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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): March 28, 2011
 
WINTON FUTURES FUND, L.P. (US)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

COLORADO
000-53348
84-1496732
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)
(Commission file number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)

c/o ALTEGRIS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.
1202 Bergen Parkway Suite 212
Evergreen, Colorado 80439
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 459-7040
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 4.01  Changes In Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
 
   
On January 27, 2011, Altegris Portfolio Management, Inc. (dba Altegris Funds) (“Altegris Funds”), general partner of  Winton Futures Fund, L.P. (US), (the “Partnership”), with the approval of Altegris Funds’ principals, notified Spicer Jeffries LLP (“Spicer”) that they would be dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Partnership upon their completion of their audit of the Partnership’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.  On February 1, 2011, the Partnership filed a current report on Form 8-K notifying the Commission of the foregoing.  As of March 28, 2011, Spicer completed and delivered the audited financial statements of the Partnership and therefore as of such date, Spicer was formally dismissed as the Partnership’s Auditor.

 
The reports of Spicer on the Partnership’s financial statements for each of the  fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 and during the period from December 31, 2010  through the date of this Form 8-K, Altegris Funds has had no disagreements with Spicer on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Spicer, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its report on the financial statements of the Partnership for such periods. There were no reportable events (as defined in paragraphs (A) through (D) of Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)) during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2009 and December 31, 2010 or during the period from December 31, 2010  through the date of this Form 8-K.

 
Altegris Funds, on behalf of the Partnership, requested that Spicer furnish it a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements.  A copy of that letter dated March 31, 2011, is filed as an Exhibit hereto.

Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
   
16.1
Letter of Spicer Jeffries LLP dated March 31, 2011 regarding the disclosure contained in Item 4.01(a) of this Form 8-K.

 

 
 
 

 

SIGNATURES
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Partnership has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 

Date:  March 31, 2011
 
 
 
WINTON FUTURES FUND, L.P. (US)
 
       
  By:
ALTEGRIS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.
(d/b/a Altegris Funds), its general partner
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Richard G. Pfister  
    Name: Richard G. Pfister  
    Title:   Executive Vice President