Item 1.01 | Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Ceres Managed Futures LLC, the general partner of the Registrant (the “General Partner”), the Registrant and ADG Capital Management LLP (“ADG”) have entered into a management agreement, dated as of February 1, 2019 (the “ADG Management Agreement”), pursuant to which ADG manages the portion of the Registrant’s assets allocated to it.
The General Partner has initially selected the ADG Systematic Macro Fund’s strategy for the Registrant’s assets allocated to ADG. This trading may be conducted either directly or indirectly through an investment in CMF ADG Master Fund LLC (the “Master Fund”) for which the General Partner is the trading manager and ADG is the advisor.
ADG shall trade the initial allocation indirectly through the Master Fund at a trading level with a target annualized volatility of 20%. The General Partner and ADG may agree in writing to change the trading level applied to the assets allocated to ADG by the General Partner from time to time.
Pursuant to the ADG Management Agreement, the Registrant will pay ADG a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of 1.00% (1.00% per year) of the beginning of the month net asset value (as defined in the ADG Management Agreement) allocated to ADG. ADG also receives a semi-annual incentive fee equal to 25% of new trading profits (as defined in the ADG Management Agreement) earned by ADG in each semi-annual period.
The ADG Management Agreement expires on January 31, 2020. If it is not terminated as of that date, it shall automatically renew for an additionalone-year period and shall continue to renew for additionalone-year periods until it is otherwise terminated pursuant to the terms of the ADG Management Agreement.
The ADG Management Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.1, and is incorporated herein by reference.
Item 1.02 | Termination of a Material Definitive Agreement. |
Effective January 31, 2019, the General Partner terminated the management agreement, dated as of January 1, 2019, by and among Willowbridge Associates Inc. (“Willowbridge”), the General Partner and the Registrant (the “Willowbridge Management Agreement”), pursuant to which Willowbridge managed the portion of the Registrant’s assets allocated to it. The General Partner terminated the Willowbridge Management Agreement because Willowbridge is no longer trading on behalf of the Registrant.