ADVISORY AGREEMENT
AGREEMENT made as of the 31st day of May 2002 among XXXXX XXXXXX FUTURES
MANAGEMENT LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("SBFM"), XXXXX XXXXXX AAA
ENERGY FUND X.X. XX, a New York limited partnership (the "Partnership") and AAA
CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, INC., a Texas corporation (the "Advisor").
W I T N E S S E T H :
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WHEREAS, SBFM is the general partner of XXXXX XXXXXX AAA ENERGY FUND X.X.
XX a limited partnership organized for the purpose of speculative trading of
commodity interests, including futures contracts, options and forward contracts
with the objective of achieving substantial capital appreciation initially
through an investment in AAA Master Fund LLC (the "Master Fund"); and
WHEREAS, the Limited Partnership Agreement establishing the Partnership
(the "Limited Partnership Agreement") permits SBFM to delegate to one or more
commodity trading advisors SBFM's authority to make trading decisions for the
Partnership; and
WHEREAS, the Advisor is registered as a commodity trading advisor with the
Commodity Futures Trading Commission ("CFTC") and is a member of the National
Futures Association ("NFA"); and
WHEREAS, SBFM is registered as a commodity pool operator with the CFTC and
is a member of the NFA; and
WHEREAS, SBFM, the Partnership and the Advisor wish to enter into this
Agreement in order to set forth the terms and conditions upon which the Advisor
will render and implement advisory services in connection with the conduct by
the Partnership of its commodity trading activities during the term of this
Agreement;
NOW, THEREFORE, the parties agree as follows:
1. DUTIES OF THE ADVISOR. (a) Upon the commencement of trading operations
by the Partnership and for the period and on the terms and conditions of this
Agreement, the Advisor shall have sole authority and responsibility, as one of
the Partnership's agents and attorneys-in-fact, for directing the investment and
reinvestment of the assets and funds of the Partnership allocated to it by the
General Partner in commodity interests, including commodity futures contracts,
options and forward contracts. All such trading on behalf of the Partnership
shall be in accordance with the trading strategies and trading policies set
forth in the Private Placement Memorandum and Disclosure Document to be dated on
or about May 16, 2002, as supplemented (the "Memorandum"), and as such trading
policies may be changed from time to time upon receipt by the Advisor of prior
written notice of such change and pursuant to the trading strategy selected by
SBFM to be utilized by the Advisor in managing the Partnership's assets. SBFM
has initially selected the Advisor's Energy Program (Futures and Swaps) (the
"Program") to manage the Partnership's assets allocated to it. Any open
positions or other investments at the time of receipt of such notice of a change
in trading policy shall not be deemed to violate the changed policy and shall be
closed or sold in the ordinary course of trading. The Advisor may not deviate
from the trading policies set forth in the Memorandum without the prior written
consent of the Partnership given by SBFM. The Advisor makes no representation or
warranty that the trading to be directed by it for the Partnership will be
profitable or will not incur losses.
1. SBFM acknowledges receipt of the Advisor's Disclosure Document dated
October 1, 2001, as filed with the NFA and the CFTC. All trades made by the
Advisor for the account of the Partnership, whether directly or indirectly
through the Master Fund, shall be made through such commodity broker or brokers
as SBFM shall direct, and the Advisor shall have no authority or responsibility
for selecting or supervising any such broker in connection with the execution,
clearance or confirmation of transactions for the Partnership or for the
negotiation of brokerage rates charged therefor. However, the Advisor, with the
prior written permission (by either original or fax copy) of SBFM, may direct
all trades in commodity futures and options to a futures commission merchant or
independent floor broker it chooses for execution with instructions to give-up
the trades to the broker designated by SBFM, provided that the futures
commission merchant or independent floor broker and any give-up or floor
brokerage fees are approved in advance by SBFM. All give-up or similar fees
relating to the foregoing shall be paid by the Partnership after all parties
have executed the relevant give-up agreements (by either original or fax copy).
(b) The initial allocation of the Partnership's assets to the Advisor will
be made to the Program. In the event the Advisor wishes to use a trading system
or methodology other than or in addition to the system or methodology outlined
in the Memorandum in connection with its trading for the Partnership, either in
whole or in part, it may not do so unless the Advisor gives SBFM prior written
notice of its intention to utilize such different trading system or methodology
and SBFM consents thereto in writing. In addition, the Advisor will provide five
days' prior written notice to SBFM of any change in the trading system or
methodology to be utilized for the Partnership which the Advisor deems material.
If the Advisor deems such change in system or methodology or in markets traded
to be material, the changed system or methodology or markets traded will not be
utilized for the Partnership without the prior written consent of SBFM. In
addition, the Advisor will notify SBFM of any changes to the trading system or
methodology that would require a change in the description of the trading
strategy or methods described in the Memorandum. Further, the Advisor will
provide the Partnership with a current list of all commodity interests to be
traded for the Partnership's account and will not trade any additional commodity
interests for such account without providing notice thereof to SBFM and
receiving SBFM's written approval. The Advisor also agrees to provide SBFM, on a
monthly basis, with a written report of the assets under the Advisor's
management together with all other matters deemed by the Advisor to be material
changes to its business not previously reported to SBFM.
(c) The Advisor agrees to make all material disclosures to the Partnership
regarding itself and its principals as defined in Part 4 of the CFTC's
regulations ("principals"), shareholders, directors, officers and employees,
their trading performance and general trading methods, its customer accounts
(but not the identities of or identifying information with respect to its
customers) and otherwise as are required in the reasonable judgment of SBFM to
be made in any filings required by Federal or state law or NFA rule or order.
Notwithstanding Sections 1(d) and 4(d) of this Agreement, the Advisor is not
required to disclose the actual trading results of proprietary accounts of the
Advisor or its principals unless SBFM reasonably determines that such disclosure
is required in order to fulfill its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership or
the reporting, filing or other obligations imposed on it by Federal or state law
or NFA rule or order. The Partnership and SBFM acknowledge that the trading
advice to be provided by the Advisor is a property right belonging to the
Advisor and that they will keep all such advice confidential. Further, SBFM
agrees to treat as confidential any results of proprietary accounts and/or
proprietary information with respect to trading systems obtained from the
Advisor.
(d) The Advisor understands and agrees that SBFM may designate other
trading advisors for the Partnership and apportion or reapportion to such other
trading advisors the management of an amount of Net Assets (as defined in
Section 3(b) hereof) as it shall determine in its absolute discretion. The
designation of other trading advisors and the apportionment or reapportionment
of Net Assets to any such trading advisors pursuant to this Section 1 shall
neither terminate this Agreement nor modify in any regard the respective rights
and obligations of the parties hereunder.
(e) SBFM may, from time to time, in its absolute discretion, select
additional trading advisors and reapportion funds among the trading advisors for
the Partnership as it deems appropriate. SBFM shall use its best efforts to make
reapportionments, if any, as of the first day of a month. The Advisor agrees
that it may be called upon at any time promptly to liquidate positions in SBFM's
sole discretion so that SBFM may reallocate the Partnership's assets, meet
margin calls on the Partnership's account, fund redemptions, or for any other
reason, except that SBFM will not require the liquidation of specific positions
by the Advisor. SBFM will use its best efforts to give two days' prior notice to
the Advisor of any reallocations or liquidations.
(f) The Advisor will not be liable for trading losses in the Partnership's
account including losses caused by errors; provided, however, that (i) the
Advisor will be liable to the Partnership with respect to losses incurred due to
errors committed or caused by it or any of its principals or employees in
communicating improper trading instructions or orders to any broker on behalf of
the Partnership and (ii) the Advisor will be liable to the Partnership with
respect to losses incurred due to errors committed or caused by any executing
broker (other than any SBFM affiliate) selected by the Advisor, (it also being
understood that SBFM, with the assistance of the Advisor, will first attempt to
recover such losses from the executing broker).
2. INDEPENDENCE OF THE ADVISOR. For all purposes herein, the Advisor shall
be deemed to be an independent contractor and, unless otherwise expressly
provided or authorized, shall have no authority to act for or represent the
Partnership in any way and shall not be deemed an agent, promoter or sponsor of
the Partnership, SBFM, or any other trading advisor.
3. COMPENSATION. (a) In consideration of and as compensation for all of the
services to be rendered by the Advisor to the Partnership under this Agreement,
the Partnership shall (i) pay the Advisor a monthly fee for professional
advisory services equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of the month-end Net Assets
of the Partnership allocated to the Advisor; and (ii) allocate to the Advisor an
annual Profit Share to its capital account in the Partnership equal to 20% of
New Trading Profits (as such term is defined in the Limited Partnership
Agreement) earned by the Advisor for the Partnership during each calendar year
in the form of Units.
(b) "Net Assets" shall have the meaning set forth in Paragraph 7(d)(1) of
the Limited Partnership Agreement dated as of March 25, 2002 and without regard
to further amendments thereto, provided that in determining the Net Assets of
the Partnership on any date, no adjustment shall be made to reflect any
distributions, redemptions or Profit Share allocable as of the date of such
determination.
(c) Monthly Advisory fees shall be paid within twenty (20) business days
following the end of the period, for which such fee is payable. In the event of
the termination of this Agreement as of any date which shall not be the end of a
fiscal year or a calendar month, as the case may be, the monthly Advisory fee
shall be prorated to the effective date of termination. If, during any month,
the Partnership does not conduct business operations or the Advisor is unable to
provide the services contemplated herein for more than two successive business
days, the monthly Advisory fee shall be prorated by the ratio which the number
of business days during which SBFM conducted the Partnership's business
operations or utilized the Advisor's services bears in the month to the total
number of business days in such month.
(d) The provisions of this Paragraph 3 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
4. RIGHT TO ENGAGE IN OTHER ACTIVITIES. (a) The services provided by the
Advisor hereunder are not to be deemed exclusive. SBFM on its own behalf and on
behalf of the Partnership acknowledges that, subject to the terms of this
Agreement, the Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and
shareholder(s), may render advisory, consulting and management services to other
clients and accounts. The Advisor and its officers, directors, employees and
shareholder(s) shall be free to trade for their own accounts and to advise other
investors and manage other commodity accounts during the term of this Agreement
and to use the same information, computer programs and trading strategies,
programs or formulas which they obtain, produce or utilize in the performance of
services to SBFM for the Partnership. However, the Advisor represents, warrants
and agrees that it believes the rendering of such consulting, advisory and
management services to other accounts and entities will not require any material
change in the Advisor's basic trading strategies and will not affect the
capacity of the Advisor to continue to render services to SBFM for the
Partnership of the quality and nature contemplated by this Agreement.
(b) If, at any time during the term of this Agreement, the Advisor is
required to aggregate the Partnership's commodity positions with the positions
of any other person for purposes of applying CFTC- or exchange-imposed
speculative position limits, the Advisor agrees that it will promptly notify
SBFM in writing if the Partnership's positions are included in an aggregate
amount which exceeds the applicable speculative position limit. The Advisor
agrees that, if its trading recommendations are altered because of the
application of any speculative position limits, it will not modify the trading
instructions with respect to the Partnership's account in such manner as to
affect the Partnership substantially disproportionately as compared with the
Advisor's other accounts. The Advisor further represents, warrants and agrees
that under no circumstances will it knowingly or deliberately use trading
strategies or methods for the Partnership that are inferior to strategies or
methods employed for any other client or account and that it will not knowingly
or deliberately favor any client or account managed by it over any other client
or account in any manner, it being acknowledged, however, that different trading
strategies or methods may be utilized for differing sizes of accounts, accounts
with different trading policies, accounts experiencing differing inflows or
outflows of equity, accounts which commence trading at different times, accounts
which have different portfolios or different fiscal years, accounts utilizing
different executing brokers and accounts with other differences, and that such
differences may cause divergent trading results.
(c) It is acknowledged that the Advisor and/or its officers, employees,
directors and shareholder(s) presently act, and it is agreed that they may
continue to act, as advisor for other accounts managed by them, and may continue
to receive compensation with respect to services for such accounts in amounts
which may be more or less than the amounts received from the Partnership.
(d) The Advisor agrees that it shall make such information available to
SBFM respecting the performance of the Partnership's account as compared to the
performance of other accounts managed by the Advisor or its principals as shall
be reasonably requested by SBFM. The Advisor presently believes and represents
that existing speculative position limits will not materially adversely affect
its ability to manage the Partnership's account given the potential size of the
Partnership's account and the Advisor's and its principals' current accounts and
all proposed accounts for which they have contracted to act as trading manager.
5. TERM. (a) This Agreement shall continue in effect until June 30, 2003.
SBFM may, in its sole discretion, renew this Agreement for additional one-year
periods upon notice to the Advisor not less than 30 days prior to the expiration
of the previous period. At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may
terminate this Agreement at any month-end upon 30 days' notice to the Advisor.
At any time during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may elect to immediately
terminate this Agreement upon 30 days' notice to the Advisor if (i) the Net
Asset Value per Unit shall decline as of the close of business on any day to
$400 or less; (ii) the Net Assets allocated to the Advisor (adjusted for
redemptions, distributions, withdrawals or reallocations, if any) decline by 50%
or more as of the end of a trading day from such Net Assets' previous highest
value; (iii) limited partners owning at least 50% of the outstanding Units shall
vote to require SBFM to terminate this Agreement; (iv) the Advisor fails to
comply with the terms of this Agreement; (v) SBFM, in good faith, reasonably
determines that the performance of the Advisor has been such that SBFM's
fiduciary duties to the Partnership require SBFM to terminate this Agreement; or
(vi) SBFM reasonably believes that the application of speculative position
limits will substantially affect the performance of the Partnership. At any time
during the term of this Agreement, SBFM may elect immediately to terminate this
Agreement if (i) the Advisor merges, consolidates with another entity, sells a
substantial portion of its assets, or becomes bankrupt or insolvent, except as
provided in Section 10 hereof, (ii) A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx dies, becomes
incapacitated, leaves the employ of the Advisor, ceases to control the Advisor
or is otherwise not managing the trading programs or systems of the Advisor, or
(iii) the Advisor's registration as a commodity trading advisor with the CFTC or
its membership in the NFA or any other regulatory authority, is terminated or
suspended. This Agreement will immediately terminate upon dissolution of the
Partnership or upon cessation of trading prior to dissolution.
(b) The Advisor may terminate this Agreement by giving not less than 30
days' notice to SBFM (i) in the event that the trading policies of the
Partnership as set forth in the Memorandum are changed in such manner that the
Advisor reasonably believes will adversely affect the performance of its trading
strategies; (ii) after June 30, 2003; or (iii) in the event that the General
Partner or Partnership fails to comply with the terms of this Agreement. The
Advisor may immediately terminate this Agreement if SBFM's registration as a
commodity pool operator or its membership in the NFA is terminated or suspended.
(c) Except as otherwise provided in this Agreement, any termination of this
Agreement in accordance with this Paragraph 5 or Paragraph 1(e) shall be without
penalty or liability to any party, except for any fees due to the Advisor
pursuant to Section 3 hereof.
6. INDEMNIFICATION. (a) (i) In any threatened, pending or completed action,
suit, or proceeding to which the Advisor was or is a party or is threatened to
be made a party arising out of or in connection with this Agreement or the
management of the Partnership's assets by the Advisor or the offering and sale
of units in the Partnership, SBFM shall, subject to subparagraph (a)(iii) of
this Paragraph 6, indemnify and hold harmless the Advisor against any loss,
liability, damage, cost, expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' and
accountants' fees), judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and
reasonably incurred by it in connection with such action, suit, or proceeding if
the Advisor acted in good faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or
not opposed to the best interests of the Partnership, and provided that its
conduct did not constitute negligence, intentional misconduct, or a breach of
its fiduciary obligations to the Partnership as a commodity trading advisor,
unless and only to the extent that the court or administrative forum in which
such action or suit was brought shall determine upon application that, despite
the adjudication of liability but in view of all circumstances of the case, the
Advisor is fairly and reasonably entitled to indemnity for such expenses which
such court or administrative forum shall deem proper; and further provided that
no indemnification shall be available from the Partnership if such
indemnification is prohibited by Section 16 of the Partnership Agreement. The
termination of any action, suit or proceeding by judgment, order or settlement
shall not, of itself, create a presumption that the Advisor did not act in good
faith and in a manner reasonably believed to be in or not opposed to the best
interests of the Partnership. (i) Without limiting sub-paragraph (i) above, to
the extent that the Advisor has been successful on the merits or otherwise in
defense of any action, suit or proceeding referred to in subparagraph (i) above,
or in defense of any claim, issue or matter therein, SBFM shall indemnify it
against the expenses (including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants'
fees) actually and reasonably incurred by it in connection therewith.
(ii) Any indemnification under subparagraph (i) above, unless ordered by a
court or administrative forum, shall be made by SBFM only as authorized in the
specific case and only upon a determination by independent legal counsel in a
written opinion that such indemnification is proper in the circumstances because
the Advisor has met the applicable standard of conduct set forth in subparagraph
(i) above. Such independent legal counsel shall be selected by SBFM in a timely
manner, subject to the Advisor's approval, which approval shall not be
unreasonably withheld. The Advisor will be deemed to have approved SBFM's
selection unless the Advisor notifies SBFM in writing, received by SBFM within
five days of SBFM's telecopying to the Advisor of the notice of SBFM's
selection, that the Advisor does not approve the selection.
(iii) In the event the Advisor is made a party to any claim, dispute or
litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or in
connection with, the Partnership's or SBFM's activities or claimed activities
unrelated to the Advisor, SBFM shall indemnify, defend and hold harmless the
Advisor against any loss, liability, damage, cost or expense (including, without
limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees) incurred in connection therewith.
(iv) As used in this Paragraph 6(a), the terms "Advisor" shall include the
Advisor, its principals, officers, directors, stockholders and employees and the
term "SBFM" shall include the Partnership.
(b) (i) The Advisor agrees to indemnify, defend and hold harmless SBFM, the
Partnership and their affiliates against any loss, liability, damage, cost or
expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees),
judgments and amounts paid in settlement actually and reasonably incurred by
them (A) as a result of the material breach of any material representations and
warranties made by the Advisor in this Agreement, or (B) as a result of any act
or omission of the Advisor relating to the Partnership if there has been a final
judicial or regulatory determination or, in the event of a settlement of any
action or proceeding with the prior written consent of the Advisor, a written
opinion of an arbitrator pursuant to Paragraph 14 hereof, to the effect that
such acts or omissions violated the terms of this Agreement in any material
respect or involved negligence, bad faith, recklessness or intentional
misconduct on the part of the Advisor (except as otherwise provided in Section
1(g)).
(ii) In the event SBFM or the Partnership is made a party to any claim,
dispute or litigation or otherwise incurs any loss or expense as a result of, or
in connection with, the activities or claimed activities of the Advisor or its
principals, officers, directors, shareholder(s) or employees unrelated to SBFM's
or the Partnership's business, the Advisor shall indemnify, defend and hold
harmless SBFM and the Partnership against any loss, liability, damage, cost or
expense (including, without limitation, attorneys' and accountants' fees)
incurred in connection therewith.
(c) In the event that a person entitled to indemnification under this Paragraph
6 is made a party to an action, suit or proceeding alleging both matters for
which indemnification can be made hereunder and matters for which
indemnification may not be made hereunder, such person shall be indemnified only
for that portion of the loss, liability, damage, cost or expense incurred in
such action, suit or proceeding which relates to the matters for which
indemnification can be made.
(d) None of the indemnifications contained in this Paragraph 6 shall be
applicable with respect to default judgments, confessions of judgment or
settlements entered into by the party claiming indemnification without the prior
written consent, which shall not be unreasonably withheld, of the party
obligated to indemnify such party.
(e) The provisions of this Paragraph 6 shall survive the termination of this
Agreement.
7. REPRESENTATIONS, WARRANTIES AND AGREEMENTS.
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(a) The Advisor represents and warrants that:
(i) All references to the Advisor and its principals in the Memorandum are
accurate in all material respects and as to them the Memorandum does not contain
any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a material fact which
is necessary to make the statements therein not misleading, except that with
respect to Table B in the Memorandum, this representation and warranty extends
only to the underlying data made available by the Advisor for the preparation
thereof and not to any hypothetical or pro forma adjustments.
(ii) The information with respect to the Advisor set forth in the actual
performance tables in the Memorandum is based on all of the customer accounts
managed on a discretionary basis by the Advisor's principals and/or the Advisor
during the period covered by such tables and required to be disclosed therein.
(iii) The Advisor will be acting as a commodity trading advisor with
respect to the Partnership and not as a securities investment adviser and is
duly registered with the CFTC as a commodity trading advisor, is a member of the
NFA, and is in compliance with such other registration and licensing
requirements as shall be necessary to enable it to perform its obligations
hereunder, and agrees to maintain and renew such registrations and licenses
during the term of this Agreement.
(iv) The Advisor is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in
good standing under the laws of the State of Texas and has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to provide the services required of
it hereunder.
(v) The Advisor will not, by acting as a commodity trading advisor to the
Partnership, breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement,
contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is
bound.
(vi) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered by the Advisor and is a valid and binding agreement enforceable in
accordance with its terms.
(vii) At any time during the term of this Agreement that a prospectus
relating to the Units is required to be delivered in connection with the offer
and sale thereof, the Advisor agrees upon the request of SBFM to provide the
Partnership with such information as shall be necessary so that, as to the
Advisor and its principals, such prospectus is accurate.
(viii) In the event that the Advisor forms another commodity pool unrelated
to SBFM with substantially similar investors, whether or not the Advisor
terminates this Agreement or continues trading for the Partnership, the Advisor
shall pay to SBFM all expenses incurred by SBFM, Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. and the
Partnership in connection with the organization and offering of the Partnership,
including but not limited to attorneys', accountants' and filing fees, to the
extent that SBFM and Xxxxx Xxxxxx Inc. have not previously been reimbursed by
the Partnership.
(b) SBFM represents and warrants for itself and the Partnership that:
(i) The Memorandum (as from time to time amended or supplemented, which
amendment or supplement is approved by the Advisor as to descriptions of itself
and its actual performance) does not contain any untrue statement of a material
fact or omit to state a material fact which is necessary to make the statements
therein not misleading, except that the foregoing representation does not apply
to any statement or omission concerning the Advisor in the Memorandum, made in
reliance upon, and in conformity with, information furnished to SBFM by or on
behalf of the Advisor expressly for use in the Memorandum (it being understood
that the hypothetical and pro forma adjustments in Table B were not furnished by
the Advisor).
(ii) It is a corporation duly organized, validly existing and in good
standing under the laws of the State of Delaware and has full corporate power
and authority to perform its obligations under this Agreement.
(iii) SBFM and the Partnership have the capacity and authority to enter
into this Agreement on behalf of the Partnership.
(iv) This Agreement has been duly and validly authorized, executed and
delivered on SBFM's and the Partnership's behalf and is a valid and binding
agreement of SBFM and the Partnership enforceable in accordance with its terms.
(v) SBFM will not, by acting as General Partner to the Partnership and the
Partnership will not, breach or cause to be breached any undertaking, agreement,
contract, statute, rule or regulation to which it is a party or by which it is
bound which would materially limit or affect the performance of its duties under
this Agreement.
(vi) It is registered as a commodity pool operator and is a member of the
NFA, and it will maintain and renew such registration and membership during the
term of this Agreement.
(vii) The Partnership is a limited partnership duly organized and validly
existing under the laws of the State of New York and has full power and
authority to enter into this Agreement and to perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
8. COVENANTS OF THE ADVISOR, SBFM AND THE PARTNERSHIP.
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(a) The Advisor agrees as follows:
(i) In connection with its activities on behalf of the Partnership, the
Advisor will comply with all applicable rules and regulations of the CFTC, NFA
and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular transaction is executed.
(ii) The Advisor will promptly notify SBFM of the commencement of any
material suit, action or proceeding involving it, whether or not any such suit,
action or proceeding also involves SBFM. The Advisor will provide SBFM with
copies of any correspondence from or to the CFTC, NFA or any commodity exchange
in connection with an investigation or audit of the Advisor's business
activities.
(iii) In the placement of orders for the Partnership's account and for the
accounts of any other client, the Advisor will utilize a pre-determined,
systematic, fair and reasonable order entry system, which shall, on an overall
basis, be no less favorable to the Partnership than to any other account managed
by the Advisor. The Advisor acknowledges its obligation to review the
Partnership's positions, prices and equity in the account managed by the Advisor
daily and within two business days to notify, in writing, the broker and SBFM
and the Partnership's brokers of (i) any error committed by the Advisor or its
principals or employees; (ii) any trade which the Advisor believes was not
executed in accordance with its instructions; and (iii) any discrepancy with a
value of $10,000 or more (due to differences in the positions, prices or equity
in the account) between its records and the information reported on the
account's daily and monthly broker statements.
(iv) The Advisor will maintain a net worth of not less than $1,000,000
during the term of this Agreement.
(v) The Advisor will make no representations, other than those contained in
the Memorandum, to investors or prospective investors in the Partnership with
respect to the offering and sale of Units in the Partnership without the prior
written approval of SBFM.
(b) SBFM agrees for itself and the Partnership that:
(i) SBFM and the Partnership will comply with all applicable rules and
regulations of the CFTC and/or the commodity exchange on which any particular
transaction is executed.
(ii) SBFM will promptly notify the Advisor of the commencement of any
material suit, action or proceeding involving it or the Partnership, whether or
not such suit, action or proceeding also involves the Advisor.
9. COMPLETE AGREEMENT. This Agreement constitutes the entire agreement between
the parties pertaining to the subject matter hereof.
10. ASSIGNMENT. This Agreement may not be assigned by any party without the
express written consent of the other parties.
11. AMENDMENT. This Agreement may not be amended except by the written consent
of the parties.
12. NOTICES. All notices, demands or requests required to be made or delivered
under this Agreement shall be in writing and delivered personally or by
registered or certified mail or expedited courier, return receipt requested,
postage prepaid, to the addresses below or to such other addresses as may be
designated by the party entitled to receive the same by notice similarly given:
If to SBFM:
Xxxxx Xxxxxx Futures Management LLC
000 Xxxxxxxxx Xxxxxx
0xx Xxxxx
Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention: Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
If to the Advisor:
AAA Capital Management Inc.
Xxxxx 0000
0000 Xxxxxxxxxx
Xxxxxxx, Xxxxx 00000
Attention: A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
with a copy to:
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx, Esq.
000 Xxxx Xxxx Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxxxxx, XX 00000
13. GOVERNING LAW. This Agreement shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.
14. ARBITRATION. The parties agree that any dispute or controversy arising out
of or relating to this Agreement or the interpretation thereof, shall be settled
by arbitration in accordance with the rules, then in effect, of the National
Futures Association or, if the National Futures Association shall refuse
jurisdiction, then in accordance with the rules, then in effect, of the American
Arbitration Association; provided, however, that the power of the arbitrator
shall be limited to interpreting this Agreement as written and the arbitrator
shall state in writing his reasons for his award. Judgment upon any award made
by the arbitrator may be entered in any court of competent jurisdiction.
15. NO THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES. There are no third party beneficiaries to this
Agreement.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, this Agreement has been executed for and on behalf of the
undersigned as of the day and year first above written.
XXXXX XXXXXX FUTURES MANAGEMENT LLC
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
President and Director
XXXXX XXXXXX AAA ENERGY FUND X.X. XX
By: Xxxxx Xxxxxx Futures Management LLC
(General Partner)
By /s/ Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
Xxxxx X. Xxxxx
President and Director
AAA CAPITAL MANAGEMENT INC.
By /s/ A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
A. Xxxxxxx Xxxxxxxxxx
President
