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CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT REQUESTED.  Confidential portions of this document have been redacted and have been separately filed with the Commission.

 

 

EXHIBIT 10.01





ADVISORY AGREEMENT

 

THIS AGREEMENT, made as of June 1, 2009, among RJO Global Trust, a Delaware statutory business trust (the “Fund”), R.J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company (the “Managing Owner”), and Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited, a limited partnership incorporated in Jersey, Channel Islands (the “Trading Advisor”).





W I T N E S S E T H :

 

WHEREAS, the Fund has been organized as a Delaware statutory business trust  pursuant to its organizational documents to, among other things, directly or indirectly through one or more commodity trading advisor, trade, buy, sell, spread, or otherwise acquire, hold, or dispose
of commodities (including, but not limited to, foreign currencies, mortgage-backed securities, money market instruments, financial instruments, and any other securities or items which are now, or may hereafter be, the subject of futures contract trading), domestic and foreign commodity futures contracts, forward contracts, foreign exchange commitments, options on physical commodities and on futures contracts, spot (cash) commodities and currencies, exchange of futures contracts for physicals transactions, exchange
of physicals for futures contracts transactions, and any rights pertaining thereto, whether traded on an organized exchange or otherwise (hereinafter referred to collectively as “futures interests;” provided, however, such definition shall exclude securities futures products as defined by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”), options in securities futures and options in equities) and securities (such as United States Treasury securities) approved by the CFTC for investment
of customer funds and other securities on a limited basis, and to engage in all activities incident thereto;

 

WHEREAS, the Trading Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor with the CFTC, is a member of the National Futures Association (“NFA”), and is authorised and regulated by the Jersey Financial Services Commission. WHEREAS, the Fund is a commodity pool operated by the Managing Owner; and the Fund’s units are being offered pursuant
to a registration statement on Form S-1 (No. 333-146177) as from time to time amended filed under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended;

 

WHEREAS, the principals of the Trading Advisor have extensive experience trading in futures interests and the Trading Advisor is willing to provide the services and undertake the obligations as set forth herein;

 

WHEREAS, the Fund and the Managing Owner each desires the Trading Advisor to act as a trading advisor for the Fund and to make investment decisions with respect to futures interests for the Fund and the Trading Advisor desires so to act; and

 

WHEREAS, the Fund, the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor wish to enter into this Agreement which, among other things, sets forth certain terms and conditions upon which the Trading Advisor will conduct the futures interest trading with respect to a portion of the Fund’s
assets, as described herein.

 





 

  



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NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby agree as follows:

 


	
  
	
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Undertakings in Connection with the Continuing Offering of Units.




 

(a)           The Trading Advisor agrees with respect to the continuing offering of interests (“Units”) in the Fund: (i) to make all disclosures regarding itself, its principals and affiliates, its trading performance, its trading systems, methods and strategies (subject
to the need, in the reasonable discretion of the Trading Advisor, to preserve the secrecy of Proprietary Information (as defined in Section 1(c) hereof) concerning such systems, methods and strategies), any client accounts over which it has discretionary trading authority (other than the names of or identifying information with respect to any such clients), and otherwise, as the Fund may reasonably require (x) in connection with Fund’s offering materials (the “Prospectus”) as required by Rule
4.21 of the regulations under the Commodity Exchange Act (the “CEAct”), and the rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”) including in connection with any amendments or supplements thereto, or (y) to comply with any other applicable law or rule or regulation, including those of the CFTC, the National Futures Association (the “NFA”), the SEC, or any other regulatory or self-regulatory body, exchange, or board with jurisdiction over its members
(or to comply with the reasonable request of the aforementioned organizations); and (ii) to otherwise cooperate with the Fund and the Managing Owner by providing information regarding the Trading Advisor in connection with the preparation of the Prospectus, including any amendments or supplements thereto, as part of making application for registration of the Units under the securities or blue sky laws of any jurisdictions, including foreign jurisdictions, as the Fund may deem appropriate; provided that all such
disclosures are subject to the need, in the reasonable discretion of the Trading Advisor, to preserve the secrecy of Proprietary Information concerning its clients, systems methods and strategies.  As used herein, unless otherwise provided, the term “principal” shall have the meaning as defined in Rule 4.10(e) of the CFTC’s regulations and the term “affiliate” shall mean an individual or entity that directly or indirectly controls, is controlled by, or is under common control
with, such party.  The Managing Owner may, in its sole discretion and at any time, withdraw the SEC registration of the Units or discontinue the offering of Units.

 

(b)           If the Trading Advisor becomes aware of any materially untrue or misleading statement or omission regarding itself or any of its principals or affiliates in the Disclosure Information (as defined in Section 20 hereof),
or of the occurrence of any event or change in circumstances which would result in there being any materially untrue or misleading statement or omission in the Disclosure Information regarding itself or any of its principals or affiliates, the Trading Advisor shall promptly notify the Managing Owner and shall cooperate with the Managing Owner in the preparation of any necessary amendments or supplements to the Prospectus.  Neither the Trading Advisor nor any of its principals, or affiliates, or any
stockholders, officers, directors, or employees shall distribute the Prospectus or selling literature or shall engage in any selling activities whatsoever in connection with the continuing offering of Units except as may be specifically approved by the Managing Owner and agreed to by the Trading Advisor.

 

(c)           For purposes of this Agreement, and notwithstanding any of the provisions hereof, all non-public information relating to the Trading Advisor including, but not limited to, records, whether original, duplicated, computerized, handwritten, or in any other form, and

 






 


  



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information contained therein, business and/or marketing and/or sales plans and proposals, names of past and current clients, names of past, current and prospective contacts, trading methodologies, systems, strategies and programs, trading advice, trading instructions, results of proprietary accounts, training materials, research data bases,
portfolios, and computer software, and all written and oral information, furnished by the Trading Advisor to the Fund and the Managing Owner and/or their officers, directors, employees, agents (including, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, consultants, and financial advisors) or controlling persons (each a “Recipient”), regardless of the manner in which it is furnished, together with any analysis, compilations, studies or other documents or records which are prepared by a Recipient of such
information and which contain or are generated from such information, regardless of whether explicitly identified as confidential, with the exception of information which (i) is or becomes generally available to the public other than as a result of acts by the Recipient in violation of this Agreement, (ii) is in the possession of the Recipient prior to its disclosure pursuant to the terms hereof, (iii) is or becomes available to the Recipient from a source that is not bound by a confidentiality agreement with
regard to such information or by any other legal obligation of confidentiality prohibiting such disclosure, or (iv) that is independently developed by the Recipient without use of the confidential information described in this Section 1(c), are and shall be confidential information and/or trade secrets and the exclusive property of the Trading Advisor (“Confidential Information” and/or “Proprietary Information”).

 

(d)           The Fund and the Managing Owner each warrants and agrees that they and their respective officers, directors, members, equity holders, employees and agents (including for purposes of this Agreement, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, consultants, and financial
advisors) will protect and preserve the Confidential Information and will disclose Confidential Information or otherwise make Confidential Information available only to the Fund’s or the Managing Owner’s officers, directors, members, equity holders, employees and agents (including for purposes of this Agreement, but not limited to, attorneys, accountants, consultants, and financial advisors), who need to know the Confidential Information (or any part of it) for the purpose of satisfying their fiduciary,
legal, reporting, filing or other obligations hereunder or to monitor performance in the account during the term of this Agreement or thereafter, or to the Fund, Managing Owner or a Recipient, as the case may be, is required to disclose such Confidential Information due to a fiduciary obligation or legal or regulatory request.  Additionally, the Fund and the Managing Owner each warrants and agrees that it and any Recipient will use the Confidential Information solely for the purpose of satisfying the
Fund’s or the Managing Owner’s obligations under this Agreement and not in a manner which violates the terms of this Agreement.

 

(e)           The Fund and the Managing Owner understands that the Fund is prohibited from accepting the investment in the Fund by any persons or entities that are acting, whether directly or indirectly, in contravention of any U.S. federal or state or non-U.S. laws and regulations, including anti-terrorism and anti-money laundering laws and regulations and that they have policies and procedures in place for the purposes of
complying with such laws and regulations.

 


	
  
	
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Duties of the Trading Advisor.




 

The Trading Advisor hereby agrees to act as a trading advisor to the Fund trading the program formerly traded by Global Advisors L.P., with respect to a portion of the assets of the Fund then

 






 


  



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allocated to the Trading Advisor, and, as such, shall have exclusive authority and responsibility for directing the investment and reinvestment of that portion of the Fund’s assets allocated to the Trading Advisor, which shall consist of the Allocated Net Assets (as defined in Section 6(c) hereof) plus “notional”
funds, if any, allocated to the Trading Advisor, as specified in writing by the Managing Owner and consented to by the Trading Advisor (the “Assets”), on the terms and conditions and in accordance with the prohibitions and the trading policies set forth in Exhibit A to this Agreement as amended from time to time and provided in writing to the Trading Advisor by the Managing Owner (the “Trading Policies”); provided, however, that the Managing Owner may override the instructions of the Trading
Advisor without notice to the Trading Advisor to the extent necessary (i) to comply with the Trading Policies and with applicable speculative position limits, (ii) to fund any distributions or redemptions, (iii) to pay the Fund’s expenses, (iv) to the extent the Managing Owner believes doing so is necessary for the protection of the Fund, (v) to terminate the futures interest trading of the Account (as defined in Section 4) with the Trading Advisor, or (vi) to comply with any applicable law or regulation.  The
Managing Owner agrees not to override any such instructions for the reasons specified in clauses (ii) or (iii) of the preceding sentence unless the Trading Advisor fails to comply with a request of the Managing Owner to make the necessary amount of funds available to the Fund within two trading days of such request.  The Trading Advisor shall not be liable for the consequences of any decision by the Managing Owner to override instructions of the Trading Advisor, except to the extent that such consequences
result from a material breach of this Agreement by the Trading Advisor or the Trading Advisor fails to comply with the Managing Owner’s decision to override an instruction.  Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Agreement, the Fund shall have the right to instruct the Trading Advisor to liquidate any or all positions at any time.

 

(a)           The Trading Advisor shall:

 

(i)           Exercise good faith and due care in trading futures interests for the account of the Fund in accordance with the prohibitions and Trading Policies, and the trading systems, methods, and strategies of the Trading Advisor described in the Disclosure Information, with such
changes and additions to such trading systems, methods or strategies as the Trading Advisor, from time to time, incorporates into its trading approach for accounts the size of the Fund.

 

(ii)            Except to the extent that it is following a specific instruction from the Fund or Managing Owner in relation to the execution of an order, shall owe to the Fund and Managing Owner a duty to take all reasonable steps to obtain the best possible result for the Fund.

 

(iii)           Provide the Managing Owner, within 45 days of the end of a calendar quarter, and within 45 days of a separate request which the Managing Owner may make from time to time, with information comparing the performance of the Fund’s account and the performance of
all other client accounts (“Other Accounts”) directed by the Trading Advisor using the trading systems used by the Trading Advisor on behalf of the Fund over a specified period of time for the purpose of confirming that the Fund has been treated equitably compared to such Other Accounts.  In providing such information, the Trading Advisor may take such steps as are necessary to assure the confidentiality of the Trading Advisor’s clients’ identities.  The Trading Advisor
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concerning any discrepancies between the performance of such Other Accounts and the Fund’s account.  The Trading Advisor shall promptly inform the Managing Owner in writing of any material discrepancies of which the Trading Advisor is aware.  The Managing Owner acknowledges that the following differences in accounts
may cause divergent trading results:  different trading strategies, methods or degrees of leverage, different trading policies, accounts experiencing differing inflows or outflows of equity, different risk profiles, accounts which commence trading at different times and accounts which have different portfolios or different fiscal years.

(iv)           Inform the Managing Owner when the Trading Advisor’s open positions maintained by the Trading Advisor exceed the Trading Advisor’s applicable speculative position limits.

 

(v)           Upon request of the Managing Owner, promptly provide the Managing Owner with all information concerning the Trading Advisor and its activities reasonably requested by the Managing Owner (including, without limitation, information relating to changes in control, key personnel,
trading approach, or financial condition).  Additionally, the Trading Advisor agrees to furnish R.J. O’Brien & Associates, LLC (“RJOB”) by telephone, facsimile or electronic data transmission (i) a final report of all trades at the end of each business day and (ii) a report of any trade made involving a position with a required initial margin equal to 10% or more of the Assets within 30 minutes of the Trading Advisor’s receipt of confirmation, verbal or otherwise, from the
executing broker that such a trade has been executed.  The Trading Advisor further acknowledges and agrees that the timely provision of all such information is of the essence in order to enable the Fund, its designated entities, and RJOB to monitor and comply with mandatory risk control algorithms imposed upon the operation of the Fund.

 

(b)           All purchases and sales of futures interests pursuant to this Agreement shall be for the account, and at the risk, of the Fund and not for the account, or at the risk of the Trading Advisor or any of its affiliates or each of their principals, stockholders, directors,
officers, or employees, or any other person, if any, who controls the Trading Advisor.  All brokerage commissions and related transaction fees arising from such trading by the Trading Advisor shall be for the account of the Fund.

 

(c)           Subject to Section 9(a) hereof, *.  The Trading Advisor shall have an affirmative obligation to promptly notify the Managing Owner upon discovery of its own errors with respect to the account, and the Trading Advisor shall use its best efforts to identify and promptly notify
the Managing Owner of any order or trade which the Trading Advisor reasonably believes was not executed in accordance with its instructions to any Commodity Broker or such other commodity broker utilized to execute orders for the Fund.  The Fund and the Managing Owner agree that the Trading Advisor shall have no liability or responsibility for any act, omission or error of RJOB.

 

Prior to the commencement of trading by the Fund, the Managing Owner, on behalf of the Fund, shall deliver to the Trading Advisor a trading authorization appointing the

 







 
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Trading Advisor the Fund’s attorney-in-fact for such purpose (a form of which is attached hereto as Exhibit B).

 

(d)           In performing services to the Fund, the Trading Advisor shall utilize its Global Commodity Systematic program (the “Trading Program”), as described in the Disclosure Information, and as modified from time to time.  The Trading Advisor shall give
the Managing Owner prior written notice of any change in the Trading Program that the Trading Advisor considers to be material (and shall not effect such change on behalf of the Fund without the Managing Owner’s consent), including any additional futures interests to be traded by the Trading Advisor not already listed on Exhibit C.  Changes in the futures interests traded, provided that such futures interests are listed on Exhibit C, shall not be deemed a modification of the Trading Program.

 


	
  
	
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Trading Advisor as an Independent Contractor.




 

For all purposes of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor shall be deemed to be an independent contractor and shall, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or authorized, have no authority to act for or represent the Fund in any way or otherwise be deemed an agent of the Fund.  Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to require
the Fund to take any action contrary to its governing documents as from time to time in effect, or any applicable law or rule or regulation of any regulatory or self-regulatory body, exchange, or board.  Nothing herein contained shall constitute the Trading Advisor or the Managing Owner as members of any partnership, joint venture, association, syndicate or other entity, or be deemed to confer on any of them any express, implied, or apparent authority to incur any obligation or liability on behalf of
any other.  It is expressly agreed that the Trading Advisor is neither a promoter, sponsor, or issuer with respect to the Fund, nor does the Trading Advisor have any authority or responsibility with respect to the offer, sale or issuance of Units.

 


	
  
	
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Commodity Broker.




 

The Trading Advisor shall effect all transactions in futures interests for the Fund through the Fund’s separate account of the Fund to be traded exclusively by the Trading Advisor (the “Account”) maintained with RJOB or such commodity broker or brokers as the Managing Owner shall direct and appoint from time to time (the
“Commodity Brokers”).

 

Notwithstanding the foregoing, the Trading Advisor may execute trades through floor brokers other than those employed by RJOB and its affiliates so long as arrangements (including executed give-up agreements) are made for such floor brokers to “give-up” or transfer the positions to RJOB in conformity with the Trading Policies
set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto.

 

All transactions in respect of the Fund shall be undertaken directly between the Fund and RJOB or counterparties, and all settlement functions shall be undertaken directly between those parties.  None of the Fund’s investments or any documents of or evidencing title to investments belonging to the portfolio will be held
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Advisor shall not be responsible for the execution of orders except pursuant to Section 2(c) or for accounting to the Fund for any income, profits or rights earned or accrued in relation to the portfolio and the Trading Advisor accepts no liability for any act, omission or default in connection therewith.






	
  
	
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Delegation




 

The Trading Advisor may delegate any of its functions, powers and duties under this Agreement to an affiliate providing it gives prior written notice to the Fund and the Managing Owner and complies with the representations and warranties in Section 11. The Trading Advisor may also delegate operational functions to third parties.  The Trading Advisor shall remain liable for the acts and omissions of any
person to whom any of its functions are delegated.  Notwithstanding anything herein to the contrary, the Trading Advisor shall be responsible for ensuring that all persons to whom it discloses the Fund and/or the Managing Owner’s non-public personal information in accordance with this Section 5 shall keep such information confidential and shall not disclose or divulge the same to any unauthorized persons.






	
  
	
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Fees.




 

(a)           For the services to be rendered to the Fund by the Trading Advisor under this Agreement:

 

(i)           The Fund shall pay the Trading Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of *% (a *% annual rate)
of the Assets (as defined in Section 2 hereof) as of the last day of each month (the “Management Fee”).  The Management Fee is payable in arrears within 20 Business Days of the end of the month for which it was calculated.  For purposes of this Agreement, “Business Day” shall mean any day which the securities markets are open in the United States.

 

(ii)           The Fund shall pay the Trading Advisor an incentive fee equal to 20% of the New Trading Profit (as defined in Section 6(d) hereof) that shall accrue monthly but is not payable until the end of each calendar quarter (the “Incentive Fee”).  The initial incentive period will commence on the date the Trading Advisors commences
trading the Account and shall end on the last day of the calendar quarter after such date.  The Incentive Fee is payable within 20 Business Days of the end of the calendar quarter for which it was calculated.

 

(b)           If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than the last day of a calendar quarter, the Incentive Fee shall be determined as if such date were the end of a calendar quarter.  If this Agreement is terminated on a date other than the end of a month, the Management
Fee described above shall be determined as if such date were the end of a month, but such fee shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of trading days in the month through the date of termination to the total number of trading days in the month.  If, during any month after the Trading Advisor commences trading operations on behalf of the Account (including the month in which the Trading Advisor commences such operations), the Fund does

 






 
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not conduct business operations, or suspends trading for the Account, or, as a result of an act or material failure to act by the Trading Advisor, is otherwise unable to utilize the trading advice of the Trading Advisor on any of the trading days of that month for any reason, the Management Fee shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number
of trading days in the month which the Account engaged in trading operations or utilizes the trading advice of the Trading Advisor to the total number of trading days in the month.  The Management Fee payable to the Trading Advisor for the month in which the Fund begins to receive trading advice from the Trading Advisor pursuant to this Agreement shall be prorated based on the ratio of the number of trading days in the month from the day the Fund begins to receive such trading advice to the total number
of trading days in the month.  In the event that there is an increase or decrease in the Assets as of any day other than the first day of a month, the Trading Advisor shall be paid a pro rata Management Fee on such increase or decrease in the Assets for such month.

 

(c)           The term “Allocated Net Assets” shall mean the total assets of the Fund allocated to the Account (including, but not limited to, all cash and cash equivalents, accrued interest and amortization of original issue discount, and the market value (marked-to-market)
of all open futures interest positions and other assets of the Account) less all liabilities of the Fund determined in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles consistently applied under the accrual basis of accounting.  Unless generally accepted accounting principles require otherwise, the market value of a futures or option contract traded on a United States exchange shall mean the settlement price on the exchange on which the particular futures or option contract shall be traded by
the Trading Advisor on behalf of the Account with respect to which the Net Assets are being determined; provided, however, that if a contract could not be liquidated on such day due to the operation of daily limits or other rules of the exchange on which that contract shall be traded or otherwise, the settlement price on the first subsequent day on which the contract could be  liquidated shall be the market value of such contract for such day, or if a contract could not be liquidated on such day due
to the exchange being closed for an exchange holiday, the settlement price on the most recent preceding day on which the contract could have been liquidated shall be the market value of such contract for such day.  The market value of a forward contract or a futures or option contract traded on a foreign exchange or market shall mean its market value as determined by the Managing Owner on a basis consistently applied for each different variety of contract.

 

(d)           The term “New Trading Profit” shall mean net futures interest trading profits (realized and unrealized) on the Assets, decreased proportionally by the Trading Advisor’s monthly Management Fees and brokerage commissions and NFA fees applicable to the Account.  Interest income is not included in New Trading Profit; provided
further, New Trading Profit shall also be reduced by an amount equal to the prior trading losses or increased by an amount equal to the prior trading gains on the Fund's assets traded by Global Advisors L.P. on the date immediately prior to the Effective Date of this Agreement.  Extraordinary expenses do not reduce New Trading Profit.  Extraordinary expenses do not reduce New Trading Profit.  Such trading profits and items of decrease shall be determined from the end
of the last calendar quarter in respect of which an Incentive Fee was earned by the Trading Advisor or, if no Incentive Fee has been earned previously by the Trading Advisor, from the date that the Trading Advisor commenced managing the Assets, to the end of the calendar quarter as of which such Incentive Fee calculation is being made.  New Trading Profit shall be calculated before reduction

 



 




 


  



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for Incentive Fees paid or accrued so that the Trading Advisor does not have to earn back Incentive Fees.

 

(e)           If any payment of Incentive Fees is made to the Trading Advisor on account of New Trading Profit earned by the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor thereafter fails to earn New Trading Profit or experiences losses for any subsequent incentive period, the Trading Advisor
shall be entitled to retain such amounts of Incentive Fees previously paid to the Trading Advisor in respect of such New Trading Profit.  No Incentive Fees shall be payable to the Trading Advisor until the Trading Advisor has earned New Trading Profit; provided, however, that if the Assets are reduced because of redemptions that occur at the end of, and/or subsequent to, a calendar quarter in which the Trading Advisor experiences a futures interest trading loss for the Fund, the trading loss that must
be recovered before the Trading Advisor will be deemed to experience New Trading Profit in a subsequent calendar quarter will be equal to the amount determined by (x) dividing the Assets after such decrease by the Assets in immediately before such decrease and (y) multiplying that fraction by the amount of the unrecovered futures interest trading loss prior to such decrease.  In the event that the Trading Advisor experiences a trading loss in more than one calendar quarter without the Trading Company
paying an intervening Incentive Fee and Assets are reduced in more than one such calendar quarter because of redemptions, then the trading loss for each such calendar quarter shall be adjusted in accordance with the formula described above and such reduced amount of futures interest trading loss shall be carried forward and used to offset subsequent futures interest trading profits.

 

(f)           No Incentive Fees shall be payable to the Trading Advisor until the Trading Advisor has earned New Trading Profit.

 


	
  
	
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Designation of Additional Trading Advisors and Reallocation of Net Assets




 

                      (a)           If the Managing Owner at any time deems it to be in the best  interests  of  the  Fund, the  Managing Owner may designate  one or more additional trading
advisors for  the Fund and  may  apportion  to  such  additional trading advisor(s) the management of such amounts of the Fund’s assets as  the Managing Owner shall determine in its absolute discretion.   The designation of an additional trading advisor or advisors and  the apportionment of the Fund’s assets to such trading advisor(s) pursuant to this Section 7 shall neither terminate this  Agreement
nor modify in any regard the respective rights and obligations of the Fund, the Managing Owner and  the Trading Advisor hereunder.  In the event that Assets are reallocated from the Trading  Advisor,  the Trading Advisor shall  thereafter  receive management  and  incentive  fees  based,  respectively, on Assets, as reduced pursuant to this Section 7(a) and  the Trading  Profits attributable
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                      (b)           The Managing Owner may at any time and from time to time upon three business days’ prior notice reallocate Assets to any other trading advisor or advisors of the Fund or allocate additional Assets upon three
business days’ prior notice to the Trading Advisor from such other trading advisor or advisors; provided that any such addition to or withdrawal from Assets will only take place on the last day of a month unless the Managing Owner determines that the best interests of the Fund require otherwise.  The Trading Advisor shall have the right to refuse any additional allocations to be made pursuant to this Section 7(b).






 


  



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                      (c)           The Managing Owner shall not, without the consent of the Trading Advisor, allocate to the Trading Advisor “notional” assets
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Term




 

(a)           This Agreement shall continue in effect for a period of one year from the date the Agreement was entered into unless otherwise terminated as set forth in this Section 8. The Trading
Advisor may terminate this Agreement at the end of such one-year period by providing prior written notice of termination to the Fund at least sixty days prior to the expiration of such one-year period.  If the Agreement is not terminated upon the expiration of such one-year period, this Agreement shall automatically renew for an additional one-year period and shall continue to renew for additional one-year periods until this Agreement is otherwise terminated, as provided for herein.  This
Agreement shall automatically terminate if the Fund is dissolved.

 

(b)           The Fund and Managing Owner each shall have the right to terminate this Agreement in its discretion (i) at any month end upon five days’ prior written notice to the Trading Advisor, or (ii) at any time upon prior written notice to the Trading Advisor upon the occurrence of any of the following events: (A) if any person described as a “principal” of the Trading Advisor in the Prospectus ceases
for any reason to be an active “principal” of the Trading Advisor; (B) if the Trading Advisor becomes bankrupt or insolvent; (C) if the Trading Advisor is unable to use its trading systems or methods as in effect on the date hereof and as modified in the future for the benefit of the Fund; (D) if the registration, as a commodity trading advisor, of the Trading Advisor with the CFTC or its membership in the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated, or not renewed, or limited or qualified in any respect;
(E) except as provided in Section 13 hereof, if the Trading Advisor merges or consolidates with, or sells or otherwise transfers its advisory business, or all or a substantial portion of its assets, any portion of its futures interest trading systems or methods, or its goodwill to, any individual or entity; (F) if, at any time, the Trading Advisor violates any Trading Policy or administrative policy, except with the prior express written consent of the Managing Owner; or (G) if the Trading Advisor fails in a
material manner to perform any of its obligations under this Agreement.

 

(c)           The Trading Advisor may terminate this Agreement at any time, upon thirty days’ prior written notice to the Fund and Managing Owner, in the event: (A) that the Managing Owner imposes additional trading limitation(s) in the form of one or more Trading Policies or
administrative policies that the Trading Advisor does not consent to, such consent not to be unreasonably withheld; (B) the Managing Owner objects to the Trading Advisor implementing a proposed material change to the Trading Program and the Trading Advisor certifies to the Managing Owner in writing that it believes such change is in the best interests of the Fund; (C) the Managing Owner or the Fund materially breaches this Agreement and does not correct the breach within ten days of receipt of a written notice
of such breach from the Trading Advisor; (D) the Assets fall below $* (after adding back trading losses) at any time; (E) the Fund becomes bankrupt or insolvent, or (F) the registration of the Managing Owner with the CFTC as a commodity pool operator or its membership in the NFA is revoked, suspended, terminated or not renewed, or limited or qualified in any respect.  If the Managing Owner or Fund merges,

 



 
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consolidates or sells a substantial portion of its assets pursuant to Section 13 of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor may terminate this Agreement upon prior written notice to the Managing Owner and Fund.

(d)           Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any termination of this Agreement in accordance with this Section 8 shall be without penalty or liability to any party, on account
of such termination.

 

(e)           The indemnities set forth in Section 9 hereof shall survive any termination of this Agreement.

 


	
  
	
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Standard of Liability: Indemnifications.




 

(a)           Limitation of Trading Advisor Liability. In respect of the Trading Advisor’s role in the futures interests trading of the Fund, the Trading Advisor shall not be liable to the Fund or the Managing Owner or their partners, directors, officers, principals, managers,
members, shareholders, employees, controlling persons or successors and assigns except that the Trading Advisor shall be liable for acts or omissions that constitute a material breach of this Agreement or a representation, warranty or covenant herein, misconduct or gross negligence, or are the result of the Trading Advisor not having acted in good faith and in the reasonable belief that such actions or omissions were in, or not opposed to, the best interests of the Fund.

 

(b)           Trading Advisor Indemnity in Respect of Management Activities. The Trading Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Fund and the Managing Owner, their controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, principals, managers, members,
shareholders, employees and controlling persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities (joint and several), costs, and expenses (including any reasonable investigatory, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement, the Trading Advisor shall have approved such settlement) resulting from a demand, claim, lawsuit, action or proceeding (other
than those incurred as a result of claims brought by or in the right of an indemnified party) relating to this Agreement (except as covered by paragraph (d) below); provided that a court of competent jurisdiction upon entry of a final judgment (or, if no final judgment is entered, by an opinion rendered by counsel who is approved by the Fund and the Trading Advisor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) to the effect that the action or inaction of such indemnified party that was the subject of the demand,
claim, lawsuit, action, or proceeding did not constitute gross negligence, misconduct, or a breach of this Agreement or a representation, warranty or covenant of the Fund or the Managing Owner, their controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, shareholders, employees, and controlling persons and was done in good faith.

 

(c)           Fund Indemnity in Respect of Management Activities.  The Fund shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, principals, managers, members, shareholders, employees
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other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement, the Managing Owner shall have approved such settlement) resulting from a demand, claim, lawsuit, action or proceeding (other than those incurred as a result of claims
brought by or in the right of an indemnified party) relating to this Agreement (except as covered by paragraph (e) below); provided that a court of competent jurisdiction upon entry of a final judgment finds (or, if no final judgment is entered, by an opinion rendered by counsel who is approved by the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor, such approval not to be unreasonably withheld) to the effect that the action or inaction of such indemnified party that was the subject of the demand, claim, lawsuit, action,
or proceeding did not constitute gross negligence, misconduct, or a breach of this Agreement or a representation, warranty or covenant of the Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, its affiliates and directors, officers, shareholders, employees, and controlling persons and was done in good faith.

 

(d)           Trading Advisor Indemnity in Respect of Sale of Units. The Trading Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Fund, the Managing Owner, any selling agent, their controlling persons and their affiliates and their respective directors, officers, principals, managers,
members, shareholders, employees and controlling persons from and against any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, and expenses, (joint and several), to which any indemnified person may become subject (including any reasonable investigatory, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement, the Trading Advisor shall have approved such settlement, and
in connection with any administrative proceedings), in respect of the offer or sale of Units, insofar as such losses, claims, damages, liabilities, costs, or expenses (or action in respect thereof) arise out of, or are based upon: (i) a breach by the Trading Advisor of any applicable laws or regulations or any representation, warranty or agreement in this Agreement; or (ii) any materially untrue statement or omission relating or with respect to the Trading Advisor, or any of its principals, or their operations,
trading systems, methods or performance, which was made in the Prospectus or any amendment or supplement thereto or any other sales literature and furnished by the Trading Advisor for inclusion therein.

 

(e)            Fund Indemnity in Respect of Sale of Units. The Fund shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the Trading Advisor, its controlling persons, their affiliates and their respective
directors, officers, principals, managers, members shareholders, employees and controlling persons from and against any loss claim, damage, liability, cost, and expense, joint and several, to which any indemnified person may become subject (including any reasonable investigatory, legal, accounting and other expenses incurred in connection with, and any amounts paid in, any litigation or other proceeding or any settlement; provided that, solely in the case of a settlement, the Managing Owner shall have approved
such settlement, and in connection with any administrative proceedings), in respect of the offer or sale of Units, unless such loss, claim, damage, liability, cost, or expense (or action in respect thereof) arises out of, or is based upon (i) a breach by the Trading Advisor of any applicable laws or regulations or any representation, warranty or agreement in this Agreement; or (ii) any materially untrue statement or omission relating or with respect to the Trading Advisor, or any of its principals or their operations,
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(f)           Subject to Section 9(a) hereof, the foregoing agreements of indemnity shall be in addition to, and shall in no respect limit or restrict, any other remedies which may be available to an indemnified person.

 

(g)           Promptly after receipt by an indemnified person of notice of the commencement of any action, claim, or proceeding to which any of the indemnities may apply, the indemnified person will notify the indemnifying party in writing of the commencement thereof if a claim in
respect thereof is to be made against the indemnifying party hereunder; but the omission so to notify the indemnifying party will not relieve the indemnifying party from any liability that the indemnifying party may have to the indemnified person hereunder, except where such omission has materially prejudiced the indemnifying party.  In case any action, claim, or proceeding is brought against an indemnified person and the indemnified person notifies the indemnifying party of the commencement thereof
as provided above, the indemnifying party will be entitled to participate therein and, to the extent that the indemnifying party desires, to assume the defense thereof with counsel selected by the indemnifying party and not unreasonably disapproved by the indemnified person.  After notice from the indemnifying party to the indemnified person of the indemnifying party’s election so to assume the defense thereof as provided above, the indemnifying party will not be liable to the indemnified person
under the indemnity provisions hereof for any legal and other expenses subsequently incurred by the indemnified person in connection with the defense thereof, other than reasonable costs of investigation.

 

Notwithstanding the preceding paragraph, if in any action, claim, or proceeding as to which indemnification is or may be available hereunder, an indemnified person reasonably determines that its interests are or may be adverse, in whole or in part, to the indemnifying party’s interests or that there may be legal defenses available
to the indemnified person that are different from, in addition to, or inconsistent with the defenses available to the indemnifying party, the indemnified person may retain its own counsel in connection with such action, claim, or proceeding and will be indemnified (provided the indemnified person is so entitled) by the indemnifying party for any legal and other expenses reasonably incurred in connection with investigating or defending such action, claim, or proceeding.

 

In no event will the indemnifying party be liable for the fees and expenses of more than one counsel for all indemnified persons in connection with any one action; claim, or proceeding or in connection with separate but similar or related actions, claims, or proceedings in the same jurisdiction arising out of the same general allegations.  The indemnifying party will not be liable for any settlement of
any action, claim, or proceeding effected without the indemnifying party’s express written consent, but if any action, claim, or proceeding, is settled with the indemnifying party’s express written consent, the indemnifying party will indemnify, defend, and hold harmless an indemnified person as provided in this Section 9.

 


	
  
	
10.
	
Right to Advise Others and Uniformity of Acts and Practices.




 

(a)           The Trading Advisor is engaged in the business of advising clients as to the purchase and sale of futures interests.  During the term of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor, its principals and affiliates, will be advising other clients (including affiliates
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implement a fair and consistent allocation policy that seeks to ensure that all clients are treated equitably and positions allocated as nearly as possible in proportion to the assets available for trading of the accounts managed or controlled by the Trading Advisor.  However, the Fund and the Managing Owner recognize that each individual
aggregated transaction may on some occasions operate to their advantage and on some occasions may operate to their disadvantage. Upon written request, the Managing Owner may request a copy of the Trading Advisor’s procedures regarding the equitable treatment of trades across accounts.  Such procedures shall be provided to the Managing Owner within 30 days of such request by the Managing Owner.  Except as otherwise set forth
herein, the Trading Advisor and its principals and affiliates agree to treat the Fund in a fiduciary capacity to the extent recognized by applicable law, but subject to that standard.  Under no circumstances shall the Trading Advisor by any act or omission knowingly or intentionally favor any account advised or managed by the Trading Advisor over the account of the Fund in any way or manner.  Nothing contained in this Section 10(a)
shall preclude the Trading Advisor from charging different management and/or incentive fees to its clients.  Subject to the Trading Advisor’s obligations under applicable law, the Trading Advisor or any of its principals or affiliates shall be free to advise and manage accounts for other clients and shall be free to trade on the basis of the same trading systems, methods, or strategies employed by the Trading Advisor for the account of the Fund, or trading systems, methods, or strategies that
are entirely independent of, or materially different from, those employed for the account of the Fund, and shall be free to compete for the same futures interests as the Fund or to take positions opposite to the Fund, where such actions do not knowingly or intentionally prefer any of such accounts over the account of the Fund on an overall basis.

 

(b)           The Trading Advisor shall not be restricted as to the number or nature of its clients, except that: (i) so long as the Trading Advisor acts as a trading advisor for the Fund, neither the Trading Advisor nor any of its principals or affiliates shall knowingly hold any
position or control any other account that would cause the Fund, the Trading Advisor, or the principals or affiliates of the Trading Advisor to be in violation of the CEAct or any regulations promulgated thereunder, any other applicable law, or any applicable rule or regulation of the CFTC or any other regulatory or self regulatory body, exchange, or board; and (ii) neither the Trading Advisor nor any of its principals or affiliates shall render futures interests trading advice to any other individual or entity
or otherwise engage in activity that shall knowingly cause positions in futures interests to be attributed to the Trading Advisor under the rules or regulations of the CFTC or any other regulatory or self regulatory body, exchange, or board so as to require the significant modification of positions taken or intended for the account of the Fund; provided that the Trading Advisor may modify its trading systems, methods or strategies to accommodate the trading of additional funds or accounts.  If applicable
speculative position limits are exceeded by the Trading Advisor in the opinion of (i) independent counsel (who shall be other than counsel to the Fund), (ii) the CFTC, or (iii) any other regulatory or self regulatory body, exchange, or board, the Trading Advisor and its principals and affiliates shall promptly liquidate positions in all of their accounts, including the Fund’s account, as to which positions are attributed to the Trading Advisor as nearly as possible in proportion to the accounts’ respective
amounts available for trading (taking into account different degrees of leverage and “notional” equity) to the extent necessary to comply with the applicable position limits.

 

(c)           The Trading Advisor has adopted a Conflicts of Interest Policy in order to identify, manage and disclose conflicts of interests in connection with the services provided by the Trading Advisor to its clients.  The Trading Advisor will use its best efforts to
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potential conflicts of interest and shall disclose to the Fund and the Managing Owner the nature and source of any conflict of interest where the risk of damage to the interests of the Fund and/or the Managing Owner are not prevented before undertaking a transaction on behalf of the Fund.

 


	
  
	
11.
	
Representations, Warranties, and Covenants of the Trading Advisor.




 

(a)           Representations and Warranties of the Trading Advisor. The Trading Advisor represents and warrants to and agrees with the Managing Owner and the Fund as follows:

 

(i)           It will exercise good faith and due care in implementing the Trading Program on behalf of the Fund as described in the Disclosure Information (as modified from time to time) or any other trading programs agreed to by the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor.

 

(ii)           The Trading Advisor shall follow and comply with, at all times, the Trading Policies.

 

(iii)           The Trading Advisor shall trade the Assets pursuant to the same trading programs described in the Disclosure Information unless the Managing Owner and the Trading Advisor agree otherwise.

 

(iv)           The Trading Advisor is duly organized, validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the state of its organization and is qualified to do business as a foreign corporation or and is in good standing in each other jurisdiction in which the nature or conduct
of its business requires such qualification and the failure to so qualify would materially adversely affect the Trading Advisor’s ability to perform its duties under this Agreement.  The Trading Advisor has full power and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.  The only principals of the Trading Advisor are those set forth in the Prospectus and Disclosure Information (the “Trading Advisor Principals”).

 

(v)           All references to the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor Principals and trading systems, methods and performance in the Prospectus are accurate and complete in all material respects.  With respect to the Trading Advisor, the Trading Advisor Principals,
and its trading systems, methods and performance:  (i) the Prospectus contains all statements and information required to be included therein under the CEAct and the rules and regulations thereunder, and (ii) the Prospectus does not contain, and will not during the term of this Agreement contain, any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements contained therein, in the light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading.  Except
as otherwise disclosed in the Prospectus, the actual performance of each discretionary account directed by the Trading Advisor or any principal or affiliate of the Trading Advisor over the past five  years and year-to-date is disclosed in the Prospectus on either a composite or a stand alone basis.  The information regarding the actual performance of such accounts set forth in the Prospectus have been calculated and presented in accordance with the descriptions therein and is complete and
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(vi)           This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered on behalf of the Trading Advisor and is a valid and binding agreement of the Trading Advisor enforceable in accordance with its terms.

 

(vii)           Each of the Trading Advisor and the Trading Advisor Principals has all federal, state and foreign governmental, regulatory and exchange licenses and approvals and has effected all filings and registrations with federal, state and foreign governmental and regulatory
agencies required to conduct its business and to act as described in the Prospectus or required to perform its or his obligations under this Agreement.  The Trading Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor under the CEAct and is a member of the NFA in such capacity.

 

(viii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth herein, the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus and the payment of the fees hereunder will not violate, or constitute a breach of, or default
under, the certificate of incorporation or bylaws (or any other organizational documents) of the Trading Advisor or any agreement or instrument by which it is bound or of any order, rule, law or regulation binding on it of any court or any governmental body or administrative agency or panel or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over it.

 

(ix)           Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Disclosure Information, and except as may otherwise be stated in or contemplated by the Disclosure Information, there has not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise,
business or prospects of the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor Principal.

 

(x)           Except as set forth in the Disclosure Information there have not been and there is not pending, or to the best of the Trading Advisor’s knowledge after due inquiry, threatened, any action, suit or proceeding before or by any court or other governmental body to
which the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor Principal is or was a party, or to which any of the assets of the Trading Advisor is or was subject and which resulted in or might reasonably be expected to result in any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, business or prospects of the Trading Advisor.  None of the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor Principal has received any notice of an investigation by the NFA, CFTC or other administrative agency or self-regulatory
body (whether United States or foreign) regarding noncompliance by the Trading Advisor or any of the Trading Advisor Principals with the CEAct or any other applicable law.

 

(xi)           Neither the Trading Advisor nor any Trading Advisor Principal has received, or is entitled to receive, directly or indirectly, any commission, finder’s fee, similar fee, or rebate from any person in connection with the organization or operation of the Fund.

 

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(xiii)           Neither the Trading Advisor nor any Trading Advisor Principal will use or distribute the Prospectus or any selling literature or engage in any selling activities whatsoever in connection with the offering of the Units.

 

(xiv)           The information in the Prospectus about the Trading Advisor does not contain any misleading or untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein to make the statements not misleading.

 

(xv)           The foregoing representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement and if at any time any event shall occur which could make any of the foregoing representations or warranties inaccurate, the Trading Advisor shall promptly notify the
Managing Owner and the Fund of the nature of such event.

 

(b)           Covenants of the Trading Advisor.  The Trading Advisor covenants and agrees that:

 

(i)           The Trading Advisor shall maintain all registrations and memberships necessary for the Trading Advisor to continue to act as described herein and to at all times comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to the extent that the failure to
so comply would have a materially adverse effect on the Trading Advisor’s ability to act as described herein.

 

(ii)           The Trading Advisor shall inform the Managing Owner immediately as soon as the Trading Advisor or any Trading Advisor Principal becomes the subject of any investigation, claim or proceeding of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such person or becomes
a named party to any litigation materially affecting (or which may, with the passage of time, materially affect) the business of the Trading Advisor.  The Trading Advisor shall also inform the Managing Owner immediately if the Trading Advisor or any of its officers becomes aware of any breach of this Agreement by the Trading Advisor.

 

(iii)           The Trading Advisor agrees to cooperate by providing information regarding itself and its performance in the preparation of any amendments or supplements to the Prospectus (subject to the limitation set forth in Section 1 hereof).

 


	
  
	
12.
	
Representations and Warranties of the Fund and the Managing Owner; Covenants of the Managing Owner.




 

(a)           The Fund and the Managing Owner represent and warrant to the Trading Advisor, as follows:

 

(i)           The Fund is a Delaware statutory trust formed pursuant to its organizational documents and Delaware law and is validly existing and in good standing under the laws of the State of Delaware with full power and authority to engage in the trading of futures interests and
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and where failure to be so qualified could materially adversely affect the Fund’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(ii)           The Managing Owner is duly organized and validly existing and in good standing as a limited liability company under the laws of the State of Delaware and is qualified to do business and is in good standing as a foreign corporation in each jurisdiction in which the nature
or conduct of its business requires such qualification and where the failure to be so qualified could materially adversely affect the Managing Owner’s ability to perform its obligations hereunder.

 

(iii)           The Fund and the Managing Owner have full power and authority under applicable law to conduct their business and to perform their respective obligations under this Agreement and as described in the Prospectus.

 

(iv)           As of the date hereof, the Prospectus contains all statements and information required to be included therein by the CEAct and the rules and regulations of the SEC or other applicable law and at all times subsequent thereto up to and including each closing, the Prospectus
will comply in all material respects with the requirements of the rules of the NFA, the CEAct or other applicable laws.  The Prospectus as of the date on which the Trading Advisor begins trading operations on behalf of the Account, and at each closing will not contain any misleading or untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact required to be stated therein or necessary to make the statements therein not misleading.  Any supplemental sales literature, when read in
conjunction with the Prospectus, will not contain any untrue statements of a material fact or omit to state a material fact necessary to make the statements therein, in light of the circumstances under which such statements were made, not misleading.  This representation and warranty shall not, however, apply to any statement or omission in the Prospectus or supplemental sales literature made in reliance upon information furnished by and relating to the Trading Advisor, its trading methods or its trading
performance.

 

(v)           Since the respective dates as of which information is given in the Prospectus, there have not been any material adverse change in the condition, financial or otherwise, or business of the Managing Owner or the Fund, whether or not arising in the ordinary course of business.

 

(vi)           This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and delivered by the Managing Owner on behalf of the Fund and constitutes a valid, binding and enforceable agreement of the Fund and the Managing Owner in accordance with its terms.

 

(vii)           The execution and delivery of this Agreement, the incurrence of the obligations set forth herein and the consummation of the transactions contemplated herein and in the Prospectus will not violate, or constitute a breach of, or default under, the Managing Owner’s
organizational documents, or the Fund’s organizational documents, or any material agreement or instrument by which either the Managing Owner or the Fund, as the case may be, is bound or any material order, rule, law or regulation applicable to the Managing Owner or the Fund of any court or any

 






 


  



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governmental body or administrative agency or panel or self-regulatory organization having jurisdiction over the Managing Owner or the Fund.

 

(viii)           Except as set forth in the Prospectus, there have not been in the five years preceding the date of the Prospectus and there is not pending or, to the Managing Owner’s knowledge, threatened, any action, suit or proceeding at law or in equity before or by any
court or by any federal, state, municipal or other governmental body or any administrative, self-regulatory or commodity exchange organization to which the Managing Owner or the Fund is or was a party, or to which any of the assets of the Managing Owner or the Fund is or was subject; and neither the Managing Owner nor any of the principals of the Managing Owner (“Managing Owner Principals”) has received any notice of an investigation by the NFA, CFTC or any other administrative or self-regulatory
organization regarding non-compliance by the Managing Owner or the Managing Owner Principals or the Fund with the CEAct, the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or any applicable laws which are material to an investor’s decision to invest in the Fund.

 

(ix)           The Managing Owner and the Managing Owner Principals have all federal, state and foreign governmental, regulatory and exchange approvals and licenses, and have effected all filings and registrations with federal, state and foreign governmental agencies required to conduct
their business and to act as described in the Prospectus or required to perform their obligations under this Agreement (including, without limitation, registration as a commodity pool operator under the CEAct and membership in the NFA as a commodity pool operator) and will maintain all such required approvals, licenses, filings and registrations for the term of this Agreement. The Managing Owner’s principals identified in the Prospectus are all of the Managing Owner Principals.

 

(x)           The Fund is and shall remain in material compliance in all respects with all laws, rules, regulations and orders of any government, governmental agency or self-regulatory organization applicable to its business as described in the Prospectus and this Agreement.

 

(xi)           The Fund and the Managing Owner understand the risks associated with investments in futures interests.  The purpose of these investments is capital growth.  The Fund and the Managing Owner further represent that the Fund has the financial capacity
to undertake such risks.

 

(xii)           The foregoing representations and warranties shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement and if at any time any event shall occur which could make any of the foregoing representations or warranties inaccurate, the Managing Owner shall promptly notify the
Trading Advisor of the nature of such event.

 

(b)           Covenants of the Managing Owner. The Managing Owner covenants and

 

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and in the Prospectus and to all times comply in all respects with all applicable laws, rules, and regulations, to the extent that the failure to so comply would have a materially adverse effect on the Managing Owner’s ability to act as described herein and in the Prospectus.

 

(ii)           The Managing Owner shall inform the Trading Advisor immediately as soon as the Managing Owner, the Fund or any of their principals becomes the subject of any lawsuit, investigation, claim, or proceeding of any regulatory authority having jurisdiction over such person
or becomes a named party to any litigation materially affecting the business of the Managing Owner or the Fund. The Managing Owner shall also inform the Trading Advisor immediately if the Managing Owner or the Fund or any of their officers become aware of any material breach of this Agreement by the Managing Owner or the Fund.

 

(iii)           The Fund will furnish to the Trading Advisor copies of the Prospectus, and all amendments and supplements thereto, in each case as soon as available and will ensure that the Fund does not use any such amendments or supplements as to which the Trading Advisor in writing
has reasonably objected.

 


	
  
	
13.
	
Merger or Transfer of Assets.




 

The Managing Owner, Fund or the Trading Advisor may merge or consolidate with, or sell or otherwise transfer its business, or all or a substantial portion of its assets, to any entity upon written notice to the other parties.

 


	
  
	
14.
	
Complete Agreement.




 

This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the matters referred to herein, and no other agreement, verbal or otherwise, shall be binding as between the parties unless in writing and signed by the party against whom enforcement is sought.

 


	
  
	
15.
	
Assignment.




 

Subject to Section 15, hereof, this Agreement may not be assigned, transferred by operation of law, change in control or otherwise, by any party hereto without the express prior written consent of the other parties hereto.

 


	
  
	
16.
	
Amendment.




 

This Agreement may not be amended except by the written consent of the parties hereto.  No waiver of any provision of this Agreement shall be implied from any course of dealings between the parties, from any failure by any party to assert its rights hereunder or any occasion or series of occasions.

 


	
  
	
17.
	
Severability.




 

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covenant hereof or herein contained and any such invalid provision or covenant shall be deemed to be severable.

 


	
  
	
18.
	
Closing Certificates.




 

(a)           The Trading Advisor shall, at the initial closing and at the request of the Managing Owner at any monthly closing (as described in the Prospectus), provide the following:

 

(i)           To the Managing Owner and the Fund, a certificate, dated the date of any such closing and in form and substance satisfactory to such parties, to the effect that;

 

(A)           the representations and warranties by the Trading Advisor in this Agreement are true, accurate, and complete on and as of the date of the closing, as if made on the date of the closing; and

 

(B)           the Trading Advisor has performed all of its obligations and satisfied all of the conditions on its part to be performed or satisfied under this Agreement, at or prior to the date of such closing.

 

(ii)           To the Managing Owner and the Fund, a report as of the closing date which shall present, for the period from the date after the last day covered by the historical performance records in the Prospectus to the latest practicable day before closing, figures which shall
be a continuation of such historical performance records and which shall certify that such figures are, to the best of such Trading Advisor’s knowledge, accurate in all material respects.

 

(b)           Upon the reasonable request of the Managing Owner, the Trading Advisor shall provide a legal opinion of the Trading Advisor’s counsel in a form acceptable to the Managing Owner.

 

(c)           The Managing Owner shall, at the initial closing and at the request of the Trading Advisor at any closing (as described in the Prospectus), provide the following:

 

(i)           To the Trading Advisor, a certificate, dated the date of such closing and in form and substance satisfactory to the Trading Advisor, to the effect that:

 

(A)           the representations and warranties by the Fund and the Managing Owner in this Agreement are true, accurate, and complete on and as of the date of the closing as if made on the date of the closing;

 

(B)           no order preventing or suspending the use of the Prospectus has been issued by the CFTC, the Securities Exchange Commission, any state securities commission, or the NFA or other self-regulatory organization and no
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(C)           The Fund and the Managing Owner have performed all of their obligations and satisfied all of the conditions on their part to be performed or satisfied under this Agreement at or prior to the date of the closing.

 


	
  
	
19.
	
Inconsistent Filings.




 

If the Trading Advisor intends to file, to participate in the filing of, or to publish any description of the Trading Advisor, or of its respective principals or trading approaches that is materially inconsistent with those in the Disclosure Information, the Trading Advisor shall inform the Managing Owner of such intention and shall furnish
copies of all such filings or publications at least ten Business Days prior to the date of filing or publication.

 


	
  
	
20.
	
Disclosure Information.




 

(a)           During the term of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor shall furnish to the Managing Owner promptly copies of all disclosure-documents as filed in final form with the CFTC, NFA or other self-regulatory organization by the Trading Advisor, where required. Additionally,
the Trading Advisor shall furnish to the Managing Owner copies of all disclosure-related and marketing materials provided to prospective investors by the Trading Advisor.  The Fund and Managing Owner understand and acknowledge that pursuant to an exemption from the CFTC in connection with accounts of Qualified Eligible Persons, the Trading Advisor is not required to, and as of the date of this Agreement, has not, filed with the CFTC a disclosure document.  “Disclosure Information”
shall include the information described above, as well as any other information about the Trading Advisor provided by the Trading Advisor to the Managing Owner.

 

(b)           The Managing Owner and the Fund will not distribute or supplement any promotional material relating to the Trading Advisor unless the Trading Advisor has approved reasonable prior notice of and a copy of such promotional material and has received such material in writing.

 

21.           Track Record.  The track record and other performance information of the Fund shall be the property of the Managing Owner and not the Trading Advisor.

 


	
  
	
22.
	
Use of Name.




 

           Upon termination of this Agreement, the Fund, at its expense, as promptly as practicable:  (i) shall take all necessary action to cause the Prospectus and organizational documents of the Fund to be amended in order to eliminate any reference to “Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited” (except to the extent required by law, regulation
or rule); and (ii) shall cease to use in any other manner, including, but not limited to, use in any sales literature or promotional material, the name “Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited” or any name, mark or logo type derived from it or similar to it (except to the extent required by law, regulation or rule).






	
  
	
23.
	
Notices.




 

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certified mail, postage prepaid, return receipt requested, on the second business day following the day on which it is so mailed, addressed as follows (or to such other address as the party entitled to notice shall hereafter designate in accordance with the terms hereof):

 


	  	
if to the Fund:

	  	
RJO Global Trust

 c/o R. J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC

222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 9

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attn:  Annette A. Cazenave

Facsimile:  312-373-4831

Email:  acazenave@rjobrien.com

 

	  	
if to the Managing Owner:

	  	  
	  	
R. J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC

222 S. Riverside Plaza, Suite 9

Chicago, Illinois 60606

Attn:  Annette A. Cazenave

Facsimile:  312-373-4831

Email:  acazenave@rjobrien.com

	  	  
	  	
With a copy to:

	  	
 

Alston & Bird LLP

90 Park Avenue

New York, NY 10016

Attn:  Timothy P. Selby

Facsimile: (212) 210-9444

Email:  timothy.selby@alston.com

 

	  	
if to the Trading Advisor:

 

	  	
Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited

Spectrum Unit 9

Gloucester Street

St.Helier

Jersey

JE2 3DE

Channel Islands

Attn: Russell Newton

Email:  rpn@GlobalAdvisors.co.uk

 

	  	  




	
  
	
24.
	
Continuing Nature of Representations Warranties and Covenants: Survival.




 






 


  



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All representations, warranties and covenants contained in this Agreement shall be continuing during the term of this Agreement and the provisions of this Agreement shall survive the termination of this Agreement with respect to any matter arising while this Agreement was in effect.  Each party hereby agrees that as of the date of
this Agreement it is, and during its term shall be, in compliance with its representations, warranties and covenants herein contained.  In addition, if at any time any event occurs which would make any of such representations, warranties or covenants not true, the affected party will use its best efforts to promptly notify the other parties of such fact.

 


	
  
	
25.
	
Third-Party Beneficiaries.




 

This Agreement is not intended and shall not convey any rights to a non-party to this Agreement.

 


	
  
	
26.
	
Governing Law.




 

This Agreement and any amendment hereto shall be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of Illinois, United States of America  (excluding the law thereof which requires the application of, or reference to, the law of any other jurisdiction).  Each party hereto expressly and irrevocably
agrees (a) that it waives any objection, and specifically consents, to venue in the United States federal or state courts located in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois, United States of America, so that any action at law or in equity may be brought and maintained in any such court, and (b) that service of process in any such action may be effected against such party by certified or registered mail or in any other manner permitted by applicable United States Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or rules of the
Courts of the State of Illinois.  In addition each party hereto expressly and irrevocably waives, in respect of any action brought in any United States federal or state court located in the City of Chicago, State of Illinois or any resulting judgment, any objection, and hereby specifically consents, to the jurisdiction of any such court and agrees not to seek to change the situs of such action or to assert that any other court in any other jurisdiction is a more suitable forum for the hearing and adjudication
of any claim or dispute raised in such action.

 


	
  
	
27.
	
Remedies.




 

In any action or proceeding arising out of any of the provisions of this Agreement, the Trading Advisor agrees not to seek any prejudgment equitable or ancillary relief.  The Trading Advisor agrees that its sole remedy in any such action or proceeding shall be to seek actual monetary damages for any breach of this Agreement,
except that Trading Advisor may seek a declaratory judgment with respect to the indemnification provisions of this Agreement.

 


	
  
	
28.
	
Headings.




 

Headings to sections herein are for the convenience of the parties only and are not intended to be part of or to affect the meaning or interpretation of this Agreement.

 


	
  
	
29.
	
Successors.




 

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successors and permitted assigns, and no other person shall have any right or obligation under this Agreement.

 


	
  
	
30.
	
Counterparts.




 

This Agreement may be executed in counterparts, each of which shall be deemed an original but all of which together shall constitute one and the same instrument.

 


	
  
	
31.
	
Waiver of Breach.




 

The waiver by any party of a breach of any provision of this Agreement shall not operate or be construed as a waiver of any subsequent breach or of a breach by any other party.  The failure of a party to insist upon strict adherence to any provision of the Agreement shall not constitute a waiver or thereafter deprive such party
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the day and year first above written.

 


	  	
RJO GLOBAL TRUST

by R.J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC

Managing Owner

 

	  	
By

Name:

Title:

	  	  
	  	
R.J. O’BRIEN FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

	  	
By

Name:

Title:

	  	  
	  	
GLOBAL ADVISORS JERSEY LIMITED

 

By

Name: Russell Newton

Title: Director




 

 



 



 

  



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EXHBIIT A

 

 

Trading Policies

 

1.           The Trading Advisor will not employ the trading technique commonly known as “pyramiding,” in which the Trading Advisor uses unrealized profits on existing positions in a given futures interest due to favorable price movement as margin specifically to buy or sell
additional positions in the same or a related futures interest.  Taking into account the Fund’s open trade equity (i.e., the profit or loss on an open futures interest position) on existing positions in determining generally whether to acquire additional futures interest positions on behalf of the Fund will not be considered to constitute “pyramiding.”

 

2.           The Trading Advisor will not utilize borrowings on behalf of the Fund except if the Fund purchases or takes delivery of commodities.  If the Trading Advisor borrows money on behalf of the Fund, the lending entity in such case (the “lender”) may not receive
interest in excess of its interest costs, nor may the lender receive interest in excess of the amounts which would be charged the Fund by unrelated banks on comparable loans for the same purpose, nor may the lender or any affiliate thereof receive any points or other financing charges or fees regardless of the amount.  Use of lines of credit in connection with its forward trading does not, however, constitute borrowing for purposes of this trading limitation.

 

3.           The Trading Advisor will not “churn” the Fund’s assets.  Churning is the unnecessary execution of trades so as to generate increased brokerage commissions.

 

4.           The Trading Advisor will trade currencies and other commodities on futures exchanges, in the interbank and forward contract markets only with banks, brokers, dealers, and other financial institutions which the Managing Owner has determined to be creditworthy.

 

5.           The Trading Advisor will trade only in those futures interests that have been approved by the CFTC as suitable for U.S. investors.  The Trading Advisor will not establish new positions in a futures interest on behalf of the Fund for any one contract month or option if such additional positions would result in a net long or short position
for that futures interest requiring as margin or premium more than 15% of the Fund’s net assets.  In addition, the Trading Advisor will, on behalf of the Fund, except under extraordinary circumstances, maintain positions in futures interests in at least two market segments (i.e., agricultural items, industrial items (including energies), metals, currencies, and financial instruments (including stock, financial, and economic indexes)) at
any one time.

 

6.           The Trading Advisor will not acquire additional positions in any futures interest on behalf of the Fund if such additional positions would result in the aggregate net long or short positions for all futures interests requiring as margin or premium for all outstanding positions
more than 66 2/3% of the Fund’s net assets.

 

7.           The Trading Advisor will not purchase, sell, or trade securities (except securities approved by the CFTC for investment of customer funds).

 

8.           The Trading Advisor will be responsible for errors committed or caused by it in transmitting orders for the purchase or sale of futures interests for the Fund’s account.






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EXHIBIT B

 

COMMODITY TRADING AUTHORITY

 

Dear Global Advisors (Jersey) Limited:

 

RJO Global Trust (the “Fund”) and R.J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC, the Fund’s managing owner (the “Managing Owner”) do hereby make, constitute and appoint you as the Fund’s attorney-in-fact to buy and sell futures and forward contracts through such futures commission merchants as shall be agreed on by you and the Managing Owner on behalf of the Fund, pursuant to the trading program identified in the Agreement among the Fund, the Managing
Owner and you as of the _1_st day of June, 2009, as amended or supplemented, and in accordance with the terms and conditions of said Agreement.

 

This authorization shall terminate and be null, void and of no further effect simultaneously with the termination of the said Agreement.

 


	  	
Very truly yours,

 

	  	
RJO GLOBAL TRUST

by R.J. O’Brien Fund Management, LLC

Managing Owner

 

	  	
By

Name:

Title:

	  	  
	  	
R.J. O’BRIEN FUND MANAGEMENT, LLC

 

	  	
By

Name:

Title:








 






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EXHIBIT C

 

FUTURES INTERSTS TRADED

 


	
Exchange
	
Ticker
	
Description

	
NYMEX
	
CL
	
Light Sweet Crude Oil (WTI)

	
NYMEX
	
RB
	
RBOB Gasoline

	
NYMEX
	
HO
	
No.2 Heating Oil

	
NYMEX
	
NG
	
Henry Hub Natural Gas

	
NYMEX
	
PL
	
Platinum

	
NYMEX
	
PA
	
Palladium

	
COMEX
	
GC
	
Gold

	
COMEX
	
SI
	
Silver

	
COMEX
	
HG
	
High-grade Copper

	
ICE/IPE
	
FB
	
Brent crude oil

	
ICE/IPE
	
FP
	
Gasoil

	
ICE/IPE
	
FN
	
UK Natural Gas Balancing Point

	
ICE
	
CT
	
Cotton

	
ICE
	
SB
	
No.11 Sugar

	
CBOT
	
C
	
Corn

	
CBOT
	
S
	
Soybeans

	
CBOT
	
W
	
Wheat

	
CBOT
	
BO
	
Soybean Oil

	
CBOT
	
SM
	
Soybean Meal

	
KCBOT
	
KW
	
Kansas Wheat

	
MGE
	
MW
	
Minneapolis Wheat

	
CME
	
LC
	
Lean Cattle

	
CME
	
LH
	
Live Hogs

	
CME
	
GI
	
Goldman Sachs Commodity Index

	
LME
	
Al
	
Aluminium

	
LME
	
Cu
	
Copper

	
LME
	
Ni
	
Nickel

	
LME
	
Pb
	
Lead

	
LME
	
Sn
	
Tin

	
LME
	
Zn
	
Zinc








 

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