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UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
 
FORM 8-K
 
CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
 
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): January 26, 2011
 
WINTON FUTURES FUND, L.P. (US)
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

COLORADO
000-53348
84-1496732
(State or other jurisdiction
of incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer
Identification No.)

c/o ALTEGRIS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.
1202 Bergen Parkway Suite 212
Evergreen, Colorado 80439
(Address of principal executive offices)
 
Registrant’s telephone number, including area code: (858) 459-7040
 
Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

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Item 4.01  Changes In Registrant’s Certifying Accountant
 
 
(a)
On January 27, 2011, Altegris Portfolio Management, Inc. (dba Altegris Funds) (“Altegris Funds”), general partner of  Winton Futures Fund, L.P. (US), (the “Partnership”), with the approval of Altegris Funds’ principals, notified Spicer Jeffries LLP (“Spicer”) that they will be dismissed as the independent registered public accounting firm for the Partnership upon their completion of their audit of the Partnership’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010.

 
The reports of Spicer on the Partnership’s financial statements for each of the  fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 did not contain an adverse opinion or a disclaimer of opinion, and were not qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles and Spicer is not currently aware of any facts indicating that the Partnership’s financial statements for the fiscal year ended December 31, 2010 will contain an adverse opinion or disclaimer of opinion, or that they will be qualified or modified as to uncertainty, audit scope or accounting principles.

 
During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and during the period from December 31, 2009  through the date of this Form 8-K, the Company has had no disagreements with Spicer on any matter of accounting principles or practices, financial statement disclosure, or auditing scope or procedure, which disagreements, if not resolved to the satisfaction of Spicer, would have caused it to make reference to the subject matter thereof in connection with its report on the financial statements of the Partnership for such periods. There were no reportable events (as defined in paragraphs (A) through (D) of Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(1)(v)) during the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 or during the period from December 31, 2009  through the date of this Form 8-K.

 
Altegris Funds, on behalf of the Partnership, requested that Spicer furnish it a letter addressed to the Commission stating whether it agrees with the above statements.  A copy of that letter dated January 31, 2011, is filed as an Exhibit hereto.

 
(b)
On January 26, 2011, Altegris Funds, with the approval of its principals, engaged Ernst & Young LLP (“Ernst & Young”) to serve as the independent registered public accounting firm of the Partnership effective as of the fiscal period starting January 1, 2011.  During the fiscal years ended December 31, 2008 and December 31, 2009 and during the interim period from December 31, 2009 through the date of the engagement of Ernst & Young, Altegris Funds has not consulted Ernst & Young on behalf of the Partnership with respect to any of the matters described in Regulation S-K Item 304(a)(2)(i) or (ii).
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
 
Item 9.01  Financial Statements and Exhibits
 
 
 
(c)
Exhibits
 
Exhibit No.
Exhibit Description
   
16.1
Letter of Spicer Jeffries LLP dated January 31, 2011 regarding the disclosure contained in Item 4.01(a) of this Form 8-K.
 
 

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

Date:  February 1, 2011
 
 
 
 
WINTON FUTURES FUND, L.P. (US)
 
By:  ALTEGRIS PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT, INC.
(d/b/a Altegris Funds), its general partner
 
 
       
 
By:
/s/ Richard G. Pfister                       
    Name:  Richard G. Pfister  
    Title:    Executive Vice President