge fund performance. The performance of the index reflects the fees and transaction costs borne by its underlying hedge fund components but not of the index itself as none apply to the index.

 

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INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

  Page
   
GLOBAL MACRO TRUST  
   
Financial Statements for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 (unaudited) F-2
   
Notes to Financial Statements (unaudited) F-13
   
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm F-21
   
Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 F-22
   
Condensed Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2011 F-23
   
Condensed Schedule of Investments as of December 31, 2010 F-25
   
Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 F-27
   
Statements of Changes in Trust Capital for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 F-28
   
Statements of Financial Highlights for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 – Series 1 F-29
   
Statements of Financial Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the period ended December 31, 2010 – Series 2 F-30
   
Statements of Financial Highlights for the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010 and the period ended December 31, 2009 – Series 3 F-31
   
Statements of Financial Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2011 and the period ended December 31, 2010 – Series 4 F-32
   
Notes to Financial Statements F-33
   
MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION:  
   
Statement of Financial Condition at September 30, 2012 (unaudited) F-45
   
Notes to Statement of Financial Condition (unaudited) F-46
   
Independent Auditor’s Report F-56
   
Statement of Financial Condition at December 31, 2011 F-57
   
Notes to Statement of Financial Condition F-58

 

 

Schedules are omitted for the reason that they are not required or are not applicable or that equivalent information has been included in the financial statements or notes thereto.

 

F-1
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Financial Condition (UNAUDITED)

 

   September 30   December 31 
   2012   2011 
ASSETS          
EQUITY IN TRADING ACCOUNTS:          
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes – at fair value          
(amortized cost $89,035,888 and $81,041,000)  $89,045,408   $81,045,824 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and          
forward currency contracts   3,356,525    12,894,380 
Due from brokers   13,200,987    6,913,738 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost $5,003,732          
and $1,754,566)   5,065,536    1,719,017 
Total equity in trading accounts   110,668,456    102,572,959 
           
INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY NOTES – at fair value          
(amortized cost $426,967,693 and $634,052,301)   427,021,200    634,082,662 
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   14,379,056    42,348,737 
ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE   999,160    3,339,577 
TOTAL  $553,067,872   $782,343,935 
           
LIABILITIES AND TRUST CAPITAL          
LIABILITIES:          
Subscriptions by Unitholders received in advance  $3,867,804   $3,164,450 
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts   12,129,585    917,275 
Due to Managing Owner   182,739    137,996 
Accrued brokerage and custodial fees   2,713,869    4,005,466 
Accrued management fees   53,163    57,276 
Redemptions payable to Unitholders   15,509,864    17,618,625 
Redemption payable to Managing Owner   -    1,259 
Accrued expenses   184,349    180,897 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost $0 and -$2,107,152)   -    2,122,063 
Due to brokers   -    951,234 
Total liabilities   34,641,373    29,156,541 
           
TRUST CAPITAL:          
Managing Owner interest (8,630.973 and 8,207.970 units outstanding)   9,188,490    9,644,943 
Series 1 Unitholders (448,137.845 and 603,996.596 units outstanding)   477,068,327    709,737,394 
Series 2 Unitholders (242.952 and 190.737 units outstanding)   287,189    240,698 
Series 3 Unitholders (25,451.722 and 25,863.120 units outstanding)   30,265,887    32,771,232 
Series 4 Unitholders (1,298.236 and 606.787 units outstanding)   1,616,606    793,127 
Total trust capital   518,426,499    753,187,394 
 TOTAL:  $553,067,872   $782,343,935 
NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT OUTSTANDING:          
Series 1 Unitholders  $1,064.56   $1,175.07 
Series 2 Unitholders  $1,182.08   $1,261.94 
Series 3 Unitholders  $1,189.15   $1,267.10 
Series 4 Unitholders  $1,245.23   $1,307.09 

 

See notes to financial statements

 

F-2
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Condensed Schedule of Investments (UNAUDITED)

September 30, 2012

 

FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS  Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
as a % of
Trust Capital
   Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
         
FUTURES CONTRACTS          
Long futures contracts:          
Energies   (0.86)%  $(4,431,540)
Grains   0.10    519,385 
Interest rates:          
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note (3,067 contracts, settlement date December 2012)   0.06    307,311 
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note (1,480 contracts, settlement date December 2012)   0.10    520,579 
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note (484 contracts, settlement date December 2012)   0.05    281,734 
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond (100 contracts, settlement date December 2012)   0.02    95,875 
Other interest rates   0.94    4,867,103 
Total interest rates   1.17    6,072,602 
           
Metals   0.87    4,527,661 
Softs   (0.00)   (6,560)
Stock indices   (0.82)   (4,257,820)
Total long futures contracts   0.46    2,423,728 
           
Short futures contracts:          
Energies   0.80    4,168,165 
Grains   0.03    133,774 
Interest rates   (0.01)   (69,293)
Livestock   (0.02)   (93,560)
Metals   (1.97)   (10,215,962)
Softs   0.01    26,983 
Stock indices   0.01    65,880 
Total short futures contracts   (1.15)   (5,984,013)
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS-Net   (0.69)   (3,560,285)
           
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
Total long forward currency contracts   0.53    2,762,874 
Total short forward currency contracts   (1.53)   (7,975,649)
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS-Net   (1.00)   (5,212,775)
TOTAL   (1.69)%   (8,773,060)

 

(Continued)

 

F-3
 

  

Global Macro Trust

Condensed Schedule of Investments (UNAUDITED)

September 30, 2012

 

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

       Fair Value     
       as a % of     
Face Amount   Description  Trust Capital   Fair Value 
             
$50,710,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.500%, 11/30/2012   9.79%  $50,743,675 
 149,850,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.625%, 02/28/2013   28.96    150,157,310 
 146,530,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 3.375%, 07/31/2013   29.01    150,422,203 
 164,840,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.125%, 09/30/2013   31.78    164,743,420 
     Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes          
     (amortized cost $516,003,581)   99.54%  $516,066,608 

 

See notes to financial statements (Concluded)

 

F-4
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Condensed Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2011

 

FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS  Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
as a % of
Trust Capital
   Net Unrealized
Appreciation/
(Depreciation)
 
FUTURES CONTRACTS          
Long futures contracts:          
Energies   (0.04)%  $(317,941)
Grains   0.10    740,413 
Interest rates:          
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note (2,581 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.05    416,798 
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note (2,385 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.09    647,000 
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note (1,128 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.09    679,344 
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond (279 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.03    213,719 
Other interest rates   0.86    6,494,508 
Total interest rates   1.12    8,451,369 
           
Metals   (0.15)   (1,082,372)
Softs   (0.05)   (406,302)
Stock indices   (0.00)   (36,565)
Total long futures contracts   0.98    7,348,602 
Short futures contracts:          
Energies   0.21    1,577,490 
Grains   (0.31)   (2,352,297)
Interest rates   (0.01)   (76,759)
Livestock   (0.00)   (24,710)
Metals   0.05    377,431 
Softs   0.18    1,407,123 
Stock indices   (0.09)   (648,340)
Total short futures contracts   0.03    259,938 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS-Net   1.01    7,608,540 
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
Total long forward currency contracts   (0.14)   (1,033,705)
Total short forward currency contracts   0.72    5,402,270 
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS-Net   0.58    4,368,565 
           
TOTAL   1.59%  $11,977,105 

 

(Continued)

 

F-5
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Condensed Schedule of Investments

December 31, 2011

U.S. Treasury Notes

 

Face Amount   Description  Fair Value
as a % of
Trust Capital
   Fair Value 
             
$215,950,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.875%, 02/29/2012   28.71%  $216,236,809 
 218,390,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.375%, 08/31/2012   29.05    218,782,420 
 222,440,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 4.250%, 09/30/2012   30.44    229,234,847 
 50,710,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.500%, 11/30/2012   6.75    50,874,410 
     Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes          
     (amortized cost $715,093,301)   94.95%  $715,128,486 

 

See notes to financial statements (Concluded)

 

F-6
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Operations (UNAUDITED)

 

   For the three months ended 
   September 30   September 30 
   2012   2011 
INVESTMENT INCOME:          
Interest income  $176,744   $448,040 
           
EXPENSES:          
Brokerage and custodial fees   8,924,266    13,573,067 
Administrative expenses   489,012    556,114 
Custody fees and other expenses   28,293    41,159 
Management fees   162,284    164,840 
Total expenses   9,603,855    14,335,180 
           
NET INVESTMENT LOSS   (9,427,111)   (13,887,140)
           
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES):          
Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions:          
Futures and forward currency contracts   1,498,842    27,373,746 
Foreign exchange translation   (196,650)   162,169 
Net change in unrealized:          
Futures and forward currency contracts   4,264,446    (18,793,138)
Foreign exchange translation   60,851    (255,785)
Net gains (losses) from U.S. Treasury notes:          
Realized   (10,011)   - 
Net change in unrealized   89,716    (331,128)
TOTAL NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS   5,707,194    8,155,864 
           
NET LOSS   (3,719,917)   (5,731,276)
LESS PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER   -    - 
NET LOSS AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER  $(3,719,917)  $(5,731,276)
           
NET GAIN (LOSS) AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER          
PER UNIT OUTSTANDING          
Series 1 Unitholders  $(11.96)  $(10.19)
Series 2 Unitholders  $(0.13)  $3.86 
Series 3 Unitholders  $0.61   $4.69 
Series 4 Unitholders  $6.85   $11.45 

 

See notes to financial statements

 

F-7
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Operations (UNAUDITED)

 

   For the nine months ended 
   September 30   September 30 
   2012   2011 
INVESTMENT INCOME:          
Interest income  $656,065   $1,715,888 
           
EXPENSES:          
Brokerage and custodial fees   30,215,222    42,417,382 
Administrative expenses   1,529,936    1,680,410 
Custody fees and other expenses   100,915    121,736 
Management fees   483,079    402,914 
Total expenses   32,329,152    44,622,442 
           
NET INVESTMENT LOSS   (31,673,087)   (42,906,554)
           
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES):          
Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions:          
Futures and forward currency contracts   (10,237,178)   40,782,092 
Foreign exchange translation   46,021    278,372 
Net change in unrealized:          
Futures and forward currency contracts   (20,750,165)   (58,022,892)
Foreign exchange translation   112,264    (385,354)
Net gains (losses) from U.S. Treasury notes:          
Realized   (49,638)   38,951 
Net change in unrealized   27,842    (277,718)
TOTAL NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED LOSSES   (30,850,854)   (17,586,549)
           
NET LOSS   (62,523,941)   (60,493,103)
LESS PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER   -    1,385 
NET LOSS AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER  $(62,523,941)  $(60,494,488)
           
NET LOSS AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER PER UNIT OUTSTANDING          
Series 1 Unitholders  $(110.51)  $(93.71)
Series 2 Unitholders  $(79.86)  $(54.66)
Series 3 Unitholders  $(77.95)  $(52.41)
Series 4 Unitholders  $(61.86)  $(31.28)

 

See notes to financial statements (Concluded)

 

F-8
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Changes in Trust Capital (UNAUDITED)

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2012:

 

                   New Profit         
   Series 1 Unitholders   Series 2 Unitholders   Series 3 Unitholders   Series 4 Unitholders   Memo Account   Managing Owner   Total 
   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units 
                                                         
Trust capital at January 1, 2012  $709,737,394    603,996.596   $240,698    190.737   $32,771,232    25,863.120   $793,127    606.787   $-    -   $9,644,943    8,207.970   $753,187,394    638,865.210 
Subscriptions   17,207,027    15,371.686    75,000    63.612    4,892,681    4,018.914    918,915    712.680    -    -    -    -    23,093,623    20,166.892 
Redemptions   (189,932,898)   (172,293.030)   (13,898)   (11.397)   (5,357,707)   (4,430.312)   (26,074)   (21.231)   -    -    -    -    (195,330,577)   (176,755.970)
Addt'l units allocated *   -    1,062.593    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    423.003    -    1,485.596 
Net loss   (59,943,196)   -    (14,611)   -    (2,040,319)   -    (69,362)   -    -    -    (456,453)   -    (62,523,941)   - 
                                                                      
Trust capital at September 30, 2012  $477,068,327    448,137.845   $287,189    242.952   $30,265,887    25,451.722   $1,616,606    1,298.236   $-    -   $9,188,490    8,630.973   $518,426,499    483,761.728 
                                                                       
Net asset value per unit outstanding at September 30, 2012:  $1,064.56        $1,182.08        $1,189.15        $1,245.23                                    

 

* Additional units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7% brokerage fee and the Managing Owner

 

(Continued)

 

F-9
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Changes in Trust Capital (UNAUDITED)

 

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011:

 

   Series 1 Unitholders   Series 2 Unitholders   Series 3 Unitholders   Series 4 Unitholders   New Profit
Memo Account
   Managing Owner   Total 
   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units 
                                                         
Trust capital at January 1, 2011  $867,646,692    660,222.516   $101,957    75.492   $14,178,784    10,481.102   $75,449    55.233   $-    -   $10,922,729    8,311.477   $892,925,611    679,145.820 
Subscriptions   33,778,541    26,038.953    184,000    136.584    21,069,917    15,656.061    687,401    504.386    -    -    -    -    55,719,859    42,335.984 
Redemptions   (70,766,342)   (55,276.497)   (28,299)   (21.339)   (588,547)   (435.099)             -    -    -    -    (71,383,188)   (55,732.935)
Addt'l units allocated *   -    1,300.132    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    0.032    -    433.008    -    1,733.172 
Net loss   (58,980,514)   -    (10,482)   -    (1,237,412)   -    (15,907)   -    (100)   -    (250,073)   -    (60,494,488)   - 
Managing Owner's allocation:                                                                      
New Profit-Accrued   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1,385    1.021    -    -    1,385    1.021 
Trust capital at September 30, 2011  $771,678,377    632,285.104   $247,176    190.737   $33,422,742    25,702.064   $746,943    559.619   $1,285    1.053   $10,672,656    8,744.485   $816,769,179    667,483.062 
Net asset value per unit outstanding at September 30, 2011:  $1,220.46        $1,295.90        $1,300.39        $1,334.73                                    

 

* Additional units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7% brokerage fee and the Managing Owner

 

See notes to financial statements (Concluded)

 

F-10
 

 

Global Macro Trust

Statements of Financial Highlights (UNAUDITED)

 

For the three months ended September 30, 2012  2012   2011 
   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4 
                                 
Net loss from operations:                                        
Net investment loss  $(19.16)  $(7.73)  $(7.77)  $(1.77)  $(21.32)  $(8.41)  $(7.63)  $(1.03)
Net realized and unrealized losses on trading of futures and forward currency contracts   7.07    7.42    8.20    8.42    11.62    12.99    12.96    13.04 
Net losses from U.S. Treasury obligations   0.13    0.18    0.18    0.20    (0.49)   (0.72)   (0.64)   (0.56)
Profit share allocated to Managing Owner   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
Net loss per unit  $(11.96)  $(0.13)  $0.61   $6.85   $(10.19)  $3.86   $4.69   $11.45 
                                         
Net asset value per unit, beginning of period   1,076.52    1,182.21    1,188.54    1,238.38    1,230.65   $1,292.04   $1,295.70   $1,323.28 
                                         
Net asset value per unit, end of period  $1,064.56   $1,182.08   $1,189.15   $1,245.23   $1,220.46   $1,295.90   $1,300.39   $1,334.73 

 

Total return and ratios for the three months ended September 30:  2012   2011 
   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4 
                                 
RATIOS TO AVERAGE CAPITAL:                                        
                                         
Net investment loss (a)   (7.00)%   (2.81)%   (2.56)%   (0.55)%   (6.82)%   (2.55)%   (2.30)%   (0.30)%
                                         
Total expenses (a)   7.12%   2.93%   2.68%   0.68%   7.03%   2.76%   2.51%   0.51%
Profit share allocation (b)   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
TOTAL EXPENSES AND PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION   7.12%   2.93%   2.68%   0.68%   7.03%   2.76%   2.51%   0.51%
                                         
Total return before profit share allocation (b)   (1.11)%   (0.01)%   0.05%   0.55%   (0.83)%   0.30%   0.36%   0.87%
Profit share allocation (b)   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00 
TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION   (1.11)%   (0.01)%   0.05%   0.55%   (0.83)%   0.30%   0.36%   0.87%

 

(a) annualized

(b) not annualized

 

See notes to financial statements

 

F-11
 

 

Global Macro Trust
Statements of Financial Highlights (UNAUDITED)

 

For the nine months ended September 30  2012   2011 
   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4 
                                 
Net loss from operations:                                        
Net investment loss  $(57.59)  $(24.92)  $(22.72)  $(4.74)  $(65.10)  $(25.08)  $(22.64)  $(2.51)
Net realized and unrealized losses on trading of futures and forward currency contracts   (52.88)   (55.06)   (55.25)   (57.14)   (28.26)   (28.99)   (29.19)   (28.33)
Net losses from U.S. Treasury obligations   (0.04)   0.12    0.02    0.02    (0.35)   (0.59)   (0.50)   (0.44)
Profit share allocated to Managing Owner   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    (0.08)   0.00 
Net loss per unit  $(110.51)  $(79.86)  $(77.95)  $(61.86)  $(93.71)  $(54.66)  $(52.41)  $(31.28)
                                         
Net asset value per unit, beginning of period   1,175.07    1,261.94    1,267.10    1,307.09    1,314.17    1,350.56    1,352.80    1,366.01 
                                         
Net asset value per unit, end of period  $1,064.56   $1,182.08   $1,189.15   $1,245.23   $1,220.46   $1,295.90   $1,300.39   $1,334.73 

 

Total return and ratios for the nine months ended September 30:  2012   2011 
   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4   Series 1   Series 2   Series 3   Series 4 
                                 
RATIOS TO AVERAGE CAPITAL:                                        
                                         
Net investment loss (a)   (6.95)%   (2.76)%   (2.50)%   (0.50)%   (6.77)%   (2.51)%   (2.26)%   (0.24)%
                                         
Total expenses (a)   7.09%   2.89%   2.64%   0.64%   7.03%   2.76%   2.51%   0.50%
Profit share allocation (b)   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.01    0.00 
TOTAL EXPENSES AND PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION   7.09%   2.89%   2.64%   0.64%   7.03%   2.76%   2.52%   0.50%
                                         
Total return before profit share allocation (b)   (9.40)%   (6.33)%   (6.15)%   (4.73)%   (7.13)%   (4.05)%   (3.86)%   (2.29)%
Profit share allocation (b)   0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.00    0.01    0.00 
TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION   (9.40)%   (6.33)%   (6.15)%   (4.73)%   (7.13)%   (4.05)%   (3.87)%   (2.29)%

 

(a) annualized

(b) not annualized

 

See notes to financial statements (Concluded)

 

F-12
 

 

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (UNAUDITED)

 

1. BASIS OF PRESENTATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

The accompanying unaudited financial statements, in the opinion of management, include all adjustments (consisting only of normal recurring adjustments) necessary for a fair presentation of Global Macro Trust’s (the “Trust”) financial condition at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 and the results of its operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 (unaudited). These financial statements present the results of interim periods and do not include all disclosures normally provided in annual financial statements. It is suggested that these financial statements be read in conjunction with the audited financial statements and notes included in the Trust's annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the year ended December 31, 2011. The December 31, 2011 information has been derived from the audited financial statements as of December 31, 2011.

 

With the effectiveness of the Trust’s Registration Statement on August 12, 2009, the Trust began to offer Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 Units. The only Units offered prior to such date were the Series 1 Units.

 

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted (“U.S. GAAP”) in the United States of America (the “U.S.”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

The Trust enters into contracts that contain a variety of indemnification provisions. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. The Trust does not anticipate recognizing any loss related to these arrangements.

 

The Income Taxes topic of the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (the “Codification”) clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This requires that the Trust recognize in its financial statements the impact of any uncertain tax positions. Based on a review of the Trust’s open tax years, 2009 to 2011, for the U.S. Federal jurisdiction, the New York, Connecticut and Delaware state jurisdictions and the New York City jurisdiction, there are no uncertain tax positions. The Trust is treated as a limited partnership for federal and state income tax reporting purposes and therefore the unitholders in the trust ("Unitholders") are responsible for the payment of taxes.

 

There have been no material changes with respect to the Trust's critical accounting policies, off-balance sheet arrangements or disclosure of contractual obligations as reported in the Trust's Annual Report on Form 10-K for fiscal year 2011.

 

2. RECENT ACCOUNTING STANDARD

 

In December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” which creates a new disclosure requirement about the nature of an entity’s rights of setoff and the related arrangement associated with its financial instruments and derivative instruments. Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the Statements of Financial Condition and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Trust should also provide the disclosures retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the “Managing Owner”) is currently evaluating the impact that the standard would have on the financial statements.

 

3. FAIR VALUE

 

The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures topic of the Codification defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1: Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2: Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable, either directly or indirectly;

 

Level 3: Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

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In determining fair value, the Trust separates its investments into two categories: cash instruments and derivative contracts.

 

Cash Instruments – The Trust’s cash instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are typically valued using quoted market prices. The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include U.S. government obligations and an investment in a quoted short-term U.S. Government Money Market Fund. The Managing Owner does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments even in situations where the Trust holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price. 

 

Derivative Contracts – Derivative contracts can be exchange-traded or over-the-counter (“OTC”). Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued based on quoted closing settlement prices and typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

OTC derivatives, or forward currency contracts, are valued based on pricing models that consider the current market prices (“spot prices”) plus the time value of money (“forward points”) and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. The forward points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months and six months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the foreign forward currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods. The Managing Owner’s policy is to calculate the forward points for each contract being valued by determining the number of days from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date and then using straight-line interpolation to calculate the valuation of forward points for the applicable forward currency contract. Model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Such instruments are typically classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, there were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1 and Level 2. The following tables represent the Trust’s investments by hierarchical level as of September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 in valuing the Trust’s investments at fair value. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Trust held no assets or liabilities classified in Level 3.

 

F-14
 

 

Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of September 30, 2012

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Total 
             
U.S. Treasury notes (1)  $516,066,608   $-   $516,066,608 
Short-term money market fund*   10,492,197    -    10,492,197 
Exchange-traded futures contracts               
Energies   (263,375)   -    (263,375)
Grains   653,159    -    653,159 
Interest rates   6,003,309    -    6,003,309 
Livestock   (93,560)   -    (93,560)
Metals   (5,688,301)   -    (5,688,301)
Softs   20,423    -    20,423 
Stock indices   (4,191,940)   -    (4,191,940)
                
Total exchange-traded futures contracts   (3,560,285)   -    (3,560,285)
                
Over-the-counter forward currency contracts   -    (5,212,775)   (5,212,775)
                
Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)   (3,560,285)   (5,212,775)   (8,773,060)
                
Total financial assets at fair value  $522,998,520   $(5,212,775)  $517,785,745 
                
Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition               
(1)               
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in brokers' trading accounts as collateral            $89,045,408 
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in custody             427,021,200 
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes            $516,066,608 
                
(2)               
Net unrealized appreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $3,356,525 
Net unrealized depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts             (12,129,585)
Total unrealized depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $(8,773,060)

 

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

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Financial Assets and Liabilities at Fair Value as of December 31, 2011

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Total 
             
U.S. Treasury notes (1)  $715,128,486   $-   $715,128,486 
Short-term money market fund*   42,244,442    -    42,244,442 
Exchange-traded futures contracts               
Energies   1,259,549    -    1,259,549 
Grains   (1,611,884)   -    (1,611,884)
Interest rates   8,374,610    -    8,374,610 
Livestock   (24,710)   -    (24,710)
Metals   (704,941)   -    (704,941)
Softs   1,000,821    -    1,000,821 
Stock indices   (684,905)   -    (684,905)
                
Total exchange-traded futures contracts   7,608,540    -    7,608,540 
                
Over-the-counter forward currency contracts   -    4,368,565    4,368,565 
                
Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)   7,608,540    4,368,565    11,977,105 
                
Total financial assets at fair value  $764,981,468   $4,368,565   $769,350,033 
                
Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition               
(1)               
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in brokers' trading accounts as collateral            $81,045,824 
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in custody             634,082,662 
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes            $715,128,486 
                
(2)               
Net unrealized appreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $12,894,380 
Net unrealized depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts             (917,275)
Total unrealized appreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $11,977,105 

 

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

4. DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

The Derivatives and Hedging topic of the Codification requires qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

 

The Trust’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the Trust’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

 

The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures and forward contracts on currencies, energies, grains, interest rates, livestock, metals, softs and stock indices. The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Trust at September 30, 2012, by market sector:

 

Agricultural (grains, livestock and softs) – The Trust’s primary exposure is to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions as well as supply and demand factors.

 

Currencies – Exchange rate risk is a principal market exposure of the Trust. The Trust’s currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. The fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The Trust trades in a large number of currencies including cross-rates—e.g., positions between two currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

 

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Energies – The Trust’s primary energy market exposure is to gas and oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle East and economic conditions worldwide. Energy prices are volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

 

Interest Rates – Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the sovereign bond futures positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries may materially impact the Trust’s profitability. The Trust’s primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in countries or regions including Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the U.S. and the Eurozone. However, the Trust also may take positions in futures contracts on the government debt of other nations. The Managing Owner anticipates that interest rates in these industrialized countries or areas, both long-term and short-term, will remain the primary interest rate market exposure of the Trust for the foreseeable future.

 

Metals – The Trust’s metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, nickel, platinum, silver, tin and zinc.

 

Stock Indices – The Trust’s equity exposure, through stock index futures, is to equity price risk in the major industrialized countries as well as other countries.

 

The Derivatives and Hedging topic of the Codification requires entities to recognize in the Statements of Financial Condition all derivative contracts as assets or liabilities. Fair values of futures and forward currency contracts in an asset position by counterparty are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” Fair values of futures and forward currency contracts in a liability position by counterparty are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” The Trust’s policy regarding fair value measurement is discussed in the Fair Value and Disclosures note, contained herein.

 

Since the derivatives held or sold by the Trust are for speculative trading purposes, the derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments under the provisions of the Derivatives and Hedging guidance. Accordingly, all realized gains and losses, as well as any change in net unrealized gains or losses on open positions from the preceding period, are recognized as part of the Trust’s trading gains and losses in the Statements of Operations.

 

See “Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk” for additional derivative-related information.

 

The following tables present the fair value of open futures and forward currency contracts, held long or sold short, at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011. Fair value is presented on a gross basis even though the contracts are subject to master netting agreements and qualify for net presentation in the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at September 30, 2012

 

                            Net Unrealized  
    Fair Value - Long Positions     Fair Value - Short Positions     Gain (Loss) on  
Sector   Gains     Losses     Gains     Losses     Open Positions  
Futures contracts:                                        
Energies   $ 483,002     $ (4,914,542 )   $ 4,912,990     $ (744,825 )     (263,375 )
Grains     1,309,148       (789,763 )     176,950       (43,176 )     653,159  
Interest rates     6,221,310       (148,708 )     -       (69,293 )     6,003,309  
Livestock     -       -       9,080       (102,640 )     (93,560 )
Metals     4,560,761       (33,100 )     -       (10,215,962 )     (5,688,301 )
Softs     -       (6,560 )     185,655       (158,672 )     20,423  
Stock indices     100,484       (4,358,304 )     144,849       (78,969 )     (4,191,940 )
Total futures contracts:     12,674,705       (10,250,977 )     5,429,524       (11,413,537 )     (3,560,285 )
                                         
Forward currency contracts     4,907,829       (2,144,955 )     354,100       (8,329,749 )     (5,212,775 )
                                         
Total futures and  forward currency contracts   $ 17,582,534     $ (12,395,932 )   $ 5,783,624     $ (19,743,286 )   $ (8,773,060 )

 

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Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at December 31, 2011

 

                            Net Unrealized  
    Fair Value - Long Positions     Fair Value - Short Positions     Gain (Loss) on  
Sector   Gains     Losses     Gains     Losses     Open Positions  
                               
Futures contracts:                                        
Energies   $ 20,943     $ (338,884 )   $ 1,602,200     $ (24,710 )   $ 1,259,549  
Grains     740,413       -       -       (2,352,297 )     (1,611,884 )
Interest rates     8,941,748       (490,379 )     15,566       (92,325 )     8,374,610  
Livestock     -       -       43,060       (67,770 )     (24,710 )
Metals     184,553       (1,266,925 )     1,913,004       (1,535,573 )     (704,941 )
Softs     6,843       (413,145 )     1,560,188       (153,065 )     1,000,821  
Stock indices     -       (36,565 )     968,194       (1,616,534 )     (684,905 )
Total futures contracts     9,894,500       (2,545,898 )     6,102,212       (5,842,274 )     7,608,540  
                                         
Forward currency contracts     2,688,904       (3,722,609 )     8,706,240       (3,303,970 )     4,368,565  
                                         
Total futures and forward currency contracts   $ 12,583,404     $ (6,268,507 )   $ 14,808,452     $ (9,146,244 )   $ 11,977,105  

 

The effect of trading futures and forward currency contracts is represented on the Statements of Operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 as “Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions: Futures and forward currency contracts” and “Net change in unrealized: Futures and forward currency contracts.” These trading gains and losses are detailed below:

 

Trading gains (losses) of futures and forward currency contracts for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

    Three months
ended:
    Three months
ended:
    Nine months
ended:
    Nine months
ended:
 
Sector   September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
    September 30,
2012
    September 30,
2011
 
Futures contracts:                                
Energies   $ (7,700,983 )   $ (2,398,972 )   $ (7,367,605 )   $ 8,016,181  
Grains     5,041,489       (912,104 )     (4,017,144 )     (8,127,104 )
Interest rates     12,360,799       57,885,768       23,736,197       62,711,543  
Livestock     (57,100 )     (1,119,910 )     (677,840 )     (2,557,450 )
Metals     (2,958,668 )     3,792,688       (8,537,836 )     720,895  
Softs     (1,153,758 )     (2,367,534 )     2,945,042       (3,082,845 )
Stock indices     1,536,582       (9,412,134 )     (18,583,338 )     (50,676,983 )
Total futures contracts     7,068,361       45,467,802       (12,502,524 )     7,004,237  
                                 
Forward currency contracts     (1,305,073 )     (36,887,194 )     (18,484,819 )     (24,245,037 )
                                 
Total futures and  forward currency contracts   $ 5,763,288     $ 8,580,608     $ (30,987,343 )   $ (17,240,800 )

 

The following table presents average notional value by sector in U.S. dollars of open futures and forward currency contracts for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. The Trust’s average net asset value for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011 was approximately $638,000,000 and $874,000,000, respectively.

 

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Average notional value by sector of futures and forward currency contracts for the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011

 

    2012     2011  
Sector   Long positions     Short positions     Long positions     Short positions  
Futures contracts:                                
Energies   $ 79,500,659     $ 85,418,301     $ 145,382,791     $ 52,201,872  
Grains     29,325,720       22,051,449       63,147,607       37,027,000  
Interest rates     1,349,481,628       14,239,243       967,410,272       68,682,130  
Livestock     -       7,374,385       7,409,930       7,885,240  
Metals     23,476,364       56,502,572       99,205,943       32,563,685  
Softs     4,383,940       27,914,065       21,279,018       5,340,067  
Stock indices     141,743,262       84,425,392       303,769,006       38,133,265  
Total futures contracts     1,627,911,573       297,925,407       1,607,604,567       241,833,259  
                                 
Forward currency contracts     342,856,729       396,961,803       838,863,083       236,374,113  
                                 
Total futures and  forward currency contracts   $ 1,970,768,302     $ 694,887,210     $ 2,446,467,650     $ 478,207,372  

 

Notional values in the interest rate sector were calculated by converting the notional value in local currency of open interest rate futures positions with maturities less than 10 years to 10-year equivalent fixed income instruments and translated to U.S. dollars at September 30, 2012 and 2011. The 10-year note is often used as a benchmark for many types of fixed-income instruments and the Managing Owner believes it is a more meaningful representation of notional values of the Trust’s open interest rate positions.

 

CONCENTRATION OF CREDIT RISK

 

Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a contract. Credit risk is normally reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to futures transactions since typically the collective credit of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange.

 

The Managing Owner seeks to minimize credit risk primarily by depositing and maintaining the Trust’s assets at financial institutions and trading counterparties which the Managing Owner believes to be creditworthy. In addition, for OTC forward currency contracts, the Trust enters into master netting agreements with its counterparties. Collateral posted at the various counterparties for trading of futures and forward currency contracts includes cash and U.S. Treasury notes.

 

A significant portion of the Trust’s forward currency trading activities are cleared by Barclays Bank PLC (“BB”), Deutsche Bank AG (“DB”) and Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC (“MS”). The Trust began trading at BB on June 2, 2011. The Trust’s concentration of credit risk associated with BB, DB or MS nonperformance includes unrealized gains inherent in such contracts, which are recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition, plus the value of margin or collateral held by BB, DB and MS. The amount of such credit risk was $41,309,146 and $32,236,730 at September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively.

 

5. PROFIT SHARE

 

The following table indicates the total profit share earned and accrued during the nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011. Profit share earned (from Unitholders' redemptions) is credited to the New Profit Memo Account as defined in the Trust’s Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Trust Agreement”). No profit share was earned or accrued during the three months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011.

 

   Nine months ended: 
   September 30,
2012
   September 30,
2011
 
Profit share earned  $-   $1,385 
Profit share accrued at September 30   -    - 
Total profit share  $-   $1,385 

 

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6. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Trust pays all routine expenses, such as legal, accounting, printing, postage and similar administrative expenses (including the Trustee's fees, the charges of an outside accounting services agency and the expenses of updating the Trust's Prospectus), as well as extraordinary costs. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, the Managing Owner is owed $150,675 and $137,195, respectively, from the Trust in connection with such expenses it has paid on the Trust's behalf (and is included in "Due to Managing Owner" in the Statements of Financial Condition).

 

Series 1 Unitholders who redeem Units at or prior to the end of the first eleven months after such Units are sold shall be assessed redemption charges calculated based on their redeemed Units' net asset value as of the date of redemption. All redemption charges will be paid to the Managing Owner. At September 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, $32,064 and $801, respectively, was owed to the Managing Owner (and is included in "Due to Managing Owner" in the Statements of Financial Condition).

 

7. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Per unit operating performance for Series 1, Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 Units is calculated based on Unitholders’ Trust capital for each Series taken as a whole utilizing the beginning and ending net asset value per unit and weighted average number of Units during the period. Weighted average number of Units for each Series is detailed below: 

 

    Three months ending September
30,
    Nine months ending September
30,
     
    2012     2011     2012     2011     Date of initial issuance
Series 1     481,266.007       642,435.033       538,826.530       651,826.906     July 23, 2001
Series 2     242.894       192.989       224.311       144.734     April 1, 2010
Series 3     26,412.540       24,642.656       26,309.334       19,877.227     September 1, 2009
Series 4     1,277.743       552.264       1,217.152       515.637     November 1, 2010

 

8. BROKERAGE AND CUSTODIAL FEES

 

For the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012 and 2011, brokerage and custodial fees were as follows:

 

   Three months ending September 30,   Nine months ending September 30, 
   2012   2011   2012   2011 
Brokerage fees  $8,924,082   $13,572,907   $30,214,714   $42,417,020 
Custodial fees   184    160    508    362 
Total  $8,924,266   $13,573,067   $30,215,222   $42,417,382 

 

During the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, amounts paid to selling agents on Series 1 units sold subsequent to August 12, 2009 exceeded 9.5% of the gross offering proceeds of the Series 1 Units sold. As a result, the amounts that otherwise would be paid to selling agents for that Series 1 Unit were instead rebated to the Trust for the benefit of all holders of Series 1 Units. The total amounts rebated to the Trust for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2012, $13,599 and $18,754, respectively, were included in “Brokerage and custodial fees” in the Statements of Operations. No amount was rebated to the Trust during the nine months ended September 30, 2011.

 

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

 

To the Unitholders of Global Macro Trust:

 

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition of Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”), including the condensed schedules of investments, as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the related statements of operations and changes in trust capital for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, and the financial highlights for each of the periods presented. These financial statements and financial highlights are the responsibility of the Trust’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements and financial highlights based on our audits.

 

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 audits to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements and financial highlights 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, such financial statements and financial highlights referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Global Macro Trust as of December 31, 2011 and 2010, and the results of its operations and changes in its trust capital for the three years in the period ended December 31, 2011, and its financial highlights for each of the periods presented, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP

New York, New York

March 13, 2012

 

  Member of
  Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Limited

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST        
         
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION        
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND 2010        

 

   2011   2010 
         
ASSETS          
           
EQUITY IN TRADING ACCOUNTS:          
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes — at fair value (amortized cost $81,041,000 and $146,977,164)  $81,045,824   $147,055,005 
Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts   12,894,380    37,402,229 
Due from brokers   6,913,738    14,425,007 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost $1,754,566 and $8,260,299)   1,719,017    8,404,398 
           
Total equity in trading accounts   102,572,959    207,286,639 
           
INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY NOTES — at fair value (amortized cost $634,052,301 and $654,167,743)   634,082,662    654,498,603 
           
CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS   42,348,737    47,954,734 
           
ACCRUED INTEREST RECEIVABLE   3,339,577    1,421,896 
           
TOTAL  $782,343,935   $911,161,872 
           
LIABILITIES AND TRUST CAPITAL          
           
LIABILITIES:          
Subscriptions by Unitholders received in advance  $3,164,450   $6,440,530 
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts   917,275    - 
Due to Managing Owner   137,996    1,276 
Accrued brokerage fees   4,005,466    4,843,008 
Accrued management fees   57,276    24,278 
Redemptions payable to Unitholders   17,618,625    5,953,490 
Redemption payable to Managing Owner   1,259    262,829 
Accrued expenses   180,897    239,340 
Cash denominated in foreign currencies (cost -$2,107,152 and -$469,938)   2,122,063    471,510 
Due to brokers   951,234    - 
           
Total liabilities   29,156,541    18,236,261 
           
TRUST CAPITAL:          
Managing Owner interest (8,207.970 and 8,311.477 units outstanding)   9,644,943    10,922,729 
Series 1 Unitholders (603,996.596 and 660,222.516 units outstanding)   709,737,394    867,646,692 
Series 2 Unitholders (190.737 and 75.492 units outstanding)   240,698    101,957 
Series 3 Unitholders (25,863.120 and 10,481.102 units outstanding)   32,771,232    14,178,784 
Series 4 Unitholders (606.787 and 55.233 units outstanding)   793,127    75,449 
           
Total trust capital   753,187,394    892,925,611 
           
TOTAL  $782,343,935   $911,161,872 
           
NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT OUTSTANDING:          
Series 1 Unitholders  $1,175.07   $1,314.17 
Series 2 Unitholders  $1,261.94   $1,350.56 
Series 3 Unitholders  $1,267.10   $1,352.80 
Series 4 Unitholders  $1,307.09   $1,366.01 

 

See notes to financial statements

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST        
         
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS        
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011        

 

   Net Unrealized     
   Appreciation     
   (Depreciation)   Net Unrealized 
   as a % of   Appreciation 
   Trust Capital   (Depreciation) 
FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
           
FUTURES CONTRACTS          
Long futures contracts:          
Energies   (0.04)%  $(317,941)
Grains   0.10    740,413 
Interest rates:          
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note (2,581 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.05    416,798 
5 Year U.S. Treasury Note (2,385 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.09    647,000 
10 Year U.S. Treasury Note (1,128 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.09    679,344 
30 Year U.S. Treasury Bond (279 contracts, settlement date March 2012)   0.03    213,719 
Other interest rates   0.86    6,494,508 
           
Total interest rates   1.12    8,451,369 
           
Metals   (0.15)   (1,082,372)
Softs   (0.05)   (406,302)
Stock indices   (0.00)   (36,565)
           
Total long futures contracts   0.98    7,348,602 
           
Short futures contracts:          
Energies   0.21    1,577,490 
Grains   (0.31)   (2,352,297)
Interest rates   (0.01)   (76,759)
Livestock   (0.00)   (24,710)
Metals   0.05    377,431 
Softs   0.18    1,407,123 
Stock indices   (0.09)   (648,340)
           
Total short futures contracts   0.03    259,938 
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS — Net   1.01    7,608,540 
           
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
Total long forward currency contracts   (0.14)   (1,033,705)
Total short forward currency contracts   0.72    5,402,270 
          
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS — Net   0.58    4,368,565 
           
TOTAL   1.59%  $11,977,105 

 

(Continued)

 

F-23
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST        
         
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS        
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2011        

 

U. S. TREASURY NOTES         
       Fair Value     
Face      as a % of   Fair 
Amount   Description  Trust Capital   Value 
             
$215,950,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.875%, 02/29/2012   28.71%  $216,236,809 
 218,390,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.375%, 08/31/2012   29.05    218,782,420 
 222,440,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 4.250%, 09/30/2012   30.44    229,234,847 
 50,710,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.500%, 11/30/2012   6.75    50,874,410 
                
     TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY          
     NOTES (amortized cost $715,093,301)   94.95%  $715,128,486 

 

See notes to financial statements  (Concluded) 

 

F-24
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST          
           
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS          
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010          

 

   Net Unrealized     
   Appreciation     
   (Depreciation)   Net Unrealized 
   as a % of   Appreciation 
   Trust Capital   (Depreciation) 
FUTURES AND FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
           
FUTURES CONTRACTS          
Long futures contracts:          
Energies   0.33%  $2,974,672 
Grains   0.72    6,435,870 
Interest rates:          
2 Year U.S. Treasury Note (1,725 contracts, settlement date March 2011)   (0.04)   (332,016)
Other interest rates   0.20    1,791,919 
           
Total interest rates   0.16    1,459,903 
           
Livestock   0.07    578,540 
Metals   1.18    10,487,557 
Softs   0.32    2,892,994 
Stock indices   0.57    5,040,779 
           
Total long futures contracts   3.35    29,870,315 
           
Short futures contracts:          
Energies   (0.15)   (1,326,800)
Grains   (0.08)   (707,463)
Interest rates   (0.01)   (132,113)
Livestock   (0.03)   (295,000)
Metals   (0.13)   (1,179,968)
Softs   (0.03)   (262,312)
Stock indices   0.05    498,176 
           
Total short futures contracts   (0.38)   (3,405,480)
           
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FUTURES CONTRACTS — Net   2.97    26,464,835 
           
FORWARD CURRENCY CONTRACTS          
Total long forward currency contracts   1.60    14,278,410 
Total short forward currency contracts   (0.38)   (3,341,016)
          
TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN FORWARD CURRENCY  CONTRACTS  — Net   1.22    10,937,394 
           
TOTAL   4.19%  $37,402,229 

 

 (Continued) 

 

F-25
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST        
             
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS        
AS OF DECEMBER 31, 2010        
             

 

U. S. TREASURY NOTES         
       Fair Value     
Face      as a % of   Fair 
Amount   Description  Trust Capital   Value 
             
$174,000,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.875%, 03/31/2011   19.52%  $174,299,063 
 185,700,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.875%, 05/31/2011   20.86    186,251,297 
 219,330,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 1.000%, 08/31/2011   24.69    220,460,920 
 219,650,000   U.S. Treasury notes, 0.750%, 11/30/2011   24.70    220,542,328 
                
     TOTAL INVESTMENTS IN U.S. TREASURY          
     NOTES (amortized cost $801,144,907)   89.77%  $801,553,608 

 

See notes to financial statements  (Concluded) 

 

F-26
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST          
           
STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS          
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010, AND 2009          

 

   2011   2010   2009 
             
INVESTMENT INCOME — Interest income  $2,072,015   $3,235,502   $9,966,151 
                
EXPENSES:               
Brokerage fees   54,834,929    57,320,175    63,566,376 
Administrative expenses   2,158,133    2,233,354    2,670,335 
Custody fees   165,650    160,011    193,127 
Management fees   571,739    143,533    10,864 
                
Total expenses   57,730,451    59,857,073    66,440,702 
                
NET INVESTMENT LOSS   (55,658,436)   (56,621,571)   (56,474,551)
                
NET REALIZED AND UNREALIZED GAINS (LOSSES):               
Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions:               
Futures and forward currency contracts   (8,224,392)   87,904,542    (49,280,152)
Foreign exchange translation   (52,568)   352,202    126,508 
Net change in unrealized:               
Futures and forward currency contracts   (25,425,124)   42,259,414    (9,457,839)
Foreign exchange translation   (192,987)   (302,673)   352,661 
Net gains (losses) from U.S. Treasury notes:               
Realized   28,504    16,976    526,749 
Net change in unrealized   (373,516)   (203,035)   (6,705,006)
                
Total net realized and unrealized gains (losses)   (34,240,083)   130,027,426    (64,437,079)
                
NET INCOME (LOSS)   (89,898,519)   73,405,855    (120,911,630)
                
LESS PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER   1,385    262,695    43,187 
                
NET INCOME (LOSS) AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER  $(89,899,904)  $73,143,160   $(120,954,817)
                
NET INCOME (LOSS) AFTER PROFIT SHARE TO MANAGING OWNER PER UNIT OUTSTANDING (see Note 7):               
Series 1 Unitholders  $(139.10)  $102.20   $(159.03)
Series 2 Unitholders  $(88.62)  $72.46   $- 
Series 3 Unitholders  $(85.70)  $131.36   $40.53 
Series 4 Unitholders  $(58.92)  $50.68   $- 

 

See notes to financial statements 

 

F-27
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
 
STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN TRUST CAPITAL
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010, AND 2009

 

                                   New Profit Memo                 
   Series 1 Unitholders   Series 2 Unitholders   Series 3 Unitholders   Series 4 Unitholders   Account   Managing Owner   Total 
   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units   Amount   Units 
                                                         
TRUST CAPITAL — January 1, 2009  $1,018,820,851    743,122.758   $-    -   $-    -   $-    -   $-    -   $11,560,510    8,432.177   $1,030,381,361   751,554.935 
                                                                       
Subscriptions   78,304,008    59,130.010    -    -    1,727,114    1,444.668    -    -    -    -    -    -    80,031,122   60,574.678 
Redemptions   (110,305,815)   (89,327.054)   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (40,426)   (33.356)   (110,346,241)   (89,360.410)
Transfers   (461,258)   (388.822)   -    -    461,258    386.624    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (2.198)
Additional units allocated*   -    1,983.082    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1.214    -    592.416    -    2,576.712 
                                                                       
Net income (loss) after profit share to Managing Owner   (120,377,559)   -    -    -    48,439    -    -    -    (2,761)   -    (622,936)   -    (120,954,817)   - 
Managing Owner’s profit share   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    43,187    32.142    -    -    43,187    32.142 
                                                                  
Transfer of New Profit Memo Account to Managing Owner   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (40,426)   (33.356)   40,426    33.356    -    - 
                                                                       
TRUST CAPITAL — December 31, 2009   865,980,227    714,519.974    -    -    2,236,811    1,831.292    -    -    -    -    10,937,574    9,024.593    879,154,612   725,375.859 
                                                                       
Subscriptions   31,438,164    25,234.721    95,530    75.492    11,260,170    8,961.540    71,041    55.233    -    -    -    -    42,864,905   34,326.986 
Redemptions   (100,149,285)   (81,345.253)   -    -    (387,647)   (311.730)   -    -    -    -    (1,962,829)   (1,528.360)   (102,499,761)   (83,185.343) 
Additional units allocated*   -    1,813.074    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    0.022    -    615.248    -    2,428.344 
Net income after profit share to                                                                      
Managing Owner   70,377,586    -    6,427    -    1,069,450    -    4,408    -    134    -    1,685,155    -    73,143,160    - 
Managing Owner’s profit share   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    262,695    199.974    -    -    262,695    199.974 
                                                                  
Transfer of New Profit Memo Account to Managing Owner   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (262,829)   (199.996)   262,829    199.996    -    - 
                                                                       
TRUST CAPITAL — December 31, 2010   867,646,692    660,222.516    101,957    75.492    14,178,784    10,481.102    75,449    55.233    -    -    10,922,729    8,311.477    892,925,611   679,145.820 
                                                                       
Subscriptions   46,027,878    36,354.165    184,000    136.584    22,838,898    17,047.103    748,874    551.554    -    -    -    -    69,799,650   54,089.406 
Redemptions   (116,664,030)   (94,309.154)   (28,299)   (21.339)   (2,145,759)   (1,665.085)   -    -    -    -    (801,260)   (679.866)   (119,639,348)   (96,675.444) 
Additional units allocated*   -    1,729.069    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    0.050    -    575.288    -    2,304.407 
Net loss after profit share to                                                                      
Managing Owner   (87,273,146)   -    (16,960)   -    (2,100,691)   -    (31,196)   -    (126)   -    (477,785)   -    (89,899,904)   - 
Managing Owner’s profit share   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    1,385    1.021    -    -    1,385    1.021 
Transfer of New Profit Memo Account to Managing Owner   -    -    -    -    -    -    -    -    (1,259)   (1.071)   1,259    1.071    -    - 
                                                                       
TRUST CAPITAL — December 31, 2011  $709,737,394    603,996.596   $240,698    190.737   $32,771,232    25,863.120   $793,127    606.787   $-    -   $9,644,943    8,207.970   $753,187,394   638,865.210 

 

* Additional units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7.0% brokerage fee and the Managing Owner.
 
See notes to financial statements

 

F-28
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
         
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ― SERIES 1        
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010, AND 2009            

 

    2011     2010     2009  
PER UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCE (FOR A UNIT            
OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR):                        
Net income (loss) from operations:                        
Net investment loss (a)   $ (85.22 )   $ (82.06 )   $ (75.05 )
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on trading of futures and forward currency contracts     (53.38 )     184.52       (75.84 )
Net losses from U.S. Treasury notes (a)     (0.50 )     (0.26 )     (8.10 )
                         
Net income (loss) from operations     (139.10 )     102.20       (158.99 )
                         
Less profit share allocated to Managing Owner     0.00       0.00       0.04  
                         
Net income (loss) after profit allocation     (139.10 )     102.20       (159.03 )
                         
NET ASSET VALUE — Beginning of year     1,314.17       1,211.97       1,371.00  
                         
NET ASSET VALUE — End of year   $ 1,175.07     $ 1,314.17     $ 1,211.97  
                         
RETURNS:                        
Total return before profit share allocation     (10.58 )%     8.43 %     (11.60 )%
Profit share allocation     0.00       0.00       0.00  
                         
TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION     (10.58 )%     8.43     (11.60 )%
                         
RATIOS TO AVERAGE TRUST CAPITAL:                        
Net investment loss     (6.78 )%     (6.66 )%     (6.00 )%
                         
Total expenses     7.03       7.03       7.05  
                         
Profit share allocation     0.00       0.00       0.00  
                         
Total expenses and profit share allocation     7.03 %     7.03 %     7.05 %

 

(a) Calculated based on the weighted average number of units during the year, see Note 7.

 

          (Continued)

 

F-29
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
 
STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ― SERIES 2
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010*

 

   2011   2010 
PER UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCE (FOR A UNIT        
OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR/PERIOD):          
Net income (loss) from operations:          
Net investment loss (a)  $(32.99)  $(23.37)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on trading of futures and forward currency contracts   (54.87)   124.78 
Net losses from U.S. Treasury notes (a)   (0.76)   (0.10)
           
Net income (loss) from operations   (88.62)   101.31 
           
Less profit share allocated to Managing Owner   0.00    28.85 
           
Net income (loss) after profit allocation   (88.62)   72.46 
           
NET ASSET VALUE — Beginning of year/period   1,350.56    1,278.10 
           
NET ASSET VALUE — End of year/period  $1,261.94   $1,350.56 
           
RETURNS:          
Total return before profit share allocation   (6.56)%   7.20%
Profit share allocation   (0.00)   (1.53)
           
TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE ALLOCATION   (6.56)%   5.67%
           
RATIOS TO AVERAGE TRUST CAPITAL:          
Net investment loss   (2.52)%   (2.45)%
           
Total expenses   2.75    2.80 
           
Profit share allocation   0.00    2.27 
           
Total expenses and profit share allocation   2.75%   5.07%

 

(a) Calculated based on the weighted average number of units during the year/period, see Note 7.

 

*Series 2 units were first issued on April 1, 2010. Net investment loss and total expense ratios for the period ended December 31, 2010 have been annualized.

 

      (Continued)

 

F-30
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
 
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ― SERIES 3
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010 AND THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2009*

 

   2011   2010   2009 
PER UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCE (FOR A UNIT        
OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR/PERIOD):        
Net income (loss) from operations:               
Net investment loss (a)  $(29.80)  $(27.90)  $(8.71)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on trading               
of futures and forward currency contracts   (55.16)   206.79    58.50 
Net losses from U.S. Treasury notes (a)   (0.68)   (0.41)   (0.59)
                
Net income (loss) from operations   (85.64)   178.48    49.20 
                
Less profit share allocated to Managing Owner   0.06    47.12    8.67 
                
Net income (loss) after profit allocation   (85.70)   131.36    40.53 
                
NET ASSET VALUE — Beginning of year/period   1,352.80    1,221.44    1,180.91 
                
NET ASSET VALUE — End of year/period  $1,267.10   $1,352.80   $1,221.44 
                
RETURNS:               
Total return before profit share allocation   (6.33)%   13.71%   4.17%
Profit share allocation   (0.01)   (2.96)   (0.74)
                
TOTAL RETURN AFTER PROFIT SHARE               
ALLOCATION   (6.34)%   10.75%   3.43%
                
RATIOS TO AVERAGE TRUST CAPITAL:               
Net investment loss   (2.27)%   (2.19)%   (2.14)%
                
Total expenses   2.50    2.55    2.61 
                
Profit share allocation   0.01    3.70    0.71 
                
Total expenses and profit share allocation   2.51%   6.25%   3.32%

 

(a) Calculated based on the weighted average number of units during the year/period, see Note 7.

 

*Series 3 units were first issued on September 1, 2009. Net investment loss and total expense ratios for the period ended December 31, 2009 have been annualized.

 

          (Continued)

 

F-31
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST
 
STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS ― SERIES 4
YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011 AND THE PERIOD ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2010*

 

   2011   2010 
PER UNIT OPERATING PERFORMANCE (FOR A UNIT          
OUTSTANDING THROUGHOUT THE YEAR/PERIOD):          
Net income (loss) from operations:          
Net investment loss (a)  $(3.46)  $(0.38)
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses) on trading          
of futures and forward currency contracts   (54.83)   51.13 
Net losses from U.S. Treasury notes (a)   (0.63)   (0.07)
           
Net income (loss) from operations   (58.92)   50.68 
           
NET ASSET VALUE — Beginning of year/period   1,366.01    1,315.33 
           
NET ASSET VALUE — End of year/period  $1,307.09   $1,366.01 
           
TOTAL RETURN   (4.31)%   3.85%
           
RATIOS TO AVERAGE TRUST CAPITAL:          
Net investment loss   (0.26)%   (0.17)%
           
Total expenses   0.49%   0.47%

 

(a) Calculated based on the weighted average number of units during the year/period, see Note 7.

 

*Series 4 units were first issued on November 1, 2010. Net investment loss and total expense ratios for the period ended December 31, 2010 have been annualized.

 

See notes to financial statements     (Concluded)

 

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Global Macro Trust
 
NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
YEARS ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009

 

1.ORGANIZATION

 

Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”) was organized on July 23, 2001, under the Delaware Statutory Trust Act. At such time, original capital of $400 by Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the “Managing Owner”) and $1,600 by the Initial Unitholder, an affiliated entity, was contributed to the Trust. The Trust commenced trading operations on July 1, 2002. The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures and forward currency contracts. The instruments that are traded by the Trust are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk.

 

The Managing Owner manages the business of the Trust and makes all trading decisions.

 

The Managing Owner has agreed to make additional capital contributions, subject to certain possible exceptions, in order to maintain its capital account at not less than 1% of the total outstanding capital contributions in the Trust (including the Managing Owner’s contributions) but in no event shall the Managing Owner invest less than $500,000. The Managing Owner and the holders (the “Unitholders”) of the Units of Beneficial Interest (“Units”) issued by the Trust will share in any profits and losses of the Trust in proportion to the percentage interest owned by each before brokerage commissions, management fees and profit share allocations.

 

The Trust will dissolve on December 31, 2031 or at an earlier date if certain conditions occur set forth in the Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and the Trust Agreement (the “Agreement”).

 

2.SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

Basis of Presentation — The financial statements have been prepared in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (“U.S. GAAP”) as detailed in the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) Accounting Standards Codification (“Codification”).

 

Investments — The Trust records its transactions in futures and forward currency contracts and United States (“U.S.”) Treasury notes including related income and expenses on a trade date basis.

 

Open futures contracts are valued at quoted market values. Open forward currency contracts are valued at fair value which is based on pricing models that consider the time value of money and the current market and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. Brokerage commissions on futures contracts are expensed when contracts are opened. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts are recognized in the periods in which the contracts are closed or the changes in the value of open contracts occur and are included in net realized and unrealized gains (losses) in the Statements of Operations.

 

Investments in U.S. Treasury notes are valued at fair value based on the midpoint of bid/ask quotations reported daily at 3 pm EST by Bloomberg. The Trust amortizes premiums and accretes discounts on U.S. Treasury notes. Such securities are normally on deposit with financial institutions (see Note 6) as collateral for performance of the Trust’s trading obligations with respect to derivative contracts or are held for safekeeping in a custody account at HSBC Bank USA, N.A.

 

Cash and Cash Equivalents — Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and investments in Dreyfus Treasury Prime Cash Management, a short term U.S. government securities and related instruments money market fund.

 

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Foreign Currency Translation — Assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are translated to U.S. Dollars at prevailing exchange rates of such currencies. Purchases and sales of investments are translated to U.S. Dollars at the exchange rate prevailing when such transactions occurred.

 

Income Taxes — The Income Taxes topic of the Codification clarifies the accounting for uncertainty in tax positions. This requires that the Trust recognize in its financial statements the impact of any uncertain tax positions. Based on a review of the Trust’s open tax years, 2008 to 2011, for the U.S. Federal jurisdiction, the New York and Delaware State jurisdictions and the New York City jurisdiction, there are no uncertain tax positions. The Trust is treated as a limited partnership for federal and state income tax reporting purposes and therefore the Unitholders are responsible for the payment of taxes.

 

Estimates — The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts and disclosures reported in the financial statements. Actual results could differ from these estimates.

 

Right of Offset — The customer agreements between the Trust and each of its brokers give the Trust the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses with each broker. Unrealized gains and losses related to offsetting transactions with these brokers are reflected on a net basis in the equity in trading accounts in the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

Fair Value of Financial Instruments — The fair value of the Trust’s assets and liabilities which qualify as financial instruments under the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures topic of the Codification approximates the carrying amounts presented in the Statements of Financial Condition. The topic defines fair value, establishes a framework for measurement of fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are described below:

 

Level 1 — Unadjusted quoted prices in active markets that are accessible at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities;

 

Level 2 — Quoted prices in markets that are not active or financial instruments for which all significant inputs are observable either directly or indirectly;

 

Level 3 — Prices or valuations that require inputs that are both significant to the fair value measurement and unobservable.

 

In determining fair value, the Trust separates its investments into two categories: cash instruments and derivative contracts.

 

Cash Instruments — The Trust’s cash instruments are generally classified within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy because they are typically valued using quoted market prices. The types of instruments valued based on quoted market prices in active markets include U.S. government obligations and an investment in a quoted short-term U.S. government securities and related instruments money market fund. The Managing Owner of the Trust does not adjust the quoted price for such instruments even in situations where the Trust holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.

 

Derivative Contracts — Derivative contracts can be exchange-traded or over-the-counter (“OTC”). Exchange-traded futures contracts are valued based on quoted closing settlement prices and typically fall within Level 1 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

OTC derivatives or forward currency contracts are valued based on pricing models that consider the current market prices (“spot prices”) plus the time value of money (“forward points”) and contractual prices of the underlying financial instruments. The forward points from the quotation service providers are generally in periods of one month, two months, three months and six months forward while the contractual forward delivery dates for the foreign forward currency contracts traded by the Trust may be in between these periods. The Managing Owner’s policy is to calculate the forward points for each contract being valued by determining the number of days from the date the forward currency contract is being valued to its maturity date and then using straight-line interpolation to calculate the valuation of forward points for the applicable forward currency contract. Model inputs can generally be verified and model selection does not involve significant management judgment. Such instruments are typically classified within Level 2 of the fair value hierarchy.

 

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During the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, there were no transfers of assets or liabilities between Level 1 and Level 2. The following table represents the Trust’s investments by hierarchical level as of December 31, 2011 and 2010 in valuing the Trust’s investments at fair value. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Trust held no assets or liabilities classified in Level 3.

 

Financial Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2011

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Total 
             
U.S. Treasury notes (1)  $715,128,486   $-   $715,128,486 
Short-term money market fund*   42,244,442    -    42,244,442 
Exchange-traded futures contracts               
Energies   1,259,549    -    1,259,549 
Grains   (1,611,884)   -    (1,611,884)
Interest rates   8,374,610    -    8,374,610 
Livestock   (24,710)   -    (24,710)
Metals   (704,941)   -    (704,941)
Softs   1,000,821    -    1,000,821 
Stock indices   (684,905)   -    (684,905)
                
Total exchange-traded futures contracts   7,608,540    -    7,608,540 
                
Over-the-counter forward currency contracts   -    4,368,565    4,368,565 
                
Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)   7,608,540    4,368,565    11,977,105 
                
Total financial assets at fair value  $764,981,468   $4,368,565   $769,350,033 
                
Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition               
                
(1)               
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in brokers' trading accounts as collateral            $81,045,824 
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in custody             634,082,662 
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes            $715,128,486 
                
(2)               
Net unrealized appreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $12,894,380 
Net unrealized depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts             (917,275)
Total unrealized appreciation and depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $11,977,105 

 

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

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Financial Assets at Fair Value as of December 31, 2010

 

   Level 1   Level 2   Total 
             
U.S. Treasury notes (1)  $801,553,608   $-   $801,553,608 
Short-term money market fund*   47,651,151    -    47,651,151 
Exchange-traded futures contracts               
Energies   1,647,872    -    1,647,872 
Grains   5,728,407    -    5,728,407 
Interest rates   1,327,790    -    1,327,790 
Livestock   283,540    -    283,540 
Metals   9,307,589    -    9,307,589 
Softs   2,630,682    -    2,630,682 
Stock indices   5,538,955    -    5,538,955 
                
Total exchange-traded futures contracts   26,464,835    -    26,464,835 
                
Over-the-counter forward currency contracts   -    10,937,394    10,937,394 
                
Total futures and forward currency contracts (2)   26,464,835    10,937,394    37,402,229 
                
Total financial assets at fair value  $875,669,594   $10,937,394   $886,606,988 
                
Per line item in the Statements of Financial Condition               
                
(1)               
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in brokers' trading accounts as collateral            $147,055,005 
Investments in U.S. Treasury notes held in custody             654,498,603 
Total investments in U.S. Treasury notes            $801,553,608 
                
(2)               
Net unrealized appreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $37,402,229 
Net unrealized depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts             - 
Total unrealized appreciation and depreciation on futures and forward currency contracts            $37,402,229 

 

*The short-term money market fund is included in Cash and Cash Equivalents on the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

Recent Accounting Standards —In December 2011, FASB issued ASU 2011-11, “Disclosures about Offsetting Assets and Liabilities” which creates a new disclosure requirement about the nature of an entity’s rights of setoff and the related arrangement associated with its financial instruments and derivative instruments. Entities are required to disclose both gross information and net information about both instruments and transactions eligible for offset in the Statements of Financial Condition and instruments and transactions subject to an agreement similar to a master netting arrangement. The objective of this disclosure is to facilitate comparison between those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of U.S. GAAP and those entities that prepare their financial statements on the basis of International Financial Reporting Standards. The disclosure requirements are effective for annual reporting periods beginning on or after January 1, 2013, and interim periods within those annual periods. The Trust should also provide the disclosures retrospectively for all comparative periods presented. The Managing Owner is currently evaluating the impact that the standard would have on the financial statements.

 

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3.TRUST AGREEMENT

 

With the effectiveness of the Trust’s Registration Statement on August 12, 2009, the Trust began to offer Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 units. The only units offered prior to such date were Series 1 units. Series 2, Series 3 and Series 4 units were first issued April 1, 2010, September 1, 2009 and November 1, 2010, respectively.

 

Series 1 Unitholders pay brokerage fees to the Managing Owner at the annual rate of up to 7.0% of their average month-end Net Assets Value (prior to reduction for accrued brokerage commissions or Profit Share). Series 1 Unitholders who make net capital investments into Series 1 of $100,000 or more or who had previously invested through asset-based fee or fixed fee investment programs are charged less than the annual brokerage rate of 7.0% as follows:

 

Net Capital Investments  Brokerage Fees 
     
$100,000–$499,999   6.50%
$500,000–$999,999   6.00 
Greater than $1,000,000   5.50 
Asset-based or fixed fee investment programs   4.00 

 

Brokerage fees are charged to capital accounts of the Managing Owner, its principals, their respective affiliates or the New Profit Memo Account only to the extent of charges paid to third party executing and clearing brokers. In order to maintain a uniform Net Asset Value per Unit, additional Units are issued to Series 1 Unitholders who are charged less than a 7.0% brokerage fee.

 

The Managing Owner, not the Trust, pays the allocable share to Series 1 of all routine costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades including brokerage commissions payable to the clearing brokers and electronic platform trading costs. The Managing Owner also pays, from its own funds, selling commissions on all sales of Series 1 Units.

 

The Trust pays the Managing Owner a management fee of 2% per year of the Trust’s Net Asset Value (before management fee and profit share calculations) attributable to Series 2 and 3 Units. In addition, Series 2 Unitholders pay an annual custodial fee of 0.25% of their attributable Net Asset Value before management fee and profit share calculations. Series 2, 3 and 4 Units are also charged for their pro rata share of the Trust’s actual trade execution and clearing costs including electronic platform trading costs. Series 4 Unitholders are not charged a management fee.

 

The Agreement provides that the Managing Owner’s profit share, equal to 20% of New Trading Profits in excess of the highest cumulative level of Trading Profit as of any previous calendar year-end, is charged to the Unitholders’ capital accounts. The highest cumulative level of Trading Profit is maintained separately for Series 1 and Series 2 and 3 Unitholders in the aggregate. Series 4 Unitholders are not charged profit share. New Trading Profits include realized and unrealized trading profits (losses), brokerage fees, trading-related expenses and administrative expenses. New Trading Profits do not include interest income. For Unitholders’ redemptions during the year, the profit share calculation shall be computed as though the redemption occurred at year-end. Profit share attributable to interests redeemed during a year is tentatively credited to an account maintained for bookkeeping purposes called New Profit Memo Account. Any profit share charged is added to the Managing Owner’s capital account to the extent that net taxable capital gains are allocated to the Managing Owner. The remainder of such profit share, if any, is added to the New Profit Memo Account. The Managing Owner may not make any withdrawal from the balance in the New Profit Memo Account. If, at the end of a subsequent year, net taxable gains are allocated to the Managing Owner in excess of such year’s profit share, a corresponding amount is transferred from the New Profit Memo Account to the Managing Owner’s capital account.

 

The Trust will pay its legal, accounting, auditing, printing, postage and similar administrative expenses (including Trustees’ fees, accounting services fees and the expenses of updating the Prospectus) as well as extraordinary costs. The Managing Owner, at its discretion, may reimburse certain expenses paid by the Trust.

 

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Units may be redeemed at the option of any Unitholder at Net Asset Value (as defined in the Agreement) as of the close of business on the last business day of any calendar month on ten business days written notice to the Managing Owner. Series 1 Unitholders who redeem Units at or prior to the end of the first consecutive six-month and five-month periods after such Units are sold shall be assessed redemption charges calculated based on their redeemed Units’ Net Asset Value as of the date of redemption as follows:

 

   Redemption Charges 
Subscriptions  First 6 Months   Second 5 Months 
         
Less than $100,000   4.0%   3.0%
$100,000–$499,999   3.5    2.5 
$500,000–$999,999   3.0    2.0 
Greater than $1,000,000   2.5    1.5 

 

All redemption charges will be paid to the Managing Owner. At December 31, 2011 and 2010, $801 and $1,276, respectively, of redemption charges were owed to the Managing Owner and are included in “Due to Managing Owner” in the Statements of Financial Condition. The aggregate amount of redemption charges paid to the Managing Owner for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010, and 2009, were $18,650, $17,207, and $266,979, respectively.

 

4.DUE FROM/TO BROKERS

 

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, due from and due to brokers balances in the Statements of Financial Condition include net cash receivable from each broker and net cash payable to each broker, respectively.

 

5.TRADING ACTIVITIES

 

The Trust conducts its futures trading with various futures commission merchants (“FCMs”) on futures exchanges and its forward currency trading with various banks or dealers (“Dealers”) in the interbank markets. Substantially all assets included in the Trust’s equity in trading accounts and certain liability accounts, as discussed below, were held as collateral by such FCMs in either U.S. regulated segregated accounts (for futures contracts traded on U.S. exchanges) or non-U.S. secured accounts (for futures contracts traded on non-U.S. exchanges) as required by U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s regulations or held as collateral by the Dealers.

 

Liabilities in the Statements of Financial Condition that are components of “Total equity in trading accounts” include net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts, cash denominated in foreign currencies and due to brokers.

 

The Trust enters into contracts with various institutions that contain a variety of indemnifications. The Trust’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown. However, the Trust has not had prior claims or losses pursuant to these contracts and expects the risk of loss to be remote.

 

6.DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS

 

The Trust is party to derivative financial instruments in the normal course of its business. These financial instruments include futures and forward currency contracts which may be traded on an exchange or OTC contracts.

 

The Trust records its derivative activities on a mark-to-market basis as described in Note 2. For OTC contracts, the Trust enters into master netting agreements with its counterparties. Therefore, assets represent the Trust’s unrealized gains less unrealized losses for OTC contracts in which the Trust has a master netting agreement. Similarly, liabilities represent net amounts owed to counterparties on OTC contracts.

 

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Futures contracts are agreements to buy or sell an underlying asset or index for a set price in the future. Initial margin deposits are made upon entering into futures contracts and can be either in cash or treasury securities. Open futures contracts are revalued on a daily basis to reflect the market value of the contracts at the end of each trading day. Variation margin payments are received or made depending upon whether unrealized gains or losses are incurred. When a contract is closed, the Trust records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the time it was closed. The Trust bears the market risk that arises from changes in the value of these financial instruments.

 

Forward currency contracts entered into by the Trust represent a firm commitment to buy or sell an underlying currency at a specified value and point in time based upon an agreed or contracted quantity. The ultimate gain or loss is equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the onset and the value of the contract at settlement date.

 

Each of these financial instruments is subject to various risks similar to those related to the underlying financial instruments including market risk, credit risk and sovereign risk.

 

Market risk is the potential change in the value of the instruments traded by the Trust due to market changes including interest and foreign exchange rate movements and fluctuations in futures or security prices. Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying assets are traded. The financial instruments traded by the Trust contain varying degrees of off-balance sheet risk whereby changes in the market values of the futures and forward currency contracts and the Trust’s satisfaction of its obligations related to such market value changes may exceed the amount recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a contract. Credit risk is normally reduced to the extent that an exchange or clearing organization acts as a counterparty to futures transactions since typically the collective credit of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange. In the case of OTC transactions, the Trust must rely solely on the credit of the individual counterparties. The contract amounts of the forward and futures contracts do not represent the Trust’s risk of loss due to counterparty nonperformance. The Trust’s exposure to credit risk associated with counterparty nonperformance of these contracts includes unrealized gains inherent in such contracts, which are recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition, plus the value of margin or collateral held by the counterparty. The amount of such credit risk was $32,236,730 and $90,603,180 at December 31, 2011 and 2010, respectively.

 

The Managing Owner has established procedures to actively monitor market risk and minimize credit risk although there can be no assurance that it will in fact succeed in doing so. The Managing Owner’s market risk control procedures include diversification of the Trust’s portfolio and continuously monitoring the portfolio’s open positions, historical volatility and maximum historical loss. The Managing Owner seeks to minimize credit risk primarily by depositing and maintaining the Trust’s assets at financial institutions and brokers which the Managing Owner believes to be creditworthy. The Trust’s trading activities are primarily with brokers and other financial institutions located in North America, Europe and Asia. All futures transactions of the Trust are cleared by major securities firms, pursuant to customer agreements, including Barclays Capital Inc., Deutsche Bank Securities Inc. (a wholly owned subsidiary of Deutsche Bank AG), J.P. Morgan Securities LLC., Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated and Newedge USA, LLC (a wholly owned subsidiary of Newedge Group which is owned by Société Générale (50%) and Calyon (50%)). For all forward currency transactions, the Trust utilizes three prime brokers, Barclays Bank PLC, Deutsche Bank AG and Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC.

 

The Trust is subject to sovereign risk such as the risk of restrictions being imposed by foreign governments on the repatriation of cash and the effect of political or economic uncertainties. Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts are denominated in the functional currency (U.S. Dollar). Cash settlement of futures and forward currency contracts is made in the local currency (settlement currency) and then translated to U.S. Dollars.

 

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Net unrealized appreciation (depreciation) on futures and forward currency contracts by settlement currency type, denominated in U.S. Dollars, is detailed below:

 

   December 31, 
   2011   2010 
   Total Net       Total Net     
   Unrealized       Unrealized     
   Appreciation   Percent   Appreciation   Percent 
Currency Type  (Depreciation)   of Total   (Depreciation)   of Total 
                 
Australian dollar  $1,181,145    9.86%  $1,643,420    4.39%
British pound   268,046    2.24    954,935    2.55 
Canadian dollar   793,734    6.63    1,325,243    3.54 
Czech koruna   148,481    1.24    (35,527)   (0.09)
Euro   3,382,866    28.24    675,680    1.81 
Hong Kong dollar   (29,417)   (0.25)   301,679    0.81 
Hungarian forint   115,728    0.97    (47,422)   (0.13)
Japanese yen   2,674,868    22.33    (1,118,237)   (2.99)
Korean won   (187,989)   (1.57)   1,926,819    5.15 
Mexican peso   (537)   (0.00)   48,949    0.13 
New Zealand dollar   551,053    4.60    (479,061)   (1.28)
Norwegian krone   (878,248)   (7.33)   1,572,029    4.20 
Polish zloty   (29,114)   (0.24)   181,184    0.49 
Romanian leu   28,100    0.23    5,336    0.02 
Singapore dollar   84,101    0.70    173,541    0.46 
South African rand   (9,218)   (0.08)   384,474    1.03 
Swedish krona   (328,241)   (2.74)   776,341    2.08 
Swiss franc   607,933    5.08    (533,492)   (1.43)
Taiwan dollar   (148,333)   (1.24)   685,814    1.83 
Thai baht   6,878    0.06    16,258    0.04 
Turkish lira   (55,283)   (0.46)   (1,344,384)   (3.59)
U.S. dollar   3,800,552    31.73    30,288,650    80.98 
                     
Total  $11,977,105    100.00%  $37,402,229    100.00%

 

The Derivatives and Hedging topic of the Codification requires qualitative disclosure about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of gains and losses on derivative instruments and disclosures about credit-risk-related contingent features in derivative agreements.

 

The Trust’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the Trust’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

 

The Trust engages in the speculative trading of futures and forward contracts on agricultural commodities, currencies, energies, interest rates, metals and stock indices. The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Trust at December 31, 2011 and 2010 by market sector:

 

Agricultural (grains, livestock and softs) – The Trust’s primary exposure is to agricultural price movements, which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions as well as supply and demand factors.

 

Currencies – Exchange rate risk is a principal market exposure of the Trust. The Trust’s currency exposure is to exchange rate fluctuations, primarily fluctuations which disrupt the historical pricing relationships between different currencies and currency pairs. The fluctuations are influenced by interest rate changes as well as political and general economic conditions. The Trust trades in a large number of currencies including cross-rates—e.g., positions between two currencies other than the U.S. dollar.

 

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Energies – The Trust’s primary energy market exposure is to gas and oil price movements often resulting from political developments in the Middle East and economic conditions worldwide. Energy prices are volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

 

Interest Rates – Interest rate movements directly affect the price of the sovereign bond futures positions held by the Trust and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries may materially impact the Trust’s profitability. The Trust’s primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in countries or regions including Australia, Canada, Japan, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, the U.S. and the Eurozone. However, the Trust also may take positions in futures contracts on the government debt of other nations. The Managing Owner anticipates that interest rates in these industrialized countries or areas, both long-term and short-term, will remain the primary interest rate market exposure of the Trust for the foreseeable future.

 

Metals – The Trust’s metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of aluminum, copper, gold, lead, nickel, palladium, platinum, silver, tin and zinc.

 

Stock Indices – The Trust’s equity exposure through stock index futures is to equity price risk in the major industrialized countries as well as other countries.

 

The Derivatives and Hedging topic of the Codification requires entities to recognize in the Statements of Financial Condition all derivative contracts as assets or liabilities. Fair value of futures and forward currency contracts in a net asset position are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized appreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” Fair value of futures and forward currency contracts in a liability position are recorded in the Statements of Financial Condition as “Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and forward currency contracts.” The Trust’s policy regarding fair value measurement is discussed in Note 2.

 

Since the derivatives held or sold by the Trust are for speculative trading purposes, derivative instruments are not designated as hedging instruments under the provisions of the Derivatives and Hedging guidance. Accordingly, all realized gains and losses as well as any change in net unrealized gains or losses on open positions from the preceding period are recognized as part of the Trust’s trading gains and losses in the Statements of Operations.

 

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The following tables present the fair value of open futures and forward currency contracts, held long or sold short, at December 31, 2011 and 2010. Fair value is presented on a gross basis even though the contracts are subject to master netting agreements and qualify for net presentation in the Statements of Financial Condition.

 

Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at December 31, 2011

 

                   Net Unrealized 
   Fair Value - Long Positions   Fair Value - Short Positions   Gain (Loss) on 
Sector  Gains   Losses   Gains   Losses   Open Positions 
                     
Futures contracts:                         
Energies  $20,943   $(338,884)  $1,602,200   $(24,710)  $1,259,549 
Grains   740,413    -    -    (2,352,297)   (1,611,884)
Interest rates   8,941,748    (490,379)   15,566    (92,325)   8,374,610 
Livestock   -    -    43,060    (67,770)   (24,710)
Metals   184,553    (1,266,925)   1,913,004    (1,535,573)   (704,941)
Softs   6,843    (413,145)   1,560,188    (153,065)   1,000,821 
Stock indices   -    (36,565)   968,194    (1,616,534)   (684,905)
                          
Total futures contracts   9,894,500    (2,545,898)   6,102,212    (5,842,274)   7,608,540 
                          
Forward currency contracts   2,688,904    (3,722,609)   8,706,240    (3,303,970)   4,368,565 
                          
Total futures and forward currency contracts  $12,583,404   $(6,268,507)  $14,808,452   $(9,146,244)  $11,977,105 

 

Fair Value of Futures and Forward Currency Contracts at December 31, 2010

 

                   Net Unrealized 
   Fair Value - Long Positions   Fair Value - Short Positions   Gain on 
Sector  Gains   Losses   Gains   Losses   Open Positions 
                     
Futures contracts:                         
Energies  $3,578,697   $(604,025)  $-   $(1,326,800)  $1,647,872 
Grains   6,435,870    -    -    (707,463)   5,728,407 
Interest rates   1,906,539    (446,636)   93,822    (225,935)   1,327,790 
Livestock   578,540    -    -    (295,000)   283,540 
Metals   10,487,557    -    -    (1,179,968)   9,307,589 
Softs   2,899,490    (6,496)   17,158    (279,470)   2,630,682 
Stock indices   6,102,368    (1,061,589)   504,746    (6,570)   5,538,955 
                          
Total futures contracts   31,989,061    (2,118,746)   615,726    (4,021,206)   26,464,835 
                          
Forward currency contracts   17,229,470    (2,951,060)   4,884,986    (8,226,002)   10,937,394 
                          
Total futures and forward currency contracts  $49,218,531   $(5,069,806)  $5,500,712   $(12,247,208)  $37,402,229 

 

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The effect of trading futures and forward currency contracts is represented on the Statements of Operations for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009 as “Net realized gains (losses) on closed positions: Futures and forward currency contracts” and “Net change in unrealized: Futures and forward currency contracts.” These trading gains and losses are detailed below:

 

Sector  2011   2010   2009 
             
Futures contracts:               
Currencies  $-   $-   $12,863 
Energies   7,688,026    (6,296,617)   (20,943,376)
Grains   (10,817,032)   14,680,492    (6,699,369)
Interest rates   74,456,429    78,525,936    (19,513,721)
Livestock   (2,910,290)   (531,000)   2,065,620 
Metals   (974,007)   12,922,817    (11,958,920)
Softs   (1,791,425)   7,618,692    (218,950)
Stock indices   (66,244,167)   (2,020,460)   7,916,951 
                
Total futures contracts   (592,466)   104,899,860    (49,338,902)
                
Forward currency contracts   (33,057,050)   25,264,096    (9,399,089)
                
Total futures and forward currency contracts  $(33,649,516)  $130,163,956   $(58,737,991)

 

The following table presents average notional value by sector in U.S. Dollars of open futures and forward currency contracts for the years ended December 31, 2011, 2010 and 2009. The Trust’s average Net Asset Value during 2011, 2010 and 2009 was approximately and $851,000,000, $866,000,000 and $931,000,000, respectively.

 

   2011   2010   2009 
Sector  Long Positions   Short Positions   Long Positions   Short Positions   Long Positions   Short Positions 
                         
Futures contracts:                              
Currencies  $-   $-   $-   $-   $-   $3,320,750 
Energies   127,381,359    48,647,953    183,992,274    116,768,010    109,535,870    113,200,422 
Grains   53,980,643    40,497,833    57,678,838    40,281,856    22,378,090    53,157,025 
Interest rates   1,079,809,596    61,557,330    1,274,911,920    47,891,170    936,859,841    38,825,820 
Livestock   5,927,944    7,597,444    16,433,746    5,323,786    -    26,230,698 
Metals   81,393,624    40,499,934    115,309,169    11,071,090    52,829,526    39,335,538 
Softs   17,865,981    10,367,157    29,206,211    7,135,608    20,257,081    13,534,675 
Stock indices   244,479,325    70,839,469    478,292,206    14,482,348    344,334,006    85,714,579 
                               
Total futures contracts   1,610,838,472    280,007,120    2,155,824,364    242,953,868    1,486,194,414    373,319,507 
                               
Forward currency contracts   714,484,864    292,797,211    876,153,841    358,871,897    473,904,261    200,256,650 
                               
Total average notional  $2,325,323,336   $572,804,331   $3,031,978,205   $601,825,765   $1,960,098,675   $573,576,157 

 

Notional values in the interest rate sector were calculated by converting the notional value in local currency of all open interest rate futures positions to 10-year equivalent fixed income instruments, translated to U.S. Dollars at each quarter-end during 2011, 2010, and 2009. The 10-year note is often used as a benchmark for many types of fixed-income instruments and the Managing Owner believes it is a more meaningful representation of notional values of the Trust’s open interest rate positions.

 

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7.FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

 

Per Unit operating performance for Series 1, 2, 3 and 4 Units is calculated based on Unitholders’ trust capital for each Series taken as a whole utilizing the beginning and ending Net Asset Value per unit and weighted average number of units during the period/year. Weighted average number of units for each Series is detailed below:

 

   Years ended December 31,     
   2011   2010   2009   Date of issuance 
                 
Series 1   645,173.947(1)   687,898.790(1)   753,054.008(1)   July 23, 2001 
Series 2   156.318(1)   64.584(2)   n/a    April 1, 2010 
Series 3   21,549.160(1)   5,536.921(1)   1,322.314(3)   September 1, 2009 
Series 4   532.525(1)   34.462(4)   n/a    November 1, 2010 

 

(1) January 1 - December 31

(2) April 1 - December 31

(3) September 1 - December 31

(4) November 1 - December 31

 

Returns and ratios are calculated for each Series taken as a whole. An individual Unitholder’s per unit operating performance may vary based on the timing of capital transactions and differences in individual Unitholder’s brokerage fee (for Series 1), management fee (for Series 2 and 3) and profit share allocation arrangements. Net investment loss and total expense ratios have been annualized for reporting periods consisting of less than twelve months.

 

8.REDEMPTION PAYABLE TO MANAGING OWNER

 

At December 31, 2011 and 2010, redemptions payable of $1,259 and $262,829, respectively, was related to profit share allocated to the Managing Owner at each year-end and redeemed.

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

September 30, 2012

(UNAUDITED)

_______________

 

ASSETS     
Cash and cash equivalents  $3,840,301 
Commissions and fees receivable   5,608,390 
Loan receivable from stockholders and affiliates   728,760 
Investments in sponsored funds   27,008,639 
Investments in other funds   55,097 
Redemptions receivable from sponsored and other funds   228,758 
Furniture and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $561,809   144,211 
      
Total assets  $37,614,156 
      
LIABILITIES     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $2,303,484 
Due to affiliated companies   2,573,152 
Due to First Republic Bank   1,229,610 
      
Total liabilities   6,106,246 
      
      
STOCKHOLDER'S EQUITY     
Common stock - $.005 par value, 300,000 shares authorized, 210,849 shares issued and outstanding   1,054 
Additional paid-in capital   10,386,406 
Retained earnings   21,120,450 
      
Total stockholder's equity   31,507,910 
      
Total liabilities and stockholder's equity  $37,614,156 

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN

RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED)

_______________

 

Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

A.General

 

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the Corporation) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on May 19, 1982. The Corporation earns commissions and fees as a Commodity Trading Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator and is registered with, and subject to, the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), an agency of the United States (U.S.) government which regulates most aspects of the commodity futures industry. It is also subject to the rules of the National Futures Association (NFA), an industry self-regulatory organization. In addition, the Corporation is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as an Investment Adviser.

 

The Corporation’s statement of financial condition is presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (the Codification) is the single source of U.S. GAAP. The preparation of the statement of financial condition in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management 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 amount of revenues and expenses during the period. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those differences may be material to the statement of financial condition.

 

B.Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and investments in money market mutual funds.

 

C.Investments in Sponsored Funds and Other Funds

 

The Corporation is the general partner, managing owner or managing member of various commodity pools and investment funds (collectively, “sponsored funds”) formed as limited partnerships, limited liability companies or trusts. As the sponsor, the Corporation has a fiduciary responsibility to the sponsored funds and potential liability beyond amounts recognized as an asset in the statement of financial condition. The Corporation has not consolidated the assets, liabilities and operating results of its sponsored funds and other funds under the voting interest consolidation model due to the unaffiliated equity investors of the sponsored funds and other funds holding kick-out rights.

 

Investments in sponsored funds and other funds (collectively, “funds”) are reported in the Corporation’s statement of financial condition at fair value. Fair value ordinarily represents the Corporation’s proportionate share of each fund’s net asset value determined for each fund in accordance with such fund’s valuation policies and reported at the time of the fund’s valuation, which represents a market approach. Generally, the fair value of the Corporation’s investment in another fund represents the amount that the Corporation could reasonably expect to receive from such fund if the Corporation’s investment was redeemed at the date of the statement of financial condition, based on information reasonably available at the time the valuation is made and that the Corporation believes to be reliable.

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

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Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

D.Foreign Currency Translation

 

The Corporation’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 foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at quoted prices of such currencies at the date of the statement of financial condition.

 

E.Revenue Recognition

 

Commission income is recognized when earned, in accordance with the related limited partnership agreement or other governing agreement. Commission income from sponsored funds is based on a fixed percentage of the sponsored funds’ net asset value.

 

Incentive, management and other fees accrue based on the terms of the respective advisory agreement or other governing agreement. Incentive fees are based on a percentage of the net profits experienced by the account. Management fees are based on a fixed percentage of the assets under management.

 

F.Income Taxes

 

The Corporation has elected S corporation status under the Internal Revenue Code, pursuant to which the Corporation does not pay U.S. Corporate or state income tax on its taxable income. Instead, the stockholders are liable for individual income tax on their share of the Corporation’s taxable income.

 

The Corporation files U.S. federal and state tax returns. The 2008 through 2011 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

 

The Corporation applies the provisions of Codification Topic 740, Income Taxes; which prescribes the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity before being measured and recognized in the financial statements. This accounting standard requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Corporation’s statement of financial condition to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Corporation level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as a liability in the current year. The Corporation has concluded there are no liabilities related to uncertainties in income tax positions at September 30, 2012.

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

_______________

 

Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

G.Furniture, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements

 

Furniture and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged to operations over the estimated lives of the furniture and equipment, primarily five or seven years, utilizing accelerated methods.

 

Leasehold improvements are stated at cost, net of accumulated amortization. The amortization of the leasehold improvements is charged to operations on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease.

 

H.Net Income Allocation

 

Net income is allocated and distributed to each stockholder on a pro rata basis.

 

I.Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncement

 

The Corporation has adopted Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 (ASU 2011-04) entitled Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 was issued to converge fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with the guidance in the International Accounting Standards Board’s currently issued International Financial Reporting Standards 13, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in ASU 2011-04 generally represent clarification to the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, but also include some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on the Corporation’s statement of financial condition or the related disclosures.

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

_______________

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS

 

The Corporation has general partner interests, managing owner interests or managing member interests in sponsored funds. Summarized activity related to the Corporation’s investments in such sponsored funds as of and for the period ended September 30, 2012, is as follows:

 

   Value at   Redemption   
   September 30, 2012   Investment Strategy  Provisions
           
Global Macro Trust  $9,188,490   To achieve capital appreciation through  Monthly with 10 days
        trading a diversified portfolio of futures  prior written notice(1)
        and forwards contracts on interest rate   
        instruments, stock indices, metals, energy   
        and agricultural commodities.   
            
Millburn Multi-Markets Fund L.P.   3,220,049   To achieve capital appreciation through  Monthly with 15 days
        investments in Millburn Multi-Markets  prior written notice
        Trading L.P. which engages in the speculative   
        trading of futures and forward currency   
        contracts to achieve capital appreciation.   
            
Nestor Partners   2,997,903   To achieve capital appreciation through  Monthly with 15 days
        trading a diversified portfolio of futures  prior written notice
        and forwards contracts on interest rate   
        instruments, stock indices, metals, energy   
        and agricultural commodities.   
            
Apollo Fund   2,072,213   To achieve capital appreciation through  Monthly with 15 days
        the speculative trading of futures and  prior written notice
        forwards contracts directly and indirectly   
        through investments in other funds.   
            
Millburn MCo Partners L.P.   2,409,749   To achieve capital appreciation by  Quarterly with 75 days
        allocating its capital among a number  prior written notice(2)
        of independent investment advisors   
        acting through investment funds and/or   
        managed accounts.   
            
Millburn Hedge Fund L.P.   1,968,172   To achieve capital appreciation by  Quarterly with 30 days
        investing in publicly traded equity  prior written notice
        securities, exchange-traded funds   
        and futures and forwards contracts.   
            
Other investments in managed   2,758,561   To achieve capital appreciation through  Monthly
futures funds       the speculative trading of futures and   
        forwards contracts.   
            
Other investments in fund of funds   2,393,502   To achieve capital appreciation through  Quarterly(3)
        investments in alternative funds,   
        managed accounts and registered   
        investment companies.   
            
Total  $27,008,639       

 

 

(1)The Corporation has currently agreed to maintain its investment at not less than 1% of the total outstanding capital contributions in Global Macro Trust but in no event shall the Corporation’s investment be less than $500,000.
(2)Approximately $66,400 of the Corporation’s investment is restricted from redemption due to Millburn MCo Partners L.P. holding investments in funds for which redemptions are currently not available. The Corporation cannot reasonably estimate when the restrictions on redemption of these investments will be relieved.
(3)Approximately $35,700 of the Corporation’s investment is restricted from redemption due to Millburn Select Strategies L.P. holding investments in funds for which redemptions are currently not available. The Corporation cannot reasonably estimate when the restrictions on redemption of these investments will be relieved.

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN

RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

_______________

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS (CONTINUED)

 

Summarized financial information for the more significant sponsored funds as of September 30, 2012, is as follows:

 

               Millburn   Millburn 
   Nestor   Millburn MCo   Global   Multi-Markets   Multi-Markets 
   Partners   Partners L.P.   Macro Trust   Fund L.P.   Trading L.P. 
Assets  $152,747,601   $142,366,536   $553,067,872   $234,000,722   $291,448,857 
Liabilities   5,436,289    1,427,062    34,641,373    7,112,020    12,140,484 
Net asset value  $147,311,312   $140,939,474   $518,426,499   $226,888,702   $279,308,373 

 

The combined net asset value of other sponsored funds as of September 30, 2012, is $348,509,646.

 

As the sponsor, the Corporation conducts and manages the respective businesses of the sponsored funds. The governing documents of the sponsored funds typically require the Corporation, as sponsor, to maintain a specified investment in the respective fund. Such minimum investments generally are 1% of either net assets, total assets or total net contributions or a minimum dollar amount (if greater). In addition, the governing documents for one of the sponsored funds require the Corporation to maintain a minimum net worth equal to an amount determined by the total net contributions made to the entity that the Corporation serves as the sponsor, not to exceed one million dollars. These requirements are defined in each of the respective governing documents of the sponsored funds and the Corporation is in compliance with all such requirements.

 

For managing the businesses of the sponsored funds, the Corporation earns commissions and fees based on the terms of the respective governing documents of the sponsored funds. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had a receivable of $4,347,000 from the sponsored funds for such commissions and fees. The Corporation earns an incentive allocation from certain sponsored funds, which are generally based on 20% of the sponsored fund’s trading profits, as specified in the governing documents of the sponsored funds.

 

The Corporation also receives administrative fees and reimbursements of certain costs from several of the sponsored funds according to the governing documents of the sponsored funds for direct and indirect expenses paid on their behalf by the Corporation. The Corporation records an expense when such amounts are incurred and records a receivable from the funds as income when the amounts are due from the sponsored funds. As of September 30, 2012 the Corporation had a receivable of $733,000 from the sponsored funds for such administrative expenses.

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

_______________

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS (CONTINUED)

 

During 2012, the Corporation invested in various other funds. At September 30, 2012 the value of such investments is $55,097.

 

The Corporation has an investment in a fund for which it serves as the investment adviser. As of September 30, 2012, the Corporation had management fees receivable of $30,400 from the fund. The Corporation receives reimbursements from the fund for certain direct expenses paid on its behalf. As of September 30, 2012 the Corporation had a receivable of $26,700 from the fund for such administrative expenses. The Corporation earns an incentive allocation from this fund, which is based on 20% of the fund’s trading profits, as specified in the governing documents of the fund.

 

Generally, all investments in other funds can be redeemed from the other funds on a monthly basis. In addition, these funds generally attempt to achieve capital appreciation through investing in stocks, futures contracts, forward currency contracts and interest rate instruments.

 

At September 30, 2012, the Corporation has no explicit unfunded commitments related to its investments in sponsored funds and other funds.

 

Note 3.FAIR VALUE

 

Fair value, as defined in the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy, as set forth in the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1); inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2); and unobservable inputs for an asset or liability (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure a financial instrument fall within different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement of that financial instrument. The Corporation recognizes transfers between fair value hierarchy levels at the beginning of the reporting period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2012, there were no transfers between fair value hierarchy levels.

 

The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification provides that if the reporting entity has the ability to redeem its investment in another fund at net asset value at the measurement date, the investment shall be categorized as a Level 2 fair value measurement, and if the reporting entity cannot redeem its investment in another fund at net asset value at the measurement date but the investment may be redeemable at a future date, the reporting entity shall consider the length of time until the investment will be redeemable in determining whether it will be categorized as a Level 2 or Level 3 fair value measurement. Accordingly, at September 30, 2012, the Corporation’s investments in other funds are categorized as Level 2 fair value measurements.

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

_______________

 

Note 3.FAIR VALUE (CONTINUED)

 

The following summarizes the Corporation’s assets accounted for at fair value at September 30, 2012 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

   September 30, 2012 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                
Investments in sponsored funds(1)  $0   $27,008,639   $0   $27,008,639 
Investments in other funds(1)   0    55,097    0    55,097 
Total  $0   $27,063,736   $0   $27,063,736 

 

 

(1)See Note 2. for the fair value of the more significant funds within this category.

 

Note 4.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Corporation has extensive transactions and relationships with affiliated companies. The Millburn Corporation (TMC) provides administrative, accounting, research and other services to the Corporation and the Corporation pays TMC a consulting fee for these services. Additionally, CommInVest Research Limited Partnership (CIVR) owns the trading algorithms used by the Corporation in managing client assets. The Corporation pays CIVR a licensing fee to use the trading algorithms. The Corporation also pays fees to Millburn International (Europe) LLP (Europe) and Millburn International, LLC (International) for providing prospective investors and interested parties with information about the Corporation and its investment and trading strategy. At September 30, 2012, the Corporation owes $1,023,987 to TMC for consulting fees, $1,265,966 to CIVR for license fees, $175,633 to International and $107,566 to Europe for providing prospective investors and interested parties with information about the Corporation.

 

The Corporation has loaned funds to TMC in connection with construction and furnishing costs incurred by TMC for its offices located in New York City. The loan is due on demand with interest accruing at an annualized rate of 2.0% above the three-month U.S. Treasury Bill rate. The outstanding balance of the loan, including accrued interest, is $631,813 at September 30, 2012. In addition, the Corporation has loaned funds to International in connection with a deposit International is required to make with a Japanese regulatory authority. The loan bears interest at the prime rate, as announced by Bank of America, subject to a minimum interest rate of 4.50%. The outstanding balance of the loan is $65,000 at September 30, 2012.

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN

RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

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Note 5.DUE TO FIRST REPUBLIC BANK

 

The Corporation has a $5 million revolving credit facility (loan agreement) with First Republic Bank (the Bank). Borrowings under the loan are limited to the lesser of $5 million or Total Anticipated Commissions, as defined in the loan agreement. The loan bears interest at the prime rate, as published in the Western Edition of The Wall Street Journal as the U.S. prime rate. During the period ended September 30, 2012, the interest rate on this loan agreement was 3.25%. The loan matures July 31, 2013. Repayment of the loan has been guaranteed by CIVR and certain stockholders of the Corporation. The Corporation is required to remain in compliance with certain financial and other covenants throughout the term of the loan. The amount due to the Bank under this loan agreement at September 30, 2012 is $1,229,610.

 

Note 6.INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED RISKS

 

The Corporation’s investments in sponsored funds and other funds are subject to the market and credit risks of futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward currency contracts and other financial instruments (collectively, “derivatives”). Additionally, the sponsored funds and other funds invest in stocks and United States government securities. As such, the Corporation is exposed, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, to both market risk, the risk arising from changes in the fair value of the contracts, and credit risk, the risk of failure by another party to perform according to the terms of a contract. The Corporation is subject to the risk of loss to the extent of the fair value of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions, dividends and redemptions received.

 

For derivatives, risks arise from changes in the fair value of the contracts. Theoretically, the Corporation is exposed, to the extent of its investments, to a market risk equal to the notional contract value of futures, forward currency and other derivative contracts purchased and liability on such contracts sold short. In addition, since forward currency contracts are traded in unregulated markets between principals, the Corporation, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, also assumes the risk of loss from counterparty non-performance.

 

In addition, the Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, is exposed to the extent of its investments, to various trading activities including investments in stocks that are typically traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market. The sponsored funds and other funds also sell stock not owned at the time of sale (a “short sale”). Risks arise from short sales due to the possible illiquidity of the securities markets and from potential adverse movements in stock values. Theoretically, short sales expose the sponsored funds and other funds to potentially unlimited liability as the sponsored funds’ and other funds’ ultimate obligation to purchase a stock sold short may exceed the amount recorded.

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN

RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 6.INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

The Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, is exposed to the extent of its investments, to U.S. government securities. Risks arise from investments in U.S. government securities due to possible illiquidity and the potential for default by the issuer. U.S. government securities are also particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, economic conditions and conditions specific to the issuer.

 

Lastly, the Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, invests in fund of funds. The Corporation’s investments in fund of funds are subject to the market and credit risk of securities and financial instruments held or sold short by these entities.

 

The Corporation has established procedures to actively monitor market risk and minimize credit risk of the sponsored funds and other funds, although there can be no assurance that it will, in fact, succeed in doing so.

 

The Corporation maintains its cash and cash equivalents at financial institutions. Balances on deposit at such financial institutions are frequently in excess of available federal deposit insurance. In the event of a financial institution’s insolvency, recovery of the Corporation’s assets on deposit may be limited to available federal deposit insurance or other protection afforded such deposits.

 

Additionally, the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner, managing owner or managing member of the sponsored funds, is subject to certain additional risks of loss and liability for the activities of the sponsored funds.

 

Note 7.LEASE COMMITMENT

 

The Corporation has a noncancelable lease for office space in Greenwich, Connecticut. The term of the lease is through December 31, 2017. The future minimum lease payments under this noncancelable lease are as follows:

 

2012  $65,403 
2013   264,128 
2014   269,158 
2015   274,190 
2016   279,220 
2017   284,252 
   $1,436,351 

 

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RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(UNAUDITED) (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 8.INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

In the normal course of business, the Corporation enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnifications. The Corporation’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Corporation that have not yet occurred. The Corporation expects the risk of any future obligation under these indemnifications to be remote.

 

Note 9.EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

 

The Corporation sponsors a 401(k) profit sharing and savings plan (the Plan) for the benefit of its employees. The Corporation is the Plan administrator of the Plan. Under the terms of the Plan, employees may elect to defer a portion of their compensation and the Corporation may make discretionary contributions to the Plan on behalf of its participants.

 

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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR’S REPORT

 

To the Stockholders and Board of Directors

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation

 

We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the Corporation) as of December 31, 2011. The statement of financial condition is the responsibility of the Corporation’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the statement of financial condition based on our audit.

 

We conducted our audit in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the statement of financial condition is free of material misstatement. An audit includes 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 Corporation’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the statement of financial condition. 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 statement of financial condition referred to above presents fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of Millburn Ridgefield Corporation as of December 31, 2011 in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

 

 

Hunt Valley, Maryland

April 16, 2012

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

December 31, 2011

 

 

 

ASSETS     
Cash and cash equivalents  $2,558,530 
Commissions and fees receivable   7,679,617 
Prepaid license fee to affiliated company   31,691 
Loans receivable from stockholders and affiliates   641,913 
Investments in sponsored funds   27,974,038 
Investments in other funds   59,527 
Redemptions receivable from sponsored funds   117,839 
Redemptions receivable from other funds   228,758 
Furniture, equipment and leasehold improvements net of accumulated depreciation of $496,136   191,069 
      
Total assets  $39,482,982 
      
LIABILITIES     
Accounts payable and accrued expenses  $4,660,990 
Stockholder distributions payable   525,105 
Due to affiliated companies   5,371,156 
Due to First Republic Bank   2,530,370 
      
Total liabilities   13,087,621 
      
STOCKHOLDERS’ EQUITY     
Common stock - $.005 par value, 300,000 shares authorized, 210,849 shares issued and outstanding   1,054 
Additional paid-in capital   8,736,406 
Retained earnings   17,657,901 
      
Total stockholders’ equity   26,395,361 
      
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity  $39,482,982 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

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Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

A.General

 

Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the Corporation) was incorporated in the state of Delaware on May 19, 1982. The Corporation earns commissions and fees as a Commodity Trading Advisor and Commodity Pool Operator and is registered with, and subject to, the regulations of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC), an agency of the United States (U.S.) government which regulates most aspects of the commodity futures industry. It is also subject to the rules of the National Futures Association (NFA), an industry self-regulatory organization. In addition, the Corporation is registered with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission as an Investment Adviser.

 

The Corporation’s statement of financial condition is presented in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP). The Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) Accounting Standards Codification (the Codification) is the single source of U.S. GAAP. The preparation of the statement of financial condition in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management 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 statement of financial condition. Actual results could differ from those estimates, and those differences may be material to the statement of financial condition.

 

B.Cash and Cash Equivalents

 

Cash and cash equivalents includes cash and investments in money market mutual funds.

 

C.Investments in Sponsored Funds and Other Funds

 

The Corporation is the general partner, managing owner or managing member of various commodity pools and investment funds (collectively, “sponsored funds”) formed as limited partnerships, limited liability companies or trusts. As the sponsor, the Corporation has a fiduciary responsibility to the sponsored funds and potential liability beyond amounts recognized as an asset in the statement of financial condition. The Corporation has not consolidated the assets and liabilities of its sponsored funds and other funds under the voting interest consolidation model due to the unaffiliated equity investors of the sponsored funds and other funds holding kick-out rights.

 

Investments in sponsored funds and other funds (collectively, “funds”) are reported in the Corporation’s statement of financial condition at fair value. Fair value ordinarily represents the Corporation’s proportionate share of each fund’s net asset value determined for each fund in accordance with such fund’s valuation policies and reported at the time of the fund’s valuation, which represents a market approach. Generally, the fair value of the Corporation’s investment in another fund represents the amount that the Corporation could reasonably expect to receive from such fund if the Corporation’s investment was redeemed at the date of the statement of financial condition, based on information reasonably available at the time the valuation is made and that the Corporation believes to be reliable.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

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Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

D.Foreign Currency Translation

 

The Corporation’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 foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at quoted prices of such currencies at the date of the statement of financial condition.

 

E.Revenue Recognition

 

Commission income is recognized when earned, in accordance with the related limited partnership agreement or other governing agreement. Commission income from sponsored funds is based on a fixed percentage of the sponsored funds’ net asset value.

 

Incentive, management and other fees accrue based on the terms of the respective advisory agreement or other governing agreement. Incentive fees are based on a percentage of the net profits experienced by the account. Management fees are based on a fixed percentage of the assets under management.

 

F.Income Taxes

 

The Corporation has elected S corporation status under the Internal Revenue Code, pursuant to which the Corporation does not pay U.S. Corporate or state income tax on its taxable income. Instead, the stockholders are liable for individual income tax on their share of the Corporation’s taxable income. The Corporation files U.S. federal and state tax returns. The 2008 through 2011 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

 

The Corporation applies the provisions of Codification Topic 740, Income Taxes, which prescribe the minimum recognition threshold a tax position must meet in connection with accounting for uncertainties in income tax positions taken or expected to be taken by an entity before being measured and recognized in the financial statements. This accounting standard requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Corporation’s statement of financial condition to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” of being sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Corporation level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as a liability in the current year. The Corporation has concluded there are no liabilities related to uncertainties in income tax positions at December 31, 2011.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 1.ORGANIZATION AND SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

G.Furniture, Equipment and Leasehold Improvements

 

Furniture and equipment are stated at cost, net of accumulated depreciation. Depreciation is charged to operations over the estimated lives of the furniture and equipment, primarily five or seven years, utilizing accelerated methods.

 

Leasehold improvements are stated at cost, net of accumulated amortization. The amortization of the leasehold improvements is charged to operations on a straight-line basis over the remaining term of the lease.

 

H.Net Income Allocation

 

Net income is allocated and distributed to each stockholder on a pro rata basis.

 

I.Recently Issued Accounting Pronouncement

 

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 (ASU 2011-04) entitled Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 was issued to converge fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with the guidance in the International Accounting Standards Board’s currently issued International Financial Reporting Standards 13, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in ASU 2011-04 generally represent clarification to the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, but also include some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. For non-public entities, ASU 2011-04 is effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The Corporation is currently evaluating the impact that ASU 2011-04 will have on its fair value measurements and disclosures, however, no material impact on the Corporation’s statement of financial condition is anticipated.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS

 

The Corporation has general partner interests, managing owner interests or managing member interests in sponsored funds. The Corporation’s investments in such sponsored funds as of December 31, 2011, is as follows:

 

    Value at         Redemption
    December 31, 2011     Investment Strategy   Provisions
                 
Global Macro Trust   $ 9,644,943     To achieve capital appreciation through   Monthly with 10 days
            trading a diversified portfolio of futures   prior written notice(1)
            and forwards contracts on interest rate    
            instruments, stock indices, metals, energy    
            and agricultural commodities.    
                 
Millburn Multi-Markets Fund L.P.     3,463,814     To achieve capital appreciation through   Monthly with 15 days
            Investments in Millburn Multi-Markets   prior written notice
            Trading L.P. which engages in the speculative    
            trading of futures and forward currency    
            contracts to achieve capital appreciation.    
                 
Nestor Partners     3,150,231     To achieve capital appreciation through   Monthly with 15 days
            trading a diversified portfolio of futures   prior written notice
            and forwards contracts on interest rate    
            instruments, stock indices, metals, energy    
            and agricultural commodities.    
                 
Apollo Fund     2,250,446     To achieve capital appreciation through   Monthly with 15 days
            the speculative trading of futures and   prior written notice
            forwards contracts directly and indirectly    
            through investments in other funds.    
                 
Millburn MCo Partners L.P.     2,236,320     To achieve capital appreciation by   Quarterly with 75 days
            allocating its capital among a number   prior written notice (2)
            of independent investment advisors    
            acting through investment funds and/or    
            managed accounts.    
                 
Millburn Hedge Fund L.P.     1,883,808     To achieve capital appreciation by   Quarterly with 30 days
            investing in publicly traded equity   prior written notice
            securities, exchange-traded funds    
            and futures and forwards contracts.    
                 
Other investments in managed     3,036,920     To achieve capital appreciation through Monthly
futures funds           the speculative trading of futures and  
            forwards contracts.    
                 
Other investments in fund of funds     2,307,556     To achieve capital appreciation through   Quarterly with 75 days
            investments in alternative funds,   prior written notice(3)
            managed accounts and registered    
            investment companies.    
                 
Total   $ 27,974,038          

 

 

(1)The Corporation has currently agreed to maintain its investment at not less than 1% of the total outstanding capital contributions in Global Macro Trust but in no event shall the Corporation’s investment be less than $500,000.
(2)Approximately $75,000 of the Corporation’s investment is restricted from redemption due to Millburn MCo Partners L.P. holding investments in funds for which redemptions are currently not available. The Corporation cannot reasonably estimate when the restrictions on redemption of these investments will be relieved.
(3)Approximately $40,500 of the Corporation’s investment is restricted from redemption due to Millburn Select Strategies L.P. holding investments in funds for which redemptions are currently not available. The Corporation cannot reasonably estimate when the restrictions on redemption of these investments will be relieved.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS (CONTINUED)

 

Summarized financial information for the more significant sponsored funds as of December 31, 2011, is as follows:

 

                   Millburn 
   Nestor   Millburn MCo   Global       Multi-Markets 
   Partners   Partners L.P.   Macro Trust   Apollo Fund   Trading L.P. 
Assets  $161,640,222   $142,148,208   $782,343,935   $80,745,819   $418,986,624 
Liabilities   5,021,926    8,567,932    29,156,541    3,393,103    9,485,267 
Net asset value  $156,618,296   $133,580,276   $753,187,394   $77,352,716   $409,501,357 

 

The combined net asset value of other sponsored funds as of December 31, 2011 is $487,902,163.

 

As the sponsor, the Corporation conducts and manages the respective businesses of the sponsored funds. The governing documents of the sponsored funds typically require the Corporation, as sponsor, to maintain a specified investment in the respective fund. Such minimum investments generally are 1% of either net assets, total assets or total net contributions or a minimum dollar amount (if greater). In addition, the governing documents for one of the sponsored funds require the Corporation to maintain a minimum net worth equal to an amount determined by the total net contributions made to the entity that the Corporation serves as the sponsor, not to exceed one million dollars. These requirements are defined in each of the respective governing documents of the sponsored funds and the Corporation is in compliance with all such requirements.

 

For managing the businesses of the sponsored funds, the Corporation earns commissions and fees based on the terms of the respective governing documents of the sponsored funds. As of December 31, 2011, the Corporation had a receivable of $5,588,000 from the sponsored funds for such commissions and fees. The Corporation earns an incentive allocation from certain sponsored funds, which are based on 20% of the sponsored fund’s trading profits, as specified in the governing documents of the sponsored funds.

 

The Corporation also receives administrative fees and reimbursements of certain costs from several of the sponsored funds according to the governing documents of the sponsored funds for direct and indirect expenses paid on their behalf by the Corporation. The Corporation records an expense when such amounts are incurred and records a receivable from the funds as income when the amounts are due from the sponsored funds. As of December 31, 2011, the Corporation had a receivable of $1,403,000 from the sponsored funds for such administrative expenses.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 2.INVESTMENTS IN SPONSORED FUNDS AND OTHER FUNDS (CONTINUED)

 

During 2011, the Corporation also invested in various other funds. At December 31, 2011, the value of such investments is $59,527.

 

The Corporation has an investment in a fund for which it serves as the investment adviser. Management fees from the fund of approximately $42,000 were outstanding at year end. The Corporation receives reimbursements from the fund for certain direct expenses paid on its behalf. Revenue related to reimbursements from the fund of approximately $45,000 was outstanding at year end. The Corporation earns an incentive allocation from this fund, which is based on 20% of the fund’s trading profits, as specified in the governing documents of the fund.

 

Generally, all investments in other funds can be redeemed from the other funds on a monthly basis. In addition, these funds generally attempt to achieve capital appreciation through investing in stocks, futures contracts, forward currency contracts and interest rate instruments.

 

At December 31, 2011, the Corporation has no explicit unfunded commitments related to its investments in sponsored funds and other funds.

 

Note 3.FAIR VALUE

 

Fair value, as defined in the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. The fair value hierarchy, as set forth in the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three broad levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (Level 1); inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2); and unobservable inputs for an asset or liability (Level 3). If the inputs used to measure a financial instrument fall within different levels of the fair value hierarchy, the categorization is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the measurement of that financial instrument. The Corporation recognizes transfers between fair value hierarchy levels at the beginning of the reporting period. During the year ended December 31, 2011, there were no transfers between fair value hierarchy levels.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 3.FAIR VALUE (CONTINUED)

 

The Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification provides that if the reporting entity has the ability to redeem its investment in another fund at net asset value at the measurement date, the investment shall be categorized as a Level 2 fair value measurement, and if the reporting entity cannot redeem its investment in another fund at net asset value at the measurement date but the investment may be redeemable at a future date, the reporting entity shall consider the length of time until the investment will be redeemable in determining whether it will be categorized as a Level 2 or Level 3 fair value measurement. Accordingly, at December 31, 2011, the Corporation’s investments in other funds are categorized as Level 2 fair value measurements.

 

The following summarizes the Corporation’s assets accounted for at fair value at December 31, 2011 using the fair value hierarchy:

 

   December 31, 2011 
   Level 1   Level 2   Level 3   Total 
Assets                    
Investments in sponsored funds(1)  $0   $27,974,038   $0   $27,974,038 
Investments in other funds(1)   0    59,527    0    59,527 
Total  $0   $28,033,565   $0   $28,033,565 

 

 

(1)See Note 2. for the fair value of the more significant funds within this category.

 

Note 4.RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

 

The Corporation has extensive transactions and relationships with affiliated companies. The Millburn Corporation (TMC) provides administrative, accounting, research and other services to the Corporation and the Corporation pays TMC a consulting fee for these services. Additionally, CommInVest Research Limited Partnership (CIVR) owns the trading algorithms used by the Corporation in managing client assets. The Corporation pays CIVR a licensing fee to use the trading algorithms. The Corporation also pays fees to Millburn International (Europe) LLP and Millburn International, LLC for providing prospective investors and interested parties with information about the Corporation and its investment and trading strategy. The Corporation owes $5,365,456 to TMC at December 31, 2011 for consulting fees. The Corporation has prepaid license fees of $31,691 to CIVR as of December 31, 2011.

 

The Corporation has loaned funds to TMC in connection with construction and furnishing costs incurred by TMC for its offices located in New York City. The loan is due on demand with interest accruing at an annualized rate of 2.0% above the three-month U.S. Treasury Bill rate. The outstanding balance of the loan is $601,622 at December 31, 2011.

 

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NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

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Note 5.DUE TO FIRST REPUBLIC BANK

 

The Corporation has a $5 million revolving credit facility (loan agreement) with First Republic Bank (the Bank). Borrowings under the loan are limited to the lesser of $5 million or Total Anticipated Commissions, as defined in the loan agreement. The loan bears interest at the prime rate, as announced by Bank of America, but was subject to a minimum interest rate of 4.50% for the period January 1, 2011 to September 15, 2011. During the year ended December 31, 2011, the interest rates on this loan agreement ranged from 3.25% to 4.50%. The loan matures July 31, 2012. Repayment of the loan has been guaranteed by CIVR and certain stockholders of the Corporation. The Corporation is required to remain in compliance with certain financial and other covenants throughout the term of the loan. The amount due to the Bank under this loan agreement at December 31, 2011 is $2,530,370.

 

Note 6.INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED RISKS

 

The Corporation’s investments in sponsored funds and other funds are subject to the market and credit risks of futures contracts, options on futures contracts, forward currency contracts and other financial instruments (collectively, “derivatives”). Additionally, the sponsored funds and other funds invest in stocks and United States government securities. As such, the Corporation is exposed, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, to both market risk, the risk arising from changes in the fair value of the contracts, and credit risk, the risk of failure by another party to perform according to the terms of a contract. The Corporation is subject to the risk of loss to the extent of the fair value of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions, dividends and redemptions received.

 

For derivatives, risks arise from changes in the fair value of the contracts. Theoretically, the Corporation is exposed, to the extent of its investments, to a market risk equal to the notional contract value of futures, forward currency and other derivative contracts purchased and liability on such contracts sold short. As both a buyer and seller of options, the sponsored funds and other funds receive a premium at the outset and then bear the risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the contract underlying the option. Written options expose the Corporation, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, to potential liability, and purchased options expose the Corporation, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, to a risk of loss of the premiums paid. In addition, since forward currency contracts are traded in unregulated markets between principals, the Corporation, to the extent of its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, also assumes the risk of loss from counterparty non performance.

 

In addition, the Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, is exposed to the extent of its investments, to various trading activities including investments in stocks that are typically traded on an exchange or in the over-the-counter market. The sponsored funds and other funds also sell stock not owned at the time of sale (a “short sale”). Risks arise from short sales due to the possible illiquidity of the securities markets and from potential adverse movements in stock values. Theoretically, short sales expose the sponsored funds and other funds to potentially unlimited liability as the sponsored funds’ and other funds’ ultimate obligation to purchase a stock sold short may exceed the amount recorded.

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

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Note 6.INVESTING ACTIVITIES AND RELATED RISKS (CONTINUED)

 

The Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, is exposed to the extent of its investments, to U.S. government securities. Risks arise from investments in U.S. government securities due to possible illiquidity and the potential for default by the issuer. U.S. government securities are also particularly sensitive to changes in interest rates, economic conditions and conditions specific to the issuer.

 

Lastly, the Corporation, through its investments in sponsored funds and other funds, invests in fund of funds. The Corporation’s investments in fund of funds are subject to the market and credit risk of securities and financial instruments held or sold short by these entities.

 

The Corporation has established procedures to actively monitor market risk and minimize credit risk of the sponsored funds and other funds, although there can be no assurance that it will, in fact, succeed in doing so.

 

The Corporation maintains its cash and cash equivalents at financial institutions. Balances on deposit at such financial institutions are frequently in excess of available federal deposit insurance. In the event of a financial institution’s insolvency, recovery of the Corporation’s assets on deposit may be limited to available federal deposit insurance or other protection afforded such deposits.

 

Additionally, the Corporation, in its capacity as general partner, managing owner or managing member of the sponsored funds, is subject to certain additional risks of loss and liability for the activities of the sponsored funds.

 

Note 7.LEASE COMMITMENT

 

The Corporation has a noncancelable lease for office space in Greenwich, Connecticut. The term of the lease is five years and expires on June 30, 2012; however, the Corporation amended the lease in April 2012 to extend terms to December 31, 2017. The future minimum lease payments under this noncancelable lease are as follows:

 

2012  $202,276 
2013   264,131 
2014   269,162 
2015   274,190 
2016   279,221 
2017   284,249 
   $1,573,229 

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN
RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

NOTES TO STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL CONDITION (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 8.INDEMNIFICATIONS

 

In the normal course of business, the Corporation enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnifications. The Corporation’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Corporation that have not yet occurred. The Corporation expects the risk of any future obligation under these indemnifications to be remote.

 

Note 9.EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

 

The Corporation sponsors a 401(k) profit sharing and savings plan (the Plan) for the benefit of its employees. The Corporation is the Plan administrator of the Plan. Under the terms of the Plan, employees may elect to defer a portion of their compensation and the Corporation may make discretionary contributions to the Plan on behalf of its participants.

 

Note 10.SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

 

In January 2012, the Corporation received contributions of $1,650,000 from stockholders’ as result of a capital call by the Corporation.

 

The Corporation has evaluated subsequent events through April 16, 2012, the date the statement of financial condition was available to be issued, and determined there were no other subsequent events that require disclosure.

 

PURCHASERS OF UNITS OF GLOBAL MACRO TRUST WILL NOT RECEIVE ANY INTEREST IN MILLBURN
RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION

 

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EXHIBIT A

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT

 

Dated as of August 12, 2009

 

 
 

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED

 

DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

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1. Declaration of Trust TA-1
2. The Trustee TA-1
  (a) Term; Resignation TA-1
  (b) Powers TA-2
  (c) Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee TA-2
  (d) Indemnification TA-2
  (e) Successor Trustee TA-3
  (f) Liability of the Trustee TA-3
  (g) Reliance by the Trustee and the Managing Owner; Advice of Counsel TA-4
  (h) Not Part of Trust Estate TA-4
3. Principal Office TA-4
4. Business TA-4
5. Term, Dissolution, Fiscal Year, Series of Units and Net Asset Value TA-5
  (a) Term TA-5
  (b) Dissolution TA-5
  (c) Fiscal Year TA-5
  (d) Series of Units TA-5
  (e) Net Asset Value TA-5
6. Net Worth of Managing Owner TA-6
7. Capital Contributions; Units; Managing Owner’s Liability TA-7
  (a) Types of Beneficial Interests TA-7
  (b) Managing Owner’s Liability TA-7
  (c) No Certificates TA-7
  (d) Unitholder Consent TA-7
8. Allocation of Profits and Losses TA-7
  (a) Capital Accounts and Allocations TA-7
  (b) Allocation of Profit and Loss for Federal Income Tax Purposes TA-10
  (c) Profit Share; New Profits Memo Account TA-12
  (d) Expenses; Interest Income TA-12
  (e) Limited Liability of Unitholders TA-13
  (f) Return of Capital Contributions TA-14
9. Management of the Trust TA-14
  (a) Authority of the Managing Owner TA-14
  (b) Notification of Basic Changes TA-14
  (c) Certain Agreements TA-15
  (d) Fiduciary Duties TA-15
  (e) Brokerage Arrangements TA-15
  (f) Prohibited Activities TA-15
  (g) Freedom of Action TA-16
10. Audits and Reports to Unitholders TA-16
11. Assignability of Units TA-17
12. Redemptions TA-18
13. Offering of Units TA-19
14. Special Power of Attorney TA-20
15. Withdrawal of a Unitholder TA-20
16. Benefit Plan Investors TA-21
17. Standard of Liability; Indemnification TA-21

 

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  (a) Standard of Liability for the Managing Owner TA-21
  (b) Indemnification of the Managing Owner by the Trust TA-21
  (c) Indemnification by the Unitholders TA-22
18. Amendments; Meetings TA-23
(a) Amendments with Consent of the Managing Owner TA-23
(b) Amendments and Actions without Consent of the Managing Owner TA-23
(c) Meetings; Other TA-23
(d) Consent by Trustee TA-24
19. Governing Law TA-24
20. Miscellaneous TA-24
  (a) Notices TA-24
  (b) Binding Effect TA-24
  (c) Captions TA-24
21. Certain Definitions TA-24
22. No Legal Title to Trust Estate TA-26
23. Legal Title TA-26
24. Creditors TA-26
  Testimonium TA-27
  Signatures TA-27
  Schedule A—Certificate of Trust TA-28
  Annex—Request for Redemption RR-1

 

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GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED
DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT

 

This FOURTH AMENDED AND RESTATED DECLARATION OF TRUST AND TRUST AGREEMENT (“Declaration of Trust”) of Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”) is made and entered into as of this 12th day of August, 2009 by and among Millburn Ridgefield Corporation, a Delaware corporation, as managing owner (the “Managing Owner”), Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee (the “Trustee”), and each other party who shall execute a counterpart of this Declaration of Trust as an owner of a unit (“Unit”) of beneficial interest of the Trust or who becomes a party to this Declaration of Trust as a Unitholder by execution of a Subscription Agreement and Power of Attorney Signature Page or otherwise and who is shown in the books and records of the Trust as a Unitholder (individually, a “Unitholder” and, collectively, the “Unitholders”).

 

WITNESSETH:

 

WHEREAS, the parties hereto desire to continue the Trust for the business and purpose of issuing Units, the capital of which shall be used to engage in speculative trading, buying, selling or otherwise acquiring, holding or disposing of futures and forward contracts on currencies, interest rate, energy and agricultural products, metals and stock indices, hybrid instruments, swaps, any rights pertaining thereto and any options thereon or on physical commodities, with the objective of capital appreciation through speculative trading, and to amend and restate the original Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement of the Trust in its entirety.

 

NOW THEREFORE, the parties hereto agree as follows:

 

1. Declaration of Trust.

 

The Trustee hereby declares the investments in the Trust shall be held in trust upon and subject to the conditions set forth herein for the use and benefit of the Unitholders. It is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust shall be a statutory trust under the Act, and that this Declaration of Trust shall constitute the governing instrument of the Trust. The Trustee has filed the Certificate of Trust required by Section 3810 of the Delaware Statutory Trust Act, 12 Del. C. § 3801, et seq., as amended from time to time (the “Act”).

 

Nothing in this Declaration of Trust shall be construed to make the Unitholders partners or members of a joint stock association except to the extent that such Unitholders, as constituted from time to time, are deemed to be partners under the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”), and applicable state and local tax laws. Notwithstanding the foregoing, it is the intention of the parties hereto that the Trust be treated as a partnership for purposes of taxation under the Code and applicable state and local tax laws. Effective as of the date hereof, the Trustee shall have all of the rights, powers and duties set forth herein and in the Act with respect to accomplishing the purposes of the Trust.

 

2. The Trustee.

 

(a) Term; Resignation. (i) Wilmington Trust Company has been appointed and has agreed to serve as the Trustee of the Trust. The Trust shall have only one trustee unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner. The Trustee shall serve until such time as the Managing Owner removes the Trustee or the Trustee resigns and a successor Trustee is appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with the terms of Section 2(e) hereof.

 

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(ii)          The Trustee may resign at any time upon the giving of at least sixty (60) days’ advance written notice to the Managing Owner; provided, that such resignation shall not become effective unless and until a successor Trustee shall have been appointed by the Managing Owner in accordance with Section 2(e) hereof. If the Managing Owner does not act within such sixty (60) day period, the Trustee may apply to the Court of Chancery of the State of Delaware for the appointment of a successor Trustee.

 

(b) Powers. Except to the extent expressly set forth in this Section 2, the duty and authority of the Trustee to manage the business and affairs of the Trust are hereby delegated to the Managing Owner. The Trustee shall have only the rights, obligations or liabilities specifically provided for herein and in the Act and shall have no implied rights, obligations or liabilities with respect to the business or affairs of the Trust. The Trustee shall have the power and authority to execute, deliver, acknowledge and file all necessary documents, including any amendments to or cancellation of the Certificate of Trust, and to maintain all necessary records of the Trust as required by the Act. The Trustee shall provide prompt notice to the Managing Owner of its performance of any of the foregoing. The Managing Owner shall keep the Trustee informed of any actions taken by the Managing Owner with respect to the Trust that affect the rights, obligations or liabilities of the Trustee hereunder or under the Act.

 

(c) Compensation and Expenses of the Trustee. The Trustee shall be entitled to receive from the Trust or, if the assets of the Trust are insufficient, from the Managing Owner reasonable compensation for its services hereunder in accordance with a separate fee agreement between the Managing Owner and the Trustee, and shall be entitled to be reimbursed by the Trust or, if the assets of the Trust are insufficient, by the Managing Owner for reasonable out-of-pocket expenses incurred by the Trustee in the performance of its duties hereunder, including without limitation, the reasonable compensation, out-of-pocket expenses and disbursements of counsel and such other agents as the Trustee may employ in connection with the exercise and performance of its rights and duties hereunder, to the extent attributable to the Trust.

 

(d) Indemnification. The Managing Owner agrees, whether or not any of the transactions contemplated hereby shall be consummated, to assume liability for, and does hereby indemnify, protect, save and keep harmless the Trustee and its successors, assigns, legal representatives, officers, directors, agents, employees and servants (the “Indemnified Parties”) from and against any and all liabilities, obligations, losses, damages, penalties, taxes (excluding any taxes payable by the Trustee on or measured by any compensation received by the Trustee for its services hereunder or as indemnity payments pursuant to this Section 2(d)), claims, actions, suits, costs, expenses or disbursements (including legal fees and expenses) of any kind and nature whatsoever (collectively, “Expenses”), which may be imposed on, incurred by or asserted against the Indemnified Parties in any way relating to or arising out of the formation, operation or termination of the Trust, the execution, delivery and performance of any other agreements to which the Trust is a party or the action or inaction of the Trustee hereunder or thereunder, except for Expenses resulting from the gross negligence or willful misconduct of the Indemnified Parties. The indemnities contained in this Section 2(d) shall survive the termination of this Declaration of Trust or the removal or resignation of the Trustee. In addition, the Indemnified Parties shall be entitled to indemnification from any cash, net equity in any commodity futures, forward and option contracts, all funds on deposit in the accounts of the Trust, any other property held by the Trust, and all proceeds therefrom, including any rights of the Trust pursuant to any agreements to which the Trust is a party (the “Trust Estate”) to the extent such expenses are attributable to the formation, operation or termination of the Trust as set forth above, and to secure the same the Trustee shall have a lien against the Trust Estate which shall be prior to the rights of the Managing Owner and the Unitholders to receive distributions from the Trust Estate. The Trustee nevertheless agrees that it will, at its own cost and expense, promptly take all action as may be necessary to discharge any liens on any part of the Trust Estate which result from claims against the Trustee personally that are not related to the ownership or the administration of the Trust Estate or the transactions contemplated by any documents to which the Trust is a party.

 

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(e) Successor Trustee. Upon the resignation or removal of the Trustee, the Managing Owner shall appoint a successor Trustee by delivering a written instrument to the outgoing Trustee. Any successor Trustee must satisfy the requirements of Section 3807 of the Act. Any resignation or removal of the Trustee and appointment of a successor Trustee shall not become effective until a written acceptance of appointment is delivered by the successor Trustee to the outgoing Trustee and the Managing Owner and any fees and expenses due to the outgoing Trustee are paid. Following compliance with the preceding sentence, the successor Trustee shall become fully vested with all of the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the outgoing Trustee under this Declaration of Trust, with like effect as if originally named as Trustee, and the outgoing Trustee shall be discharged of its duties and obligations under this Declaration of Trust.

 

(f) Liability of the Trustee. Except as otherwise provided in this Section 2, in accepting the trust created hereby, Wilmington Trust Company acts solely as Trustee hereunder and not in its individual capacity, and all persons having any claim against the Trustee by reason of the transactions contemplated by this Declaration of Trust and any other agreement to which the Trust is a party shall look only to the Trust Estate for payment or satisfaction thereof. The Trustee shall not be liable or accountable hereunder or under any other agreement to which the Trust is a party, except for the Trustee’s own gross negligence or willful misconduct. In particular, but not by way of limitation:

 

(i)           the Trustee shall have no liability or responsibility for the validity or sufficiency of this Declaration of Trust or for the form, character, genuineness, sufficiency, value or validity of the Trust Estate;

 

(ii)          the Trustee shall not be liable for any actions taken or omitted to be taken by it in accordance with the instructions of the Managing Owner;

 

(iii)         the Trustee shall not have any liability for the acts or omissions of the Managing Owner;

 

(iv)         the Trustee shall not be liable for its failure to supervise the performance of any obligations of the Managing Owner, any commodity broker or any selling agent;

 

(v)          no provision of this Declaration of Trust shall require the Trustee to expend or risk funds or otherwise incur any financial liability in the performance of any of its rights or powers hereunder if the Trustee shall have reasonable grounds for believing that repayment of such funds or adequate indemnity against such risk or liability is not reasonably assured or provided to it;

 

(vi)         under no circumstances shall the Trustee be liable for indebtedness evidenced by or other obligations of the Trust arising under this Declaration of Trust or any other agreements to which the Trust is a party;

 

(vii)        the Trustee shall be under no obligation to exercise any of the rights or powers vested in it by this Declaration of Trust, or to institute, conduct or defend any litigation under this Declaration of Trust or any other agreements to which the Trust is a party, at the request, order or direction of the Managing Owner or any Unitholders unless the Managing Owner or such Unitholders have offered to the Trustee security or indemnity satisfactory to it against the costs, expenses and liabilities that may be incurred by the Trustee (including, without limitation, the reasonable fees and expenses of its counsel) therein or thereby; and

 

(viii)       notwithstanding anything contained herein to the contrary, the Trustee shall not be required to take any action in any jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware if the taking of such action will (a) require the consent or approval or authorization or order of or the giving of notice to, or the registration with or taking of any action in respect of, any state or other governmental authority or agency of any jurisdiction other than the State of Delaware, (b) result in any fee, tax or other governmental charge under the laws of any jurisdiction or any political subdivision thereof in existence as of the date hereof other than the State of Delaware becoming payable by the Trustee or (c) subject the Trustee to personal jurisdiction other than in the State of Delaware for causes of action arising from personal acts unrelated to the consummation by the Trustee of the transactions contemplated hereby.

 

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(g) Reliance by the Trustee and the Managing Owner; Advice of Counsel. (i) In the absence of negligence or misconduct on the part of the Managing Owner or bad faith on the part of the Trustee, the Trustee and the Managing Owner may conclusively rely upon certificates or opinions furnished to the Trustee or the Managing Owner and conforming to the requirements of this Declaration of Trust in determining the truth of the statements and the correctness of the opinions contained therein, and shall incur no liability to anyone in acting on any signature, instrument, notice, resolution, request, consent, order, certificate, report, opinion, bond or other document or paper which is believed to be genuine and believed to be signed by the proper party or parties, and need not investigate any fact or matter pertaining to or in any such document; provided, however, that the Trustee or the Managing Owner shall have examined any certificates or opinions so as to determine compliance of the same with the requirements of this Declaration of Trust. The Trustee or the Managing Owner may accept a certified copy of a resolution of the board of directors or other governing body of any corporate party as conclusive evidence that such resolution has been duly adopted by such body and that the same is in full force and effect. As to any fact or matter the method of the determination of which is not specifically prescribed herein, the Trustee or the Managing Owner may for all purposes hereof rely on a certificate, signed by the president or any vice-president or by the treasurer or other authorized officers of the relevant party, as to such fact or matter, and such certificate shall constitute full protection to the Trustee or the Managing Owner for any action taken or omitted to be taken by either of them in good faith in reliance thereon.

 

(ii)           In the exercise or administration of the trust hereunder and in the performance of its duties and obligations under this Declaration of Trust, the Trustee, at the expense of the Trust, (i) may act directly or through its agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees pursuant to agreements entered into with any of them, and the Trustee shall not be liable for the conduct or misconduct of such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees if such agents, attorneys, custodians or nominees shall have been selected by the Trustee with reasonable care and (ii) may consult with counsel, accountants and other skilled professionals to be selected with reasonable care by the Trustee; provided that the Trustee shall not allocate any of its internal expenses or overhead to the account of the Trust. The Trustee shall not be liable for anything done, suffered or omitted in good faith by it in accordance with the opinion or advice of any such counsel, accountant or other such persons.

 

(h) Not Part of Trust Estate. Amounts paid to the Trustee from the Trust Estate, if any, pursuant to this Section 2 shall not be deemed to be part of the Trust Estate immediately after such payment.

 

3.  Principal Office.

 

The address of the principal office of the Trust is c/o the Managing Owner, 411 West Putnam Avenue, Greenwich, Connecticut 06830; telephone: (203) 625-8211. The Trustee is located at Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration. The Trustee shall receive service of process on the Trust in the State of Delaware at the foregoing address. In the event Wilmington Trust Company resigns or is removed as the Trustee, the Trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware shall be the successor Trustee.

 

4.  Business.

 

The Trust’s business and purpose is to engage in speculative trading, buying, selling or otherwise acquiring, holding or disposing of futures and forward contracts on currencies, interest rate, energy and agricultural products, metals, stock and stock indices, hybrid instruments, swaps, any rights pertaining thereto and any options thereon or on physical commodities, and to engage in all activities necessary, convenient or incidental thereto. The objective of the Trust’s business is appreciation of its assets through speculative trading. The Trust shall have the power to engage in all activities which are necessary, suitable, desirable, convenient or incidental to the accomplishment to the foregoing business and purposes. The Trust shall do so under the direction of the Managing Owner.

 

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5.  Term, Dissolution, Fiscal Year, Series of Units and Net Asset Value.

 

(a)   Term. The term of the Trust commenced on the day on which the Certificate of Trust was filed with the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware pursuant to the provisions of the Act. The Trust shall dissolve upon the first to occur of the following: (1) December 31, 2031; (2) receipt by the Managing Owner of an approval to dissolve the Trust at a specified time by Unitholders owning Units representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total number of outstanding Units then owned by Unitholders, notice of which is sent by certified mail return receipt requested to the Managing Owner not less than 90 days prior to the effective date of such dissolution; (3) death, insanity, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, expulsion, withdrawal, insolvency or dissolution of the Managing Owner or any other event that causes the Managing Owner to cease to be a managing owner unless, (i) at the time of such event there is at least one remaining managing owner of the Trust who carries on the business of the Trust (and each remaining managing owner of the Trust is hereby authorized to carry on the business of the Trust in such an event), or (ii) within 90 days after such event Unitholders owning at least fifty percent (50%) of the total number of outstanding Units then owned by Unitholders agree in writing to continue the business of the Trust and to the appointment, effective as of the date of such event, of one or more managing owners of the Trust pursuant to the terms of Sections 18(b) and 18(c); (4) a decline in the aggregate Net Assets of the Trust to less than $250,000; (5) a decline in the Net Asset Value per Unit to $250 or less; or (6) any other event which shall make it unlawful for the existence of the Trust to be continued or shall require dissolution of the Trust.

 

(b)   Dissolution. Upon the occurrence of an event causing the dissolution of the Trust, the Trust shall be dissolved and its affairs wound up. Upon dissolution, the New Profits Memo Account will be added to the Managing Owner’s capital account.

 

Upon the dissolution of the Trust, the Managing Owner (or, if the Managing Owner has withdrawn, such person as the Unitholders may, by majority vote of the Units, select) shall wind up the Trust’s affairs and, in connection therewith, shall distribute the Trust’s assets in the following manner and order:

 

(i)          FIRST TO pay or make reasonable provision to pay (all claims of the Trustee and then all other claims and obligations, including all contingent, conditional or unmatured claims and obligations, for which the Managing Owner (or its successor) may create a reserve, known to the Trust (including claims of Unitholders) and all claims and obligations which are known to the Trust but for which the identity of the claimant is unknown; and

 

(ii)          SECOND TO distribution in cash of the remaining assets to the Unitholders in proportion to their capital accounts, after giving effect to the allocations pursuant to Section 8 hereof as if the date of distribution were the end of a calendar year.

 

The Trust shall terminate when (i) all assets of the Trust shall have been distributed in the manner provided for in this Agreement and (ii) the Certificate of Trust shall have been canceled in the manner required by the Act.

 

(c)   Fiscal Year. The fiscal year of the Trust shall begin on January 1 of each year and end on the following December 31.

 

(d)  Series of Units. The Units may be issued in series (each, a “Series”). The only difference between Units of each Series shall be the applicable fees and expenses described herein. Otherwise, the Units of each Series shall be identical to the Units of the other Series and shall share pro rata in the profits and losses of the Trust. “Series of Units” shall include outstanding Units issued prior to the date hereof (unless the context dictates otherwise). The Series are not of a type contemplated by the last sentence of Section 3804(a) of the Act.

 

(e)  Net Asset Value. The Net Assets of the Trust are its assets less its liabilities determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A Series’ Net Assets in aggregate are the Trust’s assets attributable to that Series minus its liabilities attributable to that Series. If a futures, forward or other contract cannot be liquidated on the day with respect to which Net Assets are being determined, the settlement price on the first subsequent day on which the contract can be liquidated shall be the basis for determining the liquidating value of such contract for such day, or such other value as the Managing Owner may deem fair and reasonable. The liquidating value of a commodity futures or option contract not traded on a United States commodity exchange shall mean its liquidating value as determined by the Managing Owner on a basis consistently applied for each different variety of contract.

 

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The Brokerage Fee shall be charged to Series 1 Units at the basic rate of 7.0% per annum of the average month-end Net Assets of the Trust attributable to Series 1 Units (prior to reduction for accrued but unpaid fees), and additional Series 1 Units shall be allocated to Series 1 Unitholders subject to reduced Brokerage Fees as described in Section 8(a)(3) hereof. Brokerage Fees, accrued as well as paid, shall reduce Net Asset Value of Series 1 Units. The Managing Owner compensates selling agents in connection with the sale of Series 1 Units out of the Brokerage Fee in an amount up to 4% per annum of the Net Asset Value of Series 1 Units but not to exceed 9.5% of the purchase price paid by purchasers of the Series 1 Units. Once the 9.5% threshold is reached with respect to a Series 1 Unit issued on or after the date hereof, amounts that would otherwise be paid to the selling agent for that Series 1 Unit shall instead be rebated to the Trust and shall be allocated equally among all Series 1 Units (inclusive of outstanding Units issued prior to the date hereof).

 

The Management Fee shall be charged to Series 2 Units at the basic rate of 2.0% per annum of the average month-end Net Assets of the Trust attributable to Series 2 Units (prior to reduction for accrued but unpaid fees). The Custodial Fee shall also be charged to Series 2 Units at the basic rate of 0.25% per annum of the average month-end Net Assets of the Trust attributable to Series 2 Units (prior to reduction for accrued but unpaid fees). The Custodial Fee shall be paid to brokers acting as custodian of Series 2 Units for the benefit of Series 2 Unitholders. The maximum amount of Custodial Fees paid to brokers that act as custodian of Series 2 Units shall not exceed 3.1667% of the purchase price paid by purchasers of Series 2 Units (or such lower amount as described in the Prospectus). Once the maximum threshold is reached with respect to a Series 2 Unit, Custodial Fees that would otherwise be paid to the custodian for such Series 2 Unit shall instead be rebated to the Trust and shall be allocated equally among all Series 2 Units. Series 2 Units shall also be subject to their pro rata share of the Trust’s routine charges incidental to trading (including, without limitation, brokerage commissions, prime brokerage fees, exchange, clearinghouse, regulatory, floor brokerage, electronic platform trading costs and “give-up” fees). Management Fees, Custodial Fees and trading costs, accrued as well as paid, shall reduce Net Asset Value of Series 2 Units.

 

The Management Fee shall be charged to Series 3 Units at the basic rate of 2.0% per annum of the average month-end Net Assets of the Trust attributable to Series 3 Units (prior to reduction for accrued but unpaid fees). Series 3 Units shall also be subject to their pro rata share of the Trust’s routine charges incidental to trading (including, without limitation, brokerage commissions, prime brokerage fees, exchange, clearinghouse, regulatory, floor brokerage, electronic platform trading costs and “give-up” fees). Management Fees and trading costs, accrued as well as paid, shall reduce Net Asset Value of Series 3 Units.

 

Series 4 Units shall be subject to their pro rata share of the Trust’s routine charges incidental to trading (including, without limitation, brokerage commissions, prime brokerage fees, exchange, clearinghouse, regulatory, floor brokerage, electronic platform trading costs and “give-up” fees). Trading costs, accrued as well as paid, shall reduce Net Asset Value of Series 4 Units.

 

Accrued Profit Shares (as described in Section 8 hereof) shall reduce Net Asset Value, even though such Profit Shares may never, in fact, be paid. Accrued Profit Shares shall be calculated on a basis which reflects any aggregate New Trading Profit (as defined in Section 8(c)), accrued equally in respect of each Series 1 Unit (except as necessary to reflect the difference in the Brokerage Fees charged certain Unitholders) and accrued equally in respect of the Series 2 and 3 Units in the aggregate (except as necessary to reflect the Custodial Fee charged to the Series 2 Unitholders) but not in respect of the Series 4 Units, the Managing Owner’s capital account or the New Profits Memo Account (see Section 8(a)).   

 

6.  Net Worth of Managing Owner.

 

The Managing Owner agrees that at all times so long as it remains managing owner of the Trust, it will maintain its Net Worth at an amount not less than the greater of $50,000 or 5% of the total contributions to the Trust and to all other entities of which it is managing owner or general partner. In no event shall the Managing Owner be required to maintain a net worth in excess of $1,000,000.

 

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7.  Capital Contributions; Units; Managing Owner’s Liability.

 

(a)  Types of Beneficial Interests. The beneficial interests in the Trust shall consist of two types: a general liability interest and limited liability Units. The Managing Owner shall acquire the general liability interest, and investors shall all acquire limited liability Units.

 

(b)  Managing Owner’s Liability. Upon the initial contribution by the Managing Owner to the Trust, the Managing Owner became the holder of the general liability interest of the Trust. The Managing Owner’s general liability interest shall be accounted for on a Unit-equivalent basis, but may receive allocations on an aggregate basis so as to simplify the Trust’s accounting. The Managing Owner’s general liability interest will not be subject to full Brokerage Fees, but rather only to actual execution costs, nor shall it be subject to Management Fees, Custodial Fees or Profit Shares.

 

(c)  No Certificates. No certificates or other evidences of beneficial ownership of the Units will be issued.

 

(d)  Unitholder Consent. Every Unitholder, by virtue of having purchased or otherwise acquired Units, shall be deemed to have expressly consented and agreed to be bound by the terms of this Declaration of Trust.

 

The Unitholders’ respective capital contributions to the Trust shall be as shown on the books and records of the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner shall have unlimited liability for the repayment, satisfaction and discharge of all debts, liabilities and obligations of the Trust to the full extent, and only to the extent, of the Managing Owner’s assets.

 

The Managing Owner shall be liable for the acts, omissions, obligations and expenses of the Trust, to the extent not paid out of the assets of the Trust, to the same extent that the Managing Owner would be so liable if the Trust were a partnership under the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act and the Managing Owner were a general partner of such partnership. The obligations of the Managing Owner under this paragraph shall be evidenced by its ownership of the general liability interest.

 

The Managing Owner, so long as it is generally liable for the obligations of the Trust, shall invest in the Trust, as a general liability interest, no less than 1% of the net capital contributions to the Trust (including the Managing Owner’s contributions) but in no event shall the Managing Owner invest less than $500,000 of the total capital contributions to the Trust. The Managing Owner may withdraw any interest it may have in excess of such requirement as of any month-end on the same terms as any Unitholder, provided the Managing Owner’s interest in the Trust remains equal to or greater than the greater of (i) 1% of the Trust’s then current Net Assets or (ii) $500,000.

 

Any Units acquired by the Managing Owner or any of its principals or their respective affiliates will be non-voting, and will not be considered outstanding for purposes of determining whether the majority approval of the outstanding Units has been obtained.

 

The general liability interest in the Trust held by the Managing Owner will be non-voting.

 

8.  Allocation of Profits and Losses.

 

(a)  Capital Accounts and Allocations. A capital account shall be established for each Unit of each Series and for the Managing Owner. In addition, a New Profits Memo Account shall be established on the books of the Trust for bookkeeping purposes only. The initial balance of each capital account shall be the amount contributed to the Trust in respect of a Unit or by the Managing Owner. As of the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on the last day of each month, the following determinations and allocations shall be made:

 

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(1)           The Net Assets of the Trust will be determined without regard to Brokerage Fees, Management Fees, Custodial Fees, the Trust’s actual trade execution and clearing costs or Profit Shares.

 

(2)           Any increase or decrease in the Trust’s Net Assets (as determined pursuant to Paragraph 1 above), as compared to the last such determination of Net Assets, shall then be credited or charged pro rata to the capital account of each Unit, to the capital account of the Managing Owner and to the New Profits Memo Account.

 

(3)           Brokerage Fees shall be charged equally to all Series 1 Units at the rate of 0.5833 of 1% of the month-end Trust assets (prior to reduction for any accrued but unpaid fees or Profit Shares) allocable to such Series 1 Units (a 7.0% annual rate). Such Brokerage Fees shall be paid out to the Managing Owner; provided that in respect of Series 1 Units which are subject to per annum Brokerage Fees of 6.5%, 6.0%, or 5.5% (or as otherwise reduced to reflect reduced sales commissions) of the average month-end Trust assets allocable to such Series 1 Units, the difference between the 0.5833 of 1% Brokerage Fees charged and the reduced Brokerage Fee due as of the end of each month shall not be paid out to the Managing Owner but shall instead be credited to a Suspense Account which shall not be included in the Net Asset Value of the Series 1 Units, and shall be used solely as a means of efficiently accounting for the reduction in the Brokerage Fee payable by such Series 1 Unitholders while maintaining a uniform Net Asset Value per Series 1 Unit.

 

Management Fees shall be charged equally to all Series 2 Units at the rate of 0.166 of 1% of the month-end Trust assets (prior to reduction for any accrued but unpaid fees or Profit Shares) allocable to such Series 2 Units (a 2.0% annual rate) and Custodial Fees shall be charged equally to all Series 2 Units at the rate of 0.0208 of 1% of the month-end Trust assets (prior to reduction for any accrued but unpaid fees or Profit Shares) allocable to such Series 2 units (a 0.25% annual rate). Actual costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to Series 2 Units, including prime brokerage fees in respect of currency forward contracts attributable to Series 2 Units, shall also be charged equally to all Series 2 Units.

 

Management Fees shall be charged equally to all Series 3 Units at the rate of 0.166 of 1% of the month-end Trust assets (prior to reduction for any accrued but unpaid fees or Profit Shares) allocable to such Series 3 Units (a 2% annual rate). Actual costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to Series 3 Units, including prime brokerage fees in respect of currency forward contracts attributable to Series 3 Units, shall also be charged equally to all Series 3 Units.

 

Actual costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades attributable to Series 4 Units, including prime brokerage fees in respect of currency forward contracts attributable to Series 4 Units, shall also be charged equally to all Series 4 Units.

 

Brokerage Fees, Management Fees and Custodial Fees will not be charged to (or calculated on a basis of average month-end Trust assets which include) capital accounts of the Series 4 Unitholders, the Managing Owner, its principals, their respective affiliates or the New Profits Memo Account. The capital accounts of the Series 4 Unitholders, the Managing Owner, its principals, their respective affiliates and the New Profits Memo Account shall be charged for their respective pro rata shares of the costs of executing and clearing the Trust’s futures trades as well as for prime brokerage fees in respect of currency forward contracts, but not for any Brokerage Fees, Management Fees or Custodial Fees.

 

(4)           The Managing Owner’s Series 1 Profit Share will equal 20% of any Series 1 New Trading Profit (as defined in Section 8(c)). The Managing Owner’s Series 2/3 Profit Share will equal 20% of any aggregate Series 2 and Series 3 New Trading Profit (as defined in Section 8(c)). As of the end of each month, the amount of any such Series 1 Profit Share or Series 2/3 Profit Share, as applicable, shall be calculated and shall reduce the Net Asset Value per Unit of Series 1 or Series 2 and Series 3, as applicable, pro rata. The Series 4 Units shall not be subject to a Profit Share. The amount of any such Profit Share shall be deducted from each Unit’s capital account (other than the Series 4 Units, as described above) and credited to the New Profits Memo Account, as a bookkeeping entry only, as of the end of each calendar year. The capital accounts of the Managing Owner, its principals, their respective affiliates and the New Profits Memo Account will not be subject to the Profit Share. (For the avoidance of doubt, the amount of any Series 1 Profit Share accrual reversal shall be credited to the Series 1 Units only and the amount of any Series 2/3 Profit Share accrual reversal shall be credited, pro rata, to Series 2 and Series 3 Units only.)

 

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(5)           The amounts credited to the Suspense Account as provided in Paragraph 3 above as of the end of any month shall be reduced by the 20% Series 1 Profit Share if there is an accrued Profit Share in respect of the Series 1 Units as of the month-end that such amounts are so credited. If such month-end is also a year-end, the amount of such Series 1 Profit Share shall be credited to the New Profits Memo Account, as a bookkeeping entry only, and the remainder of the Suspense Account shall be reinvested in Series 1 Units as of such month-end, at Net Asset Value, for the benefit of the appropriate Series 1 Unitholders. If such month-end is not also a year-end, the Series 1 Profit Share accrual, as well as the remainder of the Suspense Account, shall be reinvested in Series 1 Units as of such month-end, at Net Asset Value, for the benefit of the appropriate Series 1 Unitholders.

 

(6)           The Managing Owner’s Series 1 Profit Share or Series 2/3 Profit Share with respect to Units redeemed as of a month-end which is not the end of a calendar year shall be computed as though such month-end were the end of a calendar year, and the amount of the Series 1 Profit Share or Series 2/3 Profit Share so computed (if any) shall be deducted from the redeemed Units’ capital accounts and credited to the New Profits Memo Account, as a bookkeeping entry only.

 

(7)           When Series 1 Units subject to reduced per annum Brokerage Fees are redeemed: (i) if a Series 1 Profit Share is then accrued, the difference between the 7.0% per annum and reduced per annum Brokerage Fee attributable to such Series 1 Units for the month-end of redemption shall be assessed a 20% Series 1 Profit Share which shall be credited to the New Profits Memo Account, as a bookkeeping entry only; and (ii) the Series 1 Profit Share, if any, due in respect of such Series 1 Units shall be calculated on the same basis as in respect of all other Series 1 Units, as set forth in Paragraph 4 above, and credited to the New Profits Memo Account, as a bookkeeping entry only.

 

If no Series 1 Profit Share is accrued as of the date of redemption, then no New Profits Memo Account credits shall be made in respect of any portion of the Series 1 Units redeemed.

 

(8)           The amount of any distributions made in respect of a Unit as of the end of such month and any amount (not reduced by any early redemption charges) paid upon partial redemption of Units or upon withdrawal of the Managing Owner’s interest as of the end of such month shall be charged against the capital account of such Unit or of the Managing Owner. The capital account of any Unit fully redeemed shall be eliminated.

 

(9)           Brokerage Fees, Management Fees and Custodial Fees shall be treated as if paid or payable to a third party and shall not be credited to the capital account of the general liability interest held by the Managing Owner.

 

(10)           Persons who make a net capital investment in the Series 1 Units, including both initial and subsequent investments and without regard to profits or losses, of $100,000, $500,000, $1,000,000 or more or who acquired Series 1 Units through asset-based fee or fixed-fee investment programs (such as broker or trust company “wrap accounts”) shall be entitled to pay Brokerage Fees of 6.5%, 6.0%, 5.5% or 4% per annum, respectively, of the average month-end assets of their respective capital accounts; provided that, if after any redemption of Series 1 Units, the aggregate net capital contributions for Series 1 Units (subscriptions less redemptions, but assuming redemptions to be made first from accumulated net profits, not capital contributions) of an investor is less than $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000, such Series 1 Unitholder will no longer be eligible for the level of per annum Brokerage Fee such investor was paying but rather shall be subject to the higher Brokerage Fee applicable to the aggregate Net Asset Value of such investor’s Series 1 Units as if that amount were such investor’s initial investment in the Series 1 Units. Should such person subsequently make an additional subscription, if the amount of such subsequent subscription plus such Series 1 Unitholder’s remaining net capital contributions (subscriptions less redemptions, but assuming redemptions to be made first from accumulated net profits, not capital contributions) equals $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, such person will pay the Brokerage Fee applicable to such person’s net capital investment in the Series 1 Units described in this Paragraph 10. Redemptions of Series 1 Units shall not cause investors who invest through asset-based fee or fixed-fee investment programs to pay increased Brokerage Fees.

 

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Reduced Brokerage Fees apply to a Series 1 Unitholder’s entire capital account attributable to Series 1 Units, not just that part of such capital account corresponding to capital contributions of $100,000, $500,000 and $1,000,000 or more.

 

(b)  Allocation of Profit and Loss for Federal Income Tax Purposes. Each of the parties hereto, by entering into this Declaration of Trust, (i) expresses its intention that the Units will qualify under applicable tax law as though the Units were interests in a partnership which holds the Trust Estate for their benefit, (ii) agrees that it will file its own federal, state and local income, franchise and other tax returns in a manner that is consistent with the treatment of the Trust as though it were a partnership in which each of the Unitholders is a partner and (iii) agrees to use reasonable efforts to notify the Managing Owner promptly upon a receipt of any notice from any taxing authority having jurisdiction over such Unitholder with respect to the treatment of the Units as anything other than interests in a partnership. As of the end of each fiscal year, income and expense and capital gain or loss of the Trust shall be allocated among the Unitholders pursuant to the following provisions of this Section 8(b) for federal income tax purposes. Such allocations shall be pro rata from short-term capital gain or loss and long-term capital gain or loss. For purposes of this Section 8(b), capital gain and capital loss shall be allocated separately and not netted.

 

(1)           Items of ordinary income and expenses attributable to the Trust (other than Brokerage Fees, Management Fees, Custodial Fees, and allocable execution and clearing costs (including prime brokerage fees), which shall be allocated as set forth in Section 8(b)(2)), shall be allocated pro rata among all Units of the Trust (based on Net Asset Value per Unit) outstanding as of the end of each calendar month (including Units being then redeemed), and pro rata to the capital account of the Managing Owner.

 

(2)           Deductions attributable to Brokerage Fees, Management Fees, Custodial Fees and allocable execution and clearing costs (including prime brokerage fees) shall be allocated to each Unitholder and the Managing Owner in the same manner as such Brokerage Fees, Management Fees, Custodial Fees and allocable execution and clearing costs are allocated for financial purposes pursuant to Section 8(a).

 

(3)           Capital Gain or Loss (as defined in Section 8(b)(3)(H)) shall be allocated as follows:

 

(A)           There shall be established a tax account with respect to each outstanding Unit and with respect to the Managing Owner. The initial balance of each tax account shall be the net amount paid to the Trust for each Unit and the amount contributed to the Trust by the Managing Owner. Amounts reinvested in Series 1 Units from the Suspense Account, as described in Section 8(a) hereof, shall not increase the aggregate tax basis of the affected Series 1 Unitholders in their Series 1 Units; rather the Series 1 Units acquired upon reinvestment will have an initial tax basis of $0. As of the end of each fiscal year:

 

(i)           Each tax account for the Units and the Managing Owner shall be increased by the amount of income or gain allocated to such tax account pursuant to Sections 8(b)(1), 8(b)(3)(B) and 8(b)(3)(D).

 

(ii)           Each tax account for the Units shall be decreased by the amount of expense or loss allocated to each Unit pursuant to Sections 8(b)(1), 8(b)(2) and 8(b)(3)(F) and by the amount of any distributions paid out with respect to such Units other than upon redemption.

 

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(iii)           When a Unit is redeemed, the tax account attributable to such Unit (determined after making all allocations described in this Section 8(b)) shall be eliminated.

 

(B)           The Managing Owner shall be allocated Capital Gain, if any, up to the amount of any bookkeeping credit to the New Profits Memo Account, including any credits made as of the end of the fiscal year of allocation. To the extent any such tax allocation is made, the balance in the New Profits Memo Account shall be reduced, and the balance in the Managing Owner’s capital account, for financial purposes, correspondingly increased.

 

(C)           Each Unitholder who redeems a Unit during a fiscal year (including Units redeemed as of the end of the last day of such fiscal year) shall be allocated Capital Gain, if any, up to the amount of the excess, if any, of the amount received in respect of the Units so redeemed over the sum of the tax accounts (determined after making the allocation described in Sections 8(b)(1) and 8(b)(2), but prior to making the allocations described in this Section 8(b)(3)(C)) allocable to such Units (an “Excess”). In the event that the aggregate amount of Capital Gain available to be allocated pursuant to this Section 8(b)(3)(C) is less than the aggregate amount of Capital Gain required to be so allocated, the aggregate amount of available Capital Gain shall be allocated among all such Unitholders in the ratio which each such Unitholder’s Excess bears to the aggregate Excess of all such Unitholders.

 

(D)           Capital Gain remaining after the allocation described in Section 8(b)(3)(C) shall be allocated among all Unitholders who hold Units outstanding as of the end of the applicable fiscal year (other than Units redeemed as of the end of the last day of such fiscal year) whose capital accounts with respect to such Units are in excess of the related tax accounts (determined after making the allocations described in Sections 8(b)(1) and 8(b)(2)) allocable to such Units, in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s Excess bears to the aggregate Excess of all such Unitholders. Capital Gain remaining after the allocation described in the preceding sentence shall be allocated among all Unitholders described in said sentence in proportion to their holdings of such Units.

 

(E)           Each Unitholder who redeems a Unit during a fiscal year (including Units redeemed as of the end of the last day of such fiscal year) shall be allocated Capital Loss, if any, up to the amount of the sum of the excess of the tax accounts (determined after making the allocations described in Sections 8(b)(1) and 8(b)(2), but prior to making the allocations described in this Section 8(b)(3)(E)) allocable to the Units so redeemed over the amount received in respect of such Units (a “Negative Excess”). In the event that the aggregate amount of available Capital Loss required to be allocated pursuant to this Section 8(b)(3)(E) is less than the aggregate amount required to be so allocated, the aggregate amount of available Capital Loss shall be allocated among all such Unitholders in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s Negative Excess bears to the aggregate Negative Excess of all such Unitholders.

 

(F)           Capital Loss remaining after the allocation described in Section 8(b)(3)(E) shall be allocated among all Unitholders who hold Units outstanding as of the end of the applicable fiscal year (other than Units redeemed as of the end of the last day of such fiscal year) whose tax accounts with respect to such Units are in excess of their capital accounts (determined after making the allocations described in Sections 8(b)(1) and 8(b)(2) with respect to such Units, in the ratio that each such Unitholder’s Negative Excess bears to the aggregate Negative Excess of all such Unitholders. Capital Loss remaining after the allocation described in the preceding sentence shall be allocated among all Unitholders described in such sentence in proportion to their holdings of such Units.

 

(G)           For purposes of this Section 8(b), the Managing Owner’s interest in the Trust will be treated as if it were a single Unit.

 

(H)           For purposes of this Section 8(b), “Capital Gain” or “Capital Loss” shall mean gain or loss characterized as gain or loss from the sale or exchange of a capital asset by the Code, including, but not limited to, gain or loss required to be taken into account pursuant to Section 1256 thereof.

 

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(4)           The allocation of profit and loss for federal income tax purposes set forth herein allocates taxable profit and loss among the Unitholders in the ratio and to the extent that financial profit and loss are allocated to such Unitholders and so as to eliminate, to the maximum practicable extent, any disparity between a Unit’s capital account and its tax account, consistent with principles set forth in Section 704 of the Code, including without limitation a “Qualified Income Offset.”

 

(5)           The allocations of profit and loss to the Unitholders in respect of their Units shall not exceed the allocations permitted under Subchapter K of the Code, as determined by the Managing Owner, whose determination shall be binding.

 

(c) Profit Share; New Profits Memo Account. The Managing Owner’s Profit Share will equal 20% of any cumulative trading profits (“New Trading Profit”), not including interest income, after deduction of all accrued but unpaid fees and expenses other than the Profit Share itself (“Trading Profit”), over the highest level of such cumulative Trading Profit as of any previous calendar year-end, or $0, if higher (the “Profit Share High Water Mark”). Profit Shares shall be determined separately (i) in respect of Series 1 Units (“Series 1 Profit Share”) and (ii) in respect of Series 2 and 3 Units in the aggregate (“Series 2/3 Profit Share”). Trading Profit does not include profits allocable to the Managing Owner’s capital account or to the New Profits Memo Account. (For the avoidance of doubt, Series 1 Profit Shares will be calculated on Series 1 Units subject to reduced per annum as well as on those subject to a 7.0% per annum Brokerage Fee in the manner described in Section 8(a) hereof.)

 

New Trading Profit is reduced by routine administrative expenses.

 

If Series 1 Units are redeemed when there is a loss carryforward for Series 1 Profit Share calculation purposes (i.e., the current level of cumulative Trading Profit for Series 1 is below the Profit Share High Water Mark for Series 1), such loss carryforward will be reduced in proportion to the proportion of the total outstanding Series 1 Units. If Series 2 Units or Series 3 Units are redeemed when there is a loss carryforward for Series 2/3 Profit Share calculation purposes (i.e., the current level of cumulative Trading Profit for Series 2 and Series 3 is below the Profit Share High Water Mark for Series 2 and Series 3), such loss carryforward will be reduced in proportion to the proportion of the total Net Assets of Series 2 and Series 3 Units.

 

Neither any Unitholder nor the Managing Owner shall have any interest in the New Profits Memo Account, except as described in Section 5(b) hereof. However, as described in Section 8(b)(3)(B), bookkeeping entries in the New Profits Memo Account shall be reduced, and the Managing Owner’s capital account correspondingly increased to the extent that priority allocations of Capital Gain are made to the Managing Owner pursuant to said Section 8(b)(3)(B).

 

In the event that the Net Asset Value per Unit of any Series is less than $400 as of any calendar month-end, the balance of any bookkeeping entries to the New Profits Memo Account then outstanding will be cancelled, and an amount equal to such balance shall be allocated pro rata among all outstanding Units (based on Net Asset Value per Unit), but not to the Managing Owner’s capital account.

 

(d) Expenses; Interest Income. The Trust shall bear all of any taxes applicable to it. The Series 1 Units shall pay the Managing Owner a Brokerage Fee equal to 0.5833 of 1% (a 7.0% annual rate) of the month-end assets of the Trust (prior to reduction for any accrued but unpaid Brokerage Fees and Series 1 Profit Shares) attributable to the Series 1 Units; provided that in the case of subscribers who invest $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more in the Series 1 Units, such Brokerage Fee shall be reduced to 0.5417 of 1% (a 6.5% annual rate), 0.50 of 1% (a 6% annual rate) or 0.4583 of 1% (a 5.5% annual rate), respectively, of such month-end assets of the Trust attributable to each such Series 1 Unitholder’s capital account, as contemplated by Section 8(a)(10) above.

 

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The Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units shall pay the Managing owner a Management Fee equal to 0.166 of 1% (a 2.0% annual rate) of the month-end assets of the Trust (prior to any accrued but unpaid Custodial Fee, Management Fees and Profit Shares) attributable to the Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units, respectively.

 

The Series 2 Units shall pay the Managing Owner a Custodial Fee equal to 0.0208 of 1% (a 0.25% annual rate) of the month-end assets of the Trust attributable to the Series 2 Units.

 

The Managing Owner shall pay all routine charges incidental to trading (including, without limitation, brokerage commissions, prime brokerage fees, exchange, clearinghouse, regulatory, floor brokerage, electronic platform trading costs and “give-up” fees) attributable to the Series 1 Units. The Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units shall pay all routine charges incidental to trading (including, without limitation, brokerage commissions, prime brokerage fees, exchange, clearinghouse, regulatory, floor brokerage, electronic platform trading costs and “give-up” fees) attributable to the Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units and Series 4 Units, respectively. Any extraordinary charges incidental to trading (for example, insurance or delivery charges) will be paid by the Trust.

 

The Trust’s organizational and offering expenses, including redemption fees, are limited to 15% of the capital contributions to the Trust.

 

The Trust will pay its ongoing administrative expenses, including the fees of the Trustee. All of the expenses which are for the account of the Trust shall be billed directly to the Trust. The Trust shall bear all of its own legal, accounting and administrative expenses, but none of the Managing Owner’s “overhead” expenses incurred in connection with the administration of the Trust (including, but not limited to, salaries and rent) shall be charged to the Trust.

 

Appropriate reserves may be created, accrued and charged against the Net Assets for contingent liabilities, if any, as of the date any such contingent liability becomes known to the Managing Owner. Such reserves shall reduce Net Asset Value for all purposes.

 

Any goods and services provided to the Trust by the Managing Owner shall be provided at rates and terms at least as favorable as those which may be obtained from third parties in arm’s-length negotiations.

 

In the event that the Trust shall be subject to taxation by any state or local or by any foreign taxing authority, the Trust shall be obligated to pay such taxes to such jurisdiction. In the event that the Trust shall be required to make payments to any federal, state or local or any foreign taxing authority in respect of any Unitholder’s allocable share of the Trust’s income, the amount of such taxes shall be considered a loan by the Trust to such Unitholder, and such Unitholder shall be liable for, and shall pay to the Trust, any taxes so required to be withheld and paid over by the Trust within ten (10) days after the Managing Owner’s request therefor. Such Unitholder shall also be liable for (and the Managing Owner shall be entitled to redeem Units of such Unitholder as necessary to satisfy) interest on the amount of taxes paid over by the Trust to the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) or other taxing authority, from the date of the Managing Owner’s request for payment to the date of payment or redemption, as the case may be, at the rate of two percent (2%) per annum over the prime rate charged from time to time by FBR National Bank & Trust, Bethesda, Maryland. Any amount payable by the Trust to such Unitholder shall be reduced by any obligations owed to the Trust by the Unitholder, including, without limitation, the amount of any taxes required to be paid over by the Trust to the IRS or other taxing authority and interest thereon as aforesaid. Amounts, if any, deducted by the Trust from any actual distribution or redemption payment to such Unitholder shall be treated as an actual distribution to such Unitholder for all purposes of this Declaration of Trust.

 

The Trust will receive all interest income earned on its assets.

 

(e) Limited Liability of Unitholders. Each Unit, when purchased in accordance with this Declaration of Trust, shall, except as otherwise provided by law, be fully-paid and nonassessable. Any provisions of this Declaration of Trust to the contrary notwithstanding, Unitholders (including the Managing Owner, except to the extent otherwise provided herein) shall be entitled to the same limitation on personal liability extended to stockholders of private corporations for profit organized under the General Corporation Law of the State of Delaware.

 

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The Trust will indemnify, to the full extent permitted by law, each Unitholder (other than the Managing Owner in the event that the Managing Owner acquires Units) against any claims of liability asserted against such Unitholder solely because such Unitholder is a beneficial owner of the Trust (other than in respect of taxes due from such Unitholder as such a beneficial owner).

 

Every written note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking made or issued by the Managing Owner shall give notice to the effect that the same was executed or made by or on behalf of the Trust and that the obligations of any of the foregoing are not binding upon the Unitholders individually but are binding only upon the assets and property of the Trust, and that no resort shall be had to the Unitholders’ personal property for the satisfaction of any obligation or claim thereunder, and appropriate references may be made to this Declaration of Trust and may contain any further recital which the Managing Owner deems appropriate, but the omission thereof shall not operate to bind the Unitholders individually or otherwise invalidate any such note, bond, contract, instrument, certificate or undertaking.

 

(f) Return of Capital Contributions. No Unitholder or subsequent assignee shall have any right to demand the return of his or her capital contribution or any profits added thereto, except through redeeming Units or upon dissolution of the Trust, in each case as provided herein. In no event shall a Unitholder or subsequent assignee be entitled to demand or receive property other than cash.

 

9.  Management of the Trust.

 

(a) Authority of the Managing Owner. Pursuant to Section 3806 of the Act, the Trust shall be managed by the Managing Owner, and the conduct of the Trust’s business (including the maintenance of accounts and allocations) shall be controlled and conducted solely by the Managing Owner in accordance with this Declaration of Trust.

 

The Managing Owner, to the exclusion of all other Unitholders, shall control, conduct and manage the business of the Trust. The Managing Owner shall have sole discretion in determining what distributions of profits and income, if any, shall be made to the Unitholders (subject to the allocation provisions hereof), shall execute various documents on behalf of the Trust and the Unitholders pursuant to powers of attorney and shall supervise the liquidation of the Trust if an event causing dissolution of the Trust occurs.

 

The Managing Owner may, in furtherance of the business of the Trust, cause the Trust to buy, sell, hold or otherwise acquire or dispose of commodities, futures contracts, forward contracts on currencies and options traded on exchanges or otherwise, swaps, hybrid instruments, arbitrage positions, repurchase agreements, interest-bearing securities, deposit accounts and similar instruments and other assets, and cause the trading of the Trust to be limited to only certain of the foregoing instruments.

 

The Managing Owner may take such other actions on behalf of the Trust as the Managing Owner deems necessary or desirable to manage the business of the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner is hereby authorized to perform all duties imposed by Sections 6221 through 6232 of the Code on the Managing Owner as the “tax matters partner” of the Trust.

 

(b) Notification of Basic Changes. The Managing Owner shall send to all Unitholders and assignees prior notice of any change in the basic investment approach of the Trust and of any increase in its charges. Such notifications shall contain a ballot and a description of Unitholder’s voting and redemption rights and a description of any material effect of such change or increase. The Managing Owner is hereby specifically authorized to enter into, on behalf of the Trust, the Customer Agreements, the Selling Agreements and the Additional Selling Agent Agreements as described in the Prospectus. For the avoidance of doubt, the business terms applicable to Units issued prior to the date hereof including, but not limited to fee terms and redemption terms, shall continue with respect to such Units while such Units remain outstanding.

 

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(c) Certain Agreements. In addition to any specific contract or agreements described herein, the Trust, and the Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust, may enter into any other contracts or agreements specifically described in or contemplated by the Prospectus without any further act, approval or vote of any Unitholder other than the Managing Owner, notwithstanding any other provisions of this Declaration of Trust, the Act or any applicable law, rule or regulations.

 

(d) Fiduciary Duties. The Managing Owner shall be under a fiduciary duty to conduct the affairs of the Trust in the best interests of the Trust, provided that the Managing Owner shall not be obligated to engage in any conduct on behalf of the Trust to the detriment of any other commodity pool to which the Managing Owner owes similar fiduciary duties. The Unitholders will under no circumstances be deemed to have contracted away the fiduciary obligations owed them by the Managing Owner under the common law. The Managing Owner’s fiduciary duty includes, among other things, the safekeeping of all funds and assets of the Trust and the use thereof for the benefit of the Trust. The Managing Owner shall at all times act with integrity and good faith and exercise due diligence in all activities relating to the conduct of the business of the Trust and in resolving conflicts of interest. The Managing Owner will take no actions with respect to the property of the Trust which do not benefit the Trust, and the Managing Owner will not use the assets of the Trust as compensating balances for the Managing Owner’s exclusive benefit.

 

(e) Brokerage Arrangements. The Trust’s brokerage arrangements shall be non-exclusive, and the brokerage commissions paid by the Trust shall be competitive. Such brokerage commissions may not exceed 14% annually of the average net assets of the Trust, excluding Trust assets not directly related to trading activity. The Trust shall seek the best price and services available for its commodity transactions.

 

The Brokerage Fees (in respect of Series 1 Units) and Management Fees (in respect of Series 2 Units and Series 3 Units) paid by the Trust may not exceed the amount permitted under applicable North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. Guidelines for the Registration of Commodity Pool Programs (“Blue Sky Guidelines”) in effect as of the date hereof.

 

(f) Prohibited Activities. The Trust shall make no loans to any party, and the funds of the Trust will not be commingled with the funds of any other person or entity (deposit of funds with a commodity broker, clearinghouse or forward dealer or entering into joint ventures or partnerships shall not be deemed to constitute “commingling” for these purposes). The Managing Owner shall make no loans to the Trust.

 

The Trust shall not employ the trading technique commonly known as “pyramiding.” The Managing Owner taking into account the Trust’s open trade equity on existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional commodity positions on behalf of the Trust will not be considered to be engaging in “pyramiding.”

 

No person or entity may receive, directly or indirectly, any advisory, management or incentive fees, or any profit-sharing allocation from joint ventures, partnerships or similar arrangements in which the Trust participates, for investment advice or management who shares or participates in any per-trade commodity brokerage commissions paid by the Trust; no broker may pay, directly or indirectly, rebates or give-ups to any trading advisor or manager or to the Managing Owner or any of their respective affiliates; and such prohibitions may not be circumvented by any reciprocal business arrangements.

 

The maximum period covered by any contract entered into by the Trust, except for the various provisions of the Selling Agreement which survive, shall not exceed one year. Any material change in the basic investment policies or structure of the Trust shall require the approval of Unitholders owning Units representing more than fifty percent (50%) of the total outstanding Units owned by Unitholders as of a record date established for a vote thereon. Any agreements between the Trust and the Managing Owner or any affiliate of the Managing Owner shall be terminable by the Trust upon no more than 60 days’ written notice.

 

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(g) Freedom of Action. The Managing Owner is engaged, and may in the future engage, other business activities and shall not be required to refrain from any other activity nor forego any profits from any such activity, whether or not in competition with the Trust. The Trustee and the Unitholders may similarly engage in any such other business activities. The Managing Owner shall devote to the Trust such time as the Managing Owner may deem advisable to the conduct of the Trust’s business and affairs.

 

10.  Audits and Reports to Unitholders.

 

The Trust’s books shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant. The Trust will use its best efforts to cause each Unitholder to receive (i) within 90, but in no event later than 120 days, after the close of each fiscal year certified financial statements for the fiscal year then ended, (ii) within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year (but in no event later than March 15 of each year) such tax information as is necessary for a Unitholder to complete his or her federal income tax return and (iii) such other annual and monthly information as the Commodity Futures Trading Commission may by regulation require. Unitholders or their duly authorized representatives may inspect the books and records of the Trust during normal business hours upon reasonable written notice to the Managing Owner and obtain copies of such records upon payment of reasonable reproduction costs; provided, however, that upon request by the Managing Owner, the requesting Unitholder shall represent that the inspection and/or copies of such records will not be used for commercial purposes unrelated to such Unitholder’s interest as an investor in the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner shall calculate the Net Asset Value per Unit of each Series on a monthly basis and sell and redeem Units of each Series at such Net Asset Value.

 

The Brokerage Fees, Management Fees, Custodial Fees and Profit Share may not be increased without prior written notice to any affected Unitholders within sufficient time for the exercise of their redemption rights prior to any such increase becoming effective. The Brokerage Fees and the Profit Share may not be increased during any period when a redemption charge is in effect with respect to any Series 1 Units.

 

The Managing Owner shall notify the Unitholders of (i) changes to the trading method of the Managing Owner which the Managing Owner believes to be material, (ii) changes in Brokerage Fees, Management Fee, Custodial Fees, Profit Share or other fees paid by the Trust or (iii) material changes in the basic investment policies or structure of the Trust. The Managing Owner shall so notify Unitholders, by certified mail or other means of notification providing for evidence of delivery, prior to any such change. Such notification shall set forth the Unitholders’ voting and redemption rights. The Managing Owner will send written notice to each Unitholder of a Series within seven days of any decline in the Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series to 50% or less of such value as of the previous month-end. Any such notice shall contain a description of the Unitholders’ voting and redemption rights. The Managing Owner, not the Trust, shall pay the cost of any notification delivered pursuant to this paragraph.

 

The Managing Owner shall prepare or cause to be prepared and shall file on or before the due date (or any extension thereof) any federal, state or local tax returns required to be filed by the Trust. The Managing Owner shall cause the Trust to pay any taxes payable by the Trust; provided, however, that such taxes need not be paid if the Managing Owner or the Trust are in good faith and by appropriate legal proceedings contesting the validity, applicability or amount thereof, and such contest does not materially endanger any right or interest of the Trust.

 

The Managing Owner shall maintain and preserve all required records relating to the Trust for a period of not less than six (6) years from the receipt of such records.

 

In particular, and not by way of limitation, the Managing Owner will retain all Subscription Agreement and Power of Attorney Signature Pages submitted by persons admitted as Unitholders, and all other records necessary to substantiate that Units are sold only to purchasers for whom the Units are a suitable investment, for at least six (6) years after Units are sold to such persons.

 

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The Managing Owner shall seek the best price and services for the Trust’s trading, and will, with the assistance of the Trust’s commodity broker(s), make an annual review of the commodity brokerage arrangements applicable to the Trust. Not by way of qualifying the Managing Owner’s obligations to ensure that the Trust’s brokerage arrangements are competitive, but rather as a means of providing additional information to the Unitholders, in connection with such review, the Managing Owner will ascertain, to the extent practicable, the commodity brokerage rates charged to other major commodity pools whose trading and operations are, in the opinion of the Managing Owner, comparable to those of the Trust, in order to assess whether the rates charged the Trust are reasonable in light of the services it receives and the terms upon which the Trust was promoted to subscribers. If, as a result of such review, the Managing Owner determines that such rates are unreasonable in light of the services provided to the Trust and the terms upon which the Trust was promoted, the Managing Owner will notify the Unitholders, setting forth the rates charged to the Trust and several funds which are, in the Managing Owner’s opinion, comparable to the Trust. The Managing Owner shall also make an annual review of the forward trading arrangements for the Trust in an attempt to determine whether such arrangements are competitive with those of other comparable pools in light of the circumstances.

 

In addition to the undertakings in the preceding paragraph, the Trust will seek the best price and services available on its commodity brokerage transactions. All brokerage transactions will be effected at competitive rates. Brokerage commissions may not exceed the cap set forth in Section 9(e). The Managing Owner will annually review the brokerage rates paid by the Trust to guarantee that the criteria set forth in this paragraph are followed. The Managing Owner may not rely solely on the rates charged by other major commodity pools in complying with this paragraph.

 

11.  Assignability of Units.

 

Each Unitholder expressly agrees that he or she will not assign, transfer or dispose of, by gift or otherwise, any of his or her Units or any part or all of his or her right, title and interest in the capital or profits of the Trust in violation of any applicable federal or state securities laws or without giving written notice to the Managing Owner. No assignment, transfer or disposition by an assignee of Units or of any part of his or her right, title and interest in the capital or profits of the Trust shall be effective against the Trust, the Trustee or the Managing Owner until the Managing Owner receives the written notice of the assignment; the Managing Owner shall not be required to give any assignee any rights hereunder prior to receipt of such notice. The Managing Owner may, in its sole discretion, waive any such notice. No such assignee, except with the consent of the Managing Owner (such consent to be withheld only in the event that such assignment could give rise to negative legal or tax consequences), may become a substituted Unitholder, nor will the estate or any beneficiary of a deceased Unitholder or assignee have any right to redeem Units from the Trust except by redemption as provided in Section 12 hereof. Each Unitholder agrees that with the consent of the Managing Owner any assignee may become a substituted Unitholder without need of the further act or approval of any Unitholder. If the Managing Owner withholds consent, an assignee shall not become a substituted Unitholder, and shall not have any of the rights of a Unitholder, except that the assignee shall be entitled to receive that share of capital and profits and shall have that right of redemption to which his or her assignor would otherwise have been entitled. No assignment, transfer or disposition of Units shall be effective against the Trust, the Trustee or the Managing Owner until the first business day of the calendar month following the month in which the Managing Owner receives notice of such assignment, transfer or disposition. The Managing Owner will send written confirmation to both the transferors and transferees of Units that the transfers in question have been duly recorded on the Trust’s books and records. The Managing Owner will not permit the assignment, transfer or disposition of Units where, after the assignment, transfer or disposition, either the Unitholder or the assignee would hold less than the minimum number of Units equivalent to an initial minimum purchase (as stated in the then-current prospectus in respect of the Units), except for assignments, transfers or dispositions by gift, inheritance, intrafamily transfers, family dissolutions or transfers to Affiliates of the Unitholder.

 

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12.  Redemptions.

 

A Unitholder (including the Managing Owner except to the extent that its power to redeem is limited by any other provision of this Declaration of Trust) or any assignee of Units of whom the Managing Owner has received written notice, may redeem all or any of his or her Units, effective as of the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on the last business day of any calendar month, provided that (i) all liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of the Trust (including the Trust’s allocable share of the liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of any entities in which the Trust invests), except any liability to Unitholders on account of their capital contributions, have been paid or there remains property of the Trust sufficient to pay them and (ii) the Managing Owner shall have received a redemption request at least ten business days prior to the date of redemption, or such later time as shall be acceptable to the Managing Owner. Series 1 Unitholders who redeem Series 1 Units on or prior to the end of the first successive six-month and five-month periods after such Series 1 Units are sold will be assessed redemption charges of 4% and 3%, respectively (3.5% and 2.5%, 3% and 2% and 2.5% and 1.5%, respectively, in the case of Series 1 Unitholders who have invested $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, respectively, in the Trust), of their Series 1 Units’ Net Asset Value as of the date of redemption. Series 1 Units purchased by the same Series 1 Unitholder on different closing dates will be treated on a “first-in, first-out” basis for purposes of calculating the foregoing six-month periods. Additional Series 1 Units issued to Series 1 Unitholders subject to a reduced rather than a 7.0% annual Brokerage Fee will be deemed all to have been issued as of the date of the longest outstanding Series 1 Units held by a particular Series 1 Unitholder. All redemption charges will be paid to the Managing Owner.

 

Redemption charges shall not apply to Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units or Series 4 Units.

 

Any number of whole Units may be redeemed. Fractional Units may only be redeemed upon redemption of a Unitholder’s entire interest in the Trust.

 

Redemption requests must be in writing unless the Managing Owner determines otherwise.

 

The Managing Owner may declare additional redemption dates upon notice to the Unitholders as well as to those assignees of whom the Managing Owner has received notice as described above.

 

Redemption payments will be made (by mailing a check or crediting a customer securities account) within 15 business days after the date of redemption, except that under special circumstances, including, but not limited to, inability to liquidate commodity positions or default or delay in payments due from commodity brokers, banks or other persons or entities, the Trust may in turn delay payment to Unitholders or assignees requesting redemption of their Units of the proportionate part of the Net Asset Value of such Units equal to that proportionate part of the aggregate Net Asset Value of the Trust represented by the sums which are the subject of such default or delay.

 

All redemptions will be made at Net Asset Value as of the effective date of the redemption (the “Valuation Date”).

 

The Managing Owner may require a Unitholder to redeem all or a portion of such Unitholder’s Units if the Managing Owner considers doing so to be desirable for the protection of the Trust, and will use its best efforts to do so to the extent necessary to prevent the Trust from being deemed to hold “plan assets” under the provisions of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to ERISA or with respect to any “plan” as defined in Section 4975 of the Code.

 

If at the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on any business day, the Net Asset Value per Unit of a Series has decreased to (i) $500 or less or (ii) less than 50% of the Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series on the most recent Valuation Date, after adding back all distributions, whichever is greater, the Trust will liquidate all open positions as expeditiously as possible and suspend trading. Within 7 business days after any such suspension of trading, the Managing Owner shall declare a “Special Redemption Date.” Such Special Redemption Date shall be a business day within 30 business days from the date of suspension of trading by the Trust, and the Managing Owner shall mail notice of such date to each Unitholder and assignee of Units of whom it has received written notice, by first class mail, postage prepaid, not later than 7 business days of the date of the decline of the Net Asset Value of the applicable Series precipitating such Special Redemption Date, together with instructions as to the procedure such Unitholder or assignee must follow to have such Unitholder’s or assignee’s interest (only entire, not partial, interests may be so redeemed unless otherwise determined by the Managing Owner) in the Trust redeemed on such date. Upon redemption pursuant to a Special Redemption Date, a Unitholder or any other assignee of whom the Managing Owner has received written notice, shall receive from the Trust an amount equal to the Net Asset Value of such Unitholder’s interest, determined as of the close of business (as determined by the Managing Owner) on such Special Redemption Date. No redemption charges shall be assessed on any such Special Redemption Date. As in the case of a regular redemption, an assignee shall not be entitled to redemption on any Special Redemption Date until the Managing Owner has received written notice (see Section 11) of the assignment, transfer or disposition under which the assignee claims an interest in the Units to be redeemed. If, after such Special Redemption Date, the Net Assets of the Trust are at least $250,000 and the Net Asset Value per Unit of each Series is in excess of $250, the Trust may, in the discretion of the Managing Owner, resume trading. If the preceding conditions are not met or the Managing Owner determines not to resume trading, the Trust will be dissolved and terminated.

 

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The Managing Owner may declare additional Special Redemption Dates upon notice to the Unitholders and assignees of whom the Managing Owner has received notice. In the event the Managing Owner does, in its discretion, declare a Special Redemption Date, the Managing Owner may, in its notice of such Special Redemption Date modify the circumstances under which the Managing Owner is again required to declare a Special Redemption Date, as set forth in the preceding paragraph.

 

13.  Offering of Units.

 

The Managing Owner on behalf of the Trust shall (i) cause to be filed from time to time a Registration Statement or Registration Statements, and such amendments thereto as the Managing Owner may deem advisable, with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the registration and ongoing public offering of Units, (ii) use its best efforts to qualify Units for sale from time to time under the securities laws of such states of the United States or other jurisdictions as the Managing Owner shall deem advisable and (iii) take such action with respect to the matters described in (i) and (ii) as the Managing Owner shall deem advisable or necessary.

 

The Managing Owner shall not accept any subscriptions for Units if doing so would cause the Trust to be considered to hold “plan assets” for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code with respect to any “employee benefit plan” as defined in and subject to ERISA or with respect to any “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code.

 

All Units subscribed for upon transfer of funds from a subscriber’s account (or receipt of a check in the subscription amount) are issued subject to the collection of the funds represented by such transfer (or check). In the event that a transfer (or check) of a subscriber is not honored, the Trust shall cancel the Units issued to such subscriber in consideration of such dishonored transfer (or check); provided that the Managing Owner may waive such cancellation upon receipt of what it believes to be reasonable assurances that such transfer (or check) will be honored or replaced by another transfer (or check) which will be honored within 10 business days of original dishonor. Any losses or profits sustained by the Trust in connection with its trading allocable to cancelled Units shall be deemed an increase or decrease in the Net Assets of the Trust and allocated as described above in Section 8, not a liability of the Managing Owner. Each subscriber agrees to reimburse the Trust for any expense or losses incurred in connection with any such cancellation of Units issued to him or her.

 

Units will be sold as of the first day of each calendar month subject to the Managing Owner’s discretion to hold intra-month closings and to suspend or terminate the offering of Units.

 

Each Unitholder consents, by the act of purchasing Units, to the Trust issuing to such Unitholder additional Units of the same Series purchased (in fractions calculated up to three decimal places) in lieu of all interest earned on such Unitholder’s subscription while held pending investment in the Units.

 

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14.  Special Power of Attorney.

 

Each Unitholder by virtue of having purchased or otherwise acquired Units does hereby irrevocably constitute and appoint the Managing Owner and each officer of the Managing Owner, with full power of substitution, as his or her true and lawful attorney-in-fact, in his or her name, place and stead, to execute, acknowledge, swear to (and deliver as may be appropriate) on his or her behalf and file and record in the appropriate public offices and publish (as may in the reasonable judgment of the Managing Owner be required by law): (i) this Declaration of Trust, including any amendments and/or restatements hereto duly adopted as provided herein; (ii) certificates in various jurisdictions, and amendments and/or restatements thereto; (iii) all conveyances and other instruments which the Managing Owner deems appropriate to qualify or continue the Trust in the State of Delaware and the jurisdictions in which the Trust may conduct business, or which may be required to be filed by the Trust or the Unitholders under the laws of any jurisdiction or under any amendments or successor statutes to the Act, to reflect the dissolution or termination of the Trust or the Trust being governed by any amendments or successor statutes to the Act or to reorganize or refile the Trust in a different jurisdiction; and (iv) to file, prosecute, defend, settle or compromise litigation, claims or arbitrations on behalf of the Trust. The Power of Attorney granted herein shall be irrevocable and deemed to be a power coupled with an interest (including, without limitation, the interest of the other Unitholders in the Managing Owner being able to rely on the Managing Owner’s authority to act as contemplated by this Section 14) and shall survive and shall not be affected by the subsequent incapacity, disability or death of a Unitholder.

 

15.  Withdrawal of a Unitholder.

 

The Trust shall be dissolved upon the death, insanity, bankruptcy, retirement, resignation, expulsion, withdrawal, insolvency or dissolution of the Managing Owner, or any other event that causes the Managing Owner to cease to be the managing owner of the Trust, unless the Trust is continued pursuant to the terms of Section 5(a)(3). In addition, the Managing Owner may withdraw from the Trust, without any breach of this Declaration of Trust, at any time upon 120 days’ written notice by first class mail, postage prepaid, to the Trustee, each Unitholder and each assignee of whom the Managing Owner has notice. In the event of the Managing Owner’s removal or withdrawal from the Trust, the Managing Owner shall be entitled to a redemption of its interest in the Trust at its Net Asset Value as of the close of business on the last business day of the month following the date of removal or withdrawal. If the Managing Owner withdraws from the Trust and the Trust’s business is continued, the withdrawing Managing Owner shall pay all expenses incurred as a result of its withdrawal.

 

The Managing Owner may not assign its general liability interest or its obligation to direct the trading of the Trust without the consent of each Unitholder. The Managing Owner will notify all Unitholders of any change in the principals of the Managing Owner.

 

The death, incompetency, withdrawal, insolvency or dissolution of a Unitholder or any other event that causes a Unitholder to cease to be a beneficial owner (within the meaning of the Act) in the Trust shall not terminate or dissolve the Trust, and a Unitholder, his or her estate, custodian or personal representative shall have no right to redeem or value such Unitholder’s interest except as provided in Section 12 hereof. Each Unitholder expressly agrees that in the event of his or her death, he or she waives on behalf of himself or herself and his or her estate, and directs the legal representatives of his or her estate and any person interested therein to waive, the furnishing of any inventory, accounting or appraisal of the assets of the Trust and any right to an audit or examination of the books of the Trust. Nothing in this Section 15 shall, however, waive any right given elsewhere in this Declaration of Trust for a Unitholder to be informed of the Net Asset Value of his or her Units, to receive periodic reports, audited financial statements and other information from the Managing Owner or the Trust or to redeem or transfer Units.

 

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16. Benefit Plan Investors.

 

Each Unitholder that is an “employee benefit plan” as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, ERISA or a “plan” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Code (each such employee benefit plan and plan, a “Plan”), and each fiduciary thereof who has caused the Plan to become a Unitholder (a “Plan Fiduciary”), represents and warrants that: (a) the Plan Fiduciary has considered an investment in the Trust for such Plan in light of the risks relating thereto; (b) the Plan Fiduciary has determined that, in view of such considerations, the investment in the Trust by such Plan is consistent with such Plan Fiduciary’s responsibilities under ERISA; (c) the investment in the Trust by the Plan does not violate and is not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of any legal document constituting the Plan or any trust agreement entered into thereunder; (d) the Plan’s investment in the Trust has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary parties; (e) none of the Managing Owner, any selling agent, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, any wholesaler, any clearing broker, the Trustee, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees: (i) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of the assets of the Plan used to purchase Units; (ii) has authority or responsibility to or regularly gives investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan used to purchase Units for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to the Plan and that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan; or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan, except in the case of a Plan where the Managing Owner is described in this clause (e), the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code; and (f) the Plan Fiduciary: (i) is authorized to make, and is responsible for, the decision for the Plan to invest in the Trust, including the determination that such investment is consistent with the requirement imposed by Section 404 of ERISA that Plan investments be diversified so as to minimize the risks of large losses; (ii) is independent of the Managing Owner, each selling agent, Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc., Deutsche Bank AG, each wholesaler, each clearing broker, the Trustee, and each of their respective affiliates, except in the case of the Managing Owner where the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code; and (iii) is qualified to make such investment decision.

 

17. Standard of Liability; Indemnification.

 

(a) Standard of Liability for the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner and its Affiliates, as defined below, shall have no liability to the Trust or to any Unitholder for any loss suffered by the Trust which arises out of any action or inaction of the Managing Owner or its Affiliates, if the Managing Owner, in good faith, determined that such course of conduct was in the best interests of the Trust, and such course of conduct did not constitute negligence or misconduct of the Managing Owner or its Affiliates.

 

(b) Indemnification of the Managing Owner by the Trust. To the fullest extent permitted by law, subject to this Section 17, the Managing Owner and its Affiliates shall be indemnified by the Trust, solely from the assets of the Trust, against any losses, judgments, liabilities, expenses and amounts paid in settlement of any claims sustained by them in connection with the Trust; provided that such claims were not the result of negligence or misconduct on the part of the Managing Owner or its Affiliates, and the Managing Owner, in good faith, determined that such conduct was in the best interests of the Trust; and provided further that Affiliates of the Managing Owner shall be entitled to indemnification only for losses incurred by such Affiliates in performing the duties of the Managing Owner and acting wholly within the scope of the authority of the Managing Owner.

 

Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the preceding two paragraphs, the Managing Owner and its Affiliates and any persons acting as selling agent for the Units shall not be indemnified for any losses, liabilities or expenses arising from or out of an alleged violation of federal or state securities laws unless (1) there has been a successful adjudication on the merits of each count involving alleged securities law violations as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves indemnification of the litigation costs, or (2) such claims have been dismissed with prejudice on the merits by a court of competent jurisdiction as to the particular indemnitee and the court approves indemnification of the litigation costs, or (3) a court of competent jurisdiction approves a settlement of the claims against a particular indemnitee and finds that indemnification of the settlement and related costs should be made.

 

In any claim for indemnification for federal or state securities law violations, the party seeking indemnification shall place before the court the position of the Securities and Exchange Commission, the California Department of Corporations, the Massachusetts Securities Division, the Pennsylvania Securities Commission, the Tennessee Securities Division, the Texas Securities Board and any other state or applicable regulatory authority with respect to the issue of indemnification for securities law violations.

 

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The Trust shall not bear the cost of that portion of any insurance which insures any party against any liability the indemnification of which is herein prohibited.

 

For the purposes of this Section 17, the term “Affiliates” shall mean any person acting on behalf of or performing services on behalf of the Trust who: (1) directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control with the Managing Owner; or (2) owns or controls 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of the Managing Owner; or (3) is an officer or director of the Managing Owner; or (4) if the Managing Owner is an officer, director, partner or trustee, is any entity for which the Managing Owner acts in any such capacity.

 

Advances from the funds of the Trust to the Managing Owner or its Affiliates for legal expenses and other costs incurred as a result of any legal action initiated against the Managing Owner by a Unitholder are prohibited.

 

Advances from the funds of the Trust to the Managing Owner or its Affiliates for legal expenses and other costs incurred as a result of a legal action will be made only if the following three conditions are satisfied: (1) the legal action relates to the performance of duties or services by the Managing Owner or its Affiliates on behalf of the Trust; (2) the legal action is initiated by a third party who is not a Unitholder; and (3) the Managing Owner or its Affiliates undertake to repay the advanced funds, with interest from the initial date of such advance, to the Trust in cases in which they would not be entitled to indemnification under the standard of liability set forth in Section 17(a).

 

In no event shall any indemnity or exculpation provided for herein be more favorable to the Managing Owner or any Affiliate than that contemplated by the Blue Sky Guidelines as in effect on the date of this Declaration of Trust.

 

In no event shall any indemnification permitted by this subsection (b) of Section 17 be made by the Trust unless all provisions of this Section for the payment of indemnification have been complied with in all respects. Furthermore, it shall be a precondition of any such indemnification that the Trust receive a determination of qualified independent legal counsel in a written opinion that the party which seeks to be indemnified hereunder has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth herein. Receipt of any such opinion shall not, however, in itself, entitle any such party to indemnification unless indemnification is otherwise proper hereunder. Any indemnification payable by the Trust hereunder shall be made only as provided in the specific case.

 

In no event shall any indemnification obligations of the Trust under this subsection (b) of Section 17 subject a Unitholder to any liability in excess of that contemplated by subsection (e) of Section 8 hereof.

 

(c) Indemnification by the Unitholders. In the event that the Trust is made a party to any claim, dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of or in connection with any activities of a Unitholder, obligations or liabilities unrelated to the business of the Trust or as a result of or in connection with a transfer, assignment or other disposition or an attempted transfer, assignment or other disposition by a Unitholder or an assignee of its Units or of any part of its right, title and interest in the capital or profits of the Trust in violation of this Declaration of Trust, such Unitholder shall indemnify and reimburse the Trust for all loss and expense incurred, including reasonable attorneys’ fees.

 

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18.  Amendments; Meetings.

 

(a)  Amendments with Consent of the Managing Owner. If at any time during the term of the Trust the Managing Owner shall deem it necessary or desirable to amend this Declaration of Trust, the Managing Owner may proceed to do so, provided that such amendment shall be effective only if embodied in an instrument approved by the Managing Owner and, pursuant to a vote called by the Managing Owner, by the holders of Units representing a majority of the outstanding Units. Such vote shall be taken at least 30 but not more than 60 days after delivery by the Managing Owner to each Unitholder of record by certified mail of notice of the proposed amendment and voting procedures. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Managing Owner may amend this Declaration of Trust without the consent of the Unitholders in order (i) to clarify any clerical inaccuracy or ambiguity or reconcile any inconsistency (including any inconsistency between this Declaration of Trust and the Prospectus), (ii) to effect the intent of the allocations proposed herein to the maximum extent possible in the event of a change in the Code or the interpretations thereof affecting such allocations, (iii) to attempt to ensure that the Trust is not treated as an association taxable as a corporation for federal income tax purposes, (iv) to qualify or maintain the qualification of the Trust as a trust in any jurisdiction, (v) to delete or add any provision of or to this Declaration of Trust required to be deleted or added by the Staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission or any other federal agency or any state “Blue Sky” or similar official or in order to opt to be governed by any amendment or successor statute to the Act, (vi) to make any amendment to this Declaration of Trust which the Managing Owner deems advisable, provided that such amendment is for the benefit of and not adverse to the Unitholders or the Trustee, or that is required by law, (vii) to make any amendment that is appropriate or necessary, in the opinion of the Managing Owner, to prevent the Trust or the Managing Owner or its directors, officers or controlling persons from in any manner being subjected to the provisions of the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, and (viii) to make any amendment that is appropriate or necessary, in the opinion of the Managing Owner, to avoid causing the assets of the Trust from being considered for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code to constitute assets of any Plan, or to avoid the Trust’s engaging in a prohibited transaction as defined in Section 406 of ERISA or Section 4975(c) of the Code.

 

(b)  Amendments and Actions without Consent of the Managing Owner. In any vote called by the Managing Owner or pursuant to subsection (c) of this Section 18, upon the affirmative vote (which may be in person or by proxy) of more than fifty percent (50%) of the Units then owned by Unitholders, the following actions may be taken with respect to the Trust, irrespective of whether the Managing Owner concurs: (i) this Declaration of Trust may be amended, provided, however, that approval of all Unitholders shall be required in the case of amendments changing or altering this Section 18, extending the term of the Trust, or materially changing the Trust’s basic investment policies or structure; in addition, reduction of the capital account of any Unitholder or assignee or modification of the percentage of profits, losses or distributions to which a Unitholder or an assignee is entitled hereunder shall not be effected by any amendment or supplement to this Declaration of Trust without such Unitholder’s or assignee’s written consent; (ii) the Trust may be dissolved; (iii) the Managing Owner may be removed and replaced; (iv) a new managing owner or managing owners may be elected if the Managing Owner withdraws from the Trust; (v) the sale of all or substantially all of the assets of the Trust may be approved; and (vi) any contract with the Managing Owner or any affiliate thereof may be disapproved and, as a result, terminated upon 60 days’ notice.

 

(c)  Meetings; Other. Any Unitholder upon request addressed to the Managing Owner shall be entitled to obtain from the Managing Owner, upon payment in advance of reasonable reproduction and mailing costs, a list of the names and addresses of record of all Unitholders and the number of Units held by each (which shall be mailed by the Managing Owner to the Unitholder within ten days of the receipt of the request); provided, that the Managing Owner may require any Unitholder requesting such information to submit written confirmation that such information will not be used for commercial purposes. Upon receipt of a written proposal, signed by Unitholders owning Units representing at least 10% of all Units then owned by Unitholders, that a meeting of the Trust be called to vote upon any matter upon which the Unitholders may vote pursuant to this Declaration of Trust, the Managing Owner shall, by written notice to each Unitholder of record sent by certified mail within 15 days after such receipt, call a meeting of the Trust. Such meeting shall be held at least 30 but not more than 60 days after the mailing of such notice, and such notice shall specify the date of, a reasonable place and time for, and the purpose of such meeting. Such notice shall establish a record date for Units entitled to vote at the meeting, which shall be not more than 15 days prior to the date established for such meeting.

 

The Managing Owner may not restrict the voting rights of Unitholders as set forth herein.

 

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In the event that the Managing Owner or the Unitholders vote to amend this Declaration of Trust in any material respect, the amendment will not become effective prior to all Unitholders having an opportunity to redeem their Units.

 

(d) Consent by Trustee. The Trustee’s written consent to any amendment of this Declaration of Trust shall be required, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; provided, however, that the Trustee may, in its sole discretion, withhold its consent to any such amendment that would adversely affect any right, duty or liability of, or immunity or indemnity in favor of, the Trustee under this Declaration of Trust or any of the documents contemplated hereby to which the Trustee is a party, or would cause or result in any conflict with or breach of any terms, conditions or provisions of, or default under, the charter documents or by-laws of the Trustee or any document contemplated hereby to which the Trustee is a party; provided further, that the Trustee may not withhold consent for any action listed in subsections 18(b)(ii)-(vi). Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Declaration of Trust, the Trustee may immediately resign if, in its sole discretion, the Trustee determines that the Unitholders’ actions pursuant to subsections 18(b)(i)-(vi) would adversely affect the Trustee in any manner.

 

19. Governing Law.

 

The validity and construction of this Declaration of Trust shall be determined and governed by the laws of the State of Delaware without regard to principles of conflicts of law; provided, that the foregoing choice of law shall not restrict the application of any state’s securities laws to the sale of Units to its residents or within such state.

 

20. Miscellaneous.

 

(a) Notices. All notices under this Declaration of Trust shall be in writing and shall be effective upon personal delivery, or if sent by first class mail, postage prepaid, addressed to the last known address of the party to whom such notice is to be given, upon the deposit of such notice in the United States mails.

 

(b) Binding Effect. This Declaration of Trust shall inure to and be binding upon all of the parties, their successors and assigns, custodians, estates, heirs and personal representatives. For purposes of determining the rights of any Unitholder or assignee hereunder, the Trust and the Managing Owner may rely upon the Trust records as to who are Unitholders and assignees, and all Unitholders and assignees agree that their rights shall be determined and they shall be bound thereby.

 

(c) Captions. Captions in no way define, limit, extend or describe the scope of this Declaration of Trust nor the effect of any of its provisions. Any reference to “persons” in this Declaration of Trust shall also be deemed to include entities, unless the context otherwise requires.

 

21. Certain Definitions.

 

This Declaration of Trust contains certain provisions required by the Blue Sky Guidelines. The terms used in such provisions are defined as follows (the following definitions are included verbatim from such Guidelines and, accordingly, may not in all cases be relevant to this Declaration of Trust):

 

Administrator. The official or agency administering the securities laws of a state.

 

Advisor. Any Person who for any consideration engages in the business of advising others, either directly or indirectly, as to the value, purchase, or sale of Commodity Contracts or commodity options.

 

Affiliate. An Affiliate of a Person means: (a) any Person directly or indirectly owning, controlling or holding with power to vote 10% or more of the outstanding voting securities of such Person; (b) any Person 10% or more of whose outstanding voting securities are directly or indirectly owned, controlled or held with power to vote, by such Person; (c) any Person, directly or indirectly, controlling, controlled by, or under common control of such Person; (d) any officer, director or partner of such Person; or (e) if such Person is an officer, director or partner, any Person for which such Person acts in any such capacity.

 

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Capital Contributions. The total investment in a Program by a Participant or by all Participants, as the case may be.

 

Commodity Broker. Any Person who engages in the business of effecting transactions in Commodity Contracts for the account of others or for his or her own account.

 

Commodity Contract. A contract or option thereon providing for the delivery or receipt at a future date of a specified amount and grade of a traded commodity at a specified price and delivery point.

 

Cross Reference Sheet. A compilation of the Guidelines sections, referenced to the page of the prospectus, Program agreement, or other exhibits, and justification of any deviation from the Guidelines.

 

Net Assets. The total assets, less total liabilities, of the Program determined on the basis of generally accepted accounting principles. Net Assets shall include any unrealized profits or losses on open positions, and any fee or expense including Net Asset fees accruing to the Program.

 

Net Asset Value Per Program Interest. The Net Assets divided by the number of Program Interests outstanding.

 

Net Worth. The excess of total assets over total liabilities as determined by generally accepted accounting principles. Net Worth shall be determined exclusive of home, home furnishings and automobiles.

 

New Trading Profits. The excess, if any, of Net Assets at the end of the period over Net Assets at the end of the highest previous period or Net Assets at the date trading commences, whichever is higher, and as further adjusted to eliminate the effect on Net Assets resulting from new Capital Contributions, redemptions, or capital distributions, if any, made during the period decreased by interest or other income, not directly related to trading activity, earned on Program assets during the period, whether the assets are held separately or in a margin account.

 

Organizational and Offering Expenses. All expenses incurred by the Program in connection with and in preparing a Program for registration and subsequently offering and distributing it to the public, including, but not limited to, total underwriting and brokerage discounts and commissions (including fees of the underwriters’ attorneys), expenses for printing, engraving, mailing, salaries of employees while engaged in sales activity, charges of transfer agents, registrars, trustees, escrow holders, depositories, experts, expenses of qualification of the sale of its Program Interest under federal and state law including taxes and fees, accountants’ and attorneys’ fees. (Organizational and Offering Expenses as used in this Declaration of Trust does not include selling commissions).

 

Participant. The holder of a Program Interest.

 

Person. Any natural Person, partnership, corporation, association or other legal entity.

 

Pit Brokerage Fee. Pit Brokerage Fee shall include floor brokerage, clearing fees, National Futures Association fees, and exchange fees.

 

Program. A limited partnership, joint venture, corporation, trust or other entity formed and operated for the purpose of investing in Commodity Contracts.

 

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Program Broker. A Commodity Broker that effects trades in Commodity Contracts for the account of a Program.

 

Program Interest. A limited partnership interest or other security representing ownership in a Program.

 

Pyramiding. A method of using all or a part of an unrealized profit in a Commodity Contract position to provide margin for any additional Commodity Contracts of the same or related commodities.

 

Sponsor. Any Person directly or indirectly instrumental in organizing a Program or any Person who will manage or participate in the management of a Program, including a Commodity Broker who pays any portion of the Organizational and Offering Expenses of the Program, and the general partner(s) and any other Person who regularly performs or selects the Persons who perform services for the Program. Sponsor does not include wholly independent third parties such as attorneys, accountants and underwriters whose only compensation is for professional services rendered in connection with the offering of the units. The term “Sponsor” shall be deemed to include its Affiliates.

 

Valuation Date. The date as of which the Net Assets of the Program are determined.

 

Valuation Period. A regular period of time between Valuation Dates.

 

Certain terms not defined herein are used with the respective meanings set forth in the Prospectus.

 

22. No Legal Title to Trust Estate.

 

The Unitholders shall not have legal title to any part of the Trust Estate.

 

23. Legal Title.

 

Legal title to all the Trust Estate shall be vested in the Trust as a separate legal entity; except where applicable law in any jurisdiction requires any part of the Trust Estate to be vested otherwise, the Managing Owner (or the Trustee, if required by law) may cause legal title to the Trust Estate of any portion thereof to be held by or in the name of the Managing Owner or any other person as nominee.

 

24. Creditors.

 

No creditors of any Unitholders shall have any right to obtain possession of, or otherwise exercise legal or equitable remedies with respect to, the Trust Estate.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned have duly executed this Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement as of the day and year first above written.

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, not in its
  individual capacity but solely as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ JOSEPH B. FEIL
    Name: Joseph B. Feil
    Title: Vice President
   
  MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION as
  Managing Owner
   
  By: /s/ HARVEY BEKER
    Harvey Beker
    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman
   
  All Unitholders admitted as Unitholders
  of the Trust, pursuant to powers of attorney
  executed in favor of, and granted and delivered to,
  the Managing Owner.
   
  MILLBURN RIDGEFIELD CORPORATION as
  Attorney-in-Fact
   
  By: /s/ GEORGE E. CRAPPLE
    George E. Crapple
    Co-Chief Executive Officer and Co-Chairman

 

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Schedule A

 

CERTIFICATE OF TRUST

OF

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

 

THIS Certificate of Trust of GLOBAL MACRO TRUST (the “Trust”), dated July 23, 2001, is being duly executed and filed by Wilmington Trust Company, a Delaware banking corporation, as trustee, to form a business trust under the Delaware Business Trust Act (12 Del.C. § 3801 et seq.).

 

1. Name. The name of the business trust formed hereby is GLOBAL MACRO TRUST.

 

2. Delaware Trustee. The name and business address of the trustee of the Trust in the State of Delaware is Wilmington Trust Company, Rodney Square North, 1100 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19890, Attention: Corporate Trust Administration.

 

IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the undersigned, being the sole trustee of the Trust, has executed this Certificate of Trust as of the date first above written.

 

  WILMINGTON TRUST COMPANY, as Trustee
   
  By: /s/ PATRICIA A. EVANS
    Patricia A. Evans
    Senior Financial Services Officer

 

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ANNEX

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

REQUEST FOR REDEMPTION

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST  
c/o Millburn Ridgefield Corporation Date
  Managing Owner  
411 West Putnam Avenue  
Greenwich, Connecticut 06830  

 

Dear Sirs:

 

The undersigned (trust account number GM-______) hereby requests redemption subject to all the terms and conditions of the Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (the “Declaration of Trust”) of GLOBAL MACRO TRUST (the “Trust”) of ______ Series ______ Units of Beneficial Interest (“Units”) in the Trust. (Insert number of whole Units to be redeemed and the Series of Units to be redeemed; subscribers may redeem any number of whole Units, they need not redeem all or any minimum number of their Units in order to redeem certain of their Units; however, if no number is indicated, all Units held of record by the undersigned will be redeemed; fractional Units may only be redeemed upon complete redemption of the undersigned’s interest in the Trust.) Units of a Series are redeemed at the Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series, as defined in the Declaration of Trust, less any applicable redemption charge (see below). Redemption shall be effective as of the end of the current calendar month; provided that this Request for Redemption is received at least ten (10) days prior to the end of such month. Payment of the redemption price of Units will generally be made within fifteen (15) business days of the date of redemption.

 

The undersigned hereby represents and warrants that the undersigned is the true, lawful and beneficial owner of the Units to which this Request for Redemption relates, with full power and authority to request redemption of such Units. Such Units are not subject to any pledge or otherwise encumbered in any fashion.

 

Redemption charges of 4% and 3% (3.5% and 2.5%, 3% and 2%, and 2.5% and 1.5% in the case of subscriptions for $100,000, $500,000 or $1,000,000 or more, respectively) of the Net Asset Value of Series 1 Units redeemed on or before the end of the 6th and after the end of the 6th but on or before the end of the 11th full calendar months, respectively, after the undersigned has purchased the Series 1 Units being redeemed will be deducted from the redemption price of all such Series 1 Units and paid to the Managing Owner. If the undersigned has purchased Units at more than one closing, such Series 1 Units will be treated on a first-in/first-out basis for purposes of determining whether redemption charges continue to be applicable to such Series 1 Units. Redemption charges do not apply to Series 2 Units, Series 3 Units or Series 4 Units.

 

Signatures must be identical to name(s) in which units are registered

 

Credit my customer securities account   Send to the address below
     
     
Name Street   City, State and Zip Code
     
Entity Unitholder   Individual Unitholder(s)
(or assignee)   (or assignee(s))
     
(Name of Entity)    
     
By:      
(Authorized corporate officer, partner or trustee)   (Signature(s) of all Unitholder(s) or assignee(s))
     
Social Security or Taxpayer ID Number________    
         

 

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EXHIBIT B

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

SUBSCRIPTION REQUIREMENTS

 

By executing a Subscription Agreement Signature Page for Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”), each purchaser (“Purchaser”) of units of beneficial interest (“Units”) of a series (a “Series”) in the Trust irrevocably subscribes for Units of the applicable Series at the Net Asset Value per Unit of such Series, as described in the Trust’s Prospectus dated February 11, 2013 (the “Prospectus”). The minimum initial subscription is $5,000; $2,000 for trustees or custodians of employee benefit plans. Units are sold in fractions calculated to three decimal places.

 

Purchaser is herewith delivering to Purchaser’s Selling Agent (hereinafter, “Selling Agent”) an executed Subscription Agreement Signature Page and either (i) delivering a check in the full amount of the Purchaser’s subscription or (ii) hereby authorizing such Selling Agent to debit Purchaser’s customer securities account maintained with such Selling Agent for the full amount of Purchaser’s subscription in accordance with the procedures described under “Plan of Distribution — Subscription Procedure” in the Prospectus. If Purchaser’s Subscription Agreement is accepted, Purchaser agrees to contribute Purchaser’s subscription to the Trust and to be bound by the terms of the Trust’s Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement (Exhibit A to the Prospectus). Purchaser agrees to reimburse the Trust and Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the “Managing Owner”) for any expense or loss incurred by either as a result of the cancellation of Purchaser’s Units due to a failure of the Purchaser to deliver good funds in the amount of the subscription price of any or all of such Units.

 

If Purchaser is, or is acting on behalf of, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or a “plan,” as defined in and subject to Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (such an “employee benefit plan” or a “plan” being hereinafter referred to as the “Plan”) or an entity (“Plan Assets Entity”) deemed for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code to hold the assets of any Plan (in which case, the following must be true with respect to each Plan holding an interest in such Plan Assets Entity), the individual signing the Subscription Agreement on behalf of the Purchaser hereby represents and warrants as, or on behalf of, the fiduciary of the Plan responsible for purchasing Units (the “Plan Fiduciary”) that: the Plan Fiduciary has considered an investment in the Trust for such Plan in light of the risks relating thereto; the Plan Fiduciary has determined that, in view of such considerations, the Plan’s investment in the Trust is consistent with the Plan Fiduciary’s responsibilities under ERISA; the Plan’s investment in the Trust does not violate and is not otherwise inconsistent with the terms of any legal document constituting the Plan or any trust agreement thereunder; the Plan’s investment in the Trust has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary parties; none of the Managing Owner, any clearing broker, Wilmington Trust Company, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank PLC, any selling agent, any wholesaler, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees: (a) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of the assets of the Plan used to purchase Units; (b) has authority or responsibility to or regularly gives investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan used to purchase Units for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to the Plan and that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan; or (c) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan, except in the case of a Plan where the Managing Owner is described in clause (a), (b) or (c), the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, and the Plan Fiduciary (i) is authorized to make, and responsible for, the decision to invest in the Trust, including the determination that such investment is consistent with the requirement imposed by Section 404 of ERISA that Plan investments be diversified so as to minimize the risks of large losses, (ii) is independent of the Managing Owner, Wilmington Trust Company, each clearing broker, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank PLC, each selling agent, each wholesaler and each of their respective affiliates, except in the case of the Managing Owner where the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, and (iii) is qualified to make such investment decision. The Purchaser understands that it must, at the request of the Managing Owner, furnish the Managing Owner with such information as the Managing Owner may reasonably require to establish that the purchase of Units by the Plan does not violate any provision of ERISA or the Code including, without limitation, those provisions relating to “prohibited transactions” by “parties in interest” or “disqualified persons,” as defined therein.

 

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Prevention of Money Laundering

 

By submitting an executed Subscription Agreement Signature Page, Purchaser represents and warrants to the Trust, the Managing Owner, Purchaser’s Selling Agent and their respective affiliates as follows: Purchaser’s subscription funds were not derived from activities that may contravene United States (federal or state) or international anti-money laundering laws and regulations. Purchaser is not (i) an individual, entity or organization named on a United States Office or Foreign Assets Control (“OFAC”) “watch list” and does not have any affiliation with any kind of such individual, (ii) a foreign shell bank, (iii) a person or entity resident in or whose subscription funds are transferred from or through a jurisdiction identified as non-cooperative by the U.S. Financial Action Task Force, or (iv) a senior foreign political figure, an immediate family member or close associate of a senior foreign political figure. Purchaser agrees to promptly notify the Managing Owner should the Purchaser become aware of any change in the information set forth in this representation. Purchaser acknowledges that, by law, the Managing Owner may be obligated to “freeze” Purchaser’s account, either by prohibiting additional subscriptions, declining any redemption requests and/or segregating the assets in the account in compliance with governmental regulations, and the Managing Owner may also be required to report such action and to disclose Purchaser’s identity to OFAC. Purchaser represents and warrants that all of the information which Purchaser has provided to the Trust in connection with the Subscription Agreement is true and correct, and Purchaser agrees to provide any information the Managing Owner or its agents, including the Selling Agents, deem necessary to comply with their anti-money laundering and related responsibilities from time to time. If Purchaser has indicated in the Subscription Agreement that Purchaser is an intermediary subscribing in the Trust as a record owner in the Purchaser’s capacity as agent, representative or nominee on behalf of one or more underlying investors (“Underlying Investors”), Purchaser agrees that the representations, warranties and covenants are made by the Purchaser on behalf of Purchaser and the Underlying Investors.

 

For purposes of the preceding paragraph, the following definitions shall apply:

 

A “senior foreign political figure” means a senior official in the executive, legislative, administrative, military or judicial branches of a non-U.S. government (whether elected or not), a senior official of a major non-U.S. political party, or a senior executive of a non-U.S. government-owned corporation. In addition, a “senior foreign political figure” includes any corporation, business or other entity that has been formed by, or for the benefit of, a senior foreign political figure.

 

“Immediate family” of a senior foreign political figure includes the figure’s parents, siblings, spouse, children and in-laws.

 

A “close associate” of a senior foreign political figure is a person who is widely and publicly known to maintain an unusually close relationship with the senior foreign political figure, and includes a person who is in a position to conduct substantial domestic and international financial transactions on behalf of the senior foreign political figure.

 

Investor Suitability

 

Purchaser understands that the purchase of Units may be made only by persons who, at a minimum have (i) a net worth of at least $250,000 (exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles) or (ii) an annual gross income of at least $70,000 and a net worth of at least $70,000 (similarly calculated).

 

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Residents of the following states must meet the specific requirements set forth below (net worth, is in all cases, to be calculated exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles). No Purchaser should invest more than 10% of his or net worth (exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles) in the Units. No entity, including ERISA plans, should invest more than 10% of its liquid net worth (readily marketable securities) in the Units.

 

1.          Iowa — Net worth of at least $300,000 or a net worth of at least $85,000 and an annual taxable income of $85,000.

 

2.          Kansas — The Office of the Kansas Securities Commissioner recommends that you should limit your aggregate investment in the Trust and other managed futures investments to not more than 10% of your liquid net worth. “Liquid net worth” is that portion of your total net worth (total assets minus liabilities) that is comprised of cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities.

 

3.          Kentucky — Net worth of at least $300,000 or a net worth of at least $85,000 and an annual taxable income of $85,000. Kentucky investors should limit their investment in any commodity pool program to not more than 10% of their liquid net worth (cash, cash equivalents and readily marketable securities).

 

4.          Minnesota — Minnesota investors are deemed not to (i) represent that they are legally competent to execute the Subscription Agreement and (ii) make the representation in respect of risk tolerance in Section 2 on page SA-1.

 

5.          New Hampshire — Net worth of at least $250,000 or a net worth of at least $125,000 and an annual taxable income of at least $70,000.

 

6.          Pennsylvania — Net worth of at least $250,000 or a net worth of at least $100,000 and an annual income of at least $70,000.

 

7.          South Carolina — Net worth of at least $250,000 or a net income in the preceding year some portion of which was subject to maximum federal and state income tax.

 


 

In the case of IRA and SEP plans, the foregoing suitability standards are applicable to the beneficiary of the plan for whose account the Units are being acquired.

 

The foregoing suitability standards are regulatory minimums only. Merely because Purchaser meets such requirements does not necessarily mean that a high risk, speculative and illiquid investment such as the Units is, in fact, suitable for the Purchaser.

 

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EXHIBIT C

 

The execution copy of the Subscription Agreement accompanies this Prospectus as a separate document.

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

UNITS OF BENEFICIAL INTEREST

 

By executing this Subscription Agreement,

subscribers are not waiving any rights under the

federal securities laws.

 


 

SUBSCRIPTION AGREEMENT

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

c/oMillburn Ridgefield Corporation

Managing Owner

411 West Putnam Avenue, Suite 305

Greenwich, Connecticut 06830

 

Dear Sirs:

 

1. Subscription for Units. I hereby subscribe for the dollar amount of units of beneficial interest (“Units”) in such series (“Series”) in Global Macro Trust (the “Trust”) set forth in the Subscription Agreement Signature Page attached hereto (minimum $5,000; $2,000 for trustees or custodians of employee benefit plans), at a purchase price per Unit of Net Asset Value of the relevant Series. Fractional Units will be issued to three decimal places. The terms of the offering of the Units are described in the current Prospectus of the Trust (the “Prospectus”) dated February 11, 2013. I have either (i) authorized my selling agent to debit my customer securities account in the amount of my subscription or (ii) delivered a check to my selling agent made out to “Global Macro Trust.” If I have chosen to subscribe by account debit, I acknowledge that I must have my subscription payment in such account no later than such time as required by my selling agent. My registered representative (“Registered Representative”) shall inform me of such settlement date, on which date my account will be debited and the amounts so debited will be transmitted, in the form of a selling agent check or wire transfer made out to “Global Macro Trust” directly to the Trust’s account at First Republic Bank (for wire instructions, contact Eileen Grace at 203-625-8216). Millburn Ridgefield Corporation (the “Managing Owner”) may, in its sole and absolute discretion, accept or reject this subscription in whole or in part. Subscriptions are revocable for five business days after submission. All Units are offered subject to prior sale.

 

Subscriptions generally must be submitted no later than five business days prior to the end of a month in order to be invested in the Units as of the beginning of the immediately following month.

 

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2. Representations and Warranties of Subscriber. I have received the current Prospectus together with a recent Monthly Report of the Trust. I am of legal age and am legally competent to execute this Subscription Agreement. I understand that certain investor suitability standards must be met as a condition of my investment in the Units. I acknowledge that I satisfy the applicable requirements relating to net worth and annual income and, if applicable, indicated risk tolerance, as set forth in “Exhibit B — Subscription Requirements” to the Prospectus. If the undersigned is, or is acting on behalf of, an “employee benefit plan,” as defined in, and subject to the fiduciary responsibility provisions of, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended (“ERISA”), or a “plan,” as defined in, and subject to, Section 4975 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the “Code”) (each employee benefit plan and plan, a “Plan”), or an entity (“Plan Assets Entity”) deemed for any purpose of ERISA or Section 4975 of the Code to hold the assets of any Plan (in which case, the following representations and warranties are made with respect to each Plan holding an interest in such Plan Assets Entity), the individual signing below represents and warrants as, or on behalf of, the fiduciary of the Plan responsible for purchasing Units (the “Plan Fiduciary”) that: (a) the Plan Fiduciary has considered an investment in the Trust for such Plan in light of the risks relating thereto; (b) the Plan Fiduciary has determined that, in view of such considerations, this investment in the Trust is consistent with the Plan Fiduciary’s responsibilities under ERISA; (c) the Plan’s investment in the Trust neither violates nor is inconsistent with the terms of any legal document constituting the Plan or any trust agreement thereunder; (d) the Plan’s investment in the Trust has been duly authorized and approved by all necessary parties; (e) none of the Managing Owner, any clearing broker, Wilmington Trust Company, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank PLC, any selling agent, any wholesaler, any of their respective affiliates or any of their respective agents or employees (i) has investment discretion with respect to the investment of assets of the Plan used to purchase Units; (ii) has authority or responsibility to or regularly gives investment advice with respect to the assets of the Plan used to purchase Units for a fee and pursuant to an agreement or understanding that such advice will serve as a primary basis for investment decisions with respect to the Plan and that such advice will be based on the particular investment needs of the Plan; or (iii) is an employer maintaining or contributing to the Plan, except in the case of a Plan where the Managing Owner is described in this clause (e), the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code; and (f) the Plan’s Fiduciary (i) is authorized and qualified to make, and is responsible for, the decision to invest in the Trust including the determination that such investment is consistent with the requirement imposed by Section 404 of ERISA that Plan investments be diversified so as to minimize the risks of large losses, and (ii) is independent of the Managing Owner, each clearing broker, Wilmington Trust Company, Morgan Stanley & Co., LLC, Deutsche Bank AG, Barclays Bank PLC, each selling agent, each wholesaler, and each of their respective affiliates, except in the case of the Managing Owner where the fees payable to the Managing Owner are waived and the purchase and holding of Units would not result in a prohibited transaction under ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code. The undersigned will, at the request of the Managing Owner, furnish the Managing Owner with such information as the Managing Owner may reasonably require to establish that the purchase of Units by the Plan does not violate any provision of ERISA or the Code, including, without limitation, those provisions relating to “prohibited transactions” by “parties in interest” or “disqualified persons,” as defined therein. If subscriber is not an individual, the person signing the Subscription Agreement Signature Page on behalf of subscriber is duly authorized to execute such Signature Page and subscriber has full power and authority to purchase the Units. This subscription, if made as custodian for a minor, is a gift I have made to such minor, or if not a gift, such minor satisfies the requirements relating to net worth and annual income set forth in “Exhibit B — Subscription Requirements.” I am not required to be registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) or to be a member of the National Futures Association (“NFA”) or, if required to be so registered, I am duly registered with the CFTC and am a member in good standing of the NFA, and I agree to provide the Managing Owner with such information as the Managing Owner may request to verify the foregoing statement. I understand that by submitting this Subscription Agreement, I am making the representations and warranties set forth in Exhibit B, “Subscription Requirements,” to the Prospectus with respect to the prevention of money laundering. I covenant that I will (i) provide any form, certification or other information reasonably requested by and acceptable to the Trust that is necessary for the Trust to (A) prevent withholding or qualify for a reduced rate of withholding or backup withholding in any jurisdiction from or through which the Trust receives payments or (B) satisfy reporting or other obligations under the Code and the U.S. Treasury regulations, (ii) update or replace such form, certification or other information in accordance with its terms or subsequent amendments or as requested by the Trust, and (iii) otherwise comply with any reporting obligations imposed by the United States or any other jurisdiction, including reporting obligations that may be imposed by future legislation. The information set forth on the Subscription Agreement Signature Page is correct and complete as of the date of such Subscription Agreement, and, should there be any material change in such information prior to my admission to the Trust as a Unitholder, I will immediately furnish revised or corrected information to the Managing Owner.

 

3. Acceptance of Trust Agreement. I hereby agree to each and every term of the Trust’s Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement dated August 12, 2009, as amended or supplemented from time to time (the “Trust Agreement”), a copy of which has been provided to me together with the Trust’s Prospectus. By execution of this Subscription Agreement, I agree that I shall be deemed to have executed the Trust Agreement.

 

4. Governing Law. Subscriber hereby acknowledges and agrees that this Subscription Agreement shall be governed by and be interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Delaware, without regard to principles of conflicts of laws; provided, that the foregoing choice of law shall not restrict the application of any state’s securities laws to the sale of Units to its residents or within such state.

 

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5. Risks. (i) The Trust is speculative. You may lose all or substantially all of your investment in the Trust; (ii) the Trust is leveraged. Leverage magnifies the impact of both profit and loss; (iii) the performance of the Trust is expected to be volatile; (iv) you will sustain losses if the Trust is unable to generate sufficient trading profits and interest income to offset its fees and expenses; and (v) the Units are not liquid. No secondary market exists for the Units and you may redeem Units only as of a month-end. No investor should invest more than 10% of his or her net worth (exclusive of home, furnishings and automobiles) in the Trust.

 

See the section titled “The Risks You Face” in the Prospectus beginning at page 11.

 


 

Please complete the separate Subscription Agreement Signature Page which accompanies this prospectus carefully, and ensure that your Registered Representative knows whether you are subscribing by check or account debit.

 

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Not For Use After
November 11, 2013

 

GLOBAL MACRO TRUST

Units of Beneficial Interest

Subscription Agreement

Specimen Signature Page (not to be completed)

 

Please complete the separate Subscription Agreement Signature Page which

accompanies this prospectus.

 

The investor named below, by execution and delivery of this Subscription Agreement Signature Page for purchase of Units in the Trust — and by either (i) enclosing a check payable to Global Macro Trust or (ii) authorizing the selling agent (“Selling Agent”) to debit investor’s securities account in the amount set forth below — hereby subscribes for the purchase of Units, at the price of the Net Asset Value per Unit.

 

The named investor further acknowledges receipt of the Prospectus together with a recent Monthly Report of the Trust. The Prospectus includes the Trust’s Fourth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, the Subscription Requirements and the Subscription Agreement, the terms of which govern the investment in the Units being subscribed for hereby.

 

By my signature below, I represent that I satisfy the requirements relating to net worth and annual income and, if applicable, indicated risk tolerance as set forth in Exhibit B to the Prospectus and acknowledge that I am making the representations in Exhibit B regarding the prevention of money laundering.

 

1) Total $ Amount ___________________________ (minimum of   2) Series of Units: o Series 1 o Series 2
  $5,000, except $2,000 minimum for IRAs and other qualified       o Series 3 o Series 4
  accounts)      
o check here if this is an addition to an existing investment   3) Account # _____________________ (must be completed)
      o if payment is to be made by debit from investor’s securities account, check box

4) o   Taxable Investors    
  (check only one): o Individual Ownership/Sole Proprietor o Trust other than a Grantor or Revocable Trust
    o Joint Tenants with Right of Survivorship o Estate o UGMA/UTMA (Minor)
    o Tenants in Common o Community Property o Partnership    
    o Grantor or Other Revocable Trust o C Corporation o Limited Liability Company (Enter the tax classification (C=C Corporation, S=S Corporation, P=Partnership) 
    o Other (specify) o S Corporation   ________))

 

  o     Non-Taxable Investors (check only one)

    o IRA o Profit Sharing o Defined Benefit
    o Pension o SEP o Other (specify)

  o     Exempt payee (check this box if the investor is exempt from backup withholding)

 

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5) Investor’s Name  
      Telephone No.

Social Security #   -   -     Taxpayer ID#   -  

Business Name /disregarded entity name, if different from above      

6)  
  Additional Information (for Estates, Partnerships, LLCs, Trusts and Corporations — name and title of authorized signatures, date of trust, etc.)

7) Resident Address  
  of Investor Street (P.O. Box not acceptable) City   State Zip Code
8) Mailing Address        
  (if different) Street City   State Zip Code
9) Custodian Name  
  and Mailing Address Name Street City   State Zip Code

10) o  The Commodity Futures Trading Commission requires the Trust to provide you with annual audited financial statements and unaudited interim account statements, and to provide other investor notices as well.  I hereby consent to have the required annual audited financial statements and unaudited interim account statements (as well as such other required investor notices) made available to me via e-mail (at the address provided below) or at the Managing Owner’s secure website (at such time as secure website access is available) rather than in hardcopy.  I understand that my consent shall be effective until revoked and that I may revoke this consent and receive such statements in hardcopy at any time by written notice to the Managing Owner.  My e-mail address is __________________________________________________.

 

11) If the investor is making an investment in the Trust as part of the investor’s participation in a registered investment adviser’s asset-based fee or fixed fee advisory program through which the investor’s investment adviser recommended a portfolio allocation to the Trust, the investor must provide the name and address of the investor’s investment adviser.  The investor will accordingly be issued Series 2 or Series 3 Units.
  Adviser Name  
  and Mailing Address Name Street City   State Zip Code

United States investors should cross out the language under the heading “NON-UNITED STATES INVESTORS ONLY,” below. Non-United States investors should cross out the language under the heading “UNITED STATES INVESTORS ONLY,” below.

 

UNITED STATES INVESTORS ONLY

 

Under penalties of perjury, I certify that: (1) The number shown on this form is my correct taxpayer identification number (or I am waiting for a number to be issued to me), and (2) I am not subject to backup withholding because: (a) I am exempt from backup withholding, or (b) I have not been notified by the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) that I am subject to backup withholding as a result of a failure to report all interest or dividends, or (c) the IRS has notified me that I am no longer subject to backup withholding, and (3) I am a U.S. citizen or other U.S. person (defined in the instructions).

 

You must cross out item (2) above if you have been notified by the IRS that you are currently subject to backup withholding because you have failed to report all interest and dividends on your tax return.

 

NON-UNITED STATES INVESTORS ONLY

 

I hereby certify that (i) (a) I am not a citizen or resident of the United States or (b) (in the case of an investor which is not an individual) the investor is not a United States corporation, partnership, estate or trust and (ii) I have herewith delivered my W-8 (if an individual) or delivered the investor’s W-8 (if not an individual).

 

SIGNATURE(S) — Do not sign without familiarizing yourself with the information in the Prospectus, including: (i) the fundamental risks and financial hazards of this investment, including the risk of losing your entire investment; (ii) the Trust’s substantial charges; (iii) the Trust’s highly leveraged trading activities; (iv) the lack of liquidity of the Units; (v) the existence of actual and potential conflicts of interest in the structure and operation of the Trust; (vi) that unitholders may not take part in the management of the Trust; and (vii) the tax consequences of an investment in the Trust.

 

The Internal Revenue Service does not require your consent to any provision of this document other than the certifications required to avoid backup withholding.

 

INVESTOR(S) MUST SIGN

 

12)

 

X       X    
Signature of Investor Date   Signature of Joint Investor (if any) Date

 

Executing and delivering this Subscription Agreement shall in no respect be deemed to constitute a waiver of any rights under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 


 

REGISTERED REPRESENTATIVE MUST SIGN

 

13)

 

I hereby certify that I have informed the investor of all pertinent facts relating to the: risks; tax consequences; liquidity and marketability; management; and control of the Managing Owner with respect to an investment in the Units, as set forth in the Prospectus. I have also informed the investor of the unlikelihood of a public trading market developing for the Units. I do not have discretionary authority over the account of the investor.

 

I have reasonable grounds to believe, based on information obtained from the investor concerning his/her investment objectives, other investments, financial situation and needs and any other information known by me, that an investment in the Trust is suitable for such investor in light of his/her financial position, net worth and other suitability characteristics.

 

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The Registered Representative MUST sign below in order to substantiate compliance with FINRA Rule 2310.

 

X       X    
Registered Representative Signature Date   Office Manager Signature
(if required by Selling Agent procedures)
Date

 

14)

Selling Agent  
Registered Representative  
Name (please print)  
  First M.I. Last Reg. Rep. Number

 

Registered Representative

Address  
(for confirmations) Street (P.O. Box not acceptable) City State Zip Code

Registered Representative  
Phone and E-Mail    
  Phone Number E-Mail Address

 

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No dealer, salesman or any other person has been authorized to give any information or to make any representation not contained in this Prospectus, and, if given or made, such other information or representation must not be relied upon as having been authorized by Millburn Ridgefield Corporation or any other person. This Prospectus does not constitute an offer to sell or a solicitation of an offer to buy the securities offered hereby to any person or by anyone in any jurisdiction in which such offer or solicitation may not be lawfully made. The delivery of this Prospectus at any time does not imply that the information contained herein is correct as of any time subsequent to the date of its issue.

 

All selling agents must deliver to prospective investors any supplemented or amended Prospectus issued by Global Macro Trust during the ongoing offering period.