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UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 10-Q

(Mark One)

x QUARTERLY REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the quarterly period ended September 30, 2011

o TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the transition period from to

Commission File Number 0-54140

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(Exact Name of Registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware		27-2365025
(State or other jurisdiction of		(IRS Employer Identification No.)
incorporation or organization)

c/o Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC

Four World Financial Center, 10th Floor

250 Vesey Street

New York, New York 10080

(Address of principal executive offices)

(Zip Code)

212-449-3517

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes x No o

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate website, if any, every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405 of Regulation S-T (§232.405 of this chapter) during the preceding 12 months (or for such shorter period that the registrant was required to submit and post such files). Yes x No o

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 o		Accelerated filer o

Non-accelerated filer x		Small reporting company o
(Do not check if a smaller reporting company)

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined by Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act). Yes x No o

As of September 30, 2011 57,534,940 units of limited liability company interest were outstanding.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

QUARTERLY REPORT FOR SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 ON FORM 10-Q

Table of Contents

		PAGE

PART I—FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1.	Financial Statements	1

Item 2.	Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations	16

Item 3.	Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk	24

Item 4.	Controls and Procedures	29

PART II—OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1.	Legal Proceedings	29

Item 1A.	Risk Factors	29

Item 2.	Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds	30

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities	31

Item 4.	(Removed and Reserved)	31

Item 5.	Other Information	31

Item 6.	Exhibits	31

PART I - FINANCIAL INFORMATION

Item 1. Financial Statements

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

(unaudited)

	September 30,		December 31,
	2011		2010
ASSETS:
Equity in commodity futures trading accounts:
Cash (including restricted cash of $3,280,713 for 2011 and $3,090,751 for 2010)	$	57,805,326	$	48,475,204
Net unrealized profit on open futures contracts	1,029,724		712,812
Net unrealized profit on open forwards contracts	6,145,650		5,416,026
Cash and cash equivalents	376,433		200,000
Other assets	65,046		65,211

TOTAL ASSETS	$	65,422,179	$	54,869,253

LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL:
LIABILITIES:
Net unrealized loss on open futures contracts	$	364,296	$	91,090
Net unrealized loss on open forwards contracts	6,546,867		3,651,832
Brokerage commissions payable	13,153		24,932
Sponsor and Advisory fees payable	97,140		637,353
Redemptions payable	941,021		549,485
Other liabilities	236,672		185,710

Total liabilities	8,199,149		5,140,402

MEMBERS’ CAPITAL:
Members’ Interest (57,534,940 and 47,480,021 Units outstanding, unlimited Units authorized)	57,223,030		49,728,851
Total members’ capital	57,223,030		49,728,851

TOTAL LIABILITIES AND MEMBERS’ CAPITAL	$	65,422,179	$	54,869,253

NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT:

Class A	$	0.9550	$	1.0077
Class C	$	0.9516	$	1.0117
Class D	$	0.9734	$	—
Class I	$	0.9591	$	1.0090
Class DT	$	1.0153	$	1.0509

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENT OF OPERATIONS

(unaudited)

	For the three			For the three			For the nine
	months ended			months ended			months ended
	September 30,			September 30,			September 30,
	2011			2010			2011
TRADING PROFIT (LOSS):

Realized, net	$	2,490,202		$	(681,584	)	$	1,532,930
Change in unrealized, net	658,635			2,235,315			(2,121,705		)
Brokerage commissions	(75,675		)	(77,331		)	(331,047		)

Total trading profit (loss)	3,073,162			1,476,400			(919,822		)

INVESTMENT INCOME:
Interest	4,047			(320		)	12,845

EXPENSES:
Management fee	189,941			77,565			498,933
Sponsor fee	94,980			596			193,537
Performance fee	—			263,564			—
Other	100,903			84,006			279,646
Total expenses	385,824			425,731			972,116

NET INVESTMENT LOSS	(381,777		)	(426,051		)	(959,271		)

NET INCOME (LOSS)	$	2,691,385		$	1,050,349		$	(1,879,093	)

NET INCOME (LOSS) PER UNIT:

Weighted average number of Units outstanding
Class A*	3,254,314			219,375			2,287,824
Class C**	13,215,308			—			8,855,773
Class D***	400,000			—			400,000
Class I*	1,716,655			354,450			1,389,963
Class DT*	39,879,495			44,515,316			41,860,818

Net income (loss) per weighted average Unit
Class A*	$	0.0365		$	(0.0065	)	$	(0.0235	)
Class C**	$	0.0368		$	—		$	(0.0229	)
Class D***	$	0.0450		$	—		$	(0.0267	)
Class I*	$	0.0384		$	(0.0061	)	$	(0.0367	)
Class DT*	$	0.0502		$	0.0237		$	(0.0373	)

*Units issued on September 1, 2010.

**Units issued on October 1, 2010.

***Units issued on May 1, 2011.

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

(unaudited) (in Units)

	Initial Offering	Subscriptions	Redemptions		Members’ Capital September 30, 2010	Members’ Capital December 31, 2010	Subscriptions	Redemptions		Members’ Capital September 30, 2011

Class A**	219,375	—	(219,375	)	—	874,534	2,818,242	(118,453	)	3,574,323
Class C***	—	—	—		—	2,128,949	12,351,444	(1,149,496	)	13,330,897
Class D****	—	—	—		—	—	400,000	—		400,000
Class I**	354,450	—	—		354,450	1,117,121	970,449	(115,496	)	1,972,074
Class DT*	44,633,835	—	(237,038	)	44,396,797	43,359,417	547,229	(5,649,000	)	38,257,646

Total Members’ Units	45,207,660	—	(456,413	)	44,751,247	47,480,021	17,087,364	(7,032,445	)	57,534,940

*Units issued on August 1, 2010.

**Units issued on September 1, 2010.

***Units issued on October 1, 2010.

****Units issued on May 1, 2011.

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

(unaudited)

	Initial Offering	Subscriptions	Redemptions		Net Income (loss)		Members’ Capital September 30, 2010	Members’ Capital December 31, 2010			Subscriptions		Redemptions			Net Income (loss)			Members’ Capital September 30, 2011
Class A**	219,375	—	(217,956	)	(1,419	)	—	$	881,238		$	2,694,931	$	(108,924	)	$	(53,730	)	$	3,413,515
Class C***	—	—	—		—		—	2,153,797			11,826,716		(1,091,833		)	(202,750		)	12,685,930
Class D****	—	—	—		—		—	—			400,000		—			(10,660		)	389,340
Class I**	354,450	—	—		(2,175	)	352,275	1,127,178			926,475		(111,077		)	(51,080		)	1,891,496
Class DT*	44,633,835	—	(243,485	)	1,053,943		45,444,293	45,566,638			553,632		(5,716,648		)	(1,560,873		)	38,842,749

Total Members’ Capital	45,207,660	—	(461,441	)	1,050,349		45,796,568	$		49,728,851	$	16,401,754	$	(7,028,482	)	$	(1,879,093	)	$	57,223,030

*Units issued on August 1, 2010.

**Units issued on September 1, 2010.

***Units issued on October 1, 2010.

****Units issued on May 1, 2011.

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

FINANCIAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (unaudited)

The following per Unit data and ratios have been derived from information provided in the financial statements.

	Class A			Class C			Class D			Class I			Class DT
Per Unit Operating Performance:

Net asset value at beginning of period	$	0.9143		$	0.9133		$	0.9284		$	0.9173		$	0.9660

Net realized and net change in unrealized trading profit	0.0519			0.0519			0.0527			0.0521			0.0549
Brokerage commissions	(0.0012		)	(0.0012		)	(0.0013		)	(0.0012		)	(0.0013		)
Interest income	0.0001			0.0001			0.0001			0.0001			0.0001
Expenses	(0.0101		)	(0.0125		)	(0.0065		)	(0.0092		)	(0.0044		)

Net asset value, end of period	$	0.9550		$	0.9516		$	0.9734		$	0.9591		$	1.0153

Total Return: (b)

Total return before Performance fees	4.45		%	4.19		%	4.85		%	4.56		%	5.11		%
Performance fees	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%
Total return after Performance fees	4.45		%	4.19		%	4.85		%	4.56		%	5.11		%

Ratios to Average Member’s Capital: (a)

Expenses (excluding Performance fees)	1.06		%	1.31		%	0.68		%	0.96		%	0.43		%
Performance fees	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.00		%
Expenses (including Performance fees)	1.06		%	1.31		%	0.68		%	0.96		%	0.43		%

Net investment income (loss)	1.05		%	1.30		%	0.67		%	0.95		%	0.42		%

(a) The ratios to average members’ capital have been annualized. The total return ratios are not annualized.

(b) The total return calculations are based on compounded monthly returns and is calculated for each class taken as a whole. An individual members’ return may vary from these returns based on timing of capital transactions.

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

FINANCIAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE NINE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2011 (unaudited)

The following per Unit data and ratios have been derived from information provided in the financial statements.

	Class A			Class C			Class D*			Class I			Class DT
Per Unit Operating Performance:

Net asset value at beginning of period	$	1.0077		$	1.0117		$	1.0000		$	1.0090		$	1.0509

Net realized and net change in unrealized trading profit	(0.0164		)	(0.0165		)	(0.0134		)	(0.0163		)	(0.0169		)
Brokerage commissions	(0.0059		)	(0.0060		)	(0.0026		)	(0.0060		)	(0.0062		)
Interest income	0.0002			0.0002			0.0001			0.0002			0.0002
Expenses	(0.0306		)	(0.0378		)	(0.0107		)	(0.0278		)	(0.0127		)

Net asset value, end of period	$	0.9550		$	0.9516		$	0.9734		$	0.9591		$	1.0153

Total Return: (b)

Total return before Performance fees	-5.18		%	-5.89		%	-2.67		%	-4.90		%	-3.39		%
Performance fees	-0.07		%	-0.07		%	0.00		%	-0.07		%	0.00		%
Total return after Performance fees	-5.25		%	-5.96		%	-2.67		%	-4.97		%	-3.39		%

Ratios to Average Member’s Capital: (a)

Expenses (excluding Performance fees)	3.14		%	3.89		%	1.12		%	2.84		%	1.26		%
Performance fees	0.06		%	0.06		%	0.00		%	0.06		%	0.00		%
Expenses (including Performance fees)	3.20		%	3.95		%	1.12		%	2.90		%	1.26		%

Net investment income (loss)	3.17		%	3.92		%	1.10		%	2.87		%	1.24		%

(a) The ratios to average members’ capital have been annualized. The total return ratios are not annualized.

* Units issued on May 1, 2011

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(A Delaware Limited Liability Company)

FINANCIAL DATA HIGHLIGHTS

FOR THE THREE MONTHS ENDED SEPTEMBER 30, 2010 (unaudited)

The following per Unit data and ratios have been derived from information provided in the financial statements.

	Class A**			Class I**			Class DT*
Per Unit Operating Performance:

Net asset value at time of offer	$	1.0000		$	1.0000		$	1.0000

Net realized and net change in unrealized trading profit	(0.0017		)	(0.0017		)	0.0348
Brokerage commissions	(0.0010		)	(0.0010		)	(0.0017		)
Expenses	(0.0038		)	(0.0034		)	(0.0095		)

Net asset value, end of year	$	0.9935		$	0.9939		$	1.0236

Total Return: (b)

Total return before Performance fees	-0.65		%	-0.61		%	2.95		%
Performance fees	0.00		%	0.00		%	-0.59		%
Total return after Performance fees	-0.65		%	-0.61		%	2.36		%

Ratios to Average Member’s Capital: (a)

Expenses (excluding Performance fees)	0.38		%	0.35		%	0.35		%
Performance fees	0.00		%	0.00		%	0.58		%
Expenses (including Performance fees)	0.38		%	0.35		%	0.93		%

Net investment income (loss)	-0.38		%	-0.35		%	-0.94		%

(a) The ratios to average members’ capital have been annualized. The total return ratios are not annualized.

*Units issued on August 1, 2010.

**Units issued on September 1, 2010.

See notes to financial statements.

MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC

(a Delaware Limited Liability Company)

NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

(unaudited)

1. SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

MAN AHL FuturesAccess LLC (the “Fund”), a Merrill Lynch FuturesAccess Program (the “Program”) fund, was organized under the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act on April 1, 2010 and commenced trading activities on August 1, 2010. The Fund issues new units of limited liability company interest (“Units”) at Net Asset Value per Unit (see Item 2 for discussion of net asset value and net asset value per unit for subscriptions and redemptions purposes hereinafter referred to as Net Asset Value and Net Asset Value per Unit) as of the beginning of each calendar month. The Fund engages in the speculative trading of futures, options on futures and forward contracts on a wide range of commodities. Man AHL (USA) Ltd. (“Man” or “trading advisor”) is the trading advisor of the Fund.

Merrill Lynch Alternative Investments LLC (“MLAI” or the “Sponsor”) 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. Merrill Lynch is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Bank of America Corporation.

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 its 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.

As of September 30, 2011 the Fund offers five Classes of Units: Class A, Class C, Class D, Class DT and Class I. Each Class of Units was offered at $1.00 per Unit during the initial offering period and subsequently is offered at Net Asset Value per Unit. The five Classes of Units are subject to different sponsor fees.

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.

In the opinion of management, these interim financial statements contain all adjustments, consisting only of normal recurring adjustments, necessary for a fair statement of the financial position of the Fund as of September 30, 2011 and the results of its operations for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2011. However, the operating results for the interim period may not be indicative of the results for the full year.

Certain information and footnote disclosures normally included in annual financial statements prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) have been omitted. These financial statements should be read in conjunction with the financial statements and notes thereto included in the Fund’s Annual Report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission for the period ended December 31, 2010.

Estimates

The preparation of financial statements in conformity with U.S. GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that may affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities and disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the financial statements as well as the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the reporting period. Actual results could differ from those estimates and such differences could be material.

Initial Offering and Organizational Costs

Organization and Offering costs are amortized against the net asset value over 60 months, beginning with the first month-end after the initial issuance of Units for operational and investor trading purposes. However, for financial reporting purposes, organizational costs, to the extent material, will be shown as deducted from net asset value as of the date of such initial issuance and initial offering costs, to the extent material, will be amortized over a 12-month period after the initial issuance of Units.

2. CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

The Fund’s investments, defined as Net unrealized profit (loss) on open contracts on the Statements of Financial Condition, as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are as follows:

September 30, 2011

	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)			Members’ Capital		Contracts		Profit (Loss)		Members’ Capital		on Open Positions			Members’ Capital		Maturity Dates

Agriculture	5	$	(183	)	0.00	%	(82	)	$	249,591	0.44	%	$	249,408		0.44	%	November 2011 - March 2012
Currencies	8,268,050,541	(6,545,622		)	-11.44	%	(9,079,132,391	)	6,162,071		10.77	%	(383,551		)	-0.67	%	December 2011
Energy	—	—			0.00	%	(69	)	274,087		0.48	%	274,087			0.48	%	October 2011 - May 2012
Interest rates	1,408	409,536			0.72	%	(173	)	21,168		0.04	%	430,704			0.76	%	December 2011 - December 2013
Metals	32	(646,330		)	-1.13	%	(33	)	286,676		0.50	%	(359,654		)	-0.63	%	October 2011 - December 2011
Stock indices	—	—			0.00	%	(275	)	53,217		0.09	%	53,217			0.09	%	October 2011 - December 2011

Total		$	(6,782,599	)	-11.85	%			$	7,046,810	12.32	%	$	264,211		0.47	%

December 31, 2010

	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)			Members’ Capital		Contracts		Profit (Loss)			Members’ Capital		on Open Positions			Members’ Capital		Maturity Dates

Agriculture	182	$	400,928		0.81	%	(32	)	$	(65,989	)	-0.13	%	$	334,939		0.67	%	February 11 - May 11
Currencies	12,154,693,758	5,446,146			10.95	%	(11,157,773,667	)	(3,654,782		)	-7.35	%	1,791,364			3.60	%	March 11
Energy	77	122,125			0.25	%	(61	)	(138,830		)	-0.28	%	(16,705		)	-0.03	%	January 11 - May 11
Interest rates	451	101,623			0.20	%	(409	)	(173,148		)	-0.35	%	(71,525		)	-0.14	%	March 11 - December 12
Metals	81	508,569			1.02	%	(14	)	(124,047		)	-0.25	%	384,522			0.77	%	January 11 - April 11
Stock indices	307	(38,435		)	-0.08	%	(7	)	1,756			0.00	%	(36,679		)	-0.07	%	January 11 - March 11

Total		$	6,540,956		13.15	%			$	(4,155,040	)	-8.36	%	$	2,385,916		4.80	%

No individual contract’s unrealized profit or loss comprised greater than 5% of the Members’ Capital as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010.

3. FAIR VALUE OF INVESTMENTS

The Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued the Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) which provides authoritative guidance on fair value measurement. This guidance defines fair value, establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands disclosures about fair value measurements.

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). All investments (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments) are held for trading purposes. The investments are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (described below) at the measurement date. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are included in Equity in a commodity trading account. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the Statements of Operations.

The fair value measurement guidance established a hierarchal 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 the fair market value measurement guidance, 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.

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.

Following is a description of the valuation methodologies used for investments, as well as the general classification of such investments pursuant to the valuation hierarchy.

Exchange traded investments are fair valued by the Fund by using the reported closing price on the primary exchange where it trades such investments. These closing prices are observed through the clearing broker and third party pricing services. For non-exchange traded investments, quoted values and other data provided by nationally recognized independent pricing sources are used by the Fund as inputs into its process for determining fair values.

The independent pricing sources obtain market quotations and actual transaction prices for securities that have quoted prices in active markets. Each source has its own proprietary method for determining the fair value of securities that are not actively traded. In general, these methods involve the use of “matrix pricing” in which the independent pricing source uses observable market inputs including, but not limited to, investment yields, credit risks and spreads, benchmarking of like securities, broker-dealer quotes, reported trades and sector groupings to determine a reasonable fair market value.

The Fund has determined that Level I securities would include most of its futures and options contracts where it believes that quoted prices are available in an active market.

Where the Fund believes that quoted market prices are not available or that the market is not active, fair values are estimated by using quoted prices of securities with similar characteristics, pricing models or matrix pricing and these are generally classified as Level II securities. The Fund determined that Level II securities would include its forward and certain futures contracts.

The Fund’s net unrealized profit (loss) on open forward and futures contracts by the above fair value hierarchy levels as of September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010 are as follows:

Net unrealized profit (loss)
on open contracts	Total			Level I		Level II			Level III

Futures
Long	$	(235,732	)	$	308,783	$	(544,515	)	$	—
Short	$	901,160		$	634,059	$	267,101		$	—
	$	665,428		$	942,842	$	(277,414	)	$	—

Forwards
Long	$	(6,546,867	)	$	—	$	(6,546,867	)	$	—
Short	$	6,145,650		$	—	$	6,145,650		$	—
	$	(401,217	)	$	—	$	(401,217	)	$	—

September 30, 2011	$	264,211		$	942,842	$	(678,631	)	$	—

Net unrealized profit (loss)
on open contracts	Total			Level I			Level II			Level III

Futures
Long	$	1,124,930		$	832,646		$	292,284		$	—
Short	$	(503,208	)	$	(379,161	)	$	(124,047	)	$	—
	$	621,722		$	453,485		$	168,237		$	—

Forwards
Long	$	5,416,026		$	—		$	5,416,026		$	—
Short	$	(3,651,832	)	$	—		$	(3,651,832	)	$	—
	$	1,764,194		$	—		$	1,764,194		$	—

December 31, 2010	$	2,385,916		$	453,485		$	1,932,431		$	—

The Fund’s volume of trading forwards and futures as of the periods ended September 30, 2011 and December 31, 2010, respectively, are representative of the activity throughout these periods. There were no transfers to or from Level I or II during the quarter ended September 30, 2011.

The Fund engages in the speculative trading of futures, options on futures and forward contracts on a wide range of commodities. Such contracts meet the definition of a derivative as noted in the guidance for accounting for derivative and hedging activities. The fair value amounts of and the gains and losses on derivative instruments is disclosed in the Statements of Financial Condition and Statements of Operations respectively. There are no credit related contingent features embedded in these derivative contracts.

The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by commodity industry sector, on derivative instruments for the three and nine month period ended September 30, 2011 and 2010:

	For the three months ended			For the nine months ended
	September 30, 2011			September 30, 2011
Commodity Industry Sector	Gain (loss) from trading			Gain (loss) from trading

Agriculture	$	(418,414	)	$	(529,973	)
Currencies	(2,082,850		)	(3,219,852		)
Energy	(202,381		)	(1,362,648		)
Interest rates	5,740,803			6,829,535
Metals	(227,489		)	(404,656		)
Stock indices	339,168			(1,901,181		)

Total	$	3,148,837		$	(588,775	)

	For the three months ended
	September 30, 2010
Commodity Industry Sector	Gain (loss) from trading

Agriculture	$	200,888
Currencies	1,555,176
Energy	(280,740		)
Interest rates	244,895
Metals	529,649
Stock indices	(696,137		)

Total	$	1,553,731

The Fund is subject to the risk of insolvency of a counterparty, an exchange, a clearinghouse or MLPF&S. Fund assets could be lost or impounded during lengthy bankruptcy proceedings. Were a substantial portion of the Fund’s capital tied up in a bankruptcy or other similar types of proceedings, MLAI might suspend or limit trading, perhaps causing the Fund to miss significant profit opportunities. There are increased risks in dealing with unregulated trading counterparties including the risk that assets may not benefit from the protection afforded to “customer funds” deposited with regulated dealers and brokers.

4. MARKET AND CREDIT RISKS

The nature of this Fund has certain risks, which cannot 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 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 Man, 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 Man 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 which consist of the ongoing process of advisor

monitoring, along with monitoring the market risk controls being applied by Man is sufficient to detect any such intervention is needed.

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.

Indemnifications

In the normal course of business, the Fund has entered, or may in the future enter into agreements that obligate the Fund to indemnify third parties, including affiliates of the Fund, for breach of certain representations and warranties made by the Fund. No claims have actually been made with respect to such indemnities and any quantification would involve hypothetical claims that have not been made. Based on the Fund’s experience, MLAI expected the risk of loss to be remote and, therefore, no provision has been recorded.

5. RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS

Starting in June of 2010, the Fund entered into a transfer agency and investor services agreement with Financial Data Services, Inc. (the “Transfer Agent”), a related party of Merrill Lynch through MLAI. The agreement calls for a fee to be paid based on the collective net assets of funds managed or sponsored by MLAI with a minimum annual fee of $2,700,000. The fee rate ranges from 0.016% to 0.02% based on aggregate net assets. The fee is payable monthly in arrears. MLAI allocates the Transfer Agent fees to each of the managed/sponsored funds on a monthly basis based on the Fund’s net assets. The Transfer Agent fee, which was determined at 0.02% of aggregate asset level, allocated to the Fund for the quarter ended September 30, 2011 amounted to $2,722, of which $1,983 was payable to the Transfer Agent as of September 30, 2011.

6. RECENT ACCOUNTING PRONOUNCEMENTS

In May 2011, the FASB issued an update to requirements relating to Fair Value Measurement which represents amendments to achieve common fair value measurement and disclosure requirements in

GAAP and International Financial Reporting Standards. The amendments are of two types: (i) those that clarify the FASB’s intent about the application of existing fair value measurement and disclosure requirements and (ii) those that change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or for disclosing information about fair value measurements.

The amendments that change a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements relate to (i) measuring the fair value of the financial instruments that are managed within a portfolio; (ii) application of premium and discount in a fair value measurement; and (iii) additional disclosures about fair value measurements. The update is effective for annual periods beginning after December 15, 2011. MLAI does not believe the adoption of this update will have a material impact on the Fund’s financial statements.

7. SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

Management has evaluated the impact of subsequent events on the Fund and has determined that there were no subsequent events that require adjustments to, or disclosure in, the financial statements.

Item 2. Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER UNIT

MLAI believes that the Net Asset Value used to calculate subscription and redemption value and to report performance to investors throughout the period is a useful performance measure for the investors of the Fund. Therefore, the charts below referencing Net Asset Value and performance measurements are based on the Net Asset Value for financial reporting.

The Fund calculates the Net Asset Value per unit of each class of units as of the close of business on the last business day of each calendar month and such other dates as MLAI may determine in its discretion. The Fund’s “Net Asset Value” as of any calculation date will generally equal the value of the Fund’s account under the management of its trading advisor as of such date, plus any other assets held by the Fund, minus accrued brokerage commissions, sponsor’s, management and performance fees, and any operating costs and other liabilities of the Fund. MLAI is authorized to make all Net Asset Value determinations.

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS A

	Jan.		Feb.		Mar.		Apr.		May		June		July		Aug.		Sept.
2010	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		$	0.9935
2011	$	0.9681	$	0.9750	$	0.9402	$	0.9848	$	0.9451	$	0.9143	$	0.9519	$	0.9565	$	0.9550

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS C

	Jan.		Feb.		Mar.		Apr.		May		June		July		Aug.		Sept.
2010	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a
2011	$	0.9711	$	0.9772	$	0.9416	$	0.9854	$	0.9449	$	0.9133	$	0.9501	$	0.9539	$	0.9516

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS D

	Jan.		Feb.		Mar.		Apr.		May		June		July		Aug.		Sept.
2010	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a
2011	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		$	0.9585	$	0.9284	$	0.9678	$	0.9736	$	0.9734

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS I

	Jan.		Feb.		Mar.		Apr.		May		June		July		Aug.		Sept.
2010	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		0.9939
2011	$	0.9697	$	0.9769	$	0.9424	$	0.9874	$	0.9480	$	0.9173	$	0.9554	$	0.9603	$	0.9591

MONTH-END NET ASSET VALUE PER INITIAL UNIT CLASS DT

	Jan.		Feb.		Mar.		Apr.		May		June		July		Aug.		Sept.
2010	n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		n/a		$	1.0272	$	1.0236
2011	$	1.0117	$	1.0211	$	0.9867	$	1.0388	$	0.9964	$	0.9660	$	1.0078	$	1.0148	$	1.0153

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The Fund does not engage in the sale of goods or services. The Fund’s assets are its (i) equity in its trading account, consisting of cash including restricted cash, and unrealized gain net of unrealized losses and (ii) interest receivable. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in commodity futures trading relatively small price movements may result in substantial losses to the Fund. While substantial losses could lead to a material decrease in liquidity, no such material losses occurred during the third quarter of 2011 and there was no impact on the Fund’s liquidity.

The Fund’s capital consists of the capital contributions of the members as increased or decreased by gains or losses on trading, expenses, interest income, redemptions of Redeemable Units and distributions of profits, if any.

For the nine months ended September 30, 2011, Fund capital increased 15.07% from $49,728,851 to $57.223.030. This increase was attributable to the net loss from operations of $1,879,093, coupled with the redemption of 7,032,445 Redeemable Units resulting in an outflow of $7,028,482. The cash outflow was offset with cash inflow of $16,401,754 due to subscriptions of 17,087,364 units. Future redemptions could impact the amount of funds available for investment in commodity contract positions in subsequent months.

Critical Accounting Policies

Statement of Cash Flows

The Fund is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows.

Investments

All investments (including derivatives) are held for trading purposes. Investments are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (as described below) at the measurement date. Investments denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are included as a component of equity in a commodity trading account on the Statements of Financial Condition. Realized gains or losses and any change in net unrealized gains or losses from the preceding period are reported in the Statements of Operations.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

The Fund considers all highly liquid investments, with a maturity of three months or less when acquired, to be cash equivalents. Cash equivalents were recorded at amortized cost, as provided by the investment manager of the cash equivalent, which approximated fair value (Level II see Note 3). Cash was held at a nationally recognized financial institution.

Fair Value Measurements

Fair value is defined as the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date. For more information on our fair value, see Note 3, Fair Value of Investments.

Futures Contracts

The Fund trades listed futures contracts. A listed futures contract is a firm commitment to buy or sell a standardized quantity of an underlying asset over a specified duration. The Fund buys and sells contracts based on indexes of financial assets such as stocks, domestic and global stock indexes, as well as contracts on various physical commodities. Prices paid or received on these contracts are determined by the ask or bid provided by the exchanges on which they are traded. Contracts may be settled in physical form or cash settled depending upon the contract. Upon the execution of a trade, margin requirements determine the amount of cash that must be on deposit to secure the transaction. These amounts are considered restricted cash on the Fund’s balance sheet. Contracts are priced daily by the Fund and the gain or loss based on the daily mark to market are recorded as unrealized gains. When the contract is closed, the Fund records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Because transactions in futures contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly with the exchange on which the contracts are traded, credit exposure is limited. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are included in the Statements of Operations. The Fund also trades futures contracts on the London Metals Exchange (LME). The valuation pricing for LME contracts is based on action of a committee that incorporates prices from the most liquid trading sessions of the day and can also rely on other inputs such as supply and demand factors and bid and asks from open outcry sessions.

Forward Foreign Currency Contracts

Foreign currency contracts are those contracts where the Fund agrees to receive or deliver a fixed quantity of foreign currency for an agreed-upon price on an agreed future date. Foreign currency contracts are valued daily, and the Fund’s net equity therein, representing unrealized gain or loss on the contracts as measured by the difference between the forward foreign exchange rates at the dates of entry into the contracts and the forward rates at the reporting date, is included in the Statements of Financial Condition. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on foreign currency contracts are recognized in the period in which the contract is closed or the changes occur, respectively and are included in the Statements of Operations.

Interest Rates and Income

The Fund currently earns interest based on the prevailing Fed Funds rate plus a spread for short cash positions and minus a spread for long cash positions. The current short term interest rates have remained extremely low when compared with historical rates and thus has contributed negligible amounts to overall Fund performance.

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.

The Fund follows the ASC guidance on accounting for uncertainty in income taxes. This guidance provides how uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial statements. This guidance also requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected to be taken in the course of preparing the Fund’s financial statements to determine whether the tax positions are “more-likely-than-not” to be sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Fund level not deemed to meet the “more-likely-than-not” threshold would be recorded as a tax benefit or expense in the current year. MLAI has analyzed the Fund’s tax positions and has concluded that no provision for income tax is required in the Fund’s financial statements. The following are the major tax jurisdictions for the Fund and the earliest tax year subject to examination: United States — 2010.

Reform Act

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Reform Act”) was signed into law on July 21, 2010. The Reform Act enacts financial regulatory reform, and may alter the way in which the Fund conducts certain trading activities. The Reform Act includes measures to broaden the scope of derivative instruments subject to regulation, including by requiring clearing and exchange trading of certain derivatives, imposing new capital and margin reporting, registration and business conduct requirements for certain market participants and imposing position limits on certain over-the-counter derivatives. The Reform Act grants the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission substantial new authority and requires numerous rulemakings by these agencies. The ultimate impact of these derivatives regulations, and the time it will take to comply, remains uncertain. The final regulations may impose additional operational and compliance costs on the Fund.

Results of Operations

January 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011

January 1, 2011 to March 31, 2011

The Fund experienced a net trading loss of $2,818,279 before brokerage commissions and related fees in the first quarter of 2011. The Fund’s profits were primarily attributable to agriculture, energy and the metals posting profits. The interest rates, currencies and stock indices posted losses.

The agriculture sector posted profits to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. The trading program’s long lean hog positions were the leading performers in the sector as prices were pushed higher by supply constraints, rising demand and rising production costs. Further profits came from long positions in cotton and wheat trades over the month as the two commodities continued their upward climb. Profits were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter due to the trading program’s long positions in a variety of agricultural contracts proved positive as rising demand and falling supplies continued to boost prices. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter as prices sold off on generic risk reduction/liquidity searching themes and downgraded demand expectations.

The energy sector posted profits to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. Losses came from energy trading, but returns were driven almost entirely by the trading program’s short natural gas positions. Although prices only rose moderately overall, largely on cold weather forecasts, prices were highly volatile and as such made it difficult for the trading program to hold a consistently sized position. Profits were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter. Energy profits were driven by the trading program’s short positions in natural gas as prices fell 8.7% following forecasts of warmer-than-expected U.S. weather, which lowered expectations for demand. Crude oil was a focus for investors and prices increased by 5.2% over the period on fears that oil supplies would be disrupted. Returns from oil holdings were flat as profits from long oil derivatives offset losses from short crude oil. Profits were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter, as long crude oil positions offset losses from short positions in natural gas, with oil prices advancing on Libyan violence and natural gas prices advancing on nuclear power safety fears.

The metals sector posted profits to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. Upbeat sentiment generally led to a fall in precious metals and a rise in industrial metals. As such, the trading program’s long positions in gold and silver resulted in losses, while long positions in nickel and copper profited. Profits were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter. The trading program’s long exposure to both base and precious metals were the main drivers of returns. The price of silver rose by 20.8% and generated the largest gains. Gold further added to returns as geopolitical tensions resulted in a flight to quality and general inflation worries pushed prices higher. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter as established long positions across industrial metals posted losses as prices sold off on generic risk reduction/liquidity searching themes and downgraded demand expectation.

The interest rate sector posted losses to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter due to the trading program’s long positions in European bonds and U.S. Treasuries. European bonds fell largely on diminished sovereign debt fears, while U.S. Treasuries fell over the period due to positive economic news flow. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter. The escalation

of political turmoil in Egypt and Libya led to increased demand for ‘safe haven’ assets. Bonds rallied, negatively impacting the trading program’s short bond positions. The main detractors were Japanese and Australian bonds, U.S. Treasuries and U.K. Gilts. The quarter ended with losses posted to the Fund due to the unexpected nature of March’s events disrupted the trading program’s identified trends.

The currency sector posted losses to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter due to three main themes. The first was trading program’s short U.S. dollar positions held at the very start of the month as the U.S. dollar surged 1.6% over the first week of January on positive economic data releases. The second was short EUR positions as the euro rallied 1.5% on a trade-weighted basis. The move was driven by an easing of eurozone sovereign debt contagion fears following strong demand for the European Financial Stability Fund bond issue, speculation that the facility will be expanded and successful debt auctions by peripheral eurozone countries. The third was the trading program’s short British pound positions as Sterling rose (1.1% on a trade weighted basis) on strong inflation numbers, triggering speculation of near term interest rate rises. Profits were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter where an appreciation in the Australian dollar supplied the bulk of performance following hawkish rhetoric from the Reserve Bank of Australia. These profits offset losses from the trading program’s long and short Japanese yen /U.S. dollar trades as positions were whipsawed. Profits were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. The trading program’s short U.S. dollar positions generated profits, but it was euro based positions that had the most impact on performance. The euro had a strong rally (3.2% on a trade weighted basis), a result of signals that the European Central Bank will raise rates next month, but the move resulted in relatively flat performance as profits from long positions in the euro/British pound were offset by short euro positions against a number of other currencies.

The stock indices sector posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund in the beginning through the middle of the quarter. The trading program’s long positions in the Topix index generated the largest individual gain in February as positive corporate earnings allowed the Japanese market to outperform other regions, additionally long exposure to the Hang Seng and broadly long holdings of European indices further contributed to positive performance. In midmonth, however, midmonth, the escalation of political turmoil in Egypt and Libya led to increased demand for ‘safe haven’ assets. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter as the trading program’s long stock positions resulted in a sharp post-earthquake sell off in prices. Both the Nikkei and Topix were held long over the month and therefore accounted for some of the more prominent stock sector losses. Negative performance, however, was not only contained to Japanese indices, with long European indices also detracting from returns.

April 1, 2011 to June 30, 2011

The Fund experienced a net trading loss of $919,333 before brokerage commissions and related fees in the second quarter of 2011. The Fund’s profits were primarily attributable to the interest rate and currency sectors posting profits. The metals, agriculture, stock indices and the energy sectors posted losses.

The interest rate sector posted profits to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter as expectations that any future interest rate increases by the U.S. Federal Reserve would lag the rest of the world added further pressure. Also, losses were incurred by the bond sector. Exposure to Australian bonds proved particularly troublesome as volatile prices led to whipsawing positions and weighed on returns. Further losses came from short positions in the U.K. gilts however, as below forecast inflation data lowered the chances of a near-term rate hike by the Bank of England. Profits were posted to

the Fund in the middle of the quarter. Offsetting losses from ‘pro-risk’ positions were strong profits from long positions in bond and interest rate markets. Prices rallied during the month of May as future growth concerns/sovereign debt contagion fears led to an increase in safe haven demand. Standout trades included long positions in U.S. Treasuries and Eurodollar positions as prices were additionally boosted by a dovish outlook for U.S. interest rates. Profits were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter due to the Fund’s long exposure to bonds and short-term interest rates sectors. Prices in U.S. Treasuries and Eurozone positions continued to move higher as future growth concerns combined with sovereign debt worries led to a further increase in safe haven demand. As a result, positive performance was driven by long European government bonds while short Sterling contracts also proved beneficial as investors bet on prolonged low interest rates and the possibility of another round of quantitative easing.

The currency sector posted profits to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. Long commodity linked and emerging market currencies against the U.S. dollar tended to be the top performers as improved optimism over global growth and elevated commodity prices rallied demand for higher yielding/higher risk properties. Additional profits came from long position in the Euro versus the U.S. dollar as the Euro rallied after the European Central Bank raised interest rates for the first time in almost three years. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter as a result of short positions in U.S. dollar trades. The dollar rose (on a trade weighted basis) over the period as an increase in investor risk aversion boosted demand for its relative safe haven. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. The short U.S. dollar positions continued to come under pressure. The flight-to-safety theme proved particularly supportive to the U.S. dollar as speculation gathered pace over a Greek default, while the U.S. Federal Reserve gave no indications that they would embark on another round of quantitative easing anytime soon.

The metals sector posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. Long positions in precious metals such as gold and silver secured the strongest gains as both rallied respectively after investors fretted over rising inflation and continued tensions in the Middle East and North Africa region. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter as long positions in precious metals struggled as silver slumped, after exchanges hiked margin requirements and the U.S. dollar rallied. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. Long positions in precious metals such as gold and silver saw some of the larger losses as prices were impacted by a strengthening U.S. dollar, while some investors pared back positioning on weak technical signals.

The agriculture sector posted losses to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund throughout the quarter due to global volatility.

The stock indices posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter as risk appetite gathered momentum in April as strong first quarter U.S. corporate earning figures combined with an improvement in the U.S. labor market boosted confidence in the global economic recovery. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter as stock trading ended the month down. Long positions in European based indices posting the largest losses. But it was more a general long exposure across regions that were the main cause of losses in the sector. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter as worries over future growth saw investors shun their riskier assets. The majority of losses were attributed to long positioning, particularly in the U.S., as concerns over future growth in light of weaker than expected economic releases weighed on prices. Consequently, long positions in the S&P 500 detracted the most from performance as the index ended the month down.

The energy sector posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter due to long crude oil positions as the West Texas Intermediate crude oil index rose, touching its

highest level since September 2008, as optimism over global growth gathered momentum. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter as long crude oil positions posted some of the heavier losses after prices suffered one of their largest 1 day falls on record (on Thursday May 5th.) as fears over future global growth prompted a massive unwinding of positions. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. Long natural gas contracts proved particularly troublesome as prices pulled back from near term highs and falling after moderating temperatures in the U.S. reduced the outlook for demand. Further negative performance came from long crude oil positions after prices moved lower on news that the International Energy Agency had unexpectedly released extra oil supplies from their strategic reserves.

July 1, 2011 to September 30, 2011

The Fund experienced a net trading profit of $3,148,837 before brokerage commissions and related fees in the third quarter of 2011. The Fund’s profits were primarily attributable to the interest rate and stock indices sectors posting profits. The energy, metals, agriculture and the currency sectors posted losses.

The interest rate sector posted profits to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. In bonds, long positions in U.S. Treasuries were the largest positive contributors as prices rallied on a series of weaker-than-expected economic data releases and worries over the U.S. credit profile, which together drove a surge in safe-haven demand. However, although the size and liquidity of the U.S. Treasury market still presents a relative safe-haven, the prospect of a cut in the nation’s credit rating, as a August 2, 2011 deadline loomed for politicians to end an impasse regarding raising the nation’s debt ceiling, led investors to seek out potential alternatives. Notably, long Euro-Bund and Euro-BOBL trades added value as rising demand in the German bund futures reflected speculation that potential outflow from U.S. Treasuries following a downgrade would benefit German bunds in particular. Continuing sovereign debt concerns in Europe also proved beneficial for the Fund. An emergency meeting of European officials called to discuss the Eurozone debt crisis that threatened to engulf Italy, combined with Moody’s warning that they could cut Spain’s credit rating boosted the German bund prices over the month. Short term interest rates also posted a gain, with Eurodollar contracts particularly profitable as expectations remained that the U.S. Federal Reserve will keep short term rates low in response to weak economic growth. Profits were posted to the Fund in middle of the quarter. Fixed income trading provided the bulk of performance as large inflows into fixed income markets benefited the Fund’s predominately long exposure to bonds and interest rates. Profits in these sectors were largely a function of sector performance and positioning, however, the U.S. credit downgrade did little to discourage the take up of U.S. national debt and holding U.S Treasuries was the standout trade for the Fund in August. The U.S. Federal Reserve pledged to keep interest rates at historical lows for another two years which put additional upward pressure on bond prices as yields on 10 year bonds briefly fell below 2%. Profits continued to be posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. The largest profits came from long fixed income as both U.S. and European government bonds led performance. Prices were particularly supported by subdued economic data releases which heightened expectations of prolonged low interest rates in the U.S. and the prospect of rate cuts in the Eurozone.

The stock indices posted profits to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter as the stock allocation ended down with losses seen on both the long and short side as equity markets saw a number of price reversals over the month. Profits were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter as short exposure to stock indices added to Fund’s positive performance. Short positions in European and Asian indices supplied some of the larger gains but contributions came from a wide contract base. Profits continued to be posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. Short exposure to stock indices, particularly in Asia, added to gains as indications of a slowdown in China impacted the

economic outlook for the region. Particular strong gains were accrued from short positions in the Hang Seng as the index fell over the course of the month. Elsewhere, short Nikkei 225 trades also proved profitable as a rising Japanese yen compounded the negative impact on domestic exporters.

The energy sector posted losses to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund at the beginning through the middle of the quarter. Profits were posted to the Fund as the quarter ended.

The metals sector posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter as commodity trading contributed positively, as long exposure to metals, particularly precious metals, drove gains over the month. Most notably, in terms of performance drivers, gold rallied as demand rose for safe haven assets. Long holdings of gold added further performance, although not enough to offset losses posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter. Precious metals pulled back as investors moved to cash to cover losses in other markets while news that the Chicago Mercantile Exchange had increased its collateral requirements further impacted prices. As a result, gold fell over the month while silver plummeted reflecting its more tenuous safe-haven status due to its usage in industrial processes and resulting reliance on industrial metal demand. Long copper positions also incurred losses as the industrial metal fell in light of the deterioration in the economic outlook.

The agriculture sector posted losses to the Fund. Losses were posted to the Fund throughout the quarter.

The currency sector posted losses to the Fund. Profits were posted to the Fund at the beginning of the quarter. The short U.S. dollar positions were the main driver behind returns as, unlike June, positions were rewarded as events in the U.S. brought the currency’s status as a safe haven asset into question and risk-wary investors fled to the safety of alternative currencies. Losses were posted to the Fund in the middle of the quarter. Position whipsawing had a detrimental effect, with the positions suffering, while on a theme basis short U.S. dollar pairs were responsible for the predominate share of the loss as the currency rallied on safe haven buying. Losses were posted to the Fund at the end of the quarter as long positions in commodity-linked currencies such as the Australian dollar and Brazilian real suffered after underlying raw material prices fell while investors increasingly shunned ‘risk’ assets.

The Fund has no applicable off-balance sheet arrangements or tabular disclosure of contractual obligations of the type described in Items 303(a)(4) and 303(a)(5) of Regulation S-K.

Item 3. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

Introduction

The Fund is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive instruments held by it are acquired for speculative trading purposes and all or substantially all of the Fund’s assets are subject to the risk of trading loss. Unlike an operating company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Fund’s main line of business.

Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of the Fund’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Fund’s market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and contracts, the diversification effects among the Fund’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

The Fund, under the direction of Man, rapidly acquires and liquidates both long and short positions in a wide range of different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular future market scenario will affect performance, and the Fund’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future results.

Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Fund could reasonably be expected to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty of the Fund’s speculative trading and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Fund of market movements far exceeding expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at Risk or the Fund’s experience to date (i.e., “risk of ruin”). In light of the foregoing, as well as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the quantifications included in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or representation that the Fund’s losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by the Fund’s attempts to manage its market risk.

Quantifying The Fund’s Trading Value At Risk

Quantitative Forward-Looking Statements

The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures contain “forward-looking statement” within the meaning of the safe harbor from civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934). All quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes of the safe harbor, except for statements of historical fact.

The Fund’s risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by Man is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the Fund’s fair value accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Fund’s open positions is directly reflected in the Fund’s earnings (realized or unrealized) and cash flow (at least in the case of exchange-traded contracts in which profits and losses on open positions are settled daily through variation margin).

Exchange maintenance margin requirements have been used by the Fund as the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum loss in the fair value of any given contract incurred in 95%-99% of the one-day time periods included in the historical sample (generally approximately one year) researched for purposes of establishing margin levels. The maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges using historical price studies as well as an assessment of current market volatility (including the implied volatility of the options on a given futures contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation.

In the case of market sensitive instruments which are not exchange-traded (almost exclusively currencies in the case of the Fund), the margin requirements for the equivalent futures positions have been used as Value at Risk. In those rare cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not available, dealers’ margins have been used.

100% positive correlation in the different positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements applicable to the open contracts have been aggregated to determine each trading category’s aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Fund’s positions are rarely, if ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.

The Fund’s Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors

The following table indicates the average, highest and lowest trading Value at Risk associated with the Fund’s open positions by market category for the fiscal period. For the nine months ended September 30, 2011 and 2010, the Fund’s average Month-end Net Asset Value was approximately $53,110,545 and $45,700,707 respectively.

September 30, 2011

	Average Value		% of Average		Highest Value		Lowest Value
Market Sector	at Risk		Capitalization		at Risk		at Risk

Agriculture	$	195,043	0.37	%	$	484,125	$	57,684
Currencies	1,512,039		2.85	%	2,509,148		664,568
Energy	801,690		1.51	%	1,350,597		455,474
Interest Rates	688,793		1.30	%	974,692		323,354
Metals	297,742		0.56	%	426,784		132,782
Stock Indices	232,491		0.44	%	447,543		92,220

Total	$	3,727,798	7.03	%	$	6,192,889	$	1,726,082

September 30, 2010

	Average Value		% of Average		Highest Value		Lowest Value
Market Sector	at Risk		Capitalization		at Risk		at Risk

Agriculture	$	322,957	0.71	%	$	324,646	$	321,268
Currencies	1,690,466		3.70	%	1,699,305		1,681,627
Energy	725,513		1.59	%	729,307		721,719
Interest Rates	938,649		2.05	%	943,557		933,740
Metals	743,527		1.63	%	747,414		739,639
Stock Indices	49,284		0.11	%	49,541		49,026

Total	$	4,470,396	9.79	%	$	4,493,770	$	4,447,019

Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk

The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Fund is typically many times the applicable maintenance margin requirement (maintenance margin requirements generally ranging between approximately 1% and 10% of contract face value) as well as many times the capitalization of the Fund. The magnitude of the Fund’s open positions creates a “risk of ruin” not typically found in most other investment vehicles. Because of the size of its positions, certain market conditions — unusual, but historically recurring from time to time — could cause the Fund to incur severe losses over a short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk table — as well as the past performance of the Fund — gives no indication of this “risk of ruin.”

Non-Trading Risk

Foreign Currency Balances; Cash on Deposit with MLPF&S

The Fund has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin. However, these balances (as well as the market risk they represent) are immaterial.

The Fund also has non-trading market risk on the approximately 90%-95% of its assets which are held in cash at MLPF&S or BlackRock. The value of this cash is not interest rate sensitive, but there is cash flow risk in that if interest rates decline so will the cash flow generated on these monies.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures

The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Fund’s market risk exposures — except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how the Fund manages its primary market risk exposures — constitute forward-looking statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act and Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act. The Fund’s primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by MLAI and Man for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks, any one of which could cause the actual results of the Fund’s risk controls to differ materially from the objectives of such strategies. Government interventions, defaults and expropriations, illiquid markets, the emergence of dominant fundamental factors, political upheavals, changes in historical price relationships, and an influx of new market participants, increased regulation and many other factors could result in material losses as well as in material changes to the risk exposures and the risk management strategies of the Fund. There can be no assurance that the Fund’s current market exposure and/or risk management strategies will not change materially or that any such strategies will be effective in either the short- or long-term. Investors must be prepared to lose all or substantially all of the time value of their investment in the Fund.

The following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Fund as of September 30, 2011 by market sector.

Interest Rates

Interest rate risk is the principal market exposure of the Fund. Interest rate movements directly affect the price of derivative sovereign bond positions held by the Fund and indirectly the value of its stock index and currency positions. Interest rate movements in one country as well as relative interest rate movements between countries materially impact the Fund’s profitability. The Fund’s primary interest rate exposure is to interest rate fluctuations in the United States and the other G-7 countries. However, the Fund also takes positions in the government debt of smaller nations e.g., Australia. MLAI anticipates that G-7 interest rates will remain the primary market exposure of the Fund for the foreseeable future.

Currencies

The Fund trades in a number of currencies. The Fund does not anticipate that the risk profile of the Fund’s currency sector will change significantly in the future. The currency trading Value at Risk figure includes foreign margin amounts converted into U.S. dollars with an incremental adjustment to reflect the exchange rate risk of maintaining Value at Risk in a functional currency other than U.S. dollars.

Stock Indices

The Fund’s primary equity exposure is to S&P 500, Nikkei and German DAX equity index price movements. The Fund is primarily exposed to the risk of adverse price trends or static markets in the major U.S., European and Asian indices.

Metals

The Fund’s metals market exposure is to fluctuations in the price of precious and non-precious metals.

Agricultural Commodities

The Fund’s primary agricultural commodities exposure is to agricultural price movements which are often directly affected by severe or unexpected weather conditions. Soybeans, grains, livestock, cocoa, corn and coffee accounted for the substantial bulk of the Fund’s agricultural commodities exposure as of September 30, 2011.

Energy

The Fund’s primary energy market exposure is to natural gas and crude oil price movements, often resulting from political developments in the Middle East. Oil prices can be volatile and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to continue to be experienced in this market.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Non-Trading Risk Exposure

The following were the only non-trading risk exposures of the Fund as of September 30, 2011.

Foreign Currency Balances

The Fund’s primary foreign currency balances are in Japanese yen, Swedish krona and Euros.

U.S. Dollar Cash Balance

The Fund holds U.S. dollars only in cash at MLPF&S or BlackRock. The Fund has immaterial cash flow interest rate risk on its cash on deposit with MLPF&S in that declining interest rates would cause the income from such cash to decline.

Item 4. Controls and Procedures

MLAI, the Sponsor of Man AHL FuturesAccess LLC, with the participation of the Sponsor’s Chief Executive Officer and the Chief Financial Officer, has evaluated the effectiveness of the design and operation of its disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rule 13a-15(e) or Rule 15d-15(e) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) with respect to the Fund as of the end of the period covered by this quarterly report, and, based on this evaluation, has concluded that these disclosure controls and procedures are effective. No change in internal control over financial reporting (in connection with the evaluation required by paragraph (d) of Rule 13a-15 or Rule 15d-15 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934) occurred during the quarter ended September 30, 2011 that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, the Fund’s internal control over financial reporting.

PART II - OTHER INFORMATION

Item 1. Legal Proceedings

None.

Item 1A. Risk Factors

There are no material changes from risk factors as previously disclosed in the Annual Report on Form 10-K for the period ended December 31, 2010, filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 15, 2011.

Item 2. Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

(a) Units are privately offered and sold to “accredited investors” (as defined in Rule 501(a) under the Securities Act in reliance on the exemption from registration provided by Section 4(2) of the Securities Act and Rule 506 thereunder. The selling of the Units was MLPF&S.

CLASS A

	Subscription
	Amount	Units	NAV (1)
Jan-11	—	—	1.0077
Feb-11	—	—	0.9681
Mar-11	707,850	726,000	0.9750
Apr-11	550,872	585,909	0.9402
May-11	382,192	388,091	0.9848
Jun-11	134,548	142,364	0.9451
Jul-11	266,174	291,123	0.9143
Aug-11	346,122	363,612	0.9519
Sep-11	307,173	321,143	0.9565
Oct-11	58,499	61,256	0.9550

CLASS C

	Subscription
	Amount	Units	NAV (1)
Jan-11	408,320	403,598	1.0117
Feb-11	941,997	970,031	0.9711
Mar-11	1,879,990	1,923,854	0.9772
Apr-11	2,063,799	2,191,800	0.9416
May-11	2,041,981	2,072,236	0.9854
Jun-11	1,722,994	1,823,466	0.9449
Jul-11	1,334,645	1,461,344	0.9133
Aug-11	684,997	720,974	0.9501
Sep-11	747,993	784,141	0.9539
Oct-11	489,340	514,229	0.9516

CLASS D

	Subscription
	Amount	Units	NAV (1)
Jan-11	—	—	—
Feb-11	—	—	—
Mar-11	—	—	—
Apr-11	—	—	—
May-11	400,000	400,000	1.0000
Jun-11	—	—	0.9585
Jul-11	—	—	0.9284
Aug-11	—	—	0.9678
Sep-11	—	—	0.9736
Oct-11	—	—	0.9733

CLASS I

	Subscription
	Amount	Units	NAV (1)
Jan-11	—	—	1.0090
Feb-11	24,999	25,780	0.9697
Mar-11	24,875	25,463	0.9769
Apr-11	39,899	42,338	0.9424
May-11	104,998	106,338	0.9874
Jun-11	119,999	126,581	0.9480
Jul-11	142,489	155,335	0.9173
Aug-11	—	—	0.9554
Sep-11	469,216	488,614	0.9603
Oct-11	198,281	206,737	0.9591

CLASS DT

	Subscription
	Amount	Units	NAV (1)
Jan-11	—	—	1.0509
Feb-11	553,632	547,229	1.0117
Mar-11	—	—	1.0211
Apr-11	—	—	0.9867
May-11	—	—	1.0388
Jun-11	—	—	0.9964
Jul-11	—	—	0.9660
Aug-11	—	—	1.0078
Sep-11	—	—	1.0148
Oct-11	—	—	1.0153

(1) Beginning of the month Net Asset Value

Class A Units are subject to sales commission paid to MLPF&S ranging from 1.0% to 2.5%. Class D and Class I Units are subject to sales commissions up to 0.50%. The rate assessed to a given subscription is based upon the subscription amount. Sales commissions are directly deducted from subscription amount. Class C, Class DS and Class DT Units are not subject to any sales commissions.

	(b) Not applicable.
	(c) Not applicable.

Item 3.	Defaults Upon Senior Securities
	None.

Item 4.	(Removed and Reserved)

Item 5.	Other Information
	None.

Item 6.	Exhibits

	The following exhibits are filed herewith to this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q:

	31.01 and 31.02	Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certifications

	Exhibit 31.01 and 31.02:	Are filed herewith.

	32.01 and 32.02	Section 1350 Certifications

	Exhibit 32.01 and 32.02	Are filed herewith.

	Exhibit 101	Are filed herewith.
	The following materials from the Fund’s quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the three and nine month periods ended September 30, 2011 formatted in XBRL (Extensible Business Reporting Language): (i) Statements of Financial Condition (ii) Statements of Operations (iii) Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital (iv) Financial Data Highlights and (v) Notes to Financial Statements, tagged as blocks of text. (1)

(1) These interactive data files shall not be deemed filed for purposes of Section 11 or 12 of the Securities Act as amended, or Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, or otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

SIGNATURES

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

		MAN AHL FUTURESACCESS LLC


	By:	MERRILL LYNCH ALTERNATIVE
		INVESTMENTS LLC
		(Manager)


Date: November 10, 2011	By:	/s/ JUSTIN C. FERRI
		Justin C. Ferri
		Chief Executive Officer, President and Manager
		(Principal Executive Officer)


Date: November 10, 2011	By:	/s/ BARBRA E. KOCSIS
		Barbra E. Kocsis
		Chief Financial Officer
		(Principal Financial and Accounting Officer)

Man AHL FuturesAccess LLC - FORM 10-Q - November 10, 2011

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