MANAGED FUTURES INDEX SERIES, a series of The Frontier Fund Inactive
Filed: 14 Aug 12, 12:00am
As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 14, 2012
Registration No. 333-155800
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
POST-EFFECTIVE AMENDMENT NO. 2
TO FORM S-1
REGISTRATION STATEMENT
UNDER
THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933
THE FRONTIER FUND
(a Delaware Statutory Trust)
LONG ONLY COMMODITY SERIES; MANAGED FUTURES INDEX SERIES
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in its Charter)
| Delaware | 6799 | 38-6815533 | ||
| (State of Organization) | (Primary Standard Industrial Classification Code Number) | (I.R.S. Employer Identification Number) |
c/o Equinox Fund Management, LLC 1775 Sherman Street, Suite 2500 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 837-0600 (Address and telephone number of registrant’s principal executive offices) | Robert J. Enck, President & Chief Executive Officer Equinox Fund Management, LLC 1775 Sherman Street, Suite 2500 Denver, Colorado 80203 (303) 837-0600 (Name, address and telephone number of agent for service) |
Copies to:
Timothy P. Selby, Esq.
Alston & Bird LLP
90 Park Avenue
New York, New York 10016
(212) 210-9494
Approximate date of commencement of proposed sale to the public: As soon as practicable after the effective date of this Registration Statement.
If any of the securities being registered on this Form are to be offered on a delayed or continuous basis pursuant to Rule 415 under the Securities Act of 1933, check the following box. x
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Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a large accelerated filer, an accelerated filer, a non-accelerated filer or a smaller reporting company. See the definitions of “large accelerated filer,” “accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check One):
| Large Accelerated filer ¨ | Accelerated filer ¨ | |
| Non-accelerated filer x | Smaller reporting company ¨ |
This Post-Effective Amendment No. 2 to the Registration Statement on Form S-1 (Reg. No. 333-155800) of The Frontier Fund and its series, Long Only Commodity Series and Managed Futures Index Series, consists of a cover page, this page, and a signature page.
Long Only Commodity Series has registered for continuing offering an aggregate of 50,000 Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 units (“Units”) on a “best efforts” basis, pursuant to Registration Statement No. 333-155800 (the “Registration Statement”). In March 2006, the Registrant commenced its offering of Units. The Registrant held an initial closing and subsequently accepted daily subscriptions, to accept capital contributions for the sale of Units through April 30, 2009, as of which date the offering was terminated.
Managed Futures Index Series has registered for continuing offering an aggregate of 75,000 Class 1, Class 2 and Class 3 Units on a “best efforts” basis, pursuant to the Registration Statement. In April 2006, the Registrant commenced its offering of Units. The Registrant held an initial closing and subsequently accepted daily subscriptions, to accept capital contributions for the sale of Units through April 30, 2009, as of which date the offering was terminated.
On December 8, 2011, Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the managing owner of the Long Only Commodity Series and the Managed Futures Index Series announced that the Long Only Commodity Series and the Managed Futures Index Series would be closed to outside investors as of December 21, 2011. To the extent an investor did not opt to exchange Units in the Long Only Commodity Series and/or the Managed Futures Index Series, as applicable, for units in another series offered by the managing owner, all investors were redeemed as of December 21, 2011, at that date’s net asset value per Unit for the relevant series. Each of the Long Only Commodity Series and the Managed Futures Index Series were closed as of December 31, 2011.
Accordingly, pursuant to Item 512(a)(3) of Regulation S-K, the Registrant hereby deregisters the 49,974.44 Long Only Commodity Series Units and the 75,000 Managed Futures Index Units that are unsold and which remain registered under the Registration Statements.
SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Form S-1 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on the 14th day of August, 2012.
| THE FRONTIER FUND | ||
| By: | Equinox Fund Management, LLC Managing Owner | |
| By: | /s/ Robert J. Enck | |
Robert J. Enck President and Chief Executive Officer | ||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-1 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their capacities as directors or officers of Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the managing owner of the registrant, on the dates indicated below.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Robert J. Enck Robert J. Enck | President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Richard E. Bornhoft Richard E. Bornhoft | Chief Investment Officer, Chairman and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Brent Bales Brent Bales | Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ David P. DeMuth David P. DeMuth | Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
(Being the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer and a majority of the members of the Executive Committee of Equinox Fund Management, LLC)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Form S-1 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on the 14th day of August, 2012.
LONG ONLY COMMODITY SERIES, a series of The Frontier Fund | ||||
| By: | Equinox Fund Management, LLC Managing Owner | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert J. Enck | |||
Robert J. Enck President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-1 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their capacities as directors or officers of Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the managing owner of the registrant, on the dates indicated below.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Robert J. Enck Robert J. Enck | President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Richard E. Bornhoft Richard E. Bornhoft | Chief Investment Officer, Chairman and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Brent Bales Brent Bales | Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ David P. DeMuth David P. DeMuth | Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
(Being the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer and a majority of the members of the Executive Committee of Equinox Fund Management, LLC)
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, the Registrant has duly caused this Form S-1 Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Denver, State of Colorado, on the 14th day of August, 2012.
MANAGED FUTURES INDEX SERIES, a series of The Frontier Fund | ||||
| By: | Equinox Fund Management, LLC Managing Owner | |||
| By: | /s/ Robert J. Enck | |||
Robert J. Enck President and Chief Executive Officer | ||||
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Form S-1 Registration Statement has been signed below by the following persons in their capacities as directors or officers of Equinox Fund Management, LLC, the managing owner of the registrant, on the dates indicated below.
Signature | Title | Date | ||
/s/ Robert J. Enck Robert J. Enck | President, Chief Executive Officer and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Richard E. Bornhoft Richard E. Bornhoft | Chief Investment Officer, Chairman and Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ Brent Bales Brent Bales | Principal Financial Officer and Principal Accounting Officer | August 14, 2012 | ||
/s/ David P. DeMuth David P. DeMuth | Member of Executive Committee | August 14, 2012 | ||
(Being the principal executive officer, the principal financial officer, the principal accounting officer and a majority of the members of the Executive Committee of Equinox Fund Management, LLC)