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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549
FORM 10-K
(X) ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 or 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009
OR ( ) TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d)
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from to
Commission File Number 000-52602
BRISTOL ENERGY FUND L.P.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
New York | 20-2718952 | |
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation or organization) |
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.) |
c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC
55 East 59th Street - 10th Floor
New York, New York 10022
55 East 59th Street - 10th Floor
New York, New York 10022
(Address and Zip Code of principal executive offices)
(212) 559-2011
(Registrants telephone number, including area code)
Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act: None
Securities
registered pursuant to Section 12(g) of the Act: Redeemable Units
of Limited Partnership Interest
(Title of Class)
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is a well known seasoned issuer, as defined in Rule 405 of
the Securities Act.
Yes
No X
Indicate by check mark if the registrant is not required to file reports pursuant to Section 13 or
Section 15(d) of the Act.
Yes
No X
Indicate by check mark whether the registrant (1) has filed all reports required to be filed by
Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 during the preceding 12 months (or for
such shorter period that the registrant was required to file such reports), and (2) has been
subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days.
Yes X
No
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
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 registrants knowledge, in
definitive proxy or information statements incorporated by reference in Part III 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 the definitions of
large accelerated filer, accelerated filer
and smaller reporting
company
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act. (Check one):
Large accelerated filer _ | Accelerated filer _ | Non-accelerated filer X (Do not check if a smaller reporting company) |
Smaller reporting company _ |
Indicate
by check mark whether the registrant is a shell company (as defined
in Rule 12b-2 of the Exchange Act).
Yes
No
X
Limited
Partnership Redeemable Units with an aggregate value of $488,588,909 were outstanding and
held by non-affiliates as of the last business day of the registrants most recently completed
second calendar month.
As of
February 28, 2010, 301,084.7177 Limited Partnership Redeemable Units were outstanding.
DOCUMENTS INCORPORATED BY REFERENCE
[None]
[None]
PART I
Item 1. Business.
(a) General
Development of Business. Bristol Energy Fund L.P., formerly Smith Barney Bristol Energy Fund L.P. (the
Partnership), is a limited partnership organized on April 20, 2005 under the partnership laws of
the state of New York to engage, directly or indirectly, in the speculative trading of a
diversified portfolio of commodity interests, including options, commodity futures contracts, forwards and swap contracts on
United States exchanges and certain foreign exchanges. In addition, the Master (as defined below) may enter into
swap and derivative contracts. The commodity interests that are traded by the Partnership, through the Master, are
volatile and involve a high degree of market risk.
Between May 15, 2005 (commencement of the offering period) and September 1, 2005, 11,925
redeemable units of Limited Partnership Interest (Redeemable Units) were sold at $1,000 per
Redeemable unit. The proceeds of the initial offering were held in an escrow account until
September 6, 2005 at which time they were remitted to the Partnership for trading. The Partnership
was authorized to sell 100,000 Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest during its initial
offering period. The Partnership privately and continously offers up
to 400,000 Redeemable Units in the Partnership to qualified investors. There is no maximum number of units that may be sold by the Partnership. Sales and redemptions of
Redeemable Units and general partner contributions and redemptions for the years ended December 31,
2009, 2008 and 2007 are reported in the Statements of Changes in
Partners Capital on page F-11
under Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC (formerly Citigroup Managed Futures LLC), a Delaware limited
liability company, acts as the general partner (the General Partner) and commodity pool operator
of the Partnership. The General Partner is wholly owned by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC
(MSSB Holdings), a newly registered non-clearing futures commission merchant and a member of the
National Futures Association (NFA). Morgan Stanley, indirectly through various subsidiaries, owns 51% of
MSSB Holdings. Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGM), the commodity broker and a selling agent for
the Partnership, owns 49% of MSSB Holdings. Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup), indirectly through
various subsidiaries, wholly owns CGM. Prior to July 31, 2009, the date as of which MSSB Holdings
became its owner, the General Partner was wholly owned by Citigroup Financial Products Inc., a
wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup Global Markets Holdings Inc., the sole owner of which is
Citigroup.
On December 1, 2005, the Partnership allocated substantially all of its capital to CMF
SandRidge Master Fund L.P. (the Master), a limited partnership organized under the partnership
laws of the state of New York. The Partnership purchased 14,410.6191 units of the Master
with cash equal to $14,477,858 and a contribution of open commodity futures and option positions
with a fair value of $(16,018). The Master was formed in order to permit commodity pools managed
now or in the future by SandRidge Capital, L.P. (SandRidge or the Advisor) using its Energy
Program, a proprietary discretionary trading system, to invest together in one trading vehicle.
A description of the trading activities and focus of the Advisor is
included on page 8 under
Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
In addition, the Advisor is a Special Limited
Partner (defined herein) of the Partnership. The General Partner is also the general partner of the
Master. Individual and pooled accounts currently managed by SandRidge, including the Partnership,
are permitted to be limited partners of the Master. The General Partner and SandRidge believe that
trading through this master/feeder structure should promote efficiency and economy in the trading
process. Expenses to investors as a result of the investment in the Master are approximately the same and
redemption rights are not affected.
The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to the trading program discussed
above during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2009.
For the period January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the approximate average
market sector allocation for the Partnership was 100% energy.
At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership owned approximately 70.1% and 75.3%, respectively, of the
Master. The Partnership intends to continue to invest substantially all of its assets in the
Master. The performance of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of the Master.
The Masters trading of futures, forwards, swaps and options contracts, if applicable, on
commodities is done primarily on United States of America commodity exchanges and foreign commodity
exchanges. The Master engages in such trading through a commodity brokerage account maintained with
CGM.
The Partnership will be
liquidated upon the first of the following to occur: December 31, 2025; the net asset value per
Redeemable Unit falls below $400 as of the close of any business day;
a decline in net assets after
trading commences to less than $1,000,000; or under certain circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement of the Partnership (the Limited Partnership Agreement).
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Under the Limited Partnership Agreement, the General Partner has sole responsibility for the
administration of the business and affairs of the Partnership
including selecting one or
more trading advisors
to make trading decisions for the Partnership.
The Partnership pays the General Partner a monthly administrative
fee in return for its services to the Partnership equal to 1/24 of 1% (0.5% per year) of month-end
Net Assets of the Partnership. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating administrative fees are
Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to
the reduction of the current months management fee, profit share allocation accrual, the General Partners administrative fee and any
redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month.
This fee may be increased or decreased at the discretion of the General Partner.
The General Partner has entered into a management agreement (the Management Agreement) with
SandRidge, a registered commodity trading advisor. SandRidge is not
affiliated with the General Partner or CGM and is not responsible for the organization or
operation of the Partnership. Pursuant to the terms of the Management Agreement, the Partnership
pays the Advisor a monthly management fee equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net Assets
allocated to Sand Ridge. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating management fees are
Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to
the reduction of the current months management fee, profit share allocation accrual, the General Partners administrative fee and any redemptions or distributions as of the end of such month. The Management Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
In addition, SandRidge is a special limited partner (the Special Limited Partner) of the Partnership and will receive a
quarterly profit share allocation to its capital account in the
Partnership in the form of units of the Partnership, the value of
which shall be equal to 20% of New
Trading Profits, as defined in the Management Agreement earned on behalf of the Partnership during each
calendar quarter and are issued as Special Limited Partners Redeemable Units. The
Advisor will not receive until the Advisor recovers
the net loss incurred and earns additional new trading profits for
the Partnership.
The Partnership has entered into a customer agreement with CGM (the Customer Agreement)
which provides that the Partnership will pay CGM a monthly brokerage commission equal to 5/16 of 1% (3.75%
per year) of month-end Net Assets, allocated pro rata from the Master, in lieu of brokerage
commissions on a per trade basis. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of calculating the
brokerage commissions are Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the
reduction of the current months brokerage commission, management fee,
profit share allocation accrual, the General Partners
administrative fee, other expenses and any redemptions or
distributions as of the end of such month. Brokerage commission
will be paid for the life of the Partnership, although the rate
at which such fees are paid may be changed. CGM will pay a
portion of its brokerage
commissions
to
financial advisors who have sold Redeemable Units and in the Partnership. All NFA fees, exchange fees, clearing fees, give-up fees,
user fees and floor brokerage fees (collectively the clearing
fees), will be borne by the Master and allocated to the Partnership through its investment in the Master.
All of the
Partnerships assets, not held in the Masters account
at CGM, are deposited in the Partnerships account at CGM.
The Partnerships cash is deposited by CGM in segregated
bank accounts to the extent required by Commodity Futures
Trading Commission regulations. CGM has agreed to pay the
Partnership interest on its allocable share of 80% of the
average daily equity maintained in cash in the Masters
account during each month at a
30-day
U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by CGM based on
the average noncompetitive yield on
3-month
U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days from the date
on which such weekly rate is determined. CGM will pay such
interest to the Partnership out of its own funds whether or not it is
able to earn the interest it has obligated itself to pay. Alternatively, CGM may
place up to all the Masters assets in 90 day U.S.
Treasury bills and pay the Partnership its allocable share of
80% of the interest earned on Treasury bills purchased.
Twenty percent of the interest earned on Treasury bills purchased may be retained by CGM and/or creadited to the General Partner.
The Customer Agreement between the
Partnership and CGM gives the Partnership the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses. The
Customer Agreement may be terminated upon notice by either party.
(b) Financial Information about Industry Segments. The Partnerships business consists
of only one segment, speculative trading of commodity interests. The Partnership does not engage in
sales of goods or services. The Partnerships net income
(loss) from operations for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 is set forth under Item 6. Selected Financial Data. The
Partnerships Capital as of December 31, 2009 was $470,599,506.
(c) Narrative Description of Business.
See Paragraphs (a) and (b) above.
(i) through (xii) Not applicable.
(xiii) The Partnership has no employees.
(d) Financial Information About Geographic Areas. The Partnership does not engage in
the sale of goods or services or own any long lived assets, and therefore this item is not
applicable.
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(e) Available Information. Not applicable.
(f) Reports to Security Holders. Not applicable.
(g) Enforceability of Civil Liabilities Against Foreign Persons. Not applicable.
(h) Smaller
Reporting Companies. Not applicable.
Item 1A. Risk Factors.
As a result of leverage, small changes in the price of the Partnerships positions may result
in major losses.
The trading of commodity interests is speculative, volatile and involves a high degree of
leverage. A small change in the market price of a commodity interest contract can produce major
losses for the Master.
Market prices can be influenced by, among other things, changing supply and demand relationship,
governmental, agricultural, commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international
political and economic events, weather and climate conditions, insects and plant disease, purchases
and sales by foreign countries and changing interest rates.
An investor may lose all of its investment.
Due to the speculative nature of trading commodity interests, an investor could lose all of
its investment in the Partnership.
The Partnership will pay substantial fees and expenses regardless of profitability.
Regardless of its trading performance, the Partnership will incur fees and expenses, including
brokerage and management fees. Fees will be paid to the trading advisor even if the Partnership
experiences a net loss for the full year.
An investors ability to redeem or transfer units is limited.
An investors ability to redeem Redeemable
units is limited and no market exists for the Redeemable Units.
Conflicts of interest exist.
The Partnership is subject to numerous conflicts of interest including those that arise from
the facts that:
1. | The General Partner and commodity broker are affiliates; | ||
2. | The Advisor, the commodity broker and their principals and affiliates may trade in commodity interests for their own accounts; and | ||
3. | An investors financial advisor will receive ongoing compensation for providing services to the investors account. |
Investing in units might not provide the desired diversification of an investors overall
portfolio.
The Partnership will not provide any benefit of diversification of an investors overall
portfolio unless it is profitable and produces returns that are independent from stock and bond
market returns.
Past performance is no assurance of future results.
The Advisors trading strategies may not perform as they have performed in the past. The
Advisor has from time to time incurred substantial losses in trading on behalf of clients.
An investors tax liability may exceed cash distributions.
Investors are taxed on their share of the Partnerships income, even though the Partnership
does not intend to make any distributions.
Regulatory changes could restrict the Partnerships operations.
Regulatory changes could adversely affect the Partnership by restricting its markets or activities,
limiting its trading and/or increasing the taxes to which investors are subject. The General Partner
is not aware of any definitive regulatory developments that might adversely affect the Partnership; however,
since June 2008, several bills have been proposed in the U.S. Congress in response to record energy
and agricultural prices and the financial crisis. Some of the pending legislation, if enacted, could
impact the manner in which swap contracts are traded and/or settled and limit trading by speculators
(such as the Partnership) in futures and over-the-counter markets. One of the proposals would authorize
the CFTC and the Commission to regulate swap transactions. Other potentially adverse regulatory initiatives
could develop suddenly and without notice.
Speculative position and trading limits may reduce profitability.
The CFTC and U.S. exchanges have established speculative position limits on the maximum net long or net
short positions which any person may hold or control in particular futures and options on futures.
The trading instructions of an Advisor may have to be modified, and positions held by the Partnership may have
to be liquidated in order to avoid exceeding these limits. Such modification or liquidation could adversely affect
the operations and profitability of the Partnership by increasing transaction costs to liquidate
positions and foregoing potential profits.
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Item 2. Properties.
The Partnership does not own or lease any properties. The General Partner operates out of
facilities provided by its affiliate, Citigroup.
Item 3. Legal Proceedings.
This section describes the major pending legal proceedings, other than ordinary routine litigation
incidental to the business, to which CGM
is a party or to which any of their
property is subject. There are no material legal proceedings pending against the Partnership or the
General Partner.
CGM is a New York corporation with its principal place of business at 388 Greenwich St., New York,
New York 10013. CGM is registered as a broker-dealer and futures commission merchant (FCM), and
provides futures brokerage and clearing services for institutional and retail participants in the
futures markets. CGM and its affiliates also provide investment banking and other financial
services for clients worldwide.
There have been no material administrative, civil or criminal actions within the past five years
against CGM (formerly known as Salomon Smith Barney) or any of its individual
principals and no such actions are currently pending, except as follows.
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Mutual Funds
Several issues in the mutual fund industry have come under the scrutiny of federal and state
regulators. Citigroup has received subpoenas and other requests for information from various
government regulators regarding market timing, financing, fees, sales practices and other mutual
fund issues in connection with various investigations. Citigroup is cooperating with all such
reviews. Additionally, Citigroup Global Markets has entered into a settlement agreement with the
SEC with respect to revenue sharing and sales of classes of funds.
On May 31, 2005, Citigroup announced that Smith Barney Fund Management LLC and Citigroup Global
Markets completed a settlement with the SEC resolving an investigation by the SEC into matters
relating to arrangements between certain Smith Barney mutual funds, an affiliated transfer agent
and an unaffiliated sub-transfer agent. Under the terms of the settlement, Citigroup agreed to pay
fines totaling $208.1 million. The settlement, in which Citigroup neither admitted nor denied any
wrongdoing or liability, includes allegations of willful misconduct by Smith Barney Fund Management
LLC and Citigroup Global Markets in failing to disclose aspects of the transfer agent arrangements
to certain mutual fund investors.
In May 2007, Citigroup Global Markets finalized its settlement agreement with the NYSE and the New
Jersey Bureau of Securities on the matter related to its market-timing practices prior to September
2003.
FINRA Settlement
On October 12, 2009, FINRA announced its acceptance of an Award Waiver and Consent (AWC) in which
Citigroup Global Markets, without admitting or denying the findings, consented to the entry of the
AWC and a fine and censure of $600,000. The AWC includes findings that Citigroup Global Markets
failed to adequately supervise the activities of its equities trading desk in connection with swap
and related hedge trades in U.S. and Italian equities that were designed to provide certain
perceived tax advantages. Citigroup Global Markets was charged with failing to provide for
effective written procedures with respect to the implementation of the trades, failing to monitor
Bloomberg messages and failing to properly report certain of the trades to the NASDAQ.
Auction Rate Securities
On May 31, 2006, the SEC instituted and simultaneously settled proceedings against Citigroup Global
Markets and 14 other broker-dealers regarding practices in the Auction Rate Securities market. The
SEC alleged that the broker-dealers violated Section 17(a)(2) of the Securities Act of 1933. The
broker-dealers, without admitting or denying liability, consented to the entry of an SEC
cease-and-desist order providing for censures, undertakings and penalties. Citigroup Global
Markets paid a penalty of $1.5 million.
On August 7, 2008, Citigroup reached a settlement with the New York Attorney General, the SEC, and
other state regulatory agencies, pursuant to which Citigroup agreed to offer to purchase at par
Auction Rate Securities from all Citigroup individual investors, small institutions (as defined by
the terms of the settlement), and charities that purchased Auction Rate Securities from Citigroup
prior to February 11, 2008. In addition, Citigroup agreed to pay a $50 million fine to the State
of New York and a $50 million fine to the other state regulatory agencies.
Subprime-Mortgage Related Actions
Citigroup and certain of its affiliates are subject to formal and informal investigations, as well
as subpoenas and/or requests for information, from various governmental and self-regulatory
agencies relating to subprime mortgagerelated activities. Citigroup and its affiliates are
cooperating fully and are engaged in discussions on these matters.
Credit Crisis Related Matters
Beginning in the fourth quarter of 2007, certain of Citigroups, and Citigroup Global Markets
regulators and other state and federal government agencies commenced formal and informal
investigations and inquiries, and issued subpoenas and requested information, concerning
Citigroups subprime mortgage-related conduct and business activities. Citigroup and certain of
its affiliates, including Citigroup Global Markets, are involved in discussions with certain of its
regulators to resolve certain of these matters.
Certain of these regulatory matters assert claims for substantial or indeterminate damages. Some
of these matters already have been resolved, either through settlements or court proceedings,
including the complete dismissal of certain complaints or the rejection of certain claims following
hearings.
In the course of its business, CGM, as a major futures commission merchant and broker-dealer, is a
party to various civil actions, claims and routine regulatory investigations and proceedings that
the general partner believes do not have a material effect on the business of CGM.
Item 4. [Removed and Reserved].
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PART II
Item 5. Market for Registrants Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer
Purchases of Equity Securities.
(a) | Market Information. The Partnership has issued no stock. There is no public market for the Redeemable Units. | ||
(b) | Holders. The number of holders of Redeemable Units as of December 31, 2009 was 3,504. | ||
(c) | Dividends. The Partnership did not declare a distribution in 2009, 2008 or 2007. The Partnership does not intend to declare distributions in the foreseeable future. | ||
(d) | Securities Authorized for Issuance Under Equity Compensatory Plans. None. | ||
(e) | Performance Graph. Not applicable. | ||
(f) | Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities. For the year ended December 31, 2009, there were additional sales of 94,176.4822 Redeemable Units totaling $154,716,468, General Partner contributions representing 1,461.7931 Unit equivalents totaling $2,500,000 and an allocation of 3,832.7087 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner Interest totaling $6,371,890. For the year ended December 31, 2008, there were additional sales of 80,923.5894 Redeemable Units totaling $120,116,000, General Partner contributions representing 1,320.0586 Unit equivalents totaling $2,000,000 and an allocation of 10,030.0211 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner Interest totaling $15,059,328. For the year ended December 31, 2007, there were additional sales of 42,292.4431 Redeemable Units totaling $50,824,256 and an allocation of 1,666.1246 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner Interest totaling $2,014,644. | ||
The Redeemable Units and the redeemable units of Special Limited Partnership Interest were purchased by accredited investors as described in Regulation D. | |||
Proceeds from the sale of additional Redeemable Units are used in the trading of commodity interests including futures contracts, options and forward contracts. | |||
(g) | Purchases of Equity Securities by the Issuer and Affiliated Purchases. | ||
The following chart sets forth the purchases of Redeemable Units by the Partnership. |
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(c) Total Number |
(or Approximate
Dollar |
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of Redeemable Units |
Value) of Redeemable
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(a) Total Number
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(b) Average |
Purchased as Part
of |
Units that May Yet
Be |
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of Redeemable Units |
Price Paid per |
Publicly Announced |
Purchased Under
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Period | Purchased* | Redeemable Unit** | Plans or Programs | Plans or Programs | ||||||||||||||||
October 1, 2009 - October 31, 2009 |
4,313.8632 | $ | 1,705.52 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
November 1, 2009 - November 30, 2009 |
5,038.9139 | $ | 1,717.34 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
December 1, 2009 - December 31, 2009 |
4,127.9501 | $ | 1,645.73 | N/A | N/A | |||||||||||||||
Total | 13,480.7272 | $ | 1,691.63 | |||||||||||||||||
* | Generally, Limited Partners are permitted to redeem their Redeemable Units as of the last day of each month on 10 days notice to the General Partner. Under certain circumstances, the General Partner can compel redemption, but to date, the General Partner has not exercised this right. Purchases of Redeemable Units by the Partnership reflected in the chart above were made in the ordinary course of the Partnerships business in connection with effecting redemptions for Limited Partners. | |
** | Redemptions of Redeemable Units are effected as of the last day of each month at the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit as of that day. No fee will be charged for redemptions. |
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Item 6. Selected Financial Data.
Net realized and unrealized trading gains (losses), interest income, net income (loss) ,
increase (decrease) in Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit and Net Asset Value per Unit for the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008, 2007, 2006 and for the period September 6, 2005 (commencement of trading operations) to December
31, 2005, and total assets at December 31, 2009, 2008,
2007, 2006 and 2005 were as follows:
2009 |
2008 | 2007 | 2006 | Period from September 6, 2005 (commencement of trading operations) to December 31, 2005 |
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Net realized
and unrealized trading gains (losses) net of expenses allocated
from the Master and brokerage
commissions (including clearing fees) of $15,712,498, $11,245,204,
$6,869,475,
$3,746,194 and $208,427, respectively |
$ | 57,088,217 | $ | 57,508,623 | $ | 19,685,242 | $ | (1,037,567 | ) | $ | 770,431 | |||||||||
Interest
income allocated from Master |
276,735 | 2,824,017 | 6,174,844 | 3,873,346 | 120,495 | |||||||||||||||
$ | 57,364,952 | $ | 60,332,640 | $ | 25,860,086 | $ | 2,835,779 | $ | 890,926 | |||||||||||
Net income
(loss) before allocation to Special Limited
Partner |
$ | 46,693,535 | $ | 52,530,383 | $ | 20,972,211 | $ | 207,112 | $ | 753,747 | ||||||||||
Allocation to Special Limited Partner |
(6,371,890 | ) | (15,059,328 | ) | (2,014,644 | ) | (659,994 | ) | (126,933 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income
(loss) after allocation to Special Limited Partner |
$ | 40,321,645 | $ | 37,471,055 | $ | 18,957,567 | $ | (452,882 | ) | $ | 626,814 | |||||||||
Increase
(decrease) in Net Asset Value per Unit |
$ | 178.97 | $ | 236.71 | $ | 131.40 | $ | 59.66 | $ | 45.28 | ||||||||||
Net Asset Value per Unit |
$ | 1,645.73 | $ | 1,466.76 | $ | 1,230.05 | $ | 1,098.65 | $ | 1,038.99 | ||||||||||
Total assets |
$ | 479,968,308 | $ | 338,957,991 | $ | 207,910,511 | $ | 156,089,358 | $ | 15,345,203 | ||||||||||
Item 7. Managements Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of
Operations.
Overview
The
Partnership, through its investment in the Master, seeks to achieve substantial capital
appreciation through speculative trading directly or indirectly in U.S. and international markets
for currencies, interest rates, stock indices, agricultural and energy products and precious and
base metals. The Master may employ futures, options on futures, and forward, spot and swap
contracts in those markets.
The General Partner manages all business of the Partnership. The General Partner has delegated
its responsibility for the investment of the Partnerships assets to SandRidge. The General Partner
employs a team of approximately 20 professionals whose primary emphasis is on attempting to
maintain quality control among the advisors to the partnerships operated or managed by the General
Partner. A full-time staff of due diligence professionals use propriety technology and on-site
evaluations to monitor new and existing futures money managers. The accounting and operations staff
provide processing of trading activity and reporting to limited partners and regulatory
authorities. In selecting the Advisor for the Partnership, the General Partner considered past
performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements. The General Partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets to the Advisor at any time.
Responsibilities of the General Partner include:
| due diligence examinations of the Advisor; | ||
| selection, appointment and termination of the Advisor; | ||
| negotiation of the Management Agreement; and | ||
| monitoring the activity of the Advisor. |
In addition, the General Partner prepares the books and records and provides the
administrative and compliance services that are required by law or regulation from time to time in
connection with the operation of the Partnership/Master. These services include the preparation of
required books and records and reports to limited partners, government agencies and regulators;
computation of net asset value; calculation of fees; effecting subscriptions, redemptions and
limited partner communications; and preparation of offering documents and sales literature.
The General Partner shall seek the best prices and services available in its commodity futures
brokerage transactions.
SandRidge
Capital, L.P.
Since December 1, 2005, SandRidge has traded the Partnerships assets in accordance with its
Energy Program, a discretionary trading program. SandRidge will primarily attempt to achieve the Partnerships objective through the
speculative trading of energy-related commodity interests, including, but not limited to, natural
gas, crude oil, heating oil and gasoline. With the prior approval of the General Partner, SandRidge
may trade in other commodity interests that are now traded, or may be traded in the future, on
exchanges and markets located in the United States and abroad.
SandRidge is a discretionary trader that employs primarily fundamental analysis. Fundamental
analysis examines factors external to the trading market that affect the supply and demand for a
particular group or type of commodity in order to predict future prices. Effective risk management
is an important aspect of SandRidges trading program. An accounts size, volatility of the market
traded and the nature of other positions taken are all factors used in deciding whether to initiate
a position and in determining the amount of equity committed to that position. While SandRidge
relies heavily on fundamental research to develop its overall point of view, it also employs
technical analysis in its trading to help determine entry and exit points. Technical analysis
includes moving averages, index rolls and Stochastic/relative strength indicators. Technical
analysis is based on the theory that the study of the markets themselves provides a means of
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anticipating price movements. SandRidge may employ various strategies for phasing an account
in and out of the markets. Entry points are based on a number of price breakout and retracement
indicators. Position exits are based on multiple strategies including trailing stops, target prices
and technical reversals. If SandRidge believes that the markets traded are unstable, SandRidge may
temporarily reduce positions or exit the markets entirely and therefore hold no open positions for
a period of time. SandRidge estimates that, generally, 10% to 15% of the Partnerships assets
allocated to SandRidge will be committed to margin at any one time. The actual amount committed as
such may be substantially more. Trading decisions will require the exercise of judgment by
SandRidge.
SandRidges success depends to a great extent upon the occurrence of market conditions
favorable to its trading strategy. Factors such as lack of major price trends or increased
governmental control of, or participation in, the markets, may reduce SandRidges ability to trade
profitably in the future.
As a managed futures partnership, the Partnerships/Masters performance is dependent upon the
successful trading of the Partnerships Advisor to achieve the Partnerships/Masters objectives.
It is the business of the General Partner to monitor the Advisors performance to assure compliance
with the Partnerships/Masters trading policies and to determine if the Advisors performance is
meeting the Partnerships/Masters objectives. Based on 2009 results, the General Partner continues
to believe the Advisor and the Energy Program have met the Partnerships/Masters
objectives and expects to continue to allocate the Partnerships/Masters assets to the Advisor and
this program unless otherwise indicated.
(a) Liquidity.
The Partnership does not engage in sales of goods or services. Its only assets are its
investment in the Master, cash and distributions receivable. The Master does not engage in sales of
goods or services. Because of the low margin deposits normally required in commodity futures
trading, relatively small price movements may result in substantial losses to the Partnership,
through its investment in the Master. While substantial losses could lead to a material decrease in
liquidity, no such illiquidity occurred during the year ended
December 31, 2009.
To minimize this risk relating to low margin deposits, the Master follows certain trading
policies, including:
(i) | The Master invests its assets only in commodity interests that the Advisor believes are traded in sufficient volume to permit ease of taking and liquidating positions. Sufficient volume, in this context, refers to a level of liquidity that the Advisor believes will permit it to enter and exit trades without noticeably moving the market. | ||
(ii) | The Advisor will not initiate additional positions in any commodity if these positions would result in aggregate positions requiring a margin of more than 66 ⅔% of the Masters net assets allocated to that Advisor. | ||
(iii) | The Master may occasionally accept delivery of a commodity. Unless such delivery is disposed of promptly by retendering the warehouse receipt representing the delivery to the appropriate clearinghouse, the physical commodity position is fully hedged. | ||
(iv) | The Master does not employ the trading technique commonly known as pyramiding, in which the speculator uses unrealized profits on existing positions as margin for the purchases or sale of additional positions in the same or related commodities. | ||
(v) | The Master does not utilize borrowings other than short-term borrowings if the Master takes delivery of any cash commodities. | ||
(vi) | The Advisor may, from time to time, employ trading strategies such as spreads or straddles on behalf of the Master. Spreads and straddles describe commodity futures trading strategies involving the simultaneous buying and selling of futures contracts on the same |
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commodity but involving different delivery dates or markets and in which the trader expects to earn a profit from a widening or narrowing of the difference between the prices of the two contracts. | |||
(vii) | The Master will not permit the churning of its commodity trading account. The term churning refers to the practice of entering and exiting trades with a frequency unwarranted by legitimate efforts to profit from the trades, driven by the desire to generate commission income. |
Form
January 1, 2009 through December 31, 2009, the Partnerships
average margin to equity ratio (i.e., the percentage of assets
on deposit required for margin) was approximately 5.2%. The foregoing
margin to equity ratio takes into account cash held in the
Partnerships name, as well as the allocable value of the
positions and cash held on behalf of the Partnership in the name of
the Master.
In the normal course of its business, the Partnership, through its investment in the Master,
is party to financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial
instruments and derivative commodity instruments. These financial instruments may include forwards,
futures, options and swaps, whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index, or reference
rate, and generally represent future commitments to exchange
currencies or cash balances, to purchase
or sell other financial instruments at specific terms at specified future dates, or, in the case of
derivative commodity instruments, to have a reasonable possibility to be settled in cash, through
physical delivery or with another financial instrument. These instruments may be traded on an
exchange or over-the-counter (OTC). Exchange traded instruments are standardized and include
futures and certain forwards and option contracts. OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting
parties and include swaps, certain forwards and option contracts. Each of these instruments is
subject to various risks similar to those related to the underlying financial instruments including
market and credit risk. In general, the risks associated with OTC contracts are greater than those
associated with exchange traded instruments because of the greater risk of default by the
counterparty to an OTC contract.
Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the financial instruments traded by
the Partnership/Master due to market changes, including interest and foreign exchange rate
movements and fluctuations in commodity or security prices. Market risk is directly impacted by the
volatility and liquidity in the markets in which the related underlying assets are traded. The
Partnership/Master is exposed to a market risk equal to the value of futures and forward contracts
purchased and unlimited liability on such contracts sold short.
Credit
risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the failure of a counterparty to perform
according to the terms of a contract. The Partnerships/Masters risk of loss in the event of a counterparty
default is typically limited to the amounts recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition and
not represented by the contract or notional amounts of the instruments. The Partnerships/Masters risk of
loss is reduced through the use of legally enforceable master netting agreements with counterparties
that permit the Partnership/Master to offset
unrealized gains and losses and other assets and liabilities with such counterparties
upon the occurrence of certain events. The Partnership/Master has credit risk and
concentration risk as the sole counterparty or broker with respect to the
Partnerships/Masters assets is CGM or a CGM affiliate. Credit
risk with respect to exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent
that through CGM, the Partnerships/Masters counterparty is an
exchange or clearing organization.
The Advisor will concentrate the Partnerships/Masters trading in energy related markets.
Concentration in a limited number of commodity interests may subject the Partnerships/Masters
account to greater volatility than if in a more diversified portfolio of contracts were traded on behalf of the
Partnership/Master.
As
both a buyer and seller of options, the Master pays or receives a premium at
the outset and then bears the risk of unfavorable changes in the price of the contract
underlying the option. Written options expose the Master to potentially unlimited
liability; for purchased options the risk of loss is limited to the premiums paid. Certain written put options permit
cash settlement and do not require the option holder to own the reference asset. The
Master does not consider these contracts to be guarantees as described in ASC
460 Guarantees (formerly, FAS No. 45,
Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees).
The
General Partner monitors and attempts to control the Partnerships/Masters risk exposure on a daily basis through
financial, credit and risk management monitoring systems, and
accordingly believes, that it has
effective procedures for evaluating and limiting the credit and
market risks to which the Partnership/Master may be
subject. These monitoring systems generally allow the General Partner to statistically analyze actual trading
results with risk-adjusted performance indicators and correlation statistics. In addition, online
monitoring systems provide account analysis of futures, forwards and options positions by sector,
margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral positions. (See also Item 8.
Financial Statements and Supplementary Data for further information on financial
instrument risk included in the notes to the financial statements.)
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Other than the risks inherent in commodity futures and swaps trading, the Master knows of no
trends, demands, commitments, events or uncertainties which will result in or which are reasonably
likely to result in the Masters liquidity increasing or decreasing in any material way. The
Limited Partnership Agreement provides that the General Partner may, in its discretion, cause the
Master to cease trading operations and liquidate all open positions under certain circumstances
including a decrease in Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit to less than $400 as of the close of
business on any business day.
(b) Capital resources.
(i) The Partnership has made no material commitments for capital expenditures.
(ii) The Partnerships capital consists of the capital contributions of the partners as
increased or decreased by gains or losses allocated from the Master on trading and by expenses,
interest income allocated from the Master, redemptions of Redeemable Units and distributions of
profits, if any. Gains or losses on trading cannot be predicted.
Market movements in commodities are
dependent upon fundamental and technical factors which the Advisor may or may not be able to
identify, such as changing supply and demand relationships, weather, government agricultural,
commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international political and economic
events and changes in interest rates. Partnership expenses consist of, among other things, brokerage
commissions, advisory fees and administrative fees. The level of these expenses is dependent upon
trading performance and
the level of Net Assets maintained. In addition,
the amount of interest income payable by CGM is dependent upon interest rates over which the
Partnership has no control.
No forecast can be made as to the level of
redemptions in any given period. A Limited Partner may require the
Partnership to redeem some or all of its Redeemable
Units at their Net Asset Value as of the last day of each month on ten days notice to the General Partner.
There is no fee charged to Limited Partners
in connection with redemptions. Redemptions generally are funded out
of the Partnerships cash holdings. For the year ended December 31, 2009,
28,700.7737 Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $46,455,006 and
11,261.9528 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner Interest were redeemed
totaling $18,994,343. For the
year ended December 31, 2008, 28,475.0102 Redeemable Units were redeemed
totaling $41,596,424 and 4,169.3687 Redeemable Units of Special
Limited Partner Interest were redeemed totaling $6,099,870. For the year ended December 31, 2007, 16,846.5648
Redeemable Units were redeemed totaling $20,091,388.
Redeemable Units were sold to persons and entities who are accredited investors as that term is
defined in rule 501(a) of Regulation D under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act).
For the year ended December 31, 2009, there were
additional sales of 94,176.4822 Redeemable Units totaling
$154,716,468, General Partner contributions representing 1,461.7931 Unit equivalents totaling
$2,500,000 and an allocation of 3,832.7087 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner
Interest totaling $6,371,890.
For the year ended December 31, 2008, there were additional sales of 80,923.5894
Redeemable Units totaling $120,116.000, General Partner contributions representing 1,320.0586
Unit equivalents totaling $2,000,000 and an allocation of 10,030.0211 Redeemable Units
of Special Limited Partner Interest totaling $15,059,328. For the year ended December 31, 2007, there were
additional sales of 42,292.4431 Redeemable Units totaling $50,824,256
and an allocation of 1,666.1246 Redeemable Units of Special Limited Partner Interest
totaling $2,014,644.
(c) Results of Operations.
For
the year ended December 31, 2009, the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit increased 12.2%
from $1,466.76 to $1,645.73. For the year ended December 31, 2008, the Net Asset Value per
Redeemable Unit increased 19.2% from $1,230.05 to $1,466.76. For the year ended December 31, 2007, the Net Asset
Value per Redeemable Unit increased 12.0% from $1,098.65 to $1,230.05.
The
Partnership, through its investment in the Master, experienced a net trading gain of $73,411,677
before commissions and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2009. Gains were primarily
attributable to the Masters trading of NYMEX Natural Gas, ICE Natural Gas, NYMEX Gasoline and
NYMEX Heating Oil.
The
Partnership posted gains for the year 2009, as profits accumulated from fundamental trading in
natural gas. The strategy realized most of the profits in the energy sector by capturing a
meaningful part of the bearish trend in the first eight months of the year as natural gas
prices tumbled from $5.971 to about $2.977 per month. Prices stabilized in late summer and rebounded
in September. Natural gas prices plummeted through Labor Day weekend with the October contract
trading as low as $2.400/mmbtu. A tighter supply and demand balance led prices higher. Some
lingering power demand helped the market tighten further. The Partnership continued to capture
profits as the rally continued. The Partnership suffered losses in December. With large storage
balances at the beginning of the month and a relatively bearish supply and demand balance (using
normal weather assumptions), the portfolio contained a bearish bias. Unfortunately, the
apparent tightening in the supply and demand balance and larger storage withdrawals have been
a factor of the extreme cold weather, reducing the Partnerships profit for the year.
The
Partnership, through its investment in the Master, experienced a net trading gain of
$69,232,908 before commissions and expenses for the year ended
December 31, 2008. Gains were primarily attributable to the Masters
trading of NYMEX Natural
Gas and ICE Natural Gas, and were partially offset by losses in NYMEX Crude Oil.
The
Partnership posted gains for the year 2008 as profits accumulated from the Masters trading in
natural gas. The strategy realized most of the profits in the energy sector by capturing a
meaningful part of the bearish trend in the first half of the year as natural gas prices plunged
from $14 to about $7 per month. Prices stabilized in late summer and remained range bound for the balance of
the year, slightly offsetting gains for
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the portfolio. The milder weather year-over-year also added to the storage deficit decline,
providing basis for traders to speculate a storage surplus by the end of the injection season.
While prices continued to trade lower, sharp reversals on concerns over hurricane storm risk
created a difficult trading environment for the strategy.
Interest income on 80% of the Partnerships daily average equity allocated to it by the Master
was earned at a 30-day U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by CGM based on the average
non-competitive yield on 3-month U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days. CGM may continue to
maintain the Masters assets in cash and/or place all of the Masters assets in 90-day Treasury
bills and pay the Partnership
its allocable share of
80% of the interest earned on the Treasury bills purchased. Twenty
percent of the interest earned on Treasury bills purchased may be retained by CGM and/or credited
to the General Partner. Interest income allocated from the Master for the three and twelve months
ended December 31, 2009 decreased by $81,156 and $2,547,282, respectively, as compared to the
corresponding period in 2008. The decrease in interest income is primarily due to lower U.S.
Treasury bill rates during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009, as compared to the
corresponding periods in 2008. Interest earned by the Partnership will increase the net asset value of the Partnership.
Brokerage commissions are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships adjusted net asset value
on the last day of each month and are affected by trading performance, additions and redemptions.
Accordingly, they must be compared in relation to the fluctuations in the monthly net asset values.
Brokerage commissions for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 increased by
$1,324,843 and $4,467,294, respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2008. The
increase in brokerage commissions is due to higher average net assets during the three and twelve
months ended December 31, 2009, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2008.
Management
fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships net asset value as of the end of
each month and are affected by trading performance, additions and redemptions. Management fees for
the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 increased by $704,697 and $2,375,073,
respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2008. The increase in Management fees is due
to higher average net assets during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009, as compared
to the corresponding periods in 2008.
Administrative fees are calculated as a percentage of the Partnerships net asset value as of the
end of each month and are affected by trading performance, additions and redemptions. Administrative fees for
the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 increased by $176,174 and $593,770,
respectively, as compared to the corresponding periods in 2008. The increase in administrative fees
is due to higher average net assets during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009, as
compared to the corresponding periods in 2008.
Special Limited Partner
profit share allocations (incentive fees) are based on the new trading
profits generated by the Advisor at the end of the quarter, as defined in the Management Agreement. The profit share allocation accrued
for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2009 was $0 and $6,371,890, respectively. The
profit share allocation accrued for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2008 was $0 and
$15,059,328, respectively.
The Partnership, through its investment
in the Master experienced a net trading gain of
$27,171,666 before commissions and expenses for the year ended December 31, 2007. Gains were
primarily attributable to the Masters trading of gasoline, NYMEX Natural Gas, and were partially
offset by losses in NYMEX Crude Oil and NYMEX Unleaded Gas.
The Partnership posted gains for the year 2007, as profits accumulated from the Masters
fundamental trading in natural gas more than offset small losses realized in trading crude oil.
Small losses were realized in trading crude in the second half of the year as the upward price
trend continued to experience an increase in volatility as geopolitical concerns and demand
expectation surged. Trading in natural gas was profitable throughout the year as prices were mostly
influenced by market forces and less on geopolitical events. The Partnership benefited from the
short natural gas positions as a fairly mild start to the summer and higher than expected storage
injection rates caused prices to fall. In the latter half of the year, the Partnership captured the
rally in natural gas as fundamental switched going into the winter months and prices rallied.
In the General Partners opinion, the Advisor continues to employ its trading methods in a
consistent and disciplined manner and its results are consistent with the objectives of the
Partnership and expectations for the Advisors programs. The General Partner continues to monitor
the Advisors performance on a daily, weekly, monthly and annual
basis.
Commodity
markets are highly volatile. Broad and rapid price fluctuations and
rapid inflation
increases the risks involved in commodity trading, but also increases the possibility of profit.
The profitability of the Partnership depends on the existence of major price trends and the ability
of the Advisor to correctly identify those price trends correctly. Price trends are influenced by,
among other things, changing supply and demand relationships, weather, governmental, agricultural,
commercial and trade programs and policies, national and international political and economic
events and changes in interest rates. To the extent that market trends exist and the Advisor is
able to identify them, the Partnership expects to increase capital through operations.
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In allocating substantially all of the assets of the Partnership to the Master, the General Partner considered the Advisors
past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded and fee requirements.
The General Partner may modify or terminate the allocation of assets to the Advisor and allocate assets to additional advisors at any time.
(d) Off-balance
sheet Arrangements. None
(e) Contractual
Obligations
. None
(f) Operational Risk
The Partnership, through its investment in the Master, is directly exposed to market risk and
credit risk, which arise in the normal course of its business activities. Slightly less direct, but
of critical importance, are risks pertaining to operational and back office support. This is
particularly the case in a rapidly changing and increasingly global environment with increasing
transaction volumes and an expansion in the number and complexity of products in the marketplace.
Such risks include:
Operational/Settlement Risk the risk of financial and opportunity loss and legal liability
attributable to operational problems, such as inaccurate pricing of transactions, untimely trade
execution, clearance and/or settlement, or the inability to process large volumes of transactions.
The Partnership/Master is subject to increased risks with respect to its trading activities in emerging market
securities, where clearance, settlement, and custodial risks are often greater than in more
established markets.
Technological Risk the risk of loss attributable to technological limitations or hardware
failure that constrain the Partnerships/Masters ability to gather, process, and communicate information
efficiently and securely, without interruption, to customers within the Partnership and the
Master, and in the markets where the Partnership and the Master participate.
Legal/Documentation Risk the risk of loss attributable to deficiencies in the documentation
of transactions (such as trade confirmations) and customer relationships (such as master netting
agreements) or errors that result in noncompliance with applicable legal and regulatory
requirements.
Financial Control Risk the risk of loss attributable to limitations in financial systems
and controls. Strong financial systems and controls ensure that assets are safeguarded, that
transactions are executed in accordance with managements authorization, and that financial
information utilized by management and communicated to external parties, including the
Partnerships Redeemable Unit holders, creditors, and regulators, is free of material errors.
(g) Critical Accounting Policies.
Use
of Estimates. The preparation of
financial statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP requires management to make
estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income
and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial
statements and accompanying notes. In making
these estimates and assumptions, management has considered the effects, if any, of events
occurring after the date of the Partnerships Statements of Financial Condition through
the date the financial statements were issued. As a result, actual results could differ
from these estimates.
Statement
of Cash Flows. The Partnership is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows
as permitted by ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows (formerly, FAS No. 102, Statement
of Cash Flows Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from
Certain Securities Acquired for Resale).
Partnerships Investments. The
Partnership values its investment in the Master at its net asset value per unit as calculated
by the Master. The Master values its investments as described in note 2 of the Masters
notes to the annual financial statements as of December 31, 2009.
Partnerships
and Masters Fair Value Measurements. The Partnership and the Master adopted ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly, FAS No. 157, Fair Value Measurements)
as of January 1, 2008 which defines fair value as the price that would be received to sell
an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
at the measurement date. The Partnership and the Master did not apply the deferral allowed
by ASC 820, for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value on a
nonrecurring basis.
The
Partnership values investments in the Master where there are no other rights or obligations
inherent within the ownership interest held by the Partnership
based on the end of the day net asset value of the Master
(Level 2). The value of the Partnerships investments
in the Master reflects its proportional interest in the Master.
As of and for the years ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership did not hold any
derivative instruments that are based on quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets (Level 1) or priced at
fair value using unobservable inputs through the application of
managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing
models (Level 3).
The Master considers prices for exchange traded commodity futures,
forwards and options contracts to be based on quoted prices in active
markets for identical assets (Level 1). The values of non exchange
traded forwards, swaps and certain options contracts for which
market quotations are not readily available and which are priced by
broker-dealers who derive fair values for those assets from
observable inputs (Level 2). As of and for the years ended
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Master did
not hold any derivative instruments for which market quotations are
not readily available and which are priced by broker-dealers who derive fair
values for those assets from observable inputs (Level 2) or that are
priced at fair value using unobservable inputs through the application
of managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing
models (Level 3).
Futures
Contracts. The Master trades futures contracts.
Exchange cleared swaps included in futures and exchange cleared swaps
are swaps that are traded as futures.
A futures contract is a firm
commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of investments, currency or a standardized amount of
a deliverable grade commodity, at a specified price on a specified future date, unless the contract
is closed before the delivery date or if the delivery quantity is
something where physical delivery cannot occur (such as the S&P 500
Index), whereby such contract is settled in cash. Payments
(variation margin) may be made or received by the
Master each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying
contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Master. When the contract is
closed, the Master records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the
contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Because transactions in
futures contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets
and variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly with the exchange on which the contracts are traded, credit
exposure is limited. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on futures
contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Options.
The Master may purchase and write (sell) both
exchange listed and OTC options on commodities or
financial instruments. An option is a contract allowing,
but not requiring, its holder to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific or standard commodity or
financial instrument at a
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specified price during a specified time period. The option premium is the total price paid or
received for the option contract. When the Master writes an option, the premium received is
recorded as a liability in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. When
the Master purchases an option, the premium paid is recorded as an asset in the Statements of
Financial Condition and marked to market daily. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized
gains (losses) on options contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses.
Income Taxes. Income taxes have not been provided as each partner is individually liable for
the taxes, if any, on their share of the Partnerships income and expenses.
In 2007,
the Partnership adopted ASC 740, Income Taxes (formerly, FAS No. 48, Accounting for
Uncertainty in Income Taxes). ASC 740 provides guidance for how uncertain tax
positions should be recognized, measured, presented and disclosed in the financial
statements. ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or expected
to be taken in the course of preparing the Partnerships financial statements to
determine whether the tax positions are more-likely-than-not to be sustained by
the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to tax at the Partnership
level not deemed to meet the more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as a
tax benefit or expense in the current year. The General Partner concluded that no
provision for income tax is required in the Partnerships financial statements.
The
following is the major tax jurisdiction for the Partnership and the earliest tax year
subject to examination: United States 2006.
Subsequent
Events. In 2009, the Partnership adopted ASC 855, Subsequent Events (formerly, FAS No. 165, Subsequent
Events). The objective of ASC 855 is to establish general standards of accounting
for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before
financial statements are issued or available to be issued. Management has determined
that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statement.
Recent
Accounting Pronouncements. In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting
Standards Update No. 2010-06 (ASU 2010-06), Improving Disclosures
about Fair Value
Measurements, which, among other things, amends ASC 820 to require entities to
separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in their
reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e. to present such items on a
gross basis rather than on a net basis), and which clarifies existing disclosure
requirements provided by ASC 820 regarding the level of disaggregation and the
inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that
fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2010-06
is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009,
except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in
the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements (which are
effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim
periods within those fiscal years). Management is currently assessing the impact
that the adoption of ASU 2010-06 will have on the Partnerships financial
statements disclosures.
In February 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No.
2010-09 (ASU 2010-09), Subsequent Events
(Topic 855): Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements,
which among other things amended ASC 855 to remove the requirement for an
SEC filer to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been
evaluated. This change alleviates potential conflicts between ASC
855 and the SECs requirements. All of the amendments in this update
are effective upon issuance of this update. Management has included the provisions of these
amendments in the financial statements.
Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to
the current year presentation.
Item 7A. Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk.
Introduction
All of the Partnerships assets are subject to the risk of trading loss through its investment in the Master. The Master is a speculative commodity pool. The market sensitive instruments held by it are
acquired for speculative trading purposes, and all or substantially all of the Partnerships assets
are subject to the risk of trading loss, through its investment in the Master. Unlike an operating
company, the risk of market sensitive instruments is integral, not incidental, to the Masters and
the Partnerships main line of business.
The risk to the Limited Partners that have purchased Redeemable Units is limited
to the amount of their capital contributions to the Partnership and their share of Partnership
assets and undistributed profits. This limited liability is a consequence of the organization of
the Partnership as a limited partnership under applicable law.
Market movements result in frequent changes in the fair market value of the Masters open
positions and, consequently, in its earnings and cash flow. The Masters and the Partnerships
market risk is influenced by a wide variety of factors, including the level and volatility of
interest rates, exchange rates, equity price levels, the market value of financial instruments and
contracts, the diversification effects among the Masters open positions and the liquidity of the
markets in which it trades.
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The Master rapidly acquires and liquidates both long and short positions in a wide range of
different markets. Consequently, it is not possible to predict how a particular future market
scenario will affect performance, and the Masters past performance is not necessarily indicative
of its future results.
Value at Risk is a measure of the maximum amount which the Master could reasonably be expected
to lose in a given market sector. However, the inherent uncertainty of the Masters speculative
trading and the recurrence in the markets traded by the Master of market movements far exceeding
expectations could result in actual trading or non-trading losses far beyond the indicated Value at
Risk or the Masters experience to date (i.e., risk of ruin). In light of the foregoing as well
as the risks and uncertainties intrinsic to all future projections, the inclusion of the
quantification in this section should not be considered to constitute any assurance or
representation that the Masters losses in any market sector will be limited to Value at Risk or by
the Masters attempts to manage its market risk.
Materiality as used in this section, Qualitative and Quantitative Disclosures About Market
Risk, is based on an assessment of reasonably possible market movements and the potential losses
caused by such movements, taking into account the leverage, optionality and multiplier features of
the Masters market sensitive instruments.
Quantifying the Partnerships/Masters Trading Value at Risk
The following quantitative disclosures regarding the Masters market
risk exposures contain forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor from
civil liability provided for such statements by the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of
1995 (set forth in Section 27A of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the Securities Act), and
Section 21E of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the Exchange Act)). All
quantitative disclosures in this section are deemed to be forward-looking statements for purposes
of the safe harbor except for statements of historical fact (such as the terms of particular
contracts and the number of market risk sensitive instruments held during or at the end of the
reporting period).
The Masters risk exposure in the various market sectors traded by the
Advisor is quantified below in terms of Value at Risk. Due to the Masters mark-to-market
accounting, any loss in the fair value of the Masters open
portion is directly
reflected in the Partnerships earnings (realized or unrealized
allocated from the Master).
Exchange maintenance margin
requirements have been used by the Master as the measure of its Value at Risk. Maintenance margin
requirements are set by exchanges to equal or exceed the maximum losses reasonably expected to be
incurred in the fair value of any given contract in 95%-99% of any one-day intervals. The
maintenance margin levels are established by dealers and exchanges using historical price studies
as well as an assessment of current market volatility (including the implied volatility of the
options on a given futures contract) and economic fundamentals to provide a probabilistic estimate
of the maximum expected near-term one-day price fluctuation. Maintenance margin has been used
rather than the more generally available initial margin, because initial margin includes a credit
risk component which is not relevant to Value at Risk.
In the case of market sensitive instruments which are not exchange traded,
the margin requirements for the equivalent futures positions
have been used as Value at Risk. In those rare cases in which a futures-equivalent margin is not
available, dealers margins have been used.
The fair value of the Masters futures and forward positions does not have any optionality
component. However, the Advisor may trade commodity options. The Value at Risk associated with
options is reflected in the following table as the margin requirement attributable to the
instrument underlying each option. Where this instrument is a futures contract, the futures margin,
and where this instrument is a physical commodity, the futures-equivalent maintenance margin has
been used. This calculation is conservative in that it assumes that the fair value of an option
will decline by the same amount as the fair value of the underlying instrument, whereas, in fact,
the fair values of the options traded by the Master in almost all cases fluctuate to a lesser
extent than those of the underlying instruments.
In quantifying the Masters Value at Risk, 100% positive correlation in the different
positions held in each market risk category has been assumed. Consequently, the margin requirements
applicable to the open contracts have simply been added to determine each trading categorys
aggregate Value at Risk. The diversification effects resulting from the fact that the Masters positions are rarely, if
ever, 100% positively correlated have not been reflected.
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The
Masters Trading Value at Risk in Different Market Sectors
Value at risk tables represent a probabilistic assessment of the risk of loss in market sensitive instruments. The following tables indicate the trading Value at Risk associated with the Masters open
positions by market category as of December 31, 2009 and 2008, and the highest, lowest and average
value at any point during the year. All open position trading risk exposures of the Master have
been included in calculating the figures set forth below. As of December 31, 2009, the Masters
total capitalization was $684,909,493 and the Partnership owned approximately 70.1% of the Master. The Partnership invests substantially all of its assets in the Master.
The Partnerships Value at Risk for the portion of its assets that are traded indirectly through its investment
in the Master as of December 31, 2009 was as follows:
December 31,
2009
% of Total | High | Low | Average | |||||||||||||||||
Market Sector | Value at Risk | Capitalization | Value at Risk | Value at Risk | Value at Risk* | |||||||||||||||
Energy |
$ | 19,220,494 | 2.81% | $ | 40,574,022 | $ | 11,157,117 | $ | 24,955,810 | |||||||||||
Total |
$ | 19,220,494 | 2.81% | |||||||||||||||||
* | Annual average of month-end value at risk |
As
of December 31, 2008, the Masters total capitalization was $449,718,446
and the Partnership owned approximately 75.3% of the Master.
The Partnerships Value at Risk for the portion of its assets that are traded indirectly in
the Master as of December 31, 2008 was as follows:
December 31,
2008
Low | Average | |||||||||||||||||||
% of Total | High | Value at | Value at | |||||||||||||||||
Market Sector | Value at Risk | Capitalization | Value at Risk | Risk | Risk* | |||||||||||||||
Energy |
$ | 25,819,902 | 5.74% | $ | 48,324,167 | $ | 12,297,376 | $ | 27,673,738 | |||||||||||
Total |
$ | 25,819,902 | 5.74% | |||||||||||||||||
* | Annual average of month-end value at risk |
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Material Limitations on Value at Risk as an Assessment of Market Risk
The face value of the market sector instruments held by the Master is typically many times the
applicable maintenance margin requirement (margin requirements generally range between 2% and 15%
of contract face value) as well as many times the capitalization of the Master. The magnitude of
the Masters open positions creates a risk of ruin not typically found in most other investment
vehicles. Because of the size of its positions, certain market conditions unusual, but
historically recurring from time to time could cause the Master to incur severe losses over a
short period of time. The foregoing Value at Risk table as well as the past performance of the
Master give no indication of this risk of ruin.
Non-Trading Risk
The Master has non-trading market risk on its foreign cash balances not needed for margin.
However, these balances (as well as any market risk they represent) are immaterial.
Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Primary Trading Risk Exposures
The following qualitative disclosures regarding the Masters market risk exposures except
for (i) those disclosures that are statements of historical fact and (ii) the descriptions of how
the Master 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. The Masters primary
market risk exposures as well as the strategies used and to be used by the General Partner and the
Advisor for managing such exposures are subject to numerous uncertainties, contingencies and risks,
any one of which could cause the actual results of the Masters 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 management strategies of the Master. There can be no assurance that the Masters 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 the Master.
The
following were the primary trading risk exposures of the Master as of December 31, 2009, by market sector.
Energy.
Energy related products, such as oil and natural gas, constitute the
principal market exposure of the Master. The Master has substantial
market exposure to natural gas. Political developments in other
countries or regions can also materially impact upon the prices of
energy products, as could changing supply and demand relationships,
weather, governmental, commercial and trade programs and policies,
and other significant economic events. Energy prices can be volatile
and substantial profits and losses have been and are expected to
continue to be experienced in these markets.
The
Master engages in swap transactions in crude oil and other energy
related products. In this connection, the Master contracts with its
counterparty to exchange a stream of payments computed by reference
to a notional amount and the price of the energy product that is the
subject of the swap.
Swap
contracts are not guaranteed by an exchange or clearinghouse. CGM
does not engage in swap transactions as a principal.
The
Master usually enters into swaps on a net basis, i.e., the two
payment streams are netted out in a cash settlement on the payment
date or dates specified in the agreement, with the Master receiving
or paying, as the case may be, only the net amount of the two
payments. Swaps do not involve the delivery of underlying assets or
principal. Accordingly, the risk of loss with respect to swaps is
limited to the net amount of payments that the Master is
contractually obligated to make. If the counterparty to a swap
defaults, the Masters risk of loss consists of the net amount of
payments that the Master is contractually entitled to receive.
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Qualitative Disclosures Regarding Means of Managing Risk Exposure
The General Partner monitors and controls the Partnerships, through its investment in the
Master, risk exposure on a daily basis through financial, credit and risk management monitoring
systems and accordingly believes that it has effective procedures for evaluating and limiting the
credit and market risks to which the Master is subject.
The General Partner monitors the Masters performance and the concentration of its open
positions, and consults with the Advisor concerning the Masters overall risk profile. If the
General Partner felt it necessary to do so, the General Partner could require the Advisor to close
out individual positions as well as enter certain positions traded on behalf of the Master.
However, any such intervention would be a highly unusual event. The General Partner primarily
relies on the Advisors own risk control policies while maintaining a general supervisory overview
of the Masters market risk exposures.
The Advisor applies its own risk management policies to its trading. The Advisor often follows
diversification guidelines, margin limits and stop loss points to exit a position. The Advisors
research of risk management often suggests ongoing modifications to its trading programs.
As part of the General Partners risk management, the General Partner periodically meets with
the Advisor to discuss its risk management and to look for any material changes to the Advisors
portfolio balance and trading techniques. The Advisor is required to notify the General Partner of
any material changes to its programs.
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Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data.
BRISTOL ENERGY FUND L.P.
INDEX TO FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
Page | ||
Number | ||
Oath or Affirmation |
F-2 | |
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting |
F-3 | |
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms |
F-4 F-8 | |
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2009 and 2008 |
F-9 | |
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December
31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 |
F-10 | |
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 |
F-11 | |
Notes to Financial Statements |
F-12 F-21 | |
Selected Unaudited Quarterly Financial
Data |
F-22 | |
Financial Statements of CMF
SandRidge Master Fund L.P. |
||
Oath or Affirmation |
F-23 | |
Reports of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firms |
F-24 F-26 | |
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2009 and 2008 |
F-27 | |
Condensed Schedule of Investments at December 31, 2009 and 2008 |
F-28 - F-29 | |
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December
31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 |
F-30 | |
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007 |
F-31 | |
Notes to Financial Statements |
F-32 - F-39 | |
Selected Unaudited Quarterly Financial Data |
F-40 |
F-1
To the Limited
Partners of
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the
information contained herein is accurate and complete.

By: | Jennifer Magro |
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
General Partner,
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
55 East 59th Street
10th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10022
212-559-2011
F-2
Managements
Report on Internal Control over
Financial Reporting
Financial Reporting
The management of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. (formerly, Smith
Barney Bristol Energy Fund L.P.), (the Partnership), Ceres
Managed Futures LLC (formerly, Citigroup Managed Futures LLC),
is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate
internal control over financial reporting as defined in
Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) under the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934 and for our assessment of internal control over
financial reporting. The Partnerships internal control
over financial reporting is a process designed to provide
reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial
reporting and the preparation of financial statements for
external purposes in accordance with accounting principles
generally accepted in the United States of America. The
Partnerships internal control over financial reporting
includes those policies and procedures that:
(i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in
reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership;
(ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are
recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial
statements in accordance with accounting principles generally
accepted in the United States of America, and that receipts and
expenditures of the Partnership are being made only in
accordance with authorizations of management and directors of
the Partnership; and
(iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or
timely detection and correction of unauthorized acquisition, use
or disposition of the Partnerships assets that could have
a material effect on the financial statements.
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over
financial reporting may not prevent or detect misstatements.
Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future
periods are subject to the risk that controls may become
inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that the degree
of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
The management of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. has assessed the
effectiveness of the Partnerships internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2009. In making this
assessment, management used the criteria set forth in the
Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the
Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission
(COSO). Based on our assessment, management concluded that the
Partnership maintained effective internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009 based on the criteria
referred to above.
The Partnerships independent registered public accounting
firm, Deloitte & Touche LLP, has audited the effectiveness
of the Partnerships internal control over financial
reporting as of December 31, 2009, as stated in their
report dated March 19, 2010 which appears herein.

Jennifer Magro
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
General Partner,
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.
F-3
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Partners of
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. (the
Partnership) as of December 31, 2009, and the related statements of income and expenses, and
changes in partners capital for the year then ended. We also have audited the Partnerships
internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on criteria established in
Internal Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the
Treadway Commission. The Partnerships management is responsible for these financial statements,
for maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting, and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express
an opinion on these financial statements and an opinion on the Partnerships internal control over
financial reporting based on our audit. The financial statements of the Partnership for the years
ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were audited by other auditors whose reports, dated March 26, 2009
and March 24, 2008, respectively, expressed unqualified opinions on those statements.
We conducted our audit 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 and
whether effective internal control over financial reporting was maintained in all material
respects. Our audit of the financial statements included examining, on a test basis, evidence
supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, assessing the accounting
principles used and significant estimates made by management, and evaluating the overall financial
statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over financial reporting included obtaining
an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, assessing the risk that a material
weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the design and operating effectiveness of internal
control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also included performing such other procedures as we
considered necessary in the circumstances. We believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis
for our opinion.
A partnerships internal control over financial reporting is a process designed by, or under the
supervision of, the partnerships principal executive and principal financial officers, or persons
performing similar functions, and effected by the partnerships general partner, management, and
other personnel to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting
and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally
accepted accounting principles.
A partnerships internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures
that (1) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect
the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the partnership; (2) provide reasonable
assurance that transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements
in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of
the partnership are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and general
partner of the partnership; and (3) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely
detection of unauthorized acquisition, use, or disposition of the Partnerships assets that could
have a material effect on the financial statements.
F-4
Because of the inherent limitations of internal control over financial reporting, including the
possibility of collusion or improper management override of controls, material misstatements due to
error or fraud may not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. Also, projections of any
evaluation of the effectiveness of the 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.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. as of December 31, 2009, and the
results of its operations and its changes in partners capital for the year then ended, in
conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. Also, in
our opinion, the Partnership maintained, in all material respects, effective internal control over
financial reporting as of December 31, 2009, based on the criteria established in Internal Control
Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
March 19, 2010
New York, New York
March 19, 2010
F-5
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
To the Partners of
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of financial condition, the related statement of income
and expenses, and statement of changes in partners capital present fairly, in all material
respects, the financial position of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. (formerly known as Smith Barney
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.) at December 31, 2008 and the results of its operations for the year then
ended in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
Also in our opinion, the Partnership maintained, in all material respects, effective internal
control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2008, based on criteria established in Internal
Control Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway
Commission (COSO). The Partnerships management is responsible for these financial statements, for
maintaining effective internal control over financial reporting and for its assessment of the
effectiveness of internal control over financial reporting, included in the accompanying
Managements Report on Internal Control over Financial Reporting. Our responsibility is to express
opinions on these financial statements and on the Partnerships internal control over financial
reporting based on our integrated audit. We conducted our audit 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 and whether effective internal control over financial reporting
was maintained in all material respects. Our audit of the financial statements included examining,
on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements,
assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, and
evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. Our audit of internal control over
financial reporting included obtaining an understanding of internal control over financial
reporting, assessing the risk that a material weakness exists, and testing and evaluating the
design and operating effectiveness of internal control based on the assessed risk. Our audit also
included performing such other procedures as we considered necessary in the circumstances. We
believe that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
A companys internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable
assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial
statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. A
companys internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i)
pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the
transactions and dispositions of the assets of the company; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that
transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance
with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the company
are being made only in accordance with authorizations of management and directors of the company;
and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized
acquisition, use, or disposition of the companys assets that could have a material effect on the
financial statements.
F-6
Because of its inherent limitations, internal control over financial reporting may not prevent or
detect misstatements. Also, projections of any evaluation of effectiveness to future periods are
subject to the risk that controls may become inadequate because of changes in conditions, or that
the degree of compliance with the policies or procedures may deteriorate.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 26, 2009
March 26, 2009
F-7
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Partners
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
Bristol Energy Fund L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of income and expenses and changes in partners capital
of Bristol Energy Fund L.P. (formerly, Smith Barney Bristol Energy Fund L.P.) for the year ended
December 31, 2007. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships
management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our
audit.
We conducted our audit 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. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the results of operations and changes in partners capital of Bristol Energy Fund L.P.
for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
F-8
Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2009 and 2008
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2009 and 2008
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||
Investment in Master, at fair value (Note 1)
|
$ | 479,820,291 | $ | 338,731,012 | ||||
Cash (Note 3c)
|
148,017 | 226,979 | ||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 479,968,308 | $ | 338,957,991 | ||||
Liabilities and Partners Capital:
|
||||||||
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Accrued expenses:
|
||||||||
Brokerage commissions (Note 3c)
|
$ | 1,499,901 | $ | 1,059,244 | ||||
Management fees (Note 3b)
|
797,316 | 562,931 | ||||||
Administrative fees (Note 3a)
|
199,329 | 140,733 | ||||||
Professional fees
|
59,629 | 104,136 | ||||||
Other
|
19,136 | 36,155 | ||||||
Redemptions payable (Note 5)
|
6,793,491 | 4,915,940 | ||||||
Total liabilities
|
9,368,802 | 6,819,139 | ||||||
Partners Capital: (Notes 1 and 5)
|
||||||||
General Partner 3,346.8277 and 1,885.0346 Unit equivalents
outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
|
5,507,975 | 2,764,893 | ||||||
Special Limited Partner 800.7772 and 8,230.0213 Redeemable Units
outstanding at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
|
1,317,863 | 12,071,466 | ||||||
Limited Partners 281,803.7996 and 216,328.0911 Redeemable Units
of Limited Partnership Interest outstanding at December 31,
2009 and 2008, respectively
|
463,773,668 | 317,302,493 | ||||||
Total partners capital
|
470,599,506 | 332,138,852 | ||||||
Total liabilities and partners capital
|
$ | 479,968,308 | $ | 338,957,991 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-9
Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.
Statements of Income and Expenses
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Income and Expenses
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Income:
|
||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on closed contracts allocated from
Master
|
$ | 10,866,259 | $ | 155,738,943 | $ | 25,299,402 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on open contracts
allocated from Master
|
62,545,418 | (86,506,035 | ) | 1,872,264 | ||||||||
Interest income allocated from Master
|
276,735 | 2,824,017 | 6,174,844 | |||||||||
Expenses allocated from Master
|
(610,962 | ) | (479,081 | ) | (616,949 | ) | ||||||
Total income (loss)
|
73,077,450 | 71,577,844 | 32,729,561 | |||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Brokerage commissions (Note 3c)
|
15,712,498 | 11,245,204 | 6,869,475 | |||||||||
Management fees (Note 3b)
|
8,351,500 | 5,976,427 | 3,651,345 | |||||||||
Administrative fees (Note 3a)
|
2,087,876 | 1,494,106 | 912,835 | |||||||||
Professional fees
|
165,907 | 257,814 | 240,830 | |||||||||
Other
|
66,134 | 73,910 | 82,865 | |||||||||
Total expenses
|
26,383,915 | 19,047,461 | 11,757,350 | |||||||||
Net income (loss) before allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
46,693,535 | 52,530,383 | 20,972,211 | |||||||||
Allocation to Special Limited Partner (Note 3b)
|
(6,371,890 | ) | (15,059,328 | ) | (2,014,644 | ) | ||||||
Net income (loss) after allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
$ | 40,321,645 | $ | 37,471,055 | $ | 18,957,567 | ||||||
Net income (loss) per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership
Interest and General Partner Unit equivalent (Notes 1 and 6)
|
$ | 178.97 | $ | 236.71 | $ | 131.40 | ||||||
Weighted average units outstanding
|
254,181.1224 | 203,840.2947 | 152,069.6458 | |||||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-10
Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Special |
||||||||||||||||
Limited |
Limited |
General |
||||||||||||||
Partners | Partner | Partner | Total | |||||||||||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2006
|
$ | 152,090,354 | $ | 772,619 | $ | 620,711 | $ | 153,483,684 | ||||||||
Sale of 42,292.4431 Redemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest
|
50,824,256 | | | 50,824,256 | ||||||||||||
Allocation of 1,666.1246 Redeemable Units of Special Limited
Partner Interest
|
| 2,014,644 | | 2,014,644 | ||||||||||||
Redemption of 16,846.5648 Redeemable Units of Limited Partner
Interest
|
(20,091,388 | ) | | | (20,091,388 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) available for pro rata distribution
|
18,756,150 | 127,179 | 74,238 | 18,957,567 | ||||||||||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2007
|
201,579,372 | 2,914,442 | 694,949 | 205,188,763 | ||||||||||||
Sale of 80,923.5894 Redemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest and 1,320.0586 General Partner Unit equivalents
|
120,116,000 | | 2,000,000 | 122,116,000 | ||||||||||||
Allocation of 10,030.0211 Redeemable Units of Special Limited
Partner Interest (Note 3b)
|
| 15,059,328 | | 15,059,328 | ||||||||||||
Redemption of 28,475.0102 Redeemable Units of Limited Partner
Interest
|
(41,596,424 | ) | | | (41,596,424 | ) | ||||||||||
Redemption of 4,169.3687 Redeemable Units of Special Limited
Partner Interest
|
| (6,099,870 | ) | | (6,099,870 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) available for pro rata distribution
|
37,203,545 | 197,566 | 69,944 | 37,471,055 | ||||||||||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2008
|
317,302,493 | 12,071,466 | 2,764,893 | 332,138,852 | ||||||||||||
Sale of 94,176.4822 Redemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest and 1,461.7931 General Partner Unit equivalents
|
154,716,468 | | 2,500,000 | 157,216,468 | ||||||||||||
Allocation of 3,832.7087 Redeemable Units of Special Limited
Partner Interest (Note 3b)
|
| 6,371,890 | | 6,371,890 | ||||||||||||
Redemption of 28,700.7737 Redeemable Units of Limited Partner
Interest
|
(46,455,006 | ) | | | (46,455,006 | ) | ||||||||||
Redemption of 11,261.9528 Redeemable Units of Special Limited
Partner Interest
|
| (18,994,343 | ) | | (18,994,343 | ) | ||||||||||
Net income (loss) available for pro rata distribution
|
38,209,713 | 1,868,850 | 243,082 | 40,321,645 | ||||||||||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2009
|
$ | 463,773,668 | $ | 1,317,863 | $ | 5,507,975 | $ | 470,599,506 | ||||||||
Net Asset Value per Unit:
|
2007:
|
$ | 1,230.05 | ||
2008:
|
$ | 1,466.76 | ||
2009:
|
$ | 1,645.73 | ||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
1. | Partnership Organization: |
Bristol Energy Fund L.P., formerly Smith Barney Bristol
Energy Fund L.P. (the Partnership) is a limited
partnership organized on April 20, 2005 under the
partnership laws of the state of New York to engage, directly or
indirectly, in the speculative trading of a diversified
portfolio of commodity interests, including options, commodity
futures contracts, forwards and swaps. In addition, the Master
(as defined below) may enter into swap and derivative contracts.
The commodity interests that are traded by the Partnership,
through the Master, are volatile and involve a high degree of
market risk.
Between May 15, 2005 (commencement of the offering period)
and September 1, 2005, 11,925 redeemable units of Limited
Partnership Interest (Redeemable Units) were sold at
$1,000 per Redeemable Unit. The proceeds of the initial offering
were held in an escrow account until September 6, 2005 at
which time they were remitted to the Partnership for trading.
The Partnership privately and continuously offers up to 400,000
Redeemable Units to qualified investors. There is no maximum
number of units that may be sold by the Partnership.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC (formerly Citigroup Managed Futures
LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, acts as the general
partner (the General Partner) and commodity pool
operator of the Partnership. The General Partner is wholly owned
by Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (MSSB
Holdings), a newly registered non-clearing futures
commission merchant and a member of the National Futures
Association (NFA). Morgan Stanley, indirectly
through various subsidiaries, owns 51% of MSSB Holdings.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGM), the commodity
broker and a selling agent for the Partnership, owns 49% of MSSB
Holdings. Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup), indirectly
through various subsidiaries, wholly owns CGM. Prior to
July 31, 2009, the date as of which MSSB Holdings became
its owner, the General Partner was wholly owned by Citigroup
Financial Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup
Global Markets Holdings Inc., the sole owner of which is
Citigroup.
On December 1, 2005, the Partnership allocated
substantially all of its capital to the CMF SandRidge Master
Fund L.P. (the Master), a limited partnership
organized under the partnership laws of the State of New York.
The Partnership purchased 14,410.8400 units of the Master
with cash equal to $14,477,858 and a contribution of open
commodity futures and option positions with a fair value of
$(16,018). The Master was formed in order to permit commodity
pools managed now or in the future by SandRidge Capital, L.P.
(SandRidge or the Advisor) using its
Energy Program, a proprietary discretionary trading system, to
invest together in one trading vehicle. The General Partner is
also the general partner of the Master. Individual and pooled
accounts currently managed by SandRidge, including the
Partnership, are permitted to be limited partners of the Master.
The General Partner and SandRidge believe that trading through
this master/feeder structure promotes efficiency and economy in
the trading process.
The General Partner is not aware of any material changes to the
trading program discussed above during the fiscal year ended
December 31, 2009.
At December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership owned
approximately 70.1% and 75.3%, respectively, of the Master.
It is the Partnerships intention to continue to invest
substantially all of its assets in the Master. The performance
of the Partnership is directly affected by the performance of
the Master. Expenses to investors as a result of the investment
in the Master are approximately the same and redemption rights
are not affected.
The financial statements of the Master, including the Condensed
Schedule of Investments, are contained elsewhere in this report
and should be read together with the Partnerships
financial statements.
The General Partner and each Limited Partner share in the
profits and losses of the Partnership, after the allocation to
the Special Limited Partner (defined herein), in proportion to
the amount of partnership interest owned by each except that no
Limited Partner shall be liable for obligations of the
Partnership in excess of their initial capital contribution and
profits, net of distributions.
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
The Partnership will be liquidated upon the first to occur of
the following: December 31, 2025; the Net Asset Value per
Redeemable Unit decreases to less than $400 per Redeemable Unit
as of a close of any business day; a decline in net assets after
trading commences to less than $1,000,000; or under certain
other circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership
Agreement of the Partnership (the Limited Partnership
Agreement).
On July 1, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (FAS) No. 168, The FASB Accounting
Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, also known as FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) 105, Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (ASC 105) (the
Codification). ASC 105 established the
exclusive authoritative reference for U.S. Generally
Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) for use in
financial statements except for Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC) rules and interpretive releases,
which are also authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The
Codification supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and
reporting standards. The Codification is the single source of
authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States and applies to all financial statements issued
after September 15, 2009.
2. | Accounting Policies: |
a. | Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. In making these estimates and assumptions, management has considered the effects, if any, of events occurring after the date of the Partnerships Statements of Financial Condition through the date the financial statements were issued. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates. | |
b. | Statement of Cash Flows. The Partnership is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows (formerly, FAS No. 102 Statement of Cash Flows-Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale). | |
c. | Partnerships Investments. The Partnership values its investment in the Master at the Masters net asset value per unit as calculated by the Master. The Master values its investments as described in note 2 of the Masters notes to the annual financial statements as of December 31, 2009. |
Partnerships Fair Value
Measurements. The Partnership adopted ASC 820,
Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly, FAS
No. 157, Fair Value Measurements) as of
January 1, 2008 which defines fair value as the price that
would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a
liability in an orderly transaction between market participants
at the measurement date. ASC 820, establishes a framework for
measuring fair value and expands disclosures regarding fair
value measurements in accordance with GAAP. The fair value
hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices
in active markets for identical assets or liabilities
(Level 1) and the lowest priority to fair values
derived from unobservable inputs (Level 3). The level in
the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value measurement
in its entirety falls shall be determined based on the lowest
level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in
its entirety. The Partnership did not apply the deferral allowed
by ASC 820 for nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities
measured at fair value on a nonrecurring basis.
In 2009, the Partnership adopted amendments to ASC 820, Fair
Value Measurements and Disclosures (formerly,
FAS No. 157-4,
Determining Fair Value When the Volume and Level of
Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased
and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly) which
reaffirms that fair value is the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the
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December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
measurement date under current market conditions. These
amendments to ASC 820 also reaffirm the need to use judgment in
determining if a formerly active market has become inactive and
in determining fair values when the market has become inactive.
These amendments to ASC 820 are required for interim and annual
reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. Management
has concluded that based on available information in the
marketplace, there has not been a decrease in the volume and
level of activity in the Partnerships Level 2 assets
and liabilities. The adoption of the amendments to ASC 820 had
no effect on the Partnerships Financial Statements.
The Partnership values investment in the Master where there are
no other rights or obligations inherent within the ownership
interest held by the Partnership based on the end of the day net
asset value of the Master (Level 2). The value of the
Partnerships investments in the Master reflects its
proportional interest in the Master. As of and for the years
ended December 31, 2009 and 2008, the Partnership did not
hold any derivative instruments that are based on unadjusted
quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
(Level 1) or priced at fair value using unobservable
inputs through the application of managements assumptions
and internal valuation pricing models (Level 3).
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical sets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2009 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment in Master
|
$ | 479,820,291 | $ | | $ | 479,820,291 | $ | | ||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | 479,820,291 | $ | | $ | 479,820,291 | $ | | ||||||||
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical Assets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2008 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Investment in Master
|
$ | 338,731,012 | $ | | $ | 338,731,012 | $ | | ||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | 338,731,012 | $ | | $ | 338,731,012 | $ | | ||||||||
Masters Investments. All commodity
interests of the Master (including derivative financial
instruments and derivative commodity instruments) are held for
trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade
date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (as described
below) at the measurement date. Investments in commodity
interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into
U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the
measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts
are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are
included as a component of equity in trading account on the
Masters Statements of Financial Condition. Realized gains
or losses and any change in net unrealized gains or losses from
the preceding period are reported in the Masters
Statements of Income and Expenses.
Masters Fair Value Measurements. The
Master adopted ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(formerly, FAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements) as of January 1, 2008, which defines
fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset
or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date. ASC 820
establishes a framework for measuring fair value and expands
disclosures regarding fair value measurements in accordance with
GAAP. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest priority to
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
or liabilities (Level 1) and the lowest priority to
fair values derived from unobservable inputs (Level 3). The
level in the fair value hierarchy within which the fair value
measurement in its entirety falls shall be determined based on
the lowest level input that is
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The
Master did not apply the deferral allowed by ASC 820 for
nonfinancial assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at
fair value on a nonrecurring basis.
The Master considers prices for exchange traded commodity
futures, forwards and options contracts to be based on
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
(Level 1). The values of non-exchange traded forwards,
swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations
are not readily available are priced by broker-dealers who
derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs
(Level 2). As of and for the years ended December 31, 2009
and 2008, the Master did not hold any derivative instruments for
which market quotations are not readily available and which are
priced by broker-dealers who derive fair values for those assets
from observable inputs (Level 2) or that are priced at fair
value using unobservable inputs through the application of
managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing
models (Level 3).
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical Sets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2009 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Options owned
|
$ | 1,092,800 | $ | 1,092,800 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 1,092,800 | $ | 1,092,800 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swaps
|
$ | 29,412,753 | $ | 29,412,753 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Options written
|
1,249,600 | 1,249,600 | | | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
30,662,353 | 30,662,353 | | | ||||||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (29,569,553 | ) | $ | (29,569,553 | ) | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical Assets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2008 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Options owned
|
$ | 4,987,535 | $ | 4,987,535 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 4,987,535 | $ | 4,987,535 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swaps
|
$ | 110,973,333 | $ | 110,973,333 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Options written
|
4,282,963 | 4,282,963 | | | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
115,256,296 | 115,256,296 | | | ||||||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (110,268,761 | ) | $ | (110,268,761 | ) | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Futures Contracts. The Master trades futures
contracts. Exchange cleared swaps included in futures and
exchange cleared swaps are swaps that are traded as futures. A
futures contract is a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified
quantity of investments, currency or a standardized amount of a
deliverable grade commodity, at a specified price on a specified
future date, unless the contract is closed before the delivery
date or if the delivery quantity is something where physical
delivery can not occur (such as the S&P 500 Index), whereby
such contract is settled in cash. Payments (variation
margin) may be made or received by the Master each
business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value
of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as
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Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
unrealized gains or losses by the Master. When the contract is
closed, the Master records a realized gain or loss equal to the
difference between the value of the contract at the time it was
opened and the value at the time it was closed. Because
transactions in futures contracts require participants to make
both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and
variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly
with the exchange on which the contracts are traded, credit
exposure is limited. Realized gains (losses) and changes in
unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are included in
the Masters Statements of Income and Expenses.
Options. The Master may purchase and write
(sell) both exchange listed and over-the-counter, options on
commodities or financial instruments. An option is a contract
allowing, but not requiring, its holder to buy (call) or sell
(put) a specific or standard commodity or financial instrument
at a specified price during a specified time period. The option
premium is the total price paid or received for the option
contract. When the Master writes an option, the premium received
is recorded as a liability in the Masters Statements of
Financial Condition and marked to market daily. When the Master
purchases an option, the premium paid is recorded as an asset in
the Masters Statements of Financial Condition and marked
to market daily. Realized gains (losses) and changes in
unrealized gains (losses) on options contracts are included in
the Masters Statements of Income and Expenses.
d. | Income Taxes. Income taxes have not been provided as each partner is individually liable for the taxes, if any, on their share of the Partnerships income and expenses. |
In 2007, the Partnership adopted ASC 740, Income Taxes
(formerly, FAS No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes). ASC 740 provides guidance for how
uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured,
presented and disclosed in the financial statements.
ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or
expected to be taken in the course of preparing the
Partnerships financial statements to determine whether the
tax positions are more-likely-than-not to be
sustained by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with
respect to tax at the Partnership level not deemed to meet the
more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as
a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The General
Partner has concluded that no provision for income tax is
required in the Partnerships financial statements.
The following is the major tax jurisdiction for the Partnership
and the earliest tax year subject to examination: United
States 2006.
e. | Subsequent Events. In 2009, the Partnership adopted ASC 855, Subsequent Events (formerly, FAS No. 165, Subsequent Events). The objective of ASC 855 is to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or available to be issued. Management has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements. |
f. | Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06 (ASU 2010-06), Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, which, among other things, amends ASC 820 to require entities to separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in their reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e. to present such items on a gross basis rather than on a net basis), and which clarifies existing disclosure requirements provided by ASC 820 regarding the level of disaggregation and the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements (which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years). Management is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2010-06 will have on the Partnerships financial statements disclosures. |
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Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
In February 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update
No. 2010-09
(ASU
2010-09),
Subsequent Events (Topic 855): Amendments to Certain
Recognition and Disclosure Requirements, which among other
things amended ASC 855 to remove the requirement for an SEC
filer to disclose the date through which subsequent events have
been evaluated. This change alleviates potential conflicts
between ASC 855 and the SECs requirements. All of the
amendments in this update are effective upon issuance of this
update. Management has included the provisions of these
amendments in the financial statements.
g. | Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to the current year presentation. | |
h. | Net Income (Loss) per Redeemable Unit. Net income (loss) per Redeemable Unit is calculated in accordance with investment company guidance. See footnote 6 for Financial Highlights. |
3. Agreements:
a. | Limited Partnership Agreement: |
The General Partner administers the business and affairs of the
Partnership including selecting one or more advisors to make
trading decisions for the Partnership. The Partnership will pay
the General Partner a monthly administrative fee in return for
its services to the Partnership equal to 1/24 of 1% (0.5% per
year) of month-end Net Assets of the Partnership. Month-end Net
Assets, for the purpose of calculating administrative fees are
Net Assets, as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement,
prior to the reduction of the current months management
fee, profit share allocation accrual, the General Partners
administrative fee and any redemptions or distributions as of
the end of such month. This fee may be increased or decreased at
the discretion of the General Partner.
b. | Management Agreement: |
The General Partner, on behalf of the Partnership, has entered
into a management agreement (the Management
Agreement) with SandRidge, a registered commodity trading
advisor. SandRidge is not affiliated with the General Partner or
CGM and is not responsible for the organization or operation of
the Partnership. The Partnership pays SandRidge a monthly
management fee equal to 1/6 of 1% (2% per year) of month-end Net
Assets allocated to SandRidge. Month-end Net Assets, for the
purpose of calculating management fees are Net Assets, as
defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the
reduction of the current months management fee, profit
share allocation accrual, the General Partners
administrative fee and any redemptions or distributions as of
the end of such month. The Management Agreement may be
terminated upon notice by either party.
In addition, SandRidge is a special limited partner (the
Special Limited Partner) of the Partnership and
receives a quarterly profit share allocation to its capital
account in the Partnership in the form of units of the
Partnership, the value of which shall be equal to 20% of the New
Trading Profits, as defined in the Management Agreement, earned
on behalf of the Partnership during each calendar quarter and
are issued as Special Limited Partner Redeemable Units. The
Advisor will not receive a profit share until the Advisor
recovers the net loss incurred and earns additional new trading
profits for the Partnership.
In allocating substantially all the assets of the Partnership to
the Master, the General Partner considers the Advisors
past performance, trading style, volatility of markets traded
and fee requirements. The General Partner may modify or
terminate the allocation of assets to the Advisor and may
allocate assets to additional advisors at any time.
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December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
c. | Customer Agreement: |
The Partnership has entered into a customer agreement (the
Customer Agreement) which provides that the
Partnership will pay CGM a monthly brokerage commission equal to
5/16 of 1% (3.75% per year) of month-end Net Assets, allocated
pro rata from the Master, in lieu of brokerage commissions on a
per trade basis. Month-end Net Assets, for the purpose of
calculating commissions are Net Assets, as defined in the
Limited Partnership Agreement, prior to the reduction of the
current months brokerage commission, management fee,
profit share allocation accrual, the General Partners
administrative fee, other expenses and any redemptions or
distributions as of the end of such month. Brokerage commission
will be paid for the life of the Partnership, although the rate
at which such fees are paid may be changed. CGM will pay a
portion of its brokerage fees to financial advisors who have
sold Redeemable Units in the Partnership. All NFA fees,
exchange, clearing, user,
give-up and
floor brokerage fees (collectively, the clearing
fees) will be borne by the Master and allocated to the
Partnership through its investment in the Master. All of the
Partnerships assets, not held in the Masters account
at CGM, are deposited in the Partnerships account at CGM.
The Partnerships cash is deposited by CGM in segregated
bank accounts to the extent required by Commodity Futures
Trading Commission regulations. CGM has agreed to pay the
Partnership interest on its allocable share of 80% of the
average daily equity maintained in cash in the Masters
account during each month at a
30-day
U.S. Treasury bill rate determined weekly by CGM based on
the average noncompetitive yield on
3-month
U.S. Treasury bills maturing in 30 days from the date
on which such weekly rate is determined. Alternatively, CGM may
place up to all the Masters assets in 90 day U.S.
Treasury bills and pay the Partnership its allocable share of
80% of the interest earned on Treasury bills purchased. Twenty
percent of the interest earned on Treasury bills purchased may
be retained by CGM
and/or
credited to the General Partner. The Customer Agreement may be
terminated upon notice by either party.
4. | Trading Activities: |
The Partnerships pro-rata share of the results of the
Masters trading activities are shown in the Statements of
Income and Expenses.
The Customer Agreements between the Partnership and CGM and the
Master and CGM give the Partnership and the Master,
respectively, the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses
on open futures contracts. The Master nets, for financial
reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and losses on open
futures and exchange cleared swaps contracts on the Statements
of Financial Condition as the criteria under ASC 210 Balance
Sheet (formerly, FASB Interpretation No. 39,
Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain Contracts)
have been met.
Brokerage commissions are calculated as a percentage of the
Partnerships adjusted net asset value on the last day of
each month and are affected by trading performance, additions
and redemptions.
The Master adopted ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging (formerly,
FAS No. 161, Disclosure about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities) as of January 1,
2009 which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and
strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about
fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative
instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related
contingent features in derivative agreements. ASC 815 only
expands the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments
and related hedging activities and has no impact on the
Statements of Financial Condition, Statements of Income and
Expenses and Statements of Changes in Partners Capital.
All of the commodity interests owned by the Master are held for
trading purposes. The average number of futures and option
contracts traded for the year ended December 31, 2009,
based on a quarterly calculation was 68,224.
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December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
The following table indicates the fair values of derivative
instruments of futures, exchange cleared swap and option
contracts as separate assets and liabilities for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
December 31, 2009 | ||||
Assets
|
||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts
|
||||
Energy
|
$ | 37,079,802 | ||
Total unrealized appreciation on open futures and exchange
cleared swap contracts
|
$ | 37,079,802 | ||
Liabilities
|
||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts
|
||||
Energy
|
$ | (66,492,555 | ) | |
Total unrealized depreciation on open futures and exchange
cleared swap contracts
|
$ | (66,492,555 | ) | |
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts
|
$ | (29,412,753 | )* | |
* | This amount is in Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and exchange cleared swap contracts on the Masters Statements of Financial Condition. |
Assets
|
||||
Options Owned
|
||||
Energy
|
$ | 1,092,800 | ||
Options owned
|
$ | 1,092,800 | ** | |
Liabilities
|
||||
Options Written
|
||||
Energy
|
$ | (1,249,600 | ) | |
Options written
|
$ | (1,249,600 | )*** | |
** | This amount is in Options owned at fair value on the Masters Statements of Financial Condition. | |
*** | This amount is in Options written at fair value on the Masters Statements of Financial Condition. |
The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by
market sector, on derivative instruments for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
December 31, 2009 |
||||
Sector | Gain (loss) from trading | |||
Energy
|
$ | 99,192,706 | ||
Total
|
$ | 99,192,706 | **** | |
**** | This amount is in Gain, (loss) from trading, net on the Masters Statements of Income and Expenses. |
5. | Subscriptions, Distributions and Redemptions: |
Subscriptions are accepted monthly from investors and they
become Limited Partners on the first day of the month after
their subscription is processed. Distributions of profits, if
any, will be made at the sole discretion of the General Partner
and at such times as the General Partner may decide. A limited
partner may require the Partnership to redeem their Redeemable
Units at their Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit as of the
last day of each month on ten days notice to the General
Partner. There is no fee charged to Limited Partners in
connection with redemptions.
F-19
Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
6. | Financial Highlights: |
Changes in the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited
Partnership Interest for the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008 and 2007 were as follows:
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)*
|
$ | 246.59 | $ | 346.08 | $ | 138.19 | ||||||
Interest income allocated from Master
|
1.13 | 14.60 | 40.89 | |||||||||
Expenses and allocation to Special Limited Partner**
|
(68.75 | ) | (123.97 | ) | (47.68 | ) | ||||||
Increase (decrease) for the year
|
178.97 | 236.71 | 131.40 | |||||||||
Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit, beginning of year
|
1,466.76 | 1,230.05 | 1,098.65 | |||||||||
Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit, end of year
|
$ | 1,645.73 | $ | 1,466.76 | $ | 1,230.05 | ||||||
* | Includes Partnership commissions and expenses allocated from Master. | |
** | Excludes Partnership commissions and expenses allocated from Master and includes allocation to Special Limited Partner. |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss) before allocation to Special
Limited Partner***
|
(6.6 | )% | (5.8 | )% | (3.5 | )% | ||||||
Operating expenses
|
6.7 | % | 6.8 | % | 7.0 | % | ||||||
Allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
1.6 | % | 5.3 | % | 1.1 | % | ||||||
Total expenses and allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
8.3 | % | 12.1 | % | 8.1 | % | ||||||
Total return:
|
||||||||||||
Total return before allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
13.7 | % | 24.7 | % | 13.1 | % | ||||||
Allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
(1.5 | )% | (5.5 | )% | (1.1 | )% | ||||||
Total return after allocation to Special Limited Partner
|
12.2 | % | 19.2 | % | 12.0 | % | ||||||
*** | Interest income allocated from Master less total expenses. |
The above ratios may vary for individual investors based on the
timing of capital transactions during the year. Additionally,
these ratios are calculated for the Limited Partner class using
the Limited Partners share of income, expenses and average
net assets.
7. | Financial Instrument Risks: |
In the normal course of its business, the Partnership, through
its investment in the Master, is party to financial instruments
with off-balance sheet risk, including derivative financial
instruments and derivative commodity instruments. These
financial instruments may include forwards, futures, options and
swaps, whose values are based upon an underlying asset, index,
or reference rate, and generally represent future commitments to
exchange currencies or cash balances, or to purchase or sell
other financial instruments at specific terms at specified
future dates, or, in the case of derivative commodity
instruments, to have a reasonable possibility to be settled in
cash, through physical delivery or with another financial
instrument. These instruments may be traded on an exchange or
over-the-counter
(OTC). Exchange traded instruments are standardized
and include futures and certain forwards and option contracts.
OTC contracts are negotiated between contracting parties and
include certain forwards and option contracts. Each of these
instruments is subject to various risks similar to those related
to the underlying financial instruments including market and
credit risk. In general, the risks associated with OTC contracts
are greater than those associated with exchange traded
instruments because of the greater risk of default by the
counterparty to an OTC contract.
F-20
Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the
financial instruments traded by the Partnership/Master due to
market changes, including interest and foreign exchange rate
movements and fluctuations in commodity or security prices.
Market risk is directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity
in the markets in which the related underlying assets are
traded. The Partnership/Master is exposed to a market risk equal
to the value of futures and forward contracts purchased and
unlimited liability on such contracts sold short.
Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the
failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a
contract. The Partnerships/Masters risk of loss in
the event of a counterparty default is typically limited to the
amounts recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition and
not represented by the contract or notional amounts of the
instruments. The Partnerships/Masters risk of loss
is reduced through the use of legally enforceable master netting
agreements with counterparties that permit the
Partnership/Master to offset unrealized gains and losses and
other assets and liabilities with such counterparties upon the
occurrence of certain events. The Partnership/Master has credit
risk and concentration risk as the sole counterparty or broker
with respect to the Partnerships/Masters assets is
CGM or a CGM affiliate. Credit risk with respect to
exchange-traded instruments is reduced to the extent that,
through CGM, the Partnerships/Masters counterparty
is an exchange or clearing organization.
The Advisor will concentrate the
Partnerships/Masters trading in energy related
markets. Concentration in a limited number of commodity
interests may subject the Partnerships/Masters
account to greater volatility than if in a more diversified
portfolio of contracts were traded on behalf of the
Partnership/Master.
As both a buyer and seller of options, the Master pays or
receives a premium at the outset and then bears the risk of
unfavorable changes in the price of the contract underlying the
option. Written options expose the Master to potentially
unlimited liability; for purchased options the risk of loss is
limited to the premiums paid. Certain written put options permit
cash settlement and do not require the option holder to own the
reference asset. The Master does not consider these contracts to
be guarantees as described in ASC 460 Guarantees (formerly,
FAS No. 45, Guarantors Accounting and
Disclosure Requirements for Guarantees).
The General Partner monitors and attempts to control the
Partnerships/Masters risk exposure on a daily basis
through financial, credit and risk management monitoring
systems, and accordingly, believes that it has effective
procedures for evaluating and limiting the credit and market
risks to which the Partnership/Master may be subject. These
monitoring systems generally allow the General Partner to
statistically analyze actual trading results with risk adjusted
performance indicators and correlation statistics. In addition,
on-line monitoring systems provide account analysis of futures,
exchange cleared swaps and options positions by sector, margin
requirements, gain and loss transactions and collateral
positions.
The majority of these instruments mature within one year of the
inception date. However, due to the nature of the
Partnerships/Masters business, these instruments may
not be held to maturity.
F-21
Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the Partnership for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008 is summarized below:
For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | |||||||||||||
October 1, 2009 to | July 1, 2009 to | April 1, 2009 to | January 1, 2009 to | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2009 | September 30, 2009 | June 30, 2009 | March 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and
unrealized trading
gains (losses), expenses and interest income allocated from Master net
of brokerage
commissions
|
$ | (9,553,007 | ) | $ | 20,517,794 | $ | 19,523,892 | $ | 26,876,273 | |||||||
Net income
(loss) before allocation to Special Limited Partner |
$ | (12,631,348 | ) | $ | 17,717,287 | $ | 17,032,345 | $ | 24,575,251 | |||||||
Net income
(loss) after allocation to Special Limited Partner |
$ | (12,631,348 | ) | $ | 14,192,729 | $ | 14,185,013 | $ | 24,575,251 | |||||||
Increase (decrease)
in Net Asset Value
per Unit |
$ | (42.52 | ) | $ | 56.55 | $ | 59.29 | $ | 105.65 |
For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | |||||||||||||
October 1, 2008 to | July 1, 2008 to | April 1, 2008 to | January 1, 2008 to | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2008 | September 30, 2008 | June 30, 2008 | March 31, 2008 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and
unrealized trading
gains (losses), expenses and interest income allocated from Master net
of brokerage
commissions |
$ | 4,310,479 | $ | (26,581,527 | ) | $ | 44,429,220 | $ | 38,174,468 | |||||||
Net income
(loss) before allocation to Special Limited Partner |
$ | 2,116,810 | $ | (28,743,155 | ) | $ | 42,494,555 | $ | 36,662,173 | |||||||
Net income (loss) after allocation to Special Limited Partner |
$ | 2,116,810 | $ | (28,743,155 | ) | $ | 34,163,601 | $ | 29,933,799 | |||||||
Increase (decrease)
in Net Asset Value
per Unit |
$ | 9.13 | $ | (132.79 | ) | $ | 186.28 | $ | 174.09 |
F-22
To the Limited
Partners of
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.
To the best of the knowledge and belief of the undersigned, the
information contained herein is accurate and complete.

By: | Jennifer Magro |
Chief Financial Officer and Director
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
General Partner,
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.
Ceres Managed Futures LLC
55 East 59th Street
10th Floor
New York, N.Y. 10022
212-559-2011
F-23
REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM
To the Partners of
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statement of financial condition of CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.
(the Partnership), including the condensed schedule of investments, as of December 31, 2009, and the
related statements of income and expenses, and changes in partners capital for the year then
ended. These financial statements are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our
responsibility is to express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. The
financial statements of the Partnership for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007 were audited
by other auditors whose reports, dated March 26, 2009 and March 24, 2008, expressed unqualified
opinions on those statements.
We conducted our audit 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
Partnership is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal
control over financial reporting. Our audit 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
Partnerships internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.
An audit also includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures
in the financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates
made by management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe
that our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, such financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial
position of CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. as of December 31, 2009, and the results of its
operations and its changes in partners capital for the year then ended, in conformity with
accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.
/s/ Deloitte & Touche LLP
New York, New York
March 19, 2010
New York, New York
March 19, 2010
F-24
Report of Independent Auditors
To the Partners of
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
In our opinion, the accompanying statement of financial condition, including the condensed schedule of
investments, and the related statement of income and expenses, and statement of changes in Partners
capital present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of CMF SandRidge Master
Fund L.P. at December 31, 2008, and the results of its operations for the year then ended
in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America. These
financial statements are the responsibility of the Companys management. Our responsibility is to
express an opinion on these financial statements based on our audit. We conducted our audit of
these statements in accordance with auditing standards generally accepted in the United States of
America. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance
about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement. An audit includes
examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the financial
statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management,
and evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that our audit provides a
reasonable basis for our opinion.
/s/ PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
New York, New York
March 26, 2009
March 26, 2009
F-25
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting Firm
The Partners
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P.:
We have audited the accompanying statements of income and expenses and changes in partners capital
of CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2007. These financial statements
are the responsibility of the Partnerships management. Our responsibility is to express an
opinion on these financial statements based on our audit.
We conducted our audit 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. An
audit includes examining, on a test basis, evidence supporting the amounts and disclosures in the
financial statements, assessing the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by
management, as well as evaluating the overall financial statement presentation. We believe that
our audit provides a reasonable basis for our opinion.
In our opinion, the financial statements referred to above present fairly, in all material
respects, the results of operations and changes in partners capital of CMF SandRidge Master Fund
L.P. for the year ended December 31, 2007, in conformity with U.S. generally accepted accounting
principles.
/s/ KPMG LLP
New York, New York
March 24, 2008
March 24, 2008
F-26
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2009 and 2008
Statements of Financial Condition
December 31, 2009 and 2008
2009 | 2008 | |||||||
Assets:
|
||||||||
Equity in trading account:
|
||||||||
Cash (Note 3c)
|
$ | 691,877,329 | $ | 530,398,527 | ||||
Cash margin (Note 3c)
|
22,651,198 | 29,705,022 | ||||||
Options owned, at fair value (cost $1,392,000 and $3,510,375 at
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively)
|
1,092,800 | 4,987,535 | ||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 715,621,327 | $ | 565,091,084 | ||||
Liabilities and Partners Capital:
|
||||||||
Liabilities:
|
||||||||
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and exchange cleared
swap contracts
|
$ | 29,412,753 | $ | 110,973,333 | ||||
Options written, at fair value (premium $994,000 and $3,103,510
at December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively)
|
1,249,600 | 4,282,963 | ||||||
Accrued expenses:
|
||||||||
Professional fees
|
49,481 | 116,342 | ||||||
Total liabilities
|
30,711,834 | 115,372,638 | ||||||
Partners Capital:
|
||||||||
General Partner, 0.0000 Unit equivalents at December 31,
2009 and 2008
|
| | ||||||
Limited Partners Capital, 311,109.5773 and 247,850.0335
Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership Interest outstanding at
December 31, 2009 and 2008, respectively
|
684,909,493 | 449,718,446 | ||||||
Total liabilities and partners capital
|
$ | 715,621,327 | $ | 565,091,084 | ||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-27
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2009
Number of |
% of Partners |
|||||||||||
Contracts | Fair Value | Capital | ||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts Purchased
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
||||||||||||
ICE Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap Apr. 10 Dec. 14
|
33,801 | $ | (11,509,797 | ) | (1.68 | )% | ||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap Mar. 10 Dec. 14
|
14,452 | (7,309,750 | ) | (1.07 | ) | |||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas May 10 May 11
|
4,825 | (5,954,147 | ) | (0.87 | ) | |||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Penultimate Mar. 10
|
524 | 495,220 | 0.07 | |||||||||
Total futures and exchange cleared swap contracts purchased
|
(24,278,474 | ) | (3.55 | ) | ||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts Sold
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
||||||||||||
ICE Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap Mar. 10 March 11
|
22,040 | (6,466,193 | ) | (0.94 | ) | |||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap May 10 Dec. 13
|
10,108 | 5,801,850 | 0.84 | |||||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas Mar. 10 Sept. 10
|
6,621 | (4,469,936 | ) | (0.65 | ) | |||||||
Total futures and exchange cleared swap contracts sold
|
(5,134,279 | ) | (0.75 | ) | ||||||||
Options Owned
|
||||||||||||
Puts
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
240 | 1,092,800 | 0.16 | |||||||||
Total options owned
|
1,092,800 | 0.16 | ||||||||||
Options Written
|
||||||||||||
Calls
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
240 | (1,249,600 | ) | (0.18 | ) | |||||||
Total options written
|
(1,249,600 | ) | (0.18 | ) | ||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (29,569,553 | ) | (4.32 | )% | |||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-28
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2008
Condensed Schedule of Investments
December 31, 2008
Number of |
% of Partners |
|||||||||||
Contracts | Fair Value | Capital | ||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts Purchased | ||||||||||||
Energy
|
||||||||||||
ICE Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap April 09 Dec. 14
|
30,555 | $ | (72,012,250 | ) | (16.01 | )% | ||||||
NYMEX Natural Gas Swap Oct. 09 Dec. 14
|
10,464 | (43,628,900 | ) | (9.70 | ) | |||||||
NYMEX Natural Gas Aug. 09 Oct. 10
|
6,052 | (113,269,862 | ) | (25.19 | ) | |||||||
Total futures and exchange cleared swap contracts purchased
|
(228,911,012 | ) | (50.90 | ) | ||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts Sold
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
||||||||||||
ICE Henry Hub Natural Gas Swap Feb. 09 Oct. 10
|
25,108 | 34,592,590 | 7.69 | |||||||||
NYMEX Henry Hub Natural Gas Feb. 09 Dec. 12
|
10,624 | 42,565,560 | 9.46 | |||||||||
NYMEX Natural Gas Feb. 09 Sep. 09
|
6,572 | 40,779,529 | 9.07 | |||||||||
Total futures and exchange cleared swap contracts sold
|
117,937,679 | 26.22 | ||||||||||
Options Owned
|
||||||||||||
Puts
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
730 | 4,987,535 | 1.11 | |||||||||
Total options owned
|
4,987,535 | 1.11 | ||||||||||
Options Written
|
||||||||||||
Calls
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
15 | (4,380 | ) | (0.00 | )* | |||||||
Puts
|
||||||||||||
Energy
|
1,675 | (4,278,583 | ) | (0.95 | ) | |||||||
Total options written
|
(4,282,963 | ) | (0.95 | ) | ||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (110,268,761 | ) | (24.52 | )% | |||||||
* | Due to rounding |
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-29
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Statements of Income and Expenses
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Income and Expenses
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Income:
|
||||||||||||
Net gains (losses) on trading of commodity interests:
|
||||||||||||
Net realized gains (losses) on closed contracts
|
$ | 18,484,633 | $ | 209,086,188 | $ | 40,099,593 | ||||||
Change in net unrealized gains (losses) on open contracts
|
80,708,073 | (109,479,479 | ) | 634,796 | ||||||||
Gain (loss) from trading, net
|
99,192,706 | 99,606,709 | 40,734,389 | |||||||||
Interest Income
|
388,904 | 4,119,717 | 9,737,038 | |||||||||
Total income (loss)
|
99,581,610 | 103,726,426 | 50,471,427 | |||||||||
Expenses:
|
||||||||||||
Clearing fees
|
623,298 | 390,792 | 677,706 | |||||||||
Professional fees
|
210,642 | 269,306 | 261,470 | |||||||||
Total expenses
|
833,940 | 660,098 | 939,176 | |||||||||
Net income (loss)
|
$ | 98,747,670 | $ | 103,066,328 | $ | 49,532,251 | ||||||
Net income (loss) per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership
interest (Notes 1 and 6)
|
$ | 388.51 | $ | 468.42 | $ | 242.28 | ||||||
Weighted average units outstanding
|
275,661.9324 | 241,781.3550 | 212,935.2422 | |||||||||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-30
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital
for the years ended
December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007
Partners |
||||
Capital | ||||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2006
|
$ | 215,065,486 | ||
Net income (loss)
|
49,532,251 | |||
Sale of 69,725.8292 Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest
|
89,474,602 | |||
Redemption of 24,714.6195 Redeemable Units of Limited
Partnership Interest
|
(31,803,576 | ) | ||
Distribution of interest income to feeder funds
|
(9,737,038 | ) | ||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2007
|
312,531,725 | |||
Net income (loss)
|
103,066,328 | |||
Sale of 80,081.4747 Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest
|
141,534,374 | |||
Redemption of 61,402.1561 Redeemable Units of Limited
Partnership Interest
|
(103,294,264 | ) | ||
Distribution of interest income to feeder funds
|
(4,119,717 | ) | ||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2008
|
449,718,446 | |||
Net income (loss)
|
98,747,670 | |||
Sale of 127,771.5856 Redeemable Units of Limited Partnership
Interest
|
270,602,300 | |||
Redemption of 64,512.0418 Redeemable Units of Limited
Partnership Interest
|
(133,770,019 | ) | ||
Distribution of interest income to feeder funds
|
(388,904 | ) | ||
Partners Capital at December 31, 2009
|
$ | 684,909,493 | ||
Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership
Interest:
2007:
|
$ | 1,363.75 | ||
2008:
|
$ | 1,814.48 | ||
2009:
|
$ | 2,201.51 | ||
See accompanying notes to financial statements.
F-31
CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
1. | Partnership Organization: |
CMF SandRidge Master Fund L.P. (the Master) is
a limited partnership that was organized under the partnership
laws of the State of New York to engage in the speculative
trading of a diversified portfolio of commodity interests
including futures contracts, options, swaps and forward
contracts. The commodity interests that are traded by the Master
are volatile and involve a high degree of market risk. The
Master may trade commodity futures and option contracts of any
kind but intends initially to trade solely energy and energy
related products. The Master is authorized to sell an unlimited
number of redeemable units of Limited Partnership Interest
(Redeemable Units).
Ceres Managed Futures LLC (formerly Citigroup Managed Futures
LLC), a Delaware limited liability company, acts as the general
partner (the General Partner) and commodity pool
operator of the Master. The General Partner is wholly owned by
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Holdings LLC (MSSB
Holdings), a newly registered non-clearing futures
commission merchant and a member of the National Futures
Association (NFA). Morgan Stanley, indirectly
through various subsidiaries, owns 51% of MSSB Holdings.
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (CGM), the commodity
broker and a selling agent for the Master, owns 49% of MSSB
Holdings. Citigroup Inc. (Citigroup), indirectly
through various subsidiaries, wholly owns CGM. Prior to
July 31, 2009, the date as of which MSSB Holdings became
its owner, the General Partner was wholly owned by Citigroup
Financial Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Citigroup
Global Markets Holdings Inc., the sole owner of which is
Citigroup.
On December 1, 2005 (commencement of trading operations),
Bristol Energy Fund L.P., (formerly Smith Barney Bristol Energy
Fund L.P.) (Bristol) allocated substantially
all of its capital to the Master. Bristol purchased 14,461.8400
Redeemable Units with cash equal to $14,477,858 and a
contribution of open commodity futures and options positions
with a fair value of $(16,018). On May 1, 2006, two
separate private investors (Private Investor I and
Private Investor II) each allocated substantially
all of their capital to the Master. Private Investor I purchased
23,073.5521 Redeemable Units with cash equal to $28,000,000 and
Private Investor II purchased 4,944.3326 Redeemable Units
with cash equal to $6,000,000. On October 1, 2006, CMF
SandRidge Feeder (Cayman) Ltd. (SandRidge Feeder)
and Energy Advisors Portfolio L.P., (formerly Citigroup Energy
Advisors Portfolio L.P.) (Energy Advisors) each
allocated substantially all of their capital to the Master.
SandRidge Feeder purchased 22,075.2638 Redeemable Units with
cash equal to $25,000,000. Energy Advisors purchased 2,092.7350
Redeemable Units with cash equal to $2,370,000. On April 1,
2007, Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P., (formerly
Citigroup Diversified 2000 Futures Fund L.P.)
(Diversified 2000) purchased 7,659.0734 Redeemable
Units with cash equal to $9,635,703. On March 1, 2009,
Tactical Diversified Futures Fund L.P., (formerly Citigroup
Diversified Futures Fund L.P.) (Tactical Diversified),
purchased 14,408.1177 Redeemable Units with cash equal to
$27,000,000. On June 1, 2009, Diversified Multi-Advisor
Futures Fund L.P., (Diversified), (formerly
Smith Barney Diversified Futures Fund L.P.) and Diversified
Multi-Advisors Futures Fund L.P. II, (Diversified
II), (formerly Smith Barney Diversified Futures Fund L.P.
II) each allocated a portion of their capital to the Master.
Diversified purchased 1,370.9885 Redeemable Units with cash
equal to $2,818,836. Diversified II purchased 2,086.0213
Redeemable Units with cash equal to 4,288,986. The Master was
formed to permit commodity pools managed now and in the future
by SandRidge Capital, L.P. (the Advisor) using the
Energy Program, the Advisors proprietary systematic
trading program, to invest together in one trading vehicle.
The Master operates under a structure where its investors are
Bristol, Private Investor I, Private Investor II, SandRidge
Feeder, Energy Advisors, Diversified 2000, Tactical Diversified,
Diversified and Diversified II (each a Feeder,
collectively the Funds) with approximately 70.1%,
4.2%, 0.7%, 9.0%, 1.3%, 2.0%, 11.7%, 0.4% and 0.6% investments
in the Master at December 31, 2009, respectively. Bristol,
Private Investor I, Private Investor II, SandRidge Feeder,
Energy Advisors and Diversified 2000 had approximately 75.3%,
5.2%, 0.9%, 13.7%, 2.1% and 2.8% investments in the Master at
December 31, 2008, respectively.
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
The Master will be liquidated upon the first to occur of the
following: December 31, 2025; or under certain other
circumstances as defined in the Limited Partnership Agreement of
the Master (the Limited Partnership Agreement).
On July 1, 2009, the Financial Accounting Standards Board
(FASB) issued Statement of Financial Accounting
Standards (FAS) No. 168, The FASB Accounting
Standards Codification and the Hierarchy of Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles, also known as FASB Accounting Standards
Codification (ASC) 105, Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (ASC 105) (the
Codification). ASC 105 established the
exclusive authoritative reference for U.S. Generally Accepted
Accounting Principles (GAAP) for use in financial
statements except for Securities Exchange Commission
(SEC) rules and interpretive releases, which are
also authoritative GAAP for SEC registrants. The Codification
supersedes all existing non-SEC accounting and reporting
standards. The Codification is the single source of
authoritative accounting principles generally accepted in the
United States and applies to all financial statements issued
after September 15, 2009.
2. | Accounting Policies: |
a. | Use of Estimates. The preparation of financial statements and accompanying notes in conformity with GAAP requires management to make estimates and assumptions that affect the reported amounts of assets and liabilities, income and expenses, and related disclosures of contingent assets and liabilities in the financial statements and accompanying notes. In making these estimates and assumptions, management has considered the effects, if any, of events occurring after the date of the Masters Statements of Financial Condition through the date the financial statements were issued. As a result, actual results could differ from these estimates. | |
b. | Statement of Cash Flows. The Master is not required to provide a Statement of Cash Flows as permitted by ASC 230, Statement of Cash Flows (formerly, FAS No. 102 Statement of Cash Flows-Exemption of Certain Enterprises and Classification of Cash Flows from Certain Securities Acquired for Resale). | |
c. | Masters Investments. All commodity interests of the Master (including derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity instruments) are held for trading purposes. The commodity interests are recorded on trade date and open contracts are recorded at fair value (as described below) at the measurement date. Investments in commodity interests denominated in foreign currencies are translated into U.S. dollars at the exchange rates prevailing at the measurement date. Gains or losses are realized when contracts are liquidated. Unrealized gains or losses on open contracts are included as a component of equity in trading account on the Statements of Financial Condition. Realized gains or losses and any change in net unrealized gains or losses from the preceding period are reported in the Statements of Income and Expenses. |
Masters Fair Value Measurements. The
Master adopted ASC 820, Fair Value Measurements and Disclosures
(formerly, FAS No. 157, Fair Value
Measurements) as of January 1, 2008, which defines
fair value as the price that would be received to sell an asset
or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction
between market participants at the measurement date.
ASC 820 establishes a framework for measuring fair value
and expands disclosures regarding fair value measurements in
accordance with GAAP. The fair value hierarchy gives the highest
priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for
identical assets or liabilities (Level 1) and the
lowest priority to fair values derived from unobservable inputs
(Level 3). The level in the fair value hierarchy within
which the fair value measurement in its entirety falls shall be
determined based on the lowest level input that is significant
to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Master did
not apply the deferral allowed by ASC 820 for nonfinancial
assets and nonfinancial liabilities measured at fair value on a
nonrecurring basis.
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
In 2009, the Master adopted amendments to ASC 820, Fair Value
Measurements and Disclosure (formerly,
FAS No. 157-4.
Determining Fair Value when the Volume and Level of
Activity for the Asset or Liability Have Significantly Decreased
and Identifying Transactions That Are Not Orderly) which
reaffirms that fair value is the price that would be received to
sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly
transaction between market participants at the measurement date
under current market conditions. These amendments to ASC 820
also reaffirm the need to use judgment in determining if a
formerly active market has become inactive and in determining
fair values when the market has become inactive. These
amendments to ASC 820 are required for interim and annual
reporting periods ending after June 15, 2009. Management
has concluded that based on available information in the
marketplace, there has not been a decrease in the volume and
level of activity in the Masters Level 2 assets and
liabilities. The adoption of the amendments to ASC 820 had
no effect on the Masters Financial Statements.
The Master considers prices for exchange traded commodity
futures, forwards and options contracts to be based on
unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets
(Level 1). The values of non-exchange traded forwards,
swaps and certain options contracts for which market quotations
are not readily available are priced by broker-dealers who
derive fair values for those assets from observable inputs
(Level 2). As of and for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008, the Master did not hold any derivative
instruments for which market quotations are not available and
which are priced by broker-dealer who derive fair values for
those assets from observable inputs (Level 2) or that are priced
at fair value using unobservable inputs through the application
of managements assumptions and internal valuation pricing
models (Level 3).
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical Sets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2009 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Options owned
|
$ | 1,092,800 | $ | 1,092,800 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 1,092,800 | $ | 1,092,800 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swaps
|
$ | 29,412,753 | $ | 29,412,753 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Options written
|
1,249,600 | 1,249,600 | | | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
30,662,353 | 30,662,353 | | | ||||||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (29,569,553 | ) | $ | (29,569,553 | ) | $ | | $ | | ||||||
Quoted Prices in |
Significant |
|||||||||||||||
Active Markets for |
Significant Other |
Unobservable |
||||||||||||||
Identical Assets |
Observable Inputs |
Inputs |
||||||||||||||
12/31/2008 | (Level 1) | (Level 2) | (Level 3) | |||||||||||||
Assets
|
||||||||||||||||
Options owned
|
$ | 4,987,535 | $ | 4,987,535 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Total assets
|
$ | 4,987,535 | $ | 4,987,535 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Liabilities
|
||||||||||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swaps
|
$ | 110,973,333 | $ | 110,973,333 | $ | | $ | | ||||||||
Options written
|
4,282,963 | 4,282,963 | | | ||||||||||||
Total liabilities
|
115,256,296 | 115,256,296 | | | ||||||||||||
Total fair value
|
$ | (110,268,761 | ) | $ | (110,268,761 | ) | $ | | $ | | ||||||
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
d. | Futures Contracts. The Master trades futures contracts. Exchange cleared swaps included in futures and exchange cleared swaps are swaps that are traded as futures. A futures contract is a firm commitment to buy or sell a specified quantity of investments, currency or a standardized amount of a deliverable grade commodity, at a specified price on a specified future date, unless the contract is closed before the delivery date or if the delivery quantity is something where physical delivery cannot occur (such as the S&P 500 Index), whereby such contract is settled in cash. Payments (variation margin) may be made or received by the Master each business day, depending on the daily fluctuations in the value of the underlying contracts, and are recorded as unrealized gains or losses by the Master. When the contract is closed, the Master records a realized gain or loss equal to the difference between the value of the contract at the time it was opened and the value at the time it was closed. Because transactions in futures contracts require participants to make both initial margin deposits of cash or other assets and variation margin deposits, through the futures broker, directly with the exchange on which the contracts are traded, credit exposure is limited. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on futures contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses. | |
e. | Options. The Master may purchase and write (sell), both exchange listed and over-the-counter, options on commodities or financial instruments. An option is a contract allowing, but not requiring, its holder to buy (call) or sell (put) a specific or standard commodity or financial instrument at a specified price during a specified time period. The option premium is the total price paid or received for the option contract. When the Master writes an option, the premium received is recorded as a liability in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. When the Master purchases an option, the premium paid is recorded as an asset in the Statements of Financial Condition and marked to market daily. Realized gains (losses) and changes in unrealized gains (losses) on options contracts are included in the Statements of Income and Expenses. |
f. | Income and Expenses Recognition. All of the income and expenses and realized and unrealized gains and losses on trading of commodity interests are determined on each valuation day and allocated pro rata among the Funds at the time of such determination. |
g. | Income Taxes. Income taxes have not been provided as each partner is individually liable for the taxes, if any, on their share of the Masters income and expenses. |
In 2007, the Master adopted ASC 740, Income Taxes
(formerly, FAS No. 48, Accounting for Uncertainty in
Income Taxes). ASC 740 provides guidance for how
uncertain tax positions should be recognized, measured,
presented and disclosed in the financial statements.
ASC 740 requires the evaluation of tax positions taken or
expected to be taken in the course of preparing the
Masters financial statements to determine whether the tax
positions are more-likely-than-not to be sustained
by the applicable tax authority. Tax positions with respect to
tax at the Master level not deemed to meet the
more-likely-than-not threshold would be recorded as
a tax benefit or expense in the current year. The General
Partner has concluded that no provision for income tax is
required in the Masters financial statements.
The following is the major tax jurisdiction for the Master and
the earliest tax year subject to examination: United
States 2006.
h. | Subsequent Events. In 2009, the Master adopted ASC 855, Subsequent Events (formerly, FAS No. 165, Subsequent Events). The objective of ASC 855 is to establish general standards of accounting for and disclosure of events that occur after the balance sheet date but before financial statements are issued or available to be issued. Management has determined that there were no subsequent events requiring adjustment or disclosure in the financial statements. |
i. | Recent Accounting Pronouncements. In January 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-06 (ASU 2010-06), Improving Disclosures about Fair Value Measurements, which, among other things, amends ASC 820 to require entities to separately present purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in their reconciliation of Level 3 fair value measurements (i.e. to |
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
present such items on a gross basis rather than on a net basis), and which clarifies existing disclosure requirements provided by ASC 820 regarding the level of disaggregation and the inputs and valuation techniques used to measure fair value for measurements that fall within either Level 2 or Level 3 of the fair value hierarchy. ASU 2010-06 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2009, except for the disclosures about purchases, sales, issuances, and settlements in the roll forward of activity in Level 3 fair value measurements (which are effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2010, and for interim periods within those fiscal years). Management is currently assessing the impact that the adoption of ASU 2010-06 will have on the Masters financial statements disclosures. |
In February 2010, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2010-09 (ASU 2010-09), Subsequent Events (Topic 855): Amendments to Certain Recognition and Disclosure Requirements, which among other things amended ASC 855 to remove the requirement for an SEC filer to disclose the date through which subsequent events have been evaluated. This change alleviates potential conflicts between ASC 855 and the SECs requirements. All of the amendments in this update are effective upon issuance of this update. Management has included the provisions of these amendments in the financial statements. | ||
j. | Certain prior period amounts have been reclassified to conform to current year presentation. | |
k. | Net Income (Loss) per Redeemable Unit. Net income (loss) per Redeemable Unit is calculated in accordance with investment company guidance. See footnote 6 for Financial Highlights. |
3. | Agreements: |
a. | Limited Partnership Agreement: |
The General Partner administers the business and affairs of the
Master including selecting one or more advisors to make trading
decisions for the Master.
b. | Management Agreement: |
The General Partner, on behalf of the Master, has entered into a
management agreement (the Management Agreement) with
the Advisor, a registered commodity trading advisor. The Advisor
is not affiliated with the General Partner or CGM and is not
responsible for the organization or operation of the Master. The
Management Agreement provides that the Advisor has sole
discretion in determining the investment of the assets of the
Master. All management fees in connection with the Management
Agreement are borne by the Funds. The Management Agreement may
be terminated upon notice by either party.
c. | Customer Agreement: |
The Master has entered into a customer agreement (the
Customer Agreement) with CGM whereby CGM provides
services which include, among other things, the execution of
transactions for the Masters account in accordance with
orders placed by the Advisor. All exchange, clearing, user,
give-up,
floor brokerage and NFA fees (collectively the clearing
fees) are borne by the Master. All other fees including
CGMs direct brokerage commission shall be borne by the
Funds. All of the Masters assets are deposited in the
Masters account at CGM. The Masters cash is
deposited by CGM in segregated bank accounts to the extent
required by Commodity Futures Trading Commission regulations. At
December 31, 2009 and 2008, the amounts of cash held by the
Master for margin requirements were $22,651,198 and $29,705,022,
respectively. The Customer Agreement may be terminated upon
notice by either party.
4. | Trading Activities: |
The Master was formed for the purpose of trading contracts in a
variety of commodity interests, including derivative financial
instruments and derivative commodity interests. The results of
the Masters trading activities are shown in the Statements
of Income and Expenses.
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
The Customer Agreement between the Master and CGM gives the
Master the legal right to net unrealized gains and losses on
open futures and exchange cleared swap contracts. The Master
nets, for financial reporting purposes, the unrealized gains and
losses on open futures and forward contracts on the Statements
of Financial Condition as the criteria under ASC 210, Balance
Sheet (formerly, FASB Interpretation No. 39,
Offsetting of Amounts Related to Certain contracts)
have been met.
All of the commodity interests owned by the Master are held for
trading purposes. The average number of futures, exchange
cleared swap and option contracts traded for the year ended
December 31, 2009, based on a quarterly calculation was
68,224.
The Master adopted ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging
(formerly, FAS No. 161, Disclosures about Derivative
Instruments and Hedging Activities) as of January 1,
2009 which requires qualitative disclosures about objectives and
strategies for using derivatives, quantitative disclosures about
fair value amounts of and gains and losses on derivative
instruments, and disclosures about credit-risk-related
contingent features in derivative agreements. ASC 815 only
expands the disclosure requirements for derivative instruments
and related hedging activities and has no impact on the
Statements of Financial Condition, Statements of Income and
Expenses and Statements of Changes in Partners Capital.
The following table indicates the fair values of derivative
instruments of futures, exchange cleared swap and option
contracts as separate assets and liabilities for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
December 31, 2009 | December 31, 2009 | |||||||||
Assets
|
Assets | |||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts
|
Options Owned | |||||||||
Energy
|
$ | 37,079,802 | Energy | $ | 1,092,800 | |||||
Total unrealized appreciation on open futures and exchange
cleared swap contracts
|
$ | 37,079,802 | Options owned | $ | 1,092,800 | ** | ||||
Liabilities
|
Liabilities | |||||||||
Futures and Exchange Cleared Swap Contracts
|
Options Written | |||||||||
Energy
|
$ | (66,492,555 | ) | Energy | $ | (1,249,600 | ) | |||
Total unrealized depreciation on open futures and exchange
cleared swap contracts
|
$ | (66,492,555 | ) | Options written | $ | (1,249,600 | )*** | |||
Net unrealized depreciation on open futures contracts
|
$ | (29,412,753 | )* | |||||||
* | This amount is in Net unrealized depreciation on open futures and exchange cleared swap contracts on the Statements of Financial Condition. | |
** | This amount is in Options owned at fair value on the Statements of Financial Condition. | |
*** | This amount is in Options written at fair value on the Statements of Financial Condition. |
The following table indicates the trading gains and losses, by
market sector, on derivative instruments for the year ended
December 31, 2009.
December 31, 2009 |
||||
Sector | Gain (loss) from trading | |||
Energy
|
$ | 99,192,706 | ||
Total
|
$ | 99,192,706 | **** | |
**** | This amount is in Gain(loss) from trading, net on the Statements of Income and Expenses. |
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
5. | Subscriptions, Distributions and Redemptions: |
Subscriptions are accepted monthly from investors and they
become Limited Partners on the first day of the month after
their subscription is processed. A Limited Partner may withdraw
all or part of their capital contribution and undistributed
profits, if any, from the Masters in multiples of the Net Asset
Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership Interest as of
the end day of any day (the Redemption Date) after a
request for redemption has been made to the General Partner at
least 3 days in advance of the Redemption Date. The
Redeemable Units are classified as a liability when the Limited
Partner elects to redeem and informs the Master.
6. | Financial Highlights: |
Changes in the Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited
Partnership Interest for the years ended December 31, 2009,
2008 and 2007 were as follows:
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized gains (losses)*
|
$ | 387.81 | $ | 451.86 | $ | 197.11 | ||||||
Interest income
|
1.48 | 17.69 | 46.35 | |||||||||
Expenses**
|
(0.78 | ) | (1.13 | ) | (1.18 | ) | ||||||
Increase (decrease) for the year
|
388.51 | 468.42 | 242.28 | |||||||||
Distribution of interest income to feeder funds
|
(1.48 | ) | (17.69 | ) | (46.35 | ) | ||||||
Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership
Interest, beginning of year
|
1,814.48 | 1,363.75 | 1,167.82 | |||||||||
Net Asset Value per Redeemable Unit of Limited Partnership
Interest, end of year
|
$ | 2,201.51 | $ | 1,814.48 | $ | 1,363.75 | ||||||
* | Includes clearing fees. | |
** | Excludes clearing fees. |
2009 | 2008 | 2007 | ||||||||||
Ratios to average net assets:
|
||||||||||||
Net investment income (loss)***
|
(0.1 | )% | 0.9 | % | 3.3 | % | ||||||
Operating expenses
|
0.1 | % | 0.2 | % | 0.3 | % | ||||||
Total return
|
21.3 | % | 34.3 | % | 20.8 | % | ||||||
*** | Interest income less total expenses. |
The above ratios may vary for individual investors based on the
timing of capital transactions during the year. Additionally,
these ratios are calculated for the Limited Partner class using
the Limited Partners share of income, expenses and average
net assets.
7. | Financial Instrument Risks: |
In the normal course of its business, the Master is party to
financial instruments with off-balance sheet risk, including
derivative financial instruments and derivative commodity
instruments. These financial instruments may include forwards,
futures, options and swaps whose values are based upon an
underlying asset, index, or reference rate, and generally
represent future commitments to exchange currencies or cash
balances, to purchase or sell other financial instruments at
specific terms at specified future dates, or, in the case of
derivative commodity instruments, to have a reasonable
possibility to be settled in cash, through physical delivery or
with another financial instrument. These instruments may be
traded on an exchange or over-the-counter (OTC).
Exchange traded instruments are standardized and include futures
and certain forwards and option contracts. OTC contracts are
negotiated between contracting parties and include certain
forwards and option contracts. Each of these instruments is
subject to various risks similar
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CMF SandRidge
Master Fund L.P.
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
Notes to Financial Statements
December 31, 2009
to those related to the underlying financial instruments
including market and credit risk. In general, the risks
associated with OTC contracts are greater than those associated
with exchange traded instruments because of the greater risk of
default by the counterparty to an OTC contract.
Market risk is the potential for changes in the value of the
financial instruments traded by the Master due to market
changes, including interest and foreign exchange rate movements
and fluctuations in commodity or security prices. Market risk is
directly impacted by the volatility and liquidity in the markets
in which the related underlying assets are traded. The Master is
exposed to a market risk equal to the value of futures and
forward contracts purchased and unlimited liability on such
contracts sold short.
Credit risk is the possibility that a loss may occur due to the
failure of a counterparty to perform according to the terms of a
contract. The Masters risk of loss in the event of
counterparty default is typically limited to the amounts
recognized in the Statements of Financial Condition and not
represented by the contract or notional amounts of the
instruments. The Masters risk of loss is reduced through
the use of legally enforceable master netting agreements with
counterparties that permit the Master to offset unrealized gains
and losses and other assets and liabilities with such
counterparties upon the occurrence of certain events. The Master
has credit risk and concentration risk as the sole counterparty
or broker with respect to the Masters assets is CGM or a
CGM affiliate. Credit risk with respect to exchange-traded
instruments is reduced to the extent that through CGM, the
Masters counterparty is an exchange or clearing
organization.
The Advisor will concentrate the Masters trading in energy
related markets. Concentration in a limited number of commodity
interests may subject the Masters account to greater
volatility than if a more diversified portfolio of contracts.
As both a buyer and seller of options, the Master pays or
receives a premium at the outset and then bears the risk of
unfavorable changes in the price of the contract underlying the
option. Written options expose the Master to potentially
unlimited liability; for purchased options the risk of loss is
limited to the premiums paid. Certain written put options permit
cash settlement and do not require the option holder to own the
reference asset. The Master does not consider these contracts to
be guarantees as described in ASC 460 Guarantees (formerly, FAS
No. 45, Guarantors Accounting and Disclosure
Requirements for Guarantees).
The General Partner monitors and attempts to control the
Masters risk exposure on a daily basis through financial,
credit and risk management monitoring systems, and accordingly,
believes that it has effective procedures for evaluating and
limiting the credit and market risks to which the Master may be
subject. These monitoring systems generally allow the General
Partner to statistically analyze actual trading results with
risk adjusted performance indicators and correlation statistics.
In addition, on-line monitoring systems provide account analysis
of futures, exchange cleared swaps and options positions by
sector, margin requirements, gain and loss transactions and
collateral positions.
The majority of these instruments mature within one year of the
inception date. However, due to the nature of the Masters
business, these instruments may not be held to maturity.
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Selected unaudited quarterly financial data for the Master for the years ended December 31,
2009 and 2008 is summarized below:
For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | |||||||||||||
October 1, 2009 to | July 1, 2009 to | April 1, 2009 to | January 1, 2009 to | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2009 | September 30, 2009 | June 30, 2009 | March 31, 2009 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and unrealized trading
gains (losses) net of brokerage
commissions and clearing fees
including interest income |
$ | (7,776,936 | ) | $ | 34,084,889 | $ | 31,810,672 | $ | 40,839,687 | |||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | (7,833,376 | ) | $ | 34,047,914 | $ | 31,760,955 | $ | 40,772,177 | |||||||
Increase (decrease) in Net Asset
Value per Redeemable Unit |
$ | (21.17 | ) | $ | 125.50 | $ | 122.39 | $ | 161.79 |
For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | For the period from | |||||||||||||
October 1, 2008 to | July 1, 2008 to | April 1, 2008 to | January 1, 2008 to | |||||||||||||
December 31, 2008 | September 30, 2008 | June 30, 2008 | March 31, 2008 | |||||||||||||
Net realized and
unrealized trading
gains (losses) net of
brokerage
commissions and
clearing fees
including interest
income |
$ | 10,020,345 | $ | (31,305,268 | ) | $ | 66,997,344 | $ | 57,623,213 | |||||||
Net income (loss) |
$ | 9,955,370 | $ | (31,370,244 | ) | $ | 66,929,871 | $ | 57,551,331 | |||||||
Increase
(decrease) in Net
Asset Value per
Redeemable Unit |
$ | 39.67 | $ | (131.21 | ) | $ | 297.96 | $ | 262.00 |
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Item 9. Changes in and
Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial
Disclosure.
KPMG LLP (KPMG) was previously the principal accountant for the Partnership through
June 26, 2008. On June 27, 2008, KPMG was dismissed as principal accountant and
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) was engaged as the independent registered public accounting
firm. From June 27, 2008 through July 22, 2009, PwC was the principal accountant for the
Partnership. On July 22, 2009, PWC was dismissed as principal accountant and on July 23, 2009
Deloitte & Touche LLP (Deloitte) was engaged as the independent registered public accounting
firm. The decision to change accountants was approved by the General Partner of the Partnership.
In connection with the audit of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2008, and through July 22,
2009, and the audit of the fiscal year ended December 31, 2007, and through June 26, 2008, there
were no disagreements with PwC or KPMG, respectively, on any matter of accounting principles or
practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedures, which disagreements if
not resolved to their satisfaction would have caused them to make reference thereto in their report
on the financial statements for the corresponding year.
The respective audit report of PwC and KPMG on the financial statements of the Partnership as
of and for the years ended December 31, 2008 and 2007, respectively, did not contain any adverse
opinion or disclaimer of opinion, nor was it qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope,
or accounting principle.
Item 9A(T). Controls and Procedures.
The Partnerships disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information
required to be disclosed disclosure controls and procedures are designed to ensure that information required to be disclosed by the Partnership
on the reports that it files or submits under the Exchange Act
is accumulated and communicated to management,
including the Chief Executive Officer ( the CEO) and
Chief Financial Officer (the CFO) of the General
Partner, to allow for timely decisions regarding required disclosure and appropriate SEC filings.
Management is responsible for ensuring that there is an adequate and effective process for
establishing, maintaining and evaluating disclosure controls and procedures for the Partnerships
external disclosures.
The General Partners CEO and CFO have evaluated the effectiveness of the Partnerships
disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) under the Exchange
Act) as of December 31, 2009 and, based on that evaluation, the CEO and CFO have concluded that at
that date the Partnerships disclosure controls and procedures were effective.
The Partnerships internal control over financial reporting is a process under the supervision
of the General Partners CEO and CFO to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of
financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements in
accordance with GAAP. These controls include policies and procedures that:
| pertain to the maintenance of records that in reasonable detail accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of the assets of the Partnership; | ||
| provide reasonable assurance that (i) transactions are recorded as necessary to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with GAAP, and (ii) the Partnerships receipts are handled and expenditures are made only pursuant to authorizations of the General Partner; and | ||
| provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of the Partnerships assets that could have a material effect on the financial statements. |
The
report included in Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary
Data. includes managements report on internal control over financial reporting (Managements Report) and an attestation report of the Partnerships registered public accounting firm regarding internal control
over financial reporting.
Managements Report was not required to be audited by the
Partnerships registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the SEC that permit the Partnership to provide only managements report in this annual report. Management elected to have its
internal control over financial reporting audited.
There were no changes in the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting during
the fiscal quarter ended December 31, 2009 that materially affected, or are reasonably likely to
materially affect, the Partnerships internal control over financial reporting.
Item 9B. Other Information.
None
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PART
III
Item 10. Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant.
The Partnership has no officers or directors and its affairs are managed by its General
Partner. Investment decisions are made by the Advisor.
The officers and directors of the General Partner are Jerry Pascucci (President, Chief
Investment Officer and Director), Jennifer Magro (Chief Financial Officer, Vice President and
Director), Daryl Dewbrey (Secretary and Director), Shelley Deavitt Ullman (Senior Vice President
and Director) and Raymond Nolte (Director). Each director holds office until his or her successor
is elected, or until his or her earlier death, resignation or removal. Vacancies on the board of
directors may be filled by appointment by the sole member of the General Partner, Morgan Stanley
Smith Barney Holdings LLC which wholly owns the General Partner, or by unanimous vote of the
remaining directors, depending on the circumstances of the vacancy. The officers of the General
Partner are designated by the General Partners board of directors. Each officer holds office
until his or her death, resignation or removal.
Mr. Pascucci, age 40, is President, Chief Investment Officer and Director of the General
Partner (since March 2007, May 2005 and June 2005, respectively). Mr. Pascuccis principal status
was approved by the National Futures Association (NFA) in June 2005. He is also registered as an
associated person of the General Partner (since June 2009) and of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC
(Morgan Stanley Smith Barney) (since August 2009). From March 2007 to July 2009, Mr. Pascucci
was a Managing Director of Citigroup Alternative Investments LLC (CAI), a division of Citigroup
Inc. (Citigroup) that administers its hedge fund and fund of funds businesses, and until July
2009, its commodity pool business. He was also Chief Investment Officer of CAIs Hedge Fund
Management Group from March 2007 to July 2009. He was registered as an associated person of
Citigroup Global Markets Inc. (Citigroup Global Markets) from February 2006 to July 2009. Mr.
Pascucci has been responsible for trading advisor selection, due diligence and portfolio
construction for managed futures funds and accounts since May 1999. Between May 1996 and May 1999,
Mr. Pascucci served as a Senior Credit Risk Officer for Citigroup Global Markets, focused primarily
on market and counterparty risks associated with Citigroup Global Markets commodity pool and hedge
fund clients. Prior to joining Citigroup Global Markets in May 1996, Mr. Pascucci was employed
(from October 1992) by ABN AMRO North America at its European American Bank subsidiary as a
corporate banking officer where he facilitated the establishment of credit lines and other loan
facilities for corporate clients.
Ms. Magro, age 38, is Chief Financial Officer, Director and Vice President of the General
Partner (since October 2006, May 2005 and August 2001, respectively). Ms. Magros principal status
was approved by the NFA in June 2005. She was also a Managing Director of CAI and Chief Operating
Officer of CAIs Hedge Fund Management Group from October 2006 to July 2009. Ms. Magro is
responsible for the financial, administrative and operational functions of the General Partner.
She is also responsible for the accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of the General
Partners managed futures funds. From March 1999 to July 2009, Ms. Magro was responsible for the
accounting and financial and regulatory reporting of Citigroups managed futures funds. She had
similar responsibilities with CAIs Hedge Fund Management Group (from October 2006 to July 2009).
Prior to joining Citigroup Global Markets in January 1996, Ms. Magro was employed by Prudential
Securities Inc. (from July 1994) as a staff accountant
whose duties included the calculation of net asset values for commodity pools and real estate
investment products.
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Mr. Dewbrey, age 39, is Secretary and Director of the General Partner (since July 2009 and
March 2007, respectively). He registered as an associated person of the General Partner in January
2004 and became a principal of the General Partner in March 2007. He is also registered as an
associated person of Morgan Stanley Smith Barney (since August 2009). He was registered as an
associated person of Citigroup Global Markets from March 1998 to July 2009. Mr. Dewbrey has worked
with the General Partner in varying capacities since April 2001, and, since May 2005, Mr. Dewbrey
has been head of managed futures product development. Mr. Dewbrey was a director of CAI
responsible for marketing and client services for CAIs Hedge Fund Management Group from February
2007 to July 2009. From October 1997 to September 2000, Mr. Dewbrey was head of Citigroup Global
Markets managed futures trading desk. In September 2000, Mr. Dewbrey was selected for the Salomon
Smith Barney Sales and Trading Training Program. Mr. Dewbrey began his career in the futures
markets with Rosenthal Collins Group, a futures brokerage firm, where he worked from May 1990 to
October 1997 in varying capacities on the trading floors of the Chicago Board of Trade, COMEX and
the New York Mercantile Exchange. Mr. Dewbrey is a member of the Managed Funds Association and the
Futures Industry Association.
Ms. Ullman, age 51, is a Managing Director of Citigroup Global Markets Futures Division and a
Senior Vice President and Director of the General Partner (since May 1997 and April 1994,
respectively). Ms. Ullmans principal status was approved by the NFA in June 1994. She was
registered as an associated person of the General Partner from January 2004 to July 2009. Ms.
Ullman is registered as an associated person of Citigroup Global Markets (since July 1993). She is
also the branch manager of the Citigroup Global Markets branch that supports the General Partner
(since January 2002). Previously, Ms. Ullman was a Vice President of Lehman Brothers (October 1985
to July 1993), with responsibility for execution, administration, operations and performance
analysis for managed futures funds and accounts. She was registered as an associated person of
Lehman Brothers Inc. (from February 1983 to July 1993) and was principal of Lehman Brothers Capital
Management Corp. (from April 1989 to July 1993).
Mr. Nolte, age 48, is the Chief Executive Officer and the Chairman of the Investment Committee
of CAIs Hedge Fund Management Group. He registered as an associated person and became a principal
of the General Partner in March 2007. He was appointed a Director of the General Partner in March
2007. He is also registered as an associated person of Citigroup Global Markets (since October
2005). He registered as an associated person and became a principal of CAI in March 2007. Prior
to joining CAI in September 2005, Mr. Nolte worked at Deutsche Bank and its affiliate Deutsche
Asset Management (from June 1999 to September 2005). He was registered as an associated person and
was a principal of DB Capital Advisors Inc. (from July 2000 to May 2005) and DB Investment Managers
Inc. (from May 2002 to June 2005). Prior to that, Mr. Nolte worked for Bankers Trust (from May
1983 until the firm was acquired by Deutsche Bank in June 1999). During his employment at Deutsche
Asset Management, Mr. Nolte served as the Global Head and Chief Investment Officer of the DB
Absolute Return Strategies (DB ARS) Fund of Funds business, the Chairman of the DB ARS Fund of
Funds Investment Committee, the Vice Chairman of DB ARS and Head of the Single Manager Hedge Fund
business. While employed at Deutsche Bank and Deutsche Asset Management, Mr.
Noltes duties included overseeing the firms fund of funds and hedge fund businesses. Mr.
Nolte was the founder and head of the Investment Committee for the Topiary Fund, Deutsche Banks
first fund of hedge funds. The DB ARS Fund of Hedge Funds platform grew to $7 billion in assets
under management during Mr. Noltes tenure. That business was comprised of several multi-manager,
multi-strategy funds as well as single strategy funds and separate accounts.
The Partnership has not adopted a code of ethics that applies to officers because it has no
officers. In addition, the Partnership has not adopted any procedures by which investors may recommend
nominees to the Partnerships board of directors, and has not
established an audit committee, because it
has no board of directors.
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Item 11. Executive Compensation.
The
Partnership has no directors or officers. Its affairs are managed by
Ceres Managed
Futures LLC, its General Partner. CGM, an affiliate of the General Partner, is the
commodity broker for the Partnership and receives brokerage commissions for such services,
as described under Item 1. Business. Brokerage commissions and
clearing fees of $15,712,498
were earned for
the year ended December 31, 2009. Management fees of $8,351,500 were earned by the Advisor
for the year ended December 31, 2009. Administrative fees of $2,087,876 were
earned by the General Partner for the year ended December 31, 2009.
Item 12. Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related
Stockholder Matters.
(a) Security
ownership of certain beneficial owners. As of February 28, 2010, the Partnership knows of no
person who beneficially owns more than 5% of the Redeemable Units outstanding.
(b) Security ownership of management. Under the terms of the Limited Partnership
Agreement, the Partnerships affairs are managed by the General Partner. The General Partner owns
Units of General Partnership Interest equivalent to 3,346.8277 Units
(1.0%) of Limited Partnership
Interest as of December 31, 2009.
Principals who own Redeemable Units.*
*SandRidge Partners
|
800.7770 Redeemable Units | |
*Matthew Titus
|
26.4364 Redeemable Units | |
*Balke A. Hill
|
100.0000 Redeemable Units |
* | No one principal owns more than 1% of Redeemable Units. |
(c) Changes in control. None.
Item 13. Certain Relationships and Related Transactions and Director Independence.
CGM and
the General Partner would be considered promoters for purposes of item 404 (c) of
Regulation S-K. The nature and the amounts of compensation each promoter will receive
from the
Partnership are set forth under Item 1. Business. Item 8. Financial Statements and Supplementary Data, and Item 11. Executive Compensation.
Item 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services.
(1)
Audit Fees. The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional
services rendered by Deloitte in the period from July 23, 2009
through December 31, 2009, PwC in the period from June 27,
2008 through July 22, 2009 and KPMG in the period from January 1, 2008 through
June 26, 2008 for the audit of the
Partnerships annual financial statements, review of financial statements included in the
Partnerships Forms 10-Q and 10-K and other services normally provided in connection with
regulatory filings or engagements were:
Deloitte
$86,900
PwC $75,000
KPMG
$21,000
(2) Audit-Related
Fees. None
(3)
Tax Fees. In the last two fiscal years, Deloitte did not provide
any professional services for tax compliance, tax advice or tax planning.
The aggregate fees billed for each of the last two fiscal years for professional
services rendered by PwC for tax compliance and tax advice given in the preparation of
the Partnerships Schedule K1s, the preparation of the Partnerships
Form 1065 and preparation of all State Tax Returns were:
2009 $25,000
2008
$20,200
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(4) All Other Fees. None.
(5) Not Applicable.
(6) Not Applicable.
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PART IV
Item 15. Exhibits and Financial Statement Schedules.
(a) (1) Financial Statements:
Statements of Financial Condition at December 31, 2009 and 2008. | |||
Condensed Schedules of Investments at December 31, 2009 and 2008. | |||
Statements of Income and Expenses for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007. | |||
Statements of Changes in Partners Capital for the years ended December 31, 2009, 2008 and 2007. | |||
Notes to Financial Statements. |
(2) Exhibits:
3.1 | (a) | Certificate of Limited Partnership dated April 15, 2005
(filed as Exhibit 3.1 to the General Form for
Registration of Securities on Form 10 filed on April 30,
2007 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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(b) | Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership dated September 21, 2005 (filed as
Exhibit 3.1(a) to the General Form for Registration of
Securities on Form 10 filed on April 30, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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(c) | Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership dated September 19, 2008 (filed as
Exhibit 3.1(c) to the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended September 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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(d) | Certificate of Amendment of the Certificate of Limited
Partnership dated September 28, 2009 (filed as
Exhibit 99.1 to the Current Report on Form 8-K filed on
September 30, 2009). |
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3.2 | Second Amended and Restated Limited Partnership
Agreement (filed as Exhibit 3.2 to the Quarterly Report
of Form 10-Q for the quarterly period ended September
30, 2009 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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10.1 | (a) | Advisory Agreement among the Partnership, the General
Partner and SandRidge Capital, LP (filed as Exhibit 10.1
to the General Form for Registration of Securities on
Form 10 filed on April 30, 2007 and incorporated herein
by reference) (hereinafter referred to as the
Management Agreement). |
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(b) | Letter extending the Management Agreement between the
General Partner and SandRidge Capital, LP (filed
herein). |
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10.2 | (a) | Customer Agreement between the Partnership, the General
Partner and CGM (filed as Exhibit 10.2 to the General
Form for Registration of Securities on Form 10 filed on
April 30, 2007 and incorporated herein by reference). |
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(b) | Addendum to the Customer Agreement between the
Partnership, the General Partner and CGM (filed as
Exhibit 10.2(a) to the General Form for Registration of
Securities on Form 10 filed on April 30, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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10.3 | Amended and Restated Agency Agreement between the
Partnership, the General Partner and CGM (filed as
Exhibit 10.3 to the General Form for Registration of
Securities on Form 10 filed on April 30, 2007 and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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10.4 | Form of Subscription Agreement (filed as Exhibit 10.4 to
the Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarterly
period ended September 30, 2009 and incorporated herein
by reference). |
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10.5 | Joinder Agreement among the Partnership, the General
Partner, CGM and Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (filed
as Exhibit 10 to the Quarterly Report of Form 10-Q for
the quarterly period ended June 30, 2009 and
incorporated herein by reference). |
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16.1 | Letter dated July 23, 2009 from PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP regarding Change in Certifying Accountant (filed as
Exhibit 16.1 to the Form 8-K filed on July 24, 2009) |
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16.2 | Letter dated June 26, 2008 from KPMG LLP regarding
Change in Certifying Accountant (filed as Exhibit 16.1
to the Form 8-K filed on July 1, 2008) |
The exhibits required to be filed by Item 601 of regulation S-K are incorporated herein by reference | |||
Exhibit 31.1 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of President and Director) | |||
Exhibit 31.2 Rule 13a-14(a)/15d-14(a) Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Director) | |||
Exhibit 32.1 Section 1350 Certification (Certification of President and Director) | |||
Exhibit 32.2 Section 1350 Certification (Certification of Chief Financial Officer and Director) |
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SIGNATURES
Pursuant to the requirements
of Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the
Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly
authorized, on the 31st day of March 2010.
BRISTOL ENERGY FUND L.P. |
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By: | Ceres Managed Futures LLC | |||
(General Partner) | ||||
By: | /s/ Jerry Pascucci | |||
Jerry Pascucci, President & Director |
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below
by the following persons on behalf of the Registrant and in the capacities and on the date indicated.
/s/ Jerry Pascucci
|
/s/ Daryl Dewbrey | |||
Jerry Pascucci President and Director |
Daryl Dewbrey Director |
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Ceres
Managed Futures LLC
|
Ceres Managed Futures LLC | |||
/s/ Jennifer Magro
|
/s/ Raymond Nolte | |||
Jennifer Magro Chief Financial Officer and Director (Principal Accounting Officer) |
Raymond Nolte Director Ceres Managed Futures LLC |
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Ceres
Managed Futures LLC
|
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/s/
Shelley Deavitt Ullman
|
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Shelley Deavitt Ullman Director Ceres Managed Futures LLC |
Supplemental Information to be Furnished With Reports Filed Pursuant to Section 15(d) of the Act by Registrants Which Have Not Registered Securities Pursuant to Section 12 of the Act.
Annual Report to Limited Partners
No proxy material has been sent to limited partners.
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