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UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

 

FORM 10-K

 

 

(Mark One)

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

For the fiscal year ended: December 31, 2012

OR

 

¨ 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: 000-53816

 

 

KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

 

 

Delaware   20-5914530

(State or other jurisdiction of

incorporation or organization)

 

(I.R.S. Employer

Identification No.)

900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York   10573
(Address of principal executive offices)   (Zip Code)

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code): (914) 307-7000

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None

Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act:

Limited Liability Company Interests

(Title of class)

 

 

Indicate by check mark if Registrant is a well-known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x

Indicate by check mark if Registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or Section 15(d) of the Act.    Yes  ¨    No  x


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Indicate by check mark whether 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 Registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.    Yes  x    No  ¨

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site, 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  ¨

Indicate by check mark if disclosure of delinquent filers pursuant to Item 405 of Regulation S-K is not contained herein, and will not be contained, to the best of the Registrant’s knowledge, in definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part II of this Form 10-K or any amendment to this Form 10-K.  x

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 definition of “accelerated filer”, “large accelerated filer” and “smaller reporting company” in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):

 

Large accelerated filer   ¨    Accelerated filer   ¨
Non-accelerated filer   x    Smaller Reporting Company   ¨

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

The Registrant has no voting shares or public float. The value of Interests in the Registrant as of June 30, 2012 is $21,539,126.

 

 

 


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KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC

(a Delaware limited liability company)

 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

 

         PAGE  

PART I

    

Item 1.

 

Business

     4   

Item 1A.

 

Risk Factors

     8   

Item 1B.

 

Unresolved Staff Comments

     27   

Item 2.

 

Properties

     27   

Item 3.

 

Legal Proceedings

     28   

Item 4.

 

Mine Safety Disclosures

     28   

PART II

    

Item 5.

 

Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

     28   

Item 6.

 

Selected Financial Data

     29   

Item 7.

 

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

     29   

Item 7A.

 

Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk

     40   

Item 8.

 

Financial Statements and Supplementary Data

     41   

Item 9.

 

Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure

     41   

Item 9A.

 

Controls and Procedures

     41   

Item 9B.

 

Other Information

     42   

PART III

    

Item 10.

 

Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

     42   

Item 11.

 

Executive Compensation

     47   

Item 12.

 

Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters

     47   

Item 13.

 

Certain Relationships and Related Transactions, and Director Independence

     47   

Item 14.

 

Principal Accounting Fees and Services

     47   

PART IV

    

Item 15.

 

Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules

     48   
 

Financial Statements and Financial Statement Schedules

     48   
 

Exhibits

     48   

SIGNATURES

       77   

 

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PART I

 

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

General

KMP Futures Fund I LLC (the “Registrant”) is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on November 20, 2006 which commenced operations on January 1, 2007. The Registrant will terminate on December 31, 2056 unless terminated sooner under the provisions of the limited liability company agreement of the Registrant (the “Operating Agreement”). The Registrant was formed to engage in the direct or indirect speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and forward currency contracts and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions. Investors holding interests in the Registrant are collectively referred to herein as the “Members” or the “Individual Members.” The fiscal year end of the Registrant is December 31.

Effective November 12, 2009, the Registrant became a reporting company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”). Moreover, as a commodity pool, the Registrant became subject to the record keeping and reporting requirements of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the National Futures Association (“NFA”).

Registrant’s Objectives

Registrant’s objectives are:

 

   

Significant profits over time;

 

   

Performance volatility commensurate with profit potential;

 

   

Controlled risk of loss; and

 

   

Diversification within a traditional portfolio, typically consisting entirely of “long” equity and debt positions and reduced dependence on a single nation’s economy, by accessing global financial, commodity and other non-financial futures markets.

The Registrant’s potential for aggressive capital growth arises from the profit possibilities offered by the global futures, forward and options markets and the skills of the professional trading organization(s) selected to manage the assets of the Registrant. The fact that the Registrant can profit from both rising and falling markets adds an element of profit potential that is not present in long-only strategies. However, the Registrant can also incur losses from both rising and falling markets that adds to the risk of loss. In addition to its profit potential and risk of loss, the Registrant also could help reduce the overall volatility, or risk, of a portfolio. By investing in markets that operate independently from U.S. stock and bond markets (and therefore, may be considered as non-correlated), the Registrant may provide positive returns even when U.S. stock and bond markets are experiencing flat to negative performance and may provide negative returns even when U.S. stock and bond markets are experiencing flat to positive performance. Non-correlation should not be confused with negative correlation, where the performance would be exactly opposite between the Registrant and U.S. stock and bond markets.

The Managing Member makes no guarantee that the investment objectives for the Registrant will be achieved.

Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Managing Member and its Affiliates

Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P. (formerly Kenmar Preferred Investments Corp., “Kenmar Preferred” or “Managing Member”) is the Managing Member of the Registrant and has been delegated administrative authority over the operations of the Registrant.

The Managing Member’s predecessor and affiliates have been sponsoring and managing single and multi-advisor funds for over two decades. The principal office of the Registrant is c/o Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P., 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York 10573. The telephone number of the Registrant and the Managing Member is (914) 307-7000.

The Managing Member has substantial experience in selecting and monitoring trading advisors, asset allocation and overall portfolio design using quantitative and qualitative methods.

 

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The Managing Member monitors the trading activity and performance of the trading advisors and adjusts the overall leverage at which the Registrant trades. The commitment of the Registrant to the trading advisors may exceed 100% of the Registrant’s total equity if the Managing Member decides to strategically allocate notional equity to such trading advisors. This may result in increased profits or larger losses than would otherwise result. There likely will be periods in the markets during which it is unlikely that the trading advisors will be profitable. By having the ability to deleverage the Registrant’s market commitment to below its actual equity during such periods, the Managing Member could help preserve capital while awaiting more favorable market cycles.

The Managing Member also performs ongoing due diligence with respect to the trading advisors. If the Managing Member determines that the trading advisors have departed from its program or stated trading methodology or has exceeded its stated risk parameters, the Managing Member, on behalf of the Registrant, will take such actions as it deems appropriate, which may include terminating the trading advisors. Similarly, if the Managing Member’s ongoing due diligence leads the Managing Member to determine that it is in the best interests of the Registrant to add an additional trading advisor; it will do so in its sole discretion. If the Managing Member concludes, based upon its perception of market or economic conditions, that it is appropriate to allocate assets of the Registrant to a different trading program run by the trading advisors, it will do so. The Managing Member may select a replacement if any of the trading advisors resign or are terminated, or may select additional advisors at its discretion.

The Trading Advisors and the Trading Vehicles

The Registrant allocates its assets to commodity trading advisors (each, a “Trading Advisor” and collectively, the “Trading Advisors”). Each Trading Advisor manages the portion of the assets of the Registrant allocated to such Trading Advisor and makes the trading decisions in respect of the assets allocated to such Trading Advisor. The Managing Member may terminate any current Trading Advisor or select new trading advisors from time to time in its sole discretion. In the future, the Managing Member may determine to access certain Trading Advisors through separate investee pools.

In general, the Registrant expects to access the Trading Advisors through various series of CTA Choice Fund LLC (“CTA Choice”). CTA Choice is an “umbrella fund” having multiple series, each of which is referred to herein as a “CTA Fund” or a “Affiliated Investment Fund”. Each CTA Fund has its own clearly-defined investment objective and strategies that are implemented by a trading advisor. ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform, L.P. (formerly ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform LLC, “ClariTy”), an affiliate of the Managing Member, is the managing member of CTA Choice. As of November 1, 2012, the Registrant allocates approximately one-half of its net assets (“Allocated Assets”) to each of the following CTA Funds:

 

   

CTA Choice WTN, managed by Winton Capital Management Limited (“Winton”), pursuant to its Diversified Program, which is a systematic, technical diversified program; and

 

   

CTA Choice EGLG, managed by Eagle Trading Systems Inc. (“Eagle”), pursuant to its Global Program, which is a systematic, technical long term diversified program.

Winton’s Diversified Program employs a computer-based system to engage in the speculative trading of approximately 120 international futures, options and forwards markets, government securities such as bonds, as well as certain over the counter (“OTC”) instruments, which may include foreign exchange and interest rate forward contracts and swaps. Winton seeks to combine highly liquid financial instruments offering positive but low Sharpe ratios (meaning that profits have been achieved with a certain level of risk) and generally low correlation over the long term to other markets such as equities and fixed income.

Eagle’s Global Program is a technical, trend-following system developed, based on Eagle’s extensive experience in observing and trading the global markets, to capture a well-structured trading philosophy. The trading philosophy incorporates trend following elements, money management principles, predetermined risk parameters and volatility adjustment features. The system is designed to trade in a wide range of global futures markets—currencies, fixed income, energies, commodities and stock indices—that exhibit orderly intermediate and long-term trends, and adjust to changes in market environment with no predetermined allocation to any one sector. Eagle analyzes typical behavior and volatility patterns of various markets. The system seeks markets with potentially good risk/reward profiles while attempting to avoid markets characterized by excessive volatility and sharp price corrections. An attempt is made to participate in markets which exhibit favorable “signal to noise” characteristics. Money management and risk control disciplines serve to attempt to limit downside risk. Currently, Eagle covers 37 commodities, currencies, and global markets.

 

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The Futures Clearing Broker

UBS Securities LLC serves as futures clearing broker to the Registrant. In its capacity as futures clearing broker, UBS Securities executes and clears the Registrant’s futures and options transactions and performs certain administrative services for the Registrant.

The Foreign Exchange Prime Broker

UBS AG Inc. serves as foreign exchange prime broker to the Registrant. In its capacity as foreign exchange prime broker, UBS AG clears the Registrant’s foreign exchange forward transactions and performs certain administrative services for the Registrant.

The Administrator

GlobeOp Financial Services, L.L.C. (“GlobeOp” or the “Administrator”), a Delaware limited liability company located at One South Road, Harrison, NY 10528, has been retained by the Registrant to serve as the Registrant’s administrator and provide certain administration and accounting services.

The Administrator performs or supervises the performance of services necessary for the operation and administration of Registrant (other than making investment decisions), including administrative and accounting services. The Administrator also calculates Registrant’s Net Asset Value. In addition, the Administrator maintains certain books and records of Registrant, including certain books and records required by CFTC Rule 4.23(a).

Fees and Expenses

Management Fee

Beginning January 1, 2010, the Registrant pays to the Managing Member in advance a monthly management fee equal to 1/12th of 6.00% (6.00% per annum) of the Net Asset Value (defined below) of the Registrant as of the beginning of the month, See Note 4 of the Registrant’s financial statements included in its annual report for the year ended December 31, 2012 (the “Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report”), which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Net Asset Value” is the total assets in the Registrant less total liabilities of the Registrant, each determined on the basis of accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

The Registrant, through its investments in the CTA Funds, indirectly pays a monthly managed account fee in the amount of 1/12 of 0.25% of the respective CTA Fund’s beginning of month Allocated Assets to ClariTy for risk management and related services with respect to monitoring the Trading Advisors.

Trading Advisors’ Fees

The Registrant indirectly pays Winton and Eagle monthly management fees at an annual rate of 1.5% (2% prior to 10/1/10) and 2% respectively as defined in their respective Trading Advisory Agreements.

The Registrant indirectly pays Winton and Eagle an incentive fee accrued monthly and paid quarterly of 20% and 25%, respectively, for achieving “New High Net Trading Profits” as defined below.

New High Net Trading Profits (for purposes of calculating an Trading Advisor’s incentive fees) will be computed as of the close of business of the last day of each calendar quarter, or the Incentive Measurement Date, and will include such profits (as outlined below) since the immediately preceding Incentive Measurement Date (or, with respect to the first Incentive Measurement Date, since commencement of operations of the Registrant or the date the Trading Advisor commenced trading activities for the Registrant), or each an Incentive Measurement Period. New High Net Trading Profits for any Incentive Measurement Period will be the net profits, if any, from the Trading Advisor’s trading during such period (including (i) realized trading profit (loss) plus or minus (ii) the change in unrealized trading profit (loss) on open positions), and will be calculated after the determination of certain transaction costs attributable to the Trading Advisor’s trading activities and the Trading Advisor’s management fee, but before deduction of any incentive fees payable during the Incentive Measurement Period. New High Net Trading Profits will not include interest earned or credited on the assets allocated to the Trading Advisor.

New High Net Trading Profits will be generated only to the extent that the cumulative New High Net Trading Profits achieved by the Trading Advisor exceed the highest level of cumulative New High Net Trading Profits achieved by such

 

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Trading Advisor as of a previous Incentive Measurement Date. Except as set forth below, net losses from prior quarters must be recouped before New High Net Trading Profits can again be generated.

If a withdrawal or distribution occurs or if a Trading Advisor’s advisory agreement with the relevant CTA Fund is terminated at any date that is not an Incentive Measurement Date, the date of the withdrawal or distribution or termination will be treated as if it were an Incentive Measurement Date. New High Net Trading Profits for an Incentive Measurement Period shall exclude capital contributions allocated to the Trading Advisor in an Incentive Measurement Period, distributions or redemptions paid or payable from the Trading Advisor’s account during an Incentive Measurement Period and any loss carry-forward attributable to the Trading Advisor will be reduced in the same proportion that the value of the assets allocated away from the Trading Advisor comprises of the value of the assets allocated to the Trading Advisor prior to such allocation away from the Trading Advisor). In calculating New High Net Trading Profits, incentive fees paid for a previous Incentive Measurement Period will not reduce cumulative New High Net Trading Profits in subsequent periods.

Brokerage Commissions and Fees

The Registrant indirectly pays to the clearing brokers all brokerage commissions, including applicable exchange fees, NFA fees, give-up fees, pit brokerage fees and other transaction related fees and expenses charged in connection with the Registrant’s trading activities. Through December 31, 2011, these activities were paid directly by the Registrant. Effective January 1, 2012, these activities are now charged indirectly through the Registrant’s Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective Net Asset Values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds. On average, total charges paid to the clearing brokers are expected to be less than $10.00 per round-turn trade, although the clearing broker’s brokerage commissions and trading fees will be determined on a contract-by-contract basis. The exact amount of such brokerage commissions and trading fees to be incurred is impossible to estimate and will vary based upon a number of factors including the trading frequency of each advisor, the types of instruments traded, transaction sizes, degree of leverage employed and transaction rates in effect from time to time.

Routine Operational, Administrative and Other Ordinary Expenses

The Registrant pays directly or indirectly all of its routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses, including, but not limited to, (i) legal, bookkeeping, accounting, custodial, administration (including, without limitation, the costs and expenses of the Administrator), auditing, tax preparation charges and related charges of the Registrant (including reimbursement of the Managing Member on a reasonable time-spent basis, for certain legal, accounting, administrative and registrar and transfer agent work performed by certain of the Managing Member’s personnel for and on behalf of the Registrant), as well as printing and other related expenses, (ii) investment related expenses, including, but not limited to brokerage commissions, “bid-ask” spreads, mark-ups, margin interest and other transactional charges and clearing fees, as well as banking, sales and purchase commissions and charges and exchange fees, fees and charges of other custodians and clearing agencies, interest and commitment fees on loans and debit balances, income taxes, withholding taxes, transfer taxes and other governmental charges and duties, and other transactional charges and clearing fees incurred by the Trading Advisor on behalf of the Registrant, The Registrant’s pro rata share of the expenses of any Access Fund into which it invests, and any due diligence expenses incurred in selecting and monitoring the Trading Advisor and any Access Funds, (iii) operational and overhead expenses of the Registrant, including but not limited to, photocopying, postage, and telephone expenses, (iv) preparation of monthly, quarterly, annual and other reports required by applicable Federal and state regulatory authorities, (v) Registrant meetings and preparing, printing and mailing of proxy statements and reports to Members, (vi) client relations and services, and (vii) computer equipment, system maintenance and other technology-related expenses.

Extraordinary Fees and Expenses

The Registrant pays all its extraordinary fees and expenses, if any, and its allocable portion of all extraordinary fees and expenses of the Registrant generally, if any, as determined by the Managing Member. Extraordinary fees and expenses are fees and expenses that are non-recurring and unusual in nature, such as legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs and any permitted indemnification payments related thereto. Extraordinary fees and expenses shall also include material expenses that are not currently anticipated obligations of the Registrant or of managed futures funds in general, such as the payment of partnership taxes or governmental fees associated with payment of such taxes. Routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses will not be deemed extraordinary expenses. Any fees and expenses imposed on the Registrant due to the status of an individual shall be paid by such individual or the Registrant, not the Managing Member.

Expense Cap

Beginning January 1, 2010, routine operational, administrative and other ordinary expenses, other than the Managing Member’s management fee, the fees to be paid to the Registrant’s Trading Advisor(s), Brokerage Commissions and extraordinary fees and expenses, are limited to 1.50% of average Net Asset Value per annum, See Note 3 of the Registrant’s

 

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2012 Annual Report, which is filed as an exhibit hereto. In the event fees and expenses for such items exceed such amount, the Managing Member will pay such amounts.

Redemption Charge

There is no redemption charge in respect of Interests.

Competition

The Registrant competes with other private and publicly offered commodity pools, as well as other alternative investments such as REITs and oil and gas limited partnerships and hedge funds. The Registrant operates in a competitive environment in which it faces several forms of competition, including, without limitation:

 

   

The Registrant competes with other commodity pools and other investment vehicles for investors.

 

   

The Trading Advisor may compete with other traders in the markets in establishing or liquidating positions on behalf of the Registrant.

Employees

The Registrant has no employees. Management and administrative services for the Registrant are performed by the Managing Member or third parties pursuant to the LLC Operating Agreement, as further discussed in Notes 3 and 4 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, which is filed herein.

Financial Information about Segments

The Registrant’s business constitutes only one segment for financial reporting purposes. The Registrant does not engage in the production or sale of any goods or services. The objective of the Registrant’s business is appreciation of its assets through speculative trading in such commodity interests. Financial information about the Registrant’s business, as of December 31, 2012, is set forth under Items 6, 7, and 8 herein.

Financial Information about Geographic Areas

Although the Registrant trades in the global futures, forward and option markets, it does not have operations outside of the United States.

Available Information

Effective with the Form 10 filed on November 2, 2009, the Registrant files an Annual Report on Form 10-K, quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, current reports on Form 8-K, and all amendments to these reports with the SEC. You may read and copy any document filed by the Registrant at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20549. Please call the SEC at 1-800-SEC-0330 for information on the Public Reference Room. The Registrant does not maintain an internet website; however, the Registrant’s SEC filings are available to the public from the EDGAR database on the SEC’s website at http://www.sec.gov. The Registrant’s CIK number is 0001474307.

 

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

Strategy and Investment-Related Risks

 

  (1) Loss of Capital; No Guarantee of Profit

All investments risk the loss of capital. While the Managing Member believes that Registrant’s investment program may moderate this risk to some degree through a diversification of investment strategies and markets used by the Trading Advisors to which Registrant will allocate assets, no guarantee or representation is made that Registrant’s program will be successful or that Members will not lose some or all of their investment in Registrant. Registrant’s investment program includes the selection of Trading Advisors who utilize such investment techniques as short sales, leverage, uncovered option transactions, and limited diversification, which practices can, in certain circumstances, maximize the adverse impact on invested assets.

 

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  (2) Speculative and Volatile Markets and Highly Leveraged Trading

The markets in which Registrant directly and indirectly trades are speculative, highly leveraged and involve a high degree of risk. Each Trading Advisor’s trading considered individually involves a significant risk of incurring large losses, and there can be no assurance that Registrant will not incur such losses.

Futures and forward prices are volatile. Volatility increases risk, particularly when trading with leverage. Trading on a highly leveraged basis, even in stable markets involves risk; doing so in volatile markets necessarily involves a substantial risk of sudden, significant losses. Due to such leverage, even a small movement in price could cause large losses for Registrant. Market volatility will increase the potential for large losses. Market volatility and leverage mean that Registrant could incur substantial losses, potentially impairing its equity base and ability to achieve its long-term profit objectives even if favorable market conditions subsequently develop.

Supply and demand for investments change rapidly and are affected by a variety of factors, including interest rates, rates of inflation and general trends in the overall economy or particular industrial or other economic sectors. Government actions, especially those of the Federal Reserve Board and other central banks, have a profound effect on interest rates that, in turn, affect the price of investments. In addition, a variety of other factors that are inherently difficult to predict, such as domestic and international political developments, governmental trade and fiscal policies, monetary and exchange control programs, currency devaluations and revaluations; and emotions of the marketplace, patterns of trade and war or other military conflict can also have significant effects on the markets. None of these factors can be controlled by the Trading Advisors. Trading Advisors may have only limited ability to vary their portfolios in response to changing economic, financial and investment conditions. No assurance can be given as to when or whether adverse events might occur which could cause significant and immediate loss in value of Registrant. Even in the absence of such events, trading investments can quickly lead to large losses. No assurance can be given that the advice of the Trading Advisors will result in profitable trades for Registrant or that Registrant will not incur substantial losses.

In addition to the leveraged trading described above, the Managing Member has the ability to further increase the leverage of Registrant by allocating notional equity to one or more of its Trading Advisors (in a maximum amount of up to 20% of Net Asset Value), which would then permit such Trading Advisor(s) to trade the account of Registrant as if more equity were committed to such accounts than is, in fact, the case. Although the Managing Member has the option to allocate additional notional equity to a Trading Advisor, the Managing Member has no current plans to do so.

 

  (3) Past Performance

Each Trading Advisor selected by the Managing Member to manage the assets of Registrant has a performance history through the date of its selection. You should not rely on the Trading Advisors’ or the Managing Member’s performance record to date for predictive purposes. You should not assume that any Trading Advisor’s future trading decisions will create profit, avoid substantial losses or result in performance for Registrant that is comparable to that Trading Advisor’s or to the Managing Member’s past performance. In fact, as a significant amount of academic study has shown, futures funds more frequently than not under-perform the past performance records.

Because you and other investors will acquire and redeem Interests at different times, you may experience a loss on your Interests even though Registrant as a whole is profitable and even though other investors in Registrant experience a profit. The past performance of Registrant may not be representative of your investment experience in it.

 

  (4) Importance of General Market Conditions to Profitability

General economic and business conditions may affect a Trading Advisor’s activities. The level and volatility of interest rates, the prices of investments and the extent and timing of investor participation in the financial markets for both equities and interest sensitive investments may affect the value of investments purchased by Registrant. Unexpected volatility or illiquidity in the markets in which Registrant, directly or indirectly, holds positions could impair Registrant’s ability to carry out its business or cause it to incur losses. Moreover, although there can be no assurance that they will, certain Trading Advisors trade profitably during periods when major price movements occur. Such movements generally occur in any given market only infrequently, and during periods of static or “whipsaw” markets it is unlikely that those Trading Advisors will achieve profits for Registrant.

 

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  (5) Fees and Commissions are Charged regardless of Profitability and May Result in Depletion of Fund Assets

Registrant is subject to the fees and expenses described herein which are payable irrespective of profitability in addition to incentive fees which are payable to each Trading Advisor based on such Trading Advisor’s profitability and not on the profitability of Registrant as a whole.

Registrant is also subject directly or indirectly to brokerage fees and administrative expenses. On Registrant’s forward trading, “bid-ask” spreads are incorporated into the pricing of Registrant’s forward contracts by its counterparties in addition to the brokerage fees paid by Registrant. It is not possible to quantify the “bid-ask” spreads paid by Registrant because Registrant cannot determine the profit its counterparty is making on the forward trades into which it enters. Consequently, the expenses of Registrant (including the higher Trading Advisor base fee and incentive fee) could, over time, result in significant losses to your investment therein. You may never achieve profits.

 

  (6) Trading Decisions Based on Technical Strategies

The trading systems used by certain Trading Advisors are based in large part on trading strategies that seek to take into account certain “technical” factors in identifying price trends and price movements. The buy and sell signals generated by a technical trading system are not based on analysis of fundamental supply and demand factors, general economic factors, or anticipated world events but generally upon a study of actual daily, weekly, and monthly price fluctuations. The profitability of any diversified technical trading strategy depends upon the occurrence in the future of major price moves or trends in some futures and other investments. In the past there have been periods without discernible trends and presumably similar periods will occur in the future. The best trading strategy will not be profitable if there are no trends of the kind it seeks to follow. Any factor that may lessen the prospect of major trends in the future (such as increased governmental control of, or participation in, the markets) may reduce the prospect that any trading strategy will be profitable in the future. Any factor that would make it more difficult to execute trades at the system’s signal prices, such as a significant lessening of liquidity in a particular market, also would be detrimental to profitability. The likelihood of the Interests being profitable could be materially diminished during periods when events external to the markets themselves have an important impact on prices. During such periods, Trading Advisors’ historic price analysis could establish positions on the wrong side of the price movements caused by such events.

 

  (7) Possible Effects of Other Trend-Following Systems

Trading strategies employing trend-following signals based on technical analysis are not new, and, if many traders in addition to the Trading Advisors follow very similar strategies, a bunching of buy and sell orders could occur. It is possible that there has been an increase in recent years in both the use of trend-following strategies and the overall volume of trading and liquidity of the futures markets. Consequently, it is difficult to determine whether the total amount of funds traded on a trend-following basis, either for futures or securities as a whole or for a particular futures or security is greater in proportion to the overall volume and liquidity of the futures or securities markets than in the past. The effect of the increase, if any, in the proportion of funds traded pursuant to trend-following strategies in recent years cannot be predicted. Any such increase, however, could alter trading patterns or affect execution of trades to the detriment of Registrant.

 

  (8) Discretionary Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

Discretionary traders, while they may utilize market charts, computer programs and compilations of quantifiable fundamental information to assist them in making trading decisions, make such decisions on the basis of their own judgment and “trading instinct,” not on the basis of trading signals generated by any program or model. Such traders may be more prone to subjective judgments that may have greater potentially adverse effects on their performance than systematic traders, which emphasize eliminating the effects of “emotionalism” on their trading. Reliance on trading judgment may, over time, produce less consistent trading results than implementing a systematic approach. Discretionary traders, like trend-following traders, are unlikely to be profitable unless major price movements occur. Discretionary traders are highly unpredictable, and can incur substantial losses even in apparently favorable markets.

 

  (9) Systematic Trading Strategies May Incur Substantial Losses

A systematic trader will generally rely to some degree on judgmental decisions concerning, for example, what markets to follow and futures to trade, when to liquidate a position in a contract which is about to expire and how large a position to take in a particular futures. Although these judgmental decisions may have a substantial effect on a systematic trader’s performance, such trader’s primary reliance is on trading programs or models that generate trading signals. The systems utilized to generate trading signals are changed from time to time (although generally infrequently), but the trading instructions generated by the systems being used are followed without significant additional analysis or interpretation.

 

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Therefore, systematic trading may incur substantial losses by failing to capitalize on market trends that their systems would otherwise have exploited by applying their generally mechanical trading systems by judgmental decisions of employees. Furthermore, any trading system or trader may suffer substantial losses by misjudging the market. Systematic traders tend to rely on computerized programs, and some consider the prospect of disciplined trading, which largely removes the emotion of the individual trader from the trading process, advantageous. Due to their reliance upon computers, systematic traders are generally able to incorporate a significant amount of data into a particular trading decision. However, when fundamental factors dominate the market, trading systems may suffer rapid and severe losses due to their inability to respond to such factors until such factors have had a sufficient effect on the market to create a trend of enough magnitude to generate a reversal of trading signals, by which time a precipitous price change may already be in progress, preventing liquidation at anything but substantial losses.

 

  (10) Decisions Based Upon Fundamental Analysis May Not Result in Profitable Trading

Traders that utilize fundamental trading strategies attempt to examine factors external to the trading market that affect the supply and demand for a particular futures and forward contracts in order to predict future prices. Such analysis may not result in profitable trading because the analyst may not have knowledge of all factors affecting supply and demand, prices may often be affected by unrelated factors, and purely fundamental analysis may not enable the trader to determine quickly that previous trading decisions were incorrect. In addition, because of the breadth of fundamental data that exists, a fundamental trader may not be able to follow developments in all such data, but instead may specialize in analyzing a narrow set of data, requiring trading in fewer markets. Consequently, a fundamental trader may have less flexibility in adverse markets to trade other futures and forward markets than traders that do not limit the number of markets traded as a result of a specialized focus.

 

  (11) Failure of Futures and Foreign Exchange Trading to be Non-Correlated to General Financial Markets Will Eliminate Benefits of Diversification

Because futures, forwards and options have historically been non-correlated to the performance of other asset classes such as stocks and bonds, the Managing Member believes that managed futures funds like Registrant can diversify a traditional portfolio of equities and bonds. However, the Managing Member cannot assure you that Registrant will perform with a significant degree of non- or low-correlation to Members’ other investments in the future.

Non-correlation means that there is no statistically valid relationship between the past performance of futures and forward contracts on the one hand and stocks or bonds on the other hand. Non-correlation should not be confused with negative correlation, where the performance would be exactly opposite between two asset classes. Because of this non-correlation, Registrant can be expected to be profitable during unfavorable periods for the stock market, or vice-versa. The futures and forward markets are fundamentally different from the securities markets in that for every gain in futures and forward trading, there is an equal and offsetting loss. If Registrant does not perform in a manner non-correlated with the general financial markets or does not perform successfully, you will obtain no diversification benefits by investing in the Interests and Registrant may have no gains to offset your losses from other investments.

 

  (12) Broad Indices May Perform Quite Differently From Individual Investments

The concepts of overall portfolio diversification and non-correlation of asset classes are generally discussed and illustrated by the use of a generally accepted index that represents each asset category. Stocks are represented by the S&P 500 Index and MSCI EAFE Index; bonds are represented by the Lehman Long-Term Government Bond Index; futures funds are represented by the Barclay CTA Index, and currencies are represented by the Barclay Currency Index. Because each index is a dollar-weighted average of the returns of multiple underlying investments, the overall index return and risk may be quite different from the return of any individual investment. For example, the Barclay CTA Index is an unweighted index that attempts to measure the performance of the commodity trading advisor industry. The Index measures the combined performance of all commodity trading advisors that have more than four years of past performance. For purposes of calculating the Index, the first four years of a commodity trading advisor’s performance history is ignored. Accordingly, such index reflects the volatility and risk of loss characteristics of a very broadly diversified universe of advisors and not of a single fund or advisor. Therefore, the performance of Registrant will be different than that of the Barclay CTA Index and the Barclay Currency Index.

 

  (13) Effectiveness of Risk Reduction Techniques

Trading Advisors may employ various risk reduction strategies designed to minimize the risk of their trading positions. A substantial risk remains, nonetheless, that such strategies will not always be possible to implement and even when possible will not always be effective in limiting losses. If a Trading Advisor analyzes market conditions incorrectly, or employs a risk reduction strategy that does not correlate well with a Trading Advisor’s investments, such risk reduction techniques could

 

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result in a loss, regardless of whether the intent was to reduce risk or increase return. These risk reduction techniques may also increase the volatility of Registrant and/or result in a loss if the counterparty to the transaction does not perform as promised.

Risks Related to Futures Trading

Registrant may invest in forward contracts, futures contracts (including financial futures), swaps or other futures on both U.S. and foreign markets. Trading in such interests is a highly specialized investment activity entailing greater than ordinary investment risk.

 

  (14) Volatility

Futures and forward contracts have a high degree of price variability and are subject to occasional rapid and substantial changes. Price movements of futures and forward contracts are influenced by, among other things, changing supply and demand relationships, governmental, agricultural and trade programs and policies, and national and international political and economic events. Financial instrument and foreign currency futures prices are influenced by, among other things, interest rates, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and international rates of inflation, international trade restrictions, and currency devaluations and revaluations. Consequently, you could lose all or substantially all of your investment in Registrant.

 

  (15) Low Margin

Because low margin deposits are normally required, an extremely high degree of leverage is obtainable in futures trading. In addition, certain of the Trading Advisors may trade using leverage through borrowing. Consequently, a relatively small price movement in a futures contract may result in immediate and substantial losses. Thus, like other highly leveraged investments, any purchase or sale of a futures contract may result in losses that substantially exceed the amount invested, although Members will not be liable for losses that exceed their investment in Registrant.

 

  (16) Daily Price Fluctuation Limits

Certain futures exchanges limit fluctuations in futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily price fluctuation limits” or “daily limits.” During a single trading day no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a contract for a particular futures contract has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the futures contract cannot be taken or liquidated unless both a buyer and seller are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. In the past, futures prices have moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. In addition, even if futures prices have not moved the daily limit, the Trading Advisors may not be able to execute futures trades at favorable prices if little trading in such contracts is taking place (a “thin” market). Similar occurrences, or regulatory intervention in the futures markets, could prevent the Trading Advisors from promptly liquidating unfavorable positions and adversely affect operations and profitability.

 

  (17) Because Registrant Does Not Acquire Any Asset with Intrinsic Value, the Positive Performance of Your Investment Is Wholly Dependent Upon an Equal and Offsetting Loss

Futures and forward trading is a risk transfer economic activity. For every gain there is an equal and offsetting loss rather than an opportunity to participate over time in general economic growth. Unlike most alternative investments, an investment in Registrant does not involve acquiring any asset with intrinsic value. Overall stock and bond prices could rise significantly and the economy as a whole prospers while Registrant trades unprofitably.

 

  (18) Trading on non-U.S. Exchanges and Currency Exchange Rate Fluctuations

Certain of the Trading Advisors are expected to engage in some or all of its trading on non-U.S. exchanges and other markets located outside of the United States (“Foreign Markets”). Trading in such Foreign Markets is not regulated by any United States governmental agency and may involve certain risks not applicable to trading on United States exchanges. There is no limit to the percentage of Fund assets that may be committed to trading on Foreign Markets. Neither CFTC regulations nor regulations of any other U.S. governmental agency apply to the actual execution of transactions on Foreign Markets. Some Foreign Markets, in contrast to domestic exchanges, are “principals’ markets” in which performance is the responsibility only of the individual member with whom the trader has entered into a futures transaction and not of the exchange or clearing corporation. Due to the absence of a clearing house system on certain Foreign Markets, such markets are significantly more susceptible to disruptions than are U.S. exchanges and, therefore, trading thereon potentially is subject to greater risks than trading in the United States. In the case of trading on non-U.S. exchanges, Registrant will be subject to the risk of the bankruptcy or other inability of, or refusal by, such member or the counterparty to perform with respect to such

 

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transactions. Any such failure could subject Registrant to substantial losses or substantial reductions of the profits they might otherwise have realized. Registrant also may not have the same access to certain trades as do various other participants in non-U.S. markets.

 

  (19) Investors could incur substantial losses from trading in Foreign Markets by Registrant to which such investors would not have been subject had the Trading Advisors limited their trading to U.S. markets

Furthermore, because Registrant will make Net Asset Value determinations in U.S. dollars, with respect to trading on Foreign Markets, Registrant will be subject to the risk of fluctuation in the exchange rate between the local currency and dollars and to the possibility of exchange controls. Unless Registrant hedges itself against fluctuations in exchange rates between the U.S. dollar and the currencies in which trading is done on such Foreign Markets, any profits which Registrant might realize in such trading could be eliminated as a result of adverse changes in exchange rates and Registrant could even incur losses as a result of any such changes.

Although the CFTC is prohibited by statute from promulgating rules which govern in any respect any rule, contract term, or action of any foreign futures exchange, the CFTC has adopted regulations to regulate the sale of foreign futures contracts and foreign options within the United States. These regulations may restrict Registrant’s access to Foreign Markets by limiting the activities of certain participants in such markets with whom Registrant could otherwise have traded.

On an annual basis, each of the below programs traded approximately the following percentage of assets on foreign exchanges:

 

Advisor/Program

   Approximate
Percentage/
Range
 

CTA Choice EGLG:

Eagle Global Program

     30-40%   

CTA Choice WTN:

Winton Diversified Program

     15-125%   

The above ranges are only approximations with respect to each Program. Actual percentages may be either lesser or greater than above-listed. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

 

  (20) Failure or Lack of Segregation of Assets May Increase Losses

The CEA requires a futures commission merchant (“FCM”) or clearing broker, to segregate all funds received from customers from such broker’s proprietary assets. If the clearing brokers fail to do so, the assets of Registrant might not be fully protected in the event of their bankruptcy. Furthermore, in the event of a clearing broker’s bankruptcy, Registrant could be limited to recovering only a pro rata share of all available funds segregated on behalf of such clearing broker’s combined customer accounts, even though certain property specifically traceable to Registrant (for example, Treasury bills deposited by Registrant with the clearing broker as margin) was held by such clearing broker. The clearing brokers have been the subject of certain regulatory and private causes of action.

In the event of an FCM’s bankruptcy, Registrant may recover a pro-rata share or none of its assets.

 

  (21) New Futures Contracts

Only those futures designated by the CFTC may be traded on U.S. futures exchanges. Periodically, additional futures contracts may be designated as approved futures contracts by the CFTC or other foreign regulatory authorities. The Trading Advisors may determine that it is appropriate to trade in such new futures contracts on behalf of Registrant. Because such futures contracts will be new, there can be no assurance that the trading strategies of the Trading Advisors will be applicable to any new futures contracts in which such Trading Advisors choose to trade. The markets in new futures contracts, moreover, have been historically both illiquid and highly volatile for some period of time after the contract begins trading. This presents both significant profit potential and a corresponding high risk potential.

 

  (22) Exchanges for Physicals

The Trading Advisors may engage in exchanges for physicals. The CFTC and certain exchanges have from time to time examined the propriety under their regulations of transactions involving exchanges for physicals. The Trading Advisors in the future may be prevented from making use of this trading technique for Registrant.

 

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  (23) Futures Risk Disclosure

Futures trading is speculative. Price movements of futures contracts are influenced by, among other things, changing supply and demand relationships, governmental, agricultural and trade programs and policies, and national and international political and economic events. Changing crop prospects occasioned by unexpected weather or damages by insects and plant diseases make it difficult to forecast supplies of agricultural commodities. Similarly, demand is also difficult to forecast due to such factors as variable world production patterns, unexpected purchases by foreign countries and continued changes in domestic needs. Financial instrument futures prices are influenced primarily by changes in interest rates. Foreign currency futures prices are influenced by, among other things, changes in balances of payments and trade, domestic and international rates of inflation, international trade restrictions and currency devaluations and revaluations. In addition, in the event that a Trading Advisor with which Registrant invests trades on foreign exchanges, unless such entity hedges itself against fluctuations in the exchange rate between the United States dollar and the currencies in which trading is done on some foreign exchanges, any profits which it might realize in trading on such exchanges could be eliminated by adverse changes in the exchange rate or it could incur losses as a result of any such fluctuations.

Risks Related to Trading Forward Contracts, Foreign Exchange Contracts, Options and Derivatives

 

  (24) Foreign Exchange Currency Trading is Not Subject to CFTC Regulation

A Trading Advisor may trade its program by entering into spot and forward transactions involving currencies with United States and foreign banks (referred to as the “interbank market”) and currency dealers. A Trading Advisor may enter into such transactions for hedging purposes. As with the risks involved in forward contracts (see above), trading in spot and forward foreign exchange transactions is not regulated by the CFTC and such contracts are not traded on or guaranteed by an exchange or its clearing house.

A Trading Advisor may trade foreign exchange through futures and/or exchange for physicals. Such transactions are regulated by the CFTC and are traded on and guaranteed by an exchange.

 

  (25) Options Trading

Certain of the Trading Advisors’ trading will include the trading of options contracts, including the trading of options on futures contracts, physical commodities and securities (“Underlying Interests”). Such options trading may take place on U.S. and foreign exchanges. An option on an investment gives the purchaser of the option the right but not the obligation to take a position at a specified price (the “striking,” “strike” or “exercise” price) in an investment. A “call” option gives the purchaser the right (but not the obligation) to buy the Underlying Interest during a certain period of time for a fixed price. A “put” option gives the purchaser the right (but not the obligation) to sell the Underlying Interest during a certain period of time for a fixed price. An option is purchased for its intrinsic value, if any, plus a premium, representing the time value of that option. Unless the price of the Underlying Interest increases in the case of a call option (or decreases in the case of a put option) by at least the time value of that option, Registrant may lose the entire amount of such premium. (The more out-of-the-money an option is, the greater the increase (decrease) would have to be before Registrant would recover the entire amount of such premium.) Conversely, if a Trading Advisor sells an option (whether a call or a put), Registrant will be credited with the sales price but will have to deposit margin due to its contingent liability to make or take delivery of the Underlying Interest in the event the option is assigned. The seller (or “writer”) of an option is obligated to take a position at a specified price opposite to the option buyer if the option is exercised. Thus, in the case of a call option, the seller must be prepared to sell the underlying investment at the strike price if the buyer should exercise the option. A seller of a put option, on the other hand, stands ready to buy the underlying investment at the strike price. A trader who sells options may be subject to loss in an amount equal to (or, on rare occasions, greater than) the entire price movement that occurs in the Underlying Interest (less any premium received) from the date he/she sold the option until the date he liquidates such position.

Both the purchasing and selling of call and put options entail risks. For the purchaser of an option, unless the price of the underlying investment increases (in the case of a call option) or decreases (in the case of a put option) by at least the time value of that option, Registrant may lose the entire amount of such premium. (The more out-of-the-money an option is, the greater the increase (decrease) would have to be before Registrant would recover the entire amount of such premium.) If a Trading Advisor sells an option (whether a call or a put), Registrant will be credited with the sales price but will have to deposit margin due to its contingent liability to make or take delivery of the underlying investment in the event the option is assigned. Although an option buyer’s risk is limited to the amount of the original investment for the purchase of the option, an investment in an option may be subject to greater fluctuation than is an investment in the underlying investments. In theory, an uncovered call writer’s loss is potentially unlimited, but in practice the loss is limited by the term of existence of the call. The risk for a writer of a put option is that the price of the underlying investment may fall below the exercise price. Certain of the Trading Advisors may engage in substantial option activities.

 

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The ability to trade or exercise options may be restricted in the event that trading in the underlying investment becomes restricted. Options trading on U.S. futures exchanges is subject to regulation by both the CFTC and such exchanges. Options trading on foreign exchanges is not regulated by the CFTC.

 

  (26) Derivative Instruments in General

The Trading Advisors may use various derivative instruments, including futures, options, forward contracts, swaps (including asset swaps, total return swaps and credit default swaps) and other derivatives (including credit derivatives and synthetic securities) that may be volatile and speculative. Certain positions may be subject to wide and sudden fluctuations in market-value, with a resulting fluctuation in the amount of profits and losses. Use of derivative instruments presents various risks, including the following:

(i) Tracking — When used for hedging purposes, an imperfect or variable degree of correlation between price movements of the derivative instrument and the underlying investment sought to be hedged may prevent the Trading Advisor from achieving the intended hedging effect or expose Registrant to the risk of loss.

(ii) Liquidity — Derivative instruments, especially when traded in large amounts, may not be liquid in all circumstances, so that in volatile markets the Trading Advisor may not be able to close out a position without incurring a loss.

(iii) Leverage — Trading in derivative instruments can result in large amounts of leverage. Thus, the leverage offered by trading in derivative instruments may magnify the gains and losses experienced by Registrant and could cause its Net Asset Value to be subject to wider fluctuations than would be the case if the Trading Advisor did not use the leverage feature in derivative instruments.

There is no guarantee that the counterparty to a derivatives transaction will perform, or that it has accurately represented its creditworthiness. Trading in derivatives may subject Registrant to additional legal risks, operations risks and valuation risks.

 

  (27) Over-the-Counter Trading

Investments to be purchased or sold by the Trading Advisors will include investments not traded on an exchange, including, but not limited to, swap transactions and spot and forward foreign currency transactions. OTC options, unlike exchange-traded options, are two-party contracts with price and other terms negotiated by the buyer and seller. The risk of nonperformance by the obligor on such an instrument may be greater and the ease with which Registrant can dispose of or enter into closing transactions with respect to such an instrument may be less than in the case of an exchange-traded instrument. In addition, significant disparities may exist between “bid” and “asked” prices for investments that are not traded on an exchange. Investments not traded on exchanges are also not subject to the same type of government regulation as exchange traded instruments, and many of the protections afforded to participants in a regulated environment may not be available in connection with such transactions. To the extent that Registrant engages in these transactions, Registrant must rely on the creditworthiness of its counterparty. In certain instances, counterparty or credit risk is affected by the lack of a central clearinghouse for foreign exchange trades. To reduce their credit risk exposure, Registrant may trade in the forward foreign currency market through money center banks and leading brokerage firms.

The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act (the “Dodd-Frank Act”) will affect the manner in which OTC swap transactions are traded and the credit risk associated with such trading. Depending upon actions taken by regulatory authorities, these changes may also affect the manner of trading of OTC foreign currency transactions. The general effective date of the derivatives portion of the Dodd-Frank Act is one year following its enactment. Transactions that have been entered into prior to implementation of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act will remain in effect. Accordingly, even after the new regulatory framework is fully implemented, the risks of OTC foreign exchange transactions will continue to be considerations with respect to transactions entered into prior to the implementation of the provisions of the Dodd-Frank Act.

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Each of the programs trades approximately the following percentages in the OTC trading:

 

Investee Pool/
Program

   Percentage/
Range
 

CTA Choice EGLG: Eagle Global Program

     <10

CTA Choice WTN: Winton Diversified Program

     5-30

 

  (28) Possible Illiquid Markets May Exacerbate Losses

Futures and forward positions cannot always be liquidated at the desired price. It is difficult to execute a trade at a specific price when there is a relatively small volume of buy and sell orders in a market. A market disruption, such as when foreign governments may take or be subject to political actions which disrupt the markets in their currency or major exports, can also make it difficult to liquidate a position. Periods of illiquidity have accrued from time-to-time in the past, such as in connection with Russia’s default on its sovereign debt in 1998. Such periods of illiquidity and the events that trigger them are difficult to predict and there can be no assurance that any Trading Advisor will be able to do so.

There can be no assurance that market illiquidity will not cause losses for Registrant. The large size of the positions which a Trading Advisor is expected to acquire for Registrant increases the risk of illiquidity by both making its positions more difficult to liquidate and increasing the losses incurred while trying to do so.

The risk of loss due to potentially illiquid markets is more acute in respect of OTC instruments than in respect of exchange-traded instruments because the performance of those contracts is not guaranteed by an exchange or clearinghouse and Registrant will be at risk to the ability of the counterparty to the instrument to perform its obligations thereunder. Because these markets are not regulated, there are no specific standards or regulatory supervision of trade pricing and other trading activities that occur in those markets.

 

  (29) Possible Default and Counterparty Risk

Certain of the markets in which the Trading Advisors will effect transactions are OTC or “interdealer” markets. Foreign exchange transactions, forward contracts, swaps, derivative or synthetic instruments or other OTC transactions are not regulated by the CEA and dealers are not obligated to segregate customer assets. As a result, Members do not have such basic protections with respect to the trading in such OTC investments by Registrant. This lack of regulation in these markets could expose Registrant in certain circumstances to significant losses in the event of trading abuses or financial failure by the counterparties.

Such OTC trading may expose Registrant to credit risk with regard to parties with which it trades and the risk of settlement default. Unlike exchange-traded transactions that generally are backed by clearing organization guarantees, daily marking-to-market and settlement, and segregation and minimum capital requirements applicable to intermediaries, the participants in OTC transaction are typically not subject to credit evaluation and regulatory oversight as are members of “exchange based” markets. This exposes Registrant to the risk that a counterparty will not settle a transaction in accordance with its terms and conditions because of a dispute over the terms of the contract (whether or not bona fide) or because of a credit or liquidity problem, thus causing Registrant to suffer a loss. In addition, in the case of a default of a counterparty, Registrant could become subject to adverse market movements while replacement transactions are executed. Such “counterparty risk” is accentuated for contracts with longer maturities where events may intervene to prevent settlement, or where Registrant has concentrated its transactions with a single or small group of counterparties. Registrant may not have an internal credit function that evaluates the creditworthiness of their counterparties. The ability of Registrant to transact business with any one or number of counterparties, the lack of any meaningful and independent evaluation of such counterparties’ financial capabilities and the absence of a regulated market to facilitate settlement may increase the potential for losses by Registrant.

It is expected that all investments deposited with custodians or Brokers will be clearly identified as being assets of Registrant and should not expose Registrant to a credit risk with regard to such parties. However, it may not always be possible to achieve this and there may be practical or time problems associated with enforcing Registrant’s rights to its assets in the case of an insolvency of any such party.

 

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Other Investment-Related Risks

 

  (30) Investment of Non-Margin Assets May Increase Risks to Registrant

The Managing Member may invest certain non-margin assets (directly or indirectly through investment funds) in certain securities permitted by applicable rules and regulations. While such investments may increase interest income, and although the types of securities that may be invested in are limited by CFTC regulations, investment in such securities may be riskier than having 100% of the proceeds of the offering of the Interests deposited in cash in segregated accounts in the name of Registrant at the clearing brokers or another eligible financial institution. As a result, the returns on the investment of non-margin assets may be lower than anticipated, which would cause the cost of investment in the Interests to increase.

 

  (31) Increased Costs of Frequent Trading

Many of the strategies employed by the Trading Advisors may require the taking of frequent trading positions. Therefore, portfolio turnover and brokerage commission expenses may significantly exceed those of other investment entities of comparable size, and affect Registrant’s earnings.

 

  (32) Brokerage

When a Trading Advisor selects Brokers to execute transactions, it is not required to solicit competitive bids or seek the lowest available commission cost. When it negotiates commission rates, the Trading Advisor may also consider the financial stability and reputation of Brokers and the brokerage and research services provided by such Brokers; however, the Managing Member does not and a Trading Advisor may not necessarily directly or indirectly benefit from the services provided. A Trading Advisor may direct brokerage commissions on purchases or sales of investments to Brokers who assist in the raising of capital for such Trading Advisor, consistent with best execution.

 

  (33) Suspensions of Trading

Exchanges typically have the right to suspend or limit trading in any instrument traded on the exchange. A suspension could render it impossible to liquidate positions and thereby expose Registrant to losses.

 

  (34) Currency and Exchange Rate Risks

Since certain of the Trading Advisors may invest in investments denominated or quoted in currencies other than the U.S. Dollar, changes in currency exchange rates may affect the value of Registrant’s investments and the unrealized appreciation or depreciation of such investments. Among the factors that may affect currency value are trade balances, the level of short-term interest rates, differences in relative values of similar assets in different currencies, long-term opportunities for investment and capital appreciation and political developments. A Trading Advisor may seek to protect the value of some portion or all of its portfolio holdings in Registrant against currency risks by engaging in hedging transactions, if available, cost-effective and practicable. Registrant may enter into forward contracts on currencies, enter into swaps, purchase put and call options on currencies, or engage in any combination of the foregoing. There is no certainty that such strategies will be effective. Moreover, there is no certainty that instruments suitable for hedging currency shifts will be available at the time when Registrant wishes to use them or that, even if available, Registrant will elect to utilize a hedging strategy.

Since OTC instruments are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearing house, a default on such an instrument would deprive a Trading Advisor of unrealized profits or force a Trading Advisor to cover its commitments for purchase or resale, if any, at the current market price. Lastly, Registrant is not responsible for the effects that fluctuations in the value of currencies other than the dollar may have on subscription amounts to Registrant or redemption proceeds paid to a Member that has requested the redemption of part or all of his, her or its Interest in Registrant.

 

  (35) Valuation of Investments

While pricing information is generally available for investments in which Registrant may invest, there is currently no centralized source for pricing information for certain of non-exchanged-traded investments and reliable pricing information may at times not be available from any source. Prices quoted by different sources are subject to material variation. For purposes of calculating Registrant’s net capital appreciation and net capital depreciation and valuing investments, valuations of investments for which pricing information cannot be obtained will be made by Registrant’s administrator based upon such information as is available, including the advice of a Trading Advisor.

 

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  (36) Institutional Risk

The institutions (such as brokerage and trading firms and banks) with which Registrant does business, or to which investments have been entrusted for custodial purposes, could encounter financial difficulties. This could impair the operational capabilities or the capital position of Registrant, or create unanticipated trading risks. Registrant will attempt to limit its transactions to well-capitalized and established banks and brokerage firms in an effort to mitigate such risks. Funds maintained at a Broker as margin to collateralize forward positions are not segregated and therefore are subject to the claims of the general creditors of the Broker in the event of its bankruptcy.

 

  (37) Strategy-Specific Risks

Strategy risk may arise in the event of the failure or deterioration of an entire strategy such that one or more Trading Advisors employing that strategy suffer significant losses. Losses may result from excessive concentration by the Trading Advisors in the same investment or broad events that adversely affect particular strategies and losses may arise if Trading Advisors are unable to hedge such risks or respond to market conditions in a timely manner.

 

  (38) Trading Facilities and Electronic Trading

Most open-outcry and electronic trading facilities are supported by computer-based component systems for the order-routing, execution, matching, registration and clearing of trades. As with all facilities and systems, they are vulnerable to disruption or failure. Registrant’s ability to recover losses may be subject to limits on liability imposed by the system provider, the market, the clearing house and/or Member firms.

Trading on an electronic system may differ not only from trading in an open-outcry market but also from trading on other electronic systems. If a Trading Advisor undertakes transactions on an electronic trading system on behalf of Registrant, Registrant will be exposed to risks associated with the system including the failure of hardware and software. The result of any system failure may be that the Trading Advisor’s order is either not executed according to its instructions or it is not executed at all.

 

  (39) Trading Advisors Trading Independently of Each Other May Reduce Profit Potential and Insurance Risks through Offsetting Positions

The Trading Advisors trade entirely independently of each other. Trading Advisors may, from time to time, take opposite positions, eliminating any possibility that an investor that holds Interests may profit from these positions considered as a whole but incurring the usual expenses associated with taking such positions. The Trading Advisors’ programs may, at times, be similar to one another thereby negating the benefits of investing in more than one Trading Advisor by purchasing Interests, which may, in fact, increase risk. Two or more Trading Advisors may compete with each other to acquire the same position, thereby increasing the costs incurred by each of them to take such position. It is also possible that two or more Trading Advisors, although trading independently, could experience draw-downs at the same time, thereby negating the potential benefit associated with exposure to more than one Trading Advisor and more than one program. Registrant’s multi-advisor structure will not necessarily control the risk of speculative futures or forward trading. Multi-advisor funds may have significant volatility and risk despite being relatively diversified among trading advisors.

 

  (40) Deleveraging of the Financial Markets

One of the primary consequences of the market disruptions of 2008 and 2009 has been the forced deleveraging of numerous financial instruments, including private investment funds, in a process which is ongoing. Not only are substantial losses being incurred in the deleveraging process, but also the available opportunities in the markets in which Trading Advisors trade may be reduced on a long-term basis as a result of such deleveraging.

 

  (41) Disruptions in the Private Investment Fund Sector

2007, 2008 and 2009 witnessed an unprecedented level of losses as well as redemption suspensions and other “emergency” investor liquidity adjustments among a large number of private investment funds. It is not possible to predict what, if any, structural changes may result from these events, but any such changes could be material and adverse for Registrant.

 

  (42) Lehman Brothers Bankruptcies

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Wells Fargo’s purchase of Wachovia, and Morgan Stanley & Co. Inc. and Goldman Sachs & Co., Inc. (as well as American Express Inc.) opting to become “bank holding companies” – led to a dramatic contraction in credit (including even inter-bank lending) and steep monetary losses in the financial sector. The ramifications of the Lehman Brothers bankruptcies are unlikely to be resolved for a number of years, but could be adverse to the prospects for Registrant and/or private investment funds in general. Moreover, the Lehman Brothers bankruptcies have demonstrated the systemic risks of any comparable failure. It is not possible to predict if or when one or more such failures might occur. Were this to happen, the results could be materially adverse to Registrant.

 

  (43) Repurchase and Reverse Repurchase Agreements

The Trading Advisors may engage in repurchase and reverse repurchase agreements. In the case of default by the transferee of a security in a reverse repurchase agreement, the transferor runs the risk that the transferee may not deliver the security when required. In the event of the bankruptcy or other default of a transferor of a security in a repurchase agreement, the transferee could experience both delays in liquidating the underlying security and losses, including: (a) a possible decline in the value of the collateral during the period while the transferee seeks to enforce its rights thereto; (b) possible subnormal levels of income and lack of access to income during this period; and (c) expenses of enforcing its rights.

Risks Related to the Managing Member and the Trading Advisors

 

  (44) Managing Member

The Managing Member has complete discretion in allocating Registrant’s assets to Trading Advisors. Registrant’s success depends in turn, to a great extent, on the Managing Member’s ability and the ability of its principals, specifically Messrs. Goodman and Shewer, to select Trading Advisors and allocate assets. If Registrant lost the services of the Managing Member or both of their principals, it might have to be terminated by way of compulsory redemption of all issued and outstanding Interests in Registrant.

In addition, the Managing Member and its principals and employees will devote such time as they deem necessary for the efficient investment activities of Registrant. However, the Managing Member and its principals and employees will be involved, from time to time, with other investment management activities and will not devote all of their time specifically to Registrant’s business. Potential investors should note, however, that the Managing Member employs a broad group of investment and administrative professionals.

 

  (45) Reliance on the Trading Advisors

To the exclusion of the Members and the Managing Member, each Trading Advisor is responsible for making all futures, forwards, and options trading decisions on behalf of the assets allocated to it by Registrant. The Managing Member has no control over the specific trades the Trading Advisors may make, leverage used, risks and/or concentrations assumed or whether the Trading Advisors will act in accordance with the disclosure documents or descriptive materials furnished by them to the Managing Member. The Managing Member can provide no assurance that the trading programs employed by the Trading Advisors will be successful. Therefore, as an investor in Registrant, Members will be relying almost exclusively on the judgment and ability of the Trading Advisors to invest Registrant’s assets.

 

  (46) Experience and Other Clients

The Trading Advisors and their principals have various levels of experience. Some Trading Advisors may have little or no experience managing customer assets. Moreover, the Trading Advisors may also manage other accounts (including other funds and accounts in which the Trading Advisors may have an interest) which may employ different or similar trading strategies, and which together with accounts already being managed could increase the level of competition for the same trades the Trading Advisors might otherwise make, including the priorities of order entry. This situation may increase the level of competition for the trades that might be suitable for Registrant. These factors could make it costly or impossible to take or liquidate a position in a particular investment.

 

  (47) Limited Knowledge about Trading Advisors

Although the Managing Member will investigate, or causes the investigation of, the Trading Advisors with which Registrant will invest, in general however, due to the confidential and/or proprietary nature of most of the information, such as trading methods and strategies and performance tables, the Managing Member is relying on each Trading Advisor for the accuracy thereof. Accordingly, neither Registrant nor the Managing Member can make any representation regarding the completeness, accuracy or adequacy of such information.

 

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  (48) Trading Advisors’ Businesses Dependent on Key Individuals

Trading decisions made by each Trading Advisor may be based on the judgment of one or a limited number of key individuals (each, a “Key Man”). If any Key Man were to die or become incapacitated or otherwise terminate his relationship with a Trading Advisor, such event could have a material adverse effect on Registrant and its performance.

 

  (49) New Trading Advisors

The Managing Member will actively manage Registrant’s investment portfolio, which may result in frequently changing either the composition of the portfolio or the allocation of Registrant’s assets among the Trading Advisors comprising Registrant’s investments. Registrant may select a new Trading Advisor without prior notice to Members (although the Managing Member will provide notice within 21 calendar days of any such change to existing Members and solicited prospective investors). In addition, it is possible that a Trading Advisor that is retained by Registrant, following a decline in Registrant’s assets might receive an incentive fee based on trading profits it earned, even though some or all of those trading profits were merely a recovery of losses incurred by the Trading Advisor(s) that earlier managed Registrant’s assets.

 

  (50) Trading Advisor Restrictions

There are a number of Trading Advisors whose services are not generally available to the investing public. These Trading Advisors generally place stringent restrictions on the number of persons whose money they will manage. As a result, certain Trading Advisors to which the Managing Member would like to allocate Fund assets may limit, or not be able to accept any, allocation of Fund assets. This could adversely affect Registrant’s investment strategy and, consequently, its returns.

Moreover, there may be times when Registrant will allocate assets with respect to a particular Trading Advisor in a different manner than another fund or account managed by the Managing Member or its affiliates. For instance, to satisfy redemption requests, the Managing Member may withdraw Fund assets from one Trading Advisor while a fund operated by an affiliate of the Managing Member may be allocating additional assets to that same Trading Advisor. Consequently, Registrant could incur losses or lose out on certain gains from which other affiliated funds or accounts may benefit.

In addition, Trading Advisors may have restrictions in their governing documents (e.g., articles of association or partnership agreements) that limit Registrant’s ability to withdraw funds from or invest with the relevant Trading Advisor, other than at specified times such as the end of the year. The Managing Member’s ability to withdraw funds from or invest funds with a particular Trading Advisor with such restrictions will be limited and such restrictions will limit the Managing Member’s flexibility to reallocate such assets among Trading Advisors.

 

  (51) Fund Trading is Not Transparent

The trading decisions in respect of Registrant are made by one or more Trading Advisors. While the Managing Member receives daily trade confirmations from the clearing broker and foreign exchange dealers, such information is not provided to Members and Registrant’s trading results are reported to the Members monthly. Accordingly, an investment in Registrant does not offer you the same transparency, i.e., an ability to review all investment positions daily, that a personal trading account offers. The Managing Member may (but is under no obligation to) provide estimated daily or weekly values to Members.

 

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  (52) Incentive Fee Agreements with Trading Advisors

The agreements with the Trading Advisors provide for fees or a share of profits to such Trading Advisors based upon appreciation, including unrealized appreciation, in the value of Registrant managed by such Trading Advisor, but without penalties for realized losses or decreases in value of Registrant. Generally, the Trading Advisor’s compensation or profit share is determined separately for each quarter or year, although agreements typically are obtained to carry forward losses to subsequent periods in determining the payment for such periods. Such arrangements may give the Trading Advisors incentives to make investments for Registrant that are unduly risky or speculative. Also, such incentive or performance based payments may be paid to Trading Advisors who show net profits, even though Registrant, as a whole, incurs a net loss.

 

  (53) Size of Trading Advisors’ Accounts May Make Executions Difficult

It may be difficult or impossible for a Trading Advisor to take or liquidate a position in a particular investment in accordance with its trading systems, methods or strategies at the then current market price due to the size of the accounts that are or may be managed by the Trading Advisor.

 

  (54) Possible Adverse Effects of Increasing the Assets Managed by the Trading Advisors

A Trading Advisor may be limited in the amount of assets which it can successfully manage by both the difficulty of executing substantially larger trades in order to reflect larger equity under management and the restrictive effects of legal position limits or restraints on disposition and possible market illiquidity. The rates of return recognized on the investment and/or trading of a limited amount of assets may have little relationship to those a Trading Advisor can reasonably expect to achieve trading larger amounts of funds. A Trading Advisor may not have agreed to limit the amount of additional equity which it may manage and, therefore, there can be no assurance that the Trading Advisors’ strategies will not be adversely affected by the additional equity represented by additions to Registrant’s account or otherwise.

The Managing Member may reallocate Registrant’s assets among the Trading Advisors in such proportions and at such times as it determines. Registrant’s assets, therefore, may be allocated unequally among the Trading Advisors, which may adversely affect the performance results of Registrant.

 

  (55) Multiple Trading Advisors

Each of the Trading Advisors to which the Managing Member allocates Registrant’s assets (either directly or indirectly) makes trading decisions independently of each other. It is possible that the Trading Advisors could hold opposite positions in the same or similar investment at or about the same time or during the same period of time. In that event, Registrant could incur multiple brokerage commissions and other trading-related expenses with no net change in its holdings. It is also possible that the Trading Advisors could enter identical orders for the same positions, thereby competing for the same trades. This competition could prevent orders for Registrant from being executed at desired prices. The Managing Member may reallocate Registrant’s assets among the Trading Advisors in such proportions and at such times as it determines. Registrant’s assets, therefore, may be allocated unequally among the Trading Advisors, which may adversely affect the performance results of Registrant.

 

  (56) No Assurance of any of the Trading Advisor’s Continued Services to Registrant

You cannot be assured that any Trading Advisor will be willing or able to continue to provide advisory services to the relevant CTA Fund (and, indirectly, to the Registrant) for any length of time. There is severe competition for the services of qualified trading advisors, and Registrant may not be able to retain satisfactory replacement or additional trading advisors on acceptable terms or a current Trading Advisor may require Registrant to pay higher fees in order to be able to retain such Trading Advisor. Generally, investors in a CTA Fund (including the Registrant) may redeem all or part of their interest in such CTA Fund by providing five business days’ prior written notice, and a Trading Advisor may terminate its advisory agreement with a CTA Fund by providing at least 60 days’ prior written notice, or immediately under certain circumstances.

 

  (57) Competition

The investment management industry in general and the investment markets in which Trading Advisors will focus are extremely competitive. In pursuing their investment and trading methods and strategies, the Trading Advisors will compete with futures and securities firms, including many of the larger investment advisory and private investment firms, as well as institutional and industry investors and, in certain circumstances, market-makers, banks and broker-dealers. In relative terms, the Trading Advisors may have little capital and may have difficulty in competing in markets in which its competitors have substantially greater financial resources, larger research staffs, and more investment professionals than any Trading Advisor has or expects to have in the future. In any given transaction, investment and trading activity by other firms will tend to

 

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narrow the spread between the price at which an investment may be purchased by Registrant and the price it expects to receive upon consummation of the transaction.

 

  (58) Risks of Investing in CTA Funds

The Registrant and CTA Choice, as independent legal entities, are subject to lawsuits or proceedings by government entities or private parties. Expenses or liabilities of Registrant or CTA Fund arising from any such suit would be borne by Registrant or such CTA Fund. The operating agreement of CTA Choice, the advisory agreements with the Trading Advisors, and the various service provider agreements provide for indemnification of ClariTy, the Trading Advisors, and the service providers out of the assets of the applicable CTA Fund. In the event that any indemnification is provided pursuant to any of these agreements, the assets of the relevant CTA Fund could be reduced or depleted and, consequently, investors in the CTA Fund (such as the Registrant) could be adversely affected. Although the Managing Member attempts to monitor the performance of each CTA Fund, the Registrant must ultimately rely on (a) the Trading Advisor to operate in accordance with the investment strategy or the guidelines laid out in the CTA Fund documents; and (b) the accuracy of the information provided to the Registrant by the CTA Fund. If the Trading Advisor to a CTA Fund does not operate in accordance with the investment strategy or guidelines specified for such CTA Fund, or if the information furnished by a CTA Fund is not accurate, the Registrant might sustain losses with respect to its investment with such CTA Fund despite the Managing Member’s attempts to monitor CTA Fund.

 

  (59) Multiple Series

Pursuant to the Delaware Limited Liability Company Act, as amended (the “DLLC Act”), CTA Choice is divided into separate series. The DLLC Act provides that, if certain requirements of the DLLC Act are satisfied, the debts, liabilities and obligations relating to a particular series are enforceable only against the assets of that series and not against the assets of the limited liability company generally or the assets of any other series. Although the provisions of the DLLC Act providing for the ability to establish designated series were enacted in 1996, there is a dearth of case law interpreting those provisions. Further, CTA Choice may operate or have assets held on its behalf or be subject to claims in other jurisdictions which may not necessarily recognize the legal segregation of the CTA Funds. Finally, other contractual arrangements entered into by CTA Choice or by a CTA Fund may have the effect of defeating the segregation protections of the DLLC Act. Accordingly, the degree of separation that any CTA Fund enjoys from the debts, liabilities and obligations of other CTA Funds is not certain. CTA Choice intends that the assets of each CTA Fund will be structured to comply with the DLLC Act and that CTA Choice will be operated with the assets of each CTA Fund segregated on the books and records of CTA Choice so that the assets of one CTA Fund are not subject to the liabilities of any other CTA Fund; however, there is no assurance that this structure and operation will be respected in all circumstances and in all jurisdictions.

 

  (60) No Control over CTA Funds

The Managing Member will have no control over the investments made by a CTA Fund and the investments they trade (including determining the creditworthiness of counterparties with which, and the exchanges on which, such CTA Fund trades) or the leverage utilized or the risks assumed by such CTA Fund. In addition, a CTA Fund may impose certain limitations on the Registrant’s ability to redeem its investment with such CTA Fund. This in turn may adversely affect the ability of the Registrant to pay redemptions, and may require the Registrant to temporarily suspend redemptions.

It may be difficult, if not impossible, for the Managing Member to protect the Trust from the risk of a Trading Advisor’s fraud, misrepresentation or material strategy alteration. In addition, the Managing Member will have no control over the counterparties with which a CTA Fund effects transactions.

 

  (61) Lack of Liquidity of CTA Fund Assets

CTA Fund assets may, from time to time, consist of securities or other financial instruments or obligations which are thinly traded or for which no market exists or which are restricted as to their transferability under federal or state securities laws. The sale of any such investments may be possible only at substantial discounts. Further, such investments may be extremely difficult to value with any degree of certainty.

 

  (62) Possibility of Fraud or Violations by CTA Funds

When the Registrant invests in another CTA Fund, the Registrant does not have custody of the CTA Fund’s assets. Therefore, there is the risk that the custodian could abscond with those assets. The CTA Funds in which the Registrant will invest are privately offered and have not registered their securities under U.S. federal, state, or foreign securities laws. Moreover, there can be no assurances that the CTA Funds will operate in accordance with all applicable laws and that assets entrusted to the CTA Funds will be protected.

 

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In the past there have been a number of widely reported instances of participants involved in corporate takeovers and in risk arbitrage having violated the securities laws through the misuse of confidential information. Such violations may result in substantial liabilities for damages caused to others, for the disgorgement of profits realized and for penalties. If a CTA Fund commits any such violation, the Registrant could be exposed to significant losses.

Risks Related to Registrant’s Structure

 

  (63) Past Performance Not Indicative of Future Results

Registrant’s results will depend on the availability of suitable investment opportunities for Registrant and the performance of its investments. Registrant’s past performance will not necessarily be indicative of its future results. You should not rely on the past performance of Registrant, the Managing Member or any Trading Advisor in deciding to invest in Registrant.

 

  (64) Limited Liquidity and Transferability of Interests

An investment in Registrant involves limited liquidity and the Interests are not freely transferable. There is no secondary market for the Interests and none is expected to develop. While the Interests may be redeemed, there are restrictions, and fees may be assessed. For example, Interests may be redeemed only as of the each Valuation Day provided a Request for Redemption is received at least five business days prior to the end of such month excluding the last business day of the month.

Transfers of Interests are subject to limitations, such as 30 days’ advance notice of any intent to transfer. Also, the Managing Member may deny a request to transfer if it determines that the transfer may result in adverse legal or tax consequences for Registrant.

Members thus may not be able to liquidate their investment in the event of an emergency or for any other reason, and Interests may not be readily accepted as collateral for a loan.

 

  (65) Limited Ability to Liquidate Investments in CTA Funds

There is no public market for an investment in a CTA Fund made by the Registrant. Such investments cannot be transferred, assigned, pledged or encumbered except on the terms and conditions set forth in the organizational documents of the CTA Fund. Although the Registrant has the right to redeem such interests as provided in the CTA Choice organizational documents, such rights are restricted as provided therein.

 

  (66) Compulsory Redemption

The Managing Member, in its sole discretion, upon 48 hours’ prior written notice to a Member, may compel redemption of any or all of a Member’s Interests for any reason.

 

  (67) Substantial Charges

The Interests are subject to fees and expenses for, among other things, the Managing Member’s Management Fee, and other Fund offering, administrative and operating expenses, among other expenses (including the Administrator’s fee), and their share of the fees and expenses of Registrants. With the exception of incentive fees payable to the Trading Advisors, all of the fees and expenses of Registrant and the Trading Advisors will be paid without regard to the profitability of Registrants or the Trading Advisors. Accordingly, it will be necessary for the Trading Advisors to make substantial trading profits to avoid depletion of Registrant’s assets. Registrant’s expenses thus may constitute a higher percentage of net assets than expenses associated with other investment products and entities that do not use a multi-manager approach.

In addition, Registrant may pay an incentive fee to a Trading Advisor even if Registrant’s assets as a whole were not to appreciate. First, incentive fees are paid on a Trading Advisor-by-Trading Advisor basis without regard to the profitability of any other Trading Advisor or Registrant as a whole. Second, incentive fees are not repaid to Registrant if a Trading Advisor that was paid an incentive fee subsequently experiences losses. Third, incentive fees are paid on net profits, including net unrealized trading profits, which may not be realized if an investment position with unrealized profits declines or becomes unprofitable before it is closed out.

 

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  (68) Determination of Net Profit and Loss

In order to determine net profits and losses, the investment positions and other assets held by Registrant must be valued. In valuing Registrant’s assets, the Administrator will receive input from third parties (including pricing services, data providers, and Brokers) and generally will rely on such information in determining valuations. The Managing Member will review all valuations and calculations with the Administrator in accordance with Registrant’s valuation policies and procedures. Should these valuations prove to be incorrect, Registrant may experience losses.

 

  (69) Adjustments

Registrant will permit redemptions to be made and subscriptions to be accepted at times other than at the end of a Fiscal Year. At any such time, an interim closing effectively will occur on the basis of unaudited financial statements. Because there may be a greater risk of error when unaudited financial statements are used, individual Members may be adversely affected by errors, if any, in such unaudited financial statements. The Managing Member is authorized to make an adjustment in the determination of net profit or net loss if the Managing Member, in good faith, considers such adjustment to be necessary and equitable to correct material errors in unaudited financial information. However, the Managing Member may not be aware of an error before a Member redeems its Interest, and there may be other limitations on the Managing Member’s ability to make any adjustment.

 

  (70) Reserve for Contingent Liabilities

Under certain circumstances, Registrant may find it necessary to set up a reserve for contingent liabilities. If that occurs, this may be taken into account in the calculation of Net Asset Value. Similar provisions may be contained in the governing instruments for Trading Advisors. These provisions could be activated if Registrant or one of the Trading Advisors were involved in litigation or subject to an audit, any of which could create significant expenses to Registrant.

 

  (71) Various Actual and Potential Conflicts of Interest May Be Detrimental to Members

Registrant is subject to actual and potential conflicts of interests involving the Managing Member, the Trading Advisors and various brokers. The Managing Member, the Trading Advisors, and their respective principals, all of which are engaged in other investment activities, are not required to devote substantially all of their time to Registrant’s business, which also presents the potential for numerous conflicts of interest with Registrant. As a result of these and other relationships, parties involved with Registrant have a financial incentive to act in a manner other than in the best interests of Registrant and its Members. The Managing Member has not established any formal procedure to resolve conflicts of interest. Consequently, investors will be dependent on the good faith of the respective parties subject to such conflicts to resolve them equitably.

Registrant may be subject to certain conflicts with respect to its clearing brokers, its futures brokers, and any executing broker including, but not limited to, conflicts that result from receiving greater amounts of compensation from other clients, purchasing opposite or competing positions on behalf of third party accounts traded through the clearing broker, the futures broker and executing brokers.

 

  (72) No Current Distributions

Registrant does not presently intend to make distributions other than in the form of payment of redemption proceeds. As a result, an investment in Registrant is not suitable for an investor seeking current returns for financial or tax planning purposes.

 

  (73) Substantial Redemptions

In the event that there are substantial redemptions from Registrant, it may be more difficult for Registrant to generate the same level of profits operating on a smaller capital base. Under such circumstances, in order to provide sufficient funds to pay redemptions, the Managing Member might be required to cause the Trading Advisors liquidate positions at an inappropriate time or on unfavorable terms.

 

  (74) Possibility of Termination of Registrant Before Expiration of its Stated Term

The Managing Member may withdraw from Registrant upon 120 days’ notice, which would cause Registrant to terminate unless a substitute managing owner was obtained. Other events, such as a long-term substantial loss suffered by Registrant, could also cause Registrant to terminate before the expiration of its stated term. This could cause you to liquidate your investments and upset the overall maturity and timing of your investment portfolio. If the registrations with the CFTC or

 

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memberships in the NFA of the Managing Member or the clearing broker were revoked or suspended, such entity would no longer be able to provide services to Registrant.

 

  (75) Need for Risk Controls and Compliance Procedures

Events during the past years, including the bankruptcy and other adverse financial results of major financial institutions, have focused attention upon the necessity for firms to maintain adequate risk controls and compliance procedures. There is no assurance that Registrant’s controls and procedures will be adequate. These events have also raised concerns as to the manner in which certain exchanges monitor trading activities and implement regulations to protect customer funds.

 

  (76) No Representation or Other Independent Experts

The Managing Member has consulted with counsel, accountants and other experts regarding the formation and operation of Registrant and this offering. Registrant’s legal counsel does not represent prospective investors in connection with this offering. Prospective investors are advised to consult their own independent counsel with respect to the legal and tax implications of an investment in Interests.

Regulatory and Other Risks

 

  (77) Regulatory Chances or Actions May Alter the Nature of an Investment in Registrant

Considerable regulatory attention has been focused on non-traditional investment pools, in particular commodity pools. There has been significant international governmental concern expressed regarding, for example, (i) the disruptive effects of speculative trading on the central banks’ attempts to influence exchange rates and (ii) the need to regulate the derivatives markets in general. There is a possibility of future regulatory changes altering, perhaps to a material extent, the nature of an investment in Registrant.

The futures markets are subject to comprehensive statutes, regulations, and margin requirements. In addition, the CFTC and the exchanges are authorized to take extraordinary actions in the event of a market emergency, including, for example, the retroactive implementation of speculative position limits or higher margin requirements, the establishment of daily price limits and the suspension of trading. The regulation of futures and forward transactions in the United States is a rapidly changing area of law and is subject to modification by government and judicial action. The effect of any future regulatory change on Registrant is impossible to predict, but could be substantial and adverse.

 

  (78) Government Regulation of Investments

Registrant (through its investment in the CTA Funds) may invest in instruments listed on both U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges, as well as in OTC instruments issued by broker-dealers and other financial counterparties. Instruments listed on exchanges are generally subject to restrictions and regulation by government and/or self-regulatory organizations in the country in which such instruments are traded. OTC transactions with broker-dealers and other financial counterparties may be entered into by Registrant with counterparties regulated by government regulatory bodies and/or self-regulatory organizations in the countries in which such counterparties operate, but the specific instruments acquired pursuant to such transactions may not be registered or subject to specific regulation.

 

  (79) Recent Government Initiatives

Regulations relating to the financial system and industry participants are being revised, both in the United States and around the world, and the extent of such measures, intended to stabilize the financial markets, varies from country to country. Additional measures, legislation and regulation are widely anticipated around the world and could have a substantial adverse effect on Registrant’s investment strategy and business model and may result in substantial costs associated with compliance with such measures.

The duration, severity, and ultimate effect of recent market conditions and government actions cannot be predicted. These conditions could result in further declines in the market values of potential or actual Fund investments. Such conditions and/or any additional regulation of market participants may prove disruptive to Registrant, the industry or Registrant’s investment portfolio, and, consequently, may have a material adverse effect on the performance of Registrant.

 

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  (80) Market Disruptions; Governmental Intervention

The global financial markets are currently undergoing a period of unprecedented disruption which has led to extensive governmental intervention. Such intervention has in certain cases been implemented on an “emergency” basis, suddenly and substantially eliminating market participants’ ability to continue to implement certain strategies or manage the risk of their outstanding positions. In addition, these interventions have in some cases been difficult to interpret and fluid in scope and application, resulting in confusion and uncertainty which in itself has been materially detrimental to previously successful investment strategies.

The Troubled Asset Relief Program is one of the largest governmental interventions in the history of the U.S. financial markets. Furthermore, the U.S. Congress appears likely to require that new restrictions be applied to the U.S. financial markets. Comparable actions have been taken and comparable restrictions imposed by a number of other governments as well. Such new restrictions may have a material adverse impact on both the future competitiveness of certain markets as well as the profit potential of Registrant.

It is impossible to predict what additional interim or permanent governmental restrictions may be imposed on the markets in the U.S. and elsewhere and/or the effect of such restrictions on the strategies the Trading Advisors employ on behalf of Registrant. However, it is possible that further developments in the market and/or increased regulation could be materially detrimental to Registrant.

Market disruptions caused by unexpected political, military and terrorist events may from time to time cause dramatic losses for Registrant, and such events can result in otherwise historically low-risk strategies performing with unprecedented volatility and risk.

 

  (81) Possible Effects of Speculative Position Limits

The CFTC and certain U.S. and foreign exchanges have established limits referred to as “speculative position limits” on the maximum net long or net short position which any person or group may hold or control in particular futures contracts. In general, all futures accounts controlled by a Trading Advisor and its principals and affiliates will be combined for position limit purposes. It is possible that trading decisions of the Trading Advisors may have to be modified and that positions held by the Trading Advisors in which Registrant has an interest could have to be liquidated to avoid exceeding such limits, which could adversely affect the profitability of Registrant.

 

  (82) Compliance with ERISA Restrictions

The Managing Member intends to use reasonable efforts to cause employee benefit plans subject to ERISA and/or plans subject to Section 4975 of the Code and other “benefit plan investors”, as defined in the Plan Asset Regulation and modified by the Pension Protection Act of 2006, to hold in the aggregate less than 25% of the Interests in Registrant and of each other class of equity interests in Registrant. The Managing Member shall use reasonable efforts to restrict transfers or purchases of any equity interest in Registrant so that ownership of each class of equity interests in Registrant by benefit plan investors will remain below the 25% threshold contained in the Plan Asset Regulation. In this event, although there can be no assurance that such will be the case, the assets of Registrant should not constitute “plan assets” for purposes of ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code.

If the assets of Registrant were to become plan assets subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, certain investments made or to be made by Registrant in the normal course of its operations might result in non-exempt prohibited transactions and might have to be rescinded. If at any time the Managing Member determines that assets of Registrant may be deemed to be plan assets subject to ERISA and Section 4975 of the Code, the Managing Member may take certain actions it may determine to be necessary or appropriate, including requiring one or more Members to redeem or otherwise dispose of all or part of their Interest in Registrant or terminating and liquidating Registrant.

 

  (83) U.S. Regulation

The offering of Interests has not been registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”) or the laws of any applicable jurisdiction. Registrant is not an investment company within the meaning of the Investment Company Act. The Managing Member is registered as an investment adviser with the SEC under the Advisers Act.

 

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Tax Risks

 

  (84) Members Taxed Currently

Members are subject to tax each year on their allocable share of the income or gains (if any) of Registrant, whether or not they receive distributions. Moreover, the Managing Member does not intend to make any distributions to Members. Consequently, Members will be required either to redeem Interests or to make use of other sources of funds to discharge their tax liabilities in respect of any taxable income or gains allocated to a Member from Registrant.

In comparing the profit objectives of Registrant with the performance of more familiar securities in which one might invest, prospective investors must recognize that if they purchased corporate equity, there typically would be no federal income tax due on the appreciation in the value of such holdings until disposition. In the case of Registrant, on the other hand, a significant portion of any appreciation in the Net Asset Value of each Interest must be paid in taxes by the Members every year, resulting in a substantial cumulative reduction in their net after-tax returns. Because Members will be taxed currently on their allocable share of the income or gains of Registrant, if any, Registrant may trade successfully but investors nevertheless would have recognized significantly greater gains on an after-tax basis had they invested in conventional stocks with comparable performance.

 

  (85) Limitation on Deductibility of “Investment Advisory Fees”

Non-corporate Members may be required to treat the amount of incentive fees and other expenses of Registrant as “miscellaneous itemized deductions,” which may be subject to substantial restrictions on deductibility for federal income tax purposes.

 

  (86) Taxation of Interest Income Irrespective of Trading Losses

The Net Asset Value of each Interest reflects the trading profits and losses as well as the interest income earned and expenses incurred by Registrant. However, losses on Registrant’s trading will be almost exclusively capital losses, and capital losses are deductible against ordinary income only to the extent of $3,000 per year in the case of non-corporate taxpayers. Consequently, if a non-corporate Member had, for example, an allocable trading (i.e., capital) loss of $10,000 in a given fiscal year and allocable interest (i.e., ordinary) income (after reduction for expenses) of $5,000, the Member would have incurred a net loss in the Net Asset Value of such Member’s Interests equal to $5,000 but would recognize taxable income of $2,000 (assuming a 40% tax rate). The limited deductibility of capital losses for non-corporate Members could result in such Members having a tax liability in respect of their investment in Registrant despite incurring a financial loss on their Interests.

 

  (87) Possibility of a Tax Audit of Both Registrant and the Members

The tax returns of Registrant may be audited by the IRS. If such an audit results in an adjustment, Members could themselves be audited as well as being required to pay additional taxes, interest and possibly penalties.

THE FOREGOING RISK FACTORS DO NOT PURPORT TO BE A COMPLETE EXPLANATION OF THE RISKS INVOLVED IN THE OFFERING.

 

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None

 

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

Registrant does not own or lease any physical properties in the conduct of its business. Registrant’s only place of business is the place of business of the Managing Member, located at 900 King Street, Suite 100, Rye Brook, New York 10573.

Certain administrative services are provided by the Administrator. In addition, the Administrator maintains certain books and records of Registrant, including certain books and records required by CFTC Rule 4.23(a), at its offices located as specified above.

 

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ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

There are no material legal proceedings pending, on appeal, or concluded to which Registrant is a party or to which any of its assets are subject.

 

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None

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ITEM 5. MARKET FOR REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDER MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

 

  (a) Market Information

There is no secondary trading market for the Interests, and none is likely to develop. Interests may be redeemed or transferred subject to the conditions imposed by the LLC Operating Agreement.

 

  (b) Holders

As of March 1, 2013, there were 1,053 holders of record owning 220,588.4172 Interests, which include 0 General Units (Managing Member Interests).

 

  (c) Dividends

The Managing Member has sole discretion in determining what distributions, if any, Registrant will make to Members. Registrant has never declared a dividend and does not intend to do so in the future.

 

  (d) Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensation Plans

Not applicable.

 

  (e) Performance Graph

Not applicable.

 

  (f) Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities

The Registrant did not repurchase any Interests registered pursuant to Section 12 of the Exchange Act during the period January 1, 2012 through December 31, 2012.

 

  (g) Unregistered Sales of Equity Securities and Use of Proceeds

From January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2012, Registrant sold Interests which resulted in aggregate proceeds to Registrant of $63,781,978.

Through December 31, 2012, Members acquired Interests through a private placement as follows:

 

Name of Member

   Date of Acquisition    Value of Interest Acquired  

Diversified Futures Trust I

   January 1, 2007    $ 12,966,087   

Diversified Futures Fund, L.P.

   January 1, 2007    $ 3,636,165   

Kenmar Global Trust

   January 1, 2007    $ 2,143,975   

Futures Strategic Trust

   April 1, 2007    $ 5,002,950   

World Monitor Trust II – Series F

   April 1, 2009    $ 14,195,000   

World Monitor Trust II – Series D

   April 1, 2009    $ 4,887,000   

World Monitor Trust II – Series E

   October 1, 2010    $ 12,170,845   

Kenmar Global Trust

   December 1, 2010    $ 4,263,596   

 

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In addition, as of September 30, 2009, Registrant served as an aggregate trading vehicle for the following funds: Diversified Futures Trust I; Futures Strategic Trust; World Monitor Trust II – Series D; and World Monitor Trust II – Series F (collectively, the “Feeder Funds”). Each Feeder Fund allocated 100% of its assets to Registrant. Effective close of business on December 31, 2009, the Managing Member (which also serves as the managing owner of each of the Feeder Funds) (i) terminated each Feeder Fund, (ii) mandatorily redeemed each investor’s units in the Feeder Funds, and (iii) made an in-kind distribution to each Feeder Fund investor of such investor’s pro rata interest in Registrant. As a result of these transactions, Registrant distributed $23,047,803 of Interests to investors in the Feeder Funds, and such Feeder Fund investors became direct investors in Registrant as of close of business on December 31, 2009. Effective October 1, 2010, World Monitor Trust II – Series E contributed all of its assets to Registrant in the amount of $12,170,845. Effective December 1, 2010, Kenmar Global Trust contributed all of its assets to Registrant in the amount of $4,263,596.

 

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

The following table presents selected financial data of Registrant. This data should be read in conjunction with the financial statements of Registrant and the notes thereto on pages F-2 through F-24, included in Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, which is filed herein.

 

ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

 

     Year Ended December 31,  
     2012     2011     2010      2009     2008  

Total revenues (including interest)

   $ (990,212   $ (547,071   $ 4,899,773       $ (1,521,133   $ 4,896,355   

Net income (loss)

   $ (2,802,608   $ (3,856,719   $ 2,378,492       $ (2,411,477   $ 3,483,344   

Total assets

   $ 19,129,460      $ 26,983,834      $ 38,373,750       $ 23,829,340      $ 19,702,356   

Critical Accounting Policies

General

Preparation of the financial statements and related disclosures in compliance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”) requires the application of appropriate accounting rules and guidance. Applying these policies requires the Managing Member to make judgments, estimates and assumptions in connection with the preparation of Registrant’s financial statements. Actual results may differ from the estimates used.

The Managing Member has evaluated Registrant’s financial statements and related disclosures and has determined that the policies discussed below are critical accounting policies because they involve estimates, judgments and assumptions that are particularly complex, subjective or uncertain. For further discussion of Registrant’s significant accounting policies, see Note 2 of Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto.

Prior to 2012, the valuation of the Registrant’s investments that are not traded on a United States (“U.S.”) or internationally recognized futures exchange is a critical accounting policy. The market values of futures (exchange traded) contracts is verified by the Registrant’s administrator, which obtains valuation data from independent third party data providers and compares those prices with the Registrant’s clearing broker. The market value of currency swap and forward (non-exchange traded) contracts is extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot prices quoted as of 4 p.m. on the last business day of the reporting period. All values assigned by the administrator and confirmed by the Managing Member are final and conclusive as to all of the Registrant’s Members. As such, if actual results vary from estimates used, they are not anticipated to have a material impact on the financial statements and related disclosures.

Registrant records all investments at fair value in its financial statements, with changes in fair value reported as a component of Trading Profits (Losses) in the Statements of Operations. Generally, fair values are based on quoted market prices; however, in certain circumstances, significant judgments and estimates are involved in determining fair value in the absence of an active market closing price. The Registrant considers its investments in publicly-traded mutual funds, prices for exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts to be based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). Prior to 2012, the values of forwards, swaps, and certain option contracts for which market quotations are not readily available are priced by independent third party data vendors or pricing services who derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2). Level 3 inputs reflect the Registrant’s assumptions that it believes market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability. The Registrant develops Level 3 inputs based on the best information available in the circumstances, which may include indirect correlation to a market value, combinations of market values or the Registrant’s proprietary data.

 

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Level 3 inputs generally include information derived through extrapolation or interpolation of observable market data. The Registrant does not currently have any investments valued using Level 3 inputs.

The investments in Affiliated Investment Funds are reported in Registrant’s statements of financial condition and are considered Level 2 investments. In determining the level, the Registrant considers the length of time until the investment is redeemable, including notice and lock-up periods or any other restriction on the disposition of the investment. The Registrant also considers the nature of the portfolios of the underlying Affiliated Investment Funds and their ability to liquidate their underlying investments. The Registrant has the ability to redeem its investments at the reported net asset valuation as of the measurement date (see Note 7 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto) and classified its investments in Affiliated Investment Funds as Level 2 using the fair value hierarchy. Fair value ordinarily is the value determined for the Affiliated Investment Funds in accordance with the fund’s valuation policies and reported at the time of Registrants valuation by the management of the fund. Generally, the fair value of Registrant’s investments in the funds represents the amount that Registrant could reasonably expect to receive from the funds if Registrant’s investment was redeemed at the time of the valuation, based on information reasonably available at the time the valuation is made and that Registrant believes to be reliable.

Of the Registrant’s investments at December 31, 2012, $12,162,691 or 76.32% of the Registrant’s investments are classified as Level 1 and $3,773,030 or 23.68% as Level 2. Of the Registrant’s investments at December 31, 2011, $8,968,114 or 98.57% of the Registrant’s investments are classified as Level 1 and $130,387 or 1.43% as Level 2. There are no Level 3 investments at December 31, 2012 or 2011.

The Managing Member has determined that it is in the best interest of the Registrant to invest a portion of its net assets, either directly or indirectly through certain investment funds, in (i) U.S. government securities (which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States), (ii) any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the United States government, (iii) corporate bonds or notes, or (iv) other instruments permitted by applicable rule and regulations (collectively, “Certain Investment Funds”). Effective January 1, 2011, the Managing Member is paid monthly 1/12 of 50% of the first 1% of the positive returns earned on the Registrant’s investments in Certain Investment Funds. The calculation is based on the Registrant’s average annualized net asset value, and any losses related to returns on the Certain Investment Funds must first be recovered through subsequent positive returns prior to the Managing Member receiving a payment. After the calculation of the amount payable to the Managing Member, the Registrant will be credited with all additional positive returns (or 100% of any losses) on the Registrant’s investment in Certain Investment Funds. If at the end of any calendar year, a loss has been incurred on the returns for the Certain Investment Funds, then the loss carry forward will reset to zero for the next calendar year with regards to the calculation of the Managing Member’s portion of the Certain Investment Fund’s income.

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 (“ASU 2011-04”) entitled Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 was issued to converge fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with the guidance in the International Accounting Standards Board’s currently issued International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) 13, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in ASU 2011-04 generally represent clarification to the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, but also include some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. For public entities, ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on the Registrant’s financial statements.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

Registrant commenced operations on January 1, 2007. Contributions were raised and redemptions paid through new members’ investments in and redemptions out of the aggregate trading vehicle through December 31, 2009. Beginning January 1, 2010, individual members may redeem from the direct investment vehicle. Interests in Registrant may be redeemed on a monthly basis.

Subscriptions and Redemptions

Year Ended December 31, 2012

Subscriptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $0. Redemptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2012 were $4,566,148.

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2011

Subscriptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2011 were $4,412,339. Redemptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2011 were $7,823,464.

Year Ended December 31, 2010

Subscriptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2010 were $51,343,894. Redemptions of Interests for the year ended December 31, 2010 were $20,465,315.

Liquidity

A portion of the Registrant’s net assets has been held in cash, which was used as margin for trading in commodities. In as much as the sole business of the Registrant is to trade in commodities through its investments in CTA Choice, the Registrant continues to own such liquid assets to be used as margin. The clearing broker and bank credit the Registrant with interest income on 100% of its average daily equity maintained in its accounts with the clearing broker and bank during each month at competitive interest rates.

Commodities contracts may be directly or indirectly subject to periods of illiquidity because of market conditions, regulatory considerations and other reasons. For example, commodity exchanges limit fluctuations in certain commodity futures contract prices during a single day by regulations referred to as “daily limits”. During a single day, no trades may be executed at prices beyond the daily limit. Once the price of a futures contract for a particular commodity has increased or decreased by an amount equal to the daily limit, positions in the commodity can neither be taken nor liquidated unless traders are willing to effect trades at or within the limit. Commodity futures prices have occasionally moved the daily limit for several consecutive days with little or no trading. Such market conditions could prevent the Registrant from promptly liquidating its commodity futures positions.

Since the Registrant’s business is to trade futures, forward and options contracts through its investments in CTA Choice, its capital is at risk due to changes in the value of these contracts (market risk) or the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the contracts (credit risk). The Registrant’s exposure to market risk is influenced by a number of factors including the volatility of interest rates and foreign currency exchange rates, the liquidity of the markets in which the contracts are traded and the relationships among the contracts held. The inherent uncertainty of the Registrant’s speculative trading as well as the development of drastic market occurrences could result in losses considerably beyond the Registrant’s experience to date and could ultimately lead to a loss of all or substantially all of investors’ capital. The Managing Member attempts to minimize these risks by requiring the Registrant and the Trading Advisor to abide by various trading limitations and policies, which include limiting margin amounts, trading only in liquid markets and permitting the use of stop loss provisions. See Note 10 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report for a further discussion on the credit and market risks associated with the Registrant’s futures, forwards and option contracts.

There are no known material trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties at the present time that are reasonably likely to result in the Registrant’s liquidity increasing or decreasing in a material way.

Capital Resources

Registrant does not intend to raise additional capital through the sale of Interests offered or through any borrowing. Due to the nature of Registrant’s business, Registrant does not contemplate making capital expenditures. Registrant does not have, nor does it expect to have, any capital assets. Redemptions, exchanges, and sales of Interests in the future will affect the amount of funds available for investments in futures interests in subsequent periods. It is not possible to estimate the amount, and therefore the impact, of future inflows and outflows of Interests. There are no known material trends, favorable or unfavorable, that would affect, nor any expected material changes to, Registrant’s capital resource arrangements at the present time.

Market Overview

Following is a market overview for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010:

Year Ended December 31, 2012

Like 2011, the year 2012 was a tumultuous year for the economy and the financial markets, with major policy decisions in Europe and in the U.S. determining the course of the markets. The major difference between 2011 and 2012 was that the policymakers finally managed to quell the fear of tail risks and, consequently, the year turned out to be a robust one for risk assets. By far the single

 

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most consequential event during the year was ECB chief Draghi’s commitment to do “whatever it takes” which put a lid on sovereign risks in the Eurozone. Together with the long-term refinance operations (LTRO), Draghi’s commitment drastically lowered systemic risk and paved the way for both the euro’s resurgence and the global rally in risk assets. Following on the heels of the ECB’s move, it was the Fed’s turn to deliver. And the Fed delivered much more than the markets expected. The much anticipated QE3 turned out be QE unlimited. In contrast to the previous rounds of QE, which were limited in scope and size, the current round of QE is indefinite and predicated on the economy reaching unemployment targets. Not to be left behind, the newly elected Japanese government also jumped onto the bandwagon by promising higher inflation targets and fiscal stimulus. With the Chinese government easing credit policy, and a slew of central banks cutting rates, all in all, policymakers around the world turned on the stimulus spigots. Not surprisingly, risk assets soared. As if there were not enough interesting events, the year also witnessed one of the worst and costliest U.S. droughts.

Global economic performance was mixed during the year. Europe remained mired in a recession, U.S. growth was tepid but the housing recovery raised hopes of an overall economic acceleration, and emerging markets ended the year showing signs of acceleration. The U.S. economy grew at a moderate pace of 2.1%, annualized, through the first three quarters of 2012. Corporate profits growth stalled, with year-over-year growth actually turning down in the third quarter. However, employment picked up moderately from the year before pace. Most importantly, housing experienced a strong rebound, with new and existing home sales, housing starts, and home prices all accelerating in the second half. Home prices are on track for the first annual gain since 2006. Retail sales were solid, and annual motor vehicle sales crossed the 15 million mark for the first time since 2008.

The longest secular trend—the decline in U.S. interest rates continued in 2012. Despite the ebbing of global risk aversion, US Treasuries ended the year with another gain, albeit a modest one. At one point in the year, Treasuries yields hit new record lows, before backing up in the second half as Euro crisis fears faded. Yields fell across the curve. The yield on the 10-year note fell below 1.40% in July before ending the year 1.78%, an 11 basis points drop from the year earlier. The 10-year returned 2.75% for year and the 30-year, 1.30%. Two-year and five-year notes posted returns of 0.28% and 1.29%, respectively. The Fed kept rates unchanged, announced a new open-ended QE program, and made a qualified commitment to keep rates low until 2015. The ECB cut rates to 75 basis points, a new low. Across the world, central banks were either easing, or moving toward easing, as economic conditions weakened.

Currencies: The Dollar Index started off weak in 2012, rallied strongly by mid-year, but lost ground in the second half as the European crisis ebbed. The Dollar Index ended the year up with a slight decline of 0.5%. The euro posted a gain of 1.64%, while the British pound strengthened 4.67%. However, the big story of the year was the yen, which plunged 12.55% against the greenback. Aggressive pro-inflation rhetoric by the new government, the threat to curb central bank independence, the growing public debt, and the worsening trade balance all added to the yen’s decline. The Australian dollar ended the year with a gain of 1.39% against the greenback, while the Canadian dollar registered a 2.1% rise.

Energies: Brent and WTI crude had contrasting years, with Brent posting a gain of 3.47% while WTI recorded a decline of 7.09%. Global demand was soft as OECD weakness was compounded by a sharp deceleration in emerging economy demand. However, heightened tensions in the Middle-East and the embargo on Iran helped keep global supply down. U.S. production grew robustly. Reformulated gasoline outperformed crude, rising 4.68%. Natural gas was the star performer in the energy space, gaining 12.11% and bucking the trend of four consecutive annual declines.

Indices: Global equities enjoyed a solid rally in 2012, with most indexes posting their best gains since 2009. The Dow, the S&P500, and the NASDAQ ended the year with gains of 7.26%, 13.41%, and 15.91%, respectively. European stocks fared even better, thanks to the fading of tail risks in Europe. The STOXX 600, the broadest European index, gained 14.37%. Germany had a banner year, with the DAX surging 29%. The CAC posted a gain of 15.23%, while the FTSE rose 8.24%. Asian stocks experienced robust gains as well. The Nikkei soared 22.94% as the yen weakened. The Kospi had a relatively moderate gain of 9.38%, but the Hang Seng surged 22.91%. Australian All Ordinaries Index registered a gain of 13.47%.

Metals: Despite the fading of fears in Europe, precious metals gained in 2012 thanks to QE and declining real interest rates around the world. Silver gained 8.24% while gold posted a 6.96% rise. Among the base metals, nickel stood alone, losing 8.82%, whereas copper, aluminum, and zinc all posted gains.

Agriculturals: Agricultural commodities had a roller coaster year. The severe drought in the U.S. boosted grains, with wheat, soybeans, and corn recording gains of 19.19%, 18.38%, and 8%, respectively. Demand from emerging markets remained robust. Conversely, the softs did not fare as well. Coffee prices plunged 36.61%, thanks to record harvest in Brazil and generally strong crops in Latin America. Cotton experienced a steep loss of 18.15% thanks to ample supply and record stocks.

Year Ended December 31, 2011

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Europe took a turn for the worse and more euro area countries and banks came under siege from the financial markets. Meanwhile, U.S. policymakers wrangled over increasing the debt ceiling and the resulting brinkmanship took its toll on business and consumer confidence. While the U.S. debt ceiling was raised, the European drama continued until late in the year. Amid escalating crisis, European policymakers took a number of steps that failed to address market concerns. Ultimately, the European Central Bank (“ECB”) decided to offer banks 3-year refinancing under its long-term refinance operation (“LTRO”) and vastly broadened the list of eligible collateral. The ECB’s provision of unlimited lending calmed the markets and averted a 2008-style meltdown. Nonetheless, the European economy appeared to be headed for a recession. In contrast, the U.S. economy ended the final months of the year on a strong note amid growing optimism that the US would be able to withstand the problems emanating from Europe. The U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed’) did not embark on another round of quantitative easing, but undertook the so-called “operation twist,” whereby it bought longer-term Treasury securities and sold shorter-term paper. The ECB actually raised rates twice in the first half but was forced to reverse course in the second half. Moreover, there was a massive expansion in the ECB’s balance sheet following the LTRO. The Bank of England held rates steady but increased its asset purchase program.

While a double-dip recession was avoided, US economic performance was mixed. GDP growth averaged a modest 1.2% through the first three quarters of 2011. Corporate profit growth slowed. However, employment growth accelerated, with payrolls growing by 1.6 million during the year. Retail sales were solid, and motor vehicle sales reached 12.8 million. Although home prices continued to decline, housing construction and employment in construction showed clear signs of stabilizing.

US Treasuries were among the best performing asset classes in 2011, ending the year with the best gain since 2008. Yields fell across the curve, with rates along the curve up to 10 years falling to modern day record lows. The yield on the 10-year note fell below 2% and briefly touched below 1.7%, as the European crisis triggered a flight-to-safety and briefly threatened to sully even the safe-haven status of German bunds. The 10-year returned 16.1% for year and the 30-year, 34.5%. Two-year and five-year notes posted returns of 1.2% and 7.4%, respectively. The Fed kept rates unchanged throughout the year and also made a qualified commitment to keep rates low until mid-2013. As in 2008, the ECB raised rates, only to be forced to reverse course in short order. Across the developed world, central banks were either easing or moving toward easing as economic conditions weakened.

Currencies: The Dollar Index started off weak in 2011 but rallied strongly in the second half as the European crisis intensified. The US economic outperformance also boosted the dollar. The Dollar Index ended the year up 0.8%. The greenback posted against most major currencies, the yen being the notable exception. The dollar gained 3.1% against the euro, and rose 0.4% versus the British pound but declined 5.1% against the yen. The Australian dollar ended the year flat against the greenback while the Canadian dollar registered a 2.2% decline.

Energies: Crude oil had a see-saw year, rallying to end the year up 2.5%. US and OECD demand fell but emerging market demand continued to grow. Tensions in the Middle-East—Arab Spring earlier in the year and Iran tensions later in the year—helped keep fears of supply disruption at elevated levels. Reformulated gasoline outperformed crude, rising 9.3%, as strong exports helped offset falling domestic US demand. Heating oil posted a solid gain of approximately 4.2%. Natural gas declined for the fourth consecutive year, falling 19.5%.

Indices: Global equity performance in 2011 was generally poor, although the US markets managed to hold their own, with the Dow actually posting a moderate gain of 5.5%. Despite the huge fluctuations, the S&P 500 ended the year almost dead flat. The NASDAQ lost 1.8%. Equities across rest of the world suffered sharp losses. Unlike in 2010, Germany could not decouple from its European counterparts. The DAX fell 14.7%. The CAC posted a loss of 17.0%, while the FTSE lost 5.6%. Asian stocks experienced steep losses as well. The Nikkei declined 17.3%, as Japan reeled from the tsunami and the strong yen dented exports. The Kospi fell 11.0% and Hang Seng declined 20.0%. Australian All Ordinaries Index registered a loss of 15.2%.

Metals: Precious metals lost their sheen in 2011. Silver dropped 11.6%, although at one point during the year it had reached close to the $50/oz. level. Gold posted a 7.3% loss. Among the base metals, nickel stood alone, gaining 12.2%. Copper, aluminum, and zinc all posted losses in 2011.

Agriculturals: Agricultural commodities had a roller coaster year. Strong demand from emerging markets fueled a powerful surge early in the year, but that was not sustained in the face of better-than-expected crop reports. Nonetheless, grains ended the year with solid gains but soft commodities lost ground. Corn, wheat, and soybeans posted returns of 8.3%, 6.4%, and 6.7%, respectively. Cotton gained 4.3%.

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2010

2010 ended the way it began, amid growing optimism that the expansion was gaining momentum. As the year progressed, European sovereign debt became a pressing issue, the US recovery weakened and the specter of double-dip recession raised concern. However, European policymakers succeeded in temporarily preventing an escalating crisis. Fear receded globally and business and consumer spending rose, as seen with holiday season spending in the U.S. When the U.S. Federal Reserve (the “Fed”) broached another round of quantitative easing, it was enough to turbo-charge the global rally in risk assets in the final four months of the year as the fear of double-dip recession evaporated. Following the expiration of the first quantitative easing (“QE”) program in March, the Fed announced reinvestment of proceeds from their security holdings. Subsequently, in November, the Fed announced that it would purchase an additional $600 billion of longer-term Treasury securities over the next six months. The European Central Bank (“ECB”) did not undertake explicit balance sheet expansion but had a far more active role to play in keeping a lid on the burgeoning eurozone sovereign debt problems. In order to stabilize the banking situation, the ECB reinstated its unlimited emergency lending for banks as well as bought the sovereign debt of beleaguered eurozone members. Japan also announced a wide-ranging asset purchase program to help its economy.

While a double-dip recession was avoided, U.S. economic performance was mixed. Corporate profits and retail sales made a stellar recovery, however the economy only reinstated approximately 13% of the jobs cut during the recession. GDP growth averaged a modest 2.7% during the first three quarters of 2010. Motor vehicle sales rose to 11.6 million but still remained below the high rates that prevailed prior to 2008. The failure of housing to stabilize was disappointing. After the expiration of government incentives in June, home sales plummeted to new lows and home prices fell below their 2009 low.

While U.S. Treasuries continued to fluctuate in 2010, they did recover from their losses in 2009. The year began with Treasury yields rising as the expansion gained momentum. While the 10-year broke 4% in April, the European crisis, the near stalling of the U.S. economy and lower core inflation rates all fueled a powerful rally sending the 10-year yield below 2.5%. The rally lost steam due to improving economic data and yields backed up significantly toward the end of the year. Still, the 10-year returned 7.9% for year and the 30-year, 8.9%. Two-year and five-year notes posted returns of 1.8% and 5.2%, respectively. The Fed kept rates unchanged throughout the year due to high unemployment and subdued inflation. The ECB, the Bank of England and the Bank of Japan remained stable throughout 2010. Australia and Canada hiked rates multiple times in the face of strengthening global demand for commodities and an improving labor market.

Currencies: The Dollar Index started off strong in 2010. The U.S. economy surged ahead of its developed market counterparts. The dollar peaked as the European crisis erupted, denting the euro’s position as a reserve currency. However, financial conditions stabilized as European countries assembled a bailout package and the ECB reinstated emergency lending facilities. Global risk aversion subsided, causing the dollar to weaken. The Dollar Index ended the year up 1.5%. The U.S. dollar, as measured against the major currencies, was mixed. It rallied 6.6% against the euro and rose 3.6% versus the British pound but declined 12.9% against the yen. The Australian dollar surged nearly 14% against the greenback and the Canadian dollar gained 5.9%. Emerging market currencies realized solid gains.

Energies: Crude oil was flat for most of the year, before rallying to end the year up 4.8%. U.S. demand and emerging market demand continued to grow. However, production rose and stocks were above normal for much of the year. Reformulated gasoline outperformed crude, rising 20.6% as soaring exports and firming domestic demand helped U.S. refineries achieve better spreads. Heating oil posted a solid gain of approximately 10.3%. Natural gas declined for the third consecutive year, amid rising production and surging inventories.

Indices: Global equity performance in 2010 was strong. Despite the S&P 500 fluctuating during the year due to the European crisis and the softening of the U.S. economy the powerful rally in the second half of the year helped the index to surge past 1250, recovering all losses post the Lehman failure. For the year as a whole, the S&P 500, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and the NASDAQ gained approximately 12.8%, 16.9%, and 11%, respectively. In both Europe and the Asian markets, performance was mixed. Germany’s strong economic performance helped the DAX return 16.1%. The CAC edged down 3.3%. The FTSE gained a respectable 10.9%. The Nikkei lost 3% as Japan remained mired in deflation. The Kospi soared 21.9% and Hang Seng rose moderately, up 5.3%. Australian All Ordinaries Index edged down 0.7%.

Metals: Precious and base metals recorded solid gains in 2010. Silver rose 83.3% breaching the $30/oz. level for the first time since 1980. Gold gained 29.4%, climbing above the $1400/oz. level. Among the base metals, nickel and copper both recorded returns of over 30%. Zinc was the only major metal to underperform.

Agriculturals: Agricultural commodities had a positive year, posting large gains across the board due to crop shortfalls in various parts of the world and surging emerging market demand. Cotton rose 106.3% to a record high. The softs complex also had a tremendous year. The S&P GSCI Softs Index returned 44.6%, led by coffee and sugar. The grains complex underperformed in the agricultural commodities space; the S&P GSCI Grains Index returned 29.4%. Corn, wheat and soybeans posted returns of 38.4%, 35%, and 27.2%, respectively.

 

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Sector Performance

Due to the nature of Registrant’s direct and indirect trading activities, a period-to-period comparison of its trading results is not meaningful. However, set forth below are the following:

 

  (a) the major sectors to which Registrant’s assets were allocated for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, measured as a percentage of the “gross speculator margin” (i.e., the minimum amount of cash or marginable securities a speculator must post when buying or selling futures assets); and

 

  (b) a discussion of Registrant’s direct and indirect trading results for the major sectors in which Registrant traded for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010.

Year Ended December 31, 2012

As of December 31, 2012, the allocation of Registrant’s assets indirectly, through its investments in CTA Funds, to major sectors was as follows:

 

Sector

   Allocation  

Currencies

     20.45

Energies

     3.29

Grains

     9.58

Indices

     25.20

Interest Rates

     33.09

Meats

     0.21

Metals

     5.26

Tropicals

     2.92
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     100.00
  

 

 

 

Trading results for the major sectors in which Registrant traded indirectly for the year ended December 31, 2012 were as follows:

Currencies: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the euro. The majority of its losses were incurred in the British pound and the Swiss franc.

Energies: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in gasoline. The majority of its losses were incurred in gas oil and heating oil.

Grains: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in soybean meal. The majority of its losses were incurred in bean oil and corn.

Indices: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in European and US stock indices. The majority of its losses were incurred in Pacific Rim indices.

Interest Rates: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in European and Pacific Rim rates. The majority of its losses were incurred in Canadian rates.

Meats: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in feeder cattle. The majority of its losses were incurred in live cattle and live hogs.

Metals: (-) Registrant experienced no gains. The majority of its losses were incurred in copper, silver, and gold.

Softs: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in coffee. The majority of its losses were incurred in sugar and cocoa.

 

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Year Ended December 31, 2011

As of December 31, 2011, the allocation of Registrant’s assets to major sectors was as follows:

 

Sector

   Allocation  

Currencies

     29.10

Energies

     9.22

Grains

     3.60

Indices

     7.53

Interest Rates

     27.06

Meats

     0.48

Metals

     20.85

Tropicals

     2.16
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     100.00
  

 

 

 

Trading results for the major sectors in which Registrant traded for year ended December 31, 2011 were as follows:

Currencies: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the euro. The majority of its losses were incurred in the Aussie dollar, Canadian dollar, and British pound.

Energies: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in natural gas. The majority of its losses were incurred in crude oil, heating oil, and brent crude.

Grains: (-) Registrant experienced gains in cotton. The majority of its losses were incurred in corn, soybeans, and bean oil.

Indices: (-) Registrant experienced gains in the Dow Jones Industrial Average, Nasdaq, and Tokyo Stock Index. The majority of its losses were incurred in the S&P 500 Mini, Hang Seng, Nikkei, and Russell 2000 Mini.

Interest Rates: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the U.S. 5-year treasury note, German 2-year bond, and Aussie 10-year bond. The majority of its losses were incurred in the Eurodollar and short sterling.

Meats: (-) Registrant experienced losses in live hogs and cattle.

Metals: (-) Registrant experienced gains in aluminum. Losses were realized in gold, high grade copper, and lead.

Softs: (+) Registrant experienced gains in cocoa and sugar. The majority of its losses were incurred in coffee.

Year Ended December 31, 2010

As of December 31, 2010, the allocation of Registrant’s assets to major sectors was as follows:

 

Sector

   Allocation  

Currencies

     20.24

Energies

     8.69

Grains

     9.46

Indices

     34.17

Interest Rates

     12.88

Meats

     0.64

Metals

     11.32

Tropicals

     2.60
  

 

 

 

TOTAL

     100.00
  

 

 

 

Trading results for the major sectors in which Registrant traded for year ended December 31, 2010 were as follows:

Currencies: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in the euro, Japanese yen, Australian dollar and South African rand. The majority of its losses were incurred in the British pound and Canadian dollar.

 

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Energies: (-) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in natural gas. The majority of its losses were incurred in crude, gas oil, reformulated gasoline and heating oil.

Grains: (+) Registrant experienced gains in cotton, soybean meal, corn and soybeans. The majority of its losses were incurred in wheat.

Indices: (-) Registrant experienced gains in the DAX, Dow Jones Industrial Average and the Nasdaq. The majority of its losses were incurred in the CAC 40, DJ STOXX and Ibex Plus.

Interest Rates: (+) Registrant experienced a majority of its gains in U.S. Treasuries, German Bund and Eurodollar. The majority of its losses were incurred in Euroswiss, Australian Bonds and Japanese Government Bonds.

Meats: (+) Registrant experienced gains in live hogs and cattle.

Metals: (+) Registrant experienced in gold, silver, copper and lead. Losses were realized in aluminum and zinc.

Softs: (+) Registrant experienced gains in sugar and coffee. The majority of its losses were incurred in cocoa.

Results of Operations

Year Ended December 31, 2012

The Net Asset Value of Registrant as of December 31, 2012 was $18,620,471, a decrease of $7,368,756 from the December 31, 2011 Net Asset Value of $25,989,227, primarily due to the effect of investor redemptions and negative trading performance in 2012.

Registrant’s performance for the year ended December 31, 2012 was (12.08)%. Performance includes the percentage change in Registrant’s Net Asset Value excluding the effect of any subscriptions and redemptions and includes the percentage impact of trading gains/(losses) less any commissions and related fees and expenses. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Registrant’s total gains on investments before commissions and related fees for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $67,000.

Registrant’s total losses from its investments in Affiliated Investment Funds for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $(1,276,000).

Dividend income for the year ended December 31, 2012 was approximately $217,000, a decrease of approximately $106,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. For a further discussion of these investments, See Note 2 of Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto.

Brokerage commissions and other transaction fees, which are now paid indirectly through the Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective net asset values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds, for the year ended December 31, 2012 was approximately $95,000, a decrease of approximately $95,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to the decrease in net asset value discussed above.

Trading Advisor’s management fees, which are now paid indirectly through the Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective net asset values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds, for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $398,000, a decrease of approximately $159,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to the decrease in net asset value discussed above.

Management fees to the Managing Member for the year ended December 31, 2012 was approximately $589,000, a decrease of approximately $247,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to the decrease in net asset value discussed above.

Incentive fees are based on the New High Net Trading Profits generated by the Trading Advisors, as defined in the Trading Advisory Agreements between the Registrant and the Trading Advisors. Incentive fees, which are now paid indirectly through the Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective net asset values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds, for the year ended December 31, 2012, were approximately $20,000.

 

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ClariTy Managed Account fees, which are now paid indirectly through the Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective net asset values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds, for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $57,000, a decrease of approximately $24,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to the decrease in net asset value discussed above. For a further discussion of this fee, see Note 4 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto.

Service Fees for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $779,000, a decrease of approximately $323,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011, primarily due to the decrease in net asset value discussed above. For a further discussion of this fee, see Note 6 of the of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto.

Managing Member interest earned on investment funds for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $114,000, an increase of approximately $27,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2011. For a further discussion of this fee, see Note 4 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report, attached hereto.

Operating expenses include accounting, audit, tax, and legal fees. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2012 were approximately $331,000.

Year Ended December 31, 2011

The Net Asset Value of Registrant as of December 31, 2011 was $25,989,227, a decrease of $7,267,844 from the December 31, 2010 Net Asset Value of $33,257,071, primarily due to the effect of investor redemptions and negative trading performance in 2011.

Registrant’s performance for the year ended December 31, 2011 was (11.90)%. Performance includes the percentage change in Registrant’s Net Asset Value excluding the effect of any subscriptions and redemptions and includes the percentage impact of trading gains/(losses) less any commissions and related fees and expenses. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Registrant’s trading losses before commissions and related fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $(874,000).

Dividend income for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately $323,000, an increase of approximately $202,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, as the Registrant started earning dividend income on the investment of non-margin assets in investment funds in late 2010. For a further discussion of these investments, See Note 2 of Registrant’s 2011 Annual Report.

Commissions and other transaction fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately $190,000, an increase of approximately $98,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to increased trading volumes.

Trading Advisor’s management Fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $557,000, an increase of approximately $7,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to a change in structure of the Registrant during 2010.

Management fees to the Managing Member for the year ended December 31, 2011 was approximately $836,000 a decrease of approximately $662,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010 primarily due to the change in fee structure discussed in Note 6 of the of the Registrant’s 2011 Annual Report.

Incentive fees are based on the New High Net Trading Profits generated by the Trading Advisors, as defined in the Trading Advisory Agreements between the Registrant and the Trading Advisors. Incentive fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $60,000.

ClariTy Managed Account fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $81,000, an increase of approximately $81,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, as the Registrant started paying a fee to ClariTy in January 2011. For a further discussion of this fee, see Note 4 of the Registrant’s 2011 Annual Report.

Service Fees for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $1,101,000, an increase of approximately $1,101,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, primarily due to the change in fee structure discussed in Note 6 of the of the Registrant’s 2011 Annual Report.

 

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Managing Member interest earned on investment funds for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $87,000, an increase of approximately $87,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2010, as the Managing Member started earning interest on the return of the investment of non-margin assets in January 2011. For a further discussion of this fee, see Note 4 of the Registrant’s 2011 Annual Report.

Operating expenses include accounting, audit, tax, and legal fees. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2011 were approximately $394,000.

Year Ended December 31, 2010

The Net Asset Value of Registrant as of December 31, 2010 was $33,257,071, an increase of $33,257,071 from the December 31, 2009 Net Asset Value of $0, as investors in the Members who elected not to redeem their Interest at December 31, 2009 received a pro rata distribution of their Interest in the Registrant on December 31, 2009 and replaced it with a direct ownership interest in the Registrant as of January 1, 2010. Direct ownership interest in the Registrant as of January 1, 2010 totaled $23,047,803.

Registrant’s performance for the year ended December 31, 2010 was 7.21%. Performance includes the percentage change in Registrant’s Net Asset Value excluding the effect of any subscriptions and redemptions and includes the percentage impact of trading gains/(losses) less any commissions and related fees and expenses. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future results.

Registrant’s trading gains before commissions and related fees for the year ended December 31, 2010 were approximately $4,772,000.

Commissions and other transaction fees for the year ended December 31, 2010 was approximately $92,000, an increase of approximately $55,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2009 primarily due to increased average net assets levels discussed above.

Dividend income for the year ended December 31, 2010 was approximately $121,000, an increase of approximately $121,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2009, as the Registrant started earning dividend income on the investment of non-margin assets in investment funds in 2010. For a further discussion of these investments, See Note 2 of Registrant’s 2010 Annual Report.

Trading Advisor’s Management Fees for the year ended December 31, 2010 were approximately $550,000, an increase of approximately $59,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2009, primarily due to increased average net asset levels discussed above.

Management fees for the year ended December 31, 2010 was approximately $1,498,000 an increase of approximately $1,498,000 as compared to the year ended December 31, 2009 primarily due to a change in structure discussed above.

Incentive fees for the year ended December 31, 2010 were approximately $2,000.

Operating expenses include accounting, audit, tax, and legal fees. Operating expenses for the year ended December 31, 2010 were approximately $380,000.

Inflation

Inflation has had no material impact on the operations or on the financial condition of Registrant from inception through December 31, 2012.

Off-Balance Sheet Arrangements and Contractual Obligations

Registrant does not have any off-balance-sheet arrangements (as defined in Regulation S-K 303(a)(4)(ii)) that have or are reasonably likely to have a current or future effect on its financial condition, changes in financial condition, revenues or expenses, results of operations, liquidity, capital expenditures or capital resources that is material to investors.

Registrant’s contractual obligations are with the Managing Member, the Trading Advisor and its commodity broker. Trading Advisor management fees payable by Registrant to the Trading Advisor through the CTA Funds and commencing January 1, 2010, management fees to the Managing Member, are calculated as a fixed percentage of Registrant’s Net Asset Value. Incentive fees payable by the Registrant to the Trading Advisor through the CTA Funds are at a fixed rate, calculated as a percentage of Registrant’s New High Net Trading Profits (as defined in the Advisory Agreement). As such, the

 

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Managing Member cannot anticipate the amounts to be paid for future periods as Net Asset Values and New High Net Trading Profits are not known until a future date. Commissions payable to Registrant’s commodity broker are based on a cost per executed trade and, as such, the Managing Member cannot anticipate the amount that will be required under the brokerage agreement, as the level of executed trades are not known until a future date. These agreements are effective for one-year terms, renewable automatically for additional one-year terms unless terminated. Additionally, these agreements may be terminated by either party thereto for various reasons. Additionally, since the Registrant does not enter into other long-term debt obligations, capital lease obligations, operating lease obligations or other long-term liabilities that would otherwise be reflected on the Registrant’s Statements of Financial Condition, therefore, a table of contractual obligations has not been presented. For a further discussion of Registrant’s contractual obligations, see Notes 1, 3, 4 and 5 to Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report attached hereto.

 

ITEM 7A. QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Introduction

Past Results Not Necessarily Indicative of Future Performance

Registrant is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive instruments held by it are acquired for speculative trading purposes, and substantially all of Registrant’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 Registrant’s main line of Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of Registrant’s open positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. Registrant’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 Registrant’s open positions and the liquidity of the markets in which it trades.

Registrant 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 futures market scenario will affect performance, and Registrant’s past performance is not necessarily indicative of its future results.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures

The following qualitative disclosures regarding Registrant’s market risk exposures—except for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how Registrant 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 Exchange Act. Registrant’s primary market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the Managing Member and the Trading Advisors for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks are one of which could cause the actual results of Registrant’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, 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 Registrant. There can be no assurance that Registrant’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 their investment in Registrant.

Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure

The means by which the Managing Member and the Trading Advisors through the CTA Funds, severally, attempt to manage the risk of Registrant’s open positions is essentially the same in all market categories traded.

The Trading Advisors attempt to minimize market risk exposure by applying their own risk management trading policies that include the diversification of trading assets into various market sectors. Additionally, the Trading Advisors have an oversight committee broadly responsible for evaluating and overseeing the Trading Advisors’ trading policies. The oversight committee meets periodically to discuss and analyze issues such as liquidity, position size, capacity, performance cycles, and new product and market strategies.

The Managing Member attempts to minimize market risk exposure by requiring the Trading Advisors to abide by various trading limitations and policies. The Managing Member monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies which include, but are not limited to, limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions. Additionally, the Managing Member shall automatically terminate the Trading Advisors through termination of the CTA Fund if the Net Asset Value of Registrant declines by 40% during any year or since the

 

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commencement of trading activities. Furthermore, the Trust Agreement provides that Registrant will liquidate its positions, and eventually dissolve, if Registrant experiences a decline in the net asset value of 50% in any year or since the commencement of trading activities. In each case, the decline in Net Asset Value is after giving effect for contributions, distributions and redemptions. The Managing Member may impose additional restrictions (through modifications of such trading limitations and policies) upon the trading activities of the Trading Advisors as it, in good faith, deems to be in the best interest of Registrant.

 

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

The financial statements are incorporated by reference to pages 2 through 24 of the Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto.

Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011 are summarized below:

 

     First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
    Third
Quarter
    Fourth
Quarter
 

2012:

        

Total revenues (losses) (including interest)

   $ 136,968      $ (763,666   $ 216,595      $ (580,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues (losses) (including interest) less commissions and other transaction fees

   $ 136,968      $ (763,666   $ 216,595      $ (580,109
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss)

   $ (335,893   $ (1,261,990   $ (240,071   $ (964,654
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 
     First
Quarter
    Second
Quarter
    Third
Quarter
    Fourth
Quarter
 

2011:

        

Total revenues (losses) (including interest)

   $ 241,552      $ (301,148   $ 357,016      $ (844,491
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total revenues (losses) (including interest) less commissions and other transaction fees

   $ 179,993      $ (350,958   $ 315,536      $ (882,036
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net (loss)

   $ (652,625   $ (1,190,997   $ (431,210   $ (1,581,887
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

There were no extraordinary, unusual or infrequently occurring items recognized in any quarter reported above, and Registrant has not disposed of any segments of its business. There have been no year-end adjustments that are material to the results of any fiscal quarter reported above.

 

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None

 

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

Evaluation of Disclosure Controls and Procedures

Registrant’s “disclosure controls and procedures” (as such term is defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange Act) are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by Registrant in reports filed or submitted under the Exchange Act is recorded, processed, summarized and reported within the time periods specified in the rules and forms of the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “SEC”), and that such information is accumulated and communicated to Registrant’s management, including the Managing Member’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Principal Executive Officers and Principal Financial/Accounting Officer, respectively, of Registrant), as appropriate to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure.

In designing and evaluating Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures, the Managing Member recognizes that any controls and procedures, no matter how well designed and operated, can provide only reasonable assurance of achieving the desired control objectives. In addition, the design of disclosure controls and procedures must reflect the fact that there are resource

 

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constraints and that management is required to apply its judgment in evaluating the benefits of possible controls and procedures relative to their costs. Because of the inherent limitations in all control systems, no evaluation of the controls can prove absolute assurance that all control issues and instances of fraud, if any, within Registrant have been detected.

The Managing Member’s management, under the supervision and with the participation of certain officers of the Managing Member (including the Managing Member’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration), has evaluated the effectiveness of Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures as of December 31, 2012. Based upon such evaluation, the Managing Member’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration have concluded that, as of December 31, 2012, Registrant’s disclosure controls and procedures were effective.

Management’s Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Registrant’s management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as such term is defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f). Under the supervision and with the participation of Registrant’s management, including the Managing Member’s Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration, Registrant conducted an evaluation of the effectiveness of its internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2012 based on the framework in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (“COSO”). Based on the evaluation under the framework in “Internal Control – Integrated Framework” issued by COSO, the Managing Member concluded that Registrant’s internal controls over financial reporting were effective as of December 31, 2012.

There are inherent limitations in the effectiveness of any internal control system, including the possibility of human error and the circumvention of overriding controls. Because of these inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements. Accordingly, even effective internal control over financial reporting can provide only reasonable assurance with respect to financial statement preparation and presentation. Also, projections of any evaluation of the effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting to future periods are subject to the risk that the controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.

Attestation Report of the Registered Public Accounting Firm

Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report does not include an attestation report of Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm regarding the Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by Registrant’s independent registered public accounting firm pursuant to rules of the SEC that permit Registrant to provide only management’s report in Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report.

Changes in Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There have been no changes in Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting (as defined in Rules 13a–15(f) and 15d – 15(f) under the Exchange Act) during the fourth quarter of 2012 that have materially affected, or are reasonably likely to materially affect, Registrant’s internal control over financial reporting.

 

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None

PART III

 

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS, EXECUTIVE OFFICERS AND CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Registrant had no directors or executive officers. Registrant is managed by the Managing Member. The directors and executive officers of the Managing Member are as follows:

Kenneth A. Shewer has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of the Managing Member since February 8, 1984, May 1, 1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Member since February 1984. Mr. Shewer has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Kenmar Global Investment Management, L.P. (formerly Kenmar Global Investment Management LLC, “KGIM”), an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005, and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since December 12, 2005. Mr. Shewer has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Signature Advisors Group LLC, an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005. Mr. Shewer has been Chairman and Co-Chief Executive Officer of ClariTy, an

 

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investment management firm, since its inception in May 2009, and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since June 9, 2009, June 10, 2009 and June 24, 2009, respectively. Mr. Shewer is an advisory board member of Kenmar Securities, L.P. (formerly Kenmar Securities Inc., “KSEC”), a broker-dealer, and has been listed as a principal since May 3, 2004. Mr. Shewer is Co-Chairman of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee.

Mr. Shewer was listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar GIM Inc., an investment management firm, from March 3, 1999 until February 24, 2007; listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar Global Strategies Inc., an investment management firm, from October 12, 1993 until April 7, 2006; and listed as a principal and registered as an associated person of Kenmar IA Corp, an investment management firm, from August 5, 1991 until January 12, 2007, and was an NFA associate member from May 5, 1992 until January 12, 2007.

Mr. Shewer graduated from Syracuse University with a B.S. degree in 1975. Mr. Shewer sits on the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also a member of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Mr. Shewer is a founding member and member of the Board of the Greenwich Roundtable.

Marc S. Goodman has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of the Managing Member since February 7, 1984, May 1, 1985 and August 1, 1985, respectively. He has been President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of the Managing Member since February 1984. Mr. Goodman has been President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer of KGIM, an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005, and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since December 12, 2005. He has been President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer of Signature, an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005. Mr. Goodman has been President, Co-Chief Executive Officer and Treasurer of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since its inception in May 2009, and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since June 9, 2009, June 10, 2009 and June 24, 2009, respectively. He is an advisory board member of KSEC, a broker-dealer, and has been listed as a principal since May 3, 2004. Mr. Goodman is Co-Chairman of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee.

Mr. Goodman was listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar GIM Inc., an investment management firm, from March 3, 1999 until February 24, 2007; listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar Global Strategies Inc., an investment management firm, from October 12, 1993 until April 7, 2006; and listed as a principal and registered as an associated person of Kenmar IA Corp, an investment management firm, from August 5, 1991 on January 12, 2007, and was an NFA associate member from May 5, 1992 until January 12, 2007.

Mr. Goodman graduated from the Bernard M. Baruch School of Business of the City University of New York with a B.B.A. in 1969 and an M.B.A. in 1971 in Finance and Investments, where he was awarded an Economics and Finance Department Fellowship from September 1969 through June 1971. Mr. Goodman is a member of the American Arbitration Association; while at Pasternak, Baum, he was a member of the National Institute of Oilseeds Products and the American Fats and Oils Association (including its Export Rules Committee).

Mr. Goodman is the Chairman of the Board of the Stacy Joy Goodman Memorial Foundation, a non-profit charity committed to finding a cure for Juvenile Diabetes. He is also Chairman of the Board of the Diabetes Research Institute Foundation, a not-for-profit organization that is the principle source of funding for the Diabetes Research Institute, a world renowned cure based research center affiliated with the University of Miami School of Medicine. Mr. Goodman is a founding member of the Greenwich Roundtable.

Esther Eckerling Goodman has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of the Managing Member since May 12, 1988, July 17, 1986 and July 17, 1986, respectively. She joined the Managing Member in July 1986 and is its Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer. Ms. Goodman has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of KGIM, an investment management firm since its inception in October 2005, and listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since December 9, 2005, December 12, 2005 and December 12, 2005, respectively. She has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of Signature, an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005. She has been Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since its inception in May 2009, and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since June 9, 2009, June 10, 2009 and June 24, 2009, respectively. Ms. Goodman has been a registered representative with KSEC, a broker-dealer, since December 1995, Chief Operating Officer since October 2010,

 

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Chief Executive Officer since January 2012, and listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since January 22, 2003, June 24, 2003 and June 24, 2003, respectively. She is a member of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee.

Ms. Goodman was listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar GIM Inc., an investment management firm, from March 3, 1999 until February 24, 2007; listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member of Kenmar Global Strategies Inc., an investment management firm, from October 12, 1993 until April 7, 2006; and listed as a principal and registered as am associated person of Kenmar IA Corp, an investment management firm, from August 5, 1991 until January 12, 2007, and was an NFA associate member from May 5, 1992 until January 12, 2007.

Ms. Goodman was a Director of the Managed Futures Trade Association from 1987 to 1991 and a Director of its successor organization, the Managed Futures Association, from 1991 to 1995 (now the Managed Funds Association). Ms. Goodman graduated from Stanford University with a B.A. degree in psychology in 1974.

Joanne D. Rosenthal has been Senior Vice President and Director of Research of the Managing Member since July 2009 and Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management and Implementation from October 1999 through June 2009. Ms. Rosenthal has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of the Managing Member since February 29, 2000, February 29, 2000 and November 30, 1999, respectively. She has been Senior Vice President and Director of Research of KGIM, an investment management firm, since July 2009, Senior Vice President and Director of Portfolio Management and Implementation of KGIM from its inception in October 2005 through June 2009, has been listed as a principal of KGIM since December 12, 2005, and registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member since October 10, 2006. Ms. Rosenthal has been Senior Vice President and Director of Research of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since July 15, 2009 and has been listed as a principal since July 15, 2009. She has been a registered representative of KSEC, a broker-dealer, since October 1999 and has been listed as a principal, registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of KSEC since August 28, 2006. Ms. Rosenthal is a member of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee.

Ms. Rosenthal was listed as a principal of Kenmar GIM Inc., an investment management firm, from February 29, 2000 until February 24, 2007, and registered as an associated person and was an NFA associate member from October 10, 2006 until February 24, 2007; listed as a principal of Kenmar Global Strategies Inc., an investment management firm, from February 29, 2000 until April 7, 2006; and listed as a principal of Kenmar IA Corp., an investment management firm, from February 29, 2000 until January 12, 2007.

Ms. Rosenthal received a Masters of Business Administration with a concentration in Finance from Cornell University and a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada.

Peter J. Fell has been Senior Vice President, Director of Due Diligence since joining the Managing Member in September 2004. He has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member since February 6, 2007. Mr. Fell has been Senior Vice President and Director of Due Diligence of KGIM, an investment management firm, since its inception in October 2005, and has been listed as a principal since February 6, 2007. Mr. Fell has been Senior Vice President and Director of Due Diligence of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since its inception in May 2009, and has been listed as a principal since June 9, 2009. In his capacity of Director of Due Diligence of the Managing Member, KGIM and ClariTy, he is responsible for identification and initial and ongoing due diligence of underlying trading advisors, including the Advisors. Mr. Fell is a member of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee.

Mr. Fell was listed as a principal of Kenmar GIM Inc., an investment management firm, from February 6, 2007 until February 24, 2007. Mr. Fell holds an A.B. cum laude in Music Theory and History and an M.B.A. in Finance from Columbia University.

James E. Purnell joined the Managing Member in January 2010 and is currently Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer. He also serves as Senior Vice President and Chief Risk Officer of KGIM and ClariTy. Mr. Purnell has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member, KGIM and ClariTy since April 27, 2010. Mr. Purnell is a Member of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee. In addition, Mr. Purnell is an adjunct professor in finance at Pace University.

From November to December 2009, Mr. Purnell was unemployed. From June 2008 to October 2009, he was the Head of Risk Management at Tremont Capital Management, an investment management firm that was part of the Mass Mutual Group. From April 2001 until June 2008, Mr. Purnell was a Director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein Securities LLC which was the broker dealer for Dresdner Bank, one of Europe’s largest banks, where he risk-managed and structured the US hedge fund linked structured products portfolio.

 

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Mr. Purnell graduated with a B.A. and M.A. in History from Harvard in 1982 and 1983, respectively, and an M.A. in Economics and an M.B.A. in Finance from New York University in 1988.

Melissa Cohn has been Senior Vice President of Research of the Managing Member since January 2010 and Vice President, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst since she joined the Managing Member in July 1988. She has been registered as an associated person and has been an NFA associate member of the Managing Member since November 9, 1988 and October 20, 1988 and November 9, 1988, respectively. Ms. Cohn has been Senior Vice President of Research of KGIM since January 2010 and Vice President, Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst since its inception in October 2005. Her responsibilities include manager due diligence, manager analysis, and portfolio/risk management.

Ms. Cohn is a member of the Managing Member’s Investment Committee. Ms. Cohn graduated from the University of Wisconsin Madison with a B.S. in Agriculture in 1982.

Lisa Roitman has been a Senior Vice President and General Counsel of the Managing Member since joining the Managing Member in March 2011. She has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member since June 24, 2011. Ms. Roitman has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of KGIM, an investment management firm, since March 2011 and listed as a principal of KGIM since June 21, 2011. She has been Senior Vice President and General Counsel of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since March 2011 and has been listed as a principal since June 16, 2011. Ms. Roitman has been Director of Legal Affairs of KSEC, a broker-dealer, since April 2011, and has been listed as a principal since June 21, 2011. She is responsible for the company’s legal and structuring matters.

Prior to joining Kenmar, Ms. Roitman was a Managing Director at LAMCO LLC, a subsidiary of Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc., an investment bank, from January 2009 through February 2011. Prior to the bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers she was the Head of Marketing and Structuring for the Structured Fund Products team in New York since June 2007 through December 2008. Prior to joining Lehman Brothers, Ms. Roitman was Head of Structuring for the Equity and Hedge Fund Structured Products teams at HSBC Bank USA from May 2003 through June 2007.

Ms. Roitman received a B.A. degree from Mount Holyoke College, a J.D. from the New England School of Law and a LLM in International Banking Law from Boston University School of Law.

David K. Spohr has been Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of the Managing Member since November 2006, Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of the Managing Member from March 2005 to October 2006, and has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member since May 7, 2007 and registered as an associated person of the Managing Member since December 21, 2010. He has been Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of KGIM, an investment management firm, since November 2006, Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of KGIM from March 2005 through October 2006, and has been listed as a principal since May 7, 2007. Mr. Spohr has been Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of Signature, an investment management firm, since November 2006, and Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of Signature from March 2005 through October 2006. He has been Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration of ClariTy since its inception in May 2009, and has been listed as a principal since June 9, 2009. He is responsible for the development and execution of the administration group support responsibilities.

From June 2002 to March 2005, Mr. Spohr was a Vice President at Safra Group, a firm engaged in banking, brokerage and asset management activities, where he was responsible for the Alternative Investment operations, tax reporting and pricing valuation.

Mr. Spohr received a B.S. in Business Economics from The State University of New York College at Oneonta in 1985 and designation as a Chartered Financial Analyst in 1998.

Frank Coloccia has been Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of the Managing Member since December 2007. He has been the Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of KGIM, an investment management firm, since December 2007, and Senior Vice President and Chief Technology Officer of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since its inception in May 2009.

Prior to joining Kenmar, he was a Managing Partner of JFA Group LLC, a consulting firm he owned from September 2007 until December 2007, and from September 2006 until January 2007. From January 2007 until September 2007, Mr. Coloccia was the Chief Research Officer at The Info Pro, an independent market research company for the Information Technology industry. Prior to that time, he was Senior Vice President of Xandros Inc., a provider of Linux-based server, desktop and Windows-Linux cross-platform systems management tools, from April 2006 until September 2006. From February 2006 through April 2006, he was doing consulting work for Xandros via the JFA Group. From November 1999

 

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through February 2006, he was the President and Chief Technology Officer of Creative Technologies Group Inc., a consulting company that specialized in networking and application support for the small-medium enterprises market.

Mr. Coloccia graduated from Manhattan College in 1987 and 1993 with a BS in Computer Information Systems and MBA in Management Information Systems, respectively.

Johannes Van Eek has been Chief Financial Officer of the Managing Member since joining the Managing Member in May 2012. He has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member since November 2012. Mr. Van Eek has been Chief Financial Officer of KGIM, an investment management firm, since May 2012, and has been listed as a principal since November 2012. Mr. Van Eek has been Chief Financial Officer of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since May 2012, and has been listed as a principal since November 2012. Prior to joining Kenmar-Olympia, Mr. Van Eek was Advisor to the President of the Olympia Group in Paris, France from June 2011 to May 2012. Prior to joining the Olympia Group, Mr. Van Eek was a self-employed consultant from January 1999 to May 2011.

Mr. van Eek received a degree in Business Administration and Engineering from Technische Universitat in Germany in 1991.

Nicolas Gilbert has been Chief Compliance Officer of the Managing Member since joining the Managing Member in August 2012. He has been listed as a principal of the Managing Member since November 2012. Mr. Gilbert has been Chief Compliance Officer of KGIM, an investment management firm, since August 2012, and has been listed as a principal since November 2012. Mr. Gilbert has been Chief Compliance Officer of ClariTy, an investment management firm, since August 2012, and has been listed as a principal since November 2012. Prior to joining Kenmar-Olympia, Mr. Gilbert was Chief Compliance Officer of the Olympia group from March 2002 to August 2012. Prior to being appointed CCO, Mr. Gilbert acted as an operations officer from December 1994 to February 2002.

Mr. Gilbert received a Bachelor in Commerce from the University of Paris in 1988 and an MSc in Business and Economics from the ESG Paris School of Business in 1991.

Section 16(a) Beneficial Ownership Reporting Compliance

Certain of the Managing Member’s directors and officers and any persons holding more than ten percent of Registrant’s Interests (“Ten Percent Owners”) are required to report their initial ownership of Interests and any subsequent changes in that ownership to the SEC on Forms 3, 4 or 5. Such directors and officers and Ten Percent Owners are required by SEC regulations to furnish Registrant with copies of all Forms 3, 4 and 5 they file. There are no Ten Percent Owners of Registrant’s Interests. All filing requirements of Section 16(a) of the Exchange Act were timely complied with during the fiscal year. In making these disclosures, Registrant has relied solely on written representations of the Managing Member’s directors and officers and Registrant’s Ten Percent Owners or copies of the reports that they have filed with the SEC during and with respect to its most recent fiscal year.

Code of Professional Conduct

The Managing Member has adopted a Code of Professional Conduct for its Co-Chief Executive Officers and Director of Fund Administration (who, in these capacities, function as the Co-Chief Executive Officers and Principal Financial/Accounting Officer, respectively, of Registrant), accounting managers and persons performing similar functions. A copy of the Code of Professional Conduct is attached as an exhibit hereto.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

Registrant itself does not have any employees. Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P. serves as Managing Member of Registrant. The Board of Directors of the Managing Member has delegated audit committee responsibilities to the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee. David K. Spohr is the Managing Member’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of the Managing Member’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

 

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ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

Registrant does not itself have any officers, directors or employees. Effective January 1, 2010, Registrant pays management fees to the Managing Member. The managing officers of the Managing Member are remunerated by the Managing Member in their respective positions.

The managing officers receive no “other compensation” from Registrant. There are no compensation plans or arrangements relating to a change in control of either Registrant or the Managing Member.

 

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT AND RELATED STOCKHOLER MATTERS

As of March 1, 2013, the Managing Member owns no Interest in Registrant.

As of March 1, 2013, no Member beneficially owned more than five percent (5%) of the outstanding Interests issued by Registrant.

 

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTORS INDEPENDENCE

Registrant has and will continue to have certain relationships with the Managing Member and its affiliates.

Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P. serves as Registrant’s Managing Member. Beginning January 1, 2010, Registrant will pay to the Managing Member in advance a monthly management fee equal to 1/12 of 6% (6% per annum) of the Net Asset Value of Registrant as of the beginning of each month.

Beginning January 1, 2011, the Registrant pays a monthly fee in the amount of 1/12 of 0.25% of the Registrant’s beginning net asset value to ClariTy for risk management and related services with respect to monitoring the Trading Advisors.

Registrant reimburses the Managing Member on a quarterly basis for certain legal, accounting, administrative and registrar and transfer agent work performed by certain of the Managing Member’s personnel for and on behalf of Registrant. The amount reimbursed is based on (i) the number of hours devoted by the Managing Member’s personnel for and on behalf of Registrant and (ii) a commercially reasonable rate for such personnel. For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010, Registrant reimbursed the Managing Member $813,821, $1,109,737, and $1,624,706, respectively, for all related party services provided by the Managing Member’s personnel on behalf of Registrant.

Director Independence

David K. Spohr is the Managing Member’s Director of Fund Administration (and, in that capacity, functions as Registrant’s Principal Financial/Accounting Officer), is a member of the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee, and serves as the “audit committee financial expert” for Registrant. Mr. Spohr is not a member of the Managing Member’s Board of Directors and he is not independent of management.

 

ITEM 14. PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTING FEES AND SERVICES

Audit Fees and All Other Fees

Registrant’s principal accountant since October 15, 2007 has been EisnerAmper LLP (“EisnerAmper”). We have been advised by EisnerAmper that neither the firm, nor any member of the firm, has any financial interest, direct or indirect, in any capacity in Registrant or its affiliates.

(a) Audit Fees

Fees for audit services performed by EisnerAmper totaled approximately $101,000 and $100,000 for 2012 and 2011, respectively, including fees associated with the review of Registrant’s quarterly reports on Form 10-Q.

(b) Audit-Related Fees

The audit-related fees billed to Registrant by EisnerAmper totaled $0 and $0 for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

 

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(c) Tax Fees

Fees for tax services performed by Arthur Bell totaled approximately $12,000 and $15,000 for 2012 and 2011, respectively.

(d) All Other Fees

The other fees billed to Registrant by EisnerAmper for 2012 and 2011 totaled $0.

Because the Registrant has no audit committee, the Board of Directors of the Managing Member has delegated audit committee responsibilities to the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee of the Managing Member. The Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee has not established pre-approval policies and procedures with respect to the engagement of audit or permitted non-audit services rendered to the Registrant. Consequently, all audit and permitted non-audit services provided by EisnerAmper are approved by the Internal Controls and Disclosure Committee.

PART IV

 

ITEM 15. EXHIBITS, FINANCIAL STATEMENTS SCHEDULES

 

                 Annual Report
Page Number
 
(a)      1.      

Financial Statements and Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – incorporated by reference to Registrant’s 2012 Annual Report which is filed as an exhibit hereto

  
     

Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – EisnerAmper LLP

     1   
     

Financial Statements:

  
     

Statements of Financial Condition – December 31, 2012 and 2011

     2   
     

Condensed Schedules of Investments – December 31, 2012 and 2011

     3   
     

Statements of Operations – For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     5   
     

Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital (Net Asset Value) – For the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

     6   
     

Notes to Financial Statements

     7-24   
     2.      

Financial Statements Schedules

  
     

All schedules have been omitted because they are not applicable or the required included in the financial statements or the notes thereto

  
     3.      

Exhibits

  

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description of Document

3.1   Certificate of Formation of KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.1 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
3.2   Certificate of Amendment of Certificate of Formation of KMP Futures Fund I LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.2 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)

 

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3.3   Amended and Restated Limited Liability Company Operating Agreement of KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 3.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.1   Services Agreement between Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C. and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.2 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.2   Customer Agreement between the KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) and UBS Securities LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.3 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.3   Amendment No. 1 to Customer Agreement between KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) and UBS Securities LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.4 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.4   FX Prime Brokerage Agreement between UBS AG and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.5 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.5   ISDA Master Agreement, Schedule and Credit Support Annex between UBS AG and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.6 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.6   Amendment to ISDA Maser Agreement between UBS AG and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.7 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.7   Master Confirmation Agreement for Non-Deliverable Forward FX Transactions between UBS AG and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.8 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.8   Master Confirmation for Exotic Options between UBS AG and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (f/k/a WCM Pool LLC) (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.9 of Registrant’s Registration Statement on Form 10, File No. 000-53816, filed with the Commission on November 2, 2009)
10.9   Administrative Services Agreement entered into as of January 27, 2011, by and among GlobeOp Financial Services LLC and KMP Futures Fund I LLC (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.10 to Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011)
10.10   Middle/Back Office Services Agreement entered into as of January 27, 201, by and between GlobeOp Financial Services LLC, KMP Futures Fund I LLC and Kenmar Preferred Investments Corp. (incorporated by reference from Exhibit 10.11 to Registrant’s Form 10-Q for the period ended June 30, 2011)
14.1   Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P. Code of Professional Conduct (adopted pursuant to Section 406 of Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002) as of January 31, 2013 (filed herewith)
31.1   Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
31.2   Certification pursuant to Exchange Act Rules 13a-14 and 15d-14 (filed herewith)
32.1   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
32.2   Certification pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350 as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 (filed herewith)
101.INS   XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document

 

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101.CAL   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.LAB   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
101.DEF   XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document

In accordance with Rule 406T of Regulation S-T, the XBRL related information in Exhibit 101 to the Annual Report on Form 10-K shall not be deemed to be “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Exchange Act, or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, and shall not be part of any registration statement or other document filed under the Securities Act or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such filing.

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KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC

ANNUAL REPORT

December 31, 2012

 

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KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC

 

 

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Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm – EisnerAmper LLP

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Financial Statements

  

Statements of Financial Condition

     2   

Condensed Schedules of Investments

     3   

Statements of Operations

     5   

Statements of Changes in Members’ Capital (Net Asset Value)

     6   

Notes to Financial Statements

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REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Members of

KMP Futures Fund I LLC

We have audited the accompanying statements of financial condition, including the condensed schedules of investments, of KMP Futures Fund I LLC (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the related statements of operations and changes in members’ capital (net asset value) for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012. The financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audits.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States). Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. Our audits included consideration of internal control over financial reporting as a basis for designing audit procedures that are appropriate in the circumstances, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion. An audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. An audit also includes assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of KMP Futures Fund I LLC at December 31, 2012 and 2011, and the results of its operations for each of the years in the three-year period ended December 31, 2012, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

/s/ EisnerAmper LLP

New York, New York

March 25, 2013

 

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STATEMENTS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

 

 

     2012      2011  

ASSETS

     

Cash and cash equivalents (see Note 2)

   $ 3,193,739       $ 17,885,213   

Investments in Affiliated Investment Funds, at fair value (cost $3,404,181 and $0 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     3,773,030         0   

Investments in securities, at fair value (cost $12,122,939 and $8,622,642 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively) (see Note 7)

     12,162,691         8,622,642   

Commodity options owned, at fair value (premiums paid $0 and $260 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     0         44   

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     0         345,472   

Net unrealized gain on open forward contracts

     0         130,463   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total assets

   $ 19,129,460       $ 26,983,834   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

LIABILITIES

     

Commodity options written, at fair value (premiums received $0 and $530 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

   $ 0       $ 120   

Management fees payable to Managing Member

     20,356         27,620   

Interest payable to Managing Member

     2,179         0   

Accrued expenses payable

     101,232         98,939   

Service fees payable

     52,194         75,036   

Redemptions payable

     333,028         754,541   

Trading Advisors’ management fees payable

     0         38,351   

Trading Advisors’ incentive fees payable

     0         0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities

     508,989         994,607   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (Net Asset Value)

     18,620,471         25,989,227   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total liabilities and members’ capital

   $ 19,129,460       $ 26,983,834   
  

 

 

    

 

 

 

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

 

 

     2012      2011  
     Net
Unrealized
Gain/(Loss)
as a % of
Members’
Capital
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
     Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
as a % of
Members’
Capital
    Net
Unrealized
Gain (Loss)
 

Futures and Forward Contracts

         

Futures contracts purchased:

         

Commodities

     0.00   $ 0         (0.03 )%    $ (6,909

Currencies

     0.00     0         0.14     35,767   

Energies

     0.00     0         0.02     6,400   

Interest rates

     0.00     0         0.66     167,118   

Metals

     0.00     0         0.12     31,968   

Stock indices

     0.00     0         0.04     11,297   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on futures contracts purchased

     0.00     0         0.95     245,641   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Futures contracts sold:

         

Commodities

     0.00     0         (0.04 )%      (14,714

Currencies

     0.00     0         0.38     99,721   

Energies

     0.00     0         0.09     24,522   

Interest rates

     0.00     0         (0.01 )%      (1,370

Metals

     0.00     0         (0.05 )%      (11,709

Stock indices

     0.00     0         0.01     3,381   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on futures contracts sold

     0.00     0         0.38     99,831   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

     0.00   $ 0         1.33   $ 345,472   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Forward currency contracts purchased:

         

Net unrealized gain on forward currency contracts purchased

     0.00   $ 0         0.41   $ 106,903   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Forward currency contracts sold:

         

Net unrealized gain on forward currency contracts sold

     0.00   $ 0         0.09   $ 23,560   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net unrealized gain on forward currency contracts

     0.00   $ 0         0.50   $ 130,463   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Purchased Options on Futures Contracts

         

Fair value of options purchased

     0.00   $ 0         0.00   $ 44   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commodity options owned, at fair value (premiums paid $0 and $260 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     0.00   $ 0         0.00   $ 44   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Written Options on Futures Contracts

         

Fair value of options written

     0.00   $ 0         0.00   $ (120
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Commodity options written, at fair value (premiums received $0 and $530 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     0.00   $ 0         0.00   $ (120
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The condensed schedules of investments continues on the next page.

See accompanying notes.

 

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CONDENSED SCHEDULES OF INVESTMENTS (CONTINUED)

December 31, 2012 and 2011

 

 

 

     2012      2011  
     Fair Value
as a % of
Members’
Capital
    Fair Value      Fair Value
as a % of
Members’
Capital
    Fair Value  

Investments in Securities:

         

Publicly-traded mutual funds:

         

Fidelity Instl Shrt-Interm Govt (shares 601,343.174 and 0 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     32.62   $ 6,073,566         0.00   $ 0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

T. Rowe Price Short-Term Bond Fund (shares 1,255,489.654 and 1,792,649.060 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     32.70   $ 6,089,125         33.18   $ 8,622,642   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments in Securities (cost $12,122,939 and $8,622,642 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     65.32   $ 12,162,691         33.18   $ 8,622,642   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Investments in Affiliated Investment Funds:

         

CTA Choice EGLG

     11.33   $ 2,109,076         0.00   $ 0   

CTA Choice WTN

     8.94   $ 1,663,954         0.00   $ 0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total investments in Affiliated Investment Funds (cost $3,404,181 and $0 at December 31, 2012 and 2011, respectively)

     20.27   $ 3,773,030         0.00   $ 0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

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STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

For the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

 

 

 

     2012     2011     2010  

REVENUE

      

Realized

   $ 503,058      $ (881,392   $ 4,409,247   

Change in unrealized

     (436,377     7,422        363,057   

Dividend income

     216,827        323,141        120,562   

Interest income

     2,334        3,758        6,907   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net gain (loss) from trading assets

     285,842        (547,071     4,899,773   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net realized loss on investments in Affiliated
Investment Funds

     (1,644,903     0        0   

Net change in unrealized appreciation/depreciation on investments in Affiliated Investment Funds

     368,849        0        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net loss from investments in Affiliated
Investment Funds

     (1,276,054     0        0   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total (loss) gain on investments

     (990,212     (547,071     4,899,773   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

EXPENSES

      

Interest expense

     0        3,515        0   

Brokerage commissions

     0        190,394        91,840   

Management fees to Managing Member

     588,523        835,585        1,497,903   

ClariTy Managed Account fees

     0        80,709        0   

Managing Member interest earned on investment funds

     113,954        87,264        0   

Services fees (see Note 6)

     778,921        1,101,427        0   

Trading Advisors’ management fees

     0        557,159        549,747   

Trading Advisors’ incentive fees

     0        59,880        1,986   

Operating expenses

     330,998        393,715        379,805   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses (1)

     1,812,396        3,309,648        2,521,281   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

NET (LOSS) INCOME

   $ (2,802,608   $ (3,856,719   $ 2,378,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

(1) Brokerage commissions, ClariTy Managed Account fees, Trading Advisors’ management and incentive fees, and administrator fees which were paid directly and are a part of the operating expenses during 2011 prior to December 31, 2011, are now paid indirectly and are included in net loss from investments in Affiliated Investment Funds starting January 1, 2012.

See accompanying notes.

 

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STATEMENTS OF CHANGES IN MEMBERS’ CAPITAL (NET ASSET VALUE)

For the Years Ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010

 

 

 

     Members’ Capital  
     Individual
Members’
Capital
    Member
Series E
    Member
Series KGT
    Total  

Members’ capital at December 31, 2009

   $ 0      $ 0      $ 0      $ 0   

Additions

     34,909,453        12,170,845        4,263,596        51,343,894   

Redemptions

     (3,573,384     (12,479,564     (4,412,367     (20,465,315

Net income for the year ended December 31, 2010

     1,921,002        308,719        148,771        2,378,492   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ capital at December 31, 2010

     33,257,071        0        0        33,257,071   

Additions

     4,412,339        0        0        4,412,339   

Redemptions

     (7,823,464     0        0        (7,823,464

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2011

     (3,856,719     0        0        (3,856,719
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ capital at December 31, 2011

     25,989,227        0        0        25,989,227   

Redemptions

     (4,566,148     0        0        (4,566,148

Net loss for the year ended December 31, 2012

     (2,802,608     0        0        (2,802,608
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Members’ capital at December 31, 2012

   $ 18,620,471      $ 0      $ 0      $ 18,620,471   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

 

 

 

Note 1.   ORGANIZATION

 

  A. General Description of the Company

KMP Futures Fund I LLC (the “Company”) is a limited liability company organized under the laws of Delaware on November 20, 2006 which commenced operations on January 1, 2007. The Company will terminate on December 31, 2056 unless terminated sooner under the provisions of the limited liability company agreement of the Company (the “Operating Agreement”). The Company was formed to engage in the direct or indirect speculative trading of a diversified portfolio of futures contracts, options on futures contracts and forward currency contracts and may, from time to time, engage in cash and spot transactions. The fiscal year end of the Company is December 31.

On October 1, 2010, World Monitor Trust II-Series E (“Member Series E”) contributed all of its assets into the Company and received a voting membership interest. Member Series E together with Diversified Futures Trust I (“Member DFT I”), Futures Strategic Trust (“Member FST”), Kenmar Global Trust (“Member KGT”), World Monitor Trust II Series D (“Member Series D”), World Monitor Trust II Series F (“Member Series F”), and subsequent to the dissolution of each of the fund members, the investors holding interests in the Company, are collectively (the “Members” or the “Individual Members”).

Effective July 1, 2012, Kenmar Preferred Investments Corp. changed its name and form of entity to Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P. (“Kenmar Preferred” or the “Managing Member”). Kenmar Preferred or Managing Member refers to either Kenmar Preferred Investments Corp. or Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P., depending on the applicable period discussed. Kenmar Preferred was the managing owner of each of the Company’s fund Members (through their dissolution), is the Managing Member of the Company, and has been delegated administrative authority over the operations of the Company.

The Company is a reporting company pursuant to the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Moreover, as a commodity pool, the Company is subject to the record keeping and reporting requirements of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and the National Futures Association (“NFA”).

On July 30, 2010, pursuant to Section 13.1(h) of the Trust Agreement of World Monitor Trust II, the Board of Directors of Kenmar Preferred, in its capacity as managing owner of Member Series E, determined to dissolve Member Series E effective as of the close of business on September 30, 2010. Investors in Member Series E who elected not to redeem as of September 30, 2010 received a pro rata distribution of their interest in Member Series E on September 30, 2010 and replaced it with a direct ownership interest in the Company on October 1, 2010.

On December 1, 2010, Member KGT became a member of the Company and received a voting membership interest in the Company. On December 10, 2010, pursuant to Member KGT’s Fifth Amended and Restated Declaration of Trust and Trust Agreement, the Board of Directors of Kenmar Preferred, in its capacity as managing owner of Member KGT, determined to dissolve Member KGT effective as of the close of business on December 31, 2010.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 1.   ORGANIZATION (CONTINUED)

 

  A. General Description of the Company (Continued)

 

Investors in Member KGT who elected not to redeem as of December 31, 2010 received a pro rata distribution of their interest in Member KGT on December 31, 2010 and replaced it with a direct ownership interest in the Company on January 1, 2011. Subsequent to the liquidation of Member KGT on December 31, 2010, the payables to and receivables from KGT were amalgamated. Final liquidation payments were made to Member KGT in February 2011.

Member Series E and Member KGT filed with the Securities Exchange Commission (“SEC”) on October 5, 2010 and January 6, 2011, respectively, to de-register their respective interests under Section 12(g) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. Member Series E and Member KGT are no longer subject to the reporting requirements of the SEC and the CFTC upon their dissolution on September 30, 2010 and December 31, 2010, respectively.

Prior to July 1, 2010, pursuant to the Company’s Trading Advisory Agreement with Winton Capital Management Limited (“Winton”), Winton invested a portion of the Company’s assets pursuant to Winton’s Diversified Program. Beginning July 1, 2010, the Company entered into a second Trading Advisory Agreement with Graham Capital Management, L.P. (“Graham”), under which Graham invested a portion of the Company’s assets pursuant to Graham’s K4D-15V Program (collectively, Winton and Graham are referred to as the “Trading Advisors”). Effective July 1, 2010, the Company allocated approximately one-half of its net assets to each Trading Advisor’s managed account (collectively, the “Managed Accounts”) with such allocations to be re-balanced quarterly.

The Managing Member terminated the Trading Advisory Agreements with Winton and Graham effective December 31, 2011. The Managing Member may terminate any current Managed Account agreement with an Advisor or select new Trading Advisors including affiliated investment funds (“Affiliated Investment Funds”), from time-to-time, in its sole discretion, in order to achieve the goals of the Company.

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company allocated approximately one-half of its net assets to each of the following Affiliated Investment Funds: CTA Choice GRM (“GRM”) and CTA Choice WTN (“WTN”), both segregated series of CTA Choice Fund LLC (“CTA Choice”), a Delaware limited liability company. Graham is the Trading Advisor for GRM and manages the assets pursuant to its K4D-15V Program. Winton is the Trading Advisor for WTN and manages the assets pursuant to its Winton’s Diversified Program. Any loss carry forward from the Company’s Graham and Winton managed accounts were transferred over to the Company’s member interests in GRM and WTN, respectively, effective January 1, 2012.

Effective October 31, 2012, the Company fully redeemed from GRM. Effective November 1, 2012, KMP now allocates approximately one-half of its net assets to each of WTN and CTA Choice EGLG (“EGLG”), a segregated series of the Company. Eagle Trading Systems Inc. is the Trading Advisor for EGLG and will manage the assets pursuant to its Eagle Global Program.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 1.   ORANIZATION (CONTINUED)

 

  A. General Description of the Company (Continued)

 

Effective July 1, 2012, ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform LLC changed its name and form of entity to ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform, L.P. (“ClariTy”). ClariTy refers to either ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform LLC or ClariTy Managed Account & Analytics Platform L.P., depending on the applicable period discussed. ClariTy, an affiliate of Kenmar Preferred, serves as the managing member for CTA Choice. CTA Choice consists of multiple segregated series, each established pursuant to a separate Certificate of Designation prepared by the CTA Choice’s managing member.

Effective July 1, 2012, Kenmar Global Investment Management LLC changed its name and form of entity to Kenmar Global Investment Management L.P. (“Asset Allocator”). Asset Allocator refers to either Kenmar Global Investment Management LLC or Kenmar Global Investment Management, L.P., depending on the applicable period discussed. The Asset Allocator, an affiliate of the Managing Member, is the Asset Allocator of CTA Choice. Pursuant to the Asset Allocation Agreements between the Managing Member, the Asset Allocator, and each interestholder, the Asset Allocator determines the trading level of each interestholder’s assets and reallocates among the separate series of CTA Choice as agreed upon with the Trading Advisors. While the Asset Allocator receives no fees for such services from the Company, the Asset Allocator is paid management and incentive fees directly from the interestholders pursuant to each interestholder’s Asset Allocation Agreement.

Each series maintains separate and distinct records. The assets associated with each series, and the liabilities and obligations incurred with respect to a particular series are enforceable only against the assets of that series.

 

Note 2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

 

  A. Basis of Accounting

The financial statements of the Company are prepared in accordance with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (“U.S. GAAP”). Such principles require Kenmar Preferred 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 these estimates.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

 

Commodity futures and foreign exchange transactions are reflected in the accompanying statements of financial condition, as at December 31, 2011, on the trade date. Net unrealized gain or loss on open contracts (the difference between contract trade price and market price) are offset when reflected in the financial statements since the contracts are executed with the same counterparty under a master netting arrangement. The market value of futures (exchange-traded) contracts is based upon the closing quotation on the various futures exchanges on which the contract is traded. The values which will be used by the Company for open forward and option positions will be provided by its administrator, who obtains market quotes from independent data vendors and third parties. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss during the current period is reported in the statements of operations. Realized gains and losses on transactions are recognized in the period in which the contracts are closed. Brokerage commissions include other trading fees and are charged to expense when incurred.

Investments in securities consist of publicly-traded mutual funds which are valued using the net asset value on the last day of the period. Realized gains and losses from investments in securities and Affiliated Investment Funds are determined using the identified cost method. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the statements of operations. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

The Company has elected not to provide a statement of cash flows since substantially all of the Company’s investments are highly liquid and carried at fair value, the Company has little or no debt and a statement of changes in members’ capital (net asset value) is provided.

Consistent with standard business practice in the normal course of business, the Company has provided general indemnifications to Kenmar Preferred, its Trading Advisors and others when they act, in good faith, in the best interests of the Company. The Company is unable to develop an estimate of the maximum potential amount of future payments that could potentially result from any hypothetical future claim, but expects the risk of having to make any payments under these general business indemnifications to be remote.

The Company accounts for financial assets and liabilities using a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs to valuation techniques used to measure fair value into three levels: quoted market prices in active markets for identical assets and liabilities (Level 1), inputs other than quoted market prices that are observable for the asset or liability, either directly or indirectly (Level 2), and unobservable inputs for the asset or liability (Level 3).

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

 

The Company considers its investments in publicly-traded mutual funds, prices for exchange traded commodity futures and options contracts to be based on quoted prices in active markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of forwards, swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations are not readily available are priced by independent third party data vendors or pricing services that derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2). In determining the level, the Company considers the length of time until the investment is redeemable, including notice and lock-up periods or any other restriction on the disposition of the investment. The Company also considers the nature of the portfolios of the underlying Affiliated Investment Funds and their ability to liquidate their underlying investments. The Company has the ability to redeem its investments at the reported net asset valuation as of the measurement date (see Note 7) and classified its investments in Affiliated Investment Funds as Level 2 using the fair value hierarchy. The Affiliated Investment Funds are valued at the net asset value as reported by the underlying investment funds’ capital balance using the expedient method. The carrying value of the underlying investments in Affiliated Investment Funds is at fair value.

The market values of forward currency (non-exchange traded) contracts (Level 2) was extrapolated on a forward basis from the spot prices quoted as of 4:00 P.M. (EST) on the last business day of the reporting period from an independent third party data provider (Level 2).

The market value of option (non-exchange traded) (Level 2) contracts are calculated by applying an industry-standard adaptation of the Black-Scholes options valuation model to foreign currency options, using as input, the spot prices, interest rates and option implied volatilities quoted as of 4:00 P.M. (EST) on the last business day of the reporting period from its independent third-party data provider. Any change in net unrealized gain or loss from the preceding period is reported in the statements of operations. When the Company writes an option, an amount equal to the premium received by the Company is reflected as an asset and an equivalent liability. The amount of the liability is subsequently marked-to-market to reflect the current market value of option written.

There are no Level 3 investments on December 31, 2012 or December 31, 2011, nor any portion of the interim periods.

 

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NOTES TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)

 

 

 

Note 1.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  A. Basis of Accounting (Continued)

 

The following table summarizes the assets and liabilities measured at fair value using the fair value hierarchy:

 

December 31, 2012

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Investments in Affiliated Investment Funds, at fair value

   $ 0       $ 3,773,030      $ 0       $ 3,773,030   

Investments in securities, at fair value

   $ 12,162,691       $ 0      $ 0       $ 12,162,691   

December 31, 2011

   Level 1      Level 2     Level 3      Total  

Assets:

          

Net unrealized gain on open futures contracts

   $ 345,472       $ 0      $ 0       $ 345,472   

Net unrealized gain on open forward contracts

   $ 0       $ 130,463      $ 0       $ 130,463   

Investments in securities, at fair value

   $ 8,622,642       $ 0      $ 0       $ 8,622,642   

Commodity options owned, at fair value

   $ 0       $ 44      $ 0       $ 44   

Liabilities:

          

Commodity options written, at fair value

   $ 0       $ (120   $ 0       $ (120

 

  B. Recent Accounting Pronouncements

In May 2011, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2011-04 (“ASU 2011-04”) entitled Fair Value Measurement (Topic 820) – Amendments to Achieve Common Fair Value Measurement and Disclosure Requirements in U.S. GAAP and IFRSs. ASU 2011-04 was issued to converge fair value measurement and disclosure guidance in U.S. GAAP with the guidance in the International Accounting Standards Board’s currently issued International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS”) 13, Fair Value Measurement. The amendments in ASU 2011-04 generally represent clarification to the Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures Topic of the Codification, but also include some instances where a particular principle or requirement for measuring fair value or disclosing information about fair value measurements has changed. For public entities, ASU 2011-04 is effective for interim and annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2011. The adoption of ASU 2011-04 did not have a material impact on the Company’s financial statements.

 

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Note 2.   SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES (CONTINUED)

 

  C. Cash and Cash Equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents represents amounts deposited with a bank and clearing broker, a portion of which was restricted prior to January 1, 2012 when the Company engaged the Trading Advisors directly for purposes of meeting margin requirements. Margin requirements typically ranged from 0% to 35% of the face value of the derivatives traded. A portion of the cash deposited with a bank is deposited in an off-shore sweep account facility daily. The Company receives interest at prevailing interest rates on all cash balances held by the clearing broker and bank. As of December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, $0 and $303,663 are held in various foreign currencies, which are subject to fluctuations based on changes in the foreign exchange rates as compared to the Company’s functional currency.

The Company has cash and investments in securities on deposit with financial institutions and their related brokerage entities which may exceed insured balance limits. In the event of a financial institution’s insolvency, recovery of cash and investments in securities on deposit may be limited to account insurance or other protection afforded such deposits.

 

  D. Income Taxes

The Company is treated as a partnership for U.S. federal income tax purposes. As such, the Company is not required to provide for, or pay, any U.S. federal or state income taxes. Income tax attributes that arise from its operations are passed directly to the Members. The Company may be subject to other state and local taxes in jurisdictions in which it operates.

The Company recognizes tax benefits or expenses of uncertain tax positions in the year such determination is made when the positions are “more likely than not” to be sustained assuming examination by tax authorities. The Managing Member has reviewed the Company’s tax positions for all open years and concluded that no provision for unrecognized tax benefits or expense is required in these financial statements. The Company has elected an accounting policy to classify interest and penalties related to unrecognized tax benefits as interest or other expense. The 2009 through 2012 tax years generally remain subject to examination by U.S. federal and most state tax authorities.

There have been no differences between the tax basis and book basis of assets, liabilities or Members’ capital since inception of the Company.

 

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  E. Capital Accounts

The Company accounts for subscriptions, allocations and redemptions on a per Member capital account basis. The Company allocates profits and losses, for both financial and tax reporting purposes to its Members monthly on a pro rata basis based on each Member’s pro rata capital in the Company during the month. Distributions (other than redemptions of capital) may be made at the sole discretion of the Managing Member on a pro rata basis in accordance with the Members’ respective capital balances. The Managing Member has not and does not presently intend to make any distributions.

 

  F. Foreign Currency Transactions

The Company’s functional currency is the U.S. dollar; however, it transacts business 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 U.S. dollars 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 the statements of operations under the caption realized.

 

  G. Interest and Dividends

Interest is recorded on an accrual basis. Dividends are recorded on the ex-dividend date.

 

  H. Redemptions Payable

For purposes of both financial reporting and calculation of redemption value, Net Asset Value is calculated per each Member’s capital account balance after allocations of net income (loss) to such Member’s account.

 

  I. Investments in Affiliated Investment Funds

The investments in Affiliated Investment Funds are reported at fair value in the Company’s statements of financial condition. Fair value ordinarily is the fund’s net asset value as determined for the Affiliated Investment Funds in accordance with the fund’s valuation policies and reported at the time of the Company’s valuation by the management of the fund. Generally, the fair value of the Company’s investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds represents the amount that the Company could reasonably expect to receive from the funds if the Company’s investment was redeemed at the time of the valuation, based on information reasonably available at the time the valuation is made and that the Company believes to be reliable.

 

Note 3.   FEES

 

  A. Operating Expenses

Operating expenses of the Company are paid for by the Company, subject to an operating expense cap of 1.5% of the Company’s net asset value per annum. Operating expenses include legal, accounting, registrar, transfer and assignment functions, investor communications, printing, and other administrative services.

 

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Note 3.   FEES (CONTINUED)

 

  B. Management and Incentive Fees

Through December 31, 2011, the Company directly paid Winton and Graham monthly management fees at annual rates of 1.5% and 2.0% respectively, of their Managed Accounts’ allocated assets as defined in their respective Trading Advisory Agreements. Additionally, the Company directly paid Winton and Graham incentive fees accrued monthly and paid quarterly of 20% and 22%, respectively, for achieving “New High Net Trading Profits” in their specific Managed Accounts as defined in their respective Trading Advisory Agreements.

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company indirectly through its investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds pays the following Trading Advisors management fees (based on their respective Capital Commitments to the CTA Choice investments) and incentive fees for achieving “New High Net Trading Profits,” in the Company’s capital accounts within the Affiliated Investment Funds as defined in their respective advisory agreements.

 

Trading Advisor

   Management Fee     Incentive Fee  

WTN

     1.50     20.00

GRM*

     2.00     20.00

EGLG

     2.00     25.00

*The Company fully redeemed from GRM as of October 31, 2012.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, management fees, which are earned indirectly as discussed above, are calculated within each Affiliated Investment Fund based on the Company’s Allocated Assets as of each standard allocation date, totaled $397,564. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, management fees earned directly as discussed above, totaled $557,159 and $549,747, respectively, of which $38,351 was payable at December 31, 2011.

For the year ended December 31, 2012, incentive fees earned indirectly as discussed above, totaled $19,538. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, incentive fees earned directly as discussed above, totaled $59,880 and $1,986, respectively, of which $0 and $1,986, respectively, was payable at December 31, 2011 and 2010.

 

  C. Commissions

The Company is obligated to pay all floor brokerage expenses, give-up charges and NFA clearing and exchange fees incurred in connection with the Company’s commodity trading activities. Through December 31, 2011, these activities were paid directly by the Company. Effective January 1, 2012, these activities are now charged indirectly through the Company’s Affiliated Investment Funds and are reflected within the respective Net Asset Values of each of the Affiliated Investment Funds.

 

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Note 4.   MANAGING MEMBER AND AFFILIATES

The Company’s management fees to Kenmar Preferred (previously administrative services fees paid by the Members at the Member level) and operating expense cap are both calculated on the net assets of the Company at rates of 6.0% and 1.5% per annum, respectively. In addition, the Service Fees, which are paid by the Company, are deducted from the management fee to be paid by the Company to the Managing Member.

The Managing Member has determined that it is in the best interest of the Company to invest a portion of its net assets, either directly or indirectly through certain investment funds, in (i) U.S. government securities (which include any security issued or guaranteed as to principal or interest by the United States), (ii) any certificate of deposit for any of the foregoing, including U.S. treasury bonds, U.S. treasury bills and issues of agencies of the United States government, (iii) corporate bonds or notes, or (iv) other instruments permitted by applicable rule and regulations (collectively, “Certain Investment Funds”). Effective January 1, 2011, the Managing Member is paid monthly 1/12 of 50% of the first 1% of the positive returns earned on the Company’s investments in Certain Investment Funds. The calculation is based on the Company’s average annualized net asset value, and any losses related to returns on the Certain Investment Funds must first be recovered through subsequent positive returns prior to the Managing Member receiving a payment. After the calculation of the amount payable to the Managing Member, the Company will be credited with all additional positive returns (or 100% of any losses) on the Company’s investment in Certain Investment Funds. If at the end of any calendar year, a loss has been incurred on the returns for the Certain Investment Funds, then the loss carry forward will reset to zero for the next calendar year with regards to the calculation of the Managing Member’s portion of the Certain Investment Fund’s income. For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the Managing Member’s portion of interest earned on the non-margin assets amounted to $113,954 and $87,264, respectively.

From January 1, 2011 to December 31, 2011, the Company paid a monthly managed account fee in the amount of 1/12 of 0.25% of the Company’s beginning net asset value directly to ClariTy for risk management and related services with respect to monitoring the Trading Advisors. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company pays this fee indirectly through its investments in Affiliated Investment Funds based on their respective beginning of month Allocated Assets. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the managed account fees earned indirectly as discussed in Note 3B, totaled $56,850. For the year ended December 31, 2011, the managed account fees earned directly as discussed in Note 3B, totaled $80,709.

 

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Note 5.   ADMINISTRATOR

Spectrum Global Fund Administration, L.L.C. (“Spectrum” or the “Administrator”), a Delaware limited liability company, was the administrator of the Company and provided certain administration and accounting services pursuant to the terms of a Services Agreement with the Company dated as of May 23, 2007. On December 10, 2010, AlphaMetrix360, LLC purchased the assets of Spectrum.

Effective June 1, 2011, the Company replaced AlphaMetrix 360, LLC with GlobeOp Financial Services LLC (“GlobeOp” or the “Administrator”), a Delaware limited liability company. AlphaMetrix 360, LLC’s Service Agreement with the Company was terminated effective close of business on May 31, 2011.

The Administrator performs or supervises the performance of services necessary for the operation and administration of the Company (other than making investment decisions), including administrative and accounting services. The Administrator also calculates the Company’s Net Asset Value. In addition, the Administrator maintains certain books and records of the Company, including certain books and records required by CFTC Rule 4.23(a). “Administrator” refers to Spectrum, AlphaMetrix 360, LLC, or GlobeOp depending on the applicable period discussed.

Through December 31, 2011, the Company directly paid the administrator fees. Effective January 1, 2012, the Company indirectly pays its pro-rata share of administrator fees through its investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds. For the year ended December 31, 2012, the Company paid administration fees indirectly as discussed above, totaling $29,989. For the years ended December 31, 2011 and 2010, the Company paid administration fees directly as discussed above, totaling $50,094 and $33,984, respectively of which $2,874 was payable by the Company at December 31, 2011.

 

Note 6.   SERVICE FEES

Starting January 1, 2011, the service fee disclosed on the statements of operations represents the monthly on-going trailing compensation paid to the service providers. With respect to investors in the Company that were formerly investors in Member KGT, a monthly fee in the amount of 1/12 of 3.5% (3.5% per annum) of the beginning of the month net asset value of such outstanding Interests serviced by the service provider are paid to the aforementioned service providers. With respect to investors in the Company that were formerly investors in Series E,, Member DFT I, Member FST, Member D and Member F, a monthly fee in the amount of 1/12th of 4.0% (4.0% per annum) of the beginning of month net asset value of such outstanding Interests serviced by the service provider are paid to the aforementioned service providers. The Services Fees are paid by the Company and are deducted from the management fee to be paid by the Company to the Managing Member.

 

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Note 7.   INVESTMENTS IN AFFILIATED INVESTMENT FUNDS

Effective January 1, 2012, the Company invested a portion of its assets in Affiliated Investment Funds. The Company’s investments in Affiliated Investment Funds represent approximately 20.27% of the net asset value of the Company at December 31, 2012. The investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds are reported in the Company’s statements of financial condition at their fair value and are subject to the terms of the organizational and offering documents of the Affiliated Investment Funds.

The following table summarizes the change in net asset value (fair value) of the Company’s investments in Affiliated Investment Funds as of December 31, 2012.

 

     Net Asset Value
December 31, 2011
     Purchases(1)      Gain (Loss)     Redemptions     Net Asset Value
December 31, 2012
 

CTA Choice GRM

   $ 0       $ 5,515,014       $ (835,575   $ (4,679,439   $ 0   

CTA Choice WTN

     0         5,885,407         (492,073     (3,729,380     1,663,954   

CTA Choice EGLG

     0         2,911,758         51,594        (854,276     2,109,076   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 0       $ 14,312,179       $ (1,276,054   $ (9,263,095   $ 3,773,030   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

(1)      Included in the purchases are contributions of open futures, open forwards, and options contracts with a fair value of $475,859.

          

 

The Affiliated Investment Funds are redeemable semi-monthly and require a redemption notice of 1-5 days. The Company may make additional contributions or redemptions from the Affiliated Investment Funds on a standard allocation date. The Affiliated Investment Funds engage in trading of commodity futures, forwards and option contracts.

The Company records its proportionate share of income or loss in the statements of operations.

The Company’s investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds are not fully funded, but are subject to additional capital calls to the Affiliated Investment Funds up to full amount of the capital commitment. The following table sets out the total capital commitment split between net asset value (amount funded) and the remaining capital commitment. The remaining capital commitment is the maximum amount that can be requested from the Company if requested by the Affiliated Investment Funds to meet margin calls in accordance with the governing documents. The Company’s capital commitment to the Affiliated Investment Funds is disclosed below.

 

     Total Capital
Commitment

December 31, 2012
     Net Asset Value
December 31, 2012
     Remaining Capital
Commitment

December 31, 2012
 

CTA Choice EGLG

   $ 9,417,906       $ 2,109,076       $ 7,308,830   

CTA Choice WTN

     9,679,437         1,663,954         8,015,483   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 19,097,343       $ 3,773,030       $ 15,324,313   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

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The Company’s investments in the Affiliated Investment Funds are subject to the market and credit risks of securities held or sold short by their respective Affiliated Investment Fund. ClariTy has established procedures to monitor market risk and minimize credit risk, although there can be no assurance that it will, in fact, succeed in doing so. The interestholders within CTA Choice bear the risk of loss only to the extent of the market value of their respective investments and, in certain specific circumstances, distributions and redemptions received.

 

Note 8.   RELATED PARTIES

The Company reimburses Kenmar Preferred and its affiliates for services it performs for the Company, which include, but are not limited to: management, legal, accounting, registrar, transfer and assignment functions, investor communications, printing, and other administrative services.

The expenses incurred by the Company for services performed by Kenmar Preferred and its affiliates for the Company were:

 

     2012      2011      2010  

Management fees to Managing Member

   $ 588,523       $ 835,585       $ 1,497,903   

ClariTy Managed Account fees to affiliate(1)

     0         80,709         0   

General and administrative (operating expense)

     111,344         106,179         126,803   

Managing Member interest on investment funds payable

     113,954         87,264         0   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 813,821       $ 1,109,737       $ 1,624,706   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

 

(1)        Clarity Managed Account fees, which were paid directly to the Managing Member during 2011 and 2010, are now paid indirectly through its investments in Affiliated Investment Funds, starting January 1, 2012 and totaled $56,850.

           

Expenses payable to Kenmar Preferred and its affiliates, which are included in accrued expenses payable on the statements of financial condition as of December 31, 2012 and 2011, were $52,544 and $60,944, respectively.

 

Note 9.   SUBSCRIPTIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND REDEMPTIONS

Investments in the Company are made subject to the terms of the Operating Agreement.

A Member is able to request and receive redemption of capital, subject to the terms in the Operating Agreement.

 

Note 10.   DERIVATIVE INSTRUMENTS AND ASSOCIATED RISKS

The fair value of the Company’s derivative assets by instrument type, as well as the location of those instruments on the statements of financial condition as of December 31, 2011 are included in the condensed schedules of investments. As of December 31, 2011, none of the derivatives held were designated as hedging instruments. No derivative instruments were directly held by the Company as of December 31, 2012. Derivative trading activity is now conducted indirectly within the Affiliated Investment Funds.

 

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The following presents the fair value of derivative contracts at December 31, 2011. The fair value of derivative contracts is presented as an asset if in a gain position and a liability if in a loss position. Fair value is presented on a gross basis in the table below even though the derivative contracts qualify for net presentation in the statement of financial condition.

 

     December 31, 2011  

Description

   Assets      Liabilities     Net  

Futures Contracts

   $ 491,080       $ (145,608   $ 345,472   

Forward Contracts

     624,559         (494,096     130,463   

Option Contracts

     44         (120     (76
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total gross fair value of derivatives

   $ 1,115,683       $ (639,824   $ 475,859   
  

 

 

    

 

 

   

 

 

 

The trading revenue of the Company’s derivatives by instrument type, as well as the location of those gains and losses on the statements of operations, for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010 is as follows:

 

      2012     2011     2010  

Type of Instrument

      

Commodities Contracts

   $ 0      $ (50,934   $ 1,336,196   

Currencies Contracts

     0        (55,210     1,144,289   

Interest Rate Contracts

     0        1,710,798        1,983,877   

Stock Indices Contracts

     0        (1,368,126     71,069   

Purchased Options on Futures Contracts

     0        974        (4,275

Written Options on Futures Contracts

     0        1,725        8,355   

Forward Currency Contracts

     0        (1,234,289     455,871   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 0      $ (995,062   $ 4,995,382   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Statements of Operations

      

Realized

   $ 476,129      $ (564,270   $ 4,194,111   

Change in unrealized

     (476,129     (430,792     801,271   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total

   $ 0      $ (995,062   $ 4,995,382   
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

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For the years ended December 31, 2012 and 2011, the total number of closed futures contracts was 445 and 37,770, respectively, the total number of closed option contracts was 2 and 24, respectively, and the average monthly notional value of forwards contracts closed was approximately $0 and $564,759,932, respectively.

The average monthly notional value of contracts closed represents the average monthly U.S. dollar notional value of future and options contracts closed and settled in cash during 2012 and 2011.

No derivative instruments were held directly by the Company during the year ended December 31, 2012.

The Company has cash on deposit with financial institutions. In the event of a financial institution’s insolvency, recovery of cash on deposit may be limited to account insurance or other protections afforded such deposits.

The Company is exposed to various types of risks associated with investments in securities, Affiliated Investment Funds and derivative instruments and related markets in which it invests. These risks include, but are not limited to, risk of loss from fluctuations in the value of financial instruments held (market risk) and the inability of counterparties to perform under the terms of the Company’s investment activities (credit risk).

Market Risk

Trading in futures and forward contracts (including foreign exchange) involves entering into contractual commitments to purchase or sell a particular commodity at a specified date and price. The gross or face amount of the contracts, which is typically many times that of the Company’s net assets being traded, significantly exceeds the Company’s future cash requirements since the Company intends to close out its open positions prior to settlement. As a result, the Company was generally subject only to the risk of loss arising from the change in the value of the contracts.

As such, the Company considers the “fair value” of its derivative instruments, and other financial instruments, to be the net unrealized gain or loss on the contracts.

Market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including government programs and policies, political and economic events, the level and volatility of interest rates, foreign currency exchange rates, the diversification effect among the derivative instruments the Company holds and the liquidity and inherent volatility of the markets in which the Company trades.

 

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Credit Risk

When entering into futures, forward and option contracts, the Company was exposed to credit risk that the counterparty to the contract will not meet its obligations. The counterparty for futures contracts traded on United States and most foreign futures exchanges is the clearinghouse associated with the particular exchange. In general, clearinghouses are backed by its corporate members who are required to share any financial burden resulting from the non-performance by one of their members and, as such, should significantly reduce this credit risk. In cases where the clearinghouse is not backed by the clearing members (i.e., some foreign exchanges), it is normally backed by a consortium of banks or other financial institutions.

Kenmar Preferred attempts to minimize both credit and market risks by requiring the Company and its Trading Advisors to abide by various trading limitations and policies. Kenmar Preferred monitors compliance with these trading limitations and policies, which include, but are not limited to, executing and clearing all trades with creditworthy counterparties; limiting the amount of margin or premium required for any one commodity or all commodities combined; and generally limiting transactions to contracts which are traded in sufficient volume to permit the taking and liquidating of positions.

Additionally, pursuant to the Trading Advisory Agreement between the Company, Kenmar Preferred and the Trading Advisors, the Company shall automatically terminate the Trading Advisory Agreement if the net asset value allocated to the Trading Advisors declines by 40% from the value at the beginning of any year or since the effective date of the Trading Advisory Agreement. The decline in net asset value is after giving effect for distributions, subscriptions and redemptions.

The Company’s futures commission merchant, in accepting orders for the purchase or sale of domestic futures contracts, was required by CFTC regulations to separately account for and segregate as belonging to the Company all assets of the Company relating to domestic futures trading and is not allowed to commingle such assets with its other assets.

At December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, such segregated assets totaled $0 and $4,630,391, respectively, which are included in cash and cash equivalents on the statements of financial condition. Part 30.7 of the CFTC regulations also requires the Company’s futures commission merchant to secure assets of the Company related to foreign futures trading which totaled $0 and $217,318 at December 31, 2012 and December 31, 2011, respectively. There are no segregation requirements for assets related to forward trading.

As of December 31, 2012, the Company had no open futures or forward currency contracts as the Company has transitioned from investments in direct Managed Accounts to accessing the Trading Advisors through CTA Choice’s managed account platform.

 

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Note 11.   FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS

The following information presents the financial highlights of the Company for the years ended December 31, 2012, 2011 and 2010. This information has been derived from information presented in the financial statements.

 

     December 31, 2012     December 31, 2011  
     Individual
Members’
    Individual
Members’
 

Total Return(1)

    

Total return before incentive fees

     (12.08 )%      (11.75 )% 

Incentive fees (3),(4)

     0.00     (0.15 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return after incentive fees

     (12.08 )%      (11.90 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net asset value:

    

Expenses prior to incentive fee(4)

     8.07     10.33

Incentive fees(3),(4)

     0.00     0.19
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses and incentive fees(4)

     8.07     10.52
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment loss(2),(4)

     (7.10 )%      (9.29 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total returns are calculated based on the change in value of Members’ capital during the period. An individual Member’s total returns and ratios may vary from the above total returns and ratios based on the timing of subscriptions and redemptions.

   

 

    

(1)       Includes realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities transactions.

(2)       Represents interest and dividend income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fee).

(3)       Represents incentive fees charged by the Trading Advisors for the year ended December 31, 2011.

(4)       Beginning January 1, 2012, Trading Advisor management and incentive fees and various other operating expenses charged indirectly within the Company’s investments in Affiliated Investment Funds are now included in total return.

          

          

          

           

 

 

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     December 31, 2010  
     Individual
Members’
    Member
Series  E(3)
    Member
KGT(4)
 

Total Return(1)

      

Total return before incentive fees

     7.22     2.57     3.49

Incentive fees

     (0.01 )%      0.00     (0.01 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total return after incentive fees

     7.21     2.57     3.48
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Ratios to average net asset value:

      

Expenses prior to incentive fee

     9.75     3.32     3.37

Incentive fees

     0.01     0.00     0.01
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total expenses and incentive fees

     9.76     3.32     3.38
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Net investment loss(2)

     (9.26 )%      (3.27 )%      (1.96 )% 
  

 

 

   

 

 

   

 

 

 

Total returns are calculated based on the change in value of Members’ capital during the year. An individual Member’s total returns and ratios may vary from the above total returns and ratios based on the timing of additions and redemptions.

   

 

      

(1)       Includes realized and unrealized gains (losses) on securities transactions.

(2)       Represents interest and dividend income less total expenses (exclusive of incentive fee).

(3)       Member Series E redeemed all of its membership interest in the Company as of September 30, 2010. Member Series E’s ratios to average net asset values for the year ended December 31, 2010 were calculated prior to their liquidating redemptions from the Company.

(4)       Member KGT contributed its net assets to the Company effective December 1, 2010 and redeemed effective December 31, 2010. Member KGT ratios to average net asset values for the year ended December 31, 2010 were calculated prior to their liquidating redemptions from the Company.

          

          

            

            

 

 

Note 12.   SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

The following table sets out the total capital commitment split between net asset value (amount funded) and the remaining capital commitment as of February 28, 2013:

 

     Total  Capital
Commitment

February 28, 2013
     Net Asset Value
February  28, 2013
     Remaining  Capital
Commitment

February 28, 2013
 

CTA Choice EGLG

   $ 9,013,829       $ 2,108,569       $ 6,905,260   

CTA Choice WTN

     9,318,958         1,255,257         8,063,701   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

Total

   $ 18,332,787       $ 3,363,826       $ 14,968,961   
  

 

 

    

 

 

    

 

 

 

From January 1, 2013 through March 24, 2013, there were estimated redemptions of $463,646.

 

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 Registrant has duly caused this Report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, on the 25th day of March 2013.

 

KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC    
By:   Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P.    
  Managing Member    
  By:   /s/ David K. Spohr       Date: March 25, 2013
    David K. Spohr      
   

Senior Vice President and Director

of Fund Administration

   

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this Report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of Registrant in the capacities indicated on March 25, 2013.

 

KMP FUTURES FUND I LLC    
By:   Kenmar Preferred Investments, L.P.    
  Managing Member    
  By:   /s/ Kenneth A. Shewer       Date: March 25, 2013
    Kenneth A. Shewer      
   

Co-Chief Executive Officer

(Principal Executive Officer)

   
  By:   /s/ David K. Spohr       Date: March 25, 2013
    David K. Spohr      
   

Senior Vice President and Director of Fund Administration

(Principal Financial/Accounting Officer)

   

 

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