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EXHIBIT 4.2

 

 

AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

ASPECT GLOBAL DIVERSIFIED FUND LP

 

Dated as of February 18, 2009
 

 

 


 

 

TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

Section

 

Page

 

 

 

 

Article I

DEFINITIONS

1

 

 

 

 

Article II

FORMATION AND PURPOSE

8

 

2.1

 Formation

8

 

2.2

 Name

8

 

2.3

 Purpose; Business

8

 

2.4

 Status and Duration

9

 

2.5

 Registered Office and Registered Agent; Principal Office.

9

 

2.6

 Partners Not Agents

9

 

 

 

 

Article III

MANAGEMENT AND TRADING POLICIES

9

 

3.1

 Management of the Partnership

9

 

3.2

 The General Partner.

9

 

3.3

 Trading Advisor.

11

 

3.4

 General Trading Policies.

11

 

3.5

 Tax Related Actions.

12

 

3.6

 Other Activities

12

 

3.7

 Admission of Additional General Partners.

12

 

3.8

 Authority

13

 

 

 

 

Article IV

NET WORTH OF GENERAL PARTNER

13

 

4.1

 Net Worth Generally

13

 

4.2

 Other Limited Partnerships

13

 

4.3

 NASAA Guidelines

13

 

 

 

 

Article V

CAPITAL CONTRIBUTIONS; OFFERING OF UNITS; PARTNERS

14

 

5.1

 General Partner Capital Contributions.

14

 

5.2

 Limited Partner Units; Limited Partners.

14

 

5.3

 Certain Rights of the Limited Partners.

15

 

 

 

 

Article VI

TRANSFERS OF LIMITED PARTNER INTERESTS

16

 

6.1

 Restrictions on Transfers of Limited Partner Interests.

16

 

6.2

 Obligations of Transferors of Limited Partner Interests.

17

 

6.3

 Obligations of Transferees of Unit.

17

 

6.4

 Effect of Non-Complying Transfers

17

 

 

 

 

Article VII

ALLOCATION OF PROFITS AND LOSSES; ACCOUNTING MATTERS

18

 

7.1

 Capital Accounts

18

 

7.2

 Monthly Allocations

18

 

7.3

 Allocation of Profit and Loss for Federal Income Tax Purposes

18

 

7.4

 Net Asset Value.

20

 

7.5

 Interest on Assets

20

 

 

 

 

Article VIII

REDEMPTIONS, DISTRIBUTIONS AND WITHDRAWALS

20

 

8.1

 Redemptions.

20

 

8.2

 Distributions

21

 

8.3

 Trading Suspension Redemption Right

21

 

8.4

 Voluntary Withdrawal of a General Partner

21

 

8.5

 Required Withdrawal of a General Partner

21

 

8.6

 Payment to Withdrawing General Partner

21

 

8.7

 Required Withdrawal of a Limited Partner.

22

 

 

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Article IX

BOOKS AND RECORDS

22

 

9.1

 Maintenance

22

 

9.2

 Inspection

22

 

 

 

 

Article X

AUDITS; REPORTS TO LIMITED PARTNERS

22

 

10.1

 Audit

22

 

10.2

 Financial and Other Reports.

22

 

10.3

 Tax Return Information.

23

 

 

 

 

Article XI

SPECIAL POWER OF ATTORNEY

23

 

11.1

 Appointment and Powers

23

 

11.2

 Irrevocable

23

 

 

 

 

Article XII

EXCULPATION AND INDEMNIFICATION

24

 

12.1

 Exculpation.

24

 

12.2

 Indemnification.

25

 

12.3

 Notification of Claims

25

 

12.4

 Third Party Claims

25

 

 

 

 

Article XIII

AMENDMENT; CONSENTS FOR OTHER PURPOSES

26

 

13.1

 Amendments Not Requiring Consent of Limited Partners

26

 

13.2

 Amendment Requiring Consent of the Partnership

27

 

13.3

 Waiver

27

 

13.4

 Certain Amendments Requiring Consent of Affected Limited Partners

27

 

13.5

 Amendments of Certificate.

27

 

 

 

 

Article XIV

DISSOLUTION AND WINDING UP

28

 

14.1

 Events Causing Dissolution

28

 

14.2

 Winding Up

29

 

14.3

 Compensation of Liquidator

29

 

14.4

 Distribution of Property and Proceeds of Sale Thereof.

29

 

14.5

 Final Audit

30

 

14.6

 Deficit Capital Accounts

30

 

 

 

 

Article XV

BENEFIT PLAN INVESTORS

30

 

15.1

 Investment in Accordance with Law

30

 

15.2

 Disclosures and Restrictions Regarding Benefit Plan Investors

31

 

 

 

 

Article XVI

MISCELLANEOUS

31

 

16.1

 Construction and Governing Law.

31

 

16.2

 Counterparts

33

 

16.3

 Binding Effect

33

 

16.4

 Offset

33

 

16.5

 Remedies for Breach; Effect of Waiver or Consent

33

 

16.6

 Further Assurances

33

   

 

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AMENDED AND RESTATED

LIMITED PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT

OF

ASPECT GLOBAL DIVERSIFIED FUND LP

 

This Amended and Restated Limited Partnership Agreement of Aspect Global Diversified Fund LP (“Agreement”) is entered into as of February 18, 2009 by and among Steben & Company, Inc., a Maryland corporation (the “General Partner”), and those Persons who may hereafter be admitted to the Partnership as Limited Partners in accordance with the provisions hereof.

 

PRELIMINARY STATEMENT

 

WHEREAS , Steben & Company, Inc., in its capacity as the sole general partner of the Partnership has executed and filed effective as of March 23, 2007 in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware a Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership in order to form the Partnership under the Delaware Act;

 

WHEREAS , the General Partner entered into a Limited Partnership Agreement as of March 23, 2007 (the “Existing Partnership Agreement”);

 

WHEREAS , the General Partner wishes to amend and restate the Existing Partnership Agreement in its entirety to amend the rights and obligations of the Partners on the terms set forth below in accordance with Section 13.1 to delete all references to the Initial Limited Partner in the Existing Partnership Agreement (as such term is defined in the Existing Partnership Agreement) to reflect the resignation and withdrawal of the Initial Limited Partner and to amend a provision in the Existing Partnership Agreement; and

 

WHEREAS , the parties desire to enter into this Agreement to: (1) set forth their respective interests, rights, powers, authority, duties, responsibilities, liabilities, and obligations in and with respect to the Partnership, as well as the respective interests, rights, powers, authority, duties, responsibilities, liabilities, and obligations of Persons who may hereafter be admitted to the Partnership as Partners in accordance with the provisions hereof; and (2) provide for the management and conduct of the business and affairs of the Partnership.

 

NOW, THEREFORE , in consideration of the mutual promises and agreements made herein and for other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are hereby acknowledged, the parties hereby agree as follows:

 

ARTICLE I

DEFINITIONS

 

Certain capitalized terms used in this Agreement have the meanings given them in this Article I, unless otherwise expressly provided herein or as otherwise required by the context.

 

“Additional General Partner” has the meaning given it in Section 3.7(a).

 

“Administrative Expenses” means the monthly administrative expenses to various third-party service providers, as well as the General Partner, covering all actual legal, accounting, clerical, postage, shipping and other back office expenses related to the administration of the Partnership and all associated costs incurred by the Partnership, payable by the Partnership with respect to each applicable series of Units monthly in arrears.  Actual Administrative Expenses may vary, however such expenses shall not exceed 0.95% of the Partnership’s Net Asset Value per annum.

 

“Affiliate” of a specified Person, means any Person that directly, or indirectly through one or more intermediaries, Controls, is controlled by, or is under common Control with, such specified Person.

 

 

 


 

 

“Agreement” means this Amended And Restated Limited Partnership Agreement, as originally executed and as subsequently amended and/or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Delaware Act.

 

“Bankruptcy” of a Person, means:  (a) such Person (i) makes an assignment for the benefit of creditors; (ii) files a voluntary petition in bankruptcy; (iii) is adjudged a bankrupt or insolvent, or has entered against it an order for relief, in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding; (iv) files a petition or answer seeking for itself any reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation; (v) files an answer or other pleading admitting or failing to contest the material allegations of a petition filed against it in any proceeding of such nature; or (vi) seeks, consents to, or acquiesces in the appointment of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties; or (b) one hundred and twenty (120) days after the commencement of any proceeding against such Person seeking reorganization, arrangement, composition, readjustment, liquidation, dissolution, or similar relief under any statute, law, or regulation, the proceeding has not been dismissed, or if within ninety (90) days after the appointment without such Person’s consent or acquiescence of a trustee, receiver, or liquidator of such Person or of all or any substantial part of its properties, the appointment is not vacated or stayed, or within ninety (90) days after the expiration of any such stay, the appointment is not vacated. Without limiting the generality of the foregoing, if a Person is a partnership, Bankruptcy of such Person shall also include the Bankruptcy of any general partner of such Person.

 

“Broker Dealer Custodial Fee” means, with respect to certain of the Series B Units, which are held by broker dealers who act as custodian for Series B Units for the benefit of the Limited partners, a monthly Broker Dealer Custodial Fee in arrears equal to 1/12th of 0.60% of the outstanding Series B Units’ Net Asset Value (0.60% per annum).  In no event will a Limited Partner holding Series B Units pay both a Broker Dealer Servicing Fee and a Broker Dealer Custodial Fee.

 

“Broker Dealer Servicing Fee” means:  (i) with respect to Series A Units, the broker dealer servicing fee payable by the Partnership with respect to Series A Units to the selling agents monthly in arrears equal to 1/12 th of 0.15% of the Series A Units’ Net Asset Value, (0.15% per annum), subject to the Fee Limit; and (ii) with respect to certain Series B Units, which are not held by broker dealers who act as custodian for the benefit of Limited Partners, the broker dealer servicing fee payable by the Partnership with respect to such Series B Units to selling agents who sell Series B Units monthly in arrears equal to 1/12 th of 0.60% of the such Series B Units’ Net Asset Value (0.60% per annum), subject to the Fee Limit.  (The General Partner or its Affiliates may serve as a selling agent).

 

“Brokerage Expenses” means, with respect to each applicable series of Units, such Units’ pro-rated share of the futures commission merchant’s actual monthly brokerage expenses as well as over the counter foreign exchange counterparty fees, payable by the Partnership with respect to each applicable series of Units in arrears.  Brokerage Expenses will cover all actual brokerage and trading costs of the Partnership.

 

“Business Day” means any day on which commercial banks settle payments and are open for general business in New York City and/or such other day as the General Partner may from time to time determine.

 

“Capital Account” has the meaning given it in Section 7.1.

 

“Capital Contribution” means a contribution of capital to the Partnership in the form of cash or, if the General Partner determines in its discretion in any particular case that a contribution of capital to the Partnership may be made in whole or in part in the form of property other than cash, such other property.

 

“Certificate” means the Certificate of Limited Partnership of the Partnership described in the first paragraph of this Agreement under the heading “Preliminary Statement,” as originally filed in the office of the Secretary of State of Delaware and as subsequently amended and/or restated from time to time in accordance with the provisions hereof and the Delaware Act.

 

“CEAct” means the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended.

 

“CFTC” means the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.

 

 

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“Code” means the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

 

“Commodities Interests” has the meaning given it in Section 2.3.

 

“Control” whether such word is used as a noun or a verb or in adjectival form, has the meaning given it in Rule 405 under the 1933 Act.

 

“Delaware Act” means the Delaware Revised Uniform Limited Partnership Act.

 

“Determination Date” has the meaning given it in Section 7.2.

 

“Entity” means any domestic or foreign corporation, partnership (whether general or limited), joint venture, limited liability company, business trust or association, trust, estate, unincorporated association or organization, government (or political subdivision, department, or agency thereof), cooperative, or other entity, whether acting in an individual or representative capacity.

 

“ERISA” means the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended.

 

“Extraordinary Fees and Expenses” means fees and expenses which are non-recurring and unusual in nature, including without limitation, legal claims and liabilities and litigation costs or indemnification or other unanticipated expenses (which are not Administrative Expenses, Brokerage Expenses, Commissions, General Partner Fees, Offering Expenses, Organizational Expenses, Selling Agent Commissions, Broker Dealer Servicing Fees, Broker Dealer Custodial Fees, Management Fees or Incentive Fees).  All series of Units and General Partner Units shall be subject to charges for Extraordinary Fees and Expenses.

 

“Fee Limit” means with respect to all of the Series A Units, Series B Units and/or Series I Units held by a particular Limited Partner, when the cumulative amount of the Selling Agent Commissions, Broker Dealer Servicing Fees paid to selling agents, payments for wholesalers, payments for sales conferences, and other Offering Expenses that are items of compensation to FINRA members (but excluding among other items, the production and printing of prospectuses and associated envelopes, folders and printed pieces provided with the prospectuses, as well as various legal and regulatory fees) paid by particular Series A, B or I Units is equal to 10.00% of the original purchase price paid by holders of those particular Units pursuant to NASD Rule 2810.  Each Limited Partner who owns Series A Units, Series B Units and Series I Units shall continue to pay the Selling Agent Commissions, Broker Dealer Servicing Fees and Offering Expenses, depending upon which expenses are applicable to the particular series of Units, until the aggregate of such expenses reaches an amount equal to the Fee Limit.

 

“FINRA” means the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority.

 

“Fiscal Year” means the fiscal year of the Partnership which shall begin on January 1 and end on December 31 of each calendar year, provided that the initial fiscal year of the Partnership shall begin as of the date of filing the Certificate.

 

“General Partner” means Steben & Company, Inc. or, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, any one or more Additional General Partners, to the extent that Steben & Company, Inc., pursuant to the provisions of Section 3.7(a) of this Agreement, provides that any one or more of such Additional General Partners may possess and exercise any one or more of the rights, powers, and authority of a general partner hereunder.

 

“General Partner Fee” means the fees payable to the General Partner monthly in arrears equal to 1/12 th of 1.10% of the Partnership’s Net Assets (1.10% per annum).

 

“General Partner Interest” means an interest in the Partnership held by a Person in its capacity as a General Partner.

 

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“General Partner Party” means any of the General Partner, any Affiliate of the General Partner, and any member, partner, shareholder, manager, director, officer, employee, or agent of the General Partner or any such Affiliate, and any owner of direct or indirect equity interests in any such Persons.

 

“General Partner Units” means units of General Partner Interest.  The General Partner Units are subject to the following fees, expenses and charges:  Management Fee, Incentive Fee, Brokerage Expenses and Administrative Expenses.  (General Partner Units are not subject to a Broker Dealer Servicing Fee, Broker Dealer Custodial Fee, General Partner Fee, Offering Expenses, Organizational Expenses, Selling Agent Commissions or Redemption Fee.)  The applicable fee and expense rates and any applicable fee limits for the General Partner Units shall be set forth in the Prospectus.  The General Partner from time to time may determine (and adjust) the number of General Partner Units which represent the General Partner’s interest in the Partnership, and in the absence of a specific determination the General Partner Interest shall be initially represented by ten (10) General Partner Units.  The Partnership may issue fractional General Partner Units.  The General Partner Units shall be uncertificated.

 

“GP Disabling Event” has the meaning given it in Section 14.1.

 

“GP Withdrawal Date” has the meaning given it in Section 8.6.

 

“Incentive Fee” means an incentive fee payable by the Partnership with respect to each applicable series of Units to the Trading Advisor based on trading profits, pursuant to terms entered into between the Trading Advisor and the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, as more specifically described in the Prospectus.

 

“Indemnification Obligation” means an obligation of the Partnership to indemnify a General Partner Party pursuant to the provisions of Article XII.

 

“Indemnitee” has the meaning given it in Section 12.2(a), and includes the Liquidator.

 

“Interest” means the General Partner Interest or Limited Partner Interest as applicable according to the context.

 

“Limited Partner” as of a particular time, means a Person who has been admitted to the Partnership as a limited partner in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement and who has not resigned or withdrawn from the Partnership as a limited partner.

 

“Limited Partner Interest” means an interest in the Partnership, regardless of designated series of Unit, held by a Person in its capacity as a Limited Partner.

 

“Limited Partner Percentage” means with respect to a Limited Partner as of the applicable time of determination, the ratio (expressed as a percentage) that such Limited Partner’s Capital Account balances (with respect to all Units held by such Limited Partner) bears to the aggregate Capital Account balances of all Limited Partners (with respect to all Units held by Limited Partners).  For purposes of the Limited Partner Percentage calculation, there shall be excluded any Limited Partner Capital Account balances held by the General Partner or its Affiliates.

 

“Liquidation Reserves” has the meaning given it in Section 14.2(b)(vii).

 

“Liquidator” has the meaning given it in Section 14.2(a).

 

“Losses” of a General Partner Party, means any and all losses, claims, damages, liabilities, expenses (including reasonable legal fees and expenses), judgments, fines, amounts paid in settlement, and other amounts actually and reasonably paid or incurred by such General Partner Party in connection with any and all claims, demands, actions, suits, or proceedings (including arbitration and mediation proceedings and actions by or in the right of the Partnership), civil, criminal, administrative, or investigative, that relate, directly or indirectly, to acts or omissions (or alleged acts or omissions) of such General Partner Party in connection with the formation, business or operations of the Partnership or the offering of Units and in which such General Partner Party may be involved, or is threatened to be involved, as a party, witness, or otherwise, whether or not the same shall proceed to judgment or be settled or otherwise be brought to a conclusion.

 

 

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“LP Withdrawal Date” has the meaning given it in Section 8.7(b).

 

“Majority of Disinterested Limited Partners” means, at the applicable time of determination, Limited Partners holding more than 50% of the Limited Partner Percentages (excluding for purposes of such calculation any Limited Partner Interests held by the General Partner or its Affiliates).

 

“Management Fee” means a fixed rate management fee payable by the Partnership with respect to each applicable series of Units to the Trading Advisor based on the trading level of the Fund, pursuant to terms entered into between the Trading Advisor and the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, as more specifically described in the Prospectus.

 

“NASAA Guidelines” means the Guidelines for Registration of Commodity Pool Programs, as adopted in revised form by the North American Securities Administrators Association, Inc. in September 1993 and amended in May 2007.

 

“Net Assets” has the meaning given it in Section 7.4(a).

 

“Net Asset Value” has the meaning given it in Section 7.4(b).

 

“NFA” means the National Futures Association.

 

“1940 Act” means the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended.

 

“1934 Act” means the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

“1933 Act” means the Securities Act of 1933, as amended.

 

“Notification” to a Person, shall mean a written notice that (i) if delivered in person or by courier is deemed given to such Person on the date of delivery, (ii) if sent by facsimile or by email (if such Person agrees to email communication by furnishing its email address) is deemed given to such Person on the date that the transmission is received, or (iii) if sent by mail is deemed given to such Person on the earlier of actual receipt or three (3) Business Days after the date of mailing by registered or certified mail (first class postage prepaid, return receipt requested); provided, however, that a Notification to the Partnership shall be deemed given to the Partnership only upon its actual receipt by the Partnership.  Any Notification required or permitted to be given to the Partnership shall be sent to the principal office of the Partnership, or to such other address or facsimile number as the General Partner may specify in a Notification given to all other Partners.  Any Notification required or permitted to be given to a Partner shall be sent to such Partner at such address or to such facsimile number or email as such Partner may notify the Partnership by way of a Notification (it being understood and agreed that a Subscription Agreement, duly executed by a Person who subscribes for a Limited Partnership Interest pursuant thereto, shall constitute a Notification by such Person of its address and facsimile number).

 

“Offering Expenses” means all actual ongoing offering costs regarding the Units which are incurred by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership, including regulatory fees, legal costs relating to the offering, all sales costs, travel, printed material, postage and freight, sales conference fees and compensation to sales personnel of the General Partner for wholesaling the Partnership.  The Partnership shall reimburse the General Partner for such actual ongoing offering costs, up to 1/12 th of 0.75% of the Partnership’s Net Asset Value (0.75% per annum) pro-rata for Series A, B and I Units payable monthly in arrears.  Actual ongoing offering costs in excess of this limitation shall be fully absorbed by the General Partner.  The Partnership is only liable for payment of Offering Expenses on a monthly basis.  If the Partnership terminates prior to completion of payment to the General Partner for the unreimbursed Offering Expenses incurred through the date of such termination, the General Partner will not be entitled to any additional payments, and the Partnership will have no further obligation to the General Partner.

 

 

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“Organizational Expenses” means, all Organizational Expenses Items and  initial offering expenses of the Partnership that will be borne by the General Partner on behalf of the Partnership without reimbursement.

 

“Organizational Expenses Items” means expenses relating to the Partnership incurred in connection with the formation, qualification and registration of the Units and in offering, distributing and processing the Units under applicable federal law and state securities or blue sky laws, and any other expenses actually incurred and, directly or indirectly, relating to the organization of the Partnership or the offering of the Units, including without limitation (i) initial registration fees, filing fees and taxes; (ii) costs of preparing, printing (including typesetting), amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing the initial Prospectus and exhibits thereto; (iii) costs of qualifying, printing (including typesetting), amending, supplementing, mailing and distributing initial sales materials used in connection with the initial offering and issuance of the Units; (iv) travel, telegraph, telephone and other expenses in connection with the initial offering and issuance of the Units; and (v) accounting, auditing and legal fees (including disbursements relating thereto) in connection with the foregoing. For the avoidance of doubt:  (x) Organizational Expenses Items will not include Extraordinary Fees and Expenses (which Extraordinary Fees and Expenses will be borne by the Partnership); and (y) the General Partner will not allocate to the Partnership the indirect expenses of the General Partner as part of the Organizational Expenses.

 

“Partners” means the Limited Partners and the General Partner.

 

“Partnership” means Aspect Global Diversified Fund LP, the Delaware limited partnership formed by the filing of the Certificate.

 

“Partnership Interest” of a Partner at any particular time, means such Partner’s interest, rights, powers, and authority in and with respect to the Partnership at such time as determined in accordance with the provisions of this Agreement.  Such rights include (1) such Partner’s share of the profits and losses of the Partnership, and such Partner’s right to receive distributions and to withdraw assets from the Partnership, pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement and (2) such Partner’s other rights, powers, and authority in respect of the Partnership under this Agreement.

 

“Partnership Property” at any particular time, means all interests, properties (whether tangible or intangible, and whether real, personal, or mixed), and rights of any type contributed to or acquired by the Partnership and owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership, whether owned or held by or for the account of the Partnership as of the date of the formation thereof or thereafter contributed to or acquired by the Partnership.

 

“Person” means any natural person, whether acting in an individual or representative capacity, or any Entity.

 

“Plan” has the meaning given it in Section 15.1.

 

“Plan Fiduciary” has the meaning given it in Section 15.1.

 

“Prospectus” means a prospectus or similar document, including any amendment or supplement thereto, prepared by or under the direction of the General Partner relating to the Partnership and the offer and sale of Units.

 

“Redemption Date” has the meaning given it in Section 8.1(a).

 

“Redemption Fee” means the fee payable to the General Partner by a Limited Partner whose Series A Unit is redeemed at any time prior to the one (1) year anniversary of the subscription date of such Series A Unit, which fee will equal the product of (i) 2.00% of the subscription price for such Series A Unit, divided by twelve (12), and multiplied by (ii) the number of months remaining before the one (1) year anniversary of the subscription date regarding the subject Series A Unit.  For the avoidance of doubt:  (x) if a Limited Partner subscribes for multiple Series A Units on different subscription dates, each Series A Unit will be subject to the Redemption Fee (as applicable) based on its particular subscription date; and (y) the redemption of Series A Units from a Limited Partner holding Series A Units which have been issued on different subscription dates will be deemed to be redeemed in time sequence based on the Series A Unit outstanding for the longest period of time.  A Redemption Fee will not be assessed to any Limited Partner who purchases Series A Units and is required to mandatorily redeem their Series A Units by the General Partner within the first year of purchase.

 

 

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“SEC” means the Securities and Exchange Commission.

 

“Securities Laws” means any one or more of the 1933 Act, 1934 Act and the 1940 Act, as applicable.

 

“Selling Agent Commissions” means selling agent commissions, payable with respect to Series A Units to the General Partner monthly in arrears equal to 1/12 th of 2.00% of the outstanding Series A Units’ Net Asset Value (2.00% per annum), subject to the Fee Limit.  The General Partner shall pay the selling agents an upfront commission of 2.00% of the aggregate subscription amount for the sale of Series A Units.  Beginning the 13 th month, the General Partner shall pay the selling agents a monthly Selling Agent Commission in arrears equal to 1/12 th of 2.00% of the outstanding Series A Units’ Net Asset Value, subject to the Fee Limit.  The Net Asset Value of Series A Units refers to the Partnership’s Net Assets allocated to the capital accounts of Series A Unit holders (the aggregate Capital Account balances with respect to the Series A Units) divided by the number of outstanding Units of such Series A Units.  (The General Partner or its Affiliates may serve as a selling agent and may receive the selling agent commissions from the Partnership and may in turn pay the selling agents’ commissions to the selling agents).

 

“Series A Units” means units of Limited Partner Interest subject to the following fees, expenses and charges:  Management Fee, Incentive Fee, Brokerage Expenses, General Partner Fee, Administrative Expenses, Offering Expenses, Selling Agent Commissions, Broker Dealer Servicing Fee and Redemption Fee.

 

“Series A Units Re-Designation Event” means with respect to a particular Series A Unit, when such Series A Unit reaches the Fee Limit.

 

“Series B Units” means units of Limited Partner Interest subject to the following fees, expenses and charges:  Management Fee, Incentive Fee, Brokerage Expenses, General Partner Fee, Administrative Expenses, Offering Expenses, and Broker Dealer Servicing Fee or Broker Dealer Custodial Fees.  In no event will a Limited Partner holding Series B Units pay both a Broker Dealer Servicing Fee and a Broker Dealer Custodial Fee.

 

“Series B Units Re-Designation Event” means with respect to a particular Series B Unit, when such Series B Unit reaches the Fee Limit.

 

“Series C Units” means units of Limited Partner Interest which have been re-designated as Series C Units at month end when the General Partner determines that the Fee Limit has been reached as of the end of any month, or it anticipates that the Fee Limit will be reached during the following month, on the Series A, B, and I Units pursuant to NASD Rule 2810 in connection with a Series A Units Re-Designated Event, Series B Units Re-Designation Event or Series I Units Re-Designation Event (as applicable).  Series C Units shall be identical to other series of Units except that Series C Units shall be subject to the following fees, expenses and charges:  Management Fees, Incentive Fees, Brokerage Expenses, General Partner Fee and Administrative Expenses.  Upon a Series A Units Re-Designation Event the subject Series A Units shall at month end be re-designated as Series C Units based on an exchange of Units calculated upon the month end Net Asset Value of Series A Units and the month end Net Asset Value of Series C Units   (including fractional units as applicable) without any further action by the holder.  Upon a Series B Units Re-Designation Event the subject Series B Units shall at month end be re-designated as Series C Units based on an exchange of Units calculated upon the month end Net Asset Value of Series B Units and the month end Net Asset Value of Series C (including fractional units as applicable) without any further action by the holder.  Upon a Series I Units Re-Designation Event the subject Series I Units shall at month end be re-designated as Series C Units based on an exchange of Units calculated upon the month end Net Asset Value of Series I Units and the month end Net Asset Value of Series C Units (including fractional units as applicable) without any further action by the holder.

 

“Series I Units” means units of Limited Partner Interest subject to the following fees, expenses and charges:  Management Fee, Incentive Fee, Brokerage Expenses, General Partner Fee, Administrative Expenses and Offering Expenses.

 

 

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“Series I Units Re-Designation Event” means with respect to a particular Series I Unit, when such Series I Unit reaches the Fee Limit.

 

“Special Redemption Notice” has the meaning given it in Section 8.3.

 

“Subject Series Capital Accounts” has the meaning given it in Section 7.2(d).

 

“Subscription Agreement” means, with respect to a Person, the subscription agreement and power of attorney (and related documents) in such form as the General Partner may from time to time determine, as completed and executed by such Person and delivered by such Person to the General Partner, pursuant to which such Person subscribes for a Unit by agreeing to contribute capital to the Partnership as may be set forth therein.

 

“Trading Advisor” means a trading advisor of the Partnership.

 

“Trading Advisory Agreement” means an agreement between the Partnership and a Trading Advisor.

 

“Transfer” means any transaction in which a Person assigns or purports to assign a Unit, or an interest therein, to another Person, and includes any transfer, sale, assignment, gift, exchange, pledge, mortgage, or hypothecation, or any other conveyance, disposition, or encumbrance, whether voluntary, involuntary, or by operation of law, of such Unit or interest therein.

 

“Treasury Regulations” means the income tax regulations promulgated under the Code.

 

“Units” mean units of Limited Partner Interests.  The Units may comprise Series A Units, Series B Units, Series C Units, Series I Units, or other series of Units of Limited Partner Interests as the General Partner may from time to time authorize.  Each Unit of a particular series represents units of fractional undivided beneficial interest in the ownership of such series.  The Partnership may issue fractional Units.  The Units shall be uncertificated.  The applicable fee and expense rates and any applicable fee limits for each series of Units shall be set forth in the applicable Prospectus.

 

“Withdrawing General Partner” has the meaning given it in Section 8.6.

 

“Withdrawing Limited Partner” has the meaning given it in Section 8.7(b).

 

ARTICLE II

FORMATION AND PURPOSE

 

2.1             Formation .   The Partnership was formed as a limited partnership under the Delaware Act pursuant to the filing of the Certificate in the office of the Secretary of State of the State of Delaware.

 

2.2             Name .   The name of the Partnership shall be “Aspect Global Diversified Fund LP”. The General Partner shall manage and conduct the business and affairs of the Partnership under that name or, to the extent permitted by applicable law, under such other names as the General Partner may determine from time to time; provided , however , that the General Partner may not manage or conduct the business or affairs of the Partnership under the name (or any derivative thereof) of any Limited Partner without the prior consent of such Limited Partner.

 

2.3             Purpose; Business .   The purposes and businesses of the Partnership are to buy, hold and sell investments, domestic or foreign, in any assets, properties, commodities, instruments or financial products selected by the General Partner (or its designee or the Trading Advisor as applicable) consistent with the description of the Partnership’s business and trading activity in the Prospectus, including without limitation buying, holding and selling commodities, futures contracts, forward contracts, swaps, options on futures contracts and physical commodities, spot (cash) commodities, currencies, financial instruments (including certificates of deposit, Treasuries and United States Agency securities, commercial paper and any other securities approved by the CFTC for investment of customer funds), commodity pools and any rights and interests pertaining hereto or any other securities or items which are now, or may hereafter be, the subject of futures contract trading (individually and collectively “Commodities Interests”), provided, however, that the Partnership may not carry on any business, investment, purpose or activity that may not lawfully be carried on by a limited par


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