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EX-10.05A - AMENDMENT NO. 1 TO MANAGEMENT AGREEMENT - MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC LPms23204029-ex10_05a.htm

 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, DC 20549


FORM 8-K


CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934


Date of report (Date of earliest event reported):  June 1, 2011

Morgan Stanley Smith Barney Spectrum Strategic L.P.
(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Its Charter)


Delaware
0-26280
13-3782225
(State or Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)
(Commission File Number)
(IRS Employer Identification No.)


c/o Ceres Managed Futures LLC, 522 Fifth Avenue, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10036
(Address of Principal Executive Offices)
(Zip Code)


Registrant’s telephone number, including area code:   (212) 296-1999

Not Applicable
(Former Name or Former Address, if Changed Since Last Report)


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Item 1.01.  Entry into a Material Definitive Agreement.

Effective as of June 1, 2011, the Registrant, Ceres Managed Futures LLC, the general partner of the Registrant (the “General Partner”), and DKR Fusion Management L.P., a trading advisor of the Registrant (the “Trading Advisor”), amended the Management Agreement by and among the Registrant, the General Partner and the Trading Advisor, dated as of March 1, 2010 (the “Management Agreement”) to reduce the monthly management fee rate payable to the Trading Advisor from a monthly management fee rate equal to 1/12 of 2.00% (a 2.00% annual rate) to a monthly management fee rate equal to 1/12 of 1.75% (a 1.75% annual rate).

A copy of the Amendment No. 1 to Management Agreement is filed herewith as Exhibit 10.05(a), and is incorporated herein by reference.

Item 9.01.  Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)  Exhibits.


Exhibit
Exhibit Description
 
10.05(a)
 
Amendment No. 1 to Management Agreement by and among the Registrant, the General Partner and the Trading Advisor.



 
 

 

 
SIGNATURE
 
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
 
 
Date: June 6, 2011
MORGAN STANLEY SMITH BARNEY SPECTRUM STRATEGIC L.P.
 
By:        Ceres Managed Futures LLC
as General Partner
 
/s/ Walter Davis               
Name:  Walter Davis
Title:    President