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EXHIBIT 13.02
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
   ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)
 
     
   
Financial Statements for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
for the period April 2, 2007 (commencement of operations) to
December 31, 2007 and Independent Auditor’s Report
 
 
 
 















 

 
 

 
 

 
ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)


TABLE OF CONTENTS

 
 

 
   Page
INDEPENDENT AUDITORS’ REPORT
1
   
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS:
 
   
Statements of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2008 and 2007
2
   
Statements of Operations for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
 
for the period April 2, 2007 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2007
3
   
Statements of Changes in Member’s Capital for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
 
for the period April 2, 2007 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2007
4
   
Financial Data Highlights for the year ended December 31, 2008 and
 
for period April 2, 2007 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2007
 5
   
 Notes to Financial Statements
  7
 

 
 

 

ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION
DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND 2007


   
2008
   
2007
 
ASSETS:
           
Equity in commodity futures trading accounts:
           
    Cash (including restricted cash of $12,672,967 for 2008 and $4,525,486 for 2007)
  $ 87,195,883     $ 16,859,760  
    Net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts
    13,434,337       2,107,998  
Cash
    28,201       37,861  
Deferred initial offering costs
    -       2,417  
Accrued interest
    10,145       50,525  
                 
                TOTAL ASSETS
  $ 100,668,566     $ 19,058,561  
                 
LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S CAPITAL:
               
LIABILITIES:
               
    Brokerage commissions payable
  $ 45,317     $ 10,349  
    Management fee payable
    199,274       35,713  
    Redemptions payable
    22,933       -  
    Perfomance fee payable
    6,801,659       605,453  
    Initial offering costs payable
    10,000       10,000  
    Other
    112,535       18,227  
                 
            Total liabilities
    7,191,718       679,742  
                 
MEMBER'S CAPITAL:
               
  Member's Interest (46,511,477 Units and 14,888,836 Units outstanding, unlimited units authorized)
    93,476,848       18,378,819  
            Total member's capital
    93,476,848       18,378,819  
                 
                TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBER'S CAPITAL
  $ 100,668,566     $ 19,058,561  
                 
NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT
  $ 2.0098     $ 1.2344  
                 
See notes to financial statements.
               
                 
 
 

 
 
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ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND
FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2, 2007 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO DECEMBER 31, 2007


   
2008
   
2007
 
TRADING PROFIT (LOSS):
           
             
        Realized
  $ 26,605,234     $ 1,273,993  
        Change in unrealized
    11,326,339       2,107,998  
        Brokerage commissions
    (328,239 )     (68,144 )
                 
            Total trading profit (loss)
    37,603,334       3,313,847  
                 
INVESTMENT INCOME:
               
       Interest
    697,265       474,686  
                 
EXPENSES:
               
       Management fee
    1,141,904       214,966  
       Performance fee
    7,244,896       610,793  
       Other
    238,008       50,999  
            Total expenses
    8,624,808       876,758  
                 
NET INVESTMENT INCOME (LOSS)
    (7,927,543 )     402,072  
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS)
  $ 29,675,791     $ 2,911,775  
                 
NET INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT:
               
                 
    Weighted average number of Units outstanding
               
     Class DS(1)*
    33,650,409       12,367,586  
                 
     Net income (loss) per weighted average Unit
               
     Class DS(1)*
  $ 0.8819     $ 0.2354  
                 
*Class was previously known as Class D-SM.
               
See notes to financial statements.
               
                 
 
 

 
 
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ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBER’S CAPITAL FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008 AND
FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2, 2007 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO DECEMBER 31, 2007 

 
 

                                           
   
Initial Offering
               
Member's Capital December 31, 2007
               
Member's Capital December 31, 2008
 
   
Subscriptions
   
Redemptions
   
Subscriptions
   
Redemptions
 
Class DS*
    12,000,000       3,208,646       (319,810 )     14,888,836       36,307,705       (4,685,064 )     46,511,477  
                                                         
Total Member's Units
    12,000,000       3,208,646       (319,810 )     14,888,836       36,307,705       (4,685,064 )     46,511,477  
                                                         
 

                     
 
   
 
                         
   
Initial Offering
   
Subscriptions
   
Redemptions
   
Net Income
   
Member's Capital December 31, 2007
   
Subscriptions
   
Redemptions
   
Net Income
   
Member's Capital December 31, 2008
 
Class DS*
    12,000,000     $ 3,812,206     $ (345,162 )   $ 2,911,775     $ 18,378,819     $ 53,485,868     $ (8,063,630 )            
                                                                     
Total Member's Capital
  $ 12,000,000     $ 3,812,206     $ (345,162 )   $ 2,911,775     $ 18,378,819     $ 53,485,868     $ (8,063,630 )   $ 29,675,791     $ 93,476,848  
 

 
*Class was previously known as Class D-SM
See notes to financial statements.
 

 
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ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

FINANCIAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED DECEMBER 31, 2008


The following per Unit data and ratios have been derived from information provided in the financial statements.
 
Per Unit Operating Performance:
 
Class DS*
 
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.2344  
         
Realized & change in unrealized trading profit
    0.9909  
Brokerage commissions
    (0.0100 )
Interest income
    0.0235  
Expenses
    (0.2290 )
         
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 2.0098  
         
Total Return:
       
         
Total return before Performance fees
    79.59 %
Performance fees
    -13.44 %
Total return after Performance fees
    62.76 %
         
Ratios to Average Members' Capital:
       
         
Expenses (excluding Performance fees)
    2.51 %
Performance fees
    12.00 %
Expenses (including Performance fees)
    14.51 %
         
Net investment income (loss)
    -12.88 %
         
         
See notes to financial statements.
       
         
 
 
 

 
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ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

FINANCIAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE PERIOD APRIL 2, 2007 (COMMENCEMENT OF OPERATIONS) TO DECEMBER 31, 2007

 
The following per Unit data and ratios have been derived from information provided in the financial statements.
 
Per Unit Operating Performance:
 
Class DS*
 
       
Net asset value, beginning of period
  $ 1.0000  
         
Realized & change in unrealized trading profit
    0.2724  
Brokerage commissions
    (0.0055 )
Interest income
    0.0384  
Expenses
    (0.0709 )
         
Net asset value, end of period
  $ 1.2344  
         
Total Return:
       
         
Total return before Performance fees
    28.37 %
Performance fees
    -4.68 %
Total return after Performance fees
    23.43 %
         
Ratios to Average Members' Capital:
       
         
Expenses (excluding Performance fees)
    2.54 %
Performance fees
    5.83 %
Expenses (including Performance fees)
    8.37 %
         
Net investment income (loss)
    3.83 %
         
         
*Class was previously known as Class SM-D.
 
         
See notes to financial statements.
       
         
 
 

 
 
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ML ALTIS FUTURESACCESS LLC
(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
 
  1.
SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES
 
 
Organization
 
 
ML Altis FuturesAccess LLC (the “Fund”), a Merrill Lynch FuturesAccess Program (the “Program”) fund, was organized under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act on March 8, 2007 and commenced trading activities on April 2, 2007. The Fund engages in the speculative trading of futures, options on futures and forward contracts on a wide range of commodities. Altis Partners (Jersey) Limited (“Altis”) is the trading advisor of the Fund.  Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC (“MLAI”) is the Sponsor of the Fund. MLAI is an indirect wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. (“Merrill Lynch”). Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith Incorporated (“MLPF&S”), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Merrill Lynch, is the Fund’s commodity broker.
 
The Program is a group of commodity pools sponsored by MLAI (each pool is a “Program Fund” or collectively, “Program Funds”) each of which places substantially all of it assets in a managed futures or forward trading account managed by a single or multiple commodity trading advisors. Each Program Fund is generally similar in terms of fees, Classes of Units and redemption rights.  Each of the Program Funds implements a different trading strategy
 
 
 Effective January 1, 2009, Merrill Lynch & Co., Inc. became a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation pursuant to a merger agreement.
 
Interests in the Fund are not insured or otherwise protected by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government authority.  Interests are not deposits or other obligations of, and are not guaranteed by, Bank of America Corporation or any of its affiliates or by any bank.  Interests are subject to investment risks, including the possible loss of the full amount invested.
 
 
Estimates

 
The preparation of financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period.  Actual results could differ from those estimates.

 


 
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Revenue Recognition

 
Commodity futures, options on futures and forward contract transactions are recorded on the trade date and open contracts are reflected in Net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts in the Statements of Financial Condition as the difference between the original contract value and the market value (for those commodity interests for which market quotations are readily available) or at fair value.  The change in unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts from one period to the next is reflected in Change in unrealized under Trading profit (loss) in the Statements of Operations.
 
 
Foreign Currency Transactions
 
 
The Fund’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacts business in U.S. dollars and in currencies other than the U.S. dollar.  Assets and liabilities denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect at the date of the Statements of Financial Condition.  Income and expense items denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar are translated into U.S. dollars at the rates in effect during the period.  Gains and losses resulting from the translation to U.S. dollars are reported in Realized in the Statements of Operations.
 
 
Cash at Broker
 
 
A portion of the assets maintained at MLPF&S is restricted cash required to meet maintenance margin requirements. Included in cash deposits with the broker at December 31, 2008 and 2007 were restricted cash for margin requirements of $12,672,967 and $4,525,486 respectively.
 
 
Operating Expenses, Offering Costs and Selling Commissions
 
 
The Fund pays for all routine operating costs (including ongoing offering costs, administration, custody, transfer, exchange and redemption processing, legal, regulatory filing, tax, audit, escrow, accounting and printing fees and expenses) incurred by the Fund.  The Fund also pays any extraordinary expenses.

 
For financial reporting purposes in conformity with U.S. GAAP, the Fund amortized the total initial offering costs of $10,000 over a twelve-month period.  For all other purposes, including determining the Net Asset Value per Unit for subscription and redemption purposes, the Fund amortizes offering costs over a 60 month period.
 
 
Income Taxes

 
No provision for income taxes has been made in the accompanying financial statements as the Member is individually responsible for reporting income or loss based on such Member’s share of the Fund’s income and expenses as reported for income tax purposes.

 
Distributions

 
The Member is entitled to receive, equally per Unit, any distributions which may be made by the Fund.  No such distributions have been declared for the year ended December 31, 2008 and for the period April 2, 2007 (commencement of operations) to December 31, 2007.

 
 
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Subscriptions

 
Units are offered as of the close of business at the end of each month.  Units are purchased as of the first business day of any month at Net Asset Value for all other purposes, but the subscription request must be submitted at least three calendar days before the end of the preceding month.  Subscriptions submitted less than three days before the end of a month will be applied to Units subscriptions as of the beginning of the second month after receipt, unless revoked by MLAI.

 
Redemptions and Exchanges

 
A Member may redeem or exchange some or all of such Member’s Units at Net Asset Value for all other purposes (see Note 6) as of the close of business, on the last business day of any month, upon ten calendar days’ notice (“notice period”).
 
 
An investor in the Fund can exchange these Units for Units of the same Class in other Program Funds as of the beginning of each calendar month upon at least ten days prior notice.  The minimum exchange amount is $10,000.
 
Redemption requests are accepted within the notice period.  The Fund does not accept any redemption requests after the notice period.  All redemption requests received after the notice period will be processed for the following month.
 
 
Dissolution of the Fund
 
 
The Fund may terminate if certain circumstances occur as set forth in the offering memorandum, which include but are not limited to the following:
(a)  Bankruptcy, dissolution, withdrawal or other termination of the trading advisor of this Fund.
(b)  Any event which would make unlawful the continued existence of this Fund
(c)  Determination by MLAI to liquidate or withdraw from the Fund.
 
 
Indemnifications
 
 
In the normal course of business, the Fund enters into contracts and agreements that contain a variety of representations and warranties and which provide general indemnifications.  The Fund’s maximum exposure under these arrangements is unknown, as this would involve future claims that may be made against the Fund that have not yet occurred.  The Fund expects the risk of any future obligation under these indemnifications to be remote.
 
 
 
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2.  
CONDENSED SCHEDULE OF INVESTMENTS

 
The Fund’s investments, defined as Net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts in the Statement of Financial Condition as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
 
2008
                                               
   
Long Positions
             
Short Positions
       
Net Unrealized
           
Commodity Industry
 
Number of
   
Unrealized
 
Percent of
   
Number of
   
Unrealized
 
Percent of
   
Profit (Loss)
   
Percent of
     
Sector
 
Contracts
   
Profit (Loss)
 
Member's Capital
   
Contracts
   
Profit (Loss)
 
Member's Capital
   
on Open Positions
   
Member's Capital
   
Maturity Dates
                                                 
                                                 
Agriculture
    133     $ 348,576     0.37 %     (1,041 )   $ 1,983,290     2.12 %   $ 2,331,866       2.49 %  
January 09 - November 09
Currencies
    203       357,514     0.38 %     (1,366 )     548,704     0.59 %     906,218       0.97 %  
March 09
Energy
    -       -     0.00 %     (406 )     1,015,302     1.09 %     1,015,302       1.09 %  
January 09 - October 09
Interest rates
    2,265       6,560,867     7.02 %     -       -     0.00 %     6,560,867       7.02 %  
March 09 - June 10
Metals
    120       (798,776 )   -0.85 %     (451 )     3,184,806     3.40 %     2,386,030       2.55 %  
January 09 - October 09
Stock indices
    126       181,858     0.19 %     (95 )     52,196     0.06 %     234,054       0.25 %  
January 09 - November 09
                                                                 
Total
          $ 6,650,039     7.11 %           $ 6,784,298     7.26 %   $ 13,434,337       14.37 %    

 
2007
                                               
   
Long Positions
             
Short Positions
       
Net Unrealized
           
Commodity Industry
 
Number of
   
Unrealized
 
Percent of
   
Number of
   
Unrealized
 
Percent of
   
Profit (Loss)
   
Percent of
     
Sector
 
Contracts
   
Profit (Loss)
 
Member's Capital
   
Contracts
   
Profit (Loss)
 
Member's Capital
   
on Open Positions
   
Member's Capital
   
Maturity Dates
                                                 
                                                 
Agriculture
    527     $ 1,223,885     6.66 %     (218 )   $ (47,351 )   -0.25 %   $ 1,176,534       6.40 %  
January 08 - November 08
Currencies
    75       (21,280 )   -0.12 %     (70 )     (62,215 )   -0.34 %     (83,495 )     -0.45 %  
March 08
Energy
    119       348,016     1.89 %     (93 )     (99,209 )   -0.54 %     248,807       1.35 %  
January 08 - October 08
Interest rates
    381       322,171     1.75 %     (436 )     88,717     0.48 %     410,888       2.24 %  
March 08 - June 09
Metals
    130       42,610     0.23 %     (130 )     316,628     1.72 %     359,238       1.95 %  
January 08 - October 08
Stock indices
    64       (44,683     -0.24 %     (66 )     40,709     0.22 %     (3,974 )     -0.02 %  
January 08 - November 08
                                                                 
Total
          $ 1,870,719     10.18 %           $ 237,279     1.29 %   $ 2,107,998       11.47 %    

 
 
No individual contract’s unrealized profit or loss comprised greater than 5% of the Member’s Capital as of December 31, 2008 and 2007.
 
 
 
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  3.
FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS
 
In September 2006, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 157, Fair Value Measurement (“FAS 157”). FAS 157 defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements. The Fund adopted FAS 157 as of January 1, 2008. The adoption of FAS 157 did not have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

Fair value of an investment is the amount that would be received to sell the investment in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (i.e. the exit price).

FAS 157 established a hierarchical disclosure framework which prioritizes and ranks the level of market price observability used in measuring investments at fair value. Market price observability is impacted by a number of factors, including the type of investment and the characteristics specific to the investment. Investments with readily available active quoted prices or for which fair value can be measured from actively quoted prices generally will have a higher degree of market price observability and a lesser degree of judgment used in measuring fair value.

Investments measured and reported at fair value are classified and disclosed in one of the following categories:

Level I – Quoted prices are available in active markets for identical investments as of the reporting date. The type of investments included in Level I are publicly traded investments. As required by FAS 157, the Fund does not adjust the quoted price for these investments even in situations where the Fund holds a large position and a sale could reasonably impact the quoted price.

Level II – Pricing inputs are other than quoted prices in active markets, which are either directly or indirectly observable as of the reporting date, and fair value is determined through the use of generally accepted and understood models or other valuation methodologies. Investments which are generally included in this category are investments valued using market data.

Level III – Pricing inputs are unobservable and include situations where there is little, if any, market activity for the investment. Fair value for these investments is determined using valuation methodologies that consider a range of factors, including but not limited to the nature of the investment, local market conditions, trading values on public exchanges for comparable securities, current and projected operating performance and financing transactions subsequent to the acquisition of the investment. The inputs into the determination of fair value require significant management judgment. Due to the inherent uncertainty of these estimates, these values may differ materially from the values that would have been used had a ready market for these investments existed. Investments that are included in this category generally are privately held debt and equity securities.

In certain cases, the inputs used to measure fair value may fall into different levels of the fair value hierarchy. In such cases, an investment’s level within the fair value hierarchy is based on the lowest level of input that is significant to the fair value measurement. MLAI’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment, and considers factors specific to the investment.

The following table summarizes the valuation of the Fund’s investments by the above FAS 157 fair value hierarchy levels as of December 31, 2008.
 
   
Total
 
Level I
 
Level II
 
Level III
Net unrealized
profit (loss) on
open contracts
 
    $13,434,337
 
$13,434,337
 
N/A
 
    N/A
 
 

 
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  4.
RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS
 
 
The Fund’s U.S. dollar assets are maintained at MLPF&S. On assets held in U.S. dollars, Merrill Lynch credits the Fund with interest at the most favorable rate payable by MLPF&S to accounts of Merrill Lynch affiliates but not less than 75% of such prevailing rate.  The Fund is credited with interest on any of its assets and net gains actually held by MLPF&S non-U.S. dollar currencies at a prevailing local rate received by Merrill Lynch.  Merrill Lynch may derive certain economic benefit, in excess of the interest which Merrill Lynch pays to the Fund, from possession of such assets.

 
Merrill Lynch charges the Fund at prevailing local interest rates for financing realized and unrealized losses on the Fund’s non-U.S. dollar-denominated positions. Such amounts are netted against interest income due to the insignificance of such amounts.
 
 
The Fund’s Class A Units pay Sponsor fees to MLAI at a flat monthly rate equal to 0.125% (a 1.50% annual rate) of the Class’ month-end net assets, Class C Units pay Sponsor fees to MLAI at a flat monthly rate equal to 0.2083% (a 2.50% annual rate) of the Class’ month-end net assets, Class I Units pay Sponsor fees to MLAI at a flat monthly rate equal to 0.0917% (a 1.10% annual rate) of the Class’ month-end net assets.  Class D and Class DS units do not pay Sponsor fees. Only Class DS Units have been issued as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 therefore no Sponsor fees have been paid by the Fund.
 
 
The Fund pays brokerage commissions on actual cost per round-turn.  The average round-turn commission rate charged to the Fund for the year ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 was approximately $17.31 and $10.57 (not including, in calculating round-turn, forward contracts on a futures-equivalent basis).
 
 
The Fund pays Altis annual management fees of 2.00% of the Fund’s average month-end net assets allocated to them after reduction for the brokerage commissions accrued with respect to such assets.  MLAI receives 50% of the 2.00% management fee for sponsoring and providing ongoing administration and operational support of the Fund.
 
 
  5.
ADVISORY AGREEMENT
 
 
The Fund and Altis have entered into an Advisory Agreement. This agreement shall continue in effect until December 31, 2016.  Thereafter, this agreement shall be automatically renewed for successive three-year periods, on the same terms, unless terminated at any time by either Altis or the Fund upon 90 days’ written notice to the other party.  Altis determines the commodity futures, options on futures and forward contract trades to be made on behalf of their respective Fund accounts, subject to certain trading policies and to certain rights reserved by MLAI.
 
 
Performance fees paid by the Fund are calculated as 20% of any New Trading Profit, as defined, and are recognized by Altis as of either the end of each calendar year or upon the net reallocation of assets away from Altis.  Performance fees are also paid out in respect of Units redeemed as of the end of interim months, to the extent of the applicable percentage of any New Trading Profit attributable to such Units.
 

 
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NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT
 
 
For financial reporting purposes, in conformity with U.S. GAAP, the Fund amortizes over a twelve-month period the initial offering costs for purposes of determining Net Asset Value. Such costs initially were paid by MLAI.  For all other purposes, including computing Net Asset Value for purposes of member subscription and redemption activity, such costs are amortized over 60 months. Consequently, the Net Asset Value and Net Asset Value per Unit of the different Classes for financial reporting purposes and for all other purposes as of December 31, 2008 and 2007 are as follows:
 
 
December 31,2008
 
       
 Net Asset Value
                 
Net Asset Value per Unit
     
   
All Other Purposes (unaudited)
     
Financial Reporting
   
Number of Units
   
All Other Purposes (unaudited)
     
Financial Reporting
 
Class DS
  $ 93,483,991       $ 93,476,848       46,511,477       2.0099         .0098  
                                             
                                             
 
 
December 31,2007
 
       
 Net Asset Value
                 
Net Asset Value per Unit
     
   
All Other Purposes (unaudited)
     
Financial Reporting
   
Number of Units
   
All Other Purposes (unaudited)
     
Financial Reporting
 
Class DS
  $  18,384,903       $ 18,378,819       14,888,836       1.2348         1.2344  
                                             
 
 
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WEIGHTED AVERAGE UNITS
 
 
The weighted average number of Units outstanding for each Class is computed for purposes of calculating net income per weighted average Unit.  The weighted average number of Units outstanding for each Class for the period ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 equals the Units outstanding as of such date, adjusted proportionately for Units sold or redeemed based on the respective length of time each was outstanding during the period.
 
  8.
RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS
 
 
In March 2008, the FASB released Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative Instruments and Hedging Activities – an amendment to FASB Statement No. 133 (“FAS 161”). FAS 161 requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk related contingent features in derivative agreements. The application of FAS 161 is required for fiscal years beginning after November 15, 2008 and interim periods within those fiscal years. Currently, the Fund is evaluating the implications of FAS 161 on its financial statements.
 
 
In May 2008, the FASB issued Statement of Financial Accounting Standards No. 162, “The Hierarchy of Generally Accepted Accounting Principles” (“FAS 162”). FAS 162 identifies the sources of accounting principles and the
 
 
 
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framework for selecting the accounting principles used in preparing financial statements of nongovernmental entities that are presented in conformity with U.S. GAAP. Currently, U.S. GAAP hierarchy is provided in the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants U.S. Auditing Standards (“AU”) Section 411, “The Meaning of Present Fairly in Conformity With Generally Accepted Accounting Principles”. The Fund does not expect the adoption of FAS 162 to have an impact on its financial statements.
 
  9.
MARKET AND CREDIT RISK
 
 
The nature of this Fund has certain risks, which cannot all be presented on the financial statements.  The following summarizes some of those risks.
 
 
Market Risk
 
 
Derivative instruments involve varying degrees of market risk.  Changes in the level or volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates or the market values of the financial instruments or commodities underlying such derivative instruments frequently result in changes in the Fund’s net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts on such derivative instruments as reflected in the Statements of Financial Condition.  The Fund’s exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors, including the relationships among the derivative instruments held by the Fund as well as the volatility and liquidity of the markets in which the derivative instruments are traded.  Investments in foreign markets may also entail legal and political risks.
 
 
MLAI has procedures in place intended to control market risk exposure, although there can be no assurance that they will, in fact, succeed in doing so.  These procedures focus primarily on monitoring the trading of Altis, calculating the Net Asset Value of the Fund as of the close of business on each day and reviewing outstanding positions for over-concentrations.  While MLAI does not intervene in the markets to hedge or diversify the Fund’s market exposure, MLAI may urge Altis to reallocate positions in an attempt to avoid over-concentrations.  However, such interventions are expected to be unusual.  It is expected that MLAI’s basic risk control procedures will consist of the ongoing process of advisor monitoring, with the market risk controls being applied byAltis.
 

 
 

 
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Credit Risk
 
 
The risks associated with exchange-traded contracts are typically perceived to be less than those associated with over-the-counter (non-exchange-traded) transactions, because exchanges typically provide clearinghouse arrangements in which the collective credit (in some cases limited in amount, in some cases not) of the members of the exchange is pledged to support the financial integrity of the exchange.  In over-the-counter transactions, on the other hand, traders must rely solely on the credit of their respective individual counterparties.  Margins, which may be subject to loss in the event of a default, are generally required in exchange trading, and counterparties may also require margin in the over-the-counter markets.
 
 
The credit risk associated with these instruments from counterparty nonperformance is the net unrealized profit on open contracts, if any, included in the Statements of Financial Condition. The Fund attempts to mitigate this risk by dealing exclusively with Merrill Lynch entities as clearing brokers.
 
 
The Fund, in its normal course of business, enters into various contracts, with MLPF&S acting as its commodity broker.  Pursuant to the brokerage arrangement with MLPF&S (which includes a netting arrangement), to the extent that such trading results in receivables from and payables to MLPF&S, these receivables and payables are offset and reported as a net receivable or payable and included in Equity in commodity futures trading accounts in the Statements of Financial Condition.
 




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To the best of the knowledge and belief of the
undersigned, the information contained in this
report is accurate and complete.



Barbra E. Kocsis
Chief Financial Officer
Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC
Sponsor of
ML Altis FuturesAccess LLC
 
 
 
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