| The Master Fund has appointed the Sponsor, under the terms of a trading management agreement (the “Trading Management Agreement”), to manage, with wide discretionary powers, the portfolio of the Master Fund. Under the Trading Management Agreement, the Directors have delegated to the Sponsor full authority in respect of all matters relating to the investment and portfolio management of the Master Fund. |
| Pursuant to the Trading Management Agreement, the Directors have also delegated to the Sponsor authority to select the administrator for the Master Fund. The Trading Management Agreement will continue and remain in force until terminated by either the Sponsor or the Master Fund upon not less than thirty (30) days’ prior written notice. In certain circumstances (for example, the insolvency of either party or in the event all trading for the Master Fund by the Trading Advisor is suspended), the Trading Management Agreement may be terminated immediately by either party. |
| The Master Fund and the Sponsor have entered into a contract (the “Trading Agreement”) with the Trading Advisor pursuant to which the Master Fund’s trading accounts are managed, subject to rights of termination, by the Trading Advisor in accordance with its Program. The Trading Advisor may alter its Program (including its trading systems and methods and including the addition and/or deletion of any financial interests or contracts traded in the Master Fund’s trading accounts), provided that the Trading Advisor provides prior notice to the Master Fund and the Sponsor of any material change to the Trading Advisor’s Program. From time to time, the Trading Advisor (or its affiliates) may manage additional accounts, and these accounts will increase the level of competition for the same trades desired for the Master Fund, including the priorities of order entry. There is no specific limit as to the number of accounts the Trading Advisor (or its affiliates) may manage. In addition, the positions of all of the accounts owned or controlled by the Platform’s Trading Advisors (or their affiliates) are aggregated for the purposes of applying speculative position limits. The management and incentive fees due to the Trading Advisor, in accordance with the Trading Agreement, are calculated, recorded and allocated to the Investors by the Feeder Funds in accordance with the each Feeder Fund’s Confidential Offering Memorandum. These fees are paid by the Master Fund via redemptions by the Feeder Funds from the Master Fund. |
| Cash — Cash held in the commodity trading account at clearing broker consists of either cash maintained in the custody of the broker, a portion of which is required margin for open positions, or amounts due to/from the broker for margin or unsettled trades. The Master Fund also holds cash in a non-interest bearing United States dollars (“USD”) commercial bank account. The Master Fund holds various currencies at the clearing broker, of which approximately $77,303,263 and $72,340,809 is held in USD and ($477,556) and ($120,082) in foreign currencies as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. The non-U.S. currencies fluctuate in value on a daily basis relative to the USD. A portion of this cash is restricted cash required to meet maintenance margin requirements. Cash with the clearing broker as of June 30, 2012 and December 31, 2011 included restricted cash for margin requirements of $10,156,369 and $10,298,501, respectively. This cash becomes unrestricted when the underlying positions to which it is applicable are liquidated. |