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EX-10.05 - MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT - MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC LPms18467140-ex10_05.htm

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  March 1, 2010
 
  Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Strategic L.P.
 (Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)
     
 Delaware   0-26280  13-3782225
 (State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)  (Commission File Number)  (IRS Employer Identification No.)
     
 c/o Demeter Management LLC, 522 Fifth Avenue, 13th Floor, New York, NY 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)    (Zip Code) 
     
 Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 296-1999
     
  Not Applicable
  (Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)

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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.
 
On March 1, 2010 the Registrant, Demeter Management LLC, the general partner of the Registrant (the “General Partner”) and DKR Fusion Management L.P. (the “Trading Advisor”) entered into a management agreement (the “Management Agreement”) pursuant to which, effective March 1, 2010, the Trading Advisor will serve as a trading advisor of the Registrant and will trade its allocated portion of the Registrant’s net assets pursuant to the Trading Advisor’s Quantitative Strategies 2X trading program.
 
A copy of the Management Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.05, and is incorporated herein by reference.
 
Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.
 
    (d)  Exhibits.

Exhibit              Exhibit Description

10.05   Management Agreement by and among the Registrant, the General Partner and the Trading Advisor dated as of March 1, 2010.
 
 

 
 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.
 
       
Date: March 5, 2010
By:
Demeter Management LLC  
    as General Partner  
     
     /s/ Walter Davis  
   Name:  Walter Davis  
   Title:   President