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Exhibit 10.12(b)  

 
 

FORM OF
  AMENDMENT NO. 2
  TO
  AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTOMER AGREEMENT    
    

        WHEREAS, MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM SELECT L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Customer"), and MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, formerly Morgan
Stanley DW Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Commodity Broker") have agreed to amend the Amended and Restated Customer Agreement, dated as of the 16th day of October 2000 (the
"Customer Agreement"), by and between the Customer and the Commodity Broker, to reflect the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and to amend the rate
of interest income credited to the Customer's account by the Commodity Broker. Terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings ascribed to such terms in the Customer Agreement. 

        WHEREAS,
all provisions contained in the Customer Agreement remain in full force and effect and are modified only to the extent necessary to provide for the amendments set forth below. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby amend the Customer Agreement as follows: 

	1.
	Morgan
Stanley DW Inc. has been merged into Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and any references to "DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.", the predecessor to Morgan Stanley
DW Inc., shall mean "MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED".

	2.
	The
third sentence of Section 7 Investment of Customer Funds is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following: "Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated will credit
the Customer with interest income on 80% of the Customer's Net Assets on deposit with Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated at each month-end at the rate equal to the monthly average of
the 4-Week U.S. Treasury bill discount rate during such month."

	3.
	This
Amendment No. 2 shall be governed and construed under the laws of the State of New York. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 2 to the Customer Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the [] day of
[] 2007. 

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM SELECT L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

Demeter Management Corporation,

General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY & CO INCORPORATED
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

 Name:

Title:

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EXHIBIT 10.13(a)  

 
 

FORM OF RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW ESCROW AGENT    
    

        Reference is made to the Escrow Agreement dated March 10, 2000 (the "Escrow Agreement"), among Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Select L.P., Morgan Stanley
Dean Witter Spectrum Technical L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Strategic L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Global Balanced L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Currency L.P.,
Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Commodity L.P. (the "Partnerships"), Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. (the "Depositor"; together with the Partnerships herein sometimes collectively referred to as the
"Parties") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Escrow Agent (the "Resigning Escrow Agent"). 

        Pursuant
to Section 4(j) of the Escrow Agreement, the Resigning Escrow Agent hereby notifies the Parties of its resignation as Escrow Agent, effective as of the close of business on the
date hereof (the "Effective Time"). 

        The
Parties hereby accept the resignation of JPM as Escrow Agent and waive the 20 day notice thereof otherwise required by said Section 4(j), hereby appoint The Bank of New York (the
"Successor Escrow Agent"), 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 as successor Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time and hereby vest in the Successor Escrow
Agent, effective as of the Effective Time, all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Resigning Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement with like effect as if originally named as Escrow
Agent in the Escrow Agreement. 

        The
Successor Escrow Agent hereby accepts, effective as of the Effective Time, its appointment as successor Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement and the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of the Resigning Escrow Agent as Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, with like effect as if originally named as Escrow Agent in the
Escrow Agreement. For purposes of Section 4(g) of the Escrow Agreement, the address of the Successor Escrow Agent shall be 101 Barclay Street,       Floor, New York, New York 10286,
Attention:                        . 

        The
Resigning Escrow Agent, as of the Effective Time, hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to the Successor Escrow Agent all right, title and interest of the Resigning Escrow
Agent under the
Escrow Agreement, will have delivered to the Successor Escrow Agent all property then held by it under the Escrow Agreement and hereby agrees to execute and deliver such further instruments and to do
such other things as the Successor Escrow Agent may reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and confirm in the Successor Escrow Agent all the rights and powers hereby assigned,
transferred, delivered and confirmed to the Successor Escrow Agent as Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement. 

        The
Resigning Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges payment or provision for payment of all amounts owing to it under Section 4(i) of the Escrow Agreement and relinquishes any lien that it
may have upon the property and funds held by it under the Escrow Agreement and the Depositor hereby acknowledges that its obligation to indemnify the Resigning Escrow Agent under Section 4(h) of the
Escrow Agreement shall survive the resignation of the Resigning Escrow Agent hereunder. 

Dated:                             ,
2007 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM SELECT L.P.
	

 	
 	
By:	

Demeter Management Corporation	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.
	

 	
 	
By:	

Demeter Management Corporation	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.
	

 	
 	
By:	

Demeter Management Corporation	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM GLOBAL BALANCED L.P.
	

 	
 	
By:	

Demeter Management Corporation	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM CURRENCY L.P.
	

 	
 	
By:	

Demeter Management Corporation	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
	

 	
 	

 	

 	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Resigning Escrow Agent
	

 	
 	

 	

 	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

	 	 	THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Successor Escrow Agent
	

 	
 	

 	

 	
 	

 

	 	 	By:	
	 	 

	 	 	Name:	
	 	 

	 	 	Title:	
	 	 

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Exhibit 10.15(b)  

 
 

FORM OF
  AMENDMENT NO. 2
  TO
  AMENDED AND RESTATED CUSTOMER AGREEMENT    
    

        WHEREAS, MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P., a Delaware limited partnership (the "Customer"), and MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED, formerly Morgan
Stanley DW Inc., a Delaware corporation, (the "Commodity Broker") have agreed to amend the Amended and Restated Customer Agreement, dated as of the 16th day of October 2000, as amended
and supplemented from time to time, (the "Customer Agreement"), by and between the Customer and the Commodity Broker, to reflect the merger of Morgan Stanley DW Inc. into Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated, and to amend the rate of interest income credited to the Customer's account by the Commodity Broker. Terms used and not otherwise defined herein have the meanings
ascribed to such terms in the Customer Agreement. 

        WHEREAS,
all provisions contained in the Customer Agreement remain in full force and effect and are modified only to the extent necessary to provide for the amendments set forth below. 

        NOW,
THEREFORE, the parties hereto hereby amend the Customer Agreement as follows: 

	1.
	Morgan
Stanley DW Inc. has been merged into Morgan Stanley & Co. Incorporated and any references to "DEAN WITTER REYNOLDS, INC.", the predecessor to Morgan Stanley
DW Inc., shall mean "MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED".

	2.
	The
third sentence of Section 7 Investment of Customer Funds is deleted in its entirety and replaced with the following:

	

	"Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated will credit the Customer with interest income on 80% of the Customer's Net Assets on deposit with Morgan
Stanley & Co. Incorporated at each month-end at the rate equal to the monthly average of the 4-Week U.S. Treasury bill discount rate during such month."

	3.
	This
Amendment No. 2 shall be governed and construed under the laws of the State of New York. 

        IN
WITNESS WHEREOF, this Amendment No. 2 to the Customer Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the undersigned as of the [] day of
[] 2007. 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.
	

 	
 	

By:	

Demeter Management Corporation,

General Partner
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Name:

Title:
	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
	

 	
 	

By:	

 Name:

Title:

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Exhibit 10.08(A)  

 
 

FORM OF RESIGNATION AND APPOINTMENT OF NEW ESCROW AGENT    
    

        Reference is made to the Escrow Agreement dated March 10, 2000 (the "Escrow Agreement"), among Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Select L.P., Morgan
Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Technical L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Strategic L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Global Balanced L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Currency
L.P., Morgan Stanley Dean Witter Spectrum Commodity L.P. (the "Partnerships"), Dean Witter Reynolds Inc. (the "Depositor"; together with the Partnerships herein sometimes collectively referred
to as the "Parties") and JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (formerly known as The Chase Manhattan Bank), as Escrow Agent (the "Resigning Escrow Agent"). 

        Pursuant
to Section 4(j) of the Escrow Agreement, the Resigning Escrow Agent hereby notifies the Parties of its resignation as Escrow Agent, effective as of the close of business
on the date hereof (the "Effective Time"). 

        The
Parties hereby accept the resignation of JPM as Escrow Agent and waive the 20 day notice thereof otherwise required by said Section 4(j), hereby appoint The Bank of New
York (the "Successor Escrow Agent"), 101 Barclay Street, New York, New York 10286 as successor Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement, effective as of the Effective Time and hereby vest in the
Successor Escrow Agent, effective as of the Effective Time, all the rights, powers, duties and obligations of the Resigning Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement with like effect as if originally
named as Escrow Agent in the Escrow Agreement. 

        The
Successor Escrow Agent hereby accepts, effective as of the Effective Time, its appointment as successor Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement and the rights, powers, duties and
obligations of the Resigning Escrow Agent as Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement, upon the terms and conditions set forth therein, with like effect as if originally named as Escrow Agent in the
Escrow Agreement. For purposes of Section 4(g) of the Escrow Agreement, the address of the Successor Escrow Agent shall be 101 Barclay Street,    Floor, New York, New York 10286,
Attention:             . 

        The
Resigning Escrow Agent, as of the Effective Time, hereby assigns, transfers, delivers and confirms to the Successor Escrow Agent all right, title and interest of the Resigning Escrow
Agent under the Escrow Agreement, will have delivered to the Successor Escrow Agent all property then held by it under the Escrow Agreement and hereby agrees to execute and deliver such further
instruments and to do such other things as the Successor Escrow Agent may reasonably require so as to more fully and certainly vest and
confirm in the Successor Escrow Agent all the rights and powers hereby assigned, transferred, delivered and confirmed to the Successor Escrow Agent as Escrow Agent under the Escrow Agreement. 

        The
Resigning Escrow Agent hereby acknowledges payment or provision for payment of all amounts owing to it under Section 4(i) of the Escrow Agreement and relinquishes any
lien that it may have upon the property and funds held by it under the Escrow Agreement and the Depositor hereby acknowledges that its obligation to indemnify the Resigning Escrow Agent under
Section 4(h) of the Escrow Agreement shall survive the resignation of the Resigning Escrow Agent hereunder. 

Dated:                           ,
2007 

	 	 	MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM SELECT L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: Demeter Management Corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM TECHNICAL L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: Demeter Management Corporation
	 	 	By:	 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: Demeter Management Corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM GLOBAL BALANCED L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: Demeter Management Corporation
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY SPECTRUM CURRENCY L.P.
	

 	
 	

By: Demeter Management Corporation
	 	 	By:	 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

MORGAN STANLEY & CO. INCORPORATED
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.,

as Resigning Escrow Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

	

 	
 	

THE BANK OF NEW YORK,

as Successor Escrow Agent
	

 	
 	

By:	
 	

	 	 	Name:	 	

	 	 	Title:	 	

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